Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1920, Page 8

€be eames Dalle Cribune Pee ae cation offices: Oil re mliding. BUSINESS TELEPHONE......:.....15 a Eater a ae MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED BRESS REPORTS FROM THE UNITED PRESS base, ANWAY, President and Editor . Bus me M ‘Mana; Ror re EY iat ene ditor Ww. x HUNTLEY. Asattorian Titer Representatives Davia” 34 Han jal, sa Fifth Ave. New York Cit: Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 fteeen, 1plse-, Chi LL. epics of the pip atiy Tribune are on Ale the New York and Chicago of- fices and visitors are welcome. nn ne Conk RATES arrier Qne Year 37.80 Six Months 9 Three Months Qne Month . Per Copy .. 5 No subscription by mail accepted for less “period than three months. All subscriptions must be paid In ad- vance and The Daily Tribune will not insure delivery after subscription be- comes one month in arrears, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations (A. B.C.) lember of the Axssocinted Br ATTACKING CONGRESS. As a part and parcel of their efforts to prevent overwhelming defeat in No- vember the Demoeratic campaign man- agers have planyed a systemate attack] e on congress and activities. This campaign has been under way, through Speeches and literature and otherwise, is to spread the notion that congress has not enxcted any legislation of im- portance, that it is idle, incompetent and unbusinesslike, that it is doing nothing toward reconstruction, achiev- img nothing to benefit the taxpayers, and so on. it is expected President Wilson will be utilized in this campaign through 0,¢ or more statements or messages in- tended to convey the idea congress has net enacted legislation which he recom- mended and which—presumably merely because he recommended it—is needful and imperatively essentiol. It is talked in administration circles that though the president cannot take the stump he can play politics from the White House or the summer executive mansion, wherever that may be. The purpose back of such tactics ang ethers is to deflect attention from the fearful extravagance and mal- administration of public affairs under the Wilson regime and to try_to win its waste, back for the Democrats some measure Qf the public support and confidence which they lost. There will be much talk of laws enacted in the last seven years, many of them with Repub lican help, though this last fact will nat be dwelt on. How poorly many of these laws have been administered, will |e likewise be given the soft pedal. The War administration record will be con cegied in hurrahs for the flag. Meantime congress is forging stead ily ahead enacting a series of laws which are not only meritorious, but which have heen passed in the face of the opposition of many Democratic ele ments. Some of the individual Demo crats in the house and senate have riser in th most creditable fashion above par. tisanship, but the administration Demo cratic elements in both | bodies has steadily indulged in the political game and yoted as ordered from the other end of the avenue. Byen efforts at economy ha opposed by adminis Democrat and pelittiled by them and whereas thir congress in the present session and in the extra session has insured the sayine ef not far from $3,000,000,000 to th¢ people, it has been necessary to override the infiu of the ring of politica ch encircling the administration, an¢é ineluding some Democrats in house anc senate, to effect this have ve been ation nee ee AMERICAN DESTINY. in an addr before the Americar Railway Association at New ¥ork, |Frederick J. Koster, president of the San Fra co Chamber of Com Merce, at the conclusion of his remarks Business said: “America’s greatest duty to the whole world, and today there rests upon” our nation the greatest obligation of lead ership ever placed unon any peaple, is 48 a prerequisite to the service that we Must render to the wrold, that we put qur own house in order and restore t¢ the utmost the productivity of our peo ple, and basic to all of this is the clear, est understanding of and devotion te these unassailable principles upon which our whole national structure hat been reared. "The great American body politic is @s thoroughly nauseate of wishy-washy sentimentality as is the candy store girl of caramels. They want to understand realities, wnd it is ours to help them Understand. We must tot shirk our world obligation, but we certainly will not, for expedienc su or to meet the whims of whatever potentate, com premise qne iota of that which repre éenis the highest in the world's pro Gress of mainienance of individual lib erty, that would involve, not alone our erifice, but a world sacrifice. We must infuse into things mate- rial and so-called practical, more pf the spiritual—theé spiritual, which is the very basis of everything that is truly Practical. “Let us strive toward that time when greater attitude make necessary | fewer laws; when human conduct, man to man, stimulated from within to} greater consideration, transcends the, negative restraints of stilted yirtue. We are the arbiters @f .oWr awn . destiny, and not the driven herd of circum- stance. most instantly under its banner the forces of law and order. Supperted fram its first success by this element of our population the party hag gone forward to great achieve- ments. In the present situation the party should leaye np questions unanswered ag te its position. Let history repeat “I. shall not eyen attempt prophecy and the Republican party be found de- as to what is to be America’s destiny. It is to be what we resolve within our- selves, exch and every one of us, that it shall be. 4 ee | ee BAKER CORNERED. A writer who is personally familiar with the details, having been on the scene at the time, writes in the Omaha Bee of conditions at Camp Sherman, at Chillicothe, Qhio, and Nitro, W. Va., 9}near Charleston, during the cagnstruc- tion of the army cas at the one place and the chemical plant at ethe other point. This is his; plain, unembél- lished story: E “Secretary Baker will make no adg- quate ®r satisfactory explanation of the wholesale waste, graft and profiteering that disgraced his administration in the building of army camps and war in- dustrial plants in this country. The amount absolutely lost is fixed official- ly at About $78,000,000. “During that period the writer was located midway between one of the big- gest camps (Camp Sherman) and the ‘chemical city’ (Nitro) and about fifty miles from each. Many workmen at both places came from the midway point, and on their frequent visits home talked freely and feelingly of the del{b- erately planned waste that was gaing on. . “The work was done on the cost plus system, under which the profits of con- tractors were increased when expenses mounted. That thé contractors and bosses employed at Camp Sherman worked every possible scheme to aug- ment the cost of their building opera- tions there cannot be a shadow of doubt. We have heard workmen whose evidence would receive full credence in courts where their reputation for ver- acity is known, tell how they were taken gut in gangs on Supday morn- ings when there was no useful wark to do and ordered to shift a little pile of boards from one spot to another and in ten minutes ordered back to their quarters, having been credited by the boss with qne full day's Supdqy work at double price, which was $14, if mem: ory serves us accurately. We have heard them tell of yaluable lumber be- ing burned in wanton waste and ain first-class material cast to one side 4s useless and later carted away, nobody fending the Republican form of gov- ernment and the same constitution that still measures the rights of the people. Let it be unmistakably understood that the industrial and economic farm of life that has mage the country great and powerful is still good enough and entirely sufficient to megt all require- ments of all people whose desires are honest and who seek orderly prosperity. Let the coddling of foreigners cease. If those who come to our shores to bet- ter their worldly condition come in good faith let them show it by becom- ing good citizens and obeying the laws. If they came as disturbers of our peace apply promptly and unsparingly the remedies provided by law. Then let the Republican party agree that, if entrusted with power, it will established at Washington a strong, im: partial government that all righteous elements may respect and all elements of disorder fear. 4 ed The Melting Pot | i LAKES-TO-NCEAN. P. W. Jenkins, r€presentatiye from Fremont Ceunty in the last session, of the state legislature, believes firmly that the biggest issue-in the next con- gress will bé relative to consideration of the plan of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association. Jen- kins is an enthusiastic sponsor to the plan in Wyoming and, while in Casper this week, made his visit the occasion to push the ball along a little more. According to propaganda of the asko- ciation it is proposed to dam up the St. Lawrence River where the present rapids are and through a system of in- terlocking canals, make the Great Lakes nayigable for sea-faring vessels from Duluth, Chicago and other points 500 miles this side of the Atlantic sea- board. Jenkins says that this great achieye- ment will place western and central States 590 miles nearer to foreign ports and the saving in freight on exports would be increased by a big per cent. Five cents, he says, would he saved on eyery bushel of grain shipped from Wyoming and $5 on every head of live stock. Not so worse, at that. knew whither. 5 At Nitro conditions were much worse, for there great quantities of material were stolen in broad daylight under the eyes of those entrusted with its care. Valuable metal was buried at night to be removed later, work was delayed by every possible expedient, and organized conspiracy to lopt and defraud the gov- nt existed all over the place. Men were employed as skilled workers at enormous wages in trades they knew nothing about—particularly as carpen- ters and plumbers, and inefficiency was sought by the contractors, hath at Nitro and Camp Sherman. “In the little Ohio River city ef Gal- lipolis, between two and three hundred workmen live, whose evidence would be ample to convict these contractors and bosses. Waste was the watchword un- der Secretary Baker, who had the ef- frontery to tell an audience of 8,000 workmen at Nitro, assembled for a npli- tical purpose, that they were doing just as much to win the war as the Ameri- ean soldiers then in the trenches} “The half will never be to}d of the wicked, despicable and treagpnable gys- tems at Camp Sherman and Nitro to weaken and delay the government's war york. Nor did the waste cease with the armistice. The payrolls were continued long after. At Nitro thousands of bales of cotton, directly under the control of Baker, were left for six months in the open winter weather to spoil, without a it of protection, and with millions of ‘eet of unoccupied floor space on all sides. It was a studied, unprincipaled The Fremont sglqn. says that in addi- tion to’ this saving," to the West; suffi- cient yater power would be “generated through this prpject to pay for the cost in a few short years. The esti- mated cost of carrying out the project is $24,000,000. Another point’ in jts favor is that it would bring thjs nation’a step closer to understanding with Canada and the two nations closer in ponds of frien@- ship. —$_e HONOR THE GOVERNOR. \ Natrona County |Republicans met yes- terfay and selected the state convention and among other things adopted 4 resolution indorsing | former Gov. B. B. Brooks as the coun- ty's choice for delegate to the National Republican Conyention at Chicago. Gov. Brooks has been an important figure in Wyoming Republican poli- ties for many years “and while the honor comes to him unsought, it is none the less deserved. In all the years that he has lived in Wyoming the Republican party has had no more staungh supporter. In sea- son and out, early and late, in the flush of success and in the discouragement of despair and defeat no one ever had to inquire the politics of B. B. Brooks. It was his intention when he retired from the governorship at the end of on¢g of the most successful business admin- istrations Wyoming ever enjoye, to de- vote himself strictly to his privaie busi ness i delegates to ‘airs. This he did as consisteutly as his Republican friends would permit. Q. How many children were killed R the magsgere prdered “by Herod? K. A. As the pea to slay alt the male children of Li ears old or undef, embraced one thiehem and its bor- ders, it is probable that net more than twenty infants were slain. Secular writers ignore the murder as lacking authenticity, but the Made fully agrees with what is recorded of Herod's character. Q. Has Greek mythology a forreshonia to the Roman Got A. The Greek Ares correspondes in a way to Mars. In legend, Ares is com- monly the Son of Zeus and Hera, whose quarrelsome disposition he inherits. In early Greek art, especially on vases, Ares is often bearded gnd r wears the full armor of a Greek soldier. | sp) When was the first audiipee granted to representatives of f powers by an Emperor of China? L, kK. A. The first ‘audience was granted on Sunday, June 29th, 1873, at Tzek- wangko, to the Japanese Ambassador, the Ministers of Russia, United States, Great Britian, France and Helland. The German Secretary acted as inter- preter. Q. What is the origin of the winged eevee so generally in Egyption art? A. It is probably a symbol inherited Trom the Phoenicians. The wing which sometimes contained the image af a man represented the sun or the supreme being and*the wing. signified its super- jority over man, a pane the Red Cross is a govern- ment titution in tl its f at under control of the asa ep ment and its receipts an bag are eee by that Department, don’t the prutesees come nant Service? M. ui A. The an Mies: Natiox i Red Gross rly . 1 werni ent insti- which she shares with her husband. Frege rr, Azuid in i « Rot & govarnment inatt Who are the American and Brit-| ton, en — strictly to ‘ut in th that Ro raiges ynds p eolt champions among woman? D. intgrpoation. reas gannot give funda are not ui ander be he Aen ad legal, medical, and financial There is an arrange: Migs Cecil Leitch is the British) matters. Jt does not attempt to setia papas its ts Are audited aainane while Miss Alexia “Sterling domestic troubles, nor undertake ex by the War ae. and ie mueue has that place among American woman. | haustive rear he Fubject. Write acequnl ins a trace venely (Any reader can ost os lel to Fa So bate & Arras @nd enclose a i ointmen' t- | an: fon by wi is ie per, | twa-cen! ve Postage. 4 oa ope ee Hin i apart nf Dally Gribune Information Bureau, routes iB ee to the oat ments under government States “cadets at ¥e to ; non bei by 8 acaite W. 8. A. efore being admitted to the Naval Academy as ‘a Sah each ?| candidate must sit $350 to cover we cost uttit, text books, ect. Wa bee of a cane et ae ae is fn gueay per aah nis borrowed“ We China's .. has earned this wile hid eres gf the destruction it yent ay tion of the Jana aa tists hi tow a. the president t and prime er of Chl 2 FN. 4. Ghina’s President is Hsy Shjh- bat 28 the Premier is Chin Yun- Read Q@: “Did women éver invent anything’ Name five or six inyentions? G. N. 8. A. Women haye invented more things than the number of patents to their credit would indicaté. The. in- yentign of the cotton gin was due to an idea originated by a, Mrs. Greene, | thqugh the’ madel wag made by Eli Whitney. Silken fabrics were invented by the Chinese Empress, Si-Lung-Chi, more than three thousand years ago, The first straw hennet manufactured in the United States was braided by Miss Betsy Metcalf of Providence, R. L., in 1798. The. inyention of pillow lace is attributed tq Barbara Ulimap of Saxony, while engraving is believed tq ae blast invented by the Cunis Twins, and Teahella, in Italy, Mme. es | the best known tist pF lay, on agcpunt t edt’ credit for Many Men and Their Wives. Carry joint accounts at this bank Have you ever discussed such an arrangement? Wyoming National Casper, Wyoming HAT a when every . ing, too. these motor-car days, t People's ideas are chang- They’re beginning te figr ure out how much it ig costr ing them to keep acar. And the man who jg doing the tobe a long way: difference ‘in point in the him that. county is hardly more than “just around the corner.” sition— finding ‘out what he wants ip a tire and giving ae dil Large or small, U. S. Tires are huilt to only one stand- ard of quality—the standard . tire. that produced the first straight side automobile tire, the first pneumatic truck i - Pe eats socoe > 200099096600 COOOSOOO SSO OSS OOOO OOO ODOO OOO DOO PISO OPED OSES waste of a valuable commodity, 4nd) te was drafted upon all important oven the excuse for not disposing of it Wa8}sions and just as many occasions that that to throw it on the market wouldlwere not important, but where the unsettle the price of cotton, then at #)yayty welfare was concerned. There figure that made gil eptton goods 4 lUX-}445 never failure to respond, and no ury, and was enriching the South. question was ever asked. “No; Secretary Baker’ will never at-lent” case, other members pf the party tempt an honest explanation of what) quaiffied and deserving paid “Gov. happened at Nitro and Camp Sherman, Brooks the high compliment of declin- because it was his duty to have inspec-|ing in his favor, so the honor is made In the pres- tors on those jobs who would carefully look after the interests 6f the govern- gent. He had nohe such, the facts am- ply demonstrate.” MUST BE NO QUESTION. In all the days gfdts existence the Republican party has-stood fpr ar or- derly and constitutional government: It came info being at # time in’ qur na- tional life in mary respents not unlike the present. period ef ynrest when the PERN AAA stond asthe meas ure of the righ! of. the people was brought into qu criticied as in the present day.” The very government itself was “assailed and plotted against and no man could tell the happenings of the succceding day. The experiment in government of the} people, by the people and “for the peo-} ple, tottered upon its ‘foundation: i Out of the stress aud storm gf the} time came the Republican? party syith 4 deciarauon of princinics py THILY, meeting the exegencies as to gather, al- tion” and as severely | may well exgite his pride. the greater because of this>action on the part of his Republican friends. Goy. Brooks, so far as County is concerned, goes to the na- tional convention without instructions, other than to use his own best judg- ment in the matter of president mak- ing.. The confidence repased in hitn by the county convention. will be ap- Praved by the ‘party thrgughout the cgupty and the state. While political honors ure nothing yhew ‘to Gay. Brooks, ‘the present honor and the manner of its coming Natrona We forget. their jealousies,. naw that each of them has a member on the y wo the penitentiary.—C Record. At‘the rate going up {the ladies will haye toe go with the |uecks und shoulders exposed to ti at this summer.—Des Moines Register. Suffragists 2) Mich clearer trust the Senate and House will : 4 dew “ot Washington’ culty in cros- sing the Le E ee niadashta North American. greatest amount of figuring is Every tire that hearg the Tn sandy of hilly coun- the man with the maderate- name “U.S.” is built the ie ay ethe e price Car. best way its makers know con ary country how. It isn’t the car, but bs 3 173 ; gan re the man who ewns the car, that counts with the oldest and largest rubber concern in the world. For best results—- everywhere—U,. S, There still seems ta be Royal Cords. nation in same auartera that any tire is good eneugh for ‘a small car. ".. ‘Fhat’s not what the man - 7 who awns it thinks. } In recommending and sell- ing U.8. Tires we are trying, to see his side of the prope- United States Tires , White Motor Co. ¥ _ Casper, Wyo. As representatives of U.S. Tires in this town, we offer you the benefit of our experi- ence and advice in settling your tire prablem.