Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1922, Page 1

Weather Forecast Wasettied tonight en@ Thuraday. poss'bly showers in north and west portions; warmer in east portion to- night SSS VOLUME VI Che Casper Daily Critume CASPF%, WYO., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1922. City Edition Circulation of The Tribune Yesterday 7,000 NUMBER 257. BIG FOUR’ MEN STRIKE ON ILLINOIS LINE Coal Miners and Operators Expect Strike Peace THE SHRIEVALTY MARATHON—Continued x8 NO ORDER FOR STATE GUARD AT SHERIDAN he would not ask for national guard troops at this time. Roach said he had notified unton leaders, however, if there was any further trouble he would ask the Wyo., had quieted down agitn and | jovernor to call out tho militia. Situation Menacing and Forces Held in Readiness but Rumors of Movement of (Cavalrymen Are Unconfirmed CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 9.—(Special to The Tribune.) — At both the governor’s office and the office of Adjutant Gen- eral R. L. Esmay there was obtainable no confirmation of a report that the Lander and Riverton troops of the Wyoming National Guard had received instructions to be prepared to entrain for Sheridan where clashes between strikebreakers and strike sympathizers are reported to be becoming menacing. No orders to the Riverton and Lander troops [have been issued by him, said Esmay. j adding that the only other officia! [with authority to issue orders “ts | Governor Carey, who is in the north. jern part of the state. At the governor's office it wae jstated that the exact whereabouts of [the governor is unknown, but that ,he was due to arrive in Sheridan to. CARDINALS AGAIN ON TOP. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9.—The St. Louis Nationals went into first place for the-third time in two weeks this afternoon as a result of New York's defeat by Cincinnati, }] 44y. At both offices it was regarded 3 to 2, and their victory in the [45 extremely improbable that the second game today with Boston, 6}! governor had issued “orders to the {Lander and Riverton guards direct j without informing his and the office of the adjutant general here. | The one hundred Torrington and ‘Douglas guarsmer that started for |Sheridan a fortight ago but were RH E, | Stopped at Buffalo and since havc Proees jbeen held in camp there, still are at “100 000 tee ie 9, Buttalo, Major E. J. Colley, the com North and Ain-|™8nder.- reported: yesterday, how: £ ever, that he had recieved a miessagy from State Law Enforcement Com. jmissioner A. 'S. Roach, who is in charge of the situation at Sheridan, that Roach had notified leaders of the striking shopmen that if there were further disorders the troops at | Buffalo would be moved to Sheridan. Roach informed Colley he feared he could not handle the situation much longer without the assistance of jtroops_and requested the major to be in readiness to move his meh on |short notice. Dispatches from Sheridan relate to 5, This put the locals in the lead by one point. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Boston—{ist game). ; St. Loufs ___ Beston -. Batteries—Sherdel, smith; Miller, McNamara and Gowdy. numerous clashes between éndivid- uals, among strikers, strike sympa- thizers and strikebreakers, but no Bat! Me- {serious encounter. Quillan and Snyder. See th eeed are a american eacue =MANDROWNS At Cleveland— R. H. E. Boston -~. ---000 011 100-3 6 1! ] TIE WE Cleveland - 501 010 00°—7 13 LI Batteries—Collins, Russell, Fuller-} S ton, Piercy and Walters, Ruel; Boone and Oneill. RIVERTON, Wyo., Aug. 9.—Paul Wilbur ‘Nichols, 18 years of ago, per- At Detroit— R. H. E.|tshed in the waters of the Big Wind New York - 001 100—x x X/river when logs which he was riding Detroit —_ 000 002—x xX X/4n the big tie drive on the way here _,Butteries—Shawkey and Schang;/ trom the Dubois country were swept Ehmke and Bassler. into a whirlpool and caused ‘him to ee lose his footing. His body was recov- At Chicago— R. H.E. | cred an hour later by fellow employes. pire ui | He will be laid at rest at Seneca, 8 bier ere J “ |D., his former home. Verkins; Faber and Yaryan. DAM FOREMAN INJURED. arr —_, . I so Se mh wy mimi x wot DID SS we Run INTO ANYWAY AMIINNWATUTALN \ CKS 4 ALL Vd At St. Louis— R.H.E.| CODY, Wyo., Aug. 9.—Grant Mav- Washington xX x|{ern, foreman at the Shoshone dam. St. Louis -.-__. 20—x' x x/avas brought here suffering from Batteries—Francis, Brillhart, John-|ious-concussions about the heal as a la son and Picinich; Van Gilder, Kolp| result of the bursting of a pipe near KEENAN and Collins. which he was working. ane Cc. 0. P. REGUL RS TRIUMPH IN OHIO Organization Candidates. Nominated in Primaries; Labor and Ku Kkiux Klan Support McRae in Arkansas Race Sse teran as | The Republican regulars retained their stronghold inj Ohio, Democrats of the Buckeye state gave substantial plu- ralities to organization candidates, Gov. T. C. McRae of Ar: | kansas held a lead of more than two to one over Judge E. P. Toney for renomination and Judge W. W. Brandon was ap-| parently the Democratic nominee for governor of Alabama} a5 a result of yesterday’s primaries in the three states. Republicans of Texas went state convention at Fort Worth to make the full party slate for the November election. KU KLUX KLAN into] SUPPORTS McRAE. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 3.—The combined endorsement of labor, the Ku Klux Kien and at Jeast @ fair per-! entage of the women’s vote, apparent- y has swept the state in victory for Governor Thomas C. McRae, candidate for renomination in the Democratic primary held throughout Arkansas yesterday. Unofficial returns com- piled today from approximately 2 fourth of the state gave Governor Mc- Rae a lead of more than two to one over his opponent, E. P. Toney, of Lake Village. The vote was McRae 36,294; ‘Toney 17,288. WOMAN NAMED ON STATE COMMITTEE. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 9.—The first woman to hold a seat on the Democratic state committee in Ten- nessea by virtue of clection is Mrs. Neil Wright, of Huntingdon, w one of the commitr in the eighth congressional district wo men el .| CONDEMN THE KLA) Mrs. Wright led a field cf four by over 1,700 votes. REPUBLICANS PICK WILMOT IN TEXAS. FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 9.—Dr. E. P, Wilmot, of Austin, was agreed | upon by the Republican nominating| committes today for the senatorial} position, | ‘W. H. Atwell of Dallas was nominat-| ed for governor. | ‘ TEXAS REPUBLICANS FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 9.—(By The Associated Press).—Condemnation of the Ku Klux Klan wes expressed in the platform unanimously adopted by the Texas Republican conv its closing session here this m (Continued on Page Four) ‘31 TRAITORS CONVICTED BY SOVIET MOSCOW, Aug. 9.—(By The As- ated Press.}—Thirty-one of the volutionists accused of ason against t soviet nt were held under close guard here today following their conviction and sentence by the revolutionary tribunal, Fourteen of these are under sentence of death and the remaindr face prison terms of from two to ten years. The central executive committee upheld the sentence of 12 of those whose punishment was fixed at death, but an indefinite etay of exe- cution has been ordered on condi- tion the social rvolutionary party cease its counter revolutionary ac- tivity. The committee also greed to re quest the tribunal to grant pardons to § dja Konoplova and othe ong those senten who turned informers tal, Agreement Settlement Wilt - Made at Ohio Conference CLEVELAND, Aug. 9.— (By The Associated Press.)— Virtual decision was reached by union leaders to conclude % QUIT ON | USED FOR “HICAGO WORK Freight Movement in and Out of Middle 1,300 ROAD a settlement of the soft coal strike with the operators who West Metropolis Menaced by First have gathered here for the joint peace conference. The operators also were expectant of an agreement, affecting practically all mines in Ohio and scat tered others in Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Final decision on a settlement rests with the union's policy committee and been informed that Lewis had assur to reach an agreement based on one negotiated at the conference here. Mr. Lewis declined to comment on messages he had recieved from opera Walkout of Big Brotherhoods CHICAGO, Aug. 9. -(By The Associated Press.) The nation-wide railroad strike was extended this morning to the “big four” operative brotherhoods in the Chicago switching 00 territory, when 1,. engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen left their posts on the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern road in protest against the presence of National Guardsmen in the ya du of the company The Elgin, Joliet and Easterr ts the Chicago freight terminal “belt line” used by a num| ¢ larger roads for switching and terminal purposes. The » stay away from the ratlroad com- pany property if their lives were in danger through armed guards. President Robertson also said that he had received a message from his ‘ ainakoat ot trele’ presentative at Terre Haute, Ind., tors in other states, br. these were |'ne is the p pal aseeeg oe) Weer oe 4 Sathish Tee teen OG Comet [traffic in and out of Chicago. this morning that brotherhood men mallonal GEHGME 2 the unlen, fn,| The decision to strike followed ait} Were betns subjected’ to abuse by then: cluding members of the executive night parleys between the brotherhood dreds of armed soldiers, guarding ratl- road lines leading to strip mines in board. The messages were under-| strict chiefs and Colonel Nelson Mor- a e stood to have come from Iowa, Kan.|‘!s. in command of national guard] (hat territory snd had replied that if troops in the yards here, in which the| ‘here was danger they should stay sas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Michi- wan. The only formal {indication of the unto re loaders e of the troops protested against the and requested away. STONE NOT SURPRISED “es attitude ‘expressed by Mr. t they be withdrawn. This request a § Cattle aad eat SOT ited thee refused by Colone! Morris. The|B¥ JOLIET STRIKE. conference with the operators who] inion chiefs held that the troops en-]| CLEVELAND, Aug. 9—(By The Aw came here in response to’ his invita-| !angered the lives of the operative|#ociated Press).-Warren §S. Stone, tion to negotitate a wage contract | 'Tainmen president of .ic brotherhood of loco would meet according to schedule] The Elgin, Jollet and Hastern ts|™otive engiveirs, when told that 1, and proceed with its business. of probably the most important switching ~, brotherhood men had quit at official poll haa been taken of the} ine in the entire country and a con-|1> let last night, told The Associated coal production controlled by the} ‘inued suspension of operation on the| Press representative that there woutd operators gathered here, but they| system might seriously check heavy}? One hundred more similar casea were said to be willing to concede] ‘reight movements through the Chi-| #00" if working conditions at rafiroad the union's demand for re-establish- ment of the wage scale that pre. vatied in the contract that expired jast April 1, which date marked the beginning of the strike. Its members hav President John L. ances of operators outside the four states of their willingness HARRISBURG, Ill, Aug. 9.—Fires OUT OF FUBL. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. 9.—The Armour and Cudahy Packing plants here are completely out of coal. The Armour plant did not kill any stock yesterday, because of lack of power, officials announced, and the Cudahy plant is in a serlous condition. Ar mour and Cudehy plant officials an nounced they are starting to install oll burning systems. Officials of the livestock exchange have appealed to Everett Brown, pres ident of the Natfonal Livestock ex change in Chicago, urging that body to take active steps immediately to aid in remedying the situation here, SPECIAL PRIORITY ORDERS CONSIDERED. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Special priority orders for the shipment of fuel to railroads whose coal supply is running dangerously low were un- der consideration today by Federal Fuc! Distributor Spencer and the cen tral coal committee. Particularly acute fuel situations were reported to the committee from railroads in Michigan and New Jersey and lines running out of Chicago into Illinois and southwestern lines out of St. Louis. oS beste FIRE CHIEF RETURNS. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. ment, who returned from Europe on the Bergengaria, Saturday was off for San Francisco where he will r port to the international convention of fire chiefs the results of a surve: of European fire fighting methods “Fire departments in Europe,” he said, ‘need money to make them as efficent as the American organizatio Most of their apparatus fs archaic.” 9.—Chas. | of New York, chief of the fire depart-| ago district. Practically all through (relght from both east and west, and north and south, routed via chicago, is transferred from the incoming to the outgoing Mne by the B. J. and known as the Chicago Outer Belt line. The road is the principal outlet of the steel Plants of the South Chicago hundreds of eastern cities ing strike, unless the troops were re- moved. It has not been learned wheth er the national officers have approved of the local strike. Lieutenan Colonel Nelson Morris, in command of the pops was notified of the action but the men that he was without power to make any change in tho present situa tion, as he was under orders of state officials. President Lee said he had wired the representative of the trainmen on the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern last night that whenever the members of tho or ganization have positive proof that they are being illtreated by railroad guards and their lives endangered they sage to thelr representatives at Jc | OMAHA, Neb., as Florence Kell. | at Casper, Wyo. LONDON, Aug. 9.—{By The Asso ciated Press).—As a result of a three- hour convesation at breakfast be tween Premfer Poincare and Mr Lloyd George, the prime minister to- day, it was decidéd to refer back to the committee of experts Premier REFERREDBACK 10 COMMITTEE of the conference's third day. Pre. mier Poincare went directly from his hotel to the French embassy where he met Mr. Lioyd George, and the premiers later continued their con versations at the residence of Vis- count Farquhar, where the members of the allied delegations had lunch. yards and shops are not changed “The men have got to the limit of endurance through abusive treatment from guards and conditions have reached the breaking point," Mr, tcne said. “There will be one hun- dred more simflar cases soon {f con- ditions are not changed.” Bere. begga ey Lope Remeiis and Gary districts and handles asreerte bese gy of es Hess q 2 through switching food supplies for|™en met with the approval of the lowered Into shafts, today. a . 2 brotherhood, Mr. Stone said Preparations are being made by] Uniros Oh Saatern cltles. «| “The action does not requi ralke he “big four equire any practically all operators in Willlam-)oinerncod at Jollet is exclusively a|4PProval.” son county to resume mining and It} joa) action, ordered by Chairman| “Our men are not expected to work is the belief of both miners and op-| Gharies O'Day of the Jollet division of |UM4er conditions as now prevail at erators in this region that the coallin, unions, many raflroad terminals,” Mr. Stone strike will be settled within 48 hours.} “Ata 9 o'clock meeting last night he|’*id- “I am telling them that where- hao was instructed by the men to notify/ever their lives are endangered by PACKING PLANTS the raflroad executives of the impend-| SUards they should go home and stay there, They are justified in remaining away from railroad company property under existing conditions." W. G. Lee, president of the brother- hood of railroad trainmen and D. B, Robertson, president of the brother: hood of locomotive firemen and engine: men, when told of the Joliet walkout concurred in the position taken by Mr. Stone. PREPARATIONS M FOR BIG MEETIN WASHINGTO: Associated Press.) striking railroad cupled themsel .E Aug. 9.—(By Th Leaders. of the shop craftsmen oc- today with prepara- packers having virtually stepped their| had his permission to stay away from| tions for the gene meeting of ratl- buying because they are operating| railroad company property road union officials they expect to far below capacity on account of the} President Robertson said he and|hold Friday and with the {ssuance of coal shortage. President Stone had sent a joint mes-|statements declaring ra‘lroad equip: (Continued on Page Four.) FORMER CASPER WOMAN ACCUSED CHOKING CHILD Confession Made at McKeesport, Pa., by Principal in Murder Case Implicates Aug. 9.—A woman whose name is given , who formerly conducted a rooming house s accused of choking a two-year-old child to death at McKeesport, Pa., June 2, in an alleged confes- ion by Fred Grimberg, former Omaha resident, that he threw the body into the Monongahela river, according to a letter received here by Police Chief Michael Dempsey from Robert H. i N iS Braun of Pittsburgh, Allegheny coun- detective chief. i Chief Dempsey said Omaha deteo- tives had b searching for the woman but that so far as he knew no trace of her had been found. According to the alleged confession the woman accused Grimberg of being the child’s father and committed the crime after he had refused to care for the infa Potncare’s plan for control of Ger- Mr. Lloyd George 2 d to the WORLAND, Wyo., Aug —Seized man finances with the request that fing the | with sudden {1 4 hours after he } the points upon which the British of Ger had swallowed a chicken bone, Perry and French are not tn agreement be 1ers which }\Glenn. 20 years of . died at his re-examined. be paid into reparations funds home in the Norw efore ] standing feature of the early part | mines in German occupied territory. | vive him.