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

(NOTORIOUS MAIL BANDIT CAPTURED BY LONE CLERK FAR EASTERN DISPUTE TAKEN © Pit GAnDNen Che Casper Daily C.F. & L MINERS PLAN: WALKOUT AG WAGE GUT 15 POSTED, REPORT Thirty Per Cent Reduc- tion in Wages Made in 13 of 28 Mines Owned By Steel Company DENVER, Nov. 16.—No- tice of a géneral wage reduc- tion of approximately 80 per cent, to take effect tomorrow morning in 13 of the com- pany’s 26 coal mines in Colo- rado, was posted at the headquarters of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company here this morning. The order reduc- ing Wages directly affects about 3,- 500 men employed in mines in Las Animas and Huerfano counties. None of the company’s mines in Fremont and Gunnison counties {s affected. According to a statement by Fred ‘arrar, geueral counsel Tor the com- pany, officials expect a strike that will shut down, temporarily, all the mines affected that are now in opera- tion. It fs also expected that the men employed in the company’s five mines ir Fremont county and in the two Gunnison county mines, will walk out in support of the Las Animas and Huerfano county employes. Its the contention of the company that the reduction of wages is being put into effect in accordance with agreements with the empicyes of the mines affected, which were made last August. At that time, it 1s claimed by offictals, the men circulated peti- tions asking that, in order to in- crease their working time, their wages be reduced.’ The company ex- ecutives declared a reduction of wages to take effect September 1, which would re-establish the scale in effect from November 1, 1817, to Novem- ber 20, 1919. The Colorado industrial commisston took duriediction {n the. matter and, after @ preliminary hearing, set aside the wage reductions and re-establish: ed the weale of wages in effect prior to September 1, pending a final ing. ) At the final hearing the industrial commission. handed dewn a’ decision authorizing the 7 were It was stated at the company of- fices this morning that no- arrange ments had been made for filling the places of strikers in case a strike is called. TRINIDAD, | Colo., Nov. 16. — (By ‘The Associated Press.) — Thirty-five hundred coal miners in the southern Colorado fields will refuse to report for work at 13 mines operated ‘by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, to- morrow morning a8 an answer to a notice posted today putting into ef- fect tomorrow a wage réduction of approximately 80 per cent, according to John McLennan, here, for district No. 15, United Mine Workers of Am- erica, who also predicts that every mine operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company will be idle within a day or two. The company operates 26 mines. Of these 13 are directly at- “ fected by the wage reduction. The workers in the others, union officials claim, are ready to walk out in @ sympathetic strike. BODY OF MAN FOUND IN LAKE BRIGHTON, Colo., Nov. 16.—The body of an unidentified man was found floating on the surfacs of Cope- land lake, near here, yesterday aft- ernoon by two farmers. County au- thorities believe he may have been the victim of foul play. The body was in tne water about 75 feet from shore when the farm- ers discovered it. They told the coro- ner they had noticed the object in the ldke since Saturday night but paid no attention to it. No marks were found on the shore of the lake.» The man was well! dressed, weighed about 170 pounds znd was about 5 feet 5 inches in height. Hé had a heavy black mous- tache and thick black hair. He ap- parently was a foreigner, the coroner said. Weather Forecast extreme southwest portion. Snow tonight and Thurs- day, much colder except in Cribune | =. VOLUME VI -- CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1921. Banishment of Former Emperor and Em-' press to Be Mad e Complete Upon Arrival at Port of Funchal ana ee GIBRALTAR, Noy. 16.—(By The Associated Press.) — Former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary and former Empress Zita are nearing the of Madeira. ir place of exile on the Island The British cruiser Cardiff, with the former royal pair on board, arrived here today en route to Funchal, Madeira, in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa, & comparatively short sail from this port. Banishment of trouble-making for- mer monarchs to islands of the sea far from their one-time dominions is an uncommen frocedure but pre- cedent for tle plight of former Em- peror Charles of Austria-Hungary, who has been exiled to Madeira, in found in the historic case of Napo- Jeon I, who passed six years on St. Helena, in the south Atlantic, 700 miles from the nearest land, ® pris- oner more than a century ago. St. Helena is not only much small- er than Madeira but, compared to the latter, is as “a 's island” to para- dise. Fivesixths of its area is de- void of vegetation and, aside from an army oe . there are no big towns or_other evidences of life. 8. Madeira, five times the size of St. Helena, is an ocean garden spot. Funchal, its chief city, has @ popula- tion of more than 000 a the island, one of a of four owned by Portugal, produces some of the Most famous wine and laces in the world: as well as ‘an abundance « of fruits, grains and sugar. Oxen are mainly used for agriculture, instead of draft horses and other farming methods are primitive. Less than 2 per cent of the people can read and write, ‘The Portuguese military garrizon. ts very small and Charles, Zita andéheir six small children, if the allied pow- ers permit, may have every freedom except an. unchaperoned ocean voy- age... Napoleon was guarded day and night By soldiers. Madeira, the Portuguese word for “forest,” is directly in the Atlantic ocean trade routes. St, Helena, a British naval coaling station, often doesn’t see a ship for days.. Madeira is a port of call and thus is kept in daily touch with the outside world. ‘The island, 400 miles west of Moroc- co, has a temperate climate. 12 miles wide and 35 miles long and elliptical in shape. Three other islands near by complete the Madeira group. They are Porto Santos which, with Madeira, have a population of 170,000 and the Desertas and ‘Sel- vagens, two smaller islands of vol- canic origin. The latter are unin- habited, rocky formations jutting out of the sea. After the collapse of the Central Powers in 1918, Charles and Zita sought refuge in Switzerland where, for three years, they lived with their children. Last March the former em- peror attempted a coup d’etat by crossing the Swiss border and reach- ing the town of Steinamanger, Hun- Tt 1s gary, where with prominent monarch- isis he planned to enter Budapest. The plot failed and Charles returned to Switzerland. Again, on October 22 last, despite his ‘word of honor” given to the Swiss authorities that he would attempt no further escapades, | the former monarch and his wife, dur- ing the dispute over Burgenland, flew! in an airplane from Lucerne to Oeced-! enburg and ultimately reached Raab, Hungary,.where Charles was received by an armed party of royalists. In @ sanguinary effort to enter Buda- pest, the Carlisis were defeated. The former emperor (Continued on Page 9 HID IN. PRISON BARN FOR CHARLES NEARS PLACE OF EXILE ON MADEIRA ISLAND TRIBUNE TO PUBLSIH MAMMOTH NEW YEAR PROSPERITY EDITION ——___ Final arrangements have been completed for the compilation of the most exhaustive and authentic spe- | sands of | publication t NUMBER 33. in this issue, one of the most com- mendable being the writing of many of tho articles pertaining to the varied resources of the state, by_lo- cal men who have been closely ide: tifixi with the industry upon which they write, thereby precluding the possibility of over-coloring or exag- gerations, The services of Mr. Boyd Toliff, a special edition editor, with his as- -sistants, have been added to The Tribune's staff to assist in compil- ing this edition, work on which al- ready begun and reservations for advertising space made. This publication is receiving tho. enthusiastic support of local busi- ness men who are interested in the development of Wyoming's wonder- ful resources, the accomplishnient of which means a GREATER CAS- PER. For detailed information see the edition manager or phone 1 Center of Attention Is Shifted to the Pa- cific With Resumption of Arms Confer- ence Today; Buck Passed * WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—(By The Associated Press.) Preservation of “territorial integrity and political and adm. istrative independence” together with preservation of th open door policy and a prohibition against secret treaties i*» the Far East were included ih the Chinese proposal outlined today at the initial session of the armament conference com- mittee on Far Eastern questions. China in return, would agree “not to alienate or lease any portion of her territory” to any foreign, power arl “all special rights, privileges, immu- nities of commitments” now helé in China by any foreign power are to be carefully re-examined. All “existing limitations upon China’s political, jurisdictional and ad ministrative freedom of action” would be removed and provision made for future conferences from time to time fcr the international discussion of the Fae Eustern situation. Other eloments of the Chinese pro- posals provide for full respect for China’s rights as a neutral in all fu- ture wars to which the nation fs not \ party and for peaceful settlement of international disputes in the Pa- cife and Far East. Dr. Wellington Koo, one of the Chinese delegates, said they were made in the interest of all powers in- volved in the Far East as well as of Dr. Koo mado the following statement concerning the proposals. “These proposals were mado in the interest of all powers concerned as well as that of China. “It is believed that {f these prin- ciples were adopted, it would pave the way toward solving some of the per- plexing problems in laying a firmer foundation of the’ Pacific and Far East.” WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—(By The Associated Press)—Problems of the Far East took the center of attention at the arms conference today while the plan for deuction of naval estab- lishments was passing through a per- fod of technical examination at the hands of a committee of experts. For first timo the delegations of the Unitéd States, Great -|also had failed to gi pan, France, Italy, Cigna, Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands, acting &@s a committee of the whole on the Fez Eastern questions, assembled for Preliminary discussion and to lay plans for precedure. In contrast to the manner tn which the conference tackled the armament problem on its opening day, the rep: resentatives of the powers went into today’s committee meeting waiting on one another to speak first about the intricate questions that long have troubled diplomatic relations in the Pacific and the Orient. Every nation had a rather concrete idea of the prin- ciples it meant to present, but no one seemed anxious to break the ice. The attitude of the United States is that the interest of this government is not nearly so direct in the Far Eastern situation as it was in the question of rmaments. Both China and Japan appeared to prefer to wait and famil- jarize themselves with the atmosphere of the conference before laying down their views in detafl. Great Britain ny indication of a willingness to take the initiative while all the other powers felt that their more or less remote relationship to the Far Eastern tangle should prompt them to remain in the back- ground for the present. ‘The general prediction was that the task of drafting a method of proced- ure would be entrusted to a smaller committee. It was expected that all nine of the nations represented here would have membership on the com- mittee and would unite their influ- ence to hasten the committee work #0 that the Far Eastern discussion might take rank as soon as possible abreast of the more advanced negotiations on armament. Whilo the delegates were beginning their actual consideration of the sec- ond big topic on the conference pro- gram, the naval experts committee of the “big five’ powers held its first meeting and compared impressions on details. of the American reduction plans accepted yesterday in spirit and principle by all the powers, LED TO JAIL AT PHOENIX AT END OF LONG GHASE “With Escaped Convict, zakes Away His Pistol Wins $5,000 Reward PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 16. —Roy Gardner, escaped pris. oner from the federal peni- tentiary at MecNeil’s Island, Wash., where he was serving a sentence for Pacific coast mail robberies, was captured here last night by Herman Indarlied when he attempted to rob the mail car on an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway train. Inderlied was the mail clerk i charge of the car. When the local police photographer was taking Gardner's pictures this morning he noticed a likeness be- tween the prisoner and pictures of Gardner. A description of Gardner; hich was broadcasted when he es- cmped from the penitentiary, was 20- cured and was found to fit the pris- oner exactly, even to the finger- prints. The prisoner then admitted that he was Gardner. Police this morning sald that while there was nothing of unusual value in the mail on board the car attacked last night, a local bank planned to ship $15,000 from here today and they believe the would-be robber had beeir “tipped off" to the shipment but got the wrong train. The mail car attacked last night was in Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train No. 170. The robber boarded the car 10 minutes before the train was due to leave for Los Angeles and it ts the theory of local officials that he intend- ed to ride to a nearby station where they believed he had accomplices waiting for him. Herman Inderlied of Phoentx, clerk in charge of the car, said he was not looking when the would-be robber got in the car and that the first he knew of the other's presence was when ho felt a gun pressed against his body The impression prevailed among some of the delegates on entering the session for discussion of Far Eastern questions that Dr. Sze, China's repre- and turned around to find a masked man holding a revolver against him, Inderlied, who is 6 feet 2 inches’ tall THREE DAYS, SAYS GARDNER War Mother Is _ Given Kiss By Gen. Pershing PHILADELPHIA, Nov: 16.—Gen- eral Pershing, upon being introduced to Mrs. Amelia Emma McCudden, British war mother, at the banquet to Marshal Foch last night, compit- mented Mrs. McCudden upon her visit to America and then leaned forward and kissed her. “Your visit to America will do much to create a friendly spirit be- tween England and America,” he said, and then kissed the ;fnglish- woman who sent three sons into the British army, none of whom ro- turned. ‘ —_—-___— DEPOSITIONS TAKEN, Attorney E. T. Whelan, represent- ing the Jeremiah Williams Wool company of Boston, is in Casper se- curing depositions in an action which will be tried in Boston in which his company is plaintiff and the U. 8. National Bank of Denver is defend- ant. It is understood that the action is the outgrowth of a shipment of woo] sold to the eastern firm through the Denver institutionsby Fred Hen- derson, local sheepman. 700 KILLED IN | INDIAN BATTLE DELHI, India, Nov. 16.—Nearly 700 Moplah rebels were killed in an attack on the Pandikkad post, which was re- pulsed by the Gurkha garrison. bered 2,000. and 34 wounded. The Moplah force num- One British officer and three men ‘were killed Reports of this and other clashes show that the rebels are DOZEN DEAD IN _ GERMAN BLAST MAYENCE, Nov. 16.—Twelve peo- ple were killed and 60 injured in an explosion in a factory at Dotzheim a shert distance from Wiesbaden, Prussia. The damage to the factory is estimated at 25,000,000 marks. General De Goutte, commanding the French troops in that district visited the injured and his men as- sisted in the rescue work. Steps are being faken by the French to re lieve the distress of the survivors. Dotzheim is 40 miles north of Oppau, where an explosion in a plant of the Badische anilin concern on September 21, killed 1,000 per- sons, injure! about 4,000 others and laid waste the entire factory and the village of Oppau. using artillery. One gun was + cap- tured at Pandikkad while five were taken in the operations northeast of Calicut. LONDON, Nov. 16.—The British ‘leputy commissioner in Caleutta and 19 policemen were injured while sup- pressing a riot ied by the tramway strikers, according ‘to official advices. Several of the rioters were also in- jured. No shots were fired. aubibeaitite telna.t bee, NURSE EXAMINATIONS. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 16.—The state board of nurse examiners have @nnounced that examinations for reg- istration of graduate nurses will be held’ at Cheyenne, Sheridan and Rock Springs December 5, 6 and 7, tember 5, last,-escaped from Wash., where he was serving a story of his escape and his life refused to talk about this period of his life. Gardner said that for three days after he escaped from the guards dur- ing a prison baseball’ game, he hid in the -prison barn and later swam to the mainland. He hid in the hay loft of the Barn, he said, and twice while he was there, he heard the steps of guards who were searching the barn for him. He was wounded twice during his} dash from the guards, he said, one} bullet striking him in the right leg and another hitting him in the left leg. He had to stay on the island until the wounds were’ nearly completely, healed he said. The food and drink problem was solved for him by a herd of cattle owned by a big dairy on McNeil’s island, he continued. There were about forty milk cows in the herd and every night Gardner would slip from his hiding place and go milking. He had lost an enormous amount of blood from the wound in his right leg, he| said, because he was unable to} staunch the bleeding until it “clogged up.” The wound is his left leg did hot cause him so much trouble, al- though the bullet had brought him toe the ground when the guard fired, he said. After remaining three days in the loft, Gardner said he slipped out and hid in the brush for two days, when he made the attempt to swim the channel. He did. not disrobe but Plynged into the cold water at ebb tide and made the two-mile swim; he eclared. “The cold water acted as a brace,” McNeil’s Island, penitentiary, sentence for Pacific coast mail robberies, today, after his capture last night by a mail clerk here; told Sheriff John Montgomery and newspapermen the since then. Previously he had Weak from loss af blood and the cold didn't bother me once I got into the water.” Gardner said he reached San Fran- cisco about September 28. He said he met no trduble in’ his Jong trip to Phoenix and, asked if|* he got into any tight places with his pursuers, he said that he had done 80 only once. “That was in Raymond, Wash.,” he continued, “where I got jammed up with a party and had to lave in the PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 16.—Roy Gardner, who on Sep-} night. I jook a machine and drove to Portland.” Gardner seldom if ever rode a} states being made on a motorcresey which he obtained in Oregon City, Ore., which place he reached in a 20-'lice say, that he was in Los Angeles mile trip on an interurban line after April. 1 and left there May 6, denied any knowledge of the murder. (Continued on Page 9) train, he said, almost the entire trip!1921 was arrested here Monday and through the west and middlewestern/!s being held at the detective bureau Bandit Who Escaped From McNeil Island _ Penitentiary Tells Thrilling Tale of Flight on'‘Capture Today City Manager. ‘Plan Called “Aristocratic”’ CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—Criticism of the city manager plan of civic gov- ernment as based on “principles ‘of aristocracy” rather than democracy, was expressed by Bradley Hull of Cleveland in an address today before the annual convention of the Na- tional Municipal league here today. —— Alleged Slayer : Under Arrest CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—Enrico Pietra, aged 31, who, police say, bears a close resemblance to “Henry Stone,” want- ed at Los Angeles, Cal., for the mur- der of Miss Alice Byxbee, April 1, pending possible identification. Pietra, a news vendor, admitted, po- sentative, would present a proposal which would serve as the basis of dis- cussion. This proposal was under stood in some quarters to provide.a settlement of the Far Eastern prob- dems, especially with respect to China, on tho basis of complete territorial in- tegrity for China, including Shantung, complete freedom of action for China, and universal recognition of the open door. 5 fi Prespects were that the delegates would remain in session well into the afternoon, preparations having been made for the serving of lunch in the Pan-American building, where the session was held. CHINESE VIEWS ARE STATED BY MINISTER. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—(By The Associated Press.)}—detailed statement regarding China's interests and her attitude on Far Eastern questions was made today by Minister Sze at the first meeting of the committee on Pacific and Far Eastern questions. No program for the consideration of Far Eastern questions was agreed upon but the heads of the delegations of the nine;powers forming the com- mittee were to meet later today to frame an order of procedure. There was no response from the Japanese after China had presented her view ‘of the situation and al- though some general discussion de- veloped, all of the other nations rep- resented a detailed statement of their opinions for later presentation. Indictmetts were that the first at- tempt to get down to cases would be made in the meeting of the heads of delegations later in the day. but Maintenance of the open door fn (Continued on Page 9.) IOWA GUARD PATROLS OTTUMWA, CITY QUIET OTTUMWA, Iowa, Nov, 16.—Passing between rows of Iowa guardsmen with bayo- {nets fixed, more than 100 workmen, who are employed at the John Morrell Packing com- |pany, filed through the gates between 6 and 7 o’clock this morning to join their 200 com- rades who entered yesterday amid a fusillade of stones and bricks and spent the night in- side the plant. A large crowd of strike sympathizers assembled on streets near the plant Gardner said, “because I was pretty! but the presence of troops calmed any prospects for a repetition of yesterday’s disturbances. MINE LOCALS TO — LOSE CHARTERS FITTSBURG, Kan., Nov. 16-— Representatives. of tho internationa} organization of mine workers claim- ed that most of the striking Kansas miners woul return to work today under the order to do so or subject themselves to revocation of thelr lo- cal union -charters. Adherents of Alexander Howat, deposed Kansas district union president, declared the miners would remain on strike. Van A. Bittner, representative of the international, sent here by John L. Lewis, international president, sald revocation of charters if neces- He declared members of the deposed district administration - would be permanently expelled. BAR Nas The troops tended strictly to Col. Guy E. Brewer's orders to keep the crowd on the move. No one was al- lowed to remain long in one place, and group discussions were barred. OTTUMWA, Iowa, Nov. 16.—Com-| panies A, B, C and D of the Iowa| national guard from Des Moines, un-| der command of Col. Guy BE. Brew-| er, arrived here this morning and de-| trained at a crossing within a block of the John Morrell packing plant,| where former employes are on strike. | Quiet prevailed in the vicinity of| the packing house this morning, though a large crowd saw the troops} detrain. The troops are patrolling all streets leading to the packing house. Machine guns have been ect up at several points, - and weighs about 215 pounds, struck his assailant, took his gun away from him and then sat on him while ho waited for officers to respond to his calls.’ Then the bandit was taken to the county Jail, where he said he was “R. P. Nelson of Chicago. Inderlied went out with his car last night. While Inderliel was holding his Prisoner, the latter said: ~“Well, you've earned your $5,000 to- night,” referring to a standing rewant offered to mail clerks for the capture of mail bandits. Another Santa Fe train was stand- ing on a track at the local station just @ few feet from No.*170 and a South- ern Pacific train with two marine guards in the mail car was at the Southern Pacific station, a quarter of @ block away when Inderlied was at- tacked. Inderlief, who returned to Phoentx today, was called to the police station to Identify the prisoner formally as his assailant. As he approached the prisoner, the latter held out his hand and said. . “You haven't got any hard feelings have you?” I've got a wife and child at homo,” Inderlied replied. “So have I,” responded Gardner, “and if you had had a gun last night, your wife would have been a widow today. I never hurt an unarmed man, But next time a gun is stuck against you, you put up your hands—it might not be Roy Gardner behind the gun.” Gardner refused to talk about his escape from McNell’s Island. Hoe ad- mitted his fdentity but when ques+ tioned about his escape, he said: “I'm not going to tell any more than I have to. What do you think Iam, a d— fool?” Gardner told police officers that he had lived here for three weeks, stay- ing at a hotel and driving about the streets of the city in his automobile. He blamed the failure of his attack last night on the fact that Inderlled, a white man, was in charge of the car instead of the negro mail clerk that Gardner thought would be in charge. He said he was confident the negro would have obeyed the com- mand to put up his hands. Gardner confirmed the police the. ory that he intended to try to get the $15,000 he believed was to be shipped but he denfed that he had any accom- plices, “Don't you know I always work alone?” he said when asked about ac- complices. He told officers that he had watched the registry window closely during the (Continued on Page 9.) LEAGUE TO ACT ON VIOLATIONS PARIS, Nov. 16.—(By The Associ- ated Press)—The council of the league of nations met here this after- noon to consider the first accusa- tion of covenant breaking since the league came into force. The case was that of JugoSlavia, whose have been by the British with invading the territory of another league member—Albania. Mata Bockhovitch, Wugo-Slavian representative on the reparations commission, was here as head of the delegation. from his country to de- fend Jugo-Siavia’s position, Jugo-Slavia~has not yet accepted the recent decision of the allied councll of ambassadors outlining the frontiers of Albania,