Wyoming Voter Literacy Question Sparks 1912 Ballot Case
In Uinta County Wyoming a probe examines alleged illegal voting by Diamond Coal and Coke employees and families at Diamondville Glencoe and Oakley precincts under superintendent Thomas Sneddon. Witnesses admit inability to read the Wyoming constitution in English and officials spar over testimony and admissibility.
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State of
Wyoming
Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Thomas Sneddon
Ilegally
Diamondville
Glencoe
Oakley
Uinta County
T. Blake Kennedy
W. E. Mullen
Riki Salameinen
oMt-Rigdon
Sarah Loveday
United States
United State
General Wood Backs Paid Reservist Force in U S
General Wood endorsed a bill for a national military reserve. He urged all veterans eligible to enlist at once and receive pay while in reserve. The plan would pay $24 a month in reserve and $2 per service month when called to war.
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Washington
United States
Regular Army
Marine Corps
Caneral Wood
Army
Wood
Tilgen
Connecticut
Fatal Friendly Fire Toll Sparks Mexican Rail Conflict
In Oluaca Mexico on a January day twenty federal soldiers were killed when two bodies of federal troops fired on each other by mistake. A light cavalry detachment attacked travelers on a rebel train, and a second federal force opened fire on the first, revealing the fatal error and a tragic internecine loss.
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Oluca
Mex
Jan
Cheyenne Inaugurates New City Administration
Cheyenne installs Mayor Gill and new city council with Robbt taelle and Laughlin as members. McClement named chief of police at $125 monthly. Bresnahan absent due to illness. Reports review city finances, water, health, and firefighting, with bids for new safety and infrastructure measures.
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W. J. McClement
Dh Mit DI Oe Spon Se Caementee
David Nimmo
George H. Treastie
William Keating
Robbttaelle
Laughlin
Bresnahan
Gilk
H. W. la Munyon
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Oklahoma
Fire Department
Rosecrans Wreck Off Peacock Spit In gale threat
The oil tanker Rosecrans wrecked on Peacock Spit after a 60 mile gale. Three crew clung to the topmast as rescue attempts failed due to disabling fronts and heavy seas. The Point Adams life saving crew and two tugs stood by watching the fate of the trapped men.
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Astoria
Ove
Point Adame
Rosecrans
Here
Oneonta
Ore
United States Army
Peacock Spit
High Sea
Rosecrans 1883 Steamship Destroyed at Sea
The Rosecrans of the Associated Oil Co. burned to the waterline after a sea incident at Gaviota on August 27 1912. Built in Glasgow in 1883 the 835 foot steamer of 2976 tons carried 36 crew members and cargo valued around £200000.
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San Franciso
Cal
Rosecrans
Associated Oil Company
Gaviota
Glasgow
Devadrated Oil Company
Atlantic Wireless Stations Seek Panther Missing Ship
Government wireless stations along the Atlantic coast are searching for the repair ship Panther which sailed from New York last Thursday and has not been heard since leaving Virginia Capes on Friday during a terrific Atlantic storm. Naval officers report no response to wireless calls ordered by Secretary of the Navy Meyers.
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Tue
Fort Russell
United States
Arthur Crandall
Wileen
H. H Morris
Denver
Cheyenne
Bresnahen
Washington
Atlantic
Panther
New York
Virginia Capes
Meyers
Risk Lives to Rescue Utah Copper Miners
In Bingham Utah a group of miners frantically relays to reach two or three comrades entombed by a cave in at United States Mining Company's copper mines. One body has been recovered. At Utah Consolidated Mining Company five Austrians are injured in a tannery incident. Mines are cut off from wire communication.
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Bingham
Utah
Relaya
United States Mining Company
Utah Consolidated Mining Company
Wells Fargo to Fight Parcel Post Competition
Wells Fargo to clash with the parcel post in a nationwide contest as plans mature. C R H Graham traffic manager spoke at a state railroad commission hearing about the company’s four year program getting under way.
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Wells-Fargo
Parcel Post al Riva
Ban Francisco
Wells-Pargo, Express Company
Federal Parcel Post
Plann
C. R H. Graham
Bnion
Five Killed and Forty Injured in Wreck at Black Wall
The Big Four passenger train from Cincinnati to Chicago wrecked near Black Wall Indiana this afternoon. Five are reported killed and forty injured. The body of W B Felt of Rochester New York has been recovered.
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Lapay
Tte
Ind
Cincinnati
Chicago
Black
Wall
W. B. Felt
Rochester
Cold Wave Ravages West With Subzero Readings
Wyoming centers a severe cold wave as Cheyenne reports 23 below zero nighttime and Sheridan 32 below. Laramie records 37 below at the University of Wyoming while Corona fluctuates above zero after a midnight 10 below. Colorado braces for minimal stock damage as cold curbs fattening. Salt Lake City faces a water famine with carts selling water and many buildings closed.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Mid- Wight
Weather Bureau
Sheridan
Laramile
University of Wyoming
Colorado
Denver
Union
Arkansas Valley
Corona
Moffatt Road
Steamboat Springs
Jeadville
Diver Snatches Gil Prom Death Under Car Los Angeles
Jan Tee Rooning at full speed Hardeman a real estate dealer with one hand steered his automobile in front of a suburban electric car today and with the other hand snatched Miss Murphy from under the wheels of a heavy railway coach. An instant later the car and automobile collided. The motor car was wrecked but Hardeman and Miss Murphy were uninjured.
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Los Angeles
Hardeman
Eatate
Miss Murphy
Citrus Crops Hit by Deep Freeze Along California Coast
Los Angeles reports place the fruit loss at thirty million dollars with 10 000 to 26 000 car loads of oranges and lemons short of 1914 levels. Smudge pots and other methods aimed to save crops as frost devastates orchards from Redlands to San Bernardino and beyond. San Diego county warns of further damage as frost spreads from Cajon to Chula Vista.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
W. A. Randolph
Redlands
San Bernardino
San Mego
San Diego
Wi Cajon
Mena
Chula Vieja
Growers Abandon Hope as Frost Destroys Prune Groves
In Po mon o California on January 7 the cold snap killed crops across about 1000 acres of prune groves. Growers report losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars as they struggle to salvage remaining timber and future yields.
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Pomono
Cal
Mercury
Walnut association official comments on drought impact
Frank E B Kenogs secretary of the Santa Barbara County Walnut association notes the recent drought affects walnut crops. The statement appears in a Santa Barbara dispatch with continuation on page 8.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Frank EB. Kenogs
Santa Barbara County
Walnut (New )Oy Association
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Eltisen
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