World News Roundup From The Western Newspaper Union
A broad dispatch notes Wilson approving David R Wrancig as ambassador to Russia after Senate confirmation. Nebraska faces a $42000 reimbursement bill for Sioux campaign prosecutions in 1861 plus a pension plan for survivors. Interior takes over Tri state irrigation control as Washington efforts advance. Germany gains near Verdun with heavy losses for France and reports 1000 prisoners. El Paso jail explosion kills nine and injures many. investigations begin.
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Wilson
David R. Wrancig
Missouri
Russia
Senate
White House
Sloan
Nebraska
Department of the Interior
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Tri-state Irrigation
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Aurora
L. I. Raymond
C. F. Magruder
Scottsbluff
Department
Fireless cooker gains Paris debut and local plant plans
Nor ways fireless cooker shown at Paris exposition 4672 sparks public interest and a Pennsylvania mill will soon roll 16 foot wide steel plates. French scientists warn tobacco harms the heart even after chewing cessation. Michigan bean crops upset locals amid high state bean output. Burr Oak New York hosts a corn grain guessing contest with a rumored 3000 grain tally, while a goose allegedly eats to 434 counts without limit.
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Norway
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Boston
Burr
Ikea
Verdun Guns Described as Massive Yet Dismountable
The article notes a type of Austrian Skoda artillery used at Verdun. These guns require extensive preparation and secure anchoring in concrete beds due to their massive construction. Despite their size, they can be disassembled for transport or repositioning.
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Berlin
Verdun
Riot at Toronto Parade and War Prohibition Debate
Western Newspaper Union reports rioting at a Toronto parade amid pro and anti prohibition tensions. Soldiers returning from war face opposition as Mexican border raids simmer in reports. The piece notes U S requests Britain for confidential naval instructions amid Germany and Austria armed merchantmen memoranda.
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United States
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Great Britain
Union News Service
Washington
Great’Britain
Cecil Spring-Rice
Villa Leads Raid Into United States at Columbus New Mexico
Reports relay that Francisco Villa with 1500 men attacked Columbus New Mexico killing at least sixteen Americans and burning buildings. 250 U S cavalry pursued into Mexico as Villa made a stand five miles south of the border where fighting continued. an unnamed private was killed and Captain Adjutant George Williams wounded.
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Columbus, N. M
Francisco Villa
United States
Columbus
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United States Cavalry
Villa
Mexico
H. J. Slocum
George Williams
Riot at Toronto Parade Over Prohibition Message
In Toronto near Parliament buildings a riot erupted during a prohibition parade. Thousands, many women in cars, clashed after veterans objected to an allegory of Old Man Ontario on the Water Wagon. A placard reading We Fought for You Would You Deprive Us of Our Liberty? was torn, a banner shredded, and mounted police restored order as the water wagon slipped toward the buildings.
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Toronto
Parliament Buildings
Ontario
Navy cost to reach fleet parity by 1925
Admiral Fletcher told the House Naval Committee that achieving a navy equal to the largest fleet would cost about a billion and a half dollars for new ships plus an annual upkeep of 760 million. Representative Callaway noted Britain’s added tonnage and asked if the goal was hopeless. Fletcher said the United States could afford the protection given its wealth.
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Washington
Fletcher
Navy General Board
House Naval Committee
Callaway
Great Britain
Pletcher
United States
Roosevelt Declines Candidacy in All States
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, now in Trinidad, West Indies, states through the New York Mail that he emphatically declines to be a candidate in the Massachusetts primaries or in any other state.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Trinidad
British West Indies
New York Mail
Massachusetts
Nebraska Horses Shipments To Allied Armies Headed East
Fifty five carloads and about 1200 horses were moved from Nebraska via Union Pacific on Tuesday bound for the Italian and French armies at the Atlantic seaboard. It stands as one of the state’s largest horse shipments.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Chinese troops seize Po Yai and Sui-Chow from rebels
Official dispatches from Peking reported by the Chinese legation here state government forces captured the rebel strongholds Po Yai and Sui-Chow with heavy rebel losses.
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Washington
Po Yai
Sui-Chow
Peking
Valentine Nebraska Man Receives Death Sentence
William Cryderman was convicted and the jury recommended the death penalty in Judge Westover's court for the murder of Nellie Heelan and Anna Layport at the Heelan ranch home. He becomes the first prisoner to face a death sentence in the judge's twenty years on the bench. Cryderman was sentenced to the electric chair.
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Valentine
William Cryderman
Westover
Crydermen
Nellie Heelan
Anna Layport
the. Heelan: Ranch
Federal inspector arrives to curb illegal duck shooting
Lincoln Nebraska dispatch reports federal inspector R P Holland has arrived to enforce U S laws protecting game and injestivorous birds in the territory. He will operate from this place with federal deputies and state game warden support to stop duck killings amid reports of unlawful shooting.
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el Paso
Lincoln
Neb
R. P. Holland
United ‘States
Hall wins bid for monthly state fund remittance
State Treasurer Hall succeeds in a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling that county treasurers must remit state funds on a monthly basis. The decision upholds his authority to require payments at intervals beyond February and October settlements, deeming monthly remittances reasonable.
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Hall
Nebraska Supreme Court
Douglas County
Food Commissioner Harman Turns License Fees to Treasury
Harman paid 115 from January license fees to the state treasury. Seven cold storage permits at five dollars and eight commission merchants licenses at ten dollars formed the total. He kept inspection receipts for six months, using funds for department expenses, and will similarly remit February receipts.
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Harman
State Treasurer’s
Hall
Treasury
Muzik gets life sentence after state supreme court ruling
Emil Muzik, convicted of murdering his wife in Douglas County, is spared execution. The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled evidence supported conviction but not capital punishment, citing insanity-like mental abnormality. The decision, written by Judge Fawcett, upholds the crime's severity but not the death penalty. A separate note clarifies tax levying rules for city property.
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Emil Muzik
Douglas Coityak
Nebraska
State Supreme Court
Muzik
High Court
Fawcett
T. E. Hinson
John T. Nickerson
Beaver City
Nebraska fair board targets Gotch Stocker match on Labor Day
The Nebraska state fair board plans to stage the Gotch Stocker nestling match on Labor Day under Gene Melady's promotion. Secretary Mellor says the board can attract thousands more people than any other event that weekend and believes they will fill the fair date.
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Nebraska State Fair Board
Gene Melady
Melady
Mellor
Candidate Charles Pool seeks re election on democratic ticket
Charles W. Pool of Hyannis files with the secretary of state to seek re election. He argues the 2 cent fare law is not violated and a federal court relief is sought. Northwestern Railroad and M&O line file demurrers to state petition and motions to dissolve orders. Federal animal industry bureau chief A D Melvin pledges cooperation with Nebraska to fight cattle scabbies, with prior foot and mouth disease efforts in 1914 and 1915, and government inspectors active in Alliance territory.
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Charles, W. Pool
Hyannis
Secretary of State
Nebraska
United States _ court
Northwestern’ Railroad
Tribuial A
A. D. Melvin
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