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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1920
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text references San Francisco candidates and a senatorial race. It mentions a person named Wilson and a statement about candidacy status. It also hints at a custody matter and potential legal actions with dates and locations obscured by garbled characters.
A supper of the Baptist church drew about 40 locals as Cheyenne church leaders unveiled the Inter-church World Movement. J Furry acted as toastmaster while Rev Wade outlined aims including hospital building and a broad Americanization program with church college backing and international aid.
Fort Collins banker Charles R. Evans reported an unsigned letter demanding 10 000 dollars under threat of death. Professor C H Thompson, assistant professor at Colorado Agricultural College, confessed to attempting to obtain the money, after Evans handed the case to the sheriff and a trap was set. Thompson was jailed and confessed to District Attorney R W Fleming.
Snow fell after 6 p m in Cheyenne bringing 3 to 5 inches outside cleared areas while city streets melted fast. Authorities say no drift or wind slowed traffic as trains largely kept running. A bank threat case linked to Conservatory of Music unfolds with Professor Thompson’s confession and police search for an accomplice.
Hundreds of applications for homestead lands long pending in the Buffalo land office will be acted on after the recent designation of 270000 acres in the Buffalo district under the stock raising act. Register Hayden M White said 4500 applications are pending, many for lands in the designation, with about 3000 on file awaiting Washington approval.
Three youths held in city jail for three days faced potential future arrest. In Judge Houseman’s court an informal session with counsel Lloyd Sampson and parents, Ensign Harris, A S Jessup, and Charles Lane led to their release with conditions. They must report biweekly to Ensign Harris and return to school immediately. Any further infractions could send them to district court and possibly to reform school at Worland.
Attorney General Palmer announced that a Justice Department probe into fraudulent war contracts uncovered illegal transactions involving millions of dollars. Civil and criminal prosecutions are under way or completed, with large sums to be saved for the government.
Harry Wills won the decision over Sam Langford in a fifteen round bout in Denver. Wills led throughout and knocked Langford to the canvas twice in the first round. Both fighters are recognized as heavyweights.
New York April 23 Rail heads refuse to modify their ultimatum and strikers insist on seniority rights, ending hopes for an early settlement in the metropolitan area. Edward McHugh, striker executive chairman, reports 4100 per cent of yard switchmen, 60 per cent of freight crews and firemen, 40 per cent of freight engineers still out, while passenger crews remain on the job.
A 100 man mob formed in Wichita after the Greensburg killings and plans to travel to Pratt to lynch James W. White, who is held for the murders of W. H. Grews and his wife, according to Sheriff Charles Stevenson.
In San Reno Italy on April 23, Italian premier Nitti warned in an interview that a war in Asia Minor would occur if the council failed to back a plan. Italy would not send soldiers or incur losses over the Turkish peace treaty.
North Cheyenne residents seek action against nomadic horses blamed for property damage after a recent storm. Fruit trees were broken and hedges browsed. several reports filed with police. A herd, unbranded and unidentifiable, is in the city pound awaiting owners and possible civil action.
Three Mexican deputies admitted they aided General Obregon in fleeing Mexico City to avoid Carranza punishment. They said Obregon was in danger of execution and that others sympathetic to the Sonora movement were also on the run. Obregon refused to desert his cause and demanded fair election treatment.
Eighteen members of the Mexican congress arrived at Nogales Sonora for a conference with Sonora revolutionary leaders to settle differences with the central government. General Calles announced the talks would be held in Hermosillo and reviewed troops at Agua Prieta. The Plan of Agua Prieta was read to Sonora troops and Maya and Yaqui forces continue to guard mountain passes. General Flores reported progress toward Mazatlan after advancing from Sinopla.
Governor Campbell will testify next Monday in Tombstone Superior Court in the Harry E. Wootton kidnapping case at Bisbee. The governor accepted a subpoena received by long distance telephone from Tombstone.
Chicago April 23. Criminal action looms as the government seeks jail terms on all indictments from a federal grand jury probing alleged potato profiteering.
Berlin wireless reports Germany dispatched note to Paris stating Ruhr district troops no longer exceed the number set by the peace treaty. London noted the message on April 28.
United States army officials keep close watch on the Mexican revolution and nerves remain high at the border. Additional artillery was sent to Douglas Arizona and El Paso Texas as precaution while J M Alvarez Tostado, customs collector at Agua Prieta, is arrested for cashing a checked duty payment at the Mexican consulate in Douglas.
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