Cannibal attack in Haiti kills American Marines
Detailing testimony from the naval board of inquiry reports at least three U.S. Marines killed and eaten by Haitian cannibals amid the island’s unrest. Accounts describe Private Clarence Morris’s brutal death, Sergeant Lawrence Muth’s mutilation, and Private Harry Lawrence’s disappearance, with evidence of a moon feast linked to a Cacos faction.
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Washington
Haiti
Naval Board of Inquiry
Cukela
Cadeus Belagarde
Cacos
Clarence E. Morris
Squadron BH
First Division
Marine Aviation Forces
Lawrence Muth
Harry Lawrence
Morris
Marine Corps
Muth
Sergeant Muth
Benoit
Dominion
Senate Overrides Wilson on Emergency Bill for War Finance
The Senate voted 53 to 5 to override President Wilson's veto of the farmers relief bill reviving the war finance corporation. The House followed with a 212 to 61 vote, predicting enactment as both chambers move to finalize the measure. Democrats and Republicans divided on defense of the finance agency near war’s end.
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Washington
Wilson
War Finance Corporation
Senate
House
Underwood
Alabama
Grenna
Agricultural Committee
Treasury
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Watch Night Party Tragedy Ends for Cotton Broker
Julian Dick, a New York cotton broker, died after an accidental shooting at a New Year's party by intimate friend George Bruce Brooks. A blood transfusion failed. Brooks and Dick's family were present. Both men were wartime captains and friends. no charges yet filed. Dick’s father exonerated Brooks.
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New York
Julian Dick
George Bruce Brooks
Brook
Brooks
Frank M. Dick
Liberty
Laramie County Names New Under Sheriff and Shifts Officials
James Woolcox will be the new under sheriff succeeding Lon C. Davis with George J. Carroll as sheriff-elect. Glen Schultz will be deputy under Sheriff Woolcox. Louis Larson and John Fish remain in the official family. Treasurer Jay K. Stoddard stays as deputy treasurer under John Schuneman, Amanda Melquist shifts to deputy county assessor under T. B. McDonough.
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James Woolcox
Laramie County
Lon C. Davis
George J. Carroll
Carroll
Glen Schultz
J. Smalley
Louis Larson
John Fish
Woolcox
A. D. Kelley Mercantile Company
Schultz
Jay K. Stoddard
Stoddard
John Schuneman
Amanda Melquist
T. B. McDonough
West Virginia Capitol Destroyed By Fire In Charred Collapse
Charlestown West Virginia January 3 The state capitol building was destroyed by a major fire causing the collapse of a roof section where a laborer was killed and a fireman injured. Explosions from stored ammunition on the third floor intensified the blaze.
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Charlestown
West. Va
Capitol
West Virginia
German former chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg dies at estate
Dr Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, former German chancellor, died Saturday night after a brief illness on his Hohenfinow estate near Berlin. He testified in 1919 before national assembly committees about war responsibility and opposed submarine warfare, noting warnings to gauge America's strength. He also discussed the Belgium neutrality scrap of paper remark in a wartime interview with Sir Edward Goschen.
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Berlin
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Hohenfinow
von Bethmann- Hollweg
National Assembly
America
Belgium
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Edward Goshen
Germany
Great Britain
Sir Edward
William Dubois Elected Master of Gong Istory
Wyoming Consistory No 1 elected and installed officers for the term at the Masonic temple meeting. William R. Dubois named Master of Kadosh. other officers include George Strader Prior, Richard Repath Preceptor, Marion Kline Chancellor, John Whiting Minister of State, and Edward Stone Treasurer. Trustees John A. Riner Peter Cook G L Strader reelected.
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Wyoming
Masonic Temple
Mesdames P. S. Cook
M. A. Kline
Bruce Jones
Robert Cook
William Cook
William R. Dubois
Kadosh
George L. Strader
Richard H. Repath
Marion A. Kline
John A. Whiting
George H. Gilland
Samuel Carson
Edward W. Stone
George C. Rafter
T. Blake Kennedy
Emile Richardson
William ©. Mentzer
Charles B. Morgan
John A. Kirk- Patrick
William A. Riner
John A. Riner
Peter 8. Cook
G. L. Strader
Charles W
Funeral for Mistress Paulina Baisa Held
Funeral services for Paulina Baisa wife of Pilar Baisa were held Monday at 1 30 PM with Father Hartmann officiating. Burial followed at Olivet Cemetery. Mrs Baisa died Sunday night at the family home 1201 House Street.
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Paulina Baisa
Pilar Baisa
Hartmann
Olivet Cemetery
Cardinal Gibbons Returns Home From Union Mills
Cardinal Gibbons was brought to Baltimore and arrived at the arch episcopal residence around 12 30 PM with no ill effects. Burdick and John F Rossman head the building committee planning the new Scottish Rite cathedral at Capitol Avenue and Twenty first Street. After last night’s installation ceremonies remarks were given by W R Dubois G L Strader R H Repath Judge J A Riner and Fred Pobes the retiring Master of Kadosh. The Consistory begins the new year with 1970 members and substantial property and more than 25000 in the treasury. The group hopes to install officers in the new cathedral next year.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Union Mills
Burdick
John F. Rossman
Capitol Avenue
Twentieth Street
W. R. Dubois
G. L. Strader
R. H. Repath
J. A. Riner
Kadosh
Fred §. Pobes
Missing Balloonists Now En Route Home
COCHRANCE Ontario January 3 The three American naval balloonists forced to land at Moose Factory on Hudson Bay after weeks missing since leaving Rockaway New York are not likely to reach Mattice where the Canadian National railway starts before next Saturday. Latest reports say they began December 27 by dog sled toward a rail head and are making slow progress.
Sweden and Russia Lose Three Citizens
Three new naturalized citizens are listed by federal court before Judge Riner: Joseph N. Tomcrantz from Sweden and two former Russians Solomon Zuckerman and David Wolf, with Wolf noted for serving in American forces during the war. The item also includes a late 19th or early 20th century style quip from Boy’s Life about five senses, favoring feeling.
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Sweden
Russia
Riner
Uncle Sam
Joseph N. Tomcrantz
Solomon Zuckerman
David Wolf
Pine Bluffs Youth Dies at Local Hospital
Clifford D. Peterson aged 3265 died at a local hospital at 6 a.m. Monday. His body will be shipped from Warly-Bricker Bros. mortuary to Pine Bluffs this afternoon at 2:80 o'clock for funeral arrangements to be announced. He was the son of Mrs. S. V. Peterson and a former resident of Pine Bluffs. He was an ex service man.
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West Twenty-sixth Street
Gertrude
Lilly
Emily Underwood
Florence Bradley
Joseph Reed
Miss Bradley
Isaac Bradley
Cheyenne
Eastern Star
Reed
Union Pacific Railroad
Pine Bluffs
City
Clifford D. Peterson
Warly-Bricker Bros
S. V. Peterson
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Rom Elk Mountain
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Columbia
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Boulder
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Victor, Colo
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St. John’s Hospital
City Federation of Women's Clubs
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Wheatland
New Years
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Flemingsburg
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Wells
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University High School
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Spain
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