Wyoming Good Roads Association Holds First Annual Meeting in Cheyenne
Scores of state boosters travel to Cheyenne for the first annual Wyoming Good Roads association gathering. Delegations from cities and federal and state highway officials led by John D. Clark J A Whitaker and Thomas H MacDonald will speak. Meetings at the Industrial club include legislative executive program and banquet committees with a closing banquet at the Parish house.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Good Roads Association
Industrial Club
John D. Clark
J. A. Whitaker
Denver
Federal Public Roads Department
Wilh Thomas H. MacDonald
Laws State Highway Commission
Commercial Cubs
Fremont Feud On In Earnest Before Solons
Fremont County feud escalates as the legislature opens with dispute about a slush fund alleged to influence lawmakers. The Pomona Grange accusations were denied by Eva G. Lamberson who says the printed resolution misstates the situation. Lamberson sent copies of two resolutions clarifying the matter amid questions over authorization of signatures.
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Fremont County
Pomona Grange
Eva G. Lamberson
Grange
Cheyenne
Wyoming Good Roads Association
Frank McDowell
The
Mather Boosts Park-to-Park Highway at National Parks Meet
Gus Holm of Cody praises Secretary Mather for advancing the Park to Park Highway plan discussed at the National Parks Conference in Washington. Holm says Mather promotes Yellowstone motorisation and park rate standardisation, and seeks funding for a finder trip to map the route with potential auto industry advertising.
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Mather
Gus Holm
Washington, D. C
Cody
Holm
Emgt
Rocky Mountain
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Intercde
Madeesa
Ue Cotarese
Carnegie Hero Medals Awarded at 13th Meeting
Twenty three acts of heroism were recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission at its 13th annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Eight silver and fifteen bronze medals were awarded amid pensions totaling thousands to dependents of heroes who died. Additional educational and other grants were approved, with funds disbursed after beneficiary plans are reviewed.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Harry, Amster
Clarkdale
Ariz
A. Fay Bennett
Roger M. Powell
Austin
Tex
Ethel Williams
Martha Lee
Amelia C. Asn
Amelia C. Ammon
Yermo
Cal
Benjamin Frazier
Wheeling
W. Va
Wanda
Catharine Sulek
Juno
Ozona
Clifford D. Whitney
Gilbert R. Heckman
Tippecanoe City
Samuel B. Wolf
W. C. Lewis
St. Louis
Ethel Ave
Franklin D. White
Clara M. Holland
Springdale
Ark
Earl L. Munnell
Arthur Walker
Spring Lake
Colerain Ave
Cincinnati
Claude Stubberfield
Georgia F. Mansfield
Ardmore
Longest-serving solitary prisoner gains equal privileges
Jesse Pomeroy, once condemned to hang for the brutal murder of two children and later life imprisonment in solitary confinement since 1863, is granted equal privileges by the state executive council. He, now educated and fluent in seven languages, has faced multiple escape attempts.
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Boston
Jesse Pomeroy
State Executive Council
Pershing Ready and U S Appeals for Foreign Safety
Washington reports Pershing’s withdrawal prompts an urgent U S appeal to Carranza to protect foreigners in the ten month occupied district. Chinese workers fear for their safety and may seek asylum in the United States if they wish to leave. Villa mobilizes near the area as American troops prepare to move.
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Washington
Pershing
United States
Carranza
More Whiskey Consumed in 1916 Than Ever Before
Washington reports that American whiskey consumption in 1910 topped all years since 1900, with whiskey, beer, and cigarette revenue the highest on record. Officials cite full taxation on all production and rising prosperity and female smoking as factors in the increase.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Wilson to arbitrate dispute over Wyoming oil claims
Special to the State Leader reports President Wilson will act as arbiter in a dispute between Secretaries Lane and Daniels over Phelan and Ferriss amendments to the oil land leasing bill. The move aims to push a general leasing bill through Congress within ninety days, with contention over locators permits in Wyoming and other western states.
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Washington
DC. C
Wilson
Lane
Danielang
Phelan
Wyoming
Montana
California
Daniels
Supreme Court
Wyoming-Midwest
Senate
House
Germans and Russians See Gains on Multiple Fronts
Associated Press reports sizable actions as German forces push Russians back in the Riga region taking about fifteen hundred prisoners. Russians counterattack along the Danube securing a local Bulgarians advance, while Petrograd notes losses in a battalion. Bombardments and night attacks occur on other fronts.
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Riga
Danube
Hessarabia
Werlin
Petrograd
Pennsylvania Train Collision Racks Seven Injured
In Owl City Pennsylvania near Oil City a Meadv .. no. seven people were injured when a passenger train jumped the track and crashed into a freight train in Meantime yards. Hospital reports were not complete at 12 40. One victim was certain to die.
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Owl City
Kintieville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil City
Wilson In Close Touch With Senate
President Wilson twice visited his capitol office for conferences as Senate criticism voiced by Jones of Washington and echoed in cloak rooms continues. The Senate stayed in session while the President met callers at the door.
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Washington
Wilson
Capitol
Senate
Jones
United States Tops World in Foreign Trade for 1916
The department of commerce reports a record foreign commerce total of 7 875 000 000 dollars for last year with the U S leading as both buyer and seller. Indications point to 1917 possibly surpassing this peak.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce Today
Villa Bandits Rob Passenger Train At La Guna
Gunmen seized a Juarez to Chihuahua City passenger train at La Guna thirty miles north of Chihuahua City and stole 40000 pesos. They displayed a Villa flag during the robbery.
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EL Paso
Juarez
Chihuahua City
la Guna
French steel workers strike at second largest plant
Paris January 24. Employees at France second largest munition steel works have walked out on strike. Albert Thomas, minister of munitions and socialist representative, urged the workers to return to duty from the cabinet.
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Paris
France
Albert Thomas
Cabinnt
GOP Resumes Secret Caucuses After Open Conference Rule
Republican members of the house voted 108 to 15 to end open public conferences and resume secret caucuses. The change ends a policy in place since the Progressive era and associated with Murdock of Kansas who led earlier reforms.
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Washington
House
Murdock
Kansas
Rules Committee Suspends Inquiry as Brokers Prepare
The Rules Committee in Washington suspends the leak inquiry to give stock exchange brokers time to produce customer records amid the peace situation. A committee of experts will likely examine brokers' accounts on Tuesday to identify big operators who acted before the president's peace announcement and determine their sources of any advance information.
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Washington
Stock Exchange
Rules Committee
House
Britain and Ireland Cite Wilson Peace Aims in War Stalemate
Bonar Law in Bristol asserts Wilson aims align with Entente but require firm means to obtain peace. He calls for a league of peace and warns against a peace that leaves Germany’s military machine intact. In Ireland, John Wilson hails Wilson’s speech as monumental and urges governance only with consent of the governed.
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London
Bonar Law
Bristol
Wilson
Germany
Dublin
John Wilson
Fom East Mayo
Associated Press
American Ambassador Gerard Meets Berlin Officials Over Wilson Address
London January 24 states American Ambassador Gerard was summoned to the foreign office for a conference with the imperial chancellor on Wilson’s senate address. Telegraph dispatch adds the meeting lasted about an hour and a half.
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London
Gerard
Berlin
Foreign Office
Wilson
Senate
Jorah Bachonge
Germans and Austrians Now Welded Together In One Unit
Vienna reports that by late 1916 Austria-Hungary and Germany operate as a unified command under shared headquarters. Troops from both nations fight side by side, with German or Austro-Hungarian officers sometimes leading mixed units, while supply strains and metal shortages persist amid ongoing war demands.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Austria- Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Haane
Deyman
Dobrudja
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