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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
9
Rival Roosevelt and Taft delegates clash as two state conventions meet in Aberdeen Washington. Roosevelt followers allege police barred entry and forced them down stairs. Affidavits to Chicago.
In Laredo on May 15 Mari ano Martinez and seven others escaped from Neuvo Laredo jail after eighteen years’ imprisonment. Martinez dropped dead a block from the jail. The other seven remain at large and the jailer Fructuesgo de Leon was killed.
Casper May 15 Plans advance for the Oilmen's meeting in Casper on the 28th and 29th. Gov Carey will attend and speak, with other speakers invited. Events include a smoker on the 27th, sessions on the 28th at the county courthouse, a Franco refinery banquet, and a Midwest luncheon plus a Coliseum ball.
San Francisco reports a bread shortage as the union strike spreads after master bakers refuse to add the union label to bread. About sixty small bakeries have complied and will supply the city, while the largest bakeries remain idle.
Bay City Michigan May 15 The Michigan Democratic convention ended with a vote to send an uninstructed delegation of thirty to Baltimore as the national convention opens. Supporters of Woodrow Wilson pressed for instructions. a second resolution endorsing Wilson without instructions was adopted by a large majority after cheers.
Governor Georges T. Beck and William Cody travel from Cheyenne to Denver after Wyoming's Clark convention. The delegation urged the national convention to abandon the two thirds rule for presidential nominations, signaling Wyoming aims to set a majority rule pace for the party.
Scouts report General Huerta’s troops marching eastward with General Jellez leading a vanguard ten miles north of Yermo. The federal main body trails three miles behind as dawn attack looms, with Jiminez headquarters cited in May 15 dispatches.
In Los Angeles on May 15 Clarence S. Darrow chief counsel for the McNamara brothers faced trial in the same justice hall where they were sentenced for dynamiting. He is tried in superior court on alleged bribery of venireman George N. Lockwood from the McNamara case.
President candidate Governor Wilson of New Jersey argues the tariff issue must drive the coming campaign. He claims tariffs are a privately run profit scheme, controlling prices and favoring monopolies, with wealthy backers shaping party power while the public bears higher costs.
Judge John A. Rider directed acquittal for S. S. Pearlstine and George W. Bremer on charges of conspiracy to defraud public funds and subornation of perjury. Government alleged Bremer induced land filing and transfer with Pearlstine drafting papers. defense questioned key witness reliability.
The Wyoming cattlemen order over a hundred carloads of stock from eastern markets to replenish ranges after severe winter losses. About twenty cars will reach Orlin Junction by May 25 as new blood is expected to strengthen herds. State Veterinarian B I Davie has inspected herds and urged removal of infected or exposed cattle, with Natrona county already completed and Converse county soon to follow.
In the Chicago Record-Herald, a discussion notes the public’s division over Taft versus Roosevelt. The piece frames a civic sentiment survey asking residents to weigh in on the Republican leadership contest.
Mystic Shrine attendees return from a California convention aboard three Union Pacific special trains through Cheyenne. The eastward homeward movement carried two eight car trains and one ten car train with no incidents reported and attendees recalling a fine time.
Pittsburgh May 156 The search for Evelyn Thaw and her baby persisted for two days as the Holman home in Brookline was closed Evelyns step father W J Holman refuses to discuss the baby tale W J Gordon recalls Evelyn in Winnipeg last November with Moe Macketsle the actress companion There was no baby with the women Roger O Mara says an operation years ago makes it impossible for Evelyn to bear a child
Judge Rinep acquits after Sturdevant testimony. Grand jury indictment affirmed but evidence does not sustain guilt. verdict set aside as not guilty. The defendants maintain reputation for truth and veracity.
Anthony Wilde former Hartville mayor is found dead in his Wheatland home with heart disease cited as the probable cause. Wilde, active in local elections and pioneer-area affairs, was recently involved in criminal trials but acquitted, leaving a noted pair of Wilde brothers in the region.
Emma Goldman and her manager Ben Reitman were in San Diego when armed vigilantes abducted him from a hotel, tarred and feathered his back with I W W markings, and left him with little clothing before he walked to Bernardo and then headed toward Los Angeles. Goldman, deterred by hostility and failed venue access, abandoned planned lectures and left town with escorts.
Copenhagen May 15 Christian X was proclaimed king from the palace balcony at three o'clock amid a vast crowd. Telegrams of condolence arrived from leaders including President Taft. the royal yacht Dannebrog sailed to Lübeck to fetch the king's body as the premier announced the death of Frederick VIII and the accession. The new monarch pledged to rule Denmark with strength and longevity for the country.
The Epworth League report to the general Methodist conference praises rapid charter increases, near parity with pastors, and growth in the German and colored leagues. It notes Junior League progress, financial independence, and missionary work in Mexico, India, China and the Philippines, ending with a call for broader service and resources.
Charred bodies of seven persons found in the ruins of Chriv Peterson's home near Lund in Lyman County. Authorities believe the family may be Paterson and his wife with their seven children, but fate and cause remain under investigation.
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington sustained the Grand Junction chamber of commerce in a ruling against Denver and Rio Grande Colorado Midland and eastern trunk lines charging higher freight rates to Grand Junction and Western slope points than to Utah. The decision prohibits higher rates from Denver and Pueblo and upholds the long and short haul clause. It reduces Western slope rates by nearly fifty percent to align with Utah rates, opening Western Colorado to Denver jobbers previously restricted to Kansas City St. Louis and Omaha.
In Fruita on May 16 the first track allegedly links the Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific toward Thompsons Utah to Durango Colorado and Parmington New Mexico. Engineers say the line uses Carty coal from nearby mines to the Rio Grande, part of the Short Line equipment, signaling an advance by Harriman group into western Colorado.
Beattle Washington May 15. Five lives are known lost two men are missing and property damage runs into the hundreds of thousands as several fires in Northwestern Washington yesterday and last night burned uncontrolled in scattered districts and threaten more zones with flareups.
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