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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1920
Page
8
Washington, March 1. Senate leaders move to push treaty out of the way of pressing legislation and into the campaign. Compromise on Article 10 reservations to be dropped and Republican reservations to be adopted without change. Final ratification expected within days, with debate likely to burn itself out. Senate adjourned early due to Senator Bankhead’s death.
Twenty one states joined the federal government in urging the Supreme Court to dismiss Rhode Island suit challenging the validity of the federal prohibition amendment. The brief, filed with permission, cites no justiciable questions and was led by Charles Evans Hughes. States supporting: Delaware, North Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Indiana, Alabama, Maine, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona.
Paris March 1 The railway strike ended with an understanding between railroad directors and workers. The National Federation ordered an immediate resumption of work.
Rhode Island state officials argue in a Supreme Court filing that the eighteenth amendment intrudes on state sovereignty and voters rights. The brief contends Article three only allows correcting constitutional errors and calls the proposal a revolutionary move.
The court ruled states may tax non residents on income from within the state if nonresident taxes align with resident taxes. Oklahoma’s law was sustained while New York’s was struck down for denying non residents the same exceptions as residents.
A midwestern commercial federation was formed to combat radicalism with H. M. Haldeman of Los Angeles elected permanent chairman. The group plans a New York meeting to nationalize the effort and back political action against groups such as the American Federation of Labor. Speakers denounced organized labor and radicals in colleges, urging a campaign to purge radical theories from schools. The conference runs through tomorrow.
Official reports say Bela Kun former communist dictator of Hungary and several loyalists escaped Austria. They reportedly returned to Hungary and officials fear an attempt to regain power.
City council introduced two first reading ordinances to tax theaters separately from the general occupation tax. The theater tax starts at four cents per ticket but may be reduced later. Miss Ruth Murphy served as acting city clerk while J J Showalter was away in California.
The crown prince reportedly reconciled with King Ferdinand and Queen Marie, dropping his succession claim. Paris reports say he reconciled with his parents and may have dissolved an irregular marriage after a failed suicide attempt, shooting himself in the mouth.
Reds seize Stavarapol after days of street fighting in the northern Caucasus, the Bolshevik dispatch from London reports. The capture comes amid bitter combat as forces move to consolidate control in the government capital.
Newton McCor announced campaign HQ for William Gibbs McAdoo in Portland Oregon with petitions to place his name on the Democratic presidential ballot in Oregon to circulate immediately. Sheriff Ray R Earhart denied any posse crossed the border in pursuit of two bandits who killed and robbed two Fraser men near Ruby post office Arizona.
The steamer Bohemian struck Sambro rocks near Halifax during a snowstorm. A cargo of cotton was dumped into the sea to refloat the ship. Sixty four passengers were brought to Halifax. a crew of 120 remained aboard. No attempt was made to pull the steamer off the rocks.
Attorney General Palmer tonight announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in a telegram to Harold L. Gardner secretary of the Georgia state Democratic committee. He noted a petition in Georgia for his primary and said Democrats should directly pass upon the administration's record.
Washington March 1. President Wilson's nomination of George W P Hunt of Arizona as minister to Siam is expected to go to a special sub committee for inquiry by the senate foreign relations committee on Wednesday. Complaints allege Hunt made a Para for the Industrial Workers of the World. The panel will also consider Brainbridge Colby's nomination as secretary of state.
In Trenton on March 4 the New Jersey Senate approved the 3.5 per cent beer bill by a 12 to 9 vote. The House had passed the measure the previous week.
Peter A Erickson, 78, died at 7 last night at his Reed Street home. The body rests at Barry Bricker Brothers mortuary with funeral plans to be announced. He is survived by son Theodore Erickson and daughter Hattie Erickson of the Reed Street residence.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger urged the House Naval Committee to authorize a new build program in the next naval bill. The plan would add two dreadnoughts, one battle cruiser, ten scout cruisers, four destroyers, six submarines and other small craft to create the world’s largest navy.
The Supreme Court refused to dissolve United States Steel and subsidiaries, branding the steel trust a lawful combination. Chief Justice White led the majority with Justices McKenna Holmes Vandevanter, while Justice Day dissented with Pitney Clarke. The decision endorses a new rule akin to the Standard Oil standard, considering public interest in applying anti trust law and dismissing dissolution actions against key executives.
In Tombstone Arizona on March 4 the jury for the Bisbee deportations case was completed exactly one month after court opened. The case concerns the 1917 removal of 1,186 copper miners and their supporters from the Warren mining district to Columbus New Mexico.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens reports that after French forces left Marash Cilia the Turks massacred 16,000 residents. A prior Armenian delegation note in London claimed 20,000 Armenians were killed in the same period.
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