Rails Stranded by Night Winds Delays Northbound Trains
A fierce wind and drifting snow halted Burlington trains between Iron Mountain and Chugwater for about twenty four hours. Passengers endured hunger as many sought food at Iron Mountain ranches while rotary plows and extra engines struggled to clear a path. By nightfall the northbound train resumed at 5 PM and the southbound leg finally moved at 10 80 PM after extensive relief efforts.
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Burlington Road
Iron Mountain
Chugwater
Cheyenne
Burlington
William McDonald Ranch
Spe
Cheyenne Tudsay Bight
Frank H. Eggleston
Laramie
Governor's Mansion
Basin
Labor leaders pledge eight hour day action on January 1
Samuel Gompers says railroad brother hood members will push for an eight hour day from January 1 regardless of law. A resolutions meeting was called after news from Kansas City about Judge Hook's Adamson act decision. Attorney General Gregory and railroad lawyers failed to agree on a test case for a Supreme Court ruling.
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Baltimore
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hook
Resolutions Committee
Associated Press
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Gregory
Supreme Court
Epartment
Missouri
Oklahoma
Adamson Eight-Hour Law Declared Unconstitutional
In Kansas City Judge William Hook held the Adamson eight hour law unconstitutional in U S district court. The ruling rested on expediency ahead of a planned Supreme Court decision before January when the law would take effect. Lawyers rushed the matter and arguments favored voiding the law or upholding it.
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Kansas City
William ©. Hook
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Lawyera
Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Vienna Mourns Francis Joseph as All Eyes Turn to Successor
Vienna cabled reports state Emperor Francis Joseph died quietly after a long reign. Archduke Charles Francis Joseph is named his successor at twenty four and faces a war weary Europe with Hungary restive under Habsburg rule.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph Jusiow
Mabody
London
Europe
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph
Iaserwin
Francis Perdinand
Sarajevo
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
New Ruler Aged 29 Faces Romania Conflict
Dispatches from Vienna and Amsterdam report the public prepared for Franz Joseph's death after sixty eight years of rule. A special cabinet meeting followed as Germany poised to gain from the central empire's instability and a new young ruler contends with Prussian influence.
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Emsperor
Joseph
Germany
Wisdow
Vienna
Amsterdam
Europe
Local Officials of U P Solve Coal Problem
Cheyenne officials report no coal shortage after checks show ample supplies. Union Pacific lifted embargo on Hanna mines and stepped up shipments under General Manager Jeffers and Wyoming division head HW Bell. Local officials say the railroad has found a solution to the recent coal famine reports.
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Cheyenne
P. J. Quealey
Kemmerer
Quealey
Union Pacific
Hanna
Jeffers
Wyoming
HW. L. Bell
Bandits Escape With 11400 From Oklahoma Bank
Three robbers seized 11400 from the First National Bank of Boswell Oklahoma. They fled toward the Kiamichi mountains after forcing bank officials to bag the money and outdistanced a pursuing posse by fording a swollen stream.
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Hoswelel, Okla
First National Bank of
Express Robbery Strikes Southern Xpress Wagon
Two men robbed the Southern Xpress Company transfer wagon at the railroad yards in Chattanooga Tennessee and escaped with 10900 currency according to city police.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Xpress Company
Jack London Found Dead in Glen Ellen
The death of famed writer Jack London is reported in Glen Ellen. He was found unconscious by a servant earlier and died late tonight from a severe form of anemia. London, about 42 years old, was renowned as a leading American author.
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Glen Ellen
Jack London
Lowdon
Roosevelt Heads New League of Neutral Nations
Theodore Roosevelt has become honorary president of the League of Neutral Nations formed after Germany’s invasion of Belgium. The league aims to influence public opinion in favor of smaller countries against overwhelming military pressure and has branches in nearly all neutral nations, with origins in Switzerland.
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Roosevelt
League of Neutral Nations
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Natons
Belgium
Switzerland
Wyoming Weather Preview Thaws Then Snow Likely North
Thursday brings cloudy skies with a chance of snow in the extreme north. East and north regions turn colder. Friday looks fair with cooler air in the south and north remaining chilly.
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Wyomley
Romania Front Breaches and Romanian Retreats Reported
London dispatches detail grave Romanian danger as Craiova falls and German officers push to secure western Wallachia. Allied effort seems unlikely to stop German advances toward Orsova, with winter fronts forming along the Alt and Danube corridors.
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London
London Morning
Romania
Craiova
Daily Chronicle
Creova
Wallachia
Bucharest
Alt
Red Tower
Danube
von Palkenthayn
von Mackensen
Daily News
Orsova
California returns confirm Wilson victory with no split ticket
Telegraphs from New Jersey to New York report Charles Evans Hughes congratulating President Wilson after California official counts show a Democratic margin. Republican leaders dispute minor irregularities while California’s full returns place Wilson ahead with no split delegation. officials announce electors and margins for Hughes, Carlson, and Me.
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Lakewoom
N. J
Charles Evans Hughes
Wilson
California
New York
William EK. Willcox
National Republican
Hughes
National Committee
Republican State Central, Committee
Republican Committee
Carlson
Mrs. Tyler
Sylvester J. McAfee
Republican Centralmittee
Wilcoy
Heney
Tyler
Cheyenne Hears False Reports On Wilson Congratulation
A Cheyenne notice reports that Judge Hushes sent a program of congratulations to President Wilson, but the item is deemed unreliable and questioned by local readers. The fragment notes confusion over the legitimacy of the message and its publication.
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Somme
Rumania
Petrograd
Jiul
Rothenburg Pass
Alt Valley
Berlin
Monastir
Lake Presba
Persia
Greece
New York
Wall Street
Hughes
Wilson
Financial
Juden Hushes
Wilson Co
Cheyenne
U S Legation Backs China in Railway Dispute
The United States legation supports China against Russia and Japan over proposed rail and canal reconstruction in North China. Russia protests a Fengchong to Lanchowfu railway asserting territorial rights, while Japan objects to Grand Canal work, with U S backing and Chinese assurances of control and supervision.
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Peking
Russia
Fengchong
Ghansi
Lanchowfu
Kansu
Japan
Grand Canal
Shantunge
Tater National Corporation
Tegation
Foreign Office
China
Chines
Hueala
Rueela
Pepite
Me. de Gilera
Poku
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Jordan
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Howell
State Committee
U. S
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