U.S. Pressures Huerta Over Flag Salute Amid Navy Move
Washington reports General Huerta presented the American demand for a salute to the flag to the Mexican senate with no clear reply. The United States warned of consequences and ordered a Pacific and Atlantic naval show of force, aiming to seal off Tampico and Vera Cruz if Huerta defies the salute. The Pacific fleet heads toward Mexican ports as Washington seeks authorization for possible action.
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Galveston
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Tex
Justice Wright Proposed for Impeachment
Associate Justice Wright of the District of Columbia Supreme Court faces impeachment charges raised in the House by Representative Park of Georgia. A Ohio native from Riverside Hamilton County, Wright has served eleven years on the bench amid criticism of his court’s proceedings. The judiciary committee weighs a report on Park’s resolution for investigation and possible indictment of the original accuser.
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Buckeye
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House of Representatives
Representative Park
Georgia
Riverside
Hamilton County
Ohio
District of Columbia Judgship
Judiciary Committee
Unique Viands At Banquet Of 200 Democrats
Two hundred guests attended the Converse County Democratic club’s first annual banquet at La Bonte hotel Douglas Wyoming with delegations from Cheyenne Lusk Sheridan and Casper. The menu featured playful dishes and toastmaster C H McWhinnie led talks on Democracy trumphant One Year of Democratic Rule Progressive Democracy and other topics by D A Preston John D Clark Frank L Houx George H Cross John B Kendrick S G Hopkins with plans for water for Federal Buildings and needed legislation.
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Douglas
Wic
la Bonte
Converse County
Democratic Club
Cheyenne
Lusk
Sheridan
Casper
C. H. McWhinnie
D. A. Preston
John D. Clark
Secretaary
Frank L. Houx
George H. Cross
Wyoming
John B. Kendrick
G. Hopkins
Western States AGs Organization Against Federal Irrigation Rules
Seventeen western states form two allied groups the attorneys general and state engineers to study legal matters on water rights reclamation and public lands. They plan a Boise Idaho meeting in August and aim to safeguard state sovereignty amid federal irrigation laws. The list of participating states includes Arizona Colorado California Wyoming Idaho Montana Washington Oregon Nevada Utah New Mexico Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska North and South Dakota and Texas.
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Boise
Idaho
Fred Farrar
Farrar
George B. Thatcher
Nevada
Rocky Mountain
United States Reclamation Service
Parear
Caim
John B. Field
W. M. Carney
Carson City
Nev
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Austin
Texas
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Citizens Rally to Fund State Lands Sale Prep
Cheyenne volunteers rushed $6000 in two hours as three committees of three members each gathered subscriptions from $6 to $60 to finance advertising for the June 17 land sale. The Industrial and Greater Cheyenne Clubs’ land committee expects $2500 soon and will continue daily fundraising to invite buyers and investors to Cheyenne.
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Watts
Land Committee
Cheyenne
Farrel of Federal Valuation Commission Noted Vermont Democrat
Patrick J. Farrel, counsel for the Federal Valuation Commission, is described as a veteran transportation lawyer with longtime ties to Vermont politics and the Interstate Commerce Commission. His work focuses on corporate valuations running into billions, reflecting a major government task.
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Federal Valuation Commission
Farrel
Prouty
Commission
Vermont
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake
Memphremagog
Railway Mer Talks Strike On the Roads
Leaders of the railway department convention of the American Federation of Labor in Kansas City discuss a general strike affecting 55 railroads. Delegates favor cautious action and oppose a broad campaign, citing politics. A resolution by H J Malloy seeks an immediate public hearing on the Illinois Central and Harriman lines dispute.
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Railway Department of the American Mederation of Labor
Illinois Central
Harriman
H. J. Malloy
Chicago Machinists
Lacla Central
Railway Department
Industrial Relations Commission
Trials Central
Harriman Lines
Carpentier Dentes Deny Match With Gunboat Smith
Paris April 15 The manager of Georges Carpentier denies plans for a bout with Gunboat Smith. Decampe says no serious offer has been received.
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Paris
Georges Carpentier
Carpentier
Smith
Decampe
Wilson nominates Cheyenne man as Wyoming district attorney
President Wilson named Charles L. Rigdon of Cheyenne to be United States district attorney for the district of Wyoming in a April 15 announcement.
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Washington
Wilson
Chas. L. Rigdon
Cheyene
United States
District of Wyoming
Wyoming Weather Forecast Indicates Showers and Cooler North
Weather forecast from Washington notes Wyoming may see showers and cooler conditions in the north and west on Thursday with generally fair conditions on Friday.
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Washington
Wyoming
Regulated Competition Only Solution of Trust Question
Samuel Untermyer of New York urged replacing unrestricted competition with regulated competition at the Second National Conference on Marketing and Farm Credits in Chicago. He backed national legislation banning trust marketing arrangements and called for stricter enforcement with the Industrial Trade Commission, noting exemptions favoring farmers and inconsistencies in enforcement.
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Samuel Untermyer
Chicago
New York
Western Economics Society
Congress
Variorum
Industrial Trade Commission
Untermyer
Senators Told by Home Folks Vote Repeal
Washington reports partial results of Senator Gore Oklahoma's poll of 1094 Baltimore convention delegates on repeal of the Panama Canal Act exemption. Of 418 replies, 238 favor repeal, 69 oppose, 11 neutral, leaving 76 undecided. With 53 senators pledged, repeal holds a ten vote majority when all 96 seated.
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Washington
Wilson
Gore
Oklahoma
Baltimore
Tillman and Smith
South Carolina
Pitman
Nevada
Thompson
Kansas
McLean
Connecticut
Sterling
South Dakota
Witnesses say Karl Dresner confesses to perjury
Karl Dresner, one of the eleventh hour witnesses in the Herman Rosenthal gunmen case, confessed to lying on the stand in a signed statement to District Attorney Whitman. He admitted many falsehoods told during the final bid for a new trial.
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New York
Karl Dresner
Supreme Court
Herman Flosenthal
Hiselp
Whitman
Dreasner
Sir Lionel Carden Named British Minister to Brazil
London April 15. The appointment of Sir Lionel Carden as British minister to Brazil was announced today. He will proceed to Rio de Janeiro from Mexico City, where he is now en route.
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London
Lionel Carden
Brazil
Lionel
Rio de Janiero
Mexico City
Traveling Republics Ghostly Quest for California Gold
Kansas City April 14 1848 marked the departure of the Tennessee California Traveling Republic a planned wholly governed group to reach California with executive judiciary legislative and military branches Captain Jonah B Watkins led about 75 volunteers each pledging 1000 to a treasury and agreeing to abide by majority rule until California disbandment a full provisional government formed in Memphis with officers judges and a citizen army all aimed at safe passage to the Eldorado.
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American Plains
Tennessee-Callifornia
Memphis
Bacramento
California
Eldorado
Jonah 8. Watkins
Watkins
South
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Lec Hon
Watking
Court of Appeals
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