Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1918, Page 6

ee a BOMBASTIC WARNING GOVERNOR, NICHOLS DINED EVE DEPARTURE Natrona County Bar Association Takes Lead in Honoring En- | listment of Prosecuting Attorney | An impromptu luncheon was given | this noon at the Henning hotel by the} Natrona County Bar Association to honor former County and Prosecuting Attorney Russell H. Nichols who leayes tonight for Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., to enter the officers’ training camp, as well as other mem-| bers of the Natrona Bar Associa-| tion. Attorney John Whelan leaves} tonight for Cheyenne to find out} more definitely when he will leave for a training camp, while other members have gone from here and al number expect to go later. Judge A. C. Campbell, president| of the bar association, presided as} toastmaster and called upon a num-! ber of the attorneys and guests for speeches. The county officers with whom Mr. Nichols has had close busi- | ness relations were guests and a few business men. i Sa ee PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF SHELL WREGKS GREAT GIN MANCHESTER, England, Aug. | 2 —-Big, battle-scarred guns from ‘anders are returned here for over- hauling and repair. One, it ¥ noted, by a party of journalists in-| specting war work in this district, hed been blown in two, the effect of the shell’s premature explosion The remnantvof the gun had heen} brought here so that experts might| determine the shell’s defect. In the early days of the tyar fuulty shells were responsible for a large number of guns being de- stroyed as a result of “prematures.” So much care is now taken ii: the manbvfacture of shells that che per- centage of prematures has fallen re. markably low, the figures being only one to many hundred thousands. va: Shee GREAT INCREASE SHOWN IN WOMEN RAILROADERS PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.-—A| gain of 1,481 in the number of wom-} en employed on the eastern lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad wa''made | during June. In addition, more than| & thousand are employed in the gen- eral offices at Philadelphia ani Pitts- burgh. Previous to the war there were few} women in the service of the company. | “ In some departments none wer: em- pleyed. ‘At present women are wor! mg in sixty-nine classified occv tions which were heretofore consid- eed fitonly for men. . CRUMBLES BEFORE REPRIMANDS RY FRIENDS (J OF RACING GAMBLERS, CHEYENNE (From the Wheatland World) Is Frank L. Houx a flourflushing grand stander? depended upon from one day to the next? Is his word to be Is he prostituting the office of governor of Wyoming and his position as acting governor to play the rottenest kind of politics to win voter for the nomination for governor? Is he fit to even occupy the chair as acting governor? These arr ques- ‘‘ons which voters should consider before they cast their ballots in the primary election two weeks hence. Here are two parallel articles which speak for themselves and throw a little light upon Acting-Governor Houx: GOVERNOR ISSUES WARNING »F WYOMING VE John Talbot Howard M. Ge Cheyenne Thoro red Breede: s" sociation EX °. DFPARTME “ Finn Directo 's. and Ww. associat* will conduct Centiemen: Yous advertising that it 20.day race meeting at C from Aug. 10 to Sept. ing I am informed thac it is the tion of your assc » eperrte oy permit the oper meeting, of the Paris mutual tem of gambling on the re races THE PARIS MUTUAL SYS gambling, I am convinced, is ine ristent with the luws of ule state of Wyoming, and therefore, I fur- ronvinced that any attempt °oT BETTING UNDER teten- ther am cc to DI THIS TEM during your proposed race meeting would be a violation not only of the state gambling law, but inconsistent with the objects and purposes for which your association Was organized. The operation of this system AT YOUR ASSOCTA- TIC proposed meeting would te contrary to public policy and detc!- mental to public morals. I am stating these facts to you at this time in order that you may he forwarned that, should syou or sist In pour reputed intention to op operate, or permit the operation. or the PARIS MUTUAL system 6f gam'- ling during the race meeting which your association proposes to conduct, I SHALL FE T THE AUTHORITY OF RNOR'’S OFFICE LAWS AND TO GOOD NAME OF WYOMING FROM THE BLEMISH WHICH GAMBIAN H AS IS YOUR REPUTED IN- <TION TO PROMOTE WOULD PLACE UPON IT. It is intolerable that there should be held in the superlatively patri- dtic state of Wyoming a race incet- ing, continuing for alomst thre< weeks and representative only of utterly wasted energy, which is de- signed to draw men away from the harvest fields at the very time when their labor their is vitally essential to the preservation of vast quan- tities of grain, other foodstuffs and from other industries and activit essential to the winning of the war. (Signed) FRANK L. HOUX Acting Governor. ‘OUR FROGS TO CARRY DEMOCRACY TO JAPAN great American frog, who holds the world’s RACE MEETING WILL PROCEED Governor Houx Will Not Interfere With Twenty-Day Program at Frontier Park The Denver Post, which recently published g Cheyenne dispatch that Governor ‘Houx would stop the Cheyenne race meet, on Wednesd published the following CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 31.—Gov. Frank L. Houx of Wyoming fel- lowing a conference Mondny with John ©. Talbot, manage- of the Cheyenne Thofobred Breedeés' av- sociation, announced that HD WILL t IN NO WAY BALK THE PROF RACE MEET of the 10, associa } and exten ginning August 2, Sundays excludy week thru September It was reported’ last the governor would object to the opertion of the Pari-mutuel pool. ing machines at Frontier park where the meeting is scheduled to be hel. A LETYRR ON THE SUB- ) TO STATE.| OPERATING ‘THE HE WHICH HE oT APPL! INSTITUTIOD XPLAINED THAT WROTE MACHINE, AND THAT TE A PRIVATE «E WOULD NOT COME UN- THIS ORDER. He stated that = WAS IN FAVOR OF THE ME! ING AND WOULD NEITHER STOP | THE ‘ES NOR THE PARI-MUTL When was is- initial the report sued to the effect that there would be no Paris mutual operation on the ground that it was a form of gambling, it was feared that raore than 400 horses, including thore- | breds from every track of promi- | nece in America and Cnada, which | had been shipped to Cheyenne ut | the cost of thovsands of dollars, | would be returned to their home pad- docks at a dead loss, But racing en- thusiasts, who interviewed state of- ficials, were informed that the goy- ernor’s ruling did not apply to the Thorobred meeting. Breeders’ association | have arrived somewhere in Japan, as | the vanguard of a mighty host that will be spreading American summer resort insomnia thruout the Flowery Kingdom. President Yamakkawa of the Im- perial Tokio university, imported the jumpy American amphibians, and Dr. | Watase, zoology professor at the uni- |rolled during the month in the Unit- INU.S. STUDENT NURSE RESERVE ‘Lone Applicant Puts in Appear- | ance Here on Day Set Aside for Receiving Applica- tions for Service | | | Natrona County’s quota of six vol- unteers for the Student Nurses’ Re- serve, 25,000 of whom are to be en- ed States, had not, at 2 o’clock today | been received, as only one young woman had made her application. | Enrollments are being received to- day between the hours of 11 and 2 o’clock and from 4 until 7 o’cloc« in| the lobby of the Oil Exchange Build-} ing, the Ci ’ National Bank ‘hav-| ing offered the use of the iadies’| writing room‘in their bank. Mrs. B.| B. Brooks is in charge of the work | in this county and. the quota was/ fixed by the*State Defense Council.| Assistant® will be on hand until 7/ o’clock and will be glad to give any information concerning the training and requirements. A candidate must have completed at least a high school course, must be between the ages of 21 and 35 years, and the students will receive pay in addition to tuition, board, lodg-} ing, laundry and_uniforms after the} first year of training. The students} registering will hold themselves in readiness to be called by April 1, 1919, and when summoned will be assigned to one of the many nurses’ training schools of the war depart- ment. Many will undoubtedly see service abroad and the field of nurs | ing endeavors will be extended hy} war and postwar conditions.. The call for nurses is an urgent one and should be answered by at least six young women of this county. si ctabecuerier eres DRAFT EVADERS IN MEXICO ARE | NOW DESTITUTE ‘!UGAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 12 —-De- secters, draft evaders and pr :-Ger- ma:s who seek retuge in Mexico find li welcome or comfort here. These aliens sita round the old passenger de- pt, waiting for a chance to stenl a ride south, walk up and down the main street begging money for meals from any of their own nationality or work at the most menial jobs ob- tainable in the stores and homes of the foreign residents. Recently three draft evaders sp- peared on the streets here were true tvpes of the many who have come to Mexico since the United States enter- ed the war. One was a German boy of 20 who had fled from Germany to escape army service, had lived with an uncle in- Chicago and finally crossed the border’to prevent being interned. A seéond was an Italian shoe factory worker from Boston who had fajled to register and had fled. a silt eh i te oe LHE CASPER DAILY 1 KUKLINE SINGLE RECRUIT. SH MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1918 ver; H. Tilbury, Zio; ci M. Valentine, Omaha; J. J. Str Chicago; W. B. Taylor, <ic odd, Glenrock; E. T. Willian. A. L. Faullsnorm, Denver; uller, Salt Creek; E. Meyer § land wife, Dudley T. Smith, De..v.. |J.R. B. Cook, city; John R. Jirdon errill; Max Spangler, Bridseport AOPS SHORT =| KATHARINE A. MORTON SAYS LATE REPORT inevatican canine for the Nomi| nation at the Primaries for State Superintendent of Public Instruc- (By United Press] AMSTERDAM, ug. 10, — Ger- tion, |many cannot hope for much allevia- PT +4: |F. NA, Collins, H. P. Browne, C. w |tion of food suartaks conditions from|’ Mrs. Morton seeks the nomination | Rees. Denver; C. A. Patterso ;, 2 her neighbor, Holland, this year. | for the office of State Superintendent | }ings; Mr. and Mrs. Luther LeBone | Crops have suffered severely thru-|0f Public Instruction and asks for! Memphis, Pal;0 3) 8" Auams, 3 0 out the country from lack of rain.| Support believing that she will receive | Hoffman, Salt Creek; George P. \.) Only 50 per cent of the normal rain-| it because of the following reasons: erius, Denver; Charles H. Gurn¢ |fall was recorded thruout Holland| She has always been a consistent Yankton; F. L. Harris, ings: | during May and the first part of June | Republican. She comes of a Republi-/ 4. MeCormack, Douglas; Charles EB |when many crops were in the critical/¢an family, all members for a num-| Hinds, San Francisco; Horace Leon, jstages, and the results are apparent | ber of generations being staunch sup-| Denver; E. K. Price, Sheridan; D. ( |now. Severe late frosts killed beans| Porters of that political party. ..| Thomas, city; George A. Pome: and potatoes in the northeast proy-| She has had practical experience in Rockford; Mrs. Katherine Morto : inces. |teaching in Wyoming schools. She be-| Cheyenne; 0. C. Diehl, Denver; ©. \\ Forage for livestock will be very/lieves in progressive school legisla-\ Smith, Chicago. searce this winter, the hay crop be-| "0D. a) AT THE HENNING, ing hit hard by the drought, and the} She has ‘held various positions| Gustave Grossman, New Orle oats straw and other forage materials! Which demand. executive _ability.!1, J. Eagan, Omaha; Jack Ha 3, being stunted. Insect pests, encour- Among them has been chairman of | rincoln; Ralph T. PPrall, Denver; (), aged by dry weather, did great dam- the Woman's Department, State/—. Berg, Omaha; A. W. Dokker, )), age. The wheat crop in general is {Council of Defense. In the report on |jings; C. W. Clancy, J. W. Hel!m classed as “rather good” in the crop oTsanization sent out from Washing-| Gf. Turnison, Omaha: Guy Wii reports. ton recently, Wyoming was listed a5) Rawlins;'A. H. Cross, Denver; A. J. 100 per cent, meaning that each) §oellner, Worland;-D. M. Crouct county and ‘precinct was- organized! ortiand; A. W. Stockham, Thermoy |for, Council work. She served as) jis; R, L. Black, Kansas City; Hen president of the Wyoming Federatio | Keating, Ed eterson, Omahn- | of Women’s Clubs from 1913 to 191/.| Thompson, Washington; Smith Mur. During her incumbency three meas- ray, Kinanee, Ill.; Ele Strieker, Den ures sponsored by the Federation) yer; H. H. Wrightsman, Tulsa were introduced into the state legis- |lature and all became laws. She act- 3 ed as sales manager for the last two vears for the Red Cross Christmas Seals and each time won for Wyom- ing a beautiful pennant for the greatest sale per capita. The 1917 sale trivled any previous sale per cap- ita in the United States. Mrs. Morton most respectfully asks for your votes and pledges in return that if nominated and elected, she will give to the state the very best service of which she is capable both in school matters and in business com- ing before the various boards.—Adv in, go: | Cis; | | | we HIGH RENTALS TO BE CURBED BY UNCLE SAM WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—A bill aimed at the profiteerer and provid- ing for the requisitioning of all rights and interests and regulation of the rentals, in industrial centers, navy yards and other places where govern- ment agencies exist, has been ap- nroved by Labor Administrator Felix Franfurter and will be presented to the president for approval, the war labor policies board announced to- day. The bill places this authority in the hands of the president. Under the terms of the bill, rentals could be fixed for war workers and if these rentals are exceeded the houses and property in questioned could be “‘re- Fresh Shipment LOWNEY CONFECTIONS Just In. Se | nica Gal aene } | HOTEL ARRIVALS. | ———— ———— eo) AT THE MIDWEST. announcement, “that B. G. West, New York City; Mrs. rentals exacted from wage earners|B. P. Lientz, Kansas City; J. M. Kib and others engaged in essential in-|ben, Sheridan; John Talquist, Den dustries necessary to the war, have! : = been responsible for a great deal of industrial unrest.’’ | }SMOKE HOUSE questioned” by the president, | “It having been found,” said the! extortional | HOLMES HARDWARE COMPARY GUNS AMMUNITION FISHING TACKLE ALL KINDS PHONE 601 CASPER, WYOMING ——$$—>— } Nearly all of the prominent wom- en’s colleges are arranging for, special | Mie courses to be inaugurated this) ‘all. Woman assistant cook. Call at. 115 West Second St., or phone 346-R, today. Open un- til 10 p. m. 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