Sheriff Patton Criticizes Denver Attorney Over Extradition
Casper Wyoming reports Sheriff Patton blasts Denver attorney for alleged irregularities in the extradition of Coleman Broughton. Deputy Seidel returned from Denver after ten weeks, the fugitive escaped during habeas proceedings, and Patton faults the attorney for the lapse.
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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 Packems
Machinery for the Hammond Packing company killing room has arrived and is to be installed over several days. Completion hinges on cement floor work, after which the facility will match the most modern packing houses in the country.
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Packems
Hammond Packing Company
City Scales Placed by State Fuel Administrator Order
Rock Springs Wyoming council heard Jaines Overy urge installation of a city scale for weighing coal and other commodities. The council plans to use a scale offered by Union Pacific Coal Company through Assistant General Manager W T Brennane after repairs.
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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. Lights will be cut on Thursdays and Sundays, requiring citizens to carry searchlights. Large Wyoming towns face no curtailment due to power needs for mines and streets. An exception request is noted for Wyoming towns due to local conditions.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Fuel Administration
Wyoming
Sharidan
Imilwa
Fee
King Albert Described as a Regular Fellow by War Reporter
Special correspondent . C. Lyon visits Belgian front with Pershing's army notes King Albert's close ties to his people and frontline presence. Crown Prince Leopold serves as private in Belgian ranks. Queen Elisabeth aids wounded, directs hospitals, refuges, and schools. King actively influences battle plans and wartime strategy.
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C. Lyon
France
Pershing
Verste
Belgium
America
Albert of
Albert
Tie
Wim
Belelan Front
Leopold
Arctic Explorer Stefansson Reported Lost Then Found at Fort Yukon
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, leader of the Canadian Arctic expedition, has arrived with his party at Fort Yukon after years in the far north. The Karluk and its crew faced severe ice, with the ship crushed near Wrangel Island in 1914 and several men lost or separated in the ordeal.
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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 cross paths near Martin Point
Captain Bartlett reports a disaster after reaching Siberia and Nowe with news. Stefansson and companions moved east along the Arctic shore and met the Anderson party in winter quarters at Martin Point, west of the Mackenzie river mouth.
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Bartlett
Siberia
Nowe
Stefansson
Arctic
Anderson
Martin Point
Mackenzie River
Polish wrestler Zbyszko wins world catch wrestling title
In New York on February 26 Zbyszko of Poland defeated Ed 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
In Casper Wyoming two Black women Mildred Owens and Ruth Graham are bound over without bond after a preliminary hearing for the murder of Chicken Graham. Graham allegedly confessed to killing her husband and attempted escape while dressed in men's clothes. Witnesses testified to a deadly struggle with a knife and a big gun as motives. Both women pleaded not guilty and conducted their own defense in court.
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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 metropolitan growth in telephone demand as manager Harry Nilson reports a dozen new applications to install phones. The switchboard is at capacity and vital parts needed to extend service have been on hand since July but remain unavailable, delaying expansion.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Harry Nilson
Kemmerer Exchange
Old Cattle Thief Killed After Many Years of Rustling
Saratoga Wyoming December 27 One of the region s largest mountain lions killed after three days chase on Barrett Ridge and Brush Creek neighborhood. The animal weighed over 150 pounds with a skin length nine feet seven inches. Captors W C Condit and Ralph Platt plan mounting the pelt as a trophy. The lion, an old male resident of Upper Brush Creek, had long plagued local stockmen, and its removal is expected to save calves and sheep valued in the thousands.
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Saratoga
Wyo
Barrett Ridge
Brush Creek
W. ¢. Condit
Ralph Platt
Platt
Upper Brush Creek
Carbon County
Germany Must Win by Sword Kaiser Declares
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm urging victory through force if the enemy rejects peace He lauds recent German successes in Flanders and Cambrai and praises defence on the west front A Berlin report says the Hungarian premier defends censorship to support peace talks.
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Amsterdam
Kaiser Wilhelm
Second Army
Flanders
Cambrai
Brussels
Herr von Waldow
Russia
Germany
Diet
Hungary
Ranch sale seals Kimbro ownership at Mullen ranch
Basin Wyoming December 27 A deal completed last week made K K Kimbro the owner of the Mullen ranch near the Shell post office They moved to the new home on Monday and are long time residents of Basin with strong local ties The couple plans to be seen more often in town now that they are closer to Basin.
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Basin
Wyo
K. K. Kimbro
Mullen
Shell
Japan Aims for World Shipping Leadership After War
The article notes Japan's rise as a commercial naval power during the war with booming shipping growth. It cites plans for multiple routes from Japan and China to New York and Australia, potential future lines to Brazil and Argentina, and a target of over 5 million tons under the Japanese flag by 1918, plus strategic iron ore access in China.
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Milton Bruxner
Washington
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Norway
France
America
Atlantic
Dutch East Indies
Cochin China
Malaysia
Panama Canal
China
New York
New Zealand
Sydney
Australia
Orient
Brazil
Argentina
Httle
England
Europe
Republic
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Arminia
King Albert
Ansson
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Wagoner
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Hillsdale Mercantile Co
Hillsdale, Wyo
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