Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1920, Page 1

CONGRESS ASKED TO REMAIN IN SESSION IN FINANCIAL CRISIS ADDITIONAL TAX HELD PROBABLE TO RUN COUNTRY Treasury Appeals to Papers to Boost Liberty Bonds (By United Press) WASHINGTON, May 20.—It is reported that the president will try to keep congress in session during the summer to revise the revenue laws and provide for the serious financial situation con- fronting the treasury. Additional taxes may have to be imposed to meet the government's regular requirements. It is.intimated ‘that the president is preparing a strong message to the Re- publican congress, charging that its fail- ure to revise the tax laws is responsible for present unsettled financial condi- tions, the low Liberty bond market and high living costs. STATEMENT ISSUED ON BOND VALUES. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 20.—The treas- ury department appealed to the press of the United States today to aid in im- proving the Liberty bond situation by carrying in their columns a statement as to the intrinsic value of the bonds and their present prices. The state- ment explained the reasons for the pres- ent bond prices and suggested methods for their improvement. MERCHANTS TOLD TO LIQUIDATE LOANS. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, May 20.—Chicago bankers today advised merchants to liquidate their stocks and curtail borrowing. fe; requirements, agricultural inter- ests and other necessities will have first call, leading bankers say. While the -wave® of sweeping price reductions:has not becéme general here, many stores are advertising 15, 20 and 25 per cent cuts. DENVER CITY OF 256,369, CENSUS FIGURES REVEAL WASHINGTON, May 20.—Denver’s 1920 census count was 256,369, an in- © of 42,988, or 20.1 per cent, it announced today. nver, which ranked as the twen- eventh municipality of the coun- try in 1910, has outgrown Louisville and St. Paul, which’ ranked twenty- fourth and twenty-sixth, respectively, fen years ago. The census bureau announced Den- ver’s population as 256,360. Louis- ille has been announced as 234,891 und St. Paul as 234,595. BILLTOCHANGE N. Y. CLOCKS IS VETOED BY GOV. (By Associated Press.) May 20.—Daylight saving main in effect in New York state, nor Smith today vetoed the bill designed to repeal the law. NO OBLIGATION ON BRITAIN IN PERSIAN PACT (By Associated Press.) LONDON, May 20.—The Anglo-Per- sion treaty does not place Great Britain ‘under obligations with regard to Bolshe- vik invasion of Persia, it was stated in the house of commons today by Andrew Tonar Law, government leader. piles AS tee i Miss Isabella Cummings, for twelve years in the civil service and now sec- retary of the department of agricul- ture of Saskatchewan, is the first wom- “nin Canada to hold office as exec- utive department. UNINSTRUCTED DELEGATES OF G. O. P. HOLD WHIP HAND F CHICAGO, May 20.—With the Re- Publican national convention only tishteen days away and 899 of the ‘S4 delegates already elected, the sit- ‘tion facing Republican candidates that no candidate will enter the invention with enough votes pledged ° him to give him any decided ad- Vantage over his opponents, ! STOCK DIVIDEND ALL CAMPAIGN COSTS TO BE INVESTIGATED (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May gation of presidential candidates’ campaigns of both parties, including their contributions, expenditures or use of influence, was ordered by the senate today. WEATHER FORECAST warmer in east portion. VOLUME IV I) PER CENT ON RETROACTIVE 10 MARCH 1 VOTED Tax Is Approved by House Committee Margin of One Vote for Bonus (By, Associated Press) * WASHINGTON, May > 20.—The house ways and means committee to- day ordered a favorable report on the soldier relief bill, with a provi- sion levying a 10 per cent stock divi- dend tax retroactive ¢o last March 15. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 20.—Ten per cent on stock dividends retroactive to last March was approved by the house. ways and means committee today as part of the taxation scheme for financ- ing soldier relief legislation. Adoption of the tax provision by a margain of one vote precipitated such a fight in committee that a favorable report on the bill was delayed. With opponents of a stock tax seeking re- consideration, the committee also re- fused by a strict party vote to accept the 80 per cent retroactive war profits tax, proposed by Democratic commit- teemen. PRESERVERS TO BAN SUGAR TILL PRICES ARE CUT} (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 20.—The National Preservers and Fruit Products associa- tion today announced that its members will stay out of the sugar market un- till the price comes down from its present high level. * (By Associated Press.) OGDEN, Utah, May 20.—Preserving of fruits in Utah will be curtailed con- siderably by reason of the high price of sugar, according to Secretary Olson of the Utah Canners’ Association. He said’ the canners had decided to pack only sufficient fruit to meet advance orders. BOTH EXPORTS AND IMPORTS SHOW DECLINE (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 20.—Exports for April decreased $135,000,000, while im- ports fell off $30,000,000 compared with trade figures of March, it was announced today by the department of commerce. head of a provincial government! now consumes more steel than the rail i ——————— The automobile industry in Americn Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; Friday partly cloudy, Che Casper j Crihune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920. FOOD TRAILS GLOTHING ON | DOWNWARD TREND IN U. S. Yesterday’s Circulation Nation’s Biggest Dry Goods Wholesalers Advise Merchants Market Decline Continued Today ( soon would be lowered throughout by banks will force on the market goods being held by sveculators. The stock market continued to drop today, due to the tight money situation. Steel common, regarded as the market barometer, sold at 20 points below year’s high: Another important factor in slumping prices was decreased exports. The de- partment of commerce announced that exports for April were $135,000,000 less than March, due to Europe resnming her prewar basis, she no jJonger needs such a large amount of-American pro- ducts, Thus our surplus has to be marketed here. i MINERS SIGN 2-VEAR CONTRACT $2.50 WAGE INCREASE PROVIDED TERMS RETROACTIVE TO AP (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 20. der which striking Wyoming coal miners returned to work last November, and under which the mines of the states have been producing since that time, today was superceded by a definite, ¢ I This contract embodies the application to the Wyoming mine conditions of the award of President Wil-! two-year contract. EQUAL JUSTICE | STRIFE PANACEA (By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, May 20.—‘Equal and exact justice to all men” as a rem- edy for unrest was prescribed by Vice- President Marshall-in his keynote ad-| dress today before the state Democratic convention. He also urged jail sen- ences for profiteering and increased pro- | duction to relieve the high cost of living. | (By United Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, May 20.—The| League of Nations, “in defense of which President Wilson has broken his body,” was defended in an address before the state Democratic convention today by Vice President Marshal. Referring to alleged during the war he said: “There was extravagance I admit, but I am willing. to trust to the good judg-| ment of the American people to ap- prove what was done to the end that the war might be speedily and success- fully conclude so extravagance Several sections of Iceland are rich in agates and chalcedony, which are widely used in making jewels for the bearings of watches and electrical in- roads. (By Associated Press.) Forty-seven of fifty-three states and territories have cHosen their delega~ tions and are sending to Chicago 573 uninstructed delegates, forty-four more than a majority of all those who will sit in the convention. Maj. Gen. Wood, on the face of re- turns to date, will show the most strength on the first ballot, for of struments, those delegates who have been in- structed or who have expressed a preference, 115 are pledged to him. In addition, he carried. the preferen- tial primary in Vermont, but that state's eight delegates have not been chosen by the state convention. Sen- By United Press) NEW YORK, May 20.—Food joined clothing and other commodi- ties in the downward sweep of prices today, although the food slump | was not general and occurred mainly in Southern cities. wholesalers and government officials predicted that food quotations to Unload; Stock Leading the nation. Contraction of credit MARSHALL FIELD ADVISES MERCHANTS TO REDUCE. (By United Press.) CHICAGO, May 20.—Marshall Field & Co., reputed to be the biggest dry goods wholesalers in the country, to- day stated: “Our advice to merchants is to cut their stocks down and be prepared for whatever comes."" Butler Bros., a large jobbing house, predicted t steady’ fallin prices for the next “two years. Fur and silk prices already are well on the down grade. RIL 1 —tThe tentative agreement un-| son's coal strike commission and vides for an average daily wage in- crease for the Wyoming miners of $2.40, bringing the average daily wage| in the southern field to $10.10, from which must be deducted the cost of| supplies provided by the miners be- fore a statement of the net daily wage may be made. Neither operators nor miners would make such a calculation today, referring inquirers to the con- tract after it has been issued in printed} form. The new contract is the result of 2 conference between mine operators and| miners which has been in progress here during the last week. The contract is retroactive to April 1, 1920, and will expire April 1, 1922. Under the new contract miners in the southern field are increased from 77 cents a ton to $1.01 a ton for the) coal they mine while those of the north- ern field are increased from 74 cents a ton to 98 cents a ton, the amount of! the increase in each instance being 24 cents a ton. The increase in the south-| ern field is 31.2 per cent, and that in the northern field 31.7 per cent. At the conclusion of the conference here the miners and operators joined In a vote of thanks to John P. White, member of the president’s coal strike commission and former president the United Mine Workers of America. White attended the conference and us- sisted in_working out the terms of the new contract. pro-| CONFERENCE ON SUGAR MARKET OPENED TODAY (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 20.—Another series of conferences between the sugar dealers and the department of justice will begin here today. Attorney Gen- eral Palmer and Assistant Attorney General Garvan will meet with a delega- tion of sugar importers, but officials would not say what specific subjects would be tak up. penne se aay A new electric cloth-cutting device has a thin circular knife which revolves} at a rate of six thousand revolutions ator Johnson commands an even 100 votes, Lowden 78, and Harding 39. | convention of}, 4,061 NUMBER 188 STATE BAPTIOTS ARRIVE FRIDAY FOR CONVENTION TO LAST TWO DAYS Delegates from All Wyo- ming Will Take Part; Prominent — Divines Address_Big: Gathering Men of distinction in the Bap- tist congregation outside the state of Wyoming will be in at- tendance at the 19th annual meeting of the Baptist state convention which opens in Cas- per tomorrow evening. to continue thru Saturday and Sunday. The personnel of these visitors will be known tomor- row when selections for many impor- tant places on the program will be made. £ Delegates from all parts of Wyoming will be in attendance at the convention. Discussions and reports will concern matters of state-wide interest to the church and the christian public gen- erally, leading up to the national con- vention of the denomination. The initial opening meeting will be held at the Gantz Memorial Methodist church, which will also be used for the Saturday sessions, while on Sunday the will use the district court room at the court house, where the Baptist congregation holds regular Sunday worship. The program for the convention fol-| lows in full with the exception of the names of a few speakers: Friday Evening, May Meeting at Methodist Church 8:00—Devotional exercises, led by Rev. C. Wardlaw, Basin. 8:30—Address. Speaker to be selected. Saturday Morning, May 22 9:00—Devotional service, Rev. W. Lowrie, Glenrock. 9:15—Convention called to order by President Rev. C. Wardlaw. Appointment of committees. Nominations, Auditing, Program, ‘nd Resolutions. 9:40—Roll call of pastors. R. L. Lemons, Casper. 10:30—Introduction of new pastors. 11:00—Digest of church letters. Rev. 11:30—Reports of standing committees. 12:00—Report of $100,000,000 campaign by State Director E. Y. Bookor, c, Worland. Discussion. 12:15—Adjournment. 1:30—Devotional service, Rev. R. F. Blevins, Riverton. 1:45—Convention business. Report of treasurer. Report of auditing committer. Report of state board of maf agers thru the state secretary. J. F. Blodgett. Discussion. Report of nominating committe! and election of new officers. Saturday Evening 7:30—Song service Rev. O. W. Barber, (Continued on Page 3) to; ‘CRITICISMS OF 21—Preliminary | , TEN DEAD, MANY HURT IN BATTLE BETWEEN GINIA CAMP UNDER PATROL OF GUARDSMEN Street Battle Opens When Mayor Pleads for Evicted Men (By United Press) MATEAWAN, W. Va., May 20. —With ten men dead and many injured, the town was quiet this morning when the first detachment of state constabulary troops ar- rived and took charge, following late yesterday’s street battle between miners and operatives of the Baldwin- Felts Detective Agen Eviction of miners from company- owned houses caused the battle. The dead include seven detectives, Mayor Bacell Testeman and two miners. Al- bert Felts, superintendent of mine guards in Colorado's coal wars, is among the killed. Sheriff Blankenship stated that the trouble started when Felts shot Mayor Testeman, who was interceding on be- half of the evicted union miners. EFFORTS MADE TO UNIONIZE MINERS. (By Associated Press.) MATEWAN, W? Va., May 20.—With 100 deputy sheriffs, armed with rifles patroling the streets, and detachments of the state constabulary expected to arrive at any moment, the situation here is quiet. The shooting, in which Baldwin-Felts detectives clashed with citizens and the Matewan police, resulted, according to the authorities, from the action gf de- tectives, who evicted a number of Company houses yesterday. Mountain mines were closed when made to unionize them, A shot it is said by the authorities, Felts, detective, and which énded life of Mayor Cabell Testerman of Mate wan, started the battle. The ‘insta>t after he fired, Felts, accord: authorities, was killed by ‘ field, chief of police of Matew: shooting then became general. ia’” n. Hat The HIM ‘ABORTIVE,’ DANIELS SAYS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 20.—Secretary of the Navy Daniels replied today to criticisms of naval officers that he did not take adequate steps to cure suffi cient personnel for the navy before the United States entered the war He told the senate committee investi- gating the navy's conduct of the war that efforts to link his personnel policies in 1914 ith the world war had been “abortive” and declared that if he erred then it was because he followed pre- J dents established by those who pre- ied him in office. SENATE INSISTS ON GUARD PLAN, BILL GOES BACK (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May .—The senate voted today to insist on its provisions for a national guard but returned the army reorganization bill to conference. SENA in TE PEACE RESOLUTION IS URGED ON HOUSE —— (By United Press) WASHINGTON, May 20,—Chairman Porter of the house foreign affhirs com mittee will ask the house tomorrow to agree to the Knox peace resolution in stead of the one the house passed. this is done the resolution will go to President Wilson immediately. miners from the Stone Mountain Coal The Stone it became known that an effort was being fired- from: the* @oat pocket by Athert the iz to the If} POLES ARE ROUTEDBY — RUSS REDS IN NORTH © | i Offensive Launched | Last Friday Still Continues, Moscow Reports Declare | (By United Press) | LONDON, May 20.—Russian | Soviet troops have started a gen- eral advance against the Poles over a fifty-mile front in the Po- lotsky-Lepel region, a Moscow | wireless today stated. Russian forces pierced the Polish front on May 14. The Poles attempted resistance, but their stand was futile and they r ed in a panic in some districts. The scene of the Bolshevik offensive is 300 miles north of Kiev. he Polish communique partly confirmed the Mos- cow “report. The Poles admitted that their troops were forced to retire after severe fighting south of the Dvina River. (By Associated Press.) LOND. May 20.—The offensive he- gun Frid: by Bo viki against the Poles along a fifty-mile line on the northern front, was continuing success- fully up to Wedn yf rding to an ie official statement of the Vv ment today. The Polish continuing and was panicky at some points, the statement declared. teehee SLADE HAS FINE RECORD NCO AND STATE WORK State Commissioner Tendered Sup- “erintendency Here Without : Application, Says School Board That the Casp school system is most fortunate in hxving secured the services of A. A. Slade of Cheyenne, state com- missioner of education, as superintend- ent of the schools in this district, is the unanimous opinion of the members of the high school and grade school boards and of Miss May Hamilton, the county superintendent, ! Mr., Slade made no application for the position, but accepted when told |that he the unanimous choice of | both bo: A graduate of the University of Iowa, Mr. Slade has had experience in all branches of school work, rural and city. He was the superintendent of the Iowa | City schools for a number of years, and resigned the position to come West on account of his health. His position in Iowa City was held open for him for and he was so well liked he has several times been asked to t city. : coming to Wyoming Mr. Slade has b n superintendent of the schools at Cody, a position he resigned two years ago to take up state work. Cody has since offered him a salary of $4,000 to return to that place, so excellent was his work with the Cody schools. n the office of state commissioner of education, M de has made an un- qualified success. He is thoroughly fa- miliar with the school situation in all parts of the state and has visited schools which had never before been reached by the state department. He has shown extraordinary ability in the solution of difficult school prob- lems. He is in touch with all the best thought along educational lines in the entire country and has familiarized him- self with the lutest and most approved methods through attendance at the Na- tional Educational Association meet- ings, etc. Mr. Slade will be in Casper on Satur- day, coming here from Wheatland, where he will the commence- ment address Friday evening. He will spend several days here and will then go to Cody for commencement exercises there. His family, which consists of his wife, a daughter of high school age, and a son, who is younger, will come to Cas- per about August 1. The local board has not been informed as (o the exact date upon which Mr. Slade will take up work here. This will probably depend upon the filling of the state bffice which he now holds by the state board. j that ;to retur Sine | MAN FLIRTS WITH DEATH IN LEAP FROM AIRPLANE “There he goes!’ Casper people massed at the avia- tion field near the McPherson well and in all parts of the city gasped as one individual when shortly after the zero hour of 6 o'clock last night M. F. Hanson leaped from the Wyoming Eagle airplane while it was upside down in the sky, nearly 5,000 feet above the aviation field. Thousands had watched Bert Cole, per minute and cuts through many thicknesses of the cloth, pilot of the Wyoming Eagle, climb skyward for nearly 20 minutes before he reached the desired altitude arid turned his plane bottom side up to allow Hanson to drop out with his parachute. ‘To those in Casper it seemed but a second until the parachute had opened up and Hanson started slowly to drop toward the earth. But in that short time he had dropped thru space sev- eral hundred feet. It was a thrilling flight and the Pilot Cole went thru on his journey down from hair-raising stunts which his altitude thousands of feet in the air were termed by those who have seen him fly many times here, the best exhibition of daring and fancy flying he has gone thru about Casper. Tail spins, graceful falling leaf twirls, fancy spins, nose dives, and straight speeding at about 100 miles an hour won for the Casper aviator praise from all those who saw the flight.