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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
4
The Bennet bill in Annapolis would require any ecclesiastical or lay body that runs vigilance or detective committees to obtain private detective licenses. It declares unlicensed churches an public nuisance to be dissolved. Churches favor enforcement by civil authorities over church led surveillance.
A Paris newspaper appeals for 2,000,000 black Americans to help rebuild France. It notes a contrasting stance by the French government which previously demanded black American soldiers be withdrawn from France. The piece questions whether there are conflicting views of the American negro in France.
Widespread satisfaction grows over the decision to refuse further pursuit of the former Kaiser. The public believes Holland may have been privately urged to resolve the problem in this manner from the start.
A report notes Americans serving in the Kosciuszko Escadrille in the Polish army earn only $6 a month yet pursue perilous outside work in bitter weather. They joined after flying in France, refusing higher Polish officer pay to honor a cause. Their names join Pulaski and Lafayette in American reverence for noble, selfless service.
Observers note Nobel awards favor some nations, while new refusals by two French laureates in economics and medicine spark debate. They declined honors linked to chemistry awarded for Haber, the poison gas inventor, praising virtue over complicity with war.
The piece argues atoms and electrons reveal vast complexity beyond perception and hints at a spiritual analogy. It critiques political doubts, cites Sir Oliver Lodge on electron interiors, questions limits of science, and supports Hoover meeting constitutional residency criteria.
Today marks the Feast of St Blaise and the centenary birth of James Densmore a pioneer typewriter maker. The annual charity ball in New York at the Waldorf Astoria tops social calendars. A Switchmen's Union committee meets with Hines to discuss wage demands. Denominational leaders meet in Philadelphia to consider a national merger of Christian interests as United Churches of Christ in America.
Judson Harmon, entering his seventy fifth year, is portrayed as a long time Democratic leader of national prominence and a former presidential possibility. A lawyer and judge, he served as attorney general under Cleveland and later governed Ohio from 1909 to 1913, known for his independence and strong stance against lawbreakers. Native of Ohio, he studied at Denison University and Cincinnati Law School, and in 1916 backed Wilson at the Democratic National Convention.
A fire in Bridgetown Barbados wiped out a substantial part of the town in 1845. Joel Jones, first president of Girard College, died in Philadelphia. Iowa ratified the Fifteenth Amendment. Paris received the first provision train after the German siege. Marquis of Hartington led the British Liberal party. Parnell libel case with London Times settled for 25000 dollars. A bill to extend parliamentary franchise to women read in Britain. Seven died in Ottawa fire that destroyed the Dominion parliament.
President Wilson presided over the opening of the League of Nations Commission in Paris. Polish and Czecho-Slovak forces, previously fighting on the Silesian front, agreed to an armistice.
Birth anniversaries mark James G. McReynolds from Elkton Kentucky at 58, William J. Harris Cedar Town Georgia at 52, Porter J. McCumber Crete Illinois at 62, Samuel M. Felton Philadelphia born 67, Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn Roche Dale England at 48, and Harry F Sallee Higginsport Ohio a 35 year old pitcher for Cincinnati in today’s list.
Sports brief lists racing meetings in Havana and New Orleans by the Cuba American Jockey Club and Business Men's Racing Association. Boxing matches feature Fred Fulton versus John Lester Johnson in Boston and Johnny Buff against Victor Richie, plus Harry Brown against Young Dundee in Reading. Bowling opens the Ohio State championship in Akron. Golf continues women’s event at Belleair and St Valentine at Pinehurst with the Connecticut State Golf Association holding its annual meeting in New Haven.
War Department plans to oppose the sale by the Shipping Board of former German passenger vessels in the army transport reserve. Details are expected to be presented tomorrow before the Senate Commerce Committee, Brigadier General Hines and A R K. A. Dean will appear.
Billy the goat endures soap and water bath as firemen and police watch. He drags players, hops fences, and finally smiles at a cabbage and carrot feast while a rose wreath plans for a parade lead. Tomorrow reveals Billy’s parade fate.
At St. Marys cathedral crowds gathered to honor John Green who died Friday from pneumonia. Rev Father Hartman led the service as tears flowed. The funeral procession to Olivet cemetery was among Cheyennes most impressive in years. Pall bearers included Ed Gerrans Hol Schoel Charles F Emberg Al Leslie and A K Wetterton. Green had recently moved from Granite Canyon ranch to city life for his six children education. The ranch sale was 20000 with 410000 life insurance leaving a substantial estate.
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