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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
9
Bishop N T Thomas of Wyoming denounces machine and gang rule as corrupting. He blast s US republicanism as a laughing stock while urging reform, socialistic ideas, and nonpartisan stance amid a St Louis congress debate on censorship and morals.
Excerpts from an interview with Right Rev. Bishop N S Thomas of Cheyenne warn that socialism could awaken public action and urges integrating good socialist ideas into government. He criticizes U S republicanism as currently a laughing stock abroad.
A runaway oil tank car crashed into a standing locomotive near Denver Rio Grande tracks in Helper Utah killing Josephine Spahr age eleven and her five year old brother and badly burning their mother. The car rolled four miles from Castle Gate station with four cars including the tank car. The tank burst and oil ignited causing adjacent buildings to burn.
Baltimore May. John B Semmes legal adviser to Ross R Winans recalls how a half million dollar legacy to Miss Dorothy Bateman of Newport Rhode Island arose from a young girl tending flowers. Winans spoke of the garden bouquet she planted as a child and his memory of her kindness.
He praises a woman for making his final years meaningful by learning his flower preferences and gathering blossoms from her garden to brighten his room.
Edward Stone, a Chicago brakeman on an accommodation train to Libertyville, accidentally held an old shoe box with 25000 cash. Herbert Schoenberg left the box at Morton Grove and asked Stone if he saw it. The box was returned to Schoenberg, who explained it contained money for a new bank. Stone received a one dollar reward.
Washington May 2. Senator standpatters may chloroform the tariff reduction bills passed by the Democratic House this session. The steel tariff bill cleared the House January 29 and faced delay in the Senate Finance Committee. The chemical schedule revision, the income tax law, the sugar tax bill, and the Wool bill also sit dormant before the same committee led by Bolke Penrose, with no action seen to date.
At a Cheyenne courthouse gathering the Jefferson club was revived to back progressive Democratic principles. Gen. Thompson chaired as Ray E. Lee was named temporary chairman. committees formed. speeches denounced political machines and corporate interests. a pledge to support true democracy was signed by numerous local and regional activists.
Wytheville Va May 2 Floyd Allen the first Hillsville courthouse conspirator on trial for life testified I will kill Foster before the sun goes down if I'm convicted The prosecutor alleged a conspiracy among the Allens to shoot the court while the defense countered that Floyd was wounded before he joined the shooting
President Taft and Augusta honor Major Archibald Dutt personal aide lost in Titanic wreck as city pauses business. Memorial services fill the theater district and thousands gather to hear Taft speak.
J Bruce Ta may, managing director of the International Mercantile Marine, sailed for his home aboard the Adriatic. He appeared worn out and had little new to add to his testimony about the Titanic disaster.
Newcastle Wyoming May 2 A sheriff s posse searches the surrounding country for members of a Black Hand society alleged to have robbed and murdered John Giachino a wealthy iron dealer and Peter Nora his coachman Two bodies riddled with bullets found between here and Cambria Several arrests made bringing five new suspects into custody Tracking shoes indicate two men in jail near the murder site An inquest will be held tomorrow funeral for Giachino and Nora Saturday
New York May 2 The central miners committee and boards from all three anthracite districts decide to call a convention to approve or reject the sub committee's wage and other settlement terms with operators. The full committee adjourns until tomorrow to decide on further talks or an immediate convention. Both sides may reconvene within four days after notice.
Minneapolis May 2 The bishops plan to urge the general conference to limit minister tenure to five years per church and roll back strict membership rules. They accuse church press of misusing free forum while noting 500000 members left via dropping and lament waning emphasis on core doctrines amid modern indulgences.
The Torras break on the Mississippi levee near Torras Louisiana sent water rushing through an 800 foot gap at twelve mph and flooded eight parishes. Baton Rouge becomes a refugee hub with 115000 homeless cared for in government camps as rains continue and city bags near the levee threaten more flooding.
Reports say Mississippi river floodwaters again submerged areas around Hirtle Point Missouri south of Cairo Illinois driving farmers from homes for a second time in six weeks. The drainage district north of Cairo notes seven feet of water.
Two hundred fifty American railway conductors have been forced out of Mexico due to revolutionary activities and are en route to the United States. The labor bureau of the Order of Railway Conductors reports Taft will be asked to ensure protection for the men on their way home.
Mrs Ethel Lang writes to the Leader asking for publication to aid a nationwide search for her husband Robert Lang. She says he left their Detroit home after a quarrel sparked by her relatives and may now be in Cheyenne or Denver, hoping for reconciliation.
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