Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1921, Page 5

TUESDAY, FEB. 15, 1921 NJUNCTIONS IN LAOH DISPUTES -ORERED BY BILL Colorado Senate Approves Meas- ure Giving Industrial Commis- sion Authority to Restrain Employer or Worker ~ (By Associated Press.) DENVER, Colo., Feb. 15.—The Col- orado Senate today passed unanimous- ly the measure of Senator Peterson giving the-industrial commission the right to gointo court and obtain an in- junction against employer or employe in case of a controversy over working conditions, The xseasure now goes to the house. ‘The measure provider. a penalty of six mionths in jail and a fine of $50 for eachday that any {njunction ‘s- sued at the request of the industrial commission is violated. Senator King’s measure providing for the creation of a state board for regulation of the healing art and plac- ing chiropractors under its control was adopted by the senate. The vote was 18 to 17. Passage was preceded by hard fight by the chiropractor lob- | | The senate also passed Senator Scott's Bill giving cities and towns the right to condemn property _outsiac their corporate limits for the con- struction of sewer systems. Abolition. of an old statute requiring county as- sessors to furnish the board of imm:- gration with certain statistics was vot- ed by the senate. Several measures were passed by the lower house. They were: Prohibiting the practice of clair. voyance, fortune-telling, plamistry, as- trology and similar practices and pro- viding a maximum penalty for viola- tion a $500 fine or six months imprts- onment, or both, Providing for the collection of costs of crimtnal court cases. | Clearirtg the title to lands occupled by abandoned towns. Providing that women inducing youths "less than 21 years of age to conimit immoral acts shall be deemod guilty of a statutory offense. Defining public highways. Revising state normal school dis- tricts. s Providing for the acceptance of gifts by the state historical and natural his- tory society One satutory revision measure. The Mortensen measure providiog that counties providing payments for blind persons be required to continue such payments after such persons had removed from that county was killed when a motion to strike the enacting cluuise was carried by a. vote of 46 to 18. ; Action on the measure providing for | the re-organization of the State Nat- fonal Guard was postponed until ¢o- morrow. Tho house referred back to the com- | mittee on fees and salaries the mea- nure regulating fees payable to and collected by clerks of courts of rec- ord, except clerks of county, courts in probate proceedings. » 5 _ Blazing Vein of Coal 500 Feet Long Under City SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 15.—A red- hot coal vein, 10 feet in thickness and at least 500 feet in length, is blazing 400 Yeet under Scranton. The fire is located in the abandened working of the old Central mine, ‘Weet Scranton, and ig . steadily creeping eastward, consuming: in ity, course thousands of tons of anthracite. All efforts of 200 fire fighters to extin- guish the fire, or ever. to check its Progress, have, up to the present, been of no avail. Seven streams of water have for weeks been pouring upon the burning coal with no appar- ent result the water causing fantastic vapois in the white heat which serve only to havaper the work of the fire fighters, “ready hampered enough by the heat and_poisonous gasses issuing from the burning coal. The firemen-enter the mine through a shaft two miles away. ‘They are un- role, on account of the terrible teat, to venture any nearer the firs than §00 feet. A perpendicular airshaft. located directly above the fire and communicating with the open air 400 feet above affords a draft greater than that of the most towering smoke- stack. Grave danger confronts the men fighting the flames, as a sudden lepression in the atmospheric condi- ns above might send the sulphurous gases backward resulting, in suffoca- tion. From a distance, with the aid of Blasses;can be seen an, inferno in which old Pluto himself might luxu- rinte. There are in a wilderness of fire, with low-hanging ceilings, wide reyices from which issue blue and white flames. ‘Tho heat is unbearable. All faith in the efficacy of wuter to extinguish the flamés has been aband- ned, and the erection of walls to ex- lude air and causé the fire to die of enert gas is the plan of the fire fight- ers, following «n investigdtion by a commission from the state department of mining. Concrete walls, 4 feet thick, are being built in all tunnels and crevices leading to the fire. In sections of ‘adjacent veins, re- Mote from the scene of the fire, tem- Peratures of 170 degrees Fahrenheit have been recorded as a result of the fre, The abandoned mines of the Peo- ple’s Coal Company, communicating with the Central mine where the fire located, contain large quantities of If the fire should come in con- tact with this gas, an explosion would result, the effects of which are incal- culable, according to experts. There 43 no immediate danger of this, the experts add comfortingly and it is Predicted that within a few weeks, through the present method of fight- ing the flames, the fire will be smothere 42a NAS SUGAR PRICE UP SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 15.— Tefined sugar advanced from $7.25 to $8.00 a hundredweight at tho refin- erios herd today. The new price is the Orst reversal of a period of steady de- silne, yr - eee +. APPEAR HERE The Standard Chautauqua com- pany, one of the leading groups of entertainers west of Chicago, will present two of its best entertain- ments in the Presbyterian taber- nacle on February 21 and 22 under the auspices of the Business and Professional Women's club. Captain Cyrus S. Nusbaum, who has attained a reputation second to none among chautauqua lecturers, will deliver short, interesting and instructive talks on pertinent top- ics both evenings. Preceding Cap- grown-ups, as welly CONCERT ENTERTAINERS TO WITHIN WEEK tairi Nusbaum’s lectures, the Lock: hart Concert, company, why are ad- yertised as) the ‘concert entertain- ers “Who Outhit Babe Ruth,” will present a musical program, consist- ing of Scotch songs, stories and impersonations. Captain Nusbaywm_and the Lock- hart Concert co:npany will also give d matinee’ on ‘Tuesday, the 22d, for the school vhildren, to which ad- mittance will be 25 cents. This en- tertainment will be of such a na- ture as to appeal to children and BRITISH FACE REVOLT IN INDIA + r e 8 LONDON, © Feb. 16.—Revolution has broken out in the Indian state of Tonk, in Rajpu:cana, says a Reu- ters: dispatch-from~ Allahabad. Aft ~~ ple, ler of the district, arrested leaders in the movement, whereupon rioting broke-out. State troops are engaged by _riccers. People are fleeng toward British ( HOUSTON TOLE TO DEFER ALL FOREIGN LOANS Senate Judiciary Committee Noti- fics Treasurer Against Paying Out Money With Submit- ting Facts (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Secretary Houston was notified formally today by the senate judiciary committee that he “should pay out no more money mn account of any commitments of foans to foreign countries until the facts have been submitted to this committee and it has had an oppor- tunity to consider the same and re- port to the senate.’ The committee’s action was by unanimous vote and was taken on motion of Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, author of a pending resolu- tion to stop all advances by the treas- ury to the allied governments. Decision to take immediate and dl- rect action was made by the commit- tee after Senator Brandegee, Repub- lican, Connecticut, had informed it that Mr. Houston recently had told the foreign relations committee that he felt in honor: bound to make addi- tional advaices to the governments for which credits had been established if those governments asked for the money. | A Senators Reed and Brandegeé said $37,000,000 additional could be ad- vanced to foreign governments and Senator Reed declared the secretary should be prevented from making.any advances while the committe ‘was considring legislation to stop all fur- ther loans. ‘Secretary Houston promised to ap- pear tomorrow and bring, all docu- ments referring to loan negotiatins with foreign countries. Mines’ Probe | Ready to Open 15.—Senator DENVER, Colo, Fel ‘W. F. Renshaw, chairman of the joint legislative committee appointed to conduct an investigation of the Color- ado School of Mines, annotnced today the inquiry would start at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, The hearing will be public, eye (sas Jia! sb Nae ac aa RK UP IN ARMS NOV territory: + gapitak of” the” dis-~ trict ‘is located in the city of Tonk, about 50 miles south of Jaipur. ~ Tonk is one “of ‘the 21 “Indian states included in the Rajputana district, which covers a vast area in the northwestern part of the Indian peninsula. Tonk has ‘an area of 2,553 square miles and in 1911 had a population of 303,181. Most of the population are Hindus, DRAFT LAW - IS UPHELD BY LEAGUE CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Club owners of the American Association,. in annual Meeting shere today, voted 6 to 2 against giving the major leagues the privilege of drafting players from the organization. ‘The association also increased {its waiver price’ from $750 to $2,500 ‘and declared against any recalls. The player limjt: was raised to 20 from EFFICIENCY OF WIRELESS PUT TOHARD TEST Conversations Held Simultaneous- ly Over Same Wireless by Installation of Superior Ap- Pparatus (By Associatetd Press) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb,,15.—Ap- Paratus by which it is hoped to make it possible for two or more conver- sations to be held simultaneously over the same wireless set was given a transcontinental test last night, it was anmounced here today by officials of the American Telephone and Tele- graph, company. It was stated a wireless operator at Avalon, Satalina Island, 30 miles off Los Angeles harbor, talked for an hour and 30 minutes with another op- erator aboard the steamer. Gloucester, 60 miles east of Cape:Cod. The dis- tance was 4,350 miles. bs: Connection was established by wire- less from Avalon to the mainland, hy wire across the country and by wire- less again from Cape Cod:to the Glou- cester. It was raining at Avalon and snowing off Cape Cod, but the opera- tors said they heard each other dis- tinctly. ‘Telephone company officials said op- erators at every important city along the transcontinental line not only “1 tened in" but: “talked in.” They explained that “various wave lengths" would be used in making it possible for one wireless set to be us- ed for different cdnversations at the game itimes? 9) = py ee Se PRODI SUGAR AT HIGH POINT IN 1920 All Previous Records Broken in Cane and Beet Industiies Last Year, Crop Report Shows ‘By Azsoclated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Amierican sugar production in 1920 bfoke ‘all previous records. A preliminary an- nouncement today by the Bureau of Crop Estimates placed the aggregate Production of beet and cane sugar for the year at 2,605,174,000 pounds, 2 15 per cent increase over the previous record output In 1916 and 53 per cent more than was produced in 1919. Beet Sugar at 2,219,200,000 pounds showed a 27 per cent inrcease over the Previous record production in 1915. Larger acreage and favorable weatte: fre held accountable for the increase. The United States is said to pro- duce about one-fourth of the suyar it consumes. Percapita consumption for various periods was as follov/s: 1914, 90.5 pounds; 1915, 87.6*pounds; 1916, 79.6 pounds; 1917, $4.5 pounds 1918, 78.7 pounds, 1919, 84.2 pounds, 1920, 92 povnde, The announcement notes that the 1918 consumption was about average “despite the popuJar impression of a sugar shortage” and that the 1920 figure showed an increase of a »il- lion pounds ip, total consumption over the previous yea: MILLIONAIRE HOBO TALKS FOR JOBLESS , DENVER, Colo., Feb, 15.—James Eads Howe, millionaire hebo, and six others claiming to répresent the ’un- employed of Denver, held a conference with Mayor Bailey in the city hall this morning. After discussing for an hour the question of providing for the unemployed in Denver, the confer- ence adjourited without desjnite action having been planned. The committee claimed there were between 11,000 and 13,000 unemployed men, many of them heads of families, in Denver. The mayor asserted that this information showed there were approximately 2,500 unemployed in “floaters” from other places. The mayor refused to consider 2 Proposal that work on the Broadway extension be begun at once. He said he was pledged not to begin this work before April 1 and that to begin it now Fj would ‘make 1,200 people homeless in’ an already overcrowded city. He also declared that an indiscriminate plan of providing work for the unemployed | would attract men out of work in| other places instead of assisting. Den-} ver residents who are out of em-| ployment. | ‘Illinois Not to Meddle in Rates CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—The State of! Illinois has been enjoined by the Unit-| ed States District Court form inter- ferring with the interstate Commerce Commission’ orders establishing creased freight and passenger rates on railroads operating within the state. ‘The decision was given late yesterday in’ the’ United States District Court here, but was not announced until today. ————————— OREGON PIONEER DIES. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 15, —St. John Skinner, said to have been the first white child born in Eugene, Ore., died at Twin Falls, Idaho, last night, according to word reaching here. Eugene is said to have been named after the descendant’s father, Sugene Skinner. Mrs. A. A. Sanders, wife of Sheriff Sander of Carbon county, spent, the day here, enroute to Lander with Wil- Mam Eskire, who is to eb placed in the home of the feeble minded. CTION OF | the city and that many of them were] TALKI (By Associated’ Press) WAUKEGAN, IIL, Fed. 15.— Miriam Rubin, the 8-year-old “talk- ing girl” of Waukegan, suddenly stopped talking at noon today after she had chattered almost continu- ously for eleven days, The child appeared te be strong- er and more refreshed. today after atstieseaeaniesthh obey 4 ,000 Mexicans to Be Sent Home From Michigan} (By Associated Press.) DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 15.—The St. Vincent De Paul society has un- dertaken the task of sending back to Mexico 4,000 citizens of that country stranded here since, the in- dustrial depression. More than 100 have begun their journey, it was learned today. The Mexican govern- ment will bear the expense beyond the border. Hundreds of ths Mexicans were brought to Michigan to work in the beet fields and later came to Detroit where they were unable to find em- ployment. Many of them, it is said, | are suffering from lack of food, clothing and housing Applications for Oil Permits Are Rushed in Utah SALT LAKE CIT1, Utah, Feb. 15./ —All records were broken at the lo-) cal United States land office today when 66 persons filed applications to prospect for oil. Some of the appli-| |eations were for land whjch under-| lies the Great Salt Lake, Others were jfor land in southeastern Utah, far this year applications for about| 090,000 acres to prospect for oil have! been filed at the local office. | unk ep Rote oe APPEAL MADE| FOR RUSSIANS NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—An appeal to the nations of the world to ald Rus- sian refugees was issued today by the executive committee of the con- ference of the All-Russian Constituent Assembly in Paris. The appeal, re- ceived by cable by A. J; Sack, director of the Russian information bureau in in the United States, reveals that there are at present “1,500,000 Rus- jsian rofugees victims of the world catastrophe and civil war, saving themselves from moral torture and} mass executions.” | “To lend them moral support and| to safeguard their existence is” the | CASE STILL PUZZLE TO EXPERTS sleeping most of the night, than she had since being stricken with the puzzling malady. Soon after 11 a. m. “Miriam fell asleep and when she awoke 35 min- utes later she talked only when ad- dressed or to ask her nurse for wa- ter. Her temperature returned to no MINES. INVESTIGATION TO BE OPEN TO PUBLIC (By Press.) DENVER, Colo., Feb. 15, — Tho house of representatives of the state! legislature today passed a resolution recommending that the legislative in- vestigation of the Colorado hool of Mines be open to the public. Pre- viously the committee in charge of the investigation, had decided the hearing be secret. The motion for an open hearing was made by Representative Morris A. Penter. He was supported by Representative Dailey. Immigration From Southern Europe to Be Curtailed WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—Measures to restrict immigration on a percent- age basis, are designed to check the flow from southern and eastern Eu- rope without hindering the move- ment from north and western Eu- rope, according to the senate immi- |sration committee report submitted today by Senator Dillingham, Repub- lican, Vermont. Single men, largely Yrom southern and eastern Europe moving to cities and manufacturing centers in the United States are de- clared to present an emergency which should be dealt with, Such immi- So grants, it is stated, gather in “radical | groups” and show little tendency to become Ameri citizen, Pueblo Reports Terrific Wind PUEBLA, Colo., Feb. 15—One of the severest wind stcrms in years raged here today. Windows were blown out in school buildings and in stores. Grade schools were force to close at the end of the morning session. ee ee | CARD OF THANKS | We wish to express our thanks to the many friends for the sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our son, Claude, also for the beauti- ful floral offerings. MR. and MRS. W. J. EVANS, 2-15-1t* duty of all civilized’ mika ———_e_ee which is dictated not only by heart, felt sympathy for these sufferers, but also by sound ‘statesmanshij says the appeal. ——— SUGAR TARIFF IS INCREASED WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The sen- ate late today adopted the Smoot amendment to the Fordney ; Emer- gency tariff bill providing for im-| port duty on sugar of approximately | 1 cent a pound in addition to the} present tariff. Only one senator, Thomas, Demo- erat, Colorado, voted against. the; amendment, which was offered as a substitute for the committee rate of about 3 cents a pound in addition to/ the present rate of 1 cent. a Sa a aia W. W. SPROUL HOME BUILDER If you want to buy or build a home, see me first. 141 W, 10th. St. Phone 376-W. 2-7-tt How Many Cubes? 5, 6 or 7? Don’t Guess Come in and we will tell you. Also bring along that timepiece that keeps you guessing ard let us straighten it our. JOS. 1. SCHWARTZ Iris Theater Bldg. Note—Only those hav- ing received former bids, and names turned in by members since last party, may gain admittance. Door man will check from mailing list. arty at the Winter Garden, Thursday, February 17, is the Original peaeten’ Klub formulated several weeks ag0 and its former successful parties will be a guarantee to its members of an evening which will be enjoyed by all. WM. KINGSLEY, Notice Importante The Bachelor Klub BALL will be held at ScHEMBECK’S Winter Garden | INFORMAL COTILLION FAVORS THURS. FEBR. (Signed) Secretary. Join the American Legion Now 17th CAL SMITH, President. FATHER SLAYS TWO AND TAKES HIS OWN LIFE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 15.— Despondency over extended ill-health and lack of employment led Myron Black, laborer, to shoot and kill his six-year-old daughter, himself and a lodger at his home here today, ac cording to the police record. He also shot his four-months-old daughter Rhoda, but the wound was superficial. Black arose at 3 y’clock, his wife told the police. He went into the room of Raymond Buss, the lodger, and shot and killed him while he slept. He then went into the room occupied by the wife and childrem After strug- gling with his wife he shot Ellen, six- years old, through the head and wounded his other daughter. He went into another room and killed himself. House of David Leader Fails to Appear in Court DENVER, Colo., Feb. 14,—Joshua (Jehovah) Sykes, head of the cult knows as the House of David, tailed to appear in the juvenile court here Monday to answer charges of céntri- buting to the delinquency and depend- ency of children, Court attaches were unable to learn his whereabouts and it was suggested he might have gone to San Francisco to sufrender to the United States district marshal there preparatory to beginning a peni- tentiary sentence of two years on charges of violating the espionage act. The charges which were to come up today particularly referred — to Sykes’ regulations that men and| women members of the cult of which he is head, refrain from working for seven months preparatory to the coming of Christ. A number of parents among his flock obeyed his orders and accord:| = ing to the police, their neglected | children were forced to gecure food thrown out by Denver housewives. eat by Duavat. Bens UTAH TO CO-OPERATE IN RECLAMATION OF WEST) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 15.— Gov. Charles R. Mabey will be em-| powered to appoint a representative | for Utah on a joint commission to bo | composed of representatives from Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, and duly authorized representatives of the United States reclamation service if a bill introduced in the Utah legisli- ture today becomes a law. bien ered fete “Natrona Butter’s Best’ Ask Your Grocer for | Natrona ‘Butter Made in Casper. Churned Fresh Daily at the | Natrona Butter Shop — Cor. Second and Durbin i Sylvester F. Pelton, carpenter, con- tractor, job work, new work, estl- mates. 925 South Lincoln ave. Phone 928s. 2-7-tf Own Your Home in Beautiful Midwest Heights Subdivision On Salt Creek Pavement These lots have only been on the market three weeks. Over 60 lots are now sold, two bungalows completed and another now being built. The lots are located only a few blocks west of the Standard ex- tension, where they will build the new stills and a large machine shop. Lots near these activities will increase in’ value very fast and buyers will net good returns on money invested. We sell these lots on liberal terms, and remember lots are neat and within walking distance of both refineries and on the pavement. Call at our office any day during the week or Sundays and we will take you to the beautiful Midwest Heights. Office open every evening unti! 8 p.m. Salesmen will be on the ground all day Sunday. MIDWEST HEIGHTS REALTY COMPANY Office at HENNING BROKERAGE CO. Henning Hotel Phone 1040-W 50% Reduction Yes, Natural Gas in Your Home Will Re- duce the Housework to This Extent A Fuel That Is Clean - Quick Efficient Just say the word and our Gas-Fitting De- partment will very quickly install the necessary piping. GAS DEPARTMENT ‘New York Oil Co. 114 South Wolcott Phone 1501 ANYTHING WORTH WHILE RE- QUIRES AN EFFORT. Your widow and children will ‘collect only those policies you had in force at death. eocesvevooccoseeesaccesesessoses ‘Capitol Life’ McGrew ~ Phone 153 pM