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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
10
The Cheyenne State Leader announces publication details for the Randolph Leigh era edition. It lists pricing for six months and four months and notes Associated Press membership and republication rights for news dispatches and local views.
N Y World argues the Senate must accept the League of Nations covenant as binding, warns amendments are impossible, and states obstructionists are at odds with the world, neutrals, and a majority of Americans. It notes Article XVII invites non members to join against conflicts and Article XXVI treats refusals as war.
The piece discusses referendum effects on the Eighteenth Amendment, noting that three-fourths ratification fixes law, while withdrawals would not undo it. It considers New York Governor Smith, potential federal change to a majority referendum, and broader political reactions amid wartime sentiment. It also mentions social remarks about horseplay after dinners and health trivia.
Washington January 20 A concurrent resolution introduced by Representative Blanton Democrat of Texas urges Congress to remove Edward Keating as secretary of the congressional commission for reclassification of government salaries. The measure accuses Keating of promising pay raises and of denouncing Congress over opposition to the Plumb Plan. It also says Keating while at the commission helped Plumb Plan league disseminate propaganda and edit a socialist Bolshevik newspaper aimed at railroad workers and organized labor at a cost of 40 million dollars misused by the league.
Adolph Goebel of 2012 Snyder Street enlisted in the United States Navy as an aviation mechanic yesterday. He will report to the aviation mechanics school at Great Lakes Illinois for training.
A newspaper advertisement touts Marmola Prescriation Tablets as a harmless fat reduction method not requiring dieting or exercise. It claims weight loss of two to four pounds weekly and offers to send a large case for one dollar from Marmola Company Detroit.
A marriage license was issued yesterday to John N. Smith and Miss Julia Gillespie of Cheyenne, and another was issued Monday to James G. Gromer and Miss Effie Houck of Cheyenne. TRY A LEADER WANTAD.
The Norfolk Virginia drydocks were completed in under a year. Built of concrete, the twin docks measure 650 feet each. Photos show the locks accommodate battleships with ease.
The twenty second annual Tuskegee Negro conference founded by the late Booker T. Washington opens today at Tuskegee Institute. Ten thousand Chicago housewives plan mass meetings to push a campaign to cut the cost of living in city public schools. Maj Gen Sir David Watson Hon Frank Carrel and Senator Charles Beaubien are to speak at a dinner in New York City tonight. A Southern Presbyterian general assembly committee meets in Memphis to discuss organic union or federation with the Northern church. Today’s sports calendar lists races in Havana New Orleans Philadelphia Detroit Boston Calgary Duluth and other sites with boxing matches in several cities.
Anthony Caminetti, head of the deportation of alleged Reds, has served as Commissioner General of Immigration since early in the Wilson era. A California lawyer, he was Amador County district attorney from 1887 to 1892, later served in both California houses, two terms in Congress, and aligned with the Democratic Party as a delegate and electoral candidate.
Notable dates include 1769 start of the Letters of Junius in the London Public Advertiser and 1824 Stonewall Jackson born. Other entries recall 1859 Henry Hallam’s death, 1870 Duke of Connaught Arthur arriving in New York, 1871 Paris Reds riot at Mazas, 1889 National Woman Suffrage Association convening in Washington, and 1901 the German emperor’s Osborne visit.
One year ago today the Supreme Council agreed to investigate the Russian situation. British and American labor leaders were forced to form a labor congress in connection with the peace conference.
Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson former first sea lord of the British admiralty born 65 years ago today. Frederick Madison Smith former head of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints born at Plano Illinois 46 years ago today. Nathaniel B. Harris former governor of Georgia born near Jonesboro Tennessee 74 years ago today. Dr James Henry Morgan president of Nickison College born near Concord Nebraska 68 years ago today. Francis B. McGovern former governor of Wisconsin born near Wikhart Wisconsin 54 years ago today.
At the Pan American financial congress Argentina pressed for changes in U S state banking laws allowing Latin American banks to open branches in the United States. Frank A Vanderlip, representing the U S, noted American banks are expanding globally while certain state laws block Latin American institutions from competing.
Billy the goat finds a new home with Mrs Rewney and Tim Rooney after wandering from the clearing. They trap him in a shed to haul cabbages to market, while Billy dreams beneath straw as a neighboring goat bleats and a knot hole in the shed hints at further mischief.
A narrator recalls a man who rises to search a shed after hearing bleats. Moonlight reveals a beautiful white nanny goat on a straw pile, stirring his old heart and delight at encountering a familiar animal. Tomorrow Billy meets Nanny.
In Seattle on January 20 General John J. Pershing watched a boxing show as about 2,000 navy men shouted for Bob Martin over Jack Dempsey. They urged Martin, the heavyweight champion of the American Expeditionary Forces, to represent America in a Carpentier bout.
Republicans and Democrats clash over the porkless rivers and harbors bill carrying 12.4 million dollars, a 30.5 million cut from committee estimates. Representative Freeman defends it as spare rib and says bones remain, while Blanton quips about little meat. About 60 million dollars remains unspent from prior appropriations. Freeman says 7 million dollars for improvements suffices.
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