British destroyers clash with Austrian force in Adriatic
Two British destroyers defeated five Austrian destroyers in the Adriatic with a larger allied group pursuing toward Durazzo. Casualties were seven killed and nineteen wounded for the British. Also reports from Amsterdam say Vice Admiral Schroeder may lose command after a Zeebrugge raid, with mixed German views on the bold operation.
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United Press
London
Adriatic
Saaid
Duragio
Reitieh
Duraszee
Vwuw
Amsterdam
Schroader
Zoebrugge
Tuewipy
Zeebrugge
Berlin
Lokal Anverger
Laramie County Set for Red Cross Campaign Drive
Laramie County will contribute 26000 as its share of a Red Cross fundraising drive to run May 20 through May 27. The national goal is 100 million dollars. Campaign manager is Yoho D. Clark with war fund cashier Edward P. Storey.
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Laramie County
United States
Yoho D. Clark
Edward P. Storey
Mr. Clark
Washington
British Repel Attacks. Hundreds Taken Prisoner
Allied lines report strong German assaults repulsed with heavy losses. Haig says enemy attacks on Offenich positions were pressed hard. Loore village captured then retaken by French. In Villers-Bretonneux and Hangard sectors, over 900 German prisoners taken. tanks repulsed. Mont Kemmel defense continues amid fierce fighting.
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United Press
London
Haig
Promade
LaClyie
Offerench
Loore Village
Kemmel
Voormeveile
Voormevelle
Somme
Affternoon
PARIB
Preach War Office
Mangard- Villers
Themmes
Meune
Lieut Harry Riner Shot in France by Accident
Lieut Harry Riner son of C W Hiner of this city and a member of the 148th artillery in France accidentally shot himself in the thigh while cleaning a Colt pistol. The bullet entered above the knee. he bound the wound with rope, was taken to a hospital fifteen miles away, and the surgeon reports he has completely recovered and will return to the front. Earlier reports had warned of possible loss of the leg.
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Harry Riner
C. W. Hiner
148Th Artillery
France
Hts
Cheyenne
Riner
Reichstag Figures on Huns Losses Questioned
Amsterdam reports claim Germany’s total war casualties reached 2,009,000 with 750,000 sick or wounded back at the front and 62,000 discharged fit for service. The German figure includes 79,000 cripples and about 98,000 cripples noted by General Schulem. London dispatches cite July casualty compilations through July 20 with deaths at 1,082,000 and other losses totaling over 4 million.
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Schulee
Relohwtag
Sohuleo
Germany
London
Barlit
Dutch Yield to One of Berlin's Demands
Special cable from The Hague reports the Netherlands agreed to one of Berlin's demands regarding a railway across the province of Li...chere but stipulated that it shall not be used for military purposes.
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Berlin
Walted Press
London
Aparece
Lichere
U S to Increase Oil Output to Seize Industry If Needed
United Press reports a looming fuel oil shortage on the west coast risks an industrial debacle. Government and private oil interests may compromise or the government could seize western fields as an emergency step after long disputes with the navy over reserve lands and production.
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U.S
Hy United Press
Washington, D
Western Offields
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Daniels
Navy Department
West
91 Per Cent of U P Workers Buy Bonds
Subscriptions to the Liberty Bond drive reach 358000 with 91 percent of Union Pacific workers already subscribing. Officials press to reach 100 percent, deploying a large force and a Mexican interpreter to explain the loan and urge remaining workers to participate.
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U.P
Wyoming
Union
Macfily
Bown
Uylon Pacific
Cheyenne
Lara
Lim
Madman Slays Two with Axe in New York County
In Victor New York on April 27 a farmhand Karl Auatios killed Mina Blanche Mosher and her cousin Miss Wilma de Bow survived after warding off blows with an axe. He allegedly killed Mosher’s employer M Mosher and fled toward Farmington before vanishing.
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Victor
N. Y
Miss Wilma de Bow
Karl Auatios
Mins de Bow
Mina Blanche Mosher
M. Mosher
Avastin
Mina de Bow
Farmington
Mark Dourley
Dourley
Austin
Oil Man Killed as Cable Breaks
Monte Blair a driller with the Ohio Ol company was instantly killed when a cable on the rig broke plunging him into the well. Blair was caught on the spinning drum and his body was terribly mangled.
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Casper
Wye
Monte Blair
Ohio Ol Company
Wan
Blair
Yankees killed in Great Drive
The great world front battle in beginning to take its toll of American troops as casualties rise. Reports mention Mat Coley with about 100 wounds and others wounded, amid ongoing fighting and losses for American forces.
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Yankees
Washington
Veral Peeahing
Coley
Oil Firms Buy $99 000 Bonds in Liberty Loan Deal
Midwest Refining Co and Grass Creek Oil & Gas Co lead a $399,000 third Liberty loan subscription with funds escrowed by the Stock Growers Bank. An agreement among parties except Grass Creek directs investment of the proceeds from land sales in township 46 north, range 18 west into the loan. A second accord raises total to $108,000, pending final settlement of land titles and road balances.
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Jack A. Bristol
Grasse Creek
Gane Co
Midwest Refining Company
Stock Growera’ Bank
Grassroek Oil & Gas Co
Secretary of the Interior
State Board of the Interior Commissioners
Township 46
Liberty
Handa
Pioneer Cheyenne matriarch Anna Bonner dies at 80
Mrs Anna K Bonner II in son Willian Bonner's home at 1000 Warren Ave Cheyenne dies at 80. A pioneer who arrived soon after the railroad reached Cheyenne. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 3 20 PM at Early's Chapel with Dr J Jahing Jer presiding. Burial at Lake View.
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Anna EK. Boneer
Willian
Bonner
Warren Avenue
Cheyenne
Karly
J. J. Ahing
Lake View
Liberty Loan totals rise to over four billion dollars
Official reports from Washington on Liberty Loan subscriptions show the total reaching 4,019,980,000 with weekly increases. The tally indicates substantial gains in the campaign as payments accumulate across districts and weeks.
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Washington, D. C
Verdun General Brought Up to Help Hun Drive
On the Fland front a lull follows three days of heavy fighting. German forces under Hindenburg shift key commands with General Sleger from Verdun to reinforce von Eberhardt’s five divisions totaling about 40 000 men and ten divisions overall push toward Kemmel and Ypres. British counterattacks regain ground at crucial posts as German shelling continues along the Ypres front and nearby sectors.
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Verdun
Hun
France
Fland
Hindenburg
Sleger
Kemmel
von Eberhardt
Sieger
Ypres
von Wherhard
Dranoutre
Tyo
Schopeter
Free Port Law Aims to Aid Postwar World Trade
Special Staff Prxpatch reports the United States seeks a free port framework to enable export of raw materials and semi finished goods after the war. The plan would allow import of goods for processing and re export with duties or deposits, boosting global commerce and wartime recovery. The proposal references Webb law aims and suggests substantial government support. Continued on Page Four.
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Washington
Ree Tin
Mooney Prosecutor Accused of Fraud in San Francisco
In San Francisco on April 27 the Superior Court heard a motion seeking a new sentence for Thomas J. Mooney. Prosecutors accuse Mooney of willful fraud and related misconduct as part of a case involving the death sentence.
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Mooney
BAN Wrancisco
Sam Frincheon
Sttorneys
Thomas J. Mooney
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Red Cross
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Wytschaete
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Ueut
Reichstag
Lomena
Frankfurter Zeitung
Alchiean
Pyledbere
Plang
Uteas
Ml Lee
Crittenton
War Board and
Madman
Two
Girl
United Preas
Cable
Mis
Anna K. Bons II
Son
Ypres- Comines Canal
William Philip
Cape Ture
Britisi
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