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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1912
Page
16
The Jewish Ladies' Circle and their ride will have a basket picnic at Lake Minnehaha Sunday afternoon meeting at the Lake at 1 20 o'clock. Attendees should bring a full lunch basket and dress for good times amid pleasant weather.
The provisional committee of the National Progressive Party will meet tomorrow at noon in Chicago to decide contests and prepare for the National Contentions convening Monday at noon.
New York August 2 Police Commissioner Waldo denies Lt Becker sold protection to gamblers while District Attorney Whitman calls for accountability. The day’s highlight is the capture of Frank Mueller alias Whitey Lewis, a Zellg gang gunman tied to the Rosenthal murder. Read more on the graft probe and alleged protection rackets.
A congressional committee accuses President Roosevelt and J P Morgan and John D Rockefeller of manipulating the panic to aid the steel industry. The report cites U S Steel and Tennessee Coal and Iron as central to the alleged scheme and questions Roosevelt's actions and the attorney general's refusal to act.
The witness claims he was in the murder party but did not fire. He assigns the shooter to Lefty Louis or Whitey Lewis, with four men present. Rosenthal's brother in law Joseph Immerman describes the victim as nearly penniless beyond a pocketbook with under $85, plus over $100 in gambling debts. Immerman notes three years ago Rosenthal had $160,000, and paid police assessments.
Beagiat New Jersey August 2 Governor Wilson begins work on the Democratic national campaign committee and will travel to New York to meet National Chairman Mo Comba the next day.
Senator Simmons and Representative Underwood agreed on a wool tariff compromise to replace Taft vetoed proposals. Raw wool duty set at 20 percent, yarns at 35 percent, ready made clothing and fabrics at 49 percent, combed wool and tops at 32 percent, balancing La Follette and House rates.
Five United States commerce court judges will be retained as circuit judges while the commerce court is abolished under a conference agreement. Vacancies to be filled only as they occur, reducing circuit judges to twenty nine. The Nelson amendment shifts land openings for homestead settlement within national forests as directed by the secretary of agriculture.
In Colorado Springs on August 2 Mrs Grace Goodyear Potter transferred the Broadmoor home known as El Pomar and its furnishings to her husband Ashton Potter. The deed filed by her attorney leaves the reason unclear but friends say it is a gift. The estate, valued around $500000, sits in the Pike's Peak region as a noted show place.
Madame Law rence Rachel Plach known as Frederic de Beaullet, a literary figure, hired Henri Robert for her defense after shooting Mia. Bridgeman, wife of a New York Life employee. A lover’s plea and letters were cited as motivations, detailing a tumultuous love triangle and a four year separation.
Histor, Virginia, August 2. Col John S Mosby, famed Confederate guerilla, traveled to Histor to remind Mrs Wirt A Garrington of a fifty year old oath that his wartime achievements would earn him a kiss on returning home. She said a statute law barred any such promise, ending the scene with local talk.
The article recounts Mrs Grace Freed's testimony accusing her husband of abuse and multiple murder attempts including an assault on a steamer to Nova Scotia and a bluff push at St John s. She says she married him two weeks after her first husband’s death and seeks a will in his favor.
The Senate approved a resolution authorizing the War Department to spend 100000 in transportation for Mexican refugees to U S points they choose. The measure requires House and President approval and was urged by Senator Bailey as refugees face dire need in El Paso. The House meanwhile passed a cotton tariff revision bill 156 to 72, aiming to cut duties about 21 percent.
Listing offers 10,000 breeding ewes with 6 to 7 pound shearers for October delivery and 5,000 wethers. Contact Myson H Akin Pt Collins Cole 14. Also ads seeking men to learn barber trade at Moler Barber College Denver Colo for a few weeks completion. Best trade with good pay, light inside work. Send for free catalogue.
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