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

————————————— Weather Forecast central portions. a ——————— VOLUME VI . : Generally fair tonight and |Thursday; cooler in east and CASPER, | Che Casper Daily Trifumne WYO., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. NUMBER 245. ‘STRIKE THREAT OF MAINTENANCE MEN DENIED Wyoming Legion Convention Adjourns With Election f Officers WOMEN LEAD STRIKE RIOT Non-Union Workers and Police Stoned by Toledo Crowd; Texas Guardsmen . Detrzin Today at Denison TOLEDO, Ohio, July 26.—Forty women, wives and rela- tives of striking railway employes, attacked a party of non- union railroad shopmen on their way to work in the Fearing street shops of the New York Central railroad here early to- day. shower of bricks and stones which reaulted in a call for police reserves. ‘Three patrol wagons filled with of- ficers were rushed to the scee with orders to mrrest every woman found in the vicinity, When the reserves reached the cene, the women had fied and no ar rests wore made. The trouble started aout 7 o'clock when roundhouse em- ployes were met with a voll of bricks as the automobile they oc entered “a short subway near shops. The wo Yned uD on either side of the street and stones beside automobile, c2 taking the places of str tered the su with the missiles. No one was 5) ously injured, according to police und outside a few brok€n windshields lit tle damage was done the cars. TEXAS GUARD 0} DUTY AT DENISO! DENISON, ‘Texas, July 26—Five companies of the 142nd,infantry, Tex- asmational guard, detrained here early today and immediately took charge of the railroad shop district, placed under martial law by proclamation by Gover- nor Neff as a protection to rail work- ers and property. Colonel C. Nimon of Gainesville assumed command of the 275.men upon thefr arrival after a night's run by special train from Austin. ‘A second group of non-union work- men reached Denison this morning from the north. Under tle guard of rangers and deputies they were taken to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas ratlroad “bunk houses” near the loco- motive shops. There was no demon- stration. A A consignment of negro laborers ar- rived last night. The military zone as established by the governor takes in two blocks of the central business district and cuts through the residential districts of the norh and south of Denison. Groups of persons will not be per- mitted to gather within the military zone, he added. Otherwise the life of the city will be normal. C. N. Whitehead, chief operating of- ficer for the Missouri, Kansas and ‘Texas railroad, who arrived last night declared that the strike “so far as the shopmen on the Miz;ourl, Kansas and Texas railroad are concerned “is lost.” rapidly replacing the.men who went out and that the strikers had lost their cpportunity to work on the road. } STRIKE PICKETS SHOT BY GUARD. CRESTON, Iowa, July Kay “lodgett and George McCloud, doing icket duty for striking shopmen of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad were shot by a guard em- ployed by the company, shortly after midnight. Blodgett was removed to the hospital and is said to be in a critical condi- tion. McCloud was not seriously wounded. { He said that the road was; Police responding to a call for help were met with a GIANTS LEADING CARDS ACAIN IN SEVENTH INNING (OUNG MAN.WHO RAN AWAY ~—JOBINBIG CITY ARRESTED OH CHICAGO ORDERS Says He is 21 Years of Age and Will Fight Retum Asked by Mother and early sharp lookout for the youth, whose mother and sister in Chicago need his] company support and ask that he be returned.| cured a position ag guard over four Apprehension at Casper as Runaway ~ A longing to see the great west of which he had often read, and a natural spirit of adventure leading him on, cul- minated in the arrest and detention of Francis Dennis, 21 years of age, “brakebeam” sight seer, who arrived in Casper yesterday morning via the “‘sidedoor Pulmin”’ route. FROM TR Sister in Ordering His Telegrams were received at frequent intervals yesterday at the sheriff's: office requesting a} The number of the car on which he was said to have left Chicago In the ef another named Edward Tabbot, who had se- | valuable horses billed by freight over McGraw’s Clan Fighting to Extend Its » Lead in Pennant Race; St. Pitchers Are Hit Hard NEW YORK, July 26.—With a2 score of 9 to 5 in their favor the New York Giants were making a brilliant ‘fight to extend their lead in the National league race at the end of the seventh inning of today’s gam with St. Louis, time were the Cardinals ableto wrest the lead away fro: McGraw’s clan and four St. Louis pitchers had been worked before the eighth frame was reached. NEW YORK, July 26.—With their lead safe for at least a day, the New York Giants took a chance of pitch- ing Phil Douglas today in the second game of their series with the Cardi- nals. Douglas was bothered with a sore arm all through New York's re- cent western trip and has not gone through nine innings in weeks. Bill Sherdel, who defeated the world’s champions by a score of 1 to 0 when they last were in St, Louis, was on the mound for the Cardinals. Sherdel, a left-hander, has been the most effective St. Louis pitcher this season. Lineup: New York—Bancroft ss, Rawlings 2b, Frisch 3b, Meusel if, Yours rf, Kelly 1b, Cunningham cf, Snyder co, Douglas p. ~ St. Louls—Flack rf, Smith cf, Hornsby 2b, Mueller If, Fournier 1b, Stock 3b, Ainsmith c, Lavan ss, Sher- del p. Umpires Kiem and Santelle. Douglas started well for the Giants in the first irning. Bancroft deprived Flack of a hit with a fine catch of his looping liner. Smith was hit by a pitched ball and stole second as Horns- by fanned. Mueller stood while Doug: las curved over three straight strikes The Giants scored an unearned run in their half of the first with one out. Rawlings slashed an infield single to Stock. Frisch filed to Flack, Meusel walked, advancing Rawlings to sec- ond. Young singled to center and Smith’s good throw had Rawlings at the plate but the runner was safe when Ainsmith dropped the ball. Kiem, who had first called Rawlings out, reversed his decision. Moeusel reached second on the play and then took a lead off second, Ainsmith pick- ing him off the base with a good throw to Lavan, The Cardinals took the lead with two runs in the second. Fournter sin Louis At no Bled ahd stole second, aided by a short passed ball, reached third when Stock sacrificed and scored on Ainsmith’s scratch single to Bancroft. second, aided by another passed yy Snyder and scored when La- van singled to center. Sherdel and Flack expired on easy plays to the Giants’ infield. The Giants tied the score with a run in thelr hatf of the second. Kelly singled to center and scored on Cun- Continued on Page Four.) NEW YORK, July 26.—James Henri de Rothschild, son of Baron Henri de Rothschild, head of the famous Rothschild family of France, was sued for $500,000 damages in | state supreme court here today by Marie Porquet, a French girl, who alleged she came here last spring upon his promise to marry her and that he has since refused to fix a date for the marriage. A statement issued by the baron's counsel, Edgar T. Brackett, de- clared the French nobleman “denies most strenuously the statements of the plaintiff and says that the claim that he ever promised or contem- plated marrying her is absurd and without the slightest foundation,” Mr. Rothschild is in Paris. The complaint was served on him here June 27. In her complaint Mile. Porquet alleged that Rothschild promised her in France last April 22 that he would wed her within a reasonable time if she would come to the United the Burlington for Bucknum, Wyo. was telegraphed both county and rall- road officials. ‘The car named was found in the Burlington yards last evening by Spe- cial Agent Frank’ Lee, and former Deputy Sheriff Charles Miskell. Den- nis was placed in jail to await the ar rival of word from his family in Chi- cago as to the course desired by them. About noon today, the youth's moth: er telegraphed that she wanted her boy, and asked that he be sent home soon as possible. Sheriff Joe Mar- announced today that he would comply with her request. In an interview granted a Tribune reporter, Dennis made plain the fact that he would fight against his return, and that he did aot wish to ever fee Chicago again i'm of age,” he sald, “They have no right to put me in jail, and send me back if I don’t care to go. I'm go ing on | whether they lke it or not, that’s the way I Took att." Megs “Accordiig” to Nis story, he left” His job as truck driver in Chicago and started west with hia friends tn the specially assigned horse car. The stock booked for Bucknum, Wyo.,’and made a through trip with no changes. or transfer of freight. He left Chi cago Thursday afternoon and arrived carried with {t no incidents and he was allowed to ride through his sup- posed position as assistant caretaker for the horses. ‘When arrested he was found in the, very car in which he left Chicago, waiting until the horses should be sent FRENCH GIRL SUES ROTHSCHILD FOR HALF MILLION HEART BALM States. She agréed to become his wife and arrived here about May 15, the papers said. She declared he has refused to agree on any date for the marriage, though more than @r sonable time has elapsed since her arrival. Answering the complaint, de Rothschild'’s attorneys deny that their client proposed to Mlle. Por- quet in France or that she came here under such a promise, “This 1s one of those cases where | man js confronted with the alter- native of etther paying a large sum of money or fighting out the tssue regardless of publicity,” said the statement by Mr. Brackett. * M. de Rothschild, according to Mlle’s Porquet’s attorneys, is tho eldest son of Baron Henri de Roths- child, and is.27 years old. He is unmarried and was widely. enter- tained when he came to the United States in March for a tour of this country. Mlle. Porquet ts 24 and is hiding in New York city, the attor- neys said, INDUSTRIES FACE RISIS IN STRIKE Middle West Plants to sult of Serious Shortage of Fuei, Indiana Reports INDIANAPOLIS, July 26.—Indications that the coal and rail strikes have brought Indiana industries and public utili- ties to the verge of a serious fuel shortage were increasingly Throughout the state factory managers were making efforts to replenish coal piles while in a large num- ber of cities light, heat and water plants were reported to be using the last of their fuel reserves. | tor! evident today. Public utlilties in Indianapolis have coal enough to last at least another| this city conditions are less favorable, mont also have fuel enough to last from’ one to two months. Outejde of 4 , At Terre Haute a recent survey Shut Down as Re-| sows that factories have simost ex- hausted reserve stocks. Some coal obtained from wagon mines in the vi- cinity of Terre Haute has enabléd at | tinue eperation, An automobile factery at New Cas. tle averted a shut-down by using oil as fuel, After operating several days on {ts reserve suppty of coal the fac- tory installed oil burners under {ts boiers and alse arranged te tise this fuel in its forge reom and blast fur- naces, Public utilities at Fort Wayne have announeed that their supplies of coal are dwindling rapidly, One rolling mill hag closed, thg officers annoync- the movernent of coal from mines which it mé@intains in Kentucky, At Kekomo, the Indiana Railways and Light company has given warn- ing that lack of fuel may necessitate the curtailment of its service to the public, The Kokomo Water Works however has fue} enough Factories re- pert much difficulty in obtaining coal to meet their requirements, In another month Marion will face & severe shortage unless the strikes are ended, a survey there shows. Coal dealers who supply the public say their bins are almest empty, At Peru a department stere which has maintained its ewn power plant was recently compelled to arrange with the municipal plant for light and power current as it was unable to Bucknum. He is @ likeable chap, young ' the State Historical department. in Casper Monday morning. The trip|' UCK DRIVER'S and although he gives his ago at 21, looks older and seems care for himuelf. -o e State Society May Get Ancient Coins well able /to CHEYE! EB, Wyo., July 26.— No- body has appeared to claim a sack of old coins found several days ago in the dried-up bed of Lake Mirmahana and turned over to the sheriff. If no owner estibleshes a claim in due time|* the coins probably will be turned over |Dr. Tonkin of River of Wyoming Depan Men Are Delegat. vention. Dr. A. C. Tonkin was unantmously slected to the position of state com mander for the succeeding year. Dr. Tonkin, who is a Riverton man, and who hud been the selection of the Cas- per delegation, was nominated by Dr. T. C. Fitzgerald of Torrington. Dr. Fitzgerald had been a strong conten er for the position during the earlier part of the contest. E. G. Goppert was elected to the vice commandership. Cc. J. Carrol of Newcastle, Paul SHOPMEN MUST FILE REPLY BY AUG. 3, RULING Temporary Restraining Orders Against Interference Will Be Permanent on That Date if Ignored by Strikers CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 2 6.— (Special to The. Tribune.) —Striking railroad shopmen are given until August 3 to an- swer injunction proceedings instituted in the United States district court by the Chicago, Chicago & Northwestern railway co Burlington & Quincy and the mpanies under which iterporary restraining orders were issued by Judge T. Blake Kennedy against interference by strik- ing shopmen with the property or em- ployes of the two roids. On that date, unlees protest is raised and argued the orders will be made permanent. It is likely that the shopmen’s couns¢] will fight the action. ’ The restraining orders are directed specifically aguinst striking shop craftsmen at Sheridan, Casper, Lander, Gillette and Greybull. Union leaders were served with notice of the restrain- ing order@ today at all points affected by the ruling. MORTON BACK IN INL, REFUSES TOTALK BREAK Details of Delivery from Na- trona Bastile Last Year Are Withheld by Auto Thief. *T feel that enough public sentiment has been aroused in my case, and I would rather not talk for publication,” Robert Morton, jail-breaker who was returned to Casper last evening from Reno, Nev., where he was arrested several days ago, and held for Natrona county authorities, told a reporter for The Tribune this morning. “Every one knows my story,” he continued. “No one would benefit by every detail through which I may have passed in the last year. They got me, and I’m here to take my med- {cine, I can say nothing more.” Morton was brought back to jail here by Deputy Frank Devlin who ar rived last night on Burlington train No, 81 from Cheyenne, where he had atayed a day to pay his respects to Frontier dayn. The jail-breaker if he felt {t, showed no signs of regret at his capture, but greeted officials with whom he had once had dealings as “long lost rela- tives,” He is at present in solitary confinement and can only be spoken to through a thick screen, Hw cannot be seen, as the eye will not penstrate the screen and the darkness within the cell, His penitentiary sentence for car stealing will probably be lengthened for the crime of jail-breaking, He will undoubtedly be sithjected te a severo grilling in ths near future, in an at tempt to learn of the whereabouts of L, B, Nicholson, convicted slayer and one of the four principals in the jail delivery who was awaiting commit- ance te Rawlins at the time of his escape, fe he ot HOT SPRINGS OFFICER HERE: Lee Mather, deputy sheriff from Thermepotis, was in Casper today to settle a debt of iong standing between a citizen of Casper and the sheriff's }office at Thermppolis. He will leave this evening for Thermopolis by auto. mabile, resent? BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE At Philadelphia—ist game) R. H. E. Cincinnati -_--111 112 000— 7 13 3 Philadelphia --520 100 04*—12 16 1 Batteries — Rixey and Hargrave; Weinert, Winters, Hubbell, Ring and Peters. At Philadelphia—2d game) R. H. E. Cincinnati -. -000 012 O1—x Philadelphia ~---.000 200 00—-x Batteries—Couch and Wingo; and Henline. At New York— St. Louis — New York Batteries—Sherdel, Pfeffer, Barfoot, Pertica and Ainsmith; Dougias and Snyder. At. Brooklyn— Pittsburgh Brooklyn ~ -030 004 00*—7 10 0 Batteries — Glazner and Jonnard; Ruether and Deberry, Hungling. At Boston—{Ist game) Chicago — Boston _.. -000 010 000 12 10 0 Batteries—Alexander and O'Farrell; McQuillan and O*Nell. At Boston—2nd game) Chicago 930 000 200—5 10 2 Boston -000 010 000-1 4 0 Batteries—Kaufman and O'Farrell; Miller, McNamara and Gibson. —__—___ AMERICAN LEAGUE At Oleveland— R. H. E. Philadelphia 000 900 000-0 7 0 Cleveland -. 000 101 00°—2 4 1 Batterlos—Retig, ert, and Perk- ins; Uhle and O'Neill, R. H. E. At Detroit— Washington _ Detroit Batterles—Mogridge- and Picinich; Pillette, Olsen and ‘Wocdall. At Chicago— LE. Boston _ * 5 Chicago 380 Batteries—Quinn and Ruel; Robert- son and Schalk. Miler made home run tn elghth, At St. Louls— New York -. ---010 O—x x St. Louis 010 O—x x x Batterles—Hoyt and Schang; Wright and Severeid. Seatile Plans Mammoth Hotel SEATTLE, Waeh., proximately 5,000 Seattle residents subseribed a total of $3,000,000 in bonds to finanee the erection of a new hotel here, sponsored by ths chamber R. HL E. x July 26,—Ap. or commeree, as a community enter-|ered by insurance. prise, it was announced .| national executive committeeman. The {while Mrs. J. New Commander ‘t; Two Casper National % S o e 6, =. ption of important Showalter of Dougias, R. H. Alkorn of Rawlins, Harry Henderson of Chey. enne, and H. J. Long of Buffalo were made members of the state executive H, H. Moyer of Kemmer- elected chairman of the com mittee. C, P. Plummer of Casper, was elected vote was close and heated. D. W Ogilbes and Dr. J. F. O'Donnell of Casper, were made national delegates to New Orleans Laramie was selected as the next convention city, Lusk having been given consideration in the selection. Resolutions adopted yesterday in. cluded one which axed that delegates to the national cor vention try to secure funds from the Rxd Cross to carry on the work of the National Legion Liai- son represenatives and thanking the Red Cross; one which asked for legis- lation granting an extension of time within which the construction cost of Federal Reclamation project lands could be paid, the principal of amortiz- ed payments being mado the basis of legislation; one which approved and gave hearty commenfation of the work of the national legislative committes and which asked that {ts program bo supported In the future the same that it had been in the past; one which asked that the state legislature make &n appropriation for the erection of a tuberculosis sanitatum. Several reports were read te the oon- vention yesterday. One of these was by Harry L. Black, assistant state adjutant. The report showed tho amount of bulletin . service . sent through hig Casper \office to the dif- ferent newspapers and other organiz- tions of Wyoming. A report was made by T. C. Fits- gerald of Torrington, state American- ization officer, showing the handicaps met in this line of work throughout the state by the fact that finances for carrying out the program were ex- tremely limited. Bert Waddell, state treasurer re- Ported on the inances of the Wyoming Legion. His report showed a balance of $2,342 in the Wyoming state depart- ment., The amount taken over by the treastrer last year was only $1,802. Collections tok the extent of $9,355 had ‘been made, according to the report. The office of the adjutant in Casper cost $1,000 during the past year, while additional expense entatled by the of- fice amounted to $1,544. The expense of the two meetings of the state execu- tive committee was shown as amount- ing to $800. The work of the Woman's Auxril- jary of the American Legion ended with the election of Mrs. Burke H. Sinclair as chairman of the executive committee and also national oonven- tion delegate. ‘Mrs. B, B. Brooks was made chatr- man of the state flag committee, and Casper landed another member on the same committee in the person of Mrs Edythe Welch, Mrs. J. C. Pursel Placed on the activities committee, N. Stewart was chosen on the greetings committee. A report from the Casper unit show- ed a dank balance on hand of $4,000, of which $2500 is for a building fund. Casper made this showing despite the fact that {t has only 59 members. The next meeting of the “Woman’s Auxiliary” will be held at Laramie, the scene of the next Legion conven- tion. ————— RATTLER BITES CHILD. RAWLINS, Wyo., July 26.—Hope Marx, 83-year-old child of Fort Steele, is recovering from a rattlesnake bite after being rushed here in a serious conditfon for treatment. ° , GTON, Wyo., July 26.—The third annual con- vention of the American Legion and the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion of Wyoming wlosed here last nighi following the election of officers, the ue t resolutions, and the selection of the point for the next con- OPPOSITION 10 NEW UNION PLAN OF ROADS MAY CAUSE RUPTURE Easterin Roads Forming Company Organiza- tions to Take Place of Brotherhoods, Report DETROIT, Mich., July 26. —(By The Associated Press. —A threat that the 400,00: maintenance men employed on the nation’s railroads will go on strike because of alleged action cé certain eastern roads tn at- tempting to form company organiza- tions to take the place of international railroad brotherhoods and because of the action of guards employed by the railroads, was made here today ast headquarters of the Internatio: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Ratlway Shop Laborers. CHICAGO, July 2 —E. F. Grable, president of the International Brother hood of Maintenance of Way Employes axa Railroad Shop Laborers, denied emanating from his headquarters at Detroit that the 400. 000 members of the union were threat ening again to strike, Mr. Grable said nogotiations were Proceeding satisfactorily before the United States railroad labor board. GALESBURG, ©, July %6.— ‘Twenty-seven maintenance of way em- ployes on the Burlington route, all of them connected with the maintenance and cleaning of engines, went on strike at 8 o'clock this morning. The road immediately filled the positions left vacant by the strikers. NEW RAIL UNIONS PROMOTED BY ROADS. CHICAGO, July 26.—(By The Asso- ciated Press).—With the gfovernment assuming control of the freight traffic from midnight last night, the eastern railroads continuing their efforts to form new urilons of shopmen, and tn- dications from Montreal that walk: out of 40,000 Canadian shopmen had been authorized, peace in the raflway strike today seemed remote. On the other hand good will was apparent in the meetings being held at Baltimore between officials of the Baltimore and Ohio raflroad and rep- resentatives of the shopmen, which have been regarded as a possible pre- curser to other individual settlements if succeasffl. No further spread of the strike was looked for, although 50 maintenance of way men at Shawnee, Okla., and a number at Moberly, Mo., quit work yesterday, because armed guards are Patrolling railroad property in those cities, A resolution adopted by repre sentatives of nearly 300 general chair- men of the clerks and freight handlers union, after their meeting here yes- terday, declared they would resort to thelr “economic power” if their griev- ances are not adjusted, but it was be- Meved that they would take no further strike action pending negotiations. Plans have been perfected for de livering mall by motor truck at least once a day to every community in up- per Michigan, North and South Da: kota and Minnesota, comprising the tenth railway mail district. Motor trucks are already being used in Dor. tions of Wisconsin, Michigan and North Dakota to carry mail and freight. Curtailment of train service during the last 24 hours was negligi- ble. The Pennsylvania raflroad issued a statement last night saying passen- Continued on Page Four.) BASIN SWEPT BY BIG FIRE Hotel Guests Escape in Night Clothes When Three Business Blocks Burn; Loss Is Estimated at $30,000 BASIN, Wye., July 26.—(Special to The Tribune.) —Fire caused by a defective light wire early this morning com- piovely destroyed the Antlers hotel, the-Cook building and the aster meat market with a loss of $30,000, practically cov- a $3,000,000 was raised in five | north wind which fanned the flames, ay The Basin State bank block was alse damaged by the sudden veering of the/ing roomig house barely escaped ir their night clothes, so quickly were is Guest. of the hotel and gn adjoin,| the buildings consumed. 4 : ' f