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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1920
Page
15
Washington Oct 16 A new internal revenue order tightens control on liquor permits. From Oct 18 distilleries bonded warehouses and related facilities must obtain written confirmation of permit validity from prohibition directors before shipments. Homeopathic eclectic doctorsmay still receive permits.
Paris dispatch says former Polish premier Tidoewski plans to leave for Warsaw to inform his government that the occupation of Vilna has affected the league of nations. The Vilna issue is to be resolved by the league.
Governor James M. Cox declared in Cleveland that the Japanese California land controversy is a California question. He urged the federal government to accept a state decision, calling it a domestic matter not within league of nations jurisdiction.
Miners near Mons and in the Charleroi field join a wage demand of five francs per day and threaten action if claims are unmet. The move follows Belgium’s general miners strike set to begin September 1, despite leaders’ efforts to avert it.
Police search for a female bandit who last night robbed a party in Momineetown Toledo and forced a car passenger to surrender $90. The assailant punctured tires with bullets, halting the getaway.
Edward Chase 82 a Denver pioneer of Race Street is very ill with pneumonia and may die. Born in 1838, he came to Denver around 1859 at age 21 and built a mining and business career. He once owned the Inter Ocean Hotel and was active in city affairs and mining ventures.
The famed California magnate known as Lucky Baldwin faced a poison attempt aimed at his daughter Mrs. Anna Baldwin. A discharged Japanese worker allegedly laced her food with bamboo fragments meant to injure her stomach, but prompt treatment saved her.
Philadelphia mechanic known as Dilly Haharg faced exposure of base crooked Hess preceding indictments of Chicago White Sox players. The report notes his prior puginet status and current automobile repair work in Philadelphia as context.
St Louis section reports approval by the civic society delegates at the twenty ninth annual convention of the organization. The standard width of fifty five feet for principal city highways was adopted as a guideline for downtown and major thoroughfares.
CAMP DEVENS Mass Oct 14 Mile Denise trade thoroughbred mare owned by the army remount service and ridden by Major Stanley Koch of the general staff was declared the winner of the 300 mile endurance test to determine the horse best suited for cavalry. Rustem Bey an Arab full blooded horse took second and Bunkie a mate of Mile Denise and same breed finished third.
Numerous 1910s and 1920s automobiles priced from 200 to 850 dollars include 1919 Olds 8, 1919 Mitchell Six, 1918 Saxon Six Roadster, 1917 Studebaker Four, 1918 Overland 75, 1917 Maxwell Touring, 1914 Buick Roadster, 1918 Ford Speedster, 1917 Ford Touring, and 1916 Detroiter Eight. Items shown with model and year and asking prices.
In London a new picture arrives showing Leon Trotsky in military attire as he and Lenin push to shape a new world order amid wartime upheaval.
Washington October 16 a civil service commission executive order announces a promotion system to fill first second and third class postmasterships. The post office department will administer the order to appoint through promotion under existing civil service rules.
Text discusses evaluating nominees against ramum requirements and submitting names to the president for appointment. Notes prior orders did not favor postal service employees over others.
Chicago police probe broadens as Frank McGovern accuses a police sergeant of demanding 100 dollars weekly for protection in a liquor deal. The sergeant denies the charge while Grover C. Gorsich and James C. Husted are noted visitors to Cheyenne. A new Boy Scout troop forms on Chicago's South Side under Rev. Bruce Jackson. South American nations seek 600 nurses for urban training schools amid regional needs.
The fifteenth cavalry officers polo team from Fort D. A. Runsell, Wyoming, was defeated 8 to 6 today by Camp Funston in the opening game of the polo tournament of the central department in Junction City.
Lithuanian representatives in the United States accuse President Pilsudski of connivance in the seizure of Vilna in disputed Lithuanian territory. A memorandum to the state department by Dr. Cileias claims Pilsudski sought to relinquish his post as chief in 1919.
Dr. Chelas cites reports of Pilewdak’s resignation as president in support of forming a new federator state in northern Poland centered on Wilna. The claim frames Polabil as seeking a northern autonomy with regional leadership changes cited as evidence.
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