Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1917, Page 1

MUCHBUSINESSIS MANY PERSONS ALLIESTORIOWORLD ON LEGISLATIVE ATTENDED FUNERAL OF PRUSSIAN RULE SLATE FOR ACTIO “Piaget Ser SAYS LLOYD GEORGE Bragg, Held in Den- ver Last Week Governor’s Biennial Message Delivered Before Joint Ses- sion of Legislative Bod- ies at Capital Today |Declares Entente Powers Will “Cleave Road to ictory” This Year With Proper Support Given Them Senator Patrick Sullivan and Julian| Lever of this city, together with Frank Brower, Fred Noble, W. H. Dick-| inson and F. E, Godfrey of Lander MUCH WORK 1S PL ANNED *!! returned yesterday ffrom Denver THE ALLIES DESIRE PEACE where they went last week to be pres- ent at the funeral of Fred Bragg, the) But War Is Preferable to German Mxaager! prominent sheep man, who died sud-| Domination in State- County Divisions, City Europe; CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917. Plans, Primary Law Fight, State Fair Appropriations and Diy- }denly at his home in that city. | Ten or more members from the ers Other Thing? Gone Into | Consistory at Cheyenne, to which the! ment of Premier May Sug- gest Indorsement of U. S. NUMBER 79 WYOMING LEADS IN HARRY K, THAW MAKES ADESPERATE. WOOL PRODUCTION ATTEMPT TOEND LIFE AS OFFIGERS == BATTLE DOWN DOOR 70 ARREST HIM |_rsmineteaatotnerstatesin be Slayer of Stanford White Slashes | Throat in Philadelphia Today tion for 1916, according to claims of jthe State Board of Sheep Commission-| Hunted for Several Days on Charge of Kidnapping and Beat- ing a 16-Year-Old Long Beacly (Cal.) Boy; Physicians Hold Out Little Hope for the Recovery of Thaw | Annual Report of Board of! Sheep Commissioners Show | . Remarkable Growth of | | Industry for the Year jers in its eighteenth annual report to} |the legislature. “Up to the present time, Dr. Hugh! R. Millard, secretary of the board,} (By J. C. THOMPSON, JR.) Special to The Tribune | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 10.—The Fourteenth Legislature convened at noon Tuesday in the completed new wings of the State capitol. The Sen- ate elected J. W. Todd of Johnson county president and S. Skovgard of sig Horn County, vice-president. The} house elected W. E. Jones of Laramie county speaker and C. D. Oviatt of Albany county speaker pro tem. Char- les Hill of Laramie county is chief clerk of the senate and Wrrren Daley of Big Horn county chief clerk of the house, The di first mea inction of introducing the re of the session tell to Senator T. C. Diern of Sheridan coun- ty, who presented Senate Joint Reso- lution No. 1, which provides for a new committee to be known as the “Committee of Revision.’ The duties of this committee will be to put all bills into proper form, prevent the duplication of bills, and, to a certain! extent, ‘‘sift’’ legislation by recom- mending the climination of bills vir- tually duplicating existing statutes. The most astonighing feature of the opening days of the session is the at- titude of the Univers’ of Wyoming.! The university is not asking, and does not propose to ask, for an appropria- tion of any kind or character what- ever. Heretofore the state’s institu- tion of higher learning never has fail- ed to apply to the legislature for the earth, the.fullness thereof and a mort- gage on the future. But the thir- * teenth legislature was so generous to the university that, actuallly, it has so much income it is content. In fact, it is suggested by the delegation from Albany county, who are the zealous guardians of university interest, that before long the school will be receiv- ing so much royalty from its oil lands that it will be able to notify the state that it no longer needs the proceeds of the one-half mill special tax which now is levied for its benefit. Three county division projects de- finitely are in prospect, and others may materialize before the session is much older. Fremont coun it is proposed, shall be cut both ways from the middle, one division scheme con- templating the creation of a new county from the southwestern one- third of Fremont and a strip from the eastern portion of Lincoln, while a second division scheme contemplates the carving of a new county from the eastern side of Fremont, this county taking in approximately one-third of the area of the parent county. The third county division project involves the creation of a new county from the northern one-third of Big Horn coun- ty, with Lovell the prospective county seat. Successive divisions during the past ten years have reduced Big Horn’s area from the greatest in the state to one of the smallest; the new) division project, if: successful, stil] further will. reduce its area until it, classes with Uinta and Hot Springs. | The Wyoming State fair needs 378,000 to carry it through the next | of this amount may as well go out of business, according to Secretary An-| son Higby of the State Fair Commis-' sion, who industriously is lobbying in behalf of the appropriation. The State Fair, he states, needs $25,000 a year during each of the coming two years for its support, and must have an additional $28,000 to pay off a de- ficit from 1915 and 1916, with accu-| mulated interest. ] The direct primary system of nom-} inating candidates for public office is in jeopardy at this session, there being apparent a strong sentiment for its repeal. Representative F. E. Lu- eas of Johnson county is expected to bring in a repeal bill. . Of interest to the larger cities of two years, and if it does not get all deceased belonged, went to Denver| By the United Press to take charge of the funeral. W.| LONDON, Jan. H. Dickinson is Past Grand Master of | David told a large the state Guild Hall meeting here today that the A eres sre or friends from Wyo-| Allies were grimly determined to rid mjng and other states journeyed to “nnsneak . Denver to pay their jest tokens of — Boao ofthe se unepesea tae respect to the dead and to offer what| Potism He Geciiyed consolation they, could to his bereav-| that “with proper support our armies ed family. Mrs. Bragg’s relatives|will cleave the road toward victory from Burlington, Iowa, came on to Denver and Ted Ingram of Moneta vas also present at the funeral ser- vices as well as Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Driscoll and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trues- dell of NoWoc lifelong friends andj pea business associates of the noted wool man, Quantities of flowers and handsome emblems testified to the esteem in which he was held. Lloyd-George now prevalent during 1917. In one of his most important ut- terances, Premier Lloyd-George de- red that all of the Allies desired ce, but that war was preferable to the Prussian domination in Europe. “The best security for future peace,” he said, ‘‘would come when cared gleaat ___|the nations of the world had banded he wire came announcing] together to punish the first breaker." Mr. Brage’s death, his friends were | profoundly shocked, not knowing of , His statement may suggest an en- dorsement of the American idea of an enforcement league. The meeting was called to publicly discuss subscriptions to a “vast war loan” which is to be floated in the near future, At the conclusion of his address Lloyd-George received a tre- his illness. He went with his family for a drive on Sun y, and the next day complained of ling ill, but re- used to have a physician called. On Tuesday he said to his little daughter ura, I am a very sick man.” He was prevailed upon to lie down, and two hours later he died. At the end| ™endous ovation. he realized that he was dying and A. Bonar Law outlined the terms said to his wife, ‘‘Say goodbye to t'e¢|of the loan. The bonds are for 30 children, I am going,” and never spoke| years at 5 per cent. again. A weak heart, induced by a 3 ee IEEE | ot slight attack of pneumonia, was the cause of death, | Stans ee MOB DEMANDS | By the United Press | WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The Al , | lied reply, couched in what is signal . NEGROES RELEASE “strong and clear language,” has! Mrs. Croseier, who yesterday shot says in the report, “there has been find that there were 3,708,819 sheep shorn last spring. We believe that heaase figures entitle us to claim the honor of producing more sheep and wool than any other state in the Union, Importations into the state included 82,960 sheep and 8,286 bucks for the twelve months covered by the report, for which fees totalling $4,575.25 were collected. Of the sheep imported, 4,091 were for the northern district, 15,911 were for the central district, and 62,958 were for the southe strict. Of the jbucks imported 1 were for the northern district, 929 were for the jeentral d and 6,135 were for {the southern dis The importations of sheep showed a falling off over the preceding year, the report shows. Importations for the past five years, for which the state has collected fees totalling more than $26,000, are giv- en in the report as follows: Year 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 ee MOTHER KILLS 5 DAUGLTERS | By the United Press GREELY, Colo., Jan. 11.— and killed her five daughters ‘transported from\the state 29,670,550) ‘and death. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 11.—Harry K. Thaw made a 11.—Premier | pounds of wool. Taking eight pounds| desperate attempt to end his life here about 2 o’clock this after- as the average weight of a fleece, we| noon, and is now in St. Mary’s Hospital, hovering between life Thaw has been hunted for several days on a criminal charge of kidnapping and beating a 16-year-old boy, Fred- erick Gump of Long Beach, Cal Shortly after noon Thaw house here. The detectives br ifornia. was located in an apartment oke down the door and rushed into the room, where they found Thaw in a terribly mutilated condition. His thr zor, and both his wrists had be from the severed afteries. had been repeatedly slashed with a ra- en cut so that the blood spirted Thaw begged the detectives to send him to St. Mary’s Hos- pi has not yet emerged. ul, and then lapsed into unconsciousness, from which he Lieutenant of Detectives Wood was the first to break into the room, with four detectives closely following. Seeing Thaw’s condition, Wood bound Thaw’s wounds with handkerchiefs, and jerked a belt from around his own waist and made a tourn- iquet from it, in an endeavor to The smbulance reached St. Mar s considerably we applied first-aid ion was wery gre and Thaw wi Kirby hasti Thaw’s cond doubtful. Thaw’s sensational attempt a nation-wide search for him on stop the flow of blood. s Hospital at 3 o’clock, aker as a result of the trip. Dr. treatment, and announced that ave, and his recovery was very at suicide is the culmination of a charge of kidnapping and un- mer¢ifully flogging Frederick Gump, a 16-year-old boy. Warrants had been sworn out against Thaw and criminal action against him was intended, OF PEACE. GERMARY prone evo aww re NEW SYSTEM WiLL San me a WYOMING IN THEIR PROPER STATUS PUT SHEEPMEN OF Murray, Ky., Scene of Wild Night of Terror When Mob Endeavors to Lynch the | Secreta the State Department hx Secretary Lansing is expected to give out particulars on afternoon morning. In so far as officials will reveal, the reply places the burden its contents this for publication tomorrow ranging from 12 years old to a L. E. Vivion, one of the prominent!and according to the old system, thie sheep men in the State, stopped off in! was graded in just about four ways, Casper yesterday on his way from while the Australian system calls for ‘Rawlins to Denver, and is making a several more than that. Heretofore visit to his sheep near Bucknum to-; American wool has not been in de~ babe in arms, and then ended her own life, believed to have been insane. She left a note saying s feared they would grow to Slayer of Policeman of giving One of- peace terms upon Germany. ficial indicated that it was not com- | plete’ throw-down” for Presi- | dent Wilson’s note, strengthening the view that the opening of the peace door is still far off. By the United Pre MURRAY, K 11.—Every- thing is quiet today, following a night of terror in Murray last night when a mob that Judge Bush and Prosecuting Attorney Smith curn ever to them Lube Martin, who killed Policeman other day. Jan. demanded LEAK PROBE ENDS WHEN VOTE IS TAKEN By the United Pri WASHINGTO Jan. 11,—The a “leak” probe was abruptly ended to- Stanley! day when the Committee on Rules de- arrived here to use his influence to-!feated the resolution of Representa- ward quelling the mob spirit. Gov.! tive Wood for a probe of Lawson's Stanley asked that the negro be given| charges. The resolution was de- a fair and impartial trial, and backed) feated by a strict party vote. his request that unless the mob dis-| Spree ee perse he would call out the militia. | E Last night the mob surrounded the BATES, WANT! DHERE, Is hotel, where Judge Bush and Attor-| ney Smith had taken refuge, and threatened to dynamite the building unless they issued orders to turn over, Martin. | Floyd Bates, who is wanted here A hundred armed deputies finally," a charge of having sold an auto- repulsed the mob. Part of the mob| Mobile which had been mortgaged, has then went to the Courthouse and re-| been apprehended by the authorities mained until Gov. Stanley's arrival, |at South Bend, Wash., according to a information received here this morn- a “negro, Duigud the The situation was so serious last night that Governor A. O. ing by Sheriff Hugh L. Patton. Bates has been at large since October. According to the advice received jhere, Bates is making a strong fight | -FRYPTIAN SKIRMISH |azainse extradition. i | Bates was formerly in business here ‘ and is alleged to have sold an Over- By the United Press _., , {land automobile tn parties in Glen- LONDON, Jan. 11.—The British rock, after it was encumbered by a captured a strong position northeast mort, held b: rties here. of Elarish, Egypt, Tuesday. Six hun- et face carbene dred Turks were killed and wounded, ° a0 le a aa (Etince Albert Comes of Age the battleship Cornwallis was tor- pedoed and sunk in the Mediterran- By the United Press LONDON, Dec. 20.—(By Mail) — ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON: “live a life of shame.” When her husband returned from work he found the bodies of his wife and five children. He is’ almost crazed with grief over the act of his wife. : The husband could assign no reason for his wife’s act other than despondency and jealousy. WILL GIVE. ASSESSORS ‘> COMMISSION ON POLL TAXE County Assessor Wilson S. Kimball, Jr. is in receipt of a letter from Chas, B. Boyce, county assessor of Carbon | County, soliciting his co-operation in putting a measure thru the State Leg- jislature which will grant a 10 per unreasonable ;eent commission to all county assem } sors in the State on all poll! taxes col- lected in their office. | Much money is lost every year on |the failure of many to pay their poll taxes and the proposed measure is be- ing instituted and its passage agitated in order that it will be worth while for a county assessor to exert himself |to a larger extent in making these col- jlections, | It is pointed out that the additional revenue turned into the county teas- jury would greatly offset the commis- sion allowed the assessor. Bah as ioe Ra “COFFE AND” WHILE SUFFS SENTINELS WATCH, WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The Suffrage “silent sentinels” continued their picketing of the Whitehouse to- day. Four bands of woolies are graz- ing on the nutriticus grasses in this part of the State, while many others bearing the Vivion brand are winter- ing near Wolcott. “We got 41 cents for some of our choicest wool,”’ said Mr. Vivion dur- ing his visit to The Tribune office yes- t and James Cosgriff received 44 cents for part of his. of the Vivion clip went at 34 cents, This wool was sheared and graded at the new Australian shearing sheds at Wolcott, which were planned by the Hon. W. T. Ritch, whose address. at the Casper convention of Wyoming Wool Growers last year were so en- thusiastically received. Many Up-To-Date Sheds Built This Season “We are hoping to have fifty sheds built this year, according to the Aus- tralian design,’’ said Mr. Vivion yes- terday, ‘‘and then we can establish wool auction sales in Boston or Phila- delphia like the famous auction mar- \kets of Earope. At our Wolcott plant with its twenty machines, we sheared |60,000- pounds of wool last season, ,and all this was classed and graded so that it can be sold anywhere in the world. The American manufacturers The balance jmand in foreign countries at the price | paid for foreign wools, We have alk | ways had to take an inferior price, but with this new system our wools can hold their heads up anywhere on earth.” Opening of Sheds “Society Function’ “We opened our new sheds with a grand house-warming,” laughed Mr. Vivion, “‘and held a dance to christen it. Over at Ferris, where they sheared 70,000 sheep by the Australian meth- od, they did the same thing, opening the big new modern building with a ball for the countryside.” Wyoming is going ahead in this matter of better breeding, better handling of wool and modern meth- ods of shearing, sorting, classing and grading, by leaps and bounds. Pre« ‘vious to the missionary work done by Jamés Cosgriff, for many years con~ ‘versant with Wyoming conditions. | thru his extensive wool interests,Wyo- ming was a hundred years behind the times and had to take a rear seat in jall that pertained to wool raising and handling. Today, thanks to the cru- \sade for better wool, Wyoming is leaping ahead' in this line, as she is in jall other lines of endeavor, and an- jother decade will see her at the top demand only certain classes of wool)of the hehp. Trunk Aeroplan Undera During his week-end trip to Denver |Manager Adams of the Midwest |Hotel provided himself with a hand- some new wardrobe trunk of the es to Ground Gentle Zephyr one little detail was lacking. The manager of the popular hostelry for- got about Casper winds and neglected {Sey and did not seem in the least newest type to hold the trousseau he|t® fill up the trunk with rocks. When discou “Coffee and” | were organized, which kept the “silent | sentinels” supplied with hot coffee jand doughnuts all thru the chilly | night. the state, including Casper, Sheridan, “®* #!S° sunk today. Laramie, Rock Springs and Cheyenne, is a “city manager” bill which is to be TURKEY MUST BE ean Sea Tuesday. Thirteen of the crew are said to be missing. The seaplane carrier Beneychree Prince Albert, the second son of King| Police Chief Pullman announced George, quietly eased into manhood|that he would not interfere as I-ng on his birthday recently without any|as the present peaceful tactics were introduced by Representative C. A.! Semard of Laramie countly. Tt.will) provide that cities of 6,000 or greater) Population may, if they desire to do| 80, adopt the so-called “city manager” system of government, whereunder a council of three elected members, serving without pay, perform all mu- nicipal legislative functions, while the financial and other affairs of the mu-/territory, and that Turkey must be|ing the State with large sums without|blegram was sent to The Hague, re-|soon commence the withdrawal A nicipality are controfied and directed, driven from Europe, before the Al-/ necessity and for some time to come questing the by a salaried business manager DRIVEN FROM EUROPE more celebration than an American _—_ youth on coming of age. The Prince By the United Press . has been on sick-leave from his ship LONDON, Jan. 1.—Although thé] and was convalescent on his birthday. Allied reply to President Wilson’s} Contrary to the custom prevailing note has not been made public, it is|in some other European royal families understood that in the note will be| Prince Albert does not set up an es-| contained the understanding Germany must evacuate all invaded|a man. \The King is averse to assess- lies will consider peace. By the United Press ©) a of the family:funds. >) o-, continued. SOCIALISTS INITIATE MOVE FOR PEACE CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—The Exec- utive Committee of the Socialist today to end the world war. A ca- goes east to New York City and other points. This was all as it should be, bit GREECE ACCEPTS DEMANDS AND BLOCKADE OVER | By the United Press | “LONDON, Jan. 11.—Greece ‘has formally accepted the Allied jceived from Athens. Greece will blockade of Greek ‘ports. Bah te ulti-) that) tablishment of his own now that he is} Party of America made a new move|matum, according to u dispatch re- the| Highest, 41 Squads will take with him next week when he|the baggage man loaded it into his wagon he thought it was unusually light, but he too neglected to wedge it in and anchor it to place, hence when he skidded around the corner jon his way from the Burlington, and jlooked over his shoulder to see how his load was coming, his hair stood on end when he saw Charlie Adams’ new trunk sitting calmly in the middle of the road. A nena | ee) 4 THE WEATHER i f. be Some deen seein ea The highest and lowest tempera- of tures recorded for the 24 hours end- International Peace troops from the forth, and as soon ag) ing at 5 o’clock’p. m. last night, were: , his son will receive his allowance out} Congress to’ be called June 3 to ini-|this is done the Allies will cease degrees.