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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
3
Vera Muraviova, cut off from parents in Petrograd during the 1917 Russian Revolution, organizes a 70 member girl troop to aid younger children. cared for at Vladivostok by the American Red Cross, she arrives with 780 Russian children headed to Petrograd.
Governor Cox defends his wartime stance and opposition to reservations at a convention. He stresses securing the League of Nations with minimal delay and no liquor or breach of oath, while challenging his Republican rival to provide clear answers on key issues.
A smoldering blaze in the coal storage area of the state capitol building could not be reached by firemen at first. Skilled laborers shoveled coal to allow chemical agents to reach and put out the fire, which was caused by spontaneous combustion in a coal room containing 200 tons.
The article reports charges of draft favoritism tied to Cox with reference to travel with the attorney general. It notes a question about official meetings on battleships and mentions a witness's uncertainty. Fees were ordered to prepare a list of all DOJ employees who submitted San Francisco trip vouchers tied to the convention.
The missing mining promoter Benton, 46, last seen August 19, is found dead in a room of his former apartment. Investigators uncover letters a pistol with a misfitted shell, blood stains, and a Bible noting two marriages. His second wife, Dolores Mae Winters, and Missouri connections are identified.
Cheyenne hosts the 40th Blue Lodge ceremony in a temple dance hall honoring Grand Master and Mrs. W. O. Wilson with many Masons and ladies in attendance. Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 40 installed officers led by Judge William C. Mentzer master and other named officers, as Cheyenne expands to three active Masonic Blue Lodges with sizable memberships.
Officers raid 605 West Lincoln Way at 4 am capturing two distilling plants eleven barrels of mash sugar yeast and other ingredients. Licota arrested as proprietor of the distillery and faces $200 bond. another suspect faced a Volstead Act charge.
A Sacramento warehouse belonging to a California packing company was destroyed by a fire late Thursday. Officials estimate losses near 1.5 million dollars, with about 300,000 dollars in canned goods stored there. About 200 women in a nearby cannery fled in panic as the blaze spread.
County tax list work progresses and the treasurer will soon accept payments. Hunters expect southward wild duck flights as cool weather lingers. A brick silo rises at Arnold Rick homestead near Sloan lake marking area landmarks. Gus Johnson, visiting from Manville via Sweden, says his family will stay in Sweden for months. Sand and gravel scooped from streets by brisk winds reveal highway roughness. Portable school houses arrive to ease crowded public schools. Fire Chief John Healey of Denver, IAFC president, visited with T Joe Cahill. He also saw a Seagrave fire truck as W H Morgan is sought in Sidney Nebraska on a sarcany charge and arrested by Patrolman Poland. he was returned to Sidney yesterday. Fire department responded to the state capitol yesterday.
A smouldering fire in coal bunkers started by spontaneous combustion. A large quantity of coal had to be moved before the fire could be reached and extinguished.
In San Francisco on September 23, William Smith alias Robert Bossom, a 90 year-old counterfeiter, received one year in jail and a one dollar fine after pleading guilty in U S district court. He was captured in San Jose and accused of attempting to pass counterfeit $10 and $20 bills. He said he wanted imprisonment because he was “well treated there.”
The Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce plans a boosters excursion with about fifty automobiles to Carpenter Hereford and Grover for lunch at Pine Bluffs, then returning via Burns and Hillsdale. Messrs. Asher Walton and Starnes lead the preparations.
MELENA Mont Sept 23 The state board of health urged cleanliness to stop anthrax after a miner Patrick Sullivan contracted the disease after using a new shaving brush He was hospitalized two days after the brush exposure and died.
Eddie Kane 18 of South Omaha stole a revolver at a lime quarry camp near Horse Creek. He traveled toward Cheyenne by Colorado & Southern train before being arrested within 30 minutes of arrival. Police Chief B Clark recovered the gun. Kane says he acted alone and denies involvement in other missing property. Mike Gatti accompanied Kane but is not believed implicated.
Fred Parke of Sidney Nebraska, a football star and noted boxer, re enters the University of Wyoming and will re join the Cowboy football team. He fought Denver rival Manley at Scotts Bluff and knocked the referee out after a suspected unfair call.
A home remedy advises using Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar to relieve catarrhal deafness and head noises. Take one tablespoonful four times daily to clear nostrils ease breathing and stop mucus drainage. The preparation is inexpensive easy to make and pleasant to take.
In New York the Democratic national committee announced Franklyn D Roosevelt will tour towns in Missouri Kansas Colorado and Iowa the week of October 4. The itinerary lists October 6 at Lawrence and Salina Kansas October 7 at Colorado Springs Pueblo Fort Collins Greeley Boulder and Denver Colorado October 8 Des Moines Iowa and October 9 Sedalia and Kansas City Missouri.
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