Soldier relief bill passes House 289 to 92
Washington May 29 the soldier relief bill was approved by the House of Representatives 289 to 92 and sent to the Senate under a two thirds requirement. Test votes showed growing support as Democrats and a minority of Republicans denounced the gag rule while supporters argued the measure justly compensates ex service men for wartime losses. Opponents called it a political maneuver to capture veteran votes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Armenian Mandate Fight in Senate Draws Democratic Split
In Washington on May 29 the Senate debated President Wilson's Armenian mandate proposal. Democrats split with some proposing to soften the resolution by authorizing a $50,000,000 Armenian bond sale supervised by a joint American Armenian commission to fund rail and agricultural material and an American banking system. Senate leaders deliberated as Republicans signaled sympathy to aid plans, while Dems largely opposed. Senator Williams defended the mandate as a US responsibility.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Armenia
Senate
Near Eastern Republic
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Chamber
Williams
Demostat
Mississippi
United States
Wilson signs revised appropriations bill in Washington
President Wilson today signed the legislative executive and radical appropriation bill after Congress amended it to remove the joint congressional printing committee from supervision of the executive department.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Joint
Congressional Printing Commitee
Executive Department
Debs Accepts Socialist Nomination From Prison
Eugene Debs accepted the Socialist nomination for president from the Atlanta federal penitentiary where he is serving a ten year term for violating the espionage act. He praised the Russian Revolution and urged party members to express views boldly while noting the platform's principles.
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Atlanta
Eugene Debs
United States
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Debs
New York
Paper unions urge DOJ probe of profiteering in open market
Resolutions adopted by executives of the United States News Print Conservation league and allied groups call on the Justice Department to investigate profiteering by paper speculators in the open market. The meeting included representatives from the Midwest Newspaper league the State News Print Conservation league the Midwest Paper league the Inland Daily Press association and the Michigan League of Home Cables.
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Justice Department
New York
Department of Justice
United States News Print Conservation League
Midwest Newspaper League
State News Print Conservation League
Midwest Paper League
Inland Daily Press Association
Michigan League of Home Cables
Blackburn Resigns From Night Police Force
T O Blackburn a member of the night police force tendered his resignation to the police chief to take effect immediately. He was not on duty last night and is the third patrolman to resign in recent weeks with no reason given.
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T. Blackburn
Blackburn
Mrs Quinn Learns of Mother's Death in Ludington
Mrs. Quinn wife of W W Quinn the chiropractor received a telegram yesterday announcing her mother's death at Ludington Michigan. The Quins left the city on Number 6 this morning to attend the funeral, the date of which has not been announced.
Weekend Showers Forecast With Cooler South Monday
The forecast calls for showers Sunday with continued chances Monday. Temperatures will cool Sunday and remain cooler Monday especially in the southern counties.
Exhaustion of Coal Halts Cheyenne Street Car Service
Cheyenne faces a near shutdown of the electric railway as coal shortages hit the plant's boiler section. Generators slowed and stopped after coal for the light plant could not be moved quickly enough, leaving car service suspended through the night. Car crews were warned to store equipment as observers waited in the business district.
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Cheyenne
Light Company
Carmen
Cheyenne Men Hurt In Auto Crash Near Laramie
Three Cheyenne men suffered injuries when their car overturned eighty one miles from Laramie on a trip from Wood's Landing to Cheyenne. Harry Schwartz with three broken ribs Fred Manewal with a fractured skull John C Fulton bruised and a severely lacerated right ear were hospitalized. Fulton recounted the high speed and flip that left Schwartz unconscious and Manewal not yet conscious.
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Harry Schwartz
Cheyenne
Laramia
Fred Manerwal
John C. Fulton
Denver Post
Laramie
Wood's Landing
Fulton
Manewal
Wes
Schwartz
Manawa
Ford consolidates Michigan auto firms into Delaware giant
Formal notice in Lansing announces dissolution of Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford & Son Inc. Transfers all properties to Ford Motor Company Delaware, 100 million dollars capital. Reorganization aims to unite Ford holdings under one umbrella with Henry Ford Edsel Ford and Mrs. Henry Ford as stockholders. New firm authorized to manufacture vehicles including aircraft.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford & Son, Inc
Vaughn
Delaware
Ford
Henry Ford
Edsel B. Ford
Denver Railroad Workers Form Non-Partisan League
In Denver on May 29 a permanent association named the Transportation Brotherhood Non-Partisan Political League was formed by railroad workers. Thirty delegates from 40 brotherhoods and eight auxiliaries endorsed the American Federation of Labor policy for non partisan political action.
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Denver
Railroad Workers of
Transportation Brotherhood
American Federation of Labor
Delegates Pour Into Chicago for GOP Convention
Republican delegates from across the country arrive in Chicago for the national convention. Southern states and many African American attendees vie for convention seats as 137 contests are reviewed, with Wood and Poindexter campaigns outlining their nomination plans.
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Chicago
National Committee
Wood
Allen
Kansas
General Wood
George H. Walker
Seattle
Poindexter
Washington
Lowden
Herbert Hoover
CG. B. Miller
Denver Street Railway Strike Halted by Court Order
Denver May 29 The Denver Tramway company faces a wage cut dispute as an injunction postpones planned Tuesday wage reductions and a potential strike. The city restrains both sides urging public rights be protected while a hearing is set for Wednesday in county court.
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Denver Street Railway
Denver
Denver Tramway Company
State Industrial Commission
Campaign fund details for Major General Leonard Wood
Testimony to the senate investigating committee shows a Wood campaign fund near 1.2 million dollars with 358,768 in contributions and notable gifts from John D. Rockefeller Jr., William Wrigley Jr., and A. E. Monnell. Expenditures reach over 41 million with state and national headquarters costs across many states.
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Wyoming
Washington
Leonard Wood
A. A. Sprague
Chicago
Wood Organization
Sprague
William Cooper Proctor
Cincinnati
A. BE. Monell
New York
Corn Exchange National Bank of Chicago
Merchants Loan & Trust Company of Chicago
Colonel Proctor
Mr. Sprague
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
A. E B. Monnell
William Wrigley, Jr
H. M. Byllesby
CG. D. Shaffer
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Tennessee
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Towa
Louistan
Mississippi
Texas
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
California
Nevada
Arizona
Kansas
Utah
Kentucky
Hoover Campaign Expenditures in Primary Attack
Senate investigation into pre convention spending focused on Leonard Wood and the Johnson Hoover primary fight in California. Witnesses testified a national Wood fund of about 4.18 million dollars and a Johnson fund near 200 thousand, with Hoover supporters in California estimated to have spent around 300 thousand.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Leonard Wood
California
McAdoo
Wood
Senator Johnson
Herbert Woover
Postmaster Announces Tie of Office Roles in Local Office
Postmaster William G Haasan announced resignations and appointments in the local office. Henry Bainum resigns as Assistant Postmaster. William Goss becomes Assistant Postmaster. Tony Rees will become Superintendent of Mails, while Goss takes Bainum's former role.
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Henry Bainum
William Goss
Tony Rees
William G. Haasan
Airplane Locates Hidden Moonshine Still in Colorado Mountains
Colorado state constabulary used an airplane to locate a 100 gallon per day moonshine still hidden near Idaho Springs. Colonel Clifton Wilder and Walter Byron photographed the plant from the air, then landed and removed supplies before returning to Denver. The owners escaped.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado State Constabulary
Idaho Springs
Oount Evans
Clifton Wilder
Constabulary
Walter Byron
Wilder
Byron
New Strike of Outlaw Unions Threatens Chicago Rail Lines
Harold Reading, general organizer of the United Enginemen's association, says a new walkout by enginemen, switchmen and firemen in the Chicago Terminal district will begin at noon tomorrow. He claims 500 enginemen on the Indiana Harbor belt line and the Chicago Junction railway struck today.
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Chicago
Iarold Reading
United Enginemen’s —Association
Chicago Terminal District
Indiana Harbor Belt Line
Chicago Junction Railway
New Mexico Railroad Struggles as Flood Spreads
Reports say San Marcos near Mexico division point on the Santa Fe line is underwater with 8 inches to 3 feet flood. Santa Fe shops submerged. Six miles of track near Socorro flooded and 2000 feet washed out. Passenger service rerouted via El Paso Southwestern through Vaughn. No freight trains operate.
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N. M
San Marcos
Mexico
Santa Fe
Here
el Paso
Socorro
New Mexico
Bel Paso
el Paso& Southwestern
Vaughn
New Mexia
Friday Death Fulfills Aged Pioneer Wish
Ellen Goldacker, Cheyenne pioneer, died on Friday afternoon fulfilling her longtime wish to die on a Friday. Throughout her life she often said she was born on a Friday and hoped to pass on Friday, a belief noted by friends as her health declined and anxiety rose toward the end.
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Ellen Goldacker
Cheyenne
Mrs. Goldacker
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