Medford mail tribune., November 16, 1921, Page 1, Image 1

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MKDFOlMi, Oh'KGOX, WEDNESDAY, XOYEMI'.EU Hi, .1 )!
XO. 201
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MAILCLERK
SITS DOWN
ON BANDIT
After $150,000 Loot Heavy
weight Refuses to Obey
Command, Knocks Fugitive
Down Arrested at Phoenix,
Ariz., and Admits Identity
Negro Clerk Expected Si
lent On Escape From Peni
tentiary Had Auto.
PHOENIX, Nov. 16. Roy Gard
ner, who escaped from the federal
penitentiary at -McNeil Island, Wash
ington, where he was serving a sen
tence for Pacific Coast mail robber
ies, was captured here last night by
'Herman Inderlied when ho attempted
to rob the mail car on an Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railway train.
Iudorlied was the mail clerk in charge
ot the car.
When the local police photographer
was taking Gardner's pictures this
morning he noticed a likeness be
tween the man and pictures of Gerd
ner. A description of Gardner which
waa broadcasted when he escaped
from the penitentiary was secured and
found to fit the prisoner exactly, even
to the finger prints. The prisoner
then admitted be was Gardner.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 16. The ban
dit captured here last night at the
Santa Fe station following an attempt
to rob a mail car was identified by
finger prints today as Roy Gardner,
who recently escaped from (he federal j
penitentiary at McNeil Island.
According to the police, Gardner ad
mitted his Identity.
Police officers also attempted toj
identify the prisoner as Gardner by aj
wound in the leg which he was report-j
ed to have received from the gun of a
guard when he escaped from McNeil j
Island. The police were unable to find
the wound and the prisoner maintain-1
ed that none of the shots fired by the
guards struck him.
Police this morning said that while
there was nothing of unusual value in ;
the mail on hoard the car attacked
last night, n "local bank planned -to
ship $15,000 from here today, and they
believe the would-be robber had been
"tipped off tij the scheme but got the
wrong' train.
The mail car attacked last night was
on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
train No. 170. The robber boarded the
car ten minutes before the train was
to leave for Los ;igeles and it is the
theory of local officers that he Intend
ed to ride to a nearby station where
they believe he had accomplices wait
ing for him.
Herman Indeiiied, of Phoenix, clerk
in charge of the ear, said he was not
looking when the would-be robber got
into the car and that the first he knew
of the other's presence was when he
felt a gun pressed against bis body
and turned around to find a masked
man holding a revolver against hl:n.
Inderlied, who is six feet two inches
tall and weighs about -15 pounds,
struck his assailant, took his pun
away front him, and then sat on him
while he waited for officers to respond
. to his calls. The bandit was taken to
the city jail where ho said he was
"R. P. Nelson of Chicago."
Inderlied went out with bis car last
night.
While Inderlied was holding his
prisoner, the latter said: "Well, you've
rained your $5000 tonight." referring
to a standing reward offered to mail
clerks for the capture of mail bandits.
Another Santa Fe train was stand
ing on a track at the local station just
a few feet from No. 170 and a South
ern Pacific train with two marine
guards in the mall ear was at the
Southern Pacific station a quarter of a
blork away when Inderlied was at
tacked. Inderlied, who returned to Phoenix
today, was called to the jKiiire station
to identify the prisoner formally as
his assailant. As he approached the
prisoner the latter held out his band,
and said:
"You haven't got any hard feelings,
have you?"
"I've got a wife and child at home,"
Inderlit'd replied.
"So have I," resitumled Gardner,
"and if you had bad a pun la.-t ni"ht
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Bandit Warns Sheriff
He Will Escape if
Opportunity Arises
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 10.
i Hoy Gardner, who on September
last, escaped from McNeil ls
land penitentiary, Washington,
where he was serving a senlenco
! for Pacific coast mail robberies,
today after his capture last night
! by a mall clerk here, told Shor
! if? "John Montgomery and news-
papermen the slory of his es
1 cape and bis life sinco them.
! Previously he had refused to
! talk about this period of bis life.
Just before noon Gardner was
turned over to the federal offi-
cers by the police and he was
immediately removed from the
! city jail to the county jail where
almost his first words to Sheriff
' John .Montgomery were a warn-
ing that In; intended to escape If
I- ho got an opportunity. He was
to bo arraigned this afternoon.
LADY 10
FAT S CASE PUT
ROUGH 00
Mrs. Edith Unsworth Admits
She Wanted to Be On Jury
Interest Lax and Many
Empty Seats in Court Room
at Jury Selecting.
SAX FRANCISCO. Nov. 10. When
the manslaughter ease of Koseoe C.
(Fatty) Arbuekle was called today,
Assistant District Attorney Milton T.
L"J It'll asked that the examination of
.Mrs. Edith I'nsworth, a prospective
juror, be re-opened, "as we have au
thority that she expressed an opin
ion and wanted to get on the jury."
The re-examination was allowed.
Mrs. I'nsworth admitted that site
told a friend in response to a ques
tion that she would "like to be on
the jury" but denied expressing any
opinion in regard to Arbuekle's guilt
or Innocence.
After being asked a few questions,
Mrs. I'nsworth remained in the box
pending the examination of another
juror.
'Peter Hansen, retired liquor deal
er, was the next talesman to bo ex
amined. Interest in the hearing was ever,
more lax . than yesterday. One
fourth of the seats In the iurt room
were unoccupied when the court con
vened. Hansen's examination was com
pleted at 1 1 a. m., filling the box with
prospective jurors. The prosecution
excused Sidney A. Goldtree, using the
first of its five peremptory challenges.
Victor S. Persons, civil engineer, call
ed in Goldtree's place was excused
for having an opinion regarding Ar
bnckle's guilt or innocence.
C. A. Ballentlne was then called
anil accepted as a tentitvo juror,
again filling the box with prospective
jurors.
J. C. Medley wns excused by the
first of the ten peremptory chal
lenges allowed the defense.
Isaac O. I'pham. stationer and
prominent club man, was called In
Medley's place.
The prosecution asked that I'pham
be excused because of a possible fi
nancial interest he admitted he might
have in the Arbuel.le films. The de
fense objected and the judge re
st rved his decision until after the
noon recess.
STRIKEBREAKERS GO
I Win!,
OTTtWIWA. Iowa. Nov. K,. Pass
ing lietwcon rows of Iowa (iimnlsnn'n
with hayom-ls fixc-d, mor? than 10'
orkmnn who aro employed at thn
.John Moiro'.l Parking company filed
thrnnL'h tho prat"s at i and 7 o'clock
this morning to join their -00 com
rades who f'Titeml yesterday amid a
fusillade, of stones and hrick.-i and
;;jr:it tho nl;;ht inside the plant. A
1;:ilv crr-wd of Htriko pympthir.er3
inljli'd on streets luar tho plant.
hK t::e presence of troop.i calmed ni:y
;vnsper3 for a repetition of eter
ui.vY diturances.
CAPTOR TO PARTIAL LAW IN Q LIMITS
GET S7000 "PWOONi
rnn n a ni mn UUHL uu 1 AinnnAno:
$5000 for Capture of Mail
Bandit and $2000 From
Special Bounty History of
Crimes of Picturesque Crim
inalEscaped Sept. 5 in
Reckless Break.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. If.. The
bandit captured at Phoenix, Ariz.', last
night Is Hoy Gardner according to
telegrams received today by railwav
mail service officials and postofflce
inspectors from Phoenix.
I- .1. Mirhelson, postmaster at
Phoenix, telegraphed that the Handit
was Gardner and a similar telegram
was received from I' H. Moon, chief
clerk of tho railway mall service at
Los Angeles, who is In Phoenix.
Edward C. McGarth, superintend
ent of railway mail service in tho
west declared that the mail cerk, Her
man Inderlied, would receivo the re
ward of $5,000 offered for the cap
ture of any person who attemptod to
rob tho malls and perhaps also J2.000
which was a special reward offered
for the capture of Gardner.
it was reported here that Gardner
probably would not be tried in Arizo
na but would bo returned to McNeil
Island .prison, where ho was. serving
a sentence of !i0 years.'
SAN FHAJXCISCO, .Nov. 16. Hoy
Gardner escaped from McNeil Island,
Wash., penitentiary, September "',
1021, by cutting his way through a
barbed wire fence .during a prison
baseball game and running through
the fields to cover amid a rain of
shots from the guards. A cordon was
thrown around the Island and watch
kept for weeks, but Gardner was
never found. Prison officials later
said they thought he reached the
mainland the night after the guurd
was withdrawn.
He committed two mail robberies
in California and escaped from his
guards twice while being taken to
McNeil Island.
The first robbery was of a mall
wagon In San Diego In April, 192 0.
bin loot being $S5,noo, nil of which
waa recovered. En route to the peni
tentiary he overpowered bis guard
near Portland und escaped from the
train June 7, 1 92ft.
On -May 11, 1(12 1, he appeared at
Napa, Cul., In an attempt to visit bis
wife, evaded a posse and held up a
Southern Pacific train near Newcas
tle, Cab, six days later, ohtaln'ng a
mall pouch containing $ 1 7 ." , 0 0 0 In
seci'rilies. On -May 2:1 he was cap
tured while playing cards at Itose
ville. Pleading guilty in the federal
court at. Han Francisco, he was sen
tenced to fid years at McNeil Island
but on June 1 1 he turned the tables
on his two guards at Castle Hock,
Wash., binding them with bis own
handcuffs and Oregon boot and
jumping through the car window with
Norris Pyron, a counterfeiter, also
being taken to prison.
Policeman l-oula Sonny captured
him on June it; at Centralia, Wash.,
where he had taken a room at a hotel
after eluding a posso at Castle
Keck.
CIIIHSTIANIA, Nov. IS The Nor
wegian government has Informed Den
mark that it cannot recognize the ex
tension of Danish sovereignty to the
whole of Greenland, which was an
nounced last May. Norway contends
that the Danish action prejudices the
riKhts of Norwegians to the whaling,
sealing and fishing which they have,
until now, carried on unchallenged In
Greenland waters.
PARIS, -Nov. 16 (My Associated
Press.) The council of the League of
Nations met here this afternoon t"
consider the first accusation of coven
ant breaking since the league came
into force. The case was that of Jugo
slavia, whose troops have been charg
ed by the llrltlsh government with In
vading tile territory of another league
member Albania.
Gov. Shoup Declares Huerfano
County Unable to Cope With
Situation 30 Per Cent Re-!
duction Ordered
Competition.
to Meet;
j
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DBN'VFK, Colo., Nov. 16. Gov
ernor Shoup today issued a proclama
tion declaring martial law In Huer
fano county effective at midnight to
night. The governor announced
Sheriff Harry Capps of that county
had nottified him of bis Inability to
cope with the situation resulting from
the porting of wage reduction no
tices this morning in Colorado Fuei
and Iron company mines.
TRINIDAD, Colo., Nov. 16. ( liy
the Associated Press.) Thtrty-rivo
hundred coal miners In the south
ern Colorado field will refuse to re
port for work at 13 mines operated
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany tomorrow morning na an nnuwur
to a notico posted today putting Into
effect tomorrow a wage reduction of
approximately 30 per cent, according
to John P. McLennan, president of
district 15, United Mine Workers of
America, who also predicted that
every mine operated by the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company would be
idle within a day or two.
DENVER, Colo,, Nov. 16. Notice of
a general -wage? 'reduction of approxi
mately 30 nor cent to talto effect to
morrow morning in thirteen of the
company's twenly-six coal mines in
Colorado, was posted at tho headqtiar
teis of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company hero this morning, The
order directly affects about 3500 men
employed in mines in Las Animas nnil
Huerfano counties. None of the com
pany's mines in Fremont and Gunni
son counties is affected.
According to a statement by Fred
Farrar, general counsel for the com
pany, officials expect a strike that will
shut down, temporarily, all tho mines
affected that aro now in operation. It
is also expected that the men employ
ed in the company's five mines in Fre
mont county and In the two Gunnison
county mines, will walk out In support
of the Las Animas and Huerfano coun
ty employes.
It Is the contention of tho company
that the reduction of wages is being
put into tfl'ect In accordance with
agreements with the employes of the
mines affected which were made last
August. At that time, It is claimed, by
officials, the men circulated petitions
asking that In order to increase their
working time their wages be reduced.
An official statement Issued at the
exocutivo offices here, signed by II.
F. Welborn, president or tho com
pany, says in part:
"On Thursday, November 17, the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company will
put into effect a reduction in wages
of coal mine workmen nt eight of its
mines In Las Animas county and five
in Huerfano county, Colorado.
"This reduction Is mado in thoso
mines only whero negotiations dur
ing August with the employes result
ed in agreements which have been
passed upon and found to bo both legal-
and reasonable by the Indus
trial commission of Colorado. At
mines where no agreement was reach
ed no attempt has been made to .re
duce wages.
"The reduction will restoro , the
srule of wages in effect during the
years of IS!!) and 1919.
"The reason actuating tho company
in making this reduction are Imper
ative need for cheaper fuel for the
steel mills at Pueblo In order to en
able the company to compete with
eastern steel mills mid the nceil of
lower prices of coal on the part of the
public and the railroads and other
consumers."
50 PEOPLE
MANILA, P. I., Nov. 1G. (By tho!
Associated I'ress.) Tho steamer Ma
iMa l.oulsa, !4 tons, foundered today
off the llambules coast, near the en- j
trance to -Manila Day nnd 50 persons,
ere missing. Iteseuers saved 86 pas-'
eiiKen) and members of the crow.!
It Is believed that all the missing ur3j
i-'ilipinos. :
HIIbiWIOj
Giant Strides of War Replaced
By Snail's Pace of Peace in
Air Traffic, and Arms Parley
Urge Development Along
Prone to Apply Restrictions
Commercial Lines.
WASHINGTON. N"V. 16 (lly Asso
ciated Press.) Decision ot the Amer
ican delegation to' the conference on
limitation of armaments to exclude
aircraft from proposals for reduction
goes deeper than Secretary Hughes
indicated In bis statement saying
merely that the ready convertibility
of commercial aircraft to war pur
poses made the writing of aircraft lim
itation Impracticable. Ileyond that
fact, however, lies the desiio of every
nation that no Impediment should bo
placed in the way of development of
air navigation for the benefit of all
mankind.
Giant strides In tho air wero mado
by all powers under war Impetus, but
back again to days of peace, aircraft
development Is moving at a snail's
pure all over the world. Tho plaeo of
air navigation in the commercial
scheme of things Is not established yet
on any profitable basis, and if govern
ments tlo not carry on the experimen
tal work In connection with armies
and navies the newest and most prom
ising field of trnnsiHirtatlon probably
would lie neglected for years to conic.
This Is the view taken by army and
navy officials of tho United States,
and it is reflected in tho American
proposal to tho conference. It Is to bo
expected, as tho conference moves
along, that rules to limit the use of
aircraft, to curb bombing of defense
less cities and civilian non-combatants
hospitals and the like in war, will bo
written.
There is a definite placo for that on
the agenda.
As to convertibility, It Is apparent
off-hand, officers say, that any plane
capable of carrying the mail or uny
other burden, could bo loaded with
bombs for war purposes, equipped
with machine guns mid otherwise he
"lit 'uto fighting shape In a matter of
hours.
fNavy officials are far from satis
fied that aircraft havo reached a
noint where tho old lime surface craft
ot the 'battle line havo lost their Im
portance as the main reliance In war
at sea, bill they admit that air de
velopments have added new factors
to the game of war, and that In the
future may lio such radical advances
In air work as may In fact wholly rev
olutionize naval warfare. American
observers expected no serious pro
posals during the conference for nny
form of aircraft limitation which
would inhibit such development.
VAR MINERAL BILLS
10 BE CORRECTED
WASHINGTON, Nov. in. Tho
houso today passed In amended form
a senate bill authorizing correrllon of
errors made In the calculation of
sums duo individuals and companies
for minerals furnished tliu Kovern
nient duriiiK the war and validation
claims filed prior to noon of .luno 2,
111 19.
BACHAMENTO, Col., Nov. 10. Def
inite announcement that William K.
RodRers, for three years manager of
the Sacramento team of tho Pacific
Coast llasebail league has been releas
ed, was made today by Charles More
Ing. one of the owners of the club. ,
Hodgers was reported yesterday to
be In Portland, Ore., negotiating with
William Kicpper for the managership
of the Portland team.
Mrs. Gardner Neither
Glad or Sorry";
Thought Mate Safe
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16
Mrs. Roy Gardner expressed sur
prise today over the capture of
husband as she said she be
lieved him lo he safe. "I don't
know whether to be glad or sorry,
or what to think," she said. "It
Is horrible, just when 1 thought
he was safe. I will re-arrange my
plans to be near him, wherever
that may he."
! Mrs. Gardner i.r supporting her-
self anil infant daughter by work
! lag la a downtown department
store.
FOR RIGHTS IN
El
Proposals Have Moral Support
of American Delegates
Harmonize Chinese Interests
With Rest of World Wants
to Play Her Part for Peace.
M'ASHIN'OTOX, Nov. ( Hy tho
Associated Tress) Til ft Chhu'so pro
posals with respect to Far Eastern
'questions aro stated uuthoritutively to
, have tlio "moral support" of tho
t American delegation
t Tho text of tho Chlnoflo proposal, as
submitted lo tho assembled delegates
by tho address of tho Chlneso dulega-
"In view of tho fact that China
must necessarily play an important
part In tho deliberations of this con
ference with rul'ereneo to tho political
situation In tho Kar Kast, tho Chinese
delegation hns thought It proper that
they should talto tho first possible op
portunity to state certain general
(principles, which, in heir opinion,
should Kuidu tho oonferenco In the
I determinations which It Is to make.
"Certain of tho specific applica
tions of tho principles which It Is ex
pected that tho conference will make
it Is our Intention later to hrlnK for
ward, but at the present timo It Is
deemed sufficient simply to propose
the principles.
"In formulating these principles,
tho purpose lias been kept steadily
in view of obtaining rules in accord
ance with which existing nnd posslblo
future political and economic prob
lems in the Far East and tho Pacific
may bo most Justly settled with duo
regard to the rights and legitimate
Interests of all tho powers interested.
Thus it has been sought to harmon
ize the particular Interests of China
with the general Interests of all the
world.
"China Is nnxlous to play her part,
not only in maintaining peace, but In
promoting tho materinl advancements
and the cultural developments of nil
nntions."
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I'lTTSHI'ItO, Kns., Nov. 10. Uep
resentrillveH of the international or
Kaui'a'tToii of mine- workers claimed
that most of the striking Kansas
J lilncrH would return to work today
under tlie order to do ko or subject
, themselves to revocation of their local
union charters. Adherents of Alex
ander Ilowat. deposed Kansas district
union president, declared the miners
would remain on Btrlke. .
NEAR 10 EXILE
OimtAI.TArt, Nov. 10. ny the
Asaocluted Press) Former Emperor
Charles of Austria Hungary and for
mer Empress Zlta aro nearing their
placo of exile, on tho Island of Ma
derla. Tho British cruiser Cardiff,
with tho former royal pair on board,
arrived hero today en routo to Fun
chal, Madcrla, In tho Atlantic, off the
i northwestern coast of Africa, a com
Iparatively short sail from thin port.
CHINA PLEADS
WORLD SCHEME
FAR EAST
rmmi
ARGUED
Sze Lays China's Stand Before
Arms Conference Japan
Makes No Response Open
Door Policy Favored Op
pose Secret Treatie's.
YSIIINCiTON, Nov. 10.
(Uy the Associated
Press) A detailed
statement regarding
China's Interests nnd
her attitude on Far
Eastern questions was
oiude today by Minis
ter Szo nt tho first
meeting of tho com
mittee on Pacific and
Far Kaatern questions
No program for tho consideration
of Far Eastern questions wns agreed
upon, but tlio beads of the delegations
of the nino powers forming the com
mittee were to meet Inter today to
frame an order of procooduro.
Thero waa no response from the
Japaneso after China had prosontod
her view ot tho situation, and al
though somu general discussion de
veloped, all of tho other nations rep
resented reserved a dotallod state
ment of their opinions for later pre
sentation. Indications wero that tho first at
tempt to get down to cases would bo
made In the meeting ot tho heads ot
the delegations later In tho day,
Malntennnco of tho open door in
China was said to have been urged
vigorously by Minister Szo who also
spokn strongly for abolition of secret
treaties arfectlng China nnd urged
that hereafter all such treaties be
tween tho powers bo made public.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (By Asso
ciated Pross.) Preservation of "terri
torial Integrity and political and ad
ministrative Independence" together
with preservation of the open door pol
icy nnd n prohibition against secret
treaties In tho Far East wore Included
in the Chinese proposal outlined today
at tlio Initial session of the armament
conference committee on Far Eastern
questions.
China, In return would agree- ''not to
alienato or leaso any portion of her
territory" to nny foreign power, and
"nil special rights, privileges, Immuni
ties or commitments" now held in
China by any foreign power are to be
carefully re-examined.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Tho
question of tho disposition of tho
provinco of Shantung was not brought
up. Neither did Dr. Sze go into the .
question of granting future foreign
concessions In China. Both of theso
subjects, it was learned, woro to be
left for future discussion.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (Dy tho
Assocltnd Press.) With tho Ameri
can arms reduction proposal referred
to a committee of the naval advisers
of tho flvo great powers as the ac
cepted fundamental policy on naval
armaments, tho Washington confer
ence turned Its attention today to the
other big subject of the meeting, the
Far Eastern situation. Apparently
none of tho nations was ready to pro
Bont a comprehensive plan of settle
ment of tho questions Involved at the
outset and tho delegations of all the
nine Interested powers seemed to have
adopted a waiting attltudo as they
prepared to moet In executive ses
sion this morning as a committee of
tho whole, to tnka up this phnBO ot
the conference work.
Meanwhile tho work of preparing
a report on tho American proposal for
reduction of naval armament Involv
ing consideration of the modifications
to bo soggested hy Great Britain and
Japan leader the reservations with
w hlch tho plan was accepted by them
In prlnclplo and In spirit, along with
France and Italy at the open session
yesterday, will go forward In the
committee of flvo technical naval ad
visers appointed by tho delegations
of the big flvo powers In their later
execdtlve session.
With Theodoro Itoosovolt, assist
ant secretary of the navy, as chair
man and representative of tho United
States, others composing this com
mitteo aro Admiral Beatty for Great
Britain, Vice Admiral DoBon for
Franco, Vice Admiral Acton for Italv
and Vide Admiral Kato for Japan.
Tho committee, which will meet
for the first time today, will take up
the modifications desired by Great
Britain for a sharp cut In the pro-
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