Rogers First to Cross America in Air Dies in Sunset Beach Crash
Lone Beach Cal March 3 Cal praith FP Rogers the first man to cross the continent by air was killed when his Wright plane plunged from about two hundred feet into surf near a roller coaster. Life guards found him crushed in the wreckage with fatal neck injuries. Rogers had flown daily here for a week taking passengers and had just crossed the ocean near the pier before diving toward shore and crashing five feet from where his ocean voyage ended.
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Lone Beach
Calif
Rogers
Eat Meat and Become Active
Stanford University reports Professor James Hollin Slonaker concludes meat eating increases activity based on rat experiments. Using a speedometer, a meat-eating rat ran about 5,447 miles in twenty-five months while a vegetarian rat covered about 447 miles. Differences varied by sex and diet.
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Stanford University
James Hollin Slonaker
Department of Physiology
University
Greeley Company Proposes Light for Laramie
Greeley Hydro Electric Co. offers to furnish power to Laramie on the same terms as Cheyenne with a rate of 11 20 cents per kilowatt hour on a long term contract. The matter will likely go to the city council for consideration.
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Laramie
Noted Colo Realty Man Hangs Self
Denver, April 3. Thomas B. Bradford a well known real estate man hanged himself in a carpenter shop at the rear of his home. Bradford who had mining interests was once superintendent of Preston Independence mines at Rio Creek. The body was found by his wife and a note read I cannot stand this any longer some women are hard to please. They hardly get a wedding gown before they begin to look up material and divorceault.
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Denver
Colo
Thomas B. Bradford
Bradford
Preston Independence
Rbo © Creek
Cheyenne Boy Hero in a Big Chicago Fire
Carl Haneschka of Cheyenne became a local hero in Chicago when he operated an elevator through heavy smoke to rescue dozens from the Mentone hotel fire. The 20 year old lifted survivors to safety from the sixth and seventh floors amid intense heat and chaos.
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Chicago
Carl Haneschka
Cheyenne
Mentone
Haneschka
Frank Haneschka
Cheyenne Rubber Works
Windy City
Tube skirt no good to makers
George W. Neville of the New York cotton exchange told the American Cotton Manufacturers association that twelve yards of cotton goods are needed for every woman who follows fashion. He said moulders of feminine fashions have decreed that ladies shall wear more cloth in their garments.
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Washington
George W. Neville
New York Cotton Exchange
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
U S Prisoner Ordered Freed
Washington April 3 The state department directed Consul Edwards Mexico City to investigate Powell Robert an American arrested by rebels at Juarez and to insist on his release if he is illegally held.
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Washington, D. C
State Department Today
Edwards
Mexico City
Powell Robert
Juarez
Weather Bureau Flood Bulletin Warns of Critical River
The Weather Bureau tonight issued a flood bulletin saying the river from Cairo to south of the Mississippi is in a critical situation. If the levees hold, the floods could be the greatest the government has on record, with imminent danger warned to residents in the flood area.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau Tonight
Cairo
Mississippi
Teddy Declares Taft Not A Progressive In Louisville Speech
Roosevelt, in Louisville, disputes Taft as a progressive, labeling some of his acts reactionary. He reviews the current administration’s record, delivering speeches across West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois and Pennsylvania. He set a campaign record for number of addresses, speaking largely at railway stations from his car. He departed Louisville late tonight and heads for Cincinnati.
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Lounlaville
Taft
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ilinoia
Pennsylvania
Kendrick Heads the Stockmen in 1918 Convention
Special to Leader Sheridan April 8 The Wyoming Stockgrowers Association adjourned at Buffalo after electing J. B. Kendrick of Sheridan as president Robert D. Carey of Cheyenne as vice president W C Irvine of Douglas as treasurer and Alice Smith of Cheyenne as secretary The retiring president Irvine received a diamond stud H B Kerr of the Humane Society and State Veterinarian B F Davis spoke at the morning session Resolutions urged livestock tariff parity with farm products and favored purchase or lease of unappropriated public domain plus larger appropriations.
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Sheridan
Buffalo
Wyoming Stockgrowers’ Association
J. 8. Kendrick
Robert D. Carey
Cheyenne
W. C. Irvine
Douglas
Mane Society
B. F. Davis
Four Leaf Clover After 19 Years
New York April 3 After nineteen years of experiment Max Sohling a Brooklyn botanist has developed a four leaf clover plant produced on every stem instead of three by hybridization from oxalis. Nature was trained to add or subtract a leaf until all plants show a quartet. The plant stands taller than ordinary clover with banded leaves and a graceful noise.
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New York
Max Sohling
Brooklyn
Nature
He Helped With the Wine and Suffered a Broken Leg
Peter Carillis, a soldier at Fort Russell, was badly injured at the Electric Shoe shop in the Deming building yesterday. While assisting the proprietor to move a barrel of wine downstairs, he slipped and fell, the barrel crushing his leg. Dr. J B Guthrie said the leg was broken below the knee and the ankle dislocated. He was taken to the fort hospital.
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Peter Carillis
Fort Russell
Electric
Deming
Carlillis
J. B. Guthrie
Carillis
Fort Hospital
Retire Bishop Warren Amid Conference Urges
Denver, April 3. The Rev. Henry W. Warren a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church for thirty years is to be sacrificed at the quadrennial general conference in Minneapolis in May by younger colleagues who claim he has served his day. Friends of the Colorado prelate urge his valued services justify keeping him to the end of his days.
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Denver
Colo
Henry W. Warren
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Minneapolis
Warren
Friends of the Colorado
Governor Carey Speaks on Western Land Laws and Bounty Law
Governor Carey argues against the bounty law and defends western land settlement. He notes Borah bill passage by a new Senate member and thanks the national stock show association amid praise for the Panama Pacific exposition.
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Thelve Stock Commission
Wyoming
W. B. Skinner
National Association
Sheridan
Hts
Carey
Senate
Basin Hospital Sale Sealed By Pioneer Doctor
Dana Carter, early Basin physician, sells his Basin hospital interest and practice. Purchasers include Dr. George A. Harris, Herbert T. Harris of Basin, and Dr. Chester A. Harris of Chicago. Transfer set for May 1 with a reported price of 15000 dollars.
Four Men Beat Strike Breaker Near Union Pacific HQ
Denver report says Fred Mueller, 42, a strikebreaker, was attacked by four men who he claims are strikers. He was left unconscious on the road for about ninety minutes near the minister union headquarters at Fortieth Avenue and Williams Street.
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Denver
Colo
The
Machinister Union
Fortieth Avenue
Williams Street
Fred Mueller
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne State Leader Contest Nears Final Days
The Cheyenne State Leader contest enters the final stretch with only three days remaining. Contestants and managers brace for a busy finish as the end of the race approaches.
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Paal
Sentoat
Gaye
Club Members Lead Today Among Twelve Notables
The Twelve Club lists leading members including Miss Grave Noonan Mrs Franks Mae Cline Agnes Scoit Mrs Irvine Miss Villa DD Muare Mildred Way Bertha Mum Gladys and others. The page shows a series of monetary figures and codes alongside member names.
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Grave Noonan
Frank How
Mae Cline
Agnes Scoit
J. Irvine
Three Days Left for Contestants to Round Up Work
The notice urges contestants to finish their tasks within three days, stressing every minute must be used to secure votes and complete outstanding work before the deadline.
Wyoming militia told to be ready for field service
War Department orders the Wyoming State militia to prepare for potential mobilization to Mexico. Adjutant General Barkwell and Lt Steever report 800 officers and men in good shape, with a five day notice plan and central mobilization point, as federal troops win early northern campaign battles and Parral eyes decisive action.
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Wyoming
War Department
Washington
National Guard
Barkwell
Guard
Lieut
Steever
United States Army
Mexico
Steevers
Eyelf
Wyoming Guard
Mayor Harrison Sweeps Chicago in Aldermanic Elections
In Chicago on Tuesday 26 Democratic candidates pledged to back Mayor Harrison's progressive platform. 18 were elected. Two defeated in GOP wards faced low odds, while Sullivan backed opponents fell as traction interests and Republican allies failed. The council will be 45 Democrats to 25 Republicans.
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Chicago
Harrison
Jost
Roger Sullivan
Machine Republicans
Traction Companies
On Trust
Sullivan
Trainmen Warned to Cease Flirting
An April 4 circular from a Western railroad orders engineers firemen and trainmen to stop flirtations with farmers' daughters. It demands no hand waving and handkerchief signals and calls for greater focus on track ahead and closer supervision of company business.
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Chicagea
Western Railroad
DROWNINGS AND FLOOD FURY SPREAD ACROSS MIDWEST
As floods engulf Kentucky Missouri Arkansas and Mississippi areas the Mississippi River nears danger levels in St Louis. Flooding tracts reach 1200000 acres with 1200 thousand acres of farmland submerged. Hickman Kentucky faces food shortages and evacuations as Columbo and New Madrid report gas and flood hazards. Senators plan to push for a relief bill as Taft weighs federal aid.
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New Madrid
Menger
Kentucky
Tenhousee
Missouri
Arkansas
Minelasippi
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