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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1921
Page
7
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Mrs Chris Hawksworth, wife of a Union Pacific foreman, was shot in the leg by a man carrying a paper sack as she returned from a party. Police search after a series of robberies, with uncertainty over whether a bullet caused the wound and where the shooter fled.
In Ion City Illinois on January 7 Overseer Voliva ordered Zion tabernacle women to appear with unpowdered noses or face his lectures and slaps. He denounced powder and urged modest dress calling the tabernacle sacred not a boudoir.
Internal Revenue bureau officials said they would search the headquarters of the government prohibition enforcement forces to see if any employees are linked to a New York ring alleged to obtain fraudulent liquor withdrawal permits.
In Patterson New Jersey United States Marshal Albert Ettelson said a federal warrant for Rev Cornelius Demsel’s arrest on Mann white slave act charges would be served tomorrow morning. The case stems from an alleged elopement with choir singer Miss Trina Hannenburg and follows a $25 000 breach of promise suit she filed, plus a $10 000 suit from her parents for humiliation and loss of services.
Berlin reports a shift to silent cinema with attendance 27 to 1 versus spoken drama. The city lists 264 movie houses with 117000 seats and 4 legitimate theaters with 44000 seats, reflecting a strong cinema craze.
In Washington on January 7 Chairman Madden of the appropriations sub committee rejected air mail as the fastest option for the New York to Chicago route. He outlined the post office bill totaling 573,964,721 dollars and compared air and rail costs. Madden said air would cost five dollars per ton mile while rail costs seven cents per ton mile, projecting ten billion dollars if all mail moved by air and receipts around 450 million. He noted no time savings from air in this service.
At Rockville Maryland the trial of G W Thompson opened for the murder of James Bolton and two children at the Bolton farm home near Germantown. Thompson's wife waived her right to refuse testimony and said he returned home about midnight with dynamite he allegedly stole and planned to kill Bolton.
The Cheyenne Civic League of Colored People asked Mayor Ed P Taylor to review a wave of arrests after an attack on Daisy Odom. The committee alleged bias and linked neighborhood conditions to the crime while the mayor invited evidence to justify action and regretted arrests of respectable Black residents.
The Justice Department said the Eugene V. Debs espionage case will be reviewed within a week to assess pardon recommendations. Debs, imprisoned in Atlanta, is among espionage act cases under investigation, with the pardon attorney to report facts to the attorney general for submission to President Wilson. Paris Ky unique anecdote follows with marriage and car purchase by a groom-to-be.
A Union Pacific passenger engine backing into and striking an open switch derailed into empty cars, blocking the main line in Cheyenne yards for more than three hours. No injuries were reported though damage runs into thousands. westbound passenger trains No. 1 and No. 7 were delayed and all freight traffic halted while crews cleared the wreckage.
A weather forecast for Wyoming predicts fair conditions on Saturday with a likely rise in temperature through Sunday. The report notes clear skies and mild winds, suggesting pleasant weekend weather for outdoor activities.
The senate finance committee debated the Fordney emergency tariff bill as witnesses accused the government of fomenting a buyers strike. Colonel John P. Wood for wool manufacturers argued government unwisdom, sparking sharp exchanges as Senators challenged the charge and noted broader price-decline debates. The session adjourned with continuing discussion noted.
Dublin Castle announced plans to burn houses near known Sinn Feiner outrages to deter further attacks. Mail service will be suspended in Tipperary, Sligo, and Donegal after repeated raids. The castle reported 385 mail raids last week and 73 outrages, with 208 arrests and 189 internment orders. Belfast dispatch notes two Catholic curates arrested and six clergy in custody in Ireland.
An official report tallies 261 killed and 446 wounded in Ireland in 1920 as “serious outrages.” It lists 165 police killed and 225 wounded, 58 soldiers killed and 118 wounded, and 48 civilians killed with 1,038 wounded. Also noted are 68 court houses destroyed, 530 RIC barracks damaged, 998 mail raids, and 46 raids on coast guard stations.
EWIS Iowa Jan 7 Sidney Smiley 31 a farmer living six miles west of Lewis hanged himself after saying goodbye to his wife and four children. He reportedly had been mentally low due to falling farm prices.
Leonide Krassin, the Russian Bolshevik envoy in London, departs for Russia tomorrow carrying a trade contract approved by Sir Robert S. Horne, president of the Board of Trade.
In Arson Ohio on January 7 President Harding approved a plan by Republican leaders to cap peacetime army strength at 150000. Representative Kahn of California said Harding favors reducing the burden on taxpayers and aims to trim to 175000 soon, then to 165000 as a continuing maximum.
In Ochrane Ontario on January 7, locals prepare for the three United States navy airmen said to be crossing the Hudson Bay wilderness. Guides and weather experts estimate a Moose Factory start two days after Christmas with Mattice as a likely emergence point in a people’s march to greet the aviators.
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