24 Jan 1920
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
1
Local volunteers launched a citywide cleanup in the park district with assistance from the Public Works department and volunteers collecting litter along Main Street and Riverside Avenue. Organizers said the effort will continue through the weekend.
Washington January 23. Antisedition measures spark heated clashes in the house rules committee and on the floor with Republicans and Democrats opposing the Sterling Graham bills. Palmer is accused of cold feet while lawmakers warn against political unrest incited by the legislation and labor leaders protest the approach.
Seattle Captain John F Blain indicted by federal grand jury in wartime shipbuilding fraud probe. Blain as shipping board district manager allegedly took secret commissions from Stewart Davis Equipment totaling about 16000 dollars. The case caps a long investigation of Pacific coast shipyards and officials.
Wives and children of radicals sent to Russia on the army transport Buford may ride the first U S ship to Soviet Russia since the blockade lift. The American Woman's Emergency Committee seeks a ship carrying medicine and milk for Russian children and has applied to the state department.
Washington reports say state bankers flood Congress with complaints about regional Federal Reserve officials. Rep Revins Nebraska accuses bank staff of oppressive exchange charges threatening small banks, citing a $41000 check collection incident and aggressive demands for cash. Garner of Texas echoes protests.
The naval board of inquiry investigating conditions at the Newport naval station heard the testimony of Rev. Mr. Peters and Rev. W. J. Lucas who signed a January 40 letter to President Wilson accusing the navy of deleterious methods. Both said they had no personal knowledge of the incidents but had read a transcript from Rev. S. N. Kent's trial in Newport district court.
A Pittsburg warehouse of Atlantic Refining in Lawrenceville housing 300000 gallons of lubricating oil was destroyed by fire today. The loss is estimated at 500000 dollars.
Paris dispatch reports the Dutch government rejects allied demands to surrender Count Hohenzollern. The Netherlands cites noninvolvement in the peace treaty and neutrality, affirming its duty to its own sovereignty and moral stance while denying recognition of the international treaty or actions by allied powers. Page 2.
Senators Borah and Johnson mobilize opposition to league plan acceptance. They issue a notice to Senator Lodge declaring no retreat from reservations as originally drawn, signaling persistent resistance to the proposal.
A group of eight Republican senators led by Johnson and Borah pressed Lodge to resist changes to the Lodge reservations on the League of Nations covenant. Sherman warned he might quit the GOP if reservations are emasculated, signaling possible party rifts ahead. Taft urged compromise during a visit, while leaders sought to assess impacts on solidarity and leadership.
Chicago January 23 City Health Commissioner Robertson condemned the proposal to raise prohibition to allow whiskey as a cure for influenza and pneumonia. He stated alcohol is a major predisposing factor for pneumonia and that whiskey is not a cure for flu.
Chicago January 23 The Farmers Tractor company under federal investigation plans to reimburse stockholders at 100 cents on the dollar Attorney Herman Frank said the move won’t affect the case Judge Landis cautioned that settlements with creditors won’t end criminal liability The firm’s president is James Edward Bruce former Iowa state senator according to testimony
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