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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1921
Page
7
Reports from Columbus Ohio indicate rising tension as police and guards move to quell violence following a shooting of Petroleum Ryan and a nationwide plea for National Guard readiness. Crowds gathered near city hall as authorities seek reinforcements from New Philadelphia to restore order.
Dr Beard narrowly survived a planned assault in Cheyenne as Harry McCoy and a woman identified as Mrs McCoy confessed to a robbery motive. The pair, staying at the Plains hotel under alias Buckley, were captured by Sheriff George Carroll after a staged decoy call lured Beard to his car. The suspects admit involvement and await further questioning.
Washington news reports the senate confirmed D. R. Criss of Marion Ohio as comptroller of the currency. The same session also approved several nominations by the president including Elmer D Ball for assistant secretary of agriculture.
The forecast calls for snow and cold on Saturday in Wyoming followed by a Sunday drier, fair day. Temperatures are expected to dip with light winds and lingering chill into the weekend.
In Iowell Wyoming March 11 Mrs Matilda Waters 37 shot and killed herself and four children after mortally wounding a sixth. An inquest found homicidal mania and death by self inflicted gunshot. A knife attack on one boy occurred before the shootings. Edith 11 testified Mother said they shot us. Paul 5 was unable to speak due to a spinal wound. Waters had threatened suicide previously and was soon to become a mother again. She was born in Georgetown Ohio and married James I Waters 13 years ago as his second wife.
Chicago March 11 Action against wholesale wage reductions for railway workers faced union leaders opposition. Railroad executives defend cuts as necessary to lower rates, with unskilled workers first affected. J G Luhrsens president of the American Train Dispatchers association urged a Senate inquiry to avert serious wage-related strife.
A severe storm struck Homer Louisiana demolishing many bar racks and an oil camp in Claiborne parish, killing one woman and injuring about 20. Communications are down between Shreveport and Homer. In Ruleville Mississippi the storm damaged Doddsville area injuring several and destroying buildings with wires down.
Alexander Kerensky, former Russian leader, urged that Russia be left alone to determine its future, warning that upheavals mirror the 1917 revolution and will overthrow dictatorship. He blamed Allied interference for bolstering anti-Soviet efforts and stressed non-interference from abroad.
Clara Smith Hamon faces murder charges in Ardmore Oklahoma as testimony links her to the shooting of Jake L Hamon. The case includes reports of Hamon speaking after a bullet wound and evidence that she purchased the pistol used. The court heard medical testimony on Hamon’s illness and the victim’s liver disease.
In Washington March 11 the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in Wisconsin’s test case on interstate rail rate supervision. Wisconsin's side argued the transportation act gives the ICC undue control over state rates and clashes with dual federalism. Railroads countered that states failing to raise intrastate rates to interstate levels undermine inter state commerce and equal treatment among states. The 48 states joining seek to vacate a federal injunction against Chicago Burlington & Quincy allowing rate increases within Wisconsin. Briefs may be filed and oral argument heard for all represented by one attorney.
Berlin cabinet openly backs Foreign Minister Simons in stance against Allies amid reparations talks. The report notes Doberhausen and Ruhort area entry by Allies with no incidents, French order in Upper Silesia to halt Voters League activities, and critics led by Dr Carl Helfferich accusing Simons of overstepping powers at the London conference.
Secretary of Labor Davis sent telegrams to both sides of the wage dispute between meatpackers and unions after a White House conference with President Harding. He urged each side to appoint two representatives to meet with labor agents to renegotiate terms and prevent a strike.
Federal agents acting under Henry A. Larson arrest Mr and Mrs H W Hyde at Union Station and seize 1 quart of bonded whiskey. They later confiscate over 100 quarts of barrel and bonded whiskey at Thermopolis Wyoming along with three stills an opium smoking outfit and a liquor loaded automobile. Some liquor belonged to the Hydes and some to Thermopolis residents.
Kass City March 11 The One Step was banned in Kansas City as regulations for public dance halls were issued by welfare officer N V Reichenerker The officer called The One Step the father of all dance hall evils and claimed eliminating it would curb close embrace dances and other varieties of alleged dancing
The first contingent of Upper Silesia voters arrived in Breslau for the March 20 plebiscite to decide German or Polish control. The train from Duisburg carried 600 miners and their wives who will stay with private citizens until voting day. By noon, 10 000 eligible voters had registered in the Breslau district.
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