Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1921, Page 1

RESERVATION MADE BY JAPS ACCEPTANCE OF 5, INVITATION HAS CONDITION Want to Know More of Score and Nature of Disarmament Move BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, ly 15.—The United States has imormed Japan its ideas on the scope of the dis- ament conference. This action is intended to meet Japan's desire to know the extent to which Far Eastern affairs are to be discussed before she goes fur. ther in considering an invitation to participate. It is not now, posible to state the extent to which the American gov- ernment has gone into the details but it Is understood the communica- 1 is sufficient to afford material for a close study of the proposal by the Japanese foreign office. Official circles here continue to evidence great confidence that a comp'ete acceptance of the Ameri- can invitation eventually will come from Tokio. The information the American government has now sent to Tokio gives the forcign office material for making its next decision. TOKIO, July 15.—(By The Associated Press.; — Japan’s answer to President Harding’s proposal for a conference on limitation of armaments, which has been forwarded to Washington, while accepting the sug on for ai armament conference says the Jiji Shimpo today, makes res ations concerning general Far stern concerns until more has been earned ag f© the score and nature of the quemtions-to be considered. What the significance is of Pre dent Harding's call for < Far Eastern onferencejand how such a confer- © would’ affect Japan's future are queries dominating public discus: The: trend of. this discussion reates the impresiion that while Ja, pan <anti€ipated the call and is par- Ucularly desirous of reaching a work- able understanding with America, she \s surprised at the conclusion of Italy, France cnd?@hina ih the invitation, and looks with trepidation on an inte». national examination,-of a magnitude promising to exceed preconceived ideas of sion. into Far Eastern questions. Generally speaking. the fear is voiced that Japan may be forced to play a lone “hand and have another diplomatic battle on her hands, similar to that at the Paris peace conference, ides being \placed constantly on the fefensive as tegards her Far Eastern tights. In an article which seems to reflect the representative view, the Nichi Nichi Shimbun declares that no long as the powers practice racial discrimination against Japanese in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, while demand- ng the enforcement of equal privileges and equal opportunities in the cast, Japan should carefully consider before joining in such a conference. If, however, says the newspaper, the powers jintend to abolish the exist- ing limitation on tle Japanese, estab. ish a worll-wide open door principle and recognize the equalities of¢ the Japanese with other peoples then the offer should be accepted. Japan must regard as a -menace, says the Nichi Nichi .imerica’s grad- aal concentration of warships in the Pacific, including those at Guam, near the coast of Japan, argues the news- paper, shows that an agreement must l Che Caaper Crihune | NIGHT MATL CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1921 : VOLUME V Dailay "NUMBER 237 2,000 LAID OFF T ".EFINERIES DURING MONTH One Hundred and Fifty Released This Evening at Standard Raises Number at That Plant to 650 Workers Over 500 employes of the Standard refinery here have been laid off during the past week, 150 more will be added to this. number tonight and smaller lay-offs to come tomor- row will assist in getting the Standard employe list to a per- manent working force that will be maintained during the depression, due.to the lack of demand for refined petroleum rn products. It is estimated that fearly 2,000 men have been laid off at both refineries this month. When tonight's layoff is completed the plant payroll will be between 1,350 and 1,400 men, according to official statements this morning. After the 1,300 level is reached there will be no layoffs. As the permanent operating force is set at the 1,200 mark, the dis- Off on Trip To Siberia crepancy will be made up by normal reduction in force due to employes re- VENICE, Cal., July 15.—Mexico’ | Signing. discharged for unsatisfactory to Siberia is the, route mapped out |%¢rvice or from voluntary departure of by Clarence 0. Prest of Las Vegas, |@0¥ kind. ‘., and L. M. Bach‘of Santa The layoffs which have been ex: Monica, Cal., aylators, who tensive enough to remove between 40 Aviators Hop planned today. ra flight: of expect to. fy then to San Bérnardino, Las Vegas, N. M., and over Nevada, Utah, Idaho, *Montuna, ‘Canada, Alaska and to Siseria across the ‘Behring straits. Stops were to be made in every state traversed. Crimea Sets Up New Soviet Rule RIGA, July 15—Crimea has pro- claimed itself an autonomous soviet republic, according to a Moscow wire- less message. Simferopol is to be the capital. ROAD REPORT Grant Highway—Good from Ne- braska line to Shawnee, except heavy jgoing through the new grading west of Keeline. | Yellowstone Highway—Platte coun- lty line to Careyhurst generally good. | Heavy showers fell around Orin yes- |terday and should make the roads |better today, Glenrock to Casper, | somewhat rough,, Casper to Shoshoni, | generally good. Cars in good condition jare making Birdseye Pass route to be reached for the cessation of forti-| Thermopolis without difficulty. fication works on the Pacific coast Shoshoni-Lander road—State high- and at the naval bases in Hawaii and|way is again open between Shoshont Manila: he invitation will have a bearing on the future history of Japan,” con- linues the article. “We believe the idea part represents Great Britain’s lactful_ method of’ extracting herself trom her Far Eastern entanglements and also of preventing America and Japan increasing their navies against Great Britain’ ‘The militarist journal, the Kokamin Shimbun, doubts the sincerity of the American invitation and it urges the Japanese to remember how America “duped the worl@” concerning the league of nations. The powers, it rays, should make sure whether the Unit- (Continued on Page 5.) |and Riverton, a temporary bridge has been placed to carry traffic around | the collapsed portion of the Wind river |bridge. which temporary bridge will be used until low water gives an op jportunity to do permanent work to | good advantage. Riverton to Hudson, |somewhat rough across the Indian reservation, then good to Lander. Casper-Sheridan road—Rough from end of pavement to Seventeen Mile, |then good to Salt Creek, Road was in fair condition from Salt Creek to | Johnson county line yesterday, but |some heavy showers fell last ‘night around Salt Creek. Johnson county |line to Sheridan reported generally 00d. and 50,gang bosses from service do not effect the employes of the varidus oeontracting outfits, who are nearing the end of the construction —program which was inaugurated this spring by the Standard. The force reduction does not mean @ stoppage in’ construction ‘work but merely indicates that the Standard will pursue a more leisurely course in. ariving at. completed construction jobs. This/layoff which was predicted in The Tribune prior to the first of July approximates the layoff by the Mid- west Refining company. It was. offi- clally stated yesterday that the “Mid- west company would neither layoff or hire any more men until conditions righted themselves in the oil trade. It is understood that the Standard does not contemplate any enlarge- ment in the present working force until after the first of the year and that construction company gangs will add further layoffs to the lists when the contractors finish the units on which they have been working. Over 200 boilermakers, employed by contractors working at the Standard refinery walked out this” morning when unable to agrée with the em- ployers over some working conditions. The walkout is said to have occurred at 9 o'clock this morning. Details of the conflict were unavailable. Man.Too Lavish With Money Is Thrown in Jail LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 15.—Pro- miscuous distribution of genuine $5, $10 and in bills was stopped here erday. by a patrolman and as a result Fred Kuhn, 53 years of age, was lodged in jail. He had just drawn $500 from a bank and only $270 remained. He gave the rest away. Kuhn was later released. on bond, charged with drunkennes: —— Hugh F. Johnson of the Casper Realty Company, is on the coast, vyhere he intends to spend the month, Visiting in Seattle and California. SOLDIER BONUS HELD P BY THE SENATE DAVENPORT, RELEASED TODAY BY OGDEN CLUB, SIGNED UP TO PITCH FOR CASPER REFINERS Big Dave Davenport, the sensational right hander who twirled for Rapid City in the Denver Post Tournament last year, fresh from a string of victories in the Northern Utah League is en route to Casper with a contract to pitch for the Casper Midwest club. No inkling of the fact that Davenport was scheduled for Casper came until, he made a statement in Ogden this taorning that NATIONAL LEAGUE he was going to twirl for the Re- All games called account of rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE Davenport, a former St. Louis Pitcher, was released today by Ogden At Cleveland— R.. E. Boston ....... 200 001 O° © 8 © Of the Northern Utah league, because Cleveland 000 100 ov*-— © © the other clubs in the league con- tended he was too good for them, and that it would be folly for them to play against him. Davenport -has just finished win ning seven straight games for Ogden. He pitched one no-hit game, one one- hit game and one three-hit game. His strikeout record in the seven games he pitched averaged 16 to the game. Fans took heart at the beginning of the season when it was said that Davenport would hurl for Casper. At Detroit — RHE. Philadelphia ..000 000 115 * * * Detroit -. 110 000 09%— * © */The announcement came when Cas- a per hit an early season slump, The At Chicago— R. H, E.|Casper team then hit it stride and Washington ...000 001 100—* © */it was known that Casper would win Chicago 100 100 000— * * */in a walk-away if it had Davenport. — For the good of the league his con- At St. Louis— R. H. E.| tract was never exercised. New York . 000 — * *] With Denver the winner of thé St. Louis 010 — © *) first half of the season and Daven port coming to Casper for the last it Is almost a certainty that y fae Hy half, these two teains will battle for au- * pretmacy at (the end of -the season, in ‘ : & post season championship. The 7 ~ponly. authority forthe belief that ‘ ’ aa Davenport is coming to Casper is his CLAIN HFN ST ow siatem@nt to” Pha Absoclated ; 5 “AENGHUNTED Seaton field of rg iOre., Be CHICAGO, July 15 y oH. ield of Rosebu: . oe < Ward, known as the “lone wolf ban- i Sho dit, was banged this morning at the lieved to Have Shot and county jail at o'clock. He paid Killed Laborer the death penalty for the killing of Thomas Graney and Rudolph SBU! “ cearen|Sehwartz last fall when they at- CO Se ree sue Te eareh tempted to stop him after he had © ot " Bey |robbed a hat store. Two others were field, a dentist of this city, who is} \cunded by Ward at the same time. charged in a warrant of having mur- dered Dennis Russell, whose headless body was found under Dr. Brumfield's wrecked car. yesterday. Russell was a laborer and lived near here. The body was identified by Mrs. Brumfield as that of her husband. His ring and shoes were found on the body. At Russell's home a blood stained and bullét marked hat belonging to him was located. , Sheriff Stamer de- clared his Investigations disclosed Dr. Brumfield carried $1,000 insurance on his automobile, and $26,000 acci- dent and life insurance and that the dentist had been involved financially. ‘The automobile is known. to have contained six or eight sticks of dyna- mite which the dentist had obtained to blast stumps on his. ranch. The machine, according to the sheriff, had been driven over a steep grade at a curve and crashed into a tree. It then rolled over a culvert and dropped into a ravine. ‘The sheriff expressed the belief that Russell had been killed at this home and had been taken in the Brumfield machine to the curve where: it was run off the road. The explosion of dynamite, it was said, explains the de- capitation of the body. Three sticks of dynamite were: found intact after the accident. PROHIBITION OFFIGER GETS MORE AUTHORITY CHEYENNE, Wyo., duly 15.—Here after all federal prohibition depart- ment activities in Wyoming will’ be directed from Cheyenne by Prohibition Commissioner Carl’ Jackson, instead of Ward went to his death without any apparent emotion. When asked if he had anything to say, he replied that he was “ready to go.” “I'd give $5,000 for a gun,” Ward told his guards last night, “You'd go some to keep me in here, I don’t care how many doors and guards you have.” —— ee Vienna Assembly Near Violence Over Church Bull ‘A, July 15.—Ingthe stormiest session since its inauguration, the na- tional assembly has passed the second reading of the bill placing Catholic clergymen of Austria and all church employes and servants on the salaried civil list. The sergeants-at-arms were compelled to form a line between the right and left to prevent violence. Hero of Lost Battalion Is Laid at Rest tary honors marked the funeral to- day of Private John J. Monson, hero of the Lost Battalion, who died in Bellevue hospital after be- BELFAST RIOTS AS PARLEY CONTINUES Two Killed and 40 NEW YORK, July 15.—Full mili- hy of South Carolina, were paired in fa- Republican and Democratic Ranks Spli [Ser Se eo nom, -. be — . | mitta’ je senate de! et e amend- in Senate Over Recommitment in Line (re sere essen, nepuptican With Harding’s Proposal | ment of Senator Kenyon, Republican, | Towa, to order the bill's return to the | senate by the first Monday in 1922. || Senator Pittman , Democrat, Ne- | Yada, opposing recommittal, served A 2 | notice that’ ‘he would move to dis- WASHINGTON, July 15.—The soldiers’ bonus bill, by @\ charge the committee from further vote of 47 to 29 was recommitted today to the finance com- | ae age es of -thakeseasste’ cerery : . - week aa long as Stay here.” mittee by the senate as requested by President Harding. - Cae Ute Ginever Adkives thle coor it Nine Republicans v against recommittal. They were: jis dead.” he said. 1 Bursum, Capper, Elkins, Harreld, Jones (Washington), Ladd, Rejection of the Kenyon ‘amend- ment was overwhelming, 69 to 7, La Follette, Norris and Sutherland. ton ~ Callfsenia was paired with Mc- | mittal. Another, Senator John-/ with senators voting for the proposal Takes recom- H Traketa a. t s, Swanson, Under- Kendrick, Democrat, Wyoming; Ken- mitts wood and Williams. Three more Dem- yon, Republican, Iowa; McNary, Re- Elght Demecrais voted for recom-|ocrats: Pomerenc, Shields and Smith | publican. ‘ A were Dial, Glass, King, being Harreld, Republican, Oklahoma; | jin the main from’ Denver, as has been ‘the custom heretofore. in system will make necessary sev- eral additional employes at the Chey- enne headquarters. $40,000 CASH OBTAINED IN CAR HOLDUP PITTSBURGH, July niasked men this afternoon held up ar! electric trolley car near Eldorado park and escaped with $40,000 in money carried by the paymaster of a local coal company. The change! | identified, 15,—Four| ing taken ill while on leave of ab- sence from his post-in the regular army. Monson died last Friday, and It was three days before his body was As soon as it became known that he was the man who on September 28, 1918, carried the message through the German lines that reunited the Lost Battalion in the Argonne, scores of civic organ- irations planned that fitting honors might be. paid him at his funeral. Today a column five blocks long marched behind the caisson that carried the body to the Church of the Ascension, where a high re- quiem mass .was said, and thence | to Cypress Hills cemeter., where | military services were held. | Movements have been started to | erect a memorial ie the heroic sol- j dic : S Wounded in Last Night’s Rioting; Conference Held BELFAST, July 15.—(By The Associated Press.)—The military resumed control of the North Queen street area in Belfast this morning and armored cars patrolled the streets. At the city hall © conference was held. attended by officers of the po ce and the military and by tnading townspeople to discuss the situation here, in view of the disorders that had occurred during the week It was announced today that rein forcements 6f the military in Belfast from adjoining areas was contem plated When the reports from last night's rioting were made public this morn- ing it developed that two persons were killed during the disorders, and that between 30 and 40 others were wounded. During tho disturbances the mob looted a number of public houses. BRIEF CONFERENCE IS HELD TODAY. LONDON, July 15.—(By The. Asso. clated Press.—Another meeting be- tween Eamonn De Valera and Premier Lioyd George took place today, the discussion of the preliminaries of the hoped-for Irish peace settlement lnst- ing about an hour and a half. At its conclusion it was announced the con- versation would be resumed later probably next Monday. The conference was gain a two-man talk. In an adjoining room, however, Sir Hamar Greenwood, the chief sec. retary for Ireland, Lord Curzon, the foreign secretary, Arthur O'Brien, President of the Gaelic league in Lon. don and Robert C. Barton, of the Irish delegation, were on hand should their Presence be desired. On leaving Downing street, Mr. De Valera said there’ would not be any further meeting today and that he “did not think” there would be» meeting Saturda A member of Mr. De Valera’s party fave definite assurances that nothing in the nature of a deadlock or a break- @own of the conferences threatened at any time. Meanwhile Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier. arrived in London today from Belfast. announc- ing on-his arrival-that he would see the premier this afternoon. SIK JAMES CRAIG REFUSES OPINION. Agked for an expression of opinion on the Irish situation, Sir James ro- plied. “The less said now.the better.” He added, however, that he was hopeful. ‘The official communique on today's conference, ixsued shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon read. “A further conversation between Lloyd George and Mr. De Valera tock Place this morning in Downing street and will be resumed at a later date, probably Monday.” Those in close touci with the sit- uation, believe the preliminaries be tween the prime minister and the Re- publican leader have been worked out, and that the next step ‘will be con sultations between Lloyd George and Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, | these probably occurring thir after. noor At the Whitehall entrance to Down- ing street scenes similar to those of yesterday were witnessed as the meet- ing between the British prim’ minis- ter and the Republican leader was in progress. A large crowd awaited Mr. D Valera and cheered him as he en- tered, repeating the ovation as he and his companions left at the close of the talk with Lloyd George. As the conference proceeded, prayers for its success were saideby the men and! women kneeling and reciting the ros: ary. With his interviews with the Irish| Republican leaders concluded for the| time being, Lloyd George this after- noon received Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, who arrived from Bela fast this morning. Sir James went to Downing street at 3 o'clock this afternoon, going directly to the cab inet room to confer with the prime minister. The crowd which had thronged the Whitehall entrance to Downing stree while the conference between Mr. De Valera and Premier Lioyd George was in progress thad disappeared by the time of the Ulster premfer's arrival there* being virtually nobody in about Downing street except news: paper men and photographers. peu Stetina) Le GENERAL McANDPREW ILL. | ; = | WASHINGTON, July 15.—Maj. Gen.| | James W. McAndrew, president of the! |general staff colleze and formerly | France, was in a serious condition to-! day at the Walter Reed army hospital! re, sufering from a general break-| wn. |} nine months ago as a sufferer from | the mentai and physical exertions in- | cident to his service as chief of staff | in France during the war. If CLOUDBURST CLAIMS cIFE Alliance and ‘Andrews Battle Wall of Water All Night; Mrs. S. A. Bessett of Andrews Drowned; Railroad Service Into Casper Held Up by Washouts OMAHA, July 15.—Flood waters w! cloudburst yesterday in the drews, in northwestern Nebra: h followed @ vicinity of Harrison and An- ka, resulted in one death, had subsided early today »~' no further fear of damage or loss of life was felt, acc Crawford and Harris y WOMAN KILLb |: SLAYER TAKE. = HIS OWN LIFE 'g to advices received here from the Chicago & Northwestern | Railroad compan Crops near Andrews were destroyed and there was a considerable loss of vestock in that vicinity, the affected extending for about 15 miles to Venn. No estimate of the total % uount of damage, however, was lable. » %¢ Northwestern company’s ad % ° said that the flood waters fol h % White River canon, that | bridges ove& the siream were wushed away | The water reached a height of at Y., July 16.— from Duck island in) Long Island sound, of a myste: rious double tragedy at the country home of Mrs. Harry G Hemming, wife of a New York stock broker. Mr. Hemming was shot and killed there last night by Frank Eberhart, care taker of the estate if, who then shot and a deputy sher-. and killed himself. Employes of the estate said Mr. Hemming was secking an interview with his wife an endeavor to ef. fect a reconciliation. They were mar- ried about two months ago, it is re ported, but separated soon after mar- riage. Women Voters Congratulate Pres. Harding SCARBOROUGH, N. ¥., July 15.— The New York state branch of the League of American Women Voters at a meeting yesterday on the estate of Mrs. Frank A. Vanderllp, ® resolution congratulating P Harding on. the prospects of an in ternational conference on disarma- ment. The resolution expressed the earnest Hope “that despite the age of bills for an increased na program, the ¢ofference will . mate: rially result-in eittting down our na important announcements to make re- garding the policy uf the company on his return here. Wind Wrecks Movie House At Parkerton A motion picture theater recently completed at Parkerton, 20 miles east of Casper, was wrecked by a windstorm which took the form of a small cyclone late Thursday aft- ernoon, only one wall of the struc- ture having been left standing while other bulidings, including a grocery store, poolhall and barbershop, only a short distance away, were undam- aged. The theater was owned by B. F, Stewart and the loss, esti- mated at several thousand dollars, was not covered by insurance. Mr. Stewart left the theater only a short time before the storm struck, Heavy rain fell after the bluster passed and the storm ex- tended beyond Glenrock, pas- least 15 feet in the river canon, but subsided before reaching Crawford so |that only a slight overflow with prac- | tieally no damage resulted there. The town of Andrews was inundated for time yesterday. It was near here that Mrs. S. A, Bassett was drowned when her home was swept away PASSENGER TRAIN TIED UP AT CRAWFORD. Northwestern passenger train No. 603, due to arrive in Cauper yester- day afternoon at 3:20, is still tied up at Crawford, Neb. on account of washouts in the roadbed and damage to bridges at Andrews, Neb., caused by a cloudburst in that vicinity. As the traffic between Omaha and Chad- ron has not been interrupted by the flood this passenger train will return to Chadron today and connect. with service from Omaha, after which: the consolidated train will proceed to Casper, arriving from five to six hours late today. astbound passenger No. 606 which left here yesterday is tied up at Har- rison, Neb., about ten miles west of the washout. This train will proceed to Chadron, the division point, as soon as the damaged bridge can be crossed. An eastbound train, com: posed of day coaches and box cars, will be made up in Casper and leave on scheduled Ume this afternoon. This will connect with the other at Chadron and the two will consolidate, giving complete car and Pullman service from Chadron east eRe ae a a ALLIANCE BATTLES val exyenictsinae rea in. the creation WALL OF WATER. of an internatfour) ‘organization wi " m whieh’ will insure} peace and. imited |) AULTANCE, Neb. July 13.—After wentanent.”* ' baving battled frantically a 14-foot 22S wall of water for seven hours, citizens R. M. Andrus general manager of an early hour this morning appar- the Standard plant here; is due back | &ntly had succeeded in preventing de- from Chicago Sunday morning. Mr.|Struction of property at this point by Andrus in all probability. will have|the flood waters in the White river canon, according to advi here. The current in the White river canon had fallen several inches at 1 a. m., reports said, Tho flood at its high mark stood at 14 feet. No further loss of life was reported lete. Additional information * indi- cated that crops in the canon country had been totally destroyed and that the livestock loss would reach thou- sands, Persons arriving here after mid- night stated that every ranch building in the path of the flood had been sw®pt away. es received we ee Divorce Bars Citizenship NEW YORK, July 15.—A divoree for infidelity obtained by his second wife three years ago, prevented Ru dolph Friml, a composer of light op. eras from today being an American citizen. Justice Finch of the supreme court said yesterday t he would have to release Frim!'s application for citizenship for that reason, - He is a native of Czecho-Slovakia. FALSE SHOOTING EPISODES USED : Deliberate Frame Ups to Secure Martiat Law and Break Strike Is Charged to Mine Owners of Mingo Region WASHINGTON, July 15. —R. H. Kirkpatrick, former | chief of staff for General Pershing in| mine foreman for the Burnwell Coal & Coke company oper- ating in the Mingo, W. Va., coal district, testified today be- fore the senate committee investigating conditions there that “so they would break the strike.” Kirkpatrick told a circumstantial story of how he and his superior of "3 had arranged to go out in th COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, July. 15.—Walter Baldwin, 45 years of age, mail wagon driver, was shot by an unknown assassin late last night and died this morning. | Baldwin was attacked while en route from | the Union Pacific transfer in the West End of the city to the post- |, office with a wagon load of mail. Circumstances indicate that when about miiway someone stepped out MAIL DRIVER iS SHOT TO DEATH from. a weed patch, commanded Baldwin to halt and as he reached for his revolver shot Baldwin, the bullet entering his head between the eyes. A woman saw Baldwin's body half dragging and half hanging from the mail wagon and notified the police. The mail wagon had not been mo- lested, the attacker having appar- ently taken fright and ran away, |mine owners had “framed up” false shooting episodes to | The general entered the hospital; procure proclamation of marti 1 law by the governor and hills around the mine entrance, and shoot back and forth, to impress new mine workers brouglit in the field: and to justify call for troops. On cross-examination by B Avis, counsel for the operators, Kirk- patrick said that his son was an of- cial of the United Mine Workers, and that he had himself been “done dirt” by the employing company. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 13.— The supreme court of appeals here today ordered David Robb and eight jother mine union leaders turned over to the state militia. They were ar- rested lax: -veek by Maj. Tom Davis, |Governor Morgan’s representative in Mingo county, charged under the governor's proclamation of martial | law, with unlawful assemblage. eran nextinin Joc E. Mansfield, Packard distribu tor for this district, is In Penver at Itending to business interests. > cee ena — Gar RETR BSOKe Are Tee PreT