Sheriff Patton Lashes Denver Attorney Over Extradition Row
Casper Wyoming dispatch reports Sheriff Patton denouncing Denver attorney for alleged irregularities in the extradition of Coleman Broughton. Deputy Seidel returned after ten weeks, claiming Broughton escaped through Capitol corridors. Patton says attorney responsibility lies with missteps and misfeasance.
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Casper
Wyo
Bee
Seidel
Denver
Coleman Broughton
Sree
Starpell
Broughton
Capitol
Patton
Linver Sptherttice
Sullivan Tb
Machinery for new killing room at Hammond Packing
Machinery for the new killing room at the Hammond Packing Company has arrived. Work to put it in operation will take several days as the cement floor is not yet completed. When finished the facility will be as modern as any large packing house in the country.
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Hammond Packing Company
Atlantic
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Cochin China
Malaysia
City Scales Ordered by State Fuel Administrator
Rock Springs Wyoming January 27 Janes Overy a Rock Springs member of the fuel administration recently appointed by A Kendall state fuel administrator appeared before the town council to urge installation of a city scale for weighing coal and other commodities Mayor Lateer has received a letter from W T D Brennane assistant general manager of the Union Pacific Coal company offering to let the city use their scale which will be repaired and the city will take advantage of the offer.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Janes Overy
Fuel Administration
A. Kendall
Lateer
W. T D. Brennane
Union Pacific Coal Company
Lightless Nights at Rock Springs
In Rock Springs Wyoming on December 27 the fuel administration orders two lightless nights per week. Thursday and Sunday require minimal lighting and the public is urged to use search lights to navigate home. Large Wyoming towns face little restriction due to power needs for mines and streets. An exception for Wyoming towns is requested by the fuel administrator.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Fuel Administration
Wyoming
Sharidan
Imilwa
Fee
King Albert Belgians’ Popular Leader With Frontline Ties
Special correspondent notes King Albert’s plain manner and popularity in Belgium. He joins troops in the trenches, discusses royal accessibility, and highlights Crown Prince Leopold serving as a private, the queen’s aid to wounded, and Albert’s hands on strategic plans in WWI verges from court formalities to “people’s king” portrayal.
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Albert
Tie
Wim
America
Belelan Front
Leopold
Arctic Explorer Stefansson Reported Lost Then Reunites With Party
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, leader of the Canadian Arctic expedition, has arrived at Fort Yukon with his party after being missing since 1913. The Karluk froze in near Point Barrow. eight men were rescued later, while others disappeared amid the ice.
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Ottawa
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Fort Yukon
Naval Department
Stefansson
Victoria
B. C
Karluk
Nome
Alaska
Mackenzie River
Rudolph M. Anderson
Coronation Gulf
Mackenzie Delta
Greenland
Point Barrow
Stefanason
Wrangell Island
Siberia
Teland
Robert Barnlett
Sepember
Arctic explorers converge with rescue parties at Martin Point
Captain Bartlett crosses ice to Siberia and Nowe with disaster news. Stefansson and associates move east along the Arctic shore and encounter the Anderson group in winter quarters at Martin Point near the Mackenzie River delta.
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Bartlett
Siberia
Nowe
Stefansson
Arctic
Anderson
Martin Point
Mackenzie River
Polish star Zbyszko wins world catch wrestling title
In New York on February 26 Zbyszko of Poland defeated Ed Stangler Lewis in 47 minutes 37 seconds to claim the world catch-as-catch-can championship with a body-and-scissors hold.
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New York
Pec
2Zbyszko
Poland
Stangler) Lewis
Negro Women on Trial for Murder Discard Overalls
Two women Mildred Owens and Ruth Graham are bound over without bond after a preliminary hearing in Casper Wyoming. The case centers on the death of Chicken Graham after a confrontation in which Graham reportedly wore men’s clothing and was stabbed and shot. Both women pleaded not guilty and conducted their own defense, cross examining witnesses.
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Casper, Wyo
Mildred Owens
Ruth Graham
Graham
Tubbs
District Court
McCoy
Neil Charles Geis
Treaven
Telephone business shows increase in Kemmerer
Kemmerer is experiencing growth as residents apply for more telephones. Manager Harry Nilson reports a dozen new installations requested, but the switchboard cannot handle more numbers. Materials have been on hand since July to extend the system, yet required parts are unavailable and timing is uncertain.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Harry Nilson
Kemmerer Exchange
Old Cattle Thief Killed After Many Years of Rustling
In Saratoga Wyoming on December 27 a large mountain lion captured on Barrett Ridge near Brush Creek after a three day chase by W C Condit and Ralph Platt. The lion weighed over 150 pounds and yielded a pelt nine feet seven inches long. The animal, old resident of Upper Brush Creek, allegedly killed calves and sheep, with stockmen estimating substantial losses prior to its capture.
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Saratoga
Wyo
Barrett Ridge
Brush Creek
W. ¢. Condit
Ralph Platt
Platt
Upper Brush Creek
Carbon County
Germany to Win by Sword Kaiser's Bold Claim
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm II declares Germany must bring peace by battering the world with its iron fist and shining sword after three years of war. He praises recent victories in Flanders and Cambrai and hails defense of the west front as a gigantic feat. Authorities in Berlin announce Russian peace talks and censorship tightens as central powers suppress antiwar and anarchist sentiment while defending war measures.
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Amsterdam
Kaiser Wilhelm
Second Army
Flanders
Cambrai
Brussels
Herr von Waldow
Russia
Germany
Diet
Hungary
Kimbro Buys Mullen Ranch Near Basin Wyoming
K. K. Kimbro completed a sale last week to own the Mullen ranch on Beaver Creek near Shell post office. The couple moved into a new home this week and are well known in Basin. They plan more frequent visits to town now that they are nearer.
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Basin
Wyo
K. K. Kimbro
Mullen
Shell
Japan Seeks Maritime Lead in World Trade Power
Milton Bruxner notes Japan's rapid rise as a commercial naval power amid wartime shipping shifts. He cites 1913 to 1918 tonnage growth, reliance on iron imports, plans to access China's iron resources, and efforts to establish trans Pacific and Panama Canal routes to New York, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina.
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Milton Bruxner
Washington
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Norway
France
America
Panama Canal
China
New York
New Zealand
Sydney
Australia
Orient
Brazil
Argentina
Httle
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