Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1921, Page 1

ORLD CONFERENCE MAY CONVENE ON ARMISTICE DAY , | ITIL CHARGE ON LAND TAKEN UP BY SOLDIERS | Sestsex Forecast TO BE REDUCED Reduction in Payment on Imgable Lands Under North Platte Project Authorized by U. S. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.— ntrants who take advantage the soldiers’ settlement privilezes on the Fort Lara- mie division of the North Platte project in Wyoming and Nebraska will be required to pay down $1.70 per acre for irrigable land. according to regulations just issued by the interior department, reducing the amount of the first payment. In. itial paymewts of $5.10 per acre will be required in taking up lands under Shoshone project. State Adjutant Colonna of the American Legion made a_ request through Senator F. EB. Warren for a change in the original ruling and a lowering of the first payments or the abandonment of the latter. The secre- tary of the interior responded to the presentation of the case by Senator Warren by reducing the rate on the Hort Laramie division to $1.70 per ir- rigable acre, but providing that re- hinquishments should not be récog- nized for one year. Secretary Fall decided that the Sho- hone rate must stand at $5.10 per ir- rigable acre because the statute spe cifies a regular rate for water service rhich hag already been established that project. The Fort Laramie has not been established and was subject to change. The $6.10 rate rst ordered was for three-years wa- er and the $1.70 rate is for one-yea: Following is the text of the depart. ment order, which will be of benefit 0 all servicemen contemplating tak iS UP Jand.under the Fort Laramie ivision: ‘Paragraphs 5 and 11 of order dated july 14, 1921, opening to entry pubile ds in Fort Laramie division, part o, North Platte irrigation project. Nebraska and Wyoming, are hereby mended by redu Abe initial water ental charge of 10° per irrigahie cre to $1.70 per irrigable acre, pay- ent of which last named will entitie he entryman to two acre fect of wa ler per acre of irrigable land for the ear 1922, Reliquished lands will be ithheld from entry. All lands en- red under said order of July 14, 1921 that are relinquished’ within one year 1 date of entry are hereby. with- lrawn from all forms of entry until ther notice and the same wil! be dof by drawing with a prefer- ge tight to ex-service men as pro- d by law.” ROILERMAKERS, BACK ON JOB Following a meeting of tne voiler nakers y at which it was oted to return to work, nearly 300 en employed by contractors at local fineries appeared on the job yes- rday morning. It is said that the boilermakers went ut the first of the month to protest wage readjustment which it is said jecreased their pay approximately a jollar a day. Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Friday except unsettled jn north portion: cooler Friday and in west and north Portions tonight. VOLUME V BIG AIRSHIP TOSTART ON | CRUISE SOON| WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — The | British bers of the ship's personnel Lieut. Com. E. W. Coil, Lieut. F. Culbert, H. W. Hoyt, BR. W. Pen- moyer, C..C. Little ,C. B. Null, J. -4 Lawrence, A. B. Houghton, M. Eesteriey, W. R. Taylor, J. H. Hyer 4. B.. Anderson, Clifford A. Tinker, and 3. 1H. Hykes and W. J. Medusky and Chief ‘Ma- | chinist 8, 8, Halliburton. ship is 694 feet long, 50 feet | pa than the R-34, which made | the trip to the United States and back in July, 1919. She has a cruising radius of 5,600 miles and | | @ speed of between 50 and 60 knots. Che Casper 3 atly Crihune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1921. EDITION NUMBER 253 Great Britain Wilh. and Subject Matters Meeting to Washington Delicate, Mexican WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Great Britais > to Leave Date Disarmamen "Dp meee i 2 % % ie Reccg. b= pee be. accept any date the Washington administratio for the opening of the forthcoming disarmament ges cal has led to the definite suggestion of November 11, Armistice day, of this year as an appropriate occasion. It was learned that American officials had put the original Over $12,000,000 This Year and Next; Expenditures Are Reduced (Special to The Tribune.) j CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 4.—Replying to a request for information in that respect, Gov. Robert D. Carey of Wyo- jtures during the last biennium, the | governor states in his letter, were $5,- $02,961.05, and estimated expenditures ifor the present biennium will total $4,798.176.71. Governor Carey's letter says in part: “The total receipts from/all sources |for the biennial period, April 1, 1919, to April 1, 1921, amounted to $10,- 574,846.46, and the expenditures for STERLING CLU QUITS LEAGUE Players Refuse to Go Into Game With Denver With Salari es Unpaid; League to Be Made Stronger, Is Claim DENVER, Aug. 4.—The Sterling club of the Midwest league quit today. Denver, alleging their salaries agement aanounted it could no’ ule because support had been wu The players refused to play a game with were unpaid. The club man- t go on with the league sched- nsatisfactory. The club management telegraphed the league president in Denver of conditions. | It was announced the club had been} unable to collect pledges from certain} Sterling merchants who had agreed to support it. The club management hopes to have the team transferred to some other city, it was announced. | first in Casper today by C. P. Arbo gast, manager of the Casper Refin- ers, and came as a surprise although rumors of the defection were current prior to the inauguration of the split season. When a split seascn was de- cided upon Sterling wired assurances | to a conference of managers here that MICKETSON DECLARES. RICKETSO! | SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 4.—| “Failure of-the Sterling club will not) affect the Midwest league,” said Rick| Ricketson, president of the leag! here today. “Three teams have made} application for the franchise and a; successor will be named ag soon as an investigation is concluded. r “Tho change will mean a stronger) ball club, better financed, putting the) league on a firmer foundation.” | jver to attend to business. it was financed to conclude the sea- son. ‘Three baseball clubs stam] ready to jtake up Sterling's franchise in the league, according to informsticn re- ceived here by Manager Arvogast from Riéketson, president of the Sidney, Neb., appears to be t lkely candidate and Cheyenne been mentiuned in connection with transfer: Join Albertson has lett for Den- Mr. Al- Announcement of Sterling’s with-|bertson expects to locate in Denver drawal from the league was received some time later. |ming has written Gov. Thomas E,. Campbell of Arizona that | Wyoming’s income from all sources during the last biennium ; was. $10,574,846.46, and that income during the biennium | 1921-23 it is estimated will amount to $12,176,964. Expendi- [the biennial period améunted to $5,- 602,961.05, “Included ~ in’ both. the, above amounts is the highway bond issue of 800,000, which was used in cooper ation with the federal government in the building and maintaining of state highways; also included in the reeeipts is $243,301.87, collected from automobile licenses, which amount was placed in the sinking fund for the purpose of taking up highway bonds. “The receipts from the land office amounted to $4,093,544.59, received from the sale of mineral royalties on state lands, and not subject to cx- penditure by the state, but placed in & permanent school and land fund; the amount received for the expendi- tures for state purposes, excluding the highway bond issue. amounted to $3,- 439,000, while expenditures amounted $2,802,961.05, “It 4s estimated that the receipts nnium, 1923-1929, 176,964,» “whieh amount: inctag nd office /receipts, $6.531.964; automobile licenses, $630,- 900, and ‘an additional highway bond issue’ of - $1,800,000, while the expen aitures, excluding the’ $1,800,000 to be spent’on staie highways, will amount to-$52,998,176.71. Including the amount to be spent on the highways, the total will be $4.798,176.71 Opening ug of Bags In Booze Search Being Protested NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Distriet At torney Swann today criticised police- men who forcibly open traveling bags of innocent citizens, in their search for liquor. In a letter to Magistrate McAdoo he declared such acts tres: passed on the rights of citizens. ae CANAL FREIGHT FALLS OFF. SAULT STE. MARIB. Mich., Aug. 4.—Freight passing through — the American and Canadian canals here during July totalled approximately 4,, 000,000 tons less than for the same [tie aggregated 8,138,583 tons. month last year, according to the monthly tonnage report. The trat- ASPER ATTORNEY ELECTED STATE LEGION COMMANDER D. W. Ogilbee Honored by Thermopolis Convention and Headquarters for New Year | ;eral minor changes. Peter Q. Nyce, of Casper, chairman of the constitu-; | key of the city. n Legion, here » today, i in reward for his ie ex-service man. Casper was thus automatically desig-' dressed the convention during the aft- ted state headquarters for the American Legion for the! ernoon. SKYSCRAPER BURGLAR’ TO BE ARRESTED CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-—Melville Reeves ometimes known as the “skyscraper burglar” has been indicted by the fed- ral grand jury here in connection ith the arrest of John W. Worth- ngton and thé indictment of more an a score of others charged wita composing, a “trust” that engineered any mail robberies and disposed of tolen securities valued at more than 5,000,000. Tederal agents ieft today for a west city, the name of which was kept ecret, bearing a warrant for Ree hose bond has been fixed at $10,000. Casper Is Made untiring services in behalf of coming year. Dr, T. C. Fitzgerald of Torring-} ton was chosen Wice commander; Bert Waddell, Moorcroft, state finance of-| ficer; William G. Metz,” of, eridan, | chairman of the executive Sect * Torrington was almost unanimous-| ly chosen as the scene of the meet- ing for next year. Among the reso- lutions that were adopted, those pledg- ing support to the Boy Scout move ment, revision of the workmen's c6.n- pensation law and a unique plan of community aid to disabled soldiers, in- troduced by Dr. J. F. O'Donnell of Casper were the most important. Gov. Robert D. Carey addressed the convention today and paid high trib- ute to the welfare work of the 4mer- fean Legion. He was given an ov tion by the exservice men at the meeting. True to prediction the Cheyenne politicians attempted to have the state headquarters permanently located in the capital cit This move wer de japolis, feated in the .resoluticns committee. but is due to bé finally fought out on the floor of the convention today. The convention in a committee of the whole spent the entire session yes-| ternooh considering the con-; Units as compared with seven a year | terday stitution and bylaws, resulting in sey- tion and by-laws committee presided. “Russell G. Creviston, of Indian- Ind., for the Rockefeller foundation ad- At 6 o'clock a banquet was served to all attendhg delegates and their friends. Gov. Robert D. Carey and other state officials addressed the ban-/ fl queters. John B. Kendrick, junior Wyoming| senator was given an ovation when be enterd the convention hall ‘Tues- day and was escorted to the platform. ae rom hington. for, the, purpose of Srtenatae the convention and the an- nual meeting of the ers’ association. ‘Opportunity of the American Leg-; ion" was the basis of Senator Kend- rick's address. endorsed and advocated national sol- dier legisiation calling attention to the fact that if the wealth and enorm- ous war profits had been conscripted! as was the man power of the nation| there would be plenty 6f money” to! the present natidnal debt of near-| $24,000.000.000. Valentine Colonna, of Cody, state adjutant submitted his report which r vice commander of the! | | Lesion, formerly an efficiency expert | Tehimes, Kendrick has absented himself) Wyoming Bank-! In bjs talk he strongly | contained Wyoming the information that, the department was sound, financially, that it had a present paid up membership of 2,500 men in 53 posts and had 17 women auxiliary. ago. ‘Visiting delegates have been warm: ly welcomed and have been given the Everything is free to the ex-service men. To all men who had been in France the following signs had a particular appeal: “40 8 Cheveaux.” “Fini Le Guerre, fini cognac, fini tout.”” “Choc- | olat Menter,” “Who won the War. ROAD REPORT ‘The following report on road con- ditions today is furnished by the district office of the state highway department: Grant Highway—Nebraska line to Shawnes good, somewhat rough te Casper from recent rains, but drags have been working the en- tire length and roads should be good by tonight. Yellowstone , Highway — Piatte county line to Casper recent rains, but’ reads are now in good shape. | Casper to Shcshoni good. Shoshoni-Lander Road—Shoshoni to Riverton good, fair through Hud- son and good to Lander. Casper-Sheridan Road--Casper to Salt Creek fair. Sali Creek to Kay- cee fair. STATE SPENDING ONLY HALF OF REVENUES, CAREY SAYS Income From All Sources Will Amount to CLAIM OF MRS. MURRAY TO PART OF MAGNATE’S RICH ESTATE IS FOUGHT | BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 4.— Objec- tions to the granting of an allow- ance of $5,000 monthly ‘out of the | funds of the James A. Murray es. | tate. in Montana as was petitioned for by Mrs. Mary Murray of Mont- terey, Cal., was filed in_ district court here yesterday by dames A. Murray, a nephow of tha dead mining man. In his objections, (he nephew denies that Mrs. Murtay is the widow or ever was the wife of dames A. Murray. ‘Murcus M. Murray, another nephew, today filed objections to the granting of letters of adminis. ONIRYMEN INSTITUTED: IN STAR VALLEY REGION 4.—State S. Green. CHEYEN? , Aug. Pure Food Commissioner C. baum has returned from the Star Velley region of Lincoln county, re- garded as one of the chief dairying sections .of Wyoming, where -he insti- tuted 16 prosecutions against pérsons charged with ‘selling unclean milk. A conviction Was secured in every case and the defendant fined $10 and costs. The samples of milk taken in these cases, it is stated, were dirtier than any heretofore found in Wyoming. a from inter- Corbin Jones is in the city Omaha attending to business ests. BALL SCORES | NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. At Cincinnati (Ist game) Brooklyn --100 000 O10— 2 8 1 900 100 008— 1 8 1 Batteries—Grimes and Miller; Mar- quard and Wingo. At Pittsburgh— R. H. E. Philadelphia ..009 000 000-0 5 1 Pittsburgh 040 100 00° — 5 15 0 Batterie-—Meadows, Sedgwick and Bruggy; Hamilton and Brottem. At Cincinnati— Brooklyn - Cincinnati -- R. H. E. At Chicago— Boston Chicago AMERICAN LEAGUE Be tee 81 At New ¥: on Detroit Batteries— Leonard and Bassler: Shawkey and Schang. At Philadelphia— Rommel, Keefe, Freeman and Per- kins, At Boston— Chicago Boston ... Batteries —Wienécke, Hodge, Mc- Weeney and Schalk; Thormahlen and | Ruel. t Washington— R. H. EL Cleveland ...-.000 001 000— 1 Washington, ..100 001 01*— 3 ° Batteries—Coveleskie and O'Neill; Johnson aiid F4sinich. a EVERS iS DEPOSED. CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Johnny, Evers today was deposed as manager of the! Chicago Nationals, Catcher William Killifer was chosen to succeed him. Evers, whois WM, will be paid his salary in full until) the close of the 1921 season, according to announce ment by President Veeck of the Cubs. {ter in the southern part of the lana *|during Frontier Days. } tration of the estate asked by Madge Brogan Duggan, public administra- tor of Silver Bow county. Murray's estate has been valued at $15,000,000 or more. —_———— H. E. Hawes of the company has returned from a vaca tion trip spent in Colorado. Mr Hawes reports that the roads aro bet Casper Motor state tourists many tour that the Casper is well spoken of my oie se Carl Simmons lias returned from « mp sts. jtrip in the Big Horn mountains. | Yap | garded as not [unquestioned jSuggestion of Armistice day into de Hfinite form for all the invited powers and await acknowledgement , abroad Offic ala wovid not indicate just how much progress made in the interchanges of Tegarding the agenda of the meeti but unofficially it is known they sider that the path is being for a frank discussion of Fart question: An admitted! mituation is J tence tha and deli Dan's apparent 1 sented by questions ¢ problems pr Shantung nling within the) scope of the conference. American Yap is in whole anese the interest tumate!, subject of mandates. government has cont ndate over Yap is plished fact that should not tioned but the Washing ment has been equally in. allocation of the island cannot remain since it was done with out copsent of this gs<trement one of the victors in the war France and Italy indica support of the Amertcan position, while formal assurance of its has been given by Great there appears n she also a that should be deterr fations between th. was indicated, it Is contended. e island of the thejr the ‘ (Continued on Page 4.) Forwarded toWa BillCalled “Tr WASHINGTON, Aug. JAPS RAISE FUND TO FIGHT COOLIE LABOR PROSECUTIONS AGAINST one, for Money Pub Published in Hawaii\« shington Hearing; eacherous Plot” 4.—A translation of a Japanese appeal for fiinds to send representatives of organized labor to Washington to protest ag inst temporary admission of Chinese coolies to Hawaii, published in the Labor Review, Honolulu, was placed in the record today by Chairman Johnson. Johnson’ said, to discredit the testi- mony of George W. Wright, editor of the Review, and president of the Central Labor council of Honlulu con cerning agricultural labor conditions on the island. Previous testimony had shown that Wright and Wilmot Chilton, treasurer of the union, had been sent here on funds supplied part by the anese in the i “We beileve the secretary of labor is standing on our side and if such a bill passes congress he will never put such a program into practic the translation said. As to the pability of Wright and Chilton who are always our friends,” it added. "As the situation of the cooile bill does not allow us to hold optimistic feeling, we are sending Wright and Chilton as the representatives of the Central Labor council to present evi dence of facts to the Washington au- thorities to block the treacherous plot of importing coolie labor. The ex pense of sending delegates is defrayed by raising money from every organi zation as well as contributions from persons who belong to our cl hope as many persons as contribut ICEMAN SHOT FOR STEALING GIRL, PEPORT GREELE, Golo., Aug. 4.—Charles Bennett, 44 years of age, an iceman was shot twice here and_ slight ly injured by Elmer Daggett, penter. After the shooting Daggett surrendered to the sheriff and said he shot in self-defense. The carpen ter told the sheriff the iceman stole his ‘girl and married her in Cheyenne Daggett said | “I spent nearly $1,500 on my girl trying to cure her rheumatism and then she went and married Bennett.” car-| house immigration committée It was sufficient, Mr. Americans Are Received By Pope Benedict Aug. 4.— Monsignor J ~ bishop of Denver, ‘ed audien by Benedict yesterday presemting port of his difoc which the found to be most satisfactory. Later Bishop Tihen introduced to the pope a group of thirty American pilgrims to whom Pope Benedict delivered a short addres The pontiff s the. visit ly beciuse at present He impar diction at the OM ry Tihe was rece He’ Colo. Pope a pontiff in id he of grea Americans Uifficuities of Y oppressive d the apostolic bene of his talk appreci the e the ated ato aspect of the | dist church at Chan-Yuen, | of the WAR HERES TO | BE LAID AT REST ~ HERE SUNDAY IN DOUBLE FUNERAL ‘Bodies of Gay C. Burson and Orin Snyder, Who Fell in Battle, Arrive Today From Overseas A double funeral ceremony will be held from the Metho- 3 o'clock Sun- day afternoon at which time the remory of Guy C. Burson, the first Casper boy killed in ion in France, and Orin st Creek killed in France conwecrated by tribu Jents of thi distric remain Snyder, In action the entire will be the The of res here on their way Thi final re to tev. W French will haye of the religiow: the part of bodies of the two deceased ex in state at th chapel Sunday until the The bodies were ship- ped directly here from Hoboken, N. J after having landed tha battlefields of France Injunction To Permit Sale Of Weekly Sought CHICAGO, Aug. 4 Mayor Wi am Hale Thompson Chiet of Patt e Charles Fitzmorris were named a petition for f injunction Hed “in’ the ‘circuit court today in which the court is asked to en he ais from interfering with tho sale of Henry Ford's Dearborn ndent CHINESE WAR IS RENEWED PEKING, ¢ 4.(By The Asso clated Press.}—Fighting is reported in progress today along a 10-mile front 50 miles northeast of Yochow, where forces from the province of Hunan filinted with the southern or Canton government of China, recently — ir vaded Hupeh province. The enj ment was brought on, the reports state, by orders f en, Wang inspecting commissioner provinc Hunan und Hepeh, begun against his authority n will He funeral hour there fror wine om that a general vir is not ognized. The ion of Hupeh *by the Hunanese was with the evident intention of ousting him. The Hu- nanese halted their advance soon after its inception, nd were said to be awaitin he of rein forcements from othe nc in the Yangste territory which military domination this by Pekin s under the ment — ven international have their headquarters in Cinci RIVER | » | ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4 STANDARD OIL LOSER IN WOOD HOLDUP Mail Messenger Slugged ‘and Robbed of ‘$60,000 in Currency Carried in One of Three Pouches, Is Report 4.—Three bandits today held up and slugged Tommy Felaido, a postoffice messenger at Wood River, Ill, near here, and escaped with three mail pouches, one of which is believed to have contained $60,000 in cur- \rency consigned to the Standard Oil refinery at Wood River. The robbery occurred at 7:10 a. m., shortly after the MEXICO HUNTS NO WORD OF SP CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, Aus. 4.—Chief of Police Eulebrio Hermo- sillo announced today that he and his men had been watching for sev- eral days all trains and automobiles on stage lines to Chihuahua City fer a man who resembles Warren C. Spargin, the missing Chicazo bank er, but so far they have failed to FOR EMBEZZLER URGIN RECEIVED 1 find any traveler who suits his ces- cription. “We have been notified by offi cers at Marfa, Presidio and El Paso, Texas and Chicago, to watch for Spurgin.” he said, ut we have found no trace of him. If we find him there will be no delay in hold ing him, and no difficulty in get- ting him across the lipe to the United States, | in pouches were thrown from a Big Four train from St. Lous. io pouches in met the train. a push cart, and started for the postoffice across the tracks when the armed trio stepped from an automobile and ordered him to throw up his ha’ placed the He apparer ing and ene was slow in comply- of th bandits struck him ce with his fist Anpther pouches in the automobile scaped. An hour Sater abandoned automobile was found mp field five.miles south of Ed- was a rifted = parcel, post » Wood River resi the threw the an automobiles ara ryside for the ban-