Taft invites Wyoming governor to peace league meeting
President Taft writes Gov. Frank Houx urging attendance at a May 17 session in Independence Hall Philadelphia as part of the Win the War for Permanent Peace convention. Taft and notable Americans invite a delegation to represent the state at the three day event with speeches by leaders including Cardinal Gibbons and Dr Anna Howard Shaw.
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Taft
Frank KL. Houx
Wyoming
Indepenence Ball
Philadelphia
Kiatate
Cardinal Gibbons
Alton Tl. Parker
Anna Howard Shaw
Baniwel Gompers
John Sharp Willame
Preetent Lowell
Harvard
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Mra
Grover Cleveland
Leagueo Enforce Peace
Independence Hall
League
Seaion
Charles B.roythes
Henry van Dyke
Watt
Philielphia
Germany
Association Formed in London for Insurance Protection
Officials of insurance companies in London formed this week The British Insurance Association the chief objects of which are the protection promotion and advancement of classes of insurance companies and the taking of concerted measures whenever the business transacted by members may be affected by government action at home or abroad
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London
British Insurance Association
U S Publishes State Crop and Livestock Report
Washington April 9 a summary of the April crop and livestock report by the US Department of Agriculture shows state and national condition figures for winter wheat rye cattle and sheep. It lists mortality losses from disease and exposure per 1000 and compares ten year averages with current year values.
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U.S
Washington
DD. C
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hye
Poles in Austria Demand Freedom
The article reports that Austrian political chaos following a February cabinet crisis led to Premier von Geydler's resignation being rejected by the emperor. Vorwaerts notes postponing solutions worsens the crisis as Polish groups press for self determination and a Poland that includes all Polish communities with access to the sea.
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New York
Austria
Berlin
Forwaerts
Vorwaerts
Poland
Government stenographers sought for federal service
Qualified stenographers and typists are urgently needed by government bureaus centered in Washington DC. Examinations will be held every Tuesday in fifty Pacific Northwest cities. An April 20 1918 field service exam is planned. Thousands of appointments at salaries from 1000 to 1200 have been made recently, with many more expected. Applications and info from Herbert F Ward district secretary 508 Post Office Building Seattle WA.
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Washington, D.C
Pacific Northwest
Herbert F. Ward
United States Civil Service District
Post Office
Seattle
Wash
Shipbuilding Help Up Two Years
The 1915 shipbuilding bill aimed to create a government shipping board led merchant fleet to aid wartime effort. Debates and votes show party splits with Democrats broadly backing earlier versions and Republicans opposing, while Roosevelt and others criticized the plan for aiding foreign business. The measure faced filibusters, failed in the Senate, and resurfaced in 1916 before passage and campaign use.
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United States
House
Senate
Lodge
Hill
Root
Gallinger
Norris
Smoot
Repubican Pewnpapers
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Metropolitan Magazine
Wilson
Bryan
Uncle Sam
Fletcher
England
Germany
America Atlantic
Charles B. Hughes
Rockland
Maine
Col. Roosevelt
Provident
German-origin towns renamed in South Australia
Australia’s parliament orders renaming of all towns in the state with German origins. Verdun Mount Kitchener Beatty The Somme The Marne Cambrai Jellycoo Jutland Sturdee Allenby are among new names chosen to teach children about World War events in which Australia played a major role. The note urges Liberty Bond purchases via the Stock Growers National Bank.
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Melbourne
Australia
South Australia
Verdun
Mount Kitchener
Beatty
Somme
Marne
Cambrai
Jellicoo
Jutland
Sturdee
Allenby
Requisition Denied by Gov Houx over Kansas deserter case
Governor Frank L. Houx refused the Kansas request to extradite Walter Thompson from Wyoming on desertion and support charges. Papers show Thompson was not in Kansas within the crime window. local residents of Owell Wyoming attest to his good character amid allegations of a trumped up charge, per Butler County Sheriff George Shoultz.
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Frank L. Hotx
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Walter Thompson
Douglas
George Shoultz
Butler County
Shoults
Thompson
O Well
Wyo
Honx
Russian Women Win Vote In Orthodox Church Affairs
In Petrograd on April 0 the Ecclesiastical Sobor granted women a vote in parish meetings and councils. They may vote on diocesan charitable and missionary bodies and church economic institutions, with royal-episcopal exceptions. Women may be elders but are not part of the clergy.
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Petrograd
Episcopal Council
Governor Houx Seeks Unity and Sacrifice in Washington Visit
Governor Houx met with President and spoke on intensified cooperation to boost food supply and Liberty loan drives. He toured Mount Vernon and Washington’s tomb, and visited Arlington, meeting Senators Kendrick and Warren on his Washington trip. He urged united American sacrifice for the war effort.
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Houx
Washington
Kendrick
Warren
Senate
Mount Vernon
Hesloo
George Washington
Arlington
Robert L. Lee
Fruit Growing in State Profitable and Growing
The sixth biennial report of the Wyoming state board of horticulture notes two strong years for fruit in 1916 1914 with good yields despite late freezes. It highlights resilient varieties and improved size color and flavor through favorable weather and thinning. It also urges farmers to consider investing in Liberty Bonds via the Stock Growers National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Race of Giants Is Discovered in Arctic Tale
FAIRBANKS Alaska April Tales of a giant Kakimos six feet tall living in the Arctic east of the Mackenala river are recounted by John Kinnalley who visited his brother after years in the territory. Bekimos peoples further north are usually four to five feet tall. Kinnalley spent one winter with the swiléaln i mog and sought details on blue eyed Exkimon reported near Mackensie.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
Mackenala River
John Kinnalley
Horbert Sean
Kinnalley
Villeramurin
Germany Fears American Air Power In Coming War
The article reports Germany preparing for a potential aerial crisis as the United States readiness grows. It notes Germany expanding aviation training and plane construction, recruiting from officers and lower ranks, and creating armies of observers and bombing pilots with specialized courses and target practice.
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Germany
United States
Trench Warfare Taught in Camp Camp Kearny
Headquarters of the command holding a trench area near Camp Kearny San Diego reports busy operations during a recent officers training school duty in the trenches. Telephones, ciphered messages, and an in-place exchange run by an orderly on the dirt floor illustrate wartime communications and disciplined coordination under front line pressure.
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Camp Kearney
San Diego
Officers’ Training School Corps
Central
Rose
Sherry
Meredith
Jones
No Man's Land
Alta
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Bureau OF Estimates
the Wyoming Trust and Savings Bank
Black Crowers
Greman
Stock Growers National Bank
Kansan
RUSS
Atlas Theater
the Playhouse OF
Cheyenne
Mary Miles Minter
America
Interior
Atea
Henry
W. Leth Kione
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