Packers Debate Monopoly At 20th Live Stock Convention
Walter L Fisher denounces the packing industry as a five man monopoly with inherited power. Secretary Houston backs a federal probe as stockmen push for forest grazing fee relief. A. E. de Rieqles urges regulation while Fisher challenges packers to prove good faith. The hearing draws crowd and signals potential policy change.
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Federal Trade Commission
National Forest
American National Live Stock Association
Walter L. Fisher
Taft
David F. Houston
Houston
Forester
A. F. Potter
Washington
Dilan
Market Committee
A. E. de Rieqles
Denver
Mr. de Riegles
Fisher
de Rickles
Cheyenne Cadets Impress With Drill Exhibition
Cheyenne cadets paraded at the gymnasium drawing praise from Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston and American Livestock Association Vice President Ike T. Pryor. Houston called it one of the finest exhibitions and recalled his youth in the National Guard. Pryor urged every state and public school to teach such discipline. About seventy five cadets under Capt. Dave Cook demonstrated precise drill and Buitt’s manual exercises guided by Sergeants Sherman, Clark and Gleason.
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David F. Houston
Ike T. Pryor
American Livestock Association
Houston
National Guard
Pryor
Dave Cook
Buitt
Sherman
Clark
Gleason
Tims
Sanders
Bogensburger
Firet
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Man Linked to Two Divorces and Bigamy Charge
Melvin A. Barringer aka Carl Ray, jailed in Missouri, wooed and won Misa Victoria Corn as his second wife through telephone courtship while in prison. He is charged with bigamy after allegedly obtaining a Cheyenne divorce from Corn and marrying a third wife within a year. The case ties Barringer to a prior divorce from his first wife, and notes his varied aliases and travels across the West.
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Los Angeles
Coal
Jefferson County
Missouri
Melvin A. Barringer
Carl Ray
Cheyenne
Wyo
Misa Victoria Corn
Albert Chappelle
District Attorney's Office
Barringer
Mattie C. Barringer
St. Paul
Victoria Corn Barringer
Professor LaZelle
Alamo
Avon
Cheyenne Aboll T
California
Wyoming
Saved by Posse: Army aviators found after desert ordeal
Lieut. Col. Harry G. Bishop and Lieut. W. A. Robertson Jr. survived four days without food or water in Sonora Mexico. A Wellton civilian search party located them thirty six miles south of the border with Robertson guiding rescuers to Bishop resting in the Rosario mountains. They had only two oranges and two sandwiches since leaving San Diego January 10. The broken airplane propeller and a radiator water extraction were noted. Report confirms both men alive and well.
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Welston
Ariz
Harry G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson
Sonora
Mex
Wellton
Robertson
Bishop
Rosario Mountains
San Diego
W. A. Glassford
W. A. Robertson, Jr
Harry Bishop
Iowa Coal Trust Probe Ordered by Legislature
Des Moines Jan 19 the Iowa senate adopted the Eppa concurrent resolution creating a joint committee of three members from each house to investigate a coal trust with assistance from the attorney general and county attorneys. The vote was 45 to 12 and Lieutenant Governor Moore named Price Haskell and Caswell to the senate probe team.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Eppa
Moore
Price, Haskell and Caswell
London Munitions Factory Blown Up
An official communication reports a munitions factory in London was blown up on the date in question. Details are scarce in the telegram style dispatch, but authorities confirm a blast occurred with unknown casualties or causes at this time.
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London
Pershing On Way to Border Says Persistent Ramor
In Bel Paso Texas on January 19 army officers unofficially report Pershing expedition withdrawal from Elvallo to Colonia Dublan and expected to cross the desert toward the border within two days.
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Pershing
Bel Paso
Tex
Elvallo
Colonia Dublan
McRous
Poincare Says U S Victory Is In Sight
Paris January 10 President Poincare told an American reporter that France and its allies must persevere to secure reparations guarantees for the aggressions suffered and sacrifices made, asserting victory is attainable for the United States and its partners.
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Poincare
U. S
Paris
U S Warships Sent to Save Americans
A cablegram from Ambassador Elkine in Constantinople reports more than 1 004 Americans seeking to leave Palestine and Syria. The State Department plans to use the cruiser Des Moines and the col Mer Caesar to evacuate refugees. Allies grant permission to pass the blockade after negotiations.
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Washington
Elkine
Constantinople
Palestine
Syria
State Department
Des Moines
Packers Deny Consent to Federal Probe
Chicago packer Thomas F. Wilson stated the industry opposes a probe of packers alone and supports a federal investigation covering the entire livestock chain from farm to consumer. He refuted a convention report claiming the market committee secured packers' consent.
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Chicago
Thomas F. Wilson
Chicago Packer
Wilson
American National Live Hock Association
Cleyennne
Market Committee
German Raider Spreads Terror in West Indies
News from New York, Vera Cruz, Baltimore, Berlin, and Washington reports German raider activity and its impact on British, French, and neutral shipping. Details include prisoner counts, ships sunk, and crew repatriation, with no confirmed loss of American lives.
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West Indies
New York
Vera Cruz, Mex
Vera Cruz
Gulf
Baltimore
Virginia Caves
Europe
Berlin
Atlantic
Veseo A
Washington
State Department
Rio Janeiro
St. Theodore
Stewart
Pernambuco
Deutschland Again Due At New London
Bridgeport Connecticut January 10 The German merchant submarine Deutschland is expected at New London harbor within forty eight hours according to the collector of customs who arrived after a conference with Eastern Forwarding company officials.
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Bridgeport
Conn
New London Harbor
Eastern Forwarding Company
Stockmen Protest Forest Fee Increases At West Convention
Western cattlemen at a livestock meeting pressed Secretary of Agriculture David Houston to delay or modify higher grazing fees. They argued higher costs hurt beef prices for families and urged government aid to lower production costs while stressing range may belong to west herders, not eastern buyers.
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West
David F. Houston
Wilson
Cheyenne
Forest Service
Wyoming Weekend Weather Outlook
Unsettled conditions expected Saturday and Sunday across Wyoming with snow likely in the extreme north on Saturday. Temperatures will fall Sunday with colder readings, especially in the northeast portion.
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Wyoming
U. S. Inquiry of Packing Industry Urged As Vital
A yearlong campaign urged federal action on meat packing practices. The American National Live Sack association reports educating states, gathering support, and pushing for open competitive markets. The group notes packing interests agreed to withdraw opposition to federal regulation after extensive outreach and hearings.
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U. S
Hicato
Chicago
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W. L. Fisher
D. F. Houston
Posse
Mexico
Iowa Coal Trust
New London
Massachusetts
Gates
Forester Potter
Hall
Dahe
Alonzo Brinkerhoff
Joh
Mr. Prinkerhof
Segretary
FP. W. Jenkins
Pineda Wro
Congress
American National Live Sack Association
Uile
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