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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
8
The article outlines a travel event in Cheyenne on August 6 to promote the Motor Transport corps. It seeks to recruit enlistees, attract admissions to mechanical training schools, and showcase motor equipment that aided the war effort. It also aims to study terrain observations by army branches.
The funeral of John E. Dailey arranged for 10:30 this morning at Clyde Early undertakers, under the Masonic lodge auspices. Interment in Port Russell cemetery. J B Dailey, son of the deceased, accompanied the body from Rock Springs and expects to return tonight. Dailey, longtime Cheyenne resident and former Fort Russell businessman, was a member of the Con solo tary. Initial reports mixed the name Bailey, delaying identification Tuesday night.
A fire alarm at 7:40 last night called out fire truck No. 4 to a blaze at a Burlington box car on 15th and Evans streets. Sparks from a locomotive set the roof, burning a 35 hole before extinguishment. Access difficulties hindered the response, with two large lumber yards nearby raising the risk of spread.
A weather notice reports temperature around 59 to 67 degrees with relative humidity near 62 percent. It notes clear conditions and a wind at 16 miles per hour, with past 24 hour change around seven degrees and a high near 97.
The Japanese embassy in Washington states no treaty with Germany exists and no Japanese agents entertained such propositions. It dismisses a Budapest press dispatch claiming a secret China concessions pact with Russia and Germany as Germanic or Bolshevik in origin. The issue followed Senator Lodge’s resolution seeking official confirmation or denial.
The article discusses whether the president should appear before a Senate committee examining a treaty. Some see it as a break with precedent to involve the executive directly with a subordinate body. Open sessions are favored by those seeking no secrecy.
The House defeated a motion to dispense with the calendar and resume consideration of the prohibition enforcement bill by a vote of 296 to 8. Under the agreement the bill will be taken up again tomorrow.
A terse highways weather update notes Cheyenne area weather improving from poor to good and excellent conditions toward Chugwater Wheatland. Pine Bluffs shows speed as a factor with scattered ponding on some routes.
Jefferson W. Land and several others enlist at the local recruiting station as many join the Marine Corps in training at Mare Island California. Major Fortson orders rapid enlistment to build aviation corps and offers paid progression for skilled trades through Navy mechanics schools. A 60 to 70 convoy of Army trucks heads to San Francisco to showcase transportation equipment along the Lincoln Highway route.
About thirty Cheyenne grocers met at the Industrial Club to hear G C Stiles report the twenty second annual National Retail Grocers association convention held in Salt Lake City June 23 to 26. Stiles, secretary of the Cheyenne Retail Grocers and Butchers association, with E Johnston attended. The meeting discussed credit and service versus cash and carry and issues facing Wyoming grocers.
The Frontlog committee invites proposals to furnish bucking horses bulls cows and other stock for a wild west program. Communications should be addressed to Vrentier Communities in Cheyenne Wyoming.
State Prohibition Commissioner F L Crabbe reports complaints about liquor signs after July 1 and asks Sheriff Smalley to remove all signs and advertising linked to liquor. Buildings owners will be urged to clear offending areas or face sheriff visits to enforce the prohibition law.
A thief entered Barry's Fe 965 store on West Lincoln Highway early yesterday morning and stole $35 from the cash register. The stock of cigars cigarettes and confectionery was untouched. No other clues or leads were found to aid arrest and identification.
Mayor Dewey G. Bailey proposed to the city council that Denver spend 3,000,000 to run a permanent municipal streetcar substitute service with a 5 cent fare. He claimed a Tramway Co. strike, linked to wage cuts, showed collusion with workers to disrupt service. He named a company director who warned the firm would shut under pressure.
In a parliamentary address in Rome, Prime Minister Nitti urged Italy to press for rapid peace talks and align its stance with allied nations, emphasizing a firm settlement with France and maintaining bonds with other allies.
The brief weather notice reports continued warm conditions for Thursday and Friday in Wyoming. It mentions a weather pair and references wind or precipitation in minimal, unclear terms.
Temperature reached 93 degrees yesterday and crops respond with good growth where watered. Many acres lack irrigation water, wheat is heading short, oats jointing and suffering from drought. Meadows and ranges dry up while livestock stay fair to good overall as some stockmen begin shipping.
Sixty four men, many prominent locally and across the state, were named defendants in complaints charging kidnapping and assault connected with the deportation of more than 1 100 alleged I W W members and sympathizers here on July 12 17 Ball bonds are set at 2 000 each and are furnished by defendants as warrants arrive.
Judge Edwards led a party chasing trout when a machine ride failed to keep pace. He abandoned the group to ride home by train to Cheyenne, arriving after midnight, unsure if Monday or Tuesday night. He vows to switch to two wheel gasoline transport in the future.
Rome reports the Chamber of Labor has proclaimed a general strike from midnight Tuesday as a protest against government police and military measures to curb disorders. The move signals broad labor action across the city in response to recent unrest.
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