Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1922, Page 4

PAGE FOUR TWOSUSPEGTS fra: FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1922. WOMAN BARTEFED BY THE CHINESE MAKES ESCAPE pe Casper Sally Cribune FINAL DECISION posal to end the rail strike by taking back strikers and letting the railroad Jabor board settle the question of their seniority, The division, it was learned from un. Official sources, was drawn not strict- ly on th» line of east versus west, but cause they want the strike settied and their shops restored to normal, In addition, they want the good will of the public which, they believe, would swing to the strikers if the Associa- tion of Rallway E> cutives should again turn a deaf ear to President AMERICAN LEGION News of Interest to Ex-Service Men Featuring National, j } Col. Charles R. Forbes, director of the United States Veterans bureau, | bas chosen two more sites for veteran jhospitala. With the selection of St |Cloud, Minn, as one of them it is believed that Minnesota and nearby |mick and wounded veterans will be s* ranch home during thelr @b-|wen taken care of. The lack of hos * deadly ef) pitals in Minnesota caused the Amer (Centinuea from Page One) State and Local Activities. ments, exists in the Empire state for the quick erection of a hospital for mental cases. New York, western Pennsytvania and certain sections of the west are said to be.hard hit by the number of mentally unbalanced veter- ans for which these sections have to provide accommodations, “ONRAIL STRIKE PEAGE PLAN Dl! (Continued from page. one.) Hard | ABILENE, | Assoc‘ated | Thomas 1. jers “This | BLANTON ATTACKS HARDING PLAN. Texas, Aug. 11—(By The Press). anton, of Abilene, today |sent out telegrams to numerous lead- throughout the country assert- jing that President Harding had sum- strikers with seriority rights unim-,moned congress to take over the rail- paired should be shunted back to the! roads. meana national bank- rather as between roads running through metropolitan districts where labor was more plentiful and lines threading rural stretches, where few shop workers could be found to re- place strikers. Eastern roads, for the most part! with their shops in cities, were repre- #ented as takiig tite stand that they did not need or cure for their old em- Dloyes, and so did not favor the first polnt in President. Harding's propose, \imt they take their old men back im- Later he died, and the Australian woman lived in comparative com. fort for four years with his mother an aged Chinese. Then the mother died and an uncle took of the estate, including the Australian woman. He sold her for $60 to a wealthy Chinese who wished tc learn Eng. ish. Then came thé famine. The woman, bought as a slave, was ¢ en barely enough food to keep her SYDNEY, N. 8. W., July 11. — | (Correspondence of the Associated Press)—A story of years spent as a Chinese chattel and of privations | suffered when as a clave she was | given meagre rations during famine | times, has been told by an Austral. | jan woman who recently arrived at Fremantle, W. A., from Singapore. The woman married a Chinese | gardener at the Perth Registry of- fice 24 years ago. She went with United States railroad labor board for|/ruptcy and weak truckling to auto all cher ican Legion to collect a fund of its} Canned vegetables, jams, piatr~ raediatel. him to Chine. When the Chinese | alive. A fall caused a serious in ries eaten. The next day Andrew Boyd, age 18, whose death occurred yesterday under c.coumstances and visibly h some poisoning; his brother Merton, ge 14, now deathly sick at the family home on Oak street; La vern and Edward Mojraugh, age 2 and 4, and Carl Falkenberg, age 19, ion at 8 p.m. today was as growing rapidly worse, t the McGraugh ranch, near as homestead, to eat @ young peoplt 4 have lair three wee! loride of mercury) ring the outdoor Mrs, McGraugh, who tad ester h the younger mem- bers ox the party, left them alone, and to another ranch to aid in har- vesting a heavy hay crop. While they were gone the older of the two McGraugh boys, who has been accus- tomed to taking his meals at the Thomas ranch, entered the kitchen to procure some cherries for his play- mates. On the way to his father’s ranch, he ate several of the cherries, and failed to notice the deadly white pow- der which appeared on parts of the brwkfast fruit. He parceled them out in hand. {Ss to the other metabers of the plc- nic party, who willingly ate them ané@ suffered no immediate evil ef- fects. Early that afternoon, the poison be- gan its deadly work. All who had almost unbearatile stomach pains, and were rushed to their homes and placed in bed. No physician was called until five days after the fatal episode, an dat that time it was con- sidered too Inte and unnecessary to make a stomach content examination, although symptoms pointed in every se to mercurial poisoning. ‘After three weeks Andrew Boyd died, and Carl Falkenberg, brother of Mrs. McGraugh, is pronounced as in a dangerous condition. Mr. and Mrs. Martin early this afternoon by attaches of the office of Sheriff Joe Marquis an‘ will be held until further evidence is produced by investigation. An in- quest, which will have consie: bearing upon the case, will be co: @ucted for Andrew Boyd, casualty to date, by County Coroner Lew Gay, late this afternoon. ‘At this time a complete report o his investigations and of the investi- gation conducted be furnished a c man's death. man} cause of the HARVESTER HEAD MARRIES SINGER! a from Page On nded wedding Mad: he had objained nd these per hich were gen- what interna s “diplomatic.” sailed for Burope reports from. Paris frequently seen alska’s company. le generally be- arriage would not (Contin MeCormick > Wals! a when Burope of the Paris wedding fol- er his recovery in in operation. He on his voyage by fide, whose ro- to Max Oser M ment sme of Mathilde’s ro t definitely apparent, rmick has declared fere in his daugh- 5! McCormick v ith her gov- ness from Paris to a resort near Lucerne, where her fiance also is ing. r wiTho present !s Madame Walska’s third marriage. Her first hushand was Baron .Aracdie @Eingorn, a army officer, who was killed early in the war. WOUNDED ‘DRY? SLEUTHS ON ROAD TO RECOVERY Wyo., In- formation rec ed from Kemmerer at the office of the fdral prohibition di- yoming stats that Ralph but Mr he would CHEYENNE, gents who were wounded in a fight h bootleggers last Monday morn- ing satisfactorily and the hospital in a rd wounded man, alleged to been a member, of the gang that Ku s and Long, also is pro- been the great steel. The an- steel that will not. roduced in quantities al cost means, if cor- » metal will be used for| ones en bem Meet Mo at the Smolkeh: ten thé cherries were seized yrith), {aod chiefs that the walkout of their were arrested] Present trouble that the men had gone| ¢}on 4| known or any cause and asked that rable|t Whom there telegrams n-|\have replied that they have referred! the sole/©Ur messages to the local chairman | ¢ | 48 soon us answer is received. by physicians will| ‘er js adjusted, the pessenger depart-| croner’s jury for a/\ment has instructed all agents in sell- decision as to the manner and the/iing tickets to points west of Albu- paternal romance in |through points where armed guards own and start building a hospital at Rochester. ‘This hospital will take care of between 250 and 350 mental cases among service men. The le- gion's hospital, which will be operated in connection with the Mayo clinic, will look after surgical and general cases. Director Forbes also announced that he has decided against the Great Lakes naval training station as the aite for a Michigan hospital for mental cases. Instead $1,500,000 will be spent for a sanitarium at Camp Custer. The Michigan hospital will be of 500 beds As far as can be learned no further announcement has been made regard ing the establishment of a mental hospital in New York stata The New York legion has just opened its own jcamp in the Adirondacks for the care of tubercular ex-service men. Several hundred of these diseased veterans are | being mused, fed and doctored by the services xisn’s organization. Urgent neef, accoriing to published state 6G FOUR TIES UP SINTA FE (Continuea Som page one.) | City, was one of those withdrawn today. “ARMED GUARDS” ARE PEACE OFFICERS. CHICAGO, Aug. 11—F. G. Wells, vice president of the Santa Fe railroad | declared today that the armed guards| to whom the brotherhood men in the| (west were objecting were mainly dep-| uty United States marshals, deputy sheriffs, and other peace officers. The raflroad hag notitfied the brother- members was without cause. “The Banta Fe Co. today wired shiefs of all the labor brotherhoods whose members are involved in the] strike without grievance made they return to work.” Mr. Wells said, | “Chiefa of the brotherhoods involved | were sent ff the brotherhood organizations in Arizona and will advise the railroad “In the meantime and until the mat- Querque to endorse the same subject to delay on account of labor trouble. “A majority of the guards complain- ed of are United States deputy mar- shals, deputy sheriffs, and others ap. pointed by constituted authority.” OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 11. — Three ussenger trains, two of the Union cific and one of the Oregon Short e, were tied up here this morning ue to a strike of firemen and switch- en in the local railroad yards. No for the walkout could be een SANTA FE OPERATION MENACED BY STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11.—(By the Associated Press)—Paralysis of the entire western territory of the Santa Fe system was the prospect fac- ing officials of that railway today as ja result of the sudden walkout yester. day of members of the big four broth- erhoods, the engineers, firemen, con ductors and trainmen, on several west- Jern divisions. The union men ex- | plained that their action was taken as ja protest against armed guards on |railway property and against the al- |leged condition of certain equipments. | Members of the brotherhoods said |they would no longer move trains | were stationed. ‘heir district officials {went into conference with Santa Fe jexecutives last night, but no basis of jsettlement had been reported early tods Several passenger trains, the eastbound Cs serted by their cre points in Arizona or southeastern California. Some were stranded in \scorchingly hot desert spots. A wrecking crew was assigned to- @ay ¢ retove a locomotive which had been run into a turntable pit at San Bernardino, Cal., blocking entrance to the roundhouse. STRIKEBREAKERS ARE BEING MOVED. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 11.— Announcement was made here today by_an agent of the Northern Pacifio rafiroad that men were being sent from. this city, Hartford, Conn., and Providence: ~, to fill vacancies in the ranks of shop workers on that jroad. It was said that corisiderable success was being met with here and that 75 men have been sent west from here in the last two days. including fornia Limited, de- were stalled at SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 11.—Ap- |proximately 100 fire builders, fire |knockers, cinder pit men, engine |watchmen, water tenders, coal pass- Jers, coal chute men, stationary fire- men, coal hoist engineers and their helpers employed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad here went on strike today. The walkout was said to have been in accordance with an order from union officials which applied to the entire Denver and Rio Grande Western system. Union officials here predict that un- less the strike was settled within 24 \hours the maintenance of way men | tions to equally bogus magazines have other food, and all sorts of camp equip- ment is requested By the New York! American Legion which has recently opened its Adirondack camp for tu- bercular world war veterans. Th service men pad $35,000 for the s' and have expended many more thou-| sands on equipment in an effort to make inroads into the rapidiy increas- ing ranks of veterans who are suffer-| ing with the disease, imation of the United States nt that a payment of the war loavs would be apprect-| caused a decided tightening} of the purse strings af free spending| Pa: according to a report re cetved at the national headquarters of the An an Legion. The gaiety and free spending of the common people that has always marked Bastille Day, Were not in dence this year on July 14. Pleasure resorts of every sort, as well as ne shops and restaurants, have experienced a decided falling off im patronage during the last fow months, according to the report. A mou in camp on Big Tupper lake has just been purchased by the New York department of the American Legion. The camp will be used as a vacation resort by the service men. The legion paid $85,000 cash for the property. Approximately 10,000 acres of land in New Mexico may be taken over by ve.tans of the world war, according to an announcement by the land of- fice of the United States department of interior, The land which was for- merly withdrawn under the reclama- tion act for reservoir sites has been re- stored and will be subject io entry at the land office at Las Cruse, N. M. The American Legion advises pros- pective homesteaders to write immedi- ately to the office at Las Cruse for information. A stranger member of the American Legion out of work and with no mon- ey, found # gold necklace while walk- ing down the street in Aberdeen, S. D. Instead of “hocking” the jewelry for & meal or two, he turned it over to the local legion headquarters, asking that they find the owner. The Maryland court of appeals has reversed the decision of a lower court and has held the recently passed state bonus bill unconstitutional in form. American Legion end other veteran organizations have si-rted work on a new measure which will be submitted to the next general asvembly. The new bill will be designed to meet the objections of the high court to the last one. Before its presentation to the assembly 10,000 Maryland voters will sign the bill, Persons who have suddenly ac- quired world war records, tripes and a desine to help other dis- abled veterans by soliciting subscrip- So aroused the American Legion and municipal authorities at Syracuse, N. ¥., that the two forces have combined Against such fake soliciting. Anyone seeking a license to sell es fi magazin turned over the legion for investiga. tion. The mill workers strike at Man chester, N. H., has reached such pro portions that the American Legion has thrown open its club house to them and has established soup kitchens. A tent colony, composed entirely of jobless ex-service men has sprung up in the South Dakota wheat regions, YOMIN —_— Everybody’s Theater Continuous 1 to 11 P. M. 10c-25¢ 10c-25c LAST TIMES TODAY WANDA HAWLEY —In— “HER FIRST ELOPEMENT” —Also— “Whose Little Wife Are You?” SATURDAY Corinne Griffith “The Garter Girl” —Also— “THE LUCK OF THE IRISH” SUNDAY Hobart. Bosworth gah i “A Thousand to One” ‘also would cease work, do tinal decision. To accept the plan, they maintained,| they forced the passage of the Adam- would be to jeopardize, at the hands/son law,” the message said. of the labor board, thelr promises co non-strikers and new employes that| hoods have ts would be based on| they hel: It also would spell victory| the war. for the unions, they maintained. The belligerents declared also they| down. were already in sight of an open vic-|board’s decisions final and stop this tery over the strikers and urged that! continuou thay be permitted to continue without! {ndustries. interference to a “finish fight.” President loyalty. cratic Felton of to ratify the peace| plan to provide| sociat way with veteran unemployment. Temperature Always 70 | tration The colony which has) REPORTED DEADLOCKRD. NEW YORK, Aug. 11—(By The As- —Rallway executives ENJOY THESE HOT DAYS! unions far worse than “This is exactly what the brother- tanned. 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