04 Jan 1913
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
1
Cheyenne entries win top cups for best display and highest cockerel score. W N Faust and C F Smith receive cups. Judge Stone praises Cheyenne poultry and schedules a public lecture. Numerous White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks win multiple awards from exhibitors including N C McMurray and J NIswander.
United States Senator Jefferson Davis dies at 12 36 am in Little Rock of heart failure after months of illness. Funeral plan not fixed but likely Sunday with burial in Russellville. The death on the eve of re election raises a political question. a special primary or legislative appointment could fill the full term starting March 4. Governor Donaghey and Congressman Oldfield named as potential successors for two year term.
Reported in Philadelphia that a three story factory building housing many girls was wrecked by a strong afternoon wind. Several girl employees are missing in the ruins while about fifty people were inside the building at the time. Dozens of men were rescued and taken to hospitals.
A committee of Julius Romney H S Harris and O P Brown representing Mormon refugees driven from Mexico seeks church aid to found a 6500 acre Mormon settlement in the Pecos valley Texas about 200 miles east of El Paso. They aim to stay near former Mexican homes to return when hostilities end. The First Presidency has not stated whether aid will be provided.
Three men were buried today in a mine eight miles northeast of Joplin after a dirt fall when a cart ridge discharged prematurely. Rescue workers on relays strive to reach them as uncertainty about their survival remains high.
Representative William W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor collapsed aboard a ship at Colon Panama during Taft's Isthmian visit. He had been confined after a mental breakdown and violent behavior over his election defeat. His body was not recovered after he jumped into the sea.
Chicago reports world shortage of cattle for 1918. J. A. Spoor, chair of a world-wide commission, warns beef will cease to be affordable. He says U.S. farmers must boost herds immediately to meet rising demand and preserve soil fertility.
A New Orleans Mobile and Chicago trainman wreck near Merrill Mississippi this afternoon killed two people and injured others. A relief train has been dispatched from Mobile to the scene.
In the barred Plymouth Rock class JB Niswander won high honors with a male bird. Standings include WN C Alfred Ft Collinat fret cockerel BH. J Cash man second cockerel NC Alfred third cockerel J Niswander first hen B J Cashman second hen William DuBoise third hen. W C Lowney of Greeley took first second and third pullets. J B Niswander second hen B J Cashman third hen. In the Bat t rock class Mra W W Disselle led most entries with first and second cockerel first and second hen first second and third pullet and first prize for a pen. KR K Olde earned third for hen. White awards went to Smith first male and cockerel, W M Faust second and third cockerel, C F Smith first and second for hen and first and second pullet. In pens Class C FP Bnmrth frest award, W M Faust second and N C McMurray fourth. In A C white leghorn class A S Forster first male third, B J Bell Boulder first for cockerel, Holliday Morris second for cockerel, A J Forster first and second for hen. J Baichart first for pullet, H B Thothpoon mod fons second for pullet and Holliday Morris third for pullet. Prizes for best pens went to Holliday Morris first, HH B Thonypoon Lone second, J Reichardt third. Awards in A C brown leghorn class went to Waldo Roberts first for male third and first for pullet. H S Hammond second and third for pullets, first for wookere, first and second for hens and first for a pen of this breed.
The report lists winners from multiple breeds including Rhode Island Reds, Orpingtons, Ancona, Cornish Indian Games, Buff Cochins Bantams, White Leghorns, Houdans, Black Polish and Indian Runner ducks. Notable names include H J Haase of Colorado Springs, Mrs G A Hawk of Pine Bluffs, Mrs W W Fusselle, L N Hanson, and M Manson.
Chriniano Castro was freed on habeas corpus by Judge Holt for illegal detention at Ellis Island and denial of counsel. He denied plotting another Venezuelan revolution and claimed he lost fortunes, blaming President Gomez and German interests. He did not confirm plans to return to Paris or Venezuela.
An open letter to Governor Wilson and Governor Sulzer outlines a plan to convert New Jersey meadows into a world port and consolidate New York City and Jersey City. Dr William Osborne McDowell of New York and Jersey City promotes the idea and cites potential savings and global trade benefits.
In Budapest Count Michael Karoly an opposition leader was wounded in a saber duel with Count Stephen Tisza the speaker of the lower house. The duel lasted an hour with 22 bouts ending only by exhaustion and leaving no reconciliation. The clash stemmed from a political quarrel.
William Rockefeller agreed through counsel to appear January 11 before the Pujo committee in Washington for the house money trust investigation. Samuel Untermyer, attorney for the committee, announced the plan. No location or health details were given, and Chairman Pujo stressed Rockefeller must feel safe in testifying.
Chicago court grants a writ of supersedeas delaying executions for 82 dynamite conspirators from Indianapolis. Bail set at 1.1 million dollars total, against doubts of obtaining such funds. Attorneys argue over whether the writ of supersedeas applies as a matter of right and discuss trial origins and potential appeals.
PARIS Jan 3 A rumor spread on the bourse that the Turkish fortress of Adrianople had fallen into the hands of the besiegers raising market chatter about shifting fronts and potential Turkish retreat amid the siege news.
A Turkish sailing vessel Theo dorce of 650 tons was blown up after contacting a floating mine at the entrance to Emuhrna bay. The Turkish garrison of Chios, about 2000 men, surrendered unconditionally to Greek troops on the island.
Police in Los Angeles received a telegram from New York Police Commissioner Kiuelanner Waldo requesting the detention of Rosenthal alias Rogers, tied to a broad theft ring. Authorities believe the case signals a national distribution operation for thieves and expect further arrests nationwide.
Charles Schultheiss, convicted of manslaughter, must serve one year in the Ohio state penitentiary. Without a guard, he plans to travel from Hamilton to Dayton and then to Columbus, leaving the train at Spring Street to reach the penitentiary. He will present his papers to the clerk and affirm his transfer with the judge’s word.
A meeting of representatives from Michigan Wisconsin North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota is convened in St Paul for January 24 to decide a state and national policy. Governor Veuse of South Dakota is expected to speak at the conference.
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