Ugly Head of I. W. W. Reared in Railroad Strike
Cheyenne dispatch reports federal raids in New Orleans on I W W locals arresting six leaders for interfering with the mails. Washington sources indicate I W W activity fueling rail strike plans as President Wilson and Attorney General Palmer prepare actions and a labor board slate is sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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New Orleans
Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Palmer
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Albert Phillips
A. C. Wharton
J. J. Forrester
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sonora mobilizes to resist invasion amid ultimatum ignored
Eight hundred federal troops reached Juarez on their way to Sonora where an independent republic exists under Governor de la Huerta and state officials. Carranza forces plan to strike Agua Prieta. fortifications at Pulpito pass are ordered as federal advance stalls. General Gonzales offers to withdraw his presidential bid if Obregon Bonnillas follow.
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el, Paso
Juarez
Sonora
de la Huerta
Nogales
Aris
New Republic
Carlos Plank
P. Elias Calles
Agua Prieta
Carranza
Manuel M.dieguez Carranza
Mexico
Pulpito Pass
Casas Grandes
Plank
J. M. Pino
Douglas, Ariz
Presidente Municipale
Gonzales
EL Paso
el Universal
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
General Obregon
Ignacio Bonnillas
Federation of Labor Condemns Outlaw Strike
The biennial convention of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor adopts a resolution condemning the insurgent switchmen strike and urges affiliated unions to refuse support. Reports from New York Albuquerque and Santa Fe describe growing strike activity and service disruptions on major lines.
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Federation OF Labor
Kansas City
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Alleged Mail Thief Brought From Idaho
Dick Rose charged with stealing mail arrived in Cheyenne Monday from Boise Idaho where he was arrested he was brought here by U S Marshal Leroy C G Jones Rose waived hearing in Boise and federal officers expect he will likely waive arraignment here before a United States commissioner
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Dick Rose
Cheyenne
Boise
United States
Leroy CG. Jones
Rose
Outlaws Deny Losses Amid Strike Spars
Chicago report says insurgent switchmen and yardmen leaders deny serious defections while tailorad heads and officers of the brotherhoods say the strike in western territory is dying out. Philadelphia dispatch notes Pennsylvania Railroad accepts mediation terms for talks with strikers and brotherhood representatives.
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Chicago
Tailorad
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Board of Mediation and Arbitration
State Department of Labor and Industry
Rave Road
Brotherhoods
Walkout by 75 Southern Pacific trainmen in El Paso
Seventy five freight conductors and brakemen employed by the Southern Pacific walked out in El Paso after a meeting where wage increase demands were adopted.
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EL Paso
Southern Pacific
New Alcohol Could Sub for Motor Gas in Cars
In St. Louis on April 13 the American Chemical Society heard Prof. R H McKee of Columbia University describe a new alcohol derived from wood waste sugar. He said it could cut operating costs for automobiles and, when mixed with kerosene and benzol, serve as a gasoline substitute.
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ST. Louis
American Chemical Society
R. H. McKee
Columbia University
Mother of Thirteen Drops Dead in Cheyenne Frontline
Mrs. Erma Everett 40, mother of thirteen, died of heart failure at a Cheyenne supper table. Daughter of Mrs. Barbara Shimitz, she had just arrived three months earlier from Yockey Nebraska to visit. Her husband Dan H. Everett and twelve children survive. funeral plans pending.
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Erma Everett
N.d
Everett
Barbara Shimitz
Ninteenth Street
Dan H. Everett
Yockey
Neb
Cheyenne
Lowden Leads Wood in Rough Illinois Primary Returns
Unofficial tallies from Illinois show Governor Frank O Lowden ahead of Major General Leonard Wood by 68 348 with 53 counties reporting complete results and 69 incomplete. Wood carried Chicago and Cook County while Johnson trails. Violence marked Chicago balloting as Mayor Thompson strengthens GOP county control.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Cook County
Lowden
Wood
Hiram Johnson
Ilinois
Johnson
Thompson
Illinois
Dogs Confine in Cheyenne Bull Pen as City Pound Increases Fees
Cheyenne's city jail becomes a dog pound as the new catcher nets mongrel cars behind bars. Barking fills the station while officers attempt discipline. Unredeemed dogs face euthanasia. license and pound fees rise to 50 cents. Dogs lost by owners urged to contact police. humane plan targets stray canines citywide. A lone sheep dog is held for its owner’s arrival.
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Cheyenne
Bastille
Brotherhood officers report no strike development in Cheyenne
War Department warns against wearing military uniform for funds and pamphlets. In Cheyenne, railroad switchmen and engi neers meet to resolve a looming strike with leaders from Union Pacific and the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and Engineers and Railway Trainmen in late night talks with no public statement issued.
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Cheyenne
Omaha
Brotherhoods of
A. W. Woodruff
Wyoming
Union Pacific
A. W. McDuffie
All. Ronald
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
D. W. Smith
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Brotherhoods
Charles Bogue
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Knights of Columbus
Woodruff
McDuffie
Brotherhoods of Enginemen
Brotherhood of Railway
American Legion to decorate graves abroad plan announced
Franklin D Olier announces Legion effort to decorate overseas war graves on Memorial Day following Minneapolis convention. National Executive Committee discussed proper decoration in a Washington meeting held March 24.
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Indianapolis
Franklin D'Olier
Minneapolis
National Executive Committee
Washington
Douglas Asks Protection Of Yankee Troops
The Douglas Chamber of Commerce directors send Augent messages to the Arizona delegation in congress asking for troops to guard the border if Carranza supporters clash with Sonora state forces. Two depleted regiments here raise concerns over safety in Douglas. Ranchers move hundreds of cattle to U S grazing ground as regional tension rises near the border. Sonora customs officers turn back Mexicans without passports. border watch tightens.
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Douglas
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
Congress
Carranza
Sonora
United States
Pioneer business man George W. Stanley near death
George W. Stanley, a renowned pioneer businessman, lies critically ill at Cheyenne Private Hospital. The illness, requiring hospital care since Sunday due to diabetes, has left little hope for recovery after years of declining health.
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George W. Stanley
Cheyenne
Stanley
Ife
Co operative Go Station Planned By Cheyenne Motorists
Cheyenne plans a Liberty Motor club branch to cut gasoline and accessory costs. The cooperative aims to operate a filling station and accessory shop with members paying 10 dollars yearly. Members with cards receive a 20 percent discount on gasoline and accessories, funded by dues.
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Cheyenne
Liberty Motor Club
Laramie
Midwest to Let Pipe Stringing Contract
CASPER Wyo April 23 The MidwestRefining Company will set a contract this week for stringing material for the new oil pipe line to be laid between the refineries here and the Salt Creek field. A sufficient amount of 4 inch and 6 inch pipe for distribution to begin has been received.
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Casper
Wyo
MidwestRefining Company
Salt Creek
Cheyenne Abandons Ancient Jail for New Police Station
Cheyenne will close the 1874 West Seventeenth Street station tonight as books move out and prisoners are moved ahead of the transfer. Police will operate from both sites during the day while alarm lines are connected to the new station below the sheriff’s office in the city county jail annex.
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West Seventeenth Street
Paler AE Ee Eee
Seventeenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Cheyenne
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War Department
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American Legion
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