Johnny Green Dies, Cheyenne Pioneer and Athlete
Johnny Green a Cheyenne farmer and athlete died after a life spent in Wyoming. Born in Ireland 43 years ago he came with parents at age two and grew into a famed runner cyclist and baseball player. Survivors include his widow six children and multiple siblings. He homesteaded near Granite Canon and built a valued ranch alongside a devoted family.
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Cheyenne
Johnny” Green
Johnny
Dorn
Ireland
Patrick Green
United States
Rodin
Johnson School
Jimmy
Central School
Johnny Green
Rocky Mountain Region
Brswell
Rocky Mountain
Granite Canon
America
Green
Robbtaille
John Hodgkinson
Robert McCafferty
Thomas
Frank Green
Ruling Barred Rank and File from Awards
Washington January 30. War department ruled enlisted men were ineligible for the Distinguished Service Medal and related awards. General Robert C Davis told a House sub committee that instructions from the department barred enlisted recipients, with about 4,200 medals and over 5,500 Distinguished Service Crosses awarded to AEF personnel.
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Washington
War Department
Robert C.davis
A. I. F. Award Board
House
Army
Davis
Three Revenue Men Indicted in Chicago
Three internal revenue department officers faced indictment in Chicago on January 30. Deputy collector John Snoroski was charged with graft and conspiring to subvert duties.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Department
John Snoroski
Indictments Hit Bribery and Profiteering Cases
An indictment targets John Warren and Earl Trembley on charges of disposing seized liquor. Additional indictments name 1% individuals and firms accused of profiteering in sugar.
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John Warren
Earl Trembley
Prairie provinces ready to house seven million farmers
The Canadian Interior Department estimates Manitoba would support 4,689,313 farmers, Saskatchewan 2,349,968, and Alberta 3,739,478, totaling 7,698,759 for the three prairies. Immigration surged after the war with 100,000 settlers in 1919, including 50 percent from the United States, and 30,000 Canadian soldiers placed on land. Western cities, including Winnipeg and Edmonton, are set to double in size in the coming decade as land remains available at near prewar prices.
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Winnipeg
Man
Department of the Interior
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
United States
Hudson's Bay Company
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Calgary
Regina
Edmonton
Soviet envoy Martens cites couriers and funds amid recognition bid
Martens details 20 couriers sent from Moscow with funds and letters to him, seven clear barriers, only one reached with $30,000 and soviet ambassador credentials. He says $150,000 moved underground and denies answering courier names, while firms offered licenses to export to Russia. His testimony paused as attorney Ellis recovers.
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Moscow
Martens
Finland
Germany
United States
Moses
New Stampshire
Brandagee
Connecticut
State Department
Soviet Russia
Wilson
Wade H. Ellis
Pershing Outlines Training Plan for Future Army
General Pershing at a Phoenix dinner urged a cadet military establishment free from militarism that would still lay a foundation for a future great army. He said the country should stay better prepared than at the war outbreak.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pershing
Young Field Takes Charge of Estate
Captain Marshal Field the third, grandson of a Chicago merchant, now heads the Field estate valued at 120000000 as chief heir. He has worked three months in a bond business and is seen as a capable successor. He was elected president of the Chicago Community Service and will promote Americanism in active work.
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Captain Marshal Field
Chicago
Captain Field
Community Service
Chiccago
Senate Treaty Talks End After Tentative Accord
A tentative agreement was reached on the preamble and 12 of 14 reservations amid Article 10 and the Monroe Doctrine dispute. Senator Lodge opposed further changes, leaving six unresolved reservations. The conference adjourned after Democrats backed Taft on Article 10 while Lodge refused a counter proposal.
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Titchcock
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Hitchcock
Senate
Pulp Embargo Threatens Canadian Pulp Supply
Sir Andrew McPhail of McGill warned at the Canadian Pulp and Paper association convention that an export embargo to the United States would provoke retaliation. He warned US coal cuts could freeze Montreal buildings within a year, as Canadian pulp resources are now viewed as 85 years at current use.
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Montreal
United States
Andrew McPhail
McGill University
Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
Canada
Canadian
Department of Forestry
Sir Andrew
Local Unions In Cheyenne to Vote on Nationwide Strike
Cheyenne railway trades unions were asked to vote on a nationwide strike. A February 16 noon vote would decide if the plan proceeds to national approval. Local officials doubt sufficient support. Cheyenne unions likely oppose the move.
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Cheyenne Railway Trades
Pennsylvania
Beieve
Cheyenne
History of Three Army Awards for Merit
In Washington the National Geographical Society published a bulletin tracing the origins and criteria of the three U S army awards for merit and heroism. It explains why the Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Medal rank highest and outlines eligibility rules and changes to the awards over time.
No Jury Yet to Try Centralia Murderers
In Montesano Washington January 30 after 87 veniremen were examined 12 were tentatively chosen as jurors to try 41 I W W defendants charged with the Centralia Armistice Day killings Warren Grimm one of four victims. The panel included a former liquor dealer a watchman a plumber a housewife a poultry dealer a manufacturer and a clerk with further examination and peremptory challenges to come.
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Montesano
Wash
Warren O. Grimm
Centralia
Ranchman Falls From Train Near Laramie Wyoming
William Tatham, a wealthy retired ranchman and stockman from Laramie Valley, was found beside a swiftly moving passenger train and taken to a hospital in Laramie. He walked from a car earlier today while suffering from dizziness. He is a bachelor returning from California for his health and was later found by Sheriff Trabing. his brother, unaware of his return, tracked the route to Los Angeles.
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Laramil
Wyo
William
Tham
Trabing
Tatham
Carly
California
Los Angelea
Cabinet members eat too much says Rucker in House
Representative Rucker of Missouri attacked state department spending on automobile upkeep saying cabinet officers and their clerks are always at lunch. He opposed a $10,000 appropriation for official use cars.
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Washington
Representative Rucker
Missouri
House
State Department
Rucker
Recognition of Women Earned Military Honors Highlight Army Awards
The text notes that modern military service extends beyond the fighting front with support roles essential to operations. It states the Distinguished Service Cross rewards extraordinary heroism in military operations, not Medal of Honor-worthy acts, and points out the growing role of women in the state as both the Distinguished Service Medal and Cross have been awarded to women.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
National Geographical Society
Robert E. Wyllie
U.S. A
Great Britain
United States
Navy
Army
Legion of Ilonor
France
Communist party development in New York trial described
In New York on January 30 the case of Benjamin Gitlow, accused of criminal anarchy, was opened by Assistant District Attorney Rorke. The government says the Communist party grew from the left wing Socialists and Gitlow published a manifesto urging violent overthrow.
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New York
Communist Party
Benjamin Gitlow
Rorke
Gitlow
Bronx
Revolutionary Age
Communists
Socialist Party
Nathan Elkin
Elkin
Moose Pastor Stokes
Spanish Influenza Sweeps Kansas With 1441 New Cases
Topeka Kan Jan 80 Influenza gains across Kansas with 1441 new cases reported to the state board of health from 52 counties and cities. The figure compares with 41424 cases yesterday, 300 of which covered a five day period.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Health
Wyoming Area to be opened to Settlement
Approximately 5 000 acres of public land on the Shoshone Wyoming irrigation project will be opened to entry March 43, Secretary Lane announced Friday. Applications for water rights will be received from March 6 to 48 inclusive at the office of the reclamation service Powell Wyoming. A tentative contract between the United States and canal companies and irrigation district seeks storage and use of flood and normal Snake River flow in Idaho and plans call for many storage dams including a high dam at American Falls to create a major irrigation reservoir necessitating the town’s removal and railway realignment.
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Washington
Shoshone
Wyo
Lane
The
Reclamation Service
Powell, Wye
United States
Canal Companies and Irrigation District
Snake River
Idaho
American Falls
Oregon Short Line Railway
Farmer and Son Face Investigation Near Fort Ruchell
Conrad G Eves and his son Joseph living six miles north of Fort Ruchell were arrested for buying oats from soldiers and posted on $8,500 bonds each. They await federal grand jury investigation while soldiers involved face court martial. Joseph Evers arrested at Fort Russell after taking oats, later released.
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Conrad G. Eves
Joseph
Fort Ruchell
Sol Pwps
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph Evers
Fort Russell
Joseph Byers
Conrad CG. S Byers
Why 1919 Saw Record Wedding Ring Sales in U S
Chicago report notes 1919 marked the banner matrimonial year as jewelry trade statistics show high wages and demobilization boosted marriages. An observer cites courage gained in war as the real driver behind proposals, with platinum rings failing to catch on and nine of ten Amestead girls choosing plain gold bands.
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Chicago
United States
Amestead
Roosevelt May Head Planned Move In Albany Scandal
Albany N Y Jan 30 The second week of the trial of five suspended Socialist assemblymen ends with prosecutors unable to say when they will finish their case The day includes a review of Socialism since 1864 and documentary evidence on the party anti war program Algernon Lee testifies that under some conditions a general strike is a justifiable political weapon A rushed effort to oust the judiciary committee may bring Lieut Col Theodore Roosevelt to lead the move though he declines to confirm.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Socialist Party
Assembly
Algernon Lee
New York
Socialist State Committee
Judiciary Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Incorporates Public Body
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state at noon yesterday. No capital stock is shown. First year directors include Archie Allison B Yoder Peter Appell Jr Warry WL Davis Harold L Vaughan Max W Ball George W Daiber Leslie A Miller and Marion A Kline. The chamber is the Industrial club rebranded at the recent annual meeting.
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Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of State
Archie Allison
B. &, Yoder
Peter, Appell, Jr
Warry
WL. Davis
Harold L Vaughan
Max W. Ball
George W. Daiber
Leslie A. Miller
Marion A. Kline
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Club
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Praised by Reader
Alberton Georgia resident John Wagnue recounts a fall cold that left him bedridden until he took Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He reports rapid relief after eight doses in two hours and endorses the medicine as the best cough remedy.
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John Wagnue
Alberton
Sam Brown in Serious Condition After Surgeries
Sam Brown, Cheyenne pioneer, remains in serious condition after two major operations in recent months and likely faces a third procedure.
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Sam Brown
Mission official recounts capture by Mexican soldiers
Dr. James M. Taylor secretary of the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church described his —capture near Tampico by Mexican soldiers. He paid 200 in gold for release after being forced to surrender film from oil property photos amid a troop show and trialless detention.
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Washington
Jan
James M. Taylor
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tampico
Taylor
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Debate over vacancy on military committee in war training row
Washington reports a Republican strategy to leave a vacancy on the house military committee amid charges it was packed for or against universal military training. The panel of 20 remains evenly split as former Rep LaGuardia resigns and Harrold declines to serve.
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Washington
Jan
House Military Committee
House
LaGuardia
New York
Harrold
Oklahoma
Foley Kidney Pills ease kidney strain and rheumatism
A Washington New Jersey woman, Mrs. David Henry of 65 S Lincoln Ave, reports Foley Kidney Pills relieved dreadful soreness and backache from weakened kidneys. She says the pills helped both her kidneys and rheumatism, removing soreness from her limbs.
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David Henry
S. Lincoln Ave
Washington, N. J
Foley
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Calomel Replacement
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets act gently on the bowels and liver to stimulate natural action, cleanse the blood, and purify the system. Marketed as a vegetable compound with olive oil, they claim to do the work of calomel without bad after effects. Take one or two nightly for a week. price 25 cents.
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Dominion
Young Field
Marshall Field
Papa
Laramie
Communist Party Development
Wyoming
Farmer and Son
Hotoevelt
Carranza General
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