Wyoming oil and gas operators oppose Jenkins bill
Cheyenne February 1 Wyoming oil and gas producers tell House mines and mining committee that new legislation will burden expansion. They oppose Jenkins measure placing regulations under the state geologist with drilling fees, while backing the Free bill modeled on the US Bureau of Mines. State Geologist Morgan supports the Free bill but urges waste prevention by smaller firms. Operators cite efforts to plug wells and control fires as part of ongoing safety and conservation measures.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
House Committee On Mines and Mining
House
G. R. Hagens
Casper
Jenkins
Harry Free
United States Bureau of Mines
G. B. Morgan
Harding seeks special session to confirm appointments
President-Elect Harding asks for a special Senate session to confirm cabinet and other appointments. The move aims to accommodate nearly twenty new senators elected in November, with the session likely starting in late March or early April after Harding’s inauguration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Senate
Wilson
Hardings
Congress
Gavin files $185000 suit for injury to name against C W and Jupiter Oil
Claude J. Gavin sues C W and Jupiter Oil for 185000 dollars alleging damage to his good name and credit from a grand larceny charge. He claims the allegations harmed his business standing and led to loss of backing in a 250000 dollar venture. The action seeks 85000 in actual damages and 100000 in punitive damages. The filing follows a prior bond and a case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction over an alleged theft in Converse county.
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C. W
Jupiter Oil Company
Claude J. Gavin
Continental Supply Company
State Supreme Court
Gavin
Converse
Natrona County
Vanatta
Hagens and
Murane
Dynamite Cap Killing Cody Boy in Wyoming
Leonard Ackerman age 12 foster son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyer died after a dynamite cap from his cellar exploded on his way to school. His left hand was partially blown away and several fingers were amputated. He died after an operation following anesthesia. The report notes the first electrically lighted warship, the train Ton of the U.S. Navy.
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Cody
Wyo
Leonard Ackerman
Boyer
Russian Constituent Assembly Seeks Allied Recognition
Paris reports the Russian Constituent Assembly formed to unite anti Bolshevik factions asks Britain France and the United States to recognize it as Russia's de jure government. Avakentieff and Kerensky plan approaches in London Paris and Washington as Lenine’s post Bolshevik rule faces opposition from factions claiming 1.6 to 3 million Russians support their assembly.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Russia
Kolahevium
Avakentieff
Kerensky
Ruse Aia
Corfu
Serbia
Lenine
Russian Constituent Assembly
Mol Ubeviki
Hip
Bolaheviki
Washington D
Constituent Assembly
United States
Colby
Germany Rejects Allied Reparations Demands
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Walther Simons will tell the Reichstag that Germany cannot accept Allied reparations terms, calling them impossible and likely to cause chaos in Central Europe. He notes possible settlement hinges on negotiating a feasible plan and hints at broader political maneuvering inside Germany.
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Berlin
Walter Simons
Reichstag
Boearsen Zeitung
Germany
Socialista
Simons
Europe
France
Paris
German reparations plan eyed as press eyes figures
Professor John Maynard Keynes argues Berlin cannot pay the fixed sums without vastly larger exports, noting a 700 million pound export target and 200 million pound annual payment. He warns of global trade disruption and calls Allied moves an "outrage." In Paris, German delegates stay to discuss reparations despite Berlin signaling possible rejection.
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Germany
Omist
Associated Press
London
Supreme Allied Council
Paris
Saya
John Maynard Keynes
Versailles
Brussels
Alliea
Berlin
Michigan bids for heavyweight title fight in harbor arena
Benton Harbor Michigan promoter Moyd Fitzsimmons, who staged open air fights last summer, declares readiness to stage the Coad/Carpentier title bout and the Dempsey Willard rematch. He wired Jack Kearns in New York offering to deal with Tev Rickard for both occasions.
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Associated Press
Bhenton Harbor
Mich
Moyd & Fitzsimmons
Coad Compacy
Georges Carpentier
Dempsey
Dess Willard
Fitzsimmons
Jack Kearns
New York
Tev Rickard
1200 Shopmen Laid Off in Sacramento February
One thousand two hundred workers in Southern Pacific railroad shops in Sacramento will be laid off on February 4 due to a slump in business. Announcement came from A D Williams, superintendent of motive power, with BD Huberson visiting the city.
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Ty Associated Press
Bacramento
Cal
Feb
Southern Pacific Railroad
A. D. Williams
Oil price declines ripple through Midwest and Wyoming markets
The Midwest Refining and Ohio Oil companies cut crude prices by 35 cents a barrel in Wyoming and reduce gasoline and kerosene prices. Declines reflect light market demand and high field wages, with potential further cuts and possible drilling pauses as refiners manage storage inventories and broader commodity costs.
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Midwest Refining
Ohio Oil Companies
Wyoming
Tme
Sinclair
Outa
Welle
Gasoline Price Cuts Announced by Sinclair and Standard Oil
Sinclair Refining Company lowered gasoline to 26 cents a gallon at filling stations and 23 cents for tank wagon deliveries. Standard Oil of Indiana cut gasoline by 2 cents to 25 cents a gallon at milling stations across the Midwest. Kansas City Milling stations posted 29 cents a gallon, a two cent cut.
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Chicago
Sinclair Refining Company
Standard Oil Q Company
In- Wana
Midwest
Kansas City
Refused Pardon Five Times Dies in Prison Cell
Sarah Wyckoff aged 76 dies in North Carolina state prison after 42 years for a murder heist and life sentence. She five times declined a pardon before death bed confession absolved her of involvement in the husband’s mountain murder. The principal offender, a Black man, was hanged.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Wyckoff
Sarah Wychoff
North Carolina
Gift of State Hospital Asked of Legislature
A Casper committee report urges the state to deed the Natrona county owned Wyom ing State Hospital on East Second Street to Natrona county or fund improvements and a nurses home. Recommendations include creating five county trustees, annual turnover, and no medical members, or else immediate nurses home construction and broader patient accommodations in Casper.
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Chamber of Commerce
County of
Natrona
Casper
Wyoming State Hospital
East Second Street
State Hospital
Natrona County
Guardsman on Trial in Alabama Lynching Case
Sergeant Robert L. Lancaster of Company M Alabama National Guard faces trial for the lynching of William Baird, a miner. Nine guardsmen, all youths, are indicted with separate trials planned while Tuscaloosa residents raise a defense fund.
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Hamilton
Ala
Robert L. Lancaster
Company M
Alabama National Guard
William Baird
Tuscaloosa
Daley denounces lobbying tactics over veterans exemption bill
In Cheyenne on February 1 President W. W. Daley condemned state officials for opposing the veterans exemption bill. He accused paid officials of selfish motives and said intensive lobbying failed in the house. Telegrams from American Legion posts in support contrasted with Casper post objections. The measure would exempt $2,000 of property from taxes and drop poll tax requirements.
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Cheyenne
Senate
W. W. Daley
Tribune
Legion
Daley
House
American Legion
Cagper
Caaper Legionites
Johnson
Cnaaper
Casper Post
J. B. Frisby
Casper
John Dillon
Fremont
Kidnappers Guarded in Fear of Violence in California
A special squad of deputy sheriffs guarded the Los Angeles county jail as Floyd L. Carr and Arthur W. Carr, cousins who confessed to kidnapping Mrs. Gladys Witherell, awaited sentencing after pleading guilty in superior court. The couple faced possible mob threats. Mrs. Witherell recounted a harrowing abduction from a Corona-area ranch, detailing how she was kept, drugged, and later freed with her child.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Floyd L. Carr
Arthur W. Carr
Gladys Witherell
Hollywood
Witherell Ives
Arthur Watson
Carr
L. Carr
Aga
Tig Carrs
Carre
Mother Witherell
Floyd Carr
Arthur Carr
Theney
Conviction of three soldiers upheld by Supreme Court
The court-martial conviction of Alexander Kahn, Donald Fisher, and Robert L. Leevey for murder while at Leavenworth was affirmed after lower court dismissals were rejected. The report notes the ruling preserves the write of error and confirms the defendants’ guilt. The text also briefly references global wheat production being split between Southern and Northern hemispheres.
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Washington
Alexander Kahn
Donald Fisher
Robert L. Leevey
Princm
Leavenworth
Supreme Court
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