02 Feb 1919
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1919
Page
1
Sackett denounces the substitute for Hardin bill as a political move amid delay and a full house debate. Republicans back a leaner measure with a 2 percent provision while critics warn it invites violations and fails the dry pledge.
Paris datelined report says American Federation of Labor delegates led by Gompers will back Belgian socialists and trade unionists who refused to meet Germans at mandated Berne meetings next week.
The women of the Searchlight club will stage a play on Tuesday evening February 4 at 7:20 at the venue managed by Smith. Members are urged to attend to support the event.
Brodie L Duke, founder of the tobacco firm W Duke and Son Co, dies in Durham North Carolina at age 2? The brief obituary notes his early role in the tobacco business and the firm’s evolution after its founding.
Mitchell notes the death of a prominent figure at 73, details scarce due to fragmentary text. The items mention Thrift Day in Cheyenne urging patriotic purchase of war savings stamps, led by H. B. Henderson, with unsettled cold weather and snow in southeast portions forecast for Monday.
Sheridan county representative Dr D E Kendall, a member of the Anti Saloon League prohibition committee, rejects Hardin Pill No 2 as not from the league and calls the measure partisan and a mockery of dry aims He warns that it permits secret liquor accumulation and avoids reporting stock, arguing the bill undermines dry goals and favors wet interests.
Paris February 1 The Associated Press reports that American delegates to the peace congress will likely raise no objection to Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador at Washington serving as a German delegate. It is stated that a government cannot bar the other party from selecting a representative in treaty talks. The report also notes troop dispositions and a Bolshevik threat amid advances by allied forces in the south.
Washington dispatch reports Archangel district in northern Russia seen as extremely critical by military officers. No reinforcements ordered yet. war council at Paris to decide, with a fuller report possibly requesting extra support. Some officials interpret Bolshevik gas shell claims as German-sourced and not covered by the armistice.
In reports from the far north military observers note Archangel ward remains strong as Bolshevik use of gas and high explosives alarms American commanders. Parasevo, a small town about 1309 miles south of Archangel, is cited as a disputed front where Americans reportedly retreated. The settlement does not appear on War Department maps.
Mrs. BE L. Smith is said to be very ill at St. John's hospital after wandering from the Albany hotel while delirious. Her husband went to Laramie for work and his whereabouts are unknown. A local resident published a version asserting desertion, but Mrs. Thomas Pitt refutes it and presents a different view of the events.
Conferees reached tentative agreement on a bill to protect rights of prospectors in withdrawn lands. Bona fide claimants would receive leases with royalties at not less than one eighth, limited to 50 percent of any oil field. Royalties fund the reclamation for western development. The measure affects over 50 million acres of public mineral lands and opens up about 6 million acres for oil lands and 40 million acres for coal lands. Navy oil reserves are included but details were not released.
Allied cables released by General March show about 16 000 American troops still unaccounted for three months after hostilities ended. Totals for deaths, missing, and prisoners reach 56 592 across 30 divisions, with 17 434 missing or captured. Marines add 1 057 deaths, pushing overall dead to 40 301. Data uncertain due to incomplete casualty accounting and postwar repatriation.
Beloe arrived from Denver after a long drive and found Pat Hayes near death in a hospital. Doctors say his pneumonia and influenza complications have left him critically ill since Friday midnight, with life regarded as almost despaired.
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