Legislative Stalemate as Committees Unnamed in Wyoming Session
Wyoming legislators faced a lull with no committee names set as the Twelfth legislature convened. The House formed a few temporary groups and adjourned to Thursday. the Senate read a contest against Senator Irvine and set rule work, with eyeing Lincoln County election contests and notable figures in the capitol scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davidson
St. Mark’s Church
Pratt
Mets
Kindler
Scott
Motz
Cation
House
Senate
Sage
Secretary of State
W. C. Irvine
Converse County
L. W. McClellan
Emery
Sullivan
Carpenter
Laramie
Jeffers
Weston
Taylor
Pearson
Shevard
Jeffries
Plains
Speaker Pratt
Judge Mets
Sheridan
Capitol
George Beck
Stephen H. Sibley
Laramie County
Taft
Diers
Sheridan County
BE. J. Sullivan
Basin
Cheyenne
Thorley
Otto
Man of Mystery Now Identified in Aberdeen Theft Case
John Johnson of Aberdeen, 8. D., identified as recovering stolen clothing and letters. Sheriff Schafer notes the recovered items and outlines Comms connection to a New York police past, with possible Omaha warrants. Comm’s body awaits burial, while Johnson delays overcoat return as Aberdeen endures the cold.
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John Johnson
Aberdeen
Sioux City
Johnson
Schaffer
Brown County
Schafer
Had
Omaha
Comm
Early
Colorado Sugar Tariff Fight Faces Senate Odds
Washington January 15 The Ways and Means Committee examined the sugar tariff issue as sugar executives protested abolishing it. Francis K Carey vice president of the National Sugar Manufacturing Company of Colorado warned against “throwing beet sugar like a bone to hungry dogs” and urged a non partisan commission to study the tariff. Several leading Democrats privately admitted they would oppose a free sugar bill if it stood no chance in the Senate.
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Washington
Loose Ways and Means
Francis K. Carey
National Sugar Manufacturing Company of Colorado
House
Senate
Titanic Lawsuit Over Damages Faces White Star Line
In New York on Jan 15 lawyers for Titanic claimants seek more than 10 million dollars for loss of life and property. White Star Line asks to cap liability under US law at under 100 thousand. Lawyers for White Star argue the limit applies to wreckage value and passenger money.
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New York
Pitty
White Star King
United States District Court
Tibe
White Star Line
A. L. Brougham
200 Suen
Brite TV
Have you a good cook now
A witty exchange from a London Op clipping shows a speaker asking about a cook while admitting they have not been home since breakfast, implying a quick, humorous urban scene.
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London
Denver Suffragist Detained After Week Long Starvation Incident
Grace Keener of 5427 Walnut Street locked Charles Harmon in a room for a week and starved him to force marriage. Harmon's mother and police intervened. Keener claimed engagement to Harmon but then fled the scene. The case centers on a frantic pursuit and alleged coercion in Denver.
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Denver
Robert Chambers
Grace Keener
Walnut Street
Charles Harmon
John Harmon
Larimer Street
Bread Provides New Stomach for Rockefeller
Lydia Cole Sharpless, a Quaker from Philadelphia, claims she cured John D. Rockefeller of indigestion with her gelatinized starch bread. Rockefeller allegedly vowed a million dollars for a stomach and now relies on her loafs sent from Philadelphia twice weekly, with no kneading to activate the secret.
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Philadelphia
Lydia Cole Sharpless
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
George
Sharpless
Raphael's Masterpiece Smuggled to London Hotel Report
The London Standard reports Raphael's Madonna Della Quercia has been smuggled from Italy and brought to London where it now hangs in the Hotel Cecil guarded by four detectives. The panel painting depicts the Virgin and Child with St. Joseph and St. John against a detailed landscape.
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London
Raphael
Italy
London Standard
Cecil
the Standard
Christ
St. Joseph
St. John
Christ Child
Warren Company Fenced Gov't Land, Says Cong Com
Democratic House committee reports 40,000 acres in Wyoming were illegally fenced by Warren Live Brock Company. Based on interior department inspectors statements, the Justice Department had discredited the earlier report, but congressional action now confirms findings. Senator Francis BE cited as co principal owner.
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Washington
Democratic House Committee of Congress
Interior Department
Wyoming
Warren Live Brock Company
Wied
Francis BE
Warren
Department of Justice
Committee of Congress
Carnegie Hero Awards List Honors Drowning Rescues
The Carnegie hero fund commission released a new list of bronze and silver medal awards and cash benefits for rescuers across the United States. Recipients include Louis Stoll of Sanita Cruz and Clarence Van Nostrand of Glen Cove, with actions spanning California, New Jersey, Texas, and beyond, dating from 1906 to 1921. awards include medals and up to $2,000 for educational or other needs, with some widows receiving pensions.
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Prather
F. Wliam Pheasant
Leverman
Knights Landing
Cal
John V. Hagemann
Hagemann
David C. Schlueter
Minnie L. Schlueter
Albert HK. Collins
Alton
Walter B. Wallace
Wallace
Sallie C. MclLean
Adam A. Oberst
Oberst
Charles L. Carr
Carpentersville
R. Karberg
Karberg
Dorothy Meliew
la Jolla
Charles L. Covell
Covell
Ruth King
Sarah J. Williams
Albert Hurst
Wellington
Kan
Hargis Creek
Austin M. Morgan
Morgan
William EB. Mason
Cleburne
Tex
Lorenzo Ortiz
Ortiz
Alexander
Townes
Oklahoma City
Okla
Magdalene Bargas
Bargas
S. Brooks Townes, Jr
Oklahoma Mty
Sydney Metzler
Metzler
Annie Newton
Whyroooomagh
N. 8
James A. Miller
Miller
Jet C. Rodgers
Ora Postlewalt
Allen W. McDowell
McDowell
Jeanie P
James E. Bateson
Delaware
Oklo
William P.mwrley
Janes Murley
Farmer
J. Austin Lott
Capron
Okio
Dorje FB. Lewis
Mist Lewie
Benjamin W. Draper
Cowansville
Que. Ney
Albert C. Zeiner
Briton Lord Blackwood to Wed Mrs Astor in New York
LORD BASIL BLACKWOOD arrives in New York amid rumors of a marriage to Mrs Alva Willing Astor, former wife of the late Colonel John Jacob Astor. The scene at the Cedric and Fifth Avenue residence draws photographers and police as Blackwood declines comment and prepares for a formal union with the Astor family.
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New York
Lord Mall Blackwood
England
Alva Willing Astor
John Jacob Astor
Lord Blackwood
Cedric
Lordshire
Astor Family
Lord Basil
the Ford
Ord Blackwood
Astor
Fifth Avenue
Eed
London
Board of Trade
South Africa
Marquis of
Dufferin and
Ava
Pigeon Considered Intellectual at Harvard in Lab Study
Cambridge January 15 Harvard researchers led by John Edward House studied pigeons to test learning and emotion. Pigeons navigated mazes and doors after repeated trials and showed reactions such as anger fear and affection, while observing birds learned tricks by watching.
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Cambridge
Harvard
Domentic
John Edward House
Exiled Castro to Appeal Ruling on US Exclusion
The Ellie Inland special board of inquiry ruled ex president Cipriano Castro should be excluded from the United States. Castro’s attorneys said the decision would be appealed to the Department of Commerce and Labor. The board cited grounds related to Castro’s conduct affecting national security.
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New York
Ellle Inland Today
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
United States
Castro
Department of Commerce and Labor
Stocker and State Officials Confer On Stock Tax Values
The water board of valuation met with lawmakers and ranchers after adjournment to discuss livestock valuations. Senator Kendrick chaired as cattlemen urged raising cattle values and range cattle to 30 per head, dairy cows to 40, sheep reduced to 70 percent of current, horses unchanged, in a cordial session.
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Wate Board of Equalizathon
Howx
Haird
Forsyth
Kendrick
Kendricy
Onanime
Stachmen
Perkins Quizzed on Money Concentration Peril
Washington January 15 Samuel Untermeyer counsel for the money trust investigating committee outlined records showing concentration of money and credits and asked if Perkins saw it as a menace to the country. Perkins could not specify a peril point but opposed concentration that harms the nation.
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Washington
eGorge W. Perkins
Samuel Untermeyer
Money Trust
Perkins
Rhe
Jacob Eohiff
Rockefeller
House Money Trust Committee
William Rockefeller
Pujo
House
C. W. Richardson
Bia
Dodges Inquiry Expands as Suspects Flee to Montreal
New York dispatch says Percival J. Motrotosh, longtime private secretary to William Rockefeller, and Katharine Harrison, linked to Pujo inquiry, fled to Montreal with Mine Harrison. Macintosh is said to be Montreal native. The Pujo committee seeks testimony on the 1912 Amalgamated copper deal and related operations in which Rogers, Rockefeller, Lawson, and Harrage allegedly shared profits of about 50 million dollars.
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New York
Pujo Committee
Katharine Harrison
H.W. Rogers
Oracle
Percival J. Melotosh
William Rockefeller
Macintosh
Montreal
Eity
Mine Warrison
Triuat
Tt le
Motnreal
Mies Harrison
Pujo
Aoe Harrison
Willem Hoekelelier
HH Rogers
Thomas W. Lawson
Albert C. Hurrage
Boston
Bonds for Ryan and others disapproved in federal case
Chicago January 15 bonds for M Ryan F W Schupe jailed for conspiracy in dynamite transport were rejected by District Attorney Miller as underb aded. Beaum of Minneapolis granted 20000 bond while Ryan group bond undervalued at 37000 versus 200000 requested. Slockin of Indianapolis denied bail and Reddin bond for 46900 considered insufficient.
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Chicago
Eee Co Jae
M. Ryan
F. W. Schupe
Charles W. Miler
Indianapolis
United Stats Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles N. Beaum
Minneapolis
Miller
Ryan
Houllbap
Schupe
William Eb, Reddin
Milwaukee
Herbert Slockin
Leavenworth
Kas
Rebels Burn Bridges Cut Communications in Mexico
Rebels severed cables and burned bridges on government lines 140 miles south of the Mexican Central railroad disrupting travel. Wooden trestles over 140 miles of the Northwestern line were pinned by rebels delaying traffic and commerce. The Guggenheim smelters at Monterey and Vedena faced disruption forcing 6,000 workers off duty as unrest grew. A cruiser was ordered from San Diego to Acapulco to project American interests amid deteriorating conditions.
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Paso
Crater of
Mexico
Bec Gullego
Mexicat Central
Povermaent
Mestoo Northwestern
Guggenheim
Montery
Vedena
Hanh
el Osment
Acapulco
Washington, D. C
Denver
San Diego
Cal
Moex
Mexican Fort
Washington
Americary
Julio Radiite
Rouge
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Laoking
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