Pacific Fleet Anchors Near Home Port
The Pacific Fleet, about two dozen ships, steams toward San Diego and Coronado Island waters. By midmorning they near San Diego harbor, with anchor off Coronado Island planned for 6 am tomorrow and entry to harbor due Thursday. Admiral Rodman and officers aboard the New Mexico hosted a dinner aboard.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Lower California
Coronado Island
San Hieco
San Margo
Daniels
Rodman
U.S. New Mexico
Cape Lucas
Gulf of California
Mississippi
Singh Rodman
Willard
New Mexico
Nodman
Park travel 19 growing greater at Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park reports 31 060 visitors through July 31 1919 with rail 9 564 and 5 599 private cars entering. Patrols curb fires as dry season raises risk. several small fires extinguished with no major damage to travel. offenders fined for leaving fires burning.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
United States
Yellowstone National Park
Union
Front Canada
Wyoming shop workers join national strike at Casper
Casper reports 24 employees of the Chicago and Northwestern laid down tools as machinists and boilermakers join a spreading shop craft strike. Burlington's Casper mechanical department workers reportedly remained at work at last check.
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Wyoming
Casper
Chicago & Northwestern
Burlington’s Mechanical Department
Northwest railroad shopmen strike spreads to Billings and Duluth
Rail workers across the northwest join 8000 strikers including Northern Pacific crews in Billings Helena Livingston and Jamestown. Northwestern employees strike in South Dakota. Duluth area crafts are idle and Great Northern workers in Superior threaten wage demands. Officials meet but no replacement plans yet.
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Associated Press
St, Paul
Minn
Northwest
Twin Cities
Northern Pacific
Billlings
Helena
Livingston
Montana
Jamestown
North Dakota
St. Paul
Northwestern
South Dakota
Duluth Territory
Great Northern Railway
Superior
Strike widens as 15000 join walkout in midwest
The strike of railway shopmen spreads to the middle west with about 15000 workers joining the walkout. A 10000 man strike on the Norfolk and Western line is set for tomorrow, marking the fifth day of the action.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Norfolk & Western
Brooklyn Faces Tie Up Strike Hits Rapid Transit
A Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company strike voted unanimously by 3,000 Amalgamated Association members will halt service at 5 a.m. with 8,000 of 13,000 workers ready to walk out. All employee classes except subway and elevated motormen are affected, likely producing a near total tie up.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn H Rapid Transit Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Rashway
Subway
Caldwell Opposes Government Rail Ownership Plan
Aug 5 Caldwell announces he will not vote for government ownership and operation of railroads as urged by the Brotherhoods. He says the plan is economically wrong and would raise passenger and freight rates. He criticizes radicalism as a tactic to secure cheaper prices.
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Associated Press
New York
Caldwell
Brotherhoods
Fifty Quit at Mitchell Strikes Hit Local Shop
Fifty of the 105 shopmen at the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul shops in Mitchell South Dakota went on strike today. The action reduces work capacity at the plant and follows wage and contract disagreement with management.
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Associated Press
Mitchell
S. D
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Livingston Strike Shuts NP Shops In Montana
About 750 Northern Pacific railroad shop employees in Livingston Montana walked off the job at 11 o clock this morning amid an ongoing labor dispute with the railroad.
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Associated
Prosume
Livingston
Mont
Northern Pacific Railroad
City News in Brief Arrivals and Visits Highlight Local Scene
George Up and Evans of Grand Rapids are among today’s arrivals. Mr and Mrs W Ki Mitchell of Loveland arrived yesterday. W W Dumm 1845 Carey Phone 7 and Mr and Mrs Joha Cameron of Weston visit friends. P B Reid of San Francisco is in town for a short visit. Hank Keslar Motor MM advertises carburetors as Big Sale goes on. Richardson and J T Wolff arrive from Chicago. A L Motaron of Trinidad Covet is in the city. Mr and Mrs HC Fenton and AP Parker visit from Detroit to Cheyenne. Three furnished rooms inquiry 697. Weal 7th sinew.
Ford libel suit verdict eyed as jurors hear final evidence
In Mount Clemens Michigan Henry Ford's $1,000,000 libel case against the Chicago Daily Tribune nears closing as jurors prepare to receive final instructions. About 130 witnesses, 404 exhibits, and debated definitions of anarchist shaped the lengthy proceedings amid cross examination limits.
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Associated Press
Mount Clemens
Mich
Aue
Chicago Daily Tribune
Tucker
de Aer
Ford
Chicago
the Tribune
Tudsay
Tucker Rulling
Public Protection Push Lets Buffalo Be Shared With Municipalities
The agricultural appropriation act allows the secretary of agriculture to distribute surplus buffalo from Department herds to municipalities and public institutions, with one animal per recipient. The move aims to bolster preservation as the government seeks 1 000 head and notes about 7 000 buffalo exist in North America.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve
Oklahoma
Department
North America
Canada
United States
Interior Department
Yellowstone National Park
Snail Institute
Chamber Commerce Opposes Tri Partite Rail Financing
The Chamber argues against tri partite financing of railroads given the current war debt and high interest rates. It contends that debt costs would be as high as, or higher than, what corporations could obtain for capital.
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Chamber Commerce
Government efficiency and competition in public service
The passage argues that government operations lag behind private enterprise in efficiency. It contends private incentives drive progress while government relies on bureaucratic methods and political influence in selecting officers, reducing overall effectiveness.
Government operation would raise rates and fares
The text argues that without a policy of fixed low rates, deficits in government run services would be funded by higher taxes, leading to higher rates than private operation. It states expenses rise with income and deficits must be avoided by charging more than private railroads would need to.
Political impact of government owned railways debated
A fragment discusses how state ownership of railways could shift power, noting around 11 000 civil servants and 2 000 000 public railway workers. It warns of government wage and policy influence over elections and states, suggesting a potential centralized control over political processes.
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Governoos
Ape Valeri
Wilson seeks congressional move on high prices
Charles S. Davis of Denver, acting for the order, telegraphed President Wilson urging an immediate investigation of price inflation. The message decries a national crisis and calls for action to hold exploiters to account, contrasting with America’s wartime mobilization and service for liberty and righteousness.
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Charles S. Davis
Denver
Willson
Wilson
United States
America
Ray Lee Appointed Census Supervisor
The following were appointed today census supervisors to take the 1920 census in Wyoming. First district, Milas Kurty, Sheridan. Second district, Ray H. Lee, Cheyenne. The list reflects a routine appointment for the upcoming decennial count.
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Associated Press
Washington
Aug
Wyoming
Milas Kurty
Sheridan
Ray HE. Lee
Cheyenne
Results Yesterday Battered by Rain Delays in Baseball Scores
Yesterday’s results were incomplete due to wet grounds with postponements in New York St Louis and Chicago Philadelphia. Scoring lines show batteries and pitchers across teams like Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn and Pittsburgh with several games halted by rain and poor weather conditions.
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New York-St. Louis
Chicago - Philadelphia
Hearing for former officers postponed after attorney trip
The hearings for George Glaten and Geri Boh are postponed until after attorney Hilliard G. Ridgely returns from a week in California. Glaten and Eck face assaulting an officer charges. Glaten is also charged with possessing something unclear.
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Hilliard G. Ridgely
Toudke
George Glaten
Geri Boh
Justices Court
Ridgely
California
Blaten
Eck
Reid Wee
Wellman Breek
Giatenle
Trout die off in Wyoming drought worsens fisheries
Wyoming fisheries suffer massive trout losses as 1919 dry spell persists. Irrigators allegedly violate law by not placing fish screens at canal intakes, allowing fish to die on irrigated meadows. State Game Department files prosecutions against ditch owners who ignore the requirement.
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Wyoming
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