Webb Bill Faces Senate Vote on California Land Law
Washington players push Webb act through with admin support while President Wilson studies California land holding terms. Bryan tours coast and awaits instructions as the White House weighs treaty implications and diplomatic factors before any formal stance.
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Senate
Webb
House
Legure
Bryan
Sagcisco
Son
Washington
White House
Wilson
California
Runaway Teen Romona Borden Sends Update From Hotel Belmont
In York April 30 a 17 year old runaway, Romona Borden, speaks with reporters after a stay at a sanitarium in Pompton Plains. She says she plans to remain at the Hotel Belmont for a week or ten days and then go to Los Angeles with her parents nearby, insisting she is rich but unhappy and seeking a real home.
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York
Romona Borden
R’s
Newspaen
Pomp N. J
Orden
Losles
Valk
Runaher
Scandal rocks army life over Merriam divorce case
Depositions reveal alleged indiscretions and a custody fight involving Captain Merriam and his wife Mrs. Bessie C Merriam. The case spans Jackson barracks Fort Banks Fort Moultrie Fort Hancock Watervliet arsenal and Fortress Monroe with accusations of poisoning and attempted shooting.
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San Francisco
Army Post
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
War Department
Washington
Bessie C. Merriam
Henry C. Merriam
Presidio
Louisiana Post
Superior Court
Merriam
South
Fort Banks
Mass
Fort Moultrie
D. C
Fort Hancock
N. J
Watervliet Arsenal
Fortress Monroe
Clarence Murphy
Charlotte
Jankwon Barracks
Nebraska
Raid on Women's Union HQ Leads to Arrests in Britain
British police and detectives raided the Headquarters of the Women’s Social and Political Union in London, arresting leaders including Flora Mond and suffragettes. Officers seized the official newspaper press and type for tomorrow’s issue, with authorities warning against inflammatory speeches and new prosecutions for supporters and printers.
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Women's Union
Scot Yard
British Home Office
Womans Lat and Political Union
Floramond
Bow
Mra 4
Tors
Thone
Pelmont
Cheyenne High School Alumni Move to Form Association
In 1914 Cheyenne Wyoming alumnae of Cheyenne High School plan to organize an alumni association. Three local leaders issue a call urging all graduates since 1882 to attend a May 6 meeting at the public school gym to discuss formation and plans.
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Cheyenne High School
Cc. H. S
Cheyenne
Wyo
At & O'Clock
Number of certified aviators worldwide rises to 2490
Paris April 30 report shows 2,490 certified aviators globally per the International Aeronautical association. United States 193, France 968, Great Britain 876, Germany 255, Italy 18, Austria 84, Belgium 65, Switzerland 27, Netherlands 26, Argentina 16, Spain 16, Sweden 10, Denmark 8, Hungary 7, Norway 5, Egypt 1.
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Paris
International Aeronautical Association
United States
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Austria
Belgium
Switzerland
Molland
Somain
Sweden
Denmark
Hungary
Norway
Egypt
Hampton men killed in pursuit after alleged assault
Three prominent Hampton county men were killed and several wounded during a pursuit of a black man accused of attempting to assault a white woman near Puray. A posse followed the fugitive, and a lynching is said to be planned if the assailant is captured.
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Hampton, G. C
Hampton County
Banda
Puray
Jim
Pegro
Federal Court to Try Harper Allen for Embezzlement
Harper Allen of Laramie has been brought to this city to face federal charges of embezzling $2000 from the First National Bank of Laramie. A preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner John Symmons bound him over to the grand jury meeting this month.
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Allen Harper
Laramie
Harper
First National Bank of
United States
John Symmons
Harger
Two Firms Target Northern Colorado Power Deal
Deposit of Northern Colorado Power stock has begun at International Trust to empower a protective committee to negotiate with Electric Properties and bondholders’ Chicago-backed notes due May 2. Bouttcher Porter Co and a Chicago public utilities firm study a purchase. A M Chambers of Electric Properties signals a cash-back offer. Holders are urged to deposit shares to avoid receivership and stabilize the property under new management.
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Denver
Northern Colorado Power Company
International Trust Company
Electrd Properties Company
Hallgarten & Co
Indking & Study
Te Bouttcher, Porter & Co
Chicago
Claude K. Boettcher
Ihs
Electric Properties Company
A. M. Chambers
William Scott Lee
J. M. Liebhardt
Nathan Gregg
G. Leibhardt
Hesten
Evacuation Ordered as Juarez Moves Toward Chihuahua City
Federal forces to evacuate Juarez as they regroup for mobilization at Chihuahua City. Colonel Juan Vasquez, Juarez garrison commander, received orders late today. Rebels pressed near Juarez from the east along the Rio Grande as mobilization proceeds for a southern attack.
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EL Paso
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Juan Vasquez
Chihua- Tina City
Juarex
Rio Grande
Cleanup Costs $80,000 Weekly in Flooded Dayton
Major T L Rhoads reports to Secretary Garrison on Ohio food district conditions after flood devastation. He notes Dayton cleanup costs reach eighty thousand dollars weekly as stores and factories reopen and reconstruction advances. General Bixby says a board of engineers will study preventive measures for future floods, urging congress members to inform constituents.
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Washington
T. L. Rhoads
Wilson
Garrison
Ohio
Rhoads
Dington
W. J. Bixbs
Army Engineers
Congress
Hamen Rures
Ho Hes
Young Man Sues for Subscriptions in City Fare Statement
A young man calling himself Avetin claims to be a high school student seeking subscriptions for well known periodicals. He says he is aiming for a university scholarship and reports a sympathetic housewife has already subscribed. Professor Peo, superintendent of schools, says the youth is unknown to him and has no connection with local schools.
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Avetin
Sry
Via
Chace
Peo
Tragedy at Maud Annex Lodging House Fire
Twenty three men were trapped when a catastrophic fire hit the Maud Annex lodging house in KILLED IS PRP Kansas City. Two men are dead and five missing as flames started on the third and fourth floors with the rest potentially under debris. authorities believe a posse is involved in the disaster.
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Kansas City
Ie Maud Annex
Mipélenary
Underwood Tariff Debate Persists Amid Party Clash
Washington April 20 Republicans press to halt the tariff bill as Democrats advance the Underwood plan with a large majority. The House leaders clash over schedules, amendments, and rulings while debates focus on steel and ceramic duties and the path to Senate approval.
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Washington
Miente
Gardner
Massachusetts
Underwood
Oie Plas
Tire
Senate
United States Steel, Corporation
Mann
Payne
New York
Moore
Vennsylvania
Greene
Iowa
Dietocrate
House
Payan
Hanellton
Michigtan
Hardy
Texas
Murdock
Pennsylvania
Skirmieh
Tries O'd Scheme for Entering House Is Nearly Arrested
A man posing as a Cheyenne Light employee gained access to a house to remove a meter last week. An expressman confronted him, demanded a badge, and overpowered the burglar. The resident intervened, halting the arrest attempt.
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Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
Ofilon
Poice
Pope Pius I leaves apartment after recent theft scare
In Rome the Pope descended from his apartment to the street today for the first time since the recent theft scare. Authorities cordoned off the area as crowds gathered.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Life Saving Claims Tie Friedmann Serum to Tuberculosis Cure
Readable sections describe a patient crediting Friedmann serum with recovery at Bellevue Hospital and mention an upcoming Friedmann institute to treat tuberculosis. Washington reports the U S Public Health Service will investigate Dr Peter Duke of Chicago over alleged tuberculosis cure claims urged by Senator Lorimer.
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Friedmann
DR. Duket
Bellevue
Hoeplal
Frat, Friedmann Institute
Washington
Uie
Peter Bo Duke
Chiricago Ie
Oi United State Public Health Service
Rupert Bike Haw
Julius O. Cobo
Maslow Hospital
Chiod
Unien
Ceoort
Williiy Lorimer
Teinane
Lorimer
Ochicago
Dy Duke
Alee & Realth
Uiann
Surgatn
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Japan
New Jersey
Mana
Plessy
Scendal
Archibald Bodkin
Treasury
Social and Political Union
Foapohsibie
State of
Negho
Taft
Yale
New Haven
Northern Colorado Power
Chihuahua
Dayton
PRP
Hegkling
Wordy
Popes
Willan
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