Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1920, Page 1

FALLS FLAT ON —_ No Overtures Made} Russians, G. 0. P. Leader States (By United Press:) WASHINGTON, ‘Oct, 27.—The COLBY’ CHARGE » WEATHER FORECAST peneasi? teed in east portion Thursday. Fair tonight. and Thursday; warmer. tonight in north and east portions and The Cazper Daily ‘HARDING DENIAL - state department was confronted today with Sen. Harding’s flat de- nial of a ‘statement by Secretary of State Colby in which he assert- ed that Washington D. Vanderlip, Who recently secured’ trade’ concessions from thé Soviets, was an agent of the Republican nominee, The statement said, according ‘fo a report. from’ the United States consular agent at Riga,| ythat| Vanderlip told Lenine he repre- sented Harding and “‘mads certain Proposals’ regarding recognition of the Rolsheviki, government.” Harding de- nied that he had ever heard of Van- Meriip, 2 it is believed’ that the state depart- ment will.not say anything further on THREAT the matter. HARDING CONFIDENT OF POPULAR, VOTE... . (By United Press) MARION, Ohio, Oct. 27.—In a copy- tighted article written for the United Press, Senator Warren G, Harding: to- day declared he had tried to make i dignified appeal fully and frankly. He Said_ the sensational: or théatrical should’ be avoided. He said the world looks to America to lead the way ant the Republican party with him as its jeader would see this was done. The people are in no mood to listen to prejudiced appcals or irrelevant (Continued on Page 6) + which have seriously crippled casses will be shipped into the United ; States this year from Australasia. Mi!- | lions of pounds of wool have, been ex- ported by Great Britain to the United States to reduce their surplus War, sup- ply. In addition to this, large quantl- A Recipe for Good Roads. (Editorial) i Wyoming and the several counties pf the state are just fairly launched upon a comprehensive program of road improvement, ‘Sufficient stretches of permanent and semi-permanent character have already been constructed to those who use the highways with the value and desirability of Ne ye (i. Paad eabttontees ab tae won sete tortion ta has TAP? the final road system. The job is but faitly begun and it must be completed, for It is not believed there is anyone More who would desire a suspension of the The secord ‘Authorizes counties to contract additional indebtedness, not exceeding 7 per cent, for construction The third authorizes the state to ‘and maintenance of bridges and roads. create debt th exéess of taxes for the current year for construction and improvement of highways and Mmiting such debt to 3 per cent, A fairly apportioned amount of work has already been. done each of the: twenty-one counties of the state, and future protects planned the ‘gme basis. For Natrona county the plans include: : : Conétrurtion of balance of Yellowstone highway between Cas- per and Richards. Reconstruction of balance of Yellowstone highway east of Casper. Construction of new road from Casper to Rawlins. Completion. of road from Casper to Salt Creek and Kaycee. Continue maintenance and extend same to these sections, Adjoining counties are no leds favored than Natrona and we will par- ticipate in the advantages of their construction for the system so contem- plates. As it stands at present, a large percentage of surveys have been mado, some considerable construction completed, other construction now building or in process, if It is abandoned at this time most of the work will be prac- tically lost for until the system is completed, maintenance must continue or the roads ‘being gradually brought The state is under agreoment wit building plans. We must continue to standard will vanish in their use. h the federal government in our road- to co-operate or we show bad faith. In thé work already performed we have received from the federal govern- ment two dollars for every one from us through the bond issue fust ex- hausted. Unless we continue the advantageous arrangement our road ex- penses will necessarily have to be met through direct taxation and we to meet the entire cost. . The delays and loss incident io a failure of the several amendments to receive xpproval, we do not believe the people will fancy. - ‘She amendments haye the cordial support of chambers of commerce, Rotary clubs, ~ city *gnd town authorities, business men, manufacturers, stockmen and farmers as well as all other users of public thoroughfares, throughout the state. Most everything can be said in all against them. favor of good roads and nothing at ‘The theory that trails in Wyoming that were good enough for dad to navigetéon a cayuse are good enough for son to travel in his high-powered ° car has bgen exploded. Dad, himself, abandoned any such foolish idea as soon asthe. succeeded in reducing to, some years backs, There We must. have ‘| woolgrowers, and the following 19202 DUSTRY ENED BY DEMOCRAT RULE Four More. Years and Business Would Be Wiped Out, While G. O. P. Suceess , Means Protection Thru Tariff (Special to ‘The Tribune.) ~ CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 27.—Many Wyoming: wool ure er pte “i that four years eg ofthe [mort administration an e trade would completely: ruin i i ing. Western flock masters have suffered roth 4 fo liao and jeopardized this R It is estimated that approximately 2,000,000. frozen lamb car-| ties have likewise been imported from Australia and. New Zealend. All these shipments are received: in United States duty free. The ~ prices for wool and muttor whieh are being offered to Wyoming | Woolgrowers do not commence ‘to pay the-cost of production. High priced jhay and feed during the strenuous months of last winter, high ‘priced the high. priced lambing expenses, high to put the western flock masters into @ predicament from which they cannot extricate themselves, without the nid of the. protective tariff, which will be forthcoming if a Republican president and a Republican congress are elected. Federat cov printipal labor costs to the Australian com. parison between’ wages paid in 1911—~a pre-war: period—with those paid in Se aa , 51920. 1812 Boundary riders / (herders) per; week: =f. 2.22. $9.72 $6.07 Odd job men, per week_= $9.72 $6.07 To the above must be-added the cost of keep, ‘Wages for employes at woolsheds in Australia are, fixed by law. Following is the schedule approved by the arbitra tion court for Australia June 28, 1917, | still in force: % Shearing—Wethers, ewes and lambs, $7.30 per 100; rams and ram stags, $14.60 per 100; stud ewes and their lambs, $9.12 per 100. Shed hands and _ scourers—Adults, $14.60 per week and “keep”; boys 15- 21, $9.12; boys 18, $7.30; cooks; during shearing, $17.25; cooks, | permanent, $11.28. The cost of cartying sheep in Aus- tralia, according to the same authority, including management, wages of shear- ers, workers, taxes, haulage, etc., Is now 3 to 7 shillings six pence per head, as against 2. shillings in 1911. Range lands rent from .89' pence to 1.53 per acre. Two of the chief woolgrowing coun- tries from which the’ United States im- ports class 1 wool are Argentina and Australia, Recent figures on- Argen- tina are not available, but they will average only a trifle more than those of Australia,’ During the calendar year 1919, exports of wool to the United States from Argentina totaled. y 9 119,000,000 pou.ds, while those from Australia approximated 46,000,000 pounds. Western woolgrowers, by. comparing the above figures, will be able to see how their industry will thrive under 4 Democratic tariff Jaw, after the upset caused by the world war has compilete- ly settled. The election of Harding w‘tl insure a protective tariff-act to equal- ize the difference in cost of production; the election of -Cox ‘means that every western woolgrower must continue to compete with producers who are favor- ed by conditions outlined above. pc ho Nearer docility, the first Henry he purchased thing to this good road# business. We want them. We couldn’t be happy without them. The solution voting for the constitutional amendments. — : Pt a LAS ea EE I A REPRISALS COMING, ASSERTS SUCCESSOR TO LORD MAYOR LANDER, Wyo.,, Qct. 27.—Mikes Stovics is in the county jail heroy charged by Nick Wuckrovat with having robbed him’ of $1,150. Thé robbery, Wuckrovat . asserts, took place at Hudson, Stovics holding him up at the poiht of a gun and com- pelling him to hand over the money. (By Associated Press) LONDON,, Oct, 27.—The Evening News today prints the. following statement sald to have been made by the deputy lord mayor of Cork: “We are leaving behind us in your capital | many of our patriots who will see that be the debt of your government is fully paid. The. English government may Pahink they have stifled us but there will be reprisals and soon.” Terence MacSwincy. The verdict was due to « dilated heart, and acute delirium following scurvy, which was due to exhaustion from his prolonged refusal to take food. Relatives today are completing arrangements for the funeral. s | The widow, dressed in black and heavily veiled, was the only witness in . behalf of the MacSwiney family at the inquest and she was the dominant figure of the proceedings. Her composure” was indicated by quick and pointed replies. Sho successfully resisted continued attempts of the coroner to have her characterize her liusband's occupation otherwise than a “volun- teer officer of the Irish Republican army.” ‘ we No. 30 Eastbound .. 9:20 p.i No. 31 Westbound__10:30 p.m. No. 32 Eastbound -_Starts Arrives es No. 606 Easthound _-2:35 p.m. 2:55 p ‘No. 603. Westbound_.3:20 p.m. 3: C. B. & Q. 29 West! j-- 7:35 Cc. & N. W. \Dairymen Endorse Plan for Milk Ordinance and Lend Help } of! herders; high priced shearing expenses, | Priced supplies of all kinds have served | [Promise to Natrona county held at the courthouse this morning. called by John Oliver, president Of the Natrona County Dairy- men's association, and G. M. Penley, the county agent, a vote of thanks was tendered C. Stanley, Greenbaum and J. Roy Colvin of the state dairy, food and oil department for the work of the de- partment here in the past week, in en- forcing the state milk provisions. Confidence was expressed in the in- tention-of “the department to conserve the best interests of the milk producers‘ even tholgh prosecutions were neces- sary to bring the matter forcibly. to the attention of some of those con- cerned. The daigymen, as a whole, are glad that the matter of a milk standard has been brotight up in Casper, since the hit-and-miss methods heretofore existent have been unjust to the man who hon- estly tried to produce good clean milk, and he hag been’ blamed for adultera- Mohs which he did not sanction. The dairymen went on record as ta- voring the city mile, ordinance which will come up for-pagsage next Monday, expressing the belief that the standard | fixed yrs. ee il can live up to, Vaw; the “riecéssity "for standards ‘since pure milk has much‘to do With the gen- eral héalth of the people. When the remaining cases against ALL THE WAY FROM THE RHINE TO SAIL ON POWDER RIVER AND HECAN’T BUY At a meeting of the dairymen of’ state|,t the milk producers and the restaurants were called yesterday afternoon the cause against the White House restau- rant was dismissed, it being shown that a sample of milk taken from over the counter had tested about standard and that milk which teated below stand- ard was skimmed milk used for cook- ing, the sample being taken from the kitchen. The case against the American cafe, which came up this afternoon, was dis- missed and cases against Wray's cafe and the Good Eats cafe were continued. The cases against “John: Oliver and shown that the samples of milk tested had not come direct from the dairies conducted by these men but had passed through several ‘hands so that it was not possible to prove where the adul-| teration or contamination had occurred. The warrants against H. §. Contes and R. Smith had not been served, the sheriff's deputy stated when these cases were galled, The warrants will be Served, it was stated, and ‘the cases will be heard when the other two res- tnurant cases are heard. 3 It was made plain in the meeting at. the courthouse this morning that there Was no dispogition to persecute either ‘but only a wish on the state department to conserve health of the people and see that the laws are enforced, TICKET ON BOAT! Powder River! Powder River has attained fame. The Mississippi, the Columbia, the Lordiy Hudson may hang their heads in shame. They may consider that they. have dwindled into insignificance. beside the little almost dry stream. which meandegs across. Natrona county— For Did they ever inspire men to fight? Was any mention made of Hudson River, Columbia River, Mississippi River, when America’s sons went | forth to battle on the western front? Not so. So, passing America's so-called great rivers by, a son of Germany has travelled ali the way from the Fatherland to Wyoming and deter- mined to see our wonder places, he yesterday demanded from L. J. Ed- monds, ticket agent for the C., B. & Q.. ay steamship ticket up Powder River! Why not? The sons of Germany sing of the Rhine at they march to battle. Austria extols the Blue Danube. ‘Wyoming's wonderful sun-browned six-foot cowboys shouted ‘Powder | River!" as they went into action. Powder River, must then, be the most famous, the most wonderful stream In Aimerica. ~ Perfectly logical. So Fritz reasonéd, and he returned Several times to the window yester- day demanding a steamship ticket on Powder River, nor could he be per- suaded to go to Denver or even Chey- enne. M He came fo America to see the stream which inspired Wyoming's | that the deceased died of heart fallure, MRS. PEETE IS fighters and he was not to be told that Wyoming was not concealing from him the wonder spot of America when he was assured that no steam- ship had ever piled eghe waters of Powder River. Nor ever would ‘or could. Fritz finally went to Glencross last night, but when last seen he was try- ing to persuade the Pullman con- ductor that. what he really wanted was a steamship ticket on Powder River, Whoopee—Let’erbuck! CHARGED WITH LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27.—The county grand jury reported an indict- ment at noom today charging Mrs, Louise Peete of Denver with the mur- der of Jacob ©. Denton here on June 2, She was taken in custody on the charge ‘yesterday and the. indictment followed specdily after her refusal to testify. ‘POLES DEFEAT | LITHUANIANS IN RECENT BATTLE. i (By Associated Press) . COPENHAGEN, Oct. 27,+-Polisn troops hav6 attacked positions held by Lithuanian forces along the railroad near Orany, After a fight lasting five |* hours the Lithuanians were forced back nearly two miles, it is said. | —<—<$— ae | SOVIETS SET UP BY LITHUANIANS | | (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Oct. 27.—Resignation of | the Lithuanian government and the | estoblishment of a pro-Bolshevik | regims are reported in a Central | from Riga today. Cc. L. Vroman were dismissed, ic veing| fn: U.S. AND STATE AGENTS LEA BOOTLEG RAI Sweeping Arrests and General Cleanup if Progress Here Nets Large Results wit »kevenue Men and State Prohibition Cong wisstoner Still Working on Program Although sworn to absolute secrecy in all detail, the three days = activity of government men and A. S. Roach, state prohibition office: in Casper today was generally known in the business section and wid ly rumored about among bootleg agents in the city. %: Absolutely no details of the several raids, some successful an others barren, would be given out at the sheriff’s office today afti; two days of activity of Mr. Roach and Nerinant men and members of the Ment men were seeking the services! ; i o pot. &ttorneys In the’ city. + aide yori 34 She esate the boot:\""“When the state. prohibition comnii smior.(#lotier. and the government agen Tn spite of this fact it was semlof-) come to Casper it was understood the feuilly’ reported that six to seven ar-| Suny SO Saen ee ould be made. résis had been. made and one man al-| yn the initial raid staged) Monda feady in the county jail on a forgery! night and kept ‘‘quiet.’” the city poli charge is to be held on a charge of gepartment worked in conjunction wit Operating a still at a ranch house the sheriff's office, the governmét about six miles southwest of the city on|agents and Commissioner Roach. the Aleova road. This house is dwned,| The names of those atrested probabil It is sald, by a well-known Casper fam-, will be revealed under the authority ily. |Commissioner Roach at a later dat: To make the efforts here against'No warrants were Issued thru the } bootlegger ag successful as possible, fice of County Attorney Alfred Lows warrants were secured from ‘M. P. and none were signed by Judge W. st Wheeler, United States. district and)Tubbs, according to information at th court commissioner, afd) in some in-|Office of Judge Tubbs this afternoon, stances were mad¢é out by Commission- er Roach under what is termed blanket authority handed the state prohibition BOLIVIA PU a officer. One warrant for the search of the old (By Associated Press.) BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 27.—A Casper brewery was sworn out in the brief, but unsuccegsful revolution office of Mr. Wheeler, it was authorita- tively stated. However, a° search of this place proved fruitless. However, the raids on the eastern outskirts of the city along , such! streets as South McKinley, Lincoln and Jackson, netted results as did raids in} other sections of the city and et ranch | houses. reportéd to be of doubtful char- acter as far-as booze was concerned, Consequently~ yesterday many em- ployes in the court house knew that several stills, material used in making “moonshine,” and a large quantity of the finished product had been ’ seized and placed in the basement of the court Frouse to be used as evidence. One place gave up 24. sacks of 31;- broke out in Bolivia, according to advices received here. The move- ment wag immediately suppressed | and twenty-seven ringleaders were executed. A cenorship was imposed by Bolivian authorities, (By Associated Press.) |WAR DEPARTMENT FOSTERS BIG. wide shortage of sugar which the country has been facing since the: end of the world war, has been disclosed here during the past week, as the investigation conducted by the New York Herald continues to” back up the startling disclosures made by the congressional commit? tee, and even produce additional evidence of criminal acts on the: | ‘ 7% part of war department officials ‘There is scarcely a woman or child) to $1 a pound. in the country who will not readily re-| many instances, ns fF and at least threa stillé were gathered in the raids. Today those caught in the dragnet | of the prohibition officer and govern: | LIMA, Peru, Oct. 27.—The Bre livian legation here denied reports of a revolution in Bolivia. PROFITEER SCHEME AT EXPENSE- OF PUBLIC IN SALE OF CANDY. Brokers on “Inside” Buy War Stocks at Eight Cents and Sell at 80; Enormous ~ Sugar Stores, Also Sold for Song 3 “3 (Special to The Tribune.) NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—One of the chief reasons for the nation= Mm) ward sold on the retail market to This candy was puechased during the. call the high prices of candy during the 'Christinas season of Jast year, and the {difficulty which was met in many in- stances of obtaining the better grades at any price. The investigations now under way are daily bringing to the public the underlying reasons for this shortage. An instance has come to Might that certain New. York brokers ; Who possessed the necessary influence | have made fortunes mounting into the hundreds of thousands of dollars by purchasing from the army, at 8 and 10 {cents a pound, candy which was after- ‘war that it) might be resold to'the sol dier boys in France, or in some raré instances issued free to the ~Amert jcan doughboys. How many of. the: boys can testify that they actud!’ ly received chocolates along with their chow? ‘Yet when fighting ceased there remained 6,000,000 pounds of choco Intes, packed in tins nad each piece. carefully wrapped in tinfoll. ) oe One Philadepthia broker bought thou- wands of pounds of this candy, and did (Continued on Page 65) END OF STRIKES IS BRI TISH AIM (By United Press) LONDON, Oct. 27.—Important agreements to prevent future coal strikes will be embodied in a settle- ment expected today. Negotiations between thé miners and the govern- | ment began at noon. The trades | union congress also went into session. | It ‘will be requested to keep its hands | off the coal problem. } | | Creation of a national wage boaril representing the miners and owners is probable. It will agsume respon- sibility for wage agreements as well coal productior an mn, The strike has cost $180,000,000 for nine days, or as much as an equal number of days of the world war, (By Associated Press.) : LONDON, Oct. 27.—A member of - the minérs’ executive body today in. + formed the conference of trade union delegates that there was @very pros- pect of terms of settlement for tha coal strike being reach@l tonight, It is reported that the miners’ lead- ers have accepted the government's terms and will submit them to # con- ferened of miners’ ‘The. mine owners are also said to have + agreed to the government proposals.