Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 15, 1921, Page 1

KANSAS MINERS UPHOLO DEPOSED LENDER, REFUSE TO RESUME JOBS Break in Ranks of the Strikers Predicted in Some Quarters, Wait- ing Game Being Played PITTSBURG, Kan., Oct. 15. —The administration of Pres- ident Alexander M. Howat of the Kansas Mine Workers, suspended Thursday cn order of John L. Lewis, president of the international union, continues jn office and approximately 12,000 mi- nera who quit work several day# ago, when Howat and August Dorchy, junior vice president, were sent to jail at Columbus, for six months for violating the criminal section of the industrial court act, remain jdle. That is the situation today. Meantime, observers here were watching closely what many thought was a break in the ranks of the strikers, with those in the north fa- voring continued refusal to recognize the provisional organization set up under President Lewis' order and those in the southern and ready to submit to the International's edict and go back to work. > ‘The northern miners, meeting yes- terday at Franklin, adopted unani- miously resolutions commending th suspended administration, its refusal to turn over district head- quarters to George L. Peck, desig- nated by Fresident Lewis to take charge of the district and reiterating the policy of opposition to the indus- trial court. Another resolution adopt- ed would permit Missouri miners of the district to return to @vork. Last night southern miners, .meet- ing at Scammon, adopted a report by John Masterson, their delegate to the recent international convention at In- dianapolis, who voted against the pol- icy of Howat in regard to a strike in group adopted those pasmed at” Will Observe - Armistice Day NEWYORK, Oct. 15.—November 11, Armistice day, will be observed ¥. -Gailor, church council, be said for the success of the confer- ence on armament that will open in ‘Washington on that date, and Sun- day, November 13, will also be set aside for similar services. ————_—_—_ ROAD REPORT STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Grant Hig! '—Nebraska line to Lurk, fair, then generally good to Keone, then fair to Crin. : Yellowstone Highway--Plate coun- ty line to Orin, a little choppy, then falt to beyond Careyhurst, then fair to Glenrock. New construction work between Glenrock and Parker- ton makes it necessary to take the aetours which afe generally dusty and travel is slow. Glenrock to Cas- per rough, and no improvement can be expected until rain falls. Cas- Yr to Shoshont is generally goud. Shoshoni-Lander Road — Shoshon! to Lander is generally good except rough and dusty over new construc- tion on ‘the Indian reservation be- tween Riverton and Hudson. Casper-Salt- Creek Road—Very rough for 12 miles north of pave- ment, ‘and generally rough all the way to Salt Creek. .There will be *little change fn this rough conditio1 until some moisture falls. : BANDITS ~ SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15-— Search for the four bandits who night held up the Rialto branch Postoffice at Montgomery and Mission here, was continued today and in th; meantime, authori- ties were endeavoring to ascertain the value of the loot obtaitied, said to have been about 200 registered. pack- ages, One mail pouch was taken by the robbers, who escaped in an automo- bile, after having held up three ho | merchants visited the Scott colony UP. POSTOFFICE —— Weather Forecast | ee ee fair tonight ana Sunday, slighty cooler tonight in west and ‘nOrth central portions. Beco eymanitis ath ay heap WOLUME VI Feted En Route and Colonizer Gets Blame for Luring People West BOISE, Idaho, Oct.-15.—Their dreams shattered a: A . E nd hopes blasted, “Scott’s Modern Caravan” is in distress, S. 0. S. signs dot the landscape ofa certain area of Idaho’s expansive prairie which was to be the land of milk and honey, and chil] winds are no pleasant reminder of a more salubrious season when hopes soared high toward a “Little Grey Home in the West.” The ashes{ cated where every prospect pleases of these hopes will soon be driven be-| and not even man is vile. pee the iy, mga ia northern win- “Governor Davis met them and told er, completing ‘age of a colon- (Cont Page ization scheme, which it is alleged, mae was not altogether free from allure ment and deception. Contrasting this sequel and tragic climax to a once interesting program, is the triumph- ant entry of this group of homeseck- ers into Idaho. Organized at Brook- tym under the tutelage of a colonizer, equipped with houses on wheels pro- pelled by powerful motors and led to delieve that they had adopted the only true road to prosperity, the caravan of city people who had ° suns famer of me oraicein Al Freight Shows Big Increase -At Burlington Brooklyn to thelr prospective homes. At stopping places along the route they were dined and feted and sent on thelr way,to the music of brass bands. Life looked rosy and so it continued until the promised land was: reached. So keen has been.the disappoint- ment-and s0-loud the protests that a "5 committee of bankers, lawyers and|Prousion from,other sectiois of the country is the announcement of the Burlington ‘offices hére that. freight handled out of Casper to date this year shows an increase of 60 per cent over the same business for the correspond- ing period in 1920, while other points on the road show a decrease, August of this year waa the heaviest month in the history of the station here and the month of September ran‘a close second. Supernatural Powers Cause Woman’s Death YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 15. — Sup- x0 learn if rumors of dissension were Well founded. Excerpts from the re- port of a member of tho committee lows: “I talked with some of the ‘cara. vaners,’ among them a young man who reached Buhl ‘at the end of his resources and has taken a job in a store there. He was) about as op. tmistic as any of these people I saw. He said he was stuck, had beer brought here under a false impres- sion, but was going to stick arouni and try to make good as he likes the country. . “The composite impression left with the investigators, as far as I can learn from talking with them, fs that these people have been lured in- to Idaho by some.very altitudinous lying in the way of telling them con- siderably less than half the truth,| ‘telling the truth to the ear but lying to the hopé,’ if you get what I mean. | posed exercise of supernatural powers “For instance, they were talked to pe oe about Buh! all tho time and were tola|*ttrbuted by Indians tn this section thelr tract was 12 miles from town,|t? Mrs. Yohiowyan, an aged Indian, but they were not told that the town |are believed to have supplied the mo- they would be 12 miles from |tive for her slaying, according to of- Castieford. The magnificent scenery(ficers investigating circumstances of was described to them and the grand {her death recently. canyon that lay close to the tract} The aged woman was found dead in where there was scenery enough for|her home near White Swan, In the @ lifetime, but they had no idea they | Yakima Indian reservation yesterday, were beyond this canyon nor what/her skull crushed and her house rif- it meant to go down into it and up |led. 2 out of it. They were given glittering! Her two sons, Colwash and Jacob ities which left with them the and another Indian, were held pend- impression that they were to be lo- ing further inquiry. ILLITERACY IN WYOMING LOW WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Five states, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Washington, had less illiteracy among their native white population in 1920 than any other states, it was shown in figures made public today by the census bureau . 4 The native white population of those five states classed HOLD (2vsewsies amounted to three-tenths of one per cent. The District of Columbia had the same percentage, and South Da- kota, Nevada and Oregon ranked next, each with four-tenthy of one Per ‘cent. The state of New Mexico had the greatest illiteracy among its native white population in 1920, the percent age being 11.6, y , Among the tion the largest percentage 33.8 for Texas and the smallest 4.07 for South Dakota and Washington. The percentage of {literacy among the negro population ranged from. $8.8 per cent in Louisiana, to 2. per cent in New York. . Arizona Jed all states in decreasing its fMiliteracy between 1910 and 1020, having reported 4.2 per ¢ent in 1910 and 2,1 last year, ROAD Che Casper S i Cribune CASPER, WYO. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1921. MODERN CARAVAN IN [Fo IDAHO ON THE ROCKS Promised Land Disappoints Travelers|Alaskan. Town Submerged By- River Floods PRINCE RUPERT, B C., Oct. 16.— Floods along the Salmon and Bar away government bridges at Stewart. Several bridges on the Dolly Vardon railroad were undermined and the Kit- ault river ferry at Slide Arm was swept away. The rush of water duc to heavy rains last week is subsidi any | EDITION NUMBER 6. | 30, it was officially announced by union leade RMER KAISER hi RETRECH AS VALUE OF MARK TUMBLES IN WORLD EXCHANGE Employes on 17 Railroads and & _ Groups Follow at Intervals of 6%, rig | tl leciobas 30 Set'as Date for Walk. ‘ Day; Roads Divided Into Four Group. A CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—(By The Associated Press.)—Five u dred general chairmen of the big four brotherhoods and the Switchmen’s Union of North America toda oF were given final orders by the railroad union heads to cali their men out | in a progressive general striké inni IS FORCED T0 DOORN, Holland, Oct. 15.—(By The Associated Press.) —The slump in the German mark is beginning to affect the former. German emperor, who is endeavoring to combat un- favorable financial conditions by reducing his household and other radical measures. Today 10 members of his staff were dismissed, including the chief gardener, whose taken by William himself. Gardening now has become a hobby with the form emperor, who ap- Pears™to have ‘tired of sawing and chopping wood. General Von Gontard, the ex-Kal- ser’s first chamberlain, today gave out a statement saying that William's financial position would no longer al. low him to give monetary support to many of the poor of Holland and Germany who continually apply at Doorn castle for afd. Mass Meeting Discusses “Divorce” Simi- - lar to That Carried Out at Mills but No Definite:Action Is Taken Casper is about to lose one of its most populous additions Contrasting reports “of business de-| if carries. been attended by scores of data meeting of residents’of North Casper The object of the meeting which is said to have property owners, is to break con- ections with Casper and establish a separate town, mod- eled after Mills, Wyo. committee was appointed by the Property owners who attended last night's ‘meeting to determine the costs vt incorporating and in other ways to establish the feasibility of the under- taking. “At.the. present.time the district, ac- Is also thought will be taken into the new municipality if it is worked out. is around $100,000! ‘Tax experts have stated that !t would be financial suicide to carry out the propesed plan. Already tho pap- ulation of the district effected is in the neighborhood of 1,000 persons, and ‘the district©is made up mostly of smaller residénce properties. ‘With a valuation of eve for the entire district and a Provision limiting the tax levy to eight mills a return of only $3,200. for-mu- nictpal purposes would be available. Out of this sum it is estimated at least $1,000 would be required for the pre-| There is nothing to show that fey liminary expense attendant upon in-| boarded a train, however. corporation. ‘The supporters of th> movement hold that North Burlington addition paid taxes into thé city treasurer for five yoars after that addition became an integral part of the city without experiencing a dollar’s worth of bene- fit in municipal improvement of any kind. At the present time the Bur- ington addition is receiving some bene- fits, including sewer and water ex- ‘tension, some street tmprovements. The expenses attendant upon {m- Proving the addition it is sald here would require the issuance of bonds, which in turn would necessitate the imposition of heavy taxes, of any kind at this time and the full burden of taxation would thus fall on| the small home owner, A, meeting which will be held Tues-| ning. day night has been called to hear the report of the committee which was BANDIT TRAIL _- LOST, REPORT | GRASS VALLEY, Cal., Oct. {6— ‘The trail of the bandits who robbed the bank at Loyalton, Sierra county, ten days ago, has been lost, after it had‘led to the mountains around Cts- 0, it was learned here today. Sheriff Jullus Johnson of Sierra county, who Was leading the searching posses, has returned home for a short rest. The men are believed to have slip- ped from their hiding place under cover of a storm which raged in the mountains. .One of the two bandits} is believed to have purchased tickets! to Blue Canyon, Placer county, after having reached the railroad station at Summit, tn the same county. place has been “The Prussian government has stezed all the estates and the entire capital of the Hohenzollerns, and ne- gotiations for an arrangement still are pending,” the statement added, “The Kaiser's only means consist of remittances from Germany and as the rate of German currency is so low that hundred marks ts little more than two florins {t is evident that the money received is barely suffi- clent to provide for the kaiser and the crown price. NORTH CASPER LAYS PLANS TO INCORPORATE NEW TOWN Greybull Home Is Victim Of Bombing, Said GREYBULL, Wyo, Oct. 15.— Greybull authorities are /trying to solve a second mysterious explosion within three weeks time as the ro- sult of a blast which occurred in the rear of the T. C. Marshall resi- dence which broke sevar:\| windows and blew a hole in the ground. The explosion occurred in the evening from an unknown cause but is be- Heved to have been the work of dyn- amite thrown into the yard. Marshall was in Billings at the time and only his wife and daugh- ter were st home, A frightened .crdwd rushed from a picture show in close proximity to the scene but no clue to those responsivie for it could be obtained. ORIOLES NOSE OUT COLONELS BALTIMORE, Oct, 15,— Final score: R. H. E. Baltimore — Loulsville at6 . m., October For the purposes of the strike the unions today divided the railroads into four groups. Employes on 17 rail- roads in group No. 1 will be ordered to walk out on October 30 and the strikes will be called on the other groups at intervals of 24 hours. ‘The 50% general chairmgn who were sent to their homes todMy will issue the strike .orders over their own sig: natures to the minor chairmen under them. There will be no further pub- Me statements or announcements con cerning the strike from any of the unions, {t was said. The 17 roads in group No 1 whieh the strike will at 6 a. m., October 30 are: Chicago and Northwestern, Pacific; Kan: ity’ Southern; Penn- sylvania; Missouri Pnaetfic; Interna- tional and Great Northern; Southern Pacific (Atlantic and Pacific lines), Southern Rallway; Louisville and Nashville; Virginia railroad; St. Louis and Southwestern; Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul; (lines east and west); Northern Pactfic; Chicago Rock Is- land and Pacific; Seaboard Air line; Erle; Deleware and Hudson. “It will be the greatest strike in history,” W. G. Lee, president of the trainmen, was quoted as saying when he left the union conference, “It is @ life and death struggle for our or- ganization and we are not going into this with our éyes closed. Our house is In order and we are ready.” The 16 unions involved have a total membership of about 3,000,000 men. on go into effect Texas °*/TRIBUNE DAMAGE (GTION THROWN UT OF CHICAGO COURT BY JUDGE City Has No Grounds for Judgment, Judge Rules in Sustaining Plea of Chicago Newspaper |__ CHICAGO, Oct. 15—Judge Harry Fisher today sustained the demurrer of the Chicago Tribune to the $10,000,000 li- bel suit brought by the City of Chicago. He declared the city had no cause for action and de- nied it the right to amend its petl- tton. The city brought identical suits against the Tribune and Chicago Daily News, claiming the papers had printed false statements regarding Chicago's financial standing and thereby injured the city’s credit. Judge Fisher declared the portions of English common law and the stat- utes which restricted the liberty of the press haf not been inherited by this country, “This action,”*he sald, “is not in harmony with the genius, spirit and objects of our institutions.” The decision was of importance to newspapers as the suit was the first on record in which a munictpality sought right to criticize its corporate acts. Be chtmecant to Aas ctr HARDING TAKES LEAD IN GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES, WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—President Harding today assumed active leader- ship in the government's efforts to| FINALS— Settle differences between the rail-}| | At Annapolis—Navy 13, Prinee- roads and thelr employes desig-| ton 0. nated as the best available ncles At Philadelphia—Pennsy!vania 7, to avert serlous labor complications| Swarthmore 7. the public group bf the railroad Ia-| END OF THIRD PERIOD— bor board and the membership of the At Columbus—Ohio State 21, Min- interstate commerce commission. nesota 0. The president brought together the| | At three public representatives on the| Northwestern 0. wage board and the full membership] At Cambridge—Harvard fo, Uni- ofthe commission in a meetiag-to| Versity of Georgia 0. rates and wages. The three wage board members, Chairman Barton, G. Wallace Hang- er and Ben W. Hooper, came to Wash- ington at the president's urgent re- quest and went with him to the of- fices of the interstate commerce com- mission where all the members of the commission were waiting. The presi- dent remained in the conference for 1§ minutes and then returned to tho White House where a statement was issued declaring his move was part of & general effort at realignment of the rallroad situation. “The purpose of the meeting,” said the White House statement, “was a broad consideration of the possibility of an early adjustment of railroad rates and wages, in the expectation that it would contribute to the indus- trial revival.” No specific mention of the threat- ened strike was made in the state- ment although it was indivated that the situation precipitated by he: vir ual decision of the employes’ unions had brought My. Harding’s plan to a head. It was assumed that the strike proposal formed the principal topic of discussion at the conference, Tho statement tssued at the Witte (Continued on Page 9.) TAX EXEMPTION FOR SLACKERS OPPOSED Placing the stamp of disapproval on allowing men who refused to heed the call of the country or to don a uniform in war time, to profit from legislation supposed to aid ex-serv- The district is without an industry| ice men, the state executive committee of the legion for the department of Wyoming which is in session in Casper, this morning formulated plans to prevent the allowance of the $2,000 tax exemption to all men who hold-an honorable discharge in the state of Wyo- When amnesty was granted slack- ers and conscientious objectors after named to determine the feasibility of|the war had terminated, these men} the undertaking, It 1s thought that|were honorably discharged from: in-! the people who oppose the plan, be;|stitutions where they had been kept. cause of the burdens that would be tm-|The only reservation to the discharge posed will carry the district and that!was the statement ‘of reasons that} @ compromise ‘plan by petitioning for|kept them out of service which was entrance into the elty of Casper willlappended to he document. be perfected. ] Tt ts said that in rare HOUSE OPPOSES | MORE MEMBERS census committes, ‘who opposed Chatr-| j instances ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Opposi- tion to inoreasing ite membership was expressed by the house last night in Tecommitting to the census commit- tee the Siegel bill to increase its size from 485 to 450 members, The vote was.14€ to 148, ‘The action waa taken after nine hours ‘of debate and wrangling upen motion of Representative Fairfield of Indiana, a Republican member of the ‘man Siegel on the floor, Opponents of the bill contended that! the house already was unwieldly and! that an increase in membership would) not contribute togefficiency, It was the second time the house had taken} euch action within a year, a bill to increase the house to 483 members having been defeated at the last ses- sion. |the Wyoming department present in- |mander, Dr. T. C, Fitzergeld, of Tor- some of the “birds” have sought and been granted the tax exemption In this state, Jt is these men that the Legion ta trying to keep from derty- ing benefits accorded the men who risked his*Iife for American ideals, In outlining the program for «ts- cussion and work in Casper American- ization plans will have a large part Other details and policies of vital im-| Portance to the legion are now being| discussed, | Members of tho state exvoutive com- mittee of the American Legion partic.| ipating in the opening session of thé) two-day conference this morning were Will, G. Mets, Sheridan, chairman of the committee; B, J, Goppert, Cody; A, B Allen, Salt Creek; H, H. Moyer, Kemnierer; Noel Morgan, Worland; and R. H. Alcorn, Rawins, Officers of cluded D, W, Ogilbea, of Casper, com- rington, yice commander; and Valen- tin Colonna, of Sheridan, adjutant, After an outline af the order of business to come before the executive committee at this meeting had been) completed, the committee occupied the} remainder of the morning with a dis ~ cussion of the recommendations of the state commander as a practical and ef~ ficient manner of handling the work eqnsider not only’ the threatened na-| ENL-OF SECOND PERIOD— tSn-wide strike, but the whole ques- tion of ® readjustment of railroad At Wafayette—Notro. Dame 30, Purdue 0, At Ann’ Arbor—Michigan 7, Mich- igan Aggies .0. At New Haven—Yale 13, Wil- ams 0. At Towa City—Iown 7, Tlinols 0. At West Point—Army 0, Wa- bash 0. END OF FIRST PERIOD— At Columbia—Misscuri 0, State 7. HIGHTOWER IS SENTENCED TO A LIFE TERM RERWOOD CITY, Cal. Oct. 15— Wiliam A. Hightower, found guilty of murder In connection with the death of Father Patrick BE. Heslin, a Colma, Cal., Catholic priest, was sen- tenced today to life imprisonment in San Quentin, In accordance with the recommendation of the jury. j Notice of appeal from the conyie- tion and sentence wus filed with the court. Turkeys to Be * Scarce, Report DENVER, Oct. 15.—Turkeys wil not be plentiful on the Denver man ket for Thanksgiving this year, ac. cording to a survey made of retail stores by the Denver Times today, Merchants announced that. it would be nearly Christmas before the turkey supply became large enough to go around this year, Sugar {s selling on the local retan market today for $6.85 a hundred pounds following a drop tn the whole- |sale price of 20 cents a hundred yem |terday. That ta the lowest point sugar has reached since the war, it of the state adjutant's office, Adjournment was taken until this afternoon without official action hav. ing been taken upon the recommenda- tions of State Commander Ogilbee and without the appointment of a state adjutant, waa sald, The price of butter rose 4 centa, however, on the wholesale market to: day which means, merchants said, that the retail price will move up ac cordingly, ¥Vlour and eggs both are duo for a ratse soon, tt was said, EX-OFFICER iS = HELD AS ROBBER LARAMIE, Wyo., Oct, 15.—Fred floor, He ran to the reom and found Parks, Sidney, Neb., boxer and law student at the Wyoming university here, Thursday night overpowered and captured 0, W, Allen, ex-police- while Alien was attempting farghey at Ivinson hall, Parks was yeading in the hall library when he heard Miss Laura Wurtz, principal in the Cathedral School for Girls, scream in her room on an upper Allen doubled up from a kick in the stomach delivered by Miss Wurta when she was awakened to find a gun in Allen's hands against her head, Parks collared the intruder and turned him over to the police, Officers fouhd the gum used by Al; Jen to b6.so old and rusty ss ta be useless, “and to furthermore to be unfoaded. An inquiry inte Allen's sanity is contemplated.