League of Nations debate erupts in Senate row
The Senate debated the League of Nations with bitter exchanges led by Senator Reed Democrat of Missouri. He attacked supporters as acting for partisan gain, while Senator Hitchcock and Senator Knox traded sharp retorts as the chair kept order. The measure sought the full text of the peace treaty from the State Department and was left unfinished with reconvening plans.
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Senate
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Missouri
League
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Senlmor Knox
Pennsylver
Need
Mitchcock
Johnson
California
State Department
Wyoming Artillery Heading Home From Germany
Seven hundred Wyoming men of the 448th field artillery near Coblenz, Germany, are ordered home and should begin their homeward trip early in June. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Burke St. Clair of Cheyenne, the unit has seen extensive service at the front. The First Battalion of the Wyoming National Guard includes companies A in Newcastle, C in Powell, D in Sheridan, and E in 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 on Monday two taxi drivers Lasko and Kelley were discharged after arrests for disorderly conduct. Lasko alleged Kelley made insulting remarks and drew a knife, while Kelley denied the charge. The judge dismissed the case citing the court’s lack of time to arbitrate taxi driver disputes.
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Lasko
Kelley
Soldier Roberts Faces Losses From War and Flu
Sergeant J. W. Roberts of Des Moines endured eighteen months in overseas service and seven battles, losing six brothers and his parents wife and two children to influenza this past winter. He later moved to Cheyenne and worked as a crossing watchman for the Union Pacific after leaving Fort D. A. Russell.
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Des Moines
J. W. Roberts
Cheyenne
Fort D. A. Russell
Union Pacific
Robert
Ticket Sales Soar At Cheyenne Union Station Post
More than a quarter million dollars in passenger ticket sales were recorded at Cheyenne Union Station in the past month due to mobilization work at Fort D. A. Russell. Soldiers pay two cents a mile while the government pays five cents, enabling sleeping car service. Four ticket sellers, later increased, handle the demand with help from Union Pacific cars. One seller moved over $3,000 in tickets in a five hour shift. General Davidson praised the railroad’s efficiency in processing discharged men from Fort Russell and Camp Funston, the two largest posts, aiding returns home.
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Union Pacific
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Cheyenne
Fort Russell
Camp Funston
Sunergae Club Set to Hold Yearend Meeting
The Sunergae Club will meet this afternoon at 2 30 at the Parish house. As the last meeting of the year, all members are urged to attend.
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Sunergae Club
Italian Invasion of Turkey Rocks Peace Conference
Paris dispatch reports Italy has moved more troops to Asia Minor near Smyrna. Britain protests at the peace conference over Greek occupation, urging a joint Allied occupation. A council incident with Premier Orlando and Venizelos is described. Wilson pressured Venizelos to stay, but he left, and the council later expressed regret.
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Paris
Mtid Lert
Okie
Asia Minor
Sumrna
Peace Council
Smyrnt
Yi Ik
Council of Four
Orlando
Council
Wilson
Halien
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Venizelou
Greece
Venigelou
Veniselos
Winnipeg Strike Widens Across Western Provinces
May 26 Associated Press report notes Edmonton Calgary Saskaton and Regina unions plan similar action while Winnipeg postal clerks face automatic discharge for striking. Provincial telephon operators also refuse. Winnipeg city council demands signed pledges to stay at post.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Regina
Gideon Robertson
Robertson
Charles P. Gray
Elty
General strike hits Calgary and Edmonton in solidarity
Regina reports a general strike spreading to Calgary and Edmonton as every trade union in the two cities walked out at 4 o'clock in sympathy with Winnipeg strikers.
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Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Telegraph Strike Walkout Looms for Western Canada
Vancouver report notes Edmonton and Calgary telegraph operators walkouts impact Canadian Press service. No details yet on any immediate action in Vancouver, with anticipation of possible mutual strikes affecting news transmission.
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Vancouver
B. C
Edmonton
Calgary
Fiske Slightly Injured After Car Hits Curb Near Depot
C. J. Fiske of Cherokee Park Colorado sustained slight injuries to hands and face after the windshield broke in a collision with a curb near the depot Monday evening while turning to avoid another car.
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C. J. Fiske
Cherokee Park
Colorado
Fiske
Nitro explosion rocks Casper. two killed if reported
An explosion at the Wyoming Torpedo company's storage plant in Casper, Wyoming, rattled residences and businesses across blocks. Two men were reported killed with others possibly dead as debris was searched. Authorities say the blast involved nitro glyerine and caused widespread damage.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming Torpedo Company
Sprinkler Hours Free in Residential Areas Barred Water Rules
City commissioners pass an ordinance ending hour limits on sprinkler use in residential districts but ban automatic sprinklers. Water mains taps rise to 30 for half inch 4 for five eighths inch and 45 for three fourths inch. Deed dispute over lot 8 B97 reverts to Harriman. Loveridge transfers taxi license to Ollie Kelley. Denver evangelist Beckner refused 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 afternoon and the flying boat under command of Lieutenant Read will probably start for Lisbon at daybreak tomorrow.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
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Automobiles Race to Benefit Salvation Army in Cheyenne
A Decoration Day feature in Cheyenne will be an automobile handicap race under the State Leader’s auspices. The event starts with a parade down Seventeenth Street from the Salvation Army hostel at 2:30 PM and ends at the Leader office after a six mile loop via Capitol Avenue Carey Avenue and the lakes. Entrants include Archie Molnjes Nudson special W W Quinn Ford specials Frank Schmidt and others. The Ford cars have a 60 second head start. other classes race for roan.
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M. I. Smith
Ford
Frank Schmidt
J. Mank
Haligon
Cheyenne
Carey Avenue
Lakes
German counter proposals to be in readiness today
Paris May 26 German counter proposals to the allied peace terms will be ready tomorrow night Count Von BrockdorffRantau will present them Wednesday The council of four had ratified the decision of the economic council to retain the blockade against Ga until a regulated government based on a form and principle is established
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Associated Press
Paris
Count von Brockdorff-Nanteau
Council of Four
Economic Council
Regulae
Lost Airmen Rescued by Danish Vessel to Be Honored in London
Harry G Hawkins and Lieutenant Commander Grieve, long listed as lost, will receive an official reception in London at the Marlborough Battalion after being rescued at sea. They were picked up May 19 in mid Atlantic by the Danish steamship Mary, then transferred to the British destroyer Woolson. The pair were forced to ditch when engine trouble mounted, 1,100 miles from Newfoundland and 800 miles from the Irish coast.
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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
The Thurso dispatch quotes Harry Hawker on the unsuccessful flight across the Atlantic by Himef and Lt Cmdr Chieves. He notes the difficult ground, need to diagonal across the course, and climbing after takeoff. Visibility declined after four hours as heavy cloud banks and rain squalls struck the high altitude flight.
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Daily Mail Today
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Scotland
Harry G. Hawker
Atlantic
Himee F
Chieves
Woo
Hawker
Trudi
Iowa Alfalfa Heads West From Cheyenne Bumper Shipment
Several cars of alfalfa and other hay passed through Cheyenne headed for five stock grounds in Laramie Nawlins Green River and other western points. Ranchers fear a dry season and forage scarcity as hay at 43 a ton bites into feeding plans and may force shipments from Iowa and Nebraska.
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Laramie
Nawlins
Green River
Wyoming
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming to Need 25000 Automobile Plates Next Year
The secretary of state expects Wyoming will require about 24 000 standard plates 400 special plates and 300 dealers plates next year. A contract for license plates for 1920 was let to Western Supply Co of Saint Paul Minnesota at 15 50 per 400 if 20 gauge plates are chosen.
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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 Beau ance agent of that name was badly damaged by fire on the Yellowstone highway late Sunday afternoon and was saved by Hiram Sapp who happened to be passing and provided first aid with a fire extinguisher.
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Verpon
Beauance
Yellowstone Highway
Hiram Sapp
Civilian's family battles tuberculosis journey to save kin
J T Atkinson a San Francisco grocer passed through Cheyenne en route to Denver with his wife and two daughters aged 18 and 20 in the rear express car and his 25 year old son. The family is described as deeply stricken by tuberculosis with physicians losing hope for all members who have suffered influenza pneumonia in recent seasons.
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J. T. Atkinson
San Francisco
Cheyenne
Denver
Cols
Atkinson
Paris Considers Recognizing Kolchak Government
Paris reports show four council members weighing a recognition of Admiral Kolchak's anti Bolshevik government under certain terms. The American Delegation denies a final decision, while Russian officials say no formal proposal has been made. Meanwhile Kolchak forces face heavy Bolshevik opposition near Samara with Russian Estonian forces advancing toward Petrograd.
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Paris
Willi Jimpers
Admiral Kolchak
Council of Four
Fremkly
Council
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Omsk
PAMIS
Esthenian forces capture railway junction at Paskov
Reports from Helsingfors picked up in Copenhagen and transmitted via the Exchange Telegraph show Esthenian troops seizing the strategic railway junction of Paskov, located between Riga and Petrograd, signaling a significant advance.
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Riga
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Son of Pioneer Editor Visited Cheyenne on Monday
7 D. Hard of Gasper visited Cheyenne on business Monday. He is a printer by trade. His father J Dp. Murd Sr. was an early owner of the State twader and once ran a daily hero called Phe Peninerat.
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Gasper
Hurd
Dp. Murd
Twader
Phe Peninerat
Weather Forecast for Wyoming Sees Fair Days
Dimmerage reports Wyoming weather with temperatures around 66. Forecast calls for generally fair conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change.
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Wyoming
Java Volcano Eruption Kills and Injures Thousands
Reports from Tokyo Amsterdam and central Java recount a May 20 volcanic eruption in Kalut spreading to Brengat and Blitar. Officials estimate about 15 000 deaths with 16 000 injured or killed and note frequent Java eruptions with Tengger and Gadung gung as known peaks.
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Tokio
Central
Java
Atative
Amsterdam
Kalut
Brengat
Blitar
Tengger
Gadunggung
Galungguns
Mount Peles
St. Pierre
Messina
Two Autos Collision Hurts Four In Sunday Crash
Four people including Mrs Wallace Bond and Mrs William Dubois were badly shaken when their car collided with a pallbearer vehicle for Mrs Birdie Dulssar near Nineteenth and Seymour Street. The Bond car rolled onto the curb and overturned on the bridge.
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Wallace Bond
Wiliam Dubois
Fosdick
Robert Morris
Birdie Dulssar
Nineteenth
Seymour St
Bond
Te Bidig
Motorists Report Disaster on Sherman Hill Road
Reports from travelers describe a Buick tourloues car overturning four times between Cheyenne and Laramie on the Happy Jack road. Inbound witnesses could not provide further details about the accident.
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Sherman Hill Road
Cheyenne
Laramie
Happy Jack Road
Peopl
Opponents of Woman Suffrage Block Action but Admit Defeat
Washington, May 26. Opponents of woman suffrage blocked efforts to expedite consideration of the constitutional amendment. Supporters planned to bring the measure to a vote, but feuded over tactics and debate. the motion to table failed, and opposition conceded there was time for passage, with supporters optimistic of a final vote.
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