Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1919, Page 1

65-MILE WIND BACK OF TIDAL WAV 200 BODIES RPLOVERED nine. Scores Saved from Floating Debris but the Death List Continues to Grow as Bodies of Victims Are Washed on Beach; Thous- ands Homeless, Martial Law Today I By Culted Preany HOUSTON, Sept. 16.—Over 200 bodies have been recovered from the beach in the district around Corpus Christi, said a private mes-| sage received here today. Port Aransas was completely demolished. AUSTIN, Sept. 16. —At least : a paioeeaed bodies are strewn along the shores of ‘Neuces and Corpus Christi bays, said a telegram to Gov- ernor Hobby from Brigadier General Walters of the national guard at! Houston. Brigadier General Marshall-left Brownsville to take charge| in the storm area, where martial law was declared. Press.) cy SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 16.—Fifty bodies were recovered and 500! persons are believed drowned in the vicinity of Rebstown, Texas, 15 miles from Corpus Christi, said a wireless today from Brownsville to| Fort Sam Houston. | (By United Press} HOUSTON, Sept. 16.—At least 100 persons are dead in Corpus| Christi and vicinity following Sunday’s terrific tropical storm. Com- municaton has just been restored. There are 14 identified dead at Corpus Christi, 38 at White Point, 10 at Aransas Pass and eight in Rockport. Thirty others were found at scattering points along = coast. Rescue parties also saved cores from floating debris. Property damage in the vicinity | of Corpus Christi is upwards of three | millions. Relief trains are being | rushed to the region. The *tida) wave at Corpus C! nristi | was driven inland by a 65-mile-an- | hour gale. The water was ten feet | deep im the city’s streets. Severa) launch parties are ee and 85 soldiers in + convalescent} camp are also missing. Corpus Chris- | ti was placed under martial law to} prevent looting. The city is without; “Rt a seget ts “Stern Insistence,” i ’ Mexico, Was Aim of FIRST RELIEF TRAIN biggest tes) CORPUS TODAY, corpus “CHRIST, Texas, Sept. | 16.—With troops patrolling the city | today, Corpus Christi began emerging | from the wreckage caused by a gulf | luurrieane which strack the city early | Sunday, bringing death to an un-| known number of persons and doin, property damage «mounting to mil-;for the Protection of American lions. likt is placed at between 15 and 26, hui this is regarded by many as too conservative. In some quarters, it is aid, the injured total 200 with more than 3,000 homeless. Fears are entertained that heavy casualties will be reported from sur- rounding towns, several of which were directly in the path of the storm. Some relief was afforded the home- less here after midnight when the! arse train to reach the city in mahy ‘ arrived with foodstuffs and her supplies. ‘The storm struck Sunday morning nnd Was accompanied by a tidal wave ten feet high, sweeping the business distriet. When the wave was at its/ height virtually every second floor downtown was under water. Military rules were invoked la! tor of the organization, today | Tepresentative of almost every in- dustry in Mexico. The organization submitted to Acting Secretary Polk of the state department @ memoran- dum of its aims and Polk expressed | pleasure at the plan. “Stern insistence by the American government of the recognition of American rights,” is one of the prin- cipel objects of the association, Boyn- ton said the association had 2,000 members and that his own salary was | $20,000 a year. Boynton denied the association was attempting to bring about inter- |vention in Mexico or that he had any} te knowledge of any porpegsode ty yesterday and no one was allowed) rected to that: effect. - ee Smo. to enter the.wrecked portion ef thg|clarvd that ho did not regard armed The! city. All foadstuffs which escaped intervention as now necessary. damage by apiat were sold on that the association is engaged t tend direction _of of city officials, one | 2 intervention of propaganda, he de- clared, came — from men connected | ~~ (Continued on | on page Fight) FIUME ISOLATED THRU ACTION OF ITALIAN CHIEFS Plot for Occupation by Irregular Forces Hatched in Venice and Prefect Has Been Removed, Advices Declare (Ry, Associated Press.) LONDON, Sept. 16. italian government in the isolation of Fiume, according to official ceived here today. It is declared here that the plot for the occupation of Fiume by, irregular forces under d’Annunzio ted in Venice. The prefect) of Venice has been removed e and Italian artillery forces, there which were about to join the insurgents in Fiume have return! ed to their barracks. measures have resulted advices from Italy re- ROME, Sept. 16:--The government has prohibited the pu' ica-| tion of any news concerning military events in Flume. | Not Intervention | train arrives at San Francisco DEFINITE DATE OF KIAO CAHU’S RETURN SOUGHT (By Associnted Press.) HONOLULU, Sept. 16.—The United States has asked the Jap- anese government to fix » definite date for the return of Kiso Chau to China, according to cable ad- vices received by the Nippu Jiji, a Japanese newspaper. The dispatch added that the Japanese govern- ment had not yet answered, OVER 1,000 DROWNED, MILLIONS LOST IN GULF ‘COAST DISASTER Che Casper OVER 4,000 COPIES atlay Ae | of The Daily Tribune sold and e, | in - a Mhigectis= delivéred to subscribers every ; seca ; eee cee . e, i es day. | i deny served by e Unit- VOLUME 3 CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1919 NUMBER 279 YOUTH SHOOTS WARREN WHEN RELIEVED OF FRERMWINATION OVER USES SECOND GU TRIO OF BABES BORN IN HAVEN DURING STORM (By Associated Press.) CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex.. 16.—Three Sept. women who sought refuge from the storm in the fed- eral building Si:nday night became mothers while the hurricane was at its height. They were attended by physicians who were among the hundreds who sought safety there. Reports say that all are doing nice- ly at the hospitals. ASSOCIATION HAD APPROVAL U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT IN DRIVE TO ‘SECURE RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS in) Organization, Says Director Before Senate Committee [By Associated Prem) WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Approval by the state depart- ment of its plans for publicity was securee by the Association | Rights in Mexico before it be- In the city proper the death| gan general operations, Charles H. Boynton, executive direc- told the senate committee in- | vestigating the Mexican situation. Boynton explained that the lorganization was formed in January i in New York by 40 men WILSON TAKES REST TO BEARD COAST SENATOR . ABOARD PRESIDENT WILSON’S TRAIN, Sept. 16.—President Wilson entered California, the home state of Senator Johnson, this afternoon. No stops are scheduled before the to- morrow. Wilson is asving his voice. He will remain at San Francisco and | | Oakland two days ,speaking in both| cities. —= \VAFICAN CHOIR BOYS REFUSED U. S: ENTRANCE} Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-—Eigh- teen boys, members of a Vatican choir of 70 voices, here today om the stea videre, were sent to Ellis island by the immigration authorities and not allowed to land because there were under 18 years of age and were not accompanied by their parents. ‘DISCUSSION JAP REQUEST LEFT TO PRESIDENT! WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—-Offi- | cials here, in the absence of Pres- dent Wilson and Secretary Merger’ will not comment on the report that the United States has asked Taper | | to set a definite date for the re- turn of Kiao Chau to China. The general impreesion in official cir- cles is that the report is well found. ed. NTO RILL ROGK SPRINGS OFFIGER 16-Year-Old Boy Placed under Arrest in Case Makes Light of Cnme for Which He May Face Death Murder (Special to the Tribune) ROCK SPRINGS, Sept. 16.—Joe Mates, 16, was arrested here Monday for the murder of Deputy State Game Warden John Buxton, whom he shot after the officer had relieved him of a gun with which the youth had been hunting illegally Mates had a second gun which the officer had not observed |and with this he shot Buxton in the back as the warden walked away. | The youth fired two other shots at Buxton but. they went wild because Joe Coleman, who accompanied Mates, gtapled with him and spoil- ed his aim. Buxton staggered ta within call- ‘ing distance of an automobile in which his wife and children were j waiting und told Mrs. Buxton to go, for help. He was rushed.to the state hospital here but died before the institution wag reached. Mates hid in a coal car, where he was found by Sheriff Stoddard. He is said to have attempted to shoot the sheriff but his gun missed fire. Mates talks jokingly of the kill- ing of Buxton, @pparently not com- prehending that he will face trial for @ capital offense. STATE OL GOES TO MIDWEST ON PLEDGE TO HELP BUILD UP STATE Action of State to Mean Continuation of Great Building Program for Handling Wyoming Oil WOM A N DIE S AT HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, Sept. . since the truce was asked. Threatened strikes involve hun dreds of thousands of men. If the industrial conference next month doe not aid toward a solution anc 1 cost of living ix not reduced workers will aj problem their strike pls nition is becomir alent as a cause of that organized la campaign. become (Spreins te Whe Tribune.) NNE, Wyo., Sept. 16. Wyoming during the of he state next three years will deliver to the M 4d. D. Havila » died Midwest Refining company all of the about 8 o'clock th at crude petroleum it derives as roya alty local hospital followin. 1 from state-owned lands in the Mrs. Haviland came a the k, Lance Creek,Grass Creek, Rock southern part of the state for the op Creek, Big Muddy, Blk Basin und eration, it is said. The bo be Warm Springs oi} fields, in return ing held at Bowman's chap \for which the Midwest Refining com-|ing the arrival os her hust [pany will nie not less than $1.50 per ed for IN se DA YS, CHICAGO SAYS Salt Creek produet regurdless of the posted price. Immediately erect at Laramie a re-* finery of at least 3,500 barrels daily capacity, Which capacity will be in ce asred to 5,000 barrels daily as soon CHICAGO, Sept. — Thirtye las neighboring production warrants ,eyen cases of Spanish influenza jthe enlargement. have been reported to the health department in three days. It was during ihe corresponding week last year that the epidemic first crept into Chicago. t Spend not less than $ 0,000 for limprovement and enlarg nt of its Casper refinery, which will make $ jthe largest refinery in the United | States. Refine in Wyoming all petroleum | which it handles with the exeception lof a small production sent to Utsh. | Donate $300,000—at the rate of |$100, 066 « year during the period of ;its contract with the state—for use jin construction of the concrete high- way which is being built from Casper Ito the Salt Creek oil field. Under the terms of the contract Jat least $1,000,000 is'to be expended Ei men hurt, two seriously, jon the Laramie refinery, which is to) js the result of a head-on colli jbe equipped with high-pressure stills! o¢ two freight trains yesterday on lof the type used ip the Casper re- finery. The state at present is receiving japproximately 17,000 barrels of, roy-; jalty crude monthly, but this amount }wijl increase rapidly and within: the), | cor ming year the gtete probably wil the Northwestern railroad near Node ranch, a station about seven miles east of Lusk, Wyo., acoard- ing to unofficial advises brot by Pessengers into Cusper from the scene of the wreck. be colivenin ¥ the Midwest compe Au of the injured ure employes ny undey the terms of the contract, of the railroud, it ‘s understood ‘a monthly production at least 100 bere. A special train, carrying doctors and nurses, was rushed Iper cent greeter, Oe Threatened W alkouts Involve Hundrec Thousands; Union Recognition Main Contention. Labor Pushes Drive ity Untted Presse) 16.—Thirty-five strikes have been refer- jred to the labor department for settlement since August 26, when the president asked for an industrial truce. portion of the men actually striking, the department estimated that labor troubles were on an upward trend rather than a downward 3 BILLION IN “HOLE’," ae Appropriations , Must Be Pruned to Limit in View of Enormous De ficit Facing the Country, Chairman Good Asserts WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The federal tr faces a deticit of over three and a half billion dollars for the present fiscal year, Chair- man Good of the house appropriations committee informed congress teday. He warned congress that the condition confronting the treas- ury was alarming, and to carefully consider obligations already exist- _ing before approy before appropriations for additional expenditures easury INDUSTRIAL TRUCE REQUESTED BY PRESIDENT FAILS 70 END STRIKE. SPREAD. STUATION I ALARMING yey at a tT PROVIDES FOR As this is a very small pro- DEMANDS PEACE ~ BONFERENCE ASK | -FOR THE KAISER cewepai STRIKE _ PROBABLE HELD PARIS, Sept. 16.—(Havas Premier Lloyd George ge EERE Holland the handing mer Emperor William, This the premier, le Journal today asserts that planning to leave Par before his departure uch action decided upon rte NITRATE PLANT - MILLION LOST CANDIDATE FOR LEAGUE HONOR SHEFFIE! rie Sent 16. ty nited -a. Fire last night destroyed ware- NASHINGTON, Sey ‘ house No. 4 of the J. G. White « t eaty debate today Engineering corporation at Muscle ena sam attacked Presi Shoals, a government nitrate plant at for the The loss is estimated at two mil- League of lien EIGHT ARE INJURED | HEAD-ON COLLISION thru a hea st impossible fog and to se othe: ame. impact of the col drov tanks of each engine inte th gine cabs. A wipunderstanuding af u an the part of one t b to 1 k, accordi « from unofficial ources, Com INSTANT CALL *