Berger and Socialist Leaders Found Guilty in Espionage Trial
Five leaders of the socialist party including Victor Berger are convicted of conspiring to violate the espionage law by delivering speeches and publishing writings aimed at undermining military loyalty and the draft system. Names listed include Adolph Gernar J Lewis Engdahl William F Kruse and Irwin Frank Tucker. The verdict followed five hours of deliberation in Judge Landis' Chicago court.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Landis’ Court
Tay
Conpiracy
United States
Victor JL. Berger
Milwaukee
Adolph Gernar
J. Lewis Engdah
American Socialist
William F. Kruse
Young Peoples’ Socialist League
Rov
Irwin Frank Tucker
Special Stockholders Meeting For The Good Hope Mining
A holder with over ten percent of The Good Hope Mining and Reduction Company gives notice of a special meeting of stockholders at the Interocean Hotel office in Cheyenne Wyoming. It will be held February fifth 1919 between 2 and 5 pm to remove the term of incorporation and extend and continue the corporate powers. Lou Weiss signs the notice.
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Good Hope Mining and Reduction Company
Interocean
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Effort to Strip Wilson of Rail Power Moves in Congress
Senator Cummings Iowa says a resolution to remove presidential authority to return railroads to private hands will be introduced to ensure congressional review before any turnover. The plan follows Interstate Commerce Commission testimony supporting limiting executive discretion despite ICC members Clark and McChord opposing the move.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Interstate Commerce
Clark
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Commission
Cumming
Iowa
McChord and Wolley
Cam‘Clark
Recalled Grand Encampment Bubble Tied to Emerson Career
The death of Willis George Emerson in Los Angeles recalls his role in the Grand Encampment boom, a vast pyramid of stock tied to the Ferris Haggerty mine in Wyoming. Investors bought certificates as prosperity surged, only to lose value when the mine failed and fortunes collapsed.
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Willis George Emerson
Los Los Angeles
Emerson Motors Company
North American Copper Company
Wyoming
Wyoming Sierras
Continental Divide
Emerson
Fmerson
Kansas
Ed Haggerty
Sierra Madre
Carbon County
Haggerty
Porris-Haggerty
Ferris- Haggerty
Ferris-Haggerty Mine
Foerris-Haggerty
Ferrin-Haggarty
Penn-Wyoming Copper Company
Holding Corporation
Encampment
Grand
Ferris-Haggerty
George Randolph Chester
George Emerson
J. Hufes Wallitteford
Wilson functions as prime minister at peace table
Paris January reports from the Temple state President Wilson informed Premier Clemenceau that he does not seek to be head of state at the peace conference but to act as prime minister of the United States. The Temps notes the U S constitution designates the president as head of state and government, and Wilson will claim prerogatives of the latter role at the talks.
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Paris
Janu
The
Temple
Wilson
Clemencedl
Peace Congresa
United States
Temps
SURE DEATH FOR SEED CRIMINALS
Nearly 17 040 samples of soot were received for the year at the seed testing laboratory of the United States department of agriculture in Washington and 11 349 samples at five branch laboratories. All samples were examined to determine seed quality and presence of adulterants. The weed importation act prevented many shipments of imported seed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Srate
Seed imports slump amid trans Atlantic shipping delays
The article notes seed shipments dropped with imports insufficient for sowing 16 000 acres at standard rates. It cites failures in three shipments, limits in trans Atlantic transport, and minimal growth potential, with Canada bluegrass and Japanese winter rape as the only imports above last year.
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Canada
Japan
Electric Tables Record Increase in Wyoming Plants
Preliminary figures from a Wyoming quinquennial report show a rise in establishments from 1907 to 1917, with 23 new plants and a 70.8 percent income increase in 1912 to 1917. Output rose 136.9 percent, while 1912 to 1917 also saw higher employee numbers and wages.
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Central Electric Light and Power
Wyoming
Sam J. ‘Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Washington
Eugene F. Hartley
Deputies Reappointed by County Officials in Laramie
All deputies at the Laramie County Courthouse have been reappointed by the newly inducted officers. Richard Grace remains deputy county clerk, Ira Hane deputy county treasurer, and Ed Schoel deputy sheriff. George Carroll is undersheriff. Mildred Graham and Thelma Hutt retain county clerk's office posts. County Assessor Andrews will appoint five deputy assessors this week.
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Laramie County Court House
Richard Grace
Ira Hane
Ed Schoel
George Carroll
Mildred Graham
Thelma Hutt
Andrews
W. O. W. Phoenix Camp to elect and install officers
The Phoenix Camp No. 144 of the Woodmen of the World holds an election and installation of officers on a specified evening in January at 7:30. The notice indicates a formal meeting for leadership changes.
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Phoenix Camp No. 144
Spexedey
Far From Battles Yet Earns Special Service Chevron
Miss Margaret Nunvialli of St Stephens hospital in Fort Yukon Alaska receives the American Red Cross Special Service Chevron for her nursing and missionary work at the Arctic outpost hospital ten miles inside the Arctic circle. Archdeacon Hudson Stuck notes the isolation with 250 miles to Dawson and 950 miles to Fort Gibbon, and recalls Stefansson’s 400 mile dog sled transfer for typhoid patients.
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Cordova
Aintes
St. Stephens Hospital
Fort Yukon
Alaska
North America
Margaret Nunvialli
American Red Cross
Arctic Circle
Yukon Flats
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck
Red Cross
Nunvialll
Yukons
Dawson
Fort Gibbon
Archdeacon Stuck
Miss Nunvialli
Gift Killed By Boy Near Parkman Wyoming
An eight year old girl, daughter of John Didelot, was accidentally shot and killed by Walter Whitcomb, eleven, while the two played with a gun at the girl’s home on Columbus creek seven miles from Parkman. The fatal accident occurred in Sheridan County.
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Sheridan, Wyo
John Didelot
Columbus Creek
Parkman
Walter Whitcomb
Funeral for Alma and Lillian Thrasher
Yesterday afternoon funeral services were held at the Early chapel for Alma and Lillian Thrasher who died from Spanish influenza. The Rev. C Brace of the Methodist church conducted the rites.
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Alma
Lillian Thrasher
C. ©. Brace
The
Methodist Church
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U. S. Treasury
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Theodore Roosevelt
Berger
Lou! Weiss
Dan
Cummins
McChord
Wilson Fungitons
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Sheridan
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