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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered references to a rally, team play, possible scores or bets, and names like ayers and bantam. Details are garbled, with mentions of battles, California, and dates but no coherent event or outcome.
Governor Cox of Ohio claims a republican campaign fund above 15 million dollars is being raised to "buy the presidency." He cites a Chicago treasurer’s bulletin and a list showing quotas for 51 cities and 27 states, alleges Senator Harding knew details and that the plan was approved by Will Hays.
Estes Park Colorado August 25 The publicity caravan of the National Park to Park Highway association reached Estes Park at six oclock this evening After a big sendoff at Overland park Denver the party was entertained at the Boulder Chautauqua grounds for lunch A L Westgood of the American Automobile Association is driving his own car Mrs Leavis on prominent San Francisco woman is making the trip with the party The caravan is scheduled to lunch at Fort Collins Friday reaching Cheyenne at 6 pm A representative of the International Wvlm company is along and will take pictures in Cheyenne if we arrive before dark and there is sufficient crowd for background He desires to make pictures Saturday morning of the hangar and mall planes He suggests a setting of automobiles and cowboys Thus Cheyenne has a good chance to get on the weekly news film Gus Helms of Cody is regarded as the father of the party The White Auto company is furnishing a baggage truck
Belfast police brace for violence after reports six Sinn Fein members may target Lloyd George. Rioting erupts on Grosvenor Road and Ballymacarrett, injuring many as military disperses crowds. Later clashes spread to Newtowards and a shipyard area 15 miles away.
Serious clashes in West Belfast erupt as armored cars fire on rioters and fires rage through a mill district. Dozens are wounded or treated, with looting and mass flames following a night of revolver fighting and arson. Meanwhile Irish MP George Gavan Duffy appeals to France to intervene for Lord Mayor McSweney’s relief.
In Odgen Utah Mrs. Ollie Clough and her 14 year old son Ray are accused of murdering James Clough on August 22. A jury found Mrs. Clough insane and she was committed to the Provo state mental hospital. The son faces a first degree murder charge with arraignment set for Friday morning.
Secretary Colby quietly signed the proclamation making the women's suffrage amendment part of the U S constitution after Tennessee certified final action. Suffrage workers held a mass meeting and declared voting rights would apply in November. Colby said the step was a simple duty with no ceremony.
Generally fair weather expected Friday and Saturday with possible showers in the extreme southeast on Friday. Warmer conditions likely Saturday in the west and south portions.
At Marshal Foch's headquarters on August 26 officers said Poland's campaign is effectively over for heavy fighting. They warned against halting near the Versailles frontier and urged advancing the center forty to fifty kilometers to avoid Bolshevik risk while the Niemen and Wieprz sectors remain secure.
In Breslau a crowd of German nationalists during a demonstration against Polish agitation in Upper Silesia stormed the Polish and French consulates. They destroyed records and demolished furniture, per a Berlin dispatch to the London Times.
The August Federal Reserve bulletin compares Cheyenne and Wyoming favorably with peers in clearings and yields. Cheyenne's July bank clearings reached $7,413,228, ranking 12th among 27 district cities. Wyoming led the district in wheat per acre at 28.1 bushels, with Colorado at 20. Wyoming's ten year average yields also top the states. Building permits fell districtwide with Cheyenne issuing 40 permits valued at $88,251, down 71.6 percent from last year amid a regional slowdown.
Ossining N Y Aug 26 The largest watermelon obtainable on the local market framed the last dinner of Frank Kelly a convicted killer awaiting execution in Sing Sing He ordered roast chicken French fried potatoes coffee biscuits and milk while still hoping for a reprieve Kelly murdered Catherine Dunn a house maid in Brooklyn last Christmas
The Polish peace delegation at Minsk is hungry and has appealed to the foreign affairs ministry for immediate aid. The message requests any food, preferably non perishable, to sustain the delegates during negotiations.
Thousands of Lawrence families near starvation as the wool strike spreads. Workers did not vote to strike and want to return to producing cloth. The stoppage is led by William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, with workers abandoned by the stoppage.
The Southwest League convention in Denver debated a Japanese exclusion act similar to China treaties. Speaker W N Vaile of Denver and Marshal De Molle discussed immigration policy with Governor Stephens' representative present. The article adds context on past woolen mill strikes and I W W activity, noting 1912 and 1920 events and wage changes.
A Washington report prints Governor Cox’s claim of fifty-one cities across twenty-seven states contributing to a national campaign fund. The list totals 8,145,000 with amounts named for New York City Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Pittsburgh Boston Cincinnati St Louis Buffalo San Francisco Los Angeles Indianapolis Toledo Columbus Minneapolis St Paul Providence Newark Youngstown Akron Oakland Milwaukee Dayton Baltimore New Orleans Rochester Kansas City Denver New Haven Omaha Scranton Spokane Syracuse Bridgeport Washington Louisville Des Moines Schenectady Portland Birmingham Canton Worcester Lynn Albany Atlanta Memphis Neulth Jersey City Lowell and others. Total 8,145,000.
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