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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1921
Page
3
Washington dispatch reports plans to submit new emergency tariff and revenue legislation to President Harding soon. Republicans on finance committees will meet Mellon and aides to draft a program prioritizing an agricultural tariff bill, with a conference to set actions and dates.
About 4500 workers at National Stockyards packing houses near St. Louis face wage cuts announced from Chicago. Leaders argue for fair wages and shorter hours without a ten hour day, aiming to align theories with real production and consumption.
The secretary urges economy to align with late Firet Page notes. He says the nation cannot afford extravagance and must avoid new expenditures. Current government operations appear sound but demand utmost thrift due to debt interest sinking fund and a $7,500,000 short term maturity in about two years.
In Washington March a new cabinet change shifts legal defense of the Miami Barbados cable dispute to the Hughes Weeks and Denby names. Judge Stafford in the district supreme court substituted these secretaries for their predecessors, indicating the new administration bears the suit.
Fragmentary report describes Yee Geow facing execution by gallows as a Cheyenne contractor James Julian tests the device at Rawlins. The article notes Geow's light weight and the delicate mechanism of the trap.
reports say Red army generals were arrested at Petrograd as fighting rages around the fortress. Finnish refugees describe rail links cut north and south of Petrograd and bombardment smoke over the city. An air raid near Systerbak drops proclamations and bombs. British officials deny Bolshevik envoy casualties.
British plans limit Rhine occupation forces to cavalry tanks and a small boat flotilla with no English troops to be sent. The occupation line runs about 80 kilometers east of the Rhine from Mayence Coblenz Cologne to Dusseldorf. The Dutch government monitors potential effects on trade tied to Rhine district prosperity.
Cardinal Gibbons endorsed the campaign of the American Committee for Relief in Ireland in a New York statement. He said contributors will ease destitution and comfort women and children of a race noted for generosity, citing Irish soldiers of the American Revolution and the loyalty of the Catholic Church in America.
Directors of the Boston-Wyoming Oil Company plan to meet within ten days to decide on the first dividend. The firm has cleared all leases in the Salt Creek field, freeing about 1.7 million dollars of impounded funds subject to government and private royalties. After royalties and taxes, an estimated 40 percent of remaining funds will be consumed, limiting near-term quarterly payouts to around 2 percent. Proceeds will fund a development push and finance Mountain & Gulf Oil, in which Boston-Wyoming holds a substantial interest.
Cheyenne high school defeated the alumni five by 33 to 22 in the last game before the inter-class tournament in Laramie. The sophomores beat the juniors 26 to 14 in a preliminary contest as the season nears its next Monday start.
George J. Hardwick riding a westbound motorcycle with Pete Colver in the side car collided with C. H. Ridley driving east at O'Neil street. Hardwick’s arm was broken four inches below the elbow and Colver suffered bruises. Ridley aided and transported Hardwick to a physician.
Two Wyoming corporations filed certificates of increase of capital stock Tuesday, boosting total authorized capitalization by 8.5 million dollars. The action expands each company’s capital base under Wyoming law as recorded in the filing.
New York March 8 The socialist party national executive committee outlined key agenda items for the Detroit convention opening June 25. The report lists four alternative motions on party relations to the Internationale two on political action and a proposal to amend the prohibition on voting military appropriations. The committee pledges strong support for the organized working class against attacks on labor unions.
New York march 8 there is no imminent danger of a typhus epidemic in the United States according to a New York Academy of Medicine public health committee report. The panel urges strictest measures to exclude typhus bearing vermin and recommends vigilance and sanitary controls nationwide.
Secretary of State W H Chaplin reports Evanston has taken the lead in rounding up motorists. The city’s effort centers on improving road safety and reducing violations through intensified enforcement programs.
Washington March 8. Chairman Clark of the inter state commerce commission told Senator Harris of Georgia that general freight rate cuts are unlikely. He cited higher than 90 percent operating costs and a fall in traffic, noting reductions would only be possible if rates block traffic and lower rates would bring returns.
The report says Sheriff Christensen rounded up 40 Evanston motorists with unregistered vehicles for 1921. Each was fined $5. Similar reports are expected as the state department begins April 1 to enforce automobile registration law.
The text notes Havana lies farther west than Cleveland, while Nome Alaska lies farther west than Hawaii, highlighting unusual geographic longitude comparisons. The statement contrasts city and territory positions, illustrating nonintuitive global directions.
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