Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1919, Page 8

Page 8 FORTY MILLION HUN VOTERS T0 BE REGISTERED Approaching Election Presents Great Problem in Order That Assembly Be Represen- tative Organization BERLIN — (Correspondence The Associated Press.) — lion voters, men and women, must be registered for the election of a na- tional assembly in Germany on Janu- y 19, it is estimated by Pro minister of the interior. In the last Reichstag clection the vot- ers, all male, numbered only 14,000,- 000, he They were scattered ove ion districts. The new rc election ‘pil provides for only 38 such districts for the whole country which, Professor Preuss adds, means more than a million voters in each district. Professor Preuss is one of the few prominent leaders of the progressive Bourgeoisie who was an portant post in the provisio’ ernment. In an interv with a cor- respondent of The Associated Pr he pointed out the technical difficul- | ties in the way of organizing 40,000,- 000 voters in time for the election and added: : “The constituent assembly. be thoroly representative and its mandate above suspicion. We there- fore are proceeding with great cau- tion. The new suffrage francrise ‘should which will be tried out at the coming} election is based on a direct, equal secret ballot for all males and fe- males of 20 y s and over. We are now engaged in ing writs for the election for which fully men aid women will qualify. “One of the principal details of the radical reconstruction of our voting system is the original compilation of a list of the qualified women voter Then the work of cataloguing ‘the millions of returning soldiers that are taking up new residences is also con- tributing heavily to the task of organ-| izing the slecHiony DR. G. W. THOMAS DIES AT 6 TODAY (Continued from Page One) Claude Wesley Thomas, Jr., was, born January 11, 1876, at Douglas, | Kansas, and had he liv 1 but a few 2 ined his as reared in days longer would ha 83rd birthday. He attended the and the Normal school else- This education was supple-| he Dental y, from nine years ed in » end of College of D which he receiv ago. For four y Denver and left th that experience to tice here, which had conti d suc- ver of the recently Elks of 1 (0); He was an elder and for ime choir leader in the Pres- n chure a vocalist of ability s were in con- stant demand and during the war period he labored untiringly for the success of all patriotic undertakings, having in charge the organization of a Victory chorus and other features which contributed materially to the s of the undertakings. His friends are numerous and a strong and supporting sympathy goes out to his family. Mrs. Thomas, and two children, Dell, s, and a four months’ him. His father and nd Mrs. Cc. W. Thom reside at Douglas, Kansas, which i Iso the home of h ters, Mrs. Martin Nida and Miss ‘Fey Thomas both of whom have vi ed here, The funeral arrangements will be made by the Elks and the body will lie in state ¢ Chamberlin Chapel. ——_—— ATTENTION, KNIGHTS PITHIAS All members of the Knights of Ps hias lodge are asked o wach the Trib- une for further notice in regard to the fune rrangements for vices for their I-beloved and hig! es- teemed fellow member, Dr. C. W. Tho all members will attend seen a member of © the Casper lodge since his residence here and has been identified with the Knights of Pythias for the past fif- teen years, being a Past Chancellor of the Denver lodge. held many offices in the Casper or- ation but during the past year he had to give up most of his activi- ties in this line so that he could bet- ter attend to the various demands on his time as leader of the Casper Lib- erty Choru a Four-Minute-Man, and in his work in connection with the many war ac es in which he was deeply interested and an untiring worker. The Casper Knights of Pythias deeply regret his untimely death, feel that the local lodge 1 efficient and well-beloved worke . To Mrs. Thomas and family, the Knights desire to express their deepest and) most heartfelt sympathy ! CASPER LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, of , Forty mil-| im-| al gov- | 40,000,000 high school of, a prac-| - stock, Dr. Thomas has) | OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS, BOARD| OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Continued From Page Six) Flora Me sion 30.00 The Harvey Cafe, election ex- pense ~-- 167,00} Petitions an s for cancel: | lation and refund of taxes, presented and allowed, as follows: Leta M. Leavitt, year 1918_- J. M. Carey & Brother, year 1918 26.09 rs. Ella Adams, year 1918_ 2.00 John Daly, year 1917 ~---- 4.72 G. M. Anderson, year 1917_- 6.58 | Having examined and destroyed the jaw bones of predatory wild ani- mals presented since the last session of the Board, it is ORDERED that ' the Chairman and Clerk of this Board issue Certificates to the various par-j ties by whom they were presented, being in number and amount as fol- lows: A, F. Evans, 5 coyotes_-.-- $7.50 Vance D. Johnson, 1 coyote- 1.50 A. E. Jones, 3 coyotes----_- 4.50 C. A. Bittleston, 2 coyotes-. 3.00 Alex Cuthill, 4 coyotes__ 6.00 ~ 13.50 13.50 10,50 W. N. Briscoe, 9 coyotes G. W. Rissler, 9 coyotes._. Nonh Lindsey, 7 coyotes--_- Horace Evans, 12 coyotes _- 18.00 Jerry Sullivan, 4 coyotes ._ 6.00 A. J. Perrine, 5 coyotes_-_-- 7.50 . W. Shepperson, 3 coyotes 4.50 Henry Michel, 11 coyotes... 16.50 Bernard Murtaugh, 1 coyote 1.50 A, F. Evans, 2 coyotes 8.00 Myron Spencer, 4 coyotes -_ 6.00 Mike Miller, 5 coyotes 7.50 Harry Keen, 3 coyotes ___- 4.50 | F. C. McFarland, 1 coyote_ 1.50 G. W. Rissler, 10 coyotes _._ 15.00! Henry Michel, 8 coyotes --__ 12.00) Board adjourned without date, CHAS. ANDA, | Acting Chairman. | \council took no action following the | Keefe. i THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1919 ELECTION VERDICT FULFILLED BY INDUCTION NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. AT FIRST MEETING OF NEW YEAR. Bishop, Keefe and Dunn Sworn in and Call Issued for'' Special Meeting of Reorganized Council To be | Held Tonight; Committees Named | The people’ s mandates at the last municipal election were ful- filled last evening with the ushering in of Casper’s new city adminis- tration, still headed by Mavor John F. Leeper, byt consisting of three holdovers of the former administration and the three successful can- didates at the November polls. The change came at the conclusion of proceedings on the part of the old council which closed the records on the past year and left the slate! clean for the deliberations of the re-| nounced by the mayor follows: organized administration. | Finance and Printing—T. A. Dean, Clerk Chester M. Bryan ad-)w. PF, Dunn ond Perry A. Morris. ministered the oath of office to Ald-| Streets and Alleys—M. L. Bishop, rman-elect_ M. L. Bishop, W. W.! william Kocher and Perry A. Morris. Keefe and W. F. Dunn, who succeed-| "Fire Department—William Kocher, ed M. J. Gothberg, H. C. Bretschnei-'w. f. Dunn, Perry A. Morris. der and Fay E. Crater. The hold-| Jydiciary—T. A. Dean, W. W. overs, in addition to the mayor are Keefe, Perry A. Morris. Alderman T. A. Dean, Perry A. Mor-| police—William Kocher, M. L. ris and William Kocher. |Bishop, T. A. Dean. An organization was perfected by| Public Health-—T. A. Dean, W. F. the election of Dr. T. A. Dean as | Dunn, Perry A. Morris. president of the council, the latter’s} Water and Sewer — William name being placed in nomination by | Kocher, W. F. Dunn, W. W. Keefe. Perry A. Morris. Nominations were Parks and Cemeterv—T. A. Dean, closed and the vote was made unani- M. L. Bishop, W. W. Keefe. mously. Public Buildings and Light—Perry Due to the lateness of the hour the A. Morris, William Kocher, W. W. appointment of committees for the | In announcing his appointments new year by Mayor Leeper, adjourn-|Mayor Leeper called attention to a Attest: E. M. OGBURN, County Clerk. | Produce Market WeekEnd Review of Prices to Jobbers and Shippers |} Furnished by U. S. Bureau of Markets, Denver Movement and Prices. Fairly Steady — The movement of leading lines of fruits and vegetables con-) tinue to show a decreasing volume, | | but a few increases and the season- able gains in movement of southern} |truck brought the total to about last | week's figures. Prices show few! |market changes. Potatoes, onions, apples and sweet potatoes maintain- jed their market position with dem tone; cabbage, celery and lettuce at anced’ beans and oranges alight | |weakness, Demand is slow to mod er- | |ate for most lines but generally good for fruits in consuming markets. Potatoes Still Uneven.—Values go! * up at various northern and central} shipping points, closing at $1.75 f o.b. Waupac, but held elsewhere at close to last week’s levels. Minnesota, Wis- | consin and Michigan No. 1 sacked white stock still ranged $1.80 to $1.90) per cwt. carlots at Chicago and $2) to $2.25 general jobbing sales. Colo-| redo sacked whites ranged steady at| shipping points and firm in south central markets where the range was! $2 to $225 per cwt. No. 1 eastern sacked white stock ranged around $: fob shipping points. Shipments, af- ter several weeks of decrease, gaine- to 1,558 cars compared with 1,296 last week, abuot one half the ship-; ments coming from Maine and Wis-| ‘consin. Cabbage Markets Rally.—General | reco’ s of $2 to $5 per ton occurr-! ed. ew York Danish Seed stock! ranged $20 to $25 per ton in bulk| fob producing sections and held at | $20 to $25 in consuming markets. | Wisconsin “Holland Seed stock ad- vanced to $18 to $20 per ton bulk fob in the Waupaca district and reach ed $25 in Chicago. New Florida cab-| bage sold at $1.75 per 14 bushel ham-| per in New York City. Shipments ot] “old cabbage were 157 cars compared | ¥ with 130 last week; shipments of new cabbage increased to 18 cars. Apples Fairly Steady—New York! Baldwins A 23-inch ranged $5.50 to $6 in consuming markets, the top! ranges including much cold storage) Common storage stock in pro-| ducing sections seems to be cleaning up unnsually early. Northwestern extra fancy boxed Winesaps rangec slightly higher in producing section. at $2.16 to $2.60 f.0.b. closing strong, while consuming markets rangea about steady at $2.75 to $3.25 per box. Nalf the past fortnight. The moves ‘ment the past week was about 100) ears daily, Wew York state. Beans Slightly Weaker.— General § D4 dullness continues. Some _ eastern jms urkets show declines of 25 to 60) “ents per cwt. ‘and New York pea beans ranging} $9 to $10 compared with $9.50 to! $10.50 last week. $10.50. Limas ranged $11.25 to} $12.25 and Pintos $7 in Kansas City,! and $8 to $10 in various small mar-| kets. Shipping points quoted sacked white beans, usually in bulk, general-| ly steady at $7 to $8 to growers, anc "Pintos dull and steady at $6. Ship~ ments were 150 cars, in of 1 car.! acta Se Re Having landed in ‘dent Wilson may proceed to land on| 2 News. 12 Germany.—Chicago Daily eee een Money to loan on chattels. Secu- rity Loan Company, Suite 302 O.-S. Bldg. 1-2-tf | —_—<—___—_ | ing. 12-1tf TILPZLALLLILA Shipments have decreased one-| ¢ nearly on-half starting in| Recleaned Michigan | 4 California smal % whites declined 50c in Boston, ruling! 9 France Presi-| g Liberty Bonde wanted. Security | , | Loan Company, Suite 302 0. 8. Build.| ing until 8 o’clock this evening, when | program which calls for the reference an-|discussion or action committee appointments as taken by the Ohh hed head hdd bed hd hide de ded dd Thermos Icy Hot Universal Lunch Kits Extra Bottles and Fillers s Holmes Hardware Co. ' Casper, Wyo. Holmes to Homes Phone 601 5a elt hr trate |deliberations should cast some light /of all questions to the committees to on future policies and activities. The which they properly belong prior | wecterrrruurs, KHAN HERE HE SPECIAL He} Te SAARI AAAI SUNKIST GRAPE FRUIT 3 for 25c CITY FRUIT MARKET “WE HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT GROWS” Across from Postoffice Natrona Hotel Bldg. 114 So. Wolcott 166 N. Center St. i TWO STORES—Phone 247 Open Evenings and Sunday peennnx RAEN AREER ANS HME ENS RE RE EERE ESET eee ne CEM. REGISTER HERE We have been appointed as registering IIPLILLLLLLLLLLLZILEL RIOT agents for all the boys who have been in ser- - vice for Uncle Sam. It is the desire of the Mothers’ League that every man register in order that they may have a record for future uses. Come to the Rexall Store and register with the Mothers’ League. The Kimball Drug Store The Rexall Store The Pioneer Store council. The latter will act after! recommendations have been made by| like committees, To the outgoing members of the! council Mayor Leeper “expressed his {appreciation of their support during |the past year, and extended rey ite the new SWORE LER BerS ae More ie 200 years ago Peter al Great instituted an order of ladies of the highest rank in Russia in honor} lot the bravery of his empress Cather- | ine. eo el Many alumae of Wellesley College have a personal recollection of Presi- dent Wilson on the occasion of his} visit to the college in 1895 to deliver | the commencement oration. At that time the man who is now playing so; conspicuous a part in shaping the des- tinies of the world was plain Dr. Woodrow Wilson, a professor in Princeton University. GEANT CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY: Prospects that a packed theater will sreet the First Battalion band of; Fort Dodge, Iowa, at the Iris Wednes- day evening are held out by officials! of the Industrial club, who stand sponsor for the entertainment, and the management of the theater. An of Robert Veitch as president of the |board and the retention of M: W. Purcell as special prosecutor in the \Eagleston case, resulting from the | murder- of: Lawrence Friccero ina | Center street joint. The Daily Trib- FLOOD OFFICE une was made the official paper of | the County of Natrona. The commis- |sioners will remain in session for » lcouple of days to attend to routine business and until this is cleaned up | there will be no new developmen-~ j¥egarding the inauguration of new |Iocomning Board Finds Routine | policies. | Work of Seceral Days and | \ ee One reason why Germany and Aus- Deliberations on New Pol- tria were able to keep going during Policies are Curtailed |the war and that in spite of the i | blockade, is that they have a greater jacreage of forest then any other Eu- ropean country except Russia. Twen- ty-six acres out of each A of |Germany’s aren are forest; ani us- like developmen ta Olire cen vearasna cay tria has even more, her forest cover- cording to conditions revealed wits. | - ling thirty-two acres of each hundred. | the induction into office of two new | These countries, therefore, had plen- | members of the board, Robert Veitc: | ty of raw material for its props, rail- jand J. B. Griffith, today. Other|way ties, trench timber and duck |county officials, as outlined in the| bonrds, as well as for paper and ex- Tribune of last Saturday, were ad-| plosives. ministered the oath of office and the new courthouse regime was ushered in. The first official act of the count; board were confined to the election —_.—__—_. Tax complaints filed with the board of county commissioners exceed any i Taxes are heavy, but not as heavy as the crops.—Washington Post. Se HOME COOKING—at The Harvey. —_— TONIGHT 4dmission price of 50 cents will be, charged and the rendition of the popular military airs and other music should prove a treat to the local pub. lic. Tonight the Iris will show “pes Strange Woman,” which reveals a new theory of marriage woven into an| exceedingly interesting plot. Now’s the Time I have several lots in ideal lo- calities that I will let go within the next 30 days at increasingly low prices. No such offer in the spring when lots are sure to be high. Phone 174-W or write to P. O. Box 875 for further infor- mation. Wm. M. Hams Builder and Contractor -- BIG DANCE --- | MASONIC TEMPLE ees Iris Orchestra Under Auspices Caledonian Club Everybody Come Tickets $1.00 Ladies Free . Matinee 2:30 and 4 p. m. critical habit? “THE If your heart craved for pure love and you were forced to marry for money and after being maltreated, death gave you your freedom, would you denounce marriage as a hypo- GLADYS BROCKWELL Stupendous cast and production cinematized from the play that ran on Broadway a whole season and made all New York gasp Burton Holmes Travelogue COMING WEDNESDAY The First Battalion Military Band A chance to hear some real music, under the ‘auspices na Iris Theatre 7.0, 8.15 Night a 9:30 TODAY William Fox Presents THE SENSATIONAL DRAMA STRANGE WOMAN” By Wiiliam J. Hurlbut with Also Of Camp Dodge, Iowa, with 25 Pieces % CASPER INDUSTRIAL CLUB Fruits and Vegetables are satisfying foods. Make them the major portion of your diet. 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