Senate Restores 158000 To War Funds In Wyoming Budget
The Wyoming Senate on Tuesday afternoon restored 158000 of 550000 cut by the House from the state budget bill. Total appropriations reach 2811000, slightly above the two-year-ago amount, with several university and state department items restored. Remaining gaps from the original 3203000 are nearly 400000.
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House
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Vocational Training
Law Library
Johnson
Natrona County
Military Department
Finance Committee
Senate declines to attach rider to judges bill
The finance committee's effort to add salary boosts for state officers to House 384 was rejected by the senate in a committee of the whole vote. The bill originally raised supreme court justices to 8000 and district judges to 7500, but was trimmed to 7000 and 6500 respectively, with other officer increases defeated amid a heated debate.
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Supreme Court
District Court
House
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Senate Standing Committee
Mondell Fails To Answer Interrogation On Big Five Bill
Washington Feb 15. Proponents seek a rules committee ruling to force a vote on the packet control bill before adjournment. Petitions circulate as backers press for action though members doubt a rule to report a measure will be agreed.
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Mondell
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Navy probes Mayflower plot as wine threat. arrest tied to liquor plan
Investigation into an alleged plot to blow up the presidential yacht Mayflower continues. Investigators consider the charge may center on attempting to smuggle liquor aboard rather than a bombing conspiracy. A Navy enlisted man remains detained at the navy yard as secret service efforts lag.
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Holmes
Watch
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War board wins damage case over bond slackers
In Fitherville Ira February 15 a jury after two hours verdict for the local war board in a $20,000 damage suit by farmer C O Lee. Lee and his brother were listed on a public bulletin board in the square under the headline Bond Slackers.
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Ira
C. O. Lee
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Governor approves county bills and tax exemptions
Governor Carey signed House Bill 17 creating Sublette County from Fremont and Lincoln and House Bill 84 creating Teton County from Lincoln. He also approved laws exempting veterans and widows from taxes on $2,000 of property and exempting World War nurses, plus distributing revenue from federal land leasing. Senate File 51 changes University of Wyoming trustee residency to allow not more than one trustee per county.
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Sublette
Fremont
Lincoln
Teton
Lincoln County
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William C. DeLaney
Senate
University of Wyoming
Albany County
Unsettled Wednesday and Colder in Wyoming Southeast
Weather forecast for Wyoming shows unsettled conditions on Wednesday with cooler temperatures in the southeastern portion. Thursday mwderly clear and warmer in the south and east regions.
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Wyoming
Warner
State approves oil royalties for school funding
The House approved Senate amendments to H. R. 45 by 39 to 6, directing 33 1 3 percent of state and school land royalties to public schools. With expected $600k-$700k for about 50,000 pupils, per-child totals rise toward $40 including surface rentals and interest. Federal royalties could add about $15 more per pupil.
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Senate
Carey
Hartwell
Charges Clergymen Preaching Doctrine of Red Radicalism
A report to the National Civic Federation accuses some clergymen of teaching doctrines not in accord with truth or American ideals. H K Wheeler notes most clergy remain loyal to U S principles, but a small faction showing sympathy for the working class veers toward radical lines that could threaten republican institutions.
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National Civic Federation Today
Committee On Church and Religious Organization
H. K. Wheeler
Treasury Certificate Issue Over-Subscribed
Washington February 15 More than 100 percent oversubscription of the 6 percent Treasury certificates maturing July 15 is shown in the preliminary report of Secretary Houston. The issue dated February 15 was for about 100 million dollars with subscriptions exceeding 200 million dollars, signaling the certificates have become a secure investment.
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Treasury
Houston
Quaker Oats Declares Dividend Reduction in 1920s
Chicago February 15 directors of the Quaker Oats company today declared a dividend of 112 percent payable April 15 to stock of record April 1. Dividends at the rate of 12 percent per annum have been paid for the last three years. Directors announced that the reduction was to conserve resources.
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Chicago
Quaker Oats Company Today
Giant Caproni Plane Scours Desert for Missing Aviator
The Caproni airplane at Kelley Field will depart for west Texas to aid cowboys and 50 government planes in the search for Lieut. Alexander Pearson Jr. The craft can stay aloft nine hours and carries an all seeing camera to photograph hundreds of square miles daily. It will fly at 10 000 feet and film will be examined at Kelley Field for traces of the missing ship.
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Tex
Kelley Field
West Texas
Alexander Pearson, Jr
el Paso
Surgeon Operates on Himself for Chronic Appendicitis
Dr E O Kane chief surgeon at the hospital operated on himself for chronic appendicitis with local anesthetic while a nurse held his head forward. He sat propped on pillows and performed the dissection and removal of the appendix. Kane is 60 years old and has 37 years of surgical experience, having previously amputated one of his own fingers.
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E. O. Kane
Kane
Boxing Bill Falls Short In Senate With Two Absent
A state boxing bill failed by a two vote margin in the senate on third reading, 11 for and 12 against, with two absentees. The session also killed S. F. 32 to regulate chiroptic practice after a heated fight, while the house earlier trimmed the measure then let it die in committee.
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Ewart Receives Gavel From Buffalo Bill Trophy
A shaky House session ended with Speaker L R Ewart presented a gavel made from elk horn and gold. The gift, from Cody residents and the Cody club, honors the Sixteenth legislature. Floor Leader Underwood presented it after lengthy speaking efforts.
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William F. Cody
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Ewart
Cody Club
Underwood
Jenkins
O Callaghan seeks change to stay in United States
Cork's lord mayor Donal G. O Callaghan petitioned the state department to change his status from seaman to political refugee and remain in the United States. He argued deportation could expose him to capture or molestation by British forces. His lawyers Judge Lawless and Michael Doyle met with Secretary Colby and Under-Secretary Davis, who said no action would be taken until a brief is filed.
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Ireb
Department of Labor
Donal G. O’callaghan
Cork
State Department
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O'Callaghan
Colby
Davis
Dobie to Continue to Coach Cornell
Gilmour Dobie, football coach, signed a contract extending his services as Cornell varsity coach until March 1926. The original three-year term would have expired in 1928 and an extra three years were added, dispelling rumors he would move to another college. Dobie previously coached at the University of Washington.
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Ithaca
New York
Gilmour Dobie
Cornell
Pomeyn Berry
Dobie
University of Washington
Resolution Calls on Wilson for War Fund Disbursement Statement
After a heated debate the House adopted 211 to 79 a resolution asking President Wilson for an itemized statement of disbursements and allotment of the 150 million dollar war fund. Democrats charged the move aimed to defame Wilson in his final days. supporters defended it as proper accounting.
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Congress
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American Peace Commission
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Gould
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New York
Byrnes
Tennessee
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Ball Magnate Enters Plea in Prohibition Case
Coronel O. H. Watthen of Louisville and W. F. Mineblecamp, president of the Louisville baseball club, pleaded not guilty at the opening of the trial of Mike de Pipe Heitler and 29 others charged with conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. Watthen and Mineblecamp are co defendants.
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Coronel O. H. Watthen
Louisville
I.y
Grand Dad Distillery
W. F. Mineblecamp
Louisville Baseball Club
American Association
Mike de Pipe Heitler
Watthen
Kneblecamp
Chicagoan who died and was resuscitated recalls yellow light
Charles McMahon, the man who died on the operating table and was revived by doctors, recounts a surge of yellow light and color. He recalls a dreamlike state before awakening, while Dr. Thomas H. Porsche declines to discuss the episode citing ethics.
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Hicago
Charles McMahon
McMahon
Thomas H. Porsche
McMaon
Do You Know How It Feels to Die
A reflective inquiry asks if readers have experienced moments of near death and unconsciousness, comparing memory and dream loss to death and return. It invites personal accounts of any operations or accidents that erased recollection and echoes the question Was he really dead.
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Charles McMahon
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