Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1922, Page 1

DEATH OF MRS. SMALL CLIMAXES TRIAL OF GOVERNOR PSTRIKE SETTLEMENT IS SOUGHT#ti siti LEWIS, RECEIVED aY HARDING FOR ISCUSSION OF MINE QUESTION Union Leader and Secre- of Labor Guests of President Today at White Hotise Luncheon been formulated as to arrangements for settlement of the national coal strike. WASHINGTON, June 26. —Government attempts to in- tervene in the bituminous coal strike were carried forward today when Secretary of La- bor Davis called John L. operators and union ivaders in the industey to consider a settlement. ‘WASHINGTON, June 26.—John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine ‘Workers of America, who arrived in ‘Washington yest~°,.¥ for a series of conferences ‘with government officials, will confer with Secretary of Labor Davis at 11 o'clock and later acoom- panied by Mr. Davis will go to the ‘White House to discuss the coal strike with President Harding. ‘The unton leader and Secretary Dav- ig will be the president's guests at Juncheon and it was said at the depart ment of labor that a statement proba- bly would be issued after the confer Mr. Davis, prior to the meeting with Mr. Lewis indicated that the entire coal question would be discussed and analyzed at luncheon at the White Flouse. The secretary said that the coal operators still were holding out for the district settlement plan while the miners tnsist upon a. general con ference embracing all of the areas in- yolved*in the strike situation. him and General Ming’s troops in full contro of the city. Che Caz Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not-much change in item VOLUME Vi TEXAS FLOOD SHVATION ARMY MIKES BID FOR CASPER SUPPOR, CASPER, WZ0., MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1922. SITUATION IS ACUTE AGAIN City of Mercedes Is Under Water ‘Along With Thousands of Acres of Land as Rio Grande Breaks Banks BROWNSVILLE, Texas, June 26.—The crest of the rise in the Rio Grande had passed Mercedes today and is travel- ing slowly as it approaches the mouth of the foot river, be- ing centered this‘morning in the Harlingen-San Benito area. One levee was reported as having broken early today near Laferia, inundating additional farm land. At Mercedes, which was.inundated;and property dwamage in Mercedes: "to the depth of two to three feet yes- ran over levee terday, when water tops, the stream was.reported receding and water-would be out of the streets by tomorrow. ‘Train service frem Houston to Brownsville on the Gulf Coast line was suspended today as the result of wash- outs. ‘The newty~flooded crop land ts lo- cated partly in Hidalgo, Cameron and ‘Willacy counties. The latest inunda- tion was caused by the overflowing yesterday of a levee protecting Mer- Others soon were overflowing and late last night the flood area had extended to the business section of Mercedes, com- pletely isolating the town except /by. cedes from the south. probably will be alight, reports said, as the greatest depth of the water was but three feet. All last night and earty today a small army of men fought to keep tn- tact a levee five miles north of Har- lingen, the threatened breaking of Which would flood nearly 20,000 acres of growing cotton. ——$-———— BODY SHIPPED TO MISSOURL ‘The body of Mrs. Grace Dennis, who died recently by her own hand, is be- ing shipped from the Shaffer-Gay chapel this afternoon to ner old home in Missouri. Realtives are attending ‘the remains. ———————____ J. M. Alden, is an ofl man from Den- boat. No loss of Iife was expected !ver who is in the city. PRINCE OF MONACO IS DEAD, FRIEND OF CODY Wu Ting-Fang Fell Short Of Goal in Years NEW YORK, Juno 26.—Dr. Wu Ting-Fang. chinese diplomat who died recently did not: Ive to be 125 years of age, as he said he would, but he did outlive Marquis Okuma, Japanese diplomat, who said ho would not. Last year Dr. Wu returning from Japan, predicted he would not die until he was 125 because he was a vegetarian. 'At the some time Oku- ma stated that without doubt he would outltve Wu because he ate beef, pork and fish as much as he pleased. Okuma, who died at the age of 83, was buried in January of this year, about six months before Dr. Wu died. |Bees Wintered In Texas Returned To Wyoming by Owner UOWELL, Wyo., June 26.—Win- tering bees In Texas has its-advan- tages, according to A. D. Hardy, fho has returned home with his apiary after spending the cold months at Corpus Christi. The bees were greatly strengthened by their sojourn, he believes, in contrast to the weak condition in which a rig- orous winter leaves them. Illness Claims Ruler of Smallest Princi- pality Who Had.Hunted in This State | as Buffalo Bill's Guest PARIS, June 26.—(By The Associated Press.) —Prince Albert Honore Charles of the principality of Monaco, died here this afternoon at 5 o’cloc Prince Albert of Monaco, ruler of the smallest principality in tke world within whose eight square miles is the famous international gaming town of Monte Carlo, was well known in the United States as a sportsman and scientist. One of his old friends was the late Colonel W. F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody, on-whose-ranch in Wyoming he went hunting years ago. ‘The prince made three visits to this country, the first in 1868 as a sailor in the Spanish navy, when he obtained a three months’ leave of absence, the a similar medal from the National Geo graphical society for his researches in oceanography. He was also an enthusiastic paleon tologist but held that the sea held few if any, secrets.of the antiquity of man ‘One of the prince's most valuable contributions to submarine knowledge was his charting of the drift of both German and allied mines in the North and English channels. for years a close personal friends of the former Emperor of Germany, the prince, from the beginning supported the cause of the allies. ‘The Germans seized-his Chateau de Marchais near Rheims and threatened to burn it, un- MAN FALLS SIX STORIES DEATH HELD ACCIDEN CHICAGO, June 26.—F. G. Owen, 36, a lumber dealer from Medford, Ore., plunged to his death from a sixth flour window of a Michigan boulevard hotel early today. Owen, with his uncle, S. F. Owen of Port- land, Ore., had been a guest at the hotel for two days. * They had planned to start for home this morn- ing. Tho uncle said he was unable to account for_ his mephew's death. , The two played cards until 10:30 last night, when the uncle retired to another room. F, W. Brunker, a passing motor- ist, who saw Owen fall from the window, said he fell feet first te the n boulevard walk. Owen's neck and back were broken. ‘The dead man is survived by a widow and two children in Medford, the uncle said. Police. investigators—. were -unable. | TAL Anderson, Owen Lumber company of Medford, who accompanied Owen and his uncle here, and hotel investigators, were of the opinion that Owen had and forced it out. of no troubles that might have been affecting Owen and believed the fall _was per Dailsy seen) Orthiune [mm _| — Massacre Victims Laid at Rest Sunday With Quiet Service While Remains of Lone Union Miner Killed in Riot Is Fol- lowed to Grave by Thousands HERRIN, Il., June 26.—(By The Associated Press.)— Williamson county buried the dead in her latest mine war yesterday, conducted an inquest to determine the cause of their death, and today faced the responsibility of bringing the guilty to justice. With not a single ar. CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS SET WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Civic Clubs and Organizations to Take the Lead in | Promoting Success; Budget Program and Plans Are Announced The committee in charge of the campai; to meet the operating expenses to raise funds of the Salvation Army has set Wednesday and Thursday of this week, June 28 and 29, as the time when funds are to be solicited. Representatives of local civic organizations who are interested in seeing the Sal- vation Army continue its good ‘taken to sponsor the campaign, and at a recent meeting elected E. P. Ba- con chairms: of the committee and Harry D. McCracken secretary. Q. K. Deaver, former treasurer continues ‘The last public campaign to sup- Port the activities of the Salvation Army was conducted here in Septem- her, 1920. Of the sum raised at that time $3,000 was assigned to a fund for expenses, the re- mainder was placed in a cumulative building fund. During the past 21 months the activities of the Salvation Army in Natrona county have been ‘carried on with this $3,000 supple- mented only by such free will general donations as the officers of the corps work in Natrona have under- BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL LAID ATREST TODAY LONDON, June 26.—(By The Asm- ciated Press}—Londoners by the hun- dreds of thousands today paid tribute to the late Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, victim of assassina- tion. For hours they stood patiently have received. And it is worth while |!" line in a drizzling rain to watch the to note that the appeal presented by ‘solemn funeral procession makiug its the sterling and commendabis work /W®Y to the sound of muffled drums Continued on Page Four) k, less he paid them a ransom of $100.-| 000. The ransom was never paid.} Just before the armistice, in 1918, the Prince placed at the disposal of the American government his beautiful es- tate at Monte Carlo where for months from 6,000 to 8,000 American wounded soldters were brought through rapid convalescence. “We were engaged in a very in- teresting line of research between the Azores and the American coast when the war intervened to prevent our carrying on the work,” said the prince on his last visit to America. “We were finding out a lot of interesting things. We had long thought that marine creatures, ving at great depths, always remained there but ‘we found that for some mysterious reason, some of these creatures rose to the depths when daylight came They were like ‘living tides.' Why? There is a mystery to be solved.”- Prince Albert was born Nov. 13, 1848, and succeeded his father, Prince Chartes III. in 1889. H® was twice married first to Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton of England in 1869 and sec ond to the Dowager Duchess de Rich elien in 1889. A son by his first wife Prince Louis, who was a soldier in the French army, is expected to succeed him. Monaco is a French protectorate to the surface at night and returned|* Irom the field marshal’s late home in Eaton Place to: St. Pat's otthedral, ‘he three mfle-route was choked with spectators and traffic was at a stand- still. St. Paul's square hat never held so many people since the funeral of King Edward in 1910, while outside Sir Henry's home as the procession start- ed a great multitude had assembled, former officers and goldiers being con- spicuous amongst them. The throng stood with bared heads as the cortege formed and passed on toward the ca- thedral. Throughout the city all flags were at half mast: and everywhere in the empire the day was one of na- tional mourning, even from far off New Zealand coming word that min. ute guns would be fired during the funeral. In northern Ireland, the home of the slain soldier, there were special mani- festations of grief, and memorial ser- vices were held churches, in most of the BOSTON, June 26.—Babe Ruth knocked out his eighth home run of the season in the Yenkees’ game with Bostoa today. He made the hit in the fifth inning. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Philadelphia— R. H. E. Boston -100 101 200-5 10 1 Stueland and O'Farrell. At St. Louis— Cincinnati -—— St. Bouis m Batteries—Keck and Wingo; Pertica and Ainsmith. atl AMERICAN LEAGUE At Gleveland— IS PREVENTED FAIRMONT, W. Va., June 26—A| march of striking miners and their! ‘ympathizers from Monongah, a min-| ing village near here, to Fairmont was ‘prevented today by C. Frank Keeney, district president of the United Mine Workers of America, according to re- ports to city and county authorities. | Mr. Keeney who came here Satur-| day to investigate a strike disorder) fnear Clarksburg, was advised of the reported march ,and he left im-| mediately for Monongah, where he! persuaded the men to go home. Kee-| ney later returned to Fairmont and ‘told Prosecuting Atorney Frank Amos that he was confident there would be no further disorder. e i Ratteries—Pruett Coveleskie and O'Neill. At Boston New York Boston __ Batteries—Shawkey and Hoffman; Quinn and Roel. Shawkey hit a ninth, home run in the pba Slee: SS RECLUSE FOUND DEAD. BASIN, Wyo., June 26.—Neighbors who entered the cabin of Frank Sykes, a rectuse of the Crooked cteek coun. try, when he had_not been seen for several days, found him dead and his body so decomposed that he was buried immediately, according to no tice reaching Coroner Smith of Big Horn county. He ved by no relatives, so far as known. [BREYBULL LAD DROWNS + WCE ACROSS POND GREYBULL, Wyo. June 26.— [BUGENE, Wyo., June 26.—Eugene Watson, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Watson, was drowned in @ pool formed in a roadway by over- flow from an irrigation ditch when he became exhausted while swimming with two ,companions. The latter heard his cry for help while engaged in a race across the pool and had taken hold of him when he started to struggle and they lost their grip. He was found in about eight feet of ‘water. eae EXPEDITION IS GIVEN UP LONDON, June 26.—(By The Azso- ciated Preas.\—An Evening News des- Patch from Calcutta today says the Mount Everett expedition may be abandoned. The third and final at- tempt to reach the summit, the mes- gage says, only added: 100 feet to the rade since the massacre of last Thursday, when at least 19 men were killed after strike sympathizers storm. 1 the Lester mine, and with county “icials making no visible effort to © the blame, the investigating is done by state and federal agenta vesentatives of the department © & ‘ce, department of labor, the st. ", “torney general's office, and the ut general are quietly delv- ing }, * \ cloak of secrecy which so far ha ounded the identity of the 5,000 m.n who marched from Herrin in broad daylight, took more than fifty unarmed men prisoners, marched them back down the road into a wood, and there killed 19 and wounded near- ly as many more. Yesterday six men cf Williams county—three miners, a merchant, an electrician and tho superintendent of the Herrin Water works——were sol- emrily impaneted, listened to the evi- dence of witnesses called by Coroner William McCowen and returned their verdict. They found, and so recorded, that >. K. MeDowell, murdered superin- tendent of the Lester mine, killed a union miner on *Yednesday, the day Ddefore the massacre. Of the other dead, 19 in all, ineluding two other (strikers, the jury found they came to thetr death by gunshot wounds inflict- ed by unknown persons. Yesterday morning sixteen unknown ¢ead, all non-union workers and guards at the Lester mine were buried by the county tn Potter's field. On a bleak hillside beneath a brofling sun, union miners, led by State Senator William J. Sneed, dug sixteen shallow reaves—four rowr of four each. ‘The bodies of the massacre victims, in plain black caskets, were placed side by side on the parched grass. Four Protestant ministers of Herrin, a Methodist, a Baptist, a Presbyterian jand a Christian, con@ucted the brief burial service, while a hundred over- all-clad miners and a dozen newspaper correspondents Iccked on. On a dis- naped in Mo Cuernavaca hills, to ransom notl- that City and Mr. Sample said that-he was fied through an American bank a banking company in Mexico was “taking care of the ransom” would hurry to Cuernavaca. MEXICO CITY, June 26.—(By The Associated Press.)—Mystery today still surrounds the kidnaping and hold- ing for ransom of A. Bruce Biciaski, former chief of the bureau of investi- gation of the American department of justice during the war, and of Manuel Barcena, an attorney, near the Ha- cienda De Sangebriel, in the state of Morelos. Mrs. Bielaski has merely stated that the holdup occurred yesterday and she pleaded physical exhaustion as an excuse from making a lengthy state- ment. She declined to name the sum of the ransom demanded or to give out any_other information, merely stating that all matters were in the hands of the United States embassy. One rumor circulated here was to the effect that Mr. Bielaski was an ordinary prisoner of the civil author- ities in some obscure village in More. jos. Another was that he was being held at the instigation of his personal enemies, gained while acting in his official capacity with the United . | States government. Mr. Biclaski, who is no longer con At a joint dinner tonight of the Casper Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs prominent officials of the Standard Oil company of Indiana and the Midwest Refining company, who are in Casper on annual re- finery and field inspection trips, will be entertained It is also expected, as set forth at the Kiwanis-Lions dinner last week. t the Standard officials will outline of the company as it affects Casper he pole (Continued on Page Four) RANSOM IS PAID FOR AMERICAN Money Forwarded to Mexican Bandits to Secure Liberation of Oil Man, Kid- relos Holdup NEW YORK, June 26.—Ten thousand pesos ($5,000 American money) is on its way from Mexico City iato the A. Bruce Bielaski, who was seized by Mexican bandits, it was announced today by Frank L. Sample, vice president of Raymond Levering & Co., the concern of which Bielaski is an official. nected with the American govern ment, is now vice president of Rich- mond Levering and company, which has extensive oil holdings near Mex ico City and Tampico. Mr. Barcena is an attorney identified with racing en- terprises at Tiajuana. DESTROYED - BY FIRE; ‘] DAMAGE ABOUT $25,000 LANDER, Wyo., June 26.— Fire of unknown origin which broke out in the bollerroom of the Poposia mine near Hudson destroyed the boiler house, garage, storehouse and a tour- ing car, the latter the property of a miner. Volunteers found it hard to ex tinguish the blaze as it was fanned by a high wind. Other buildings were saved however. : The loss is estimated by Poposia Coal company officials <t about $: 600. ‘There was no fire in the ers and no one on duty at the time. Striking miners assisted in fighting the blaze. ho RESULT OF “Politics” Blamed for Stroke Suffered Late Saturday at Peak of Ac- quittal Celebration KANKAKEE, IIt., June 26. —(By The Associated Press.) Mrs. Len Small, wife of Governor Small of Ilinois, died this morning. Mrs. Small was stricken with apoplexy Saturday night during the excitement incident to the celebra. tion by friengs and fellow townsmer of the governor’s acquittal that after noon at Waukegan, I! With her at the time of her death was the gov- ernor and their three children and Budd Small and Mrs. A. glesh, all of Kankakee, The long trial of nine weeks at Waukegan, where the governor was charged with conspiracy to defraud the state of interest on public funds during his term as state treasurer several years ago, had been a heavy strain both on the governor and his wife. Mrs. Small, however, had borne up under the straim exceedingly well, it had appeared, until she was stricken and sank into the governor's arms as the noise of the colebrators filled the neighborhood about their home at the joyous homecoming Saturday. Physicians who attended Mrs. Small offered no hope for her recovery and throughout Sunday and last night she lay in a coma as the governer and thelr sons and daughter watched by the bedside. The governor refused to leave her. Mrs. Smal was born December 17, 1861, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore of Kankakee county, and had lived virtually her entire life in this county. Mrs. Small and the governor were married November 21, 1883. Besides the governor and the tyo sons and their daughter, Mra. Smaif is survived by her mother, Mrs. Moore, a sister, Mrs. George Vaughn, Sr., both of Kankakee, and two brothers, Bert Moore of Walnut Creek, Cal., and Claude Moore of Pomey's Pillar, Mont. Governor Small is publisher of the Kankakee Republican, Leslie E. In- CHICAGO, June 26.—The charges made against Governor Small and of which he was acquitted Saturday led to Mrs, Small's death, Samuel A. Et- tglaon, corporation counsel of Chicagn, declared today when informed of the demise of the governor's wife. Mr. Bttelson, who with Mayor Thompson ot Chicago, had been a close friend and political supporter of the gov- ernor, declared that politics was be hind the prosecution of the governor and that politics therefore was respon sible for Mra. Small’s death. CORNELL CREW WINS JUNIOR a] = > | Pe ¢ (—) ae Som | a | aA oe | REGATTA COURSE, POUGH- KEEPSIE, Y., June 26.—Cornel | Junior varsity crew captured the first event of the intercollegiate regatta on the Poughkeepsie course thi* efter- noon winning by more than a length with Columbia, second and. Syracuse third. The two Pennsylvania crews brought up the rear close together. The official time for the junior var- sities were: Cornell 9:45 4-5; Columbia 9:52 4.5; Syracuse 10 4-5; Pennsylvania junior varsity 10 4-0; Penna A 150 pound 10:29 4-5. Cornell's time breaks record for the junior var was set by the Cornell when it finished in 10 minu fifth second. the ty course which REGATTA Syracuse won the intercollegiate regatta three crews were closely From the shore it app: umbia was second The other bunched. ed that Col JOINT BANQUET | OIL MEN TO BE GUESTS TONIGHT in order that reports and rumors of projected activities may be set at rest. Local officials of the Standard and Midwest, including T. 8. Cooke, Standard manager for the Rocky Mountain division; R. M. Andrus, manager of the Casper plants, and R. S. Ellison, vice president of the Midwest, will attend the banquet, which will be held at the Henning hotel at 6 o'clock. Mayor W, A. i Blackmore has also been invited to | Standard Oil company of Indiana officials !n Casper include Col. Robt W. Stewart, chairman board of di- rectors; W. M. Burton, president of the company; W. BE. Warwick, sec- ond vice president and general man- of the manufacturing depart. Beaumont Parks, third vice president and assistant general Continued on Page Four.) | oF NERVOUSSTRAIN, REPORTS STATE 3 Poe or ree ;