Oil Protest to Congress Wins Support in Wyoming Session
The Wyoming legislature backed a memorial to Congress on behalf of oil locators and discussed Ferris bill provisions as the house approved $78,000 for the state fair and debated a joint city and county building measure. Opposition killed the Buffalo Bill memorial with a tabled motion, while a separate measure to fund zoological gardens faced amendment defeat in the senate.
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Buffalo Bill
Cody
O'Connor
Congress
House Committee
House
Senate
Riner
O'Gonror
Gproul
Hunter
Committee On Memorials
Representative Kirk
Sproul
Warren
Dobler
Wyoming
Kendall
Mercer
Committee
Spencer
Park County
Allison
Jim Baker
Snake River
Cheyenne
Charles Boyce
Carbon County
Denver
State Game Commission
Tramp Slayer Seeks Aid From LWV in Trial
Albert R. Carroll, who killed Conductor Cicero illed and Brakeman Otto B. Jones on a Union Pacific train near Kimball Nebraska, appeals to the LWV for help. He pleads not guilty, objects to a preliminary hearing date, seeks his own lawyer, and says he will rely on self defense. Witness Young McCune, traveling with Carroll, is kept at Sidney Neb by Union Pacific counsel but will not be prosecuted.
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Albert R. Carroll
Ciceroilled
Otto B. Jones
Union Pacific
Kimball
Neb
Lee
Carroll
Scouls
L W. W
Industrial Workers
Minneapolis
Chicago
Sioux City
Young McCune
Sidney, Neb
Miles
Sidney
Phelan Amendment Endangers Oil Holdings in Wyoming Claims
Senators O'Connor and Sproul urge Congress to amend Ferris bill to protect small claimants under placer mining still seeking government recognition. They argue Phelan amendments favor large interests by tying patent eligibility to proven production, risking loss of investment for minor locators.
Parisoe Heads New Wyoming Roads Assn
G B Parisoe of Laramie named president of the newly formed Wyoming Good Roads association at the Industrial club. D P Marshall of Sheridan named first vice president and W L Ayres of Wheatland second vice president with P C Spencer of Lander as secretary and Payton Spaulding of Evanston treasurer.
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Wyoming Good Roads Association
Industrial Club
G. BE. Parisoe
Laramie
D. P. Marshall
J. A. Whitaker
Public Roads Bureau
Department of the Interior
Thse
M. Steele
Sheridan
R. M. Lamont
Cheyenne
George B. Nelson
Casper
Dr. A. Hooper, Lander
State Highway Committee
M. R. Collins
Douglas
Z. EB. Levison
Rules Committee Lowers Broker Information Demands
The rules committee issued modified demands on stock brokers for customer dealings during the alleged peace note leak. Brokers are relieved from detailing profits and margins and from accounting trades under a thousand shares, but must provide customer names. Only accountants satisfactory to the brokers may conduct examinations.
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New York
Rules Committee
Wilson-Wilson Oil Lands Dispute Conference
A conference followed a cabinet meeting on the land leasing bill dispute between the Navy and western senators over protections for private operators on California and Wyoming naval oil reserves. The president reportedly decided the administration's position, but no public statement was issued.
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Washington
Navy Department
California
Wyoming
Gregory
Daniels
Detective Burns Found Guilty in New York Papers Case
Detective William J. Burns was found guilty today by the court of special sessions of publishing private papers taken from Seymour & Seymour offices. Martin Egan was found not guilty of the same offense. Defense claims Burns and Egan copied papers to aid German agents seeking to disrupt US munition production and shipments.
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New York
William J. Burns
Court of Special Sessions
Seymour & Seymour
Martin Egan
Lcity
J. P. Morgan Co
Burns
Egan
Seymour
United States
Weather Outlook for Wyoming Weekend
Partly cloudy Saturday with probable snow in extreme portions. Sunday will be much colder with continued unsettled conditions across the state.
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Wyoming
Ferris Bill Changes Protect Big Man At Expense of Small
Senator Phelan reports a public lands amendment from the committee. The measure provides a one eighth royalty and a case for mineral locations of up to 160 acres on certain unpatented oil or gas lands, if wells were drilled before the act and the claim is relinquished within ninety days.
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United States
Ferris
Phelan
Committee On Public Lands
Naval Petroleum Reserve
Germans Gain Territory Across Verdun Riga Fronts
German forces push in Verdun region and near Riga while the British recapture front trenches from the Turks along a 1500 yard frontline. Turkish lines see advances by German and Mesopotamian fighting continues with Ottoman positions shifting.
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Verdun
Riga
Katetamara
Tigris
Berlin
Paris
Petrograd
Itika
Lowestoft
London
Unidentified German Vessel Shells Suffolk Coast
A small unknown German vessel fired shells at the Suffolk coast last night with no casualties and only minor damage, according to an official statement. In Paris, Lieutenant Guynemer claimed his twenty eighth German airplane, his third in 72 hours, per the war office.
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London
Suffolk
England
Paris
Guynemeér
War Office
House Democrats Approve Wilson's Revenue Measure
Democratic members of the House approved the administration revenue bill by a close vote to meet next year's wartime deficit. A faction criticized preparedness spending and Caldwell of New York led a push against the excess profits tax, keeping the caucus in tension until midnight. thirteen dissenters said they would not be bound.
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Washington
Jan
Lord Bryce Seeks End of Turkish Rule in Europe
Berlin crediting M. Rizow claims Lord Bryce urged expulsion of the Turk from Europe as part of allied notes to Wilson. Bryce says long Turkish oppression history justifies ending rule. Senate leaders plan to refer Monroe Doctrine resolutions to foreign relations committee amid Wilson peace proposals. PMID not provided.
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London
Europe
Wilson
Lord Bryce
Associated Press
Near East
Bryce
Asia
Senate
Washington
Borah
Jefferson
Cummins
Foreign Relations Committee
Kaiser Wilhelm to seek renewed peace terms on fifty first birthday
London reports suggest Kaiser Wilhelm plans another peace move on his fifty first birthday with terms more acceptable to the Entente. Hungarian premier Tisza hinted at continuing exchanges with the United States government while Berlin, Paris and Switzerland circulated private rumors of the emperor promoting universal peace and a reorganization of future police. Officials in Merlin discuss a possible reply to President Wilson's address as the German government prepares to transmit the forthcoming text from Berlin.
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Berlin
M. Rizow
Wilson
Berlin Tageblatt
Lord Kitchener
United States
London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Stephen Tinza
Pees
Count Tisna
Switzerland
Paris
Germany
Tolland
Merlin
Peter
Wileen
Tansmit
Senate Passes BRA Placing Postmasters on Civil Service
Washington January 26 The annual legislative executive and judicial bill, the second of fourteen major supply measures on the appropriation program, was passed by the Senate placing postmasters on the civil service and forbidding Education Bureau employees from private compensation while increasing government clerks’ pay.
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Washington
Senate
Civil Service
Bureau of Education
Congress of Patriotish Hisses German Congress in Washington
Delegates at the Congress of Constructive Patriotism hear calls for universal military training and national preparedness. Speakers press citizenship education as a path to war avoidance while critics clash over Germany and Belgium coverage, amid accusations of pro Germany bias in the press.
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Washington
Deles Gates
Congress
Roosevelt
Kerman Hagedorp, Jr
Pairfield
Conn
Anul Plon
Ludwig Nieten
Brooklyn
Germany
Belgium
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Tramp
U. P
O’connor
Natrona County
Pat O'Connor
W. W. Sproul
Parisoe
Wyoming Roads
ASSN
William, J. Burns
Turk
Entente
Kaiser
Congress OF Patriotish
Ludwig Hissen
Root
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