Jones outlines plans to rehabilitate western irrigation projects
Denver April 9 First Assistant Secretary of the Interior A A Jones opens the irrigation congress in the state house. He describes federal state co operation for large projects and funding terms while noting $100000000 spent and $40000000 to complete current works.
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Denver
A. A. Jones
Irrigation Congress
House of Representatives
Statehouse
Department of the Interior
Weat Ag
Adttlera
Jones
Congress
Colorado Capitol
Rings On Toes Proper Style In Spring Fashion
New York fashion notes salute bare feet sandals and ringed toes as a Paris parallel. Alma Harrison, performer in a local musical comedy, steps from taxi in front of the theatre wearing sandals and two diamond rings on separate toes. The look is praised as cool and sensible for summer.
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New York
Paris
Alma Harrison
Harrison
Greece
Boy Survives Five Story Fall in New Haven
Six year old Michael Wilkowsky toppled from a five story roof, rolled several times, and landed on a mattress unhurt. He was taken to a hospital where doctors found no bruise despite the fall in New Haven Connecticut on April 9.
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New Haven
Conn
Michael Wilkowsky
County Officials Consider Advertising appropriation
The joint land committee of the Industrial and Greater Cheyenne clubs asked the county for 525 dollars to advertise state lands. They argued statutes allow county advertising funds and cited papers with 2,000,000 total circulation. Commissioners asked for time to decide, with a board decision expected tomorrow.
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Joint Land Committee
Industrial and
Greater Cheyenne
Mesars
Farrington
Sloan
Aselat
J. Roas Carpenter
Board of County Commissioners
Osbornes Host Presidential Suite Dinner Guests
The Washington Post article notes Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs Osborne hosting a dinner in the New Willard presidential suite. Expected guests included the Secretary of State and Mrs Bryan, but illness kept them away. Attendees spanned ambassadors from Germany Brazil Russia and Japan, plus officials and social figures such as Lady Spring-Rice and Helen Woodrow Bones.
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Washington Post
Osborne
New Willard
Mrs. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Countess von Bornstorff
Mme. da Gama
Mme. Bakh
Tower to rise in Brussels higher than Eiffel Tower
Brussels April 9 Work began at Laeken on a steel tower aimed to reach 1092 feet, one hundred feet taller than the Eiffel Tower. The structure will be used for scientific investigations, especially meteorology and wireless telegraphy, and will serve as a research station.
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Brussels
Laeken
Parla
Robert Lansing Named Counselor for State Department
Robert Lansing, a veteran Washington lawyer and Democrat, succeeds John Hassett Moore as counselor of the State Department. At fifty, he has long ties to international law, including work for the Chinese legation, the Bering Sea claims commission, and the joint high commission, and is married to Eleanor Foster, daughter of former Secretary of State John W. Foster.
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Lansing
Washington
Peking
Hague
John Hassett Moore
District of Columbia
Eleanor Foster
John W. Foster
QM State
Pacific Coast
Faris
United States
Bering Sea
Joint High Commission
Bullet Victim Identified in South Side Cafe Killing
Isaac Henagon, a cigar robber and former fighter from San Francisco, was shot dead in a Chicago South Side cafe. Identified as William Wood by his brother Maurice Henagan, police seek James Franche alias Duffy the Goat who was drinking with Henagon and a woman before the shooting.
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Chicago
Isaac Henagow
San Francisco
South Side
Henagaw
Pugislist
Kid Farmer
Maurice
Maurice Henagan
William Wood
James Franche
James Duffy
Duffy the Goat
Henagon
CIRL TO HUNT IN AFRICAN WILDS
Lady Grace Mackenzie arrives in Chicago after hitting exploits around the world. She declines a challenge to outdo Colonel Roosevlt, saying she will travel to London then to Nairobi to hunt in East Africa with two white hunters. She plans to wear hunting costume and use two dictaphone outfits to record tropical voices and jungle jargon.
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Chicago
Lady Grace Mackenzie
Nairobe
East Africa
Tropics
Chicago street railways net earnings share announced
Chicago will receive 4.299 million dollars as its share of last year’s net earnings from surface street railways, according to the companies’ annual reports released today.
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Chicago
Progressives name ticket at Iowa conference in Des Moines
Progressive leaders in Iowa named candidates for most state offices, including George White of Nevada for governor, H. B. Betty for lieutenant governor, W. J. Lingard for secretary of state, and others for treasurer attorney general and railroad commissioners. No auditor nominee yet. J. B. Wruden may take the post. Carl Franke named national committeeman. Judge J. L. Stevens resigned. Conference attendance near one hundred. main morning talk on party finances.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George White
Nevada
H. B. Betty
Davenport
W. J. Lingard
Archer
H. D. Tade
Hillsboro
M. BE. Weldy
F. H
J. H. Wylie
Bas in Dentist Takes Own Life in Wyoming Village
In Owife Basin Wyoming Dr S J Neill a 28 year old local dentist committed suicide this afternoon by shooting himself in the bathroom his wife and neighbors prevented a second tragedy Neill had a small child and a thriving practice but had been failing mentally from overwork authorities cite mental derangement as the cause and say the wife was spared from harm by neighbors
Police uncover Bla syndicate of shoplifters in Portland
Portland police reveal a shoplifting ring of about twenty, mostly women, after five arrests yesterday and six more today. A courthouse storeroom overflowed with loot from major department and jewelry stores, including art objects, with thousands in value. Confessions were obtained from most defendants and Ruth Nell named as a leader. Clerks within the ring allegedly recruited outside workers posing as customers to lift goods.
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Portland
Ore
Ruth Nell
Government Exhibit Building Bill for San Francisco Exposition
A bill to appropriate 9,500,000 for a government exhibit building at the San Francisco exposition was favorably reported to the House by the industrial arts and ex position committee, in line with the president's suggestion.
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Washington, D. C
Industrial Arte and Exposition Committee
Malburn Named Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Denver lawyer William Peabody Malburn named assistant secretary of the U S Treasury amid ongoing currency bill debates in Congress. He is 45, married to Helen Thomas, with two children, and formerly worked in Leadville and Denver banking. He succeeds Charles Hamlin as first assistant secretary handling financial details.
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William Peabody Malburn
Denver
Colorado
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Congress
Malburn
Senator Thomas
Treasury
Leadville
Helen Thomas
Jekyl Hyde Given Sentenced In New York Case
Edward Mendel a Newark iron and steel merchant by day and night thug in New York was sentenced to 14 years in Sing Sing. He lured Mrs. Pauling Koetzel to a New York freight yard and stole diamonds before escaping.
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New York
Edward Mendel
Jekyl and Hyde
Newark
Sing Sing
Mendel
Pauling Koetzel
Jinmonds
Ex Governor Draper Dies in Greenville at 65
Ex governor of Massachusetts, 65, died in Greenville tonight after a paralytic illness. The obituary notes his tenure and age, with the date given as April 9.
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Greenville
8. C
Draper
Maassachunetts
Empress Haruko of Japan Dies in Namazu Villa
Dowager Empress Haruko dies at Namazu villa after sudden illness. Transfer of the body to Tokyo is expected, with official notice delayed until after arrival. Death occurred in the presence of Emperor Youthite and other royal family members. doctors failed to revive her.
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Tokio
Haruko
Namazu
Youhthite
Railroad committee trip postponed over Cheyenne-Albin route
Word reached the morning of April 18 that the proposed railroad committee trip over the Cheyenne Albin route has been postponed due to road conditions. Albert Bartlett sent the notice.
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Albert Bartlett
Railroad Committee
Cheyenne-Albin
Lodge Backs Wilson as Canal Toll Debate Opens
Public hearings began before the Senate canals committee on repealing the Panama tolls exemption. Senator Norris urged keeping U S rights to discriminate for its ships and arbitration, while Senator Thomas urged free passage for all nations. Senator Lodge urged support for President Wilsons repeal plan amid partisan treaty tensions.
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Washington
Senate Canals Committee
Norris
United States
Congress
Thomas
Ajax
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Wilson
Sclon
Cleveland
Cold norther devastates Texas fruit crop and freezes regional crops
A sweeping cold norther across Texas and neighboring states causes extensive damage to peaches and small fruits, with Texas alone facing about 1 million dollars in losses. Reports from Dallas Fort Smith and other cities note subfreezing temperatures, skimming apples and strawberries but freezing fruit buds in exposed areas. The frost spreads through Arkansas Mississippi and Oklahoma, with Memphis recording freezing and Nashville Chattanooga also noting freezing conditions.
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Dallas
Texas
Fee
Bilene
Gulf Coast
Memphis
Tenn
Freeaing
West Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Ark
Jackson
Mils
Vicksburg
Nashville
Chattanooga
Payetteville
Moneyed Norse in Big Demand for Miss Cudahy
Boston April 9. Helen Cudahy daughter of a Chicago millionaire and a probationary nurse in a hospital faces constant marriage proposals by mail and phone. She has become virtually a prisoner to avoid wedding vows as admirers flood her with requests and threats of callers waiting on the line.
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Boston
Mai
Helen Cudahy
Chicago Packer
Miss Cudahy
Destruction of Waters-Pierce Property Reported in Tampico
Washington reports indicate rebels destroyed Waters-Pierce Oil refinery and German Agencia Commercial warehouses in Tampico with losses around 500000 dollars. Zapatist forces freed Bishop Campos after threats of crucifixion and ransom payment.
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Washington
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Tampico
State Department
Department
Waters-Pierce
Zaragoza
Vera Crus
Agencia Commercial
Democratic Banquet At Douglas A Gig Affair
Converse County Democratic club to hold its first annual banquet at Hotel La Bonte in Douglas Wyoming on April 15. Seated for 350, guests from across the state will attend with 16 speakers and a fine program promising a splendid feast and general good time.
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Douglas
Wyo
Converse County Democratic Club
la Bonte
Suffragette Attacks British Museum Glass Case
London April 9 A suffragette concealed a weapon under her cloak and attacked a glass case in the Asiatic gallery of the British Museum destroying valuable porcelains. Two attendants alerted police after she began the assault but little damage resulted.
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London
British Museum
Weather forecast for Wyoming and Northwest regions
Weather bulletin shows unsettled Friday with warmer conditions in the north and east. Local rain or snow expected and colder pockets in the northwest with cooler nights.
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Washington
Wyoming
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