Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 2, 1919, Page 1

ig or I Ly Meh Ded AIT9 OVER 4,000 COPIES of The Daily Tribune sold and | delivered to subscribers every | day. | FS) - £ CASPER, WYO., é VOLUME 3 SPECU). BLAN zD FOR FOOD PRICES European Ports Overflowing » with Food- stuffs and Much May Spoil, Hoover Asserts on Eve of Departure (By Associated Press.) i PARIS, Sept. 2.—The distressing era of. speculation in foodstuffs in the United States and thruout the world’s primary food markets is largely responsible for high food costs, in the opinion of Herbert Hoo- ver, chairman of the inter-allied relief organization, who on the eve of his departure for the United States, granted the Associated Press an interview today. Wharves and warehouses of north-' ern European ports are overflowing! 7 injured at first, but medical examina- with foodstuffs, sent by merchants | tion by a skilled physician revealed from all over the world, Hoover said. | ‘no serious injury and another ¢xam- These merchants, he declared, had “gambled” on sales in Poland, Czecho-| | bout showed that the blow was struck Slovakia, the Baltic states and Ger-t cleanly. Lee was hit close to his many at high prices, but these states’ liver according to the official verdict. have only depreciated their local cur-| ited to the ability of the people to buy on credit. i “This year’s Hoover, “are due, rency and many commodities are in} danger of spoiling as the centra! Eu- ropean market for foodstuffs is lim-| speculations,”” said . in my. opinion, Fiame Controversy N chiefly to the belief of food mer-|! B chants and manufacturers that when, Be Submitted to E the blockade was removed there would! be an enormous demand for food-| stuffs and other commodities in cen-} tral and eastern Europe. This specu-} lation is not due to any important shortage, at present, of actual sup- was not confined to foods was great- ly stimulated by the long delay in the removal of the blockade until the peace treaty was signed at Ver- sailles;’? uf x according to forecasts, sets forth r= Eee ta Slavia. coh et however, that Austria will need eco- (By Unit PARIS, Sept. 2.—Herbert Hoover, Crthune TUESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1919 THON JOHNNY LEE IS COUNTED OUT ON HEMPEL'S PUNCH day; League to Play Big Part (By Associated Press.) ; . u PARIS, Sept. 2.—The treaty of peace probably will be handed ply. This speculative fever, which/ to the Austrian delegation this afternoon. . The treaty will be accompanied with a covering letter which, bring about! tht wir and: paity out thet she, therefore, coubl nak ‘ob-| 2Ppeared to he even with few real Lithuania legation announces »» }teiiy ‘treatment similar to thot~ accorded It is declared to recognize, ; Phe A we nee | ibd | Feel UMMINS’ RAIL BILL WOULD PUT BAN ON STRIKES, LOCKOUTS Regional System for Private Operation of Railroads Under Strict Government Control Proposed in Measure Intro- duced Today; Labor to Share Profits ITALIAN GROWN GIVES UP LAND TO THE PEOPLE (By United Press.) MILAN, Sept. 2.—King Em- manuel took another step toward democracy today when he an- announced that he intends to re- linquish the crown lands for the benefit of the pe ntry. The buildings thereon will go to char- itable institutions for war suffer- ers. THE DAILY TRIBUNE Member of the Associated Press, and served by the Unit- ed Press. | ie NUMBER 267 [My United Press} | bill providing for private ownership and operation of the railroads un- : . ae. bs der strict government supervision wth labor sharing in the m - Omaha Heavyweight Yells Foul But Examination by WIFE CAUGHT 0 | ment and earnings. ae 3 The bili would make strik d lockouts cri | offi ee Physicians Shows Clean Blow; Boxers Hold Tor the euployer’ participation ia fing wees TRACK, HUSBAND" elaborately for the employes’ participation in fixing wages Center of Sport Card at Fairground ieee ew enter of Sport Card at Fairgrounds DIES WITH HER on : : RON AR LAW TO maT “BE MADE ‘GOAT © OR MISTAKES ~~ OF BRITISHERS freee Political Strife in sritain Jack Hempel knocked out Segt. Johnnie Lee in the second round of a ten round bout yesterday afternoon at the Fair Grounds as a climax to what was probably the best boxing and wrestling card ever given in Casper. Hempel had out- pointed his husky opponent up to the time he sent a short arm jab to Lee’s body which sent him reeling to the mat. | It was feared that he was seriously (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—“I'll stay with you, Mary.” With these words William F. Tanner, cashier in the offices of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad here, closed his eyes, embraced his wife, whose foot was caught in a railroad frog, and was kill- ed with her when a limited train of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad crashed into them last night. John Miller, flagman, in at- tempting to rescue the couple, lost his left leg and fractured his right arm. Three little children are orphans today because of the accident. ination by two doctors after the After being eounted out, Lee re- vived and started to offer battle to anybody and ev@rybody in the ring. Lee drew firs€ blood with a pretty blow to Hempelfs mouth but Hempel hardly noticed jt. Big Jack came back with a vigious blow to Lee's ed with another! Lee was plainly ody nose and Hem-! REDS SUE FOR re hard jolts to his PEACE, CORDON Brewing; Lloyd George to be Protected ot Settled in Terms to nemy by Allies To- LATE FLASHES | LONDON, Sept 2.-—Political ac- FROM THE WIRE tone before pariament;easembcs — in October. Premier Lloyd George er iS expected to remain in France worried by his pel landed two jaw. Hempel had outpointing his je round on points, my opponent and landing the bl that counted. BEL 5 un i Lee came strong to start the | ENEMY of Italian re massacred in| amother fortnight but he has al- second. He ca®ried the battling to several att Albanian cl en, | ready tua hed his a Hempel’s side of the ring but Hem- pel met him at every step with his in: Austria’s responsibility in aiding to peculiar style of defense. The round\\ COPE) according to the Politik mainder of the Italian troops retire toward Durazzo. iy MiknoliteiPreie) NHAGEN, Sept. | 2.—The that ‘ | blows. struck yntit. Hempel delivered | the Bolsheviki have been surrounded (Hy Asnoctated Press.) aud Juge-/tie winning blow. \ (on the Lithuanian“front, ‘They- are *"-WABHINGTON, Sept. | . After being counted out, Lee went offering to make peace with the. lied blockac ‘ Theol testifying today before the congres-| sional committee investigating the wer department’s expenditures, de- clared that high food prices in the United States were entirely due to the! failure of the allies to lift the block- ade against central Europe immedi- ately after the armistice. | “Delay in lifting the blockade caused speculators to corner food- stuffs and hold them, expecting tre- mendous demands when the embar- go was lifted,” he said. ‘But mean-| while European countries bot to their) fullest thru the allied economic coun-| cil. This exhausted their gold re-| serve, rendering further purchases im-| ‘nomic and financial help to insure her existence. It was declared unofficially today that the treaty did not provide for settlement of the Fiume controversy at present. As to the political future of Austria, however, it is known that under the treaty the League of Na- tions is to have a ve large say. For one thing, the d ion whether Austria shall be allowed to join Ger- many would be left to the League of Nations. Of such permission being given, however, there would appear to be little chance, as France, is known to be opposed to such a union. soe. | to Hempel’s corner for an argumént. Lithuanians, whose gdvance con lifted today ; rt A large crowd swarmed onto the tinues. tyes and certair e ss raised platform and one quarter of a et which will be und ° | the battler’s platform caved in under reparations commis ear LONDON, S 2 Phe E ‘ : stroyer V | their feet. It took about thirty peo- ple with it but nobody was injured. | Charles Doyle proved a real boxer §/ from Omaha, Neb., and had the best iS COMING TQ sunk in jof Tommy Thomas of New Orleans. ‘The first round was a draw while , admiralty ann | Thomas had the best of the second. of . | The remaining two rounds were eas- THANK AMERICA BERL ee ports fre al sh army cP (By Associated Press.) Gough of the PARIS, Sept. 2.—(Havas.)—Car- | ed shape looked like the best boxer on{dinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, | ily Doyle’s with this spunky fighter | landing almost at will in the closing TO ORSERVE ONY "= Doyle altho clearly not in good | rulatio trograd th ana 3 about { allies have decided to give Bulgaria possible when the blockade was final-| ly lifted.” | Food supplies now held in the Uni- ted States are greater than at any time since 1913, showing that pres- ent high prices are artificial, Hoover | added. | BULGARIA GETS | GIVEN PORT ON AEGEAN, CLAIM (By United, Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—The big packers who control the live- stock markets are responsible for heavy losses to producers in the last ten davs, Senator Capper of Kansas, stated today. He cited re- cent break in prices as the reason why packer regulation legislation be enacted. The National Consumers’ league in a formal statement today d clared that the packers with w; houses bulging with food could a’ ford to cease buying just as legis- lation was getting underway. YANK AVIATORS FIRED UPON BY BORDER BANDIT Captain Wounded in Head but Assistant Makes Safe Landing on American Side; Mexicans Slay Murderer of Schaefer (By Ansoclated Press. PARIS, 'Sept. 2.— (Havas Aegean seaport, access to which the under the peace treaty, is Dedeagatch, together with a railway leading to! that port. | LAREDO, Texas., Sept. 2.-Two American aviation of-| ficers, on border patrol duty, were fired upon today by a group of Mexicans while flying up the Rio Grande. Captain) Davis McNabb was wounded in the head. His companion, Lieu- tenant Johnson, brought the machine safely to earth on the American side. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—The bandit who murdered Adam Schaefer, American citizen in Zacatecas on August 28, has been killed by Mexican federals, accor CHECK BUYING jed by Buddy Clark of Chicago in a tin e department messages from Mexico City today. ! fishing trip. | . 2 | the big fight card. Thomas put up a left Paris this morning for Brest, Boilermakers. #Refiners,|iscce nent although gutroighted (econ s, in, morming for: Brest, ficin eeete ert . and started out like the winner, after | States. Cardinal Mercier told the As- PARIS, Sept. 2.—The re € andl Gagks anelpw allets| payie iad duitbal hel first faw: blows, |Sscicesg tence re Co conics | of the J | With both men in better shape, these two would prove a great fighting card in aimost any city. P Terry Fitzsimmons was outpoint- _ Make Fine Appearance in Big Street Fete four-round boxing exhibition. The first round was the best of the four and it was only im the third that Clark While not long as some years the past, Casper’s Labor day pa- rade yesterday was representative of 4 practically all organized erafts in this €°t {in some real blows and had city and the demonstration was wit-| ‘the best of Terry. The final round messed by a crowd that lined both "Ae a draw with both boxers doing curbs of the downtown streets, The ‘02 Work. |parade started promptly at the ap-! Johnnie Boneline of South Dakota | pointed time and broke up after the bestea Barney Bailly in the frat’ of principal streets had been traversed. the four preliminary bouts. It ap- The parade was headed by/ Grand | Peared to be Boneline’s fight after | Marshal of the Day Richard Dunne,| the first of the initial round. After followed by his aides, Alva Scott and| the second he seemed to have Reilly |B. L. Fletcher. Riding at the side of | *t paises and tapped him almost Mr. Dunne was J. B. Griffith, presi-| #* W'™- | de} » C 2 _| George McLeod had an easy time of the Casper Trades assem sn hia wrestling Baye with Harry The boilermakers made a truly| Roberts getting two falls in a total | wonderful spectacle and were in line‘ of twenty-five minutes, The first) a 100 strong. The boilermakers were, time the two went to the mat, Rob-| uniformly attired in overalls and|¢Tt’s dislocated his collar bone and} jumpers. The refinery workers were tre the ligaments in his shoulder: | equally. as well represented, having Robert's consequently was forced to something over 175 in line and were #88ume the defensive the semainder| attired in much the same manner. | the fight. ai The cooks und waiters made a fine| Roberts put up a plucky battle in appearance and drew many a hand of , 8Pite of his injury, losing the first applause as they passed dressed in| fall in seven minutes with a scissors, white. This organization had a 100|double-arm lock. After a long rest, per cent turn-out, some 130 being | McLeod came back with his old at- in line. The laundry workers had a. tack. float at the head of their procession! McLeod got several toe holds only and made a splendid showing. The{t® lose them and finally downed Rob- barbers were in line a 100 per cent etts with a hammer lock in 18 min- and carried a large American flag, ¥%s- Roberts fought hard tho hurt to advantage. This organization wore! painfully. white uniforms. A battle royal of negroes direct Teamsters, hod carriers and build-| from the Sandbar resulted in a two) ing laborers were represented with | Tound smashing contest with Johnson | small but good looking turn-outs of in the lead in landing blows, = the faithful. The retail clerks were _ Carranza and Villa did their bit in line with a good representation, | for three lady-like rounds and the Union musicians were at the head bout was declared a draw. of the parade and gave testimony The Midwest team won the tug-of- | to their rapidly growing strength in War from the Standard refining com- this community. pany crew after a long pull of about three minutes, | sh Rev, Phillip K. Edwards and family | smcig Teng rer me ill vo oe ae | have returned from Encampment,| IeAciner toc, Wea Maansektaed yas: Wyo., where thay: agant: ® mos $0: 1 irg 4 “Salvation “Arm: Lassie,” | joyable two weeks on an outing and’ areal y 3 (Continwed on Page 8) i tria’s accep America because, having been in con- tact with the great work of Ameri- Austrian pl cans for relief of Belgians during the Main today great war, he wanted to thank them re , m3 (By United Press on their own soil. WASHINGTON, It porte that He ning to north ere uild a big traete ant Mex th MEL COOGAN QUTPOINTS MONA IN TEN ROUNDS, rbance Mexicar ov ris CUMBERLAND, Md., Sept Fifteen hundred Balt (By Ansociated Prens,) phopmen wa 1 out t SOUTHBEND, Ind., Sept. 2.—Mel President Wilson’s apr = Coogan of Brooklyn outpointed Bar- | at w pending efforts to lower ney Adair of New York in ten rounds « here ai if — «ny “t rens.) (By Ansociated Preas.) LINCOLN, Defying ord WATERLOO, Iowa, Sept. 2.—Den- ers from their na al officers, rai nis O'Keefe of Ch won over way shopmen at the Havelock Burl Tommy Comiskey of Paul by a ington shops walked out this mor slight margin in a fast ten round-go ing. About 500 ou of 1000 sho here. 4quit h *h Mr INDEMNITY FOR DEATH DONATED TO RED CROSS (By PARIS, paid France xn indemnity of a mil Associated Preas.} Sept. 2.—Germany liom frames tor the murder of Ser- geant Paul killed in Mannheim, who was the streets of Berlin by a German in July. The French gov- ernment will make a gift of this mount to the International Red Cross Tardiou, TO ADMIT AUS Representation in Reichsrath Would Be Violation of Treaty, Huns Informed in Threat to Advance on Rhine (Ry Associnted Press.) PARIS, Sept. 2.—The supreme council of the peace con- ference has decided to send a note in forceful terms to the German government pointing out the contradiction with the Versailles treaty of the provision in the new German consti- tution providing for a representation of Austria in the German Reichsrath. The council demands suppression of the article within a fortnight, de- claring that otherwise the allies wil! be compelled to undertake further occupation of the left bank of the Rhine. 5 The article objected to is artic XL. of the German constitution as in conflict with article LXXX. of the German peace treaty forbidding Ger- rence in Austrian affairs, man inter! GERMANY TOLD NOT TRIANS DENVER BOXER AWARDED DEGISION OVER CORDOVA «my ALBUQU Associated Prensa.) 2RQUE,! Sept. 2.—Car awarded «a ny Corde- in 15 rounds. v of Albuquerque JNCKSON BEATS DUNDEE IN LABOR DAY BATTLE (My Associated Press.) JERSEY CITY, Sept. 2.—Willie Jackson of New York outfought Yohnny Dundee of New York in eight rounds of fast fighting last night. nae eee we