Rebels Ready to Attack Mexico City Cordillo Trial
The Cordillo murder trial jury was seated on the first day with opening statements by both sides. Testimony from I N Jennings and Coroner FE W Johnson highlighted the proceedings as veniremen faced intense questioning. The jurors include J A Parnell a Cheyenne painter and several Cheyenne residents among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
John Cordillo
Mike Delaney
I. N. Jennings
FE. W. Johnson
Laramie
Miners Schedule May Convention Over Coal Award Dispute
District 22 officials of the United Mine Workers call a May 6 convention in Cheyenne to resolve interpretation issues of President Wilson's coal commission award affecting the eastern bituminous field strike. Northern Wyoming operators may abstain from negotiations, with the outcome expected to avoid serious friction.
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Wycee
Wilson
Coal Commission
District 22
United Mine Workers of America
Cheyenne
Wyoming
President
Anthracite miners reject operators wage offer
The general scale committee of the anthracite mine workers rejected the operators counter-offer at a New York meeting. Operators reportedly proposed about a 15 percent wage increase but refused the closed shop and universal eight-hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cost of Living Drives Convict Back to Prison
Robert Needham, 26, escaped from the Juliet prison by climbing the wall from outside and sneaking back in. Paroled April 2 after a Whiteside county burglary sentence, he cited the high cost of living as his reason for returning to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet
Ill
Robert
Needham
Whiteside County
Labor Convention Set in Cheyenne May 24
Representatives of unionized crafts from all portions of Wyoming will gather in Cheyenne May 24 for the annual convention of the Wyoming State Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyoming State Federation of Labor
Cheyenne merchants reject open shop terms with union clerks
At a Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce meeting, merchants formed a committee to meet with the Retail Clerks International Protective Association. They declined to sign an agreement that would make all Cheyenne retail stores strictly unionized. The merchants stated they oppose obligatory union membership for clerks but are not against organized labor in general. They cited protection for nonmembers as the reason for their stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Clerks’ International Protective Association
Clerks’ Union
Theselerks
Businessmen’s Committee
Clerks’ Committee
Organized Labor
Wyoming Woman Nominated as Alternate GOP Delegate
Mrs. Leona Wells of Cheyenne, secretary to Senator Francis Warren, is noted as an alternate delegate candidate for the Republican National Convention in Chicago. The piece questions why a Wyoming woman is not named as a full delegate and discusses gender representation at the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Wells
Cheyenne
Francis Warren
Chicago
Wyoming
Revolt May Upset Plan In G O P In Washington
Washington April 27 The fight over funding soldier relief legislation sparked an all day House debate with Republicans clashing with Democrats and insurgent Republicans. Johnson of South Dakota said seventy five insurgents favor a retroactive war profits tax over a sales tax, threatening the plan to pass the bill Monday. Garner of Texas stated the Republican caucus would whip the insurgents into line. Johnson and Rainey introduced a war profits tax bill proposing an eighty percent levy on the net income increase during the last four years versus the pre war period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Johnson
South Dakota
Garner
Texas
Henry Rainey
Illinois
Stranger Robbery Near Former Police Station
Edward Anterton, a new city arrival, was held up late last night by an unmasked bandit on West Seventeenth street near the old police station. The thief took $37 in cash and an expensive gold watch after drawing a gun and fleeing. Police and the sheriff's office lodged descriptions and continued the search into the early morning hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Anterton
West Seventeenth Street
Anterton
Mixed results in Republican primary fight
Returns from 2,475 precincts show W. G. Harding ahead with 51,897 votes and General Leonard Wood 47,817. Johnson and Hoover trail with 4,720 and 4,546 each after 1,528 precincts reported. Massachusetts results indicate Lodge Gillette Crane Thurston atop unpledged delegates. Walsh leads Democrats with O Connell far behind. Early returns suggest fifteen unpledged Republican delegates elected.
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Columbus
W. G. Harding
General Leonard Wood
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Massachusetts
Boston
Lodge
Gillette
House
Crane
Edward A. Thurston
Republican State Committee
Walsh
O'Connell
Idaho Delegates Debate Uninstructed Convention Choice
Idaho Republicans prepare for their state convention with sentiment favoring an uninstructed delegation to the national convention in Chicago. The gathering aims to name eight delegates, while the state party remains neutral on instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Corur D'Alenh
Chicago
Cong District Chooses Lowden Delegate At Wynne
Republicans in Arkansas first district elected a delegate to the national convention at Wynne who was instructed for Governor Frank C. Lowden of Illinois. The action occurred on April 27 with Wynne hosting the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Wynne
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Johnson and Wood Neck In New Jersey Primary
Returns from about one third of New Jersey districts show Senator Hiram W. Johnson trailing Major General Leonard Wood by a small margin, with Johnson 24,463 and Wood 25,320 after 1,215 of 2,005 districts reported.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Leonard Wood
Johnson
Wood
Republicans Elect Delegates and Electors in Washington
The Washington state Republican convention elected four delegates to the national convention and named seven presidential electors. A platform was adopted and the delegation was instructed by resolution to loyally use every means to secure Senator Miles Poindexter’s presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poindexter
Bellingham
Wash
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Four East Clubhouse Officials Indicted for Profiteering
In Chattanooga Tennessee on April 27, Gus Tombras Pete Tombras and Pete Meininger were indicted by a federal grand jury for profiteering in club sandwiches sold at 50 cents each, exceeding a 30 cent profit. M Thompson charged with selling milk at 45 cents a glass, a 14 cent profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gus
Pete Tombras
Pete Meininger
C. Thompson
Minnesota Woman Chosen as Democratic Convention Delegate
Mrs. Peter Oleson, a Minnesota woman, selected as one of the Democratic at large delegates to the national convention in San Francisco this July. She was the sole woman speaker at the recent Democratic Jackson Day dinner in Washington. She described the campaign as a crusade for progressive American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Oleson
Minnesota
San Francisco
Oleson
Washington, D. C
Tinhorns on Strike for Higher Wages in Agua Prieta
American gambling hall dealers in Agua Prieta Sonora went on strike seeking higher pay and planned a sympathetic strike among players. They reported keeping American patrons away from games, including visitors from Douglas Arizona. General Calles ordered liquor sales halted in towns with troops and warned of the death penalty for violations of the prohibition order then in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Douglas
Arizona
General Calles
Cheyenne Bank Deposits Highlight Industrial Campaign
The city manages banking business comparable to a city six times larger with about 21 million dollars on deposit in six local banks. The State Leader opens an Industrial Campaign this week to publicize Cheyenne’s resources and regional opportunities and urges extra copies for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Committee opens probe into Cheyenne price differences
The Fair Price committee in Cheyenne begins groundwork for a price probe over why sugar costs 9.00 per hundredweight at Fort Russell versus 19.00 in the city. State Fair Price Commissioner Harry C. Hoffman led the first meeting with E. J. Kelley Miles Shepherd Mrs. A L Putnam and Ralph Robertson as local representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Harry C. Hoffman
Fair Price Committee
E. J. Kelley
Miles Shepherd
A. L. Putnam
Ralph Robertson
Priads A
Mniillitary Service
Hoffman
Rock Springs
Gasper
Sheridan
Civil War Not Over in Virginia Sparks Faculty Resignations
In Richmond on April 27, Chatham Episcopal Institute’s faculty resigned after the president cancelled a Harriet Beecher Stowe lecture, deeming praise of Mrs Stowe inappropriate for southern girls. Willis and other faculty members, some women graduates of northern colleges, voted to quit effective Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Chatham Episcopal Institute
C. O. Pruden
Railroad Managers Announce Chicago Switchmen Increase
Chicago railroad traffic conditions improved as the Railroad Managers' association reports 234 more switchmen on duty, bringing Chicago totals to 2,214. Of these, 4,486 were on strike, 359 are new hires, and 709 were brought from other points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railroad Miinagiers’ Association
Peace Resolution To Be Reconsidered By Senate Panel
Washington April 27 The joint republican peace resolution will be debated again tomorrow by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania is drafting a substitute to modify the House measure in many respects while also proposing an end to the state of war with Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Knox
Pennsylvania
House
Austria
Brinkley Proposes Goat Gland Therapy for Wilson
Dr. Brinkley, chief surgeon at Brinkley Jones hospital in Milford Kansas, claims transfer of goat interstitial glands could restore President Wilson to health within thirty six hours. He is noted for successful operations on nervous and paralytic patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinkley
Brinkley~Jones
Milford
Kansas
Wilson
Detectives Inspect Steamship Columbia for De Valera
In Moville detectives boarded the Anchor line steamer Columbia on arrival and searched passengers for Prof. Eamonn De Valera president of the Irish republic. A similar scan occurred at Londonderry as authorities pursue leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Columbia
Moville
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Londonderry
De public leaves Chicago at 14 30 bound for Atlanta
A brief transit notice reports Keamon De public departing Chicago at 2 30 PM Monday for Atlanta Georgia. The flight or train details are not specified but the move indicates a routine intercity trip.
Liverpool Threat as Sinn Fein Prisoners Spark Irish Strike
The lord mayor met a deputation of Irish societies warning that Sinn Fein prisoners must be released from Wormwood Scrubbs within 48 hours or Liverpool port and its industries will be halted by a strike of about 117 000 Irish workers. Similar actions spread to other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Sinn Fein
Wormwood Scrubbs
Carry Fight 10 Carranza Prepares for Mexico Crisis
Reports from El Paso and Agua Prieta detail rebel movements in Guerrero and Sonora. General Calles and Obregon direct actions as Carranza forces face revolts. rail links to Mexico City may fall within two weeks.
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Agua Prie
Sonora
Guerrero
Mexico
Calles
Liberal Constitutionalist
Sinaloa
Angel Flores
Mazatlan
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Il Paso
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
United States
Felipe del Arco
del Arco
Garranza
Troops Rush South After Chihuahua City Revolt
Juarez Mexico April 27 federal soldiers from the Juarez garrison were sent south after reports that troops in Chihuahua City had revolted. Communications were cut by telegraph near Moctezuma, leaving only scant details of the developing situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Juarez
Carranza
Chihuahua
Mex
Chihuahua City
Juarex
Moctuzema
Cheyenne Considers Daylight Saving Ordinance via Petition
Cheyenne merchants plan a citywide petition to urge daylight saving legislation. A Chamber of Commerce meeting formed a committee to gather signatures and push an ordinance similar to those in other towns, aiming for May 4 effectiveness if approved by two readings and mayoral signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Gheyenne
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Cordillo
J. A. Parnell
Union Pacific
James Monnier
Missouri
Robert Brady
C. T. Farthing
Iron Mountain
Ellery Snyder
Henry Lisyd
Otto M. Fisher
Masonic Temple
Ralph E. Judy
Chugwater
Ila
Southern
G.O.P
Harding
Ohio
Lowden
Peter Olesen
Old Mexico
Virginia
Boat
John R. Brinkley
de la Vera
Georgia
Cimigago
Keamon de Valera
Atlanta
Grant
Villa Ahmada
Montezuma
Chihuahua Gily
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