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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1920
Page
9
An incomplete manuscript fragment mentions London offers and a term related to Church Mora. Details are unclear, with many garbled words, yielding only a vague reference to possible discussions or proposals involving London and church matters.
London reports a newly formed Allied scheme to safeguard minorities in Galicia under Turkish administration. Premier Lloyd George told the British house that an official communique to Allied representatives in Constantinople outlined measures to halt massacres of Christians, with drastic action possible if needed.
Washington March 6 The final report of the second industrial conference will be issued after 80 sessions since December 11 and is to be printed for public distribution. It endorses union recognition of collective bargaining and stresses plant level labor problem solving with brief recommendations on hours wages women and children and unemployment. Secretary Wilson chaired with Herbert Hoover as vice chairman.
Preston Moody of Fremont Indiana has been named junior corn champion of his state by Purdue University. He raised 147.8 bushels of corn on one acre and hopes to earn money from farming to pay for high school and college. He is thirteen years old.
Chicago reports a campaign began today among building material men to stabilize prices on all home-building materials for at least six months. A plan also aims to stabilize wages. Edward Hines, head of a lumber company, announced the movement as a solution to the housing problem.
Richard S. Gunnoude aged 44 died at 7 30 last night at his home 2415 East Nineteenth street He leaves a widow two sons Richard 9 and John 16 and a daughter Margaret He was born in Council Bluffs lived in Cheyenne 46 years and worked for the Tinian Pacific He belonged to the W Q W and Knights and Ladies of Security The body is at Barlys Bricker Brothers mortuary Funeral announcements will be made later.
Westerville Ohio March 6 The Anti Saloon league at the national headquarters of Ernest H Sherrington secretary of the league's executive committee urges purchase by the federal government of all liquor stocks in bond.
Secretary Daniels presented three provisional naval programs to the House Naval Committee contingent on the fate of the peace treaty. He warned that if the United States joins the League of Nations after ratification, new construction would be limited to finishing current fleet roads. If the treaty fails, he proposed duplicating the 1916 three year program with changes to keep U S naval parity with rivals, outlining a 69 ship build plan to proceed rapidly.
Chicago March 6 embargo placed on all express shipments except newspapers and funeral equipment by American Railroad Express after strike by insurgent clerks demanding 35 dollars more per month. Over 2,000 workers joined as District Attorney Cline opened an investigation under the new transportation act to test legality.
Mayor Ed P. Taylor received a letter from the National Security League proposed in Washington inviting cooperation and a Cheyenne branch. The program calls for higher teacher pay and school facilities, anti Bolshevism speakers, constitutional teaching, women’s civic involvement, government cooperation for Americanism, naturalization basics, universal military training, and a national budget.
Viola May Rutledge of Pine Bluffs sues Frank P. Rutledge for divorce claiming drunken episodes where he assaulted her and borrowed money to live while they and their child faced want. She says she supported herself by working at her father’s and Melvin Warner’s restaurants. He denies the charges and accuses her of infidelity, naming Warner as the correspondent.
The funeral for Mrs. Anna Wilson was held yesterday afternoon at the Marty-Bricker Brothers chapel with Rev. Mr. Endicott officiating. Interment followed at Lakeview Cemetery.
A record low of 14 below zero was logged before dawn as the thermometer fell to 44 degrees below zero before stopping. The high for the day reached 4 degrees in the afternoon, with an inch of snow accumulating by 6 PM yesterday.
Rev. Ethelbert Talbot bishop of Bethlehem proposes merging 22 leading evangelical denominations in America to end rivalry he says has cost 500 million dollars The plan discussed at the Inter-Church Council on Organic Union convention in Philadelphia would create The United Churches of Christ in America.
John Kelly of Macomb Illinois died tonight at 50 from apoplexy. He stood 44 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds. In youth his legs were double jointed allowing rapid backward movement. he used a step ladder when harnessing his horses.
G. Foster Garlock, chief clerk of the railway mail service, has been relieved from duty after two and a half years in the post. He requested the release and may start a private business. Hugh Coffman will serve as chief clerk until a successor is chosen.
Mrs Lauraine Clark 22 wife of Carl B Clark of Los Angeles died last night at 8 o clock in a local hospital of pneumonia. The body rests at Wharly-Brieker Brothers funeral parlors pending funeral arrangements.
Alvo Von Alvensleben, longtime German financier in the Pacific Northwest, released on conditional parole at Fort Douglas after internment since May 1917. He plans to go to Seattle to recover assets from mines and timberlands and is unlikely to return to Germany. He served as a German army lieutenant before being expelled for a misconduct incident. Rumors that he is Kaiser Wilhelm II's cousin persist but lack proof. observers say his Pacific investments may have come from the Kaiser.
Cheyenne High School won 16 to 14 against University High School in a tight game in Laramie. The first half ended 6 to 6 as Cheyenne struggled to score but dominated the floor overall.
A Denver YMCA meeting launched a white advisory committee to the Negro organization with Leslie Hubbard named chairman. backed by the African Colonization company led by J N Walker the group plans a Liberia colony granting each settler a free land plot.
The Fifteenth Cavalry defeated the Cheyenne high school alumni 34 to 22 at Fort D. A. Russell. Star player Clyde Warper, a former Notre Dame standout, contributed 20 points of the soldiers 84 total. Ralph Argue led the alumni with notable scoring.
Six Wyoming ex service men were among prizewinners in the governmental land lottery at Torrington. The list shows James Fitzpatrick and George W. Earle among others with farms of 40 or 80 acres. The draw drew 3,251 registered ex-soldiers for 80 farm units, about one in forty winners.
Washington reports from South America said to indicate an imminent break of relations between Peru and Bolivia over the Eric a dispute. Bolivian ambassador Ignacio Calderon attributed the rumor to natural popular excitement in Peru and Bolivia following recent exchanges between the two nations.
The James Vass ranch in Albany county has been sold through Frank Land company to John L. Manewal A. B. McNabb Meyer Schwartz and Harry Schwartz all of Cheyenne.
Princess Nauredin Vlora of Albania, formerly Frank Gould’s wife, appears at the winter resort of St Moritz Switzerland in one of her stunning sports costumes just received from Switzerland. Her stylish ensemble draws attention among notable visitors at the famed resort.
Bad weather reduced attendance at the potato culture program tied to a railroads sponsored exhibit. The meeting at the Congregational church in Cheyenne was canceled, and speakers went to the potato car for informal lectures. Luncheon for local farmers followed at the YWCA cafe, with the car then moving toward Chugwater and Wheatland. Marl Reed and J B Lamson led the exhibit with local agents coordinating in each county.
President Weld accepted Daniel C. Roper's resignation as commissioner of internal revenue with great regret. In a letter, Weld thanked Roper for his years of service and noted his decision to return to private life to pursue personal plans.
Japan appears to delay any withdrawal from Siberia as Tokyo debates the issue in the diet. The government keeps its course to maintain forces in eastern Siberia and retain strategic railways. Vladivostok relations with Moscow raise risk of Allied powers delaying recognition of local officials.
Washington March 6 Senator King introduced a resolution urging restoration of Armenia's political independence. The proposal calls for Armenia to rise as a free nation and outlines steps toward self rule.
Washington March 6 The effort to involve President Wilson in peace treaty negotiations suffered a major setback at the White House as opponents of ratification signaled the treaty’s death and planned to move to end the Senate debate Monday. Officials noted Democrats were informed of the stance and that talks should target Senator Lodge, with possible talks with Senator Simmons in doubt.
Major A D Smith, who left Camp Lewis at o oclock this morning, landed at Rockwell field at 8 58 tonight in a DeHaviland plane. He flew about 1150 miles crossing two mountain ranges with stops at Red Bluffs San Francisco and Bakersfield.
The Capitol Coal & Ice company calls for 30 men to cut natural ice beginning tomorrow. Ice on city lakes may be harvested by T. Joe Gahill and Gal Tholliday under city contract, but not for domestic use.
Albert Engelker and Miss Osa Hazel Cater of Diamond were married by Judge Frank Housman at noon yesterday in the new city county building. They plan to live on the bridegroom’s ranch near Diamond. Mr and Mrs L H Caster attended and witnessed the ceremony in Cheyenne.
Washington reports four hours of House debate on the wartime American aviation program. The committee of the whole forwarded a report amid sharp GOP and Democratic clashes. Republicans say the inquiry aimed to reveal aviation failures while Democrats call the effort a wartime success with Allied air dominance acknowledged.
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