Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1921, Page 2

[0 oe == SOPKMAe aN cumes CO 6.0.0.0 wasn Se ae 1 d i i 1 ’ PAGE TWO Cbe Casper Daily Cribune Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Publivation Offices: Tribune Building BUSINESS TELEPHONES..-..---_.. — Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting ~-16 and 1¢ Departments Emered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second-class | matter, November 22, 1916, H MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PHESS REPORTS FROM UNITED PRESS es peths esee Sb J. B. HANWAY ---_------.---_-- President and Editor EARL B. W, H. HUN R. B. EVANS THOMAS DAILY Advertising Representatives David J. Randall, 341 Finh Ave., New York City Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg., Chicago, Il. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York and Chicago offices and visitors are welcome. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier PEALE | PPPs) K | One Year Six Months One Month Per Copy -—. One Year -. Six Months Three Months GES: Sa RES SR No subsription by mail accepted for less period than tho.e months. All subscription: must be paid in advance and the Daily Tribune will not insure delivery #fter subscrip- tion becomes one month in arrears, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations (A. B. ©.) -- Member of the Assoclated Press The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news publishe? } rein. Kick if You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or 16 any time between 6 and 8 o'clock p. m. if you fail to receive your Tribune, A paper will be deliv- ered to you by special messenger. Make it your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. a THE CITY MANAGER PLAN. The Tribune has from time, to time published con- siderable matter relating to the city'manager form of} governinent. It has laid before its readers the act under which this form of municipal government oper-| ates. It has presented the experiences of other cities! where the manager plan isin force. The Wyoming act was drawn by the best legal talent in this city at the instance of the Chamber of Commerce and ap- proved by it. It was passed in substantially the orig-; inal form. Petitions for the adoption of the manager form of government are being prepared and will be circulated so as to bring the election in June. At this election the qualified voters of the city are to say whether they will adopt or reject the new system and their say of course is final. | Assuming that the electors are agreeable the fea-, tures of the new system and its superiority over the present form are briefly told. The law provides for a board of city commissioners of five or seven which | is the legislative branch, passes all ordinances, levies} all taxes, designates all improvements and defines gen- erally the policy of the city government. The exec-) utive of the city is the manager employed by the board of commissioners. He selects and organizes his staff of subordinates and is responsible to the board. The board does not interfere with the details of manage- ment nor with the subordinates. The city’s business is conducted upon exactly the same general plan as a well organized corporation. The city commissioners corresponding with the board of directors, the chairman or mayor becoming the chairman of the board, and the city manager exer- cising the functions of the general manager. Such an organization is as perfect as can be de- vised for the transaction of public business. For ex- pedition, economy, freedom from waste and leakage, convenience, contact with the people, the*plan cannot be improved in these essentials. It is practically the same system as is employed in a larger way by the Standard Oil company which, all will readily agres, is the most scientifically organized and most efficient> ly conducted business concern in the world. The manager will be an expert in city administra- tion and whatever his employment costs, the effi- ciency that he will establish in public affairs and the saving that will naturally accrue over the present system of managament will be cheerfully borne by the taxpayers. If the manager does not do these things to the satisfaction of the people the board can end his career promptly. The points touched upon are merely the high spots in the manager plan, and are general. In later is- sues, for the further information of the public, the various provisions of the law will be set forth in de- tail. While the proposed form is fully approved by the business interests of the city and by all others who haye taken the pains to examine it, it remains for the people to give final sanction to. its adoption by their votes. eee teres THE BATTLE OF ‘SHILOH. Today is the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh, one of the most evenly contested and hard- est fought battles of the Civil war. The battle lasted two days, April 6 and 7, 1862. The Confederate forces engaged numbered 42,000 while the Federal troops totaled 33,000 on the first day, augmented dur- ing the second day by 27,000 in reinforcements. During the first day, of the engagement the for- tunes of battle were against the Federals and they were driven from the field, but during the night the forces were reorganized and reinforced and at day- break renewed the offensive and by late afternoon had regained the field and the enemy were in retreat to Corinth, Miss. In no battle of that historic struggle were all things so evenly matched, while at the close of the battle of the Federal troops outnumbered the Confederates more than half the army were raw recruits while the Confederate forces were seasoned veterans. The northern casualties were 1,754 killed, 8,408 wounded; the southern casualties, 1,723 killed, 8,112 wounded. ‘There were 102,000 men engaged. Out of that number there are less than a hundred alive today. Sixty-five of them, all men over eighty years of age, are on the old battlefield, now a na- tional cemetery and park, to hold a reunion and ob- serve the anniversary. Clothed in the blue and the gray worn throughout the years of that civil struggle these old heroes are today fraternizing and pointing out to their grandsons and great-grandsons,' of the world war, the battle lines, and the marks of the ebb and flow of the tide of that memorable struggle. The survivors of this famous contest are few and in the next several years all will have gone from earth, but they go, like thousands of their comrades have gone, with all animosities of the strife forgiven and forgotten in mutual pride of a reunited country, vain JR THE ORIGINAL HARDING MAN. ‘The press reports carry an item about Mr. ©. Mont! Riley of Kansas City in connection with his appoint-! ment as governor of Porto Rico. We haven't the! slightest objection to Mr, Riley’s appointment and have no doubt that he would make en excellent gov- «| delegateship and his name was Curtis pose that Kansas City shall snatch any portion of the laurel wreath that goes with this honor from Wyo- ming without some showing that she has a better claim than we have. If the friends of Mr. Riley care to know the facts in the case the circumstances of Wyoming’s claim are these. ches Nagano In the Republican national ‘convention of 1916 where Mr. Harding presided as chairman and-made the keynote speech his name had never been mention- ed in connection with the presidency. It was at the conclusion of his address that the Wyoming man mounted his chair and he was there by right of a L. Hinkle, and proclaimed in a loud voice, and he has a loud voice, “Harding is the man we want for president.” He re- fused to take his seat and insisted upon telling, why Harding was the man for president. And in so doing he found several hundred other delegates mounted upon their chairs vociferously agreeing with him. Mr. Hinkle only subsided when a messenger from the plat- form brought word to him that Ohio was, instructed for Theodore Burton and while Mr. Harding was pleased at the Wyoming man’s expression of con- fidence, he was pledged and could not,eVven permit a vote to be cast for himself under the circumstances. Later in the day Mr. Harding and Mr, Hinkle were brought together and an acquaintance that had existed many years before in Ohio was renewed and reestab- lished. ; After the disaster to the Republican party in the same year Mr. Hinkle preclaimed anewihis “Harding for president in 1920.” And what is more remained on the job and saw it through. This is our evidence. Mr. Riley can have his gov- ernnorship of Porto Rico, but he cannot have the title as the original Harding man. Wyoming will retain that. “ —_———o. The presidentis going to attempt to change the jpatent office from a morgue to a live business con- cern. O—____— POLICE AS PRESS CENSORS. The American public will not uphold Henry’ Ford in his venomous assault upon the Jewish people through his Dearborn Independent. It is based wholly upon prejudice, is unwarranted by any showing made in the publication and is an act of intolerance and un-Americanism that cannot be countenanced by good citizens anywhere. Regardless of private opinion or prejudice with reference to the Jewish»people, there is another feature in these deplorable » publications that brings in question the constitutional rights of publishers and citizens in the enjoyment of the priv- ilege of free speech and the dissemination of opinion. In, no less than three metropolitan communities, Chicago, Cleveland and Toledo, have the police de- partments forbidden the sdle of the Ford publication upon the streets in common with other publications; and have ordered its’ sale discontinued at newsstands and other usual public places where such public prints are supplied, Just what, police action is founded upon, statutes of*states or ordinances of cities, these officers have invaded the sacred rights of the people guaranteed in the fundamental law of the republic and they should be called to account. If these acts of suppression of published opinion are to stand, a dangerous precedent is set which all citizens as well as publishers may look into with profit. This police supervision over publications is con- trary to every principle, ideal, letter and spirit of guarantee upon which the free press of America has its foundation, and if continued or further pursued there will be no publications except such as are ap- proved by police departments. Would that’ situation appeal to the American public? Are such autocratic powers safe in the hands of any police department? Would it result finally in the suppression of Demo- cratic newspapérs in Republican cities and vice versa in Democratic cities, and in both, in cities where a socialistic administration was in power? If Henry Ford has invaded the rights of citizenship of the Jewish people in his publications, or has abuseu his own rights of expression of opinion the remedy is in the courts not in police action. Henry Ford is re- sponsible for what he says in print and he cannot es- cape the penalty. There is no right and no justification in what the police departments of Chicago, Cleveland and Toledo have done to Henry Ford’s newspaper, whatever Henry Ford has. done. pS a Dr. Hubert Work of Pueblo, Colo., who becomes first assistant postmaster general under Will Hays, served the Republican party long and faithfully as national committeeman and in other capacities in Colo- rado. He was suggested for vice president and seri- ously considered in 1920. ‘ ei ER 4A, THE RAILROAD DOLLAR, That direct wage payments ot railroads absorbed 57.8 cents of every dollar of transportation revenue in 1920, against 43.3 cents in 1917, is indicated by Bu- reau of Railway statistics, Washington. The 1920 ratio, however, does not represent present ratio, for two reasons: July wagé award was in force only eight months of 1920, and revenues have fallen below level represented by 1920 gross. For quarter ended September 80, returns of Com- merce Commission show the wage bill absorbed 62 cents of the dollar, Forces and total payrajl have been reduced since Septembei, but not enough to off- set the extraordinarily rapid shrinkage of traffic. During actual year 1920 and in 1917 the revenue dollar went into operating expenses in following pro- portions: 1920 1917 Labor - 43.5 Fuel for locomotives ieretebae ds ~-- 10.4 10.0 Other expenses, materials and supplies 25.3 17.2 Railway tax accruals ----~--.-.--. - 4.6 5.38 Equipment and joint facilities, net rents 0.9 0.9 Total expense items - 76.7 Thus in 1920 only one ceht out of the revenue dol- lar was left for compensation of capital, including in- terest and dividends and for improvements not capi- talized, against 23.3 cents in 1917. If railroads had not been protected for eight months of the year, and those the worst in net results, they would have paid neither interest nor dividends. Without that assist- ance, the disbursement of the revenuo dollar would have proceeded, in theory, as follows: 1920 1917 Expense items, as above__ 99.0 76.7 Interest and rental of leased | 9.6 13.7 Other deductions 3.6 0.6 Dividends - 4.5 8.0 Totals - 99.0 That is, it took more than 116 cents out of every revenue dollar in 1920 to pay operating expenses, taxes, fixed charges and dividends. In 1917 the rail- roads did it by themselves and had a balance. Where the extra 16 cents came from last year is shown be- low: 1920 1917 Income from investments ------..-. 4.7 5.8 Government compensation —-----. 12.1 Dota | ewe cmon Wi Lg ode acse~ 16.8 5.8 Balance for improvements of surplus. 0.1 6.8 It is instructive as to the diminishing part that capital compensation: plays in transportation cost to note that in 1920 interest and rentals of leased lines absorbed only 9.6 cents for every dollar earned, against 13,7 cents in 1917, while dividends called for only 4.5 cents per dollar, against 8 cents in 1917. Seah ernor and give the island a first claes administration, But the same item also puts forth the claim that Mr, Riley is the original Harding man, To this claim we object and demand the evidence, We do not pro- Compared with pre-war days, Germany’s consump- tion of beer has decreased 750,000,000 gallons. An- other whack or two and these people may get down te clear thinking, Sec PLONE AAO PEAY ANP: Question Box (Any redder can get the answer ‘to any question by ‘writing The Casper Daily Tribune. Information Bureau, Frederic J.~Haskin; Director, Wash- ington, D. ©. This applies strictly to information, The Bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. ‘Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All replies aré ‘sent direct to the inqutrer.” ~~ Q. How many inchey of unmeited snow ure required to make an inch of water?—R. C. ~ | A. "The custom of the Weather Bu- eau, when conditions are not favor: able for melting snowfall, ig to: as- ‘sume a ratio-of one to ten between the melted and unmelted snow. That is, one inch of unmelted snow will make a tenth df an inch of water. This, of course, is not a constant ratio, as the density of the snow varies great- ly at different periods of the year and for different snowstorms. Q. How can I obtain meal worms for fish bait?—N. L. A. Meal worms may be pbtain at any bird store, or may U® propa- gated at home, by placing some corn meal in a box, with the lid partly open. During the warm weather meat worms will breed in the corn meal quite rapidly. | Q. How many city and rural mail carriers are there?—J, W. B. A. The postoffice department says that for the year ending June 30/ 1920, there were 36,142 city carriers and 43,382 rural carriers. Q Wi boiling v R. H. A. The bureau of chemistry says; that dissolving a yeast cake in boil-| ing water will not spoil it, and that it will still retain Its food value. dissolving a yeast cake in ter impair its food value?— Q. What is the Jewish holiday cele- brating the handing down of the Commandments?—M, L. D. A. The Jewish religious holiday celebrating the handing down of the! Commandments is known as the Feast of Weeks. It occurs on June 6th and 7th of each year, Q. What is the meaning of a dae zanine floor?—D. C. G. A. “The Mezzanine Floor” is one approximately: half way between two floors spaced at a regular distance. | For instance, in a hotel, frequently, | half wa," between’ the lobby floor, and the first floor to be occupied by rooms| for guests, is an additional floor, some- umes given over to use as a balcony, or for business purposes. Q. Where in the United States are; the most srown?—I, M. €. SA. The ing states produced | the largest quantity of of potatocs in 1920: New York, Pennsylvania, Mich- igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maine. New York produced 46,260,000 bush- els, and Maine produced 22,140,000 bushels, t Q. Who. invented the parachute? When was the first descent from a ythe telephone _exchange.— Houston sPos' STRIKING ENGLISH SUITS WHICH WERE ADMIRED recently by New Yorkers on Fifth avenue. is shown wearii black and white stripped wool. accentuated by straight braided panels. At ihe left, a mangled, was rusne+ Borrowed Brilliancy eT Should Say So, “Is pants singular or plural?” “If a man wears ‘em it's plural.” “Well if he doesn't——2” “It's singular.'"—Haryard Lampoon. The Reason. “Why do you prefer books to other companions?” “Because I can shut them up when- ever I want.”—New York Sun. white, bare room and “ ‘Where am 1?" eye. * y. "Going to recover —Los Angeles Times. The Liberal Truth, She—Now if you were In my shoes what would you do? He—Groan, with agony. — Boston} Transcript. called him a Mar?’ “Nothin’ much. “That's funny. a hot-tempere| man.” , Give Her Time. cond She (impatiently) — Tae’ mediuin seem to have trouble getting connec- tions with the spirit world. He—Just calm yourself! It won't be Jong. She used to be an operator in Opinion. His Version Elihu Root said at a dinner in, New balloon made?—D. D. G. A. The invention of the parachute 8 accredited to Sebastian Lenormand, and the device was used by him in 1784 in making a descent from an up- ber window of a touse in Lyons, The first descent from a balloon was made by Garnerin in Paris in 1797. A para- chute 23 feet in diameter, composed of several gores of canvas was used. ec t Q. Where is Peary Land?—B. C. N, A. This name is given to the north- ernmost coasts of Greenland, which were discovered by Lockwood and Brainerd in 1882, under the name of Hazen Coast. Knowledge of them was greatly extended by the explorations of Peary in 1892. er Better roads keep the boys and gir!s on the farm. ie Sioa Liniment is alw rea ease rheu: 66 A T the very first twin; comes my bottle of i then guick rellef, without rubbi for it’s stimulating and scatters congestion. The boys use it for etiff muscles, and it Bole Bally’ backaches, too.’” 35c, 70c, $1.40. RT Phone 1462 — Paint Up Campbell Decorating Company Painting, Paperhanging Interior Decorating 402 South Durbin., Casper, Wyo. Dr. Luckey Announces REMOVAL of his office to suite 325- 826, new Midwest build- ing. Office Phone 595. Res. 632-R, York: “In the distant days when 1 was in general practice, I often noticed how a railway accident brought out every- body's greed. “T pleaded once for a chap who had been dreadfully injured in a collision. This poor _ fellow, COMING | The Great Sex Picture RECENTLY ON FIFTH AVENUE—Here are two pretty suits which were seén pretty model tailleur of white English flannel, with tuxedo collar of The slim lines of the other suit are *] the nearest hospital, and there all kinds of opera- } ‘tions had to be performed on “him. {i “When the operations were over |dedycks the storage charges, an’ dey 5 and he came to, ‘he looked around the = whispered: “ *You are in a hospital, my poor fellow,’ the surgeon said. been badly injured in a railway acci- | & dent, but you're going to recover.’ | “A hard glint came into the victim's how much, doc?’ he gasped, and fainted away." Of Few Words. “What did Hogan say when Kelly Hogan: used to be “Well, he never said a word except, ‘Have ye had enough yet?’ .""—Londor Don't Forget tho Kale, “When making a long sea voyage plenty of ready cash should be taken,” advises a correspondent in a daily paper. It certainly must be terrible to No Interest?. Don’t take our word—look up the tional Bank. Look up the standing men who direct this National Bank. in a Certificate of Deposit at the Casper, Wyoming BENEFIT GAN —- _ | FOR CASPER LOCAL 381 o 0 4 WILLBE GIVEN AT Sch beck’s ad On ny Evening; April Music. TICKETS, $1.00 Away Where It’s Earning Wyoming National Bank safety of banks run under U. S. Government Su- pervision. Look up the record of this Na- of the Then put that money at 4 per cent inter- est for six months—or as long as you like— CE American Federation of Musicians Winter Garden 7 Special Features. Will Be: Introduced and an Orchestra of 25 Musitians Will Furnish the Come and Dance With the Musicians. LADIES FREE ‘You have WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921 cast upon an un- Thy ducks the taxes—yes, sah, de_ "bout all dat cotton an’ at's why got 2 19 pecket.—Punch. Fe pane Bostan 4 Had the Proof. h Uncle—You might as well stop hasn’ fly, went’ drago) oat Tha fricasee was frisky; / The butternut was butter, ‘wasn’ wt A dragon fly the money she thought you'd in- herit. trom me. Nephew—Impossible! Why do you {think so? Rich Uncle—I have proposed to her myself and~ accepted.—Boston Transcript. ‘ ‘With Reservations. ‘What a great many people who de- _ }mand justice really desire is a coat of whitewash.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Wait a Bit, It fs a little early to ask the former Kaiser, who is just trying authorship, he thinks the pen is mightier than the sword.—Chicago News. * Still Young. ‘The quest of youth has oft been made By learned men without success; Yet, when grandmother is urrayed .|_ From head to foot in modish dress, To see the way she trips along ‘With nothing much upon her mind, You'd be “A HAMS JUST AS YOUNG. AND STRONG M8 HS BLOOD think—and maybe © not ‘wrons— She hasn't left girlhood behind. —Age-Herald. Keeping "Em Hopeful... “Your constituents expect a great deal of you.” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “Expectation properly managed is an sasset. My success in politics is due to the fact that while I was often compelled to disappoint my friends I always managed to-keep 'em hopeful.” Washington Star. j Voracious Birds. ¢ | A new story is going around the financial district about an old South- ern negro who was asked by the pro- prietor of a store how he happened to need credit when he had such a good cotton crop. ducks got ‘bout all dat cotton, sah," was the mournful reply. “What do you, mean the got sen" “Well, you see," explained the old man, “I sent dat cotton up to Memphis lan’ dey deducks the freight, an’ dey alcohol,—and made into both li-’ quid and tablets. This \blood tonic was first by Dr. Tho’ over 50 years old, over one million bottles were sold last year, Send 10 cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for a trial package of the tablets, ducks “Baby Louis’ > | Betwixt and Between Precise in Line and Slim in- e Effect---the “Period” of the New Silhouette Many women admire the Baby Louis heel because it has the grace of the Louis heel with the comfort a low heel always gives. Among our spring shoes the Baby Louis heel is very much in evidence. Black Satin—with one strap on in- step, medium vamps, hand-turned soles. All sizes— $10 a pair Black Ooze Calf—with one strap on instep, medium vamps, hand- turned soles— $11 a pair Black Kid—with Goodyear welt soles, medium vamps, one strap on instep. All sizes— $10 a pair Grey Ooze Calf — hand-turned soles, medium vamps, one strap on instep— $11 a pair PRACTICAL PLUMBER Prompt attention given to repair work. Es- timates on new work furnished cheerfully. Call Office, 210 O.-S, Bldg. Phone 697-M. Residence Phone 576-J .