Newberry Sentenced to Two Years and $10000 Fine
Grand Rapids Mich March 20 Truman H Newberry junior United States senator from Michigan was convicted by a jury of conspiring in 1919 to violate election laws He was sentenced by Judge Clarence W Sessions to two years in prison and a $10000 fine released on bond pending appeal and said to retain his Senate seat unless otherwise decided by the Senate or Supreme Court Also sentenced were his brother John S Newberry and fifteen campaign managers with varying penalties including Paul H King and Frederick Cody of New York Charles A Floyd Detroit and George S Ladd received lesser or no fines The verdict followed a rapid trial with 68 of 85 defendants freed and 16 associates brought to court for sentencing The government moved to dismiss ten pleas of no contest and to discharge others with 90 days granted for appeals
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Truman H. Newberry
United States
Michigan
Clarence W. Sessions
Senate
Supreme Court
John S. Newberry
Frederick Cody
New York
Paul H. King
Detroit
Charles A. Floyd
Newberry
Leavenworth
George S. Ladd
Sturbridge
Mass
Junceon
Judge Sessions
Leavenword
King and Cody
Floyd
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
Elmer EB. White
Traverse City
James Dailey
Muskegon
South America
Berlin preps as Reds threaten attack in April
Berlin, March 20, reports say the city returned to normal after rumors of a communist assault. Outside the capital, Rhine industrial towns report soviet and communist regimes and widespread labor unrest. The extent of red control remains unclear.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Rhine
Snobbery in Cheyenne Public Schools Questioned
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Brown recalls past class snobbery in Cheyenne schools after the Pueblo tragedy where a 12 year old boy was beaten for patched clothing. She fears Cheyenne could face similar taunts and notes her army officer son once suffered due to being poorly dressed at Central School.
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Cheyenne
Elizabeth M. Brown
Wyoming
Three Cases Dismissed Against Randolph Leigh
Three suits brought by Albert Hearst against Randolph Leigh for about $20000, tied to an alleged threshing in September, were dismissed yesterday afternoon at plaintiff's costs.
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Randolph Leigh
Albert Hearst
Hearst
Leigh
Sam Bergman Daughter Arrested in Alleged Assault
Ramona Bergman, known as Ray Bergman in Cheyenne, was arrested on a charge of assaulting her father Sam Bergman a 65 year old Cheyenne merchant. She allegedly threw pepper into his eyes and beat him during a dispute over family and finances. An information was filed yesterday.
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Ramona Bergman
Cheyenne
Ray Bergman
Sam ‘Bergman
Pepper
Miss Bergman
Bergman
New York
Cheyenne Lawyers Seek Fair Occupation Tax Plan
Cheyenne lawyers urge Cheyenne city council to amend the occupation license ordinance to evenly distribute the tax burden among professionals. They warn of challenging enforcement after March 25 if no agreement is reached. The Laramie county bar association unanimously supported the move at a meeting in the new city-county court room.
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Bar Association
Cheyenne
Laramie
M. A. Kline
Atlas Theatre Adds First Run Pictures From World Producers
G M Field is named manager as the Atlas switches to first run films from Vitagraph Pathe Fox and Goldwyn with stars Clara Kimball Young Blanche Sweet Henry B Walthall and others. New decor upgrades and upgraded equipment aim to make Cheyenne’s theater the brightest in the city with no current price increases planned.
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G. M. Field
Atlas Theatre
Locl Playhouse
Mr. Field
Vitagraph
Pathe
Fox and
Goldwyn
Clara Kimball Young
Blanche Sweet
Henry B. Walthall
Florence Reed
Gail Caisse
Alice Joyce
Neal Hart
Earle Williams
Cheyenne
United States
Curtis Street
Denver
Field
Carl Jorgenson
Bolsheviki Defy Ebert Government In Germany
Ten thousand armed workers are gathered at Halle-en-Salle as Reichswehr officials negotiate. Bolshevists among the workers hinder settlement, according to a Havas dispatch from Stuttgart.
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Paris
Halle-en-Salle
Leipskc
Reichswehr
Stuttgart
Frontier days program reshaped with new relay formats
Frontier days plan introduces two relay styles for cowboys, one using portable corrals and fresh horses after each heat, and another for cow horse teams. The event aims to balance professional high speed riders with riders possessing strong cattle horses. Dates set for July 27 to 30 with possible weather postponement. committee members listed.
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B. F. Davis
Charles D. Carey
T. J. McCoy
Edward T. Storey
Jack A. Bristol
Cheyenne High Beats Uni Preps in Lopsided Matchup
Cheyenne High School overpowered Uni Preps 28 to 9 after leading 42 to 3 at end of the first period. Ericson scored eight baskets to pace Cheyenne while Danny Clair refereed the game and box score lists players for both teams.
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Cheyenne
University High School
Evicson
Ericson
Danny Clair
Robertson
Chumblim
Chedsey
I Haines
Os We Hortsmow
Soldiers in street fight on Sixteenth Street near Thames
Manuel Grazas and his soldier friend Joe Riss fought on Sixteenth street near Thames after a prior incident with a colored woman. Grazas started the brawl. Riss, though less skilled, mauled Grazas. Police arrived and arrested both.
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Manuel Grazas
Joe Riss
Sixteenth Street
Thames
Grazas
Riss
Peace Treaty Dead In Senate But Far From It Politically
In Washington the Germany peace treaty was returned to President Wilson with ratification refused. Senators floated a possible compromise but leaders expect no new reconsideration. The debate slows a broader peace resolution as House and Senate weigh next steps and war status remains in effect.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
Wilson
White House
Tumulty
Capitol
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Tinkham Republican
Massachusetts
Foreign Affairs Committee
Knox
Pennsylvania
Congress
War Department
Europe ready for war only U S can stop
Boston March 20 William J Bryan at the Boston City Club warned that Europe is heading toward war and that only the United States can stop it He urged immediate American action and told the president and the senate the nation cannot wait a year to aid Europe He spoke regardless of party victory implications.
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Boston
William J. Bryan
Boston City Club
Europe
United States
Bar association acts to bar laymen from practicing law in Cheyenne
At a special meeting in the new district court room, Attorney Clyde M. Watts led a unanimous vote to form a three member committee to study preventing non attorneys from drafting wills contracts and abstracts. The plan may seek state bar action or a court ruling and cites a Cheyenne man paying a layman 40 dollars for a land contract later found invalid.
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Clyde M. Watts
Laramie County Bar Association
New District Court Room
Prac 8
Tintiner
Citita A
M. A. Kline
Association
Hl. S. Ridgley
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