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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
9
In Mineola New York on January 21 Madame Lebaudy was informed by the jail matron that the grand jury returned no indictment. She fainted then recovered and prayed with a crucifix as her attorney sought a written release order. News of the exoneration followed a nervous day. Jacqueline was summoned to the telephone at Rev. Mc
Ginnie, kept with Madame Lebaudy since her mother’s jail term, left under the sheriff’s escort. Madame Lebaudy thanked the grand jury for freeing her.
New York reports the National Association of Clothiers opening its 23nd convention to address a massive postwar oversupply, with clothing materials over a quarter held by manufacturers after the war. Mexico City notes British merchants launching campaigns to regain markets in Mexico as a freighter sails from Liverpool with British merchandise.
In Dublin on January 21 the Sinn Fein assembly read a declaration establishing an Irish republic and demanding British evacuation. A crowd of around a thousand gathered at the Mansion House amid youthful Sinn Fein leaders and protesting veterans, while prison-bound members failed to respond to roll call.
At the Cheyenne Industrial Club annual meeting Frontier Days will not move its date to chase a wet Wyoming. The club plans housing action, praises the show’s merits, and names nine directors including William Dubois and A. D. Kelley. The organization reports war work, debt freedom, and railroad cooperation to boost home ownership and shop repairs.
Washington January 21 The Comptroller reports the 1918 annual review notes national banks and Federal Reserve System withstanding war strain. Bank resources rose to 18 821 404 000 by November 1 1918 and Liberty Bond holdings reach 17 000 000 000. Financing compares World War Civil War shows bonds issued six times higher in 18 months. Continued on page six.
Warsaw reports Polish forces and civilians including women and boys defending Lemberg as Ukrainian forces surround the city for a month. The railroad is cut, Preemyel is shelled by six German nine inch guns, and aircraft drop shells daily, but the Ukrainians have not captured the town.
The forecast calls for generally tall skies Wednesday and Thursday with likely snow in the extreme northwest. Temperatures show little overall change.
Spokane January 21. Plans completed for a welcome reception tomorrow for officers and men of the 346th field artillery first unit of the 91st division back from France. The mayor issued a proclamation urging citizen help, Salvation Army will serve doughnuts, and other groups plan entertainments. Col. Pratt reports three special trains carrying the 146th arrive between 9 and 9:30 am. A regiment parade will precede marching to Camp Lewis for muster out at 6 pm.
Frank Morrison of the AFL testified before the House Immigration Committee citing reports from 21 cities showing 135000 unemployed and predicting more layoffs by May 1. He urged two measures: employ returning veterans and halt immigration until normal times return, with Detroit 50000 and Pittsburgh 10000 among cities noted.
The supreme council of great powers debates a concrete Russia proposal at tomorrow's meeting. Officials hint no sovereign remedy yet, while inquiries into political conditions in Russia are considered without direct Soviet agents. Danish envoy Harold Severius comments on conditions in Moscow.
In a dispatch from Petrograd the last ambassador reports futility in negotiating with the Trotskyites and notes a Soviet article declaring Wilson and Lloyd George too conservative for talks. He cites Bolshevik numbers at about 96,000 men with many ill equipped and says the Red Army drew heavily from peasant hunger and recruitment.
Amsterdam dispatch reports counter revolutionary demonstrations led by officers in Budapest with clashes and reportedly more than minor injuries.
Washington Jan 21 Senator Kenyon introduced a bill providing for the expenditure of 200 million dollars on public improvements to supply work for soldiers. The measure aims to create employment through large scale public projects.
Idaho benefited only slightly from wartime industry. No factories in the state produced war supplies and total war purchases were under $40,090, far below normal output from the fields, forests, and mines.
Sheridan telegram reports Rev F Plater, named to lead Cheyenne Congregational Church, is critically ill with Spanish influenza. Board member Harold Vaughan says Fisher arrival delayed and plans unsettled. local Sheridan leaders praise Plater’s relief work before his sickness.
The Associated Press reports from London that Germany drafts a new constitution with a president elected by all Germans for seven years. The chancellor will be named by the president and answerable to the chamber, with resignation required if the chamber withdraws confidence. The draft requires Reichstag approval of treaties with League states once formed.
Prison break at Rock Island jail frees about 20 inmates including Joliet penitentiary offenders. Escapees seize guards, shoot a turnkey, steal cars, and head toward Chicago amid a weeklong crime surge. Police pursue as Sheriff Miller reports.
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