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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
1
The administration faces a monthly deficit from reduced business and higher labor and material costs. Mr. Hines told shopmen leaders he will consider all facts and aims to decide soon. He plans wage changes without a board and notes the spring negotiations led to divided raises and conditions. Delays triggered unauthorized strikes in several regions.
Mexican consul at P Texas urges Ambassador Bonillas to seek from the War Department an order for withdrawal of American forces in Mexico. Telegram says Mexican federal troops in pursuit of bandits would ease tensions. Marfa reports troops progressing inland making forage scarce. wagons move rations from depot to field base on the Rio Grande.
Paris reports say totalion troops are moving into Hungary as of today, signaling possible escalation in the Budapest area.
Washington action centers on a leasing and sale bill for government owned oil gas coal and minerals with Senator Smoot directing. The measure mirrors last session's bill but failed final passage as conference report issues and minor amendments were debated. The senate adjourned with plans to resume early next session.
Nebraska withdraws from the Missouri Valley Conference after the Intercollegiate Sports board rejects the request to play four football games in Omaha. The decision comes after today’s meeting in Kansas City and affects Nebraska’s conference alignment this season.
Francis Oulmet of Woodland defeated Charles Chick Evans Jr one up in a celebrated national amateur golf championship. The match extended to thirty six holes with halved sections and clutch shots on the home hole.
Federal forest service district No 4 officials report fires across northern Montana and Idaho as the most serious in district history. New blazes form amid high winds, with incendiary fires and a cut telephone line complicating communications. Major outbreaks spread through Clearwater, Bitter Root, Selway and Cabinet forests. Cold Creek near St. Regis reopens, and Koolenia forest reports several serious fires.
In Jackson Mississippi on August 20 the state revenue agent filed in chancery court a petition seeking an injunction to bar the leading packers from doing business in the state. The court is asked to impose a daily penalty of 5000 dollars if the packers continue operating.
The imperial German Long Stables contents were sold at auction to aid the German people. Valued horses, once favored by the former war lord, were auctioned for practical use such as hauling food and supplies.
Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland businessman and executive committee member of the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities, declares in a statement that attempts to place railroads under government control threaten liberty and would establish autocratic power. He warns that such control could imperil fundamental rights.
Washington Aug 20 The senate confirmed A Mitchell Palmer as attorney general after the scene of his nomination was approved. Judge Palmer faces confirmation amid debate on reform and national security policy.
Delegates representing 35 000 Greeks in the Ardahan district in the Caucasus telegraphed to the peace conference asking for protection against bandits and Turkish troops accused of ravaging the area and massacring Greek civilians.
Rescue crews in Trinidad Colorado at 6 pm failed to reach the three remaining bodies of 18 miners who died in the Oakdale mine explosion near La Vota.
The administration proposed that interpretative reservations be adopted separate from ratification of the treaty in the Senate. Republican reservations group said they could not concede and insisted reservations must be part of the ratification for them to be effective.
Denver August 20. Mayor Dewey Bailey will be invited to fly in army air planes as part of a recruiting drive. Three planes from Glenwood Springs arrive today and will stay until September 10. A fourth plane under Cuizen Nutt departed Denver to reach Glenwood Springs earlier. The group planned one day trips to Fort Boulder Pueblo Colorado Springs Trinidad and other cities. Lieutenant Hunt commands Wey.
In Gary Indiana Miss Vera L Noyes teaches Sunday school all week at the Episcopal church with Saturday as a holiday She is popular with children from many nationalities and instructs a diverse group at the local base town news shows a lively religious program.
Wichita Kansas August 20 Jos J Wilhoit of the Wichita Western league outfielder halted his batting safety streak at 69 consecutive games setting a world record for consecutive games with a hit.
The attorney general states that despite efforts no action can alter the Imme relief while addressing profiteers releasing food supplies. The remark signals limited options amid ongoing enforcement and market concerns regarding profiteering.
The article describes the so called human spider in Denver planning to climb economic laws affecting prices. It discusses supply and demand as the market mechanism and calls for forcing hoarders to release food, with emphasis on not hoarding and prosecuting those who push prices up. US marshals will oversee disposal of hoarded food.
Representative William L. Igoe of Missouri urges the federal trade commission to investigate profiteering in the shoe industry amid mounting price increases.
The Yorkshire coal miners strike, ongoing for weeks, has been settled. All Yorkshire pits will resume work as soon as practical, ending a prolonged stoppage and restoring production.
On the New York en route to Honolulu, 17 year old apprentice seaman Josephus Daniels is ushered to meet Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. A crowd of navy officers and moving picture crews document the encounter as the youth, shy and avoiding eye contact, interacts with his namesake.
In Chicago on August 20 attorneys for meat packers and packers' employees urged Judge Alehhuyler, the federal mediator, to visit the stockyards district to observe living conditions. They claimed wage and living cost decreases since February and asked the mediator to see how the "Big Five" live.
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