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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
9
A War department secret document to the House warned of vital defense weaknesses including shortages of men guns and ammunition. General Wood testified of Orient invasion risks while Tawney opposed public release halting its receipt by the House.
About 20 to 30 midshipmen at Annapolis are on the restricted list after an investigation into their presence in a hotel. Baltimore and Washington women visited during open days as seven youths were spotted yesterday and ten today entering or leaving the hotel. A board of inquiry is expected to probe hotel dealings and liquor access amid tougher state penalties.
A U.S. district court in Seattle denies a $10,000 suit by Copper River Indians against a railroad for disturbing ancestral burial grounds. The decision rejects the claim that spirits were insulted, though Indians urge propitiation and propose a ten thousand dollar Potlatch to console the dead.
In Chariton Massachusetts the Rev Richard Scoles is at the center of a church dispute as prominent church members testify that he told stories in home visits that caused blushes and embarrassment. The annual meeting failed to vote on removing him, with a Boston official present as peacemaker.
Norton Virginia December 14 twelve lives were lost in a gas explosion at the Greene mine near Tacoma entombing 26 miners. Superintendent James Berryman and three others entered the shaft and have not been heard from since. one man was rescued and ten bodies recovered.
Henry Altman announced a plan to obtain crude oil free for treating two Cheyenne thoroughfares to study dust control and surface hardening. Colonel Power of Wyopo pledged oil and support to treat Capitol Avenue and another city end, potentially two miles of streets, with council action forthcoming.
Cambridge reports that after Hattie LeBlanc was acquitted of murder in the Glove r case prosecutors sought to have her testify to support an indictment of Mrs Lillian Glover. Judge Bond rejected holding LeBlanc and noted concerns over witness interests and lack of conclusive revolver evidence.
Plutebars Ba December 14 A storekeeper Joseph Rulinsky tore his wife's clothing from her and burned it publicly to enforce obedience. Neighbors and police intervened and Magistrate Noble Mduhows fined him fifty dollars. The wife offered to pay the fine to keep him from a workhouse sentence.
In dense fog today in Bhatti Baron harbor the steamer Kitsap sank after being rammed by the Indianapolis while the Lagneh Co winbhia prior ran down and sank. One man is believed drowned though officials think no other lives were lost.
Interior department declares the Colorado land fraud scheme wildly fraudulent. Indicted are J. A. Wright Frank White John Gould Corydon A. Woody Homer A. Gibson Robert W. Rose and Sam N. Baker with bail set at 2500 each. They allegedly induced entry on lands near Montross to be irrigated by a project funded by the indicted men. Land valued at 100000.
A Chihuahua special reports federal forces chased insurgents to Guerrero and engaged them last night, with about 900 rebels. After the battle at Cerro Prieto civilians were executed for alleged revolts, and Navarro's forces reported 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 12 soldiers dead, 27 wounded. Insurgents claim 19 dead and one wounded. AP tally inconclusive.
A report from El Paso on December 14 states that the Mexican Northwestern railroad will handle troop applications for neither the government nor the Insurrectos. Insurrectos who have controlled the Madera branch for a month pledge not to molest the line under those terms.
Dr Charles H Keene reports many high school girls wear French heels and says the style causes curvature of the spine and deformed feet. He plans to study how many girls and boys in Minneapolis schools are afflicted, attributing the problem to standing, faulty gait, and improper footwear.
Greeley Colorado December 14 Attorney G A Carlson drafts a proposed law to exterminate grasshoppers and other pests. The plan will be submitted to the grasshopper convention meeting in Greeley January 6. The idea is to divide the state into areas to wage war against the pests.
Washington reports outline of Andrew Carnegie’s ten million endowment to fund international peace first and later altruistic causes. Roosevelt, in Cambridge, honors the gift but notes ultimate worth rests on administrators’ practical use and outcome.
Brittain Woolley longtime Long Branch resident and former sea worker and police officer died at his Norwood avenue home after two weeks illness. He expressed a wish not to live to his next birthday and had endured the loss of his wife Mrs Woolley years earlier. Local Methodist church ties and prayers marked his final years. General Grant was among Woolley’s friends who visited when he lived in this city.
Nineteen year old William Ehlwenerade of New York City vanished after telling a Mountainville woman he would die. His body was recovered today from Surreyland Pond near Cornwall by men who had earlier found him. He had been sent on an errand by employers two weeks prior and did not return. A letter to the girl explained his plan to take his life.
Gifford Pinchot said Congress cannot avoid responsibility on the Milinger Pinchot Investigating Committee reports and that the public deserves to know which of the three reports Congress approved. He urged standpatters who favor Ballinger style conservation to go on record.
Roberta Bulsat de Janon, 17, fled Philadelphia with waiter Frederick Cohen from the Bellevue-Stratford hotel on December 20. The heiress stands to inherit millions from her grandfather Robert Burst after his death, which followed illness amid the elopement. The pair were later found in a Chicago boarding house. Cohen faced a kidnapping tech nical charge later dropped by Philadelphia Grand Jury. De Janon is now in California under governess supervision.
Boston judge urges a "divorce tour" for couples considering marriage saying it may spare many from petty demerits and early weariness that lead to major conflicts. He cites that couples often start married life unaware of small faults that court scrutiny highlights.
Barcelona dispatch reports storms easing yet passable areas. Crops are largely destroyed and famine looms as villages flood cut rail and telegraph links. Two steamers wrecked offshore disrupting coastal traffic.
The trial recounts police, defense and prosecuting arguments after James McLachlan faced a jury over the September 8 shooting of his wife in their home. The judge declined to rule on premeditation, leaving four possible verdicts and the jurors to decide.
A train wreck on the Banta Fe railroad near here this afternoon left one person dead and about thirty injured. Victims were rushed to area hospitals as authorities began inquiries into the incident. Identified casualties include a man named Davia and several passengers, with the exact circumstances under investigation.
The State Leader promotes its Wyoming audience by urging subscriptions for legislative session coverage. It emphasizes local news from cities and towns and invites neighbors to join, noting wide readership in Cheyenne and across Wyoming.
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