Solons Plan for Contest at Capitol
Wyoming's upcoming legislative session will center on the proposed prohibitory amendment and party control. Republicans are favored to organize both houses, with C. D. Oviatt likely to lead the House amid wet and dry contest rumors. In the Senate race W. W. Daley is groomed with Carbon county support, while Ishmael C. Jefferis and S. Skovgard are also named contenders.
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Wyoming
Plains Hotel
C. D. Oviatt
Jelm
Albany County
Drys
Thomas R. Wilson
Alta
Lincoln County
State Senate
W. W. Daley
Rawlins
Newcastle
Skovgard
Basin
Senate and House Furniture Placed In Capitol Wings
The Senate and House chambers in the two new wings of the capitol near completion per contractor John Howard. Furniture is on site and carpet laying will finalize the floor covering with offices ready for occupancy. The east wing houses the House and the west the Senate, both with fourteen committee and office rooms.
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Senate
House
Capitol
John Howard
Allan True
Denver
Pullmans to be Used As Hotel For Livestock Convention
Five to eight Pullman cars will be parked on the Union Pacific wall track near the via duct to serve as hotel accommodations for delegates attending the American Livestock convention. The sleepers were requested by the Industrial club to replace the Inter Ocean hotel, destroyed by fire, and arrangements were made by Union Pacific officials. The cars will stay here for the duration of the convention.
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Union Pacific
L. A. Broderick
Industrial Cub
Inter Ocean
W. S. Bassinger
Cody Feeling Fine Says He Is Well After Illness
A telegram from Col. William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill reports he arrived at Glenwood Springs to rest and is feeling well. The message contradicts rumors of serious illness and a last resort trip.
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Denver
Col
Wil
Glenwood Springs
F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
J. H. East
Qody
State University Growth Report from Dr Duniway
Dr Duniway reports rapid growth at State University of Wyoming with 686 net enrollments this year, up 124 from last year and an 108.6 percent three year rise. He urges higher faculty salaries, library needs, building repairs, heating plant upgrade, and expanded home economics space. Financials show income of 278499.19 and year end balance of 2540.24.
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University of Wyoming
C. A. Duniway
Page
Duniway
Liberal Arte
Department of Home Economics
Senate Endorses Wilson Peace Note Without Note Approval
The Senate backed the Jones substitute to the Hitchcock resolution approving Wilson’s peace terms, not the note itself, by a 48 to 17 vote. Democratic and Progressive Republicans supported the move, while Borah warned it could tighten control of Europe and repudiate the Monroe Doctrine.
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Senate
Wilson
Washington
Jones
J. H. Lewis
United States
America
Lewis
Borah
State Guards Expect Mexico Invasion Soon
Wyoming National Guard units along the border, including Deming New Mexico, are believed by officers and men to be activated soon for a campaign against Mexico. Capt Arthur Parner says a border friend reports the entire force expects intervention within a short time and Pershing’s withdrawal may precede a Mexican invasion to subdue factions and restore order.
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Wyoming National Guard
Deming
N. M
Mexico
Arthur Parner
State Guard
Pershing
Berlin Hopes Polish King To Spark Joy
Berlin reports Polish leaders await the proclamation of a new Polish king. Advices from Warsaw say a separate state idea grows slowly until a crowned monarch is shown, after which Poles will more vividly feel their national existence under a new form.
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Berlin
Warsaw
City Manager Plan adopts in Kansas City charter vote
Kansas City charter board votes seven to five to adopt the city manager plan after a long debate. The plan will be written into the new charter and put to a special election in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Earthquake in Formosa Kills 300. Napto Damaged by Fire
A central Formosa earthquake today killed about 300 people and injured many more per dispatches from Tatboku. The quake damaged around 1,000 houses. The city of Napto also suffered extensive fire damage.
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Tokio
Formosa
Tatboku
Napto
Braila Falls to Teutons as Army Advances in Wallachia
Berlin reports Braila, Romania’s chief commercial city, captured by German and allied forces. Von Mackensen’s forces push through Wallachia toward Moldavia with 1400 prisoners taken. Galatz remains the next major Romanian town in German control. Russian attacks falter on the western front.
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Associated Press
Braila
Teutons
Wallachia
Moldavia
von Mackensen
Danube
Galatz
Berlin
Rumania
Constantinople
Dobrudja
Dvina River
Dvinosk
Four More Children Die in Wireton Tornado Tragedy
Muskogee Oklahoma wire reports raise the toll to fifteen young students after a tornado ripped through the Wireton schoolhouse. Teacher Vera Carter recalls the moment the storm hit as lunch period ended and the building was uprooted.
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Muskogerk
Okla
Don
Wireton School House
Here
M'Alester
Wiretoo
Vera Carter
Wyoming Weekend Weather Outlook
The forecast calls for a fast Saturday and Sunday across most of Wyoming with unsettled weather in the extreme north. Temperatures turn colder Sunday especially in the southern regions.
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Wyoming
Hearsay Leak Stories Aired By Rep Wood
Washington Jan 5 Representative Wood of Italiana testified before the house rules committee alleging a pre peace note leak to Wall Street. He named Joseph Tumulty Bernard Haruch R W Bolling and brokerage houses and produced a broker letter. Tumulty and Bolling denied the reports and Tumulty demanded an apology.
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Washington, D. C
Wall Street
Wilson
House Rules Committee
Representative Wood
Italiana
Wood
Joseph T Tumulty
Bernard Haruch
New York
R. W. Bolling
Fraud Cost Us Five States Says Suffrage Leader
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Suffrage Association, urged stricter corrupt practice laws and charged that the suffrage cause had been cheated of five or more states by fraud within the law. She asserted that political corrupters in twenty five states bribed voters and influenced their choices.
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Washington
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Suffrage Association
Government takes full control of maize trade
London January 6 announcement declares the government has assumed complete control of the maize trade beginning today, mirroring its wheat market measures. The move centralizes regulation and distribution under state oversight.
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London
Montana State College Admitted to Conference
In Denver on January 6 the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Conference voted to admit Montana State College at Bozeman as a new member.
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Montana State College
Denver
Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate
Bozeman
Posse Hails Killings After Attack in Alabama
A posse in Greeley Alabama reports killing one Black man and severely wounding another while pursuing a third suspect in connection with an attack on a white woman. Local authorities say the case is under investigation and no further details are available.
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Birmingham
Greeley
Alabama
Villa Routed in Mad Flight by Auto Near Jimenez
Government troops crushed Pancho Villa forces near Jiminez with heavy losses. General Marequis reports Villa’s retreat by automobile toward El Valle as Pershing era troops watch. a key Villa chieftain Martin Lopes is said fatally wounded and larger contingents suffer capture or death.
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Villa
Lopez
Chipvaseca
Mex
Pancho” Villa
Jiminez
Martin Lopes
el Valle
Pershing
Mareuis
Ville
Hismatcher
Bachimba Pass
Morvaci
Orth
Vilin
Ff Vana Messeon
Jimenez
Ding
Santa Ronalla
Chihuatua City
Laredo
Tex
Murguia
Stokes Wife Ties Feudal Barriers to Women’s Progress
Rose P. Stokes wife of W G Phelps Stokes told a Baltimore audience that the twentieth century man lives with a fifteenth century woman and that the cook stove and other feudal societal notions have held women back.
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Baltimore
Rose P. Stokes
W. G. Phelps Stokes
British Leaders Arrive in Rome for War Council Talks
Prime Minister Lloyd George and Viscount Milner arrived in Rome to join French and Italian leaders in discussions on the general war situation as officially announced in London.
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London
Lloyd George
Viscount Milner
British War Council
Rome
Welsh to Meet Mitchell in Milwaukee Bout January 16
Freddie Welsh lightweight champion has been matched to face Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee at a local club on January 16. They will weigh 135 pounds at 4 PM the day before the fight, per word from New York.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Freddie Welsh
Richie Mitchell
New York
Convicts Fight Blaze as Prison Burns Bosses The Penitentiary
A major fire tore through the penitentiary as inmates joined guards to battle flames. Water from a single well hindered efforts and four prison shops were destroyed, two completely. Authorities say the cause remains undetermined.
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Joilet, HL
Jan
Possbie
McNamara In Prison For Refusal To Work
James I McNamara, jailed for dynamiting the Los Angeles Times, is confined in San Quentin's dungeon for refusing to work in the jute mill. He is serving a life term and remains in the dungeon as authorities keep him isolated to "age his mind."
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San Quentin
Cal
James I McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Cheyenne Exhibitor Captures Sweepstakes at Bird Show
W. M. Foust of Cheyenne won the sweepstakes at the Wyoming Poultry and Pet Stock show, securing an incubator and top honors for the highest scoring birds. C. Smith of Cheyenne earned the Hammond ham prize for the second best pen. White Wyandottes dominated, with other exhibitors from Cheyenne and Loveland praised for top displays.
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W. M. Foust
Cheyenne
Wyoming Poultry and Pet Stock Show
Hammond
Wyoming
C. Smith
Foust
Betvoot
Archer
Loveland
J. Putton
Roy Buck
Rhode Island
C. HW
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