Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1920, Page 1

sive in Region (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 3. April 20 has been designated as the date for the next meet- ing of the state highway com- mission for the consideration of the bids and the awarding of the next allotment of road contracts, which will provide for the puilding of approximately 165° miles of road, and} the erection of severel bridges, the total | cost of which will be $1,220,000. The proposed improvements involve 19 projects, and provide for road construc- tion in 12 counties, and increase the ‘Brand total of road contracts now under way to $4,600,000, $2,100,000 of which hhas been authorized by the commission Contracts totaling ap- proximately $2,300,000 were inaugurated since January 1. during 1919, Included in the above work will be the paving of 24 miles of the Casper- Salt Creek road begining at the end of the now existing pavement which was This will con- stitute one of the most extensive pro- jects in the West and willl cost approxi- mately $600,000, one-half of which will be paid by the Midwest Refining com- pany and the remaining half by the constructed last year. federal government. This proposed work will constitute approximately 65 per cent of the total mileage. The proposed pavement to be constructed this year will be nine feet in width and upon completion will insure, the SaltCreek road being open | tormal agreément with France and at all times. The Natrona County improvements to be contracted on the above date also inelude the building of the ten-mile section of the Yellowstone highway, west of Casper, beginning at ‘the end b, BSg the paving just west of the Casper Creek bridge, which willbe layed this} ‘arren Constructign * spring by the nae “Company, who start work last-weék.” ‘The eins fF ee wach provides for the paving to con- nect with the existing pavement on the Salt Creek road, and the paving of the Yellowstone highway from the Casper ‘west limit, west ‘to the new Casper Creek bridge, which is now under con- struction ,was awarded to the Warren Construction Company on October 29, last. ‘This section of the Yellowstone high- way to be built is very,important to the City of Casper, as this road Is the prin. cipal route of travel to the west ‘and in addition to the local travel, carries @ very heavy summer tourist traffic. the important | section of the Yellowstone Highway | extending from Douglas, eight miles, ‘The for this work received at the last meet-| ing of the commission, being all re-| In addition to being a portion of a trans-state road, this seetion p2n trates a thickly settled farming té& tory which is extensively irrigated, heavy traffic between Tn Converse county, west is being readvertised. Jectea. carries a very Douglas and Casper. The Johnson county improvements | comprise two sections the Casper-Shart- dan road, between Buffalo and Kaycee, with a total mileage of 17 miles. volved in these improvements is the moving of the 40-foot steel bridge north} of Kaycee to the new bridge site. contract for this datter work ruary meeting. sections, In Laramie county, the 25-miles sec- from tion of the Lincoln Highway Cheyenne to Buford, will be built. is one of the important sections <i. the Lincoln Highway and upon. completion two dangerous grade crossings of the Union Pacific railroad at Granite Can- warded by the commission at tts Feb- Tn addition to moving of the bridge 60 smaller dram- age structures will be installed on thes? bids In- The was | the This WEATHER FORECAST tion tonight. VOLUME Vv. c HIGHWAY TO BE “AWARDED BYSTATEON APRIL 20 19 PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED AT CONFERENCE Natrona Improve- | Generally fair tonight and Sunday ment Most Exten- | | preceeded: ty snow in southeast -por- Net so sold Sunday. with |] strong northerly winds diminishing. Ain ond aot 018 SARS w ear nasi kee ErS nae WHO STOLE LOVE OF HUBBY IN CHEYENNE ! NUMBER 148 roe U.. port has The such action, {No mandate should be extensive arguments for and against taken, the commission said, without a Great Britain and also the “definite approval” of Germany and Russia. The inhabitants, the mission stated, desire America to take the mandate first, with Great Britain as second hpi il The principal arguments advan favor of the United States accepting of the United States “would tend to ed Pei toyinomerens ie ‘that this: would give he United ‘an oppor- tunity to do a great humanitarian work. The reasons advanced against the mandate were that’ it ‘would. weaken our_position relative to the Monroe doc- that “humitarianism begins at home” and that the first year's cost would be $275,000,000, including $88,- 600,000 for the army and navy. } WASHINGTON, April 3.—The admin- istration measure under which the at eral reserve board hopes to effect \ly check speculation, was passed by ‘he senate and now Bi vtadl ci Avene 3 to.the president. HARBOR TRAFFIC. IS RESTORED IN WEW YORK CITY (By Associated Press.) NEW YRK, April 3.—Traffic in New York harbor was still ‘curtailed today by the strike of harbor em- ployes but ferry lines, except those on the Erie and West Shore railroads, were operating on virtually normal schedules. Railroad officials claimed that alk danger of interruption in food and coal supplies had been ; averted. STERLING RATE yon and Buford will be eliminated. Rics are also being asked for ‘the 22-mile . * section fo the Cheyenne-Torrington road extending north from Horse Cree 111, ‘Two projects comprise the Washakie county improvements; the three-mile section of the Worland, south road and 5 the three-mile section of the Neiber, north road, fn Park county the proposed im- provements involve the four-mile sec- tion of the Garland-Deaver road, ex: tending northeast from Garland to the| Big Horn county line. (Content on Page 4.) (By Associated Press.) +.LOS ANGELES, Apt $.—Dwight B, Heard of Phoenix, Ariz, spoke today at the morni, the Sout! Public Ranches.” Session of the League of on “Federal Control of Among reports to be ipraberited will be that of the resolutions committee, headed by Gov. D. W. whieh has prepared’ a report that, adopted, will put eight Southwestern states on récord as favoring the Colo- Davis. of, Idaho, | if | rado River project, which would bring about the reclamation and irrigation of from 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 acres of land and the gencration of over 2,000,000 horsepower of electrical energy. JUMPS TO $3.97 ON N.Y.’°CHANGE (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Apr. 3—Dealers in the exchange reported an active mar- ket for London ‘today. The rate for demand bills rose to . REPORT ON a ARMENIANS IS BEFORE SENATE Arguments For and Against Mandate Are Contained in Commission’s Review of | ‘Conditions in Near East Republic (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 3.—President Wilson transmitted to the! cnt today the report of the American commission, headed by Major, which conditions The re-! General Harbord, investigated “been twice asked for by the senate. commission made no recommendations as to the United States assuming a mandate over Turkey and Armenia, but its report contained the mandate were tha the influence; | head of the association signified early TROOPS \Germans Warned of in Armenia. re- man troops in the Ruhr district. treaty is continued.: 7,000 MEALS SERVED PUBLIC AT JAZZLAND DINING ROOMS OPENED Restaurants and Eating Places Affected by Walkout also Maintaining Service for the Public; Arbitra- tion Conference Is Still Planned | Restaurants and eating places continued to serve the public to- day while it is expected that by tonight 2,000 people will have been fed at Jazzland on the Sandbar where an eating house is being oper- 7 by the Culinary Workers’ union. Tips were refused at noon to- ” Many so inclined used the union taxicab service supplied as an aid to the striking union in rid- ing to this eating house operated) by the union. Service in most restaurdnts HOOVER DERIES ‘was as Near normal as before the strike. Efforts are still being made by the Restaurant Proprietors’ Association to reath some agreement with the strikers by compromise or concessions, possibly on both asides, Conservative heads in the union, who were approached, sig- nified the possibility of a conference at which some agreement might be reached. , It is possible that a plan similar to (By Associated Press.) the one su; sted by the head of the NEW. YORK, Apr. 3.—Herbert Restaurant Proprietors’ association of having three delegates from the striking union, three delegates from the asso- elation, and the mayor and two disin- terested persons he might select, meet in joint council, may be adopted. The Hoover, who has announced that he is ready to accept the Republican presidential. nomination if it is de- manded of him, today issued a state- ment in which he requested that he be not further embarrassed by sug- gestions of some independents that his name be placed before any other | party, as ‘‘a primary sense of team work in any party organization would preclude such a possibility.” op ct i Rt mang U.OF C. RUNNERS WIN FIRST AND | SECOND IN RACE DENVER, Apr. 3.—A. Hansen, car- rying the colors of the University of Colorado, won the three-mile cross- country race today for the intercol- legiate championship of the state, un- der the auspices of the Denver Post. Hansen’s time was 17:32. Burt Snyder of the University of finished second; in the strike that he would favor such a plan in reaching an understanding. —_———_ U.S. DECREE ON TURK EXPULSION ACTS AS BOMB (B; Associated. Press.) “CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3.— President Wilson’s note to the allies intimating that the Turks must get out of Furope came as a shock to all Turkish parties. Wilson’s note ap- peared here in a slightly censored form which made the position of the Colorado, John Tor- 1 ste Fe fi ee rey of the Colorado Aggies was third ig text of the communica- | ang Jerome Igo of the Aggies, fourth. | a ——— ee SS Se Charley Burley of the Royalty & Pro. ducers company, stationed in Riverton, DENVERITE DIES wane WORKER arm were blown off. CAUGHT BY DELAYED EXPLOSION, (Special to The Tribune.) | CHEYENNE, WY¥o., April 3—Ramoz Beningo was instantly killed at Horse Creek, Wyo., late yesterday when he assumed that a blast he had placed in a stone quarry had exploded, went to inspect the result of the sup- posed explosion and was caught by the blast’s eruption, His head and right A widow residing here survives him. is here visiting friends. IS KILLED WHEN AFTER SLEEPING FOR EIGHT DAYS (By Associated Press.) DENVER, Apr, 3.—With the death of John Stock last night, the fourth Denver case of sleeping sickness was | terminated, He was Ill eleven days, eight days of which | he spent in pro- found slumber. rth SRLS ad Miss Ella McGuire of Circle, Wyo.,| is in the city attending to legal af- fairs. She intends to remain here jae least a month, and may locate here permanently. FRENCH CALL ON © HUNS TO RECALL of Treaty with Passing of Revolt in Big Mining and Industrial District _| (By United Press) | ” Bilis — ar ne Millerand today sent a new note to e German ged’ bela: the right to occupy the Rhine cities if Germany’s violativn of the peace France took the position that the danger of the Ruhr revolt has ‘the reds are in retreat across Tester-| IN RUHR Coritinted Violation immediate withdrawal of Ger- | d insisted that France had} passed and that the Soviet threat was German subterfuge to avoid fulfillment of the treaty. News from Germany today bore out | the French contention, declaring that | the armed revolt had collapsed and the workers’ red army was surrendering its | guns, GERMAN REDS IN beeen IN RUHR REGION. y_ Associated Press.) otra HAGUE, Apr: 3.—The general ad) [ German, government troo} along the ‘entire front* against fnsur- gent forces in the Rhur and nelghbor- ing industrial regions, which began at 7 o'clock Friday morning, was very successful, according to well-informed Dutch sources... Troops and forces of | |Letter Urging Lover| “Big Five” To Offer Yards to Stockmen 'Producers Will Get First Opportunity to Buy Yards, Says Packers’ Counsel ALLEGED VAMP SHOT IN THIGH, WOUND SERIOUS to Discard Wife Marks Climax (Special to The Tribune.) (By Associated Press.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 3—| WASHINGTON, April 3.— Miss Myrtle Lewis, a waitress, was| | Stockyards owned by the “big five shot in the thigh and seriously packers” will be sold to the live- wounded shortly before midnight| stock producers if possible, the | by Mrs. Thomas Downer of Lin-| house agricultural committee was | coln, Nebr., because of alleged as-; told today by M. W. Borders, coun- sociation betwi:r tie woman and Mrs.| sel for Morris & Co. Attorneys for the | Downer’s husb: nd. packers began arguments today which The shooting took place at the Sher-| will conclude the committee hearings on man hotel while Miss Lewis was pre-| the proposal of legislation for regula j Paring to leave town. Mrs. Downer! tion of the packing industry. !went to the hotel, it is stated, after| “We are going to give the producers jshe had found a letter from Miss Lew-| a fair, square and first opportunity to is to her husband urging him to aban-/ get th Borders said, “believ- {don his wife. ing it is to the best good of the indus- A few minutes after the shooting] try, since the is must have new } Downer, unaware of what had happen-| ownership under’ the decree obtained ‘ed, appeared at the hotel and was ta-| by the attorney general. They should ken into custody as a material wit-| be held by persons who will not be in- ness, Neither he nor his wife will dis-) terested in running them solely for cuss the affair leading up to the shoot-| profit.” ing. Downer came here sometime ago ‘oui| Lincoln and met the Lewis woman} nearer mememeretaes: here. Mrs, Downer arrived from Lin-| PEACE TREATIES MOTHER TOGET. Rowena ve OF LILLIE (BA ponyi, returning from Paris for a conference with ‘Admiral Horthy, i will Affecting Valuable Salt Creek Lands Held Genuine Over _ Hungarian agent, and other party leaders, today declared the peace ‘Contest Alleging Forgery lame treaties between the allied powers and central empires were only of a tem- porary nature. “My impression is that no allied statesman sincerely be- lieves the present peace treaties can hold for long,” he said. “I have not lost-hope;but: beligye the position of Hungary {9 better than it ‘was a, month ye Fae STRIKE MENACE t Judge Ralph Kimball in an opinion this morning, decided that the will of Lillie Iba, who died in 1918, was gen- uine and that the signature was not a berg. and government forces already | have penetrated to Hamborn these ad-! viees state. ' At. the center front, government | | Utah, The case involved some $75,000 troops have taken Recklinghausen, | worth of valuable oil lands in the Salt L thirteen miles notrhwest of Essen,| Creek oil field, known as the Iba CHICAGO YARDS while the left wing is advancing from | eighty. Hamm ‘yay ct hae { 40-CENT RAISE TO BEAR MINE WAGE INCREASE WASHINGTON, April 3.—Federal | district. attorneys were instructed to- | day by Attorney General Palmer to | receive and consider complaints of profiteering in bituminous — coal” “which may arisé in your district un- der the Lever act.” Palmer's telegram was prepared aft- er bituminous coal operators stated publicly that the new wage scale agreed,on under the terms of the award by the coal strike settlement commission would result in an in- crease of 60 cents to $1.25 a ton. Pointing out that the total increase in wages was estimated at approxi- mately $200,000,000 a year, Palmer | said that if this entire amount were | added by operators to the price, it | would only make an increase of 40 | cents a ton.” IRISH PATRIOT SPEAKS AT 1.0.0. F. HALL SU. Under the auspices of the Ancient Order, of Hibernians a public meeting will be hel@-at 8 o'clock tomorrow eve- ning at the Odd Fellows’ Hall. The meeting will be addressed by RE. L. Doyle of Denver and his subject will be “Irish Freedom and the World Freedom.” Tomorrow will be the fourth anniver- sary of the beginning of the Irish re- public, and similar meetings to that which will be held here, will be held in all parts of the country, uffder "the auspices of the Hibecnians. FORMER PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY KILLS EDITOR foal. cera : (By Associated Press) MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, April 3, city today as the result of the death newspaper El Rais, ina duel with former President Batley Ordones, After the last elections the Nationalists accused the “Batllistes” party, Reltran’s newspaper, in an editorial, headed by Ordones, of frauds. Batlley a “champion of fraud.” This utterance led to a duel with |PROFITEERS IN forgery, as had been claimed by the | plaintiff, Mona S, Iba of Salt Lake City, IS REVEALED IN M. W, Purcell, John Casey and a Mr, | Ensign of Salt Lake City represented the plaintiff, while Miss Iba was repre- sented by Nichols & Stirrett and Dur- ham & Lowey. Mr, Purcell and his as- sociates contended that the signature | was a forgery and that Miss Iba was incompetent to sign the will, ‘They, | however, introduced no evidence to sup- port the latter claim. In order to support the claims of for-| gery, the attorneys for Mr. Iba of Salt | (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Apr. 3.—Traffic experts see the menace of a rail tie-up in threats by the Chicago yardmen's union that 16,000 switchmen will strike if the demands of Milwaukee railroad switchmen are not met. The union claimed that it would also draw support from fellow workers in the trainmen’s brotherhood. Paralysis of transportation here Lake City, brought a hand-writing ex-| would affect the entire country. Mil- pert to Casper from Salt Lake City.| waukee road swtichmen are already | "The case was hotly contested. | out, causing an embargo against per- Judge Kimball held that he had con-| ishables. The trainmen’s strike on the Rock Island is believed to have been avert- ed by a new agreement, U.S. REPORT ON ARMENIANS IS BEFORE SENATE (By Associated Press.) sidered the testimony of the expert in} hand writing, but the testimony of an expert should not be considered of more weight than that of two people | who had actually witnessed the signa- ture of Miss Iba. ‘The will left: the interests of Miss Iba to her mother, Mrs. Mary G. Iba, Judge Kimball left Casper this aft- erngon for Douglas, where he will pre- side at the April term of court. places aires WASHID TON, Apr. 3.—President COALWATCHED' Wilson transmitted to the senate today ; the report of the American commis- sion, headed by Maj. Gen. Harbord, eae which investigated conditions in Arme- (By United Press.) | nia. ‘The report haa been twico asked WASHINGTON, April 3.—Attorney | General Palmer notified all district attorneys today to watch coal prices | in their localities to halt profiteer- ing from the removal of government price regulations last Thursday. IRISH REVOLT NOT EXPECTED (By United Press.) DUBLIN, Apr. 3.—The_ military throughout Ireland is prepared to for by the senate. Mr. and Mrs. J. FP, s left yes- terday for a trip to Atkinson and O'N Nebr., where they will visit with friends and relatives. crush ruthlessly any attempt at an Easter uprising. Dublin today re- sembled an armed camp. Soldiers | with full marching equipment were | in evidence everywhere. They jostled | the townspeople in the streets, but » general spirit of good | vailed. | Sinn Fein leaders scoffed at the idea of a “rebellion.” Military authorities believed the only possibility of an outbreak was in the Cork district, where feeling has been particularly bitter since the assassination of Thomas MacCurtai nature pre- IN PISTOL DUEL —Political excitement prevails in this of Washington Reltran, editor of the WASHINIITON, Apr. 3.—Picketing of the British embassy by women ad- voeates of an Irish repubilc was abandoned tiday. Mrs. T. K. Corliss, | picket leader, said the object had called | been accomplished ,which was to have the newspapers print her charge that the British planned an Irish mas- | saere, beginning Monday. revolvers at 25 paces. Fost Simp