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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
13
Paris August 1 The peace treaty ratification was recommended to the chamber of deputies by the peace committee. The vote stood four to one with two members absent.
The Minnesota State Press announced a public offer to lease state owned land at as low as one cent per acre for grazing. Auditor Preus said drought afflicted Montana and other states may feed livestock on public lands under the program, with rental nominal sums and compliance with state laws.
Chicago amid a six day riot lull with 35 known deaths and about 1500 injured. Chief Garrity bars saloons and bars in the Negro district while 6000 state troops and 2000 special officers patrol the South Side. Burns attorney E J Plunkett was in Cheyenne on business.
Jimmy Britt, recalling his upbringing near a boxing hotbed in San Francisco, hails Jack Dempsey as a remarkable fighter and previews a State Leader article comparing Dempsey with ring greats. He will perform a monologue at the Princess while sharing fight stories and detailing his last bout.
The Senate unanimously approves a joint resolution to authorize the president to call the first international labor conference in Washington next October regardless of Versailles treaty ratification, but blocks U S representation until treaty validation. A Labor Department official warned that acceptance by other powers could validate the request.
Leslie De Frates, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene W De Frates of Cheyenne, wins $250 Cleveland motorcycle in the State Leader subscription contest with 43 920 votes. Ralph Mills of Laramie is second with 39 915 votes and Jack Maybe of Cheyenne is third with 28 750 votes. The contest runs a month and rewards hard work with a prize.
The document asserts that questions within domestic jurisdiction such as immigration, coastwise traffic, tariffs, and commerce are exclusively U S sovereign matters and not subject to arbitration or league of nations bodies. It also states that the United States does not bind itself to submit to arbitration on issues dependent on its Monroe Doctrine policy.
Pershing’s gown described as plain yet becoming with a low front exposing a khaki bodice. A tam-o’shanter with brim highlighted his face, black plush material, bold masked bull’s-eye detail, tan boots and gloves, and two bronzed US brooches at the collar.
Washington Aug 1 The Wilson urged five week recess was set aside as the House planned to study wage demands of railroad workers and measures to reduce living costs. The Senate debated rising costs but delayed currency reduction as a three man committee began work to advise the President and cabinet. The Brotherhood of Railway Conductors pressed for higher wages, while a House Interstate Commerce panel backed a FTC inquiry into shoe price increases. Resolutions to ease living costs were introduced in both chambers.
Mrs. Amanda Flint of Route 4 New Philadelphia writes that Foley's Honey and Tar cured her little girl’s tickling cough after other remedies failed. The product is advertised as soothing for colds croup and whooping cough and is sold everywhere.
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