Wyoming Briefs Patchwork of Crime and Hardship
Casper police arrest a suspect linked to an NYC murder case. A quarrel at Kemmerer mine leads to gunfire injuring Oharger and killing his wife. The Glenrock Northwestern depot nearly burns, blamed on a boy at work. A jail escape ends with a freezing capture. a canny survivor faces possible amputation. Wyoming cattle shipments, drought, and a push to form a Wyoming cavalry squadron are noted along with weather and wolf bounty results. Premiers discuss Constantinople and a Dempsey Carpentier fight deal looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Casper
Theodore H
Buckstiot" Hamilton
New York City
John H. Winfield
Oharger
Quealey
Kemmerer
Bush
Chilcott
Ned Lodge
Frank Webb
Webb
Kan- Jing
Harvey Wallace
William Curllale
Wallace
James Code
Laramie County
Code
Red Desert
Carlisle
Wyoming
Fifteenth
United States Cavalry
James H. Howder
Fort
D. A
Thussell
Howder
United States Army
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Clemenceau
Lloyd Coorge
London
Turkey
Constantinople
America
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Jack Kearns
San Francisco
Relief Efforts Across Europe Face Widespread Hunger
Reports from Rome and Paris detail mass hunger in central Europe outside Germany with 15 to 20 million people at risk. Herbert Hoover proposes selling grain credits to Finland, Poland, Austria and others to avert collapse. The Austrian relief council seeks at least 70 million dollars monthly, potentially up to 100 million, while the United States awaits instructions on participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Russia
Hoover
Grain Corporation
Finland
Poland
Austria
The
Congress
Paris
Supreme Council
Renner
United States
Wallace
Attempt to Assassinate French in Dublin
Viscount French lord lieutenant of Ireland escaped an assassination plot in Dublin as he rode between Phoenix Park and the viceregal lodge. A nearby civilian was killed by a single bullet and a policeman wounded. Military fired back, killing one of the attackers while Lord French survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Viscount French
Lord Leutenant
Ireland
Lord French
Ashton Gate
Phoenix Park
Viceregal Lodge
Senate backs Chinese immigration limits in Mexico City action
The Mexican Senate adopted a motion to negotiate with the Chinese government to restrict Chinese immigration. A circular from the secretary of hacienda warns oil firms to comply with the September 1916 decree by Jan 31, 1920 or face a 1000 peso fine. Firms must keep agents in Mexico City for Hacienda inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Hacienda
Department of Hacienda
Girls Insist on Loving Cause Desertions at Navy Yard
In New York 25 of 1,500 alleged desertions court martialed at the New York navy yard claim overstayed leaves were due to Wrench girls who insisted on making love to them. Several sailors say widower mothers needed their help and one man joked his ship smiled while he went across the street to buy tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Navy Yard
United States
Retailers to Hold Economy Sales in January and February
New York reports merchants and sales managers from across the country endorsed the government's plan for economy sales during January and February to curb living costs. The National Retail Dry Goods Association organized the meeting and secured pledges of cooperation from retailers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Ocean Liners Battle Storm Off New York
Eight large passenger liners battled fierce winter storms between the United States and Europe arriving with over 17,000 belated passengers. Ships showed hulls encrusted with ice and rigging coated in sleet as spray froze on deck. Officers described the waves and winds as brutal while crews fought through the gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Kela
Wives Demand Deportation With Husbands From Ellis Island
Anarchists and undesirables from across the United States were rushed to Ellis Island for deportation to Soviet Russia. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were among those expected to sail soon aboard a government transport. Three trains from Pittsburgh Buffalo and Philadelphia delivered radicals as Immigration officials prepared future departures. Wives of the detainees petitioned Commissioner Caminetti to be deported with their husbands to their native land, arguing their families depend on the men for subsistence and urging immediate removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Ells Island
Soviet Russia
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Ellis Island
Caminetti
Will Release German Prisoners In France
Paris reports the German delegation says Premier Clemenceau informed them that German prisoners of war in France will be released immediately without waiting for the protocol. Final conferences between German and allied representatives on making the peace treaty effective will begin next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Clemenceau
France
Italy to Evacuate Fiume as DAnnunzio Forces Withdraw
Preparations are underway to evacuate Fiume by Gabrielle d Annunzio the soldier poet and his forces. The Adriatic town long a center of dissension will be occupied by a regular Italian army contingent led by General Cagigila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Fiume
Miume
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Adriatie
Cagigila
Ship Crew Drowned Off Halifax Barge Disaster
Forty three crew members of the British steamer Manxsmen drowned when the ship foundered in mid ocean radio from the British Isles reported the loss. Officials awaiting fuller details as the British wreck is confirmed near Halifax N S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Manxsmen
Berger Re-elected to Congress in Wisconsin Fifth District
Victor L. Berger Socialist candidate was re-elected to Congress from Wisconsin’s fifth district, defeating Republican Henry H. Bodenstab by 4 808 votes. Berger totaled 26 807 votes to Bodenstab 10 - 1. Registration in the district was about 63 000. If the House refuses to seat Berger again, a vacancy would occur in the fifth district until the 1920 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berger
Congress
Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Henry H. Bodenstab
Bodenstab
House of Representatives
Palmer lays out plan to curb high living costs in Illinois
Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer outlined a five point federal program at a December 17 meeting in Chicago, urging fair price committees in every city backed by mayors and prosecutors, with campaigns led by civic groups and women to reduce prices. He blamed war related production drop inflation and high taxes for rising costs and pledged federal action against hoarders and profiteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Chicago
A. Mitchell Palmer
Department of Justice
Club Women of
Illinois
Guv. F. C
Palmer
United States
Dog Heroically Rescues 92 From Stranded Steamer
A Newfoundland dog saved 92 passengers and crew by delivering a lifeline from the stranded coastal steamer Withie to shore at Martin's Point. An earlier line shot ashore failed, and officers directed the dog to undertake the dangerous mission, navigating breakers to secure the rope and pull it to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curling
Withie
Martin's Point
Reass
Census budget seeks higher pay for enumerators
Director Rogers of the census bureau asks Congress for 2.55 million dollars in addition to 15 million already granted to cover the 14th decennial census. He argues enumerators cannot earn a living wage on per capita oil or travel expenses and urges a parson wage or travel allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rogers
Census Bureau
Congress
Government compels meat packers to divest from side lines
Washington reports the antitrust action against Swift Armour Morris Wik son and Cudahy is settled by an injunction decree. The Big Five must divorce meat packing from other holdings, sell stockyards stakes and related businesses within two years, leaving meat and produce as their sole lines. The move places their conduct under federal scrutiny and asserts no group can control the food table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Swift
Armour
Morris
Wikson
Cudahy
Palmer
Department of Justice
Would Sell Planes to Mexico in Army Plot
San Antonio Texas police report an alleged plan to steal US army airplanes and sell them to the Mexican government. Authorities say the plot surfaced with the arrest of a lieutenant and a former lieutenant in the air service at the southern department army headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Leutenant
Air Service
Southern Department
Army
Premier Lloyd George to Meet Paris Allies on Fiume Issue
Center on Fiume, London reports that British Prime Minister Lloyd George and Italian Premier Nitti are invited to meet French Premier Poincare and possibly an American envoy in Paris within days. The aim is to settle the Fiume question through such a conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Nitts
Italy
Chanenceau
France
Ti Maris i
Heave
Fiume
American Red Cross Hosts Christmas for Yankee Officers
American officers listed as guests will spend Yuletide in Paris with the Red Cross. An old fashioned Christmas party is planned for Christmas afternoon with Santa Claus at a large Christmas tree to distribute gifts and packages from American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vavis
Aris
America Red Cross
Santa Claus
Wilson cannot lift wartime prohibition until peace is ratified
Attorney General Palmer says President Wilson cannot lift the wartime prohibition ban until the peace treaty is ratified and a demobilization proclamation is issued. The Supreme Court decision on wartime prohibition reinforces this stance, which he had held before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Palmer
Supreme Court
Federal Judge Sentences 27 I W W Members
Federal Judge J C Pollock sentenced twenty seven Industrial Workers of the World members found guilty by a jury in Kansas City to conspiracy against the government. Prison terms range from three to nine years at Leavenworth with ninety days granted to perfect appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J C. Pollock
Industrial Workers of the World
Federal District Court of
Kan
Federal
Leavenworth
Pollock
Late Market Quotation For Metal and Grain Prices
Late market quotation lists Colorado settlement prices for nickel silver copper and other metals with various bids. Chicago produce sellers quote mixed grains and cash grain figures include No 2 white and yellow corn plus wheat prices.
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Chicago
Eastern live stock prices and market notes
Market report lists prices for cattle steers and heifers with ranges from $6.95 to $18.60, veal calves at $7.00 to $12.00, and sheep and lambs around $11 to $18. A note mentions approximately 8,000,000 autos produced in the U S over the last twenty years per National Automobile Chamber of Commerce statistics.
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Denver Turkeys
O. la
Iourkeys
Hutter
Lst Eads Ib
Roger Beans
Navy
Colo
B. i. Seneene
Denver
Eee
Ifbo
Sentia
United States
National Automaine Chamber of Commerce
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Sheridan
Montina
Texas
H. P. Williams
Hils
Willams
Ed Karel
Joseph Shirtz
Shirts
Green River
Granger
Wyo
Cheyenne
Karel
Shrits
Rome
Vienna
Cornell Dam
Croton
N. Y
Croton Lake
Manhattan
Bronx
Berkman and Goldman
Western Newspaper Union News Service
H.C. L
Sell Yard Holdings
Western Newspaper
W. W.e
Denver Markets
Colorado
Buller—Creamery
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