Remarkable Frenchman Millerand to assume Alsace-Lorraine governorship
Alexandre Millerand, a Parisian native, is set to become governor of Alsace-Lorraine this week. A reconstructed socialist, he rose from poverty to become a lawyer, journalist, and statesman after entering the bar at 23, sharing a trajectory with Clemenceau as a reformist radical.
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Alexandre Millerand
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Premier Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Army of Reform
Memoir Sketch of Clemenceau Early Career
The extract notes Clemenceau as a young lawyer defending striking miners at Montceau then being named editor of La Justice at twenty four. He later served as minister of commerce and during the early Great War period held the key role of war minister.
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Montceau
Onl
Clemenceau
la Justice
New Batch of Special Taxes Takes Effect Next Tuesday
A fresh set of levies under the six billion dollar revenue law becomes active Tuesday. Taxes apply to transportation and public facilities, insurance companies, theater admissions, club dues, and stamp duties. The old tax on berths and parlor car and vessel seats drops from 10 to 8 percent. Additional taxes on jewelry, child labor, soda fountains, and semi luxuries are slated for May or soon after.
Staples Boys Case Set For Tuesday Morning Hearing
The Staples case resumes Tuesday at 10 o clock focusing on reinstating the society as a legally authorized custodian of Wyoming children. Fremont county officials and Lander witnesses are involved as counsel for Allison challenges the contract by which the children were placed with the society and Mrs Staples was not present in court yesterday.
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Wyoming
Staples
Fremont County
Lander
Allison
Negro Is Stricken by Death in Prayer Pose
James W. Black an employee at Union Pacific shops died in his Taylor block room Friday night likely while at prayer. His body was found kneeling beside his bed about 10:00 yesterday morning. Coroner Farly supervised the autopsy to determine cause of death after Black did not emerge at his usual hour. Patrolman Emil Christensen located the body.
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James W. Black
Union Pacific
Taylor Block
Farly
Black
Emil Christensen
Drunken Mexicans Arrested After Fatal Railroad Attack
Fourteen Mexicans are jailed in Rawlins Wyoming after an attack on railroad worker Cook last night. He died en route to Laramie hospital from injuries sustained during the beating. Police report drinking beforehand and no provocation observed.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Cook
Laramie
Help One Another Club Reports and Plans Bake Sale
The Help One Another club held an earnest meeting with Mrs Elizabeth Hawes and Mrs Charles S Thomas vice president representing the H O A. Mrs Thomas donated 10 to the educational loan fund. Members reported on Red Cross work and federation meetings. A bake sale is set for Saturday April 5 at Olsen grocery starting at 10 o clock.
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Charles S. Thomas
H.O. A
State Federation of Women’s Club
Thomas
H. M. Geary
Red Cross
F. L. Robinson
City Federation
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H. O
Olsen Frocery
WC Olen
J. HM. Frankenfield
Katherine Wilson
Stark
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Crutches Replace Sword Arch At New York Wedding
At Pershing House in New York City the newlyweds Pauline Donahue and Private Ernest Ferreira entered between two wounded soldiers who lifted crutches overhead instead of a sword arch. The couple first met at Pershing House, a War Camp Community Service home, where she volunteered with the Red Cross and he served with the Military Intelligence Service.
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New York City
Pauline Donahue
Ernest Ferreira
St. Stephen's Church
Gramercy Park
Red Cross
Sinn Fein Prisoners Escape Mount Joy in Mass Break
In Dublin on March 29 Associated Press reports twenty Sinn Fein prisoners fled Mount Joy prison. J. J. Walsh, a British House of Commons member, aided by a rope and improvised ladder, led the breakout as inmates slid down a rope to the capal bank. Crowds gathered and security pursued the fugitives in a chaotic escape.
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Sinn Fein
J. J. Walsh
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Mount Joy
Walsh
Capal Bank
Josie Ray Sets World Record in 1,000 Yard Race
Kansas City March 9 Jose Ray of the Illinois athletic club beat Joe Stout of the University of Chicago in a 1000 yard race at the Kansas City athletic club indoor meet finishing in 2 15 claimed as a new 12 lap track record.
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Kansas City
Jose Ray
Ilinois Athletic Club
Joe Stout
University of Chicago
Kansas City Athletic Club
Allies Demand Hungary Soviet Government Resignation
Allied dispatches via Berlin and Copenhagen demand the resignation of Hungarys Soviet government and call for a national assembly election under allied troop supervision. The Temps reports military assets may be moved to counter Soviet influence in Budapest.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Temps
Budapest
Wumania
Labor stagnates in Budapest as Sovet takes over property
Paris reports Budapest faced a government seizure of all property and assets, with shops, banks, and offices inventoried. Houses were seized, arms requisitioned, and many prominent figures arrested, including Maltese and British envoys. Prof. Philip Brown of Princeton represented the United States in Budapest. State leaders seek results.
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Budapest
Sovert
Paris
Philip Brown
Princeton University
United States
Jury excused as all criminal cases disposed in Laramie County
The March term jury was excused by Judge Mentzer after all criminal cases on the docket were disposed of by trial, dismissal, postponement, or pleas of guilty. Four defendants were sentenced. Louis Torrez faced robbery charges in the proceedings.
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District Court
Laramie County
W. C. Mentzer
Mentzer
Louis Torrez
Wyoming court hears varied sentences and Estrada case setback
In the term ending, Li O Osborne received four to six years for uttering while Ernest Eastman faces two to four years for grand larceny. Raymond Tall’s murder case against Ernest Lawrence was postponed to the October term, and Cesario Estrada’s defense moved to dismiss the information for lack of charge. Judge Mentzer sustained, with an amended information to be filed.
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Li. O. Osborne
Ernest Eastman
Raymond Tall
Ernest Lawrence
Cesario Estrada
Sam M. Thompson
Wyoming
Mentzrr
Estrada
Ukrains Shell Lemberg Cathedral as City Reels
A Havas dispatch from Warsaw reports heavy shelling of Lemberg by Ukrainian forces from Monday into Tuesday morning. Scores of civilians killed and hundreds wounded as St George's Cathedral and the archbishop's palace suffer severe damage.
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Lemburg
Havas
Warsaw
St George’s
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