11 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1916
Page
1
A new era of train crime emerges as a Wyoming bandit on Union Pacific No. 18 eastbound between Green River and Rock Springs extorts valuables from passengers. He avoided harming women, but robbed travelers, taking less than a hundred dollars and earning notoriety for audacious methods.
The cruiser Caroline and destroyers Eden and Nith were sunk in the feot raid on England. Berlin reports heavy fighting for Vimy heights on the Somme south of Arras with gains for the Germans at Hill 140 and mine crater near Neuville. German forces claim 52 prisoners and 22 machine guns taken. French losses denied by Berlin.
Conductor J. J. Fitzgerald and crew aboard a Cheyenne bound train were forced to cooperate by the lone bandit identified as Monk Taylor, brother of Fire Chief Ed P. Taylor. D. McCallum at 710 West Twenty Seventh Street signaled the stop and aided in the robber’s sudden flight.
A $1,000 reward, paid for dead or alive, is posted across the state to aid in capturing the boy bandit who robbed passengers on a Union Pacific train near Rock Springs. George Shindie, U P assistant special agent, and two detectives left for Rock Springs as Sheriff Matt McCourt and his posse scour the area. Passengers describe the bandit as wearing a white handkerchief and mask. he threatened the conductor, fired a shot over his head, and escaped after looting valuables and returning to the observation car. The train reached Green River two hours late, then proceeded toward Rock Springs, with Mrs. Rhoda Marks of La Grande, Oregon, among the onlookers.
Boston man asserts Brandeis favored shippers and did not present the other side. Senate investigators heard criticism of Brandeis as too friendly to capital, with attorney Carmalt describing exchanges on rate proposals and carrier revenue concerns. The testimony centers on whether methods to increase revenue were appropriate and Brandeis' stance in the rate case.
A masked bandit robbed passengers on Union Pacific eastbound No 18 late Wednesday and remained at large last night as white posses and lawmen scour the area. Mrs Rhoda Marks of La Grande Oregon said she saw a man leave the moving train but could not identify a direction before he vanished beyond the rear car lights.
Washington reports Henry H. Breskine Ridge named as Breckenridge heir apparent to war post. Lindley M. Garrison resigns with resignation accepted by President Wilson. Breckenridge’s role to be clarified. Maj. General Hugh M. Scott acts interim as secretary. Garrison cites continental army plan disputes and Philippine independence bill as driving factors.
Waukegan reports Marion Lambert, 17, was discovered near Sacred Heart Academy grounds in Highland Park with authorities unsure if foul play occurred. The body showed no violence, and death remains mysterious as investigations begin.
New York selects Charley White to referee the ten round Moran versus Willard match after managers trim referee list to White and Jack Skelly. Beethued province report says Duchew captured by Yusnan revolutionists. Senate subcommittee subpoenas C B Mellen over Supreme Court mess and adjourns to next Tuesday. Denver mourns Charles D McPhee president of McPhee Manufacturing Lumber dies at home.
In a Washington dispatch President Wilson endorses Senator Tiina's armor plan as a counter to private manufacturers who warn they will scrap plants if the government seizes armor. In Denver Gov Carlson commutes Arthur MacLennan’s sentence for contempt of court over grand jury disclosures connected to Willian Howland case. In Washington Joseph Kuhn, wife of the Berlin attache, dies after a stroke at Secretary Garrison's residence. In Springfield Edward Biley, 14, nearly dies from corrosive liquid in a bottle. In Pindlay Ada spree case proceeds as charge against Loew Place is dropped after breach of promise settlement negotiations.
President Wilson told the Chamber of Commerce in Washington that the United States needs a tariff board and a merchant fleet, and must begin work on this revenue plan immediately. He warned that without the federal reserve law business would face disaster and urged broader American commercial vision beyond national borders.
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