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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1920
Page
2
After jury deliberations Judge Tidball planned to hear the verdict today in Clarence E. Lane's burglary trial tied to liquor theft from Capital Coal Ice and Storage. Jurors were locked up overnight with a verdict, courtroom officials awaiting today’s proceeding.
Kansas City trip saw Embery, chief of police, appear as a witness in a Mexican plaintiff damages case against a railroad. Warrants by Judge Edwards seek arrest of Embery and Patrolman Joe Rouner for arresting a book agent without authority. Rouner pledges readiness to be taken into custody and to continue patrolling.
Officials allege Saoto purchased and ordered shipment of 27,000 rounds found in addressed containers. Addressee could not be located raising suspicion. Santo, a Mexican citizen, was released on $5,000 bond.
The national railway of Mexico linking Mexico City to the U S border was cut at Lanzas 60 miles south of the border. Telegraph lines were damaged and a military train with 400 reinforcements to Nuevo Laredo could not be contacted. The action followed a mutiny by about 100 mounted customs guards.
General P Elvis Gulles will depart for Juarez to command troops for a concentrated push into Torreon. General Francisco H Manzo to Agua Prieta to lead the garrison used as depot. 500 more troops due by early next week. Gulles to host an entertainment for Americans in Douglas. Sonora troops move toward the Chihuahua line to join 2,000 troops yesterday.
New York May 7 resolutions by the Central Federated Union back the American labor party drive to probe the justice department and impeach A Mitchell Palmer The attorney general was called an enemy of labor and a traitor to American principles The group urged joining World War Veterans over the American Legion which it had condemned for replacing strikers
The Cheyenne Messenger Service states it had no involvement in the trans- bike related events and offers no comment on alleged connections. Police and local officials continue to review the matter as investigators pursue leads.
Everett Noyer reported a theft of his bicycle. A Mexican buyer offered the wheel for sale and it was recovered by the sheriff on Thursday night. The Gladic Sheriff's office said the buyer bought it from a Messenger service in good faith from an unnamed man. The bicycle was inspected and the company stated it had never been handled at their shop.
The Vatican houses two crowns valued in the millions. One crown was Napoleon’s gift to Pius VII and features the world’s largest emerald. The second crown, a gift from Queen Isabella of Spain to Pius IX, is likely worth about two million dollars.
The text states that in Turkey two preliminary conditions govern marriage: both parties must be able to walk properly and both must understand the necessary religious service. It emphasizes practical and religious readiness as prerequisites.
Former War Industries Board chairman Bernard Baruch writes that there can be no normality in production or distribution until a firm, lasting world peace is achieved. He urges removing illegal barriers to distribution, limiting profiteering, conserving apparel use, and government supervision if needed to reduce prices and stimulate production.
A wartime policy pledges to revive economy and curb shortages by boosting production and clothing supply. It calls for lifting millions of workers in Europe to return to work as demand outpaces current output.
Over the last century the Yellow River in China shifted its source more than twenty times and now discharges into the sea at a different mouth, about 300 miles from its location a century ago.
The article states Senator Kenyon accused publicist Charles K. Weston of sending a personal letter to Senator Moses. Officials claim the letter could not be viewed as a threat or attempt to sway laws. Weston reportedly sought information for a publicity matter on the issue.
The Malta lace trade is largely run by women and girls with many families passing special patterns down through generations. The craft sustains households and preserves a long standing gendered tradition in the industry.
Brief items report Cheyenne fashion for women’s footwear gaining popularity while men lag behind. Ads promote auto tops, baby carriages, and sulkies from Hobbs Huckfeldt Finkbiner. Bulbs like challas and gladiolus are planted, and residents tidy sidewalks and ditches. Fishing near Lake Minnehaha faces a local ban. City grading machines work gutters as savings ads and cyclone fears close the row.
The article argues civilization rests on cooperative timekeeping, tracing from ancient days to modern society dominated by clocks and watches. It notes Americans produced over sixty million watches in twenty five years, highlighting the clock upon walls and watches in pockets as key to efficiency.
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