Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME ONE | CLUB TO MAKE AVIGOROUS PROTEST FUTUREABGRESGON ILS NTRODUGED AGAINST PASSAGE FERRIS PHELAN BILL WILL DEPEND UPON FOR $35,000 WING Club Believes That the Proposed Measure Is an Injustice to Oil Men and Will Prove a Detriment to Future Develop- ment of the State; Officers Are Elected to Steer the Club Thru 1917 Confident that the passage of the Ferris-Phelan leasing bill, now pend- ing in Congress, would prove a great hardship to oil claimants and opera- tors in the state and that its enact- ment would be detrimental to the pro- gress of the state, Secretary George Nelson was authorized to frame a vig- orous protest to the passage of the measure and forward it to the Wyo-| ming representatives at Washington, at the meeting of the new board of} directors of the Industrial club last night. This action on the part of the board was the outstanding feature of the meeting following the election of officers for the present year. The con- sensus of the board was that too much pressure could not be brought to bear in quashing this measure which, it is believed, is unjust and unconstitu-! tional. The election of officers resulted as follows: J. S. Mechli president; L A. Reed, first vice; J. A. Henry, se ond vice; George Nelson, secretary and Leigh Townsend, treasurer. Mr. Mechling, the new president of the organization, is the district mana- ger of the Oil Well Supply Company in Wyoming and Montana. He has} taken an active interest in the affairs’ of the club and should prove to be one | of the best leaders the club has ever had. The retiring president, O. L. Walker of the O. L. Walker Lumber Company, was a tireless worker for the interests of the club and the city ‘Plays Ragtime _ on Harp Near | His Death Be By the United Pr COLUMBUS, 0O., Jan. 23—In the Ohio pe entiary death cell, Robert Ellis, ¢ plays rag time for , hours at a time on a mouth harp. Not ten feet away is the electric chair in which he’s doomed to die on the morning of Feb. 6 eral CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1917. LIBERAL MINDED 'Such Is Regarded as President House Bill Wilson’s Conviction That Prompted His Senod Address to Senate EUROPE’S OPINION GIVEN Teutonic Diplomats Believe Germany Will Approve of Sentiment, While Congress Is Disturbed Over Part It's to Play 3y the United Press WASHINGTON “W heth- not Euroy peace shall be based on ‘equality,’ which will safe- guard the world from future aggres- sions, depends upon the world’s lib- id ‘friends of humanity’’—not er or NEWS PIRATES HAVE FOUR DAY ORGY ~ FEASTING ON UNITED PRESS ‘SGOOPS" ON HOSPITAL HERE inferior News Organization “Lifts” United Press Exclusive Ca- bles from South America on First News of the German Raider; the United Press Leads All Other News Associations Chronicling Greatest Event U.S.Firm Drops Railroad Lines Japanese Sa | By the United Press | | No. 56 Is Third In- stitutional Appropriation Measure Now Before the Lower House 4 NEW YORK, Jan, 23—News pix jrates feasted this week on the exclus sive United Press cables from South America, which gave the first news of the German commence raid, It was not merely a one-day orgy for the pirates; it literally has been q four-day feast. ; The United Press not only gave the world the first news, but it gave the |first details and continued to lead all TOKIO, Jan. 2.—(By Mail-—Be-/other agencies in covering the story cause of protests raised by Great) by such a wide margin that there was | Britian, France and Ru a, the rail-/no competition—except from the way loan contract signed September’) pirates. | 30 between the Chinese government! Hearst's “International” News Ser and the American firm of Siems & vice “lifted” and “re-wrote” United 3 “¢-) Press cables in such detail that identis BILLS | At the End of Second Week Little of Importance, Outside of Pro- hibition Amendment, Has So 100 INTRODUCED | ., Jan. 23—With both houses in recess since yesterday jat noon, and not to reconvene until Thursday morning, in order that the members may attend the live stock show at Den . the Wyoming legi lature will have to make haste the last “The music helps him forget,’ Warden P, P. Thomas explained to day individuals holding temporay power,” This is regarded as the conviction which prompted President Wilson to Evidence in Ellis’ trial shows he, deliver his address to the Senate yes- with two other prisoners in the Hamil-|terday, and its transmission to the ton county jail at Cincinnati, played warring nations of Europe. | cards to see who'd kill the matron to President Wilson anticipates that get her keys and escape. Ellis drew his address will meet with objection the card. from the beiligerents, but he feels HERE ORGANIZED the governments and the peoples di- rectly concerned, it will find a lodg-| ment and appeal strongly to their sense of justice and regard for hu- manity. The President further believes that his address will add momentus to the = peace discussions. The address was received with a Sixteen New Members Admit- wide difference of opinion in Wash- three days of this week to overcome the handicap ofjslost time. fifteenth day of the session Aside from disposition of the prohibition amendmént question and the passage by h house of a few measures of secondary importance, little has been accomplished thus far, and the re-| maining 25 days of the session neces- sarily will be busy ones if the great mass of business is ahead of the legi lators is to be transacted. At the end of the second week of the session an even 100 bills had been introduced 64 in the two houses. of were introduced in each iging the total number of easures to 106. While this number appears large it is but little more than half as great as the total of bills which had been introduced in the pre- This is the| Carey, St. Paul, has been revised, cording to an official dispatch to the: fications was obvious. But to clinch Japanese government. {the proof, the United Press on Wed« Four lines, all but the one connect-\nesday carried the name of the ing Yingchow with Lunchow in the| Steamer Yarrowdale as ““Yanondale,” jisland of Hainan, have been dropped|It promptly appeared as Yanondale jfrom their original contract it is re-jin the “International” News Service, | Heart’s New York Evening Jours and/nal simply lifted United Press u.>'ee |another of 800 miles which is to con-| Without taking the trouble to “re- jnect Chuchow, a town in Hunan Pro-|Write.’” In one instance the Journal }vinee, with Chinhow, in Kwangtung,, serenely lifted a purposely placed are given in the new contract, The|typographical error from the New amount of the loan is to be changed| York Evening World, which receives as a result of a change in the plans,|the United Press se . save the dispatch received here. The! The mails have brought to The new amount is to be decided after)United Press general offices from a survey by Mr. Kyle, engineer of the| United Press clients numerous copies. Siems y Company, who is now on|of Hearts papers and “International? his way to China \Ne slients containing alleged cables It is probable that the last proposed|¢ontaining ‘proof that they were line between Chuchow and Chinchow| Simply “lifted” from the United Press, | ported. The line in Hainan Island ? : of Casper and to him is due much ted to Casper = Newest La- ington. The Teutonic diplomats be-| Ceding legislature at the correspond- also may receive a protest from Great, (The New York Globe, a member of credit for the achievements the club bor Organization at Its lieve that Germany will approve of ing period of its session. RAGAN and RATio icon at pes the Associated Press but not a client has to its credit during the past year. Meeting Last Night te ec otintes aes He the ae : ae sens by Goverhoy an deick flict with the Hanking-Hiangyi line/of the United Press, on Wednesday opt eae fs sat ie a dress, epresentatives o ie led fast Saturday, 0 ne prohibition | e Peking-Hz . road, “lifted’’ bodily a United Press cabl permet ure evices DEpm ening At the meeting of the recently or-| governments described the speech as! amendment bill, Senate Enrolled Act and the Peking-Hankow road, both " : is - superintendent of the Midwest refin- ery, and has been a most valuable factor in promoting the good work of the Industrial club and as the next in office to Mr. Mechling, his influence and ability, will be invaluable to the club. Mr. Henry, second vice, is manager of the Wyoming Grocery Company here, and his knowledge of freight rates, will and has proven of, much benefit to the club. Mr. Henry was one of the most active members of the organization the past year and as an officer this year, the club will reap added prestige. The re-election of George Nelson to the office of secretary was prompt- ed by no other motive than that he was the one man for the place. Mr. Nelson is a human dynamo of unre- strained energy and nothing lags with ' Casper. ganized Laundry Workers Union held '*‘ in Trades Assembly Hall last evening, rman. considerably disturbed ‘slightly pro-( Congress i. sixteen new members were admitted,| over the part it is expected to play, the workers Laundry. banded together Trades and into the The various unions are alljis known that Mr. Casper expect anything from Congress, Labor Assembly whose merely used the Senate as a medium at the Casper Steam in the President's peace game, but it} Wilson does not, and membership list includes nearly eight thru whom to discuss with the Amer- hundred ‘skilled workers residing in ican people what he had in mind. This done, he has no further use for Con- Another newly organized union is gress and expects nothing from it. the Teamsters. In the month since the initial meeting, ninety-six mem- re arriving every hour. bers have been admitted and twenty- aa of these mes addr five more are waiting for initiation. Each local union in Casper is al- lowed three delegates to the Trades Assembly and if the union includes more than one hundred and fifty members, an extra delegate is allowed. ¢ him on the job. It is to his tireless’ This Trades Assembly has as its time efforts that the Casper Industrial club of meeting, the second and fourth is recognized in the west as one of the| of the month at the most influential organizations of its}’ sembly Hall, and at these kind. bi-monthly meetings affairs concern- Leigh Townsend, in whose charge the funds of the organization will be put, is assistant c: ier of the Stock- men’s National Bank and also a dir- ector of that banking house He, together with Cecil Bon, B. B. Lum- mis, Edward Schulte and George} Campbell, are the younger members of the directorate of the club and each | is qualified to capably perform the} duties to fall upon their shoulders. The proposed increase in demur- rage rates which the railroads have applied for, will be heard before the Public Utilities Commission at Chey- enne on February 9, and President Mechling was appointed to represent Casper in lodging a protest against this proposed increase. Mr. Mechling will appear at the meeting to make formal protest. LONDON PRESS IS CAUTIOUS ON REPLY By the United Press LONDON, Jan. 23.—Editorial eom- ment on President Wilson’s address by the London press is very cautious, the editors fearing a possible miscon- struction of Wilson's utterances, and are waiting for a full text of the ad- dress, Most of the editorial comment hinged on the President’s term “Peace without victory.” Lord North- cliffe’s papers insisted that a compar- ison cannet be drawn between the spirit animtaing the Allies and the|jin view of the impending recest, hav- spirit of Prussian militarism. PA The ‘Liberal press applauded the lofty principles contained in the ad- dress, and sd at some applications thereof, notably the reference to the “freedom of the seas.” The French press was extremely| By the United Press critical, Some of the editorials agree that the address has merit, but is the utterance of an idealist or dreamer, t Utopian. Well-in- prising that Wilson “still does not ognize a criminal from his victim.” fe jare e of the ious lodges discussed. Casper is said to be one of the few cities in the country ing the we the President efforts toward peace, but has a few will play Hundreds of telegrams and letters A vast ma- ages endorse his It is believed in Washington that has not concluded his he up his sleeve which at the opportune time, other BLUE SUNDAY LAW DRASTIC MEASURE where the union workers have an zreement as to hours.and wages. A oe “ markable spirit of harmony be- Bill Now Before Legislature tween the employer and employee is also noticable inf Casper, making it a desirable place for workers to estab- lish their homes. LEGISLATIVE WILL CEASES Would Put a Climp in Sun- day Amusements in the State if It Passes Special to The Tribune | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 23.—If House Bill 22, which now is before the Wyoming Legislature, is enacted and story, without credit and carried it thru practically all editions after being scooped by the United Press under British interests. The French claim rights for line’ from Yunman to Chinchow and from Chinchow to 1, was the last step necessary to sub- mit the question of Statewide prohi- bition to the electorate at the gen-| ~ : e. eral election in November, 1918. The * Bung eee ——____— othe esara Globe, another Asso~ prohibition question, ‘however, may ciated Press member, not a client of not be settled so far as this Legisla- the United ress, lifted verbatim ture is concerned, there being some United Press cables. talk of the introduction of a bill pro- These are only a few instances. viding for State-wide within six or eight months, There appears no probability that such a bill would pass. The, second of the large institu- tional appropriation bills now be- fore the House. It is House Bill 62, which provides $50,000 for the main- tenance of the State hot springs re- ‘ is during the next prohibition Investigation by the United Press indicates that the Associated Press it. self, altho badly beaten, did not lift or appropriate United Press cables in jany way. The action of the Associa- ted Press members indulging in pix |racy apparently was taken on their j individual initiative. The United Press established and {maintains the only comprehensive South American news service at great expense, All United Press papers FRAME DEMANDS Eyes of Europe Focused on the Action of Sixteenth Annual Conference of British Labor Party «c ontinued on Page Five) By the United Press ry = MANCHESTER, Eng., Jan. 23—¥}this week legitimately profited by this The eyes of capital and labor through- investment of money and ecort. out Europe focused on the Sixteenth, rg =e Annual Conference of the British M bor Party here today. a be You COMPULSORY PLAN What labor shall demand after the i] r greatest war in history was the clear F of of Thi cut issue, ace isin is Resolutions before the conference A i eee BT cts today indicates that labor will fight W. F. l Representative from Natrona j, yomold shattered industrial rela- yoming Ui m Says Old Guard System Is Insufficient in Training Men for Service tions more radically than ever in jabor’s favor, Revolutionary demands, The films of Wyoming scenes made will be made on the government. last fall by the Burlington road, have It had been practically decided be-|arrived in Casper, and the Industrial Special to The Tribune |fore the hundreds of delegates as-)club has arranged to have them ran CHEYENN Wyo., Jan. 23.—\sembled that when demobilization at each moving picture house in the Compulsory military training thru|throws hundreds of thousands of | city. Congressional action, is urged in a me-| workers back into the industrial boil- A preliminary showing was made approved by the Governor, the old Connecticut “blue laws’ will have lit- tle on the Wyoming law in regard to GRINDING FOR STOCK SHOW morial introduced in the House of the Wyoming Legislature by Representa- tive W. W. Sproul of Natrona County, ing pot, the unions will demand that/this afternoon at the Iris, and next the government provide work for ey-| Monday they will be shown for the ery man who left his job on account, benefit of the public. Those who wite Special to The Tribune CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 23.—Wy- oming’s legislative mill ceased grind- ing at noon yesterday and will be idle during the next two days. Houses, after busy morning sessions, adjourned at noon until Thursday morning, in order that members desir-| ing to do so may visit the Live Stock) Show at Denver. A majority will) make the Denver trip, but a number/that they shall not be open for free| jo lamusement, although the word “‘free” of legislators will take advantage of the recess to visit their homes and give a little attention to personal) business, and a few will remain in’ the capital until the Houses recon- vene. The recess will not greatly affect) the work of the Senate, which is so well up with its calendar that it has little to do. The House, however, has a great deal of business on hand and} will have to devote itself to some busy sessions later in the week. There were numerous vacant seats in the two houses Monday morning, several senators and representatives, ing departed for their homes, or for Denver, Saturday night and Sunday. ee PERSHING WITHDRAWAL IS NOW UNDER WAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The withdrawal of the Pershing expedition is well under way. The outposts of Gen. Pershing’s day. the prohibition of Sunday amuse- ments. The bill amends Section 5980 of the present laws to provide that it shall include within its prohibitions any “pool hall, theater, moving pi Both ture show or other places of amuse-| military training,’ ment.” The bill not only forbids theatres and picture shows, also “other places of amusement” from being open on Sunday for business purposes, but specifically provides does not appear in the bill, the pro- hibition of free amusements occur- | ving in the clause ‘‘for the transaction of business or for amusement there-| in? in.” Strong opposition to the bill devel-| oped in the Lower House of the Leg- islature when it came before that body sitting as a committee of the whoie, but the prohibition of Sunday amusements was so vigorously advo- cated by the two ministerial members of the House, Rev. Columbus Ward- law of Park County, and Rev. D. E. Kendall of Sheridan County, that the opponents of the measure thought it advisable to move that the committee rise. and report before a vote was taken on the recommendation that the bill do pass. peer Ss os SRE Sa |HUNTING JOBC FOR. RETURNING SOLDIERS By the United Press : ‘WASHINGTON, nese Z evils) Federal employment Bureau has com- pleted plans with the to obtain loyment for mili- no jobs in sight. _ lof the war. Immediate restitution! nessed the private showing this after. ity. The Sproul memorial requests of the full rights and privileges ofj/noon were enthusiastic about them, that all “able-bodied male citizens be-|unions, withdrawn during the war The flowing oil wells, then the drill- tween the ages of 18 and 21, be com-| also will be asked. jing, the refining and all the processes |pelled to take one year of intensive! 4 demand for a general eight hour| Were shown. The entire Big Horm , : setting forth that| day and a minimum wage is believed | Basin, with its marvelous scenery, is “the old national guard system of | sure to pass the conference. It is/9 impressive part of the film, also military training has proved to be in-| equally decided that the unions will|the Brooks ranch, the branding and | sufficient in training men for military demand the nationalization of pro-| rounding up of cattle, with many Cas- service.” It further states: |ductive industries—mines, etc.,—a|Per people plainly visible in the pie “The best methods of training are|radical educational reform, profit tures. The film ends with the City of ww adopted by high schools, colleges| sharing schemes and other things. Casper in the center, surrounded hy jand universities and are very com-| Numerous resolutions, so far fram. | Smaller Wrombis einer and the name |mendable, but not adequate because| eq, repudiate the government's pro-|° A ipeegte lazoned in big letters, they do not reach the idle and disso-| yoga] to create compulsory arbitra- ese films will be shown thruout lute youth of the eee ee do not at-| tion of labor disputes. the sporty by dhe Borlingte te and tend these schools, and who need les-| ; Rae ill eventually bring a rush of popu- sons of obedience and discipline to! Immediate negotiations for peace|iation to this part of the State. “Fe f° s : jare demanded by many delegations pram afte ak slag Sraeitns woes colaieel eyed the | bub this issue, it is believed, will have|69 KILLED. 72 HURT IN nation’s need’ for such,” no great support. A demand that LONDON EXPLOSIONS women, now replacing ii in hun- ¢ dreds of occupations, shall be guar-!By the United Press SLAVS ARE REPULSED anteed renumerative employment aft-| LONDON, Jan. 23.—Sixty-nine AND MANY CAPTURED (er the war, is placed in the same class|were killed outright, 72 were se- as peace. ' |riously hurt, and 328 were slightly By the United Press If the main issues of the confer-|injured in Friday’s munitions plant BERLIN, Jan. 23.—The War Of-|ence, however, are carried, British|¢xplosion, it is officially announced. fice at Berlin reports that the Teu-| unions will struggle in the future for! After checking up all employes, it tons repulsed the enemy’s forces at)a stronger institution than the Ameri-|is believed this is a complete list. Slanic and in the Putna Valleys and SS ee coats fa tk oly captured hundreds of Russian and Rumanian prisoners. can Federation of Labor, : : The delegates look to the support LOCATION OF GERMAN. The War Office claims that. the British attack on German positions on of Arthur Henderson, the govern-|.. )-~ . ment’s labor adviser who is also se-| By the United Press the Western front were repulsed, as ‘was also the attack in the northwest cretary of the Labor Party.. Hender-| .BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 23.—The near Fromelles. floor leader of the Democratic minor- | } son, four months ago, called upon|Whereabouts of the German com~ every union council in the British|merce raider is still a m; > and Isles to lay down its ideas for labor’s;its appearance in a far distant part The resolu-jof bet a condui ther raid