25 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1920
Page
1
Judge Walter H. Sandborn issues an order for rail sale as Equitable Trust Company of New York pursues the case. A stockholders' committee petition to postpone was denied. Judge Robert E. Lewis signs the order, with Lewis away from the city, affecting a judgment of 197,411.43.
Chicago April 25 Brigham says indictments may follow Cook County grand jury probe into alleged player crookedness in last fall’s world series. He indicates evidence is more than sufficient to support conspiracy to defraud charges and that Comiskey might discharge any players involved at pennant cost.
Douglas Electric Light Co resumes power after a court appointed receiver, A M Huntington, to oversee operations. The public service commission had refused a rate rise, with assets valued at 107000 and monthly income around 4000 against 8000 expenses. The city may take over the plant via a municipal election.
The Illinois Central flyer mail coach was robbed today as the train neared Chicago. Bandits rifled mail sacks and escaped when the train slowed, with authorities investigating the daytime incident.
Patches state Senor de Tara chosen to head the state government by the chamber of deputies. Aguas Calientes reported alarmed but no disorders. Coup follows Michoacan incident where Gen. Francisco Mujica assumed powers. Reports of Morelia unrest unconfirmed.
Local committees finish preparations for the seventeenth annual Wyoming Federation of Women’s Clubs convention to be held here for three days starting Wednesday. Miss May Hamilton directs the program with help from Mrs. W V Gage and Mrs. W J state offers. The schedule includes a reception, a banquet, officers and committees lists, and notes pages for delegates. Mayor Pelton will give the welcome, Mrs B B Brooke and Mrs W V Gage will respond, and Mrs Lin I Noble will deliver the president’s address. Dr Grace Raymond Hebard will discuss Americanization with special music featured at the Thursday session.
Senator Warren G Harding spoke to thousands of traveling salesmen in Marion promising stability and a businesslike government. He denounced Democrat administration meddling in private enterprise as undermining industry and risking chaos.
About twenty one thousand bottles of beer were poured into the Chicago River today by deputy United States marshals. The incident occurred during a federal action and drew attention from onlookers along the riverbank.
A terse report states Japan urged China to settle the bilateral dispute through a peaceful solution. The brief mentions ongoing talks and a request for restraint amid regional tensions.
The record shows a presidential tally with Harding leading among 1,184 men and 484 women totaling 1,688. Com-Alén, TH, and women tallied 264 for a combined 996 in the fragmented report.
The United States chamber committee reports solid buying activity continued through September with liberal demand based on need rather than speculation. It notes a cloud on the automobile horizon but expects production to rise and distribution methods to shift toward greater economy.
Gov. James M. Cox spoke from a rear platform in Greeley, detailing League of Nations and agricultural topics, while attacking Republican tactics and vowing victory in November. He planned speeches in Laramie and Cheyenne later today after expanding on conspiracy charges against Will Hays and Republicans.
Two girls aged 14 and 17 from Greybull Wyoming were found in a Cheyenne hotel room with M. G. Bradley and J. L. Moek, both about 50, after eloping a week earlier. Police interrupted them as they occupied a single room with twin beds at the Dyer hotel.
The Department of Commerce reports a sharp drop in August trade with exports totaling 534 million dollars, down 67 million from July, and imports at 619 million, down 15 million. The figures reflect a broad decline in international commerce.
Prices for wheat futures fell about 7 percent per bushel on the Merchants' exchange in St Louis, marking a rough week with total dealings rising to 10 cents.
United Press reports the grand jury inquiry into last year’s world series ambling scandal includes women linked to plot participants. Betting men allegedly offered 100000 dollars to fix the 1919 World Series. Charles Cominkey owner of the Sox says he would discharge indicted players, even at the cost of the pennant this year. Prominent players and officers are to be summoned before the grand jury on Tuesday.
A Senate committee heard that Democratic finance chief W D Jamieson advanced Mrs EF Parks $4,000 to publish Stars and Stripes. Parks refused to name other donors. Baruch reportedly lent funds totaling $7,000 with $2,500 not expected to be repaid.
The body of film star Olive Thomas arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania today. She died from mercurial poisoning in Paris and was accompanied by her husband Jack Pickford and Owen Moore.
London September 25 reports confirm all details on Terence MacSwiney’s status are being withheld at Brixton prison. The hunger strike reaches its 44th day as no official word is issued, fueling speculation of nearing death.
Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen closed the Cosmopolitan Trust Company of Boston today. The institution, with savings and a banking department and peacien abroad, was ordered shut in a sudden action announced in the morning.
Wyoming plans to raise 1 682 889 99 via direct taxation this year for government purposes. The 3 98 mill levy on 1920 property totals 422 987 183 in assessed value, with allocations for general fund highways university hospitals and new state bridge projects. Projections note reductions due to land income funds and hospital revenues lowering former levies.
An explosion at the steel mill in Jackson today killed three men and injured others. One furnace failed, hurling hot metal onto workers as chaos erupted among the crew.
The Russian Civil War report states General Wrangel’s forces have captured more than 10,000 Bolshevik prisoners in six days on the southern front near Sebastopol. Cavalry surrounds Bolshevik lines across a 100 mile front and is said to be outflanking Red forces on the Dnieper. London dispatch notes Bolshevik leader Budeny wounded in Ukraine as Polish Russian hostilities threaten resumption near Grodno and Brest-Litovsk relief appears imminent.
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