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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1919
Page
2
E B Major bets on a dramatic three-corner match with Yukon Lady Harrigan and Polo Cub to crown a western champion. Jockey Martinez guides Yukon, Barars handles Lady Harrigan, with plans for a 2 PM start and nine races on the card.
New Haven strikers on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad will return to work Monday morning. The New Haven road announced normal passenger service will be restored and freight embargoes revised or cancelled at the earliest possible moment.
Yesterday's results list several games with Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Detroit and other teams. Batters and pitchers are named, including Adams, Blackwelk, Meadows, Tragresser, Clemons, Barnes, Gonzales, Snyder, Eller, Wingo, Grimes, Miller, and Schalk, among others. The text shows mixed scores and lineups, reflecting a busy day of play across the leagues.
Washington Aug 15 Advices of the Warfield plan for reorganization of the railroads, paying stockholders a minimum 6 per cent return, were presented before the house interstate commerce committee. Pourney Johnston and Samuel H Beach argued the plan could restore private management without disrupting business, and that a broad public stake in railroad welfare requires reasonable compensation on invested capital.
At a federal electric railways commission hearing in Washington, Cleveland’s streetcar plan is praised as a success. Fares fell eight percent while wages rose twenty five percent for workers after the system’s rehabilitation, contrasting Massachusetts transit crisis fears. Public ownership discussed as a possible remedy in Massachusetts.
The Bellamy family and related relatives arrived in Ghey enoo by automobile and planned a Denver trip. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bellamy and sons Ben and Fulton, Mrs. Ben Bellamy, Master John Bellamy, and Mr. and Mrs. John Carey of Laramie were present. The elder Mr. Bellamy and Fulton left for Denver the following morning.
Labor union Gheybull Local No. 1807 is incorporated in Wyoming with filed papers at the secretary of state's office. The incorporation establishes the union as a corporate entity and outlines its stated purpose as described in the documents.
Levine Construction Company an Illinois corporation doing buataсas in Wyoming changed its name to Sp Cee remorse Sinem and increased its capital stock to 50000 dollars as certified by the secretary of state the record notes the official action and the document of change.
Governor Carey commissions L. V. Palmer and J Dureham as notaries public. The action expands the roster of official witnesses and document certifiers in the state.
Chicago packing company heads have signaled cooperation as Judge Howard Wiest prepares to hear witnesses next week in Lansing Michigan. Attorney General Groesbeck has invited representatives to appear on August 6 to discuss price rises and inventory held in storage including 800000 pounds of butter.
In Cleveland assistant U S district attorney J C Breitenstein announced a libel under the Lover act to seize and condemn 200000 pounds of sugar owned by the C B Kinney company of Baltimore and held by Canton Storage and Transfer company in Canton Ohio. The sugar was seized by Deputy Sheriff T E B Walsh. Judge Westenhaver will be asked to order condemnation and sale with proceeds to owners after costs.
The discussion covers withdrawal from membership domestic jurisdiction and congressional war declaration under Article 10. A White House conference is planned for Tuesday with stenographers and a press transcript. Chairman Lodge approves press presence, subject to the president's decision.
F. M. Russell of New York, visiting Cheyenne, urges households to buy food by the pound and with greater thought. He argues careful purchasing and prudent cooking can reduce waste and lower living costs, noting much food is discarded unnecessarily.
A liquor unloading scene on a street corner led to a pursuit as a Packard attempted to flee with whiskey. Officers halted the pursuit, recovered eleven cases of liquor, and detained James Lhagell along with the editor at the sheriff's office.
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