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THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN John Says: If yon must keep your sav- ings in a sock be sure to keep out enough change to pay for the darning. Weather Saturday and Sunday gen- erally fair, wanner. FIFTY-THIRD YEAR PUEBLO, COLO., SATURDAY. APRIL 9, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS BANK ROBBERS SLAY NIGHT MARSHAL OF FOUNTAIN; FLEE IN AN AUTO TOWARD PUEBLO Reward of SIOOO Offered For Capture of Men Who Are Believed to Have Intended to Rob Bank in Village Fountain, Colo., April 8. —John A. Lindamood. night marshal at Fountain, was murdered in cold blood at 1: 15 o clock this morning by a member of a gang of bank robbers, who from all appearances, had planned to rob the First National bank of Fountain. Frightened by the mu'.der, the gang escaped in a small automobile going south on the Pueblo road, but in their hurry, they left behind them their tools, soap and guns. Footprint s indicated that two men and one woman made up the bandit gang. Lindamood was killed by a revolver bullet fired at close range. that p thru his heart and wont . thru hi« body. Kvidrntly his murderer, was n docov or lookout for the gang °t j robbers who know thnt the maratm. , had headquarters a* the hank. The i f huotlnß took plan** near the hoin»> «>• i W. p. rjddoek on North Main street. • shout a Mo k from the hank. Linda- | inond footprint.- in th** snow showed., bad foTowi l the man tip the street j from the tank anti then crossed over I .to t ie cast sid-* where the man was 1 standing. Lindamood was shot as he stepped , into a ditchwAhe bullet ranging down- ■ ward and the marshal had never even drawn his revolver, hi? flash light- being clutched in his right hand when | the body was found ! The town board this afternoon offer- led a reward of SI,OOO for the arrest and ■lconviction of the murderer. GREEKS RETREAT BEFORE THE TURKS BOLSHEVIK-FINN SITUATION ACUTE Retire from Afhm-Karahuan —Hospitals in Greece Over Filled With Wounded ! I/ondei I ingland. April 8. The Greek, have evacuated Aflun-Kara- h; it the Junction point of the Bag- rat* .i * south of Kski-Sehr. and retired to Tomlubunar. 40 kilometers to the west. say» a Keuter dispatch from Smyrna. Athens April R. —t By The Associated Pro- Wounded Greek soldiers are nrrt'ing in such numbers from the Sm>ma and Rrusa fronts that sanl- tar> ..ml • ritlex In this country are urn * can* for them properly. Two thousand injured men arriv'd at Pir- *. , •• terdnv and found inadequate hospital commodatlons ,phii Sophie h.»* appealed to the Ameriv-.in lied Gross in Paris for nurs- e.- j|nn women of Athens arc leav- ing t.» \ork in the base hospital* In Anatoli.i Pa ' ptiJ 8. Turkish nationalists t i. ;«ned their advance in the H-u*-» tor of Asia Minor, according to di-pat.-he.a received at the French foreign office. b’r nr. are entertained here for the H..f.-t\ of the entire Greek expedltion- sr* fore The magnitude of the rev- erse suffered by the Greeks appears to b»* greater than flrat supposed Six thousand wour.Jod Greeks are said to le in hospitals In BiJaa. Ancon. Apnl Kazim Kara Beklr. commander of Turkish nationalists at !*r. erum. has arrived here at the head of , airv division after a remark- nbb* march from Armenia. lie was I •<> the western front by th** T irk i-h nationalist government after th Greeks launched their offensive east of Smyrna and Bmna Th. proph *f this city greeted Kia- -,nt wit" wildcat enthusiasm and dow- er- were strewn in the street* ahead of hop' He continued his way to the front declaring there was no feat of bolshevik advance in northeastern Asia Minor Soviet Annies Invade Repola and Porajearvi Districts— j Inhabitants Fleeing Stockholm April (By The Asso- ciated Press) -Th© tension which has been noticeable recently between Rus- sia and Finland Is becoming mor* acute. Bolshevik! have invaded the llcpola and Porajearvi districts to which the Russo-Finnish peace treaty had guaranteed autonomy. The inhabitants of tlic district are fleeing into the interior of Finland The small locnl force of militia has retired to Finnish territory. The Finns on April * endeavored to negotiate with Vhc Rolstyc' jk! but failed, owing lo the demand «»f the Rnl:«hc\ iki. that the militia dlarm The Bolshevik! ar- rested th»* militia commander and pre- fect of Porajervl. ' As .» result of a onferrn* e between I Dr Rudolf llolstt. the Finnish-foreign I minister. an<l Jaan Antonovltch Itehr- \ sin the soviet minister to Finland, a I mixed commission wa.- appointed .n I accordance with thr peace treaty to. deal with all border affairs but the en- deavors of Finland to obtain harmnnv j with the Moscow government *'t*m' fruitless. The Russian trade deieg.i- ( tlon is about to return home as Its technical personnel is not allowed t<> enter Finland becaue© of th« deb n- tion of Finnish subject* in Russia. The Ikigen* Press, the leading Hel- singfors newspaper, says today con- cerning the situation: "Whether the Bolshevik! are moved by strength or despair, this much is certain: "We shall get nothing If we show wenkness. "Wo must speak •dearly and forcible If we want respr*-* for the peace treaty and for ourselvc? • Stockholm. April 8 Soviet Russia nnd tho soviet republic of White Rus- sia havo signed a treaty under whl**h they become a «*lngle republic, accord- ing to reports received here .today. Dispatcher from Scandinavian sources las? month reported the forma- tion of a demorcath White Russian re- public in the region around Minsk and Vitebsk. The white Ruthenlans" in this district were said to have pro- claimed their Independence. 4 MEMBERS GREELY FACULTY DISCHARGED <Jreelet- fnlo.. April 8 Four faculty members’of llie ‘State Normal school h' r** tiii- morning receiver! notice from .1 «; i rahb. president «»f th«* insti tutir.n. that tlndr servlet would not be required after the expiration of the pros, nt school term No explanation of th dismissals was given in the no- tice. U was said here The four dis- charged Instructors are. Professor I revere! Allen Adams or tt depait merit of biology. Professor Frarvi* lairenzo Abbott of th* depart- i. e n t of physics and chemistry: Mrs. I ela A up. man, conected with the first grade -«t.'fr of the training school and Margaret Sclitnol*. also connected with the first grade. Professor Adams is widely known nnd has l>ee.n with the school tor 'e.nr*. President Orabb would make no comment. It > .it iron clad rule of the school. he said, "to make no eomment on I these things. otherwise It would !•© i difficult for teachers to obtain other employment after being laid off • •ply one of the dir- barged educators would comment on the dismissal That i wav Mrs Aultman. The notice mere . |\ said that my service** would not he required after September 1." she said, and thnt my «*ontrnet would not l»«» r renewed N" reason was offered 1 r ha\e never been given warning that - my work has not been satisfactory or . that dismissal was impending." t A. 1 Park, registrar of the school nt I the time * ’rahb took office has been i dismissed W P Dunlnvy. brother- in-law of Mr* Aultman. was dropped i two years ago. t; 11 Miller, former ■ dean, has been reduced to the grade I I of professor of sociology and the ex- -1 tension department has been taken I \* *■ from him 2 AGED WOMEN SHUT IN HOTEL ROOM FOR YEARS Ttohoken. N J.. April * -A at ran case of the voluntary exile of two elderly women of moderate means who locked themselves In a suite of three rooms In a hotel for more than three years, was revealed to the authorities todav I‘ntil today th** women. Miss faro'll.»e Sunderland and Mrs Fannie Miller, had not left their rooms since .January. I'M* Th«> had lived entire- ly on canned goods ordered by mail * Their rooms were paid for bv cheeks » thrust thru a crack under the door. • Miss Sunderland, the elder of the ' two. was ill In bed, suffering from ' tuberculosis In advanced stages, 1 was taken to n hospital when it was 1 said she probably would not live long. ‘ Mrs. Miller said they bad shut ‘ themselve-t from the world because "they had to." and would make no . other statement. COULDNT THE NEW TARIFF BILL GIVE US A LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST THIS EUROPEAN INDUSTRY? HARDING URGED TO CALL CONFERENCE National Association of Own- ers of Railroad Securities Want Wa<e Discussion I Washington. P C.. April 8. The Na- tional Association of owners <>f rail read securities Joined today with fiv« railroad labor unions in proposing that ITesidont Harding 'call a conference of repreantatlves of both owners apd employee to dtscusa the railroad prob- lem. particularly a* It affects wages and working conditions, now In dis- pute before the railroad labor board S. I>uvies Warfield, president of the association and Darwin F. Kingsley, president of the New York Life Insur- nnc. company, conferred for an hour with the president on the general transportation situation and suggested the conference as one of the means for adjusting some of the difficulties the load* fare Th* request from the unions was in the form of .. telegram from H. M .lewd, load of the railway employes department of the American Feder.i tlon of Labor. Coincident with the conference at the White House and the receipt of the telegram, t’hairman t'ummlns of the senate Interstate commerce com mitto. announced he had drafted a resolution for introduction next week authorising a general and exhaustive investigation of railroad affairs H» Plans to begin the inquiry about April 15. Means for bringing about a reduction In rate*, operating costs and the ques- tion of efficiency under private own- ership will be the principal angles to ho gen** into. Tinll managers will he heard first nnd Inter representatives will follow . No comment on the conference to •lav wos made at the White House, hut after the meeting a memorandum loft with the president hv the repres- entatives of the securities owners was made public bv them, saving the tonforeneo "covered a wide field.“ Aft- er suggesting that “properly called mootings between the men and those representing the railroads he held un- der the auspices of the existing go' ©rnmental agencies the labor board and the interstate commerce commis- sion.” the memorandum said "Wo are on record that wage ad- justment is only part of the problems." and expressed the view thnt this "should be attained under circum- stances cnrrvlng assurances to ruilwny wnrkers thnt whales or may he brought about is reasonable and Just "It occurs to us.” the statement continued, "that it is not an unreason- able position on the part of those rep. resenting the men that drfieienclea in revenue should not he met by wage reductions alone, unaccompanied bv evidences of the definite Intention to bring about obligatory general econ- omies. PAD CONTEST OVER WILL Now York. April 8. The contest over the will of Theodore P. Shonts. New York traction magnate, wns settled late today when his widow withdrew* her objections to probate of the In- strument nnd with it all her allega- tions concerning Mr* Amanda <\ Thomas, to whom the bulk of the es- tate was left. Tragic Conditions In North China . N>w York, April s. Tragic condi- tions in North china were described In a cable message from Charles R. |Crane. United Stales minister to China to Thomas W. Ij* mu nt, chairing . of the American commute© for China famine fund, made public here today. The message transmitted to Mr Lament, thru the state department at Washington, points out that the "most critical period" is the six weeks fol- lowing May 1, and preceding th«* early harvest. It was announced that the American commit tee and Us • hurdt co-operating committee have designed. May 1-R a: a special period of appeal. BATTLE SHIP GUARDS SHIP’S MUTINOUS CREW San Franeiscifl Calif.. April 8 The steamer Wlllhllo. accompanied by a United States cruiser, is steaming up the Mexican coast with her crew in mutiny, according to a message re- ceived here today by the agent of the steamers owners, the Williams lino of New York. The Willlitlo sailed from New York March for San Francisco with a crew of thlrty-flvc men. A radio mes- K&go from the Wlllhllo Indicated .« boarding party from tlie Tacoma had taken charge of the Ltenmer. MATCHES. STRAW, DRESS, FIRE; GIRL MAY DIE I>en\er. April 8.- A l*ox of mat**hrs. pile of **traw and flimsy dress formed a combination today which may cost the lifo of Louise Zurlcngo, 4-venr-oUI daughter of Mr. and Mrs Michael Zarlengo of this c||> Tim little girl had kindled a bonfire in the rear yard of her parents’ home, leaning over the flames, her skirt caught fir*-. Her screams attracted a man passing by. and he. with the mother, tore the burning clothing from the child. The child was In serious condition. AMERICAN SCHOONER DESTROYED BY FIRE New York. April B.—The American schooner < onnlscllffe. from Mobile for Areel bo, Porto Rico, has been de- stroyed by Ore and her crew rescued by the British steamer Parthenln. a wireless message received here today, said. Th n burning schooner was sighted about SO miles off the eastern coast of Florida In flames. The crew was picked up from lifeboats DARING ACROBAT DIES DOING STUNT IN AIR Chicago. 111 . April R.—Ernest Word, a member of the "flying Wards" acro- batic troupe, was killed today when he fell forty feet while rehearsing an aerial act for a circus. A similarity in names led to first reports that Er- ne* t Ward the aviation acrobat, hid been killed In • fall from his airplane. COMPLETE PLANS TO MARKET GRAIN Preliminary Organization of Country’s Wheat Growers ior Co-operative Selling Made Chicago, April B.—Preliminary or- ganization of the country's wheat growers Into a national co-operative marketing company to tnnrket th** country’a output of grain was complet- ed tonight and plans were being made to actually put the new organization into operation. LMrertors of the company to he known as th© United States Grain Growers Inc . were elected today, legal I steps preliminary to incorporation un- der the* laws of Delaware were com- pleted and organizations which had found fault with certain features of the plan apparently had been brought Into line. As soon ns incorporation papers were issued a national membership drive will he started with a view of bring- ing every grain grower into the or- ganization. It then will he read' t*> carry out the plans which Its sponsors declare will curb grain speculation, ob- tain larger profits for the farmers, low. er the cost of marketing grain and tend to eliminate price fluctuations. Possibility that the members of the Northwest Whent Growers' association would not com** Into the organization, because their plan for <ompulsor> grain pooling was defeated In favor of oplionnl pooling, was lessened when George I'■ Jewett of Spokunc. Wash., general manager of tin* Northwest company, was ejected a director of th** new organization, other associations which favored compulsory p«».|ing asked time In which to make their plans hut indications were they would join the new company. Composition «»f the new corporation's hoard of dire* tors chosen today is In part as follows: District No. 3. South Dakota, Neb- raska ami Colorado: c H. Gus- tafson. Lincoln. Nebraska. presi- dent of tho National Co-operative com- pany nt Omaha; John T Hoik, Henry. S I>.. president of the South Dakota Farmers Grain Dealers association ami J. D. Pancake. Ixivelnnd, Colorado of the Colorado State Farm bureau federation. District 80S Texas. Henrv IV. Colt. Renner. Texas, member Texas Farm Bureau Federation CHICAGO HAS CURFEW LAW FOR YOUNGSTERS Chicago, 111 . April 8 Tin* city coun- cil today passed an ordinance making it Illegal for children under the age of 16 years to be on the streets after JO o’clock nt night unless accompanied by their parents or a guardian of ma- ture ago. The curfew ordinance, which Is said to have the support of Mayor Thomp- son. was passed after being recom- mended by several foremen of grand Juries and social workers. ( GREATEST INDUSTRIAL BATHE IN ENGLISH HISTORY STARTS TUESDAY; NATION NEAR PANIC Railroad and Transport Workers Join Miners in Strike While Government Considers Measures to Protect Public i London, Eng., April B.—(By The Associated Press.) —Tuesday midnight unless there is some new development in the meantime will see the commencement of the greatest labor struggle in the country’s history. Approximately 2,000,000 workers then will have ceased their duties in protest against what they consider to be an organized attempt on the part of the employers to en- force a general reduction in wages. This Is the central fact of the labor situation as It developed today in a breakdown in the miners conference and a consequent decision by the triple alliance-made up of miners and rail- road and transport workers—for the first time since it was organized that its entire membership roughly es- timated at 1,000.000 miners and .ViO.OOO eaeh from the railway and transport workers’ organizations should quit work in support of the strike of the miners. The government's standpoint, | as voiced by Premier IJoyd-Cieorge in j a brief speech in the house of com- mons this afternoon is that the action of the miners and the other members of the Triple Alliance is an attempt by direct action to intimidate parlia- ment and the nation. The premier announced the military and other measures which the government in- tended to take to defeat this attemot. The standpoint the miners is that tho sudden removal of control of the < nal mines is the result of a pact be- tween the government and the mine- owners to enable t,ho owners to enforce an unjustifiable reduction in wages. The attitude of the railway men is that unless there is support for the miners tit the present time a similar dilemma will happen to the railway men on some future occasion when the railways are released from govern- ment control. The refusal of the miners to yield on the question of permitting pumpmen to return to the mines had as its mo- tive a conviction that the withdrawal of the pumpmen is the only weapon m their hands. They argue that a few j weeks cessation of work will not really injure the mine owners who. consider- ing the depressed condition of industry have ample stocks of cool on the sur- face. They declare that the mine owners have brought this fate upon themselves by Including the pumpmen among those whose contracts will be cancelled unless they accept new wage terms made not thru Joint discussion, but by the mine owners themselves. The arguments of the miners find absolutely no support except on the part of the extreme Socialist news- papers. All the other newspapers < ondemn them strongly ana general regret is expressed that the miners refused to listen to tho advieo of m«*n like Herbert Asquith. John It. «*lynes and Arthur Henderson. In this connection Mr. <*lyne.«. who is jehnirmnn of the parliamentary labor pnrtv made an interesting statement •on the adjournment of the house of 'commons this afternoon. While ex - j pressing regret over the decision of • lie miners, he said, he equally re- • grefted that Premier IJoyd-Georce (had thought It proper to mnko impu- tations against the motives of the ! leaders of the miners. He said that the actual damage done to the mines, up to the present had been so small, that it did not Justify this fact being modi' the cause for interfering with negotiations which might lead to a settlement of the dispute. Ho con- cluded bv declaring that the cost to the country thru the strike likely would be far greater than would have been the case if the government had eontintied to control the mines a little while longer until the wage question was settled. The momentous proclamation by the premier »f a state of industrial war wav made In the house of commons in quiet but serious tones. Mr. Uoyd-George read it from a pre pared document. A similar proclama- tion was made In the house of lords hv Karl I’urzen. A deputation of the railway men and the transport work- ALLIES MAY PLAN JOINT ANSWER Are Expected to Exchange Ideas Before Replying to U. S. Note On Mandates Washington, April B. (By The Associated Press)—Secretary Hughes notes to the Japanese, British. FTench and Italian governments on mandates aro being intorpretrd abroad, accord- ing to information in diplomatic cir- cles here, as stating in advanced po- sition of the American government. Some diplomats who have studied tho text of the communication to Great Britain, as made public by the state department, are apprehensive that it may be considered as re-opening tho whole subject of mandates. Full exehanges between the four governments arc expected before any one of ihem replies to Mr. Hughes. In the opinion of some diplomats hero Japan's attitude will determine tho position to be taken by Great Britain and France and possibly also Italy. This is based upon the agreement entered into by Great Rrltaio end Franco with .lapun in 1916 before the United States entered the war. whereby Japan was to receive tho German Islands in the Pacific north of the Equator. This agreement it is explained wM made when the activities of the Ger- man submarines demanded a rein- forcement of the entente naval forces beyond their own resources to meet ami Ih'' opinion is advanced that since Japan fulfilled her part of the contract. Great Britain and Franco feel bound to carry out the agree- ment If Japan insists. If Japan is willing to modify its position with re- gard to these islands and particularly tho island of Yap however the view »*f diplomatic observers her© la that the European allied governments will gladly accept that solution. In away the present situation is regarded as somewhat similar to that obtaining when Italy Insisted upon invoking the Treaty of London In Justification of her claims In the Adriatic section. Roth Great Britain and France sought to induce Italy to abate her claims In the matter of Flume but let. it be known that If Italy Insisted they would execute the provisions of the treaty of Ijondon. obnoxious ns were those to the United States The Adriatic settlement fiitally was brought about thru direct negotia- tions between Italy and Jugo-Bl&yia and It vas thus found unnecessary to invoke the provisions of the secret, treaty made by the European allies before the United States became a belligerent. In the case of the Treaty of Ten- don. It was asserted that President Wilt* m was ignorant of itr existence before bis arrival In Paris for the pear*' conference, but the •-ntento contention Is understood to he that the nature and extent, of the agree- ment w|th Japan was discussed in Heavy Damage To West Slope Fruit Denver. April 8. - Thousands of dol-| inrs in damage was caused to fruit crops on the western slope of i dorado last night when temperatures dropped far below the freezing point, accord- ing to reports here today. officials are unable to estimate the exact b'HS at this time The weather was so cold that smudge j>ots were In- effective. * ! Isxcal weather bureau officials today recorded a low temperature of 21 de- grees in the extensive fruit bearing • iGrnnd valley, and at Prulta and T>nm% the thermometer registered 17 degrees In the Gunnison valley, whun thou- ’ sands of fruit trees were far advanced, I conditions arc reported to he bad. The . minimum temperature at Paonla and Cedar Edge was 12 degrees above. Fair weather Is promised for this ■ nrea tonight An unseasonably cold weather pre- vails over the Rocky mountain region weather officials say. In Denver the thermometer went b< low freezing dur- : ing the night. Predicts Mine Boom In Next Six Months Chicago. April S. The mining In- dustry In the west will see a resump- tion of business within the next six months. John T. Burns, secretary of the American Mining congress an- nounced today following a two months trip thru the western states. "The gold, copper and lead mines are* practically closed down now and them are a number of silver mines that are contemplating closing owing to a lack of market, but there in unbounded confidence on all sides that with the resumption of business In general, the i metal industry will recicvc Its share and 1 believe that b> next r »rtobe» you will see it picking tip all along the line.” said Mr. Burns. ’’One Indication of this feeling is In the fact that the state governments and business men of Minnesota, Ore- gon, Washigton. Montana, t'allfornla, Nevada. Utah, t'olomdo. Wyoming, Arizona and the territory of Alaska have all agreed to send large exhibits to tho American mining congress dls- plav next October and you can rest assured that if these men did not hsvs great confidence In the resumption of the mining business by October they wotil.l never have agreed to this." (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Two)
