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Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1919

Page

2

Baptist delegates back League of Nations move

In Denver on May 25 the Northern Baptist convention held a long meeting at the municipal auditorium. Delegates and visitors discussed the League of Nations as a Christian project with speakers including New W. Abernathy and A Harbour. The resolution urged support for the Paris Covenant and viewed the League as a step toward Christian civilization.

League OF Nations Denver Northern Baptist Convention Municipal Auditorium Guewix Leaver Motor Club Fenver Mountain New Abernathy Missouri Hein Jones Pennsylvania A’ Harbour Keehestier Theological Seminary New Yorks James of Franklin Smoity American Baptist Poreum Missionary Sociery Arfas France Bel Thod Christ Ales Lin Wall Wonge Wesvith Paris

Local Army Recruiting Station Visited by Denver Major

Major Al Keen inspected the local army recruiting station and listed enlistees for cavalry and artillery bands stationed at Fort Logan Fort Bliss Fort Sill and other posts. Musicians near 1000 miles away may enlist if travel stays under that limit.

al Keen Asaicant Denver Tire Jake Kehboils LaVern I. Weatherwax Lewis W. Keenrode Army Aad Mainecrail Band Fort Logan Caleist Pield Artillery Port Sif Owls Ind Fort Blisg Texas Tet Dengles Ariz Fort Blea Paso Cavalry Marfa 12Th Cavalry Columbus N. M U. S. Disciplinary Forteavenworth Kans Dodge 19Th Infantry Douglas Evils Hal

Williams Stockholders Vote to Increase Capital

Williams stockholders approve a capital increase from 100000 to 2000000 dollars at a Casper meeting. Directors elected include Basia and Joseph Giles, with Wils and McGrath joining, and underwriters Grandmer & Co and Wright Swan Co. The plan allocates 1.5 million to current holders and to fund wartime expansion and holdings development.

Williams KE Swictvan Basia Joseph W Ggiles Dryang Wijtan, Granmer & Co Wright Swan 4 Co Nenver Awe

Broken Bit Hits Well Drilling Progress in Lanes Field

A damaged well bit at The Glearer Company site 1-36-64 in the Lanes field hindered operations for several days. Drilling continues at roughly 2,400 feet with the pay zone awaited as crews proceed cautiously and monitor the damaged pit condition.

Glearer Lanes

Week of June observance boosts Union Pacific safety drive

General Manager Jeffers announces a one week observance from June 2 to 29 across the Union Pacific system aimed at achieving a 100 percent safety record. He praises the rank and file for loyalty and emphasizes accident reduction alongside other good performance. Criminal probes follow a Wyoming division case where whiskey and beer were seized, with two suspects jailed in Albany county awaiting hearing. A separate incident sees derailing of the westbound Overland Limited near Lookout, with a wrecking crew responding from Laramie to lift the engine back onto the rails.

Jeffers U. P. Hes Union Purific Carl Christensen Wyoming Union Pacific Ile Quer Rock River Jim Christensen Albany Laramie Westhound Overland Limited Lookout Chevelin Serai

Power talks with Wyoming officials reach Laramie

J. W. Highteymen master mechanic of the Wyoming division of the Asian Pacific visited Laramie on Monday to confer with local officials about hive power and related projects.

J. W. Highteymen Wyoming Laramie

Railway Employes Loan Association meeting summary

A regular meeting of the Railway Employes Building and Loan Association was held in Laramie yesterday afternoon. Loans were sold totaling 2 700 at 18 percent, 2 000 at 18 percent, 92 000 at 15 percent, and 12 000 at 15 percent.

Railway Employes Building and Loan Association

Jameson Returns From Service Heads to Ogden Work

Jameson, formerly employed in the local yards, has come back from overseas service and spent Monday in Cheyenne. He left yesterday for his home in Evanston, planning after a few weeks there to proceed to Ogden to work for the Union Pacific Railroad.

Jameson Cheyenne Evanston Ogden Union

Railroad men to attend Groevel Railway Foremen convention

A group of Cheyenne railroad workers plan to attend the National Convention of the Groevel Railway Foremen in Chicago from September 2 to 5. The leading topics include Welding Locomotive Cylinders and Safety First on Steam Engines.

Cheyenne Groevel Railway Poremen Te Bell Chicago Weelding Shep Ead

Return of Discharged Soldiers Swells Passenger Traffic

The return of soldiers from the front, many discharged at Eastern camps, is increasing passenger rail use to such an extent that trains are often carrying extra coaches. Passenger traffic also rises as veterans travel home.

Taylor Handles About 100 Job Applications Daily

The U S employment office in Wyoming under Ed P Taylor reports handling nearly 100 applicants each day. Eight men applied by Tuesday afternoon, with returning soldiers given job placement preference. Ranches in the Red Horn basin and nearby areas seek labor, farm work dominates demand, and government efforts aim to place veterans with former employers as they return from France.

United States Employment Office Ed. P. Taylor Wyoming Rie Horn Gody Tades France

Unusual heavy tourist season and freight notes

The piece notes an unusually heavy tourist season due to busy summer traffic and a strong influx from wartime movements. Railroad men explain rapid troop shifts in wartime, and a local transport expert warns about minor earth‑induced car movements after a switch engine bump. Pacific coast fruits move east amid high prices blamed on frosts.

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Former Union Pacific man visits Cheyenne before LA move

Frank Carsten, a former Union Pacific employee with the 168th Rainbow Division, is in Cheyenne visiting friends before joining Santa Fe in Los Angeles. He plans to leave for Ural city after visiting his Casper-based parents. August Sands, 14, an early Cheyenne trainman, remains noted for decades on the Lehigh Valley railroad.ис

Frank Carsten Union Pacific 168Th Rainbow Division Cheyenne The Santa Fe Los Angeles Ural City Casper August Sands Sands Lehigh Valley Railroad

Golden Prairie Baptist Church to Be Dedicated in June

Golden Prairie Baptist Church east of Cheyenne in the Golden Prairie district will be dedicated in June with morning afternoon and evening services. Rev Brues Armstrong district superintendent will lead the dedication and Rev W C Lowrie is pastor. Evening speakers include Governor Carey Judge W C Mentzer and Nomnc L Beatty.

Wyoming Golden Prairie Baptist Church Golden Prairie Cheyenne Brues Armstrong W. C. Lowrie Governor Carey W. C. Mentzer C. L. Beatty

Scandinavia to Discuss League on Nordic Situation

Stockholm May 27. The premiers and foreign ministers of Denmark and Norway are expected this week to confer with Sweden over the League of Nations impact on the Scandinavian countries and the regional situation.

Stockholm Denmark Norway League of Nations

Government given injunctions to halt interference with war beer

Federal Judge Mayer issued three separate injunctions prohibiting the United States district attorney and the acting collector of internal revenue of the New York district from interfering with the production of war beer by the Jacob Hoffman Brewing company the J Clausasen Slanagan Brewing company and the Jacob Rupert Brewing company Separate filings were used because the district attorney objected to a blanket case The judge ordered compliance to protect brewing operations during wartime

New York Mayer Today United States District Attorney Internal Revenue New York District Jacob Hoffman Brewing Company J. Clausasen-Slanagan Brewing Company Jacob Rupert Brewing Company

Mayer's Orders in Brewer Contention On Alcohol Content

Pending judicial determination of the brewer's claim that beer with 2 percent alcohol is not intoxicating. The case centers on whether low alcohol beer can be legally classed as intoxicating under existing statutes.

Mayer Will Alan Wdichal

Typhus Epidemic Feared in Europe

Paris May 27 One hundred thousand persons in Poland are ill with typhus according to the supreme economic council. The disease is spreading and is epidemic in Poland and Hungary and several southeastern European countries. A committee will confer with Red Cross officials to plan relief and prevention measures.

Paris Poland Supreme Economic Council Hungary Europe Red Crows League

Plea Under Peace Bond In Gun Threat Case

George L. Folts was placed under a peace bond of 100 by a court after being alleged to have threatened L. F. Brillhart with a gun. The incident occurred yesterday in the vicinity where the two men reside.

George L. Folts L. F. Brillhart

Naval Officer Batt Reports Night from Copenhagen

Stockholm dispatch notes an American naval officer Batt living in the city at a stated hour this morning after arriving from Copenhagen aboard a Night vessel.

Stockholm Batt Copenhagen

Poles and Czechs Agree to Arbitrate Teschen Dispute

Premier Padeorowski of Poland and President Masaryk of Czecho Slovakia agreed via Prague dispatch that the Teschen question causing difficulty will be settled by a joint Polish commission to sit at Cracow.

Copenhagen Padeorowski Poland Masaryk

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