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

w Casper Daily Cribune V. CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY: OCTOBER 4, 1921. SHOTS FATAL OOL ENROLLMENT JUMPS TO NEGRO, NO|" jomuinaes rosie ARREST MADE presenters Robert Brown Dies of Wounds at Local Hospital; No Crime Charged Against Woman Who Defended Home, Said ; bert Brown; negro, 58 years of age, Rol Mrs. Pearl Williams, who was shot by roprietress of a boarding house at 216 first. month’s work twelve teachers instruction of the children. The housing conditions are still struggling with the situation. Work on the South Casper schoo! of eight rooms began yesterday. Ad- vertisements for bids for a 1¢room addition on the north side will be issued sometime this week. At Salt Creek plans are being pre pared for a slxroom building to be constructed at once. working double shifts to keep up with At Kasoming & two-room structure, at Allendale a one-room and at Horse Ranch a one-room bullding are all on the way. The handsome new seven-room brick school at Mills will be under roof this week. ‘FREE SITES FOR TWO ‘SCHOOLS PROVIDED. Two additional sites for schools to provide an outlet for the constantly growing school population have been North Wolcoit, ai he had terrorized the woman for mo. , succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital last it, . The man had been hit twice n the abdomen by shots fired from a .82 caliber Savage automatic. Published- statements to the con- trary Mrs. Williams has not been ar- rested and there Is little likelfhood of such a proceedings as she has es- tablished beyond @ doubt that the negro had been troubling her for months and that she fired at him in | “BITION | t had reached 3,734 wi’, still inadequate with the board to house children of that vicinity. This property ts located on Cornell avenue and Twenty-seyenth street and is on the Elkhorn water line. —_—_—_———___ PASTOR GIVEN Patetttae thee [SE | heh ei) ae directing the attention of the ciency of the government of dividual connected with outgrown its cowtown of the lai from hun ideals prevail. zens before the bg bd because they have ke: of the times. to discriminate, provements. That by at all, public work has been alized and beme builders have their holdings. bootleg whiskey. Beyond the stamp out the pollution. scatter to the four winds and nity with its loathsomeness. It has grown too big, designated which they must THE DUTY BEFORE THE PEOPLE For more than a year, last of no 3 of eet or a ie was done to draw more special attention to the fact per needs better government. It has shed its village habits, days, has advanced to the importance est city in the state with a Poni ta made ee ds of other centers where erent customs Saeat Inctadui Cee Af . It must not be forgotten that the present{ $01, geerge oy population is largely new folks, and they are not interested in the things that prevailed in the years before oil made Casper an important industrial center. The important citi- of oil are still the important cifizens, pt up with the procession and abreast In the phenomenal growth the affairs of the city have been permitted to drift and the public concerns of the people have not had that painstaking attention they at all times deserve. There seems to be no divided opinion on the part of the hest informed, that through carelessness, ignorance and inability the people of Casper have been made to pay much more than fair and legitimate prices for public im- DED 25 CENTS INATRONA (0 GET $77 400 CASH AS SHARE OF LU. §, OIL ROYALTIES tecks Being Mailed By tate Today After Un- Increase Amounts to 50 Per Cent in Quotations on Salt Creek Production wish to belittle any in- ; The Midwest Refining com- municipal SEE ere It chan of thé Farag i sers of crude oil in past, The Tribune has been ople of Casper to the ineffi- * city. It has been done out ing, today poster \n in- trease of 25 cents a © lin all grades handled by. * a- . The new prices are eo. Ou company, ‘the « other large purchaser of crude, moon today had made no announce ment but is expected to concur in the {norease and extend it to fields in which the Midwest does not operate, including Rock River oil, of which it is the main producer. New prices announced by the Mid- west Refining company amount to an increase of 50 per cent in Salt Creek, Big Muddy and one or two cheaper Sfades and a jump of 25 per cent in the lighter oils. The new quotations follow: %, “tate #,‘ainty in Split Is & % 3d Up, Dispatch (Special esc Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 4. — Complying with instruc- sloppy supervision or no supervision poorly and expensively, done. By ill-advised improvements property owners have been pen- suffered all but confiscation of In the matter of the public safety, and the morality of the community, the showing has been most miserable. has been overrun by the underworld and the peddlers of The city official abolition of the fester- ing sore of protected prostitution no effort has been made to Instead it has been permitted to continue to damn the commu- Grass Creek, Elk Basin, Greybull anf Torchlight, $1.25; Lance Creek, 90 cents; Big Muddy and Salt Creek, 75 cents; Mule Creek, 70 cents. The increase is the first posted in the Wyoming felds since the decline “darted last year and an increase to- @ay in eastern crude prices indicates that further gains will follow. ‘Today's increase in Wyoruing crude was not unexpected and was assured yesterday when Oklahoma crude was rained to $1.50 a barrel, extending the differential on which Wyoming quo- tations are based. tions from Katherine A. Mor- ton, state superintendent: of public instruction, A. D. Hos- kins, state treasurer, today-is mailing to the counties of the state checks for their portion of the publie school share of $750,000 from federal oll royalties recently received by the state. trona county’s share in the @isbursement is $27,740.25. The schools share of the total roy- alties is $374,220.80. Involvement of the payment of the remainder of the royalty fund to the Many a home has been saddened. mother have bowed their heads in shame because the city of Casper failed in its"duty to its people. The city of Casper can no longer be governed haphazard. too important. Too much is at stake. The city must be cleaned. Cleaned and fumigated. The un- desirables must be handed a railroad schedule with population who can show no visible highway department, state university and the counties of origin of the oll, which resulted from an opinion by Attorney General W. L. Wa! straightened out today, {t 1 the capitol, and delay in the distribu- tion of the fund will be avoided. ————— Many a father and PENNSYLVANIA CRUDE HIGHER, PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4.—Another ad- Yance !n the price of Pennsylvania crude oil was announced here today the train The so-called floating means of support must Hanging of Boy take. defense of her home when the negro WEARS RANCH Baovided. zee tty. sepenath Inst night Bennett, depart elsewhere. bin ir ‘i all ir Aa Leng get out. the stood witha reek The new Scout Sa to \ y F: jeeded a tract of section is $2.75 a barrel, increase of ° oes gh gS is rn fata od eer as octet es oe eee rc! | Be Accidental metan an 2m tr m =o(| BRAND KILLED jf. crosene © | wee | thoes melas ot sci dae sone en tens" Sos Sat “Tam man q cation of Fifteenth’ street, years and who was the mother of | program as enforced, there is a way ° it. @}as follows: Corning, $1.65; Cabell, ing you up, honey.” O Through the.public spirit and gen-| his eight not his wif i Som .40;, Somers % . 4.—Sa: - pills hs SENS a eR eee st ge eae poeta = tide estes plese von a people must not rest content to have their candidates for a a; ermet, $1.40; et ght, Aaa Ose — pee ba fi d picked fi hi show that Brown, carrying a Hi, 2+ Misckafesa, mers Yan Gorden Investment “company, | was to s young woman trom Texas | Ayor and councilmen hand picked for them’ by a handful Was fouhd hanging in hia closet which he was Kopeful that he would] W Snowe ad) “Germany,” Had om | Toool diatsict Noo? hes been enee.| wih ote ae recently has been tiv | Of personal friends. They must do their own picking. It is 5 Sunday afternoon with his handz share with Dra. Willams, appeared at pa naarpe heyy ey fat Saturday | ead to lots 6. and $ J: Country, Glut fhe pong 4 5, ee held | their business phat is = stake er ag the hiring and the| Small N. ations tied behind his back, came to his the a ° ome nu ' addition on ich 1 at} > ‘ was a i death through Ad nil # o'clock atte yer d I ac bucte weighed 200 pounds. “he un, [sce Proceed’ to. erect achootho He “wife under Louisiana law. seg EL opedles og and "marped the autoantie “Of the Fight Blockade play, according, to an “opinion. ‘wes Che imant'who tad terrorized her 1 Sng anmte, enebhpde re Wag dane 5 ; y > & . © people, ° oe a haitiiea di * 9 Bape teay, bY, Ban “Newmark, for weeks she fired at several on sary: Sotanded # i . SARS " the: ill rise en masse an ical -their. : Hi torney’s, office. times. tment ie she tent and ear he 4 oe action P ey wan! this town cleaned and made safe and| GENEVA, vet. 4.~(By The Assoc} | Newmark announced his theory Ret it fate mghccBroae tated tor tue south Senna ws eh ee , eS apCRE decent, and wil signify that they, have in mind men BROT See eee a Sate | cen a, S” Aloalaat. grreesy 4 i shen start. . Harreld who | F @- y.% they desire for mayor and councilmen, big enough, broad |>*™ & on - 4 his 10-year-old brother Hugh. pina aah eit tad eg poco hy Bart sder f Bron eh ed T CO. BIG . A E enough and brave enough to govern this city in accordance eA atten gly ook ane stoic Tiegh Seas ath hase ak etal ho: king that ‘worked years ~ hy wounded te wr 4 ase ne pore ago Sas the men fee oad and et with the Ae “i ae eoples and aoe otehglate SES of on against the too rigia seblleation of eotateth ns Bagot te =i released it 0 con! cdimpaign “branded “buck ‘fawnhood ang * ‘ggers, lockade regulations, w! ere pre- 24 ferrertaation Mics, = jams bravely| days about three years ago. The All put for the Warld’s Series Baseball Games! he pS oR an and Seager te ese Werdtee ontil the buitle rf scribed as one of the weapons to be En eee ee, fons au abe could aun the Hecing ve | tie dah aod thereat mask as | _, Where? In front of The Tribune Building ow Second |'2,t# ies a Watt tw Seseat | Silver Dollars sro. In this way she fired four shots! overbit and swallow fork. The buck | ~ street. . : The Tribune has novcandidates other than candidates the|crsantsation, ; defore she left the house and four! ‘was Killed about thirty miles tres When?) At 12 o'clock noon tomorrow and every day ». eople choose. The Tribune’s sole ambition is to assist them] Greece has been especially active in ° 5 Erich uta too eect and oaos| trommags” ee | Of the Big series, “Games start at 2 o'clock: eastern time, | fs See ne ee wl cit pzainst everything and every | tr stor; to brine wmcut anament| Being Minted cctealate G ; n we attempt to thwart that will: 3 ¢ ed Brown's death. ae The Trik ill hoist its th electri peraee e sofas that pt the league, #0 that no state can initt. In tracing Brown's movements and CODY TO VOTH “ONDS. it'after the ‘windows | fur a gravity waterworks aystem. | _ It’s free! sheriff's office. Mrs. Brown, wife of the dead man is confined in the city jail awaiting action by the authorities, because of her alleged knowledge of the stolen material and the assistance she is be- Heved to have given her husband: wn | 1S Dismissed For Hazing At- Northwestern| ATS CROP LARGE. REGINA, Sask., Oct. 4.—The larg- largest Young ‘Brown, son of the deal man, anjest oats. crop and the second. employe of a local garage was released | wheat crop in the history of the pro- yesterday evening whi MUshed that he had n ing to do with the SIX AND it was estab-| vince Is forecast by the statistics hu- Teau of the Saskatchewan department, of agriculture, ‘BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PROSPEROUS TIMES board tonight for a fins! test that there be no hitch in operating big games a¥e Gn aaa the time and place, Mr. Fan; be there. date and is opposed to Outlook Not So Gloomy as Year Ago and Pessimism Is Out of Date, Leaders in Financial World Declare at Opening LOS ANGELES, Oct. can Bankers’ association. Things are looking better, ble forces are working in the overtu: ous times and the pessimist wi: in the nation’s financial world. The program of the formal. open- Ing session today was featured by a 42,000-word report by the president of the association, John S. Wrum of San Francisco, It was’ a review of the situation today, country-wide economic survey expressing the opin- fon of more than a thousand bank- HALF BILLIONS LOST BY U. S. WORKERS ' AS RESULT OF IDLENESS | Estimates Prepared by Economic Experts _ Submitted to Unemployment Meeting; Over Thirteen Months Included WASHINGTON, Oct: 4.—Losses in earnings of workers throughout the country during the past fiscal year due to in- ytluntary idleness were put at more than $6,500,000,000 in an estimate prepared today by economic experts of the na- tional conference on unemployment. > This estimate, it was explained, covered the loss in wages because of unemployment of all the jobless‘in the country~-from. -July, 1920, to August 15, 1921, and was ‘based on an approximation of normal pay levels rather than.on the scales at the peak of high wages. Efforts of the conference, it wrs sala, would be turned toward a’ remedy for’ the economic loss to the country from such reductions of the earning power of its workers In the future by a More stabilized industrial plan. President ‘Harding in a‘ statement made public late yeste: called upon governors and mayors through- out the country to organize in their communities machinery, for the cor- ‘rection of economic conditions along the-lines’ already developed by the conference. % 4.—The disposd! of billions of doll cheerfully discussed here today in the opening of the 47th ani Session of the American Bankers’ Association ars by some 24,000 banks was nual convention of the Ameri- the times are not so badly out of joint as a year ago, irresisti- th theories of depression ers. A 12,500-word analysis of it was followed by a summary. of the con- dition in every state. President Drum crystallized it in 26 of the 42,000 words: “There is nothing in elther the do- mestic or foreign situation to give rise to the pessimistic conclusion that the world fs riding straight to ruin.” DOMESTIO AND FOREIGN SITUATION SATISFACTORY. LOS. ANGELES, Oct. 4.—There 1s nothing in either the domestic or the foreign situation to give rise to the pessimistic conclusion that the world is riding -stratght te-ruin, John 8. Drun, banker of San \#'rancisco, told the American Bankers’ association, of plo ee is president, at the opening seset here today of its 47th annual convention. * “Rational examination of our condi- tion today,” he said, “must prove to the greatest deubter thnt our problema are but the rutural mantfestationg of & worldwide maladjustment that great natural forces are working to rém- edy." + « Reports from more than a thousand bankers were the basis he said, of his subject today: “Our Situation To- day—A Countrywide Economic Sur- vey.” In_part It follows: “The output’ of finished goods throughout: the country ‘is. consider- ably smaller than it was'a year ago, and measurably smialler than it was six months ago. There is a surplus ming of these billions of dollars towar is. out of place, it was more prosper- said by leaders of manufactured commodities in the hands of the producers. “A progressive decline in the costs of manufacturing has taken place during the year. Industry, as a wholé, the costs of materials, labor and con- struction have declined, in the order named. * Increased efficiency of labor has been the natural result of unem- ployment on a large scale, but the ef- ficlency of men in the building trades in the country as a whole has not in- creased, although there are exceptions to this. “Taxation “in industrial sections has elther ‘increased or remained sta- tlonary during the year; in no case is @ decrease reported. Wholesale prices of manufactured goods have decreased steadily throughout the year. Retail prices, on the whole, also have declined steadily although not in the same proportion as whole- sale prices. Pe “In. the great cotton: states of the south, in the agricultural states of the middle west and the west, in the west-|\ ern mining and cattle-raising states, in the lumber-produci~z' regions of the northwest and the sovc#ea.t, there has been @ great reduction in buying pow- er, consequently a slackened demand for natural products and a reduction in their value without a commensur- Ate decrease-in the price of finished Koods. ; “In the industrial regions there has been a redu quent upon reduced foreign (Continued on* Page Ly The Tribune is pledged to this candi- the other candidate are idle. Tribune is not concerned with candidacies. the people will select the candidates who support of all men and women of the city. ate blockade on its account without The | previous notification, ~~ the council It has faith that|°f the league that the blockade of a will be worthy the covenant breaker is order. New Naval Gun DENVER, Oct. 4. — ‘Two-hundred thousand silver dollars are being mint- ed dally at the Denver mint, it was announced today. The work is being done by 230 employes, it was said, of whom 120 have been added during the past month. Mint officials said 96 Per cent of the employes now were WORKING FOR , BANKERS STATE Attorney Pays Fine, Refuses to Apologize DENVER, Oct. 4.—Deputy District Attorney.Carl Cline late yesterday paid @ fine of $25 and costs in criminal court after he had refused to apolo- gize to Judge Warren A. Haggott and to S. EB. Carey, negro attorney, after a tilt with the latter {n trying a case. Cline wag committed to jail just be- fore noon until he consented to pay the fine.’ Mr. Cline also retracted his remarks to the court and to the negro attorney, which he said were made in a heated moment. to Be Tested on ‘Ordnance’ Day WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—A new 16- inch, 60-calibre rifle, said to be more Powerful than any naval gun now in use, and other new developments in ordance, will’ be tested at the army ordnance, will be tested at the army Md., Friday when “ordnance day” will be celebrated. New types of artillery, shells, tanks and bombs also will be tried out. Predetermination Of Sex Attempted Through Animals ——— NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Predetermi- nation of sex, goal of many scientif- ic experiments, with birds ari fowls, is being attempted with mammals for the first time at the Carnegie institution’s station on Long Island. A carefully chosen family of mice has been segregated for the experi- ment exservice men, ‘The large quantity of silver dollars {s being minted under authority of the Pittman act. it was said. —_—___ ROAD REPORT STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Grant Highway — Nébraska line to Lusk fair, then generally good to Lost Springs, then fair to Orin. Yellowstone Highway — Platte county line to Orin a little choppy, them good to beyond Careyhurst, then fair to Glenrock. Fresh grad- ing between Glenrock and Parker. ton, travelers should drive careful- ly In the vicinity of this new con- struction. Parkerton to Casper gen- erally rough.. Casper to Shoshoni generally good though some choppy Places from high dry winds. Shoshoni-Lander Road— Shoshont to Lander fair to gd0d, except some rough and dusty between Riverton and Hudson. ; Casper-Sheridan Road — Very Trough for 12 miles north of pave- ment, then fair to good to Castle Creek, then rough to Salt Creek and fair to Johnson county line. Re Ported generally good from Johnson county line to Sheridan. WOMEN TO DECIDE FATE OF HIGHTOWER , BELIEF; SEVEN PASSED FOR DUTY Star Witness in Case Against Man Held for Murder of Priest “May Have Gone to Italy,” Her Husband Declares REDWOOD CITY, Cal., nate; on the jury Oct. 4——Women may predomi- that will hear the cHarge of murder against .Wijliam A. Hightower, on trial in connection with the death of ihe Ty5y. county. A number of Patrick E. Heslin, When court sessions we: ion of prodtiction, conse-| SONS had been passed temporarily purehas-;S¢ven were women. side issues bave shared public interest with Hightow- Catholic priest of Colma, this re resumed today 11 per-| for jury duty and of these} is er’s trial. Qne was.the reported dis- appearance of Mrs. Irene Bianchi, who was said to have identified High- tower as the man who called for Rey. Heslin in an automobile on the night he was last seen. Glovann! Bianchi, her husband, does not know where she is, he told Dis- trict Attorney Franklin’ Swart, al- though “she may have gone to Italy.” Bianchi was absent from home! for a few hours two weeks ago. When he came back his wife was gone and had taken ‘their small child, the: husband related. It has been learned Mrs. Jancht had $3,200 at the time of her arture and the source of | this 5 not been disclosed, the dis- torney sald,