25 Nov 1919
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1919
Page
1
A recalled note suggests an inmate seeks reform and correspondence with someone named Mike. The document compares handwriting and signatures to an example on file at the penitentiary, indicating the letter’s authenticity and purpose within the reform efforts.
Fragmentary note describes a stunt imitation attributed to a nut haber in Casper involving a police chief in Chicago. The fragment includes garbled phrases and a reference to a number 2883 and a casual warning about a visit.
Denver police pursue a Carlisle related letter linked to a robbery on the Overland Limited. The missive, mailed at a Pacific station and signed Carlisle, hints at travel from Denver toward Cheyenne and Nob or Janesburg with handwriting tied to a right handed writer on motion.
Fragmented OCR notes mention Theodore Roosevelt and restaurant operations in Albany with unclear details, referencing appointments and a department group. The text is incomplete and nonstandard, preserving only hints of a political or organizational assignment.
Fifty nine radicals strike to protest attending deportation hearings at Hillis Island causing postponement despite the house immigration committee present. The committee ordered Byron Uhl to compel attendance and sent for Nicola Kuropata from a Newark raid, but there was no response from the cage.
A wartime wage dispute in the bituminous coal industry stalled as President Wilsons cabinet and Fuel Administrator Garfield prepared to act. Garfield outlined five guiding principles amid conflicting readings by miners and operators, with Cabinet plans for a policy decision next day.
Snow fell across northern and central Montana as a severe storm moved southward, with authorities warning the weather could reach blizzard proportions. The Associated Press reported the developing storm on November 24 in Helena.
Captain W B Neil commander of the steamer Myron was rescued exhausted by the steamer William Franz after drifting 24 hours on the pilot house above the wreck off White Fish point. He could not provide information on the crew's fate.
Washington reports the United States army has no surplus sugar and the purchasing department failed to secure any in the market. The army lacks sugar supplies amid ongoing postwar issues.
In Chicago on November 24 organized labor leaders formed the Labor Party of the United States, adopting a constitution and platform for democratic political, social, and industrial reform. The group pledges equal female representation and invites unions and cooperatives to affiliate. They call for impeachment of U S District Judge A R Anderson of Indianapolis over a miners strike injunction.
Club members outside Cheyenne may subscribe by Wednesday with envelopes mailed by 4 00 p m November 26. Subscriptions arriving late will be accepted by judges at close. Cheyenne members must be at the State Leader office by 4 0 p m Wednesday. doors close at 10 00 p m.
Reported statements show the foreign office will not permit immediate repatriation of fallen U S troops. A proposed law to prohibit exhumation was not passed, but officials expect a law to permit exhumation after three years, with exhumation beginning in 1924.
Plans for extensive enlargement of the Laramie yards to serve the Midwest ref irimary and rising stock feeding activity have been approved by General Superintendent F. H. Hammill. Work will begin at once and include a new large office at the stock yards, the biggest on the Union Pacific west of Omaha.
Newark authorities report Julius Faplensa of Irvington killed his wife in bed early today after claiming he dreamed of intruders and heard threatening letters. He said he fired at two men he dreamed would break in, and prosecutors may drop the murder charge as investigators examine the claims.
In Sheridan County the coal miners renew the strike with about 4500 men returning to the fields. Major Warren Dean orders strikers to resume work or face arrests for injunction violations. One agitator, John Miehiak, was arrested and held for federal action as tensions rise and state guardsmen remain on standby.
An organized plot by Messenger Boys' Band attempted a theft of over 81,000,000 in stocks and bonds in a major crime tied to the district’s finable cases. Detectives report the scheme surfaced tonight as work proceeds on the case.
A 2 year old, Marko Kontich, died after slipping into a tub of boiling water at his Mock Springs Wyoming home. The water was reportedly carelessly placed on the floor, causing fatal burns.
Judge Monter presided as the trial examined a theft of whiskey from a theater manager. The record notes that evidence of booze allegedly illegally owned by count Duncan was not admitted. The courtroom proceedings featured sharp legal battles over prohibition law and liquor property.
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