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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1919
Page
8
Reports from Seoul note street railway workers striking amid fires and unrest. A Chicago based Oriental mission head criticizes military rule in Korea, while Tokyo presses for civil administration as Korean resentment grows.
London reports more than seventy thousand Belgian refugees, with about 100000 expected by month end. Returning Belgians crowd weekly ship departures, while many prefer to stay in Britain to work. Difficulty lies in gathering sufficient numbers for swift repatriation and arranging rail and dock logistics for departures.
President Wilson may back a plan to boost American coal exports as United Mine Workers leader Hayes travels to Paris to press for a European demand. The trip aims to create markets in France Great Britain and Austria and revive the International Mining Conference though wartime tensions loom.
Pittsburg April 1. Harry Greb and Billy Misko fought a ten round draw in a close light contest last night. Both fighters had strong backing and the outcome was disputed with supporters for Greb claiming a wide victory and backers for Misko asserting a clear win by about two rounds.
Washington April 1 The War Department announced a new method to publish casualty lists. Names of verified deaths and those from action will be released promptly, while other casualties will be mailed to newspapers nationwide.
Denver April 1 Society editor Walt Wallop clashes with managing editor Lathe over newsroom authority at The Colorado Herald a Genap language paper. A magistrate heard Walloine claims and Lathe’s statements as the case proceeds with unclear rulings on paper leadership.
London reports a discussion of theatre workers minimum wages with figures for Sir Henry Irving at thirteen pounds weekly, Sir Charles Wyndham at fifteen, a banker two pounds, and leading actress Ellen Terry at eight pounds.
Johnny Kilbane featherweight champion knocks out John Mealy in Philadelphia in the second round of a six round bout. The first round was easy for Kilbane who then attacked from the start of the second, sending Mealy to the canvas at 1 minute 21.5 seconds.
A new alliance between the Nonpartisan League and the Guergo labor party plans cooperative stores in Chicago beginning with one shop in significant city wards. The stores will sell goods sourced from North Dakota and serve as labor unionHQs to coordinate strikes if needed. Morten J. Johnsen, secretary of one labor party, will visit North Dakota for talks with Governor Frazier and A. C. Townley.
Cripple Creek Colorado April 1 two youths said to be sons of a ranchman are cited for vandalism in Sunnyside cemetery where the dead are buried. More than 100 grave stones toppled fifteen in the Elks' lot. Their father is charged with driving his castle into the cemetery to graze. The incident provokes strong local indignation.
ParisApril 4 Arthur Henderson famed British labor leader told the press the labor troubles in England were on a fair way to settlement He held a conference with Col B M House of the American delegation about socialist representations on the league of nations
Sufficient stock of the Midwest Oil company has been deposited with the New York Trust company for exchange for the shares of the Salt Creek Producers association Inc. to ensure the complete merger of the former with the latter, according to advices from New York.
Constantinople dispatch notes that the Turkish government was informed by the Allies that peace terms will be communicated shortly. The notice hints at anticipated outbreaks when the terms are made public.
A clipping reports multiple deaths in a snowslide near Edmonton Alberta. Names such as Allen Braser of Winnipeg and Governor aestn are listed among the injured, with turmoil and rescue efforts described amid winter conditions.
United States District Judge B F Bledsoe sentenced Mrs Helen Fauser to four years for conspiring to smuggle opium into California from Mexico. Co conspirator Eugene Strup received eighteen months. Two others had been sentenced earlier. Federal officers said Fauser was the brains of the ring.
London April 1 a wireless dispatch from Berne reports Nikolai Lenin Bolshevik premier issued a decree that the temperature of all Moscow dwellings should not exceed 46 degrees due to fuel shortages. It notes Lenin’s own villa has central heating and open fireplaces, with higher temperatures observed.
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Hofmann were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock at the family residence conducted by Maj J S Stubblefield who paid tribute to the deceased. Pallbearers named W M Foust Leopold Kobis Charles Hirsig Thomas McGee H S Henderson and David Nimmo. interment at Lake View Cemetery.
Harriet Fold, a munition worker who lost a leg last summer, sought a pink enamel leg to match openwork stockings. The decision on pink versus brown is left to the supervising surgeon, per ministry pension rules.
Three mines of the Anaconda Copper Mining company the Silver Bow West Gray Rock and the Allie Soobt shaft of the West Colusa were closed today In Hut te Mont about four hundred to five thousand six hundred men are affected by the stoppage The shutdown comes Tuesday and is described as temporary by officials
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