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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1920
Page
10
A sweet girlish lavender georgette frock trimmed with velvet violets suits a young miss traveling south with her family. The plain blouse has a round neck and short sleeves, while the overskirt is tucked to hint the hip line. A floppy garden hat with lavender georgette and black trim completes the outfit.
Cheyenne prepares for General Pershing with a citywide holiday afternoon. Stores banks and the Carnegie library close for the visit while a capitol reception features music refreshments and dancing. Pershing also visits Fort D. A. Russell and addresses the Wyoming Wool Growers association at the Masonic temple.
A tent on the west side of Capitol avenue near the Masonic temple will house about a dozen prize sheep for exhibition during the Wool Growers association convention. Inquiries arose about the tent’s purpose with some thinking a side show is planned alongside General Perkins event. The wool exhibit is being arranged, with additional activity in the Masonic temple.
A concise timeline of General Perhing from his 1860 birth in Laclede Missouri through key milestones. Includes West Point graduation in 1886, service with the Sixth and Tenth Cavalries, roles as instructor and adjutant general, international postings as military attaché, leadership in Mexico and France, and appointment as general in 1947.
Delegations from both parties meet with acting Democratic leaders to push prompt ratifications. Senator Lodge notes broad desire to avoid delay and considers modifications to reservations, while Senator Hitchcock says negotiations continue daily to align views and ensure presidential acceptance.
Article notes Bolshevik forces begin offensive after拒 refusing peace. Esthonia’s stance and crackdown on Bolshevik agitation. Riga Libau round up agents. Ketтерoff captured with diamond loot valued at 3,000,000 rubles. Ukrainian insurgents enter Odessa with Galician support, driving Demnekine’s forces to the Dnieper bank.
H R King of Seattle told the National Retail Clothiers association in Chicago that clothing costs will advance 25 to 40 percent driven by higher wages. He cited a 275 percent rise in labor since 1914, reduced hours, and higher Australian wool prices from 4.25 to 4.40 a pound.
Washington January 13 Senator Kendrick's appeal to the Interior Department on behalf of homesteaders rejected under the 640 acre act has succeeded. Notices indicate reversed decisions and designation of lands in the near future. The act covers non irrigable non mineral and non timber land judged sufficient for family support. Kendrick argued officials should not bar applicants from proving land could support a living, and the department has adopted his view, signaling reversals of prior denials.
The body of Mary A. Udell of Grover, widow of Thomas Udell, who died in Grover, will be sent to Kearney Nebraska for burial. One daughter accompanies the remains which will be sent from Cheyenne today by Clyde Bricker Brothers. Two daughters and one son will meet the remains in Kearney. Mrs. Udell lived in Grover for more than 30 years.
Washington Jan 13 The national executive committee selected Lincoln Nebraska as the time and place for the 1920 Prohibition Party convention with July 24 set as the date.
At the Kinney Oil & Refining company annual stockholders meeting in Cheyenne on Monday directors were elected: Joe C. Kinney John D Clark Leslie A. Miller Charles E Orchard and Guy Craig The board then elected Kinney president Orchard vice president Miller treasurer and H F Stevens secretary.
Cheyenne State Bank reelected all officers and directors at the annual meeting held Monday. Officers named were H. S. Clarke Jr president J J MacDonald vice president and J A Reed cashier. Directors include W C Kinkead Thomas G Powers H S Clarke J T MacDonald and J A Reed.
Former Lieutenant BE. D. Suddoth testified at Captain Detzer's court martial that three of four charges and confessions obtained by the Department of Criminal Investigations under Detzer were defective and failed at trial. Suddoth, attached to the judge advocates office at Le Mans, spoke from his post in France.
Otto H. Kahn, prominent New York banker, urged a revision of the federal income tax law to bring the levy within moderation and provide relief amid ongoing economic disturbances during an address in New York.
Cane sugar selling at 47 cents a pound retail appeared in San Francisco markets today. The report notes the price level as the latest in the western market, with consumer attention drawn to the new rate amid shifting supply factors.
Midwest Refining raises Wyoming crude prices by 25 cents a barrel in all fields effective immediately. Grass Creek Rik Basin and Greybull 2.60. Lance Creek 2.26. Salt Creek Big Muddy and Rock Creek 2.25. Ohio Oil joins as a major purchaser. Per field boosts lift earnings for Grass Creek Petroleum, BH. T. Williams Oil Co, Kinney Oil & Refining, affecting dividends and stock values.
The passage envisions the creation of the League of Nations as a living force to assist peoples worldwide toward peace prosperity and happiness. It emphasizes the president’s belief that this progress aligns with a dual purpose guiding the effort.
General Pershing rode through downtown Denver amid cheering crowds after a patrol stop near the river. He spoke to 15 000 schoolchildren at the auditorium and inspected US Hospital No 24 at Aurora, thanking Red Cross nurses and praising the role of women in supporting the war effort.
Paris January 13 Joseph Caillaux former premier stands charged with seeking a premature dishonorable peace with Germany. He will appear before the new senate acting as a high court tomorrow. Prosecution and defense are ready but trial may be postponed as senators delay judging.
Fort Worth Texas January 43 Peter J Lee of Washington DC says he was swindled out of 35000 in a Washington hotel by a fake oil stock scheme He identifies two men held in California as Edward J Ward and Charles Goober In Hale Center Texas Sheriff Frank Norfleet was allegedly swindled out of 45000 by the same pair
The American Red Cross reported spending 155 million francs in 1919 for relief work. About 30 million francs went to Belgium while the rest funded civilian relief in France.
Cheyenne crowds welcome General Pershing and delegates to the annual Wyoming Wool Growers association meeting. Over taxed hotels prompt the Industrial club to urge citizens to house visitors. About fifty private rooms are needed. call Dr. J M Wilson at the Plains hotel on dust phone 1400 to offer accommodations.
Paris dispatch reports the steamer Ceylon bringing survivors from the Afrique wreck to La Pallice while others were landed at Port Rochfort. Naples reports fishing boats recovered bodies of victims including three decorated American soldiers who perished.
San Francisco reports discuss moves by organization leaders to hold a special legislature session or use initiative election to bar Asiatic leasing or ownership of land in California and to curb further Asiatic immigration.
Health officers in Kansas City Missouri and towns across Kansas report a mysterious intestinal illness affecting hundreds. Some doctors call it winter cholera. Topeka reports 41000 cases. Officials suspect contaminated water or milk as a probable cause and note the illness is contagious like a cold.
Denver census supervisor Rowdy Kenehan reports many foreign born residents are leaving city fearing a nationwide radicals raid during the census. Interpreters are used to persuade locals to stay as Austrian, German, and Russian expatriates depart. Two Polish men and an Italian teacher aid enumerators in the foreign district.
Kiel Jan 14 The United States transport Buford lying off Kiel with several hundred undesirables aboard will depart tonight for a Baltic point while repairs to her boilers are completed. The exact debarkation location for the passengers remains secret.
Houston, Jan 15 Gol B N House arrived today denying he came to mingle in Texas politics and saying he was here merely for a brief rest.
A special American Legion conference will be held in Cheyenne today during General Pershing’s visit. State Chairman Charles S. Hill will confer with two Legion representatives from every county. State Secretary Harry Fisher of Gasper will attend. American volunteers from the ambulance corps Lafayette Escadrille may join the Federation of French Veterans of the Great War as associates.
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