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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1920
Page
11
A disjointed OCR fragment references Bert Lewis of Denver and a United States governor figure in a Big Horn Sheep Lost Cabin case. It mentions the Sheep company, dummy locators, a district attorney and W A Riner as a defendant’s representative.
Refusal of men to carry muni ed men halts passenger trains for miles as soldiers police and workers face dismissal. Reports say crews were cut down and motor movement spread to many places amid protests and orders from officials.
Pilot Pickup of the United States air mail service made the first nonstop flight between Omaha and Cheyenne. The trip covered 453 miles in 3 hours 43 minutes at an average speed of 121.8 mph. He carried 37.6 pounds of mail and had fuel for about five hours.
The article notes Pilot Knights famed for night landings and references mail service efficiency. It mentions mail leaving at 5 30 p m Tuesday and arriving in New York at 5 p m Wednesday, suggesting time conversions or delays in transit.
Governor Robert D. Carey yesterday declined to proclaim October 24 as League of Nations day in Wyoming. He cited the move as a political gesture and refused to set aside a Sunday for the observance.
A harsh melee titled The Red Lane closes today featuring Mayo as an American customs officer and James Mas as a French Canadian smuggler. The fifth combat scene is noted as one of the most physical on screen in a long time with remarkable endurance.
Eddie Polo stars in The Vanishing Dagger as part of a three act program including A Highway Romance and a Star comedy. Yesterday the new organ played by Leo Bath drew praise from audiences as the instrument showcased its talent.
A motion picture adaptation of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s play Mid-Channel tops the Broadway stage version with Clara Kimball Young delivering a brilliant performance. The Luxurium set and gowns exceed anything seen on stage or screen, promising wide popularity and town talk. Ethel Barrymore’s Broadway portrayal is noted but the film is hailed as superior.
Three thrilling episodes of Pearl White's The Black Secret will be shown at the Lyric today in a new weekly format of three episodes or six reels. The programs include The Betrayal A Crippled Hand and Webs of Deceit with stories by Robert W. Chambers. Also on view is Young Buffalo in Law of the Border a tense western drama.
Representative Stephen Porter of Pennsylvania proposes a global project to replicate the White House in every capital hosting an American legation or embassy. He would fund this by raising passport fees from 2 to 20 dollars and use American labor, arguing the cost is justified by protecting diplomatic prestige abroad. Joseph C. O’Mahoney left for Washington D C.
Berlin reports food controller Hermes stirred opposition by opposing admission of 5000 cows donated by American farmers and blocking flour imports reportedly offered by New York bakers, prompting public anger.
German newspapers report clashes between liberal papers and the Food Controller over American cows donated by U.S. farmers and flour imports. Interpellations in the Reichstag probe the feasibility of transporting cows and the risks to German farming and price controls amid wartime shortages.
The funeral for William L. Kinney, who died Wednesday near a gas heater at 114 East Beventeeanth Street, is planned for Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Barry-Fricker mortuary Chapel with Rev. Alice Jackson of the Baptist church officiating. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery. Herbert Donaldson, brother-in-law of the deceased, resided at the Kinney home.
More than 60,000 people have returned to Rheims where the ruins remain. They are largely living in miles of wine cellars, using underground rooms as shelter and making precarious homes amid damaged streets.
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