Theatres May Be Closed Over Scarlet Fever Epidemic
Cheyenne authorities tighten controls as two new scarlet fever cases prompt school closures and bans on theatres and public gatherings. Health officer Dr. O K Snyder warns of possible full theatre shutdown and urges parents to keep children at home while cases rise across the region.
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O. K. Snyder
Snyder
Moving Picture Theatres
Cheyenne
Scotts Bluffs
Chicago
Lincoln
Middle West
OHM Brgar
Christian Science Committee
C. K. Snyder
Theatre clash ends with police intervention on street
L P Confiers from News and Times of Denver and Atlas theater manager M H Todd nearly fought after a dispute over an account. Connors retreated across the street as Officer Perry intervened, Todd claiming threats to kill him, while Todd says Connors insulted Garrett’s wife, Garrett Todd’s brother-in-law and former Denver agent, amid unclear details.
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L. P. Confiers
News and Times of
Denver
M. H. Todd
Atlas Theater
Connors
Perry
Todd
Garrett
Eleven Firemen Overcome In Los Angeles Basement Blaze
In downtown Los Angeles a major fire began in the Wilson building basement and spread toward Broadway between Fourth and Fifth streets and Hill Street. Eleven firefighters were overcome by smoke, and Frank J. Kirchner was rescued from water by Lieutenant William Haguewood. Business halted in the morning as flames raged.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson
Broadway
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Hill Street
Frank J. Kirchner
William Haguewood
Wilson Hears Strike Threat On Sick Bed
President Wilson confined by a cold receives reports from Secretary Wilson on union plans. No decision announced but the likely first step is to urge employers and employees to reach an agreement as a patriotic duty.
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Washington
Wilson
Brotherhoods
Wyoming Girl Succeeds in Screen Scenarios
Miss Alice Catlin of Hartville Wyoming now Los Angeles has written scenarios for moving pictures for just over a year. She finished three new plays that are drawing strong acclaim on the coast. The Moving Picture Weekly praises her work highly with a synopsis of one of her plays.
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Wyoming
Alice Catlin
Hartville
Wyo
Los Angeles
Cal
McCormick Offered Ambassador Post to Japan
Washington March 13 Vance McCormick chairman of the Democratic National Committee is to be offered the post of ambassador to Japan a well authenticated report says He is not keen on the appointment but the president will urge it seeking a man of tact and executive skill to fill the post
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Washington
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Japan
Interstate Commerce Plans Wide Revision of Transcontinental Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission proposes abolishing long standing preferential rates on many transcontinental shipments to the Pacific coast. Findings outline lower rates to Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado and other states or raising coast rates to match intermediate points. The plan realigns freight structures across the east west axis and invites railroad objections by April 2. The European war is cited as the underlying cause.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Arizona
Wyoming
Colorado
Kaiser Taking Census of German Americans
New York March 13. Government agents in New York report the German government is using agents to census German Americans in the United States. Justice Department agents monitor several census takers, with State and War Department cooperation in Washington. Immediate internment steps are expected if hostilities resume.
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New York
Germany
Department of Justice
Departments of State and War
Washington
Jim Baker Cabin Arrives In China to Be Re-erected
The Jim Baker cabin, heirloom of the famed scout, arrived in Cheyenne yesterday via the Union Pacific line and rests in a freight car on UP tracks. Secretary Joe Cahill of the Frontier association announced the move.
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Jim Baker
China
Scout
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
U. P
Joe Cahill
The
Frontier Association
Governor Hour to wear real shamrock from Ireland
Acting Governor Frank L. Hour will wear a genuine shamrock sprig for St Patrick’s Day, mailed by Joe Magill of Thermopolis. Magill praises Hour’s ascent, recalls shared memories, and wishes epochal success for Hour’s administration in this Wyoming notice.
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Governor Houx
Ireland
Frank L. Hour
Joe Magill
Thermopolis
Magill
Wyoming
Wyo
Whole Nation Stands Behind the President
Washington dispatch notes Woodrow Wilson now the most popular man in the United States as demonstrations greet his name in eastern public assemblies. The piece cites a dramatic shift in sentiment since last November, highlighting a remarkable political phenomenon across the Atlantic seaboard.
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J. C. O'Mahoney
Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
United States
East
Wilson
Atlantic
William
Pace Five
British Drive Back Germans Near Bapaume Front
British reports say German defenses west of Bapaume abandoned on a three and a half mile front. British troops pushed behind to depth of a mile and occupied Grevilleers and Laoupert. Other items note shipping losses and British actions around Mesopotamia.
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Bapaume
Landon
France
Iek
Grevilleers
Laoupertween
Lonvon
Bagdad
Kazimain
Tigris
Beedad
Maude
Mesopotamia
Hellevateluls
Ditech
Hagie
Wyoming Legislature Targeted In Wildlife Memorial Clash
William T. Hornaday, trustee of the Permanent Wild Life Protection fund, attacks Wyoming’s legislature in pamphlets for sending a memorial to Congress opposing federal game preserves. He claims it shows rebellion against the federal government, cites 800 Wyoming supporters led by Senator Kendrick and Governor Houx, and argues the sanctuary plan is vital to restore big game.
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William T. Hornaday
Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund
Wyoming
Kendrick
Houx
Hays
Congress
Signatures for Preserve Plan Highlight Wyoming Debate
The article cites hundreds signing to support a preserve plan and criticizes Wyoming legislators for opposing it. It promises to publish state officers’ written declarations of support and compare the Hereaday plan to Chamberlain and Hayden proposals, continued on page five.
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Wyoming
Wereming
Chamberlain
Hayden
Tieup Begins 6 P M Washington March 13
Complete plans of the four railroad brotherhoods indicate a nation wide strike to start Saturday evening if the eight hour day demands are not granted this week. Local leaders from southeastern and southwestern regions confirm talks in New York and St Louis.
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Southeastern
Southwestern
St. Louis
Brotherhood
Railroad Conference Committee
New York
Congress
Supreme Court
Mas
Man Arrested in Sterling as Spy for Kaiser
A man in Sterling is accused of espionage for the German government during wartime. Authorities say he threatened a farmer and claimed German employment while in the United States. He reportedly lived on a New York and Washington landholding for months and carried papers linked to farm work and road building. The case is under U S Department of Justice review in Denver with ongoing investigation into mail matter.
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Say- Villet
Gallela
Zoehorf-Tarnopel
Offloe
Hans Volmoller
Volmoller
Himslf
Man
Sterling
Kaiser
New York
William Aanetead
Litneer
Miah Road
Envar
Woll
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Interstate Commerce Body
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Mr. Hour
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Magdhlil
London
Lars Fostenes
America
Rotterdam
Belgian Relief Commission
Garvette
Vancouver
Cabdle
Wild Life Fund
Solons
Pittshburg
Meek Lo
Pittabung
Alan
Cormittee
Central Viewe
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Solio
Patterson
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