Legislature Begins to Pass Bills in Wyoming Session
Wyoming lawmakers push work with 100 plus House bills and up to 40 Senate files. Notable measures include railroad service fairness and anti discrimination in transportation, cattle inspection reforms, and local government rules. Several bills advance to third reading with varied committee recommendations and debates.
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House
Carpenter
State of
Wyoming
Hadsell
Bradbury
Wyoming State Hospital
Martello
Butchers
Carbon County
House session notes committee of the whole agenda
The house met at 10 o clock and processed routine business. Several bills were introduced before the body moved to the committee of the whole to review general file measures including postponement and amendments to banking, insurance, and county clerk provisions.
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Winkleman
Columbia Professor Says Vacations Unnecessary If Salary Stops
A Columbia University professor argues vacations are unnecessary when earnings pause. He notes pay suspension negates the purpose of time off and questions the value of breaks during disrupted salaries.
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Columbia University
Democrats Plan Tariff Revision Moves In Congress
Democratic leaders in the House expect easy passage of the Ways and Means tariff revision in the coming extra session. The majority committee will frame tentative legislation Monday and rely on the Democratic caucus approval. Over 50 witnesses testified on sundries schedule today as the free list preparation begins tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rivers Promised Battle With Ritchie Promoter Says
Joe Levy Rivers manager says Billy Nolan promised a Rivers versus Willie Ritchie bout on July 4 with San Francisco versus Los Angeles flair. Levy cites possible $50,000 gate and notes plans to fight K C Brown on Feb 22 at Vernon then tour east in April and possibly March. He mentions offers to bring Rivers to London or Paris if finances work.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Billy Nolan
Willie Ritchie
Joe Levy
Joe Rivers
K. C. Brown
Vernon
London Sporting Club
al Lippe
Paris
Rivers
Parson Daughter Beats Dad to Marriage in Colorado
In Boulder Colorado on January 20 Miss Faye Wharton 17 wed R L Briggs after writing her father H L Wharton a consent form he later used to marry Mrs Alice Hamilton. The Whartons live near Hygiene and Briggs works on the ranch. Mrs Hamilton is a widow with several grown children.
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Boulder
Colo
Faye Wharton
R. L. Briggs
Thomas E. Irvine
H. L. Wharton
Hygiene
Denver
Alice Hamilton
Wharton
Young Briggs
Whartons
Hamilton
Predict Wark in Turkey Sparks Balkan War Fears
London observers foresee a tremendous civil war in Turkey with involvement of both European and Asiatic provinces. They warn the Tchatalja garrison revolt is more serious than censored dispatches indicate and note stronger opposition to the Young Turks in Asiatic provinces than in Europe.
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London
Balkans
Turkey
Tchatalja
Balkas Peninsula
Ottoman Empire
Cotetantinople
Han
Cipriano Castro Denied Admission to United States
Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela was denied admission to the United States by Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel. The decision cites Castro's silence on involvement in General Paredes death, deeming him undesirable as a citizen. A writ of habeas corpus is to be heard in federal court tomorrow before Judge Holt.
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Washington
Cipriano Castro
Venesuela
United States
Charleu Nagel
Commerce
Labor
Castro
Paredes
Nagel
New York
United States District
Holt
Governor Orders Shoot Rebels Near Juarez
Governor Colquitt telegraphed Captain John Hughes in command of the Texas Rangers patrolling the Texas border near Juarez to keep informed and shoot straight if necessary to prevent firing across the international line as Taft and the war department urged immediate steps to stop hostilities near Juarez.
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Aubtin
Teves
Colquitt
John Hughes
Texas Rangers
Texas
Juarez
Dent Taft
War Department
Cubs Seek To Trade For Left Handed Pitcher Mattern
Chicago circles report the Cubs negotiating with Montreal for left handed pitcher Mattern a Boston Nationals alum who played three seasons in Boston and Montreal The Cubs offer a package of players to Montreal as purchase or exchange while Montreal manager Branefeld weighs the move from Worcester where he spends the winter and considers adding infield help in return
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al Mattern
Noston Nationls
Eident Murphy
Vers
Chicago Cubs
Mattern
Noston
Montreal
Branefield
Cubs
Braneflel
Exchence
Bransflel
Worcester
Chengco
War to Begin Wednesday in Balkans as siege planned
Bulgarian finance minister Theo Doroff announced that hostilities would likely start Wednesday. He said Allied forces would press the siege of Adrianople to its fall and then move siege materiel to Tehatalja to pin Turks on the Tehatalja lines.
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Paris
Theo Doroff
Adrianople
Tehatalja
Negro editor seeks official barber post in Wilson administration
William Jordan once editor of a local negro paper in Pueblo asks to be official barber to the Wilson administration. Governor Shafroth forwards his claims to the president elect. Jordan cites endorsements from William J. Bryan and Colorado Congressman John A. Martin.
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Pueblo
Colo
Jan. C
William Jordan
White House
Wilson
Shafroth
Jordan
Primera
William J. Bryan
John A. Martin
Colorado
Men’s movement a failure in church growth study
New York reports show the men and religion movement did not boost membership in 1912. Dr H K Carroll cites total increase of 597,592, down 15,486 from 1911, with Baptists and Methodists growing by about three new members per existing church, Presbyterians slightly higher, Unitarians and Universalists declining, and Christian Scientists gaining no members.
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New York
Men and Religion
H. K. Carroll
Christian Scientist Churches
Senate Debates Presidential Terms and Direct Election Proposals
The Senate debated terms for the presidency with plans ranging from two to six years and considered recall, one term of four years, and direct popular election. Amendments by Aristow and Hoke Smith were defeated, with a dozen more pending as the session adjourned.
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Washington, Jan. C
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Senate
Evely
Aristow
Ona
Hoke Smith
Wilson to reappoint Fisher as interior secretary, Colorado protest
Congressman Edward Taylor of Colorado reports to Governor Ammons that President-elect Wilson seems set to reappoint Fisher as secretary of the interior. He argues the move would be unsatisfactory and notes Wilson would not approve Alva Adams for the post. Ammons plans to forward a Democratic protest from Colorado.
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Denver
Ammons
Edward Taylor
Colorado
Wilson
Fisher
Taylor
Alva Adams
All Democrats of
Kick by Mule Restores Farmer's 1907 Buried Cash
Enid Oklahoma January 30. A farmer named John Allen was kicked on the head by a mule and later regained his memory. He recalled where he buried six thousand eight hundred dollars during the 1907 panic after a skull fracture from the injury and a subsequent memory loss from a runaway incident.
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Enid
Okla
John Allen
Here
Allen
Wyoming Weather Outlook for Friday and Saturday
Indications for Wyoming show generally fair conditions Friday and Saturday. Colder on Friday with slightly warmer temperatures expected Saturday.
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Washington
Wyoming
Armistice End Draws Near Amid Turmoil in Balkans
London and Constantinople report swift shifts in peace talks after the Ottoman government responds to the powers note. The Young Turks push for zones around Adrianople and Aegean islands while seeking tariff relief and extraterritorial rights. Civil unrest looms as Balkan allies threaten renewed hostilities.
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Adrianople
Bulgaria
Turkey
Constantinople
Young Turk
Aegean
Mariten
Handeliot
Mahmoud Shefket Pasta
Rrand Vivier
Maritaa
Aegean Sea
Vaneff
Prominent Wyoming Woman Opposes Restoration Canteen Idea
Sheridan Wyoming January 25 1912 A prominent Wyoming woman challenges the push to restore the army canteen abolishes the saloon at barracks arguing it harms soldiers finances health and morals. She recalls temperance work among soldiers and urges gospel meetings abstinence pledges and individual persuasion rather than a bar in uniformed posts.
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Cheyenne
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Atill
Moe
Tred
Presidio
Army Post
California
Vie
Eee Army
Leonard Wood
Ory
Harbank
Mauer
America
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