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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1919
Page
9
Nathan Strauss, noted for his philanthropic work among the Jewish people, says he is ready to devote his entire fortune to establish the Jews in Palestine and intimates he would be the first mayor of his people there.
In the Rosas homicide case Prosecuting Attorney Charles E. Lane plans charges against four Mexicans after questioning Pedro Garcia Felicita Rosas Lupe Cordeau and Carlos Saiina about a plot to kill Joe Rosas the Mexican man shot last Wednesday night at Thames and Sixteenth Seventeenth. Details of the dispute over Felicita and Garcia plus alleged connections to the other two are reviewed as the investigation unfolds.
The Big Five meat packers Swift Armour Morris Cudahy and Wilson are shown to shape daily livestock price levels. The FTC report cites their stakes in 28 of 50 major market yards and majority control in 22 others. It accuses them of discriminating against independent buyers and sometimes manipulating markets to cause price swings.
The widow of Sir Beerbohm Tree is pictured at Ascot in an original outfit. She wears a large picture hat with two sprays of paradise, a matching parasol, a draped satin gown, a full cape of gearpathy with velvet, and a bouquet of orchids for color.
Washington July 26 after nearly two hours of debate with chamber temperatures near 100 the house voted to repeal the 10 percent war tax on soda water and ice cream in a move narrowing wartime price controls.
The Arkansas Senate and House today ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment making Arkansas the twelfth state to approve the measure. The vote completed the state’s ratification process.
Citizens vote today on a 300000 bond for storm and sanitary sewers. Polls run 9 am to 7 pm with free voting sites provided by the Industrial and Rotary clubs. Listing of ward and precinct polling places includes John son School, Dinneen s garage, Sorenson s plating mill, and other sites across the city.
Dr. F. Davis, Wyoming state veterinarian, arrives with a party to Frontier Days in Brooklyn. He faces a flood of questions from Brooklynites and eastern visitors, struggling to provide ready answers about Wyoming customs and cowgirl life.
Mary Frye, widow of Frank Frye, telegrams the War Department demanding an investigation after alleging Private Samuel Long of Company D South Infantry told her her son was bayoneted to death in France in August 1948 by an American noble for refusing to bear arms on a conscientious objector claim.
Sheriff Oakley reports no verifiable dispatches from Idaho Falls or Salt Lake about three more Jackson Hole assassinations. He cites no evidence of fresh killings since July 8 murders of Henry and Reuben Winslow and disputes sensationalized coverage portraying the area as lawless. Authorities are trying to contact Jackson officials for confirmation.
A heavy soaking rain broke the dry spell Sunday night with a thunderstorm. It totaled 0.65 inch, the year’s heaviest precipitation, with an additional 0.02 inch more than the recent storm. The slower pace prevented as violent flooding in city streets.
Secretary William E. Chaplin resumes duties after a two week break at his fishing lodge near Centennial. He reports suffering hives during the trip but found fishing fine and remained cheerful despite the affliction.
Licenses were loaned Saturday to Leslie Lockard of Calla Kentucky and Miles Gladys Amelia Weall of Jamaica California and to Otto Ernest Lipton of Bromberg Germany and Mise Maude Dodson of Cabral Missouri. In the application blank the word state was crossed out and republic written above making the line read the republic of Germany.
Street car workers were ordered to strike at 4 a m tomorrow after rejecting a daytime agreement between employers and employees. The pact, reached by both sides, was expected to avert a walkout but six thousand surface line and elevated workers prepared to join the action.
City residents vote today on issuing bonds to fund a major sewer system expansion for West North and South Cheyenne, storm sewers for the business district, and downtown relief. Supporters urge city authority to secure funds for needed improvements and growth.
Coroner jury probes decomposed body found a mile west of Granite Canyon. Dr Wyman testifies the skull wound caused death. jury rules shooting by an unknown assailant. Body found in bushes near railroad embankment. position suggests placement by killer. further details on page eight.
Ernest Thompson Seton, famed naturalist and writer, proposed a Cheyenne slogan during a Sunday talk with former Governor Joseph M. Carey. He praised Cheyenne as the focus of the West and urged broader advertising of the Frontier Days show to celebrate outdoor life he cherishes.
The funeral for Otto Neunest, longtime hand on the Perry Williams ranch twenty miles west of Cheyenne, occurred yesterday at 2 PM at the Sarly Undertaking Parlors. The Rev. E. B. Brace led the services.
Rioting and gunfire across a five mile South Side area left seven dead and over forty injured as whites and blacks clashed with police. National guardsmen were mobilized but not yet deployed as chaos spread from rooftops to streets and a no man’s land district.
An Ad dress to the Nation signed by former President Taft and other prominent figures calls for a congressional investigation into mob violence and lynching across the United States. The document notes 1918 saw 67 people killed without due process and urges action to end the scourge. Signers include Palmer, Bonaparte, Elihu Root, Charles EB Hughes, and Ben B. Lindsey.
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