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, 1923-01-16
Gems and the Woman

Reports from New York have it
that detectives seeking to fathom The
mystery Of the SchoGllkopft Jewel rob.
hery are working on the theory that
he crime was planned and drected
~ a woman" says the Washington
Fost. mot unbelievable. Jewels and
women. They 20 together. While
there may be doubt as to whether the
gem was made FOR woman or woman
for the gem there car b. none that
they We're made for each other.
ITO supply m ladi's demand for
Jewels, slaves by thousands have been
driven into the bowels of HI earth or
sent to the bottom of the sea. For
with which to bid for a fair ones
favor, men have tolled and fought and
killed and stolen. It is woman's
passion for gems that gives them so
great value. She demands them and
men must pay for them. In labor or
wealth or suffering or honor. o. oil
the gems ever found under earth or
sea. the vastly greater number have
gone to deck woman. Nest woInel
crave Jewels, and some would have
them at any price. Even though the
supposed dlrectress Of the New York
robbery planned to dispose of the
jewels later, she would know the Joy
of possession in passing. and when
values PASS the half.million mark that
would be something to a gem lover.
No, it is not inconceivable that a wo-
man did the plotting
, 1923-01-16
The Constitution
Message

Why is the experiment of an ex-
ended republic to be rejected be.
cause II may comprise what is new?
Is It not the glory of the people Of
America that whilst they have paid a
decent regard to the opinions OF for
mer times and other nations, they
have not suffered a blind veneratlon
for antiquity. for custom or for names.
to overrule the suggestions Of their
own good sense. the knowledge Of
their own situation and the lessen of
their own experience? To his manly
spirit posterity will be indebted for
the possession, and the world for the
example. Of the numerous Innovations
displayed on the American theater in
favor of private rights and public
happiness. Had no important step
been taken by the leaders OF the Revo-
luton for which a precedent could
not be discovered-no government
established of which an exact model
did not present itself-the people of
tho United States might. at this mo
ment, have been numbered among the
melancholy victims Of misguided coun-
ellis; must, at best, have been laboring
under the weight of some of those
forms which have crushed tho liberties
of the rest Of mankind. Happily for
America-happiiy. we trust, for the
whole human race-they pursued a
new and more noble course. They &C
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In the Masters Cause.

GROWTH has made necessary the building OF q
u modern church home for the Presbyterian con
than five hundred members have joined TINS one
church alone, and the average Sunday school at
tendance has reached five hundred.
This is a most hopeful sign in the spiritual lie
of the city.
prospered in proportion as has the Prespyterian;
although occasion has not arisen to make pubic
The Presbyterians opened their active campaign
Yesterday for funds for their proposed new
church building at Eighth and wolcott streets, a
very beautiful site facing the city park ana south
wolcott. The estimated cost is $loO,O0O..
ns These good people deserve TO succeed In their
ambition and their enterprise and in 80 doing they
must have the cheerful financial help of everybody
who rejoices in the moral welfare OF the commu'
nifty In which he makes his home.
A church is moro than the home OF a sect. 1t is
a public institution for good where all are vel
como regardless of religious belief. Narrow, clan
niah congregations are a thing of the past. Inc
day is gone in America when the followers OF one
faith regard the followers Of another as infidels,
and fit subjects to be shot at sunrise. The business
of all churches is to direct the way to salvation
and to better the earthly lives of those who would
associate themselves with the churches. The man
aner in which 1t is all accomplished, the scenery
along the route, the forms, ceremonies, manners,
customs and conditions are mere incidents in the
ultimate purpose of Christian churches-to ful-
fill the promise of the Master and bring the PEG
The pride of home and home surroundings Is
touched by the laudable work the Presbyterlans
have marked out and propose 10 accomplish.
Nothing 80 recommends a community as a desir-
able place to live as churches and schools. The
latter we have, the former we lack. If we would
see the city grow and fulfill the destiny that seems
ordered for it the churches must be brought to a
par with the schools. There should be and must
be an equality in facilities to advance the intel
lectual and the spiritual at the Same time If we
would grow in the right direction.
The figure of cost fixed by the Presbyterians is
modest. The amount should be secured without
8 great trouble. A beautiful church on the site
chosen will be n source of pride to every citizen
And every citizen should do his utmost to aid in
placing 1t there.
, 1923-01-16
Has World Changed

The most popular contemporary eva
sion of the existing world IL a roman
tic representation Of ''the world after
the war" which uses the and
method Of realism to create a sordld.
cynical and unlovely society. and the
persuasion of romance to induce the
belief. that such 4 society actually
exists.
This is a cunning e~xpedient not only
because of its peculiar attractiveness
to people who admire themselves in
the sinners role. but because OF its
appearance OF half.truth. In this
world after the war;" tho bewilder-
ment. the indifference. the sophistica-
ton which do actually characterize
the time, are projected as the products
of nerve shock and alcohol. They are
misdescr.bed. but they are there. and
II we will yield to the plausible ex-
PLANTATION that we lost our faith in God
because of war pictures and synthetic
gin the illusion is complete.
But even so, this is but half the
picture. The speculative and investi-
gative attitude of mind which is the
positive Of these cynical and question
ing negatives has no place in the
romance. Instead of Faust, the true
type of the modern mind. It is SilenuS
who plays the lead.
And it cannot be wondered that the
effect has been to persuade the under
graduate generation that somehow.
and for some marvellous secret reason
, 1923-01-16
Resoect for Law.

people at times are prone to disregard the sa-
L credness which is or should be attached to law
making, If this were given more thought aud
higher regard, there would be perhaps less law
breaking.
There are hundreds of laws passed every year.
Each state passes a great number at every session
of its Legislature. Then there is the national con-
gress, which enacts additional laws. 1t may be
the number that makes many persons lax in their
consideration of the real meaning behind all this
legislation, but perhaps a better reason is that
they do not give sufficient consideration to the
significance of ~lawmaking as a function of gov.
eminent on which the perpetuation of government
very largely depends.
1t is an argument sometimes brought forward
that the violations of the prohibition law justify
its condemnation on the ground that it has caused
a laxity regarding respect for law. Aside from
the merits of that question as such, this much may
be said: No law, no matter whether it is distasteful
or not, warrants any one violating it with impu.
nifty. If such an arbitrary method were followed
generally, we would have yeggmen and assassins
plying their nefarious acts openly and excusing
them by saying that the law was a nuisance and
unpopular and therefore one that did not need to
be observed. That would be a sad state of affairs,
and is fictitious, of course, but it is nevertheless
parallel 10 any instance of disregard for the law.
, 1923-01-16
Vagaries of Typists

4 have a new st~enoSrapher.'' said
whit, and she is wonder. She
writes what she thinks she hears
without regard to what It means.
And her hearing does not seem to
be particularly acute. For instance.
l dictated a letter in which I told
a man % look after his finite ego.
and the letter advised him to keep
an eye on his fine eyed dago."
1T may have been good advice just
the same" said FiJjit-
Perhaps was the answer. But
another of her efforts was not SO
good. That is. it did not make much
sense. I used the phrase. "Colabor
with you and she wrote 1t Coal La
Dor Review I asked her what she
thought 1t mean and she said it did
not mean anything to her.
Going to keep herr"
Sure. She amuses me IN a dun
drab day. 1t is always interesting to
read the letters she has turned out
to see II NY swatter' has become Ice
water or If cross I bear has become
'cross-eyed bear She writes things
as she hears them"
, 1923-01-16
Rabbit REGULATION.

WHERE is public regulation of various phases
w of industry and transportation going to end?
It is a whole lot like killing off coyotes in certain
parts of the co~untry-rabbits multiply so fast that
they do more damage than the coyotes.
And SO it has been with the railroads-just about
the time the public thought it had adopted the last
word in regulation and that everything would be
fine, it awakened to the fact that railroad devel-
opment had stopped and that industries, which
had been allowed to develop and escape drastic
public regulation, had expanded far beyond the
ability of an over-regulated transportation system
to care for their needs.
If the regulation of railroads could be confined
to seeing that there was no rate discrimination
nor combinations in restraint of trade with proper
safeguards for fair dealing with employees and the
railroads then be allowed to go ahead and compete
for business and make wage agreements the same
as other industries, it would not be long before
business and transportation got together on an
equitable basis.
Rabbit regulation (innmerabld boards, com
missions and of~ficials) is proving more costly
than the few cases of coyote railroad management
1t is supposed to correct.
, 1923-01-16
Killing the Goose.

EVERYBODY seems to be going crazy on the
II subject of taxing gasoline to build roads and
for the general purpose of taxing somebody or
something. The proposed sums vary in amount
from l cent a gallon to 8 cents a gallon in Ore
gon where motorists are already paying n tax of
2 cents a gallon.
1t is true that automobiles benefit greatly by
good roads but they do not benefit onc-tenth as
much as adjoining property or the state as a
whole, which through a good road system attracts
thousands of tourists who would never otherwise
enter the state.
1t is entirely possible that before the year has
passed We will see a proposal to tax every tire
sold from 81 to 50 or a proposal to add a sales
tax of some IS or $25 on every automobile sold In
addition to the state license tax.
The field for taxing the automobile and oil In.
dustry seems 20 be unlimited but like all other
propositions which are carried to excess, the aim
sought TO be accomplished will be defeated by the
drastic methods applied.
What motorist would care to tour In a state
that had the reputation of charging a tax of
8 cents a gallon on gasoline. While the total
amount he might pay would be small, the average
man hates to be held up and will steer clear of a
hold-up proposition.
, 1923-01-16

sixty billion dollars of public securities that would
escape taxation under present laws.
What would be the result? The millions in taxes
now paid by the privately owned companies which
under public ownership would be removed from
the tax rolls would fall upon the shoulders of
the taxpayers and remaining industries.
These are hard, cold facts, not theories. Any
body can figure it out with a pencil and paper.
1t costs SO much to run the government. If YOU
remove sixty billion dollars of wealth from taxa
tion, other property must make up the deficit and
in addition pay increased taxes to maintain the
government overhead which would result from
taking over private property.
If the American. people stop to think they will
never approve any such one sided program.
, 1923-01-16
The Happy Days.

Horace. Book l.. Ode Xxx.
Dear knight M~aeccenas. come lift up
The modest cup
I offer thee-ola'n Sabine wine
From grapes grown here on my own
vineI
intent on my pastoral tasks,
In Grec!an casks
I sealed It here, myself at home,
The while the crowds cheered you in
Rome.
Yes. while the banks of TIber rang
and Echo sang
Among the Vaticans. thy praise
I. on tho farm here. went my ways!
Although my hospitality
Cannot give thee
Falernian or Caecuban.
Ca.enian. or Formian-
No fancy vintages are mine
Yet hero in wine
Grown on the Sabine Hills by mo,
1 drink thy health-long life to thee!
-Roselle Mercier Montgomery.
, 1923-01-16
The Real Public Owncrship.

STOCK ownership of large public utility compa-
~ MES is rapidly passing into the hands of en-
ployes and customers in the territories served by
such companies.
corporation and the investor. Tho former not only
obtains capital for extension but interests large
numbers of people in its success, and the investor
puts his money into an enterprise that is operat.
ing under his own eyes by men whom he knows.
The growing demand for street railway trans
portation, electricity, gas and telephone necessi.
tates the investment of large amounts of capital
to meet the requirements of the public.
Under constructive public regulation the securi-
ties of these companies are today listed in prac-
tically the same class as municipal bonds from the
standpoint of safety and they yield a larger rate to
the investor.
This is real public ownership which creates no
deficit for the taxpayer but instead, returns hard
cash dividends to the people of the community
served
, 1923-01-16
Thrift Is Fundamental.

NOTHING makes for prosperity among all of
~ people like the practice Of thrift.
In more recent years there has been considerable
attention directed to saving under the name of
thrift.
: 1t is an excellent name and means a great deal
more than mere saving. 1t includes judicious
Spending as well, which is something one needs
to learn as well as saving, for saving alone will not
lead to prosperity. Money, to best serve its pur-
pose must be in circulation. Only as 1t serves to
the advantage of the individual will it serve to the
advantage of the country.
Thrift has been preached in the home and in the
business and industrial activities of the country.
The topic is not new in the schools of the land.
And here is fertile ground for the seeds of thrift
You cannot inculcate these lessons too early In
the lives of the young, for the impressions gained
during the early age of understanding are lasting
ones, and as a rule remain as the guide in maturer
years.
prosperity.
, 1923-01-16
Who Assumes the Burden2

THOUGHT" political parties which seek
~ MEMBERS, among other planks in their plat.
forms, have one favorin7 public ownership Of
railroads and public utilities.
The boosters never stop to explain to the tax
payer that on top of some thirty billion dollars of
tax exempt public utility bonds already issued, the
taking over of these properties would add approxL
mately eleven billion dollars more debt for the pub.
lie utilities and some twenty billion dollars OF debt
for the railroads which would just double. our
present thirty billion dollar public debt making
, 1923-01-16
Operworking Bounty Stuff.

IN MOST western states there is a reaction
L against paying hundreds of thousands of dol,
lars for scalp b~ounties on wild animals. A bounty
profession is being built up that costs the average
western state from one hundred thousand to half
a million annually.
The wisdom of killing off the coyote is being
questioned as making the jackrabbit a more des-
t~ructive pest, and other rodents as well.
On top of federal hunters employed 1t is now
proposed that each state employ state hunters on
salaries from 500 to $500 a month.
The bounty business shows how a predatory pc.
litical employment grows and there are constant
~ more frauds being committed on the taxpayer.
IF THE casual observer is as concerned as he
L seems TO be about the failure Of courts and
juries he might try providing less handsome muir.
dresses as a cure. That might help.
, 1923-01-16
The Casper Tnbune's Program

IrrIrntion protect west OF Casper 70 bs hu1nof'
Lied and completed ut once.
A complete and scientific coming AySUen iF 'o
city Of Casper.
comnrehenstys municipal and school recreati7'
mark system, including swimming pools for
Gonrlstior OF the established Scenic Route bou!e'
v,rd as planned by the county commissioners TO
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county ana more hsh-
ways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight raise for Shippers OF ~
ROCKY Mountain region, and more frequent train
service for Casper.
, 1923-01-16
BY

compllshed a revolution that has no
parallel in the annals of human so.
ciety. They reared the fabric of gov
ernments which have no model on
the face of the globe. They formed
a design of a great confederacy, which
it is incumbent on their successors
TO improve n perpetuate.-James
Madison.
, 1923-01-16

connected darkly with the wal they
never saw. they are a wicked and a
dangerous breed. They have no choice
but to believe when their own con-
temporarles turn states evidence
against them-Archibald Macintosh.
, 1923-03-22

consumption OF sugar in nj United
States during the past year"
The letter cited what 1t described
as efforts to reduce the crop OF Cuba,
declaring that Mr.. Hoover played an
important part in that plan. Cores
pondence between Senator Smoot. 70
publican. Utah. described as under.
taking TO represent beet sugar in,
terests," and General Crowdsr, then
the presidents representative IN
Cuba, relating to the proposal, was
quoted.
You may not be informed" Mr..
Marley continued, that Secretary
Hoover has on other occasions dis.
played a readiness to use the powers
and resources of the federal govern.
ment in order to maintain artiflcialiy
high prices at the expense Of Ameri-
can consumers"
Declaring that ar attempt of Sena-
tor Brookhart, Republican, Iowa. to
secure a senate investigation of sugar
prices was blocked by Senator Cur.
tbs. OF Kansas. the Republican whip.
who pledged an investigation by the
commerce department. the letter as.
serted that since that time Secretary
Hoover had announced his depart.
did not intend to make an In
, 1923-03-22

members of the progressive bloc in
congress. that as one of the nrst
witnesses the federal grand Jury
should hear Claus Spreckels, presl.
dent Of the Federul Sugar Refining
company. who has publicly stated
that the sugar gamblers. aided by the
department Of commerce. have been
enabled to rob the American people of
millions of dollars
Mr.. Manley declared the rise in
prices had their sole basis. $50 far
as the pubic is informed" in a state.
ment issued by the department of
commerce or February ., which was
Interpreted by all the newspapers,''
as predicted a great shortage Of sugar
during the coming year, and that al.
though Secretary Hoover had de.
clared the statement was misinter,
preted. the opening sentence was SO
worded as to send prices leaplng up
ward"
Even after this statement had
aroused an orgy of speculative activ.
ity on h sugar exchange and its
evil effects were KNOWN the state
ment continued the department of
commerce further 'bullied' the market
by issuing q statement particularly
directing attention to the Increase,
, 1923-03-22
HINsHAW QUARTET WHICH COMES
here TUESDAY is ONE OF BEST

AT 8 o'clock next Tuesday even
ing the people of Casper will have a
are opportunity to hear n OF the
finest quartets in the United Stats.
This is the Hinshaw Concert quartet
which viii deliver COX and Box" or
THE Long Lost Brothers, in the
Presbyterian tabernacle. This marks
the fourth and last number of a win
ter iyceum course to be given here
with the personal guarantee of 20
Casper business men.
The previous numbers though of
high standing fell short in attendance
and for that reason these guarantors
will be out approximately $500 If the
attendance at the Hinshaw concert is
no better than usual.
"Cox and Box" is a charming and
exquisitely funny opera as presented
by the Hinshaw quartet and is under
the person. direction of william Wade
, 1923-03-22

Hinshaw OF Metropolitan Opera fame.
II Is something entirely new and
hitherto unknown in the annals Of
male quartet singing. Mr.. Hinshaw
is getting the results he desired as
sembled and personally drilled four
young artists whose voices all OF un-
usually fine type and timber. range
and power. had been trained by reco1
nized vocal masters and whose arts
try had been successfully demonstrat-
ed through several seasons appear
ances a concert o~ratorla an operate
sololsts.
The quartet is composed of James
Wolf OF the Chicago Opera associa-
ton. second bass; Joseph wetzel. first
tenor. James snedden Weir. second
tenor and pianist; Pierre Narrower.
first bass.
, 1923-03-22
Alleged Inmates OF
House of Ill Fame
Are Assessed Fines

Ed Osborne was fined 500 IN police
court last night on the charge of OPP
Grating a house of I'll fame. A. J.
Moline, Peggy Meaton. Mary Chavitz,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Dawson were each
fined s25 as having been inmates OF
tho house. The attorney for the de.
PENDANTS gave notice of appeal.
William Mcleod. charged with being
drunk and annoying women, is sleep
ing off the intoxication and doubtless
dreamig OF fair maidens in one of the
cells at the city hall.
c. w. Davis is charged with drunk
enness and creating a nuisance.
, 1923-03-22

are so finely balanced that n clerk. by
pressing a button under his desk. can
close the outer doors instantly. and
they can not be opened again except
by special process.
, 1923-03-22

CURRY and suggested tho grand Jury
also should Mr.. Hoover and
Senator smoot. Curtis, Edge Repub-
lican. Of New Jersey. to ascertain
what they knew regarding influences
that were exercised to block the sen
ate Investigation"
, 1923-03-22

tations in the sugar market, made
during the closing days of congress
by western senators. are revived to
day by publication of a letter written
to President Harding by Basil NIanley
director Of the Peoples Legislative
service, charging that American peo-
plo wero in n fair way of being rob
bed of $500. 100000 ''for the benifit of
sugar gamblers and prohteers."
1T is suggested.'' said NJ. Marley.
whose o%ganlzation was formed by
, 1923-03-22
SUGAR INVESTIGATION DEMAND
is TARDY, SAYS HOOVER; PROBE
LAUNCHED over A MONTH AGO

WASHINGTON, March 22>-Demands now being made
for an investigation of sugar price fluctuations care about a
month behind" Secretary Hoover said today, adding that
SUCH an inquiry had been instituted by the government on
February 81.
The secretary said he was convinced there was no eco
, 1923-03-22

nomic justification for high prices Of
sugar and that the department OF
commerce and other governmental
departments were investigating into
conditions in Cuba, under authority
OF a law passed by congress authoriz.
ing inquiry into combinations OF for
eign producers OF import com
modities.
WASHINGTON. March "a De-
mands for IN investigation OF fluctu-
, 1923-03-22

The doors of the Bank of England