Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1922, Page 1

ee Weather Forecast Somewhat night, Saturday fair; much change in temperature. VOLUME VI THREE PLANS FOR RAIL unsettled to- not ENGINEER AT POWER PLANT ELECTROCUTED Calvin Mathias Meets Instant Death in| Making Repairs on Switchboard Without Turning Off Current Failure to open a general switch which would ¢-mpletely | shut off all current from the arc lighting switchboard of the Natrona Power company and leave the worker free to muke repairs on the board without encountering a current, caused the violent death early this morning of Calvin Mathias, 32 years of age, operating engineer of the company and in full charge of the plant at the time. Only two men were on duty ag the] bave been made. time of the accident, and C. T. Caswell, fireman, was not present at the time and consequently there are no eye wit nesses to the affair. Mathias, it was learned at the cor- oner’s inquest this morning, had taken a'searchlight and gone behind the switchbeard to replace a blown fuse which controlled all are ilghts in the randbar section. He moved a marble slab to.the vicinity in which he in tended to work, but through some trick of absent-mindedness or forget fulness failed to shut off the current. It is believed by officia's of the cor pany and by physicians who examined the body for burns and other mark. that he leaned against an iron » rear of the switch ‘nd at the same time placed on the blown fuse to remove he recetved the full of electricity gn his body and is believed to have been in- stantaneous. Mathias had been operating engineer with the company since last February end during that time had handled the are lighting switchboard repeatedly, and was considered corpletety reliable. The company is held biameless in the accident as a written fet of instruc- tions to employes make it imperative that the oil or general switch be closed, and that all circuit plugs be removed CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922. ! | | | Union Officials Confer at Philadelphia in Response to “Power- ful Influences” for Settlement in Central Field; Sepa- rate Agreements Can Not Be Enforced c) | | PHILADELPHIA, July 28.—Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners, has been! | summoned to Philadelphia for a conference with John L. Lewis, international president of |the United Mine Workers, and will arrive here tomorrow. His presence will complete the representation here of the district presidents of the central competitive FE coal fields, the| others from Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania having been in Philadelphia in con- { sultation with Mr. Lewis for two days. Presidnt Lewis today reiterated that; coal! strike. he ha@ every reason to believe that The country wants the strike fect." said W. D. McKinney, secre to} tary of the Southern Ohio Coal Oper- POPULAR OPEh. Music iovers are sure to ha next ten days while the Bran number of the standard light |Stewart, manager of the theater, |pense in bringing in what is repute of the kind now on the road, and he Che Casper Daily Cribune |S, | NUMBER. 247. STRIKE END SUGGESTE Lewis Confident Of Early Conference; Peril To Industrial Life Grows; British Coal Prices Soar FEAST OF SONG OPENS TONIGHT EXECUTIVES. AN UNIONS TAKE UP PROPOSAL MADE 'S ON PROGRAN feast of song during the ‘mpany is presenting a at the Iris. George Seniority Adjustment Is Provided and Outside a oO. an interstate joint conference will be |called within a few days. He went arrangements /a little further and said that powerful influences are at work to end the soft sequently no funderal ‘BATHING SUIT’ PARSON OUSTED BY THE CHURCH Rev. Thomas J. Irwin Is Held Guilty by Presbytery Commission and Sus- pension Is Ordered at Once LAWTON, Okla, July 28.+-(By The Associated Press.)— Convicted at a secret trial on the widely heralded “bathing suit” charge and allegations of perjury and high-handed dis- ciplining of members of his flock, the Rev. Thomas J. Irwin, former pastor of the Lawton Presbyterian church, was un- frocked as a minister of the Presbyterian church in the end the miners are ready to go to work and there is every indication he said, that a wage conference is not far of. Mr. Lewis said there would he no change in the anthracite regions un- til a settlement is reached in the bf tuminous territory. OHIO STATE FACING INDUSTRIAL SHUTDOWN. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 28.—Pertl to the industrial life of Ohio ts seen here today through the interpreta- tion of a statement alleged to have been made by Secretary of War Weeks and printed in a local news- paper yesterday to the effect that Ohio cannot hope to obtain coal from outside the state. “If this declaration is put into ef- [ BALL SCORES Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals today crashed out his 27th home run of the season in the game with the New York Giants been clamoring for good road shows| |do not patronize this one it will be [some days before he books another. [The company has had a wonderful NEW YORK WINS FIRST GAME OF DOUBLE HEADER Cardinals Battling for Victory in the Sec- ond:-With Lead of Four Runs; Horns- | by Gets His 27th Homer NEW YORK, July 29.—The New York Giants made it) four straight by taking the first game of their double-header| today with St. Louis, 8 to 4, but the Cardinals staged a come-| back in the second game and were leading, 4 to 0, at the ators exchange, after he had been in- formed of the secretary's ruling, {Continued on Page Four) Ryan was pitching for New York Hornsby’s total ties the National end of the fifth inning. | country rone to enormous ex-| Contracts Eliminated ‘e the best company if those who have| Under All Proposals Reg t. past season, having played a all of the leadi hor io wi - S a from here to the coast to play return engagements. Critics throughout the Announce the Brandons as One of the best light opera. organiza. tions that has come before the people in @ decade or more. Time and again they have been favorably compared with that celebrated organiration known in all English speaking lands, The Bostonians. The cast is especial. ly well chosen and each of the prin- cit-la is possessed of a voice of wide range and rare, brilliant timbre. Moreover, they act with true feeling and a fine conception of the charac ters they assume. In the cast are two remarkable prima donna so- pranos. Theo Pennington has been with the company several years and is a woman of remarkable beauty with a voice seldom heard outside of grand opera. Musicians will recog- nize this when ghe closes the final scene in “The Bohemian Girl" with a high EB flat that can be heard in every nook of the largest auditorium, Herel Eden has recently joined the Brandons and alternates with Miss Pennington on the leading roles, She has @ splendid voice and a wonderful The Associated Press.}—Offictal an- nouncement was verbally made at the White House late today that President Harding was prepared to submit formal proposals for setile ment of the railroad strike to meet- ings of the rallway executies and of the genoral strike committees of the shop craft unions. The president, it was stated offi- olally, believes that some of the difficulties in the way of an adjust- ment of the trouble which has in Jured the nation’s transportation system, are “clearing away” as the” result of the conferences which he concluded shortly before the an. nouncement was made. WASHINGTON, July 28.— (By The Associated Press.) — Three proposals for immedi- ate ending of the railroad strike have been submitted to representatives of the railroad executives and labor unions by Presi- dent Harding, according to informa- tion obtained today from administra. United States carly today by the ju dicial commission of the El Reno Pres: Lrtery. W. A. Roach was mederater of the trial board. “You are indefinitely suspended as @ minister of the Presbyterian church, United States of America, and-may the Lord have mercy on you,” read Robers Hornsby drove out The suspended minister faces triat|| !e#kue home run record established 40 years ngo. bam thereby tying the National in the district court hi an : gears filed, by the pooch ecerney Kenneth Williams connected with |} Leagtde home run record made in 1884 after an investigation of an alleged in-| | 8! twenty-third home run in the f} py Za. Williamson of “the Chicago first inning with Sisler on base [| cubs. «4 Jones in the game betw +1 the The Giants brought their total num- St. Louis and New York Americans }] per of hits for the series up to 63 with today. ‘This puts hinr one behind }/13 plows in the first game today. cendiary fire In the Lawton church last April. whilo Rev. Irwin was still pastor. It {s alleged that the motive son tn the elghth inning with none on his 27th home run of the sea- scored on J. Smith's triple to deep right. Hornsby brought J. Smith home with a sacrifice fly, to Steng MeHenry rolled out on a grounder to} Frisch. | The Giants pushed a runner as far as second in their half of the first. the verdict of the trial body. was to guin sympathy in tho fight he before an attempt is made to repair any part of the switchboard. ~ 3 At the coroner’s inquest held thi morning in the offices of the county attorney, a verdict of unavoidable ac- cident was brought in by the jury after testimony by the fireman, sup- erintendent, officials and physicians established without doubt that the ac- cident resulted from carelessness. Although living in Casper only for comparatively short periods of time was waging against one section of his congregation. Mr. Irwin attributed the fire to enemies seeking to destroy his church Mr. Irwin was found In the country on two occasions suffering from at- tacks made by alleged abductors. Aft- er an investigation of one of the al- leged abductions, the country attor- ney announced that information he, gathered tended toward the theory tbat thé minister “framed” the kid- The oxpulsion of Rev. Irwin from the ministry came as a climax to ep!- sodes growing out of a bitter contro versy in the Lawton church. The convicted minister gave notice of ‘an appeal to the synod of Okla- boma, the next higher body in tho church, which is scheduled co meet in October. Ihwin was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a minister in performing a marriage ceremony last summer at Medicine Park, a resort near kere, in which the princtpa’s including the minister, wore bathing suits. It was during the past several years, Ma- thias’ total ‘period of residence here totals many months. His residence at the time of his death was 541 South Chestnut street, where he ts survived | @lleged the wedding was conducted in Ly his widow and two small children|%. spirit of revelry bringing disrepute whose ages were given as ubout 10/ Upon the church. He was convicted of and 12. |having sworn to a false affidavit to = . Mr. Caswell, who/Obdtain a district court injunction re- Pies Res vn Haak thai piebi shift, | training interference with his conduct he-was not a member of any benevo.|0f the affairs of the Lawton church. lent or fraternal organizations, but|The third count on which his jurors was & man wao loved his home and| Voted guilty was that he disciplined family and whose chief delight lay|™embers of his congregation without with them, He was a member of the | “Ue Process as provided by church reg- Brotherhood of Operating Engineers, | “ations. napping. * Irwin declared that men who had threatened his life if he did not leave Lawton, were at the bottom of the reported attacks. Much of the ill-feeling in the Law- ton congregation is said to have been engendered by Irwin's strong friend- ship for the late Jake L. Hamon. of Ardmore, national Republican commit teeman from Oklahoma, for whose| murder Clara Smith Hamon was ac-! quitted. Hamon contributed gener-| ously to Mr. Irwin's church and built! an annex in which he installed mo-| | but beyond this point cared little for club or social life. Death came so suddenly and the in- quest is only just completed, and con- Circus Parade Is Scheduled for Noon Hour The mammoth street parade sched- uled tomorrev by Sells-Floto circus preliminary to its first performance here will be held at 12 o'clock noon if all goes well with the circus trains cn their way here from Cheyenne to- night. They expect to arrive at about 8 o'clock in the morning which will mean rusk work in preparing for.the parade and erecting the big tops in time for the afternoon per- formance. The parade will start from the show grounds near the East Side school on South Jefferson, traverse second street to Center, north on Center to A street, east on A to Beech, back to Second and east to the show grounds again. . “CHANCE IN WOOL TARIFF VOTED WASHINGTON, July 28.—Amend ‘of couns advice of his counsel refused to com- ment on the verdict. Rigid secrecy was maintained as to the trial proceedings. Rev. Irwin on tion picture apparatus, which was| used by Irwin. Certain members of the church protested the use of mo- tion pictures in connection with relig Irwin conducted his own defense at Clarence Walker of the Athletics, who ts leading the American leazue with 24. NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York Ist game R. H. E. St. Louis -210 000 010-4 7-3 Now York -000 150 02x— 8 13°L Batteries — Doak, Staurt and Clem- ons; Ryan and Smith. At New York 2nd game R. H. E St. Louis 110 1i—x x x New York . 000 00— x x x Batteries — Haines and Ainsmith; Nehf and Smith. At Boston— R. H. E. Chicago .040 010 112— 9 2 Chicago -040 010 112— 9 12 0 Batteries — Jones and O'Farrell Oeschger, Branton and O'Neill. At Brooklyn— Pittsburgh -100 000 100-2 9 1 Brooklyn .....100 000 20x 3 8 2 Batteries — Adams, Winters and Gooch; Vance and Deberry. R. H. E. ious worship. Irwin allenated other members by the funeral he preached over Hamon the trial, having been dented the right CHINESE FIRE ON BRITISHERS CANTON, China, July 28.—(By The Associated Press.) — A motor launch belonging to the Asiatic Petroleum company, flying the British flag, was fired on today by soldiers of the Merchants’ Defense corps at Shikia, twenty miles from Can- ton, and a Chinese coxswain aboard killed. A second launch belonging to the Ming’s troops in control of Canton. petroleum company also was fired in pears two miles from the city by a detach- ‘ment of Sun Yat Sen‘s troops. The British consul general here has lodged protests in both cases with Sun Yat Sen, who is aboard his cruiser Wingfung in the harbor, and with Yip Kue, leader of Chen Chiung- CANTON, July 27.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)—Fighting between the troops of Sun Yat Sen, the deposed president of the southern republic here, and those of Genera]\ Chen Chiung-Ming, the leader supporting the cause of the central republic in Peking, has been resumed, after two days’ respite, near Shiuchow, about 130 miles north of Canton. According. to estimates, Chen's sol- diers number 13,000 Sun’s 7,000. Airplanes from the Sun Yat Sen army dropped hand bills at Chiuchow warning the people to leave, as a gen- tral engagement was planned for Sat- of the bill for the finance committee | urday. ments to the administration tariff by Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, designed to remove at least part of what he characterized e#s “concealed protection” for manu- cturers of woolen cloth, were ap- nved today by the senate after they had been accepted by Senater Smoot, Republican, Uteh, in: charge. majority. The amendments would apply only to cloths bearing the full wool com- pensatory rate of 49 cents a pound. Senator Lenroot sought to have it apply to women’s dress goods carry- ing a compensatory duty of 40 cents a pound, but the senate refused by A Note. oh 38 10 Diy A month ago Sun declared his northern expedition would return soon to Canton and re-establish him in the presidency of the Canton govern- ment. The expedition, however, has made no progress southward. Apparently the present unsettled conditions are likely to continue for months, z * At Philadelphia— R. HE Cincinnati ..... 600 130 10—-x x x Philadelphia 001 100 05—x x x Batteries—Donahue and Hargrav Singleton, Hubbell and Peters. ——.__ AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland— R. H. E. Philadelphia — 130 053—x x. x Cleveland *_ 10001l—x x x Batteries—Harris and Perkins; Mor- ton, Lindsey, O'Neill, and Sewell. R. H. E. 000001—x x x Chicago 010000—x x x Batteries—Ferguson and Ruel; Fa- ber and Schall. 20000-s x x| GLACIER PARK, Mont., July 28.—The body of Dr. Frank B. Wynn, president of the -01000—x x x|/American Alpine club, who fell 300 feet to his death from a ledge near the summit of Mt. , Picinich;' Siyeh, was recovered by a searching party late Thursday night. The inaccessibility of the Bnd Woodall. |ledge made recovery a slow task. rs At St. Louis— —__ _. _R. H. E.| The party which Dr. Wynn was leading was composed of a dozen of the most promi- New York -li—x x xj)nent members of the American Alpine club. Dr. Wynn has guided similar parties through St. Louls -20—x xX X/Glacier Park for the past eight years,'!mit. In addition to these expeditions Batteries—Jones and Schang; Kolp, Bayne, and Severeld. Rawlins singled with one out and was tion advisers who talked with the executive. The proposals all hinging on various plans for adjusting the employes sent ority rights, will be submitted, it was said, to the executives meeting in New York Tuesday and to an employes con- ference in Chicago to be arranged by B. M. Jewell, the shopment's leader. histrionic ability. It ts enough to say that Miss Eden’ wagilately for three years with the Chicago “grand opera company, singing important roles on the same programs with Garden, Farrar, Galli-Curci, Muratore, and a host of other stars that are known the world around. The tenor roles fall to Harry Pfell DOAK DRIVEN FROM MOUND IN FIRST. NEW YORK, July 28.—Fiushed with three straight victories over the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York cham- pions were hopeful of scoring 2 douDle- victory over Rickey’s men here today. The Giants have scored 31 runs on 50 hits in the last two days and feel they have St. Louis on the run. McGraw used Bill Ryan, ‘the Holy Cross col- forced at secozd by Firach. Frisch | stole second but was left when Meusel( magnificent voices and act thelr parts tapped weakly to, Doak. like skilled artists. Mr. Pfeil has St. Louts picked up a third run in| been with this organization about four the second inning. Fournter doubled | years and has received the finest com- to right reached third on Toporcer's in-|ments from critic and press from sea field out, and scored on Clemon’s single|to sea. Mr. Bright has been in op- to left. Doak and Flack both fanned./eratic work for some throe years and Doak turned back the Giants in| joined the Brandons a few months New York’s half of the second. Kelly|back, alternating with Mr. Pfeil on got an infield single with one out but/the major roles. and Lee Bright, both of whom have Outside railroad contracting, {t was said, would be abandoned by the rail- roads under each of the three propo- sala. One of the proposals, according to those claiming to have information of the president's suggestion, would be for the railroads to waive the seni. ority question and take all strikers back to work. Another was said to be to give “loyal” men who have re mained at work prior sentority rights legian in the first game of today's|Was foread by Stengel who was left double-header, while St. Louis again|When E. Smith fouled to Clemons. | used Bill Doak, who was defeated in] Hornsby was safe on Frisch's wild| the first game of the present series. | throw with two out in St. Louis’ third | Rather discouraged with the show-|but was quickly forced by McHenry. | ing of his team here, Branch Rickey| In New York's half of the third, a shook up his entire lineup. Stock, the|fumble by Hornsby put Bancroft on home run hero of yesterday was moved |first with one out. Rawlligs forced! up to second place in the batting | Bancroft at second and Clemons gath- order, while McHenry was put back in|ered in Frisch's foul. left field after a month's llness.| The Cardinals slipped up on a good Johnny Lavan also was benched and|chance to score in the fourth when! Toporcer went in at short. The line-| Fournier and Toporcer opened the in-| up: ning with infield singles. Clemons| St. Louis—Flack rf.; Stock, 3b.; J!| popped to Bancroft and Doak advanced Smith, cf.; Hornsby, 2b.; MeMenry, If.;|the two runners with a sacrifice. Paula Ayers, who™~takes most of the dramatic parts, has few equals elther as a singer or an actress, The- ater patrons frequently say of her work: “I have not heard ‘Oh, Promise Me’ sung ike that since the days of Jessie Bartlett Davis.” Sd. Andrews arries most of the comedy roles, than over the strikers and the third was for separate adjustment of the sent- ority dispute by each road with its own employes through joint committees to be appointed. The president was said by his ad- visers to believe that the three pro- posals promised considerable hope of whom there is not a@ better comedian|a strike settlemént und to have de- living. Besides these, there are Carl|clared that “more clouds had passed Bundschu, a remarkable baritone, an-| war” in the railway situation within other voice of grand opera caliber,|the past few hours than for several and Ray Goerler, Regina Manville,| weeks. Esther Snyker, Ethyl May Cook and] Rehearing by the railroad labor almost a dozen in the chorus that] board of the shopmen’s wage question could step out on a moment's notice said to be embraced in ail three wa Flack closed the inning with a foul to and assume principal roles. The Kelly. chorus is rightfully called the ‘"Won- The Giants scored a run in their|4er Chorus,” for each individual mem half of the fourth when Meusel, the,;ber has a remarkable voice, so that first man up, drove a home run into|the ensemble numbers are a notable the lower right field stands. Young feature of every performance. The drew a base on balls and Kelly ad-|season promises to be the one big vanced him to third with a long single.|event of the year and judging by the Young was run down on Stengel’s tap| inquiries a liberal patronage is as Continued on Page Four.) : Fournier, 1b.; Toporcer, ss.; Clemons, c.. Doak, p. Giants—Banrroft, ss.; Rawlings, 2b.; Frisch, 3b.; Meusel, If; Young, rr. Kelly, 1b.; Stengel, cf.; E. Smith, Ryan, p. Umpires—Santelle and Klem. |St. Louis started off in the first in- ning with two runs. Flack walked, took second on Stock’s infield out; and BODY OF ALPINE CLUB _ PRESIDENT RECOVERED ‘sured. jit proposals. One proposal, it was nald, Also contemplated that both emplcyers and employes agree that herenfter the board's rulings be observed without question The prestdent had suggestel with ccterence to seniority, it was asserted that as an initial step under one pro. rosal the labor board be given com- vlete jurisdiction over the sentority controversy. If this would not be greed upon, tt was said, the president proposed, as a substitute, the plan for settlement by the executives and em- ployes of each separate road, through joint committees composed of three taembers representing each party to the ccntroversy. In event of disagree- ment of such eommittes, it was pro- posed the question then ba taken to some form of arbitration tribunal. All administration officials acquaint- ed with the proposals appeared to share the president's view that a baais upon which the strikers might return 0 work had been worked out Soon after the nature of the prest- dent's proposals had become known and after the cabinet session at which was presumed the executive had outlined them to his advisers, Mr, Continted on Page Four) leach year scalirig a new mountain and|Dr. Wynn had to his credit the scal-| ‘leaving the club mark at the sum-)ing of several of the most difficult A! MURDER DEATH ESTANCIA, N. M., July 28. — Three men were hanged here at 3 o'clock this morning for the murder of Anton Coury, a merchant of Du- ran, N. M., last September. .A fourth man who was convicted was granted a stay of execution on an appeal to the district court for a new trial. Mrs. .Coury,- widow_of_the_slain- |Pine peaks. Mount Siyeh and Mount St Nicho-| INSURCENTS IN |las were the only peaks in the park| |which he’ had never climbet. Twice| R |before his parties attempted Mount Slyeh, but failed. It was hoped hat] PE NA! fl Ye year would see the club emblem| _|on its summit. Mr. Wynn and their) DUBLIN, July 28—{(By The Asso- son were among the party in the park. although not on the trip which merchant, was a silent watcher at | brought Dr. Wyun's death. | the banging. The three men Car- | —- = los Renterla, Ysidoro Miranda and | GLACIER PARK, Mént., Juiy 28— Luis Medrano, were put on scaf- | Recovered iate last night on a rocky| clated Press.}—All the main towns in the Connemara district have been wil have been so broken that furth- er postponement of the Irish parlia- ment will be unnecessary. At present five members of the provisional government cabinet and sixteen other members of the Dail cleared of insargent troops and rap- id progress is being made by the national forces in the west and the | are actively engaged in the sup- folds and three treps sprung simul- | ledge half way up Mount Siyeh, the| Munster province, says an official | pression « orders, taneously. A crowd of about 100 | body of Dr. Frank B. Wynn of In-| report Issued today. Oscar Traynor, prominent Repub- persons witnessed the executions. | dianapolis, killed here yestertay when! The report says there is good | ican insurgent leader who eseaped Francisco Valsas will be returned ‘he fell from the trail during an at-| ground for hoping that within the | at the time of the Four Courts het. to the ‘state prison pending the fin- | tempted scaling of the mountain, has/ next fortnight the organized resist-| tie,has been captured here by wa. al disposition of his case, Continued on Page Four) | ence of the Republican irregylars | tional army troops,