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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1911
Page
1
The legislative push by Wyoming's chief county representative frames the Schwoob Initiative as an obstructive tool that would curtail voters powers. Critics describe it as a malicious device masking direct enactment powers while schemes aid predatory interests and hoodwink legislators through partisan appeals.
Both chambers progressed with about 20 bills and several joint resolutions. The Sibley local option bill is set as a special order for tomorrow. Leslie Miller’s railroad liability bill was amended and recommended for passage, while his hiring restrictions were indefinitely postponed as unsafe and impractical.
San Diego reports Tia Juana residents reinforce the bull ring amid expected assault by insurgents. About fifty soldiers from Ensenada are sent to Tia Juana while Mexicali rebels consolidate. Imperial County guards monitor the Calexico border as disruptions halt trains and bridges burn.
Severe weather has closed all rail routes from Salt Lake City to California except the Southern Pacific. Washouts block the Salt Lake line, floods hem in the Western Pacific in Feather River canyon, and the Oregon Short Line reports a thousand feet of track washed out north of Brigham City. Rio Grande trains are delayed by high water east of Grand Junction and Southern Pacific services run behind schedule due to high water and soft roadbed.
Chicago January 31 Professor R D Salisbury head of the University of Chicago geology department and editor of the Journal of Geology told the University club at Durand Hall Lake Forest that the nebular hypothesis is flawed and that the earth will not freeze but grow warmer and larger with time He predicted the earth could become about twice its present size stating the planet formed by unions of stars in recent theories
Boston firms bid to relocate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Worcester and Springfield considered for campuses. The institute has occupied Boston since its founding and awaits government confirmation of a new site.
Paul A. Sorg announces dispersal of his show horses at Durland's Riding Academy on March 31 to fund a coast bound journey. The plan features 55 horses, 40 men, extra coach, blacksmith, and a route via the New York Central toward Chicago aiming for a summer completion.
The House chose San Francisco to host the 1915 Panama exposition, with advocates expecting Senate confirmation. New Orleans sought a government exhibit worth one million dollars, while Republicans largely backed San Francisco and Democrats favored New Orleans as a general rule.
Governor Forbes reports villages near Taal destroyed and hundreds killed by the eruption and a tidal wave. The Philippine legislature votes 2500 dollars for relief as doctors rush to assist the wounded and provisions are sent to the scene.
The senate confirmed five circuit judges appointed by President Taft. William Hunt faced opposition from Montana farmers, R. W. Archbald, Julian W. Mack, and John E. Carland of South Dakota were named as additional judges for the new commerce court. Walter I. Smith replaces Van Dewanter, promoted to the supreme court.
A suitcase identified as J. B. Bryce belongings was found at a San Francisco news stand near the Ferry Building. It contained dynamite caps and a clock mechanism with October 1 papers, tying it to the Times explosion.
Friends in Cleveland report former mayor Tom L. Johnson critically ill with liver and kidney trouble. Since losing the mayoral race a year ago he has avoided publicity, appearing publicly only once at the gubernatorial campaign closing with Governor Harmon to urge Democratic support.
A fragmented weather bulletin references Wyoming, a forecast update for Wednesday into Thursday, and a note on Lora Weather data ending at 6 00 PM. The text includes stray terms such as guns and arature with unclear meanings. No clear events or named organizations are established.
The alleged New York bank wrecker Joseph C. Robin must stand trial on eight indictments charging grand larceny. Five alibis testified he was insane, but the jury found him sane, and Robin testified briefly about his supposed affair with the chief examiner of the state banking department. He showed a $4,000 check to Hutchins, who later issued a statement saying the check paid for securities Robin purchased. The judge lamented the verdict, remarking on the jury system and prison releases.
Columbus O February 1 The United Mine Workers adopted an amendment to their convention program requiring members of the National Federation to forfeit membership if they join the miners This will force someone to give up a position Mitchell announced that while he called the action cruel injustice he would abandon the Federation rather than break with the miners.
Los Angeles January 31 detective James Q Wood confessed to receiving six thousand dollars plus expenses for his work in the Baldwin will case. He also said he urged Mrs Lillian Ashley Turnbull to write confidential letters while employed by Baldwin and acknowledged taking twenty five hundred dollars for prior letters and seeking twenty five thousand for the current matter before settling on six thousand.
At First Baptist church last evening the Wyoming State Anti-Saloon League reviewed the Sitley local option bill now before the legislature. Supporters and opponents spoke, with the league pressing for public discussion and interest in the measure.
Mrs Edna Garfeld Dellatorre Hutt sues Henry Hutt in Supreme Court citing abandonment and cruelty. She seeks 500 a month alimony pending final decision and plans to appear with counsel. The couple wed in January 1909 after Hutt, an illustrator known for the ideal type of American beauty, moved to New York from Chicago.
Denver January 31 a historic vote occurred as a woman is cast for a U S senator for the first time. Mrs Katherine M Cook former state superintendent of public schools received one vote in the legislature. The deadlock persists with Republicans shifting North East ten votes while Speer and Adams remain unchanged.
A suit filed in Trenton New Jersey seeks 310 million dollars in stock or payment from the estate of Henry O Havemeyer and James Post. Stockholders of the National Sugar Refining Company claim Post illegally acquired stock during a sugar interests purchase and transferred it to Havemeyer.
Report states twelve workmen on the Center street bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Passaic river were drowned when part of the structure collapsed, sending them into the river.
Edward Besle McLean, son of John R. McLean, buys the Hope Diamond for 370,009 dollars. Cartier of Paris negotiated the sale. The 128 carat gem was once owned by Louis XIV, Abdul Hamid, and the Earl of Hopet. Mrs. McLean is the former Miss Avolyn Walah. The deal comes despite the stone's famed bad luck.
Sacramento January 31 Senator Sanford introduces a radical anti Asiatic immigration resolution seeking to oppose removing the labor clause from a Washington drafted treaty with Japan. The measure was referred to the federal resolutions committee by a 20 to 14 vote. The resolution urges senators and representatives to use all influence to forever exclude Asiatic laborers from the shores.
Greeley Colorado January report notes practical farmers will teach irrigation to settlers under government reclamation projects. Charles P. Williams, project engineer, will visit after February 1 to select exam candidates for clerical surveying and supervisory posts with pay.
A bill in the state legislature would prohibit marriage by any man suffering from specified diseases. A licensed physician must issue a certificate proving the groom is disease free, to be shown to the officiant before ceremony. Violations carry a fine of 500 to 1000 dollars but do not void the marriage contract.
The piece argues the Schwoob initiative misrepresents Metz and seeks to curb public power by tying initiative and referendum to high voter thresholds. It defines the two tools and contrasts their aims while noting international experience and the need for practical petition standards.
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