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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1919
Page
9
Local schools offer five cent meals at a profit featuring stews macaroni salmon cheese egg cakes ginger bread and ice cream drawing attention to cost of living and school lunch programs. Also notes about New Year travel calendars and seaside ocean dip event plans.
Representative Luskin announces a joint congressional committee will review the naval board findings headed by Rear Admiral Knight. Secretaries Daniels and officers including Admiral Sims are to testify. The inquiry will examine changes to the board list of awards and the board’s actions in each case. A London theatre note reports Afgar with Mone Paiva wearing altered costume.
General Francisco Villa in a letter to the Associated Press from El Paso expresses sorrow over the execution of General Felipe Angeles by Carranza troops. He hints at reprisals against those involved in the assassination and promises a response.
Admiral Kolchak resigns as commander of All Russian anti Bolshevik forces in Siberia due to ill health and designates General Semenoff to succeed as commander in chief in a message received from Vladivostok on Wednesday December 24.
Madam De Veyra, wife of a Philippine Islands representative, asserts Filipino women will soon win the ballot. She notes the governor general's recommendation of woman suffrage and argues Philippine women have long been equal to men in rights and duties.
A man, identified as Léa Julofski alias Leon Jules, arrested in Los Angeles on a New York warrant for stealing 141000 in Liberty bonds from Labon & Co. He had about 55000 in bonds on arrest and allegedly planned to recover the rest. He had been entrusted to deliver the bonds before the theft.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions on Sunday and Monday with a note of somewhat colder temperatures on Sunday in the central portion.
Washington dispatch reports labor leaders expect President Wilson to veto antistrike language in the Cummins measure. The piece notes railway workers and affiliated trades backing threats to quit if the clause passes, with lawmakers doubtful the House will accept Senate language and a veto possible even if approved. Leaders warn of needed legislation before roads return to owners March 1.
Police traced a death in Michigan to jealousy after Stanley Brown, son of a Detroit manufacturer, was found shot beside his car between Detroit and Mount Clemens. A woman, Lena Bennett, and two men, one a Camp Custer soldier, were implicated. Lena Bennett to be brought to the area for questioning as investigators seek the motive behind Brown’s murder.
Rawlins Wyoming report notes James Dad Sherrod dead at the Carbon county farm near Dixon aged 106. Born in Ohio in 1918, he long claimed to have seen the West grow from wilderness days. He worked as a farmer, hunter, trapper and famed stage coach driver in early frontier times.
In San Francisco the House wives' League will boycott eggs and cream for 60 days starting January 2 to lower prices. A citywide canvass aims to enlist every housewife, while milk itself is not directly boycotted to protect babies. Ice cream restrictions are expected to free up milk and reduce costs.
Washington dispatch reports England endures a critical shipping shortage. Labor disputes and truck shortages delay cargo at docks, causing ships to linger seven to eight days before discharge. High demurrage charges and railcar scarcity, estimated at 300000 trucks, worsen the congestion.
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 dispatches describe a fresh influenza outbreak sweeping Japan, with Tokyo receiving advices from multiple regions. Officials report strong measures to curb the spread as the world’s pandemic returns.
Detectives raid a Baxter Street basement finding eleven bottles labeled whiskey and extract among sawdust bags. Authorities pursue contraband liquor and bookmakers as two deaths from wood alcohol poison are linked to tainted beverages. Health officials plan inspections as conferences with manufacturers discuss the rising danger.
In Pueblo Colorado a shooting attempt targeted Frank E Parks manager of the Colorado Fuel and Iron plant as he returned home. His car bore four bullet holes the next morning. In Danver a request for troops to guard Minnequa workers was issued and guards from Denver prepared to move to Pueblo.
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