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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
9
Eight former high rank Carranza army officers met with Governor Esteban Cantu in Mexicala California to offer their services to lead the Cantu faction against invading forces. The meeting, disclosed by the governor, follows their pledge to support Cantu.
Indianapolis dispatch reports more than half the Indiana coal mines idle due to day shift strikes. Terre Haute lists 195 closed mines with 25 000 workers out. Evansville district sees six of forty operating. Fuel shortages cripple industries and threaten railway traffic as Frontier Days at Cheyenne draws record crowds and rugged roping and bulldogging feats unfold amid evolving transportation era.
Government officials indicate Mexico will send all necessary troops into Lower California to quell Governor Cantu who is said to be in revolt against the De La Huerta regime. General P Elias Calles, secretary of war and Marine, stated this in Nogales.
Shipping men on the west coast said the Mexican government has insufficient facilities to transport 3,000 troops to parts of Lower California. Governor Esteban Cantu warned of an invasion by an expeditionary force of that size.
A Mexican provisional government official in California says Governor Cantu of Lower California has been declared in rebellion after refusing to recognize several men from Mexico City with customs service commissions.
In San Francisco on Thursday July 29 the navy department accepted Standard Oil proposals to furnish fuel oil for navy vessels at $2 a barrel ending a dispute over fuel oil pricing for Pacific fleet ships.
Chief Justice McCoy of the district court of Columbia dismissed a writ mandamus petition to compel Secretary Colby to proclaim a congressional peace resolution and declare the US at peace with Germany and Austria. Attorney Harry B. McCartney of Chicago noted an appeal to the district court of appeals and said he would seek certiorari to the US Supreme Court to transfer the case directly.
A Thursday Frontier Day roundup lists winners in rope and change relay, Indian tepee and bareback races, calf roping, bucking, tug of war, relays, and steer contests. Notable names include John Rick, P L Lan drum, Hugo Strickland, Jay Miller, Lafe Lewman, and Bob Lee across teams and individual runs.
Chicago reports coal operators of Indiana refused to join a joint conference with miners urged by John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers to discuss amending the interstate agreement and the Commerce Commission award.
Government and coal industry representatives will discuss measures to prevent a winter coal shortage and curb profiteering. Acting Attorney General Ames said the aim is a program where coal interests meet the government halfway to solve the problem.
St Louis officials announce the municipal coal committee may ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to assist in easing the coal shortage as it regulates distribution.
Prosecutors charge about 20 coal mine operators and brokers in eastern Tennessee with profiteering in bituminous coal sales. Evidence will show prices ranging from seven to nine and a half dollars per ton.
Washington July 29 The federal reserve board declared in its monthly review that July saw curtailment of industrial activity due to lower demand cancellation of orders and general readjustment as the outstanding developments in the country's business.
Warsaw reports a new Polish withdrawal along the extreme left on the northern front as part of war plans. The move follows the line established by the supreme council and signals continued shifts in frontline positions.
Grace Wilson, jailed in Cowley County, Kansas, faces a $7,000 bond after preliminary hearing on charges of killing her husband Homer Wilson known as a cowboy. Witnesses say Wilson drove recklessly, and after a dispute she claimed she was forced back into the car and fired.
Detroit authorities pursue O. J. Fernandez believed linked to the murder of Mrs. Eugene Leroy and the body shipment in a trunk to New York. Extradition efforts face diplomatic hurdles as officials plan to locate Fernandez in Saltillo Mexico and identify him if papers are approved.
Seventeen prisoners on the municipal farm overpowered two guards and fled across fields to a little rail station. Fifteen freed their leg irons while the guards were recaptured. two prisoners remained shackled until late Thursday when they were recaptured.
Lusk Wyoming July 29 Ameal of overrip olive consumption at a lunch provoked the death of Martin Agnew treasurer of H C Snyder Realty and secretary of the public school board of Lusk.
Washington July 29 funds for financing the democratic national campaign will be received in any amounts and party leaders will be concerned only with the sources from which the money comes George White the new national chairman announced in paying his first visit to the party's national headquarters He characterized as buncombe the suggestion that campaign contributions be limited to 1000 for each contributor Party heads will scrutinize carefully all campaign gifts so that no obligation will entailed he added that any plans to restrict the amount of gifts would be useless as such could be easily circumvented.
STRHAMSTOWN Ireland July 25 The West Meath police bar racks were burned Wednesday night in an arson incident linked to Sinn Fein supporters authorities said no arrests were reported tonight the blaze caused minor property damage but no injuries were reported
Brent Dow Allison of Chicago, serving a five year term for draft evasion at Leavenworth, was released by war department order. The sentence was originally 25 years for refusal to respond to the draft, later reduced to five. He had worked at the American legation in Geneva and was arrested on a military charge upon leaving Liverpool. His reduced term would have expired in July 1922. He received transportation to Chicago after release.
In St Louis on July 29 United States Senator James A Reed said the senate sub committee will not resume its probe into campaign expenditures of presidential candidates until September. Reed is a member of the sub committee.
The State Department disclosed informal discussions with Britain over policy on oil exploitation and distribution from mandate territories. A note to Britain clarified intents for Mesopotamian oil fields and potential Balkan regions, with ongoing information gathering by the U S Embassy in London.
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