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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a business office notice with garbled figures and references to republication of news and local dispatches. The legible bits describe monthly and weekly rates and editorial credits amid unreadable data.
Champ Clark former speaker of the house urges bills to avert a presidential succession crisis should a candidate die between election day and inauguration. He seeks gubernatorial power to reconvene electors or a joint congressional session to resolve potential deadlock and prevent a constitutional lapse.
In Wisconsin, Victor Berger seeks reendorsement after a wide primary win amid criticism for wartime stances. Robert La Follette continues to block peace treaty and railroad reform, signaling renewed national clashes as voters weigh reconstruction. Local commentary notes disdain for disloyalty claims and details the heated political climate.
A White House letter to Senator from New Mexico asserts the executive branch alone directs foreign relations and warns against a war with Mexico without clear cause. It criticizes Senator Lodge for hindering diplomacy and ties his actions to a troubled path after blocking the Versailles treaty.
The article notes a large stream of Greeks returning to Greece despite steep steamship costs and passport problems. From June to July, vessels from New York to Patras carried about 18,000 passengers, including 1,306 on the Pannonia, 1,442 on July 16, and 1,882 on the Presidente Wilson. They carried around 130 million in money, plus drafts and bank notes.
The piece reflects on stepping stones as paths that propel a person forward while warning against sidestepping. It notes factory dust from grindstones harms workers, historically killing many before forty, and mentions air filters and masks as protections. A Spanish engineer’s discovery about a substance affecting weight and fertilizer is touched on briefly.
A highly distinguished figure, born at Primero and educated at the university, rose from professor of jurisprudence at Modena and Palermo to public life in the chamber of deputies. In 1903 he became Minister of Public Instruction, later serving as premier and participating in the Peace Conference, drawing worldwide attention.
The fragment lists events from 1869 to 1946 including Francis Joseph’s address on peaceful European affairs, a reported Russia czar plot, Ute relocation to Colorado, Schley Court of Inquiry, William dissolving the Reichstag, a Turkish battleship torpedo, a Dutch League appeal for Belgian relief, and German envoys at Brest-Litovsk for armistice signing.
Reported military moves include the American Army set to cross the Rhine and President Wilson landing at Brest amid celebrations. Several notable births are listed with ages, including Rt. Rev. Jon G. Parthing, Dr. Samuel Fallows, A. Lawrence Lowell, and Arthur Perkin, with origins and ages noted.
Weather data shows temperatures at 66 a.m. and noon and 6 p.m. with subzero readings. Relative humidity high around 90 percent, wind from north at light to moderate speeds, describing light snow and clear conditions at different times.
A German Republic paper argues the first year of the revolution saw a drop in the mark from 72 to 20.25 francs, spiking food costs and rising public debt. It notes coal production fell, transportation costs rose, and more workers, including released prisoners, joined mining. The piece warns citizens of heavy revolutionary debts and compulsory facing the revolution’s promises.
A daughter named Elinor was born at 4 10 a m in Laramie to Mr and Mrs Z E Sevison and the mother and babe are reported as doing well George Gebhart known to locals as Ida Luangheldt is mentioned as a city figure Mr Sevison serves as highway engineer at Cheyenne and has been in the city a day or two with Mrs Levison longer in town
Judge W H Edwards bound Floyd H Clark over for trial in district court on stealing liquor from a cellar under the Van Tassell warehouse. Bond set at 500 dollars after a hearing the day before. Clark and Walter Rinder faced charges for taking two barrels of whiskey kept in a blind cellar under the Van Tassell Coal Company warehouse.
Ban Johnson, president of the American baseball association, appeals in a case involving Carl Mays. The filing was announced from New York on December 2.
Smoky City reports Hugo Bezdek to step out as Pirates manager next season with George Gibson D arriving to fill the role. George Orbeon, former sitar catcher, also tied to the club in speculation.
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