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, 1919-02-20
TO SPEND LARGE SUMS ON ROADS
Many States Plan Construction Pro
gram Exceeding Normal During
the 1919 Summer Season.

About $500. 000, 900 will be put into
road building this year, according to
estimates by experts of the Department
of Agriculture, submitted to the Divi-
sion of Public Works and Construction
Development. of the Department of La
hor. The 100000, 900 of construction
estimated will not he sufficient to make
up deferred war construction, it is he
lieved, for normally the amount spent
on roads in the United States is not
far below $30O,OOO,O 900, and during war
times road building came almost to n
stop in many localities.
Estimates prepared for the following
states are considered accurate within
! or 2 per cent, according to officials of
the department Maine, $1,500,O00;
Rhode Island. 10000; Connecticut, 81
100000; New York, 12,000.00O; New
Hampshire, $175,O 900; Kentucky, S 1,50O,-
900; Alabama, 81, 900. 900; West Vir-
ginia, $16,000,000; Illinois, $9,000,000;
Iowa, $15,574,0O0; Louisiana, $4,674,-
600; Texas, S2O.O0O,O00; Nebraska, ST.
657 900; North Dakota, $3,000,000; Wy
oming, 1858 900; Colorado, $4,000, 900;
California. $20,000,000; Arizona, $780,
900; Nevada, ~$1,14S,000; Idaho, ST.,
0 10000. New Jersey, Maryland and
Montana will also make large eXpendi-
lures on public roads this year.
, 1919-02-20
WYOMING BOYS ENRoUTE HOME.
10th Ammunition Train and 91st Di-
vision Of U. S. Army vii Arrive
Within Next Few Weeks.

Large numbers of Wyoming boys who
have been in France are expacted to
arrive in the state within the next few
weeks, according to reports from Wash
ington.
The 11,th ammunition train, which
contained many Wyoming boys and a
number from the Platte Valley, will ar
rive between now and the first of
March, according to a message to state
authorities from Adjutant General Har-
ris, who announced that the boys would
arrive in New York on the battleship
Kansas on Sunday last, and that in
case it was found that the majority of
the members of the train were from
Wyoming, they would likely be sent TO
Fort Russell for rehabilitation.
Records at the office of Adjutant
General w. X. Weaver at Cheyenne
consists of Companies F., F, G, II, 1,
X, l. and NJ of what was formerly the
Wyoming Third National Guard regi-
ment, together with Companies A, b,
c and d of what was formerly a Ma
tional Guard regiment from the state
of Washington. This would indicate
that two-thirds of the organization is
made up of Wyoming men.
The N~inety-first Division, which con-
tains hundreds of Wyoming men from
all parts of the state, will be ready to
, start for home during the coming week,
according to newspaper reports. Cover
Major General William II. Johnston,
stating hat This division a been
designated for return to the United
States, the latest date at which it must
be ready for embarkation being March
1st.'
, 1919-02-20

Ways and Means, had to be introduced
by unanimous consent. 1t provides for
the payment of the state fair deficit of
approximately $4,000 and appropriates
$4,000 for the fair for the next two
years. Indications are that it will be
come a law without opposition. This
bill would place the fair under the di-
rection of the state board Of charities
and reform and do away with the pres
mi state fair board.
After much wranglinG over the per
pound tax on automobiles, the house
appointed Il special committee to try to
pick out the best features of the two
measures, 126 and 1911, and compose a
bill which the solons might agree upon.
This measure has been up for consider
alton the past few days.
, 1919-02-20
LEGISLATURE NOW ON LAST LAP.
Session of State Lawmakers Will Come
to an End on Saturday of This
Week-the Fortieth Day.

On the last week of its forty-day Pc
riod, the Fifteenth Wyoming legislature
co~ntemplates with complacency the fl
nal day of adjournment on Saturday
mayhap well along toward Sunday
with all important matters out of the
way. There is a bit of
here and there, about certain bills still
pending, but that is largely either per-
sonal or because. of lack of experience.
The nights are long and can be used
this week if necessary.
Taking them in the order in which
they appear to have been given promi-
nence by the legislators, it is safe to
assume that the close of the session
will reveal a record of accomplishment
in legislation affecting prohibition,
good roads, immigration, soldier settle
ment and protection for IL oil fields,
as well as increased compensation for.
servants of the state.
Prohibition is out of the way-a good
dry bill banning anything over l per
cent alcohol and amply safeguarding
ttAC lSIil VI Liz edlth.
Highway legislation, completed and
certain to be, will enable the state to
enter upon a comprehensive system of
road building and maintenance of sub
~stantial and lasting benefit. Immedi-
ately available will be $600,000 carried
in the highway bill. Necessary legisla-
ton will make possible the submission
to the electors early next spring of the
proposition to bond the state for $1,000
900 for roads. this SIM to be matched
good roads appropriations. Wyoming
is just realizing that good roads mean
attraction of people, who not only leave
money on the way, but whose interest
is aroused to the point where they may
later become interested in n substantial
way.
The immigration bill is regarded as
one of the most important parts of the
cSISsFue4~e sera fJr'Stster1eS1efop-
+ment announced by Governor Carey in
his message, and it is known the COVER
nor has been anxious to see it passed.
The bill contemplates a thorough eX-
ploitItion of the states resources, the
attraction of homeseekers and invest
ors, as well as aid to newcomers engag-
ing in agricultural and livestock lines,
with the added feature of Il bureau of
markets.
Unless the closing hours shall make
further provision, changes in the pri-
mary law will not materialize. But
two bills. each Slightly amending the
primary law, have been introduced.
A Observation-Disclosures, possibly,
to last minute revision-win come to
those citizens who fondly hoped to be
successful in the prosecution of county
divorce cases before this legislature.
The indications are that all plans for
both Carey and Pilot counties nave
been thrown in the discard.
The new state fair bill roduc
recently has caused much comment. The
bill, H. B. 202, by the Committee OF
, 1919-02-20
WHAT HAPPENS TO TAxDoDGERs
Heavy Penalties Provided for Persons
Who Falsify Tax Returns or in
Other Ways Try to Dodge.

How does Uncle Sam deal with tax
dodgers? This inquiry. which was
prompted by the severe penalties pro
vided in the new revenue bill. has
brought from Commissioner Daniel C.
Roper "a frank statement as to the In
ernal Revenue Bureaus attitude to-
ward those who attempt to evade tax
alton.
ANY person who deliberately con-
ceals tax liability, or who falsifies n
return in order to reduce or evade any
internal revenue fax, or h <deliber-
ately dbets such ~conceaiment or fraud,
finds arrayed against him the entire
strength of this bureau pressing for
the full civil INT criminal penalties.
That is the attitude toward the tax
dodger, expressed in one sentence.
Whether he is a moonshiner, a stealthy
trafficker in drugs, or a
juggler of income figures, a delinquent
in making the sworn return the law re-
quires, or a revenue violator of any
other kind, the bureau is charged with
the duty of hunting him out and exactS
ing the full punishment provided in the
law.
Toward the taxpayer who means to
, 1919-02-20
Orlo Hennessey Heard From.

1t is reported that Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Hennessey of Spring Greek received
word today from their son, Orla e.
who. has been in the military service in
France and who had not been heard
from for many months. The young
man stated that he had just recovered
from II prolonged illness, which had in
capacitated him for some time past. :
An attempt had recently been made
to trace the young man through official
channels, and a letter received last week
from Senator Warren stated that the
army records showed nothing in the
way of a mishap of any sort having
happened to>him, and that he would be
traced at once through official channels
in order to relieve the anxiety at home,
caused by his long silence. 1t is a
great relief to his parents and his many
friends in this section to learn that the
young man is still among the living and
likely to return home soon.
, 1919-02-20

comply with the internal revenue laws
fully and honestly, the bureau extends
a helping hand. Cooperation with the
taxpayer is our watchword and objec-
tive.
These two contrasts-the teeth of
the law for the t%axdodger and the VIC
lator, and the aid of every lawful
agency for the voluntary taxpayer
are policies necessary to the admins
tration of tax laws under modern con-
ditions.
There are three distinct classes of
delinquency with which we have to
deal. First, the taxpayer who had rea-
sonable cause, brought about by excep-
tional conditions beyond his control /;
secondly, the fellow who didn't look
thirdly, the person who wilfully evaded
compliance with the law.
There is no relief, no compromise,
for the man who wflfully evades, will
fully neglects. or wilfully falsifies. He
is classed with other lawbreakers in
the eyes of the bureau, and is vigorous
ly prosecuted in the courts. No other
courseis open to the bureau in meeting
fairly and squarely the demand of the
willing taxpayer, L will-the other
man must There is a solemn respon-
sibility thus existing between the on
est taxpayer Inc the bureau to locate
and punish the dishonest taxdodger."
Have you bought you War Savings
Stamps?
, 1919-02-20

Miss Julia Rockwell Of Newcastle.
who has been teaching in Park county
recently, arrived in Saratoga on Sunday
to accept a position in the local pub
lie schools.
, 1919-02-20

Have you bought your War Savings
Stamps?
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
People to Get Other
army Surplus After
Blankets Are Sold
Near York Tribune


WASHINGTON. Aug. 21-While the
sale of army blankets was to-day
ordered suspended by the War Depart
ment to enable the Quartermaster Cen
eral Of the army to effect redistribu
ton, the supply may be made available
to all residents Of the country. Sec
retary Baker said tonight the sale
not only will be resumed, but addi-
tional articles will be added to the
list of necessities TO be offered the
public
The blankets, however, viii be dis
posed of before any other equipment
will be offered. Secretary Baker said.
With the distribution of blankets out
of the way, the sales division Of the
War Department will be instructed to
make available articles Of clothing and
other supplies.
Mr. Baker said shoes and other
articles that require careful selection
by the individual will be the last items
in the army's surplus stocks to be
sold. He indicated, however, that it was
the departments policy to give the
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Charges Treaty's Critics
Keep LiUing Cost Un
Pact Kept in Coll STORAGE h.
Senate Foreign Relation.
Committee, Says HifchcocL
Ncp Yort Tribnn.
W1shinc'on Bursa,

" ofNiHD'on Buren,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-Eeboi,.
President Wilson's opinion, expressed
in his reply TO Senator Fall, tina, ~.
immediate adoption of the ~,
posed treaty contemplated by the rov
enant OF the society of nations uo,fs
certainly within the future reduce ~.
cost Of living by restoring produc.ion
and commerce to normal, the Senate
tonight charged shat the Foreig, ps
lations Committee is preventing ,s
duction in the cost of living By holdin,
the treaty in "cold storage"
Il think the Senate il ready N -.
fly the treaty in some sAtisfac,o,v
form" said Senator Hitchcock "vtss
chief trouble now is that the Force.
Relations Committee, controlled bv ~
enemies Of the league and Of .bs
peace treaty, is keeping the treaty !,
cold storage and thus making II ;r'
possible Cor the Senate 10 vote q, :.
"The President put his finger ~
the real trouble when he said W"
were Still a. war. although there uo.
no real war. We Will continue - -
at war until this treaty Is rat;ess
That alone will bring about peace ANA
restore peace conditions. Until ~.
act is done We cannot escape from nv
certainties OF the present. Busina,,
cannot revive, labor questions canno.
be settled, prices cannot be adjusted
and the cost Of living cannot be M.
terlally reduced. The longer the Ser-
ate delays ratification the longer -.
people VIII suffer from present con.
ditions."
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Fair Sugar Price
III Gents o. Pound

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Active con-
troll of sugar prices was resumed to-
day by the government, through an
agreement reached between the De-
partment of Justice and the food ad-
ministration that licenses will be re-
voked by the latter when it is shown
dealers have been profiteering.
Sugar should reach the consumer at
approximately II cents pound, it was
announced, based on the ownership of
the entire domestic and Cuban crop by
the United States Sugar Equalization
Board, which is selling to refners at
1928 cents pound. Refners are under
contract with the board to sell at nine
cents, less per cent discount for cash.
Wholesalers and jobbers are allowed 81
maximum of SO cents per 100 pounds
tor handling, and retailers are permit
ted profit of to Y cents per pound
making fair price II cents except in
cases where dealers have purchased at
an unreasonable" price, due to misun-
derstanding in the trade When this is
fact reasonable addition will be
permitted.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Senator AssoiLs Bills
To Regulate Packers
Measures DcnourceS Gs ".Sf;}-
ling, Throffling LegisInfion'';
Trade Board Is Criticised

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-An attack
on governmental tendency toward as
sumed control of business enterprises,
with especial reference to proposed
legislation for supervision Of the pack
ing industry, was made to-day by Sen
ator Fernald, of Maine, speaking in the
Senate Stamping the Kenyon and
Kendrick bills, vehicles OF the packer
regulation now under discussion, rs
examples Of "stfling throttling legisla-
ton" he declared his opposition to
them. said they were extensions of the
policy which had failed in the trans
portation and communication indus
tries. and predicted the public would
suffer from higher costs and poorer
service should they be enacted
81 cannot believe the Senate Of the
United States feels, after the expert
cnce we have had with government
control OF railroads, telegraph and tele-
phone lines, that the policy should be
continued" Senator Fernald said. "It
certainly would lead to chaos and com
mercial bankruptcy In behalf Of the
business men of the country, those
who have had as much to do with max
ing our country great as any other
class of citizens, want to protest here
and now against this proposed lcgis-
lation. 1t is filed with danger to our
institutions and our system Of govern
ment. II is socialistic, it is un- Manner
lean and it should be defeated.'
Defending the packers, Senator Fer
nald said their business had to be
conducted in large units in order to be
economical Their DEVELOPMENT of re-
frigerator cars and ownership Of stock
yards, like their utilization of animal
by-products, constituted valuable SER
vice.
He attacked the Federal Trade Com
mission for questionable methods" in
its investigation and report on the
packers, and said it had very largely
lost sight of its function to aid and
guide business
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22


received, but it was too late to get any
of it out last evening"
In Jamaica Borough President Con-
molly and his committee found an in
adequate force to handle the crowd.
He Immediately organized a force from
the County Clerks office and the ia
maica corporation yard. After the sales
were under way it was discovered that
lot of orders we're being taken for
goods amounting to 500 or more. The
people with smaller orders were being
pushed aside. President Connolly u,
once gave an order that no larger
amount than one case should be sold
to any person.
Mrs. William A. de Groot and a
committee had charge OF the selling at
the Richmond Hill and Woodhavcn
schools, while Mrs. John j. Doyle and
her staff were in charge at Jamaica
and Hollis.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
american War Stores
viii Be Used to Czst
French Food Price.

~, PARIS, Aug. IL Correspondence of
The Associated Press A recapitula-
tion of prices for provisions at the
central markets compared with retail
selling prices shows that the retailers
profits run from 25 to 40 per cent. M.
Roy, the new Provisions Commissarv.
proposes to reduce these margins
through more active competition by
the government.
The stocks bought from the Ameri
can army, including 1000 tons of gran.
uiated sugar and an immense quantity
OF canned beef, will be marketed prin-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Food DedEer Is Fined
For HOLDING UD Meats

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 21.-Theo-
dore Leonard, jr., of Columbus, one Of
the forty food dealers arrested last
week by the State of Ohio on charges
of holding meats in cold storage longer
than the time limit set by the law, was
found guilty on one count in the mu-
nlcipal court here to-day and was given
the maximum sentence, fine of $500
and costs.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

York with Arthur Williams, Federal
Food Administrator, yesterday, the fol-
lowing margins of profit to be added TO
The Wholesale price of commodities
were fixed:
Commodities. per pound Beans,
Lima and small white, 3 cents; rice,
bulk, 2; oats, bulk, II; cornmeal, yell
low, Il; -four, 1; sugar, /.
Bread, factory and store wrapped, II
and Is ounces, l cent.
Canned goods-Tomatoes, cents;
corn, 3H; peas, 31a; salmon, tall pink,
An; evaporated milk, 6 ounces, 2; IS
ounces, 214.
Butter, cents; eggs, 7; cheese,
whole milk, 7; potatoes, ]; onions, IL;
cabbage, 2; lard, 6.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Col. T.. III. X. Green's .acht
Aground Off Massachusetts

BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 21.--Colonel
Edward II. Green's steam yacht
United States was aground to-day on
a ledge just inside Padanaram Break
water, where she struck late last night
while being swung around to make
anchor. The vessel was listed at an
angle of As degrees with her star
board rail submerged and was said to
have a big hole in her bottom Wreck
ers have been summoned.
The United States, formerly a Great
Lakes steamship, is said to be one of
the most costly private yachts afioat,
having stateroom for every state in
the Union.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Var Material Brings
Nearly 900 Millions
NeU York Tribune
" W0shinQton Bureau


WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.- Surplus
war materials sold by the government
since January l netted 1896, ,33s, 100 AZ.
Assistant Director of Sales Morse an
nounced to-day. On sales for the last
week the War Department realized
IS, 7,173.81.
Transactions by the surplus property
DIVISION of the Office of the Quartermast-
er General amounted to $3,4hS ,289 ID the
greater part of which was derived from
sales of food commodities. Canned
corn and canned beans were the prin-
clpal articles marketed during the
week. Textile sales for the week also
We're comparatively large, amounting
to $3.50, ,74619.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Big Shipment to Danzie

Clothing, shoes and foodstuffs. valued
at s250,o0O will be shipped to Danny
to-day on the steamer ShortsvilIe "a.
the relief of destitute Poles The goods
which were purchased by American
relatives of the prospective recipient.
will be consigned to the Americas
Relief Administration
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Lowev Prices Declared
More important Than
WGint0iy7ing Markets.

PARIS, Aug. 1.-Congressman Oscar
=. Bland of Indiana, member of the
War Expenditures Investigating Com
mittee, which is here examining rec
ords pertaining to liquidation of the
affairs of the American army in France,
said to-day he felt it was more impor-
tant to lower the cost of living for the
American public than to endeavor to
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
NeU Scale OF Wages
For Tnterbor0ugh Men

Following Is the new scale Of wages
to be paid Interborough employees pend
ing the award of the arbitration board,
which will begin conferences in the
near future:
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

residents of all communities an ..
portunity to buy wearing apparel ;rp.
as Is being done in the distribut;n.
of army foods. '''n
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
protect market prices and prevent the
market from breaking.

Mr.. Bland said the pressure brought
to bear by Anne rican dealers and manu-
facturcrs in an effort to prevent the
return of war supplies from France to
America were Objectionable to him,
adding that "when Americans 80 badly
need shoes It seems strange that so
many good army shoes should be sold
at low prices to Belgium and other
European countries, American working
men in the mean time being forced to
pay higher prices in the United States"
He said the same was true az to trucks
and motor cars needed in America
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Did you shave
with a dull razor
this morning?

THE Autostrop Razor
l. makes good because its
patented self-stropping feature
insures you cool, comfort
able shave ea'<ry morning.
1t is the only safety razor
that sharpens itself, shaves and
is cleaned without removing
the blade. A touch of the
thumb adjusts the blade for
close, medium, orlightshaving.
At least 500 clean, cool
shaves are guaranteed from
every dozen AutoStrop Razor
blades.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

V7'IV V't3 UT FVI lI'VTFVIT WIV11 P'y'!
The new scale, which was posted yes
tcrday, will take effect beginning Au
gust II. The present schedule is on the
basis Of an eight-hour day, after which
the men are paid at the rate of time
and one~half. Many of the men work
from twelve to fourteen hours daily.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

cipally through cooperative stores at
small profit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
Sells $4,000 900 in Bonds
Chase Securities Co. Takes Sc
curities of C.. & n. w.
Subsidiary

The Chase Securities Company has
purchased from the Chicago, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis e. Omaha Railway $6,00O,-
600 of per cent bonds. that are part
of an issue due 1880. The offering
price to the public, it was learned yes
terday, will be at about 1861, to yield
approximately 5A per cent.
As in the case oNrecent issues of
railroad securities bids were asked on
the bonds Of John Shelton Williams,
director of finance of the railroad ad-
ministration, VINO followed his policy
o. selling the issue to the highest bid
der. For a number of years Kuhn
Loeb & Co. have acted as the bankers
of the company which is controlled by
the Chicago & Northwestern.
The present issue is part of total
authorized issue amounting to $780,
100000 There is at present outstand-
ing Sl7,718,o0O Of 6 per cent bonds anc
S3,734,000 of 31as. The bonds are
secured by q first mortgage on s15
miles of road.