No Agreement Yet On Wages For U MW A
A special compromise committee for United Mine Workers of Wyoming and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators Association adjourned without a settlement on miners wages for two years. Negotiations resume Monday as operators resist wage increases while unions claim parity with gains in other fields.
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United Mine Workers of Wyoming
Southern Wyoming Coal Operators’ Association
Notheies
Wyoming
Whichia
State land sales conducted yesterday in Sheridan
Leaslie A. Miller of the state land office conducted a sale of state lands in Sheridan yesterday. The sale was small, about 2500 acres were sold at a winning price of $15 per acre. Miller then proceeded to Buffalo for a later small sale.
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Sheridan
Leaslie A. Miller
State Land Office
Contest Begins For Girl By Her Grandmother
Six year old Margaret Mulholland of Cheyenne is the center of a custody dispute involving her aunt, grandmother, and her parents. The grandmother plans to send the child to Chicago, provoking intervention by state humane officer George Treantle who has placed the girl in care while the matter awaits court. The Mulhollands oppose losing Margaret and claim the grandmother’s intentions are unknown.
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Little
Margaret
Nice
Dennis J. Mulholland
Cheyenne
Elizabethy Murphy
Fort Logan
Colo
Mulhollands
Chicago
Mrs
Theey
George H. Treantle
Castoday
Mr. Troastla
Bin
Will Orpet Seeks New Start in Cheyenne Escape Plan
Reports say Marian Lambert’s killer Will Orpet traveled to Cheyenne to escape his past. He checked hotel out quietly and asked about trains westward at stations Friday and Saturday, aiming to blend in among new arrivals and start anew under a different name.
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Will Orpet
Cheyenne
Orpet
Weghtegan
Marian Lambert
Satur Kle
Pousgmas
Mr. Wel
Wyoming
Timnois
Welshaar
Rioting Follows Walkout of Motormen in New York
Rioting erupts as thousands of motormen and conductors walk out in Manhattan the Bronx and Richmond blocking surface car service. Police clash with crowds. women atop tenements hurl missiles. 15 000 workers involved with potential spread to Staten Island.
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East Side
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Richmond
Brooklyn
Borough of
Queena
William D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Carmen
New York Railways Company
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Union Railway Company
Yi Avenue
Fitizgerald
St Apd
Schmidtberger
New York Railway Company
Hines
Staten Island
Richmond Light and Power Company
Barnes
Second Avenue Road
Railways
Woods
Whitman
Jap Spies Believed to Have Tried to Survey Panama Canal
Washington reports that suspected spies from foreign governments sought information on Panama Canal defenses. Justice War and Navy officials met and plan to urge Congress to broaden laws on acquiring military plans. A Japanese vessel, posing as a fishing launch, sought pearl fishing permits and was suspected of conducting surveys of the isthmus.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Congress
Departments of Justice, War
Navy
Panama Bay
Senate plan to widen income tax scope in revision
Senate finance committee members revise the house revenue bill to reduce personal exemptions to two thousand for singles and three thousand for families. Democrats vote to raise the surtax on incomes over two million from 10 to 13 percent, aiming to boost revenue.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Senator Mitten Seeks Clarification on Suffrage Amendment
In Washington on August 5 Senator Mitten charged that the Republican presidential nominee reversed his stance on the Federal Suffrage Amendment overnight. He urged party leaders to state their plan if Hughes is elected and how the amendment would be handled.
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Washington
Mitten
Senate Today
Ptican
Higghes
Laramie Promises Recruits for State Guard Enterprise
Captain Jack Meyer reports fifteen Laramie residents pledged to enlist as the state guard seeks full peace strength. A mass meeting at the old armory spurred interest in forming a Laramie company within two battalions, with officers hopeful for wider recruitment. Camp Kendrick troops conducted a long practice march as equipment for both battalions nears arrival for border service.
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Jack Meyer
Laramie
Wil Watt
Camp Kendrick
Vote on Great Striae Shrinks Rail Strike Backers
New York Aug 6 reports show 400 600 ballots counted from 225 rail systems. M Week announces the tally favors a strike by a substantial margin with 08 to 2 as the ratio.
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New York
M Week
Mee
Woman Accused in Train Incident Keyed to Springfield
A woman faces charges after a train incident near Springfield Iowa. Gov Dune honors an Iowa governor’s requisition to return Hosio Karbla a suspect believed to be in the state. The report notes a handbar from Chicago Northwestern was involved and a vehicle damaged during the event. Police seek Reinend as a person of interest in the case.
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Springfield
Til
Dune
Iowa
Linn County
Hosio Karbla
Thepiete
Chicago & Northwestern
British Make Slight Gain In Big Smash At German Second Lines
Allied forces including Australians and the new Kitchener army captured the main German second line north of Posleres and Thiepval on a 2000 yard front. British attacks north of Ovillers to Foureaux wood were repulsed. Turbulent activity continued around Verdun and the Meuse with heavy bombardment near Posseres and Thiepval. The eastern front indicated German and Austro German counter offensives forming, with troop movements to the eastern front and large troop withdrawals reported from Berlin and Petrograd. The Russians crossed the Sereth and fought near Pentaki Thistopady while Romani faced Turkish forces near the Suez Canal.
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London
Posleres
Thiepval
Somme
Ovillers
Foureaux Wood
Meuse
Verdun
Sous
Berlin
Fleury
Brody
Galicia
Sereth
Pentaki-Thistopady
Petrograd
Carpathians
Katy
Romani
Suez Canal
Posseres
Thesfilvenchy
Looe Salient
von Mackensen
von Hindenburg
Amsterdam
Hindenburg
Ferdinand
Kovel
Russian War Office
Rudka-Mirinskala
Ex Senator Waraton Near Death in Omaha Hospital
Former United States senator John M. F. Waraton of Nebraska remains seriously ill in an Omaha hospital after three weeks of confinement following heat prostration. Physicians say death could come within hours.
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Omaha
Neb
John M. F. Waraton
United States
Nebraska
G O P Attack on Mexican Policy Treason Says Lewis
Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Delaware assailed the Republican party and Candidate Hughes for attacking the administration without regard to facts or justice. He denounced the Carrizal episode as the Mexican aggression that killed American soldiers and blamed the Chicago Republican convention for stirring the action.
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Washington
Mexico
J Hamilton Lewy
Dlinela
Repub Party
Wyhes
A. B. Fall
New Mexico
Lewis
Wilson
Carrizal
United States
New York
Caurmeal
Chicago
Carrenea and
Villa
Ed States
Ville
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Elizabeth Murphy
Hughes
State Guard
Pozieres
Carpathian Passes
Teuton
Lembure
Tralia
Augraye
Bukowina
G.O.P
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