Clark to Seek Democratic Presidential Nomination
Champ Clark announces from Washington that he has decided to become a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Mrs. Julia Sanders of the Swastika club says the decision was conveyed to her by Clark and will be announced through a women’s organization as a gesture to women voters. Clark later states he has not authorized any announcement but would not refuse such an honor if offered.
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New York
Champ Clark
Julia Sanders
Swastika Club
Clark
Washington
Government wins in 49 of 50 pure food cases
Washington reports that government charges alleging violation of pure food laws were upheld in 49 of 50 federal court decisions. The announcement came from the Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture, noting one case did not uphold the charges.
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Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
City Budget Passed For Year 197445 In City Meeting
The city council approved the annual budget of 197445 yesterday. Mayor Taylor will sign, and it becomes effective in ten days. Total includes 833600 for street and alley, 330000 sinking fund, 48525 for pensions, and a cash item of 0 to partially pay the city county building debt.
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Taylor
Eh Street and Alley Department
Trade accords eyed by France and Germany in Paris report
Paris April 26. A report from the foreign trades bureau forecasts trade agreements between France and Germany to stabilize markets and foster cooperation in potash iron and coke industries and textiles. The study notes mutual economic dependence between the nations.
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Paris
France
Germany
Foreign Trades Bureau
Anthracite Wage Talks Progress as Strikes Are Averted
In New York on April 26 negotiators for anthracite miners and mine operators were at a standstill awaiting a reply to modified demands from soft coal workers. The miners’ general state committee had ratified submitting a modified bid for a 60 percent wage increase and a six hour day, which prevented a deadlock.
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New York
Workers’ General State Committee
Furious strike clashes erupt in Venice as police clash
In Venice a violent melee followed an attack on the police commissioner during a multi day general strike. Police opened fire on the crowd wounding about fifteen and leaving one dead as labor leaders ordered an end to the strike.
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Paris
Venice
Labor Council
Amundsen Fails To Follow Late Admiral To Pole
The Amundsen polar party aboard the steamer Maude is ice-bound at the mouth of the Kolyma river in Siberia awaiting a southward passage. Amundsen, who first reached the South Pole, seems to have abandoned efforts to reach the North Pole.
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Washington
Amundsen
Maude
Kolyma River
Siberia
Navy Department
South Pole
North Pole
Austria Determined to Keep Foodstuffs
Linz dispatch reports provincial resolve to halt exports. Councillors searched a train bound for Vienna and took from 359 passengers 900 pounds of meat 450 pounds of butter and 8000 eggs. Traders’ goods seized and private provisions confiscated were divided for Vienna and Linz hospitals.
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Linz
Austria
Workneticas
Vienna
Fugitive Wanted in Cheyenne Said to Be Unknown Here
Colorado Springs April 26 W J Shiver alias Shields alias Shaw reputedly wanted in several western cities for running a confidence game was arrested on a charge of being a felon. Authorities say he posed as a salesman selling a gasoline saving concoction and took $60 in advance from dealers. He is said to live in Dallas Texas. Sheriff’s office reports no charge against Shiver in Cheyenne and that he is unknown there.
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Cheyenne
Colorado Springs
W. J. Shiver
Shields
Shaw
West
Denver
Pueblo
Kansas City
Der
Dallas
Tex
Shiver
Gheyenne
Washington
Department of Justice
Methodist ban on amusements may be lifted
Syracuse dispatch reports Rev Dr Edmund M Mills acting secretary for the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church said the Des Moines meeting probably would revise the current ban on amusements. Memorials from country wide conferences show about one third of preachers favor removing references to dancing theatres and card playing.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Edmund M. Mills
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Moines
Mills
Indictments Returned Against Sheriff Martinson and 12 Men
New indictments by the federal grand jury in Minneapolis charge Sheriff Oscar Martinson of Hennepin county and twelve Minneapolis men with conspiracy to facilitate illegal importation transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors. Former indictments were quashed. trial set for May 3.
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Minneapolis
Oscar Martinson
Hennepin County
Senate passes rivers and harbors bill with 25 million total
The senate approved the rivers and harbors measure after amendments reducing the total to 25 million dollars. The house had proposed 42 million and the senate committee had recommended 20 million.
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Washington
Senate
House
High child costs prompt NY suit for $5000 yearly per child
New York April 26. Mrs C P Siems seeks surrogate court approval for $5000 yearly from her late husband’s estate for each of her three children in addition to her $25,000 share. A referee was appointed to review the petition. The filing states that even with strict economy each child cost $3000 last year.
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New York
Mystery at Wolff Farm Leaves Eight Dead in North Dakota
Eight bodies found on the Wolff farm near Turtle Lake North Dakota last Saturday include Jacob Wolff his wife and their five daughters plus Jake Hofer the hired boy. A double barreled shotgun footprints and bloodsoaked overalls point to a violent hatchet and gun attack. Police consider two suspicious men seen near the farm and suspect the killings occurred Thursday or Friday. Wolff estate valued at about 80000.
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Turtle Lake
N. D
Wolff Farm
Here
Jacob Wolff
Jake Hofer
Wolff
John Brekken
Milwaukee Robbers Sentenced for Sailor Plaster Heist
In New York on April 26 two Milwaukee criminals Frank Frater and John Defranza were sentenced to Sing Sing for eight to twenty years after a robbery device involved court plaster on a sailor named Frank Vic who hid his money on his leg. Vic feared banks and kept funds on his person. the thieves used a pistol and cut the sailor’s trousers to steal the concealed money.
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New York
Milwaukee
Frank Frater
John Defranza
Frank Vic
Cheyenne Loan Association Records Record High Premiums
At a Cheyenne Railway Employer Building and Loan association meeting five loans totaling 17600 dollars were sold for premiums averaging 34.5 percent, the highest in 20 years. Bids ranged from 84 to 35.75 percent as 88 shares of stock secured the loan.
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Cheyenne
Cheyenne Railway
Building & Loan Association
Canadian labor distrus ts commissions on labor issues
Ottawa April 26 Canadian labor leaders voiced deep suspicion of commissions appointed to decide major workers questions citing a history of shelving issues. Thomas Moora president of the Trades and Labor Congress declared at the conference on labor law that sessions will be wasteful unless decisions are backed by legislation.
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Ottawa
Thomas Moora
Trades and Labor Congress
Conference On Labor Law
Mystery surrounds injury of Carey in Casper
Casper April 26 mystery shrouds the cause of injury to John Carey 45 a foreman at the Standard Refining plant found Friday in the roadway north of the plant with a fractured skull. Police and detectives pursue theories, including a fall from an automobile, which was discarded early.
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Casper
Wyo
John Carey
Standard Refining
Burglaries Reported in Sheridan Wyoming Arrests Made
Sheridan Wyoming April 26 Roy Ball Harry LeRoy Earl Evans and James Troyer are under arrest charged with burglarizing Postmaster Sherman D Canfield residence and stealing seventy two bottles of assorted liquor Forty bottles recovered remaining bootlegged at 12 to 35 dollars per bottle Police say liquor valued at multiple sums recovered and arrests made in the case
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Sheridan, Wyo
Roy Ball
Harry LeRoy
Earl Evans
James Troyer
Sherman D. Canfield
Outlaw Strikers and Railways in Chicago Deadlock
Chicago April 26 The railroad strike in the Chicago terminal district neared deadlock with insurgents denying a break and railroads saying traffic conditions were improving.
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Chicag
Chicago
Chicago Terminal
South Cheyenne Forms Improvement Body at City Hall
Fourteen South Side residents met at Cheyenne city hall Saturday to form the South Side Improvement Association. Bad weather limited turnout, but organizers expect 50 to 60 more members. Charles Collenburg was elected president Oscar Stanfield vice president and John Benson secretary treasurer.
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South Side
Souths Side Improvement Association
Cheyenne
Charles Collenburg
Oscar Stanfield
John Benson
Rebels Gain, Grief in Mexico Amid Carranza Strife
Renewed rebel activity unsettles central Mexico. Cuer navaca tight under rebel control. rail line to Mexico City cut. Mexico City sends detachments to Oaxaca and Guerrero border. General Maycotte shifts to rebels. Obregon reportedly flees city. American warship appeal rises from Mazatlan. In Chihuahua a mutiny of fifty soldiers at La Cruz. Arnulfo Gomes in Tampico area joins Obregon forces.
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Washington
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Morelos
Oaxaca
Carranza
Maycotte
Guerrero
Michoacan
Alvaro Obregon
Mazate Jan
State Department
Chiuahua City
la Cruz
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Obregon
Arnulfo Gomes
Tampico
Ing
Slacker Ally Sentenced to Ten Years at McNeil Island
Dr. Frank Howenstein an opti plan convicted of conspiring to aid men to evade the selective draft surrendered to the U.S. marshal and to be sent to McNeil Island for a ten year term. Mrs Idell F Kennedy of San Francisco convicted with him and sentenced to eleven years was given a thirty day stay on grounds of alleged insanity.
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Los Angeles
Frank Howenstein
United States Marshal
McNeil’s Island
Idell
F. Kennedy
San Francisco
Sugar Refiners Press Price Rise Amid Talks
U S district attorney Mooney and four Louisiana sugar planters head to Washington to testify before a congressional committee on sugar prices. American Sugar Refining Co. announces a one cent advance for granulated sugar to 44.4 cents wholesale and 24.4 cents retail as fears of higher prices persist. Five ships with 100,000 bags of Cuban raw sugar await unloading at the docks.
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New Orleans
United States District
Mooney
Louisiana
Washington
Congressional
American Sugar Refining Company
Oil Men Wander Two Days In Wyoming Blizzard
Douglas Wyoming April 26 RE C Ungstrom and M B Greiz of the Mike Henry Oil company escaped death after a blizzard stranded them on a trip to the Osage oil field Their car failed in the night and they wandered for thirty six hours in heavy snow before a nearby farmer rescued them They were only mildly cold but suffered hunger and exhaustion
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Douglas
Wyo
RE. C. Ungstrom
M. B. Greiz
Mike Henry Oil Company
Osage
Thirty Five Cattle Smothered by Snow
The Hammond Packing Company reports thirty five head of cattle killed by a blizzard ten days earlier. The animals crowded under trees as snow piled up and drifted over them, unable to reach feeding grounds while Crow Creek overflowed. Some cattle wandered and fell from cliffs or into the creek, but the largest loss occurred among those that remained stationary.
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Hammond Packing Company
Crow Creek
Supreme Court Supports Reading Company in Coal Trust Case
The Supreme Court with a 4 to 3 vote sustained most government charges of illegal combination against the Reading company and certain railroad and coal subsidiaries and ordered their dissolution. Chief Justice White and Justices Holmes and Vandevanter dissented. Justice Mc Reynolds and Brandeis did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Reading Company
Pennsylvania
White
Assoiate
Holmes
Vandevantter
McReynolds
Brandeis
Tooth of Mammoth Is Found in New Mexico
In Albuquerque a mammoth tooth was discovered in a gravel pit near the outskirts. Professor Robert W. Ellis of the University of New Mexico notes the animal was an extinct elephas primigenius dating back about 15,000 years. The tooth base measures roughly four inches wide, eight long, and seven and a half high. the mammoth stood an estimated ten to forty four feet tall with tusks larger than those of an elephant.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Robert W. Ellis
University of New Mexico
Ellis
Congressional probe to study p aper shortage and embargo
A Senate sub committee led by Senator Reed opens an inquiry into print paper shortages with focus on supplies, distribution and prices. House Foreign Affairs members and industry reps press Colby on diplomatic steps and possible commissions to remove Canadian pulp embargoes. Senator Underwood urges retaliatory action if talks fail.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Manufacturers
Reed
Missouri
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Colby
Senat Underwood
Alabama
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