Wyoming Briefs Report Dineing Pavilion and Legal Shifts
Wyoming notes state a new dining pavilion will rise in Creyhall. Gates Of Conne near Cheyenne vote to raise capitalization to 35 million. Casper park pricing eyed for federal building plans as Oregon Short Line accident injures John Scheidegger. Thermopolis to get 70 family apartments with ball room and billiard room. Major Andersen receives long awaited Philippine service medal. Northwestern Railway stockholders to meet Casper April 16 on sale to Northwestern. Oil land litigation mounts in Salt Creek field with Iver Johnson and Emile Richardson leading suit.
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Conne Iby
Cheyenne
Greysull
Geological Survey
Wyoming
Fremont County
Big Horn Basin
Albert Misher
Basin
District Court
George Donovan
John Amb
Lamb
Donovan
William Dickinson
Lander
Brooks
Casper
B. C. Stuymond
Newcastle
May Trinilton
Wyormling Federation of Women’s Clubs
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Des Moines
Federal
Oregon Short Ling
Kemmerer
John W. Scheidegger
Mgine
Thermopolis
Mike Skorup
Union Pacific Coal Counny
Rock Springs
Ler
Rasmus Andersen
Wyoming National Guard
Anndersen
Chadron
Neb
Wyo
Wyoming and Northwestern Stailway Company
Wyoming and Northwestern Railroad Company
Northwestern Raillroad Company
United States District Court
Iver Johnson
Emile Richardson
Salt Creek
Iso
Salt Creek Producers’ Association
Radcliffe Clark
Harnle
France
Bride
Lark
United States Army
Peance
Mme
Volig Duck
Rane
Boldiur
Enal
Thawihie
Apehing Montis
Eel Desert
Dempsey and Kearns Indicted Over War Exemption Claims
Western Newspaper Union reports that heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns face federal indictment for false statements to the draft board in the San Francisco exemption case. The grand jury, after weeks of work, will present the charges in Judge Judkins court with details drawn from letters and alleged conspiracy to obtain military deferment.
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Union News Service
San Francisco
Cal
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Federal Grand Jury
Federal
Dempsey
Kearns
Elnga
Jtudkin
Department of Justice
KB. Orr
Department
Orr
Mra. Dempsey
Wells
Nev
Kearns Blanford
EK. M. Blanford
Blanford
Oil Leasing Bill Signed Opens Millions of West Lands
President Wilson signed the oil leasing bill on the final day allowed, clearing development of about 74,000,000 acres of public land in Western states. The measure permits leasing with a minimum royalty, not sale, of oil coal gas phosphates sodium and shale oil from federal land.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Endowment for Michigan Education Funds East Women
Detroit manufacturer Ley HL Barbour announces a $2,000,000 endowment to the University of Michigan. The fund, from rentals over 99 years of Barbour's former home property, will support education of women in the far East.
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Detroit
Mich
University of Michigan
Far East
Ley HL
Barbour
Philippines seeks dry policy and reform measures
Governor General Harrison urged the extra session to pass an act enforcing prohibition in the Philippines, ratify woman suffrage, and clean boxing exhibitions within the territory in a special message to the legislature.
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Manila
P. L
Harrison
Philippines
Soviet report Says 128000 Arrested and 1041 Shot
A Warsaw dispatch cites a Soviet committee on the struggle against counter revolution reporting 128000 persons arrested in the last three years and 1041 shot. The dispatch notes this figure in Paris and references a official communiqué.
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Paris
Warsaw
Geddes Named British Ambassador to United States
It is reported that Sir Auckland Geddes has been offered and accepted the post of British ambassador to the United States. An official announcement is expected from Washington confirming Geddes as persona grata in the American capital.
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Loulou
Sir Auckland Geddes
United States
Washington
Geddes
Suffrage Unconstitutional Delegation Sends Notice
Washington formal notice to the secretary of alite states Maryland lawmakers in West Virginia oppose federal suffrage amendment arguing Congress power to propose is limited. Delegation led by Mrs Rufus Gibbs aims to challenge ratification status and legality of the amendment.
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Washington
Alite
Maryland
West Virginia
Congress
Rufus Gibbs
Pilot lifts world record to 86 020 feet in dramatic flight
Maj. R H Schroeder chief test pilot at McCookfield lost consciousness after reaching 86 020 feet, 5 020 feet higher than the prior record. The plane fell five miles in two minutes before righting and landing safely with Schroeder partially blinded and numb from extreme cold and oxygen loss.
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Dayton
Ohio
Maj
RH. W. Schroeder
McCookfield
Major Schroeder
Roland Kolphe
Schroeder
Cansive
Roland Rohifs
United States Army
Harrison W. Milekinger
Three Die in Omaha Pool Hall Hold Up Battle
Three men were killed and three others gravely injured after a hold up at Pete Polkounk’s pool hall and soft drink parlor in Council Bluffs near Omaha Nebraska. The gunfight involved three bandits, whose identities were not immediately released. Police investigated the shooting as a mob-style robbery gone violent.
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Omaha, Neb
Anu
Pete Polkounk
Council Bhutts
Big Cut in Army Officers House Bill Slashes Aviation Officers
The War Department plan to reduce officers across all services faced sharp cuts in aviation. The House appropriation bill proposed a total officer reduction of eight thousand, with aviation receiving only 1,514 of the expected 4,000 plus, and overall department-wide cuts totaling about 2,670 officers, as reported by Representative Kahn on the Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
War Department
House
Chileon Kahn
All Shing Affaire Committee
Colby Named Secretary of State Surprising Wilson Move
Bainbridge Colby an Independent with Democratic leanings is appointed secretary of state to succeed Robert Lansing. The surprise decision follows Lansing’s resignation and signals a potential state department renewal under Wilson. Colby, a New York lawyer born in 1868, has history with Progressive support for Roosevelt and later alignment with Democrats.
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Union News Service
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Colby
Theodore Troosevelt
Hughes
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Tumulty
White House
New York
St. Lous
Lansing
Frank L. Polk
Supreme Council
Polk
State Department
America
Murder of Huntington Hall head shocks California town
Miss Florence Housel 60 proprietor of Huntington Hall School for Girls at South Pasadena was murdered in her bed. An assassin tried to hide the crime by fire starting in the building. HH. W. Brown 58, suspected of the murder, is said to have committed suicide.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Florence Housel
Huntington Hall School For Girls
South Pasadena
HH. W. Brown
Mexico and U S Claim Patrols Strengthen Against Attacks
The report notes General Murguia of the federal forces mandating strict vigilance by troops in oil fields between Tuzpan and Tripico to prevent further killings of Americans. It references a policy of energetic measures reported to President Carranza with no details.
Soviet peace offer pledges democratic reform and debt relief
Washington reports a Moscow dispatch claiming Soviet Russia proposes democratic standards and a constituent assembly. It pledges to restore 60 percent of Russia's foreign debt, pay arrears, and grant platinum sand and silver concessions to an Anglo American syndicate. The offer also seeks nonintervention by Britain and others and conditional U S credit.
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Washington
Russia
Great Britain
United States
London
Moscow
Japan
Romania
State Department
Supreme Council
Reds Advance on Chinese Frontier
War office dispatches report Bolshevik forces pushing into Siberia near the Ili river frontier. They demand Chinese government surrender of the Russian consul and all refugees and allow Bolshevik consuls to operate. Failure to comply threatens reoccupation of the Lil province.
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London
War Office
Siberia
Ili River
Lil
Wilson May Withdraw Versailles Treaty From Senate
President Wilson says he may withdraw the Versailles treaty and the French alliance from the Senate if terms of settlement are not restored to the December 9 agreement. He insists on serious consideration of such action.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Wireless phone links Ossining to distant states 1500 miles
Wireless telephone conversations have been carried on between Ossining New York and points in North Dakota and Kansas about 1500 miles apart. The announcement came from Robert F Gowen engineer of the DeForest Radio Telegraph Company.
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New York
Ossining
N. C
North Dakota
Kansas
Robert F. Gowen
DeForest Radio Teleplow
Telegraph Company
Washington Embrace of Mandatories Passes Amid Bipartisan Support
The Republican reservation on mandatories tied to the peace treaty last November faced opposition from thirty Democratic senators. The measure passed the Senate 68 to 4 after administration leaders withdrew their opposition, reflecting a shift in stance.
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Washington
Navy Rejects Low Bids For Two Steamers Yale And Harvard
The Navy Department rejected bids for the steamers Yale and Harvard as too low. The vessels, used in the Maylikh canal Waneport service during the war, were appraised at about 82 million dollars. The highest bid received was 1.58 million from a Los Angeles firm, far below the appraisal, and a new bid will be invited soon.
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Washington
Yale
Harvard
Navy Department
Navy
Hoth
Aygainet
Los Angeles
Near Fugure
Market notes: metal prices and cash grain in Chicago
Metal prices include copper at 19 20 cents per pound lead at 8.75 dollars spelter 8.72 and tungsten around 6.00 per unit. Cash grain in Chicago shows mixed grades for rye and barley with prices near 89 to 89 and 1.60 per bushel respectively. pork product prices listed as 18.50 per hundredweight.
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Colorado
Chicago
Chica
Brastern Live Stock Market Report From Chicago Prices
The Chicago market shows hogs at 8 1 2 to 9 in heavy categories with varied weights and grades. Cattle range from medium and heavy to prime, with prices around 11 to 16 dollars. sheep and lambs list 14 to 21 dollars for representative weights. A separate note mentions Dr. Charles L. Reed calling for union of the medical profession to protect public and professional interests in Los Angeles.
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Union News Service
Denver
Ohio
Isree
Ieee Aeae
Colo
Navy
Gamenen F. O. B
Price Park
South Park
Ton
Loms
Serene
United States
Los Angeles
Charles L. Reed
Cincinnati
American Medical Association
Pan-American Medical Congress
Los Angeles County Medical Association
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Iren
Charles Lathrop Pack
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Belgium
Boston Common
Maj. Schroeder
Western Newspaper
Murdera
Girl's School
U.S
Ilon News Service
Brastern
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