Wyoming State Tribune (Newspaper) - February 4, 1921, Cheyenne, Wyoming Get Ready to Buy or Build a Home This Spring in Time to Plant Trees or Make a Garden 8 PAGES TODAY WYOMING STATE TRIBUNE NIGHT EDITION VOLUME 27, 80 Leading Newspaper FEB. Member Associated Press PRICE FIVE CENTS AMERICA TO CALL FOR DISARMAMENT INVITATION TO NATIONS TO ATTEND CONFERENCE MAY BE ISSUED SOON AFTER INAUGURATION OF SAYS FOREIGN POLICY FIXES NAVY SIZE BRITAIN URGES A PEACE WITH REDS Feb. mania has been advised by the British government to enter peace negotiations with soviet says a wireless dis- patch received from Great the dispatch offered its services as It Is asserted mania requested the soviet government to send delegates to Riga to draw up a peace SNOW FLURRIES HIT CONTINUE TWO DAYS Feb. international ence on disarmament will be called by the United Chairman Butler of the house naval committee said when the committee met to hear the views of prominent naval the Chairman Butler did not say the call would be issued but it was assumed he thought the call would be issued soon after the inauguration of Elect Mr. Butler con- recently with Harding at O. Rear Admiral William S. war time commander of American overseas naval forces was the first With Germany's power he all nations could reduce their armament by half with He added that he believed the nations of the world a call for a dis- armament Congress must determine tional policies before naval cers can formulate naval the admiral If the navy were maintained merely for de- fensive Admiral Sims the United States would be safe with a navy half as large as any possible enemy thousands of miles If the United States intended to rely on its navy for earning out international cies its sea pover should be equal to that of any I TEMPORARY BONDS CONVERTIBLE In an interview this morning J 11. Walton of the Stock eis National bank pointed out that Liberty bond holders should watch more closely the sion of their temporary bonds into permanent At this time there are bonds of two series that arc ready for first liberty loan second converted issue on which the coupons ed December 13, 1920, also the fourth liberty 14 bonds on the coupons expired Octo- hor 15, 1920. holding either one or both of these bonds should take to their banker and have sent in for conversion into permanent A snow storm which was eral over the southern and western states centered in Cheyenne and broke shortly be- fore noon with what for a to be a severe The weather assured that the precipitation would not be Various points reported snow falling and the heavy tion was inches at Salt Lake The bureau is that a cold wave will hit Cheyenne and that the storm will continue in flurries throughout at least part of There in two storm the bureau One is over eastern Colorado and western Kansas and the other over eastern North The storm does not promise to be the bureau the snow being heavy and Salt Lake City reported that quite a rail fall preceded the snow Leaders Decide to Wait on Neither Caucus or But to Fight it Out on Tremor Recorded at Georgetown SENATOR EXPIRES Feb. mer State by 54 years died at sanitarium day of a nervous lowing an operation for He served four from 1916 to 1920, in the Colorado senate from Routt He was former county commissioner Routt county and a former member of the state board of livestock He was one of the best known cattlemen m the Feb. vere earthquake which began at and lasted until a. m. was reported by Father Francis A director of the Georgetown seismographical ob- The disturbance was indicated by the instrument as being 2.200 miles from ton and reached its intensity at 3 38, Father The seismograph record indicated a disturbance even more severe than that recorded December 16. The scene of the December dis- was not Father Tondorf estimated it was in South Famous Southern Hotel Is Burned SEEKS A DIVORCE ON ANNIVERSARY On tue seventh anniversary of her Mrs. Ruth Barry filed suit for divorce against James P. couple were married here February 4, 1917. The was filed today in thP district In her Mrs. Barry charges desertion and asks for alimony and the tody of their Feb. Bon the largest hotel was by The including belongings of was placed at None of the 2GO guests was in- Many were carried to safety the In recent years the hotel has been the winter home of William H. John D. than Strauss and many other no- It was related Friday that the budget carrying with it the appropriations for all state ex- penses during the next two will come up before the house probably the first of next week and that there will be no further waiting for the decisions of a caucus of the republican This second which was to have been held Thursday was postponed pending the report of the joint tee named to look Into the fairs of the state highway Now it is realized that either the investigation will have to be more or less perfunctory or else it cannot be completed in time to allow ample of the budget Hence the decision go ahead with budget regardless of and The is still on the general flic and the battle will be fought oat on the la the it Is anticipated that leaders of both sides of the controversy will make an effort to get Kills Gambling The house Friday morning killed the senate which would place further restrictions on All other senate files went The al to create o special state coal with power to and fix was under consideration when the noon re- cess was When the senate quit at noon it had before it Barksdale's plan for the licensing ot all real tate Chassell had moved that the be indefinitely but Hartwell bad staved oft possible defeat for the time being by moving Resolutions were received from the Rawlins board of protesting against the proposed junketing of the Saratoga and Encampment and from the Albany County Cattle and Horse ing for increased protection for big DREAM FINANCIERS RUDELY AWAKENED The house of cards which the dream financiers of North Dakota have been erecting on the foundation of hope and laid by Mr. is beginning to The revelations in connection with the Bank of North a state endowed as a feature of the league plan of government are The bank was heralded as a great tion with a capital of in It now appears that the said capital was a check for that amount transferred from the industrial commission The in- commission corresponds to Wyoming's industrial accident or workmen's compensation fund of paid in by the state and employers during the last four The North Dakota method means that if the bank should fail the industrial commission fund would be de- Of on the other the was not actually in the possession of the that the bank in reality has no capital and the depositors no The Tribune desires to congratulate the people of ming that there is no disposition in the legislature or out of among ranchmen or employers or to inflict upon Wyoming any of the visionary schemes with which Mr. Townley has burdened North There have never been any scandals or tion of funds on the part Wyoming state officials and there are not likely to be as long as the people stick to the well approved methods of choosing making laws and administering public What Wyoming needs most just now are retrenchment and economy in private and public Everybody must co-operate in reconstruction and restoration to the end that the present period of burdensome war taxes may be CONVENTION UP MAY BE CALLED BY LEGISLATURE HOSPITAL AT FORT MACKENZIE COMING Feb. Carrying an in- crease of over the proposed total the annual dry civil was reported day to the Chairman Warren of the senate tee announced he would call it up About of the total is for the benefit of former service including war re- and hospital Expenditures of for at Fort Walla are Included in the IS LIKELY TO BE INTRODUCED ASKING PLE TO VOTE ON QUESTION AT NEXT GENERAL CAN SCARCELY COME FOR SEVERAL YEARS After having run along for 30 years without changes in its save those which have been secured through the adoption of amendments from time to Wyoming may be called upon to undergo a complete sion of its To be more a constitutional first to be held since Wyoming was admitted to likely to be When the Meek resolution asking for a amendment to permit the ling of salaries of county supenu surveyors and assessors came in the house Friday ing M. S. Reynolds said he would much prefer a resolution repeal ing section 14, which limits sal and he was singly in favor of lng a constitutional marine corps was slain in Mexico 8Uch a convention j the practice of submitting FORMER MARINE IS MEXICO LOS Mil E ON ASKED OF JURY Scoff at Theory That It Was Sent Down By Irish Craft No Clue as to Cause of Feb. by the admiralty into the loss of sub- marine which sank with all hands off Land's has failed to clear up the mystery ing the cause of the as there were no and the wreckage gave no The re- port attributing the disaster to a new electrically controlled tile from an Irish sea craft were by admiralty of governments cording to received by his they are getting tired of voting on sent from signed by Superintendent who Is said to be an official of the Standard Oil company for which Purdy recently went to Mexico to The message stated Purdy was and one finger was cut off tiv the slayers in an effort to diamond They failed the Talking of Whereupon R. C. May of Lor took the floor to state that if parties interested do not their stand they will shortly in the H Supporters of Emergency Prosecutor Declares Guilt of Measure Slip in Two Denton's Murder Has Been Amendments Before Op- on Defendant Be- Know What's yond All ing capable of the ances claimed for the was the comment of one of the admiralty Ho pointed out that the sinking curred 100 miles off the ERIE REDUCES WAGES N. Feb. Wages of maintenance of war laborers were reduced from 48 cents an hour to 33 and 30 cents by the Erie Railroad com- The men protested that It was a violation of the national but remained at Feb. porters of the house emergency tariff fought their opponents today and two amendments were adopted before fighting the were aware of the The amendments were agreed to by a viva voce vote with only nine senators In the Then Senator democrat of became aware of the action and demanded that a quorum be One amendment adopted posed a rate of 40 cents a bushel on wheat and the exemption of import duties on to be used in canned After the quorum ever plans there were for a unanimous agreement to fix a time for a vote on the were upset as Senator democrat of ed he never would consent to such an LOS Feb. on the gallows for Mrs. Louise L Peete was asked today of the jun which heard her trial for the murder of Jacob Charles Den The extreme penalty was by Raymond I. deputy district attorney who opened the argument for the He re- viewed and analyzed the mony and evidence presented by the contending guilt had been fastened upon the de- fendant all Bach side is allowed five hours for As the court an- argument must be con- cluded by 11 a. ar- rangements were made for a night Mrs. Peete was not placed on the because her was and because he wished to spare her the of a and arduous cross her attorney Believed to Be Box Car Robber ANOTHER REPRISAL MADE Feb. an cial reprisal carried out yesterday the and a business house at were An ambush occurred there January 28 in which Commissioner Holmes of the Royal Irish Constabulary was dying the next Five constables were also ed. Another giving the name of Ygnacio was ar- rested by special policemen of the Union Pacific railroad last on a suspicion that he was in the wholesale box car robberies which have taken place recently in the railroad He is alto believed to have been one of the men participating In the Battle of Burlington Crossing be- tween Mexicans and the special police a few nights The police also were notified that a large quantity of smoking and chewing tobacco had been stolen early this morning from the freight WOMAN TAKEN IN DEFERRED ARREST Painter was taken into custody this charged with operating a disorderly resort at 901 West Eighteenth Her place was raided by the police Wednesday and three men and women were She gave bonds of to appear at a hearing this She was not taken into custody at the time of the raid because she was ing for a small SEEKS TO END PARK BOTH BRANCH HOSPITALS MAY BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE COMMITTEE The executive committee of the Cheyenne chapter of the American Red Cross will meet Monday at 4 o'clock in the home The Bear Sez Cold wave in portion Cheyenne and Unsettled and colder tonight and probably Lowest ature tonight about 16. For Snow bable tonight Unless somebody is peddling a will be in- in the state senate next week having for tts object the disposal of the branch state at Casper and Sheridan to Natrons and Sheridan This Is in line with the of the Casper ber of at least far as the oil institution is It is presumed here that there will be little or no opposition from Two years when Senator Archie Allison of Cheyenne at- tempted to have the state rid It- self of the two institutions and thereby put an end to the outgo funds for their liis efforts were opposed by the Natrona and Sheridan Since then there appears to have been a change of The general state hospital at Rock Springs will not be ed by the It gets its authority from the so that it would require a con- amendment to make a change in Its Among the bills to be given the approval of the day afternoon was S. F. 82, in- by the ways and means committee and designed to re- peal the special tax levied estch for the support of the Casper and Sheridan and to provide thai they shall be supported by direct It is the desire of the ad- ministration leaders in the upper house to do away with all special levies except the one of one- eighth mills for university ings and three-eighths mills for university This would mean that it would be up to the legislature to decide every two years on how much each in- If the two branch hospitals are turned over the people of the counties in which they are of no further will Feb. state of Colorado has asked leave to file a brief in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St. opposing an absolute in the National Is in connection with the appeal of Charles oC Estes park from the decision of Federal Judge Lewis of A federal injunction was issued by Judge Lewis restraining bins from hauling passengers in the SOLDIERS ARE SLAIN IN RIOT IN CHILE Feb. 4. soldiers were killed today in a clash with workers at the San trate at according to advices from the Samuel the administrator of the is reported to have been ULSTER PARLIAMENT Feb. Ulster Unionist council today elected Sir James Craig M. leader of the party in the new parliament to be set up for Ulster under the Irish Home Rule act. Sir ward Carson presided over the VET TO BE PAID FOR HIS LOSS OF SHEEP Feb. bears that ate the sheep of Private mer P. Herbert of Falls while the soldier was chasing Germans across France in 1919, received the tion of a legislative committee His for for the loss of 32 sheep was Similar action three years ago failed to bring LOW STOCKS SAID TO BE CAUSE OF MOONSHINING HOG ISLAND YARDS MANAGEMENT CHANGES ing activities as far as the present management is concerned and the key to the vast yards was ly turned over to the United States Shipping WATCH FOB DOLLAR DAY you know the value of a dollar these days Can you guess just how much can be bought now with a Through the Leader and Tribune the merchants of Cheyenne are going to tell you of the many wonderful bargains for Dollar FEBRUARY 9th Be ready for this Dollar Day Watch the une and the Leader Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning for Dollar Day Private stocks of cached away when Wyoming went dry before national prohibition went into are becoming depleted and there has been a sudden re- vival of whisky distilling to take care of the demand for This was the statement made today by M. C. district prohibition enforcement officer who has completed a swing around the raiding illicit stills and confiscating bootleg 88 During January Mr. Wachtel and his four and captured 33 with an gate capacity of 600 gallons of whisky a Forty persons were most of them be- ing held to the federal courts for More than gallons of mash and other Ingredients en- tering into the manufacture of whisky were The assessments against the amount of liquor found in the raids will total nearly Mr. Wachtel The biggest raid ot the month was pulled in where Mr. Wachtel and his four assistants raided and captured fourteen cit Seven were raided ini Lusk four in Evans ton and one in Single raids were pulled in several other towns and ing didn't pay any attention to wine and beer in these Mr. Wachtel were ter the moonshine because there has been a great revival of the art of since the private stocks were laid away be- fore the state went are ly Some Elaborate of the stills were merely tea fitted up with Others were elaborate with a capacity of several lons of whisky a Mr. Wachtel and his band of prohibition enforcement agents are charged with enforcing the law in Colorado and He left this afternoon for Denver where he will make an official report on his activities during the month of and will re- turn later to Cheyenne to take up other prohibition enforcement 1922, upon the question of mg a constitutional Disagreeing with Mr. Reynold T. W. Arnold of Laramie said constitution ever has been framed and none ever will be framed th will not require informal notice been served that the tion is about to come to a P. W. Jenkins of Cora moved that the Meek resolution be referred to the judiciary committee foi further the idea being that it probably will held up until after the matter of calling upon the people to call convention has been disposed of Now Under Afterwards it was understood that members of the Sheridan county delegation were the to by Mr. and they have had the matter undo consideration for some time bu have not yet reached a definite The question has been agitated for but nothing has come of it. Two years ago it brought up once but the plea was made at the time with so much radicalism and un rest it might be well to wait This argument may be advanced again this On the other hand those who wish to see a change brought abour will take the position that it is high time the constitution were brought up to date and put in working In case the should be ed and the people should vote m favor of holding a it could scarcely be called before 3923 or 1924. It would first be necessary to have the next lation provide the ways and means and make all the Eleven In New senate S. F. 86, by judiciary the attorney general to appoint two assistants extending his S. F. 87, by ing to use and abandonment of water S. 88, by to public S. F. 89, by highways to S. F. 90. by to permits to drive logs and ber down S. F. 91, by to primary elections and tion of candidates for public of- S. F. 9.2, by to legislative S. F. 93, by to fees collected by the secretary of S. F. 94., by ing to taxing of equity in state S. F. 95, by to bonds of lessees of state S. F. 96, by to traveling expenses of state of- Eight Beach Bills New bills in H. B. 183, by to receiving book kept by county H. B. 184, by to issuance of certificates by H. B. 185, by to discharge of mortgage and deeds ot on
