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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1919
Page
12
Farnborough reports alarm over Empress Eugenie's health as she nears ninety four. Once iron, she is said to be rapidly failing, content to die, a shadow between past and present, recalling a grand but fallen dream.
Fred P. von Tirpitz former grand admiral and minister of marine known for guiding Germanys submarine warfare policy reaches his seventieth birthday in exile. Born commoner he rose from cadet to rear admiral and commanded China waters fleet before shaping the naval law that built the German navy. The Kaiser ennobled him, granting hereditary title and the rank of Feldmarschall.
In European convents today more than 30 prisoners from prominent ruling families wear veils and live in prayer fasting and charitable labor. These lay noblewomen have chosen cloistered life, reflecting political or personal convictions during turbulent times.
Taft rejects critics who say the League of Nations invades U S sovereignty. He argues treaties are made by the president and Senate under constitutional power, with Congress handling war and armament, while the League cannot grant authorities beyond U S law. The covenant, properly interpreted, complies with the Constitution.
The article notes that nearly a thousand great country estates once dotted Great Britain. Many closed due to huge taxation with about sixty classified as private palaces. Each estate required 200 to 600 staff plus numerous grounds and outbuilding workers.
Builders and union leaders met at the Industrial club with President William Dubois to discuss wage increases. Carpenters seek 7.00 daily wages, printers similar gains, and plumbers want 1.00 per hour for a 5.5 day week. Special union meetings set for Monday or Tuesday to decide next steps. final report expected at Wednesday night conference.
J O Creager contrasts Montana and Wyoming education policies, noting Montana's $21 500 vocational funding and higher salaries for county superintendents while Wyoming vetoed vocational education, kept county salaries low, rejected a compulsory county unit, and limited funding for rural teacher training and physical education.
The Alliance Refining Company, recently incorporated, plans a Thermopolis plant starting within four months with 1000 barrels daily capacity. It aims to expand to 2000 barrels, drawing crude from the Warm Spring field and Wyoming Premier properties. The refinery will use piping and retort systems and seek black oil contracts from other regions.
Frank Stanley, formerly of Cheyenne, was accidentally killed at Seattle where he worked in a shipyard. The machinist died after a gang plank slipped. He leaves a widow, Eva R. Moore of Cheyenne, daughter of Mrs. Abbie Moors.
A collection of short notes on quirky topics including thumbs used for butter, early medical muffs, herring shoal sizes, British MPs with war service, Venize hand dexterity, Tokio bathhouses, Taffeta fabric, naval gun salutes, European barrier myths, free bread cheese and beer in Westbere, ancient Egyptians and mummies, an Egyptian princess burial, and a Glasgow grave diggers strike with cemetery picketing and concessions.
The New York Oil company and Curtis Petroleum company report a new gas well at Iron Creek, drilled jointly and starved February 4. The 16 mile distance from Casper suggests a favorable location and potential as good as prior wells on the Iron Creek dome.
Sheridan, March 18. W Gumb 4e, a Chinaman who runs the St. Paul restaurant, was arrested for selling whiskey to an Indian just released from jail on a drunkenness charge. Police followed the Indian and found whiskey in his pocket. Gum Lee fined $100. a charge may be filed against him.
A deed filed yesterday transfers the west half of lot 4 block 205 from Peter Remacle to Frank Harcleroad. The Remacle homestead sits on West Twenty third Street.
Racing at the Cuba American Joe Club in Havana opens the season while Oaklawn Park in Arkansas hosts a spring meeting. Florida State championship starts in Palm Beach with baseball team scrimmages at Pasadena. Houston Country Club hosts the annual midwinter tournament. Central A A U holds one mile and other title events in Minneapolis.
Cheyenne Sportemen obtain new state licenses from Justices Fray Houseman and W H Edwards after receiving a supply of blanks from State Game Warden Judkin. Resident fishing license costs 1.00 dollars and resident hunting license 2.50 dollars.
Riverton Wyoming March 13 The Review reports a mine drill at Maverick Springsfield Inst reached 1500 feet and Midwest Refining Co brought in a lowing well. Tests pending but likely to match nearby producers. field shows eight or nine flowing wells and a pipeline from Maverick is anticipated.
The Aztecs held the number thirteen as sacred. Their calendar divided weeks into thirteen days and centuries into fifty-two years, a fourfold thirteen. Public archives were circular with thirteen segments surrounding a sun centerpiece. Aztec tribes likewise used thirteen as a central numeral.
The School Garden Army movement links backyard growing to education and economy. Grace M. Shepherd, Assistant Regional Director, urges communities to involve children in gardening, boosting school subjects through real world math and language while teaching citizenship and social responsibility.
Rawlings resident L B Magor, ex-Carbon County clerk, arrives from Rawlings to accept the post of second deputy state treasurer. He is joined by Eunice Anderson and three accompanying children as the state treasury directorate undergoes reorganization.
Birthday greetings turn 60 for William J. Bryan. The Wilmington Conference of the M EB church meets at Chestertown Maryland with Bishop Thirkield presiding. New England Coal Dealers convene in Worcester. Redfield speaks in Minneapolis for the League of Nations. Maine DAR hosts two day event in Bangor. Debates on League of Nations feature Bowton with Ca bot and A Lawrence Low. National Wholesale Lumber Dealers begin 27th annual meeting in Philadelphia.
Elaborate preparations are under way in Louisville for hundreds of women arriving in early April to attend the national convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The event aims to honor Confederate history and activities associated with the organization.
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