16 Feb 1909
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1909
Page
1
Denver reports scientists warn the X-ray force could threaten humanity. Tests show X-ray exposure sterilizes hen eggs in seconds and prevents hatchlings. Dr S B Craig notes sterilizing effects extend to human reproductive secretions and raises broader health concerns.
New York feb 15 former Japanese diet member Tetruso Eto addressed Japanese students about harmony between orient and occident. He warned Westerners misjudge Japan as warlike, urged dispelling the yellow peril myth and cited Roosevelt as sharing this belief to smooth U S Japan relations.
Washington reports an appropriation of twelve million dollars for transports dispatch boats and cruisers with an amendment by Senator Newlands to allow naval ships to be used commercially in peacetime Senator Hale warns of higher taxes or borrowing if naval growth continues and both houses show broader support for a stronger navy.
In Cody Wyoming on February 15 workers of the reclamation service tried to fill Italian laborer positions at the Shoshone dam site after they fled in fear of smoke from Rattlesnake mountain. They believed an extinct volcano might awaken. Investigations found a brush fire caused the smoke and the volcano remained dead.
A Jagged blend of legislative notes shows Washakie County approved by the House while two local option measures failed. The article also covers Frohman remarks on Mrs Ilington and ongoing tax and water-right debates in Wyoming legislature.
Washington February 15 chairman Goethals told a house subcommittee the Panama Canal should use the lock system. He said a sea level canal would cost about 175 million more than a lock canal and total about 375 million including the original purchase price but excluding interest. Attell Driscoll fight called off in New York as weigh-in agreement failed.
In Acapulco last night a moving picture event at the Flores Theatre ended in a devastating fire. Between two hundred fifty and three hundred people died or were injured as crowds rushed for exits. The wooden building burned quickly and bodies lay in trenches as authorities tried to identify victims and inform relatives.
Mrs Cora Smith and her mother Mrs William Smith tell a tangled story of a 1902 marriage to carpenter Smith and alleged improper relations with the daughter. The shooting followed a comic valentine as the man tried to leave the home. Police placed Cora Smith under arrest while Smith recovers.
Paris reports through the Journal Officiel that in the latter half of last year births exceeded deaths by about 14 000 for the first time in a long period. The data align unfavorably with Germany and Britain but are hailed as a sign of progress influenced by press advocacy for reform.
A crew of nine snow shovelers arrived in Buena Vista reporting seven men and two others stranded at Alpine tunnel on the Colorado Southern at the continental divide. They spent ten hours crossing six miles Friday and have only coffee and flour to eat. The group includes Foreman Larry, his wife, and five trackmen.
A. J. Drevel Biddle known as Tony O Biddle will box Joseph Hagen Jack O’Brien in a women’s day event at the Philadelphia Athletic Club on February 23. The six round bout will be conducted under Marquis of Queensberry rules, marking the first boxing display by Philadelphia society women.
Montreal reports the Catholic Church plans a major colonization push in northern Quebec and Ontario led by Bishop Latulipe. The project, costing hundreds of thousands now and millions over time, seeks to move French Canadians from New England to farmable timbered regions and establish new settlements with clearings, cattle, and family life.
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