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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
7
Tennessee lawmakers ratified a staged amendment while Governor warns he will pocket any adopted measures. He cites risk to women’s voting rights and names a special session next Tuesday to act on the nineteenth amendment.
Cleveland dispatch details the death of actress Katharine Mikallo who, grieving over her drowned child after the Lake Erie incident, begged to die and save her baby. Authorities report her husband died in January and she worked as a scrub woman.
London Sept 14 The British admiralty ordered no ship or passenger carrier bound east to enter Queenstown port or harbor until further notice The ban, issued under the restoration of order in Ireland regulations, takes effect immediately and remains in force as directed.
Windsor Ont September 14 Delegates at a Trades and Labor Congress discussed Sovietism as the proper form of government for Canada. Peter McCallum urged a workers' republic with a broad soviet framework. The proposal drew mixed reactions from the delegates.
William A. Rowand age 23 of 121 West Eighth Street Cheyenne died at the Union Pacific shop rear pool room after placing his hand on a motor switch. Fellow workers freed him and he died en route to the emergency ward. His uncle Frank Berkeley remains the sole Cheyenne relative.
Casper Wyoming September 14 The school enrollment is approaching 2500 with many new pupils arriving at Central and West Casper schools. The library children’s room has been rented again to house overflow as expansions at nearly every school are underway.
Laramie Wyoming September 14 the Laramie high school enrollment has risen to 105 the highest in the school’s history. The school has entered as week of its present term with a larger student body than ever before.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ina Brennan will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Early-Bricker Broad chapel with Rev. Bruce Jackson officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery. Mrs. Brennan died Monday night.
Denver reports show Carl C. Schuyler leading Samuel D. Nicholson by 8 036 votes for the Republican nomination with Rice W. Means trailing 3 326. On the Democratic side Tully Scott leads for the Senate with 308 votes, while Robert H. Higgins leads for governor by a narrow margin. Election officials note numerous complaints from Jewish residents about ballot marking as the holiday ended and polling hours extended.
New York September 14 Representative Simeon D Chairman of the national Republican congressional committee predicted Cox’s defeat in Maine and a Republican sweep in the Senate with at least ten seats and in the House at least 53. He said Maine’s result marks Cox as the worst candidate in election history and that Ohio will follow Maine’s pattern.
Douglas Cordiner of the United States Army, son of Mrs William Cordiner of Laramie, has been assigned to the quartermaster corps with the rank of colonel, effective July 1. He previously served in the navy and coast artillery after graduating from Annapolis.
Illinois Republicans and Democrats closed their campaigns as voters prepare to choose nominees for US senator governor and key state officers. The GOP battle pits Lowden forces against Thompson faction with Oglesby and Small atop separate tickets and O'Hara and Wanda a leading for governor.
Major Kerwin named the Cadet Corps officers with Captain Feree Marka and lieutenants James Storey Harold Hobie David Chaplin Earl Schoel sergeants Herbert Woodman Francis Bon Tom Forthing Donald Sorensen Harold Towher and platoon sergeants George Guy Jamon Woolston. Uniforms for first year cadets ordered and measurements for upperclass trousers taken.
Near East officials report ix former American soldiers arrested in connection with theft of aid supplies from the American Committee for Relief. The group faces losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Julian Gillacepie of Dallas, formerly a captain, named counsel for the prisoners. Arrested men claim unfair treatment and fault officials for larger fund mismanagement.
Paris reports the death of American actress Olive Thomas from bichloride of mercury poisoning. Her body was moved to Holy Trinity church for burial in the United States. no funeral service will be held as she traveled unaccompanied.
Douglas Wyoming September 14 The Wyoming State Fair opened with large crowds ideal weather and an unusual program of wild west stunts Exhibits were larger than usual with grain and vegetables displayed in wagons A five mile automobile race won by Jay Stock Casper driving a Buick Shriner day drew seven hundred members and a parade through downtown featured the Cheyenne drum corps and visiting cowboys farmers and oil operators as state fair crowds gathered
Governor Cox delivered speeches in Huntington Oregon Ontario Welser Payette Caldwell Meridian and Nampa Idaho stressing League of Nations disarmament and anti Republican plots. He framed peace and progress as core policy and urged nonpartisan action while contrasting wealth concentration and tax relief with arid land reclamation.
Washington reports shipments of government vessels sold for a total of 6.6 million dollars in the week ending September 14. The Pensacola, Baltimore Steamship, Carolina Steamship, and Warner-Quinian company each acquired multiple ships including tugs, with prices noting millions in total sales.
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