Denver Lawyer and Wife Face Divorce Over Cult Claims
Denver lawyer Thomas H. Gibeon and his wife Dorothea M. testified in district court that a cult to which he belonged dictated they must marry within the group. Mrs. Gibson described cruelty and an unheated Laramie home with a disappearing bed, while Gibeon denied the charges and pressed counterclaims of cruelty and extravagance.
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Denver
Thomas H. Gibeon
Dorothea M
Mra. Gibson
Denison
Misibson
Gibeon
Gibson
Mra. Giteon
Wounded Highwayman Round At Minneapolis
Thomas Inna, a former church janitor, was wounded and fled Minneapolis after a holdup in which Laula Lichtenstein was killed and Noel Noel was wounded. Police say Inna, charged with Lichtenstein’s murder, was in a garage robbery where jewels worth 25000 were taken. Inna later reappeared at home badly wounded and then disappeared after treatment.
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Chicago
Thomas Inna
Laula Lichtenseling
Minneapolis
Lichtenstein
Simil Noel
Innan
Noel
Inna
Gauss Promises Cure With Combined Treatment For Catarrh
A long advertisement touts Dr B Gau ss of Marshall Michigan offering Gruss Combined Treatment for catarrh. It claims the medicine removes the disease cause and cures where oil fails, inviting readers to mail for a free package and a coupon.
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Gaues
B. Gauss
Main St
Marehall
Mich
Gause
Maio St
Coyote bounty exhausted leaving hunters unpaid
The coyote bounty fund of 660 000 appropriated to encourage coyote killing has been exhausted. County Clerk Harry Topper informed State Auditor Forsyth that claims totaling about 126 have been filed by Laramie county hunters. Key losers include J. W. Ryder with nineteen coyotes and Earl Flaherty with seventeen, along with several others from Horse Creek and surrounding areas.
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Harry Topper
Forsyth
Laramie
J. W. Ryder
Earl Flaherty
Underwood
Akin
Charles F. Smith
Horse Creek
L. M. Dereemer
W. S. Dereemer
Harold Dereemer
Henry Smith
Divide
Henry Dayton
Carpenter
J. J. Meliquhan
Waundta
D. T. Allaback
Campstool
Henry Thomas
Pine Bluffa
Embargo Proposed on Exports of Paper Boots and Shoes
Representative Campbell of Kansas introduced bills prohibiting export of print paper for two years and boots shoes and leather for one year. Penalties include confiscation of vessels fines from 1000 to 10000 and up to ten years imprisonment for violations.
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Washington, D. C
Campbell
Kansas
Baker and Scott Consider Border Trip to Inspect Troops
Secretary Baker and Major General Scott weigh a possible visit to the Mexican border to review troops and discuss future military plans with Generals Funston and Pershing. No definite schedule has been set and timing remains uncertain.
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Washington
Haker
Scott
Funston
Pershing
Baker
Villa abandons Parral report safe foreigners in Parral
Believed Carranza forces hold Parral Chihuahua as of December 6. Foreign mining interests report Americans and other foreigners in Parral unharmed with no confirmed deaths. One German subject Theodore Hoemaler reportedly missing with family. others escaped. A pursuit of four Americans by Villa bandits extended over fifty miles before ending.
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Bel Paso
Tex
Parral
Chihuahua
Carranza
Villa
Magietral
Theodore Hoemaler
Ville
Ullacan
Sinaloa
Mining Company
Hoemuller
Bangor & Aroostook to give 4 percent bonus to low earners
The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad announces a four percent bonus on wages earned in the last six months for all employees making less than $2000 a year. President Percy R. Todd disclosed the decision today in Bangor Maine.
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Bangor, Me. Dee
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Percy R. Todd
Tell it to Tamulty: West politicians woo President’s secretary
A new photograph shows Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, at work with Democratic supporters from the western states. The piece notes his deft handling of office seekers and politicians who helped carry most of the West for the party. The portrait captures him amid diplomacy and influence in the administration’s inner circle.
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Joseph P. Tamulty
Wilson
Democratic Party
Helans
West
Jordan Blames Greedy Men for European War
Logan Utah December 6 Dr David Starr Jordan educator and peace advocate tells Utah unit students the war stems from a small group of powerful greedy men in England and Germany France and Belgium fight in self defense and censorship in England suppresses democracy while Bethmann Hollweg in Germany is a liberal force he doubts the war will last long and warns of mail censorship thwarting neutral nations.
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Logan
Utah
France
Belgium
David Starr Jordan
England
Germany
von Tirpits
Bethmann- Hollweg
Court Upholds Picketing Right in Steel Strike
The U S circuit court of appeals upheld the TriCity Central Trades Council of Hast Bt Louis right to picket the plan of the American steel foundries. It reversed the lower court injunction and directed modification of that decision. The court said the right to strike for higher wages and better conditions is firmly established.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
TriCity Central Trades Council of
Hast Bt. Louis
American Steel Foundries
United States District Court
Potato Famine in Ireland Worsens With Crop Losses
In London on December 6 the Irish potato famine deepens as bad autumn weather ruins crops. Potatoes now fetch about 50 dollars a barrel as Jehan Hedmond reports to his newspaper Ireland suggesting a food dictator may be appointed and the public questions reliance on authority.
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London
Ireland
Jehan Hedmond
Lribh
Hendel
Federal probe of high living costs to span nation
Washington reports the general investigation into the high cost of living will extend nationwide. Officials consider a broad inquiry into food price surges and coal supply, with President Wilson reviewing reports. In Chicago, probes focus on banks, warehousers, and food speculators as five bank officials are subpoenaed over loans to cold storage firms totaling about 1.5 million in one month.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
House
Chicago
Wyoming Colorado Water dispute argued in Supreme Court
Argument began today in the supreme court over Wyoming and Colorado rights to the Laramie river water for irrigation. The case involves 125000 acres in Colorado's Greeley Poudre district and 400000 acres in Wyoming's Laramie plains district.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Wyoming
Colorado
Laramie River
Greeley-Poudre
Laramie Plains
Stu Builders Submit Proposals to Build Cruisers
American shipbuilders submitted proposals to the navy department for four thirty five knot cruisers in the 1917 building program. No estimate was made and each builder agreed to build the ships at cost plus ten to fifteen percent profit. The government is considering setting one contract to each concern.
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Washington
Navy Department
Coat
State Dept. will not protest British coal shipping ban
Washington reports the United States will not protest Britain’s refusal to allow American coal shipments. Officials deem the issue domestic and focused on internal affairs. The department is reviewing American coaling stations in various parts of the world.
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Washington
Des
State Department
Gregory urges wider power in interstate commerce law
Attorney General Gregory lodges recommendations to Congress including amending the commodities clause to bar railroads from transporting items they produce or control. He calls for prohibition of transportation by producing or trading corporations and expansion of neutrality laws and sea warrant rights in criminal cases.
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Washington
Gregory
Congress
Supreme Court
Lackawana Coal Company
Mexico
Government report outlines antitrust actions and wartime prosecutions
The attorney general highlights dissolution of monopolies and restraint cases, with ten decided and 16 about to reach the supreme court among 36 pending. The National Register case was overturned on appeal, ending prosecutions. White slave traffic enforcement yielded 494 indictments and 324 convictions, with 400 cases pending. The Mexican situation produced 13 indictments and 26 convictions. war era plots often fell under state rather than federal law, limiting reach. Legislation is urged to let wives testify against husbands.
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Reading
Lehigh Valley
Harvester, Steel, Kodak
Shoe Machinery
Supreme Court
Natonal Register Company
Court of Appeals
Southern Pacific Railroad
Gregory
Submarine threat halts Newfoundland regiment draft
The colonial government disclosed that reports of German submarines in the Atlantic led to canceling the recruitment draft for the Newfoundland regiment planned for late November. Coast defense rules were revised with lights inside allowed while coast lights are dimmed. A patrol fleet has been formed to survey waters near Cape Race and the Grand Banks.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Atlantia
Newfoundland Regiment
Cape Race
Grand Banka
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