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sary to purchase the land for the re
finsry. This acreage viii be exchang-
ed with the Texas company for the
site of 500 acres which that corpora,
ton now owns at Glenrock and on
which they intended to bund their
plant until the directed efforts
of the Casper Chamber of Commerce
successfully waged a concentrated
campaign to have the refinery built in
Casper.
It wal explained at the meeting to-
day that those who purchase stock IN
the Civic Land company. which was
formed to put we this enterprise.
win have equity In the site formerly
owned by the Texas company at Glen.
rock. as well as in a 40-acrc tract of
land in close proximity to the location
on which the Texas company will
build east OF Casper.
An appraisal committee is at work
this afternoon determining the
amount which tho individual residents
of the city should invest in this move.
ment to assure the addition of another
large interest to the city. The com.
mittee will place in the hands OF the
nine teams tomorrow morning that
data which they have prepared
and the teams will a
fast and furious campaign to- dispose
Of $4,000 worth OF stock by shutdown
tomorrow night.
1t vas definitely announced that
should these committees. which are
working from the Chamber OF Com
, 1922-07-07
MAYOR ORDERED TO
DISMISS APPONTEES.

PARSONS. Kans., July IA threat
of Immediate custer proceedings, un-
less he removes all Missouri. Kansas
End Texas railway striking shopmen.
he has appointed a s special police
agents. was received today by Mayor
Alfred Coad form Governor H. ].
Allen
Mayor Coad had replied to an carl
Ter notice to remove the men from
office by demanding to know why the
railroad was permitted to import men
Continued on Page Four)
, 1922-07-07
Famed Bridge
But a Second
Rater In '22

NEW YORK July 7.-Brookiyn
bridge. once the show piece of New
York. has dropped back to the posi-
ton of a mere second rater.
Grover Whalen. commissioner of
plant and structures. issued an
order. restricting the roaoways of
the famous structure to slow NOV
Ing horse-drawn vehicles. Manhat-
tan, bridge. Brooklyn bridges
younger sister. was restricted by
the same order to the faster NOV
ing motor traffic
Both bridges will continue to
carry their present quotas OF street
cars. l.. trains. subway trains and
pedestrians. however.
, 1922-07-07
DENLY FETED BY JAPAN
MANY FUNCTIONS GIVEN

TOXIC. July 10y The Assod-
ated PressD.-From the brilliant for
maiity and cosmopolitan flavor of
high diplomatic functions. Secretary
of the Navy DENLY and his party of
tho United States naval academy
class OF 1881 went today. the last
day OF their official visit, on a motor
tour OF the tranquil villages and
guiet countryside. They saw the
real Japan.
The visitors pronounced Il mo
most interesting day OF their stay.
'ci,s- ;S<t Toxic in the morning :or
, 1922-07-07
COAL TRAFFIC TO
BE RESUMED.

UNIoNTowN. Pa. July 7.-Balti-
more and Ohio railroad officials here
today announced hat while Goa traf-
fic from the Smithfield district was
"demorali1ed by the strike Of shop
men, train crews had been ordered to
report for work tomorrow and that
shipments would be resumed not later
than Monday. Workers to replace the
strikers nave been brought in from
Pittsburgh.
, 1922-07-07
Special Convention Authorized in Event
Government Takes Steps to Inter
pene in Controversy

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July 7--(By The Associated Press)
-.Autnor1ty to call a special state convention of Illinois coal
miners, should the federal government intervene in the ma
coal strike, was vested in President Frank Earring
ton OF the Illinois Mine Workers by his executive board and
officers at a secret session last night. it became
, 1922-07-07
STRIKE is
SETTLING DOWN HOLD
OUT STRUGGLE, REPORT
Railroads Declare Traffic Is Not Affected, While Crafts Con-
time to Organize the Suspension; Kansas Court Orders
Arrest of Heads for Violation of Industrial Act

CHICAGO, July THE nationwide strike of the railroad shop workers entered its
seventh day Friday with indications that THE wakout had eued owl To a "hodoun
struggle. Railroad officials continued to advertise for mem to replace the tdling emploves
and uon omcers carried on in the work of organizing the suspension
Reports ast to the actual feet ad completeness of the ieup we're conflicting and alto.
gdher Indefinite. Many railroads reported thatsu sufficient @es of shopme we're at work
, 1922-07-07
CHARGES NON sUPPORT.

Charging that her husband, Ernest
d. Berry. has failed to support her
and has often treated e in a dis
graceful manner. Margaret Berry, girl
wife Of 10. is suing for an absolute
divorce Her attorney. william j..
Wehrii, filed paper in the office of the
clerk of courts this morning. The
couple have no children and have been
married only a short while.
, 1922-07-07
OF IRELAND
ALL UNDER CONTROL.

BELFAST. July 7.-By The AssocL
ated Press)-An of the Irish midlands
are now under control OF the provision.
al government forces.
The fighting at Clonyn castle, and
Continued on Page Four)
, 1922-07-07
CASPER AUNCHESDR|VE SATURDAY
TO RAISE $4,000 FOR SITE TEXAS
Co. WILL BUILD NEW REFINERY
Civic Land Company, Name Of New Enterprise, Or
gained at Meeting Of Business Men Today;
Land Here to Be Exchanged for 40 Acres
Near Site and 500 Acres IN
Glenrock

Plans for the purchase of the refining site desired by the
Texas company for the building of their plant in Casper were
discussed in detail this noon at q luncheon at which about
rs business men of the city were present.
AS a result of this meeting nine teams, consisting of five
men each, will start out at 80 O'Clock tomorrow morning
, 1922-07-07
SPRINGFIELD,

SPRINGFIELD, nL-Foilow-
ing reports from Decatur that an
outbreak throstens as results Of the
Wabash shopmen's strike. Adjutant
General Carlos Black ordered two
troops Of cavalry and five companies
Of infantry to assemble at their arm
orics prepared to move Mt n mo
ment's notice.
, 1922-07-07
WARSHIPS
MOVE INTO HAkBOR
OFF CITY OF CORK
Victory of Free State Government Over Insurgent Forces Vital
Factor in E tbishing and Bringing Peace to Ireland.
Is slef Expressed by Leaders
CORK, July Give 81

LONDON. July 7.-(By 4
eminent by its substantial vict'
to have taken a long step tow
The ready response TO the
, 1922-07-07
British warships arrived in the harbor here tonight

ssociated Press)-The provisional Irish Free State gov
yer the insurgent Republican forces in Dublin is believed
3 ablishing itself firmly and bringing peace to Ireland.
y al call to arms is regarded as encouraging and as fur
, 1922-07-07
SUMMARY OF
NIGHT News
%COLUBIBus, OHIO.

COLUMBUS, OHIO - President
Harding in an address made n Wig
orous appeal for harmony in the
ranks Of the Republican party. Too
many who profess to be Republi-
cans. he declared. ARE attempting to
attract attention. TO themselves.
instead Of wording for the good Of
their party and country.
, 1922-07-07

DUBLIN-Thcrc was n great re
to the provisional govern
ment's call to arms and long lines
stood waiting to enroll at all the
barracks. The mon are being segre-
gated in their own areas.
, 1922-07-07
BALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Ar Pittsburgh r. ii. 4.
New York 100 OLE 0I.-x
Pittsburgh ----003 010 I0.-x
BattefiesS. Barnes, Causey and
Smith. CASTOR; Y~ellowhorse and
Gooch-
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hearing the heartrending appeals
Of those repressntins persons UNI
der indictment or serving terms In
prison. In many cases the person
who suffers most through the con.
viction Of q criminal u not the
criminal himself. but some one who
II dependent upon him for support,
and Il 10 frequently . question
whether or not the ends OF Jus
tice would not be batter sub~srvsd
In forsiving one who has com
mitted an offense, than In obtain.
ing a conviction with an accom-.
panying penalty Of imprisonment.
I'm many instances the convic-
ton Of q criminal but tends 70
further degrade him. whereas len
iency extended to him VIII often In,
spirs and enable him bsttsr to re-
habilitate himself and thus benefit
society GENERALLY.
WOUNDED BOY CASE.
TN one day thsrs 10 brought
before you . bog shot almost TO
death at verdun and in the Ar
gonne Forest, operated on twenty.
three times within . year. at
local hospital. the last operation
having been performed ten days
before. He 10 charged with having
forged an endorsement to . fifty.
dollar check.
Next . mother twenty years
old. with . thres-months-old IN.
Yfant. whoss husband. Q man Of
twenty-feur. haa stolen several
automobile tires. She prays that
her husband bs mot sent to the
penitentiary until after Christmas.
when she win have recovered suf-
ficiently from . serious fllness TO
obtain employment and thus pro-
vide for herself and her child.
"Nsxt . criminal having served
a large portion Of . ten.year ssn-
tence IN . state psnitsntiary and
then paroled. begging that he be
not tried for several cases Of
grand larceny committed In this
jurisdiction prior to the offenses
for which he was previously sen
tsnced. -
MAKES DAY TRYING.
"All Of this makes an exceed
ingiy tiring and wearing day. TIE
prosecutor must always remember
that the hand Of Justice. too rigor.
ousiy applied. may become the
hand Of oppression and persecution,
while. ON the other hand. he must
be sver on his guard lest false
appeal to his sympathy may enable
. true criminal to escape the pun
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sons Tying snfmai or non.s KIN
and made for It the busbman
would jump up and run TO Il. hold
Ing the direction, and after the
hons and jacikais had feasted
would creep IN and pick the bones.
Finally Herbert got rid Of our
retiring Batwa, who were under
boot iiks troubiesome kittens. By
saiting each In turn-and the chise
brought three woman back. who
he'd not danced with us. and made
them gfve up the salt.
Then rest In camp being merely
change of occupation. the porters
were lined up and paid Off. with
all the promised baclrsheesh.- And
thsa We had . real dance. f
Tho porters started down the
AopA. turned suddenly. with
shout Of song that rose ana fell
nks hammer strokes. and came up
the hin TO ~. their four headmen
In the lead.
I nsvsr sew men dance a. those
men danced. An their Joy at re-
lease. their trump at danger
ovsrooms, their exultation at for.
tunes made and wives TO buy. was
In that leapins. stamping orgy
-Four times they surged up to US
and -four times receded. q marvel
Of wfld and savage motion. 81
Thanksgiving dinner was ON the
porch Of the mud house II was .
day like June. with only . sprinkle
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with roses
blooming and volcanoes glowing.
Thanksgiving with chicken In.
stead Of turkey. and Strawberries
and oaps sooseberries from the
mission instead Of cranbsrries.
with green corn from Burunga
and plum pudding with q sauce
that does not exist now within the
three-miie limit. creamy and but
terry and frsgrantli
whiss Fsshxs Aslssd a,
To the seosuA Dinnsr.
We had two dinners. the family
affair at . o'clock, and another At
Z, TO which We invited the White
Fathers.
Think Of saying trsnsqufliy to
your cook. Two dinners today
the first for six people. the second
: for ten. and six courses TO each
dinnesf- n aid seem to-us . fairly
fun eay fsv The k1tchsn. But vs
did not know sar seok.
Night dsepsned. stars bright.
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ishment which he deserves"
This man who takes his work
90 seriously end y In such real
earnest about Il to the exclusion
OF anything else. has had q varied
career, prior 10 becoming United
States District Attorney. Born
here he was educated and gradu.
ated from the Columbian Univer-
sity Law School with the degree
Of L. L. B.. in 1890 and L. L. M. in
1881 and in the latter year was ad.
mitted to the Bar of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia
and Immediately engaged IN the
practice Of law.
APPOINTED IN 1901.
He was appointed Assistant
United States Attorney for the
District Of Columbia In 1901 by the
late Ashley NJ. Gould. then United
States Attorney. and held that
office. engaged IN the preparations
and trial Of = large number Of
criminal cases. until 1904. when he
was appointed Pardon Attorney in
the Department Of Justice by
Attorney General Moody.
He was Special Assistant to the
Attorney General Bonaparte In
1907 and continued through the TO
naming portion Of Mr.. Bonaparte's
term and throughout the entire
term Of Attorney General Wicker
sham and until 1913, when he rs-
signed, resuming the general prao-
tics Of law In the District.
During the period Of employment
AZ Special Assistant to the At
tornsy General, among other cases.
he had charge OF and tried the
Land Fraud and National Bank
cases. civil and criminal. In Idaho.
During that time he appeared n
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

counsel for the Government In ths
Federal Courts OF New Mexico,
Georgia, Arizoha. Idaho, washing
ton. Oregon. California. Wisconsin.
Massachusetts. and Hawaii. He
was sent to Japan on Customs mat
ters in 1919 by Attorney General
Wickersham.
At an age when most men would
be content to stay at home. he Of.
fered his services during the war
and served as major in the Judge
Advocates Corps Of the army for
eighteen months, six months Of
which he served at general head.
quarters at Chaumont. France.
For though Major Gordon 10 .
tall. handsome man of fifty. bear.
ing the stamp OF good health. he
owns to having no special hobby.
aside from his wife and child. and
rarely has time to indulge in any
sport
Here we have not q hard. cold.
calculating prosecutor. but man
who finds the human interest side
the best part of his work, and who
says. earnestly and seriously. ''If
there 10 ever q time or occasion
when there 10 any question as to a
mans guilt. would never put my
self In q position to feel that per.
son has been convicted when inno-
cent"
A man these days Is stili young
at fifty. and there 10 no telling
what this energetic. capable and
conscientious man Of the Govern.
msnt service may accomplish. Al
ready he has shown that living In
the District Of Columbia was no
handicap to reaching q position %
difficult. important and far--sach-
ing. . ...... n.
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suppress the unlawful sale and use
Of drugs. Ths great majority of
the drug addicts arc 10 b found
among persons bstwsen ths ages
Of seventeen .and twenty-five.
The gravsness ana seriousness
Of the problem oonsist IN the age
and character of the addicts, the
ensiaying tendsnoiss Of the habit.
the destructive effects Of the use
Of drugs upon the user. the "a
citing 10 the conmission OF other
crimes Of the most vicious and
serious nature, and the great ar
ficulty In the detection Of the
crime and the successful prosscu-
ton Of those guilty thereof.
The drugs most generally used
are morphine. cocaine and herotn.
Morphine suiphats u the greatest
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

Ths fleeing natives, who es-
capped the fiery ROCKS and engulf-
Ing lava by launching their hollow
log canoes. were nearly all cap
sized in the seething waters and
boiled to death.
That little cone 10 fnactive
now. its rocky sides greenins
with iichen 10 are all the little
cones that dot the lava strew-
floor Of the great valley stretch
ing northward between the noun
tain ranges. E.r........
The two separate mountains,
Chaninagongo and Nyamlagira,
were the only guardians Of that
restless fire. From their flattened
crater tops streamed ruddy tint
ed clouds. ,
The Most Active ..-E .'.
Volcano In Africa. .s. 4. d.
Chaninagono smoked but slight
J ly. but from Nyamiagria went up
a cloud Of steam by day and by
night a crimson blaze seen a hun
dred miles away. It was the most
active volcano In Africa. probably
in the known world. and no one
had ever made the ascension since
the last outbreak Of fire.
That lava fiald was . mass Of
broken porous rocks. churned
about blocks. like dynamited pyrs
amids. Plants were finding root
age and the low. waving branches
of green gave It the air Of field,
but II was q desperate thing to
scramble over. and practically
impossible for porters with loads.
Guides Took Party
Over the iva Falls. -
But Father Van Hoef knew
that the natives knew q way
across to the opposite forests.
and he got us guides and porters.
though he had his doubts about
the porters making any accent
The day after Thanksgiving
Mr.. Akeley. Miss Miller, the two
Bradleys. and about forty luck
less natives wound down through
the banana groves. past the huts.
and started to pick their way over
the lava field.
II was the worlds worst going.
The porters made grass sandals
Tor their feet and ciuns to stout
sticks They began 10 ysaFn.
voiubiy. for home
In the Congo Jour worst fears
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ened. volcanoes giowed redder and
redder. Candles spiuttered and
burned out and were replenished.
Conversation, our French conver.
sation, spluttered, too. IN those
awful waits, then revived In gales
Of laughter.
Two Walters S~rved
In Opposite Costumes.
And stin the boys came--serv.
Ing, serving.
And one Of them served, In
honor Of the occasion. in the union
suit that Mr.. Akeley had given him
on the gorilla mountains to sup.
plement his shirt and khaki shorts.
Then he had worn It invisibiy.
a. custom prescrfbes FOR union
suits, but In these warmer regions
Leo did not need 20 much clothing
and discarded the shirt and trous-
ers for the newest thing. =.
. Anything .ouainter than that
scketchiiy buttoned union suit pass
ing the potatoes I have never be-
: held. Never, when buying the gar.
ment In New York, had Mr.. Akeiey
contemplated its appearance be-
hind his dining room chair.
The other boy Qdablango) had
gone to the other extreme. He had
trousers, . coat, but no shirt, and
he pinned his coat scrupuiousiy
across the wound about his neck
woolen muffler.
Merrick. the washboy. aided the
festivities prettiiy attired in pink
pajamas donated by Miss Miller
For weeks there had been the
glare Of volcanoes on our horizon.
We were In the most active vol
canio region IN Africa, the scene
Of the most recent upheavais.
II was the bursting OF the
Mfumboro volcanoes through the
earth that had damned the trough
between Lake Kivu and Lake Ed
ward to the north. cutting Kivu ott
from the Nile basin and raising its'
waters TO their remarkable height
Of nearly i've thousand feet.
In 1913, from the fissure In the
earth at the north end Of Kivu--a
fissure that swiftly developed into
q small cone--there had come a
violent eruption. With such an out.
pouring OF molten lava into the
lake that the END q n was almost
entirely closed ana the water
boiled for Twelve nfies out
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MAJOR PEYTON GORDON, CAPITALS DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
HAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT POSTS I'm u. s. SERVIC

hAhit-foFmins drug. the nsxt
being cocaine. then heroin. Nor
phins hypodermicaiiy administer
Cd creates q feeling Of content.
nnsnt and comfort without any
special exhilaration or excite
nnent. Cocaine excites the pas
sions and tends 10 viciousness and
crime. The users therefore. when
all doped up have dslusions OF
persecution and think they SEQ
things that do not sxist.
"Heroin 10 made from morphine.
and u q derivative Of opium. and
10 said TO DO the worst drug In
existence. It has the enslaving
properties Of morphine and excites
the vicious tsndsncies Of cocaine.
and the users thereof are the
nnsansst Of the addicts. Fortunate
". there are not many heroin
users In this jurisdiction.
e-The enQrmous profits made
from the Illicit trafficiring In drugs
II . great incentive to those ped
ding Or dealing therein. For In
stance. the price Of morphine sui.
phats to the legitimate dealer 10
81 an ounce, Of $50 grains. This
10 sold by the Wholesale peddler.
for nom ssB TO $50 an ounce. to
the street peddler. who divides II
into decks or capsuies containing
from one to three grains. which
he sells for from. 81 to % q Grain.
MORPHINE DOSES VARY.
the normal medical dose OF
morphine q one-fourth Of . grain.
hypodsrmically Administered. The
normal doss OF an addict ID from
one 10 tour grains, although ]
know Of IN Instance Of IN addict
who. upon being arrested and in en-.
deavorins to destroy the evidences
Of his offense. swallowed an eighth
Of an ounce. or sixty grains, with
cut any apparent injurious effect.
Addicts have been known to use
ITO grains OF morphine q day.
"The continued use Of these drugs
destroys all wili-power and sense
Of moral obligation. II dulis the
senses and inoites crime. and even.
tuaiiy destroys the user morally.
mentally, physically and spiritual
". 80 strong becomes the appe-
ute and hold upon . user or ad-
dict that he viii commit almost
any crime 10 obtain the drug or
70 AVOID detection or arrest for
his offsnss. Detection 10 difficult
because OF the small parcels con-
tanning the drugs for sale or use.
Suppress the drug traffic. and you
eliminate one-haif Of the crimes"
"Just what do you consider the
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Then, too. IN. cfvn cases this
offics 10 required TO represent the
heads Of al the executive branches
Of the Government. the Director
Of the Veterans Bureau, the Alien
Property Custodian. the Pro-
hibition Commissioners. and the
United States shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation. In
injunction and mandamus and
other proceedings"
what IN the greatest problem
at present, both local and ma.
tionai. which you have to cope
with?"
"of all the cases that come b.
e1re this office, those arising un.
der the Harrison narcotic act
present the greatest and sravsst
problems with which we have TO
DEAL The purpose Of the act u to
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

DTYHD Batwa were coming.
The pysrniss, the fugitive
: u little forest dweilers, were
coming TO our camp. .~
A hasty message from the white
Fathsrs- brought the word. and !
was % afraid that they would
change their fusitivs little forest
minds that I seized Alice, our
star attraction with natives, and
with Martha and Priscilla hurried
TO meet them. ......
Ever since ws had reacheed Lu-
isnsa. before We went up the
nountains after goriiias. We had
been trying, through the kindly
officss Of the white Fathers. 10
sst the Batwa TO come In.
Thsy are the forest dwarfs. the
aascsndAnts. In all probability, Of
thoss little bushmen who succeed
"a the ltn Of the Neanderthai
giants. and who. Q hundred thou
sand ysars ago, while Europe lay
under glacial ice. were covering
tie rocks Of Africa with their dell
cate paintings and drawings.
They are nomads, shy. suspt
csous, often at war with the
blacks. Later. In Uganda, We
found that pygmy raids from the
forest had wiped out the popuia-
tion Of the southern shores Of
Lake Bunyoni, and. though the
British had conducted q punitive
expedition against the Batwa, the
natives did not settle there again.
, But hare the relations between
the dwarfs and the Banyarranda
were friendly. even to intermar.
riass. and the White Fathers had
induced the chief to send into the
forest for the Batwa, with prom
iss Of salt from us for each one
that would como In.
Looked for . Few,
Saw . Prooessien.
Mr.. Aiksisy and Mr.. Bradley.
were stiIi On Mikeno. planning 10
reach camp by noon, for II was
Thanksgiving Day, and % we hur.
ried along We felt an anxious pang
for fear the retiring Batwa would
not say 10 meet the men and Be
recorded In the motion pictures.
We might have been spared that
psng. Ahead OF us we saw com.
Ing. not the shy two or three. ad-
vsncins cautiously from bush 10
bush, which our fancy pictured.
but m actual procession pouring
along like q pilgrimage. ciapping
and singing. ana followed by =
mob Of curious natives.
Martha and I exchanged be-
wflderment.. Were these our
shirlxing Patwaf. II could not bel
n II was the Batws. Men, women
and children. the tribe Of .hen.
was making holiday to see the
strange white women ana the
child with the LONG. fair curis--
and receive the promised ALT.
short. siocky little dynfs ;hsy