Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1921, Page 2

k ve er 1e3 PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cribune Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Publi-ation Offices: Tribune Building BUSINESS TEM PHONES____—___________._.15 ana 18 Branch Telephone Exchange Connects At! Departments | Bniered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second-class, matter, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS FROM UNITED PRHSS a J. BE. HANVWAY ---—. EARL BE. HANWAY. W. H. HUNTLEY ~- R B. EVANS ~ THOMAS DAILY Advertising Re; David J. Rendali, 341 Fitch Ave.. New York City Prudden, Ring & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg.,-Chicago, Ill. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York and Chicago offices and visitors are welcome, SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier _----- President and Editor usiness: Six Months - Three Months ~ 3 No subscription by mail accepted for less period than th-.e months. All subscriptio- - must be paid in advance and the Daiiy Tribune will not insure delivery efter subscrip- tion becomes one month in arrears. ————————— Member of Audit Burcau of Circuiations (A. B, (,) ~~ Fab ons rab oth esp nnare Rta ataxtins bate: fs et canes otakae Bos ry chy Member of the associated Press The Associated: Press is exclusively entitsd to tha use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news publishc? 1 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. —<—<—$$—$$ nt HOW TO. IMPROVE THE SERVICE. The public will not fee! at ali sore,to learn that Post- master Gerieral Hays is making elaborate plans for the general improvement of the postal service. It has needed repairs and improvement for several years. In the first place the system should be placed in sanitary condition by removing about 90 per cent of the demo- cratic postmasters, of all classes. These birds should not be permitted to hide behind the Wilson order placing them under the protection of the civil service any longer than it requires to ele- vate the executive ordcr aud let them out again. If Mr. Harding deems such sction inappropriate, then Mr. Hays should go after the present holders of post-| ° offices on the general charge of incompetency. That charge will stick any time against a democratic office- holder. ‘The proof, if desired, can be had in the record of the pu! service rendered since that ex- ecutive order was issued, and the witnesses are the American people, all of them, who receive or send mail. We want the mail service restored to its former efficiency, when there was some satisfaction in doing business by mail. We avant it donevas quickly as pos- sible. Republicans have always made a success of it, therefore hunt up good, able Republicans and place them in charge of the postoffices. ao Will the foolish people who continue to advocate the return of railroads to government operation pleuse remember that it was under government, opera- tion that the evils from which the roads are new suf- fering arose. Pie SAE Ee aE et HOUSE REAPPORTIONMENT. The reapportionment bill which the house of repre- sentatives passed last winter marked a return to sound principles, is the view of the New York Tribune. It has been recognized for years that the house has lost efficiency and standing through successive increases in membership. It is unwieldy, over di- luted, gives less opportunity for the development of talent and personality and is more governed from the top than it was thirty or fory years ago. There were a half dozen men of note in the house then to every man of note now. After yielding to the temptation to juggle the ap- portionment so that no state should lose a seat, the Republican leaders reversed themselves and indorsed a bill keeping the body down to its present size. But those whe though that the convenience of a few dele- gations from states which fell behind in the 1920 cen- sus should be put ahead of larger public considerations were able to hold up the bill in the senate. It will fave to go through the house again, and there is talk already of reframing the bill on the old log- rolling lines, If no state is to lose representation nearly. fifty ad- ditional seats will have to be alloted to the faster grow- ing states. This would add $1,000,000 annually to the cost of running the house. Here is one argument which ought to be prohibitive in a year when reduction of expenditure and taxation stands first on the legis- lat've program. But apart from the economy veto the house would do itself an injustice by going on water- ing its membership, What is needed is not an expan- sion of thr roll but the intensive cultivation of legis- Jative abi The old spirit of individualistic leader- ship is dormant. There were brilliant clusters of lead- ers in the famous houses of ": % ‘80s, and '90s. Now there is an unspiriting uniform ¥ The house is more of an organized workshop and iess of a public forum. It can hardly regain its lost prestige unless it corrects this drift. wel ela TUE SA i The Philadelphia North American announces that Newton D. Baker is to write a book about the miss- ing heroes of the war. It is understood that the work will appear in the form of an autobiography. 0 LOCAL GOVERNMENT. “Representatives of the Farmer-Labor party, the radical organization born at Chicago last summer,” remarks the Washington Post, “has held a conference in Washington and indorsed a great many propositions, most of them unworthy of serious consideration, The delegates demanded full resumption of trade relations with Russia, which subject was pretty well disposed of by Secretary Hughes’ recent note on the cubject.. They urged amnesty for all ‘political prisoners,’ which would mean opening the jail doors to a horde of disloyalists who defied the law and hampered the government in fighting the war. “But someone in the conference gave utterance to’a sane and reasonable idea, which was adopted, to the effect that the District of Columbia should have the right of suffrage. It was urged that the people of the District be given national representation and such local self-government as the people of the various states enjoy. “There is, of course, nothing novel in this proposal, but it is well for all organizations to throw the weight of the influence in its favor, The time is coming— perhaps St is not far distant—when this question will] receive the serious consideration of congress, with! good prospects that the residents and BIR cw nae of the district will be afforded relief, “Because of that prospect s comprehensive plan should be worked out giving to this community a proper measure of self-government and conferring upon it the right of representation in the national \ 4 a | gate. 8) by him. legislature. The government's interests here are 50 vasi| that probably it would be unwilling to surrender all control of local affairs, but good statesmanship | equitable and would satisfy the wishes of the taxpay- ers, who now are wholly subservient to authorit;; for which they are in n.z-degree responsible. A plan which would fairly recognize the local and the federal inter- ests and be in harmony with American institutions and traditions|would no doubt receive friendly considera- tion by this congress.” (A PE ee Fees “Se When peace has been established and times have 3 quieted down, there will be ample time to consider the matter of granting amnesty to prisoners convicted under the war-time espionage act. ————--- 0 \! HE CRAVED NOTORIETY. | What is to be done about a vain, boastful liar like Harris in New York, who told a story, with minute details, about being hired by a woman to kill Elwell for a consideration of fifty dollars. Elwell was killed @ year ago and the identity of his slayer has remained a mystery, There was just enough apparent truth in the Harris story to induce the authorities to investi- His story was exploded in short order when the officers attempted to corroborate the known facts In the end Harris acknowledged his tale to be a tissue of lies, Here was a sensation loving liar, as well as a fool, swearing to his guilt as a murderer and forcing the court officers to reverse the usual order and prove him innocent by ‘much the same process they would employ to fasten guilt upon him. It is difficult to understand a liar of this type. One, who, for the pure notoriety of the thing, was willing to place his neck in the hangman’s noose. It all proves the latter day thrist for publicity. The obsession that may be developed in this particular. fisve was a drab sort of person, who, heretofore haa never had so much as a dozen lines of newspaper space devoted to him in his thirty odd years of life securing preferred position in metropolitan journals for a week, only ‘to have the whole thing blow up at the end as he of course knew it would. Exactly what sort, kind or degree of mentality does a person like Harris possess? He was proved and acknowledged himself a liar. By the same. token he is a fool. His classification is referred to the alienist. The layman does not ‘know. ple, PRIA os 5 ta Don’t be deceived by a few warm spring days and don’t place too much reliance in the almanac. Our annual advice just about this time of year is to keep ‘em on a while longer. aoe SER eR ee SIGNS OF REDEMPTION. There must be something wrong with socialism when Milwaukee repudiates it as she did in her re- cent municipal election, [hz only Socialist to be elected was Mrs. Victor Berger for membership on the school committee. Some of the most prominent members of the Socialist party were ignominiously trimmed by candidates who declared against social- ism, while candidates who had beon members and had publicly repudiated the party received large ma- jorities over brethren who remained true to the faith. It is encouraging that ‘Milwaukee, has returned to the union and has Had enough of ‘the doctrines of Lenine, Trotsky, Debs and the rest. RE EY Sa ae PLEASANT TRADE IN SPRING. From door to door, a tinker, To roam, world’s'end to end, And say: “Good morning, lady! Have you anything to mend?” A broken heart * *..* kettle? I know the ways of each; T’ve songs of gold and star dust And the sympathy of speech. T've mended pots at nvon tide, And hearts when moons are low, In lilac-haunted Jane ways With music drifting slow. If there be naught to tinker Of kettles in the crowd, Yl idle on a hillside "Neath the awning of a cloud. I'll lie at night in ditches, As crazy as a loon, Drunk with golden liquor From the! goblet of the moon. —Charles Divine, AOD ALC ie UR A WILL. SAM PLEASE WRITE. The Indianapolis Star suggests that if Mr. Gomp- ers keeps on discovering that all powers in heaven and earth are trying to discredit and destroy labor unions, people will begin to wonder what ails them if everybody is down on them. DEEP ENOUGH. That Beauty is Skin. Deep, and goes no deeper— That’s my idea of crass proverbial folly; The man who wrote dt should have had a keeper, And Treatments for his chronic melancholy. Skin deep, indeed! And if her skin were) thicker, Pray who would rubber at her any quicker? For as she stands in nature's gorgeous dressing. Ezsy to look at, be she saint or sinner, I care not that she’d be unprepossessing To an extreme degree if I should skin her. Nor yet, however short her beauty’s term is; Has she much chance to shed her epidermis. Skin deep is deep enough. And e’en supposing Fate by some foul misfortune should betray her— Tf subcutaneous ugliness disclosing, Some jealous rival cruelly should flay her— We'd still be winner by that pitious peeling; She’d lose in beauty, but she’d gain in feeling! —CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, eb he ue AE What do you know about the employes of a Penn- sylvania lumber company proposing a cut of a dol- lar a day in their wages? pest 2 Bl iii bast HEAVEN PRESERVE US! How dear to my heart are the faults of the young folk, When morbid reflection presents them to view; The toddle, the shuffle, the vile cigaret smoke, And other low crimes of that dark, vicious hue; The short skirt, the bare knee, the transparent stocking, The thin ‘ruist, the throat and the vertebrae bare; The rough joke, the strong coke, the conduct so shocking, But worse still, the practice of bobbing the hair; The wild, reckless hair cut, the base, shameless hair cut; How happy I am to be drunk with despair. —H. W. D. poBelll s.f So LAO cnt oa TURN OF THE TIDE, A wavelet murmuring at my feet, A zephyr plays 2 pslam, should be able to work out a plan which would be ||| A Jase, with face so calmly sweet, A day so sweetly calm! A storm cloud played an overture The sky looked very bad I was, alas! too madly eure A lass, too surely mad! Sophie E, Redford. (Sheridan Enterprise) Sheridan's campaign for the in- auguration of the commission-man- ager form of government in this mu- nicipality was launched. yesterday afternoon in a luncheon ef the di- rectors of the Sheridan Commercial I boowhd who approved the appointment of committee of commercial club men which, with the co-operation of com- mittees from other civic organizatioris, will prepare ‘the petitions that will be circulated among the voters for the securing of the requisite number of signers that will require the mayor to ‘call a special election on the proposi- tion. Only 91 signatures are necessary to the petition that will be presented to the mayor, as the law passed by the recent state legislature makes it necessary to secure only 10 per cent of the number of votes cast for the mayor in the! last mayorality cam- paign. This election in Shevidan was in November, 1919, and there were 909 votes cast for mayor, making it necessary to secure only 91 signerr to the petition. Making It a Crime. (Cody Enterprise.) What next. And also, O Lord, how long? Sheridan now has on ordinance forbidding card playing in public places! = When it would seem that the limit of presumption and fanaticism had been reached by those who make a business of regulating the amuse- ments and affairs of others, some- thing-appears in the news to indicate that there is no limit, What more would a prospective in- vestor want to khow about a town than that it was governed by people of that type? Unless he was,as narrow between the horns as an ant, a cloud of dust would obscure his departure. Lovell also has an ordinance against card playing, while Cowley forbids cig- arets—both Mormon towns. But who wants to be a Mormon? If card playing is a crime then Cody's criminal class is a large one, yet there is no reason to believe that its average citizen does not stack up as well when it comes to paying his debts, attending to business, and be- having himself generally as the aver- age citizen in the blue law governed city of Sheridan. Have Wrong System. (Basin Republican.) ‘The people of Basin do not get the best of service from the councilmen and mayor principally for the reason that about as soon as the officials be- come familiar enough with city af- fairs to accomplish anything their terms of office expire and new men men are elected to fill the vacancies. The condition “continues ‘constantly. The better way would be to induce the same men to remain in office for a_long enough period to’ accomplish néeded imprayements for the tity ‘that would be of lasting ” benefit.“ "Now would be a good time to induce the present members of the council and the mayor to continue in office for another térm. They are familiar with the work and could give results in an- other year. New men would be un- able to get a knowledge of the needs of city until they had been in. office for some time. Let's try and get some results for Basin. Denles New Trial. (Torrington Journal.) Argument for a new trial in pepe of the State ¥s. Orland G.) Wi was heard in the district court here Friday and Saturday before Judge William C. Mentzer. The argument was mostly made on Friday and on turday morning the court denied the motion for new trial and sen- tenced the defendant to from thre to six years in the state penitentiary. Attorneys for the defendant then made the motion for appeal and the court fixed the bond at $3,000, which has not been furnished. Wiggin 18 being. held in the county jail and will be taken to Rawlins Sunday. Wiggin was found guilty, by juty in the February. term of district ‘court o’, stealing and killing one head” of meat cattle, ‘Trophies to Remain. (Coay Herald.) Inasmuch as the (impression bas gained considerable headway in Cody and community that the Buffalo’ Bill trophies and souvenirs, ‘were being packed and shipped to Colorado, Johnny Baker, foster aon of the late When Grandmother Was a Girl Hoop skirts were worn by #hose who first asked the druggists for, and insisted on having, the genuine Favorite Pre scription. For over fifty- ears thir vorite Pre- scription of Dr. Plorod’s h sold more largely throughout the United, any other tonic. It's the testimony of thousands of women that it has benefited or entirely eradicated such distress. as women are prone to. After suf- fering pain, feeling nervous, di weak and dragged-down by weak nesses of her sex—with eyes sunken, black circles and pale cheéks—such & woman 1s quickly restored to health by the Favorite Prescription of Dr. Pierce, Changed, too, in looks, for after taking Dr, Plerce's Favorite Prescription the skin becomes olear, the eyes brighter, the checks plump. It is purely vegetable and contains ho alcoho! or narcotic, Druggists se)! the Prescription in tablets or liquid, or send Dr. Plerao, at Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo, N, ¥. 100 for trial package of tablets, ing allments | Col, W. B. Cody, before he left for his home in Denver Saturday morn- ing called at the Herald office and} S¢rmon; asked that a statement be made in contradiction of the erroneous rumor, Mr. Baker in speaking for Mrs. Cody said that) it was in nowise ‘planned to take the wonderful col- lection of souvenirs and pictures of her husband from. the town which bore his name, nor had she at any ume planned to dispose of her inter-| not ests hereand make her home in a new that I am taking a number of the pictures-and souvenirs to Den- ver, where they will be on dispiay at the grave of the pioneer plainsman on Lookout Mountain, but only a very small part of the great collection owned by Mrs. Cody, and that part only under @ lease.” Thank Goodness, They're Scarce. (Wright Homesteader.) 3 I have found only one mon who declared himself against the ‘road bond issue to be voted on May 10, That fellow don't take a newspaper, couldn't read one if he did, and is planning to leave Wyoming, and live; with pa and ma when he makes proof on his land. Thank goodness there are but a few of this cless in Wyoming. Buys Big Ranch. (Wheatland World,) The largest real estate transaction that has been recorded in this vicinity for some_time past was consummated. last week when Dr. Fred W. Phiter purchased the Bard ranch of 1,000 acres, four miles east of town, for @ reported consideration of $50,000. There are about two hundred acres of irrigated land on the ranch and tie rest is fine stock land. Dr. Phifer says he bought the place primarily as a source of supplies for the Wheatland hospital as a measure of economy, The ranch will be made. to produce practically all of tne meats, vegetables, poultry, eggs, milk, €tc., which are used in vast quantites at the hospital and which are often dif- ficult to obtain in suitable quantity from stores or local farmers. It will also be improved for use as a sum- mer home for the corps of nurses of the hospital. The Bard ranch is a historic spot of this section of the state. It wus the site of a famous roadhouse in the pioneer days when overland trav- e° between Cheyenne and the Black Hills was heavy. For many years past it has been owned by the Swan Land & Cattle company. Dr, Phifer has engaged the Colby brothers to manage the ranch this season. Pid aonbbarss A heed aie Question Box (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Casper Daily Tribune Information Bureau, FrederickJ. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. C.. ‘this, offer 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 réturn postage. Ail re- plies aré sent direct to the inquirer.) A—Suchoa transformer will oper- Wireless transmitting set for a eof 500 to 800 miles. Members of President’s \Hard- ing’s cabinet and their religious affili- ations are a8 follows: Secretary of Navy Edwin. Denby, War John W. Weeks, Unitarian; At- torney General Harry M. Daugherty, Methodist; Postmaster General Will H, Hays, Presbyterian; Secretary of Episcopalia Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall, no particular church, but likes a good Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace, Presbyterian; Sec. retary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover, Quaker; Secretary of Lalor James J. Davis, Baptist. works. Is this uncommon?—T, B. A.—Clocks with wooden works are at all uncommon, this form of clock having been developed by the early clock-makers in this country about 1820. brass works usually antedate those with wooden works. The machine-cut brass movements eventually super- seded both these styles. Q—When was the Johnstown flood? —H. M. B. A—The date of this destructive flood was ey, ~* 1889. @—When an altitude ts quoted as so many feet above sea level, does this mean low -tide or high tide?— pw. Jd. i. A—Sea level is the level of the surface ‘of the sea at its mean posi- low water, adopted as a standard for the measurements of altitudes, etc., ard called a “mean sea level.” Q—What is the caliber of the Springfield rifle now used in the U. S. army? What is its range and pene- tration? Also the range and penctra- tion of a Winchester 30-307—E. W. 8. A.--The ordnance . division of the war department says that the caliber of the Springfield rifle now used in the Unjted States army is .30 and has a range of about 3,500 yards. The penctration of this gun at a distance of 50 feet is inches in a pine board, 10 inches in t sand, 6.3 inches in dry sand, 20 inches in loam free from sand, and $4 inches in seasoned oak, cross grain. The penetration of a 30- 30 Winchester rifle is 43.75 inches in pine board, 15 feet from the muzzle. The range is approximately the same as that of the .20 Springfield. Q—What is ‘a “treaty port”?—K. Vv. 8. AA treaty port is a port open to commerce with certain nations, in accordance with terms of a treaty, which is not open to general trade. Shanghai was one of the first such ports to be opened in China in accord- ance with the Nankin treaty of 1842. Q—If a soldier's widow drawing in- surance ‘rémarries, will the insurance stop?—W. T. W. A.—It the widow of a soldier .re- marries she will continue to receive the benefits of his war risk msar- ance until the full 240 payments have been made. Her compensation,’ how- ever, will cease at the date of remar- riage. SSNs Lt CLO CN ———Subscribe for The Tribatie——. a “OUCH! THAT OLD RHEUMATISMI” your bottle Lintmont x and knock the pain *galley-west’” EREN'T Absptsdietan for. tat last | quick switch eererec, elt you ay sre, States Charles E. Hughes, Baptist; Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellan, Presbyterian; Secretary of POWDERED MILK Pure, fresh milk in powdered form—milk for the entire family , FOR SALE AT GOOD GROCERY AND DRUG STORES You Are Cordially Invited to Call and Inspect Our Showroom and See the Hudson and Essex New Models Q—tI have an old clock with wooden | Clocks with handcut: tion, midway between high and mean, Jokesmiths \. Apprehensive. She-had just received a proposal of marriage from a man she had siways regarded more in the light of a broth- er than a lover. “Janet,” he began, “you know, I have always turned to you; that 7 haye always thought of you. May I— that is—oh, will you be my} wife?” “What a start you gave me, Henry,” said Janet at last. know I thought from your manner that you were going to ask me to Jend you some money.”—Chronicle Yelegraph. Strange Cause of Headache. Jack—Your headache must be\due to all that home brew you drank at Jonesy’s party last night. Mac—No, no, not at all—I'attribute it to the fact that I went to sleep this morning without removing Jone- sy’s goldfish bowl I was wearing for a helmet.—New York Sun. ‘The Force of Habit, 2 “"Why is your friend the laxyer 80 excited?” “Oh, he dbtained the acquittal of a client today for the first time, and he was so rattled/that he moved. for a new trial.” A Great Artist. Sir Henry Layard had a short way with omniscent youths, who gushed over Cimabue, Giotto, Daniele da Vol- terra. "Do you ly think,” he would ask with his rasping drawl, “that any of them can compare with Mortadella da Bologna?” Some would fall into the trap and discourse on the Terence—Wil. you be. down. to the MacSwiney club tonight “Do. youl * She-I’'ve heard that request . fore, He-—Well, just give me your usual hed genesis ‘fri O'Lantern Acquainted With Only One, ‘Wicks—Your wife seems like a dit- ferent woman when she is speaking. ‘Wilkins—That so?. I’m afraid 1 don't know the Laing one—Boston ‘Transcript. FOR THE BLOOD Write Jor hodkleron the blood free Switt Specific Co Dept.k Atlanta. ¢ chiaroscuro of that great artist; oth: Sweet tcoth. WRIGLEY’S Is Mint feaf. pcopermint or lus- cious Juicy froit. either flavor {s a treat for your And all are equafly’ gcod for you. Teeth. appetite and * digestion all benefit. you.” Your vin‘ will respond. {iked tor what it does as well as for its BIG value at the small cost of 5c. NG RIGLEY'S Z GUN HOWDY pari All Loyal Moose Winter Garden TONIGHT Dancing and Entertainment O C ||NO This is an extra free social night to make reparation for the pup. Cieeprelniment on the last ight, April 4. BE SURE AND COME Let’s Show Casper How Many Loyal Moose There Are In Casper soe apeernesreneiernnerneserercsiinwn