Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1919, Page 1

RUMANIANS SACK BUDAPEST Daily THE DAILY TRIBUNE Member of the Associated Press, and served by the Unit- ed Press. = ==, OVER 4,000 CO’ of The Daily Tribur delivered to subse day. oe ~ VOLUME 3 CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1919 NUMBER 244 WHEELS THROWN IN GEAR TODAY FOR START OF $25,000 DRIVE TO FINANCE HOME SERVICE WUT Elks Pledge Assistance and Dr. J. C. Kamp Named to Direct Campaign in County; Ball Tourney May Be Turned into Benefit for the Army Plans for the financing and erection of a Home Service hut in| Casper by the Salvation Army took long strides toward realization | Monday night when the Casper Elks, assembled in open session, pledged | the assistance of the organization and other expressions were voiced | which practically assure the success of the campaign. Not that the | money has been promised, but the necessary spirit was kindled, and it | remains for the leaders of the move-{ —————————_____________. | ment to put the plans in conerete! Schemes are being discussed and some AGAINST ALLIED ORDERS NO BOTTOM IN CHICAGO MART, _ PRICES SLUMP | (By Associated =n.) | CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—Demoraliza- |tion which seized the grain a..a pro- vision trade today forced down corn eight and a-half cents a bushel and! | pork $3.50 a barrel. The reason was) found in the possibility of the price of wheat to consumers being slashed at once by the government. | | i} CHAOS REIGNS IN !that dangers existing diverse to na- ‘tional interests are now being given | play. , RUMANIANS PLUNDER SUBURBS IN BUDAPEST, PLACE CAPITAL UNDER MILITARY RULE, REPORTS $778 Threaten to Take Lives of Five Hostages for Every Rumanian Injured; Blockade - Against Hungary Listed by Entente (PB: Associated Preas.) PARIS, Aug. 5,—Telegrams from American officials at Budapest state that Rumanian troops upon entering Budapest yesterday start- ed to plundering the suburbs. Fifteen or 20 civilians were killed by the Rumanians during the day, it was added. _ American reports said the Rumanians were demanding hostages and threatened to kill five hostages for each Rumanian soldier injured in Budapest. ! Some members of the new Hun-! ‘ garian ministry have been arrested i by the Rumanians, who have mount-| . ed machine-guns in various parts of the city and demobilized the local ‘ police. The city is absolutely under military control. ' Last Week in August Set Aside for Sport Fete; CITY, SAY REPORTS Advices from various sources on the Hungarian situation indicate that chaotic conditions prevail in the cap- ital. It is apparent, however, that the allied powers are bending all their efforts to an adjustment of affairs as speedily as possible, recognizing, The advance toward Budapest of form. Dr. J. C. Kamp, last night chosen | rejected in addition to the straight donation plan. Monday night’s meeting brot out 4 as county chairman to direct the cam-| ! x paign here for the coming month,| evidence that the entire city will back} threw the campaign into gear by call-| the drive. The wonderful work of the ing a,meeting of businessmen and others interested at a Henning lunch- eon today. No delay will be toler- ated in getting the drive under way and if enthusiasm and earnest effort| are as successful in this campaign} as in the past the prospects are high- ly encouraging. Dr. Tilman Hob- son, special campaign representative | of the Salvation Army drive, address. | ed the Henning conference briefly and immediate steps toward launch- ing a whirlwind drive were discuss- ed. | The campaign, it is indicated, may! take several forms, among them, a proposal that-the state baseball tour-! ney be organized on the benefit plan; for the army. L. A. Reed of the Mid- west refinery, will be interviewed to- day on the project. Countless other! army in the trenches in France stands out as its greatest asset in winning | united support. | “T’'m ready to take off my coat and! help the army any time,” declared; Charles Weidner, returned service} man, at the conclusion of a state-/| ment in which he paid the workers the highest compliments. . | “It’s a privilege to be able to assist | such an organization,” said L. A.j Reed, in offering a few remarks on} the merit of the proposal. | Others were equally strong in their | pledges of assistance, and all echoed the sentiments of Bruce A. Camp- | bell;-gtand exalted ruler of the Elks, who tendered the generous support, of Elkdom to the Salvation Army in New York as follows: | (Continued on Page 8.) | WAGE INCREASES AVAIL NOTHING — IF LIVING COSTS CONTINUE TO SOAR, SAYS METAL TRADES HEAD Representatives of Half Million More Men Going to Washington to Place Ques- | } 1 | yi tion Before the Government (By Associnted Press.) | SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.—The metal trades department of the | American Federation of Labor will make demands on congress and| the president this month that measures be taken to reduce the high cost of living, James O'Connell, chairman of this department, said to-| day. The membership of the metal crafts totals half a million. Reduction of living costs, O’Connell said, is the only means of avoiding further strike disturbances) thruout the nation. The demands| will be brot forward, he said, by the} executive committee of the metal! trades department, which meets in| Washington, August 15. | “We have been granted wage in-} creases that have gained us nothing | and gotten us nowhere,” O’Connell said. “The mounting cost of living quickly absorbs all increases and leaves us where we started. We are| going to put it up to sre government’ Trinartite Control with Elimination of Pri- vate Capital Demanded and Starts a Lively Discussion Probable Effect to find the way out.”’ MORE EMPLOYES PRESENT DEMANDS (By Axnocinted Press.) | WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—The de-! mands of 450,000 railway clerk: freight handlers and express and sta-| increased unless something was done to reduce materially the cost of liv- ing were considered today at a con- ference between Director General Hines and J. J. Forrester, of the brotherhood. Similar demands) by. the engineers; and trainmen are) being considered. i STOCKS SUFFER [LEAGUE OF NATIONS TAKES BACK SEAT FOR PROBLEMS ATTENDANT UPON THE HIGH COST OF LIVING SHARP DECLINE ON LATE NEWS: (By United Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 5,—Sensa- tional declines in the stock market continued t today’ opening. Among the reasons declared are the railroad situation and congressional investigations into the cost of liv- ing. Rails slumped the hardest. Union Pacific opened two points lower at 125. United Stat el opened at 1033¢, down one and a fourth. Total trading reached the enormous figure of 600,000 shares in the first hour. Buying elements plunged into the market towards noon, steady- ing some shares. Quick responses to margin calls also gave an easier tone to trading. | reduce the high cost of living. NATIONALIZATION OF RAILROADS IS URGED BY LABOR OFFICIALS firemen, conductors and the American Federation of Labor, was recognized | Meantime, half a million shopmen{today in Washington as the most far- are formally voting on whether aj teaching proposal yet piaced before! strike shall be called to enforce their! the nation during its reconstruction demands for a 25 per cent increase in: wages, (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Seven)} hundred and fifty-six of the Ameri-| can soldiers killed in action were vic-| tims of gas, according to the war de- partment, The average age of men killed was 23 years. The total num- hermissing in action on July 31 was 241. period. i Tomorrow it will be formally laid | before the house Interstate Com-/| merce committee by union leaders. | The proposal in the word of its! authors “marks the step by which! organized labor passes from de- mands for wage increases to de-! mands that the system of profits in industry be overhauled.” imorrow before the joint congression- NATIONALIZATION OF ALL INDUSTRIES MAY BE ASKED (By United Prens.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Nation- alization of the railroads with a pos-| sible spread to other industries came to the fore today in the discussion of iabor and the cost of living crisis. “I think the present trend of events is toward the nationalization of industry,” said Senator Cummins. “I do not, however, anticipate imme- diate nationalization of the rail roads.” When representatives of the four big railroad brotherhoods appear to-| al committee now hearing sugges- tions for a settlement of the railroad problem, they will make flat demands for the retirement of private capital, for purchase of the roads by gov- ernment bonds and future control by a directorate on which the public, temployes and operating management ; | WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Organized labor was before the| tion employes that their wages be’ nation today with the demand that private capital be retired} from railroad operation and that there be substituted a tripar- | tite control of the railroad properties by the public, ating management and the employes. The demand of orga- president |nized labor, presented in a statement signed by engineers, | ee 17 INDICTED BY will be equally represented. Some penators plan to bring out by questions that labor’s demand for public ownership of the railroads is the oper-! only a step in the direction of con-| trol of all big industries by the work- ers. GRAND JURY FOR CHICAGO RIOTS (By United Press.) , CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—Seventeen persons were indicted today in the first session of the grand jury in- vestigating the race riots. Three are charged with rmurder, | Julius H. Barnes, president of the U. S. Grain corporation, was | called to the White House for late today. | troops of the Szegedin government, reported today, indicates the inten- |tion of anti-Bolshevik elements— | mainly burgeois and peasant—to have a hand in the setting up of a permanent new government for Hun- |gary. The Russians’ interest is main- rendered military impotent. | SZEGEDIN TROOPS MARCHING ON CITY BERLIN, Aug. 5.—Troops of the Szegedin government of Hungary jhave advanced to within 23 miles | of Budapest and expect to reach that | city tonight, and Jugo-Slav forces al- so are advancing upon Budapest, ac- cording to a Vienna dispatch. (By United Press) urescu of the | tion of Hungary only as far as the j outskirts of Budapest and does not ; intend to interfere with Budapest's | internal affairs. { (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Aug. 5.—The council of five today lifted the blockade against Hungary. The Danube river is com- | pletely open to foreign trade. | 30,000 RUMANIANS PARADE IN BUDAPEST (Ry Associnted Press.) BUDAPEST, Aug. | sand Rumanian troops, including in- | fantry, cavalry and artillery, entered Attorney General Palmer Believed Ready the city today with a blare of trum- with Suggestions for Government Act- ion; the Production Must Increase | pets. The Rumanian forces were led by General Marghaseu and passed thru Andrassy and other streets. = —S { |MONARCHISTS | OF GERMANY ° AGAIN POSING. BERLIN, (By Mail.)—The Vor- weerts declares that the Entente, by demanding the surrender of the! former German Emperor is affording | the Monarchists an opportunity for ket, with th yeeninent ki noble poses, which is calculated to} ket, with the government making the win sympathy for Count Hohenzol-; | difference between the market price! tern and his defenders, “A bit of| {and the $2.26 guarantee to the farm-| prudence might have told the Entente ! ors. that much in advance,” the paper | Conferences with senators ofi the! adds. The Pan-German Deutsche Zeitung says: “The German people, who on June 28th, 1919, a day of} t dishonor, in cowardly traitorous flicht the problems of the high cost of liv-} surrendered its imperial master wil! ing are solved, Secretary Tumulty an-| again remove this blot from its es |nounced. The president “is going to} cutcheon. | |give his whole time to the question [By Aasocinted Press} | WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Attorney General Palmer expects to be| ;ready to present a preliminary report to the president today concern- | ing possible steps te be taken by government agencies in an effort to! It is understood that the, | president will take up with him a pro-| | posal to restore wheat to a free mar-/ | League of Nations have been definite- {ly abandoned by the president until | jof the high cost of living, Tumulty said. 4 | one way to decrease the cost of liv- | | ing is to increase production and the} president is understood to feel that! strikes now will interfere materially | | with any solution of the problem) | sought by government agencies, a | | (By United Press.) {CABINET TO MAKE TOKIO, Aug. 5.—Viscount U | SUGGESTIONS TODAY | a statement today declared that J Elk’s Prolific to Wirid up Month’s Campaign A state-wide b which will be bro: ball tournament it to a climax by \ly to make sure the Hungarians arej‘a huge Elk’s Frolic on Labor Day was the main plan decided upon by the exec je committee of the Elk’s at a dinner at noon today at the | Henning hotel when plans for raising | $25,000 for the construction of a | Salvation Army hut here were dis- feomees Tom Daily and C. P. Arbogast; fmanagers of the Casper baseball \nine, were named as the committee ‘to handle the sports of the big week when funds for the big Salvation Army hut here will be raised. Pree BUDAPEST, Aug. 5.—Commander! liminary plans of this committee are Rumanian army, | stated that he ordered the occupa-} to hold the big state ball tourney here the last week in August starting on Sunday, August 24, and ending about eight days later with a great (all-day celebration on Labor Day. |" Every ball team of note in Wy- jloming is to be invited to the tour- jney and each player is to be enter- tained so loyally that the same teams | will want to come to a similar totir- nament next season. The Daily Tri- bune already has offered a beautiful silver loving cup to the winner and the first three winning teams wil? receive large cash prizes. The executive committee empha- , ize hove a base. —Thirty thou-| 8ize4 that the plan to at vit ball tournament was con the ‘most popular because it itted every person in Casper to contribute to the Salvation Army drive. Tha Elk’s lodge is strongly behind tha drive. The committee today felt that after the great work the Salva- tion Army had done over there in the world war, that every person in the city would want to share in the campaign to erect the hut here. The present plan is to sell season tickets to the baseball tourney at $10 each for a season of ten to twelve games. With 3,000 tickets of this sort on sale, the Elks believe that the drive will go over the top “in fine shape. The Midwest Refining company workers and the Elk’s lodge have al- ready spoken for 2,000 of these tickets which they are planning to sell. The members of the Elk’s lodge at the dinner today said they wanted to have due notice when these tick- ets went on sale so they could beat the Midwest ticket salesmen in get- ting this large allottment. Some sort of entertainment in the form of a big dance, an out door movie, and a band concert will be given every night while the baseball (Continued on page Eight) GOOD INTENTION, WATSON DOUBTS chida, Japanese foreign minister, in m any to cut living costs. The president is | devoting his entire time there, de- | WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Presi-| righ ffecting the territorial sovereignty of China in Shantung. He b | dent Wilson and his cabinet meet this| promised that Japanese troops would be withdrawn immediately after . | afternoon in an effort to devise means| an agreement is concluded with C hin oie Japan, moreover, the foreign m sidering the esta tao of a general foreign settlement - « ferring the league and treaty confer-| _ instead of a purely Japanese settle ence until lower prices plans are } evolved. Following the cabinet meeting the (By Ansociated Pre: WASHINGTON, Aug. By General Palmer and Wheat Director Japanese acquisitions in Shantung Barnes. He will ask Barnes about] had been one wrong heaped upon an-| the feasibility of government pur-| other, Senator Watson, Republican of | chase of the wheat crop at the guar-| Indiana, asked the senate to reject, anteed price to the farmer but sell| that provision of*the Versailles trea-| to the public at a loss so that bread| ty which | (would be cheaper. ) Shantung peninsula, SMe Co Pe ee ae ogee Tee _ ment. “The president recently stated that 0 ‘ ; .~Declar-| Japan intends to return Shantung to president will confer with Attorney | ing that the history of German and! China,” he declared. “If that be true, why is it not so written in the contract. The whole treatment of China by Japan furnishes ample illys: tration of the fact that Japan intends to cling to Shantung and that her pro- believed,” gives Japan control in the) testations of good faith are not to\be ™