Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1923, Page 1

Casper’ Sunday The Guaranteed Circulation of The Casper Daily Tribune Yesterday was 10,562 VOLUME 32. MAIN NEWS SECTION REVEAL BRU GOMPERS SAYS HE WILL TEAR ADIGAL VENL i Organized Labor Announces De- termination to Show Up Certain Organizations. BY WILLIAM J. LOSH (nited Press Staff Correspondent.’ WASHINGTON, April 14.—Organ ized labor today anounced its deter mination to tear the foundation fron the activities of certa'n organization: In the United States and reveal ther to the America public as the “en emies of democracy" and “‘of the Ia bor movement.” Declaring war to extinction on bedies who pretend to speak fo Amer'can labor but who are “in reality groups loyal to Moscow wit? a single aim of destroying the Amer ican labor movement,” Somue) Com pers president of the American Fed eration of Labor, today revealed his intention of proying to the country that American labor !s not controle: or ta'nted by extremists Gompers at the same time delivere¢ another attack on the American fun* for public service—the Garlend fund —in reply to the response of {ts trur tees laying h's first attack to disap pointment that the fund has not en- dowed the Workers’ Education bu reau, an American Federation of La bor sponsored body. “At the proper t'me I +hall have much mc about the revo'u ti tivities of some of the Gar fund trustees an@ other and per sons,’ Gompers said. “They s i am still fighting the wer hat 1 the truth. I am fighting the war 2 t the enemie af democracy an? against the enemies of our labor ment. Wrhuut hesitation I re that thise mon tthe Garlanc trustees) by ‘thelr professour and their conduc?, are enemies of our labor movement and of democracy. They are active, energetic and pro Boviet advocates and propagandis: "They are the ardent friends of ( iorer, Moscow and ff there is anything in common between the democracy of America ,and the cruel, ruthless ty- ranny of Moscow, I have yet to find it. The ramifications of the soviet communist propaganda machine are almost beyond belief. “By their own statement, the only money which the trustees have given the fund or leaned from it has been to the red revolution'sts or to the fragment of the left wing, whose pur- pose is the control or destruction of bona fide trades untons. “The American labor movement 1s fn rational, democratic, constructive force, compelied to face two hostile forces, one the reds to the left, the other the reactionaries to the right Both of these forces are inimical to the best development of democracy. ‘The war of the bona fide labor move- ment will go on until democracy tri- umphs over autocratic, destructive foree, whether it be the red or Lenine | ¢,31 and his American friends and dupes, or the black of big business greed. 2m confident that in this struge | parat yely small number of Jobless | the labor movement rightly inter-| Men that the Tribune makes this | prets the real America and that it | } is fighting the battle of human pre gress and freedom as the real Amer- ica. ie Land Board CHEYE: , Wyo., April 14.—The state land board Monday will inform bidders for a lease on sect’on 36-40-79, Salt Creek field, whether it will award the lease at its meeting next Thurs- day. Late rumors have !t that the Der- rick O11 company, as well as the Mid- west Refining company and John W. Hay has a “look in" for the lease, > BANKER’S ATTENTIONS 10 PP’ vCHAN'S WIFE LEAD \.TABBING IN GHICED CHICAGO, April 14.—Charies H. Castle, prominent Chicago banker, was stabbed during a fight with Dr, Wm. H. Follor, phys'clan at the Chi- cago Athletic assoaintion, late today. according to polices who were sum: moned by club attaches, After Castle was stabbed fheek, Fuller was arrestde, later re'eased on bond, Castle was reported by pol'oe have said he would not prosecute, Dr. Fuller declared to police, they in the He was to raid, that Cagt’e had been trying to force h's atten upon Mra, Futter, the phyate’an’s wife, and that whe re-| sonted it WHADDAYA MEAN, FRED NOW’S NUTS? LONDON ,April 14. — Former Crown Prince Fredrick William of Germany is suffering from a mild furm of dementia, according to a dspatch printed tonight by the Sunday Express from spondent in Wieringen. Two Berlin alientsts examined the exile at his islanc home and reported him he suffered from mild and probably progressive de- mentia. the correspondent stated. William's sudden interest in re- lgtous works and lengthy app!ica- ton to hymn books aroused dis- cussion, but when he conducted revivals with the servants for a congregation, the alientists were summoned, the story stated. TRIBUNE WIL HELPMEN OUT OF WORK FREE Ads May Be Inserted Without Cost in Effort to Benefit Those Who Are Jobless. The “Help Wanted" columns of the Tribune wil be thrown open again to those out of employment, and any »ody who wants a job may insert an advertisement free of charge in this paper, beginning tomorrow morning The advent of spring and the pos sibilities of the new railroad coming Jn to-Casper has carne? an infliticef newcomers to the city. Where a few weeks ago there was virtually yo un employment, now not a few are on the streets without work. ‘The Tribune is the friend of the 1a- It is the policy of this paper to do everything possible to help him In any way in which this can be ac complished without lessening his self respect. A few months ago the Tri bune opened its columns to those out of work, with the result that the unemployment situation was almost immediately cleared up. Now that more working men are,coming to Cas per the Tribune again’ sees a chance to serve, and welcomes it gladly. There are no strings attached to th’s offer. Anyone who ts out of work and sincerely wants a job can insert an ad absolutely free. The | only reservation the Tribune makes is |that the applicant shall be honestly intent on finding work, ad that he! be willing to take it after our Want} Ads bring him a chance to work. There ‘s no reason why as live a city as Casper should have a floating | population out of employment. Of | course the number of those not gain- ly engaged in some occupation not present large; but it is with! | the idea of elim‘nating even the com. its corre- | offer. | Will i AIS Be Teaual TALK SELLING CASPER Thursday, Said “Selling Caspe! of discussion at the Chamber of| hotel. TALI AMlnornin And WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1923. gy Crihbune MAIN NEWS SECTION NUMBER 28. F FLORID PEON C FIFTY THOUSAND) “7G “ASNOMING ‘é \ NORTH ANO SOUTH RR L DAG TT WA tani : Tg WM Feo, CHEYENNE; 7 fs U5, GROCERY BILL TO Alst SHARPLY o00N Cost of Food Stuffs Will Increase of Dollars Millions Year, Prediction. BY H. E. AYLOR This United Press Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, April advanced industrial wages that forae normally states make higher avoidable, agricultural and food will be the topic 'iperts here declared tonight. B. W. Snow, foremost private agri- Commerce Forum meeting to be held| cultural authority, asserted that with | | Tuesday, April 17 at the Henning, present crop prices !ow and costs of! 14—The cost of the American public's grocery Dill wi'l increase millions of dollars this. year. A 50 per cent farm labor shortage, poor crop conditions are due to reach a crisis in western in two weeks all priced foodstuffs combine to un: ex: Continued on Page 2) that | | WASHINGTON, April PROGRESSIVES WOULD GUT OFF SHPREME COURT POWERS, CLAIM Next Congress Will Demand Legislation to Deprive | U.S. Judicial Body of Right to Declare Acts of Congress Unconstitutional, Is Report. 14.—(United Press).—Progres- | sives in the next congress will demand legislation or constitu- | tional amendments depriving the United States supreme court a five to four vote, ‘num wage, stock dividend tax and jm other laws which the court has knocked out, | Senator Lafollette, Wisconsin, [leader of the Progressive group and | Senator Norris, Nebraska, a member of it. have atready blazed the trail for this legisla Lek has | prepared a measury giving congress | the veto decisions, Unde: gress court provide constitutional 4 by has held jority at ot the questle least LaFolletto's proposal repassing a law after of its power to declare unconstitutional acts of congress by This will pave the way to enactment of child labor, mini- power over supreme court eon: the it unconstitutional, could overrule the court, Norris wou.d court, tw de in Cnolding must show votes be ared DRY AGENT IS A VICTIM OF ALCOHOL OMAHA, Wi April 14. (United Press)—U. 8. Rohrer, fed eral prohibition director for Ne braska, was overcome by alcohol fumes while destroying 15 gallons of corn whiskey and 87 barrels wf mash in a sub-cellar of a boot- legger’s cache here tonight. The prompt action of Mrs. Rosa Bon acci, who lived in the house above the cache and who heard his cr’es, probably saved Rohrer from drowning in the Hquor, which had filler the cellar to a depth of two || feet. He was rescued by other fed eral agents. Rohrer was precipitated into the sub-cellar when he tapped on the cement floor above with an axe and the cement broke, throwing him to the dark hole below. Ro- hrer, seeing the mash barrels and liquor :mmediately started destroy- ing It, He was overcome when about half tho casks had been smashed. TUT’S GHOST | “BUNK” SAYS BILL SUNDAY | LOS ANGELDS, Cal, April 14.—| (United Press.)}—Take it straight from the Rev. Bil'y Sunday, all this stuff about King Tut's ghost is the bunk, The Rev, Bunday returned to town today, and went after the King Tut rumor as vigorously as he goes after the devil. ‘Of all the asinine cong!iomerations of pure unadulterated bunk and half, baked nonsense, the imbecilic deduc tions of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in this King Tut-Lord Carnavon affair take the hand painted cake,” sald the Rey, Sunday, “No one but Conan Doyle could, get away with such kindergarten chatter about spirits, and keep from belng led wently to a cell in a state institution ‘for mental v wums."* JIM SCOTT PITCHES | NO HIT GAME ON COAST OAKLAND, Scott of the ga al 8 plte April 14-—Jim A no-hit, no and here toda 0 10 Against 1 winning 6 | Chicago textile workers have reo ine | creases ¢stimated at $75,000,000 a) | year, AMERICA RIDES TIDE OF BUSINESS: All Phases of Industry Reflect Boom, Nation-Wide Survey Of Conditions Shows. BY JAMES T. KOLBERT, (Copyright, 1923, United Press.- | NEW YORK, April 14.—The United | States is riding a high tide of pros- perity, with the crest not yet in sight, according to a nation-wide survey | conducted tonight by the United Press, All phases of business and industry | reflect the boom, now at its height | since tho post-war stumps. A labor shortage already being felt In some industries, is the only po tential brake on further expansion. Keen rivalry is manifest among manufacturing plants for skilled and unskilled labor. Agriculture is fac ing a farm labor shortage, due to the ndustrial demand. The forward strides are reflected follows: Increased production. “age increases in the stee}, pack- building, textile, automobile and other industries during the past three months, est'mated as between $250,000,000 and $350,000,000, Bearclty of lab In Ittle less than one year and a half, 8,500,000 tle workers have been absorbed by industry, Wao increases have been made steadily but quietly since the first of the year, They culminated in the | 11 per cent increase made by the United States Steel corporation and followed by most of the independents nd a similar wage increase by the| packers, followed by many independent packers, Steel workers will recelve appraxt- | mately §100,000,000 more for the ensu'ng year's work over last year, Packing house employes will profit to about the same extent. Four hundred and thirty thousand as Conference of League of Nations yesterday Uy Alexander Nisbet, Advocates Called for Con- anlar of belles. | ference to Unify Party. Mr. Nisbet sald that {t fs the [| will of the council that chickens be kept inside fences just as BY LAWRENCE MARTIN. horses and hogs are kept inside (Un'ted Press Staff Correspondent) fences, and for that reason the WASHINGTON, April 14.—Promt- | Police department is going to act ment HDemocratis anvonatens ote arcer! very stringently in the matter. can membership in the League of Of course the police are not go- Nations are being sounded as to their willingness to attend a here to on the League of Nations issue, as a means of taking a(vantage of divis- fon in Republ: plan to have former President Wood. the issue between Democrats figure that if their par! would CHICKEN TO BE CASPER’S| JAIL MENU? 6.0. P. SPLIT T0 | BE CAPITALIZED BY DEMOCRATS Casper’s jailbirds will feed on chicken pie if Casper's citizens do }| not keep Casper chickens (real chickens with feathers they raised themselves) inside of fences, ac cording to an announcement made ing to run their legs off chasing feathered fowl and to tear perfectly good un!forms climbing over barns to get the chickens. They will, however, do their best to round up vagrant birds and will act scrupulously ac cording to law in the matter. The announcement has not been made yet to the jail inmates that they shall be the recipients of all bodies of unjailed fowl captured by the police force, but the chick ens will have to be put in some sort of an enclosure. And what's the difference of one enclosure be- tween friends? re not going conference the Democratic party unity n ranks. | | Back of the conference {dea ts a row Wilson pssumel leadership, in name at least, of a great pro-leugu campaign, intended to draw clear! the parties. Th mouse the league they would not only have advantage of the Re- publican division over the internat- fonal court issue, but would insure deteat of the court propcsal in the senate next December, leaving Pres!- dent, Harding in a most embarrass- ing postt!on. ‘The Democrats argue that ff they take a firm stand for the league the ‘GOV. OWEET Ii i Republican party will be forced to | stand on its 1820 pgsition of hostil- | {ty to league membership. | | phe proposed conference is to in tial clude, according to program, a num ber of Democratic senator: former Governor Cox, the Democratic presi dential nominee in 1920; former am. pbassador to Great Britain Davis, for- mer Supreme Court Justice Clark, Wiitiam: JBryan and~other leading Democrats. ‘Wilson's letter to Representative Krouse, Kentucky, chairman of the Demacratic congressional committee, | has emphas'zed the possibility of his LEASE GRANTS: Colorado Executive Urges State's Rights on Colorado River Project, in Telegram. | | | CONLEY GETS GECISION QVER ST. GLAIR AFTER BOUT AT THERMOPOLIS THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., April 14.— Roy Conley won the decision in a 10- entrance into the fight, Democrats.} DENVER, Colo., April 14—That no be‘ieve and has complicated the sit-|ticenses for electric power companies uation for the Republicans. to construct hydro electric plants on = the Co'orado river should be granted the river have been ettled by ap-| | proval of the Colorado river compact ra is the belief expressed by Governor | [ ost in London Wm. E. Sweet in a telegram to the ° : The telegram concerned a hearing y | obacconist Fire to be held in Washington April 16 on applications of several! power com- |pantes for licenses and suggested LONDON, April 14.—Fire destroyed at the hearing. $5,000,000 worth of tobacco and cigar- The compan.es applying for licenses ettes on the East End docks late to- according to the governor's telegram.) ai This represents between five,and include the Denver and Evectric! hish tobacco reserves and means @ sky-/ ling, Colo.; the Utah Power and Light! rocketing of prices, it is thought. company for Maming Gorge and James B. Girand for license at Dia- mond Creek, Ariz. | —_—— i CE rn, W Mike § ino. con’ of mur-| ili I until the rights of states interested in |sovernor of Wyoming today. |that Wyoming have a representative ten per cent of all the available Brit-) Light company for a plant at Krem Bist Tide a der in the second degree for slaying n round bout before a capacity houge| George McGough during a “high-jack- | here tonight. Eddie St. Claire of Cas-|ing” raid by MccGough and others per carried the fight to Conley| on the “Moonshine House in South} throughout the strugg'e and made nne, was sentenced to serv himself popular with local fans by his| from $5 to 40 years in the state pen-| clean and aggreasive tactics. itentlary. LAST BIGVOTE PERIOD ONNOW; — ADDED INCENTIVE TO WORKERS Hustle Will Bring You Through in Tribune’s Great $18,000 Prize Distribution Contest—Only Two Weeks Left to Win Hupmobile Sedan. This pertod every one-year subscription counts 7,000} votes, a two-year subscription counts 20,000 votes, a three- year subscription counts 40,000 votes, a four-year subserip- tion counts 120,000 votes, and a six-year subscription counts 240,000 votes, In addition to this, 100,000 extra votes are allowed on each club of $15.00 worth of subscriptions turned in, Jin tho case of C. I. AMPS BEATINGS HEARD B00 YARDS AWAY, ‘SENATOR CLAIMS Ben H. Lindsay Will Put Spot- light on Convict Camps Monday, Is Claim. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 14. — (United Press)—Startling revelations of ‘callous brutalities” practiced tn Florida convict camps will be de to the state senate Monday by Senator Ben H. Lindsay of Bonifay declared tonight. Senator Lindsay said he would tell how prisoners in Florida convict camps were stripped and beaten #0 hard that the blows could be heard 00 yards away, how they were forced to labor 12 hours a Cay tnder all kinds of conditions, and of a man with a broken wrist being forced to work on a road gang. Lindsay will read from the records Denmark, “boss’” here convict camp number 11, whom W. H. McRae, commissioner of agri culture, sought unayailingly to have removed from office for cruelty, he sald. ; This case will be used as an argu: ment, Lindsay said, to obtain pass- age of his resolution broedening the scope of the ‘egislative investigation into the death of Martin Tabert of North Dakota, to Include all state road camps as well as county pris on camps. The legislative committee probing into the death of Tabert. in a prison camp over @ year ago, will resume {ts Investigation Tues. ——_——<— MOTHER AND BABY KILLED ‘DURING SEVERE STORM FULTON, Ala., April 14.—Mrs. Fret ton Norris and her 2-yearold child were killed when their home nea- here was struck by Mghtning during a severe electrical storm late today. High winds which accompanied the storm caused heavy damage through out this section. Mrs. Baty Denies Porter Had Hand In Taking Child Mrs. Thomas* Baty, whore husband was arrested several days ago, charg ed with kidnaping 5S yearold Anna Grace Tansey, the former's daughter by her first husband, denies the state ment which was published Friday in regard to the complicity of the Pull- man porter in the abduction. Mrs. Baty states that none of the train crew had 5 to with taking the child from the faher while the two of them were asteep in a berth on the train. —_ Mrs. Ha ding Is Hostess At White House Once More WASHINGTON the first ttme Harding took part a social fune- tlon at the White House, It was an infornwl affatry, with cabinet members and thelr wives, su- preme court justices and a few mem+ bers of congress who are in town, invited to “drop in” to a prk Vato showing in the east room of a moving pleture. Stretch Dragnet For Extremists In London Raids April 14.—A new drag. thrown over the Uttle dia Landon, Where Irish extrem who plotted the tructin at the city ulilities and aimed at the life of a' former abinet member are belleved to be In hiding, Documents seized in the rakla ha — For illness Mrs, see LONDON, was trict of ists Highest wage increases are report- ed by the building trades. Plasterers in New York will receive $12 per day beginning May 1, Painter in Detrot are getting $15 per day, Increased wages have been grante to more} than 150,000 building trades: workers (Continued Two.) i Just a mere handful of long termy ‘The third period vote offer, the big Aubser'ptions will be sufficient to put! gest of thé remainder of the cam the cand'date with the loweat score at} a. saturday nigh ‘ tho very top of the standings before | PSN. ends Baturday night, April 2 hata nine at 10 p,m, The special extra Hup One new #xyear mubscr'ption with | Mobile sedan prize ends on the same clubs counts actually up to 600.000] CNY At [he mame fhoww ACE Watse, Ck halt dowbtie aati uke campaign ends one week later. | subscriptions will count up to 2. During the th'rd periods second 000 votes. payments on subscr'ptions given dur. Se vanetiaty rip: | e¢ for the exte on the basis r or more (Continu 1 Page | perts who | house, Which netted two men gave fur informaticn to Scotland Yard are conducting the ex cams pal The documents contatne plan ef a former cabinet Hig name — was ‘There was alao the comp Brixton prison where it the extrem intended rates their « © guard at the prison has the floor member's withheld te plan of is thought to th omer =