16 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1921
Page
1
Partial OCR mentions block taxlot 4 and Adam with a reference to one dollar rest likely from a Japanese context. Details are incomplete but indicate a land or tax entry with monetary value and possible ownership.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 6.6 percent price decline across four months from July to November 1920 driven by lower food and clothing costs. Food fell about 12 percent with potatoes down 63 percent and sugar 61 percent. clothing dropped over 14 percent.
Denver veteran and prominent lawyer J Foster Syms was named United States district attorney in an official announcement. He is known for his long legal practice and service in the war.
A weather forecast for Wyoming calls for widespread snow and a much colder day on Sunday with a cold wave in the eastern portion and strong northerly winds. Monday looks probably fair with partial or increasing sunshine.
At Danville Illinois Harry Birch a Chicago movie cameraman arrived to film Mrs Ernest Harrington as she begins a hunger strike to save her husband. Harrington the butcher resents filming and signals his displeasure while Birch observes the scene.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee reported a resolution authorizing President Wilson to invite all nations to an international convention on disarmament. Democrats warned it could embarrass the president, while Rep Brooks said efforts would push House action. No move seen to join Senate arms reduction efforts.
Reverend R W A Mather, a Presbyterian missionary, warned that fifteen to sixteen million Chinese face immediate starvation and forty five million are affected in famine zones about the size of Wyoming, with six months of worsening famine ahead unless aid arrives.
Mrs. Sadie Harrington ended a 48 day hunger strike aimed at forcing her husband Ernie Harrington to join the Church of God denomination. Rev. G. S. Payne, an overseer, reported she remained gentle and submissive during a two hour conference and that the Lord does not require fasting.
In Washington on January 16, discontent rose in the house during debate on the annual Indian appropriation bill. A dispute centered on one committee wielding power to direct appropriation bills as a subcommittee allegedly overstepped authority by proposing unauthorized measures. Mondell defended consolidation for economy and efficiency while Snyder accused overreach and attempted new legislation.
Sir Auckland Geddes sails from New York to London after being recalled to consult with Premier Lloyd George and Earl Curzon on foreign affairs. He travels with private secretary H V Tenant while Lady Geddes stays with the children. Geddes is to return next month for discussions before establishing formal communication with the incoming government.
Miss Harriet Kavanuagh, a Naval Hospital nurse, was found unconscious at the naval cemetery terrace with a crushed skull and died without regaining consciousness. Investigators search for a suspect. two men, including a service member and a deserter, are under surveillance as police aid Navy authorities.
The six bandits robbed a Dallas sub post office. One bandit died, four still at large. W. S. Scrivner led officers to a cache eight miles north of Fort Worth where about $200,000 in Liberty bonds and $46,000 in currency were recovered from two sacks. Scrivner was arrested after confessing. Additional currency was found in a South Dallas house. Police expect the mastermind to be arrested soon.
In Hot Springs Arkansas on January 16 a man sought for the death of his wife near Womble was shot to death by a posse at dawn. He was cornered near a campfire on Pigeon mountain after being tracked to the summit.
The Fordney emergency tariff bill was widened to cover nearly all farm products and passed the house. The senate finance committee voted to report the measure out Monday.
Paris action reports Former Premier Briand to form a new ministry to succeed the Leygues cabinet after its resignation on Wednesday.
Lord Mayor O Callaghan of Cork, who arrived in Newport News without a passport, was allowed to land as a seaman by Secretary of Labor Wilson in defiance of a State Department deportation order. Acting Secretary Davis said he would seek an opinion and not order him kept aboard until then.
Representative Sumners of Texas urged the death penalty for crimes committed with weapons, saying robbery burglary or theft with firearms should carry death as a deterrent. He linked the crime wave to the war and noted cars enable the offenses.
Daily log records a 13 day journey from New York to San Francisco by air with 12 legs. It lists pilots, legs lengths, and times totaling 2629 miles flown in 33 hours 59 minutes. It notes stations Cleveland Chicago Omaha Cheyenne Salt Lake City and Reno among others.
A writer recounts being transported from New York to San Francisco by air mail as the first human missive on a transcontinental flight. The piece highlights dangers and delays, noting sky-sickness, blizzards, forced landings, and long desert ordeals, while emphasizing the goal of safe delivery.
Six armed men robbed the Broadway branch of Saginaw County Savings Bank in City Michigan and killed L F Persons an insurance man and Martin A L DeBats president of the Valley Home Telephone Company. Loot was about 15000 dollars.
A preliminary hearing disclosed NECA charged with assaulting Mrs Odom at 181844 O'Neil Street noon December 29. Justice Edwards reserved decision until Monday, noting the case requires serious consideration and may bind over for trial or release the defendant.
A fire of undetermined origin broke out in a Main Street clothing store in Seema Wy on January 15. Fueled by high winds it rapidly consumed the frame structure and threatened a block of business houses. The adjacent three story brick Masonic temple and Bank of Commerce were in danger. No loss estimate available.
A 1920s analysis argues air mail from New York to San Francisco can beat rail time and cost. It cites 88 hours 59 minutes actual flying, possible 48 hours westward, 86 hours eastward, with winds favoring eastbound flights. Emphasizes aviation as backbone of U.S. air industry and lists improvements: more stations, better facilities, larger planes, improved communications, higher pay, and nonpolitical management.
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