Turbulent Week Across States and Nations
J W Powell of Quincy named temporary cen dent of the shipping port authority during the week. A senate committee probed petroleum products for monopoly risks. Borah presses to restore free tolls via the Panama Canal. Haiti and Santo Domingo see calls for investigation. AFL head Gompers testifies on contributions. Japanese labor ban cited in Hawaii. A Portland jury finds Mrs Louise Agee not guilty of murder. West Virginia mourns Sid Hatfield’s murder. Canyon City endures flood isolation. damage reaches 100000. Ohio congressman opposes Fordney tariff. Des Moines plans public works to aid 80000 transit workers. Atlantic City senator Lenroot foresees federal savings. Chicago links 26 brokers to $6 million mail robberies. El Paso notes Sturgis embezzlement rumor. Eugene Oregon reports 65 percent of mills back in operation.
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Harding
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Panama Canal
Haiti
Santo Domingo
O. G. Villard
New York
Herbert F. Baker
Farmers’ National Council
Benjamin ©. Marsh
Panthemc
Akron
Ohio
L. Knight
United States
House Ways and Means Committee
National House of Representatives
Des Moines
Towe
Atlantic City
N. J
Irving Lenroot
Wisconsin
Wyoming News Highlights From Across the State
Reports of counterfeit American Express drafts in circulation across Wyoming prompt a statewide crackdown by Dairy Food and Oil Commissioner Greenbaum and other officials. Cheyenne officials announce actions on weights violations, while Legion convention disputes Cheyenne as HQ and bans officers from state posts. Caspar reports 300 boiler makers return to work without wage readjustment. Local youth Louis Larsen narrowly survives a truck accident in Rock Springs.
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Cheyenne
C. Stanley Greenbaum
Thermopolis
The
American Legion
Legion
Casper
Wyoming
Carey
Sheridan
United States Public Health Service
National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Fire sweeps Siberia amid famine across Russia
Berlin reports massive fires devastate vast grain lands causing acute suffering in Russia while famine spreads. Reports from many cities note violence in Mexico and political maneuvers in Ireland and Greece as war fronts shift. International committees form in Russia as Charles of Austria-Hungary reportedly enters Hungary amid Allied tensions.
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Berlin
Siberia
Russia
Vera Cruz
Mex
Sierra Blanco
Pedro Hernandez
London
Emmon de Valera
Irish Republican Parliament
Ulster
Pekin
China
Yachow
Hun
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Portland
Ore
Louise Agee
Yonemite
Cal
National Forest
Francisco
Knights of Bux
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Colorado
Canyon City
Chicago
Ill
el Paso
Texas
Iit
Great Trust
Warren Sturgis
Mexico
Eugene
Oregon
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American Express
Verney Russel
Rock Springs
Louis Larsen
Don M. Forsyth
National Life Insurance Company
Lander
Twin Creek Livestock Company
Boston
Mondell
United States Senate
John B. Kendrick
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
David H. Blair
Bureau of Internal Revenue Savie
Federal Reserve Board
Strang
John Skelton Williams
Minnanageenh
Jonas
Ogt
International Harvester Co
McCormick
Oliver and John Deere
Opal Mercantile CO
General Merchandise
Canton
Allied Supreme Council
de St. Alaine
Harvey
Paris
Naples
Italy
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Metropolitan Opera House
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Greece
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Geneva
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Austria-Hungary
Hungary
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