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WEATHER ey oe Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, probably snow in extreme west portion; somewhat colder in east portion to- night. NUMBER 72 S ROCKS © BNILROAD. WANTS” "2m2@%Se NEW COUNCIL. ITS. MONEY BACK, -Seens* S*» ¢>°°0REANIZED, BOND LEA DENIED BY SALE PROJECTED TO MEET DEBTS WOO HEN 10 ILSTANDARD MONOPOLY —— ENTENTANED KT) OUTLINED IN REPORT BIG. SMOKER ON sorgerar OPENING NIGHT bes ected (By Associated Press.) jrels. The only commercial production MADRID, Jan. 4.~-Two hun- Charges of Federa [in ther ‘state ofthis region during Production and Mar- |dred MuMMartece persons lost Trade Commission |in Colorado and that is com pee lives when the Spanish steam- keting in Hands - addition, however, there will be delega- Flockmasters at Annual troleum and petroleum products in the | ming Rocky mountain region, although male | crude ones whi are comparatively h are largely depende t upc now control the bulk of the » petroleum produced in Wyoming, cases whole fama are Among. the mn Refused; Payments Now ties: wer jamall. | : 3 “Phe geographic isolation of the Wyr>-| i CASPER Gl COUNCIL er Santa Isabel was wrecked near | Given in Full jming oll etd with réterenea to the Big Operator |Villagarcia Saturday night, says a ; : | [Rea Mid-Continent eet eal ee telegram received here today. Fif-| A tments VB ae’ Tele Indi-| rne report of the Federat Trade com: | POrtation to large consuming centers | ore now ror an|Retum of Taxes Paid in|! spre saved, bor many were in- Committee ppointm Mf mission that the Standard Oi company | Ha at ermatlneiey i eo Ss 2" ees Dil! M B cate Attendance of 200) tas a monopary im. the production, | pr gu Crile petroleum to local ‘OiLcom Grading District No, 2 severly let and te not expected | Aye Made by Mayor Ben transportation and marketing of pe-|side of the state that purchase r with’ other ashote - anon ! H. Pelton With Change G th = H the subject of 10 vorts and rv-'this source of supply. These refineries on the part of the Mul Lit ti H Betre an infant 3 years old whoa p “on Administrati on atnering rere mors for the last year, holds extraor- lobated: Ail Colorado "Utah and abet sts has been largely a in gation rere Vatsat aldpalctien etaie thatthe whip! SAP acted pa wt nats eaten, | Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. — | if) ag he Oi m= was driven on the rocks during a 1:6,/ Ls ; EVD ECE , “There is greater concentration in| Seer oe hha et pe enone storm and’ the large nuinber The detailed program of the an- Leaiar capesanoa coer tee te control of the production of eruds| ra ndard company, . seaneee O Lit patael Of lop doathaabrdticibited ito. the teat thetl 2. Acton tae oan early ed ing sgthherts fe een! petroleum in the Wyoming olf fields | a abhor Ueto l A 98.73, paid to the city last tne passengers were confined to thelr!of ail or part o} 000 worth nual convention of the Wyoming| secured by the Standard and also dis-jthan in any other field in the United tot a in addition’ to this controta | 4 stb at Northwest cabins because of the violence of the| of bond. | d Kel it Wool Growers’ Association, to be rations in the Salt Creek | g¢ The Midwést Refining ynter- | COMSiderable quantities through working | “4USUSE by & CEM Coren Ol han aae eRe being, anise, jof bonds authorized at the last city held in C. Thuridey, Fri nee sontt’, fenort, 1 self-explanatory |< n, aocording to admissions of |S"eements. | During the period 1917 railroad company as its assess-|‘A majority of those rescued from thelelection for the purpose of liqui- asper on ursday, Fri-| ana follows in fulls representatives of both the Standard |t? 1 the Midwest Interests controlied | ment for grading district No. 2,| steamer were unable to speak on being day and Saturday of this week had not been received from state head- “The attention of the commission was | O!! compan awn to the situation in Wyoming hy | ¢ (Indiana) and of the Mia-| from ta Jara inte i to about 69 per "8 production: cent of the the admitted Stand- ts controlled from 27 to 29 was refused by the city coun cil yesterday afternoon at the regular y landed, owing to frightful experiences during hours of clinging to wreckage jdating outstanding indebtedness lof the city and pave the way for | . a cot i i ened if ly. in the terrific storm and cold. | future improvements, and the appoint- uarters': today * but arrangemenia|? Complaint regarding certain alleged per cent; together these two inte y assembly. | i 3 . Ras going forward for the wecmcn'S | unsatisfactory ecnditions in connection | | mtrolied from about 93 to 97. per Meyer, who represented the rail-| Meager details indicate that the dis-| ment of standing committees to take abot of the. 200 “or. more . visitor _| with the production and sale of crude | cent of the total production. road company, contended in his peti-|8ter gceurred at 1:45 o'clock Sunday) charge of various departments of city pected and at a meeting of the com.|Petreleum marketed under certain con- | lion, that inasmuch as the court had, ™oriing when virtually every one on) work occupied the attention of the new mittee last night the plans took defin- tracts in the Salt Creek, Wyo. “The Wyoming oll fields are so ais- issued an injunction against the as-| board was in| eae city administration last night after two f =" IN PUBLIC DEBT | é fa tothe hold ,|Soon became evident that there were) nt from large consuming centers of | sessments in that district, the city was new members had been sworn in. John Fanaiie’ feist ibagyibing at 6: arelece monopolistic conditions in the produc | refined products that ao extensive pipe not, entitled to the money and that it| M. pueennuny and he ty eteces Thursday evening will, be the fira,| UR, Pipeline transportation, refining | | lines have been built to such points: | should be returned to the railroad. ‘The ed to succeed W. F. Dunn and M. aS event. Schembeck's orchestra will far.|2%4 Wholesale marketing of crude je- {and the different ofl fields in the stat+| request wag refused after a vote had Bishop, took the oath of office and W Jack Leary will appear in| tleum and its. products throughout [Bre so widely separated that the pipe] peen taken, W. Keefe, re-elected at the November Baila troval *hetween eae entire Becky, a inet a, seis a complete A petition offered by My. Meyer that election, renewed his pledge, : five dusky battlers will feature the on.| the scope of the commission’s inquiry ea s but Gepaist: of col she the assessment for grading in district | I. S. Ve ath cists teeaatien tyra At the close, ‘The battle royal win fei. |%f the pertoleum business of that sec-| WASHINGTON, <Jan. 4.—A denceesa Dies oricauroant The ratlroad stated4n ita petition nat} ERy infabiedhahe aaa Asa Syke, citer low the elimination route through tie | !"- of $192,932.075, in the pablic debt dur-| “Two companies directly the work and grading in that locality | clerk, was instructed to prepare 1 swapping of sledge hammer blows. “Wyoming is. now the important|ing the last month of 1920 was an-jpracticaljy al of the pipe line mileage | would not in any way benefit the com-' On Friday evening the visitors will crude oil producing state in the entire |nounced today by the treasury depart: and transport nearjy all of the crude pany and that it Leli v\ that it should pers for negotiating a contract with “ @ large bend firm to realize on seeu- be banqueted at the Henning hotel and | Rocky mountain region. Its annual pro- | ment. | petroleum marketed in Wyoming, name-| pe exempt from paying for these im (By United F Press.) rities voted last fall, Extension of wa- @ dance will follow.» Schembeck’s or-|@uction first became important in 1912,| On December 30 the total gross debt) ly, the Midw Refining company and | provements, MARION, Jan. §.—A stormy partisan] terwor' the sewe em and ‘ceme. chestra will again furnish the music.| When about 1,570,000 barrels were Bro: ait im ¥28,98 168, compared with $24,-/ the illinois Pipe Line company. both of Permission 40 construct a railroad /fight early in the Harding administra-| tery and fire department improvements Forty-five. reservations have been | duced; while in 1919 the production weal! 175,156,244 on November The de-| which are now Standard controlled com: | fe to date for the convention, whien expected to attract: many bankers of the state as well as wool men, —in- asmuch as approximately one-third of Prospective attendants usually make reservations, it is estimated that some 200 will be in attendance at the gath- ering, including local fiockmasters. In tions present from the Omaha, Chi. cago, Denver and St. Louis markets and possibly from Sioux City. Aone eo eG U.S. MAIL PLANE almost 13,630,000 barrels, .and jn 1920 crease during the last quarter of it will “probabiy réach 17,000,000 bar. year amounted: to- $105,181,196. the | i $36,000 SUBSCRIE TOWARD PURCHASING STATE SCHOOL LAND (Continued on'Page Two.) ED ; Spur track, hatwee, ihe east end of. the” ed by the Standard Refinery, by the Standard Refinery, across Second street, Was granted by the council, on the stip: ulation that the street be put in good ondition and that the street not be} entirely closed. The rest of the afternoon was spent in routine bu ALIENS ASSIST NATION, CLAIM pL and idge own- tion was fMdjeated today over the pro- posed establishment of a centralized bank of the United States to replace the federal reserve system. Senator Cur- tis, after a long conference with Pres- ilent-Rlect Harding, announced his in- tention of offering amendments to the federal reserve act. It was taken as meaning that Harding probably favors bank with widely scattered branches. Democrats are expected to oppose the move. Republicans claim the present system a plan for wiping out the twelve region-, al banks and substituting one central| is defective because it prevents the free | |are provided for by the bond issue Appointment: of standing committe for the new year was announced by or Ben H. Pelton as follo’ lance rl C. Royle, man; J. J. Giblin. and Printing— Keefe, WwW. W. | chairman; W. W. oS | Fire Qepartment—w. WwW. chairman; C, M. Bryan, Wnhisenhunt- Judici man; John M. }lin, Police—C. M. Bryan, Cc. Boyle, W. W. ed Van Gor Whisenhunt, . Gib chairman Keefe. 4 flow of banking reserves from one re-| Public | Health— Van Gorden, : as gion to another and the shifting of | chairman; Jarl . J. Giblin. ‘IS WRECKED IN 7 CTURES (| WAGED NG TONS | J8n: ufc TBS Steve leredit facilities Water and Sew yan Gordc CR. E PI Oo suspend immigration was called ‘“*hy- ae 2s chairman: W. W. . M. Bryan. , a , r: M steria” by Louis Marshall, New York] jNVITATIONS SENT GOVERNORS. P. inal caolat A Bee FALL ON COAST Financing of Project to Include Site for fawyer, betore, the. senate, imeigraiion a aly : treat aT ener ada é mS | ARE BARRED IN {committee today. He said irftnigrants| wasHINGTON, 4.—Invitations | Giptin. : Standard Homes is Progressing |tiad helped the country and those com-| wore sent every atparicr tote see eurits grins tend Ahekte™ Tene apace meer Ereas) x ' CHICAGO MOVIES [een 2" 8 desirable as those of/ by the Washington committe arranging | Mf, Whisenhunt, chairman; J. J. Giblit, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 4.—An air. F. bl nd Succes. -Looms , 4) |past years, for the inauguration of Warren G. | Rarl C. Bos plane of the transcontinental air mai! avoraodly a S reece ee Pawaiigine Drenitenhi urate (iat, KtAty LL ada ia service caught fire and was destroyed : BRR ES | } executives attend the ceremonies ac-} Then there is the kind of man who {4 in a forced landing two blocks from | . dic pease cts ron at ) Commu nists Clash companied by a staff. always in a hurry but never arrives. the city hall here today, but Pilot SHICAGO, Jan. 4.—Motion pictures 3 : 8, Boggs, Oakland, was not hurt. Huiz|_ Thirty-six thousand dollars in shares in the new company organ-| portraying. criminaia nt work ae with Belgrade Police of the 270 pound mail cargo burned. ized to finance the purchase: of section 16 had been subscribed by Chicago, it became known SEE y. Chief of Police Fitzmorris | - St t Battl ‘ | business men of Casper up to noon today and from present indications} announced that he had issued orders in ree attie NEGRO LYNCHE it is believed that the entire capitalization of $150,000 will be ab-| '° ay Tay geet ee PER Sat sorbed before the committee from the Chamber of Commerce meets | | Pg latent ae inh { In MISS ISSiPPi with the state land board in Cheyenne Friday. R. T. Kemp and Ben| | n Communists and tlie police :near- Schere ar making the canvass and houses for its workmen. The b “d i )0 Communists and 12 police were) Vara coo titaiglles osgea ie Wucheman thahwabeprandisarcren crccil: ontin eel A TTIES Destroyed, | wounded. Many Russians were among| ——— proposition s r. \scheduled for December 22 ntil new] the demonstranta. The mob stoned the | (By Associated Press.) iii ‘neve. plans AOepurchtises the idnd!weys and means could be made Germans Declare | porce. who were trying to suppress a} o - MERIDIAN, Miss., "Jan. 4—Robert| was de following sthaataniiess OMAN company swan, incnporated “onlia |demonstration in front of the Commun: Lewis, a negro, accused of the murder the st nd board and the Standard! non-profit basis. It is capitalized for xpd lists’ hall. The police drew their 1 of a white railroad watchman, was|Oi} Company to come to an agreement) $150,000, the par jue of each. share ited pa ) Jonets in suppressing disturbances. Jynched by a mob which forced police-jon the price of forty acres in this sec:| being $100. All. purchasers of stock| Satanic perthe TOBACCO MART STAC (By Associated Press) “ “ a , e Standa Bi a x aa rena: is der ie ! MS Fins We Ree ee a ee eae teaed to cull between’ 200, end. 460] oe, Seeneaee. money, Ox and # reas-/ allies because she has destroyed them,| LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 4—All s WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Government objections to stockyard Se PEOner: the money is used. ‘Ten per cent. of| he sovernmon Sireanietped behest) orig te) taxing tons Loose eet tohace | holdings divorcement plans submitted by the big packers under the 3 4 answer to the French note on disarm-|market wore called c © da3 . {company Sitar eed ee ia |ament. Self-defense organizations have| 11 o'clock, Tow: prices offered by buy-| tecent decree were sustained today by Justice Stafford in the District of i I i R RO ite land, aecording to the usual custom in peenkaisaynpa weenie) Horeneta oe STR cory aaeme tobacco manufacturing | Columbia supreme court._ Any acceptable plan must provide for early | |the sale of state land, there is seven and complete divestment of all obnoxious holdings, the court held. |teon years in which to pay the balanco I 9 f is a erdeont thkarest, t also sustained the government’s contention that the decree of | mhaidipedtoreket chevocmpany taraian divorcement may be made effective by, the yards whe by a holding com- | rn P. C. Nicolaysen, O. L. 4 receivership and sale. Unless the de-| pany or otherwise.” } P, oPatelake: Silliwaus Gases a i \fendants are able to present a sultable Se | ls arlo D. Holmes, G. R. Hagens, E |plan for which time extensions are all} CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—A committee of | 'G. Boyle, B. B. Brooks, Ben Scherck jowed, the court served notice that such) fifteen to investigate livestock market- G The committee's time is limited owing 5 qaefion yo be ates A aS ai ing conditions and recommend a plan of to the meeting called in Cheyenne Fr any delay be allowed n actual di-; improvement was. named today t. 5 day and it will probably be impossible vestment under any new plan, the court! Howard, president of the Ameri to see every public-spirited person in (By Associated Press) committee on bills designed to put a id, it must provide for complete con- Farm ‘Bureau Federation. Co-operative (By Associated Press) town, so it fs urged that all such citi] WASHINGTON, Jan, 4—The resolu-| heavy, tax on strictly speculative denl-jtrol by the eourt in the meantime, so marketing, better prices and lower com- zens get in touch with them and sub-| tion reviving the War Finance ig. ‘There was no evidence, however, | that the court might terminate it at any missions are among the subjects to be WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—A new policy of terror abroad, «specially scribe the number of shares they want! tion became a law today with dts re-| to indicate that the organizations want’ |time should it determine that the pack- given attention, it was announced. The in near-by countries, has been decided upon by the Russian Soviet, in the project designed to make Cas-| adoption by the house over President |ed the government. to abolish the grain|ers were not proceeding with prompt- committee includes C. I. Collins of if f M d b the overnment per's living conditions more desirable} Wilsun’s veto. The senate overrode the | exchanges, and while some witnesses | n 8 and vigor. Kit Carson, Colo., and Senator J. B. according to official advices from oscow received by 8 for its working people. voto yesterday. ‘The voto in the house | declared present conditions were Fad) Stafford also Informed the defendants] Kendrick ot Sheridan, Wy ' 0 building pur-| was 250'to 66, with three voting pres-|they were unable to offer substitute |that the court could not “see its way” in hs today. Neen he Gente ies ay 4 h i fred hat ld afford te considering plans to be submitted “to poses will be donated to the city for| ent, or 87 more than the required two-| platis that would afford greater pre- | cons! ‘ r , qh Nikolai Lenine is quoted by advices as saying in a proclamation to parks ard playgtounds after ail in-| thirds majority. tection to the grower. approve any plan for consolidation of CO LBY PLEA SE D i Commune committees of Europe that it is “absolutely indispensable to dcnteaness 1 paid of. Associated Press) 1 (By Assoc! ress) a ised: the “hourgedise tengnty,, busy: with WASHINGTON, Jan, 4,—A warning WITH RECEPTION | mes ine oviet sonia us E RVE NTIO Ni | N todas? by. Representative: ‘inkham, ‘e- ts 4 f resenta' ham, Re- = ° , “Great strikes should ,be organized serial ae tegaunibetia atta ae (By Associated Press) ' throughout the world,” the proclamation gréss in passing the re-apportionment BUENOS AIRES, Jan, 4.—Bainbridge says. bill failed to reduce the representa: | Colby, American secretary of state, and Lenine is also quoted as saying that tion of states in which it is charged, | e his party left here last night on their other nations vlan to fight ager Rus- j the right of siome citizens to suffrage | he return trip to the Unitea States. Te- fv et Ae Rapes revolia’ against the $0) WASHINGTON Jan. 4.—Uniied | Jose Gomez, Liberal, or Dr. Olfredo gy eee (By Associated Press) ‘will follow atKie Satelit tiie | oe: the: welcomed extendenIiict Mieghthe : AS a OR EA eee 2 . < ye Sn ay = * # ae a ee States intervention in Cuba depends | Zayas, Nationalist. If a new presi- | HEARINGS ON GRAIN LONDON, Jan, 4.—British officials | new government but the police and | CaPitals of Brazil, Uruguay and Ax . PRESIDENT OBREGON ILL. haecaa sen Enoch HH. Crowder, |@et is not definitely chosen by May |SPECULATION OPENED. believe the Sinn Fein will recognize | military will be under the control of |®°?¢"@- _ i (By Associated Press.) Largely; ott Geet! Enoch #1) ‘der, 199, when President Menocal’s term (By Associated Press) | the Home Rule bill and ald in es. | the Irish parliament. | SERVICE MEN EXAMINED. r MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4.—Physicians| Who has been sent to the island by | expires, the situation will be critical. WASHINGTON; Jan. 4.—The hedainz | the Home Rule i Bea nee ‘Belief is expressed here that “Pres- | pr, K. B. Allen of Denver, membor attending President Alvaro Obregon| President Wilson, it was indicated Crowder will also attempt to | system long followed in the grain trade, t#blishing an Irish government com- | jgent De Valera will line up his |o¢ the medical toagd of whe Bee iy are concerned over his healthy and have) today. It is honed that the trip will | straighten out the financial tangle. |was opposed today by representatives| posed of two parliaments with a joint | followers in support of the plan. He | Vocational Training, was in. the elty ordered him to take a complete rest.| make intervention unnecessary.’ He | American bankers have refused to fot farmers’ organizations who appeared | council. It is believed that they will | will not be molested by the British |toaay on business, ‘While here Dr. Ak As a restilé-he left yesterday for a va-| will attempt to settle the auestion | make loans until the political situa- |in the first of a series of extended| enter into the elections spiritemiy. | if he is willing to ald what is best™ jen oxamined an exservice man’ tng { cation in the Siate of Michoacan, of who was elected president of Cuba, | tion is cleared. hearings by the house agriculture No general withdrawal of troops | for Ireland, it was stated today. | admission to training. i é