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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
15
General Sherill, ex adjutant general of New York, who arrived on the Pacific coast from the Orient, outlines a plan to reduce friction with Japan. The proposal includes an amicable agreement aimed at decreasing the population on the Pacific coast.
The proposed bill sets leasing caps for oil land at a maximum of three, coal lands to two thousand two hundred sixty acres with five cent per ton royalties, and oil shale to five thousand four hundred twenty acres. It preserves senate remedial provisions tied to naval reserve claims and adopts Sinnott’s compromise to invalidate surplus land sales by large holders after October 4. The measure aims to curb land juggling and adjust land claims.
Kennedy and Howenstine, a Los Angeles optician, were found guilty of conspiring to impair recruits’ eyesight for Camp Lewis. They were sentenced to 11 years in the federal penitentiary in McNeill after a Los Angeles federal court ruling, affirmed by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The vice president spurned a presidential bid, valuing time with his wife and adopted son. War duties kept Marshall busier than ever, leaving little opportunity for family life.
Harvard University formed the Committee on Economic Research in 1917 to aid in solving core economic issues in modern commerce. It gathers statistics for federal banks, banks, and large firms and predicts prosperity for farmers and overall industry in 1920 amid a cautious outlook for credit and prices.
No 2, undergoing repairs, will be seized tomorrow per James Shevlin prohibition en forcement officer for New York. The cargo will be stored under government supervision. The vessel is owned and operated exclusively by negroes and departed New York for Havana the day before the prohibition amendment took effect but turned back two days out for repairs.
Two proposed amendments to senate rules by Senators Curtis and Kellogg sit before the rules committee. Leaders discussed bypassing the committee to bring a measure to senate action, possibly as soon as tomorrow.
The Interchurch Council on Organic Union outlines a three day Philadelphia conference plan to merge about 22 evangelical Protestant bodies into The United Church of Christ in America. The plan preserves denominational autonomy while creating a representative Council and enlarging unity through a federal style structure. It aims to hold ecclesiastical powers and property in a growing, adaptable union without dictating baptism or creeds. The Article of Faith affirms belief in God and Jesus Christ without adopting a single symbol or creed for all.
The piece lists the Malt Millerand government figures and critics, then shifts to a long review of United Church structures, district councils, and per capita dues, followed by a geographic essay on Kiakhta and Maimachen, tea routes, and the Trans Siberian network.
Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, head of British American Tobacco, has just arrived in the country from England. He believes the anti tobacco panic poses a threat to the tobacco industry and outlines his plans to counter the campaign. The interview hints at upcoming strategies to defend tobacco interests.
Washington dispatch reports Kiakhta in eastern Siberia fell to red forces, signaling a shift against anti Bolshevik lines and threatening crucial Baikal tunnel routes and logistics. The bulletin from Nations Googrankng Sudleby questions the immediacy of the claimed capture and its strategic meaning.
W A Lynch of Philadelphia, once an electrician, built a fortune in a year after leaving the gavel reserve corps by buying and selling coconuts from Honduras.
The piece describes tea transport via caravan routes before railways, noting Nijni fair tasters detecting quality loss from water transport. It covers Mongol and Buriat camel drivers along Kalgan to Kiakhta, their hospitality, customs, yurts, Buddhism, and wealth measured by livestock. It also mentions sports and wrestling news as side items.
Wish is the star swimmer of the Naval academy and other athletes are mentioned. Frazee signs 418 of the Red Sox, Murphy faces baseball squabbles, a local basketball team to wear new shirts Friday, Minnesota heavyweight Ton Cowler and Jack Dempsey linked in a possible fight, Jim Jefferies allegedly develops a corn variety, soccer field snow removal, and hockey compare schoolboy to varsity play before the Dempsey Willard fight images.
Budapest reports the start of mass trials against terrorists begin Monday. Count Apponyi, head of the peace delegation, defends the slow process noting only 27 executions for murder and asserts arrests target actions, not opinions. He likens Hungary to America in self defense against fed terror amid Vienna Prague regimes.
Advertisement claims Zemo cures eczema itch pimples and rashes by applying a safe antiseptic liquid. It promises overnight clearing of minor blemishes, instant itching relief, and non staining non greasy formula. Available from E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio with sizes 35c and 1.00.
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