U S Ending Spy Traffic By Teutons To Europe
U S customs and treasury officials disclose a stopped network of written messages to Germany Austria and northern neutrals using invisible ink and codes. Swedish ship crews and mariners are tied to the scheme as investigations expand and arrests are expected. The channel has been open since U S entry in the war with neutral subjects organizing the flow of information to German officials.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Austria
Treasury
United States
America
Trade Board
Seven Killed as Express Collides at Station
At Magnolia station near Aberdeen four men died at once and five others were wounded, two dying en route to hospital. Contractors’ workers crowded the platform when an express train struck the edge of the crowd. Identification will take hours. Many injured taken to local hospitals. Louisville and Nashville president Mil ton H. Smith suggested claims be handled by a committee to avoid litigation after Shepherdsville wreck that killed forty seven and injured thirty five.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Magnolia
Aberdeen
Louisville, Ky
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Shepherdsville
Packers Side Lines In Senate Probe Reach Packings Powers
The Senate inquiry into the packing industry reveals sidelong interests expanding to cotton seed oil plants, Chicago real estate, and cattle trade papers. Francis J. Heney says hearings will cover packers' control of grain, dairying, butter substitutes, leather, hides, and more. Armour & Co. shows involvement in eleven stockyards and holds cotton seed interests in Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Armour & Co
Morris Group
Packers
Kansas City
Swift
St. Paul
Frederick W. Croll
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Armour and Swift
Forth Worth
Denverr
Piersol Confesses Murder in Baby Keet Case
Springfield, Missouri dispatch says Claude G. Piersol the man sentenced to 35 years for abducting Baby Lloyd Keet now confesses to the infant's murder. He alleges the child was drugged by a gang leader known as the mysterious Riley to induce sleep and enable further kidnap schemes.
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Springfield
Claude G. Piersol
Missouri Penitentiary
Lloyd Keet
Hadsom
Piersol
Riley
Secret Service to Lose W J Flynn
William J Flynn announced from New York that he has resigned as chief of the U S secret service. He offered the resignation last November but reconsidered before finalizing. He will leave office December 31 and reports say Mayor elect John F Hylan urged him to become New York police commissioner January 1.
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New York
William J. Flynn
U. S. Secret Service
John F. Hylan
Chief Flynn
Police Commissioner of
Arthur Woods
Shipping board officials testify on ship program delays
Senate investigators hear that fabrication of steel ships was delayed two months as Rear Admiral Cappa refused to close contracts made by his predecessor Major General Goethals until changes were required. Witnesses cite specification changes and slow material delivery as causes, and Chairman Hurley says delays prompted a reorganization of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
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Shipping Board
Senate
Cappa
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Goethals
Hurley
Fleet Corporation
Lewis offered gun free to U S refused
The inventor Colonel Isaac N Lewis testified before the Senate Military Committee recounting the development of the Lewis machine gun and efforts to persuade the U S government to accept it at no cost. He criticized General Crozier and the War Department, drawing rebukes from committee members as his emotions ran high.
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United States
Isaac N. Lewis
Senate Military Committee
Army
Lewis
J C Underwood Heads New Laramie County Farm Bureau
J C Underwood elected president of a newly formed Laramie county farm bureau after a dinner at Cheyenne’s Industrial club with over eighty farmers in attendance. Officials named include G Underwood as vice president Japeke as secretary and A B Mitchell as treasurer with several directors and committees to oversee community farming interests. The bureau aims to organize agricultural work under coordinated methods and bolster county agent Reynolds by addressing community needs rather than individual requests. Irwin hosted the dinner, paying the bill, and organizers expect greater agricultural progress through the bureau’s structure.
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Laramie County
Industrial Club
J. C. Underwood
Underwood
Wyo
G. Underwood
Carpenter
W. BE
Japeke
Burns
A. B. Mitchell
Pine Bluffs
Warren Richardson
Cheyenne
Robert Gorman
Divide
C. BE. Hackner
Plpe Bluffs
D. W. True
Pomona Grange
Breau
R. EK
Reynolds
Bureau
Irwin
Charlie Irwin
Farm Bureau
Thirty Held in Sacramento Dynamite Plot Probes
Sacramento police arrested thirty men after a blast at the executive mansion in Sacramento raised fears of a wider dynamite plot. Officers recovered ten sticks of dynamite in a car tied to William Hood and G F Voetter as raids targeted a local IWW headquarters, with no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Executive
Conran
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
William Hood
Steutens
Hood
Chiesa Fo
G. F. Voetter
Alleged Spy Feige Shot by U S Patrols in El Paso
Charles H. Feige was shot and killed by army patrols as he tried to cross the river into Mexico in El Paso Texas. Authorities found a notebook, a drawing, and ground plans of Fort Bliss and nearby fortifications on his person.
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EL Paso
Tex
Charles H. Feige
United States Army
Mexico
Feige
Fort Bliss
Forty Million Starve in Germany Says Berlin Paper
A Reuters despatch from Amsterdam cites Vorwaerts of Berlin attacking German food controller Waldow. It reports masses of German people are hungry or starving while agricultural producers and rich residents hoard, and warns of a possible catastrophe within a month that could lead to German defeat.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Herr von Waldow
Germany
Russia
Two Signalmen Die in Train Collision Near Rock River
Laramie Wy Dec 22 John Drake and Fred Dorsey signalmen for the Union Pacific were struck by a fast train near Rock River and killed instantly. The accident occurred this morning and authorities are investigating.
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Laramie
Wyeo
John Drake
Frel Dorsey
Evita
Union Wocific Pitroad
Rock River
Wye
Gould on Duty He Is Sergeant Now
Kingdon Gould, a millionaire and selective service soldier, has been promoted to sergeant in the national army. He earned the rank at Camp Dix N J through engineering knowledge and quick grasp of soldierly duties. In July he surprised friends by marrying Annette Lucci Tallon, a governor and artist.
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Kingdon Gould
National Army
Camp Dix
Red Cross Drives Cheyenne Report Value at Over Four Thousand
Final counts from Cheyenne show $4,435.65 deposited in local banks for the Red Cross membership drive. Volunteers led by Archie Allison managed booths with Misses Busan Hreiseh Mary Mahan Margerite Martin Mary Melnerney and others guiding operations.
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Red Cross
Cheyenne
Archie Allison
Misses Busan Hreiseh
Mary Mahan
Margterite Martin
Mary Melnerney
Eibabeth Riner
Mary Nimmo
Mildred Sterling
Gertrude Thompson
Aileen Guy
Evelyn
Stephen Furness Sunk by German Submarine
London December 24 British steamer Stephen Furness torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Irish Channel. Six officers and ninety five men were lost. The 1712 ton merchant ship built in 1910 at Hartlepool was owned by Tyne Dees Shipping Co of Newcastle and refitted for naval use. An enemy air raid targeted English coast towns.
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London
Stephen Furness
Weet Hartlepool
Tyne Dees Shipping Commang, Lek
Newcastle
Gerneéys
Teutons Forced to Yield Ground
Headquarters of the Italian Army reports a succession of brilliant attacks that pushed the enemy from Monte Atalone and drove him back two thirds of a mile along a three mile front. Italian lines hold in Monte Asalone, progress toward restoring the original position continues, and attacks target the Asalone heights.
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Monte Atalone
Monte Asalone
Rome War Office
Asalone Heights
Krupp Munition Plant Fire Reported But Described Minor
Dutch reporters in Maastricht say the Krupp works at Essen have burned for a day with the fire mainly in the electric power station following a short circuit. The plant, Germanys giant munitions factory, employed tens of thousands before the war and was heavily expanded. Earlier counts and current size details are officially secret.
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Great Krupp
Essen
Germany
Mabstricht
Holland
Workmep
Krupp
Krupps
Forc
Bolsheviki Spurn Kaiser Peace Offer At Offensive Terms
Report from Petrograd dated December 22 says Bolsheviki Foreign Minister von Trotsky told the council that Russians will resist if peace terms offend them and would join the German people against militarism if necessary. Heavy street fighting continues as Kuvaelia's civil war spreads. 50,000 troops moved against Bolshevik positions but many refused to leave Petrograd military district.
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iBy Associated Press
Petrograd
von Troteky
Council of Soldiers and Workmen
Copendlagien
Kuvaelia
One Mail Delivery in Cheyenne Today
Owing the wansually leary nil peookved at the local pant the office will have one delivery to prevent acute congestion tomorrow. None of the windows will be open for business and packages cannot be sent out. Cheyenne couriers will make one delivery sometime during the day.
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Ube
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Tallon
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Tamé Orporal
P B. Glifeke
Merc
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Evelyn Jensen
Mise Jensen
Mise Thompson
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