Cheyenne City Briefs and Local Visitors
Frank Foldotesy, ex coroner aide from Denver, visits Cheyenne en route to Camp Wright. A. K. Stewart of Casper arrives. Joe C. Kinney of the Kinney Oil Co. reports in from Cokeville. Wesley Jonson of Laramie attends to Cheyenne land office business. Lovell Motor Co. files $50,000 capital stock incorporation. Ed. W. Burke returns from official trip. Box rent due for Cheyenne post office second quarter. Acting Governor Chaplin appoints Ralph Connor notary public of Casper. J. Garrett of Superior and others visit Cheyenne for business.
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Frank Foldotesy
Denver
Cheyenne
Camp Wright
Burleson Denies Hiring Discrimination in Government Wires
Postmaster General Burleson releases a letter to Secretary Wilson defending government control of telegraph and telephone lines. He says agitators spread discontent among workers and claims equal treatment for union and non union employees. He faults Professor Frankforter for not consulting the wire centre board and overlooking facts.
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Enew York
Burleson
Wilson
Frankforter
Wyoming's Basket Record Excellent
LARAMIE WY March 29 With the regular season closed Wyoming basketball posted a six win two loss record in eight games with notable wins over Greeley and Mines. Five players return for next season and Buchanan will be replaced. Season totals show Cowboys 178 opponents 132. DES MOINES March 20 Tako bill defeats professional boxing in Iowa 59 to 41 ending the agitation for the season.
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Laramie
Wyo
Denver University
University of Wyoming
Wyoming
Greeley
Colorado School of Mines
Jetter
Buchanan
Cowboys
Ageles
Aggies
Mines
Associated Pres
Des Moenes
Iowa
Iowa Board
Deputy brings prisoner Merritt on lar ceny charge
Special Deputy Sheriff Lon Davis returned from Denver with a prisoner named Merritt who faces a larceny charge.
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Lon Davis
Denver
Merritt
Naturalization Class Reopens At High School
The naturalization class was reopened last night in the high school building after sections of the class had been discontinued several months ago.
Bank Bandits Confess Plan for Wyoming Bank Hold Up
Gonzales Delgardo and Hernandez planned a Wyoming Trust and Savings bank robbery with a gunny sack for loot and a Ford car for escape. The trio attempted to bind staff with a purchased card, fled after a fir e was fired, and were arrested within hours.
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Dicate
Delgardo
Wyoming Trust and Savings Bank
Hernandez
Gonzales
Fort Collins
Woolworth Store
Debeardo
Gonzalés
Harry B. Henderson
Hernandes
Asalat Delgardo
Henderson
Gonsales
Thompson
Clifford Sewall
Sewall
Embery
District Court
Laramie County
Mentzer
Rawlins
St Mable
British financial agent jolts trade with sterling withdrawal
Washington dispatch reports sudden British government withdrawal of its purchase of sterling in the market after three years. The move, via J. P. Morgan & Co. as fiscal agents, aims to steady wartime markets and allows business to resume normal course. Sterling fell from about 4.7671 to 4.71 with demand bills at 4.70 and sixty day bills at 4.08.
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Washington
Sterling Exchange
London
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Today’s anniversaries brief list of notable dates
A compact recap of historical milestones and figures with entries spanning 1866 Benito Juarez birth 1807 Duke of Portland premiership 1848 Louis I abdication 1872 Brigham Young capture 1909 US Marines in Honduras 1912 mine disaster 1915 Zeppelin raid 1916 Northern Front fighting 1917 Wilson calling special session for policy questions.
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Benito Juarez
Mexico
Duke of Portland
Louis I of
Bavaria
Brogham Young
United States
Honduras
McCurtain
Ohio
Zeppelios
Paria
Dvinsk
Iia
Dent Wilgon
Steel Prices Fall 14 Percent Under New Agreement
Washington reports a wartime steel price schedule cut by 10 to 14 percent across basic pig iron billets merchant bars and structural steel. The agreement, reached with government agents, takes effect immediately and aligns iron ore prices with freight changes if needed. Judge Gary notes a press-ready statement to follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lake Erie Porta
War Board
Gary
United States
Steg! Corporation
First Case of Sleeping Sickness Fatal in State
John W. Klein of Omaha died in Laramie after falling into a coma-like sleep doctors labeled sleeping sickness. He arrived from Omaha Monday night and woke only briefly before collapsing. hotel staff found him paralyzed and unresponsive Tuesday night.
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Laramim
Wyo
John W. Klein
Omaha
Union Pacific
Daylight Saving Time Ordered by Union Pacific Manager
W. M. Jeffers of Omaha, Union Pacific general manager, issues a daylight saving notice for railroad men to advance all watches and clocks from 2:00 to 3:00 a.m. on Sunday March 30. The plan, used last year, caused no railroad disruptions as on time trains ran extra to end of divisions and late trains faced minor issues. no timecard changes were required.
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W. M. Jeffers
Omaha
Union Pacific
Timecard
Bailey denounces party over taxation in Newark address
Former U S Senator Joseph Bailey of Texas says the democratic party ceased to support democratic principles and he will never vote for candidates of any party that reduces liberty or increases taxation. He spoke in Newark on March 20 in an Associated Press report.
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Associated Press
Newark
United States
Joseph Bailey
Texas
County roads in Laramie county begin spring reconstruction
The county commissioners started road maintenance using a Fordson tractor and King drag on the Yellowstone highway south of Cheyenne and will expand work to the Lincoln highway and feeder roads. Projects will continue indefinitely as crews improve main routes and other county roads with notably low costs over four years.
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Laramie
Yellowstone
Cheyenne
Denver
Colorado Line
Pine Bluffs
Burns
Laramie County
Warren Richardson
Board of Commissioners
Drilling Progress at Laramie Well Near Harris Sands
Drilling by Wyoming Spindle Top Oil at the back door of Laramie has reached about 880 feet. Harris sands are expected to be reached momentarily. The well sits in section 32 of the 4320 acre Big Hollow district, six miles from Laramie, under townships 15 and 16 and ranges 74 and 76, with local operators closely watching.
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Laramie
Wyoming Spindle Top Oil Company
Big Hollow
Butte Editor Charged With Attempt to Overthrow Government
James Fisher editorial writer for the Butte Daily Bulletin was arrested under a federal immigration warrant in Butte Montana. He faced a preliminary hearing on the charge of advocating overthrow of the United States government and posted a $1000 bail. Fisher, who came from Canada in 1915, allegedly urged miners that their day of revolution had arrived.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
James Fisher
Butte Daily Bulletin
Department of Immigration
United States
Fisher
Canada
Allied Leaders In Serious Clash Over War Reparations
President Wilson Prime Minister Clemenceau and Prime Minister Lloyd George met at the British premier's home from 3 p m until late evening to adjust war loss reparations and frontiers. They narrowed disputes to what Germany could pay with a total claims figure around 40 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Germany
Former Newspaper Man Dies While in Country's Service
Captain Griffin Cochran United States army served with the expeditionary forces in France and died of pneumonia at his station near Tours on February 22. He had resided in Cheyenne and Kentucky and was long associated with the Wyoming Tribune. His wife Mary Evans of Lexington Ky., died years ago. He leaves hundreds of friends in Wyoming.
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Griffin Cochran
United States Army
France
Tours
Alfred Cochran
Thermopolis
Captain Cochran
Kentucky
Cheyenne
Wyoming Tribune
Mary Evans
Lexington
W. C. Deming
The
Tribune
Cochran
Powder River Soldier Reported Slightly Hurt
The latest army casualty list contains Private John W. Brambaugh of Powder River, Wyo., listed as slightly wounded in action.
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Powder River
John W. Brambaugh
Powder River, Wrc
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Roy J. White
Plains Hotel
Joe C. Kinney
Kinney Oi! Company
Cokeville
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Wanuneta
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Secretary of State
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Child and Animal Protection
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Plains Auto Co. Olstt
the Matthews
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Co. T. Croutor
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Ross Lambert
Rock River
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Superior
Normandie
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