Cheyenne Fire Chief Pushes Fire Safety Reforms
Fire Chief Ed P Taylor urges Cheyenne city to adopt a fire escape ordinance a new building code and appoint an electrical inspector after the busiest year in the fire department 213 alarms most from locomotive sparks and defective wiring cited as causes. He blames delayed response for Inter Ocean hotel fire and calls for prompt action with a full annual report to the city commission.
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Chéyenne
Ed. P. Taylor
Io Big
City Commission
Inter Ocean
Taylor
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Negro gunman caught after auto flight near Cheyenne
Ed Veel wanted in Colorado for an alleged plan to kill his brother in law John Thomas of Eaton. He was arrested nine miles south of Cheyenne by Sheriff Pat Hayes and Sergeant Mc Farland while speeding toward Cheyenne. Irwin King drove Veel, paid ten dollars for the trip. King claimed Veel shot Thomas during a clash with Veel’s wife, sister to Thomas. Veel faces charges as both men worked at Eaton sugar factory. Thomas injured with gunfire but not believed fatally.
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Ed Weel
Colorado
John Thomas
Eaton
Cheyenne
Pat Hayes
McFarland
Irwin King
Veel
Ault
Greeley
King
Vael
Thomas
Thwarted Love Led to Murder in Warren and Pittsburgh
Mazie Colbert vowed to avenge a rejected romance with a Pittsburgh society member. The case widens as Philadelphia officials question associates and review letters suggesting ties to a murder motive and a suicide in Atlantic City.
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Pittsburg
Mazie Colbert
Warren
Wenman Lewis
Bernard Wesley Lewis
Atlantic City
Mazie
Lewis
Exchange Hotel
Pennsylvania
Fance
Kane County
Aow
Gage
Erle
East
Philadelphia
Going to Big Show Murmurs Cody Then Lapses
Denver report says Col William F Cody Buffalo Bill murmured I am going to the big show now then lapsed into unconsciousness. Physicians say he has 36 hours to live and he has begun arranging his estate. Final coma followed as the end nears.
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Denver
Col
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Cody
FOKSHAN FALLS 10 INVADERS FOKSHAN FALLS 10 INVADERS
Teutons press north into Moldavia capturing Fokshani with 4000 prisoners and cannon. German advance slows elsewhere with Austrians pushing east and Galatz threatened. Petrograd notes Russian losses at Fokshani while Russians claim trench gains near Alt Riga with 800 prisoners.
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Associated Press
Moldavia
von Mackensen
Fokshani
Galatz
Danube
Petrograd
Ponticheschi
Portuguese Assist in Western Front With British Armies
Portuguese expeditionary officers have arrived in France preparing for combat on the western front. Their eager entry marks Portugal’s actual participation in fighting, with uniforms matching French styles and British blue-gray touches. They are equipped with seventy five millimeter field guns and display strong training and keen grasp of battlefield tactics.
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France
Portugal
Republican Leaders Yield as Democrats Stand Fast on Platform
Wyoming legislature moves to submit prohibition amendment with broad party backing. Democrats unite behind Casper platform urging statewide vote, while Republicans yield to avoid division and prepare caucus selections for Senate presidency and House speakership.
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Wyoming
Casper
Todd
Jones
J. W. Toad
Buffalo
Johnson County
Senate
W. K. Jones
House of Representatives
Democrata
Kendrick
Parteh House
House
Plan to allow army leavetaking at will discussed
Senate subcommittee heard Capt George Mosely and Major William Harlee debate universal military service. Harlee rejected universal service and proposed a radical plan allowing soldiers to leave the service at will. Surgeons urged universal training.
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U.S. Army
Washington, Jan
United States
Senate
Universal Service
George Mosely
General Staff
William Harlee
Marine Corps
Harkee
Fate of 8 Hour Law Argued Before Supreme Court
The Adamson act constitutionality case was heard in the U S Supreme Court with arguments continuing toward a decision in a few weeks. Solicitor General Davis argued Congress can regulate hours and wages. Railroads and government counsel pressed their positions as appeals proceed from Judge Hook’s Kansas City ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
John W. Davis
Judge Hook
Kansas City
Carriera
Hook
Walker D. Hines
Arthur Miller
Missouri
Davis
Marvin Underwood
G. Carroll Todd
Frank Hagerman
United States
Francis M. Wilson
Kansan City
Alexander New
Henry C. Ferris
Oklahoma
Gulf
Railroad
Department of Justice
Senate
Wilson
Leak probe yields no evidence of prewar leak
Washington, Jan. 8. The Howe rules committee failed to obtain definite information linking a supposed leak to Wall Street before President Wilson's peace note. Lawson refused to name informants, while Secretary Tumulty and Secretary Lansing testified no outsider knew of the note in advance.
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Washington
Howe Rules Committee
Severa
Thomas W. Lawson
Wall Street
Wilson
Lawson
Joseph P. Tumult
Representative Wood
Bernard Baruch
Tamulty
Maleine Public Ag
Lansing
Her
Clong
Congress
Wyoming Electors Name Jordan To Carry Wilson Votes
John L. Jordan of Cheyenne was elected by Wyoming’s presidential electors to carry the state’s three electoral votes for Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall. Brock of Buffalo and Smith of Casper were named as alternates if needed. The trio will travel to Washington to have their votes counted by January.
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John L. Jordan
Cheyenne
Cne
Wyoming
Washington
A. M. Brock
Buffalo
Jamey P Smith
Casper
Ani
Woodrow Wilpon
United States
Thomas NR. Marshall
Jordan Willl Fart
Will Aalst
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Ure
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Skovgard
J. C. Jefferis
Newcastle
J. W. Todd
Lincoln County
Thalt
Charles D. Ovatt
Albany County
Laramie County
U. S. Supreme Court
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