Senator Powers Proposal Aims To Open 150000 Acres For Settlement
Wyoming Senate and House memorialize the Interior Secretary to restore withdrawn land in Wyoming under the North Platte reclamation project. The 150 000 acres in townships north of the Sixth Meridian are deemed idle but suitable for private entry and dry farming, with potential for a land rush and migration to the West. Endorsers include Senators Powers and Representatives Warren Clark Mondell.
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Goshen Hole
Torrington
New Goshen County
North Platte
Nebraska
Leader
West
Wyoming
Powers
United States
United States Reclamation Service
Secretary of the Interior of
Francis BE. Warren
Clarence PD. Clark
Frank W. Mondell
Congress
Legislative Cuts Annual University Appropriations
The house fast tracks H B 187 creating an immigration commission after conflicts over its aim to sideline Rey Schenck. The senate approved the university appropriation with a reduced tax to three-eighths mill. H B 288 for a state capitol addition faced amendments, while a home rule note and a bounty bill mobile through Senate and House with party lines evident.
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Senate
House
Sherman
Whch
Rey Schenck
Schenck
Bull Moone
Repubicane
University
H. B
Wood
Crook County
Albany
United States Prepares Rapid Intervention Amid Mexican Turmoil
Two thousand U.S. Marines from Atlantic barracks are ordered to Cuba for readiness to intervene in Mexico, with transports Meade and Priarie set to depart for Philadelphia and Norfolk. Taft weighs action as Wilson faces the six month detail gap, citing protection of American lives and property and the need to maintain contact with Mexico City.
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United States
Gulf
Taft
Washington
Atlantic
Cuba
Mexico
Philadelphia
Meade
Norfolk
Priarie
Guantanamo
Badger
Wilson
Newport News
War Department
Galveston
Vera Cruz
Madero
Knox
Double Murder Attempt After Revolver Attack in Shack
Two shot victims lie in St Johns hospital with deadly wounds after Nick Colokat selsas shot at them in a corner shack at 12th and Carey avenue. The suspected attacker remains at large as police search the area and gather conflicting witness stories.
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St. John’s Hospital
Nick Colokatsas
12Th
Carey
Nickolakatsas
Mike Kanelos
Colokatans
Kanelos
Colokatsas
St. John's Hospital
Senate Rejects Dam Bill Power Charge Provision
The Senate voted 63 to 29 to strike out a Connecticut five dam bill section that would allow the United States to impose a reasonable annual charge on water power use. Western senators opposed the provision, arguing it would end perpetual government control of water power in the streams.
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Washington
Senate
Thay
Connecticut
United States
Totenor Streane
Woman Aged 105 Seeks 85 Year Old Suitor
Vernon Texas Feb 17 A second hand storekeeper testified in the trial of J J Sneed charged with the murder of Al Boyce Jr The witness said he sold Sneed furniture used in furnishing Bla cottage at Amarillo where he wed before the shooting.
Pujo Committee Views on Concentrated Credit Control
The Pujo committee believes control of concentrated credit is possible yet practical obstacles persist. The discussion centers on whether major lenders can be regulated effectively and reduce financial dominance.
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Pujo
Mexico City Carnage Resumed Amid Fighting
Fighting in Mexico City resumed after a breach of the armistice as federal and rebel forces engaged near the west arsenal. Casualty figures vary, with estimates of killed and wounded in the hundreds, noncombatants relocated, and aid like bread and corn meal distributed to the poor. Taft reassures Madero that U S intervention plans are unfounded while preparations for further action loom.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Delgado
Red Cross Society
Ding
Madero
Taft
United States
Haorta
Maiero
New York Police Probe Reaches Gotham Scandal
New York officials and business leaders face a widening police probe into graft tied to vice operations. Confessions from officers fuel belief that top political and social figures may be implicated, signaling a potential upheaval in the city’s political landscape.
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New York
Gotham
Prosecutor Refuses to Free Warrant in Cook Libel Case
Los Angeles deputy district attorney Blair declines to issue a warrant for criminal libel against a Pasadena newspaper that satirically commented on explorer Dr. Frederick A. Cook. Blair asserts no jury could determine the pole versus truth in the contested remarks.
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Los Angeles
Blair
Frederick A. Cook
Pasadena
Cook
Cash Register Officials Sentenced In Bhapman Law Case
Cincinnati February 17 John H Patterson president of the National Cash Register company and several officers were convicted of violation of the Bhapman law and sentenced to a fine of 1000 and one year in jail Other defendants received varying sentences up to one year in jail and probation
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Cincinnati
John H Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Jull
Evalu
Hospital touted as best in ten years by Rock Springs Miner
The Rock Springs Miner defends Governor Carey over the Wyoming General Hospital situation and asserts the hospital’s condition is better now than at any time in the past decade. The editorial urges liberal funding rather than chopping management, noting limited improvements due to lack of appropriation and calling for attention from the Thirteenth legislature.
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Senate
Patrick Sullivan
Wyoming
House
Ireland
House of Commons
Henry A. Asquith
England
Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Augustine Birrell
Ih. B
Winkleman
Schmidt
Carey
Murray
Sweetwater
Wyoming General Hospital
Rock Springs
The
Miner
Itf
Senate panel rejects tolls amendment for coastwise ships
The Senate committee on Interstate peace aims rejected Roor's amendment to the canal act ruling provision granting free tolls for American coastwise ships, by a 7 to 8 vote.
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Washington
Roor
Senate Committee of Interpce
Thy
Golden Prairie crop report highlights vast grain yields
The Wyoming Tribune surveys Golden Prairie in a 1920s dry farm belt, noting 700 carloads of grain planned for shipment from Pine Bluffs to ten miles either way, with 400 carloads already stored from Mine Bluffs and La Grange outraising expectations. farmers hail rising yields, railroad access concerns, and optimism for future county development.
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Golden Prairie
Iowa
Ilinois
Middle West States
Wyoming Tribune
Pine Bluffs
la Grange
H. B. Menderson
Wyoming Trust and Bavings Bank
Mine Bluffs
Henderson
Milan
Lamage
Golden Prairie District
Golden Mreitie
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Explorer Cook Luebre DE
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