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Che Casper Daily Crihune WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday, warmer, Saturday. [DUPONT WOULD OBTAIN SUPPORT FOR DYE BILL BY THREATENING (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 7.—Senator Kenyon of Iowa in the senate today declared that the E. I. Dupont de Nemours_com- pany of Delaware virtually had threatened to oppose General Wood’s campaign for president unless Senator Moses of New Hampshire, one of Wood’s campaign managers, withdrew his opposition:to the dye bill now before the senate. Kenyon regd a letter from Charles States senator engaged in managing al Weston, manager ofthe company’s pub-| presidential campaign practically threat: licity department, to Moses declaring|ened as to what will happen to that | that Moses’ objection to the dye bill was|campaign if he does not withdraw his not in aceord' with the expressed views | opposition to a”bill.” of Wood and asking for an explanation of his opposition to the measure. The letter was dated April 16. Ken-) yon said he presented it with the per. poe oe, Charles B, Boy e, secretary of both resented it. tacie,""snaid the senator, ‘of a United sion. CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920. the board of live stock commissioners at Cheyenne is in Casper on matters con- mission of Wood and Moses, adding that! nected with shipment of hides from , here, and the marking of such 1§ies “Her@’ we have a remarkable spec- according to the rulings of the commis- lution Yesterday's Circulation 4,129 ~ NUMBER 177 zales declared he was not in lea OIL WORK RETARDED Osage Field Offers Example of Tangle That May Delay Development of Districts Waiting on Government Leases 6 nt eee anes < ~ ty WASHINGTON, May 7.—Delayed development of many Wyoming oil areas under the leasing bill is forecast by reports of.interminable conflicts in application, entries and locations. Just how long it will take to stfaighten out these tangles cannot be said, but the outlook does not, at this time, appear favorable to early development work in many localities where it has been expected work would be in full ularly‘ in the locality of the big well struck south of that town, cértain TRIEST, May 7.—Mutiny broke out big well was brought in, and others in Fiume at 6 o'clock this evening and) put down what is known as a “vali- been put down; others aré merely | “paper locations.” BY U.S. CENSUS | stockraising act. (By\ Associated Press.) | Hémestead application under the 320- swing by midsummer. The Salt Creek tracts are covered by the following: | a fierce battle is developing. Application for prospecting permits | | field is not largely affected. Reports from the Osage field are fair- ly illustrative of conditions elswhere. In the vicinity of Newcastle, and partic- OUT IN FIUME; : 7 Oll placer location mado prior to} the date fixed in the leasing law, but upon which no actual development | work was done; these are mostly “paper | locations;" a few actually started dril-| (By Associated Press.) ling operations late in March, after the | Twelve| dating hole.” were killed and 50 wounded. The troops! Oil placer location made subsequent are those of D'Annunzio’s forces. | to the date fixed in the leasing law; on| Te pies somé of these validating holes have OFF AS SHO WN based on prior posting of proper notices on the land. : | Application for permit based on prior | filing in the local land office. Homestead application, under ‘the WASHINGTON, May 7.—Spokane, | acre law. Wash., ranking forty-eighth city of Entry under the 160-acre homestead the country in 1910, had a decrease | lw. Additional entry under the stockrais- ing homestead law. With some tracts covered by as many as eight different kinds of filings, and in some instances as many as a ‘dozen applications for prospecting permit, the delay incident to determining to whom the mineral right shall go may be ap- precinted. Nor is that all. Many who have located under the placer act, it is expected by officals of the land office here, if not recognized by the department, will take their cases into the courts, “Take a placer locator whose claim was initiated after Oct. 1, 1919—the Umit under the leasing law—but who, has recently set up @ rig and commenc- ed drilling, to illustrate what tho de- partment will be up against, “said a land office official in discussing the of 198 in population in the past ten years, and now has 104,204 people, the census bureau announced today. Spokane is the first city over 100,000 to show a decrease. parse edbes 2 528 LEGION DRIVE TO AID BONUS BILLSTARTED (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, May 7.—American ion began a campaign today to force tion on the soldier bonus bill. It isked all posts to urge their conress- men to pass the Fordney bill, which RUHR DISTRICT EVACUATED BY have been withdrawn, according to the Norddetutsche Allgemeine | Zei- tung. N.Y. MAN NAMED AS MEMBER OF RESERVE BOARD (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 7.—Edmund Platt, Republican congressman from the Twenty-sixth New *Pork District, was selected today by the president for membership on the federal reserve board. NATIONAL BANK STATEMENTS OF MAY 4TH ASKED (By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 7.—The comp- troller of the currency today issued a call for statements of the condition of all national banks at the close of busi- ness May 4. Abatement Plea in Case of Coal Men Is Lost in Court (By United Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, May 7.—Judge An- derson today overruled the plea in abatement filed on behalf of 125 coal men indicated on charges of violating the Lever act. MRS. GOMPERS ANSWERS CALL (By United Press.) SUPERVISOR PLAN IS FOUND EFFICIENT IN Annual Report of District Clerk Shows Phenomenal Growth; Budget for New Year to Total $200,000, Estimate The report of ‘W. O. Wilson as clerk of school district No. 2 for the past year presented at the school meeting Monday shows a most remarkable progress in the work done by the Casper city ‘schools in the district during the year. Mr. Wilson’s report includes reports from all the supervisors employed in various school departments and shows a great ad- BAVARIAN ARMY plat oka ty enrollment -has. incréased, accordingly. WASHINGYON, © May ~7.—Charges (By Associated Press. There are 13 more teachers in the| of a “corner” in print paper, were BERLIN, May 1 pavarien troops, | gradés this year tha: there werer last.| mado ¥ fore the’senate co: which have been the Ruhr basin, | Overflow buildings. were. built-at East’ tee Inve: rig the paper shortage PRIESTS HELD FOR THEFT OF - ART TREASURE (By Associated Press.) FLORENCE, Italy, May 7.—Two priests were arrested here today on a charge of having stolen the bust of Antenio Canova, celebrated Italian sculptor; an altar by Luca Della Rob- bia, fifteenth century sculptor, and other art treasures from the Abbey of Arcevia. Copies of the original treasures were substituted by the thieves. The police have recovered the altar, vance in lines of special work under the supervisor plan. During the year $80,285.27 was ex- pended for teacher‘s salaries and $89,- 929.82 was expended for school house expenses and supplies, a total of $170,- 215.09 as shown by the report. An ad- ditional warrant for $10,000 was drawn to the Stockmen’s National bank for money loaned the school district mak- ee renee a at en, o| MAKERS GUILTY the coming year as made at the meet- OF FORCING UP PRICE OF PRINT| ing is approximately $200,000. (By Associated Press.) a The report showed that the schools of the district have experienced a phen- omenal growth since 1915 when the school census was 958 to this year when it wil run over 3,500, and the schoo) Casper and Park schools where half day sessions were held part of the year. A room at the library, the Parish house, the assembly hall and stage of Park school, and ten basement rooms, some not suitable for school purposes are in use—showing the great congestion. Ten new teachers will be added next fall when the new ten-room West Cas- per school will be ready for’ use. The report mentioned the fact that} the schools are all up to standard grade} jand that the rule requiring that teacn-| {ers have two years normal or college work, full high school work and tw> years experience in graded school of ex- | tablished reputation has secured a teaching‘force of the highest efficiency. The addition of a full time secretary greatly increased school efficiency by relieving teachers of routine work, A by Cortland’ Smith of New York, president of the American Press As- sociation. Smith testified that print paper manfacturers were in conspi- racy to regulate production and prices. + sis. eer coe BUTTE LABO. STRIKING FOR (By Associated Press.) | BUTTE, May 7.—Members of the Butte Workingmen’s Union struck to-| day for an increase in wages of from $5 ment already has occurred between the vanguard of Carranzista troops and rebels at Otumba, between Mexico City and the City of Puebla. | Authoritative advices reaching Washington today said that Gon-| gue with Obregonistas and would re- Complicated by Gon- n. Pablo Gonzales and an engage- ——*| sist them by-force of arms. This is re. jgarded as a complicating situation in | Mexico | | Gonzales has declared martial law in } Puebla City and e: ed a loan of 200,-} |000 pesos from the population. Passen ler trafic between Mexico City and | Guadalajara has been suspended. | A passenger train on this line was! | ed by rebels at Benjazo on May |3 and robbed of government funds in-| tended to pay soldiers of Guadalajara, where Gen. Dieguez has 8,000 men in lar, is in command of federal troops. | The state department ad no confir- |mation of private messages that Car- jranza had left for Vera- Cruz. REBELS MORILIZE FOR | MARCH ON CAPITAL. (By United Press) AGUA PRIETA, May 7.—Concentra- | tion of revolutionary troops for a march on Mexico City is under way in Chi-| jhuwhua, Five battalions left here yes-| jterday for Casa Grandes over Pulpito} |Pass and the desert, { Some Juarez troops also will be mob!- lized at Chihuahua City, where, with |the garrison and other troops brought in, the rebels will have at least 10,000 men and will move southward via Tor- reon. REPORT OF CARRANZA’'S FLIGHT UNCONFIRMED. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 7.—A private message received here after midnight} from Mexico City, via Laredo, saying that President Carranza already had left Mexico City for Vera Cruz, had not been confirmed in official circles early today. According to the message, Car- ranza left the capital last night, ac companied by a guard of troops under the command of his son-in-law, Candido Aguilar. VILLA’S AID REFUSED BY REBEL LEADERS. (By Assoclated Press.) EL PASO, May 7,—Mexican reyolu- tionary agents here made public today some incidents of parleys between en- voys of Francisco Villa and rebel lead- in & fortnight. SENTENCE TO BE Further Confession on Disposition of Other Wives Asked by Authorities ed Press) LOS ANGE May 7.—The ‘d,” who under the name of . son, instead of Harvey, pleaded guilty to Nina Deloney’s mur- der and will be sentenced Monday, will be asked for a further confes- sion toward clearing up the disap- i ance of other of his wives, Docu- ments found in Watson's possession when arrested show that he married at least twentysix women, many of whom are missing. Watson has confessed already to killing five, but the authorities be- Neve he is withholding information regarding others. At least three are ‘missing whom he has not accounted for. (By Jd EDWARDS OUT FOR PRESIDENT ON WET PLANK WASHINGTON, May 7.—Governor Edwards of New Jerse: nounced definitely his the Democratic presidential nomina- tion on a light wine and beer plank. WATER RISING IN COLORADO FRUIT REGION (By United Press.) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., May. 7. —Residents of western slope are in fear of serious damage from flood. There is not much damage yet but streams are rising. Record-breaking snows in moun- tains are melting. The peak Is expected Train service west of Grand Junction ers. Villa, they sald, offered to join the revolution, (Continued on Page 6) LONDON, May 7.—A Moscow wire! ernment had removed the sultan of Tur! librarian will probably be added to carc for books and suppties next year. (Continued on Page 8) to $6 a day and for an eight-hour day. | The union is composed of unskilled} labor. 1 inland from the coast of that sea, was said. Railroad Men’s Survey Shows Relative Responsibility for High Cost of Living in Appeal to U.S. Board (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 7.—A study of profiteering in American in- dustry, made under the auspices of the railway brotherhoods, was presented the railroad labor board today in support of the railway workers’ demands for higher pay and to refute the charge that in- creased labor costs are responsible for the high-cost of living._ Calling attention to many war-made millionaires, the study contends that the increase in wealth of the wealthy is an/labor is bound to get a smaller pro- “unanswerable” refutation to all at- tion." ’ temps to charge labor with profiteering.|_ Of the increase in sugar WASHINGTON, May 7.—Mrs. Samuel ‘ll is in committee being revised. (Continued on Page 4.) BARRISTERS SEE Gompers died last night following two! years illness, 3 DUTY IN CRISIS STATE MEETING CONVENES TODAY That the world crisis of the present day presents an opportunity and a choMenge to the legal profession was the keynote of the address delivered at the opening of the State Bar association meeting here today by W-. O. Wilson of Casper, the president of the association. The lawyers were extended a formal welcome to Casper by Mayor Ben F. Pelton when the session was called to order, and William C, Kinkaid of Cheyenne responded for the association. Among the outiof-town attorneys present are: C. O. Brown, W. F’. Mecum, | | Floyd A. Walker, Robert D. Hawley and William M. Stansbury of Douglas; w C. Kinkaid, Wilfred O'Leary, William B. Ross, Jphn D. Clark, R. N. Matson, Charles N. Potter and Cyrus Beard of Cheyenne; E, H. Fourt of lander; Edward H. Ellis of Greybull; A, W. McCuilough and W. E. Cottrell of Laramie. “morning. Others will probably arrive night and tomorrow's session. In his address on “The Lawyer and His Opportunity,” Mr. Wilson said : Isbor item amounts to from one-four- re E DB) & ql N rR O U A in part: “Lawyers have not had, since the period following the Civil war, such | teenth to one-twentieth of great responsibilities to perform as now. We must develop and spread the knowledge and beneficent spirit of our public institutions and of our law, ‘We must also to the same ultimate en number, increase in knowledge of the law and simplify the procedure and practice of the law, and provide the means therefor. (Continued on page six) She was 67 years of age. man who gives personal service or| per cent. Other figures showed similar in-| creases. in the ‘cost of other’ commod!-| ties. | | ‘With the Casper attorneys there were about 40 present this amounting to 300 per cent, the study “For, if invested wealth gets A/says that the increfse in lubor cost, larger return,” says the study, “the|paid by the consumer was less than 15 In the meat packing industry, where tprofits were gaid to have increased be-| tween 300 and 400 per cent, the labor item was shown to be so small that # wage increase of 200 per cent would add less than 5 ner cent to the total cost of the meat. The increase in price represented 25 times the total| labor item. Profits absorbs approximately _one- half the retail price of certains kinds | jof cloth the report declared, while the from out-of-town for the banquet to- the price. Similar relations were pictured in the manufacture of men's garments. | .An average of $1,200 per family of five during the years from 1916 to 1918 was declared to be probably a highly| conservative estimate of the actual cost of corporate profiteering to the con-| sumer. id of the greatest good to the greatest already is hampered by flooded tracks. 1|Near Hotchkiss on the north fork of but his offer was re-|the Gunnison considerable under water. SULTAN 1S REMOVED BY BRITISH arse iv pay NOW LIVES IM ANGIENT CAPITAL (By Associated Press.) capital, south of Constantinople, across the sea of Marmora and 20 miles Special quarters have been taken, it acreage is less today declared the British gov- ‘key to Broussa, the ancient Turkish LABOR COST IS MINOR ITEM BANK ROBBED * ° > ° ° ° ° ~ ° (By United Press.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 7.—Nine masked bandits held up the Drovers’ National bank in East St. Louis this morning. One was killed and another captured in a pistol duel. Nineteen thousand dollars in cash which the bandits stole from the bank was found mobile. wue,| TWINS BORN TO SOCIALISTS TO NOMINATE DEBS PRIZE STOCK | | | (By Associated Press.) TERRE HAUTE, Ind.; May 7.— Twins were born today to The Har- | vester and Queen Worthy, at Forest | Park stockiarm here. Paul Kuhn's $25,000 stallion. Queen | It Worthy is a $15,000 brood mare. Harvester is price be-| ; tween 1914 and 1918 was shown as eight | times the total labor cost and the 1918) > + ° ° ? ° ° ° ° ° (By United Press.) LONDON, May 7.—The fall fact, said the Polish press bureau. east of the Dneiper river, is rising against the soviets. bolsheviki are retreating in a and the Poles are pursuing them closely. {tional convention meets hers posed for the presidential nomination later in an abandoned auto- AGAIN IN MEET woe (By United NEW YORK, May is expected that Debs will be unop- of Kiev is an accomplished The whole of Ukraine, The panic toward the Dneiper

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