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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
9
In Juarez on May 31 seven ty five German and fifty American refugees arrive from Chihuahua on a special train after demands by American consul Marion Letcher. They warn of a critical Chihuahua situation and fear possible looting and anti foreign outbreaks amid unrest and U S permit recruiting.
A rebel committee in Chitra aims to raise one million pesos but has secured only seventy five thousand. Mexican business leaders fear drastic methods may be used if funds fail. Most Germans have left the town and no federal activity is seen from southern camps. Huerta’s advance seems blocked by burned roads. Across Washington May 31 reports describe quiet Mexico City and rising concerns in Sinaloa Guerrero Moreloy Oaxaca and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
San Diego reports juror testimony alleging Darrow not guilty and a $4000 claim. City council asks Governor Johnson for a special session to consider a state constabulary to curb IWW influence. National response includes a federal grand jury investigation ordered by Attorney General Wickersham into IWW activities amid neutrality concerns.
Three men, found in the same bed, allegedly planned the murder of Join Gliachino and his employer Peter Nora. Joseph Romeo, brother-in law to one suspect, faces an accessory charge. Romeo led officers to a gun left behind a door during their fourth house search. He remains held for September district court.
An aviation law congress in Paris adopts a rule requiring pilots to log any birth or death on an aircraft and notify authorities at the first descent. The regulation applies to events on air travel and establishes a standard for reporting such incidents.
Anniston Alabama May 31 After taking his two children Evelyn six and Knox four to a lonely spot near his home at Chocco locco near here Whitt Scarborough a well to do planter administered to each a dose of carbene sold in soothing syrup When he was sure they were dead he himself swallowed a large dose of the mixture and died.
The Democratic Congressional committee will launch an active national campaign once conventions end. They argue voters care about concrete policy on tariffs trusts and living costs, not generic slogans. They predict Republicans focus on personalities while Democrats expose sore spots and outline remedies.
Denver views new interstate wool shipment rates set to take effect June 1. The Interstate Commerce Commission aims to save Colorado Wyoming New Mexico Arizona and Utah growers about 400000 yearly. Rates from blanket territory to Boston drop to 2.10 per hundred, Denver Cheyenne and Trinidad to 1.32, with increases of two cents per 26 miles westward making Ogden to Boston 1.72 per hundred.
Sheridan Wyoming May 31 Special to The Leader George Brundage a pioneer Sheridan county resident and former member of the Wyoming state legislature died at home two miles south of Sheridan. Born in New York in 1822 he came to Sheridan in 1881 leaving six living children. He attended the recent Democratic state convention via proxy and was a staunch Democrat and veteran leader.
Long Beach California reports J C Miller president of Rawlins National Bank died at 4 50 pm of Brights disease. Remains to be brought to Rawlins for burial. Miller was a noted Carbon county stock owner sheep raiser and a prominent Mason Shriner and Odd Fellow.
A Kansas City gathering at the A O U W hall under the Baraca class of Central Baptist church hosts the Young Ladies Debating society. Priscillas Abigails and Nanacws attend as they seek the return of their lost youth, aided by a patent elixir agent, ending the convention in an uproar.
Cincinnati May 34 President Taft is shown to be wealthier than his brother Charles P Taft after comparing personal tax returns. Taft reports 74 950 on personal property and 5 050 in bank accounts while Charles Taft has 20 000 valuation and 300 in bank deposits.
In Los Angeles hearings, Clarence Darrow is linked to alleged jury bribery in the McNamara case. Witness Berty Franklin testifies Darrow urged him to pay Lockwood to vote not guilty, detailing promised protection and fines if Franklin pleaded guilty. Other bribery figures named include Yankin Smith Underwood Hartiman.
The Rev C C Cissel pastor of a Methodist church in Kokomo Indiana and district superintendent of the Logansport district resumed his duties after an incident at the Minneapolis general conference. He was found in a hotel room with a delegate from Indianapolis both in night attire with a woman and beer bottles nearby. Police and detectives intervened and the pair were ordered to dress and leave town.
In Poughkeepsie doctors report the birth of a baby girl with one head and three bodies to Mrs. Joseph Muchenhaupt. Surgeons detached the two extra torsos from the normal infant and removed part of the tongue to save the girl. The remaining bodies were alive at birth and breathed through a shared airway. Doctors fear the triple-brain condition may doom the child to early death, possibly by age fifteen.
A sightseeing car skidded and overturned on Hoffmann boulevard in Queens early today. One man, John Kagan of New York, was killed and fourteen others were injured in the crash.
The article reports that Mechanic Lemuel Schickling was killed after refusing to share whiskey. Peace Krug and another man attacked him in a quarrel over liquor, leaving Krug severely drunk and unable to recall events. One suspect was in hospital, another jailed, with Peace’s fate uncertain.
Havana May 31 President Gomez telegraphed General Monteagudo commander of the Cuban army at the front that he might permit the American Marines to land on Cuban soil to push foreign property. Cuban forces could retire from guarding such places and devote themselves to pursuing the insurgents.
Roosevelt denounces talk of a Taft Roosevelt compromise in Ohio and says he has no plans to attend the Chicago convention. He warns that granting Taft even one delegate at large would betray the will of Ohio voters who chose him by over 80,000 in the primary.
In Denver a petition seeks a friendly receivership for the Laramie and Northwestern railroad. William W. Garwood leads the petition alleging heavy indebtedness and credit harm. Judge R. B. Lewis to hear the matter amid factional struggles seeking control of the road.
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