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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
9
The speaker urges replacing hidden boards with direct popular primaries and open government. He calls for public scrutiny of political and economic power, demanding transparency in elections, corporate accountability, and exposure of misconduct to curb corruption.
April 29 reports that Mrs Belmont and Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt will appear with the Duchess of Marlborough at a Women's Social and Political Union meeting. Mrs Belmont warns New York may see militant methods if awakening fails, while Mrs Pankhurst’s license release is extended for a week after a visit by Holloway officials.
Ramona Borden heiress to Gail Borden milk fortune and daughter of the founder’s line vanished from Manhattan hotel life. Detectives pursued across cities from Washington to Pompton Lake New Jersey then Newark and Boston as her nurse and two women vanished with her. The distraught father and mother in Los Angeles awaited word.
Sacramento report says Secretary Bryan’s visit to push the anti alien land law failed. Senate action followed quickly as Senator Boynton moved to amend the bill to bar any alien ineligible to citizenship from owning real property in California. The measure passed unanimously.
Washington April 29 heated wrangles marked the opening of the tariff bill reading for amendments. The Republican drive focused on the chemical schedule with defeats in a Democratic majority while minor corrections from the ways and means committee passed. Representative Mann led the attack urging tariff board investigation. Chairman Underwood defended the Democratic bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and taft administration funding.
Montenegrin King Nicholas defies major powers by refusing to surrender Scutari from the Turkish war. Austria and other states split between anger and compromise as the Balkan settlement hangs on his pledge to fight rather than yield.
A baby born Sunday to Mr and Mrs H Russell in Matoon NL weighed seven ounces and fourteen ounces. Physicians say the child is the smallest fully developed baby ever born after birth.
A feature arguing for the commission form of government as a modern, businesslike method for cities. It praises trained leaders, rejects party politics, and asserts commissions align city management with efficient enterprise, accountability, and reduced graft while stressing citizen responsibility.
London dispatch says Austria faces delay before acting against Montenegro as ambassadorial talks gauge European support. Austria aims to urge Italy to join in possible military action while leaders weigh warlike steps and the fate of Scutari and surrounding claims.
In Sacramento and Washington frantic efforts push a compromise. Secretary Bryan and California lawmakers press a new anti alien land bill draft aimed at easing citizenship limits while preserving land restrictions. President Wilson weighs the issue after cabinet talks and Japanese envoy contact.
In New York on April 29 a man known as Jerry the Lunchman was shot five times at 41st Street and Broadway by gangsters believed to think he was revealing gang secrets to District Attorney Whitman. Police captured five suspects on the scene. The event echoes the nearby Herman Rosenthal murder but with fewer gunmen.
Philadelphia April 29. Sagmer and Edward A Fleischer brothers plan to expand latent talent development for poor city children. They will fund education for successful pupils, sending those with progress abroad for training. many pupils have become skilled musicians and performers, with the philanthropists ready to devote their fortune to this cause.
Dispatches from across the border describe rising danger in Mexico with refugees arriving in New Orleans and San Diego reports of arrests and releases. Insurgents under Villa move bullion toward pools of control as Carranza factions negotiate with Diaz command. El Paso notes large silver and gold hoard amid ongoing frontier turmoil.
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