Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1922, Page 1

4 LONG FIGHT LOOMS ON REWRITTEN TARIFF ACT Wind Drives Water Over Levee, Town Is Engulfed (mth Wugs Che Casper Daily Crihune BEARDSTOWN 1S INUNDATED AS FLOOD RECEDES Storm Damage Piles Up in Middle West; Homes Wrecked in South BEARDSTOWN, Ill., April 11. — (By The Associated Press.) —Blown into a fury by » high wind, which sprung up about nine o’clock this morn- ing, the IMinois river forced 4ts way through Beardstown's levee at 11 o'clock today, flooding 25 city blocks under a four foot sheet of wa- ter. MSMPHIS, Tenn. Digg 7 Sal A Jephone message to the quar. pe here of the third district, United States engineers at noon today stated that the White river levee at la Conia Circle, near Helena, Ark., had broken and was letting in water which it not checked, witimately will cover approximately 30 square miles of Carm land. CHICAGO, April 11.—Spring fresh- sts, which already have flooded many lowlands, were threatening more seri- ous damage today in many middle western states. Rains, almost torren- tial, sent the rivers up in Michigan, x Streams in Oklahoma and Arkansas. in other states were also rising but not "Sno general throughout the northern and middle Rocky Mountain area, reports from Denver indicated Lander, Wyo. reported that it was digging its way out of eight inches of snow. The snow and ere aye pevey with telegraph wires. It was not un- til Jate last night that The Associated Prees was able to establish through sommunication with cities west of Omaha, Neb. ‘Winds of especially high vel locity ‘Three persons were tas damaged to the extent of $100,000. ‘The storm today was moving east ward slowly. BHARDSTOWN, It. April—The river level is falling today and it is believed the flood crisis is past. vavedbs- sas are ARMY HAJOR IS ~ HELD SUICIDE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 11.— Major Frank W. Duryea, 49 years old, was found dead today in his room at the Presidio Military reservation here with a revolver in his-hand. Fellow officers said he committed ‘suicide. He was the son of the late General Duryea, ctyil war v and a Weather Forecast day; temperature. VOLUME VI THREE PAVING TYPES {cir OPEN TO CHOICE HERE) "*tauawst Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes- rain or snow in extreme north portion; not much change in CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1922. Selection Must Be Made by Property Owners From Bids on Concrete, Reinforced Concrete and Asphaltic Surface Opened Last Night by Council; Local Firms Low Property owners in paving district No. 17, comprising a number of streets and parts of streets in east and sow’ the city council Jast night. 8 east Casper, must decide between three types of pavement, con- crete, reinforced concrete and aspheltic surface, bids for all three of which srskte eeeeka by! here were four bidders on each of the concrete types and two bidders on each of the asphaltic surface types. After opening the bids submitted and checkin‘; the totals Mayor W. A. Blackmore adjourned the session until 8 o'clock tonight, for the purpose of. ‘permitting property owners in the district effected to determine what type of pavement was desired and also to permit the council to go into the matter of contract technicalities so that the meeting can proceed without a hitch. On the face of the. bids submitted Charles Shoblom of Casper is low bid- der on concrete types and W. F. Hen- ning low bidder on asphaltic types. The bids follow: Plain concrete— Charies Shoblom, cash bid, $107,918.80; bond bid, $116,- 198,74; Warren Construction Co., cash bid, $157,336.79; bond bid, $177,852.18. J.V, Stryker and Co., cash bid, $118,- $31.08; bind bid, $123,833.71, tdoyd Building Co., $108,312.18; bond — bid, $118,078.05. Reinforced concrete—Charles Sho- blom, cash bid, $11,267.36; bond bid, $123,622.37. Warren Construction Co., cash bid, $161, 038.74; bond bid, $181,- 564.12. J. V. Stryker and Co., cash bid $119,399.83; bond did $129,401.64. Lloyd Building Co. cash bid, $116,- 664,08; bond bid, $127,797.92. Warrenite Bithulitic, four-inch base Warren Co., cash $153,614.84; bond bid, $174,140.23. W. F. Henning, cash bid, $153,031.31; bond bid, $169,- 607.07. Five-inch base—Warren Co., cash bid, $162,294.71; bond bid, $185,276. 08. W. F. Henning, cash bid, $160,- 826.40; bond bid, $178,515.76, Six-inch base—Warren Co., cash bid, $170,318.61; bond bid, $190,699.43. W. F. Henning, cash bid, $168,621. bond bid, $187,053.24, Bituminous base—Warren Co., cash bid, $157,326.79; bond bid, $177,852.18. W. F. Henning, cash bid, $156,372.06; bond bid, $173,319.02. ‘The intense interest manifes{ in the kind of pavement and the con- tract for the new paving djstrict, was shown in the huge crowd @hich gath- ered at tho mé@ting last night, The council ehamber was taxed to capacity and an interested audience overflowed the council room and the corridors of the council chamber. Expressions on every hand indiicat- ed perfect satisfaction with the bids received. The engineering estimate approximated $122,000 for the con- member of the family ‘ownins the] crete type of pavement while the ac- Duryea Starch Manufacturing Com- pany in New York City. His wife lives at 145 West Twelfth street, New York City, and ho has a son, Wright Duryea, in business in New York. Major Duryea was an overseas vet- eran. ho OS MOTHERS’ DAY ENDORSED INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 1i.— Endorsement of the observance of Mothers’ Day” on May 14 by the American Legion auxiliary was given by President Harling today in a let- ter received by Mrs. Lowell F. Ho- bart, national president of the aux- Utlary. tual bid of several of the competing firms was under that figure and the now bid of Mr. Shoblom $15,000 under the estimate. ‘A lengthy and interesting. council session is predicted tonight resulting from the deliberations of property owners as to the kind of pavement that is desired in the effected district. seats ST, WASHINGTON, April ll--A mo morial tree will be planted for Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross, on Easter Sunday at Glen Echo, Mary- land, where ebe died. Reciprocal Pledge Urged in Marriage _ NEW YORK, April 11.—Women in the United States are in nearly all respects the equals of men, and therefore the promises and vows of the man be reciprocal. Such is the substance of .a statement made toda: Géorge Zabriskie, member of the commission on oney the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal church, in explanation of some changes the commission will recommend to the general cornven- tion of the church in Portland, Ore, next September. “In reviewing the marriaxe ser} vice, the commission,” he said, “considered that the stautus of woman has greatly cifanged since the service was incorporated in the Prayer Book in 1789 and has chang- ed far more since the compiiatiort of the medieaval rite of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries from which it was derived.” ‘The common law at that time re- garded the personality of a married woman as merged for most purposes in the personality of her husband, @ legal conception which, recognized by the church persisted through the information, Mr. Zabriskie added. He added that the duty of ibedi- ence now has been abrogated and that women enjoyed, both in law and through social convention, privilege and immunities which were even de- nied to me. And so the commission, he said had decided it was necessary that the obsolete part of the marriage ser- vice—the promise of the woman to obey—be made to conform to the facts of life. ee C. &N.W. TRAIN IS OFF TRACK CHICAGO, April ed from Pacific coast to Chicago, was derailed near Watkins, Iowa, today ‘and four or five passengers were in- jured, according to official reports re- ceived at the road’s local offices here. Wrecking trains were sent from Boone, Iowa and from Clinton, Iowa, carrying doctors with orders to take the injured to Cedar Rapids hospitals if thetr condition was serious. A broken rail caused the wreck. MEX REBELS ACTIVE S800 ROUT FEDERALS . WASHINGTOM April 11.—(By The Associated Press)—Official ad- vices received here today indicate increased revolutionary and bandit activity in the states of Vera Cruz, Jalisco and Nayarit in Mexico. The rebels In Nayarit were reported to meimber from 200 to 300 men unde" the leadership of Pablo Gonzales« In Jalisco, stx separate bands were ‘eported in the field in open rebel- regarded as insignificant. * ‘The activity in Vera Cruz reported to Lave amumed consi: able importance in view of the de- General Miguel Aleman, with a feat in which the rebel leader, band estimated at $00 men recent- ly raided federal forces. The fed- eral commander in Vera Cruz, it was enid, has reported that the rebels are better armed and equtp- ped than his own forces and has requested authority to suspend the sales of arms and ammunition of all kinds. Noticealife decline in bandit move- ments in the northern states of Mexico was reported in the dis- patches despite spitadic uprisings in the state of Coahuila and in southwestern Chihuahua and Dur- ango. The spread of radicalism, it was reported, continues unabated, with impetus being given to the move- ment by emissaries from yarious countries, Including the United States. Those emissaries, it was said, are organized and through the agency of various rad!- cal organizations and have the sup- port of some Mexican officials. Control of the federal army, re- garded as loyal to President Obre- gon and development of the gov- ernment’s finances, however, were declared to be the chief factor in the present Mexican situation, 7 11.—The Chicago and Notrthwestern Continental Limit- and woman at marriage should 1 } | | EDITION NUMBER 156. OYES IN | NEW ORLEANS, April Three thousand government em- ployes of the Panama canal and the Panama railway must pay the gov- ernment rent for the use of their houses in the Panama canal rone the United States circuit court of ap- peals decided here today in denying ee [ALLEGED WIFE SLAYER TRIED LARAMIE, Wyo., April 11.—Trial jot Albert O. Clark, former member Jot the elty police force, charged with |the murder of his wife was begun in jthe District Court today. Clark is jalleged to have shot his wife to death jafter a St. Patrick's day party at his |home here on March 17, Barrett Cole, who 1s alleged to have looked thru a window of the Clark house and seen Mrs. Clark lying on the floor, with Clark standing over her body, pistol in each hand, was one of the first witnesses to be called. Dr. A. EB. Lane, who attended Mra. {serate measure are about equal COMPARIZ ON OF ARE RECOGNIZED PAST TA ‘IFFS AND PRO. OSED WASHINGTON, April 11.—(By Th —Herewith are given the more importar. bill, reported today to the senate by the od xciated Press.) s in the tariff we committee, 2 % with comparisons with the Fordney bill and the Payne-Ald- rich—the protective tariff act—and Underwood laws, wher- are based on American valuation, but: ‘The report attached to the commis sion said per cent, American valu ation, is generally equivalent to 50 per cent foreign valuation. Lecause entirely ¢ifferent classifi cations have been used in drawing the wool schedules in the new bill, no comparison of the rates in that sched- ule with those in the famous Schedule t. of the PayneAltrics bill is under. tskuz. The raw wool rates in the to tuute in the Payne-Aldrich law, hcw- ever, and Senator Smoox of Utah, who drasted the new ;chedule says some of the other rates are as high as corre- sponding provisions in Schedule K while others are lower. Agricultural Products and Provisions. Wheat 30 cents bushel; Fordney and Payne-Aldrich 25 conts; Underwood free. Corn, including cracked, 15c bushel; Fordney and Payne-Aldrich, same; Underwood free. Oats 15c bushel; Fordney 10¢; Payne- Aldrich 15c; Underwood 6c. Barley, 20c bushel; Fordney 1lée¢; Payne-Aldrich 30c; underwood ie. Rye Lic bushel; Fordney and Payne- Aldrich 10c; Underwood free. Cattle 1% cent per pound to 2c per pound; Fordney 1 to ike; Payne-Ald- rich $2 head to 27% per cent; Under- wood free. French beef and veal, 3%c pound; Fordney 2c; Payne-Aldrich 1%c; Un- derwood free, Sheep and goats $2 head; Fordney lc pound; Payne-Aldrich 75c head te) 20 per cent; Underwood free. | Mutton 2%c pound; Fordney 1%c, Payne-Aldrich 1%c; Underwood free. Swine %c pound; Fordney same;) Payne-Aldrich $1.50 head; Underwood free. Fresh pork %c pound; Fordney same; Payne-Aldrich 1%c; Underwood) free. Clark) also’ was expétted to testify today. Bacon, hams and shoulders and oth ‘er pork, prepared or preserved, 2c DISMISSAL IN FEDERAL | COURT OF INDICTMENTS IN COAL CASES DENIED Attorney General Daugherty Continues|Egg Rolling On Investigation at Indianapolis but Declines to Comment on Action INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 11.—Attorney General Daugherty was to resume today his investigation of the pend- ing cases in federal court here under indictments returned more than a year ago against 226 coal operators and miners. The attorney general planned to leave late today. It was believed that the attorney general would resume conferences with Judge A. B. Ander son and Homer Elliott, United States district attorney with whom he con- ferred yesterday. At his conference with the attorney general it is be- lieved that Judge Anderson declared he would not permit dismissal of the coal cases. Operators ‘have declared that the pending cases prohibit participation in any wage conference with miners, Mr. Daugherty indicated last night that dismissal of the indictments is under consideration. He declared no decision has been reached. “I may do nothing while I am here,” he. said. The situation in the coal strike i a “continuous controversy Mr. Daughtery said. “It is nothing but a continuous struggle with periodical rests, that come around like a circus, but with not half.so much fun to the People who pay the price. “The government is not taking sides but it is interested. We are not deciding now who is right or who is wrong. The government is interest- ed in secing that the people enjoy the natural resources of the country and get fuel at reasonable prices. It wants the miners and owners of mines to get a fair return on their capital and labor invested. The pub- Ue will be willing to pay a fair re turn to both. “The government is very amxious (o know-all ft can of the situation,” said visit here, “I am here to inves: tigate certain things that cannot be investigated in the regular course of affairs,” HOUSE CONCLUDES STRIKE HEARING. WASHINGTON, April 11. — The house Iabor commuittee today had con- ctuded fts hearings on the national coal strike, for a time at least’ An- nouncement that the committee had no plans at present for a further in- vestigation of the strike was mad¢ by Chairman Nolan yesterday after sev- eral labor spokesmen had made a gen- eral denial of charges by operators |that contractbreaking by, the miners the attorney general, explaining bis| union had been a factor in the walk- out. ‘The committee, however, will hold an executive session tomorrow to con- sider action on the Bland bill which would set up a federal coal commis- sion to deal with such situations as the present strike. Meanwhile, mem- bers of the committee appeared to be holding in abeyance any further plans pending the outcome of Attorney Gen- oral Daugherty’s trip to Indianapolis to look into the question of the antt- trust law indictments against a num- ber of operators, union leaders and others as affecting the prospects of a strike settlement. BURCH JURORS ARE EXAMINED LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 11.— Examination of prospective jurors be- gan again today to occupy the atten- tion of the court where Arthur C. ‘Burch is being tried for the second time for the murder of J. Belton Ken- nedy. When court opened today six ju- rors had been selected tentatively aud a third panel of 100 was expected to report. CY ‘The trial was halted last week be- cause of charges of jury tampering and since its resumption the defense is questioning closely each venireman as to whether he has been ap- proached by any person in connection with the case. ‘ARBUCKLE CASE IS NEAR JURY SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.—Testi- mony was concluded today in the third Roscoe C. GFatty) Arbuckle man- slaughter trial. Closing arguments are expected to take tho rest of to- day's session and most of tomorrow, {the case probably golng to the jury itomorrow aflernvon. Executive Lawn Given Approval) WASHINGTON, April 11. —- Presi-| dent and Mrs. Harding have consented | to open the White House grounds} Easteg Monday for egg-rolling. Bach year thousands of children {ever feasible. The ad valorem rates in the Fordney measure pound; Fordney 1%c; Payne-Aldrich 4 =| they are used here in the comparisons. | Underwood free. Lard ic pound; Fordney same Payne-Aldrich 1%c; Underwood free Lard compounds and substitutes, 5c pound; Fordney 29 per cent; Payne Aldrich no classification; Under-rood free. Butter, cleomargarine and other substitutes, S¢ pound; Fordney same; Payne-Aldrich 6c; Underwood 2%c. Birda, live p-sltry, 3c pound; Ford ney 2c; Payre-Aldrich 3c; Underwood 1c. AN others 50c each to 20 per cent; Fordney same; Payne Aldrich and Un- derwood free. Birds, dead, dressed or undressed, poultry, 6c pound; Fordney 4c; Payne- Aldrich 5c; Underwood zc. AMl others 8c; Fordney 20 per cent; Payne-Aldrich unclassified; Underwood 30 per cent. Eggs or pdultry in the shell, 8c doz en;’ Fordney 6c; Puyne-Aldrich Sc: Underwood free; whole ogss, ese yolks and egg at bulletin, frozen or prepared 6c pound; Fordney 4c; Payne- Aldrech and Underwood 3c. _ Dried whole eggs, dried ege yolk and dried egg at bulletin 18¢ pound; Vordney and PayneAldrich 160; Un- derwood 10c. Horres and mules $30 head to 20 per cent; Fordney samo; Payne-Aldrich $30 to 25 per cent; Underwood 10 per cent. Fish fresh, frozen or packed in tee; halibut, salmon and sword, 2c pound. Fordney and Payne-Aldrich 1c; Un- derwood freo; other fish, 1c pound. Apples 30c bushel; Payne-Aldrich 2c; Underwood 10c. Dried or evaporated 2c pound; Ford- ney and Payne-Aldrich same; Under- wood 1c. Onions 1c pound; Fordney %c; Payne-Aldrich 40e bushel; Underwood 20c_ bushel. . Hildes of cattle of bovine species, green, le pound, dried 4c pound; Ford- ney, Payne-Aldrich and Underwood | free. Wools and Manufacturers. ‘Wools and hair of the Angora goat, Cashmere goat, Alpaca and other like animals 33c per pound on tho clean content; Ferdney 25c; Underwood free. Wood and Manufactares. Logs of fir, spruce, cedar and west- ern hemlock $1 per thousand feet board measure; Fordney same; Payne- Aldrich and Underwood free. Furs dressed on the skin 30 per cent; Fordney and Payne-Aldrich 20. Tin in bars, blocks and pigs was ro- stored to the free list from the Ford- ngy Dill, as were shingles, manganese ore, bananas. Petroleum, crude and fuel, or. refin ed, also was left on the free list. The original Fordney bill proposed a duty but the house struck out the proviz ion. with baskets filled with various-col ored ‘eggs throng the grounds and eagerly watch for the president. NOMINATIONS OF SMOOT AND — BURTON FOR DEBT FUNDING COMMISSION APPROVED TODAY WASHINGTON, April 11.—The al- lied debt refunding commission cre- ated by congress and entrusted with conversion into long time securities of the debts of the allied nations to the United States was formally com- pleted today through confirmation by the senate of the nominations of Senator Smoot of Utah and Repre- sentative Burton of Ohio, Republi- cans as members of the commission. Confirmation followed more than five hours of discussion in executive session. The principal argument against confirmation was said to have been made by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, who originally raised the ineligibility point while the principal speech in support of Senator Smooth and Representative Burton was reported to have been made by Senator Cummins, Repub- lican, Iowa, chairman of the judici ary sub-committee which considered the nominations. ‘The vote on confirmation was 47 to 25. Two Democrats, Senator Broussard, Louisiana and Senator Kendrick, Wyoming, voted for con- firmation, while three Republicans, Senators Borah, Idaho, La Follette, Wisconsin, and Norris, Nebraska, voted gainst. The roll call was made public by order of the senate. BY THE SENATE FINANCE. HEADS New Act Averages High- er Duties Than Payne- Aldrich Tariff; Wil! Yield $300,000,000 WASHINGTON, April 11. —By The Associsted Press.) -——The administration tariff bill as re-written by senate finance committee Republi- cans on the basis for foreign valuation with provisions for flexible rates and proclaimed American valua- tion as recommended by President Harding, was presented today to the senate. It was announced that it would be taken up April 21. A lone fight is in prospect with some esti- mates that it might continue for three months +Taken as a whole the bill, according to estimates of committee experts, averages slightly higher than the Payne-Aldrich law, the last Republican Drotective tariff act. As compared with the houso.measure, the specific rates generally aro higher, but the ad Valorem rates generally are lower as such rates in ‘he house bill w: en American valuation. kien Treasury experts have estimated roughly that the bill wif raise from $300,000,000 to $350,000,000 of revenue annually. The Underwood law yielded Detween $200,0~,000 nad $300,000,000: There is a division of opinion the framers as to the probable effect. and|the measure would have on the cost of living. Im the official report accom: panying the bill it is stated the com. Inittee “majority had “endeavored to recommend ratea that will afford pro. tect to American mdustry and per- tussle our. workmates mena eo ‘Americin ‘standard ef Ivine "™ With -regard to sctedule, one of ths agit eee the saport sald tho “committee adspted tts policy of giving tc agriculture the measure of protection that has been ‘01 sideration to the needs of sec- all tions and as of al! industries. The rates in this schedule y but and includes a larger number of tems which were cn the free list in Yaar tes bil! but placed on the jo lst in- this act now in fore. A As a general rule the rates written into the agriculture schedule are about the level demanded by the Sen. ate Republican farm-tari?® bioe. Committee experts stated, however. that with few exceptions the rates in the agricultural schedule would not exceed 25 per cent. This schedule em- braces meats, 865, vegetables gener. ally, fruits, and Practically all other Products of the farm. The duty on wheat was fixed at 350 a bushel, the same a: under the emergency act. Under the Dem jocratic tariff act wheat was free. ‘The basic wool rate of 33c a pound on the scoured content written into the bill, also was that asked by the Republican farm-tariff bloc. This rate is 8 cents higher than that in the iouse bill and is about on the level with that in Schedule K of the Payne- Aldrich act. Because of the different classiileations used, it is difficult to comyaro the new wool schedule with Schedule .K, but Senator Smoot of Utah, who drafted the new schedule, is authority for the statement that some of the rates are as high as those in the Payen-Aldrich measure, while others are somewhat lowor. Because of the increase in the ba. sie wool rate, the duties on manufac- tures proposed are higher than those in the Fordney bill Under the Un. derwood law wool was free. Cattle hides were taken from the free list for the first time in many years and a duty of 2 cents on green and 4 cents on dried proposed. These are about the rates asked for by the agricaltural-tariff bloc. The rates on shoes were fixed at Continued on Page Three) LATE FOES OPPOSED CONFERENCE ARGUES GENOA, April 11—(By The As sociated Press.}—Admission of Rus- | sian and German representatives to the principal committee of the eco-| nomic conference was strongly op- posed today by both French and Belgian representatives. Premier | Lloyd George, together with Pre- mier Facta and Foreign Minister Schanzer of Italy intervened, bow- ‘ever and their conciliatory attitude finally resulted in the admittance of both the Russians and the Ger- mans. GENOA, April 11—({By The Asso- Russian affairs, Foreign Minister Chitchérin of Russia protested against the presence of the Ruman- fan and Japanese delegates, because Rumania was occupying Bessarabia and Japan was occupying portions of Siberia. presiding over the committee, de- clined to consider the Russian pro- test, giving as his reason that all the countries invited to the confer- ence had a right to be represented on its committees. GENOA, April 11.—(By The As- ciated Press,)—At this afternoon's meeting of the principal conference committ which is to consider sociated Press.}—Consideration of the Russian question by the inter. nal economic and financial Premier Facta of Italy who was | | conference began today with the | meeting, of the Russian commission | appointed yesterday by the confer- ence chairman, Premier Facta af | Italy. The clash between the Russians } and the French at the opening ses- | sion” yesterday was still the sub- ject of excited comment as the dele gates gathéred today. | , Allied diplomats believe that onty the prompt intervention of Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain and the firm attitude of the chairman averted a break which | would have seriously affected the coming deliberation: Announcement by George Chiteh: ‘ (Continued on Page ix)