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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1920
Page
9
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Washington dispatch reports French and British leaders publish a note urging Wilson to join in inviting Italy and JugosSlavia to negotiate direct terms. They withdraw earlier proposals, seek US, French, British backing, and keep future joint input to reach concrete settlement ideas.
Indianapolis March 5 petitions to place Vice President Thomas R Marshall and Governor I R Edwards of New Jersey on Indiana Democratic presidential primary ballots were filed 30 minutes before the deadline. Edwards supporters filed first, Marshall quickly followed, while McAdoo’s backers were too late.
A Berlin dispatch reports serious riots in Munich and Staurning over demands for complete freedom in food distribution. Arrests by the prosecuting court sparked mobs. troops were deployed, one person was killed and many injured.
London March 5 Ian MacPherson chief secretary for Ireland defended the Irish administration in the house of commons night claiming a dangerous situation. He said 200000 Sinn Feiners ready to act at any hour and warned the Easter rebellion spirit remained more malignant and revolutionary. He cited letters from loyalists begging government action to remove them from the country.
In Omaha on March 6 relatives of Christian Nielsen’s first wife asked the divorce be revoked. They allege he stated the wife deserted him and he did not know her whereabouts while she was in the Clarinda, Iowa insane hospital at his instigation. Nielsen has remarried and resides in Council Bluffs.
Washington March 5 The house ways and means committee faced delays as conflicting witness views and rivalries between former soldier organizations complicated efforts to draft a soldier relief program.
Tombstone Ariz March 25 The jury for Harry E Wootten first of 210 defendants to face kidnapping charges in the Bisbee deportations was completed for the second time this week Twenty four men were locked up under bailiffs and will be discharged after preliminary challenges with trial resuming Wednesday The trial began February 2 and more time was expected to hear evidence from both sides In all 2480 venire men were drawn for jury duty
Paris reports five witnesses in the Caillaux trial have centered on the 1911 Agadir Morocco incident and German cipher disclosures. Senators clash with the court over evidence scope as Caillaux cross examines witnesses and defends his position amid claims of intelligence with the enemy.
A powerful storm, described as near blizzard proportions, has moved from the northwest across the country and now lies off the Atlantic. Weather bureau reports cite a 48 mile per hour wind with snow and sleet in many areas. Shipping was stranded as steamers were driven ashore along the Virginia coast following the warnings.
Washington March 6 The Railroad Executives' association appointed a committee to confer with the railroad brotherhoods' representatives on wages and working conditions in response to President Wilson's request.
J H Lewis former senator of Illinois predicted Wilson would be nominated by acclamation at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. He told the Missouri Democratic Committee that the convention will name Wilson on the embodiment of the coming campaign issues and the president’s wishes aside.
Dr. J F O'Donnell of the U S Public Health Service working with Wyoming Public Health asks Cheyenne and Laramie county authorities to cooperate in a campaign to control venereal diseases. He cites a central Wyoming city where 49 percent of professionally immoral women are infected and seeks state wide examination and treatment actions.
Antoinette Bonner known as the Diamond Queen is arrested in Kiplinger's New York office for a jewelry theft involving diamonds valued at 2000 dollars. She drinks poison, declaring she will not be taken alive as police find uncut diamonds worth 30000 dollars and cash in her handbag. Kiplinger faces arrest for the theft.
Grant Hugh Browne and Lester Waterbury were sentenced to two years and 18 months respectively in Leavenworth for conspiracy to defraud the government. Soterious Nicholson awaits sentencing on March 5 as part of a group convicted of conspiring to manipulate army salvage bids worth over 600 dollars.
London March 5. J Aus ten Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer announced that England and France have agreed not to renew the Anglo French loan issued in the United States in 1916 and are taking steps for its repayment.
Washington reports the Federal Grain Corporation will sell five million barrels of soft wheat flour on credit in Europe if Congress authorizes a $50 million loan. Julius H. Barnes told the House Finance Committee the flour at $10.45 a barrel is the cheapest in the world and that the government might guarantee price reflections. He cited a peculiar yield pattern last year with more soft wheat available domestically and rising hard-wheat prices.
Washington March 5 The department of justice moved to determine the profit margins of shoe retailers in the capital The official in charge of the price reduction drive declined to state how far the inquiry would go Local bakers also faced officials and were denied a 2 cent loaf price increase
Storm interference delayed Cheyenne news of the Pathfinder reclamation land lottery. The drawing began after 2 a m and ended at midnight with 33 hundred ex service men applying for 85 farm units. Only one in forty applicants won a farm as approximately 1.3 million dollars was paid in. Unsuccessful applicants will be refunded after formalities. Many disappointed will travel to Powell for a Shoshone project drawing.
Democratic senators pressed for personal talks with President Wilson as a decisive vote on the peace treaty looms. They seek to gauge his willingness to endorse a compromise and understand how the treaty should play as a campaign issue. They may arrange meetings with Senators Simmons and Hitchcock as initial steps toward a broader consultation.
The report notes a sharp drop in the thermometer from 30 degrees at noon to 0 degrees by nine o'clock and predicted further decline to between 30 and 40 degrees below zero before morning. The piece presents a dramatic, if implausible, chart of the cold spell and its rapid pace.
London March 5 Joe Becket English heavyweight pugilist knocked out Dick Smith former light heavyweight champion of England in the fifth round tonight. The bout was for the championship of Great Britain.
Norfolk March 5 The American steam freight ship Ore oi 2050 tons net ran aground on Willoughby Shoal in Chesapeake Bay and lies sternly to rest in a precarious position awaiting salvage operations.
Ongoing effort to complete the tabernacle at House and Nineteenth streets ahead of Sunday services led by Dr. FEJ Bulgin. Volunteers, including 100 men and boys with at least 50 needed, span workers from high school teams to gray-haired veterans, meeting at the Labor Temple to continue construction through the afternoon and night.
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