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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
7
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The senate rejected the house form of H B 18 on oil royalties and proposed striking out after the enacting clause to insert Senate File 243. Debate drew comparisons to alcohol content and beer wines revisions as both houses clash over distribution shares among schools, university, highways, and counties. The session also discussed Mercer's H B 46 on school funds and a memorial for land distribution to World War I veterans, before adjourning with a note on an anti tobacco measure H B 110 pending committee action.
First photographs show President-Elect Warren G Harding arriving in St Augustine aboard the yacht of Senator Frelinghuysen. He is greeted by local residents and seen leaving his private car at the Ponce de Leon Hotel with a golf outing at the St Augustine links after a reported bad shot and exclaiming Oh gosh.
A small blaze on the forty third floor of the Woolworth Building was extinguished by firemen after they reached the scene from the lobby. The fire, caused by detective wiring, caused slight damage.
A dinner in honor of a Rawlins native son featured T Blake Kennedy as toastmaster and speeches by Governor Carey Senator Green and other officials. Attendees praised the presiding officer and urged more honors for the celebrated figure as Red roses decorated the event and George C Rafter gave the invocation.
At Nodena and along the Mississippi levee near Kwalg plantation Henry Lowery a Negro is lynched by a mob. Governor Meuree calls the act the most disreputable in Arkansas and vows to seek removal of any sheriff or officer who permits lynching.
Washington notes point to a redefining of policy between Japan and the United States as dominating other issues for the moment. A Japanese note promising a thorough investigation of the Vladivostock killing is seen as aimed at avoiding delays in broader talks. Colby will discuss with Wilson after Colby returns from a South American trip.
V C Barker reports ten have confessed with three held for the federal grand jury on conspiracy to violate a U S law. Fred Clyde Baker and confederates J W Williams and L A Davis appeared before Commissioner Gill. Williams and Davis posted bail, Baker remained jailed after failing to bond. The accused allegedly formed a written agreement with Williams and Davis to moonshine while Baker provided protection and collected $90.
Federal agents acted within 35 yards of prohibition enforcement HQ in Enver and seized a still and 100 quarts of illicit liquor. Irvin F. Mueller and Guy Kit were arrested and a new automobile was confiscated.
Washington officials announced that with Chairman Walsh approval the shipping board inquiry committee found no proof that Charles M. Schwab took government funds for personal expenses while directing the Emergency Fleet Corporation during the war. The panel said the charge was unfounded and issued an advance statement for fairness to the accused.
The 1914 scene in Washington features Republican efforts to pass the Wordney emergency tariff bill sparking sharp exchanges with Democrats led by Senator Underwood. Democrats deny filibuster talk and say they’ll vote after proper debate while warning the president would veto any tariff plan repugnant to their principles. Senator Penrose pushes for a Tuesday vote but is challenged as a test of good faith by Democrats.
The fight between Lew Tendler and Willie Jackson unfolds with Tendler taking early leads in rounds one and two while Jackson trails. Tendler dominates rounds five and six with sharp blows. Jackson strengthens in round seven but Tendler maintains the overall edge, both boxers sustaining cuts while Tendler appears unmarked. Jackson lands at 18414 and Tendler at 134.
The War Department had no information on alleged American intelligence attempts to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll near Berlin. Secretary Baker voiced surprise at the German newspaper report and said he did not believe any army officials would participate in such an action.
LeRoy LaVine, one of two alleged check kiters, is held on forgery charges after passing a $62 check on a nonexisting firm via a perforating protectograph. Bail set at $1,600 for district court trial. partner George Walsh, alias Smith, to be arraigned.
Alberta's exports to the United States in 1920 fell by about 8 million dollars from 1919, driven entirely by a drop in cattle shipments worth 6,979,861 dollars. Wheat, oats, rye and barley and meat products showed large increases.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Wyoming on Thursday and Friday with a likely rain event in the far western area. Temperatures are not expected to change significantly.
In Los Angeles on January 28 William T Aggeler acting public defender and chief counsel for Louise L Peete argued to impeach state witness William I Heitzman a gardener who said he carried dirt into the Denton home where the body was found Heitzman claimed Peete hired him to remove dirt from around rose bushes and store it in the cellar Aggeler cited grand jury testimony that contradicted Heitzman s statements Hayata testified he saw Heitzman bring dirt to the basement Peete reportedly borrowed a shovel later found in the cellar with dirt on it and Hayata said he burned a bundle containing a tablecloth at Peete s request
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