Outlaw Yardmen Leader Grunau Faces Breakup Meeting
Chicago April 21. John Grunau, leader of the outlaw Chicago Yardmen's association, released on bond after arrest on Lever Act charges, plans a new meeting to end the walkout. Mass meeting ends amid cries for Grunau. about 120 men return to work as coal and livestock movements normalize. In New York on April 24 railroad managers say unauthorized strikers lose seniority. returning men will be registered as new hires.
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Chicago
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Joliet
Grunau
New York
J. J. Mantell
Railroad General Managers' Association
Brotherhoods of Railway
B. A. McHugh
Surikers
Billy Whiskers Author Frances Montgomery Tells Family Tales
The State Leader presents Frances Trego Montgomery, grandmother and author of Billy Whiskers, sharing how she started with her children's stories on a Wisconsin farm. She now writes weekly installments for Cheyenne readers, with hundreds of thousands of young fans following the adventures of Billy Whiskers and his family.
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Billy Whiskers
Frances Trego Montgomery
Frances
Buena Vista
Iim
Defective Wheel Cited in Union Pacific Wreck Near Pine Bluffs
Five freight cars derailed two miles east of Pine Bluffs causing temporary delays to Union Pacific eastbound trains No. 19 No. 20 and No. 4. A defective wheel was identified as the cause after inspection at Pine Bluffs. A wrecking crew from Cheyenne cleared the site within hours and trains resumed normal speeds later that day.
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Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
Cheyenne
No. 4
Sidney
Clash at Butte Mine Leads to Wounded Pickets and Guards
At 4 10 pm on the Anaconda road near the Never Sweat mine in Butte Montana fourteen I W W strike pickets and one police officer were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Two I W W suspects may die while three more wounded men are sought. Police reserves were deployed as striking miners massed at Finlander hall. Prosecutor N A Rotoring opened an inquiry with no clear cause yet. The Simon rooming house was raided amid reports of gunfire but occupants deny any shooting from the building.
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N. A. Rotoring
Simon Rooming House
Cook's Mouse Prank Costs Western Union Four Thousand Five Hundred
In Kansas City Missouri on April 24 a verdict of 4500 dollars was awarded to Pearl Smith a former waitress. A cook allegedly chased her with a live mouse by the tail causing her to fall and sue Western Union Telegraph Company. The mouse escaped.
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Kansas City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pearl Smith
Ferguson Announces Candidacy for U.S. President
Temple Texas, April 24. James E. Ferguson, former Texas governor, declared his bid for the presidency on the American party platform. The party was formed at Fort Worth last August by a Texas Democratic faction.
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Temple
Tex
James BE. Ferguson
Texas
United States
American Party
Fort Worth
Texas Democratic Party
Bergman Pleads Not Guilty in Assault on Father
Raymona Bergman appeared in district court and pled not guilty to assault charges. The case is set for Friday morning with a jury trial. The alleged incident involved pepper in the eyes and a beating after she demanded money to fix up the Bergman home.
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Raymona Bergman
Mise Bergman
Sam Bergman
Bergman
Miss Bergman
Johnson Leads Republican presidential race in early returns
At Omaha on April 24 Senator Hiram Johnson maintained a lead over General Leonard Wood as results from about one third of precincts poured in. Bryan neared a place among four delegates at large while Hitchcock neared the Democratic presidential endorsement with a strong lead over Robert Rose.
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Omaha
Hiram Johnson
William Jennings Bryan
San Francisco
Johnson
Leonard Wood
John J. Pershing
Lincoln Statesman
Stephens
Moorehead
McKelvie
Hitchcock
Robert Rose
Palmer Still Leads Watson In Georgia Primary Returns
Unofficial complete returns from 453 Georgia counties show Attorney General Palmer with 140 votes, Thomas E. Watson 1382, and Senator Hoke Smith 110 in the state Democratic convention. Four scattered votes from counties without primaries will go to the leading county unit candidate.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Palmer
Thomas E. Watson
Hoke Smith
Michigan Delegates Chosen For Republican Nation Convention
Four of Michigan's thirty delegates to the national Republican convention at Chicago were named today. They will represent the first and thirteenth districts, both in Wayne county. The Wayne county Republicans met to name delegates and adopted resolutions instructing them to vote for Hiram Johnson until he is nominated or releases them.
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Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Wayne County
Hiram Johnson
Two men held in Cheyenne jail on theft charges
William Arvin and Arthur Clark, both identified as negroes, were arrested by Cheyenne police yesterday. They are to be returned to Laramie to face trial for stealing clothing from two Laramie residents. The thefts occurred Wednesday and victims followed the suspects to Cheyenne aboard the next train. The report notes the case was reported Tuesday night but arrests came only yesterday afternoon on the Cheyenne streets.
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William Arvin
Arthur Clark
Laramie
Uaramie
Cheyenne
Wyoming Coal Miners and Operators Confer Over New Contract
Mine operators and United Mine Workers District 22 officials meet in Cheyenne to set a two year contract basis. They aim to adapt machine mining tonnage increases from the president's commission to Wyoming conditions with a general conference planned for May to ratify the agreement.
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United Mine Workers of America
District 22
Cheyenne
James Morgan
Wyoming
Martin Cahill
Mr. Morgan
George Bateman
Tax dodgers challenged as patriotic drive nets millions
Washington reports a six month push to collect delinquent income and luxury taxes, ending February 4, with $19,054,000 recovered. Despite a wartime appeal for patriotic duty, more than 800,000 firms and individuals failed to file honest returns under the revenue laws in the last two years, according to the internal revenue bureau.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Williams
Rebellion Gains Strength Across Mexican States
Reports from Washington describe a growing revolutionary movement led by Sonora with Hidalgo and Taxcalá joining secession, aided by state legislatures and troops. Zacatecas and Michoacán governors reportedly sympathize, while General Tull, ally of General Obregon, is wounded after a rebel battle at Contress.
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Washington
Mexico
Sonora
Hidalgo
Taxacala
Enrique Estrada
Zacatecas
Michoacan
Benjamin Tull
General Obregon
Contress
General Hill
D A R Elects Mrs Minor to Be President
Washington April 21 Mrs George Maynard Minor of Waterford Connecticut was nominated without opposition as president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the twenty ninth continental congress in session here. The retiring president general Mrs George Thatcher Guernsey of Kansas received a standing affirmation from all delegates. Twelve women were nominated for seven vice presidents general and other officers will be elected tomorrow.
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Washington
George Maynard Minor
Waterford
Con
Daughters of the American Revolution
Twenty Ninth Continental Congress
George Thatcher Guernsey
Kansas
Good Roads Association To Meet In Cheyenne And Other Towns
The Wyoming Good Roads Association will hold district meetings in Cheyenne on Tuesday April 27 and in Neck Springs Casper Basin and Sheridan on subsequent dates. Cheyenne will include counties Laramie Platte Goshen Albany and Carbon. Delegates from Laramie and Rawlins will travel to Cheyenne for information on road programs. Meetings aim to plan a working, service oriented state road effort with broader county representation. Cheyenne meeting likely at the Plains Hotel.
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Wyoming Good Roads Association
Cheyenne
Neck Springs
Casper
Basin
Sheridan
Laramie
Platte
Goshen
Albany
Carbon
Rawlins
Plains Hotel
Storms death toll rising across Alabama region
Relief expeditions moved into Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee areas hit by yesterday's tornado that killed 150 people and injured thousands. Property losses were estimated around 2 million dollars as damage assessments continued.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Milk Gougers Sustained by Court Decree
Detroit April 24 United States District Judge A J Tuttle ruled section 4 of the Lever act unconstitutional and likely will be appealed. The ruling granted an injunction to Detroit milk dealers restraining the federal fair price committee from fixing prices after the committee ordered a 2 cent milk price cut.
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Detroit
United States District
A. J. Tuttle
Federal Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
United States
Kinnane
Ex-Service Men Would Border Generations Unborn
Senator O'Thomas of Colorado warned during debate on a Civil War pension bill that future generations may face a $25 billion burden for World War veterans and dependents. He said veterans from the Civil War era sought a $50 monthly increase, while opponents argued the bonus would strain the treasury and dampen public spirit.
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Washington
O'Thomas
Colorado
Thomas
Germany
Treasury
Unopposed General in Culiacan Receives Status Portents
In Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona delegates of both chambers meet to bridge a dispute over the Southern Pacific of Mexico railroad. The line is operated by strikers under state control after the government seized it and granted demands. Chambers seek redelivery to owners.
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Nogales
Sonora
Angel Plores
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Garranza
Ariz
Arizona
Chambers of Commerce
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Red
Resolutions Demand Laws Against Lockouts in Utilities
Closing session of the Mississippi Valley Association adopts resolutions urging Congress to enact laws prohibiting lockouts and strikes in all public utilities and essential industries. April 21 in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Congress
The
Mississippi Valley Association
Veteran Drier Of Wyoming Stage Perished In Storm
Glenn Bybee a 70 year old pioneer stage driver from Wyoming died in a blizzard near South Pass after tying his team and moving toward shelter. He was found frozen to death Tuesday by a searching party near shelter with the horses guarding his body.
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Lander
Wyo
Glenn Bybee
Wyoming
Sybee
Bybee
South Pass
Thesane
Hien
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Cook
Ferguson
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Watson
Mich Gan
Tlaxacala
Hidalgo, Michoacan
Carranza
Mexico City
D.A.R
Good Roads Association
Anglo-Mexican Council
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