The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06
OFF THE WIRES

| The British government Ii taking
| drastic measures to fight American
labor organ.
A strike OF stage hands in 1863 thea
| tiers throughout the country where Shu.
| bert productions are being offered. has
been ordered by the International ALI
ance OF Stage Employees and Moving
| Picture Operators OF the United States
and Canada, 1t was announced In New
| York.
Slight increases in the price of meat
We're noted In the federal food direc-
tors fair price" list In New York, not
withstanding the announcement OF the
war department that II would release
several thousand pounds of frozen meat
In few days. The largest increase Is
In the price OF ham. which Jumped
from 81 and 3s IL cents a pound, Tues
days quotations. to As and 46 IL cents
a pound.
An offer OF 100000 to Jack Dempsey
to fight Willie Meehan twenty Ave
rounds in Reno some time after the
first OF the year was made by the Reno
Athletic club In a telegram to Jack
Kearns. Dempsey's manager.
The war department order that all
emergency officers be discharged by
September 80 was amended to extend
the time limit to October 81, and to
except those retained in the event Of
approximately $500 emergency officers
remainder of the fiscal year"
The Prince of Wales will arrive In
Washington November IL from Canada.
Details of his entertainment have not
yet been completed. but 1t is expected
that while in this city he will be the
guest of President and Mrs. Wilson at
the White House.
Application Of the principles OF the
league Of nations covenant to the Mexi-
can situation has been Endorsed by the
American Federation of Labor through
its executive council.
II was the failure OF the wireless
transmission to work properly that
caused Rumania's silence regarding the
notes of the supreme council to the
Bucharest government, according to in
formation just developed. The defect
was not discovered until Wednesday OF
this week, when the first of the mes
sages went through by rail-
Searchers for Lieuts. l.. B. Water
house and c. Fl. Connolly, army avia-
tors, who have been missing from Rock
well field since August 20. reported by
radio the men were last seen while
flying over San Juandodios. lower
California settlement sixty miles south
east of San Quentin, 1872 miles down the
coast from San Diego.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and w.
b. Wilson. secretary of labor, will be
in Cleveland to address the convention
of the United Mine Workers which
opens next Tuesday to last at least two
weeks.
The shipping board has named Allen
r. Forbes, of New York head OF
bankers committee to interest bankers
in enabling private concerns to purchase
salable shipping board vessels.
The tropical disturbance reported FOR
the past two days by the weather bu.
rpa11 said to he HDDareDtly central
Friday morning near the island OF
Inagua. moving slowly northwest with
moderate intensity.
The 1000 Baltimore & Ohio shopmen
on strike since Tuesday. returned to
work at Cumberland, Md. after being
informed by Director General Hines
that they were discharged II they did
not return by Saturday, and by John
Scott, secretary of the Federated Rail-
road Crafts. that the strike was un-
authorized and that the union would be
penalized by withdrawal of their char
ter.