Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1922, Page 1

DAIL EIREANN RATIFIES TREATY WITH BRITISH TARIFF OF 35 CENTS ON WOOL IS URGED BY SHEEPMEN Che Casper Daily WANY REQUESTS OR RELIEF OF INDUSTRY. MABE Resolutions Drafted By Covention Committee Are Voluminous Requests for # duty of 35 cents'a pound on all wool suit- for the manuf abls.ing, levied on Other recommendations included # tuest upon the secretary of agti- ‘wrence waterwuy project as & a ey reducing shiping rates to seaboards; opposing “any will, take the Lipa the department of agri- serge mayocating further reduc- ‘rata ht, requesting ald sn Mies federal bu: with the state tory animals; by national, county sigue age” in blic expenditures; recommending Feductions in valuations of sheep tax purposes and that the mee rot sald lands be taken into instead of @ specu- lative yalue”: urging that annual pay- ments on state lands purchased by stockmen be deferred five years on aceount fo financial troubles of the “Mveatock interests; urging incorpora- tion in the tartf bill of a protective ‘auty on synthetic organic chemicals, and requesting the National Wool- association to urge its or gan to advance the interests of the Capper “truth-in-fabric” bill. ‘The text of the resolutions submit- ted by the committee this afternoon follow in full: ‘The following resolutions were adopted at the 18th Annual Conven- tion of the Wyoming Wool Growers’ “Association held at Casper, Wyoming, on January 5th, 6th and 7th, 1922. 1 WHEREAS, The low price of wool and other adverse conditi are threatening to destroy the sheep in- dustry of the United States; and ‘WHERBAS, A large supply of home grown wool 1s essential to the well deing and safety of a nation, RESOLVED, That we hereby peti- tion Congress for Protective Tariff on ‘wool that “will enable the industry to live In spite of competition of wools lower cost by foreign countries. ‘WHERBAS, The duties levied on the grease basis have in the past been evaded bythe importation of skirted and light shrinking wools, RESOLVED, That we are in favor ef @ specific duty levied on the clean content of the wool. . WHEREAS, The wool scedule of the Fordney Tariff BI! contains a re- strictive 35% ad valorem clause on the duties on raw wool; ‘WHEREAS, This restrictive clause will limit the duty on our most useful ‘wools to a level far below that neces- sary for. adequate protection; ‘WHEREAS,. The 35% ad valorem ‘wools that must be grown if we are te continue in the business of meat Such diserimination against meat production would cause an increase in the price of meat to the consumer: and ‘Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight anf Sunday; somewhat warmer tonight in east por- VOLUME VI Early Return Claude L. Dra commission, who was one of guine that the hearing will result in quick relief in the form of an order for reduced rates. Discussing the Balt Lake, confer enge Draper said today: “As a result of the conference held by the western governors of Tdaaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nev@la, Arizona of rates to fe heard before the com- mission during the perfod January 11 representing these stttes, whereby co- operation in this rate matter would be had with one chief counsel with an executivs committee, composed of ‘one member from each state to work with him.” “This meeting was held in Salt Lake December 30, and was attended some 21 representatives of the cial interests of the states, the course of the meeting matters pertaining to tho hearing to be held at Washington, and the evidence to be introduced, were discussed from all points of.view. General business con- itions were also discussed and it 'y was the consensus of opinion that ths Intermountain territory must have a favorable adjustment of rates to bring about @ more free and unrestricted flow of commerce to hasten the return of business to what may considered ® normal basis. “It was. brought about that. the coal produced in Utah and southern ‘Wyoming could no longer be marketed at San Francisco because of the prod- uct coming in competition with foreign coals, which were selling f. a b. San Francisco at approximately the amount of the freight rate from Wyo- ming and Utah pointe to San Fran- clsco. Further discussion disclosed the fact that the now prevailing t_rates on grain. flour and ag- ricultural, products in general con- stituted such a high proportion of the gross value at market points of these products—that the nef, return to pro- ducer was below the actual cost of production which deprived the farm- er of any surplus with which to pur chase his normal requirements of machinery, building material and in fact all other items usually entering largely into the commercial trades ‘of the community, in consequence of which the tonnage shipped is much less. These facts ere merely indica- tive of the havos wrought by the high transportation rates and if these rate cannot be the railroads must fall with the public, as the public can: not pay, and therefore, the railroads cannot earn. WHEREAS, This ad yalorem re “The formation of an association (Continued on Page 5) composed of the eight states repre- FREIGHT RATE PLEA — TAKEN 10 CAPITAL to Normalcy Predicted in Wyoming Through Protest to Be Made to Authorities at Washington | Critume | =, CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1922. NUMBER 76. | lutions Sheridan and Thermopolis ‘Are Out for Designation as Next Meeting Place; Fight Over Resolutions Prom**ed When Final Session Is Convened Grim determination was written on the face. the dclegatés aa they entered the final session é nugl convention of the Wyoming Woolg: eenth sccia\ predict n h is being held thi NEWBERRY TO TAKE FLOOR WHEATLAND, Wyo., Jan. Instead -of the usual proced sistance, Mrs. Hostetter took and kicked the projecting feet, order- ing their owner to come forth. Fatl- WOMAN DRAGS BURGLAR FROM HIDING.PLACE UNDER BED ON SURPRISING HIM AT ROBBERY in her bedroom yesterday, Mrs. Marion Hostetter rushed in to find the contents of her bureau drawers scattered over the floor and a man’s feet protruding from beneath the bed. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 7.—That freight rates in Wyo- and other states of this region, insofar as agricdltural products are affected, soon will return to normalcy, predicts dress the senate Monday, to answer charges that he should be ousted, was ing to get a response, she grabbes the feet and hauled the young man out, throwing him from the room. He was iecognized as Morris H. , chairman of the Wyoming public service at a freight rate conference held recently at Salt Lake City. Coleman, an e-aploye at a local hotel. y Chairman Spencer of the auton <2, ‘A warrant was sworn out and served elections committee. REALTORS OUTUNE YEAR'S WORK PUBIC CO-OPERATIGN Is OFFERED as a member of the city council was voted the confidence and congratula- tions of the organization. He pledged that Casper’s new governmeyit and the real estate board had much tn com- mon and that through close co-opera- tion that they would be able to work out many perplexing problems. the Wyoming representatives sented by one gencral craffic counsel appearing fcr and presenting in @ con- crete form the cases of all of the in- dustries of the intermountain states beyond a doubt will have more influ- ence with the interstate commerce commission than have the | cases which previously have been presented. In those cases there was no concerted action by the states.” MAN DROWNED IN C08 MADISON, Wis. Jan %-Hal BR. ‘Martin, ~attorney, was drowned last night when the closed autombbile! he -was driving across the lee of Lake Monona plunged through inte an. op- ening into the lake. Martin had attempted a short cut over the ice but on arriving at the opposite shore found his way blocked by snow. He turned back and was ‘driving for an open space when the car broke through the ice, according to witnesses. ‘The body is believed pinned within the automobile. In order to render more efficient as- sistance to the property owners and prospective home owners in Casper, Casper Realtors at their regular week- perfected plans ion. with | the .city administration headed by Mayor W. Peatoc! committco which ‘wil be at the ; tte ited for the benefit: vo hone owners here Conscious of the fact that real es- tate exchanges in all cities of the constitute, as a general rule, these men expert on local realty values ‘will be subject to call at any time by a who desires to ascertain the factual value of a pleco of Casper prop- erty. ‘The Casper board will participate in the nation wide campaign which will be instituted during thrift week this year to enable all persons to own their cwn homes.’ Special plans -will be (Continued from Page 5} community, ‘board, affiliated with the national realtor organization, has meny plans in the making for adding to Casper’s commercial and industrial importance during the coming year. John G. Jones, a member of the Cas per Exchange and recently installed RECORD IS SET IN. ONVICTION HERE Man Who Committed Outrage on Child on Way to State Prison Two and Half Hours After Complaint Is Made What possibly is the world’s record for conviction, sen- tence and execution of sentence in a major crime was estab- lished here today with the arrest and conviction of James Bol- ton, 40 years of age, pioneer Casper resident on a serious 60,000 Autos Travel Parks Roads in Year SPOKANE, Jan. 7—Sixty thou- sand automobile loads of tourists traveled over the National Parks “The appraisal committee, that was. highway from May 15 to November 1, 1921; Frank W. Guilbert, executive secretary of the National Parks Highway association, reported at the} annual convention of the organisa- tion here. ‘These cars avereged about 10 days on the highway, he said, and he esti- mated the expenditure of their oc- cupants at $6,000,000 along the highway. Mr. Guilbert exprossed the belief that 10 per cent of the tour- ists are potential settlers. Sister of Mary Pickford to Wed LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17—Lottie Pickford, motion picture actress, sis- ter of Mary Pickford, and Alan For- rest, also a film player, took out mar- riage license here and announced they would be married in a Los Angeles church tomorrow night. CASHIER OF DEFUNCT BANK BEING TRAILED ST. LOUIS, Jan. 7—A. 0. Metn- inger, missing casier of the Night and Day bank here, which” closed its doors yesterday when the state director of finance, J. G. Hughes took charge of te hank, due to an apparent shortage of $260,000, was seen in St. Charles between 10:00 o'clock Wednesday morning and 2 o'clock Thuraday afternoon, accord- ing to John Groths, chief ¢sputy sheriff of St. Charles county. An tomobile abandoned by Meininger at that place is being held by him, Deputy Grothe announced. Grothe said he was told that Mein- inger boarded a train at St. Charlies for Kanses City. The only.statement given out by Mr. Hughes was that he believed the $150,000 capital and the $94,000 surplus was believed wiped out. Hughes branded as “unauthorized” @ report circulated here that the bank was’ involved to the extent of $500,000. 3 William J. Coombs, secretary treasurer of Typograpical Union No. 8 and of the Trades Union Edu- cation league here, announced that the two organizations had $23,700 on deposit in the bank. 4 statutory charge. The complaint charging Bolton with the statutory offense in which the victim was a seven-year- old daughter of prominent Casper rest dents was signed at 1 o’clock. Bol- ton's arrest was effected at 1:10 p, m. ‘He was taken to the county jell and after a little persuasion confessed to his‘ crime. At'1:30 the man was given « formal preliminary hearing end bound over to the district court. At 3 o'clock Bolton was arraigned in district court and entered a plea of guilty. At 2:10 Judge C. O. Brown, after scoring the defendant “for his “heinous crime” pronounced sentence of 10 to 12 years’ confinement-in the state penitentiary. At 2:30 Bolton was on board the train which will take him to Rawlins tomorrow morning to begin serving his sentence, In leas than two hours after the complaint wag signed Bolton had actually begun to serve his peni- tentfary sentence, for the time spent on trains before delivery to the peni- tentiary {s an intergral part of the sentence. “This case évidently the outgrowth of 2 perverted mind is being handled wvith dispatch as a lesson to other such minded beasts,” said M. W. Pur- cell, county attorney. “It is one of the rottenest cases ever called to my attention in the long years I have served ag & prosecutor.” ‘The crime for which Bolton {s al- ready serving a penitentiary sentence is said to have been committed against the child several times. As a result of one of the offenses the child is sald to have been infected with a ‘angerotts veneral disease. Bolton has been a residnt of Casper for about 20 years arcording to reports made here after his conviction. He is said to have formerly been.a sidewalk contractor who laid many of the earlier cement sidewalks in the city of Casper. For the past year or more ihe has conducted a large shoe repair and second hand shoe shop in Cas- per. He is said to have some property bere. The case was pushed through be- ause of the fact that all other prisoners which have recently been sentenced to serve terms in the state penitentiary at Rawlins were to be taken to the institution this after- { moon. ‘The prisoners in addition to Bolton who were taken to Rawlins are: Jim- mie Hall, P. C. Chapman, Joe Law- rence, R. M. Morgan, John Morton and John Fitzgerald. They were guarded by Deputy Sheriffs Fay Wil- liford, A. E. Brown and James Fitz- gerald. The party will stop in Chey- enng tonight and will be taken to Rawlins tomorrow. Creditors Take Over Direction Of Import Firm NEW YORK, Jan.-7.—Reports that & committes of creditors had been formed to svperyise the business of Childs & Joseph, Wall street import- ers and exporters, were confirmed to- day by attorneys for the firm. The firm,-with branches in various, parts of the world, was said.to have Uabilities not exceeding $7,090,000, with ussets valued between $5,090,000 and $6,000,000. : igs 7.—Hearing suspicious noises ure of screaming for male as- the situation in hand herself on Mr. Coleman, who was found at work in the hotel laundry. At first he was fain to plead innocence, but when missing articles were found on his person, he owned up to the crime {a question and a long string of other robberies. A grip was turned over to the officers containing a consi¢er- able amount of jewelry and four guns, all secured in different hauls. Coleman admitted having entered nine homes in Wheatland and several in Cheyenn nd Denver. He came here recently from near Giendo, where he also admitted one robbery. .His mother, Mra, T. H. Woody, has operated rooming houses and restaurants at Glendo and Wheat- land, and {s now a resident of Den ver. A fow hours after the errest, Judge Mentzer arrived from Cheyenne to hold @ session of th: district court, and Coleman’s casé was taken up. He pleaded guilty, and received a many of the resolutions reported by jttee would be fought over. many of » eight- &. vs’ as- this afternoon. It % freely > ‘eso- Anothe % rht Isomed over the choice of ¢ city and the contemplated ci the time of the conv jon em, from January to July Sheridan looms es the strongest con- tender for the convention honors. Northern Wyoming delegates have flocked to the standard of Sheridan | and the Sheridan Chamber of Com- merce is directing the fight from the home city. Sheridan a contender with Thermop- olis and Casper last yoar believes it has been done an injustice. It has not had a convention of the Wyoming ‘woolgrowers in 11 years. Thermopolis is Sheridan's chief op- ponent this year: The Casper deloga- tion {s lined up with Sheridan because of the fact that it thinks the affair should be intersectional. Generally speaking Thermopolis is in the samo location of Wyonting that Casper ts and Casper has held the convention for the past two years. The fight over the change in con- vention time will develop serious op- position, it is rumored among some delegations and will receive the whole hearted support of central and south- ern Wyoming deiagations. It {s planned to hold the convention next year in July between Frontter Days and before the celebration at- tendant upon the fiftieth anniversary which will be held the latter part of July. KENDRICK OPTIMIETIO OVER TARIFF PROSPECTS. Holding an\ optimistic view that a protective tariff that will really pro- tect the wgolgrowers and other live- stock men of the west will soon be enacted by congress, Senator John B. Kendrici, senator from Wyoming, ad dressed the eighteenth annual conven: fon tn -year sentence of from three to six years in the state penitentiary at Rawlins. “FINED $25 BY COURT Fred Bailey, formerly held at the county jail on a charge of grand lar ceny, charged with the theft of an overcoat and other clothing, was in justice court yesterday after the charge against him had been decreased to petty larceny. Judge W. B. Tubbs who heard the caso fined Bailey $25 and costs. Oldest Woman In Canada, 110,}| Answers Call} KAMLOOPS, B. C., Jan. 7.—Mrs. | Mury Ann MacAuley, belleved to be | the oldest resident of Canada, died at the\ home of her granddaughter here yesterday at the age of 110 years, Daughter of an Indian chief, Mrs. Macauley was born at Savona, B. c., in 1811. MORE SNOW FORECAST FOR COMING WEEK WASHINGTON, Jan, 7.—Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Northern Rocky Mountain and Plateau Regions—Considerable cloudl- ness with local snows; normal temp- erature. Southern Rocky Mountain and Piateau Regions—Generally fair with normal temperatures, but local rain or snows probably Tuesday or Wednes- tion of the Wyoming Woolgrowers’ association and was cheered and roundly applauded as he tendered his services to the followers of the in- dustry without partisan ties and with- out other ties than that the help he might give would be for the best in- terests of all. Mr. Kendrick told of the plans which are at present in congress for the relief of the shattered industries of the open ranges of the west: and urged the pioneers of western clvil- ization to hold tight and that soon they would reap the benefits that would come from manifest — confid- ence. Mr. Kendrick pledged that: during tke remainder of his term at Wash- ington he would do all within his power to assist every measure de signed to relieve any western tndus- try and pledged that political consid- eration would not clothe his actions. In the sincere unaffected manner which has won him hosts of friends Mr. Kendrick ran through his speech making points which indicated his’ broad knowledge of the requirements of the west and briefly he told how he stood on many of the questiona which have been handled and which are dus consideration in congress for the relief of the west. “I am back at Washington to be of service to Wyoming. I am particu- larly interested in righting the abnor- mal conditions of our livestock indi try and I pledge you gentlemen that I will do everything in my power to assist you.” W. C. Deming, editor of the Wyo- ming State Tribune, Cheyenne, also addressed the convention, summing CREATION IRISH FREE STATE 15 MADE DEFINITE BY VOTE TODAY Peace Advocates Win by Margin of Seven Votes in Final Showdown on Treaty Proposal DUBLIN, Jan. 7.—(By The | Associated Press.) —The Dail Eireann tonight voted for rati fication of the treaty creating the Irish Free State. The vote was 64 to 57. Arthur Griffith made the argu ment for the treaty. He psig ing at 7.30 o'clock. His speech was frequently interrupted by applause. After the vote ratifying the Angio- Irish treaty was taken Eamonn De Valera announced his resignation from the presidency of th Self 2 e Irish re The new regime for Ireland has now been approved both by the British Parliament and by the Dail Etreann. Creation of the Irish Free state is Provided for in the treaty signed Iast month in London, after prolonged Negotiations for a settlement of the Irish problems. Its provisions in aub- stance are: Treland shall have the same - tutional status in the British poi as the dominion of Canada, the com- monwealth of Australia, the dominion of New Zealand and the Union of South Africa. Ireland shall be known o: y as the “Irish Free State” wit ase. Mament having powers for the goy- ernment of the country and an execn- tive responsible to that parliament. A provisional government is to be set up, to function until am Irish par- lament and a government of the Iris! Free State shall be constituted, but rd longer than 12 months at the out- aide. The treaty stipulates that a repre- sentative of the crown shall be ap- pointed for Ireland in the same man- her as the governor general of Can- ada. Ireland is given control over all gov- ernmental affairs and fs entitled to an army which shall, however, not, be larger in propgrtion tr: Ireland's pop- ulation, than the Bri*‘si army is to the population of Great Britain. One of the first steps by virtue of ratification by the Dail, will be the withdrewal of the British forces from Ireland. Ulster is included within the scope of the treaty Dut provision is made for her to declare herself out within one. month after an act of the British parliament ratifying the treaty, and to continue under the present regime as provided in the government of Ire- t in 1920. In that case however, a boundry commission is to be named to determine the boundary between northern Ireland and the rest of Ire- land. RESIGNATION OF CHIEF STIRS ERIN, DUBLIN, Jan. 7.—(By The Associ- ated Press}—Acute suspense and anxiety over the chances for peace prevailed in Ireland today as the re- milt’ of Eamonn De Valera’s unex- pected action yesterday in resigning as president of. the Irish republic. Few among the Irish people are willing to doubt the sincerity of his action, but the general regard for him does not prevent many expressions of regret at his course. In the view of the requirements and accomplish- ments of the past few months henefl- cial to the livestock industry. ECONOMY URGED BY GOVERNOR CAREY. Following Senator Kendrick, Gov. Robt D. Carey addressed the wool- growers, and dwelt at length on the urgent need of economy in the admin- istration of city and county affairs, and in all other public work. The governor followed closely the lines of his letter sent ¢. few days ago to al! clty and county officials in the state, in which he urged the strictest econ- omy in all lines of public administra- tion. S. “The bulk of the burdensome taxes originate at home,” said the gover- nor, “and there is where your econ- omy should begin.” He called atten- tion to the fact that the greatest ex- pense in the state was the expense of operating the school system, de- claring that about $2,223,000 in achool bonds had been floated in Wyoming within the past nine months, on which the interest alone would amount to around $140,000 a year. day. tion. ‘The governor explained that while (Continued on Page Four.) supporters of the peace treaty his ac- tion has seriously imperiled the chances for peace. It was the opinion of several members of the Dail that a yote on the treaty would be taken before 7 o'clock tonight. That acceptance of the treaty ts considered paramount, despite the general respect for Mr. De Valera, is shown by the comments in the morn- ing newspapers which appealed to the people over the president's head. “The people are not to be misled,” said the Freeman's Journal. “They have read the treaty; they have read documents two and three. They are simply shocked that {t should be pro- posed to plunge them into turmoil for differences between the proposals and the treaty and sooner or later the people will decide.” The Irish Independent says: “Mr. De Valera said very property that he could not allow personal con- siderations of any sort to have any- thing to do with the situation, and then dramaticaily announced his resig- nation. It is true that he sald he had decided to take that step because of fundamental differences in the cabl- (Continued on Page 4) VOCATIONALCLASSES TO OPEN NEXT. WEEK Casper vocational training classes, instituted by school authorities here for the purpose of permitting persons employed continuing their studies along the line of employ- ment will get under way during the coming week, according to state- ments made yesterday by J. W. Hoyer, who will have general su peryision of the new school under- taking here, General enrollment in the classes of the vocational school will be held at 7:16 o'clock at the new high school building Monday night. After enroliment and organization {s perfected the vocational classes will meet’ twice weekly, on Mon- day and Thursday evenings. Experts have been retained in all 13 departments which will be put in operation at the start of the yoca- | tlonal work, In addition classes In every subject will be started from time to \ime as soon as there are enough students to warrant start- ing the classes desired. Tuesday evening classes in mil- linery, sewing and home will be held at the school These classes will held on Monday and Thurs4 _ (Continued on Page 5. nursing Burlington also be 1 I IL Yort 122 enet it w m w