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VOLUME ONE LOGAL FIRM GETS MIDWEST CONTRACT. | BUFFALO BILL DIES INDENVER By the United Press DENVER, Colo. Jan. 10.— Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) died at noon today at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Co- dy Decker, 2932 Lafayette street, after an illness of two weeks’ dur- ation. Contract Awarded . Wyoming. Iron Works Co. for New | Battery of Stills and Other Work The construction of a battery of six new crude stills, 14 condenser boxes, 16 run-down tanks. and one agitator, figures in a contract award- ed Monday by the Midwest Refining Company to the Wyoming Iron Works Company, and which, it is presumed, is but one of a number of large con- tracts to be awarded by the company! before the close of the year. The con- tract let this week represents an ag- Two days ago when he was aware that death was hovering the plainsman near, pioneer cheerfully discussed the end, and even went so fer as to plan his funeral. scout and gregate expenditure of about $20,000. Other work awarded the Wyoming Iron Works this week was a contract to cut down and remove one 38,000- barrel and one 55,000 barrel tank from the site of the old Franco refin- ery. The smaller tank will be dis- mantied, removed and put up in the refinery yards and the other ~ill be erected across the river. R. W. McDonald, president of the Wyoming Iron Works, stated this morning that work would be started on the contract about the middle of February, and would be completed as quickly as possible, This company is now putting the finishing touches on . big amount of new work which has required attention since early, in the Uraemic poisoning which set in yesterday was the ate cause of his death. } All of his relatives and several | old-time associates were present at the deathbed. The remains will probably be buried in Den- ver. Col. Cody was born in Scott County, !owa, February 26, 1845. He was the founder of the City of Cody, Wyoming, and Wyoming wos the scene of many of his early day adventures. He was one of the most prominent of the sur- viving plainsmen. Col. Cody served with distinc- tion thruout the Civil War, and served the country as scout dur- ing the Indian wars coming just imme FEW MATTERS ARE OVERLOOKED IN ~ GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE BIENNIAL MESSAGE READ TO BOTH HOUSES IN JOINT |Reported that $25,000 Build-) SESSION TODAY OFFER: ON LEGISLATION TH CONSIDER AT IT CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 10. ;—Governor John B, Kendrick jread his biennial message to {the members of both houses in |joint session at the State Capi- jtol today. The governor cov- (ered practically all matters up- jon which legislation is possible j}at this session of the tSate Leg- jislature. The following is his jmessage in part: In compliance with the mandate jof our state constitution, that the; {governor shall advise with the Legis-| jlature, by message, as to the condi-| | tion of the different departments of} |state, I desire to call to your atten- |tion the work of the various adminis- ltrative heads, and to further suggest |to you amendments and new legisla- ition which appears to be needful for Ithe greater development and protec- tion of our commonwealth, | I am impressed with the grave re | sponsibility which you are assuming as CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1917. NEW GARAGE MAY “GRACE SECOND ST. | | S MANY SUGGESTIONS E ASSEMBLY SHOULD S 14TH SESSION ing Will Be Put Up on West Second This Spring by the Burke Brothers cause of its consistency with good s Casper’s building _ outlook this 2 beads |Spring was given new impotus this business principles, but I fully| morning, when it was reported on convinced it will become an essential! good authority that a new three-story part of the law, not only of every | brick parece Aanyle a aA BEC banaty. ae 5 : be erected on the three lots east o i 0 Ani ere Cason, “but ofthe. ga-l Tab/MéGrythitinekiedith elshise tional government, as well. West Second street, as soon as the “I would earnestly counsel you to| weather warrants such construction. consider this vital question with a|The lots were purchased yesterday by am na. BOLLING DEMANDS APOLOGY OF WOOD MENTIONING NAME Brother of Mrs. Wilson De- clares He Knew Nothing of Leak and Hed No Infor- mation in Advance jl t | |REPORTERS “TIPPED OFF” ‘Central News Writer Testifies Secre- tary of State Gave Advance In- formation Becaues He Didn’t Want Reports Garbled view to favorable action, o— ne) TAXATION | No question with which you will have to deal is of more vital impor- tance or as far-reaching in its ef- fects, as that of taxation. It is one which concerns us particulerly at this time because of the alarming increase of such burdens. While the weight fails heavily upon the man of wealth jit works a still greater hardship upon the individual of moderate or small means, and upon the newcomer in | Messrs. Michael and Patrick Burke,| jand it is understood that they pur-| By the United Press - |pose to put up the new garage which| WASHINGTON, Jan, 10,—A. W. | will cost in the neighborhood of $25,-| Bolling, brother of President Wilson’s 000. wife, was the first witness in the leak The location is an ideal site for aj probe toda: He demanded that Rep- | building suitable for garage purposes, resentative Wood apolegize for men- jand if the project becomes a reality|tioning his name in connection with jit will have every advantage in its|the leak. He said he know nothing of |favor from the t, the leak, and had no advance infor- Tentatively, it is reported that the mation concerning the note, and that buildings will be three stories in| he knew of no members of Congress jheight and will be built of pressed | dealing thru his firm, and said he did }brick. An elevator will make easy | OP stock trading himself, * | access to all floors, the upper floors} Archie Jameson, a reporter for the to be used primarily for the storage | Central News, gave the first contradic- of automobiles. The ground floor|tory testimony, describing how Secre- would accommodate the offices, repair) tary of State Lansing gave the news- shop, filling station and supply rooms, papers the “confidential tip.” fall. It is gratifying to know that Cas- per has a company prepared to take care of such extensive work as is re- quired in new refinery construction here. after the close of the Civil War. peat aie ge aE HOLLWEG TO MAKE STATEMENT JAN. 15 | By the United Pres BERLIN, Jan. 10.—The Germans Chancellor yon Beethman-Hollwek will make an “important statement” about January 15. The Chancellor will analyze the various political movements made, and may make an- KID KVTE TO STOP HERE ENROUTE TO WOOL MEETING =n Kid Kyte, an old Casper boy, who is the Reichstag, whereby the statement now at the head of the slicep depart-) will be held in abeyance pending the ment of the Great Western Commis- revelation of the contents of the Al- sion Company, with headquarters in| lied reply to President Wilson. Omaha, will be in Casper Sunday for! Dispatches asserted that the Ger- a brief visit with his brothers, Pailieg rap Chancellor's ‘‘statement” will be and Arthur, and friends while en|addressed to neutrals supporting route to Thermopolis to attend the an-| President Wilson. nual meeting of ‘omin 1 PRET Eg Growers Anocation V2°™"® W°°ll GERMANS GAIN HOLD ON Kid Kyte is widely known by all) BANK OF PUTNA RIVER sheepmen of this state and is popular % as he has always been square in his| By the United Press dealings and offers the best prices the)/ BERLIN, Jan, 10,—The Germans market will afford. He has made ajhave gained a foothold on the left record for his department during the, bank of the Putna river, and the en- | > neh 1o © in the law. year 1916. Last week he sold the, emy has been forced to give up their i highest priced fed Western lambs) Positions and.yetreat behind Sereth,| 4 SEEROEPLSTIONS, | it he sll By the United Press that were marketed in South Omaha'the War Office announces. Prison- In making- appropriations for. the o APPORTIONMENT rd ATHENS, Greece, Jen. 10.—The at $18.40 and also topped tha market rs have been made of 5500 Ruma-| 01+ of the various public institu-|o on fed Western ewes at $9.40. nians in this sector. Nine hundre -" oe The year 1916 was the best year| Prisoners have been taken in the last}, that the Great Western has ever had,| two days’ fighting north of Fochrani. Jhaving handled a great deal more) stuff than any other South Omaha) firm and has increased its business in| BERLIN, Jan. 10.—The British all of its departments. | The sheep feeders of the corn belt} Bibess Shannon, a 10,000 ton battle- ship, was sunk in November by com- have made good money this year so far and it is the belief of this com- jing in contact with a mine, according mission company that they will be strong: buyers for, anything snitabled newspaper reports here. The same jpaper asserted that an Italian sub- for their, needs from the Wyoming Pea destroyer was recently sunk ranges next season. off Corfu with an army staff aboard. at its we ci sa BRITISH CRUISER SUNK IN COLLISION WITH MINE By the United Press an tos FIVE ARE FINED FOR lawmakers, and what I have to offer|°Ur towns and upon our farms, who is The outstanding feature of the new} la } _Offe fF Lethe Caras: j : r n Jamesan said Secretary Lansing in the way of counsel or suggestion is) struggling to secure his initial start.| garage would be its logical location. | said he was giving the newspapers the not submitted in the light of superior|In spite of the apparvtitly satisfac-|It would be directly on the Lincoln information because he didn’t want it judgment, but is born from the per-ltory growth in taxable wealth, there|Highway course thru the city, Nolte come back garbled from abroad |sonal experience and observation ofjhas been a disproportjonate increase | particulars could be ascertained as to thus “injuriously affecting the ‘ar. the past two years. Likewise, I am/in our rate of taxation. While it is| whom the building would be leased. ket,” 2 convinced that the’ various recom-)more or less difficult to determine the Canine wines Congressman L P mendations made by our State offi- | responsibility for the necessity of SUFFS CARRY FIGHT TO Rackutass Conan natioase, eo the jcials have been inspired by a desire} such increase, and it is not easy to) GATES OF WHITE HOUSE (cfrect that he did not have the mar- to render fuller service to the people with whose business they are in- |trusted, and who have, thru prac- |tical trial, learned at first hand) |where defects lie. | We do not need a great deal of: legislation, a tact which I would ear- |nestly counsel you to consider. Our, |State has kept abreast of the times,’ and our statute books already hold a! majority of the fundamental measures! which are necessary to safeguard our (rights and principles, and to maintain the integrity and progress of our in- stitutions. Under such conditions, I am im-: pelled to direct your attention to cer-. tain problems involving, as I view it, the welfare of our State, and affect- ing its prosperity and expansion. Ret. ont > fix the liability for this condition, it would seem that at least a partial ex- planation is to be found in the in-!. equalities of our own laws governing inff the. suffrage fight to the gates of the levy of taxes, by which property| the Whitehouse, twelve Congressional is not equitably assessed. More par-| Union women pickets took stations at ticularly would this be traceable to|the east and west entances this after- certain exemptions, as monies, mort-| 202? and announced that they wer By the United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Carry- gages and credits which are totally! “Silent sentinels” of the suffrage free from assessment. The law ex-|™ovement, . A sphaet g empting mortgages from taxation!, The force of “silent sentinels” will | Was enacted upon the assumption and| be gradually increased daily until claim that such exemption would de-|three thousand will be “on duty” by crease the rate of interest to the bor-|/Pa¥guration day. : rower. From my viewpoint, this| President Wilson, returning from a ciaim has not been justified by expe-| olf eames today, ed the gauntlet of rienes, and | recommend that the iaw | the silent sentinels” unrecognized. be so amended as t+ authorize the| Phe police are guarding the scene to toxing of all mortgages which are Prevent demonstrations. jrawi in s of ini t 7A of inter, Sach rate ta be paises, CROWN COUNCIL FAVORS - ket in mind when he gave the tip and imposed secrecy upon the re- porters, | NEW GROCERY STORE IS OPENED UN IN CASPER Casper has a new grocery store and | it is in charge of two energetic young 'men who have the experience and \traf‘ring behind them to make it a lsuecess. The store had its opening |Monday and is already doing a nice | business. | The Mores-Lutus Grocery store, ;the name of the new enterprise, is |quartered in the building where the Bluefront Market got its start and |More recently the home of the Slade |& Son cigar factory. It seems that ons of the State, I want to call to, Among the questions that call for our attention, as I did in my mes-| consideration during the preseat leg- an £00 ju ° ¥ ment. eafeful study of our pro- advising with the Board responsible | cess of law-making, compels the belief for the management of the different that it would be expedient to adjust! institutions, rather than securing the present apportionment in such a your estimates from citizens and in- | way as to.reduce the numbers of both| dividuals who are biased by local in-|branches of the assembly. Such re- pvencas: eploriags py advantare. eve duction might -be based on a plan, shou ear in min e fa making an apportionment for each pees ceca Sopher ae are Ae a Seree ayes sufficiently large as to reduce! xed purpose—the maintenance Of ihe number of Senators to one from necessary public institutions—and not! wach county; and for each representa-| to be considered as merely allotments tive, so as to have at least one and Crown Council is in favor of accept-|every business which has started in ing the Allied demands, it is reliably| thie little building has expanded’ so reported today. The Allied ultimatum | rapidly that the firm soon bad to look demanded the demobilization of for larger quarters. Greek troops and disarmament, and George D. Mores, also demanded a reply within forty-| the firm, w. eight hours. | ot shieatat he alate COURT ASKED TO the manager of as in the grocery business jin Cheyenne several years ago. In |1912 he returned to his home in , Greece and fought for 15 months un- DEFINE REGULATIONS| Me the flag of his native land during By the United P jthe Balkan war. Later he returned WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Special|t? the United States and was in busi- Assistant Attorney General Hager- "©88 17 Kansas City. man closed the argument for the gov-|. His partner, Gust Lutus, has been ernment before the Supreme Court) in the state the past flve years, and today in the case of the Adamson’ 8% associated with his brother in a FAST DRIVING IN CITY Five auto drivers were hailed into Police Court Monday afternoon and) assessed a five-spot apiece for driving faster than the law believed proper. Judge W. B. Tubbs took the offenders to task und promised a more liberal fine if the offense was brought to his j Seven naval officers and 35 army of- ficers are said to have been lost, pt ag A Sates cay THAW TO SURRENDER AND FACE CHARGES By the United Press PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 10.—Harry K. Thaw was said by his family to be en route to New York to surrender of funds drawn from the public treas- ury, and expended within the limits of a certain community, for the ma- jnot to exceed two’ members of the|law. Hagerman asked the court to|¢ommissary at Thermopolis when the | Lower House from each county. That! render a definition of the extent to' Burlington road was under construe- terial advantage of the citizens of that particular section. Such appro- priations should be limited to the ac- tual necessary and needs of the in- ‘dividual institution with due regard | dicated by the failurc on the part of) many counties to nominate full legis-| lative tickets. It would seem that) \such’a change would result, first, in to any abnormal demand or growth | increased economy and. efficienc with private management. Samecs arccelidh AVERS LEWIS IS NOT MAZIECOLBERT SLAYER attention again, yo earn SEG to his attorney, to answer the charge Prev: ooting |of kidnapping and thrashing a 16- pant is unceriolganer-ae year-old boy. The Thaw family issued The Producers Oil Co. has been|@ statement asking the public to hindered several days with its pro-| withhold udgmerjt until ‘the case de- posed “sheeting” affair down at Big, veloped further. Muddy owing to the cave-in which ALLIES’ REPLY READY eccurred when the casing was remoy- ed, according to Supt. H. B. Simcox, TO BE FORWARDED By the United Press attack of the grippe has pre- vented his being on hand to see the fun. If the caving cannot be han- sg Sgt me ee arate An agreement _ been. te used, but meanwhile everyone impatiently waiting to see just what! the new well will offer in the way o' oil yield. - ae ve 'B: et has resigned, and : /Premier Romances has been asked to| BY the United Press base's dae " Public dissatistac.}, ROME, Jan. 10.—The tion with the Spanish poliey ,Germany’s submarine campaign is be- lieved to be the canse of the cabinet dissolution. ‘4 isuneementteen omental A New Candy Man thy, and a firm resolution to achieve’ The Wigwam has added another| ultimate victory, which will assure a force| lasting or ‘a big|right Allied co: definitely soldered the links between the Allies of their brotherly sympa | of /ha that may arise. « rs i THE BUDGET SYSTEM SUS NSE S SS SCE as | Two years ago I called to. your at- tention the growing need of some plan of financial management which which to direct the purpose amount of expenditures in intelligent-! ly providing for the State’s operation. tem which has stood the test of ex- perience in many European countries, and which has recently been intro- ‘The experience of the past two years has demonstrated more and more clearly the necessity for some such Dislates trusted with the duty of making them, which very fact has a restraining ef- fect in limiting their size. Further- more, Bee y' such | PROHIBITION QUESTION : LONDON, Jan. 10.—The Atlies'|In this connection, I am constrained! Within the last decade, there has i answer to President Wilson’s note will|to. call attention to the budget sys-|been a died in any other way, a line shot will A ion thruout our country, economic aspects of the liquor traffic. yi There has never been a: ed| duced in several of the States cf our!to the moral issue invo 3 the desirability of prohibition that standpoint. But the new angle| By the United Press from which the traffic has been at-| OLNEY, Ill, Jan. tacked has develop viction in the greater discretion would be used in By the United Press lecting representatives, fewer laws) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 10.—B. would be enacted, and much legisla-|C. Brown, a salesman, who was pass- tion of an unnecessary and sometimes |ing the apartments of Mazie Colbert mischievous character, would avoided. I would, therefore, be very| window, is positive that B. W. Lewis much pleased to see action which|is nut the man whom he saw jump. would accomplish this result. After seeing pictures of Lewis and * * * being given a full description of Lewis by his friends, Brown is posi- tive Lewis is not guilty. - Philedalphia authorities will ask the Cleveland police to investigate the tremendous reversal of opin-|statements of Brown. upon — the ny question as| Causing Sweetheart’s Death ved, nor as to, By Criminal 2: Operation tio from) 10,—Roy Hinter- a veritable wave liter was | the found guilty of causing ntiment, until today, |death of Blizabeth Ratclifhere stands in a vast dry area,|day and given an rminate which permits the tence in the Joliet penitentiary. of intoxicants with Legislature |sued instructions rs ago and the great interest for ie Donatos by the people in the ques- tion during the last electio contident that there is a minds of the time 2 7 into. with: r¢, I earnestly of Hinterliter, people “crime, or inter 8 guilty of a of which ance be|when the murderer leaped from the) sen-) little or no, The jury returned a verdict of after the court had is- practically calling The court told the jury that any) | C nj I amjone aiding or abetting in any way in| timers‘at Aleova, who owns much land rowing eon-\the performance of ar illegal. oper-|in that vicinity, is in town for the day. such a plan of reduction would be ap-| vhich the governmental regulation of | tion. proved by our people, is, I believe, in-| railroads may go before interfering | They carry a choice line of grocer- | ies, featuring the No-vary prod jand carry an exclusive line of import~ led goods. | —_——_~__—_ | ADITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS |. R. G, Taylor of the Glenrock Petro- |leum Co. arrived from Denver yester- day after a few days stay there and at Cheyenne, Pete Welch of Lander atopped off in Casper between trains on his way to Denver, where he went on Monday night. ; * C, H. Lantis of the Salt Creek hos- telry is in town after spending a f night getting things liried up at Muddy where he has a big bunch of hungry men to feed. a a A group val ses oil men who have re F, Po; pads fe | 4 and W. B. Morrison of Crawford, H. Pope is one of the organizers the Antigo Oil Co: John McFadyen , ‘who has been mE esc4 bagerbaplesa pt hing i cene of rnest, one of th Ohio Oi the ho returnet to the scene. Boney Ea’ ¢ old