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Newspaper
Wyoming State Tribune
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
1
Governor Carey submitted Wyoming’s first biennial budget to the legislature. The general fund appropriations total 2,990,176.71 dollars, a rise of 187,885 from two years earlier, deemed modest against rising state valuation. The package includes extensive financial statements and a 161 page volume detailing revenues, expenditures, and resources.
The court ordered the dissolution of the General Federation of Labor and fined Leon Jouhaux and three associates 100 francs each. Trial began December 15 on charges including irregular union admission and alleged political activity tied to the May rail strike.
A proposed amendment to the prohibition enforcement act would allow American passenger liners in foreign trade to sell liquor outside the three mile zone. Steamship officials told the House committee that current restrictions force foreign ships to handle most travel.
Athens reports that the United States has agreed to advance the $32 million previously promised when Venizelos led Greece, with the condition the funds be spent in America.
Senator McCumber Republican of North Dakota urged a 30 cent per bushel tariff on Canadian wheat to cut imports, proposing it be included in the Fordney emergency bill. The measure aims to curb the enormous wheat import volumes.
Galveston Texas January reports the United States engineering department tug Capper Tafford wrecked with seven crew members believed dead. The vessel was en route from Sabine to Galveston when wreckage washed ashore in Galveston Bay.
In Denver on January 13 a pact among the Colorado Foundrymen's Association the Denver Rock Drill Company and Cripple Creek mining interests set thirty days notice before wage reductions. A $2 daily cut and a 25 percent cut were postponed until February 15 pending the new notice requirement under industrial commission law.
Field men of the internal revenue service under H. S. Davis pursue delinquents who owe income taxes for 1918 and 1919 in Wyoming. Ten agents operate statewide, with two Denver-based revenue officers to Casper and Cheyenne. Filing changes include a new inventory basis option and a certificate of inventory form for businesses and individuals.
Washington denies reports of closing the Great Lakes station at Lake Bluff Illinois though 350 civilian employees were discharged and union leaders say retrenchment will reduce training facilities to Hampton Roads and San Francisco by July 1.
The census bureau reports 54,818,032 Americans in urban areas of more than 2,500, making 61.4 percent of the population. Rural residents total 61,390,789. In 1910 urban share was 45.8 percent. state figures include Colorado urban 453,269 rural 436,870 and Wyoming urban 57,348 rural 137,054.
A mob abducted miner Wil lid Beard from Walker County jail and shot him three miles south of Casper after authorities believed he had been rescued in the incident tied to the killing of guardsman James Morrin on December 31. The jailer and authorities suspected Beard's rescue until new information emerged.
The Wyoming Bar association assembled in the supreme court room at the state capitol at 10 o'clock with over thirty lawyers present including members of the supreme court. President N E Cortell gave an address on peace among nations and the Versailles treaty, with support for an international court.
The article lists notification of committee chairmen in the Wyoming legislature. C P Story heads the house ways and means. L H Brown chairs judiciary. A L Campbell agriculture. A B Mercer stock raising. H H Free county affairs. Wittigrs Platt prohibition. Robert Steele reappointment. Senate chairmen include Kelley finance and ways and means. Dillon judiciary. Meek county affairs. Chassell prohibition. Kirk apportionment. Skovgerd civil.
Sheridan introduced measure to legalize boxing with a state boxing commission backed by the Rotary Club and the American Legion post. Beach of Newcastle offered six house bills, mostly tax related, plus a proposed state oil and gas department. Senate bills cover workers compensation funds, sheriff fees, and fund assignments. Budget and committees are set, with expedited handling before Monday adjournment.
Cork Lord Mayor Donald O Callaghan arrived in the United States after a ferrying voyage without a passport and told the Committee of 100 about conditions in Ireland. He described a 1926 killings wave that followed the murder of Lord Mayor Mac Curtain and other leaders, claiming it left people and property unsafe.
The Japanese embassy released a version stating Lieutenant W. H. Langdon of the American cruiser Albany was shot by a Vladivostok sentry after failing to halt. Langdon reportedly drew a revolver. the sentry fired as the officer walked away. Japan expressed regret through officials and ministers. Funeral details for J. C. Gunziger are listed with services at St. Mary's Cathedral.
A report to the American National Livestock Association convention in El Paso urges endorsing cooperative livestock commission companies at central markets. It argues reduced marketing costs and producer representation at markets, and proposes railroads own and operate stockyards under ICC supervision. It also outlines federal bills to regulate packers, stockyards, and traders.
Poorn Holland Jan 13 reports Former Emperor William and others at House of Doorn say Augusta Victoria’s death is near as Dr Haebner notes her condition worsens though a day of possible lingering remains. Funeral plans are not yet announced from the Dutch residence.
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