Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1921, Page 1

HORE BONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TOBE URGED ON LOCAL DISTRIGT Situation Improved ‘But Constant Increase Must' Be Provided for, Says’ Member of Board Here The school board at its next, meeting will recommend the is-' suance ot bonds for the erection, of school buildings to relieve the congested condition here, accord-| ing to W. O. Wilson. The enroll-| ment stands at approximately 2,780 with | the number constantly increasing. Three hundred thirty-eight are enrolled | in the high school alone and all grade buildings are taxed to. their capacit “The Casper school situation’ while Not of the best, is somewhat improved, owing to the addition of two rooms to| both the East and West Casper Schools,"" Mr. Wilson said today, ‘To Properly accommodate the pupils of ‘West Casper it will be necbssary to add more rooms. his condition does not affect only these two, school in’ the city he- ing above capac Application for au- Mission. to the school are being made every day and it.owil? Be eve: Jens favorable nctiant” ie? Eiken onthe ‘on’ thie case, to find pestis house the pupils. “It is the plan of the school board to } recommend to the school district, at the \ Mext meeting, the issuance of bonds to build enough schools nec: ry to cop: with ig atin ah conditions, LIQUOR HERE TO STAY BUT ‘DRY’ CPINION GROWS, (By- Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The United States never will be literally dry, Prohibition Commissioner Kramer de-| clared today, though he expressed the opinion that prohibition is here to sa Sentiment through the country, he said is continually growing stronger for} Prohibitian and practical proh ition | will come after the present generation. | sheep shearers over 4 cents after they! Sons and daughters of men today, he declared, will grow up without a taste for liquor. pair Dee Ne tee Valera Invited to London to Confer With Lloyd George (By Associated Press) LONDON Jan. 7—Famonn de Valera, “President of the Irish Republic,” it is reported, has been invited to come to London, to confer with Prime “Minister Iioyd George, says the Westminister. Gazette. Father Michael O'Flanagan “Vice President of the republic, i also expected to arrive and his coming is said to be in connection with new peace negotiations, U. S. LOSES MILLIONS IF TAX CASE IS LOST (By Associated Press) ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Argu- ments were begun in the suprem court today in the “invested capital” case, characterized by Solicitor Gen- eral Frierson as the “most import- ant” legal suit from the standpoint RUHR DISTRICT. WILL CUT OFF COAL SU SUPPLIES (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 7.—Miners of the Ruhr district; Germany, prive Bavaria of coal.as a step towar forcing Bavaria to disarm her civ! guards, the disbandment of which is de- manded by the allies, says a Berlin dis pateh to the Matin today. buildings to t bave decided to de- F ibstina ders Keep on Plugging, Says in Address |the boat!”” i ley, president hy ool Growers’ Association, in his an anal address before the convention this morning. With no attempt to dis- isuise the discouraging conditions un- der which the industry is laboring at {present, Dr. Wilson was optimistic for the future. Present conditions, he said. were brought about by the bad drought of 1919, the succeeding severe winter, conditions relative to the war, the Dem- ceratie tariff laws that permitted Hie dumping of great quantities of wo and meats on Ametica’s unprotected markets, heavy taxes and some minor ‘phases. At preseat association and committees are doing all in their} ‘power to alleviate the lot of the sheep-| men, but he declared that all must pull together and work hard to accomplish! |this end. |. record crowd heard Dr. Wilson, the jdissiet court room being packed to the} jdoors when the convention’ was called to order at 9:30 this morning. , Before jthe close of the meeting many were ;standing in the aisles. President Wil- json held his hearers’ attention close- ly all the time of his talk and he did jnot indulge in any rhetorical persi- |flage or expound the cosmos theories in regard to the present corfditions ‘of jthe sheep industry, but gave the con- vention members a straight from the shoulder talk and when required, he had the facts at hand to back up any lof the statements he made. * 4 SRICA MADE DUMPING GROUND. “AROS oe etirting "hei besught ein the president's address was sent condition of the meat. in- through the importation of for- eign shipments of mutton, mainly from Australia, ‘This nation has become the dumping ground for every foreign coun- try because Americans are the only ones who have the money to pay for the commodities they have to sell, and since the Democratic tariff went into effect, Australia has sent over 6,000,000 pounds of mutton that is now in stor- age in New York City, and’ more com- ing «ery day. This great amount of meat has been frozen for over a year and to date the country has absorbed it. The consumer does not know whether he is getting home-grown mut- ton or foreign “meat that has shipped here from Australia. Last year the tremendous amount of a and a half pounds of good wool that jwas sent here from Argentina to be .{disposed of at any price. This wool was sold at 9. cents per pound and were |the Wyoming sheep men to try to. sell Jat this preie they would owe their ‘had paid all. the brought. |ENOUGH WOOL TO |LAST TWO YEARS, “With the coming clip there will be on hand in this country this summer, the tremendous total of a billion pounds of wool, enough to last this nation for two years at the usual rate of consump- tion. The manufacturers are not using this vast quantity, for today the manu- facturers are taking the wool out of old rags and the stuff usually known as shoddy, and are making this material into cloth for clothes. At a recent investigation of the woolen manufacttirers in Washington it developed that the woolen plants had used over 28,000,000 pounds of hair the t season and the manufacturers were very reticent over this item. “They re- fused toSay where it came from or these men wool (Continued on Page 4) of government finances in a decade. Whether the goverament will be forced to return hundreds of millions of dollars paid as income taxes de- pends upon the outcome. The immediate cause at issue be- fore the court is the appeal of the LaBelle Iron Works from a ruling of the bureau of internal revenue, re- fusing to allow it to treat as invest- ed capital the value of ore lands which were purchased in 1904 for $190,000 and which by 1917 had in- creased in value to $10,000,000. Government agents maintained thar the inctease in reality was “profit” and should be taxed as such. Tho company added the increase to capi- tal invested and claimed a normal de- duction of 7 per cent. The question of whether a stock dividend is taxable arose in a new form of the present case, the in- creased value of the ore lands having been represented in the books of the corporation, according to the govern- | il Must Association Head “TE you can’t row, don’t rock This, in substance, was the ad-| monition to Wyoming flockmasters emphasized by Dr. J. M. McKin- of the Wyoming! heads | about 2 quarter of a million pounds of | been | there was sold in Boston million | OBSERVERS: RATHER TH | ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. |be party division in order to get the bill “i, foreed Penrose to give in. He jbacked down rgther than be defeated, lig is said. Friends says his enemies are using the situation for political propaganda against Penrose. «If the bill passes it will mean an end ‘to the Unemployment situation and bet- ter conditions for farmers and stock- men, financiers stated today. aha Net elon atacae CO. PROBE IS ASKED. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Evidence as to 1 prices paid in 1920 by the war department was transmitted to the de- partment of justice today with a rec ommendation for action, Chairman Cald- er of the senate committee on recon- struction informed the senate, | COURT MARTIAL; TAKES OWN LIFE (By Associated Press) MANILA, Jan, 7.—Lieutenant James Owens of Baltimore, an offi- cer of the Philippine Scouts, ended his‘life here today. It is believed that fear of court martial, because of ab- sence from his command for more than a week, prompted his uct. . CUBAN TANGLE NOW HOPELESS (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Jan. 7.—As the result of an almost nation-wide contest over the presidential elections in November, Cuba may be called upon to face an un- usual and embarrassing problem May 20, next, when its term of President ‘Menocal expires. So voluminous ha been the appeals. filed by the Libe! party and so involved is the ‘situaticn that the judicial machinery of the re- public is virtually clogged, and no on can forecast the outcome with any d gree of accuracy. | scat SABO NG Una Egypt was the first country to have fn railitary organization, about 1620 B. Cc ment’s brief, since 1912, by “stock issued as a stock dividend.” The wide interest displayed in the i |she was |SUNDRY CIVIL case in the business world is illus- trated by the great number of re- quests for permission to file briefs. | One hundred and seventy thousand, five hundred dollars has been sub- seribed toward the financing of the purchase of section 16, south of Cas- per, from the state, according to a report made today by the committee composed of R, T. Kemp and Ben Scherek. The campaign was brot to tained notor! acquitted, was confined in the jail here |she-had been discharged from its em- , behavior while employed in the hospital, "| their evidence apparently being intend- |and that she was addicted to the PENROSE POE [i PASSING, SAY VETERAN BACKS DOWN AN ADMIT HIS DEFEAT iObstinate Attitude of Senate Finance Committee in Risking Party Split to Secure Passage of Tariff Bill Causes Leader’s Capitulation (By United Press.) 7.—The passing of Senator Boise Penrose as a political power is seen by political observers as a result of his aban- donment of the fight against the embargo-tariff bill. contributed to his action, it is believed. It is pointed out that the obstinate attitude of Republican mem- rs of the senate finance committee, who declared-they would risk | SIX PERISH IN ARKANSAS FIRE (By Associated Press) ENGLAND, Aric. Jan. sons perished, two will probably dic and three were seriously burned in n fire which destroyed the Royal hotel here today. Two of those burned to death were employed by the hotel: the elabht vietinss were guests. (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 7.—“My God, why did I do it!” Mrs. William Schulz 9f Casper, undergoing preliminary hear-!| ing here on the charge of murdering two babies in the Chey- enne Private hospital was quoted by Goldie Sanderson, a wit- ness for the state this morning, to have exclaimed as she sat ;on the edge of her cot im the county jail. The witness’ assump- tion was that the exclamation referred ; —-> to the cases of the two babie: Goldie Sanderson, who recently y in a white slave n the United States court here in wh the government's chief wit- ness and in which the defendant was in the same room with Mrs Schulz af- ter the latter returned from Nebraska to, face the charge of poisoning the week-old infants, it is alleged by the prosecution, with the motive of bring-| ing the hospital into disrepute because ploy. Goldie was stil) on the stand this} afternoon, undergoing unpleasant — in- quisition directed by General Hugo Don-| zelman, gounsel for Mrs. Schul Before she took the stanil~séveral nurses testified regarding Mrs. Schulz's ed to show that her temper was violent use Se eS of drugs. BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE) (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan, 7.—The Sundry ADMISSION OF. GUILT. 1S CHARGED TO MRS. SCHULZ AT HEARING |OFFICER FEARS |Cell Mate in Cheyenne Jail Quotes Nurse as Exclaiming in Horror at Act, Presumably Babies’ Murder | | | Civil appropriation bill carrying approx-| imately $383,271,291 was house todfty. a successful conclusion this morn- ing, the total amount obtained in sub- scription agreements being $20,500 more than the amount set as the goal, The name of the corporation which will administer the funds in the ev- ent negotiations with the state prove jsevere punishment and could eventuai-| PEACE DESIRED IN ERIN, CLAIM (By United Press.) DUBLIN, Jan. 7.—Evidences of a growing Inclination to achieve peace} with England is found among Irish! leaders as factions of the Sinn Fein} are beginning to reglize that the gov- ernment will meet outbreaks with| yy crush Treland. Sinn Feiners do not trust the British ps the latter refuse to negotiate with nyone but Irish leaders of guaranteed | er. +e whe hours. ment made it anese er in southeast portion tonight, WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday, cold- fiat ns of an “Bnoch Arden” Franzen said the pair were in Phila- | delphia, The warrant sworn out by Fran- zen, who is chief decorator at th University of Wisconsin, charger Auther, a chemist, who is said to have represented himself as the scion of Spanish grandees, with “stealing Charlotte Franzen at the point of a pistol” and compelling her husband to give him a check for $100 last Tues- day night for their honeymoon.” a JAP COLONIST TOLD TO LEAVE (By Associated Press) BROWNVILLE, Tex., Jan. 7.—Japan- ese colonists who art from Calif- ornia today was met by a committee of citizens and told to leave within 48 He was told that public senti- impossible for the Jap- to colonize here. Trouble was probable if the persisted in the attempt, he v jabdbten oe hed ‘California M ones Protest Against Treaty with Japs j —murite--aecounting. for jable method of accounting to the pr i if al i ———————— ae } / ; * Marion. Meetings; F > Urged on Senate _ 7 (By United Press.) MARION, Jan. 7.—All plans for a large standing army or compul- sory, training ‘in peace : : time will be vetoed by Warren G.|One Hundred and Sixty-eight Pages Make Up Volum- Harding, it was learned today. He) _ inous. Document Completed by Governor to Be is taking this stand in the face of Bal at Lesisl a demand for greater preparedness, He Submitted to Next egisiature is considering the substitution of vol- untary military training with educa- * {pene features conspicuous. (Special to The Tribune.) Revs ererennted Ex ees) ; CHEYENNE, Jan. 7.—Wyoming’s first state budget, compiled ac- MARION, Jan. 7.—Representative Failing health 22s, Sain of California, chairman of cording to the provisions of the act passed at the last session of legis- ailing healt! [Mahon today sa, Soe tewaton: £2|lature, is complete and ready for legislative action. i |President-Blect Harding to discuss the According to law the budget, which contains an itemized plan of eo AEA beepuyouneseer ache onntaciins all proposed expenditures for each state department, bureau, division, |is one of a series to be held by Harding|board and institution, must be presented to the stafe solons within with those In charge of military and five days after the beginning of the nayal matters with the view of reduc- next legislative session. The legislators ing appropriations for the two estab- es | then may increase or decrease items in : lishments, developing a reserve per- the bill as they deem it necessary to sonnel zor both the ee fe as hE: 3 the economy and efficiency of state gov- é and agreeing upon’ a definite policy to ernment, N be pursued until a possible plan of While the budget is now ready for |disarmament is worked out by an as- presentation little is known as to its sociation ‘of nations. contents, It is admitted at the capita: I that the budget calls for a slight in- “ae (By Associated Press.) crease in expenditures, but it is also 7.—Six per- WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Unanimots asserted that if the plans are carried @ |tavorable report was ordered today. by r) jout there will be a saving o” hundreds the senate military comm eee Titec 1 ee thousands of dollars for the tax- Se: New, ih er y or lor Tndiena, diredling. the. secretary (gel S (By Associated Press) Hoople davai itadterduin oanmousanenter war to stop army enlistments until the hey AF Pek PRU ape ce Pla \others—especially when they confilct— total number of enlisted men is reduced ere. i ora ue ra pe ea and in bringing to an end leakages that to 175,000. : ith grand tarceny by Philip Fran- | ave been a drain on the state govern- F * eran: | ment. nan Gt Madinon. Wis., for the “thett” | - Phe budget covers/168 pages. the ma- foday, Both Franzen and Mra, Auth, |Jrity filled with detailed data on the declared the belief. iat the; operation of the various state depart-~ * verve: ‘penry, {showing a balance or a deficit as case -may be. Each state department | is given a classification and opposit: | each item of the proposed expenditures there are separate parallel columns showing the amount appropriated for the last proceeding appropriation yenr, the current year and the increase ov decrease. As a result of the comprehensive re port on state government there is con- siderable speculation among © depart- ment heads as to the action of the legislators and as to the recommenda- tions made by Governor Robert 1D. Carey. It is generally known that the | governor intends that the sixteenth ses- sion of the Wyoming legislature be operated on a more efficient — basis, using the budget as a means of cilitating adequate and timely legis ition most sultable to-the citizens of + state, 3ut what influence the governor's d- dress to the solons will have on the statesmen, and just how they will view the proposed itemized expenditures, re- mains for the opening of the session to reveal. It is believed, however, that the legislators will agree with the majc of the’ governor’s recommendations that the coming se: on of lawm ne will exceed jn efficien y previous session held in the stat histor According to the executives various state departments. the means system, a better unde ing of conditions by both legislator: state executives, and provides a’ depend- (By Associnted Press) ple on the rating of state finances. That SACRAMENTO, Callf., Jan, 7—The| there is occasion for an increase in California senate today unanimously | *' expenditures; is shown -by. the in- aidputed tab reaohi(Honseentt |crease of state property assessmenty, siatignaliaoy acinenienat ,{ Which have soared from about et would this state's anti-alien land law or grant the right of citizenship to Japanese. treaty with Japan that nullity yaaa 8.6 BIG PUBLISHER DIES. (By Associated Press) SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. G. Scripps, 35, newspaper died here today. 1.—Ia ames | [arepnenyt the 000,000 to more than $424,000,000. SMeanwhile the budget reposes in the netuary of the governor's offic dy to send its message of efficien: te. publisher, ' United States was held at Georgetown, —_ Itural exhibition in the The first agri D, C.,, in 1810, KERENSKY TO UNITE ALL ANTI-BOLSHEVIKS (By United Prwss.) PARIS, Jan. 7.—Alexander Keren- sky, former Russian, premier, has summoned thirty revolutionary lead- passed the! ers to meet here tomorzvow in an at- -tempt to unite all anit!-Boizheviki PURCHASE OF STATE LAND IS FULLY FINANCED HERE successful has not been selected and further steps toward incorporation will be held up pending the result of a conference between a committee from the Casper Chamber -* Com- merce and the state selool land board. The committee will. go to Cheyenne Monday to reopen the sub- Ject with state officials, factions. He will try to unite the followers of General Baron Peter Wrangel and himself. Poland expects to form a military alliance with France, it wa3 indicated today. Polish officials declare ‘they expect a Russian spring attack. ERIVAN TO SET UP SOVIET RULE. (By Associated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. Owing to the presence of powerful Russian forces in Armenia, the Eri- vian_ government is reported to have decided upon demobilization of its en- tire army and the substitution of a Bolshevik army organized along So- viet lines. Three hundred Armenian officers, it is declared, have left for Moscow, where they will be distrib- uted among Russian military acade- mies. An educational train is said to have arrived at Erivan for the purpose of converting Armenian peasants and workers to communism, Chief com- munists of Armenia have completed preparations for the first Armenian Soviet congress, which meets soo and will deal with reconstruction of the country. Near East Relief representatives at Kars, Armenia, were called into con- ference by a Soviet representative and asked to give an accurate accounting of all property and, supplies owned by the organization in that region. ALLEGED WIFE DESERTER HELD J. F. Penny, charged with wife de. sertion, was arrested this morning by Undersheriff Massee. Penny is said to be a railroad man in the employ of the Northwestern. He was lodged in jail to await a hearing.