Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1922, Page 1

FINAL EDITION Vil. ° ~ 7 | HEARING OPENED ON RAIL MERGER PROGRAM Consolidation of All ional Systems May Be Outgrowth of Big Conference; Burlington System One of Those Involved _ WASHINGTON, Nov: 17.—Whether transcontinental railroads in the northwest should be con-| solidated into two regional systems, one built around the Great Northern and the Chicago, Mil- and the other around the Northern Pac: was taken up for detailed consideration at a hearing. today waukee and St. Paul mission. Representatives of the “hill” lington were given the first opportun- ity to be heard and through Walter D. Hines, formerly director general of railroads. they immediately attacked the consolidation plan which would result in a separation in their present untfied holdings. ‘Other raftroads concerned, tnctuaing | the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul through its president, H. E. Byram, and the Duluth, Missabe and North- ern, one of the fron ore carriers, as well as various stat~ railroad commis- sions, also were represented. Com- Miigsioner Hall opened the session by explaining that the commission was Proceeding under the general instruc: tion Of congress to prepare a consoll- dation ‘plan that would combine all the major , railroads in the United States into 18 or 20 great regional ystems. The co,mission, he said, Kad tentatively, proposed in the north- west to separate the Great Northern from the present “Hill” group, com- bine it with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and thus create two strong systems in the sam} territory. “However, the commission's) plan 1g not to be taken as a \prejudgement of the situation,” Commissioner Hall @eclared. “It represents an attack at the gen- eral problem and the basis for bring: ing up the fullest record of fact and argument which the commission can €licit to aid {t in decis’ons and the eventual action’ will be- dictated by fina! from the record.” ‘Mr. ‘Hines proc@eded directly to an argument for the setting aside of the tentative plan. It was expected tint he, would be followed by Hale Holden, president’ of the | Burlington, Charles Donnelly, president of Northern Pac’fic and by Ralph Budd, pregiient of the Great Northern, Louis N. Hill, who has succeeded to direction of affairs of the late J. J: Will, in the organization of the three corporations also was present, but did not expect to testify. “The Burlington, Northern Pacific and Great Northern,” Mr, Hines de- clared, “appear for the purpose of showing that the general. public. in- terest as well as the legitimate inter- tat of those three companies require that the lines owned and controlled by them should be placed in the same group. “Their independence is net only one of the great existing facts in the rail- road ‘situation of the country, but it isa s‘tuation which hag been the out- growth of planning of the ablest pio- neers in railroad development. The prosperity of the three companies lias been due to the realization of this early planning.” Mr. Hines sketched a brief history of the construation and financing of the corporations concerned, explain- ing that the Burlington stock had been purchased in 1901 by the two northern lines as a development from a policy of joint operation and jjoint use of terminals which the three com- panies, mttualty ha dadopted as early as 1886. The actual purchase of the Burlington he treated as ‘‘simply a further step in: the realization of the (Continued on Page Bight.) HITA ; {the reputation of the formidable Mon- Dy axe] 90 BABIES ARE INSPECTED AT HEALTH CLINIC Ninety bables have been exam- ined for ailments at the Baby clinic eld this week at the city hull. ‘These little folk come from families | of all classes and by no means rep- | resent the poorer sections of the clty above any other sections. | Lines in Northwest Into Two Great Reg al club under whose auspices ‘the ific and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, | clinic. was. started. . The before the Interstate Commerce Com-/ meinbers of the organization have assisted materially in the work of the elinie by co-operating with the nurses ” group, during ths examinations. including the No~thern Pacific, Great Northern and Bur-| Big Crowd Is Asked | For fkootball Game | . Another novel and ingenious feature in the football ticket selling campaign which the students! | of the Natrona county high school are using for the Casper-Billings football game tomorrow at+ |tracted attention this afternoon when a high school cadet, in uniform and armed with a rifle, joe a girl student through the downtown district while the member of the fairer sex disposed (of tckets. | Last week a battalion of high school cadets, accompanied by the school band, drilled in the down- |town section before a large crowd | while girls circulated through the! crowd of possibly 1,000 selling tickets | for the Cheyenne gume. Due to the inclemency of the weather this seu- won, it‘appears likely that the football season, — of being a financial ® end, up with a defic't, | ‘Teason students of the local high. school, are bending al} of;thelr efforts toward getting a big crowd out for the game tomorrow. Billings, which Utis an exceptionally strong team, is the ontx out-of-state team that’ the local. eleven meet this season and by virtue of thelr victory ‘over Sheridan two weeks ago, seem to. have an casc_on the Casper boys. Coach Morgan’s team, undaunted by ‘Chicago Board of Trade Bill Seeking In- junction Is Dismissed but Stay Is | Continued in Effect, Report tana aggregation, have set themselves ‘or victory tomerrow. Tho kick-off is scheduled for 2:30 o'clock. —- R..G., Taylor arrived from Denyer! this morning to be present, at the; drilling in of the Glenrock-Royalty & Producers well which is now being] completed in southwest Salt Creek. practi tam bniens Judge Carpenter today dismissed the Chicago Board of Trade bill for ‘an injunction restraining enforcement of the Grain Futures | Trading Regulatory Act but continued the stay order preventing enforcement of the law until its constitutionaiity has been passed upon by the United States supreme court. —| The action of the court permits the board of trade to appeal at otice to a higher court and it in said that the easy may be taken directly to the} highest court for adjudicationsof the | [new law, The stay ordered will re-| |main in force until the action is de- | cided. { The doard of trade suit alleged that | the act gave unduly wide powers to the secretary of agriculture, the sec- retary of commerce and the attorney |general, tho three officials named to jeompose a commission with control! | over grain exchanges. The law made| violation of the act a crime, the board | Charles Tilton, of Thermopolis is spending a few days visiting fricta.y and on business. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS MUSTERED IN AT THURSDAY NIGHT FETE The tables meémber of the post. were arranged in the shape of a cross and tastefully decorated. Because of the work necessary in ‘At the most spirited meeting held since the formation of the Powder River post of the.Veterans of For- elgn Wars, eight new and 29 of the original group were mustered in last night. Francis David, senior vice-commander of the Denver post, had charge of the ccremontes. Following the business session and initiatory ceremonies, the post members adjourned to the New Pal- ace Inn where an oyster supper had been arranged by Louis Cora- polis, manager of the cafe.and a checking up on’ applications the charter will remain epen until Sat- uray. Any eligible ex-servicn man making his application today or to- morrow will go in as a charter mem- ber, The next meeting will be Thurs- day, December 7, at which time permanent meeting piace will be de- termined on. |commission to punish those who| might be held violators and deprive them of continuing in their ayocation! | without trial in commercial courts or | by Jury. It was also claimed that per- jmitting co-operative’ bodies to hold membership in grain exchaliges and | to. rebate to their members commis-| | sions on trading which would a'scrim-| }inate against other exchange mem- \ GASOLINE TAX, MOUNTAIN ROAD Al ¥ F important decisions. were made by the board of directors of detone Motor club at their meeting Thursday evening. The | ol for consumption in, the state of subjects. involved were a gasoline tax, Casper mountain road, the starting of a game preservve, i chains on h t tricks. a The Board aithorzed ‘the Gaod Roads committee to request a} county Yacquisition of Casper mounta’n as alrate of 1 cent a gallon. meeting with the boaré of commissioners who will be in office after January 1, and to ask Tora fund of $10,000 to be expended on the Casper Mountain ‘road. ‘The ‘board also went on record. favoring the OR GAME ARE P Important Recommendations A dopted by Casper Motor Club Directors in Meet- ing Here Thursday Night : bers, 1 oo | | ON SLED AT AMERICA At this |atternoon's | matinee, to- night's performances and tomorrow’ matinee all children attending the America. theater where the dramatic thriller, "Nhe Fast Mail being shown, will be given a coupon} Coupons will bi given to persons up to 16 years of age only. Tomorrow, at 5 o'clock on the stage | of the America theater a drawing | will take place and the two holders of | lucky numbers will be presented with @ Fast Mail sled. This sled: is tho latest and most efficent. made and will bring lots of, pleasure to the winners. —__.__. Mrs. Lawrence Jamison ts recover- ND PRESERVE ROPOSED 1 DA The city officials will be requested |to amend the ordinance which now prevents trucks carrying loads of more than twvu tons to use chains on | city streets. It was the sense of the meeting that the acc‘dent hazard of large trucks operating without chains is too great to bé overlooked. The board of directors went'on rec- ord favoring a gasoline tax to be collected on each gation of gasoline me!o- | Wyoming, the receipts of this tax to go to the state highway department for road building and maintenance. It was csfimated that the receipts. from this tax in Casper alone, would arount to about $50,060 a year, at a the improvement of the the plac- hospital from. an . opperation _per-| formed Wednesday of this week, ana preserve for game birds and game an-} The bo also nvent on record fay- jmals, and recommended that action /oring an amendment to state highway be taken at the earliest pc: date} laws that will make compulsory. mir- to secure “a carload of @:k for this! ror-equipment on all automobiles and ate J trucks, ° tory. Mrs. Jam‘son was formerly Miss Nell Campbell and was one of the first superintendents iv charge of! ‘asper Private hospita ers a aT CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1922. Y Federal Possibilities of a new federal building to include the postoffice loom brighter for Casper with the Superintendent of Con struction Witted of the treasury department, His visit was largely brought about by the insistent de- mands of Edwin M. Bean, postmast- er, that the loca! postoffice is ab- woliitely inadequate to handie the local business. Mr. Witted was favorably —!m- Pressed and will make a report on his return to Washington,*that an extension be built on the present postoffice, adding another story to the building and increasing the size from 47x85 feet to 8Sx}10 feet. This will more than doubie the capacity ot tha building and will make a handsome addition to the city’s buildings. The report will advise that the same style of architecture and kind of building materials used in the present postoffice be used in the extension. There are many reasons, accord: ing to Mr. Bean, why this action is more advisable than to build an entirely new building or to look for a new site, It insures much speed- ie~ action on the part of the treas- ury department and does away with the many technicalities that might tle the matter up for several years. Congress will work on post- office approprintiona at its next fession and Casper’ is well up visit here o Chief Visits Building a good pos be obtatned he list. y th this session. Mr tted cc ing data necessary and will There tion wil plied alt the build: fer the extension “4 that the bu reau of mines and the tnternal rev- nue Stti and a federal court room be housed in the building, The business of the Casper cffice this year to date is within $4,000 of the total done in 1921 and there | de still 43 days of this year to go. —_ CHEYENNE, Wyo. Nov 17 Al | though there was an unusually heavy | fall of snow fn Ch anne and vicinity | this morning there was no seriovs in- recomme terruption of railroad traffic, such as was the case two weeks ago. Most of he trains were running within an | hour or two of schedule time, About |five inches had been recorded up to | noon when the storm abated. Some lons of livestock ts feared. — Miss Katherine Ovsemiire returned esterday from Denver and other points of Colorado where she has been visiting for two weeks, — DON’T BE AN ESKIMO! PURCHASE ADVERTISED PROGUCTS AND GET PROTECTION FOR WHAT YOU BUY RCEMENT RULING The newspaper is the public’s protection as well as the public's Tribune readers will do well to |champion—that is, when it is the right kind of a newspaper. patronize Tribune advertisers, in | preference to non-adyertisers; not because it makes business for us, but because it is the safest and best plan for you. The reliable merchant and the reliable firm advertise today, in every state in the union and in every!country on the gloife. When o reliable paper docepts udvertising day, it is fable. The himself. no longer dures, even should his inelination run that way, state facts in the press. The pr word is a bond between the merch: ant and the public that that which the former advertises is as hé repro- sents it. It is the only hpnd. that merghant the seller. It Uen. Tribune employes and their fam!- Mes, ‘representing several! hundred Persons, patronize Tribune advertis- ers ine preference to ton-advertisers not only as a matter of loyalty to the Paper, but because they realize these facts. If a man has nothing to ad- vertise in this modern) age, when hundreds of thousands of great bus!- ncsses ‘attest the indisputable value is the buyer's protec- * |and reliability of the advertised pro-| |duct. he must be selling gum drops! {to the Eskimos. That is the onty| Product that circulates at without being pushed, Don’t be an imo. Buy from advertisers. Buy advertised pr: ducts. The “zum drop’ trader Is liv- ing in-the day of the one-hoss shay. its best -| ‘spent several Red Cross Sends Aid.to Chileans to_mis-| WASHIN( Nov. 17. -— The American Red Cross today sent $10,- 000 to the president of the Chilean TON, | of trade contended, yet permitted the/can be made between the buyer and Red Cross for the relief of sufferers from the recent earthquake in Chile. yt was the first American relief money sent S MARKETS PORTS | ELDS T ~ NUMBER 41. 0 REDS Assembly Votes te Abolish Republic and Unite With Moscow Soviet CHITA, Far Eastern Republic, Nov. 17._(By the Associated Press.) —The government of the Far Eastern Republic of Siberia was abolished today- The as sembly voted to unite with the Soviet goverrment of Moscow. ov. 2. By the As: A Russian Telegraphic Message from Chita is quoted Moscow dispatch to the soctalist’s ted Flag declared the government of the Far Eastern republic has unani cided to dissolve that re. and make ft a part of Sovie BERLIN, | message dectares a board of seven members has been established and that 11 delegates to the “all/Rus. , Sinn Red congress" have been select lea oe ARMOUR WAITS DECISION UPON PLANT MERGER WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—S. Og jen Armour rema'ned in Washington today awaiting a decision by govern. ment officers-on his proposal for the Durehase of Morr’ and company, one jof the Chicago ‘ig Five,” packing concerns by Armour and company, ‘There was no definite incic tion when the decision would be forthcoming, but Mf, Armour still was hopeful of an early reply. The purchase plan ae ouulned by Mr. Armour to the @epartmen: of agricuiture still was uhder study to- @ay by officers of that departmept having to do with the administration of the packers and stockyards con- trol act They were-+o formulate a report, for Secretary Wallace with whom rests the final decision under the law. —— French Tiger Is At Home On Rolling Decks On Board Stemship Paris, Enroute to New York, Nov, i7.—(By Wir less to the Aswociated Press.})—Th Tiger has found his sea iegs, On his way to lecture in the United States, Georges Clemenceau, many times premier of France, up- set all calculations of his fellow passengers when the Paris took on a roll that caused many to seek the'r deck chairs. Tt was assumed that the aged Tiger would do ilkew Not 50. He rted stoutly that slanting decks meant nothing to him. The slight for | passed in the night. This morning broke cold and clear. The captain expects to reach quarantine late tonight and Gock early tomorrow. M. @lemenceau rose as 6:30. After his breakfast part of .the cabin usual at he spent orning alone im his ELYRIA, Ohilo, Nov. 1 Graves Sharp, former to France, died at his home here | shortly before noon today. Mr. | Sharp had been {il for several days { Mr, Sharp, who was 62 years old, s in Burope } last summer in the interest of his health and according to friends has mont WILLIAM GRAVES SHARP, EX-AMBASSADOR, IS DEAD|\"""=* not been very well since. All of the five Sharp children were | Summoned to his bedside late yes terday when, his condition became serious. Mr. Sharp was American ambassador to France five years, serving in Paris during the world ‘war. He resigned about a year after the armistice was signed \ ATTENDANCE AT NNUAL MEETING OF STOCKMEN Io Banquet and Dance Wili Top Off Gathering of Natrona Association Being Held Today; a The Natrona County Stock- men’s association went into ses- sion at the annual meeting at 2:30 this afternoon in the court room at the court house. There vas a splendid attendance of men interested in livestock from all sections of the country. From the crowd assembled the poor roads deter- red few from being present The stockmen and their wives and friends and the pioneers of the county will have a banquet at 6:30 this even- ing at the Henning to be followed by @ dance at 9 also at the Henning. The event promises to be one of the most enjoyable of the early winter. CONFERENCE T2 OPEN SATURDAY Program for* the" Htgh School abinet conference for Basin, Lander and Casper which will be held here ay and Sunday by “the Blue ngle girls foll Theme: “To be To live To give ows alive to to it.’ n such an age it Saturday Morning—At High School 9:00 Welcome—Louise Frispy, prest- dent High School Blue Triangle club of the Girl Reserves. Response—A Lander Cabinet girl. “Why We Are Here’—Migs Mildred Keith, ‘adviser. Devotions—Miss ella = Mee Clenahan, general secretary Ys W. OG. A. 9:40 ging—"Follow the’ Gleam,"* irl Reserve Songs.” aining—M. ickney, national 10:00 Discussion Cabinet responsibility of purpose. The job of being Committee work. a Cabinet girl, vening Sermon—Hotal Henning, Grill Room 6:00-7:30 Cabinet sup; Our program “The ‘orward Look Stickney. Fellowship Vespers— presiding. e e Triangle Around the the World—” Miss Stickney. —————~—.__ : ADMIRAL SIMS HONORED. KINGSTON, Ont., Nov. 17.—Rear Admiral W U.S. N., retired last night rec 1 the honorary de- 2 of doctor laws a special Mr. and Mrs. Jaan, are bus jfor a few days. |nected with tl |pan h of Shert- in the clty Smith is con- z Coffee com- Horn an@ in the city ir way to Bil- ays on th jfer a fe lings. BOOSTER TRIP PROJECTED RATE DISCUSSION PENDING 1 Members of the Casper Chamber of Commerce will conduct} W. E. McGarry, vice-president and general manager of the a pilgrimage to. Buffalo, Tuesday, November 21, where the |General Freight Service association of St- Louis, Mo., which is con- travelers will attend a joint meeting of the commercial organiza-| ducting the freight rat ing at the Womens’ and~chiidrens'| tions of Buffalo, Casper and Sheridan. Those who go will leave the headquarters on East Second street | her condition \is regarded as saticfac-|at 8 a, m. They will enjoy hunch at Kaycee. make the or’ in ‘ano! wi elther with theft to trip own shoula nicate with chamber of ie comm com All members who noon Monday. result of a merce headguart This tri pis th request ub-of But. Commerce, will arrive in Casper for conference with the freight ¢ investigation for the Casper Chamber of Monday morning, November 27, traffic committee and board of directors of the Chamber to discuss details of the investigation h will’ be" presented to the rail: {f. eting of Tuesday, November vate i he general subject of freight jar a adjustment. = .. »