League of Nations debate turns bitter in Senate
The Senate reopened debate on the League of Nations with sharp exchanges. Senator Reed assailed its provisions saying it would place white destinies in the hands of uneducated minorities, while Hitchcock and Knox clashed over the charges. The Johnson resolution to publish the complete peace treaty text faltered as the session adjourned.
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Associated
Washington
Senate
Reed
Missouri
League
Peaso Ns
Hitchcock
Proska
Ign
Senlmor Knox
Pennsylver
Need
Mitchcock
Johnson
California
State Department
Wyoming Artillery Set for Homecoming from Germany
Seven hundred Wyoming men of the 448th field artillery, stationed near Coblenz, Germany, are ordered home and should be ready to depart early in June. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Burke St. Clair of Cheyenne, the unit has seen heavy frontline service. The First battalion of the Wyoming National Guard includes Companies A New Castle, G C Powell, D Sheridan, and E Wheatland.
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Wyoming
448Th Field Artillery
Coblenz
Germany
Parshing
Une
Burke St. Clair
Cheyenne
Wyoming National Guard
Newiistle
Powell
Sheriday
Ve Wheatland
Court Too Busy to Settle Cabby Rows
In police court Monday Lasko and Kelley two taxi drivers were discharged after arrest for disorderly conduct. Lasko alleged Kelley made insulting remarks and drew a knife before pursuing him. Kelley denied the charge as the judge said the court had no time to arbitrate taxi driver disputes.
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Lasko
Kelley
Soldier J W Roberts Faces Wave of Family Loss
Des Moines native Sergeant J W Roberts endured immense sorrow after losing six brothers in battle and his wife, parents, and two children to influenza over winter. He served eighteen months overseas, fought in seven battles, survived gas and five bullet wounds, and now works as a crossing watchman in Cheyenne after leaving Fort D A Russell.
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Des Moines
J. W. Roberts
Cheyenne
Fort D. A. Russell
Union Pacific
Robert
Quarter Million Dollars Business in Tickets Here
Cheyenne Union Station reports over a quarter million dollars in passenger ticket sales last month driven by mobilization work at Fort D. A. Russell. The ticket office is linked to the pay room where soldiers get their pay and fare is subsidized for recruits. Four sellers work daily with Union Pacific supplying extra cars. one worker recently sold over $3,000 in tickets. General Davidson praised the line for efficiently handling discharged soldiers from Fort Russell and Camp Funston, two major posts on the Union Pacific.
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Cheyenne Union Station
Fort D. A. Russell
Union Pacific
Davidson
Cheyenne
Fort Russell
Camp Funston
Sunergae Club Plans Final Year Meeting
The Sunergae Club will meet this afternoon at 2 30 at the Parish house. It is the last meeting of the year and all members are urged to attend.
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Sunergae Club
Italian Invasion of Turkey Rocks Peace Conference
Paris May 26. Italy has reinforced Asia Minor troops near Okie 50 miles southeast of Smyrna. Britain protests to the peace council and regrets Greek occupation of Smyrna urging joint allied control. A Greek Premier Venizelos clashed with Premier Orlando as the council discussed the Turkish crisis and a possible broader conflict.
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Mtid Lert
Okie
Asia Minor
Sumrna
Peace Council
Smyrnt
Yi Ik
Winnipeg General Strike Deepens Amid Walkouts
Winnipeg faced renewed labor tension as urban walkouts spread to Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon and Regina amid a federal order ousting Winnipeg postal clerks and provincial telephoners. Most workers refused to return forcing the city to consider reinstatement only with signed pledges not to quit.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Regina
Gideon Robertson
Robertson
Charles P. Gray
Elty
General strike paralyzes Calgary and Edmonton unions
Regina reports a general strike across Calgary and Edmonton with all trade unions walking out in solidarity with Winnipeg strikers. The move follows a 41 o clock start cited in the dispatch.
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Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Press Telegraph Walkout Affects Edmonton Calgary
Vancouver dispatch notes the Edmonton and Calgary strikes involve Canadian Press telegraph operators, with no details of today's walkout expected in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B. C
Edmonton
Calgary
Slight Vehicle Collision Injures C J Fiske in Colorado
C J Fiske of Cherokee Park Colorado sustained slight injuries to hands and face when his car windshield broke after a collision with a curb near the depot Monday evening. He was trying to turn out of the way of another car.
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C. J. Fiske
Cherokee Park
Colorado
Fiske
Nitro explosion rocks Casper. two dead at storage plant
Two unidentified men were blown to pieces as an explosion wrecked the Wyoming Torpedo company storage plant in Casper. Buildings shook for blocks and windows shattered while debris was searched for additional victims. Authorities fear two more may be killed. victims described as capable shooters with no clear cause found.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming Torpedo Company
City Eases Sprinkling Hours but Bans Sprinklers
The city commission passed an ordinance ending hour limitations for residential sprinkling but barred the use of set sprinklers. Water rates were set at 30 for a half inch, four for five-eighths inch, and 45 for a three-fourths inch tap. Also noted: Marriman’s claim deed to lot 8 B97 revoked by reversion to Harriman. Loveridge can transfer his taxi license to Ollie Kelley. Rev. Behner of Denver denied permission for evangelistic meetings at Minnehaha Park.
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B. Marriman
Harriman
B. Loveridge
Ollie Kelley
George H. Behner
Denver
Minnehaha Park
NC 4 Ready to Hop Off Today on Last Leg Overseas Trip
PONTA DELGADA Azores May 24 The motors of the American sea plane NG 4 were tuned up this after non and the flying boat under command of Lieutenant Read will probably start for Lisbon at daybreak tomorrow
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
Read
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Auto Race Aids Salvation Army during Decoration Day events
A Cheyenne Decoration Day program includes an automobile handicap race staged under the State Leader’s auspices for Salvation Army charities. The parade and race travel a six mile loop from the Salvation Army hostel, along Seventeenth Street, Capitol and Carey avenues, ending at the Leader office. Entrants include Archie Molnjes, W W Quinn, Henry Thorace, Arp, Northway, M I Smith, Frank Schmidt, FP J Mank, with Ford and specialty cars prominent. The Ford group holds a 60 second advantage and the event aims to raise funds for Salvation Army services.
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M. I. Smith
Ford
Frank Schmidt
J. Mank
Haligon
Cheyenne
Carey Avenue
Lakes
German counter proposals to be ready tomorrow night
Paris May 26 German counter proposals to the allied peace terms will be ready tomorrow night according to a statement in the French peace conference and Count Von Brockdorff-Rantau will present them Wednesday It was announced that the council of four ratified the economic council decision to retain the blockade against Germany until a stable government is established
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Associated Press
Paris
Count von Brockdorff-Nanteau
Council of Four
Economic Council
Regulae
Lost Airmen Picked Up By Danish Vessel
Two aviators Harry G Hawks and Lieutenant Commander Grieve, long reported lost, were rescued in the mid Atlantic after forced water landing on May 19. The Danish steamship Mary retrieved them and transferred them to the British destroyer Woolson. A reception is planned at the Marylebone battalion in London.
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Presa
London
Harry G. Hawker
Grieve
Scotland
Marylebone Attalion
mid-Atlantic
Mary
Norfolk
Aarhuus
Denmark
Hawker recounts failed Atlantic crossing attempt
Harry Hawker describes the aborted flight across the Atlantic with Lieutenant Commander Chieves. He notes difficult ground takeoff, diagonal course to gain lift, initial climbing, and loss of sea sight. The four hour window had clear sky then heavy cloud banks and a storm with rain squalls.
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London
The
Daily Mail Today
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Scotland
Harry G. Hawker
Atlantic
Himee F
Chieves
Woo
Hawker
Trudi
Iowa Alfalfa Shipped West Amid Drought Fears
Cheyenne has reported several cars of alfalfa and hay moving westward to stock grounds in Laramie Nawlins Green River and other points as ranchers face forage scarcity. Hay at 43 a ton signals a grim picture and cattlemen fear a repeat of the dry season driving potential shipments from Iowa and Nebraska.
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Cheyenne
Laramie
Nawlins
Green River
Wyoming
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming Seeks 25000 Automobile Plates for 1920
The Wyoming secretary of state, in a contract awarded to Western Supply Co. of St Paul, forecasts needing at least 25 000 license plates next year. A bid for 20 gauge plates at 15.50 per 400 is noted, with expected production of 24 000 standard plates, 400 motor-vehicle plates, and 300 dealers plates.
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Wyoming
Sel Lo
Western Supply Company
St Paul
Minn
Secretary of State
Arrival of Fire Extinguisher is Car's Salvation
A Verpon car owned by a named beau ance agent was badly damaged by fire on the Yellowstone highway Sunday afternoon. A passing Hiram Sapp provided first aid and used a fire extinguisher to save the vehicle and its occupant.
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Verpon
Beauance
Yellowstone Highway
Hiram Sapp
Family of Four Faces Tuberculosis Ordeal Far West Train
J T Atkinson a San Francisco grocer tells of his wife and two daughters aged 18 and 20 in the express car and his 25 year old son accompanying him to Denver, all suffering from tuberculosis. He says his wife has long fought the disease with influenza and pneumonia having afflicted the children as doctors gave up hope.
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J. T. Atkinson
San Francisco
Cheyenne
Denver
Cols
Atkinson
Paris weighs recognition of Kolchak government
Paris reports indicate the council of four may recognize Admiral Kolchak's government under conditions, but confirmation is lacking in conference circles. The American Delegation has not confirmed a final decision and no formal proposal reached the Omsk Russian commission. Meanwhile Kolchak forces face Bolshevik opposition near Samara with a retreat toward Usa and Estonian troops approaching Petrograd from the north.
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Council OF Four
Associated Press
Paris
Willi Jimpers
Admiral Kolchak
Fremkly
Council
of Four
Omsk
PAMIS
Esthenian Troops Capture Rail Junction at Paskov
reports from Helsingfors transmitted via Exchange Telegraph say Esthenian forces seized the strategic railway junction of Paskov between Riga and Petrograd, a development reported in Copenhagen.
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Riga
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Son of Pioneer Newspaper Editor of Cheyenne Here
7. D. Hard of Gasper was in the city on business Monday. Mr Hurd is a printer by trade and his father J Dp. Murd, Sr., was a former owner of the State twader back in 94 and once ran a daily here called the Peninerat.
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Gasper
Hurd
Dp. Murd
Twader
Phe Peninerat
Weather Forecast for Wyoming Dimrharege
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Wyoming on Tuesday and Wednesday with little change in temperatures. No precipitation expected and mild to warm daytime highs. Overnight lows remain comfortable across the region.
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Wyoming
Java Volcano Eruption Kills and Wounds Thousands
Dispatches from Tokio and Amsterdam report a central Java eruption on May 20 that killed or injured about sixteen thousand people. The blast wiped out dozens of villages and caused extensive destruction across Brengat and Blitar districts, with lifelong volcanic activity noted on the island's treacherous landscape.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Central
Java
Atative
Amsterdam
Kalut
Brengat
Blitar
Tengger
Gadunggung
Galungguns
Mount Peles
St. Pierre
Messina
Two Autos Collide. Pallbearers’ Car Involved
Sunday collision at Nineteenth and Seymour Street left Mrs Wallace Bond Mrs William Dubois Mrs Fosdick and Robert Morris badly shaken. Their car struck the curb and overturned after hitting a vehicle carrying pallbearers for Mrs Birdie Dulssar funeral.
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Wallace Bond
Wiliam Dubois
Fosdick
Robert Morris
Birdie Dulssar
Nineteenth
Seymour St
Bond
Te Bidig
Motorists report Buick crash on Sherman Hill Road
Reports arrive from Cheyenne to Laramie of a large black Buick touring car that turned over four times on the Happy Jack road near Sherman Hill. Those arriving from the scene could not provide further details about the accident.
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Sherman Hill Road
Cheyenne
Laramie
Happy Jack Road
Peopl
Opponents Admit Defeat on Woman Suffrage Blockade
Washington May 26 Opponents of woman suffrage admitted defeat as they blocked expansion of the constitutional amendment fight but hope to bring the measure to a vote. Senate consideration stalled, with leaders arguing tactics and debating a motion to table, while supporters expected passage when the time comes.
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Senate
Stnabom Watson
Ehelman
Jones
Boulhorn
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