19 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1921
Page
1
Casper daily reports Hughes accepts a high cabinet post as state politics unfold. The edition outlines budget bills approved by the Wyoming legislature and appointments confirmed by Governor Carey. It notes economic tension with Japan framed as commercial rivalry, not military conflict, per Dr. E R Fulksular.
President elect Harding announced that Charles Evans Hughes of New York has accepted the position of secretary of state, the choice confirmed in St Augustine. Hughes expressed gratitude while Harding said the secretary will speak for the state department. discussions touched on foreign policy and taxation with Fordney urging emergency tariff legislation for the new administration.
The government has practically promised prompt completion of the Hudson Bay Railway from The Pas to Port Nelson, promising another outlet for Canadian wheat. This confirms progress toward finishing the line and expanding grain export capacity.
Federal Judge Landis deferred sentencing for a 19 year old Ottawa bank teller and two youths who pled guilty to mail theft. He cited domestic duties and the need to protect dependents, promising a decision after further consideration and a delay of ten to twelve days.
The Senate housing committee cites alleged actions by the Southern Pine Association to resist price cuts in 1919 and to spur higher prices through a nationwide campaign. The Federal Trade Commission report notes fir prices rising on the Pacific coast after Southern Pine manufacturers urged increases, with curtailment of production and a campaign funded by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association to keep prices elevated.
Enrico Caruso has had a comfortable night after a heart attack last Tuesday. Dr. Stella reported he slept well and Dr. Murray called it the best night since his relapse, suggesting recovery remains probable.
Captain Ernest Evans the coalition Liberal backed by Prime Minister Lloyd George won Cardigan in the Wales bye election. He defeated independent Liberal Llewellyn Williams as the seat vacated by Matthew Vaughan-Davies was filled. Evans led by a margin with vote tallies showing 14 11 Williams 10 6217.
In Montgomery on February 19, Sam Katz, a local merchant, announced a brass imitation gold brick offered as if real. Katz defended the sale as a demonstration of confidence in the product and its perceived value amid skeptical buyers.
Dr. E Rk Fulkerson spoke at a forum luncheon of the Casper Chamber of Commerce and will address a men’s banquet at the Methodist church this evening and the Sunday morning service. The banquet topic is The Menace of Bolshevism.
Impeachment charges presented in the house against Federal Judge Landis by Representative Welty of Ohio will be heard by the judiciary committee on Monday. The appearance was moved from Tuesday to avoid interfering with Washington's birthday ceremonies.
A belated winter blast dumped four to fifteen inches across Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas as it moved northward. The snow disrupted travel and prompted school closures while officials warned of slick roads and drifting conditions through the day.
Washington February 19. A House committee exonerated R W Bolling brother in law of President Wilson and treasurer of the Shipping Board from wrongdoing amid a lengthy probe into board operations. Secretary Payne testified to reforms and criticized merchant marine act provisions while defending action against mismanagement and favoritism claims.
Topeka Kansas February 10 Miss Katherine Foley 20 a murder case witness in Wichita died here last night from poison forced down her throat by a man and a woman she told her mother before dying She rushed home in night clothing and died an hour later
Taul Schuefer a former teller at the North Hide Bluto bank confessed to embossing bank money and loaning it to a Seattle bootlegging ring. Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas announced he pleaded guilty on February 17 to embezzling 10 000 and was sentenced to five to fifteen years in the state penitentiary.
In RATTLE CRMEK Michigan February doctors suggested that most recent sleeping sickness diagnoses nationwide may be due to botulinus poisoning from preserved spinach. Dr J Kallexs and colleagues noted three Grand Rapids deaths linked to botulism and research is underway at Ann Arbor using victims' brain tissue.
Mrs. Frank Kendall was told her son Oliver J Kendall was shot by Germans as a spy near Canigny after he refused to reveal American forces details. Kendall wore full uniform when captured between lines and was buried behind German lines before Allied advance. His body was later moved to the American cemetery at Bouvillers, France. His comrades learned of his capture from German prisoners.
Two suspects Buck Allen and Bob Ford of Minneapolis were arrested after a gun battle with Morrison County deputies in Little Falls Minnesota during the investigation of a mail car holdup on train No 2. Loot estimated in the hundreds of thousands with several hundred thousand cited in early accounts. A clerk named C E Strong was wounded and a second bandit escaped. Unofficial reports varied on the loot as authorities continued inquiries.
Los Angeles reports Maybelle Hoe received a life sentence for the murder of McCullough Graydon, a prominent real estate operator. The court found sufficient evidence to convict, with prosecutors detailing the accused’s motive and method in the fatal act.
Richmond Virginia reform officials state that H. D. Brown prohibition inspector and Harry F. Sweet Sr former prohibition department member were indicted by the grand jury on charges of stealing liquor and transporting it for bootlegging.
Two marines were killed in an airplane crash at Mirebulais Haiti, announced by the navy department. Gunnery Sergeant Donald J Mack of Seattle and Pay Clerk Douglas K Booth of Key West Florida are the victims.
Crow and Neff veto a bill appropriating $200,000 to pay bounties for scalps of predatory animals in West Texas, halting the funding and scuttling the proposed bounty program.
Pittsburg Kans Feb 1 Alexander M Mowat challenged Governor Allen to a coal digging test to prove who can dig four tons to one. He accused the governor of claiming credit for the industrial court and sponging off workers and said the governor should accept or shut up.
The house voted 190 to 132 to send the emergency tariff measure to conference with the senate on amendments. Senate actions included a migration bill amendment reducing admitted aliens to four percent next year and extending related provisions. Immigrant patients from Europe were quarantined in New York after arrival and ordered to a hospital for typhus.
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