Douglas Chamber Protests Use of State by Carranza Troops
The Douglas Chamber of Commerce urged Arizona delegates and state leaders to block Mexican federal troops moving through U S territory as requested by President Carranza. They also asked Postmaster General Burleson to rescind a mail routing order steering U S mail via Juarez into Sonora, arguing it would disrupt business and delay communications.
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Douglas, Ariz
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
Congress
New Mexico
Texas
United States Territory
Carranza
Wadeont Tea
Smauuseul Luiubl UA
SVGS
Gpry
Burleson
United States
Sonora
Mexico
Juarez
Chihuahua
Chamber of Commerce
Central Teams Sweep Cage Tourney Crowns
Central captured both grade school basketball banners last night defeating Converse boys 15 to 6 and Converse girls 146 to 12. Johnson beat Gorlett 11 to 7 percent. Jotimson won a basketball prize as the AH City team selections list Young Converse center Doody and Eakin Genteal guards Virsig Churchill Stromberg Genteal forwards Lane Converse Morgan Churchill as subs.
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Central
Converse
Johnson
Gorlett
Southenders
Jotimson
Theigh School
Young
Doody
Eakin
Genteal
Virsig
Churehill
Stromberg
Lane
Morgan
Churchill
Robertson recounts multiple ranch robberies in Granite Canyon area
Albert Robertson, jailed in Cheyenne after a Laramie arrest for stealing a horse and gear from Tom Gunston, admitted additional robberies at Schuneman and Weichter cabins on the Sybille. He claimed rifles, a pistol, spurs, ammunition, and cash were taken, though he denied taking money from the Gunston place. He gave a detailed sequence of events before his final statements.
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Albert Robertson
Laramie
Tom Gunston
Granite Canyon
Cheyenne
Gunston Place
Edgear Schuneman
Schuneman
Henry Weichter
Schnuneman Place
Sybille
Robertson
Fireman Resigns to Head City Water Plant
Hodser Talbot resigns from the city fire department to become caretaker of the city water plant at Roundtop. He plans to move his family to the reservoir location May first and work there alone until then. To fill the vacancy, firemen trained as drivers for parade trucks, with Dutch Bell remaining the premier driver of the La France outfit.
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Hodser Talbot
Roundtop
Talbot
Dutch Bell
Frelinghuysen proposes seven and eight cent coins
Washington, April 16. Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey introduced a bill for coinage of seven and eight cent coins. The measure was referred to the banking committee.
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Washington
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Banking Committee
Remains Sent to Nebraska for Interment
Mrs. Kent Lacurran mother of Mrs. George Waberkorn who lives 20 miles north of Burns died at her Burns home yesterday. The remains will be sent from the W W Dumm mortuary this morning to Ulysses Nebraska for interment.
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Kent Lacurran
George Waberkorn
Burns
W. W. Dumm
Ulysses, Neb
Edwards Holds Court Of Domestic Relations
In Judge Edwards court Leonadis Folson, an Indian, faced a preliminary hearing on an assault charge after Mrs. Oscar Olson sought his arrest to avert trouble with her husband. Olson, a Cheyenne Electric Street Railway motorman, testified of disruptions with Folson over his wife, while Folson and Olson described a tangled history of alleged affairs and a trip to Oklahoma.
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Cheyenne Electric Street Railway Company
Olson
Cheyenne
Folson
Trial transcript notes tense testimony and release
A courtroom scene records a witness saying he told the defendant to stay away twice with assurances of calm for a few days. The lawyer questions whether the man returned, and about a ticket to Oklahoma. Judge Edwards halted testimony as impermissible. Both sides rested. the case to continue at 10 am with Olson released on bond for today’s appearance.
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Folson
Oklahoma
Olson
Funeral for George W. Stanley Set for Sunday
Funeral services for George W. Stanley will be held at the Masonite Temple at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon under Knights Templar direction. Wall bearers will be chosen from the order. Aleck Touponse, who traveled west with Mr. Stanley in 1862, has come to Cheyenne for the funeral. Stanley first lived in Bannock Montana before moving to Cheyenne fourteen years later.
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George W. Stanley
Masonite
Knights Templar
Knights of the Order
Aleck Touponse
Plains
Stanley
Cheyenne
Mr. Stanley
Bannock
Mont
French traitress sentenced to death in Marseille court martial
Louise Bolinte aged 19 accused of denouncing a French soldier neighbor Michel Amedee to the Germans was condemned to death by a Marseille court martial on April 16.
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Marseilles
Louise Bolinte
Michel Amedee
Commissioners report unspent funds from source available for refund
Twenty three checks were returned yesterday by the commissioners. They represented $1,550. None of the funds received from this source have been touched as yet, and all the money is available to be refunded and will be refunded, the commissioners declare, unless the people assessed adopt a different attitude toward the measure.
Railroad unions face crackdown as walkouts widen
John Grunan and five others were released on their own recognizance from federal custody in Chicago. They promised to report for a preliminary hearing on April 24 amid a broader strike that began with 700 switchmen of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul and rippled to railroad centers nationwide.
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Lodge 456
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
John Grunau
Outlaw Yardmen’s Association
Collapse Nearer Ends Rail Strike In New York
New York officials say the outlaw railroad strike entering its second week shows signs of near collapse as passenger and freight service improves on all lines into New York City.
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New York
Fraud charge filed against L H Collenburg in county jail
L H Collenburg is jailed on a fraudulent check charge after police arrested him yesterday. He allegedly passed a $10 check to Geyser Laundry and a $25 check to Burroughs Adding Machine Co. for an adding machine. An investigation traced the machine to Princess candy store, tied to cigarettes on credit, with the sheriff and L H Funderberg involved. Collenburg, manager of Cheyenne salvage, previously faced a similar trouble and was released when the earlier check was honored.
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L. H. Collenburg
Collenburg
Smalley
Gollenburg
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
L. H. Funderberg
Princess Candy
Sheriff's Office
Funderberg
Geyser Laundry
Cheyenn S Salvage Company
Milk Gow to Milk Cow Decision Ends Etymology Rift
The USDA declares the term milch should be replaced by milk in official use. Etymologists argued milch resembled German, while mil k advocates cited English usage and patriotism. The ruling ends a long dispute among linguists and dairymen communities.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
New Zealand Party Tour Sparks Samoa Debate on Rule
Report on arrival of the New Zealand parliamentary group notes white settlers and locals opposing New Zealand mandate in Samoa. Calls for London direct control prevail, while representation on the island’s legislative council is granted amid League of Nations scrutiny.
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New Zealand
South Seas
Legislative Council
Apia
Western Samoa
League of Nations
London
Islanders Seek Relaxed Alcohol Import Rules Denied
PAGO PAGO March 23. The plea of white residents of the Cook Islands for removal of liquor import limits was denied by Sir James Allen, head of the administration, as reported in American Samoa. The decision upheld existing regulatory controls on alcoholic beverages.
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Cook Islands
Sir James Allen
Obregon Rivalry in Sonora Revolt Against Garranza
General Alvaro Obregon a leading presidential candidate in Mexico's May elections is linked to Sonora where revolt against Garranza is growing. Governor de la Huerta, lately supreme chief of the Yaqui Indians, supports Obregon. Carranza fears military rule as troops are readied for Sonora.
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Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Mexico
Nogales
Sonora
Garranza
de la Huerta
Obregon
United States
Huerta
Madero
Healer Tsath Under Scrutiny As Leprosy Cases Rise
In New Orleans on April 16 two men afflicted with leprosy were found by city health officers in crowds awaiting treatment at the hands of the faith healer Brother Tsath. They awaited transfer to the lepers home at Indian River, Louisiana. Prosecutions will follow for transporting more afflicted persons into the city. Tents and shacks near the healer’s headquarters were ordered torn down or burned.
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New Orleans
Tsath
Indian River
Gambling Curtailed at Chicago Ball Park
Chicago officials of the National League club move to curb gambling on baseball by withholding the visiting pitcher’s name until just before game time. Manager Fred Mitchell vows action against bettors and pool rooms, citing hotel staffers paid to reveal pitcher choices and promising investigations if signals of wagering arise.
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Chicago
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Fred Mitchell
Mitchell
Boston
Mr. Mitchell
William Weck
Ball Park
Londoner Cooks Plum Pudding Beneath Thames
A Londoner won a bet by cooking a plum pudding ten feet under the Thames. He sealed the pudding in a tin and placed it in a lime sack. The lime’s heat, released when wet, cooked the pud ding in about two hours.
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Thames
Fernley Sets High Automobile Record in Nevada Town
Fernley Nevada reports a record sixty three automobiles among its sixty families as a remarkable local achievement. Residents tout the figure as unequaled by western towns, amid a note to take advantage of a discount shoe sale by Connelly and Tupper.
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Fernley
Nevada
Connelly & Tupper
South Side Protest Meeting Over City Sewers Plan
South Side property owners urged to attend a city meeting in the police court room of the City-County building on Saturday night April 17 at 8 p m to protest a proposed 300000 sewer project seen as discriminatory against the working class.
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Garranza Triops
City Water Service
Nebraska
Edwards
Oscar Olson
Leonardas Folson
Justice OF Peace
Polson
Folsun
C. BE
Tie
George Stanley
LH. Collenburg
Wreak Company
Samoa and
Cosk Islands
Garrara
Gen
Lepeho
National League
South Side
Wyright
Hirsh, Wickwire CO
Hirsh
Carey
George W. Daiberge
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