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, 1921-12-16

Mcouay. according . Information
obtained from Sheriff Joe L. Marquis.
released from the Wyoming pen
itentiary October 20, after having
served n sentence Of nearly three and
a half years When he went to the
p~enitentiary his child was ak months
OF age. Shortly after he returned
here he IS said to have Kidnapped the
child.
On petition OF his wife. Mcouay was
hailed into court yesterday afternoon
and given until . o'clock this morn.
ing to either produce the child or sig
nifty his intention OF doing So
When he failed TO appear in court
this morning with the child. Judge
Brown ordered the sheriff to take
charge of him and place him in the
county Jan until the child was pro-
duced. He refused TO make a state
ment OF the case or to divulge the
whereabouts OF the child before he
was Jailed
Since his return from Rawiins Nc
Quay is said to have been in the en-
ploy Of n local taxi-service-.
, 1921-12-16
DIVORCE DECREE
IS AWARDED TO
SUIT Defendant
Wife Is Awarded Decree,
Custody of Children and
Costs in Action Start
ed by Husband.

A decision rendered In a divorce
action In which the plaintiffs ease
was thrown out OF court and a de-
cree entered in. favor Of the defend
ant. in solomanic style. was handed
down by Judge c. o. Brown OF the
district court asst evening.
The decision awarded Mrs. Lulu
Gerritsen a decree OF absolute d.
vorce, custody OF her four minor chill
dren. and the costs of the action. This
decision was in spite Of the fact that
the petition for divorce was brought
by Andrew Gerritsen. who charged
that he had been deserted by his wife
four years ago.
Sordid detail OF family cstrango-
ment introduced into the case WED
with the story told by Mrs. Gerritsen
Of her uphill fight to rear her chill
dren after her husband had left her
at Boulder, Colo. October 10. 1917.
without having made any effort to
provide for her children.
During the four years that she has
lived separate from her husband Mrs.
Gerritsen through frugaiity and bust
ness ability has accumulated a com
potency amounting to SIS. 1000 and has
many assets, including a prosperous
restaurant in Boulder. Colo.
The husband in Ming his action.
asked for a distribution of the prop
erty which he claimed was equally
his. although 1t developed during the
trial that when he had ifet his fam.
lily In 1917 that they were In. very
poor circumstances. He also asked for
a decree OF absolute divorce AMI for
custody of the children.
All Of his requests were denied. and
the decision rendered In favor OF Mrs.
Gerritsen. The costs OF the action. in.
GLIDING the attorneys Zee of the de-
PENDANT action was charged against
Mr.. Gerrffsen-
Mrs. ocrrttsen's Ease was handled
by Attorney II. w. Purcell. Attor-
neys Alex B. King and Harry o. War
ton appeared for the plaintiff.
, 1921-12-16
NEGROESSE|zED,
$1,000 IN LOOT
RECOVERED HERE
big Boy" Tries to Pawn Gun
at Shop From Which 1t
Was Stolen and Lands
in Jail.

Sensing something peculiar in the
actions Of a negro known only as big
Boy" who appeared at his store last
night to pawn a revolver. Harry Med
nick, proprietor of the Casper Loan
Office, refused to take the gun from
tho man but after he left the store
kept track o him until he encountered
n policeman.
The gun was examined aud found TO
be one OF the store OF guns taken In a
recent robbery OF the store h negro
was placed under arrest and taken to
police headquarters
He was released a little later to the
sheriff 4, office and there he told where
he obtained the gun At first big
Boy said that the gun had been CIV,
en- to him by a white a but under
n little stress admitted that he OBJ
tanned the gun from Glenn Cody. also
coiored.
when Cody was placed under ar
rest. considerable OF the loot of n total
value OF $1,000 taken in the Sunday
night robbery OF the store YVES found
10 be missing. Third degree methods
adopted by the sheriffs office n a d
dition to assistance given by Jack
weddelI. merchants police o re-
suited IN obtaining the story Of the
robbery and the recovery OF all of the
stolen ~merchand'se. consisting of
clothing. guns and jewelry.
An of the stolen goods have now
heen recovered with h exception OF
one gun. This gun is said to have
been in the possession Of Elmer Mays
the negro who admitted killing two
section men ut Schoening Wednesday
nignt. y
, 1921-12-16
NEGROES
IN MURDER ARE
ALL 0F CASPER
One of Trio Held for Schoen-
ing Station Murder In
volved in Confession of
Robber Here.

Elmer Mays, Curtis Heady and
George Baxter, negroes. who r be-
ing held by Fremont county authort-
ties, charged With the murder Of ].
Marisuki ana Repitio viuegos. Japa-
nese and Mexican section workers.
respectively. at schoening station on
tho Burlington "Wednesday evening,
arr all members OF the Casper negro
colony. according to police records
Mays was until recently employed
as porter In a local hotel The other
two worked at odd Jobs from time
TO time and are said to have been i'm
plicated In a number OF minor depre-
cations M to have been in police
tolls numerous times.
Recently Baxter and Heady were
arrested here charged with carrying
conceaied weapons. They were also
held for some time for investigation
on charges OF highway robbery.
According to q confession obtained
from Glenn Cody. q negro who was
arreeted here last night charged with
tho robbery OF the Casper Loan Of
nee. Heady ut least assisted him in
pulling the job and the gun that was
used TO kill the two men was one Of
the guns taken from the Casper store
Authorities here are investigating
other phases of the double murder in
Casper while railroad detectives are
investigating other phases of the
trouble at Schoenins. the scene of
the shooting and at Lysite and Bonnie
VILE stations In that vicinity. 1t Il
probable thai others may be impii.
Gated in the acts which led to the
crime.
, 1921-12-16

ma IN use buriul ~ made there
Close friends OF Mr.. Eiston today
declared that the note he left had not
been correctly deciphered- AS given
out last night tho motto declared that
Mr.. Eiston was I'm a chain Of cir
cumstances that spell ruin although
my offensc was innocently made in
the beginning" The words decipher-
ed as ''orense" and '~innocently." his
associates declared. were really of
fer and Internationally" making
the phrase rea although my oner
was Internationally made in the be-
girning.r
Another error was made, II was do
clared today. In reading people, for
project" in the sentence My stay
ing 9 embarrassment 10 my dis
trict and TO a worthy project c,san
n generous"
The correct Interpretation. Mr.. Ell
sons friends asserted. gave weight
to the belief that the Alameda project
was uppermost in bis mind.
, 1921-12-16
Alaskan Plans
C0-ordinated

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-co-ordl-
nation under the direction OF the sec
Rotary of the interior OF many func-
tons relating to the development of
Alaska is provided for in a bill intro
duced today by Chairman Curry, G.
the house territories committee. The
measure was drafted by a sub-com,
mittee after extensive hearings.
, 1921-12-16
INQUEST INTO DEATH
SCHEDULED LATE TODAY

An inquest to determine the cause
OF the death OF Edward Hurley the
Standard employe who was killed in a
motorcycle and automobile collision
near the refinery plant yesterday
morning will be hold at 4 O'Clock this
afternoon. The car which featured in
the accident was driven by Albert Tay-
lor. Both men were en- route to work
at the plant when the mishap oc-
Cured.
, 1921-12-16
BURCH TRIAL
TAKES RECESS

Los ANGELES. Dec 16.-Thcre
vas no session of the trial of Arthur
c. Burch, charged with the murder OF
j. Bolton Kennedy. Adjournment until
Monday having been taken yesterday,
when the prosecution closed its ease
with tho provision that It be permit,
ted to call later a witness who. to
date has been prevented by illness
from taxing the stand.
, 1921-12-16
Lang Accepted
by Nation as
German Charge

WASHINGTON. Dec 16.-state de-
partment officials said today that the
American government had indicated TO
Berlin the a~cceptablity OF Carl Lang.
who was named by the German gov
eminent yesterday to DO charge DAT
at washington.
, 1921-12-16
INJUNCTION In
STRIKE CASE

LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. ia temp
orary injunction restraining striking
packing plant employees at Nebraska
City from Interfering with present
employees or those desiring to work
was issued here today by Federal
Judge T. C. Munger. December 26
was the date set. for hearing on the
Injunction.
, 1921-12-16
Wheat Held on
Kansas Farms
Is at Lou Mark

TOPEKA. Kan. Dec. 16.-Kansas
farmers are. holding %. ss9. 900 bushels
of wheat OF this years crop. or 21.s
per cent of the total crop, the small
est Per centago held at this time Of
year for 10 years. except for one year,
Secretary Mohier of N board OF ag-
riculture bald today.
, 1921-12-16
COMPROMISE on PICKETING.

FORT WORTH. Texas, Dec. e.
the question of picketine houses whose
union butchers are on strike here was
settled by a compromise agreement
before Judge James c. Wilson in fei'
eral court today when the strike lead
ers agreed to withdraw all picketiny
except two from zach street leading &c
tho packing plants.
, 1921-12-16
19 MEMBERS OF
MOB ARRESTED

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. discharges
of ''having killed or being concerned
in the killing OF Peeler Clayton taxi
cab driver. who was shot to death last
night. were filed in Justice court to-
day against 10 citizens. The list in
cludes several OF the most prominent
businessmen Of Austin and all are OF
good reputation.
, 1921-12-16
REFUSES To PRODUCE KIDNAPPED
CHILD MAN HELD IN CONTEMPT
Andy McQuay Remanded to Jail for an Indefinite
Term When He Refuses to Comply With
Court Order Affecting Child

F. Andy McQuay, ex-convict, was remanded to the county
Jail this morning for an indefinite term on orders of Judge
c. o. Brown who holds that the man is guilty of contempt of
court in failing to produce in court at 9 o'clock this morning
his own child whom he is said to have kidnapped from its
mother over two weeks ago.
, 1921-12-16
SEEKS WORD OF BRorHER

Mrs Christine Jewell OF 500 81
Mary's street. North burlington adj
ton. 10 seeking information as 10 the
whereabouts OF her brother. Eml
johnson. VIII is said 20 have arrived
in Casper this week aud since his ar
, 1921-12-16
REPRESENTATIVE E[S10N OF
CALIFORNIA TAKES OWN LIFE:
HOUSE ADJ0URNS FOR The DAY

Dec. 16-The house adjourned today
until tomorrow out of respect for Representative John A.
Elston. California. whose body was found last night in the
Potomac river. Immediately after converting the house
adopted resolutions of regret and authorized selection of a
committee Of IS members to accompany the body to Califor.
, 1921-12-16
Medal of Honor
Men to Receive
italian Cross

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-Ameri-
can soldiers who won the congression
al medal Of hon during the world
war will receive the Italian war cross.
1t was announced todaq. General Vac
carl. chief of staff of the italian army
on December 20 will present the war
cross at the italian embassy.
, 1921-12-16

DENVER. Dec. 16.-Jesse N. Funk,
of Ca1han. Colorado. winner of the
congressional medal of honor, a
been awarded the italian war cross,
1t was announced in Washington to-
day according to a dispatch received
by The Post. Funk, who was a pri-
vate in company 1. S54th infantry, seth
division. win be presented with the
medal December 20 at the Italian emi
bassy In Washington. the dispatch
said WI" "a
, 1921-12-16
Wages in NeU
Mexico Coal
Mines Cut

GALLUP. N. NJ Dec le.-NotIces
Were posted at coal mines IN the Gal.
lup district today putting into effect a
general reduction in wages. The re-
auctions constitute n return to the
scale in effect in November. 1917. The
reduction. operators state. has been
generally accepted and working condi-
lions at the mines remain normal. The
mines also announced "A reduction OF
81 a ton in the mine prices OF domes-
tic COAL.
PUEBLO. Colo. Dec. 16.-Rcduc-
ton of wages in the coal mines at
Gallup, N. NJ, win not be contested
by the United Mine Workers OF
America, according to announcement
made today by Secretary Felix Pogli-
ano at the offices of the union here.
Secretary Pogliano said:
There are about 1 800 miners work
ing in the Gallup district which is an
open shop field. There Is only ono
small union IN the district and the
United Mine Workers win take no Of
iciai action regarding tho reduction
of wages"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
HowDo YouStand
Cost of living has increased
Wages have Increased


insase ln east OF living increase n wages 4a9sst
s p & : net se asosses thai ae sost q yis droa
sfee The eest of living
ratio II to peecss ceased f REALLY has ceased,
the worker found a worse en anaaeials
than he was N normal F
NeW business press otherwise are aarpns
that taA
cosT oF LIVING taNs poN TI,eN WV Ssr 'is sAs TIE LIE
AeeogpNG TO riE RATE rlln cosr or LIVING WENT 0rs
me as and they da @ as their employees menes
prompt employers 10 raise prea
n @ n e p Nsses y meet these prices aud then lover
NJ business Man how you question Of lower wages u
n SAN reduction ~ pfesf You complaining
ness lave ou sorpea consider w business
@ 10 S' enew ha' as long as the American has anything WITH
situation ,on ought bhne hat during th mas,
hee years the aefan werkr ha been losing buying
Of
ann lay aside anything with Nbeh to hadA
new homes being built The banker and te building
d The workers situation and they win
ea nome he banker understandings the Workers
ao o buy with that would be unsafe
~ ~ ~ 4'' " 's '' aePsea
Al because equal The Increased
associations advocating
lower vases TO meet reduction IN the coat Of llying
cant when careful nsestgatn shows that their products
We also notices OF wage re
ain no ap sp T srNN by closing their plants the enforced reduction
We Of employees have yolunaly voted 70
groups HAVE voted reductions ,h,r
pay hui they The nnorgansd denaeea
backbone enough ladght for their rights
Compulsory reduction In
mas esen accepted N those unotEansed woofH affected
hef eyes TO the benefits o. ogae,on and from oil the
Bear ths fact IN mind Mr. Public that the WORKER
us much hnying power ~ money he did ~ 1914
Bear this fact eanno buy
yous goods II he has nothing buy them With
sSs as Quincy y gov 'a'sa = sa'ns ss'
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
uNREsrRseT TED laMiGRArloN
WILL UPSET INDUSTRIAL
LiFE. SAYS NEWSPAPER n

Unless there Is a place where the
simmigrant MS into our industrial sys
siem as producer. he vii not only
become burden hut Viii unset our
Industrial equilibrium. SAYS the Nil
Ewaukee Journal,
Our old policies viii not meet fhe
Immigration situation created by the
Iwar. However much America would
ylike 20 remain the asylum af the op.
ypressed of all nations. Il must consider
swhether It's endowment il large
Eenough for an unlimited asylum In.
.less the United States can absorb this
lmultituae into SIS political and indus.
|irial life It Is assuming burden Il
Ieennot carry and II is iniuring, not
Ehelping, the immigrant
We know now that Americanisa.
ftien OF The Immigrant Is absolutely
necessary for our existence as n ma.
|tian and We know that Amerlcaniza
Etion is more difficult than we sup.
posed Hence the admission of the
Imilllons knocking at our doors now
might create sfYnatl~n serious in
diced in It's possibilities
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07

PRESIDENT GcnPERs
APPEALS TO COVE sNoR
TO PROTECT WORKERS

President Compnrs has appealed 10
Governor Cats OF Florida 10 protect
trade unionists in that state against
a mob OF business men President
Gompers wired the southern executive
as follows
Protests have reached me against
ordering ont OF the city of Tampa
a law.abidlDg citizen. Sol sonthelmer.
representative of the American Fed.
Grafton OF Labor, by yigilente com
posed Of bankers and merchants and
their agents ! am also informed that
committee OF tire striking cigar.
makers of Tampa, and residents of
that city. have been threatened with
deportation from Tampa | appeal to
yoH In the name Of American citizen.
ship and justice that YOU take every
acton possible to prevent so gross
and violent denial OF American citi.
zens' rights"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07

TINS is what IS happening The
workers are payins 10 tlsa aaf. and
|Nben tAa bill is asld e aiIl be pald
lie the friends. relatives. and aSSasl.
'Ates Of fhose wlsese profits oHt OF the
|Mar are glsing them s4Saa zoe. N0e sur.
|nlns profits each year over and Shaxc
Ifheir usual profits And with their
|NakeS cur - Ssl nerosat Of their
|Iogmer value. whal chance have the
workers &c hang en % their liheris
|honds, which il Is - the public inter
|ssi to have widely dlstriAatedg They
Ilnalst sell. and they are selling. or
|hase sold. and Il Is te the damage 81
|fhe country that this has heen made
|necessaTy. Il is nonsense - say that
&he workers are rolling II wealth.
rfhes are not "hreaklng esea." as Is
proved by the faot that the nawnshons
|Rre noM deing a large business Al.
|waxs i proof that = pinch Is heing
|felt
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
lNTERURBAN MEN
RECEIVE BACK PAY
ON FIRST OF YEAR

The Illinois Traction System train
men received their pay checks the
first OF January with the new wage
advance added to the old salary. The
trainmen and the management signed
a new agreement on the 18th of this
month and the increases were etro-
Iactiye to December /.
\ The new scale provides as follows;
Passenger motormen and eondnc-
tors, SIS cents an hour, an increase OF
|21s cents on the hour.
Freight motormen and sleeping and
parlor car conductors, SIS cents an
hour, an increase of cents on the
hour
Brakemen. 501a cents an hour, an
increase of cents on the hour.
while the increase doesn't amount
to much" said one jovial employe OF
the company, still, as the old lady
said, every little bit helps, and we
are thankful for it just the same"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
MALioN FORCES AT
WORK TO pEFY TARIFF
AND KEEP PRICES UP

| Washington. Jan I'm dlseunninr
proposed Mfiff legislation. ia The
house Of representatives.. Congress-.
man Griffin said.
1T Is time 70 understand that there
are mnliKn forces at work In fhis
country which have the VIII and the
power to defy tarIn laws and check
the operation OF The laws OF supply
and demand; forces that can. by com.
hination ard secret .agraaments. ere.
ale an artificial scarcity. holding back
from the markets the products of Ia.
Dor and thus defy the natural course
Of the stream of commerce. People
wondered. when The Underwood fnrin
bill was pasaea, Why the cost of Iiy.
ing dld not Immediately decrease. n
should haze shown an immediate re-
ap0nae. but Il did not Whyg he
eanse those who should have been
competitors regulated imports ia suit
their own convenience. and entered
into seeret trade agreements 10 np.
hold prices. Products which could
be stored In warehouses or pnt in cold
storage were deliberately held by
such methods ont OF the market 10
maintain high prices
when capital has such power as
this the time for tariff tinkering Is
at an end There Is only one remedy,
and that Is a policy Of national regu.
lation, both OF imports and exports,
with the constant view Of maintaining
normal reasonable prices The hit.
andmiss policy OF tatin schednles
must be abandoned"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
Need Cooperative Education.

Brantferd. Ontario. Jan Cooper.
alive education Is N urgent need.
says the Canadian Co-operator. which
calls attention to the failure OF some
officers OF coop societies 10 grasp the
philosophy of the Roehdale system of
cooperation.
we must emphasize the fact that
the educational propaganda and pub.
lfcity features sof a cooperative SO.
ciety are quite as important as wise
direction and good MANAGEMENT of fits
business affairs. Capable and ade-
quate attention beth to the business
end the educational aspects will IN.
feyitably insure its success The same
win give To the movement a large
body OF members who are eo-opera-
tors by conviction
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
UNION"
HEADED BY BOSS,
CUTS OWN WAGES

Aberdeen, Wash, Jan. 5.--The loyal
legion of loggers and lumbermen, a
company union" accepted wage
cut of 81 day and then called a meet
ing of business men to discuss re
duetion of their prices.
The company union" was applaud
ed by the business men for agreeing
TO work for less but the speakers
urged caution in reducing prices for
commodities. One merchant said that
government regulation of food prices
during the war had made 1t impossl-
BILE for grocers to accumulate a re-
serve fund of excess profits.
The company "unionists" are won
dering if they are believed to have
accumulated surplus. They are also
asking what food prices were con
trolled by the government
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
OPEN SHOP CAMPAIGN
Will FAIL OF IT'S PURPOSE.
SAYS FRANK MORRISON


/ While in Chicago last week Frank
Morrison, secretary II the American
Federation Of Labor. gave the follow.
ing interview 10 The New Majority:
IN regard to labor conditions the
reports from the International oggAni.
cations indicate sufficient sentiment
in favor OF organization among the
workers. Notwithstanding the fact
that the government officials gave
out the information that there Vas
nearly two million OF unemployed IN
the country al the present time
There has been inaugurated for a
considerable period campaign which
has been carried on through yarioue
groups representing large employers
of labor under he guise Of the Amer
lean plan of organization the so
lcalled "open shnp." which is closed
10 union men and which is receiving
an unusual amount of publicity in
magazines. newspapers, etc. The
whole campaign Is for one purpose
only--to prevent the organization OF
the unorganized workers, in an effort
to impede, hamper and destroy union
activities. This campaign like all
others that have been carried on. will
fail of its purpose. II will result in
the greater activities of over -four
million members now organized TO not
only hold standards established by
them, but TO organize workers and to
move forward To secure better coDdl
Itions for the workers.
There is one thing that the worker
should bear in mind: that is not TO
give any credence TO information pub
lished about the reduction In the cost
of living unless il is issued by the
Department of Labor. The latest fig
ures issued by the Department of La
Dor show that for thirty-one cities in
the. United States the average cost OF
living for a family budget has in
creased about 116h per cent since
1913 Since that report has been
given we find statements. In the pa.
per about remarkable decreases In a
few commodities. Commissioner
Stewart within the last ten days Is
sued a statement that the decrease IN
few commodities has very little ef
feet on the general increase In the
cost of living The latest Information
that have is that the six months end
ing with December will probably not
show a decrease of per cent. In al.
dtiion to that ] want to denounce the
statements that have been published
that the high cost of living Is due to
the high wages paid to workers. The
fact Is that the dollar OF today will
,,urohaaa toao than S0 nor rant of
what it did In 1913. The Republican
Campaign book stated that tire pres
ent cost Of living reduces purchasing
power of the dollar to so per cent
which means that we are getting a 90
cent dollar. Therefore, worker re-
ceiving 81 in 1918. today must receive
1857. If he does not receive that,
he has received a reduction of wages
during the period of 1913 to the pres
ent time"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-07
PRO o5lNo COMMITTEE
SAYS SHoRTAGE or COAL
WAS ONLY A MYTH

The alleged scarcity of coal last
summer was a myth. according TO Sen.
atcr Cider Who is a member of the
seEaie.s committee on reconstruction
that ia probing the coal Industry
Our committee has found" said the
senator. that more coal was moved
on American railroads during July.
August and September last than ever
before in the history OF the country,
and al the same time a panic over
shortage was created
Senator Caider's statement is In.
teresting in view OF the claims made
b. coal owners and the public press,
who alleged that car shortage.
strikes and refusal Of the miners 10
do AN honest days work, caused a
coal scarcity