Reactionary Republicans Gather for 1920 Campaign Talks
Republican national committee meetings in Chicago draw leaders from nearly every state. Talks focus on anti Democratic expenditures and anti Bolshevik themes while listing potential 1920 presidential candidates including Wood Lodge Cummins Knox Harding Taft Whitman Weeks and Lowden. Henry Allen mentioned as possible vice presidential pick.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Hays
Charles 8. Whitman
New York
John Weeks
Masachusetts
Henry Allen
Kansas
Perplexing Hazard in Wyoming Compensation Report
A Wyoming report on the 1918 workers compensation shows coal mining as the most hazardous occupation with 406 accidents and 463000 paid in awards, while riding the range is excluded and many industries report few or no claims. Oil, printing, and torpedo works reveal large premiums with few injuries, and several tragic incidents are noted, including electrocution and a fatal eye injury.
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Workingmen's Compensation Department
State of
Wyoming
Bernstorf Ordered Three Months in County Jail
Baron Alardt von Bernstorf kin of a former German ambassador was sentenced to three months in the county jail for attempting to enter the country with a forged passport. He allegedly fled with a forged seal from Johnson County authorities and was arrested by federal agents.
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San Francisco
Alardt von Dé
Harbor workers strike moves toward conciliation board
New York harbor traffic was nearly paralyzed as a conciliation board was announced to arbitrate wage and working conditions. The board will have twenty members, ten from employers and ten from workers, with power to set terms and enforce its orders. The York Boat Owners Association president Jo Glatameyer announced the plan.
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New York
New York Harbor
Lane
Jo Glatameyer
York Boat Owners’ Association
Berger vows to win seat back despite ouster threat
Milwaukee socialist Victor L. Berger and four co defendants were found guilty of violating the espionage act by conspiring to obstruct the war program. Berger pledged to run again if Congress bars him from seating, while supporters argued free speech rights for a 1,000,000 strong socialist party.
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Chicago
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Fwe
National Assembly
A. P. Carney
Berger
Irwin St. John Tucker
W. F. Kruse
J. Louis Engdah
Adolph Germer
Kenesaw Mountain Landis Sald
Landis
Germer
J. Louis Engdahl
Tucker
Socialist Party
Austria
Union Coal Miners of
Niinals
Irwin
J. John Tucker
William F. Kruse
Young Peoples Socialist League
Mrs Patten Visiting Cheyenne From Hartville
Mrs. G S Patten of Hartville is a guest at the Plains hotel in Cheyenne during her several days’ visit.
Ultimatum Demands Turkish Armistice Compliance
London Jan 9 The allies notify Turkey that Arab lands around Medina must surrender their forces immediately or face destruction of the warden garrison. Pakhi Pasha, commanding the largest Arab garrison, offers excuses, prompting the ultimatum to the Turkish government.
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Turkey
London
Medina
Arabis
Shortage of Arms Reported From Germany
London dispatch reports Germany fell behind in surrendering materiel, with figures showing deficits of 685 heavy guns 1000 machine guns 1000 trench mortars 600 cannon 4796 engines 5000 meter Pa and 90000 railroad cars in the postwar tally.
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London
Germany
British Minister Moves To Protect Subjects As Buenos Aires Strike Worsens
In Buenos Aires the Vasena Tron strike escalated into clashes as 20 000 workers surrounded the plant and police escorted protesters. More than 50 unions joined, 5 workers were killed, 30 wounded, and city industries and transport were paralyzed. British subjects appealed for protection as the government weighed foreign safety, grain exports, and jute licenses.
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Vasena Tron
National Mounted Police
Nonal Trade
Union
Foreign Office
Trade Board Lifts Import Bar On Corn And Grain
The foreign trade board announced the removal of all restrictions on corn and grain imports and said it would consider favorably applications for the imports. The decision marks a shift in policy affecting domestic markets and availability for buyers abroad.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Foreign Trade Board
Americans Burn Villages and Advance on Kadish Front
American and Allied forces renewed operations on the Kadish front. Serres burned the city, then withdrew and retook the position as they advanced. In a separate report German forces re entered Ventchen, taking it from Polish control after a failed Polish attempt to seize the station.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Jon
Ars «Tated Press
Amsterdam
Ventchen
Posen
Foch Named to Peace Conference French Delegation
Paris January 9 Marshal Foch will be a member of the peace conference as commander in chief of the allied armies. Leon Bourgeois, authority on a league of nations, will also be on the French delegation. W J Walls Cody attorney is in the city on legal business.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Foch
Leon Bourgeois
League of Nations
W. J. Walls
Cody
Liberty motor origins claim from Cheyenne man
H. HM. Allenstein, formerly of Cheyenne and Packard employee, asserts the Liberty motor was designed two years before U S. entry and credits it with decisive air power in World War I. He cites production figures and projections, insisting American output would have dominated the air war.
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Liberty Motor
U.S
H. HM. Allenstein
Cheyenne
Packard Motor Co
State Leader
America
Western Front
Germany
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N Wood
Henry Cabott Lodge
Massachusetta
Albert B. Cummins
Towa
Philander Knox
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
William H. Taft
James H. Watson
Indiana
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Kepnew
Bernstorf
Associated Prose
Eal
Johnson County
Asnodavid Press
Congress
Associates Press
Bower
Seymour Stedman
United States
Clyne
Joseph B. Fleming
Bergey
Milwaukeee Weader
Rand
Pakhi Pasha
Dy Associated Press
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
United Shire
Foch
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