Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 26, 1919, Page 1

4 ? RUSS SUPPLYING. Che Casper Daily Tribune VOLUME 3 SENATE AGREES TROOPS TO BE ON A BLANKET ORDERF" BACK AMENDMENT TO 10 (= MANY TO PEACE TREATY P ‘LICE POLES}: Eliminates — v ario.. wo Regiments Ord- Foreign Commis- sions in Recon- struction Work Go Overseas in the' Near Future inted Press.) ON, Aug. 26.—The (Ry Associated Press.) 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Un- s fantry regiment at Camp Tay- der a blanket amendment the peace jor, Ry, aide he s0tsat/CanigaI treaty has been agreed on by the N. J., have been ordered to prepa senate foreign relations commit-, *° Ps gr éraeas: and) alc! in policing | 4 Silesia during the plebzscite provided | tee. American representation will}. ¢n2 peace treaty, it was said at the be eliminated from various inter-' war department today. national commissions, which are to| actual moverzent of these regiments | supervise European reconstruction have not yet been issued. Neither of with the exception of a reparations the units has yet seen foreign serv- commission and such others as are to ice. be appointed by the League of Na-, a aie GOMPERS BACK foreign relations committee again amended the peace treaty today by adopting* Senator Fall’s proposal to eliminate the United Sta from, membership in the international com- mission to fix Belgium as a Ge rmany | boundary. The change would, affect about a score of commissions and would change the language of the treaty SEN. FALL’S PROPOSAL ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE (Ry United Press.) ny Aancelateati r NEW: YORK, Aug. 'Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, arrived here to- day aboard the transport George | Washington from Brest, after attend- in more than 50 places. 4 : Tent i: = ng he tional Trade U strictly party lines, Sai okth ances i} ees : | i a eee mittee acted specifically on only four treaty provisions in question, cere’ WHEAT TRUST iS was an agreement that the votes on these separate provisions would be on-| jm wag effect on provisions liké that regard-}| Amsoelated Press. » ing the Saar basis where the com- mission is to be appointed by the league. NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—A delega- [tion of congressmen, state legislator: and northwestern states conferred today with Wheat Director Barnes and of- ficials of the United States grain cor- poration on the question of deter- mining an equitable basis on which to ase rusted wheat. Specimens of —— CASH TO FOMENT U.S. RACE FEUD semen farecAnaeintea cen) } d.in order to facilitate the WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Rus-| proceedings. sian soviet interests are apparently The amount of gluten is rusted) supplying funds for propaganda to wheat in the northwest is above nor-| stir up race antagonism in the Uni-, mal this year while in the south and} ted States, according to information s below ayerage, was received by the department of jus- by Representative Young of N tice here. | Dakota, chairman of the delestionil pure a GOVERNMENT RETAIL STORES TO | 1... css: one of Features BE ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER CisilAssecantam excess) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-—Retail siores for the sale of house- included in the surplus stocks of the war department, blished on September 25. ‘es will be located in de pot centers and other large cities und they will accept and fill mail orders. They will be continued in- definitely as a part of the govern ment campaign against the high cost of living, understood, and now under cons LIGHTNING RAZES 24 OIL TANKS IN| FIRE NEAR LUSK ‘Buck Creek Oil Company Suffers Approxi-| mately $12,000 in Damages When Bolt Orders for| Program to be given at the | of the | the Plays Havoc With Tank Farm | A $12,000 oil fire which destroyed 24 tanks of oil near ments. Lusk about midnight last night was caused by lightning strik-| ing one of the tanks, it was reported here this morning. Nine 250-barrel tanks full of oil and 15 other tanks were destroyed | when the lightning struck storage tanks of the Buck Creek | company on Section 26. At 10 o’clock this morning the fire in these tanks was reported nearly) k ane after blazing all night. The SNOW FA LLS AS flames could be seen in the surround- ing rain-drenched country for miles. SUN SHINES IN Oil was flowing from Buck Creek wells No. 14 and No. 28 into these tanks. For several hours the flames were beyond control so rapidly did the oil blaze up after being touched off by the lightning. The same elec- trical storm which visited Casper late last night reached the country sur- rounding Lusic about midnight. No details of the fire fighting or loss to surrounding property have been re- ceived, (Dy Associated Press.) though the sun was shining, snow fell here for five minutes today melting | as rapidly as it struck the ground. CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1919 NUMSER 262 is LOS ANGELES IS SEALED BY STRIKE LABOR DAY PROGRAM TO, ECLIPSE ANY FORMER YEAR} VISITORS MAROONED ELABORATE ARRANGEMENTS PRACTICALLY COMPLETED ered to: Prepare to First Day of Salvation Army Drive to Witness Unex- celled Program at Fair Grounds Here; Boxing, Wrestling and Parade for Casper With a program outlined that will eclipse all former efforts, Labor | day this year gives promise of being the most momentous in the his- | tory of Casper. Richard Dunn, marshal of the ments for the parade, and the announcement of the line-up march will The sports committee has arranged a appear in tomorrow’s Tribune. Pair grounds which will be the big event lay, and which will result in swelling the fund for the Salvation Army hut. The program will contain a ten- round boxing match between Jack Hempel of Casper and Sergeant Lee, |the famous soldier fighter, who '“cleaned up” everything in his |in the army, both in the training! | camps at home and on the firing line in France. Jack Mempel, the big R |strong boy, who helped train Jess | Willard, has more than a local repu- tation, and is reputed to be the first man who ever scored a knockdown on ex-champion. Many boxing e: perts claim that Hentpel would hav made a much better showing against Dempsey than Willard did. The two big boys are about evenly, matched, and fight fans may expect} to see a real exhibition. Besides the battle royal bétween six or eight Sandbar huskies,‘# great drawing card will be a _ wrestling match between George McLeod and young Roberts of the Burlington. Mc-, Leod is one of the cleverest’ wrest- lers in the game, and this evert alone will be more than worth the admis- sion price, Roberts has much the best of it in weight, but the science and experience of McLeod! is-expucted to} maké an ever match. On a whole there is entirely too much doing for a single resident of prominent agriculturists from] Casper to leave the city The printed program is about com-, pleted and will be ready for dis\ribu- tion ina day or two. or two. ‘YOUNG TEDDY 10. OLIVES THOT CAUSED THE DEATH OF 6 (Ry United Press.) ALLIANCE, Ohio, Aug. 26.— Ptomaine poisoning, believed to have been from olives, killed Col- onel C. C. Welbrecht, his two ily friends and a waiter last night day, has about completed arrange- wife, ORDER TROOPS (By Associated Press> ALLIANCE, Ohio, Aug. 26.— Colonel Charles Waybrecht, who returned here three weeks ago from France, where he commanded ed the 146th infantry, died here to- day as a result, physicians believe, of eating a cold storage turkey dinner Saturday night at Lake- side Country club in Canton. (Ry Ansoct RALEIGH, N. ¢ ed Prenn.) , Aug. 26,—Four ; companies of state troops have been Mrs. Helen Gahris, 33, of See- ordered to Charlotte where disorders |] bring, is also dead, and Mr. and in connection with the car strike re-| Mrs John Sharer are paralyzed and their recovery is doubtful. Bob Jennings, a negro waiter * at the club, is also dead. The chef in a dangerous condition and sulted in the death of two and the ODESSA FALLS — AFTER 2 DAYS SECRETS FOUND VADER FIRE IN ARCHIVES OF Press. LosBontacetetovi: .. FORMER OFFICER pation of Odessa, the chief Russian |. port om the Blnck.-sea, ria allied forces, is admitted today im a Bol- By Aasocinted Press.) Savi geubrusisiel wikelece atkes BASLE, Aug. 26-—The @umanian from Moscow.. The occupa- military authorities have dise ats Lactedadiactadns thec che is in the archieves of the Hungarian had bombarded the city for two foreign ministry a telegram from days. Otto Bauer, former Austrian stete Se Se Sa secretary, asking that Bela Kun de- i Crouch, district 1 manager of stroy all documents relative to the Tene Satan supply company, has delivery of arms by Austria to Hun- | returned from a business trip thru) gary, according to Budapest dis- his territory. patch made public here today. REPORT TA arr pe National Membership Drive of the American Legion Theodore Roosevelt of New York, | one of the founders of The American Legion at both Paris and St. Louis caucuses and now a member of the Joint National Executive Committee, starts today a four weeks’ speak- ing tour thru the Middle West and! Far West under the direction of the Legion’s National Speakers’ Bureau. His tour will be-one of the features of the national membership drive to be undertaken by state branches andj local posts during September to bring the Legion’s enrollment of vet- erans up to the million mark prior to the National Convention in Minne- |apolis on November 10, The purpose of the Roosevelt tour - well as the speaking tours‘of J. F. Herbert, of Massachusetts, head of Ihe Speakers’ Bureau, and John W. \{nzer of Alabama, will be to coord!- ‘nate the work being done by state organizations, to assist officials of the Legion on behalf of the Nationa) Executive Committee and to tell the country at large about the inception organization, aims and ideals of the Legion and its present accomplish Mr. Roosevelt will cover the stater of chigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wis- consin, Minnesota, braska, lowa |Kansas, Colorado, California, Utah, | Washington, Montana and Idaho. In each of these states he will deliver ad- |dresses and attend conferences with American Legion officials in one o1 more of the large cities where it wil be possible for him to meet the larg est possible number of ex-service men. Several states have arrangec .HORNELL, N. ) oa | to hold their first annual conventior on dates when he will be able to at tend the opening sessions. In addition to the Roosevelt west ern tour, the Speakers’ Bureau wil: HORNELL, N. Y., Aug. 26.—Al-| arrange to send Chaplain Inzer of | Alabama on an extended trip thre the southern states. Mr. Herber himself, will speak for the Legion ir New England and other eastern states, 11 and 12th.! = an te edie, Address this afternoon. [By United Press} WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The Federal Trade commission in its re- Port to congress today has recommended that the private ownership of | refrigeratar and livestock cars be prohibited. The committee declared such skould either be acquired or operated under government regulation, The report also said the big packers through ownership of refrig- erator and livestock cars were enabled to gain an advantage over the | small; independent concerns. It also charged the “big five” packers’ are granted “expe d service,” while those of the smaller packers “misused and diverted.” Anmovinted Prensa.) 26.—Declaring that steps were n | control the business of the five largest packing companies, the a commission in @ special report to the president tods ay, recommends the operation of refrigerator cars and cars used for the transportation of me and animals, to be declared a government monopoly. It recommends further that the property concerned, ineluding icing stations and other facilities: as well as other be acquired by the Teximent and that the railroads threafter be ensed to own and ope them. The big packers’ report says they now own 90 per cent of all refrig- erator equipment in the country. 77. ———————eeee STANDARDIZATION OF SCHOOLS MAIN TOPIC OF INSTITUTE HERE The Natrona County Teachers’ in- stitute opened its second session here this morning. Miss Margaret M. Mul- lison, deputy state superintendent of public instruction, addressed the in- stitute two times yesterday. The prin- cipal topic of discussion of the meet- ings this week is expected to be the standardization of the school system in the state. Sectional meetings for high school and grade school departments pre- dominated on the program this morn- ing. “The Teachers’s Work for Today and Tomorrow” was the seheduled subject of A. H, Dunn's address’ this morning. Mr. Dunn is superintend- ant of schools at Port Collins, Colo. Mrs. -Lela Aultman of Greeley, Colo., on the program for the principal (By United Great Britain to aid the Poles. Germany is also charged with sys- tematically discrediting the Poles and driving them out of Silesia thus in- suring a plebescite favorable to Ger- imany, The correspondents give de red | , | mitt , UNIONS, SAYS HINES LONDON, Aug. 26.—Charging that the Germans are guilty of the same practices in upper Silesia as in Belgium in 1914, the Times and Post correspondents in Poland cabled today a combined appeal to rence of massacres and the wholesale deportations of able-bodied men for rep 1 aration work in France and Belgium land, Nev IN CITY WHEN RAIL MEN IGNORE ORDERS One Train Reaches Los Los Ange les Yesterday; Federal Grand Jury Meets to ¢ Strike; Tourists Leave the Cit) age Passengers Jonsider s Steer- ity Aw LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26.—Striking nels men will ignore the instructions of national chiefs that they should return to work and will continue to strike, according to a decision reached at an all-night meet- ig here last night. The men based their action on the phrase in the or- ders to return to work which said that they need not submit them- selves to danger. of mob violence. a1 *. CHICACO BAR “voce: MEN ARE IN BAD; 200 OR MORE © » ARE ARRESTED y Ey idence Shows That work TRANSPORTATION IS VIRTUALLY AT STANDSTILL cet ae Practically Every being paralyzed Saloon Man Has Local r ’ Been Violator CHICAGO, asia 26.—Fif- teen brewers here will be ar- rested and indicted by federal grand jury, according to the department of justice's instruc- tions to district attorney Clyne. ers will ompany is r COMMITTEE REFUSES BASIS OF PRESIDENT’S PROPOSAL (ae 8 Jnted Press. Ww ASHING TON, Aug b rT 4 for f war ed to the sterda Pre dent Wilson The result union jocals thru ir NO TRACE YET te OF 2 MISSING pouals should te =) “AVIATORS uctions th SAME ATTITUDE TO ALL other sume a Gen T . Hines said OUTRAGES IN SILESIA" SAME AS IN BELGIUM MADE AGAINST HUNS Brittain Is Appealed to Aid Poles From the Ravages the Germans Are Charged of Being Guilty of in Upper Silesia FLU AL ARMIST DISCREDITED BY PHYSICIAN ay INCINNATI, Aug € Prens.) Ansocinted reas.) A recur- nfluenza epidemic form . ikel d Heal Me The dispatches accuse the Germans of ae Re e cans, & 5 al S Cope- 4 h commissioner. ee a Was well immu: a a hundred execut i t fall and The Times in an editorial declared er 8 Epidemics today that “Ebert, Bauer and Er such cter, as a rule, do not berg have no more scruples th strike tw n the same place, he the Machiavellian stazesmen of old.” said.