Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1920, Page 1

URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR G. O. P. TICKET Republican Platform “Constructive and Progressive, Hoover Says; Boom of Democrats Is Nipped by Statement (By Associated. Press) WASHINGTON, June 18.—Endorsing in the main the action of the Republican national convention at Chicago, Herbert H i letter to friends made public today <ieMealoviag wk Senator Ware ren G. Harding, Republican presidential nominee, called upon all ele-| ments of the party to support the natiqnal Hoover declared the “greater part of that and are so complex, we must expect a structive and progressive and nothing prevents compromise planks | wide divergence of views among mem. party as to methods by on labor, the league, etc., from being! bers of th ticket at the polls. the Chicago platform is con- ziven a* forward-looking interpreta-| which they are to be met. It follows tion.” therefore Ww : | e, that if there was to have He stated however, that some been unity in . . ot 8 ee} the conv hie, Sabadg showever, — that, 5 @ convention, there had of|/to be a large measure o our election expenditures and Pema Conipebininex dor Sa OIACroee aed jes, are not adequately dealt with. |candidates are proof that we haye not “The Chicago platform 1s not radical:| arrived at an era of new political and the greater part of it is constructive|social tendencies and for thisssame rea- and progressive,” he said. {son the same divergent groups and the “In these times when great problems'same attitude of compromise will and issues created by the war are new/found in the Democratic conventi WILSON'S CHALLENGE ON LEACUE ISSUE IS. OKEHED BY HARDING Referendum on Foreign Policies Recog- nized as Supreme Question of Coming Campaign; Republican Platform Brand- ed-as Prussian in Adoption Method _ - be . (By United Press) WASHINGTON, June 18.—In a copyrighted interview with a| New York World correspondent published today, President Wilson re- iterated that the League of Nations is the biggest issue in the coming campaign. Senator Warren G. Harding, Republican candidate, said he glad- ly accepts the president’s challenge for a league referendum. - “I,am sure the Republican party will, 3 ‘ gladly welcome a referendum on the] HIRAM STILL SILENT question of this republic's foreign rela-| ON HARDING SUPPORT. tionships and that the Republican at- (By United Press) titude of preserved nationality will be] WASHINGTON, June 18.—Senator overwhelmingly endorsed," said Hard-| tiram Johnson left for Chicago today | {TENANTS MUS | BOOST CENSUS | ORBEOUSTED WEATHER FORECAST (By Associated Press) ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 18.—W |] ter P. Fulkerson, banker, is building |] 2 row of houses for rent to families with children. tonight, portion tonight. Newlyweds are wel- come with provisions that if there ure no children at the end of a year's residence they must vacate. VOLUME IV | | | | | DEMOS INSTR TENTATIVE CONTRACTS LET FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CASPER-SALT CREEK ROAD WITH MORE PAVING (Special to The Tribune.) E CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 18.—Owing to the necessity of further investigation, the contracts for the proposed work on the Casper- Salt Creek road were only tentatively awarded by the state highway, commission at its meeting here this week. Definite announcement of the successful bidders and the awarding of the contracts for the pro- posed improvements on this section which will comprise the erection Unsettled weather tonight and Satur- day, probably showers in east portion coolér in extreme southwest "CASPER, WYO., FRID CT Will Back Many | Candidates (By SAN FRANCISCO, June 18.—Of 49 states and territories, only 11 are sending instructed delegates! to the Democratic convention. Other delegations have voluntar-| ily announced preferences for the different candidates, however. Talk of renominating President Wil-| son for a third term has not appear-| ed in the open. insure the! Crihbune Remainder Free and + Daily Yesterday’s Circulation 4,019 NUMBER 214 IN ONLY 11 STATES AY, JUNE 18, 1920. MURDER OF MORE INFANTS IS REVEALED IN CHEYENNE, BODIES OF TWO ARE BURIED IN FILTH (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 18.—Negroes engaged in cleaning a latrine at 1900 O'Neil street last night discovered the decomposed remains of two babies, a boy and a girl, which had been cast into the noisome pit soon after the births of the infants, but, mortuary ex- perts assert, probably while both still were living. The head of the male child had been crushed. < | Morgan GEO. W. PERKINS, FINANCIER, DIES IN SANITARIUM - Company and Close Friend of Theodore Roosevelt Succumbs (By Associated Press) NEW ‘ZORK, June 18.—George W. Perkins, financier, died today at Stam- ford Hall sanitarium, Stamford, Conn. He was taken to the sanitarium ten days ago to avoid political affairs. Death was the result of influenza and pneumonia contracted in France dur- ing the war. He was 55 years of age. George Walbridge Perkins, for ten years a member of the firm of J. P. & Company, was reputed to have first suggested to and persuaded “big business’’ to adopt profit-sharing, insurance, service bonuses, sick bene- fits and old-age pensions, On retiring from business as he said, “to devote myself to other work of a public and semi-public nature,” JMr. ing. | without seeing nator Harding. | Louis Seibold, World correspordent,| Herbert Hoo said Wilson's complete restoration to Harding and afterward Hoover issued Perkins wrote and spoke frequently on when Colonel Roosevelt became Pro- Former Partner in J. P. Morgan &| state. took breakfast with'the subject of industrial justice and) health seems assured and illness had|q statement calling upon ail Republican | gressive candidate for the presidency’ neither nor lect. P, Harding's campaign manager, Harry Regarding Republican nominees Wil-) Daugherty, 1 here today to ar-| son declined to comment beyond saying range the of the campaign, ! that they “admirably harmonized with| oe the Republican platform.” He declared{ the processes whereby the Chicago Re- | publican platform was accomplished “seemed to me to have been essential-| ly Prussian in inspiration and method.” | Wilson did not indicate any choice} | daunted the president's spirit’ factions impaired in the slightest his intel-| jage tic te for any Democratic presidential aspi-} rant, The interview is regarded by poli-| M, Evans, a boilermaker employed) ticlans as Wilson’s taking the offen- by the Midwest was accidently hit in! sive for his policies at the start of the the head by a ten pound sledge, in the campaign. y jhands of a fellow employe, yesterd Wilson did not specifically repudiate and suffered a severe contusion, of his being « third, was taken to the Private hospital./ Evans stooped suddenly directly in the} way of the sledge as it was swung back. sibility term candidate. The challenge to the referendum on the league issue is contained in the fol- lowing words: “I am as confident today as when I returned from Paris that the people of not only America but of the entire World favor the League of Nations.” ee He also declared the American peo-| Clarence Shockley drove to Cheyenne ple want a referendum on the league! today to deliver a Stanley Steamer pur- issue. chased by Charles Erwin. PLATTE FLOODS MENACE STREET _ The West Second street paving and|and makes a personal visit to see how curbing near the Standard refinery |high the water is twice daily. Was threatened by high water for a The danger to the pump house and time yesterday. A big raise in the wa- its effect on the city water supply was ter of the Platte river within the last quickly realized by the water commit- two days has sent the ftood waters up tee. to within three feet of the level of the| Besides Mr, Keefe, W. F. Dunn and road, |C. M. Bryan are members of the water The city water committee and water, committee. department was on the job soon after} Warning was given of the danger and rocks being put in today probably have done away with the possibility of a Washout, for the present at least. | High water near the Standard -has| washed out part of the river bank al-| Teady and had started to crack the) north curbing in one place, | Another point which has been en-} dangered by the high water in the Platte river is the city pump house about two miles southwest of the city. Water is said to be over the bank near the pump house and piles and rip-| rapping are being put in by the city. W. W. Keefe, chairman of the city} Water committee, is keeping close tab on the situation at the city pump house — Ed Browning of Chicago represent- ing a wool house is in Casper to see what wool he can purchase. He is ac- companied by Mrs. Browning. predict will hold its national convention here party movement, it was predicted. tional executive committee of the party. Previously he had been a Re- publican, The year before he had urged a revision of the Federal Cor- poration laws and in testifying before) a congressional committee investiga-) ting the United States Steel Corpori-| tion he advocated the fullest publictcy for all corporations. Despite the de- feat of the Colonel, Mr. Perkins con- tinued active in his advocazy of Pro- gressive principles, Mr. Perkins married in 1859, Miss Evalina Ball, a daughter of flamen Ball, of Cleveland, 0. to whom two children were born, Dorothy and George W. Perkins, Jr., the iatter of |whom was a lieutenant in the Ameri- can Expeditionary Force. | 22 FATALITIES FROM PLAGUE IN VERA CRUZ MEXICO CITY, June 18.—Twenty- two fatalities have been reported from 32 cases of bubonic plague since the outbreak of the plague in Vera Cruz, according to unofficial reports. No new cases have developed in the last 48 hours. peered QUAKE IS FELT IN LOS ANGELES (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, June 18.—Down town buildings were shaken here today by a slight earthquake. No damage was reported. ET TO JOININ HARMONY FOR SINGLE CANDIDATE CHICAGO, June-18.—The combination of four political groups in one third party to contest the fall election with Republicans and Democrats, was 1 today by officials of the Labor party of the United States, which duly 11, 12 and 13. The Committee of 48 and the Single Tax party, which hold conventions here at the same time and the Nonpartisan League of the Northwest, will join the third to support the Harding-Cool-|in 1912 he became chairman of the na-| of four steel bridges, the raising of the grade for the entire distance of forty miles and the laying of approximately two miles of reinforced pre-cast slab pavement, will be made this week by the state highway commission on com- pletion of-the present investigation. ° This proposed work on the Casper- Salt Creek road constitutes the most extensive single road project in the state, and on the definite awarding of the contracts, immediate construction will be started. In addition ta» the consideration of the Casper-Salt Creek work, contracts totalling $250,000 were awarded by the state highway commission road im- provements in six counties of the In Johnson and Sheridan counties, J. F. Turpin of Wheatland, and J. E. Hilton of Manderson, were the suc- cessful bidders for the construction of the two sections of the Casper-Sher- iddn road. Turpin was awarded the contracts for the erection of the three reinforced concrete bridges on the Sheridan county. section, which extends from the Sheridan-Johnson county line to the junction of the Big Horn road now under construction, and for the erection of the two reinforced concrete bridges on the Johnson county section extending from the town of Buffalo north six miles. Hilton received the) grading and cilvert installation con- tracts on both these sections. The total amount of the bridge contracts awarded was $63,400 and the grading) contracts totalled $96,900 for the 20) miles of road involved. Instructed delegations ! a placing in nomination at least of Gov-|, Nearly an hour intervened between| ernor Cox, Wm. G. McAdoo, Attorney | the ‘discovery of the bodies and the GsnetRIRDalnees Govemors otweran | : had removed the first, that of 330 Former Ambassador Gerard and Sen-| before the second was found t lower in the filth of the pit. t Hitchcock, Glass, Ow: Sim-| ators Hitchcoc! lass, Owen and Sim. Dee o Rian oem Mekopinicne the mons. Coroner bodies had been in the lutrine at least six months, and that they were cast in| SLAIN BEHIND JERSEY GOVERNOR RABOO AES EBESAN: sirmia preuivekteahecel. hel grevraora® | i >, ne premise: vhe » grew: o| FARGO, 1 Po aa NG Sy eb coon eres Wee | mace asi coop ec me BYE ANIAN BARS governor from New Jersey ever will be| Mlextnder Murehland and family, wo the Democratic candidate for presi-|moved in a few days ago. The police) Mentimideniared scWilllam . J: 5, are endeavoring to locate two women,| By Associated Press) Speaking here last. night. He. alsg|VOth married but separated from their) | GENEVA, June 18.—Three_hun- named Cox and Hitchcock as. “wets; 2usbands, who occupied the premises) dred ‘and thirty Italian prisoners and declared for plank pledging. the} Prior to four months ago, when they| were killed by infuriated Albanians “prison for profiteers” in the! Demo-| Were run out of town at the request of) at Tirana, according to a telegram Ls i as | the commandant of Fort Russell be-) today from Belgrade, quoting reports cratic platform. cause of thelr conduct with soldiers.|/ reaching that city. It is said the Al- The identity of the women is withheld,| banians attributed the assassination EDWARDS TO JOIN pending development of the search. If] of Essad Pasha, former — provi- DELEGATES IN WEEK. they can be located they will be| sional president of Albania, in Paris (By Associated Press) charged with infanticide. early this week to Italian intrigue. NEW-YORK, June 16—Governor Bd-) pig. jodies” discovered last night | 2 ne wards, candidate for the presidential/),.in¢ the number of corpses of uniden-| nomination on the Democratic ticket,/ tinea infants found here since last} MEXICAN BEET ete ages py falys ores, November to five. The police attrib-| ee ane: 3 2 ute the infanticides to the closing of detente oF inet zac an fF, the] uo. the inten 0 ete cline of] PTET TD) WORKERS cisco, Delegates said he would attend] coauent spreading df vice, and say the: if his official duties would permit his leaving in time, leaving about the mid- win | SHIPPED NORTH ee b] ROOSTERS’ CROW MAY | SUCCEED BRAY OF DONK’ a expect more similar discoveries, (By Associated Press) EL PASO, June 18.—Three rail aches ca ing 150 Mexican lal In Washakie county, Threet Broth- ers were awarded the contract for the) grading and culvert construction of the three-mile section of the Yellowstone highway south of Worland for $13,000. | ‘Taggart Brothers of Cowley received the contract for the construction of the three-mile section of the Yellow-| stone highway .south of Thermopolis in Hot Springs county for $18,200, J. ¥. Turpin of Wheatland also re- ceived the contract for the construc uon of the three reinforced concrete bridges and one 180-foot ford on the 15-mile section of the Yellowstone high- way in Platte county, between Uva and Glendo. Bagley Brothers were the successful bidders for the grading and culvert installation on this section and were awarded the contract for $39,600. The bridge contract totalled $21,500. | ‘The awarding of the above contracts increases the total amount of road im- provements now under way by the state highway department to $4,300,000, all of which are scheduled for early com-) pletion. ‘The bidding of contractors for the above work was exceptionaly keen, lo- cal contractors placing 90 per cent of the bids received. ————— BOY WHO ROBBED RANCH GOES TO REFORM SCHOOL Jack Pari, the 15-year-old boy who} confessed to the robbing of the Ullery ranch was sentenced to the industrial school at Worland by Judge Kimball and has been taken to that place. -——>—_ | i MELON FEASTS ARE LIKELY TO ‘BUST’ ANY TIME Hally gee! Think of being a small boy On a hot summer day And seeing A great, big, luscious Texas watermelon Fall off a wagon ight in the middle of Center strect, nd bust ‘Wide open. Wouldn't you Run and grab the biggest Piece that you could Grab? That's what The Tribune newsies And all the rest of the gang Did yesterday afternoon And they sure had i A FEAST! 1 : (By Associated Press) c 2 r beet fie! , CHICAGO, June 18,—The rooster | weeninesera ieansga, tert her nib. should supplant the donkey as the ‘ day. ‘he Mexicans “are part of 800 Democratic party's emblem, according] |who arrived at Juarez last night from to Mrs. Frederick, Tahl, chairman of) the ‘interior of Mexico and who will the finance committee of the Illinois be sent: to the sugar ‘beet farms of the Democratic women's committee. She north. 5 i says thousands of little silver roosters} will be taken to San Democratic women. “The rooster is a proud bird,” she) ‘ancisco by (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, June 18,—William G, McAdoo unced today that he GOMPERS MADE said, “and has something to crow about. I find the donkey was wished| cannot permit his name to come be- on the party after the Civil war when| fore the Democratic national conven- the Democrats stubbornly refused the! tion as a presidential candidate, and | reconstruction program of the oppo-| adds that “this decision is irrey able as the path of dut clear and unmistakable. AMERICAN SHIP | site party. Democrats are not mulish, only firm.” FOR 39TH TIME (By Associated Press) “PRESS GALLERY SPECIAL” ARRIVES 7 MONTREAL June 18.—Samuel [By Associated Press) P. les + SAN FRANCISCO, June SAV ES JA ANESE | Gompers, veteran president of the first special train to the Democr American Federation of Labor was reelected for 39th time today, vote was cust against him. TWO HELD FOR WITNESSES IN ELWELL CASE One national convention from the tived today bearing newspaper men It is known as the “press gallery spe WITH 70 ABOARD) cial.” (By Associated Press) 5 a TOKIO, June 18.—Heroie work of COLBY PICKED AS the officers and crew of the Ameri- PROBABLE CHAIRMAN can steamer Westchester, outside | (By Associated Press) | Yokohama harbor, resulted in sav- | WASHINGTON, June 1 ing the Japanese steamer Kiyo | bridge Colby, secretary of sta Maru with 70 passengers from pos- garded by most Democratic leaders in/ sible total destruction by fire, ac- | wii ‘or pel el C rt 8 emo- Ln ara al i FN 4 c TI h | W YORK, June 18.—The first le ‘a 1 comm: ee at San ran 1 bee Erna was alcatel Tdelenate ‘to|..Mr._and Mrs. Henry Johnson und & tention in the murder of Joseph cisco. Colby was lected delegate (0! Miss Bess Bosley drove to Thermopolis. 1 ll, wealthy sportsman, was the Columbia last week, heading the ad-|today to spend the week end. jforecast today by the district attor- a i > ad-| ate : ney’s announcement 1 Mrs nke! c at] d ministration Sra cE Ueto to tet M. A. Mestas has returned from a Marie I m, housekeeper, and : put in the field by the Bryan oe | trip overland to Denver and Salt Lake ward Rh chauffeur of the dead eratic club. | City on business. man, held as material witnesses. SURVEYS START FOR IRRIGATION INTO 4TH PLACE ON U. S. COUNT (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 18.—Detroit, With orders to collect all r ry} morning investigate the country be with a population of 993,739, has be- |data for an irrigation project in the|tween here and the Pathfinder dam come the fourth largest city of the | vicinity of Casper Engineer H. Duthie) rhe men met with the irrigation United States, according to the c of the state engineer's offic and /committee of the Cham of Com sus bureau, its growth being second | crew of ten men were in Casper yes-\ merce following a dinner at the Hen only to New York. terday from Cheyenne and left this) ning last night. Se | The pumping of water by electric power from the Platte ri and the electric plant at the dam is the p ject. most favored, Residents of the community west of here undertook to secure government aid for such a pro- Ject last fall and circulated a petition which was to be sent to Washington. With the state also backing the pro Ject if felt that government aid con SIEGE FROM TURK NATIONALISTS (By Associated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18.—British troops, which are confronted by be securéd for the plan. While in this Turkish Nationalist forces on the Ismid Peninsula ,in Asia Minor, are well | vicinity «Mr. Duthie and his ben. will intrenched and supported by the British fleet in the Gulf of Ismid and in the | also conside? the feasibility of a grav Bosphorous. For this reason no apprehension is felt that the Nationalists | 'tY system of Irrigation for this section. will attack this city The Chamber of Commerce commit y tee will » in close touch with the Inmates of an Armenian orphanage at Ismid, were brought here under the direction of Miss Sophie Holt, an American worker, work power, ( done ahd render all aid its