Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1921, Page 8

4 “PAGE EIGHT. Che Casper Daily Cribune FRIDAY, APRIL:1, 1921 WAGE REDUCED, OMAHA BUILDING WORK CHECKED Many Carpenters, Other Crafts- men Walk Out on Announce- ment of 20 Per Cent Cut by Contractors OMAHA, Nebr., April 1.—Some of ‘Omaha's carpenters and other union craftsmen engaged in the building trades lines quit work today because of a 20 per cent wage reduction an- nounced recently by the Omaha Build- ers exchange, an organizatiom-of con- tractors. J. M. Gibb, secretary of the Build- ing Trades council, estimated the number of men who quit work at 2,- 000 and. said they included iron and @ cement workers as well as carpenters and others. He declared their action was a “lockout” and insisted the men Would not recede from their attitude against any greater than a ten per cent wage cut this season. Mr. Gibb added, however, that some of the workers employed by contrac- tors who had made but a ten per cent cut or no reduction at all because of failure to reach an agreement, were still at work to On the other hand, F. W. Curray, chairman of the Contractors’ Wage committee, said that employes still at work without pay reductions were merely being al- the old wages until the jobs ire now working on are com- He added no new work would © begun without the contractors re-’ * Mr. Currey said he could not make fan ‘estimate of the number of em- ployes who participated in the lock- out. SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 1.—-There is fa technical strike in the , building ‘trades in Sioux City today. Builders announced a 20 per cent cut in wges and union men refused to accept it. fetfect today. of building operations here caused by gunstability of labor conditions, the ‘walkout was only on “paper.” i aan ‘BALCONY 13 OPENED FOR * RESERVATIONS 10 ELKS? > MINSTREL NEXT WEEK Because seats on the lower floor thave been sold out for the Elks Min- istrel show to be presented April 5 jand 6, those in charge of the enter- ‘tainment today authorized the sale of =the first seven rows in the balcony iby reservation and the seats were tplaced on sale at 1 o'clock at the jiris theater. With the demand still {gn evidence, packed houses are assured Mor both nights and only a limited ynumber of seats will be open to gen- feral admission. It was at first in- stended to set aside th entire balcony Wor general admission tickets. = Optimistic reports are heard from ithose familiar with progress being ‘made at rehearsals. Numerous high ‘class specialty acts are being devel- joped as a part of the program anda jwealth of music and comedy will be provided. * > FOR SALE—One stx-cylinder Buick * touring car, model 1918 in A-No. 1 Bhape; six good tires; steel bumper mand motor-meter; must sell by Sat- “4 0. Call at 938 South 4-1-2t° As there is stagnation Seines, Ete. The reduction goes into} ARE YOU GOING FISHING We «an fit you with all kinds of Tackle; Rods, Lines, Flies, Reels, Min- now Buckets; Baskets; Brodie Rubber Company “Your Accessory House” New Tribune Building INDUSTRY IS SPEEDED UP CLEVELAND, 0., April_1—Auto- mobile plants here had 1,500 more em- Ployes today than they did a month ago, a gain of 24 per cent, according to the monthly survey conducted by the chamber of commerce in co-opera- tion with the United States Depart- jment of Labor. ooo ARILAOAD EFFICIENCY PLANS SHOW RESULTS PY The “better service’ campaign and concerted efforts toward efficiency in moving freight conducted by the Northwestern railroad are showing its effects according to local officials. Eleven loaded freight cars “rolled” into Casper last night from Chicago. The Uills show that eight cars made |the trip in five days while three cars made it in six days. A carload of cabbage, which had to be iced three or four times along the route, came from the favthest point in the state lof Texas to Casper in nine days, j whic is. considered record time in railroad business. CASHIER TAKES | b) Colo,, April 1—A war- | CROWLIY, |rant was issued today for the arrest | of James S r, 21 years old, cashier of the C y County State bank, \charged with embezzlement of be- |tween $5,000 and $10,000, following |Shipler's disappearance yesterday. The sheriff today attached an ex- ptnsive automobile owned by Shipler |following discovery yesterday by the |bank directors of an alleged shortage. JA note teft by Shipler said that he |had lost the money at cards and ex- onerated Shipler's sister, Maude, also employed in the bank. | Shipler is a son of R. L. Shipler, | prominent businessman and one of the |directors of the bank. ‘GOVERNOR GAREY WILL | RETURN HOME THls WEEK CHEYENNE, Wy' April 1.—Gov- ernor Robert D. Cai who has been at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, since soon after the adjournment of the legislature, will return to Cheyenne Saturday and at once will take over the reins of state government from | Secretary of State W. E. Chaplin, who has been acting as governor during his absence. “Grafonola “Now at Pre-War Prices t Phone 1203 AUTOMOBILE |PLANS FOR RESIDENT WORKERS’ COLLEGE TAKEN UP BY LABOR EN (By Associated Press) KATONAH, N. ¥., Mate $1—La bor leaders and educationalists, who announced that they are for a new so- cial order, met here today in Brook: wood school, behind closed doors, to plan the founding of the first resident workers’ college in America. “The plans to be discussed,” said the official announcement of the con- ference, “are based on four funda- mental tenets: “First—That a new socia! order is needed and is coming—in fact, that it is already on the way. “Second—That education will not only hasten its coming, but will re- duce to a minimum and perhaps do away entirely with a resort to violent methods. “Third—That the workers are the ones who will usher in this new order. “Fourth—That there is immediate need for a workers’ college with a broad curriculum, located amidst healthy country surroundings where! jthe students can completely apply themselves to the task in hand.” - Among those rertciipating in the meeting, it was stated, are John Fitz- patrick, president of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, who was chairman of the national committee for organ- izing iron and steel workers, which conducted the steel strike; James Maurer, president of the State Federa- tion of Labor of Pennsylvania; Wil- liam Z, Foster, leader of the 1919. jsteel strike; John Brophy, district | president United. Mine Workers of America; Jay G. Brown of Seattle, in- |ternational president of the ‘Timber. | workers and former secretary of the |steel organizing committee; A. J. Muste, executive secretary of the Amalgamated Textile Workers of America and Joseph Schlossberg, sec- retary of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. An official statement was to be is- sued at the close of the sessions to- morrow. STANDING ROOM ONLY AT PAVILION THEATER ON OPENING NIGHT With standing room only, the first performance at the Pavilion opened last night. The seating capacity is 1,000 persons and long, before the time of the first bill, 7 o'clock, every seat was taken and many were standing in’ the lobby. The six-reel First National picture was followed by the main attraction | of the bill, a musical tab ‘comedy, “A. ‘Trip to the Mountains,” The comedy bits furnished by Harry. ivins and Gien McCord and the principal parts handled by Walter Harmon, Teddy Bryan, Lillian Bldbrooks, Nellie guson and Claudia Evans, all ‘too well. The chorus girls proved adept singers and dancers and added con- siderable to the class of the attraction. ‘The Evans company is certainly ahead of the average tab organization in costuming and scenic effects and with an organization that has severai principals should be one of the lead- ing amusement attractions of Casper for some time to come. The same bill will be played tonight and Saturday. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday “Tho Toreadoes” will bg bill- ed. Manager Griffin has announced be that the program will Comes only once a -|now is receiving additional supplies changed home? See Ad page 5. |three times a week. The Evans com- jpany is booked for Casper during the next six weeks, and a full house is anticipated nightly. SLAYER PAYS DEATH PENALTY WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 1— John Schmidt was hanged here in the state, penitentiary today for the mur- der of two Seattle policemen. He was pronounced dead 12 minutes after the @rop fell. au bso, Sh | STATUTES ISSUED CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 1.—The Wyoming sécretary of state's office f copies of the Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, from the offcial print- er, anda sufficient stock to fill all orders will be available soon. ema ees | highway bonds, the proposal to issue Although nearly one hundred years! |have passed since the original crude! monument was raised to mark the! spot in Hawaii where Captain Cook,! the great explorer, was killed, it still stands in an excellent state of preser- vation. feb i__Sunday. is a day of good deeds. What is a better deed than one for a year but people get fooled every day by not having their wear- ing apparel made by an experienced tailor. Give us the opportunity of fooling you into buying your next suit and you will never be fooled into buying elsewhere. Have Way” LOOK FOR THIS EMBLEM your clothes made “The Mulcahy INCORPORATED 131 S, Center St. Phone 1458 Casper—Chicago—Rapid City BUILDING SHOWS MARKED GRIN IN CITY FOR MONTH Permits Reach $200,000 Mark With/Opening of Spring Work ; $40,000 Apartment Is Largest Project During the month of March build- ing permits issued in Casper reac! @ sum of approximately $200,000, em- bracing 63 individ.1al structures rang- ing from a $40,000 apartment house to many small residences. The num- ber of permits over two a day for the entire month indicates that Casper’s building boom this summer will reach proportions never before attained. Building permits during the past month as compared with the figures of the same month a year ago are over two to one in favor of 1921. High labor and material costs last year re- tarded the development which it is be- lieved will be reflected. here this year to relieve the housing congstion, which has tightened considerable with the advent of spring weather. —___ BAGES RESIDENTS START HIGHT ON HIGHWAY BONDS BAGGS Wyo., “April 1.—A moye- ment intended to defeat authorization of the issue of $1,800,000 of state which is to be submitted at a special state election, May 10, has en. piesacuememn mimes nen 8 MADE MILITARY AIDE BY PRESIDENT HARDING — Col. Clarence 0, Sherrill. issue appears to be based on dissatis- faction with the conduct of the state: highway department, especially as re- gards limited highway work in this vicinity. c ooo ‘Watch our windows for Saturday specials. Casper Pharmacy. 41-1 Dr. Luckey Announces REMOVAL of his office to suite 325- 826, new Midwest build- ing. ~ Office Phone 595. Res. 632-R. launched here by business men and| other taxpayers. Opposition to the Fancy Navel Oranges, ‘per dozen ..... 8-ounce glass per glass .W.... 5-pound cans Jam, per can Gallon pail: Karo Syrup, per gallon No. 1 can Ap: per can per package 220... Monarch Coffee, per pound .... s for BEEF CUTS—. | Choice Beef Boil, ina (9 BC te tee te eee Choice Shoulder 9 5 e * Steak} Ibs... PORK CUTS meget, 20c Steals Ib. SOC Shoulder Pork 95e Roast, lb. Fresh Ha Roast, Ib. ..... Full Line. of Smoked 3 Phone | Specials for {Phone | 98 | SATURDAY | 474 Groceries 9 bars White Laundry Soap MEATS Large package So! itaire Oats, 4 LAMB CUTS be Oe Shoulder Lamb 25e Chops, Ib. ...... Loin Lamb Chops, lb. Lamb Ste Fresh Home Dre:sed Young Hens SHIKANY Phone | Grocery and Market Co. he VEAL cuTS o1c ea Roast, Ae cute 30e¢ e ea. Chobe Ips OO Veal Stew, Tb. 15¢ to... 20¢ Meats and Specialties | Phone id Presents HARRY PAVILION THEATER EVANS and His ainbow Girls Vaudeville Co. This Is a Regular Show. Come and See for Yourself Matinee Every Day at 2:30. Two Shows Nightly---7:00 and 9:00 30c—-PRICE—30c CARGO SHIP “GOVERNOR BROOKS? MEETS WITH SERIES OF HARD LUCK Ex-Governor Brooks of this city is in receipt of a news item from Boston relating to the big cargo ship Goverror Brooks, which was named for the Grand ‘Old Man of Wyoming. ‘The: Governor Brooks has been having a streak of hard luck of late and for almost a year the big five masted schooner has been trying to deliver & vargo of coal on the rocky coast of Buenos Aires without success. The item appearing in the shippibg news at Boston is as follows: “The troubles of the five masted schooner Governor Brooks, which for nearly a year has been trving to de- j liver at Buenos Aires a cargo of coal shipped at Norfolk, are at an end. ‘The vessel has been abandoned by her crew off the Brazilian coast, messages received here today said. “Sailing from Norfolk May 7,-1920, the Governor Brovika ‘cncountered. se- vere storms off the equator, July 25, and was forced to put into Rio do Janeiro for repairs, While at that port she was in collision with another ves- sel. the repairs, again was stowed in her bunkers, and February 8 she once more put to sea, hopeful of making Buenos Aires. “However, serious leaks developed and her crew was forced to abandon fer near Castillo, Brazil. They reached shore safely. “The Governor Brooks was built at Bath, Maine, in 1907, and was named for the governor of Wyoming.”" ‘ Abe Nal Some seventy periodicals y.a:téd in Esperanto, the so-called universal lan- guage, are now published. J. S.B. Coffee, per Ib P. & G.'Soap, 3 for__ Corn Broonis, each _~ Yellow Onions, 6 Ibs. Wheaco, per package 1-Ib. can Best Pink S 3.cans Sardines in Oi Klim, $1.80 size Gallon can Apricots Gallon can Apples ~- Gallon can Pears __ Gallon can Red Pitté Medium size Delmon No. 2.Fancy Sliced P: ’ Excepting gallon Tall cans su Fancy Tomatoes, No. Early June Peas, per No. 2 size Iowa Corn, 100 '1DSh coe ere IMPORTANT—If 9 o’clock. Phone 490 The W. H.Brown Market & Grocery PHONE 490 Bluhill Butter, per Ib. .... . 59c Strictly Fresh Eggs, per doz., 30c Dinner-Bell Nut Butter, Ib. . . 33c | Boka Black Tea, 1-lb. can_ Whitehouse Coffee, per lb. __--------- Barrington Hall Coffee, per Ib Solitaire Coffee, per Ib. Gold Medal offee, per Ib.’_ Pure Gold Coffee, per lb 5 Ibs. Best Sugar for___ Medium Large Oranges, doz., 40c 5 lbs. Best Winesap Apples, 49c Florida Grape Fruit, 2 for . . 25c White Laundry Soap, 5 for----------- 25¢ 3 bars Cream Oil Soap_ 20 Ib. Potatoes for ___ Kelloggs Corn Flakes, 2 for. Post Toasties, 2 for___ 4 cans No. 2 Fancy Tomatoes for 4 cans No. 2 Iowa Corn for -_-- 4 cans, large size, Tomatoés for_____--' 60¢ 4 cans, medium size, Smilax Kraut for_50¢ 3 cans Early J::ne Peas for_.. 3 cans, large size, Kraut for___ 3 cans, large size, Pumpkin for________ 55e .No. 3 can Pork and Beans_______-__-- 30¢ No. 2 size can Pork and Beans, 2 for___35¢ No. 1 size can Pork and Beans, can____10¢ Extra Fancy Tuna Fish, can Klim, 90c size for ....... 80c CAN FRUITS Gallon can Peaches __ Gallon can Tomato Ketchup____ Gallon can Solid Pack Blackberries 24 size Delmonte Pears, can _ 24 size Delmonte Apricots _ 214 size Half Peaches, can_ 214 size Sliced Peaches, can 214 size Delmonte Green Gage Plums__35c 2\4 size Delmonte Egg Plums 2V4 size Delmonte Black Cherries_____ 40c Medium size can Delmonte Pears______ 30c ‘fruits are packed in heavy syrup. For those wishing to buy in quantities, the following prices prevail: ibby’s Milk, per case______ $6.25 No. 24 size Tomatoes, per case______! $3.15 Box (100 bars).P. & G. Soap; box____$7.7 Potatoes (about 130 Ibs. to sce per sis ‘Also a Complete Line of Fresh and Smoked Meats your order Friday evening between 7 and North Durbin and J Sts. Specials for Saturday and Monday for__ almon___ | bins 2 waey ao for .... $1.55 i Cherries ran Os ee 35¢ te Black Cherries_30c eaches oo cans, all of the above 2 size, per case__$2.85 Cases natch $4.45 © per case_______|! $3.15 Sah mesa Aip ey 454 es at all possible, phone Her cargo, unloaded to facilitate: 4