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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1916
Page
8
Mayor LaFontaine proposed a $100 month tax on mail order liquor firms at the city council meeting. If approved next week, the ordinance would raise city revenue by over $7,200 annually. Mall order houses contend they are not saloons and should not pay municipal licenses, while opponents push a broad liquor tax.
Funeral services for John Morton president of the First National Bank of Douglas will be held Wednesday in Douglas with the Masonite fraternity conducting. Several Cheyenne residents will travel to Douglas for the ceremony. A second funeral for 76 year old Oe Swon Anderson who died of apoplexy at Pine Bluffs will be held at 10 am today from his residence. Clyde Barry arranged the services. He leaves one daughter and two sons at Pine Bluffs. Private services for Glen Hubbard infant son of Mr and Mrs C F Hubbard will be held at 9 am at Clyde Berry parlors with E E Brace officiating. Interment follows at the city cemetery.
Washington May 16 Postmasters appointed in Wyoming include Arapahoe Fremont County John C Burney replacing C Ti Kealear Hartsvile Platte County C A DeSchenka replacing J F Rebillet A charter issued to First National Bank of Lovell with capital 70000 pounds
The Cheyenne squad led by Manager KF. J. Gerrans plans sparing with teams from Greeley Houlder and North Platte after beating Waseda 15 to 10. They aim to play Fort Collins on June 11 and anticipate star players from Collekians.
Washington May 15 Indicates the coming week will be generally overcast and cool with occasional light rains through the Atlantic states Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region. First half of week in upper Mississippi valley plains states sees similar conditions, then generally fair and normal temperatures after Tuesday. Rocky Mountain and Pacific regions stay fair and cool with normal temperatures in Gulf states. Forecaster.
Three serious accidents over Sunday and Monday left three people with amputations or fractures. May Leffler lost her right leg after being run over on the viaduct. Clifford Noble, 2, lost both legs below the knees after being crushed by a Union Pacific train near Borle while attempting to board. John Thomas broke his right leg in an early morning incident at the Union Pacific shops.
W J Hicks of Sherman Hill, arrested weeks ago in the Union Pacific yard with dynamite for a pillow, arrived in Cheyenne and bought more explosives. He telephoned he had twenty five sticks and planned to return home with the dynamite as he claimed to know the way. Hicks, a Graniteanon area prospector, used dynamite in his work. The prior arrest led detectives to fear railroad destruction, but he was released while the dynamite was confiscated briefly.
In Dallas Texas on May 15 18 year old Grace Dike was killed in a car crash while en route to her wedding. Her fiancé Charles Head was delayed and also perished along with passenger Leonarde Head as the speeding vehicle left the road near an overpass. The deceased bride to be had prepared her wedding gown for the ceremony.
Sheriff Mossberg of Sheridan county arrived in Cheyenne yesterday to return M. B. Whitehead who had been jailed since April 3 for forgery. Whitehead allegedly forged a $35 check at Chugwater and will be tried in Sheridan. Acting Sheriff Orrin Babbit transferred the prisoner.
Mrs. Hills denies reports that Rev. Leon C. Hills resigned from the First Presbyterian church. He preached at Capitol Avenue church in Denver on Sunday and will return to Cheyenne after the Presbyterian general assembly. He plans to preach at several churches during his absence.
The driver Klinger faces aggravated assault and battery charges after a collision on the viaduct. A six year old girl Mrs Oakley was hospitalized after the crash while 39 year old Mrs Leffler received injuries. Witnesses say the car traveled about eighteen miles an hour. B F P Jones Mack Osborne and W E Whistler were detained but released except for Klinger who posted bond. The preliminary hearing is set two weeks from now.
An explosion at the Rookie and chewing plant in Rock Island, Illinois, this afternoon left five dead. Details are unclear as investigators work to determine the cause and number of casualties.
Eloise Macomber wins first prize six reserved seats in Barnes Wild Animal Circus after best wild animal puzzle answer submitted to the State Leader contest. Prizes awarded at 1 PM with six top prizes and a list of 20 runners up including Louis C. Thomas Margaret Welsh Ada Donnelly and others from West Twenty-first Twenty-second and Reed streets. Performances today include two shows at 2 and 7 with a 10 30 a.m. parade and a free high dive thrill at the circus grounds.
Rain fell over a wide area from the Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard and into Oklahoma and northern Arkansas due to a strong low pressure system centered near St Paul yesterday. Amounts exceeded an inch in Rapid City, St Paul, Green Bay, Moorhead and Pierre. A high pressure crest over Yellowstone shifts colder conditions across the Rockies with frost in Cheyenne. Warmer by Tuesday.
Bitter quarrels mark Pennsylvania's state wide primary as Republicans feud over 76 national convention delegates. Brumbaugh backs pledged candidates while Penrose leads unpledged forces. Philadelphia tensions rise over party unity and local loans. Democratic side consolidates behind Wilson, with reorganizing factions seeking influence.
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