Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1922, Page 1

‘Weather Forecast portion tonight. patente VOLUME VI MICHAEL COLLINS’ TO LEAD IRELAND’S ARMY Military Operations on Large Scale Projected to Put Down Republican Movement, Reprts Indicate; War Council to Map Plans for Coming Free State ‘Assault DUBLIN, July 13.—(By The Associated Fress.)—Michael Collins has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Irish national army, it was officially announced today. Richard Mulcahy and Gen. Owen O'Duffy will comprise a war council in supreme charge of Fair tonight and probehly Friday; warmer in northeast military operations throughout the country. Mulcahy also is named chief of staff of the army. Owen O'Duffy has been the officer in command of the southwestern division of the Irish forces. It is in the region covered by this division that the principal oppos!- tion to the Free State government re mains. ® SDON, Jofy 13—(By ‘ihe .Asso eee Peeskearie pfovisional Irish Free Strite government's decision te concentrate its energies on overcom: ing the Repydlicans and entablishing order throughout the country before summoning the sew partiament. ts tak- en to indicate that military operations on a considerable scale are itera epublicans since their defea 1a Debiin Thave strengthened thelr Dor- ition In the southwest and now are pre- pared to put up a big fight. They are reported to, have taken a line from p ‘across the country to Lim- pels he defensive front, intrenching themselves in preparation for the ex- pected Free State assault. Communication between Dublin and the country to the west of this line has been almost non-existent for some days, and what is happening there is largely a matter of «. ~jecture, al- though the statement given out by Patrick P. Little, head of the republic publicity department is believed to be correct. He claims the Republican forces are in complete control of the whole courtry from Kerry to ew: ton-barry and from Kerry to county Mayo. ‘Bt. Cork is supposed to rank as the Re-| Batteries — Collins, CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922. RAIL SHOP STRIKERS AP Bible Bought With Forged Check, Report TACOMA, Wash., Jaty 13.—Harry Steinholt, under arrest here today, is charged with having purchased a Bible and a rosary with a bogus check, the proprietor of a shop, told the police he accepted the check with- out question because of the nature of the purchase. ——-—_— LIQUOR VIOLATORS SEIZED. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 13.—Bight arrests for violation of the federal hibition law were made here in raids Monday and Tuesday. The defendants were held to the November.grand jury jin bail ranging from $500 to $1,000 each, BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati— RH. E. Brooklyn -—__010 200 010—4 11 1 Cincinnati ____000 092 001-3 8 0 Battories—Vance, Smith ard Deber- ry; Couch and Wingo. At R. HE. New York — 004.000 00—x x x Chicago ________200 001 90-—x x x Batteries—Cansey and Smith; Ald ridge and O'Farrell. At St. Louis— R. H. E. Phil: Louis _——---000—x x x Singleton and Peters; publican capital, but the military head-| Doalc and McCurdy. quarters are either at Mallow or Lime At Pittsburgh — Boston-Pittsburgh ‘The situation in’ Limerick, is con-| postponed, rain. trarily reported. According to one ver- sion there was sharp fighting in the town Tuesday night, and the civilian population is suffering from a food shortage in consequence of the rival| At Washington— forces: leering supplies. The) Sie account is that peace is being maintained under a precarious truce. while the national army is re- haar be strengthening daily, re- cruits constantly being sent to the va- rious depots for intensive training. It is stated that, among other reasons for postponing the parliamerit meeting many members of the Dail: who hold commands in the army, cannot be spared from théir military duties. GAS ‘MONOPOLY’ AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago -_. Washington Batteries — Robertson and Vxryan; Johnson and Picnich. At Philadelphia— Detroit ........000 002 020— 4 a 4 Philadelphia . .500 031 00x— 9 Batteries — Ehmke and Manion; Hasty and Perkins. (Veach and Heil- mann hit home runs in Sixth, Heil- man hit second home rome in Eighth.) R. H. E. At Boston— R. H. E. Cleveland 000 001 120-4 9 1 Boston. . 000 101 00—2 6 2 Batteries — Uhle, Lindsay and O'Neil; Collins, Quinn and Ruel. At New York—St. LouisNew York Children Watertown Searched for Other Danger Relics Following Explosion of “Dud” Found on Artillery Range WATERTOWN, N. Y., July 13.—Police are searching this city for artillery shells retained as souvenirs of the world war, after the explosion of a three-inch shell resulting in the death of eight children. The big shell, believed to be a “dud” picked up during the war-time target practice of the 104th field artillery on the Pine a3 a screen door check on the rear porch of the Edward G. Workman house. In the intense heat, the T. N. T. charge expanded, according to Mad- ison barracks military officials, mak- ing the sheil liable to explosion at re- duced concussion. It is believed that one of the children playing croquet IS CHARGED TO THE STANDARD same postponed: rain. ACCIDENT VICTIM LAD WASHINGTON, July 18.—Assert- ing that a “monopolistic situation” AT REST HERE TODAY with respect to gasoline prevailed over the entire country, due to the fact that an interlocking stock owner- _atives to support their charges that szip in the several Standard Oil com- panies have perpetuated the very monopolistic control which the courts sought to terminate, the federal trade committee recommended in a report to congress today the enactment of leg- islation prohibiting “common stock ownership in corporations which have been members of a combination dis- solved under the Sherman law." The funeral of Harold Crosswait, who was killed Monday jn a fall from a horse at Big Muddy creek, 16 miles from Casper, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Shaffer-Gay chapel. The Rev. L. E. Carter per- formed the ceremony. A caterpillar can eat 600 times its weight of food in a month PICTURE STAR IN COURT FIGHT LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 13.—Gloria Swanson, film ac- tress, will appear in court here tomorrow to answer charges * made against her and her mother of undue influence in con- nection with the will of the late Matthew P. Burns, step- father of the actréss, it was announced here today by Joseph Scott, her attorney. The case revolves around application by Mrs. Burns, Gloria’s mother, to pro- struck the shell with a mallet or ball. Carpenters working nearby said they heard the children laughing at their game and then a terrific explo- sion. Rushing to the Workman yard, they found the bodies mangled, cro- quet balls and mallets blown to bits, the concrete walls of the Workman home crumbled to powder and a grey pall of concrete dust settling cver all. Fragments of clothing and flesh were ‘suspended from trees and ‘house tops for yards around and two automobile tires placed near the shell on the rear porch, were found on a roof 200 feet MOUNTAIN ROAD IS CLOSED FOR HEAIY BLASTING Will Be én Good Condition for Travel Next Sunday, Says Announcement of Mo- tor Club. Plains range, near here, was used The complaining witness, | Souvenir Sheii Blast Kills And Mangles Eight RANCH WORKER [3 INJURED IN FALL OF MOUNT | Fracture of Skull Causes Par- | tial Paralysis in Case of Walter Bixler. The second accident of its kind in three days within Natrona county caused serious injury to Walter Bix- |ler, who, is now resting tn the Cas Iter Pri hospital “slightly {m- Proved” after having fallen from a horse at the ranch of James Grieve, 15 miles south of Wolton, Tuesday night. i Anxiety caused by are vhe _non-reap- pearance of Bixler after he jad start- ed out to round up some horses, brought some other. men on the place to form a party and go in search of their foreman. He was found lying unconscious, with his face and left arm blue from Severe bruises. Taken to the house, he was treated as well as possible, but ‘it was soon seen that he would have to have the attention of a doctor, and he was immediately brought into Cas. per. Dr. Lathrop attended him here and found that the young man had sut- fered a slight fracture of the skull and blood clot on the brain. The com- bination of these are supposed to be the reason for paralysis in the right side of Bixler’s body. Dr. Lathrop has stated that an op- eration on the injured man’s brain may take place tomorrow if his con- dition is not very much wisanged for the better by that time. + Bixler is a man about 25 years of age. The Republican: counties of Wyoming are arranging of the central a “Mondell” Home-coming Confer- ence,” to be held at Lander on Tues. aay, July 18, at which Republican committeemen and newspapermen and all other Republican workers of Converse, Niobrara, Natrona and Fremont counties will be in attend- ance. The afternoon will be devoted to @ business session and the evening to banquetting’ and speech making. Those attending can take the afternoon train on the Northwest- ern on the 17th and arrive at Lan- der at 7:15 in the evening and those who cannot make it convenient on that day can leave on the early morning Burlington the 18th and go to Bonneville where they will be met on arrival by Lender Re- publicans and transferred to Lan- ord breaker in attendance and in- terest in launching the senatorial candidacy of Mr, Mondell. ——.__— Prime Minister Of Canada Here For Conference WASHINGTON, Inly 13. — A_pro- Posal that the century-old agreement between the United States and Canada fenses to be maintained on the inter- national border be revised in perma- nent form and in line with the agree ments reached at the Washington arm limitation conference was the Che Casper Daily Tribune U.S.T© s Ordered DISC Out ft *rotection of Rau d Lines in State. %“exas WASHINGTON, * \13.— 4(By The Associated % s.)— Secretary Weeks { “y in. structed Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, commanding the 8th Army Corps area at San An- tonio, Texas, to prepare a suffici force of troops protect the proper ties of the M. Kansas and Texas lines wMich are“® the hands of receivers appointed by the United States court. The secretary acted after receiving an appeal from C. E. Schaff, the re ceiver of the line, for protection. Mr. Schaff declared that the state protec. tion was only partial and that many of the employes of the road had been beaten up, and commerce was being in terferred with by the strikers. United States marshals were unable to cope with the situation, the receiver said. Ahaoieit 2s Seats LANDER INFANT MEETS DEATH IN RAIN BARREL DENVER. Colo., July, 13.—Marjorie,|___The move marks a new ph {8 months old daughter of B. A. mul.| "108. now in ite fourteenth day, and lard, fell into a sunken rain barre!'on|®2¥° promise that the next step to- her father's ranch, east of Lander,| Wart a settlement might be in the Wyo., yesterday and was drowned, {t|form of action by the president. Such is stated in a dispatch to the Denver | 2ction as was taken by the chief exec- Post. | utive in the coal strike is suggested by The girl was playing near the house | the new move of the shop crafts lead- when the accident oceurred, the dis-| ° Patch states. Mrs. Millard discoverea| . M. Jewell, head of the railway the daughter's’ body. : | employes department of the American Jowell of the shopmen “incomplete information. Postmaster General Work Railway and union officials and I¢ was announced that strike or on the € © and Ohio. Baltimore and Ohio annul! Chicago and the cast. CHICAGO, July 13.—(By to meet the union leaders for MINE FACTIONS MARK TIME “MONDELL HOME-COMING” SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18 BY LANDER REPUBLICANS Cloud of Uncertainty Envelops Bitumi- nous Industry With Operators and Miners Silent on Proposal WASHINGTON, July 13.—Although the anthracite oper- ators have submitted what President Harding is said to re- gard as a complete acceptance of the government's offer of arbitration in the coal strike, the situation with regard to the bituminous operators and the miners’ union continued under a cloud of uncertainty today with both sides pursuing a pol- ley obviously disturbing to adminis-[the march. They had completely sur- tration officials. Derlaring the inten-| rounded the mine opening when the tion is to delay or evade an immediate sheriff arrived. He* talked to the response high officials see in the course+ leaders and just before daybreak in- pursued a dispostion to reject the/duced them to send the men to their the government's settlement plan if} homes. Wilson mine is the first of lic opinion would approve such a|the ™many important properties jn this course, vicinity to attempt reopening and it President ing stating that the executive's pro-‘amation of informed President motor vehicles could be mobilized within suspended peace activities temporarily. as requested by the United States railroad regarding the military and naval de- The anthracite operators attached two conditions to their acceptance of arbitration yesterday, one that a sep- arate commission consider wage scales | in that industry and the other that the commission be required to submit a |@ecision by August 10, agreeing in the meantime to pay the wage rate of March 31 as suggested in the presi- was conceded that’ if the move was successful other big mines nearby also would start. Watchman Shot der by automobile. Visitors can re- Plant Robbed NUMBER 234. EAL TO WHITE HOUSE USSION ‘OF PEACE DENIED BY EXECUTIVES Crafts Review Grievances in Statement to President Asking Movement for Arbitration of Differences STRIKE SITUATION SUMMARIZED telegraphed appeal to President. Hard- duly 11, was based on Harding that 50,000 24 hours to move the mails, rail labor board members apparently ders are being sent out to the clerks led eight trunk Tine passenger trains between —$$_ —__| The Associated Press.) —The striking shopmen carried their case to the White House to- day, following refusal last night of the railroad executives discussion of a peace program labor board. ase of the nation-wide suspen- Federation of Labor, today sent a tele- gram to President Harding replying to the president’s proclamation on tha strike situation and opening a new phase of the grievances of striking railway shop crafts, declared that the strikers had walked out because wages fixed by the !abor board were in viola tion of the pre ions of the transpor. tation act and because of the violation of the labor board's position by the railroads. | The text of the telegram follows: “It appears from your proclamation of July 11 that incomplete information has been furnished you concerning the Present dispute between the railroad operators and employes. inety-two railroads have violated the transportation act or decisions of the raflroad board in 104 cases These involve not only contracting out work in shops but also wage decreases, interpretations of rules and rights of employes to elect their own repre- sentatives. When the Pennsylvania railroad refused to comply with the board's rulings, Federal Judge Page held that the boards position on wages and rules was only advisory. The railroads haye refused ever since pas- sage of the transportation act to es- tablish national boards of adjustment described as the labor board's as the central part of the machinery to de- cide disputes between the carriers and thelr employes. “The railroads have made all nego tiations merely formal, thus throwing on the board an impossible burden of arbitration. ‘The beard has abolished overtime pay for Sundays and holl- days, enjoyed for 30 years even on un organized roads. The board has es tablished a rate of pay of $800 a year though the department of labor fixed the bare cost of living at over $1,400 |and a minimum comfort budget et over $2,300. “When the basic wage is unjust it follows that all wages graded upwards for skill and responsibility are like wise unjust “Organized employes support your I chief mission here today of W. L. Mc-|°"t'S Proposal. They asked that the declaration of May 23, 1921, that the turn east by the morning train of |Kenzie-King, prime minister of Can-| Proposed separate commission. should Motorists are warned not to attempt! a trip up Casper Mountain either| Thursday or Friday evening, because! heavy blasting during the past few| days has rendered the road extremely! dangerous. However, the road will) be in good tondition for travel by next} Sunday. { ‘The state highway tractor crew and a force of fifteen pick and shovel work-| ers under Alfred Brile are doing ex- cellent work and inside of two weeks it 1s believed that the road will be wide enough for two cars to pass at any point on the road. The Natrona} county issioners appropriated $3,500 for improvement on the road| and this money is being expended by @ committee from the-chamber of com- merce composed of Roy Wyland, J. B. Griffith, Ben Scherck and G. R. Hagens, a sub-csmmittee composed of Messrs. Wyland and Griffith having! direct charge of the construction and supervision over the expenditures. That this committee is doing excel- lent work is attested -by the fact that up to date the road has been widened about four feet clear to the top, sever-| al turnouts compteted, and only a lit-| tle more than half of the appropria-| tion has been used. bate the will of her late husband, who Was a shoe merchant here. Hearing of testimony by Burns’ rel- Burns was of unsound mind and un- duly influenced by Gloria Swanson and her mother into the marriage and into framing of the will, which left the bulk of his estate to Mrs. Burns, will be completed today, it was indicated. Following presentation of motions, it was expécted that the case would be continued’ to tomorrow when Mrs. Burns and the actress take the stand .to defend their claims and refute charges against them. Ns CAIRO, July 13.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)—Fourteen persons were killed and 20 others seriously | injured through the fall of the roof MOSQUE COLLAPSES, 14 KILLED, TRAGEDY ENDS RELIGIOUS FETE of the Abu Zlela mosque during the of the feast of the patron fbrought from A: Pacific railroad shops here yesterday, early today were dragged from their beds in their sleeping quarters by auto- mobile raiders estimated to number from fifty to seventy-five, One man, Roadmaster Tom Wilkin- caught In a small cabin near the! the 19th. Every effort is being made by the active workers of the several coun- ties to make this conference a rec ada, to confer with Secretary Hughes. A new treaty modernizing the Rush- Baghot agreement probably will be negotiated between the two countries. STRIKE GUARDS BEATEN, REPORT and beaten severely. that the outcome of his doubtful. ‘The raiders, who arrived at Oroville in automobiles, dispersed the suddenly awakened workmen, who fled in all directions, after which the attacking party descended jn force on the roundhouse, where the guards were Stationed. One report says 200 shots Were exchanged between the guards and the raiders, but no reports of bullet injuries had been received. In the roundhonse attackers and at- tacked fought in semi-darkness caused by the shooting out of the lights and the windows. Clubs were used freely and the guards took many shots at their assajlants, but finally they were overcome and also beaten. Early re- ports that four guards were missing injuries is saint today. Great damage was done the an. | tiquities in the sacred structure. % and were believed to have been kid- naped could not be confirmed. Wilkinson, the injured roadmaster, | son, was so badly beaten with clubs} was OROVILLE, Cal., July 13.—Sixty imported shop workers | rizona and started to work in the Western |p, caPorset by Sheriff Luellen, who roundhouse and beaten over the head with clubs. He was taken to the Oro- ville hospital. be required to set up a permanent method by which wages and working |eonditions would be “adjusted auto- matically” in the future and proposed that to assure a non-partisan adjudi- clation the commission be composed Public opinion would approve such a and one miner and one operator. TROUBLE IN COKEVIE DISTRICT IS AVERTED. COKESBURG, Pa, July 13.—A great crwd of strking miners and their sympathizers today surrounded the Wilson mine of the Acme Coal and Coke company at Wilson Junction with the announced intention of bring- |ing out the non-union men who yes teoday went jnto the pit. The crowd hurried here from Washington. Later reports reached the authorities thai the crowd was again assembiing in |the hills, and a guard of state police. |men and deputy sheriffs was throwr around the property. According to the deputies, it was |the most pretentious demonstration since the strike began, fully 4,000 men having assembled during the night for lowest wage must not be only enough LEBANON, Pa., July 13. — Two|for comfort but must insure that the burglars entered the En-| struggle for existence shall not crowd gine plant here shot Wounded | out things purely worth living for, and Solemn Boyer, the watchman, and| after sshashing the company safe and taking about $100, dressed Boyer’s wounds, made him-as com- fortable as possible and escaped. that it should provide for amusement, recreation and ing. mployes have never violated any ion of the board; but the railroads (Continued on Page Eight) KENDRICK FILES © PETITION TODAY CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 13.—Senator John B. Kendrick, Democrat of Sheridan, Wyo., issued a formal statement yes- terday stating that he would be a candidate and filed his petition with the secretary of state for re-election to the United States senate. Other candidacies announced to date include Frank W. Mondell, Republican leader in the house of CHAIN BANDIT TRYING INSANITY DODGE, REPORT ‘CATCH FISH’ IS ALL BAD MAN CAN SAY NOW OMAHA, Neb., July 13.—Fred Brown, the Omaha “chain man,” facing charges of kidnaping and as- sault with intent to kill, is sham- ming insanity, according to County Attorney Shotwell, who in several its to Brown in the county jail has been unable to get an intelli- gent remark from the prisoner. “Catch fish” js the only thing Brown has said in seversl days, ac- cording to the attorney. Brown of- | fered this comment yesterday when | Mr. Shotwell asked him if he real- | ' ized that conviction on tho kidnap. | representatives, and Robert R. Rose, }of Kemmerer, Democrat, to succeed | Representative Mondell; who will be one of Senator Kendrick’s opponents |in the race for senator. “John B. Kendrick with hfs brilliant fecord as a servant of the state of Wyoming has the full measure of con- fidence of the people of this state and I predict his election by a greater ma- |jority than he has ever received in Previous elections,” says a statement | coming from Dr. J. R. Hylton of Doug- las, Democratic state chairman. 2 > ing charges might carry with it the death penalty. The public defender, who has been assigned as Brown's attorney, | has been unabl& to get Brown fo | discuss-any of the charges against him or assist in plannihg a defense. FIRE DAMAGE HEAVY. . Costa Rica, J ated at Wrought by a fire which swept through hou here,