Lodge to keynote Republican National Convention
Washington May 4 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is to be the temporary chairman of the Republican national convention at Chicago and will deliver the keynote speech according to Republican leaders in Congress who conferred with Chairman Hays. Conference notes no chairmanship contest is expected though some backers of Senator Johnson prefer Borah while Beveridge is also said to seek the post. Platform statements will be discussed here May nard by the platform committee appointed by Hays.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Chicago
Congress
Hays
Republican National Committee
Committee On
Hiram Johnson
Borah
Idaho
Beveridge
Indiana
Maynard
Prohibition Commissioner Exceeded Authority in Cordillo Case
Judge Mentzer ruled the state prohibition commissioner lacked power to stop and search motorists for liquor, declaring Cordillo a.k.a. Pete Cordillo and Walter Newell acted unlawfully. The jury convicted John Cordillo of manslaughter for the homicide of Frank Jennings under an instruction deeming such vehicle checks unlawful.
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State Prohibition Commissioner
State Prohibition Department
John Cordillo
W. C. Mentzer
Laramie County
Frank Jennings
Pete Cordillo
Walter New
Gars
Mentzer
Crabbe
Devere
Walter Newell
Aged Woman Awarded 2000 Damages in Street Car Fall
Mrs Louella B Ammon won a suit against Cheyenne Electric Street Railway for injuries from a June 1918 fall from a street car. The jury reduced the $25000 damages asked to $2000 after about two hours deliberation. Judge Tidball earlier excused the jury until today. Jurors had no dispute over liability, only the amount of damages.
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GAR
Louella B. Ammon
Cheyenne Electric Street Railway Company
V. J. Tidball
Mentzer
State bankers accuse Fed coercion to force reserves
Washington May 4. State bankers told the house rules and banking committees that federal employees used coercive methods to push independent banks into the reserve system. Texas Nebraska Idaho Iowa South and North Dakota and Colorado were represented at the hearings.
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Washington
House Rules and Banking Committees
Texas
Nebraska
Idaho
Iowa
South
North Dakota
Colorado
House Post Office Committee Opposes Automatic Second Class Mail Increase
Washington May 4 The house post office committee went on record against automatic rises in second class mail rates. Final action on the substitute measure was deferred.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Railroad seeks Wind River Indians for track gangs
Lander Wyoming May 4 The Chicago and Northwestern labor shortage prompts enlistment of Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians from the Wind River reservation for track gangs. Indians were previously employed on section gangs with satisfactory results.
Senate Ready For Wrangle On Peace Resolution Debated
Washington May 4 The Senate will begin debate on the Knox peace resolution with expectation of passage and a likely veto by President Wilson Leaders from both parties anticipate a vote within two weeks or before the congressional recess The fight centers on the Versailles treaty and the league covenant with the veto message signaling a renewed battle over the peace terms and allied commitments.
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Washington
Senate
Knox
House
Wilson
City County Building Curbing and Walks Planned
Concrete curbing and gutters to be placed on east, south, and west sides of the city county building with new sidewalks. Pioneer avenue and Nineteenth street walks will be twelve feet wide, Garey avenue walks fifteen feet. Project cost 8830, loan allocated to Florino Scapino, contract awarded. work to start immediately and include lawn planting and street parking between sidewalk and curb.
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Pioneer Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Garey Avenue
Florino Scapino
Warren Richardson
Water Power Bill Advances in House Vote
The House approved the conference report on the water power development bill by 259 to 30. The measure, pending in Congress for about 40 years, awaits Senate action before moving to the president.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Revolt Moves as Gonzalez Joins Carranza Opposition
General Pablo Gonzalez, once Carranza’s strongest ally, has joined the revolution near Mexico City with two regiments, severing rail links to Vera Cruz. Officials report Carranza faces an ultimatum setting May 15 as his tenure limit, signaling a possible coup and widening the risk of foreign intervention.
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Washington
Pablo Gonzalez
Carranza
Court Records Two Georges Fined After Street Fight
George Anton and George Pappas were arrested for disturbing the peace after a morning altercation on Sixteenth street. Each posted 25 bonds, appeared in court, and were fined 10 for the fracas. One claimed the other owed money. the other alleged a snatched watch incident.
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George Anton
George Pappas
Sixteenth Street
Nomination by Non-Partisan League in Nebraska
Grand Island Neb May 4 Mayor A G Wray of York was named by the progressive mass convention as an independent governor candidate. F Bollen of Knox county was chosen for attorney general, with O B Wood of Lincoln and Robert Mousel of Cambridge nominated for lieutenant governor. Mousel won 92 to 55.
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Grand Island
Neb
A. G. Wray
York
Progressive Mass
F., Bollen
Knox County
League
O. B. Wood
Lincoln
Robert Mousel
Cambridge
Mousel
Welfare of Country His Only Desire
William G McAdoo says he seeks no political advancement for himself and that the welfare of the people should guide the next President. The remark was released by John McMurray, secretary of Brooklyn Metal Trades Council, in reply to a council resolution backing McAdoo and pledging a square deal for all.
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William G. McAdoo
Nation
New York
John McMurray
The
Metal Trades Council of Brooklyn
McAdoo
McMurray
Secretary of the Treasury
Denver Unpledged Delegates Named at Colorado GOP Session
Denver voters in the first Colorado district chose two uninstructed delegates to the Republican National Convention. James Burger and Mrs. Anna M. Scott were selected, with alternates W. H. Leonard and Dewey C. Bailey named, as reported from Denver on May 4.
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Denver
Colorado
James Burger
Anna M. Scott
W. H. Leonard
Dewey C. Bailey
Knotty problem before League Nations faces Rome council
Washington May 4 The League of Nations council will decide whether disarmament proceedings are conducted by military men directly or by civilians with military advisers from each member nation. The permanent armament commission's appointment to advise the council hinges on an announced policy on this point.
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Washington
Associated Press
League of Nations
Council of the League
Rome
Permanent Armament Commission
League
West Cheyenne Streets Smoothed By Big Tractor
Streets from the Colorado and Southern tracks to Carey Avenue have been graded and smoothed after the recent snowstorm. A Titan 10-20 tractor, loaned by International Harvester, is at work north of the city on the boulevard to restore road conditions near Cheyenne.
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Colorado & Southern
Carey Avenue
International Harvester Company
Gheyenne
Railroads seek freight hike to reach 6 percent goal
The Association of Railway Executives asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize an overall freight-rate increase of about 31.0 billion dollars, with passenger rates kept steady, detailing proposed jumps by region Eastern 30.4 percent Southern 30.9 percent Western 23.9 percent to lift total revenues.
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Washington
Associated Press
Association of Railway Executives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Desperate GOP Feud Over Uninstructed Delegates Sparks Clash
Trouble flared in the Republican ranks after a meeting to pick Lara mie county delegates for the May Sheridan state convention. Party chiefs fear uninstructed delegates could lose control if Laramie county backs John 50n, while rank and file favor nominating Hiram W. Johnson. A plan emerged to select fifteen Republicans from Laramie county who will vote for uninstructed national delegates at Sheridan. Democrat delegates, including two women, were chosen in Cheyenne for the Lander state convention, with fifteen delegates and fifteen alternates named.
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Laramie County
Sheridan
Hiram W. Johnson
California
John
Plains Hotel
Democratic County Committee
Lander
Mere
J. L. Jordan
Iron Mountain
W. I. Whitehead
Hillsdale
Leslie A. Miller
David J. Howell
Ray EB. Lee
Tim Dyer
Wilfred O'Leary
Thomas Hunter
Dan C. Barksdale
John D. Clark
W. B. Ross
A. G. Applegate
A. A. Barressen
Sam M. Thompson
Ida R. Graham
Cheyenne
J. C. Nash
Ed Jacobson
Carpenter
Martin Willadgen
Granite Canon
J. Ross Carpenter
Lloyd Sampson
Walter Larsh
W. Q. Phelan
Max Meyer
Dr. G. Y. Beard
Jack Burri
Luke Voorhees
Dan W. Gill
Avery
Irregularities in Accounts at County Official
Examiners audit Sweetwater County Treasurer Harry Francis and County Clerk Stanley Pitchford amid reported financial irregularities in the handling of Union Pacific funds used to pay for condemned property. No arrests have resulted from the inquiry.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Harry Francis
Sweetwater County
Union Pacific
Stanley Pitchford
Outlaw Railroad Strikers Plan Hearing Before Federal Board
Washington May 4 representatives of the striking railway workers will meet to form a national organization to gain a hearing before the railway labor board. Delegates from 425 000 members are expected from Chicago Kansas City Columbus Youngstown Cincinnati Pittsburg and cities on the Pacific coast and in the east. Twenty thousand idle Cleveland rail and construction workers are reported due to the strike.
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Washington
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Kansas City
Columbus
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Pacifico Coast
Cleveland
Fy J. Baer
Chamber of Gom
Eighty Eight House Members Protest Irish Arrests
A cablegram signed by 88 members of the house was sent to Premier Lloyd George and the British Parliament protesting imprisonment without arraignment or trial of those arrested in Ireland for political offenses.
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Washington
Ireland
Lloyd George
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