Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 16, 1922, Page 1

a Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Thurs. y, somewhat cooler in extreme south- tonight. ee | Che Casper Daily Criuume CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922. Crude and Fuel Oil Tariffs Lost FRENCH GABINE BAGKS PREMIER ON REPARATIONS Vote of Confidence of Parliament Is Also Asked by Poincare RAMBOUILLLET, Aug. 16.—(By The Associa ed Press.)—The French cabi- net today ‘unanimously ap- proved of the German rep- arations policy of Premier Poincare and congratulated him on the stand he took at the London con- ference of allied premiers. This action was taken after M. Poincare had given an exposition of the unsuccessful ne- gotiations in London. The premier desires that parliament be convened to give the ministry a vote of confi- dence. This would be taken as a man: date to execute the plan which—Min- ister of Finance Delasteyrie ts bring- \, ing before the council. The plan, which is reported to have been prepared in case the reparations commissions decision on the mora- torlum question pronounces Germany in wilful default of her payments; deals with measures to be taken in Alsace-Lorraine and the French occu pied territory of the Rhindand. It is understood no military measures have been coytemplated thus far. When the ministers alighted at the Rambouillet station the crowd gave cheers for England as well as for Franes, although there were some cvies of "@own, with Lloyd Géorge.” RAMBOUILLET, France, Aug. 16. «By The Associated Press.}—The French: cabinet, meeting here todhy under the chairmanship of President Millerand,, decided not to call an ex- traordinary session of parliament, since the government is constitution- ally empowered to make decisions during parllament recesses. 8,500-MILE AIR FLIGHT IS GOAL NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—The giant air cruiser Sampaio Gorreio, piloted by Lieutenant Walter Hinton, hopped off trom the Hudson river this afternoon for Rockaway on #he official start of the flight of 8,500 miles to the Ama- zon. At Rockaway the plane will take on fuel and then start Jater today for Manteo, on Roanoke island, N. C. — ~ France, MOVIE ACTRESS ROBBED. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16.—Burglars entered the home of Mildred Davis, motion picture actress, and stole a bracelet valued at $1,000, according to ® report on file at the police station today. Solon Voices Plea in Behalf of the In- dependents WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — amendment to impose ifs of 35 ecnts a barrel on b eum and 25 cents a barrel on oil was rejected by the senate, 45 9. ? troleum and fuel oil were ad- +. | vocated today in the senate by Senator Harreld, Republican Oklahoma, as the only means of protecting the independent oll pro- ducers of the United States against what he described as a monopoly by the Standard, E. L. Doheny and Royal Dutch Shell Oil companies. Renewing his charge of inst Au- gust that the Standard, Doheny and Royal Shell companies were seeking to. monopolize ofl production in this country, Senator Harreld said that since that time the Royal Dutch Shell had taken over the Union Ot! com- pany of Delaware, thus getting con- trol of $75,000,000 worth of properties; that the Standard and Deheny co-n- panies had acquired the Tea Pot Dome, in Wyoming, and other valu- able holfiings in California and that Standard of Indiana had acquired 9 per cent of the stock of the Mid west Refinery company. The Oklahoma senator also as- serted that “during the past year when oil prices were low the monopo- lists did succeed In purchasing the holdings of a greet many independ ent operators at practically forced sales and at a very small percentage of the value of such properties,” ~ Charging that the three companies he named had a monopoly ‘of produc- tion of of].in Mexico, Mr. Harreld told’ the Senate. it was their poliay to charge all that the tariff would bear and that consequently the price would not .be affected’ by a tariff. He argued that on the other hand the tariff would bring to the government = huge amount of revenue and at the same time protect ‘the thousands of small independent producers tn the United States. Mr. Harreld said the fact that the representatives of the companies had not appeared before the finance com- mittee to oppose the proposed rates on petroleum and fuel ofl “shows how completely and shrewdly these peo- ple operate.” “They had consumers of fuel oil appear before the committee,” he continued, ‘in the form of railroad companies, represented by one Mr. Thom and various other users of fuel oil from various parts of the country, and oppose the {mposttion of this tar- itt.” FREE ZONES FOR EXPORT PROVIDED. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Free zones at American ports wherein crude imported materials might be converted for, export without payment Continued. on Fage Four.) PARENTAGE DENIED BY WEALTHY _ WIDOW IN WILL LEAVING FIVE “SUPPOSED CHILDREN $5 EACH SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.—When the last will and testament of Mrs. Teresa Bell, widow of the late Thomas Bell, California pioneer and millionaire, was read following her funeral in the office of her attorney and one of her advisers, the five men and women who believed she was their mother were astounded to learn frém the document that she had denied them to be her own flesh and blood and had bequeathed them only 45 each, ° The will was written by Mrs. Bell personally in 1820, sealed and given to her attorney with instructions that t was not to be ovened until her feath. While the will denies the five RAIL CRISIS. ON THE ieee Speech and “WEST COAST IS PAST LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug. 16.— The “dangerous period” of the big four walkout in the southwest was believed by railway officials to be past early today and announcements were made by the Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific that attempts would be made immediately © put into effect improved and en- Red schedulés of freight and pas- serv’ The Santa Fe-expecied to move charities. friends and servants, Mrs. Bell leaves the residue of her fortune of approxi- mately $700,000 to her she had any,” and if not, to the state of California. children are hers, it does not divulge their true parentage. A third of the Bell estate is left to ‘Besides a few bequests to cousins ‘“‘if four trans-continental trains today, into Los Angeles from the east and two out of this city to Chicago ang all purchasers of tickets were to be promised they would reach their destination. SiS ‘The Southern Pacific reported its passenger trains were operating on schedule and that freight was being moved From the Union Pacific came the | announcement that while no trains CAREY AND CASPER AT THE MILL = AO USE. LOOKING Fos Yj ANYTHING HERE! (~ TYE AEVER STEN A “THING COME OUT OFTHIS END OF THE HORNY Yj THINK IT OVER! [EDITORIAL Robert Carey will eventually have to explain to the people of Wyoming why their taxes are high and what becomes of the money, so, wl:y not now? He cannot successfully defend his administration of Wyoming affairs in the light of the figures his work presents. During his four years state appropriations have increased in the unprecedented sum of $1,595,000. Much of this was due to the measures Carey fought for before the legislature, required his state appointees to lobby for and used the power and prestige of the governor- ship to secure. All of these politica] strikers and henchmen crowded the committee rooms lobbying for increases in their contingent funds until they secured $255,894 more than had ever been appropriated for this purpose before. These ‘same henchmen are traveling fran- tically over the state of Wyoming today laboring with the people to renominate and re- elect their boss so they can get another whack at the taxpayers’ money. They are doing this right now on the contingent funds appropriated by the legislature out of your tax money, designed for a far different purpose. is Do you think Carey ought to be reneminated and re-elected? BS Mind you, during the term of Governor Carey the valuation ‘of taxable property in- creased from $246,178,038 to $412,792,691, providing in actual tax receipts $682,924 more money than ever before. ’ And again in the face of ali of this the tax rate was increased under Carey from 3.70 mills to 4.35 mills. . Under Carey’s alleged able management everything went up. Property values, tax rey- enue, tax rate, contingent expense and general appropriations. On the face of things Carey has cost the taxpayers of Wyoming $1,595,000. Let the governor remove his cigaret, come down to brass tacks and tell the people what | Chicago became of the money? 3 ; With $682,924 more available reyenue Carey and his state house hangers-on went wild. It had to be spent. They know not the meaning of economy. It was taxpayers’ money, and to them fair loot. Instead of holding appropriations and contingent expenses down they increased both and made their demands upon the legislature. No wonder the delinquent tax lists all over the state disclose the money to pay his tax bills. fact that the people are unable to meet even so important a charge as taxes. r You can have four more years of Garey extravagance if you desire it and you can keep your nose to the tax grindstone if you choose, but you can end the Carey curse upon Wyv- ming by eliminating him at next Tuesday’s primary election. 5 If you consult your own and your ngighbor’s interest you can nominate John Hay for governor on the Republican ticket and you will get relief from high taxes by cuts in appro- priations, cuts in contingent funds, and the consolidation 1 elimination of unnecessary boards and commissions and a reduction in the army of ornamental help now used princi- ni pally to swell the payroll and absorb contingent expense money. ; 5 If you want Wyoming placed upon a business basis you must place a business man ir.} charge. One who thinks of the producer of tax money rather than the dissipator of it. Never for a moment did | Detroit _ they consider the taxpayer who has been compelled to_dig and sweat to produce sufficient , New York City Edition Circulation of The Tribune Yesterday 7.161 MINERS IN SEVER:27ATES RETURNING TO JOBS, OTHERS SEEKING C TA ee 1 Scattered Operations Resumed Today on Basis of Truce Reached at Cleveland and Meetings Are Called in Numerous States to Ratify Late Agreement CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 1 6.—(Special to The Tribune.) —James G. Morgan, secretary-treasurer of the Wyoming dis- trict of the United Mine Workers of America, today tele- graphed frgm Cleveland that a meeting with the’ Wyoming mgne operators will be held in Cheyenne next Saturday, to arrange for a resumption of c accordance with the terms of t mines, it is anticipated, will be oal production in the state in he Cleveland agreement. The producing early next week. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 16.—(By The associated Press.) —For the first time in twenty weeks, striking soft coal miners at scattered points in seven states were today under orders to begin coal production. tlement of the strike, however, of the 450,000 soft coal digge CRIME CHARGED TO BOOZE RING Cal, Aug. OAKLAND, 16.—Evt- dence tending to show that Edwin A. ™ Shouse, automobile salesman, whose body was found in a thicket near Al. bany, 2 hamlet north of here, Satur day night, was murdered at the instt. gation of a liquor smuggling ring is in the hands of authorities. Shouse was suspected, the information shows. of advising federal authorities of the arrival of a big cargo of liquor at Monterey, Cal., from Canada. BALL SCORES » YORK, Aug. 16. — Babe Ruth, roturning to the Yankees’ Uncup today for the first time in several days on account of an in- fected leg, celebrated the event by knocking his 22nd home run of the season in the fifth inning of the game with Detroit, NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh— RW. E. New York . 100 600 00— x x Pittsburgh 000 111 03—- x x x Batteries — Scott, Barnes, Ryan, Nehf and Snyder; Hamilton, Glazner, Carlson and Gooch, Schmidt. At Chicago— R. H. E. Boston sees, OL OI— x x xX Chicago 6O—x x x Batteries—Houlthan, Braxton, and Gibson; Osborne, Cheeves and O'Far- rell. At Cincinnati— R. H. E. Phadelphia ....000 100 000— 1 9 1 Cincinnati -200 100 00x— 3 7 3 Batteries — Smith, Rixey and Hargrave. and Henline; At St. Louis — R. H. E. Brooklyn i—x x x St. Louis . -I—x xx Batteries—Grimes and Hungling; Pfeffer and Clemons. pram cea oats AMERICAN LEAGUE At Washington Ist game R. H. E. St. Louis -020 000 410— 7 13 1 ..-110 016 900— 3 10 Batteries—Shocker and Severeid; Brillheart and Picinicl:. At Boston— RH. E 100 000 O1I— 3 10 1 Boston ... 000 001 22x— 6 10 1 Batteries—Mack and Schalk; Kerr and Chaplin. At New York— R. H. E. -+--000 030 00— x x x ...100 110 00— x x x Batteries — Pillette, Johnson and Bassler; Mays and Schang. At Philadelphia— R. H. E. Cleveland -910 000 OF1— 9 12 1 Philadelphia ..000 091 80i—10 14 1 Batteries — Caveleskie, Edmonson; | Boone, and O'Neill; Harris, Rommeli | and Perkins. Washington Louis Washington At St. 0—x x x O—x x x Batteries—Kolp and Severeld; John-| so and Picinich. j their dd game RK. H. F. This result of the part set- affected only a small minority rs, but union officials were on way back home to seek to make with other employers The agreement signed here is re- garded as a victory for the union. When the strike was called on April 1 the union's demands were outlined (1) no reduction in wages; (2) a central field agreement; (3) retention of the checkoff system of collecting union ues. All three of these demands are tin the settlement covenant. “The miners won hands down,” ono} big operator said tn discussing the set tlement. The view is generally shared by operators here. | President John 1. Lewis, of the mi- ners, who remained here for a day's rest before entering the peace negotia- tions with anthracite operators at| Phiiadalphia tomorrow, predicted that| soft coal operators generally would ac: cept the agreement made here. Hel also said he was hopeful of the result of the conference with thé anthracite opertors, who employ 155,000 men. District union ofticlaln before leav ing here for home sent invitations for five mebtings of operators with the view of concluding pence. Two Penn- sylvania associations of operators were asked to meet the union chiefs in sep arate meetings on Friday The general agreenjent e¢ontinues tho old wages and working . cond} tions, including the checkoff of unton a » to April 1, 1923, and provides} machinery for negotiating but not ar. ditrating next year's scale. The agreement also calls for a national convention of operators and miners of | the bituminous territory October 2 for| (selecting a fact-finding commisston to investigate the coal industry. | Operators and miners alike see in the agreement concluded the path to capacity production of bituminous| coal within a fortnight. Illlnols and| Indiana operators are expected by those best informed on coal matters to| conclude their gppplementary agree-| ments within a week and to have| their pits in operation a few days) thereafter. In this fashion, other dig- tricts will resume as fast as negotia- tions can be concluded so that within | two weeks, in the hellef of coal men, weekly soft coal production will again be running in the neighborhood of 10 000,000 or 12,000,000 tons. Operators say today that with capac: {ty production continuing until Jan. 1, the present shortage of indus. tr'al, domestic and railroad fuel should be comple overcome — providing the railroads do not fail'in their allot- ed task of moving the production from mine to consuming centers. The heavy domestic demand will be upon dealers before their depleted stock can be replenished even under the most favorable circumstances, it (Continued on Page Four.) NUMBER 263. ONTRACTS TAXPAYERS ASK STATE ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT John W. Hay Finds Pub- lic in Receptive Mood for Needed Reforms, He Says * John W. Hay of Rock Springs, candidate for the Re- publican nomination for gov- ernor of Wyoming, arrived in Casper last night after a most encouraging trip through the Big Horn basin and the northeastern part of the state, where ho received & flattering reception tm the hands of the people of those sections of the state, Mrs. Hay and their daughter Miss Beulah, have accompanied Mr. Hay on his entire trip. Whon interviewed this morning Mr. Hay stated that he was more than pleased pith the results of his tour of the northern part of Wyoming and that it is evident that the taxpayers are tired of tiie unnecessary and bur- densome load which the present ad- ministration has placed on ue should ers of the peonle. Throughout ‘is en- tire tour Mr, H. met with encourage- ment of his candidacy and hearty avotals of support. “I am confident that the Republican voters of Wyoming desire an admin Jgtration. that will effect a saving in government,“ said Mr. F "In every locality tn which I have been are heard complaints about the unjust burden of taxauon. It is evident that the people feel that the time is ripe for a business administration to guide the afafirs of the state and to estab. ish business efficiency de- partment.” That John Hay will be able to put the state on a firm business basis can be judged by the success which has met his private efforts in the state furing the past 30 years. in every been noted for his keen business in- sight. In his various wartime pa triotic activities, he was halled as x genius and in the economic slump which followed the war, his financial cumen brought into being the stock men’s Ioan bank which through cheap loans assisted the farmers and the ranchers of the state in their struggle to recuperate from the falling market. During the several days that Mr. Hay plans to be tn Casper he will make no speeches, but will confine his efforts to meeting the working men in the industries of the city. He is a large employer of labor and has risen from the ranks of labor him- self through ability and hard work. It Is among the working men and smal? farmers and ranchers that John Hay feels most at home and it {s from ‘them that he is recelving the most loyal support ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 16. lespie Byfield in a suit filed tod Decatur, Ga., in which she a heen forced to keep to her bed much time since, her condition fin- of the ing an ration, which d here Monday jeld’s petition stated that aded ip to y composed Candler and Byfields and Mr. ‘Illness Brings | Hearing to Girl NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Although Lena Stein, now 55 years old, had | been deaf and dumb ever since her | girlhood ,today ‘she talks and can | hear as well as the average person. This remarkable recovery of speech and hearing followed an atta pneumonia, complicate by Representatives of the local “big four in Casper, employed, by the Chicago and Northwestern railway, have decided to withhold all action that might lead to a walkout on this division following @ conference with Guy D. Holmes, superintendent of had. been moved yesterday. the sit- uation at San Bernardino, Cal., had been cleared and freight today was moving between that point and Las Vegas, Nevada, where A. N. Wil- Hams, general superintendent, ar- rived last night with brotherhood of: | | ficilals on a special train to enter | enza, according to physicians, who | this division ‘ into negotiations with big four mem- | have observgd the case n effort “I look for no more trouble from bers, looking to a cessation of the to t he possible effects of the. our ‘big four’ men, and am well eat walkout. Hope was expressed he illness upon her ear drums and vo fied with the situat‘on as it stands (Continued on Page Four) | cal chords. =| today,” said Mr. Holmes, when in- RAIL STRIKE RUMOR TODAY IS REFUTED terviewed following the council “True, they may have been a bit dissatisfied with certain prevalent conditions, but we have tricd to give them a square deal, and the!r prom ise to reciprocate may be taken as fact.” conference discounts 1 reports circulate Casper this morning to the effe at nox day was set as “zero hour walkout on the Northwestern, | 1 Ofti. clals and union members agree that no such action was ever meditated. It is true that resolutions wer drawn up making certain requests of, the officials of both roads, and it is also a valid statement the some of a in fa at rs were mi divis: n walk ¢ majority in the oi t (Continued on Page Bight) " BANKER BETROTHED TO SOCIETY LEADER SUED FOR $100,000 BY ‘ANOTHER FOR ALLEGED ATTACK —Damages of $100,000 are asked of Walter T. Candler, local banker, by Mrs. Sarah Gil- ay in Dekalb superior court at lleges that as a result of an attack upon her by Mr. Candler in her stateroom aboard the steamship Berengaria on the night of July 16 last, she has his two daughters, sailed from 3 York for Cherbourg on July 11. She sald that in addition to the pleasure they would get out of the trip, Mr Candler ‘wished two girls.” The petition the actions of the party on the night of the 16th, which was their last at sea. The party had dinner with a man and his wife, ship acquaintances, Mrs. Byfield stated and “champagne was partaken of sparingly by all. Nobody became intoxicated.” she said, “and all left the dinner,in full possession of their faculties.” “After the dinner,” the petition con- tinued, “petitioner went with the said Cana! dren to thelr berth, where of them received medical atten- then recited tion. Petitioner aided both of the chil- n in preparing for bed. After the said children w to bed, pet!- tloner went to de b the balance of the party, where was in progress the usual galety which takes place There wae no