Reactionary Republicans Foreshadow 1920 GOP Pow Wow
Republican leaders from nearly every state gather in Chicago for the Republican National Committee meeting amid talks of 1920 candidates. Names discussed include Wood, Lodge, Cummins, Knox, Harding, Taft, Watson, Lowden, Whitman, Weeks, and Henry Allen as a potential VP candidate. The agenda targets Democratic excess and Bolshevik threats, including public utilities nationalization.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Hays
Charles 8. Whitman
New York
John Weeks
Masachusetts
Henry Allen
Kansas
Hazardous Work Varied in Wyoming Compensation Report
The Wyoming workers compensation report notes coal mining as the most hazardous at 406 accidents and 463000 paid in compensation, while riding the range shows no awards despite hazards. Printing, torpedo works, and oil industries reveal stark disparities in premiums and payouts.
Bernstorf Gets 3 Months for Planing with U S
Baron Alardt von Bernstorf, nephew of a former German ambassador, was sentenced in San Francisco to three months in county jail for attempting to enter the country with a forged passport and a cover claim of Johnson County origin. The case involves fraud against the government and illegal entry.
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San Francisco
Alardt von Dé
Harbour workers strike to form conciliation board
The strike paralysing New York harbor moves toward an agreed conciliation board of twenty members, ten employers and ten workers, to arbitrate wages and conditions and enforce orders. Jo Glatameyer, president of the York Boat Owners' Association, announced the plan, stating a wage settlement and board formation within 48 hours.
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New York
New York Harbor
Lane
Jo Glatameyer
York Boat Owners’ Association
Berger vows bid for seat despite ouster by Congress
Milwaukee socialist Victor L. Berger and four co defendants were found guilty of violating the espionage act by conspiring to obstruct the war effort. Berger said he will run again if Congress orders a new election and warned Milwaukee district would remain unrepresented.
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A. P. Carney
Berger
Irwin St. John Tucker
W. F. Kruse
J. Louis Engdah
Adolph Germer
Kenesaw Mountain Landis Sald
Landis
Hartville Woman Visits Cheyenne as Plains Hotel Guest
Mrs. G. S. Patten of Hartville is visiting Cheyenne for several days and staying as a guest at the Plains hotel during her stay.
Turkey Given Ultimatum Over Armistice Terms
London report says Allied powers warned Turkey that Medina garrison must surrender immediately or be destroyed. Turkish commander Pakhi Pasha allegedly offered excuses, prompting the ultimatum to the Turkish government as the forces resist terms of the armistice.
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Turkey
London
Medina
Shortfall of arms shipments reported from Germany
London reports German failure to deliver arms under terms of surrender. A docking today shows shortages of 685 heavy guns 1000 machineguns 1000 trench mortars 600 cannons 4796 engines 5000 meters Pa and 90 000 railroad cars.
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London
Germany
Britain Intervened as Buenos Aires Strike Grows
In Buenos Aires the Vasena Tron strike intensified with 20 000 workers surrounding the plant and over 50 unions joining. Five metal workers were killed and 30 wounded as police escorted workers to safety. British subjects sought protection as the crisis deepened and the government faced a paralyzed city.
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Vasena Tron
National Mounted Police
Nonal
Union
Foreign Office
Foreign Trade Board Frees Corn Import Restrictions
The foreign trade board announces the removal of all import restrictions on corn and grain and says it will consider favorably applications for the import of these commodities. The action reflects a shift in policy toward greater openness in grain trade.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Foreign Trade Board
Americans Burn a Village and Then Take It
Allied forces renewed activity on the Kadish front as Serres burned the city and then reoccupied it. German troops reentered Ventchen, seizing the railroad junction from Polish forces after a failed Polish attempt to capture the station.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Jon
Ars «Tated Press
Amsterdam
Ventchen
Posen
Foch to Join French Delegation at Paris Peace Conference
Paris January 9 Marshall 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 of Cody 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 design hailed by Cheyenne man
H. M. Allenstein, once of Cheyenne and Packard employee, claims the Liberty motor was designed two years before U S entry and would have produced 9,800 units monthly at signing, rising to 90,000 by 1919. He argues America supplied decisive air power with rapid production against a small German air force.
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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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Albert B. Cummins
Towa
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Warren G. Harding
Ohio
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James H. Watson
Indiana
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Workingmen's Compensation Department
State of
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Bernstorf
Associated Prose
Eal
Johnson County
Asnodavid Press
Congress
Associates Press
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Milwaukee
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Socialist Party
Seymour Stedman
United States
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Joseph B. Fleming
Bergey
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Rand
Germer
J. Louis Engdahl
Tucker
Austria
Union Coal Miners of
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Irwin
J. John Tucker
William F. Kruse
Young Peoples Socialist League
Arabis
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Argentina
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