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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1921
Page
9
Washington March 8 Republican leaders and Secretary Mellon plan an emergency tariff bill prioritizing agricultural protection. A conference with finance committee members and aides will set a program for fiscal reform and tariff measures to submit to President Harding.
About 4500 employees at National Stock Yards packing houses would be affected by a wage reduction announced from Chicago. J Ogden Armour of Armour & Co said the aim is to align wage theory with real conditions while preserving ten hour work periods with adjusted pay for overtime.
The secretary warns against extravagance and urges utmost economy to keep the finances sound. He notes heavy government demands from interest and sinking fund, plus the upcoming $7.5 million short dated debt mature in about two years, requiring careful spending.
In Washington on March a government dispute with the Western Union Telegraph company over the Miami Barbados cable controversy moves forward as Judge Stafford in the district supreme court substitutes the names of Secretaries Hughes Weeks and Denby for their predecessors in defending upcoming legal proceedings.
The fragment describes a planned execution device test tied to a Cheyenne contractor James Julian. It mentions a Chinese pole bearer and a final testing at Rawlins. The text notes Yee Geow as a very light offender about 100 pounds and hints at a delicate gallows mechanism.
March 8 dispatches report Petrograd under bombardment with forts firing on the city as Red generals are said arrested in Petrograd. Finland states rail links north and south of the city are cut. an air raid drops bombs toward Systerbak while explosions echo across the Gulf of Finland. Britain denies Bolshevik killings or imprisonments claim.
Report states no resistance from German forces as invasion lines form along the Rhine about eighty kilometers east of the river. Principal headquarters set at Mayence Coblenz Cologne and Dusseldorf as British troops plan limited forces and no general English deployments. Dutch government monitors allied occupation and customs plans for impact on trade.
Cardinal Gibbons endorsed the campaign of the American Committee for Relief in Ireland in a New York statement. He said contributors relieve destitution and comfort women and children, noting Irish soldiers of the American Revolution and that the Catholic church of America is deeply indebted to the Irish people.
Directors of the Boston Wyoming Oil Co are to meet within ten days to decide the initial dividend on stock. The firm has acquired all Salt Creek leases and about 1,700,000 dollars impounded funds, subject to government and private royalties. After taxes and royalties, over 1,100,000 dollars remain to be allocated for development and for financing Mountain & Gulf Oil, making a quarterly dividend unlikely to exceed 2 percent in the near term.
Cheyenne high basketball team defeated the alumni five 33 to 22 in a last game before the inter-class tournament in Laramie. Sophomores beat juniors 26 to 14 in the preliminary. The varsity improved in the second half after a shaky first half, with the score 12 to 11 at the break. Changes like larger numerals for players are planned before Monday’s departure. Many local business moves accompany sports news as Mike Henry Oil and Rich Charter Oak Copper expand capital stocks. Rock River Clay & Coal of Cheyenne filed articles of incorporation for a $50,000 venture with directors named.
George J. Hardwick rode west on Eighteenth with Pete Colver in the side car when C. H. Ridley driving east collided at the O'Neil Street intersection amid wagons. Hardwick was thrown and his arm broken four inches below the elbow. Colver received head and shoulder bruises. Ridley aided the injured man and took him to a physician.
The Wyoming corporations filed certificates of increase of capital stock Tuesday, boosting the total authorized capitalization by 8.5 million across two companies. The action raises the combined authorized capital for firms operating under Wyoming law.
New York reports the Socialist Party's national executive committee outlined an agenda for the Detroit convention. The document lists four alternative motions on relations to the international, two on political action, and a proposal to amend military voting restrictions, plus a pledge to support organized labor in its unions struggle.
New York officials report there is no imminent danger of a typhus epidemic in the United States. The New York Academy of Medicine public health committee urges strictest measures to shut out typhus bearing vermin.
Secretary of State W H Chaplin received a report showing Evanston has taken the lead in rounding up motorists who violate rules. The notice highlights local enforcement efforts and the city’s rising compliance rate as part of a state program.
Washington March 8 The general railroad situation offers little prospect of freight rate reductions Chairman Clark of the Interstate Commerce Commission told Senator Harris of Georgia The average operating ratio is about 90 per cent meaning each dollar earned pays out more than 90 cents Many railroads show negative earnings on operating expenses making rate cuts hard unless lower charges can spur traffic and yield a return
The report says Sheriff Christensen of Uinta County fined 40 Evanston motorists $5 each for operating unregistered cars in 1921. Similar actions are expected as state law enforcement begins April 1, prioritizing automobile registration enforcement.
The note observes geography with Alaska Nome located farther west than Hawaii, while Havana lies farther west than Cleveland, highlighting surprising longitudinal comparisons.
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