Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1920, Page 1

a ah. EANCE PLOT NIPPEDFINES ane: Two-Shilling Daily Increase Accepted at Conference on Settlement Today . LONDON, Oct. 26.—Agree- ment to end the British coal strike is believed conference between the miners’ Fs executives and) Premier yd George this mexaing. The terms of/settlement are reported to pro- vide 2 shiliings a day increase for, the miners with a stipulation for increased production. 7 “The trades’ congress meets tomor! te consider the genera) labor situation. The strike has been expensive, .costing the taxpayer, $15,000,000 arid the miners have lost at least $40,000,000 in Wages. The production of” coal” ts * 4,500,000 tong short as a result of the Organization of HOPE HELD OUT IN NEGOTIATIONS. (By Associated Press) * LONDON, Oct. 26.—Formal negotia- tions between the government and the executive officers of the miners’ fed- eration in an effort to settlé the coal strike were reopened today, indicating /of justice to file objections to the new that informa) discussions which have | proposal. beer in progress since Sunday have assistant, intimated’ that there would proved satisfactory in gome measure at/be no’ objections. { least. ‘ ‘The Morris and Cudahy companies, it is reported from South Wales that | were given until November 16 to nego-| of Meurthoggsriil 0 : newspapers. _ t is understoo: plan, but the Morris and Cudahy: pro; maineeien had before them |tinte for the inclugjon of the new plan face pilot y rmauie on (land find some other purchaser for the based “upon coal yalués. ‘The. miners'| Meekvards interests of the concerns ac- are to, get two shillings a day in. | peptible to the court. The attorneys crease; but the future selling price. of {f production-falla below « certain level | #84ns. = the price of ‘coal would be increase! Under the new plan, EB. H. Prince & to_the householder; otherwise, present Co... Boston bankers, would organize prises -would be mi&intained: Under the United Stock Yards, Inc., under this. plan, the ‘miners, While receiving ‘he laws of the State of Maino; to ac more wipers , Would) co-operate with the quire all or part of the shares of the owners talian Ambassador ‘ 2 nt Will the People Approve? In the. proposal of the mayor and city council for a bond issue to | be submitted to the voters next Tuesday for their approval or re-| jection; occur, among others, these three, items, the others having | been previously dealt with; For sewer extension, $150,000. For change of water courses, $50,000. For improvement of cemeteries, $25,000. : In the extension of residence areas and the building of new homes, sewerage becomes imperative. The larger a city becomes the greater the danger from neglect or failure to provide facilities of this character. Lack of or defective sewerage is a potent means of creating sickness and epidemic. Sanitary arrangements are a prime ity in the well-being of any community. : 4 is the duty of the city and it should be the pleasure of the people to provide a public necessity that means so much to the whole le. is is unthinkable that so narrow a spirit as objection to this fea- ture of civic necessity should exist in a community like Casper. _ Of the desirability to change and correct water courses within Yhe city, to prevent flood overflow and damage to private property there could no well-founded objection’ be ‘sustained. The city is re- sponsible for it# neglect or failure to protect from damage the prop- erty of its citizens when it is shown that the city is at fault. The city does not want to be at fault and it asks the people to save it from ~ The last and least item, but not the least important, for which the city asks an issue of bonds, is for the improvement of the cemetery. So many sacred memories ciuster about the last home of those who leave us, so many of us have so direct an interest that the sub- ject requires no more than mere mention. . Approval. is certain. The total sum for which the city desires to issue bonds is $835,- 000. The purposes are for, waterworks, sewers, fire department, correcting water courses improvement of cemeteries. aS These matters have been given wide publicity. The people are doubtless fully informed concerning them. They are matters of the highest importance to the people. are the essential things. They cannot be put aside. The bond issues should be approved. AUTO BANDITS DRIVEN BACK (By United Press.) ; BLIZABE1H, Colo., Cet, 26.—Three men, in a Buick car, were driven off in a battle with Sheriff Hrown and two deputies, when they attempted to rob the Elbert County Bank here at 1:30 this morning, . They we-e com: Isodor Kressel, department a¢ Leta nach J inereased prices, stock yards and newspaper companies! wenty years.” * f | og Bight Arrested all AID FOR United Stock Yards, Inc., Is Proposed to Take Over Interests in Yards and Market Newspapers the District seebie meertans cay jetay 2 to bias for disposing f & Co. would adhere to the 1 are mot a party to the November 8 was set as the final date for the department which the two big ite themselves under consent of @ decree recently filed in court by @greement with the department of jus- Hee.» Bi “Union Stock Yards, Inc., would be Seppe by issues of first preferred # » Second preferred shares and ‘common shares and notes. Live stock men and commission men would. be fon shares alone have voting power. Under the plan the common shares would be issued or transferred to five voting trustees to be appointed by the ‘supreme court of the District of CojJum- bia to hold under a. voting trust for Traffic in Necessities Made Possible by of Goods Purchased for War (Special to The Tribune.) CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, OCT. 26, 1920 NUMBER 323 (PACKERS FILE NEW PLAN TO MEET FEDERAL REQUIREMENT food in this campaign. Any farmer or protected by yoting the Republican ticket, nat only for president and vice president, but for the members ‘7! con- ” i This is the statement given out by Dr. J. M. Wilson at his home here to- for, these two firms are sald not to) given preference in the purchase of day. coal Will dépend on production, that ls, /F2ve seen the new plan dnd are nego-| shares in the new company, but com-| In further discussing“the importance ihe said: “Without protective tariff \of electing @ Republican administration, American business, and particularly [Wyoming business, will .be severely |burt, ite standard lowered, and the gov- ernment menaced by uneducated work-» tng hordes of Byrope. Without doubt at Exorbitant Prices Department Sales 3 y of Lord Mayor } $ were interpreted by Father Dominic, Be = 2 the late lord mayor's private chaplin, } (Special te The Tribune.) M’KINLEY, Wyo., Oct. 26.—‘‘The farmer and the stockman as rs are in a serious condition. being threatened. by foreign competition and the importation of for- eign products, The tariff is the most important and most vital issue Their very existence is stockman who seriously considers conditions will come tothe conclusion that his interests can only be the next congress will make certain modifications of the income tax. If these tax changes shoul& bé effected, en the protective tariff would have 0 be relied upon to produce the rev- enue of th government. “It is very important to elect a Re- publican congress as wel las a Repuly lican president and vice president. No- body, of course, could expect a Demo- cratic congress to make an equitable favor New England manufacturers tariff bill; In their last traif€ bill they against the producers in the balance of the country, at the ratio of three to one. has always put og the Statute) “The.-Republican party believes in, books, @ protective tariff. _The Demo- cratic party on the contrary, so fais party, and free ‘trade means absolute ‘fin for the “producer.” ADEE STONE TO. ADDRESS CASPER PEOPLE TONIGHT ee % Bre ssay bs ahi a te jeardinal principles of the Dei Way to England: to Make Reprisals _ for Mayor’s Death FOOD LAW VIOLATION “oland to at-! Blame-for Condition of Milk Served Is Charged to Local Dairymen in Court (By United Press.) LONDON, it Was announced today. viously reported that Premle) a George would be marked for ast’ tion should MacSwiney die. We, The eight men were described “desperate characters” and were seized by soldiers as they were about to board a boat for England. The men arrested were thrown in prison.. They refused to give their names and remained de- flant. All ports are under close watch to guard against “vengeance parties.” Three restaurant owners antl two dairymen pleaded guilty ‘to the charges of selling unclean and adulterated milk or watered and skimmed milk without giving notice, when the milk cases were heard in the, court.of Judge W.. +i Tubbs this morning, and three restan- rant owners and one dairyman pleaded not guilty to the same charges. In a preliminary statement County Attorney Alfred R. Lowey stated that the state places the principa} blame for the violation of the state provisions.in regard to the production and selling-6? milk upon the dairyman and not upon the restaurant owners, none of whol were guilty of violating the laty knows ingly. The restaurant men, in the bé- lef of the tate, sold the mitk furnished them by the dairies without adultes ating it themselves. BE. W. Elder of the Wigwam, H. Cruske of the Cozy and Union cafe: and C. P, Arbogast of the Senate cafe: pleaded guilty and paid the minimiti: fine of $19 snd costs. Each stated thaj he had not \tnowingly violeted fhe law, A. K. Rott of the Henning, 'L. J, Chase ot the Club cafe, and O, Cachar; ellis of the Manhattan, “pleaded él guilty and were convicted upon the evi , derice of J. Roy Colvin, deputy stata dairy food: and off imspector, who took the samples of milk; Dr. J: F. O'Donnell who made the tests, and L. E. Walter, state chemist, who testified that Di; O'Donnell was qualified to make the 6% amination according to governmerit standards. ~~ ¥ , The fine In each of these cases waa $26 and costs amounting to $31, All three asked the privilege of appeal anil bond was placed at $250. Later Bott and Chase paid their fines. pe § A. Li. Vincent and J. C. Bonnell plead- ¢d guilty to selling dirty milk and pal? $25 each and costs. Harry Stark, who pleaded not guilty, was assessed. 350 CORK MILITARY, ren ihe end aoe. his bond ‘being CORK, Oct, 26.—Crowds. alonj eh aa Granta. Baradé;: one er thes prebiger}eemestimony,,.\from Dr’ ‘O-Donneil:, ‘ , brought out the fact that milk in the- thoroughfares here, were thrown into » @ panic last night when several shota| Vincent, dairy milked from Vincents cows tested to standard and was cléal were fired from @ military lorry and an . r but that when mjxed with milk froma bs Grimmer oe armored car. Sp the Stark Qhiry/anq procunéd at stor hown: ‘there ‘were ‘no -tasualties. in’ town it was found to be sp badly raw - contaminated as to;be dangerous everr CORRE ARE RCE: ! |to adults, let sone children, ne . | ‘The milk tested from tg Gare dairy - LONDON, Oct. 26.—Articles on the] was declared by) Mr. Star’ > be tite death of MacSwiney occupied much} product from but one cow, and he furthh- space in the morning newspapers here,|er stated that although he knew wh regardless of political view. Some/ Mr. Colvin was, he gave him a sample journals refrained from commenting| of milk to test from a can reserved for editorially on the situation, which has] the use of his family and not:cooled. arisen, whilé others were written in ac- Other cases will be heard this aftag- cordance with their customary attiudes| noon starting. at 2:30 o'clock. “ on the Irish question. BODY TO BE TUR! OVER TO FAMILY. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Oct, 26.—Inquiries of the family by the government today re- garding. arrangements for the funeral) Terence MacSwiney} as yan indication that there would be no interference with the family's plans. The body will be turned over: to them immediately after the inquest, which, the home office states, will be held Wednesday ‘morning, THREE KILLED IN DUBLIN DISTRICT, } (By Associated Press.) DUBLIN, O¢t. 26—Three met werd shot and killed by masked men, who are alleged to have been wearing khaki uniforms The shooting took place in the Thurles district, one of the victims being a rogistrar of the arbitration court. Another was slain while lying ‘n. bed. It is also reported that a political prisoner in Mount Joy prigon is~dead. His identity ts not known, PUBLIC HOUSE KEEPER 3HOT BY RAIDERS. (By Associated Press.) GALWAY, Ireland, Oct. 26.—Thomas Egan, keeper of a public house at Athenry, was shot dead in his home | Sunday night by raiders after the latter had accused him of complicity in tho murder of Frank M. Shaw, magistrate, last March. : PEOPLE EXCITED BY Mr. Colvin, who was supported By the chief of his department, Stanley Greenbaum, stated to the restaurant owners that he would personally visit NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—How fortunes in useful materials are be-| Address on League of Nations SLAYER STANDS each establishment while here and thor: ing permitted to go to waste, while the public cries for them in vain, and how favorite profiteers of the wa‘ department are allowed to reap olden profits through sales of army goods is revealed in reports which Characterized as Best Ever Heard in County This Year to Be Delivered the New York Herald, one of the country’s most reliable. newspapers, oughly explain the law so that in tHe future they would be fully instructéy ag to the provisions of the statute, Some acrimony was displayed cn tke. part of men, who felt they should have had knowledge of the law before b& OFF 18 POLICE has verified and found to be supported by an abundance of evidence. BUSINESS MEN AND AOTARIANS INDORSE BONDS Only Two Dissenting Votes Cast Against Proposition at Cham- ber of Commerce Forum oday The Cusper Rotary club at a meet- ing held yesterday at noon and the Chamter of Commerce Forum at a Judge V..H. Stone of Lander, gavo > what has been character:zzead as the Some idea of the profits reaped bY jest address heard in the county ¢n the thee war department profitéers MAY J oague of Nations when he spoke to a be obtained from @ transaction which jecord crowd at Salt Creek last night. ® large concern in New York, accord-| He will give the same address in’ sun- IN VACANT LOT United Press.) CHICAGO; Oct. 26-—Trapped in a vacant lot an unidentified man, sus- ing arrested although all were told that the laws were on the statute booker and that they should have familiarized themselves with the law before going into business. ing to admissions made by its own em-! ployes, purchased 300,000 raincoats trom the government at 25 cents each, | ahd resold them at ten times that! amount, or $2-50 each, thus making a profit of $675,000 on the’ transaction, | or 900 per ¢ent on the investment. | The head of this concern, who is so well known to a meriber of President} Wilson cabinet that he can “walk, of olive drab shirting, and realized a Tprofit of $170,000 on the lot. | Another and miore glaring instance of profiteering ,at the expense of the! people. and the goverament was dis- closed when an army Heutenant, who was discharged from the supply base at Forty-ninth street and First avenue, meéeting held at noon today went on record as endorsing the $850,000 bond issue proposed by the mayor and city council to be voted on at the. Novem: ber election, Upon hearing a report from Mayor Pelton and W. W. Keefe that the work Brooklyn, immédiately went into the second-hand business, buying - 100,000 knitted neck mufflers at 50 cents cach, which Unele Sam wad paid $2.50 leach for, and sold them to second-hand dealers at an enormous profit. He also sold 2,700,000 packages of candy to a being done by Casper under the pre4-| dealer at 1 cent each, and this same ent impréyement: program can be adil- ed to so ag to be adequate for a city of 76,000 or 100,000 people, the Rotary club was. unanimous in its ¢ndorse- ment. " I EB. D. Holmes, who raised this ques- tion at the Forum of laat week, an- nounced that he- was satibfied that tho fortuture growth of the city. en, a motion to instruct the di- rectors to endorse the proposition as the wish of the forum was made by L. A. Reed, there were only two disv- senting voices at the Forum. today. } —___—_ | ITALIAN FORCES ENTEP. TRIESTE mandea to halt, but refused and opened fire. The ear was badly riddled and foot, Sheriff's posses with bloodhounds are pursuing thera. Tt fs believed they will be captured within » few hours, (By Associated Press) . ‘pled by Italian troops Sunday, accord- jing to telegrams received today by tho i Courier d'Italia and the Inea, Nationale, program was well planned to provide! ad their first meeting in 22 years. ROME, Oct. 26,—Trieste. was occu-| eiehny candy is being retailed to the public at around 80 cents a pound. Another profiteer who got “in right” with the supply base officials, was cited ‘as obtaining an order of May 6 for the delivery from the army refrigerator at Tenth avenue of 607 pounds of fresh beef, 400 pounds of prunes, 425 pounds wf sugar, 226 pounds of coffee, 48 half- gallon cans of sirup, 22 boxes of cigars, 2 cases of tooth brushes, and 148 5- pound cans of cheese, for al, of which he paid only $20. ; These are not isolated instances, but jare things which are going on every jday, and which are almost beyond the }power of the ordinary citizen to belleve. pr Spaky ows 4 henna ome Mrs. M. D: Murphy of Nampa, Idaho, | is visiting her brother, Thomas Daily, advertising manager of the Tribune. It Miss Mina Allendér, an artist of Washington, D.C., has won marked Success as a political cartoonist. © - stance at the Republican headquarters here tonight under the auspices of the Young Men's Republican club. Judge Stone is an eloquent speaker and one who is well worth hearing. Hight car loads of Republicans went | from Casper to the Salt Creek meeting last night, A largely attended dance followed the ally. P26 ER DIEGO EPS into his office in Washington at any’ time without knocking,” also bought from the government 1,000,000 yards SUCCEED GREEK THROWE, BELIEF (By Associated Press) ATHENS, Oct. 26.—The throne of Greece will be offered to Prince Paul, it was officially announced today. * (By Associated Press.) ATHENS, ‘Oct, 26.—Many difficul- ties regarding succession to the Greek throne vill) result from the death of King Alexander last night. There is every indication that the throne will be offered to Prince Paul, third son of former King Constan- tine, but as a condition, Constantine must formally abdicate and Princo George, older brocher of Prince Paul, | must rendunce all rights. MRS, PEETE IS ORDERED INTO CUSTODY TODAY (By United Press) 10S ANGELES, Oct. 26—An or- der for the arrest of Mrs. R. ©. Peete of Denver in the Denton murder case was issued by the district attorney's offices here this morning, ‘Mrs. Peete has been apprehended by detectives, it-was learned. ; The passage of a city dairy ordinanos amd city Inspection of milk will tend to nut into effect a better milk. standarg pected of having killed) Policeman Edward Marpoo! shortly after mid- night, battled eighteen policemen jaimong dairymen, which will mean @ early this morning before bhé was | ‘etter milk supply for the whole city; finally killed, it ts felt, AMENDMENTS ARE DISCUSSED AT LENGTHAT NOON FORUM MEETING Merits Probed and Measures Analyzed for Benefit of Chamber Members by Authorites Familiar With =% Needs of Casper and Entire State <i Consideration of six constitutional amendments which will be pre- sented to the State of Wyoming for ratification on November 2, pros vided a most interesting program at the Chamber of Commerce Fonitiy luncheon at noon today. 4 : R. M. Boeke, city attorney, not advocate its passage. who spoke on amendment No. 1, dd Tt proposes that the taxation limit for gen} (Continued on Page 8) CANADA VOTES: FOR BONE DRY (By United Press.) 4 WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 26.—“Bone dry” prohibition in four Cana- { dian provinces was approved in yesterday’s election, referendum returns in-> | dicate, It earried by the following majorities: Nova Scotia, 40,000; Manitoba, , | 15,000; Saskatchewan, 10,000; Alberta, 15,000. The referendum was on the a question of whether the importation of liquor should be prohibited, ——