28 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1919
Page
1
San Francisco reports no New Year voyage on the Venturia as calendars jump across the meridian while travelers face quirky travel rules. Salina notes rubles to American dollars and a Volga-style price view. Honolulu cites Kauai rainfall, and Sheridan recounts a bluff arrest linked to a claimed loaded gun.
Representative Luskin says a joint congressional committee will review the navy board headed by Rear Admiral Knight after Secretary Daniels ordered reconvening. Daniels, Knight, Sims and other officers may be called, and changes to the board’s list of awards will be examined when Congress reconvenes.
General Francisco Villa, in a letter to the Associated Press, laments the execution of General Felin e Angeles by Carranza troops and hints at reprisals against those involved in the assassination.
Admiral Kolchak resigns as commander of All Russian government forces in Siberia due to ill health and nominates General Semenoff as his successor. The message, dated December 24, is reported from Vladivostok.
Madam De Veyra, wife of a Philippine Islands representative, asserts that Filipino women will soon have the ballot. She notes the governor general’s repeated recommendation of woman suffrage and argues that Philippine women are equal to men in rights and status.
A man calling himself Lea Julofski alias Leon Jules Jules is arrested in Los Angeles on a New York police warrant for stealing 141000 in Liberty bonds from Labon Co. He possessed 55000 in bonds at arrest and allegedly claimed to have disposed of the rest.
The report indicates generally fair weather Sunday and Monday with a likely cooler touch Sunday in the central area.
Washington dispatch notes labor leaders foresee a presidential veto if the anti strike provision survives. Organised railway workers warn that the railway machinists may quit if Congress enacts it. Leaders say the House unlikely to pass the Senate version. President Wilson may veto if necessary to protect overall rights and national interests.
In Clements Michigan, Stanley Brown son of a Detroit manufacturer faced murder charges after a slaying last Tuesday. A woman, Lena Bennett, detained in Law, and Floyd Prevost named three suspects including a Camp Custer soldier. Brown’s body was found shot beside his car between Detroit and Mount Clemens. Deputy preparations to detain Mrs Bennett followed.
Rawlins, Wyo., Dec. 27 James Dad Sherrod 106, Wyoming’s oldest resident, died at the Carbon county farm near Dixon. Born in 1918 in Morrison County Ohio he moved west as a young man and became famed as a daring stage coach driver and hunter. His burial will be arranged after remains are moved to Rawlins.
The Housewives' League in San Francisco proposes a 60 day boycott of eggs and cream starting January 2 to press for lower prices. A citywide canvass will recruit all housewives, while milk itself will not be boycotted to protect babies. ice cream limits are aimed at increasing milk supply and lowering costs.
London seeks relief as labor strife and scarce railway trucks slow cargo movements. Despite more ships under the British flag, congestion at docks delays discharge by seven to eight days and rising charges push prices higher. Officials estimate a 300000 shortage of railway trucks worsening the problem.
Brigadier General Richard W. Young, commander of the 65th Artillery Brigade in France during the war, died in Salt Lake City after an appendicitis operation performed a week earlier.
Honolulu dispatch reports an influenza outbreak in Japan resembling last year’s global epidemic. News from Tokyo and other parts of Japan mention energetic measures to curb the spread as authorities fight the illness.
Police raid on Baxter Street uncovers bottles labeled whiskey Navor and whiskey extract hidden among sawdust with other contraband while detectives pursue smugglers from City Island to Connecticut. Deaths from wood alcohol prompt autopsies and a health crackdown with saloon inspections and talks with manufacturers.
In Pueblo Colorado Frank E Parks manager of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company plant survived an ambush as he returned from his office. Four bullet holes were found in his car the morning after the stop work order at the Minnequa plant. Denver officials requested troops to protect workers dispatching guards to Pueblo to reinforce security at the plant amid the continued strike.
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