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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
8
Major General Thomas H. Varry, who died in Washington on December 30, left personal property valued at 5000 with no real estate. His widow is named sole legatee in the will filed in New York today.
A New York City delegation presses for ratification or reservations on the League of Nations treaty during a Capitol debate. The stalemate centers on Article 10 and the Monroe Doctrine as Republicans push for limits while Democrats seek conditional obligations pending congressional action.
New York Jan. 27 528 extremists were sent to Ellis Island for deportation after federal raids. 275 remain on the island with the rest out on bail averaging six released daily. 63 perfect cases await actual deportation including 43 arrested in Detroit and 20 from the Soviet Ark Buford. Attorneys say most released on bail expect to stay at liberty.
In Anderson South Carolina the heaviest ice in the region's history left the town without local newspapers and city services since Monday. Power for driving industries including four cotton mills and street lights was knocked out along with telegraph and telephone service. Two steam railroads and one electric railway isolated the community.
Mexico City reports a brutal cold spell with forty deaths among the poor. Officials fear northern crop damage as the deep freeze sweeps across the country.
Secretary Lane leaves the cabinet leaving only four of the president's original official family. Besides Mr Huston the remaining members include Secretary Daniels of the navy Secretary Wilson of the labor department and Postmaster General Burleson.
Gov Carey vetoed the county good roads bill and urged limiting the session to three days while considering two memorials to Congress. One protests census enumeration in Wyoming and the other seeks better relief for disabled veterans. Suffrage support and lively comments mark the proceedings as lawmakers and visitors fill the galleries.
Official figures indicate unsettled railroad claims dropped from 806 707 on April 1 to 465 722 on November 4 1919. Across the period 2 439 692 claims were presented and 2 786 677 disposed of. Underwood reported investigations into 61 entities with indictments in five cases. 29 under further study and 17 deemed legitimate.
Patrick Sullivan acts as toastmaster at a Wyoming gathering with speeches by Secretary of State W E B Chaplin, Katherine A Morton, John W Hay, Governor Robert D Garey, John Dillon, F E Sullivan, B B Brooks, W W Daley and Charles S Hill. Women attendees include Mrs Morton and Mrs Chantin with Eunice Anderson noted as state historian.
A marriage license was issued yesterday to William Duffy of Denver and Miss Bessie Furney of Elkhart Indiana and at noon they were married by Judge W H Edwards.
No. 1 from Page 1 years inclusive would enable such a reduction in the regular army establishment as to cut the present annual expenditure of $1,100,000,000 to approximately $500,000,000. Representative Mondell estimated that approximately 50,000 additional officers would be required, and that $300,000,000 would be required to put camps and cantonments into condition, and $60,000,000 would be needed to maintain them. Clothing and equipment for each youth would further increase the cost, he said.
President Archie Allison of the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce announces George E. Abbott and T. Blake Kennedy as advisory board members for the city council at the request of Mayor Ed P. Taylor.
Paris January 27 Polish foreign minister Senislas Park has gone to London for a conference with Premier Lloyd George. The talks are tied to Lloyd George's demand that Poland evacuate Russian territory they occupy but were not allocated by the peace conference. Poland has refused to evacuate the area.
Leonard Wood today entered the fight for delegates in all congressional districts in Pennsylvania, signaling a broad campaign push across the state. He seeks support from voters, party leaders, and delegates ahead of upcoming contests.
In Miami Florida Charles S Meredith announced his appointment as the new head of the agricultural department and said his first task is to devise a method to move crops to market with less waste. He is due in Washington soon. Huston will replace Glass in the Treasury and Glass will enter the Senate to complete the late Senator Martin's Virginia term.
No 3 on page 4 shows the lowest bid by Mr Allison with an option to omit interior completion of the upper two floors for 60 000 less. John W Howard of Cheyenne bid 511 000 with a 58 000 deduction if the two upper stories are not finished. Calgahan company of Nebraska bid 536 000 and Campbell Construction of Salt Lake City bid 640 000.
Mr Underwood reported progress in railroad compensation negotiations with standard returns and 433 cooperative contracts between the railroad administration and smaller lines. He noted totals denied and withdrawn and that work by the claims and property protection section was yielding gratifying progress.
The Rotary club will meet at 42:00 o'clock today in the ladies waiting room at Union Pacific station and will be guests of Superintendent A. W. Woodruff of the Wyoming division. They will lunch at the Union Pacific boarding house and then be shown through the new Union Pacific shops.
Mrs. Elizabeth Barkwell age 70 widow of Dr. M C Barkwell and Cheyenne pioneer dies in Long Beach California. They came to Cheyenne from Illinois in the early 1870s and lived at Fort D A Russell. Dr Barkwell died two years ago last July and she later moved to California near daughter Mrs Paul O Brewster. Remains expected to be brought to Cheyenne for burial where Dr Barkwell rests.
New York January 27 A son was born to Mr and Mrs George J Gould Jr at their city home January 26 The Goulds had married July 1957 to Miss Lura M Carter of Irdena NJ She had gained local fame as a dancer The young Gould initially faced a hesitant welcome from his parents and soon took a job with his brother in law A J Drexel Jr a bond broker to learn the business from the ground up
Classified notice seeks a first class dining room girl at 41644 Central Avenue. The ad provides contact details and requests applicants to respond promptly to secure employment.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Rev. Herman Page’s consecration as Episcopalian bishop of Spokane. Jersey City completes a century since incorporation on January 28, with events recalling its growth and municipal history.
Racing events include the Cuba American Jockey Club meeting in Havana and the Winter meeting of the Business Men's Racing Association in New Orleans. Skating hosts the International outdoor championships at Saranac Lake New York. a New York City beach show by the Pomeranian club. skiing tournament in Lanesboro Minnesota. New England candle pin bowling championship opens in Quincy Massachusetts. wrestling match Marian Plestina versus Jess Westergaard in Chicago.
Colonel Henry S Graves who has led the U S Forest Service since 1910 will headline the meeting of the Southern Forestry Congress in New Orleans today. A Yale forestry chief, he studied at Harvard and Munich and helped organize forestry regiments of Americans who served in Europe before U S entry.
A stitched tangle of dated items notes events from 181 days siege of Paris to a vessel wreck near the Looden Isles and a U S government arbitration move between Mexico and Guatemala. It mentions Elizabeth Ward’s death in Boston and Louis Brandeis’s Supreme Court nomination. Includes Wilson’s 1948 food bill passage.
Archangel dispatch reports American forces withdrawn safely with minor losses. British cabinet orders demobilization of three quarters of the army and retention of 41,000,000 troops for peace completion.
Birthdays reported for Daniel Willard longtime Baltimore and Ohio president born Hartland Vermont 59 years ago. William V Allen former Nebraska senator born Madison County Ohio 73 years ago. Charles S Barrett National Farmers Union organizer born Pike County Georgia 64. William L Doak St Louis NL pitcher born Pittsburgh 29 years ago.
Government wireless plant on the Severn River near the Naval Academy has been out of commission since early last week due to sleet. A 40 foot captive balloon is being sent from Cape May to scrape ice from the wires of the four towers.
Six smallpox cases are reported in Cheyenne with one quarantined in the city and five at the pest house. One case of scarlet fever and several cases of measles are also noted in the area.
Peking reports Nikolsk-Ussuriesk in the Usuri river region captured by Insurrectionary forces with little opposition. Americans in Nikolsk-Ussuriesk were not molested. West of Irkutsk Czechs are boxed in by Red forces with daily clashes. Czech headquarters views the situation with alarm.
Dr. Hugh S. Cummings of Hampton Virginia was named surgeon general of the public health service by President Wilson. He succeeds Dr. Rupert Blue who left office after his term expired January 15.
Governor Boyle issued a noon call for a one day special session of the Nevada legislature to consider ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. The meeting is set for February 1st in Reno with members summoned to attend.
In Albany on January 27 the prosecution argued that the five suspended socialist assemblymen were unfit to serve, claiming they took their oaths with mental reservations. The judiciary committee’s counsel aimed to show disloyalty and questioned their fitness to hold office.
California wine interests suffered a setback as US Judge Rudkin denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of J. J. Dillon a truck driver arrested while transporting liquor after January 16th The ruling halted the initial legal challenge to the 48th constitutional amendment in San Francisco January 27.
The Cheyenne City Council met January 27 1920 in regular session with a quorum. Minutes from January 19 were read and approved. A request from KE L Emery for a branch office at the municipal camping grounds during tourist season was referred for Parks input. Mayor Taylor's ordinance repealing fuel shortage hours was second reading and adopted. An ordinance to prohibit intoxicating liquor traffic was adopted. A petition by Jake Sherman to install a gasoline tank at 3414 West Seventeenth Street was denied. An inspection of Knight Campbell’s Music Store sign was ordered if unsafe to abate as nuisance.
Promote Dr King’s New Discovery as a proven remedy for cold cough grippe croup with decades of popularity. Claims standard relief and durability, priced 60c to 1 20 a bottle at druggists, urging readers to try the remedy.
The advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Pills for constipation, claiming they provide temporary relief with a gentle purgative action. It notes free bile flow, cleansing of waste, and energy for work and recreation, with a 25 cent price at druggists.
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