Cannibal horror from Haiti shocks U S Marines
Naval board details killings and eatings of three Marines by Haitian Cacos. Testimony describes Private Clarence Morris devoured, Sergeant Lawrence Muth mutilated, and Private Harry Lawrence missing after clashes. Moon feast rites and cannibal violence tied to new religious sect.
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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 Vote
In Washington the Senate approved the farmers relief measure over President Wilson’s veto by 53 to 5, setting up House passage the next day. The bill would revive the war finance corporation to aid credit, despite the president’s claim it is unnecessary in peacetime.
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Washington
Wilson
War Finance Corporation
Senate
House
Underwood
Alabama
Grenna
Agricultural Committee
Treasury
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Death follows accidental shooting at New Year party
Julian Dick a New York cotton broker died after an accidental gunshot at his New Year’s party. George Bruce Brooks, a friend, was handling a revolver when it discharged. Brooks and his wife were present. Dick’s father exonerated Brooks. Blood transfusion from Brooks’s brother failed to save him. Both men had served as captains in the war.
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New York
Julian Dick
George Bruce Brooks
Brook
Brooks
Frank M. Dick
Liberty
James Woolcox Named Under-Sheriff for Laramie County
James Woolcox will become Laramie County's under-sheriff, succeeding Lon C. Davis, with George J. Carroll as sheriff-elect and Glen Schultz as deputy. The change includes Stoddard remaining as deputy treasurer and Amanda Melquist becoming deputy county assessor under new county officials.
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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 Fire Destroys State House
Charlestown West Virginia January 3 The capitol building in Charleston was wiped out by fire. A laborer died and a fireman was injured when a roof section collapsed beneath them. Exploding 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 78
Dr Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg former German chancellor died Saturday night after a brief illness at his estate Hohenfinow near Berlin. He testified in 1919 before national assembly committees on war responsibility and opposed submarine warfare. He recalled Britain's use of a scrap of paper remark about Belgium neutrality.
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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 installed officers for the term at the Masonic temple meeting. William R. Dubois was named Master of Kadosh with a full slate including George L. Strader as Prior and Richard H. Repath as Preceptor, plus officers for Chancellor, Minister of State, Registrar, Treasurer, and more. The old trustees were re-elected, with additions to the board.
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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 services for Mistress Paulina Baisa
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1 30 for Paulina Baisa wife of Pilar Baisa. Father Hartmann officiated. 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 Taken to Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons was brought home from Union Mills and reached the arch episcopal residence at 12 30 PM. He was reported to have suffered no ill effects. Burdick and John F Rossman lead the building committee planning the new Scottish Rite cathedral at Capitol avenue and Twenty first street. At installation ceremonies last night W R Dubois G L Strader R H Repath Judge J A Riner and Fred Pobes spoke. The Consistory opens the year with 1970 members and valuable unincumbered property and over 25000 in cash. It hopes for installation of officers next year in the new cathedral.
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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 Ont January 3 The three American naval balloonists forced to land at Moose Factory on Hudson Bay after weeks of disappearance since leaving Rockaway N Y probably will not reach Mattice where the Canadian National transcontinental railway begins before next Saturday Latest reports say the party started December 27 by dog sled for a rail head and is making slow progress
Sweden and Russia Lose Three Citizens
Three new U S citizens were naturalized in federal court before Judge Riner. one from Sweden and two former Russians. The new citizens are Joseph N. Tomcrantz from Sweden and Solomon Zuckerman and David Wolf, the latter having served with American forces in the war.
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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 age 3265 died at the city hospital at 6 a.m. Monday. The 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 later. He was the son of Mrs. S. V. Peterson of Pine Bluffs and had lived there ten years. 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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Laramie
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Rom Elk Mountain
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San Francisco
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Columbia
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South Bend
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Boulder
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Cheyennne
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Detroit
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Fort Collins
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Victor, Colo
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St. John’s Hospital
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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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