Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1919, Page 1

_ CLOUDBURSTS SWEEP NINE T0 DEATH IN FREMONT PRESIDENT NOT”. RECEIVING WAR’ INDEMNITY "AY a A. Welty, Pioneer P Physician, One of , ven Drowned at Dubois While Storm IN FAVOR IJ. 5. | aie Lander Takes Toll in Lives of Two. Children; Damage Runs into Thousands With ranges parched for lack of rain in the driest season | Wyoming has experienced i in a decade, nine are dead and prop- erty damage running into thousands of dollars is reported as the result of cloudbursts which swept the watersheds of the = Washakie and Wind River national forests in Fremont coun- é | ty Tuesday and Wednesday. Near Lander the lives of two chil- Final Decisie # Not dren were snuffed out by Tuesday’s storm, while at Dubois, which was practically inundated by water between 11 and 12 Reached t Peace! o’clock last night, seven lives were claimed, according to re- liable reports to the Tribune THE DEAD: | Dr. F. A. Welty of Dubois, pio- ‘ (meer physician. Conferen’ ,Baruch' Tells the Senate (Ry United Press.) WASHINGTON, July 31.—, Shaffer, piano, tuner, i President Wilson opposes the;Dubois on business. United States sharing in any; Unidentified farm hand employed German indemnities, Bernard {at the Floyd Stalnaker ranch, Baruch, member of the peace Three Indi: conference economid commis- *¢**rvation near Dubois. told the senate foreign Florence “and ‘Joseph Appleby, ceinmilice ica’. |children of Ernest Appleby, a ranch- jer Putting the open covenant’s prin-! fg six miles from Lander on Squaw creek, Don Long, age 13, home address { unknown. 8, residing on the sion, tions rela- ciple in operation, the committee "The two last named, according smashed all precedents and consid- to yeporis to the ‘Yribune today, ered the treaty at a wide open ses-\were playing along the creek which passes through their father’s ranch when caught by the wall of Water that rolled down the valley. been| Caught in the whirling flood they United were drowned before help could billion react: ther. HORSE CREEK ON RAMPAGE AT DUBOIS At Dubois the usually quiet moun- |tain stream known as Horse creek, |which runs through the main part ) \of the village, was transformed into “— “My!,p torrent by a rainstorm which is stiffer than ever for ratifi- gswept the valley from its junction ation of the treaty with reserva-| with the Wind river just below the sion di Heretofore treaties have been russed secretly. No final decision has yet reached as to whether the States gets any of the 20 marks Germany must pay by next May under the pheke A Baruch said, KEYES UNSHAKEN BY PLEA OF PRESIDENT tions,” Senator Keyes, Repubjican ztown to the headwaters. Like the of New Hampshire, s after a con-! flood at Lander a wall of water, ference today with President Wilson! rolled down the creek bed, crept} at the White House. ee ete a TRIO OF REPUBLICANS CONFER AT WHITE HOUSE (By United Press) We ASHINGTON, July 31.—Presi- dent Wilson invited Senators New, atson and Keyes, a trio of Repub- s, to confer with him today. He dy had seen 19 other Repub- licans. White House callers the president was not evincing any| Was swept away in his sleep, willingness to bo Scomprimise. higher until it overflowed its banks | and washed several buildings from their moorings. PIONEER CAUGHT IN COTTAGE ON BANK Dr. J. A. Welty, pioneer physician on the Wind River reservation, who occupied a log cottage on the brink of the river bank, was among those His MAJORITY OF STOCKMEN FAVOR PARK EXTENSION AG PROJEGTED BY MONDELL IN HOUSE MEASURE |: Seven Associations of GiWieal River Valley Endorse Inclusion of Tetons and Jackson Lake in Yel- lowstone Domain, Says Jenkins CAILLAUX TO GO ON TRIAL FOR TREASON, FRENCH JURIST SAYS (By Associated Press.) PARIS, July 31.—Trial by high court of Joseph Caillaux, for- mer French premier, who has been under arrest for a year and a half charged with having had treasonable dealings with the enemy, The Casprr Daily Cribuney OVER 4,000 COPIES OFSUEE aco cobies | THE DAILY TRIBL»s. of The Daily Tribune sold and | Member of the Associated delivered to subscribers every | Press, and served by the Unit- day. bia Press. VOLUME 3 CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919 NUMBER 240 POSTAL EMPLOYES TO MARKET FOOD SUPPLY was recommended today in conclusions announced by the attorney general of the republic. (Special to CHEYENNE, Wvo., July 31.—Contrary reports notwithstanding, a large majority of the stockmen to the south of Yellowstone park are must demand i in favor of the proposed enlargement of that park, says P. W. Jen- living expenses kins of Cora, a member of the 1919 legislature and one of the leading = \ said | caught by the flood and presumably stockmen of western Wyoming. Mr. Jenkins was in Cheyenne) this week as a member of a delega- body has not yet been recovered 2nd /tion which called on the state ———— hig] it is believed that it has been swept | way commission in the interests ee a He related that at a meet- into the Wind river, which means new road to the southern entrance to [that in all probability it will never | the park. |be recovered. Welty, who was county, came to Wyoming some Fy, tired life. |of age \son, J, PORT WORKERS BREST, July 31. By Asso- ciated Press.)—All work at th port has ceased, employers having declared a lockout because of the demands of the workers’ union. —— RED CROSS WILL camping on th ELECT OFFICERS|inhovt varing, Avman at the Stalnaker ranch was sleeping AT 8:00 TONIGHT jn a bunkhouse near the riv swept aw yeov ered, He was about 80 |owned extensive ranch interests. |BOY WAS CAMPING | |ON BANK OF RIVER {and wh __ as Ww The annual meeting of the Na- trona Red Cross chapter will be held in the district courtroom this evening, beginning at 8 “o'clock. Election of officers and the read- ing of revorts reviewing the work for the vast year constitute the main order of business. All mem- bers of the chapter, which em- braces the majority of the adult population of Casper, are urged to attend. {to have met death in much the same | circumstances. | | First reports, which stated that |half the town of Dubois had been |Bwept away, later proved to be un- lfounded, for while property dam- lage was large and will not be fully | known until isolated districts are !heard from, the business section es- caped. Several buildings were | moved from their foundations. From all districts of central Wes) | ming today come reports of rain. | storms, the heaviest since early in the year. Travelers from Cheyenne TO QUIT (OFFICE report a good rain throughout the | length of the highway until the Na-| | trona county line is reached. In ) | many sections créeks are high. July 31. Two bridges were washed out at headed by)! Dubois, including those over Horse sreek end Wind river, which runs | just south of the town. By Associated F VIENNA —(Via Berne. —The Austrian cabinet, Dr. Karl Renner, has decided to re- sign. JAPS IN CLASH WITH CHINES Score of Jap Officers and Police Are Killed and Others Wounded in Fight Over Assault on Railroad Employe [By Axsociated Press] WASHINGTON, July 31.—Sixteen Japanese officers and men and three Japanese policemen were killed and 17 Japanese soldiers wounded in a clash with Chinese troops at Kuangchengku on July 19,| according to an official report to the Japanese embassy here. to the Chinese are not given. 35 | Jackson lake in Yellowstone ars ago and of late had led a re-| dorsed practically without oppo: years) and that, end was interested with his/ the attitude on the first extension! H. Welty of Dubois, in the }j11 introduced, mercantile business there. They also! one was in favor of the measure now | before congre Don Long, the boy reported dead} dale and W. EwEnos of Daniel. e body has not been recov-| four asked the highway commission "neo ered, was camping on the bank of) to extend the present road from Rock i"# to an official re po caught! Springs to Eden on thru Boulder, A man employed; pin | dred ling of the seven stock associations, Doctor well| of the Green River valley, held last ees to the residents of this dis-) Sunday, Mr. Mondell’s plan for in- |trict as well as those of Fremont] cluding’ the i and en-, tion, whatever may have been Teton mountains pretty nearly every) With the legislator were L. H. Hen-| nick of Pinedale, Zeph Jones of Pine- The! Jale and Cora to the forest re ve line and the road from the, Ore- and| gon Short Line to Daniel on to meet His body was sre- the other one, that of the piano! bined would provide feeders for ea |tuner, Shaffer. The Indians are said! southern entrance to the park. so that the two com- ‘We are now getting about one tourists a year over He roads,” said Mr. Jenkins. ‘With the improvement of the roads, we would easily get one thousand tourists a year. Not only that, but the settlers of that region would be immeasurab- ly benefited. They have only one outlet to a railroad, and that is to the west. | way before they can reach the out- | | | | | | | | Losses! The clash is said to have followed an assault on an employe of | the South Manchuria Railway company by 20 Chinese soldiers. over the incident, dismissed the Chinese commanders concerned and reprimanded General Meng Un Yuan, governor general of the province. side wi [Ae est a bee 2: CHICAGO STRIKE ‘ENDS SATUDAY IF VOTE FAVORS CHICAGO, July 31.—Street car | tomorrow | strikers begin voting morning in a referendum on the compromise wage offer. Service probably will be resumed polresurmediSaturday. ITALIANS FIk FIRST TO FLY ‘ACROSS SOUTH ‘AMERICA (By Assot®inted Terers.y SANTIAGO, July 31.—Lieuten- ant Locatelli, member of the Ital- ian aviation mission now in Argen- tina, today completed an airplane flight from Buenos Aires to Val- pariso, marking the first crossing by air of the South American con- tinent from the Atlantic to the Pa- cific. eS FIRE IN RUBBISH PILE Smouldering rubbish which had burned probably since Tuesday night jcalled the chemical car of the fire The report said the Chinese government had expressed its regret | |department to the alley in the rear ‘of the Henning hotel today at noon. |Chemicals were used in putting out | the fire and there was no damage. They need a good high-! $125,000,000 Worth of Army Supplies to Be Sold Direct to the Con- sumer by Uncle Sam in Effort to Cut High Cost of Living; Government Wheeis Set in Motion as Result of Demands WASHINGTON, July 31.—President Wilson is giving “deep and very thotful consideration’ to the high cost of livi ing, it was announced at the White House today, and to al! branches of the govern- ment that might aid in solving the problem. The first steps in the government’s attempt to re since the high cost of living were taken with the ~ uguration today of a plan for the sale of $125,000,000 worth of army food stocks direct to the peo- Fe ‘with every postmaster and mail carrier over the country acting as a salesman. While this program was bx vut into effect, President Wilson had ses nit REASONS FOR OUICIDE OF ZANOGK RIGGS, BANK GROMER ditions that the en: Lifeless Body Is Found in Room at Minister’s Home with No Explanation Aside from Note Di- recting Girl to Safety Deposit Box = Tribune.) lepartment of justi s into the causes of t d cost of living Pour h particular atten en the question of whether the producers or jthe dealers had combined in violation | of the law to raise the prices of ne- | cessities. Fi EFFECT OF MARKETING AREKILLED IN. £2203 (By United resolution is c ere sking Pr Zadock T. Riggs, aged 23 years, assistant cashier of the Wyo- — Fi TUE DAY additional authority he needs to low- ming National bank for the last two vears, committed suicide yester- er pric , Gay afternoon between 5 and 6 o'clock in his room by shooting him- .) self twice thru the heart. He was found about 6 o’clock by the Rev. W. H. Bradley who went to his room to call him to the telephone in an- swer to an ordinary call from the bank. Riggs lived at th of/ was f verend E 4 South to Representative Igoe introduced Km) resolution today directing the fe 31.— Forty | ¢ commission to investigat killed, 11 taken prison-| scheme to increa hoe prices. ny wounded in z Carranza cavalry home are position of Ree near Li on line bet Spacdntatts ‘al Aer : and Chihuahua states, accord-j o¢ official efforts to afford relief to enuey) but t to the Mexi-| Consume 'r the house x The first an consul here, Villa eseaped. | However, President Wilson prob: the whole matter before jlv will lay $40,000 PRICE 82 AID RED SOX PAID RED SOX... ranging FOR CARL MAYS © : this 1 result and limited re to eco- peouic exnerts. Therefore placing the New York Americans Make | army surplus on the market will not Purchase and Ban Johnson |<! pce slower prices 5 Displ Over | Nhich is rapidly gathering mo = tspleasure Over i, the capital. eal s when Res oung man to the im dead on the bed liber revol 2 hand. who was ¢ RACE WAR DIES _- OUT AS TROOPS - START PATROL. temporary RAILROAD EMPLOYES THREATEN STRIKE (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, July 31.—Trade by) 1Me Ascaciated’ Prew Chi F SAE SE Ti Tod Aft hich Carl Mays, underhand pitcher y ASHING Sly ehh > 5 » Aff. ce eet ancora’ PLGRET gm C. Lee, president of the Brother. Chicago Quiet for First Time Today Aft-‘. nounc- 1 ad ainme the action by Qc- ferred to the New York Americans,| hood of Railway took rank today among the biggest ed today that unle. transactions financially in the history! ministration had taken er Orgy of Rioting Claiming Thirty of baseball. An official of the Red! tober 1 on demands of the brother- Lives and Injury to One Thousand ee ox stated that the Boston club re-| hood that wages of tra ai. |ceived $40,000 in cash for May ther be ed, or the c e (Dy Associnted Press.) In_addition, two pitchers, Russell) ing redu eps looking to the en- SHICAC “ aha gene ere sly. cal ae and McGraw, and a third player are, forcement of their demands would be CHICAGO, July 31.—Chicago was comparatively calm today for — Palberchorenniaters faker the first time since Sunday. Public officials expressed the belief that : = Lee made public the abstract of ® the use of five regiments of state troops effectually had quelled race é CHICAGO, July 31.—Carl Mays) report of hearings recently held by! i) eculting in 30 deaths and i >to 1.000 ne : + has been suspended indefinitely by|the board of railroad wages on the ‘ots resulting in eaths and injury to |.00) persons. 5 | President Ban Johnson of the Amer-, trainmen’s dem at which he de State militiamen are patrolling the danger districts on the south was near¢ than ever before clared an “fu Boston this country ican league. His suspension was the result of desertion from the and their appearance on the streets has had the effect of suppres ent disturbances. They were], ‘ub by Mays in Chicafo on July due to the unrest sing fri mount-) ., {in their work by a driving rain 1 had a three-year contract ing living Railroad and gov-| which kept crowds from gathering with on a he left the) ernment departments had bette A dozen arrests. were made “oh club he broke this contract, Johnson) assisting “to crush profite : and negroes charged with ear red. F the “packers and other indu ~ meaaledive ewe’ w he deal which was consummated inj he than “shoutir the iNenoradie fights hueens ach other ill further incr y we must realize that profiteers are taking double from the rking men what is given them. Un stop this, there will be hell in New York yesterda Ss not approved by Johnson, who said he was surp! that any club owner should be dic ing for a player who acted did. “Baseball cannot ngs to : INCENDIARY PLOT TO BURN BLACK BELT or Lowden today ca tention to the fact that learned > 3 who vir- Goy tolerate such a breach of discipline,” said Johnson. | this country.” not under martial law and no suc me. ae action is contemplated unless condi tions grow worse | WAGES AND PRICES | MAKE ENDLESS CHAIN He explained that the state troops are working in connection with the PERSHING WILL loads of food | SAIL FOR HOME As SHINGTON, July 81-— police and that rioters would be pros- ent to the t where relief | » Democrat o or ecuted in municipal and state courts needed + | SEPTEMBER 1ST alafedin a gabataj on it cee and not by the military. Oscar Nelson, 32, a white, was ing inthe senate that the amount of| Mayor ‘Thompson, in a statement| found in a west side atrect with stab money in circulation was partly re- today, said that one reason his wounds in the chest, the victim of an ain Crates ,,. | Sponsible for present conditi dd- appealing to the governor for use of|attack. Isaiah Dozier, negro, was bea | s General Per-| ing that high living costs were “pro- troops that he had information] found unconscious in a street near > shing s for the United States! ductive of Bolshevism and rch- of © well defined plot to burn down| the stockwards where he had. bee September 1. ism.”” : re he had been .a large section of the “Black Belt.’’! attacked by whites,