Wyoming Banker Theodore C. Diers Named Federal Food Commissioner
President Wilson appoints 28 state food commissioners to administer the food control bill and coordinate state efforts. Theodore C. Diers of Sheridan named Wyoming’s commissioner, a banker and former Wyoming legislator, who will serve without pay and work with Hoovers administration in the state. Diers is praised as a principled Democrat with a record in Clearmont and Sheridan.
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Washington, D. C
Theodore C. Diers
Sheridan
Nebraska
Clearmont
Clearmont State Bank
Citizens' State Bank
Wyoming House of Representatives
Senate
Sheridan County
Diers
Hoover
Eight Hundred Nickels Stolen in Drug Store Heist
A thief entered Sands-Hays Drug Co on Carey Avenue Wednesday night, unlocked the stamp vending machine, and took $40 in five cent pieces plus $5 in stamps. Entry was through the back door, with speculation on how the intruder climbed from the court roof. Police and sheriff’s offices pursue the well planned robbery.
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Sands-Hays Drug Company
Carey Avenue
Swisher’s Jewelry and Optical Store
Western Union Telegraph Office
Pope's Peace Proposals Receive U S Official Welcome
Washington August 16 Pope Benedicts peace proposals were received officially by the United States government via Ambassador Page in London. The move signals formal acknowledgment of the Vatican initiative as diplomacy progresses.
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Washington, D. C
Pope Benedict
United States
Ambassador Page
London
Draft boards appointed for three Pennsylvania districts
Draft machinery is finally perfected with the appointment today of district appeal boards for three Pennsylvania districts. Delays were caused by the war department’s need to study local opinion and to secure boards acceptable to the communities involved. Other districts had already received boards.
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Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
War Department
Fire raging in Oregon forests as 500 men fight blaze
A huge wildfire in the Black Rock area of Oregon has burned $250,000 in timber and equipment. An army of loggers, workers, residents, and soldiers battled the flames with dynamite used in attempts to halt the spread. Five hundred men are reported on the line, with towns like Dallas and Falls City sending help.
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Monmouth
Ore
Black Rock Foresta
Dallas
Falla City
Major General Liggett to Command at Palo Alto
War department assigns general officers to national guard divisions with Maj. Gen. H. Liggett set to command the Forty-first division at Palo Alto Camp Fremont. Brig. Gen. R. Couder Jr. and Brig. Gen. H. Jervey noted in other unit appointments as the Army prepares for France training under General Pershing.
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Liggett
Palo Alto
France
Washington, D. C
National Guards
National Army
War Department
Fortieth National Guard
Camp Kearney
Linda Vista
Cal
F. 8. Birong
J. W. Gullick
Forty-first National Guard
Camp Fremont
H. Liggett
Train Collision Near Fort Worth Kills Several
Fort Worth reports a collision between a passenger and a freight train on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas line at Watauga, twelve miles north of Fort Worth. Several killed and many injured as ambulances race to the scene.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Watauga
I W W Strike Threat Persists Over Prisoner Release
Spokane August 16 James Rowan district secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World says a general strike next Monday will go into effect unless I W W prisoners in Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana are released. He denies political aims. Main demands include eight hour work for construction and lumber and ten hours for agricultural workers.
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Spokane
Wash
Industrial Workers of the World
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
James Rowan
Rowan
Allies Obtain Nearly Two Billion in Loans to Europe
The government extended aid today with loans of 40 million dollars to Italy and 5.9 million dollars to Belgium, bringing total overseas assistance to 1.9194 billion dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Italy
Belgium
Printers Propose Ten Per Cent Tax to Aid Recruits
The International Typographical union votes to hold its 1916 convention in Scranton Pa with Albany N Y asking for 1919 and Evansville Ind for 1920. The convention endorses a plan to aid enlisted comrades via a local union or a 16 percent monthly per capita tax, to be decided by referendum.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Scranton
International Typographical Union
Albany
N. Y
Evaneville
Ind
Mine Workers' Head Ordered to Testify in Colorado Dispute
James F. Moran district president of the United Mine Workers of America was ordered by Judge Butler to appear before the state Industrial Commission within two days and testify at a hearing aimed at settling a dispute between Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. and its miners.
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Denver. Ave
James F. Moran
United Mine Workers of America
Butler
State Industrial Commission
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Secret wireless station found on Argentine coast
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine navy discovered a secret wireless station on the coast of Chubut territory. Authorities believe it was intended to communicate with suspicious ships in the South Atlantic.
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Buenos Ayres
Chubet
Navy Department
South Atlantic
Sugar Speculation Banned by Hoover on Exchange
Sugar speculation, which had climbed in price for months, was halted today on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange at the request of Herbert C. Hoover the food administrator. He asked the exchange to suspend all trading in sugar futures.
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New York
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Herbert C. Hoover
Bloody battle marks stand of reorganized Slavs
Paris August 14 The battle around Maraghesht on the Iranian front is described as the bloodiest exchange on Moldavian soil. Ten Teuton divisions attacked the Russo-Rhumentione line but suffered enormous losses as the Russians and Romanians reportedly held. The fight rages with immense violence and is expected to continue for days. Allied and German forces struggle to breach defenses from Brody to the Moldavian Carpathians as fears rise over German reserves and Russian discipline.
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Paris
Maraghesht
Maris
Teuton
Brody
Carpathians
von Hanlm Ermoll
Koevoss
Arciiuke Jovegh
Son Machkensen
Senate Bill Accelerates Land Classification in West
A Senate bill introduced by Senator Al Jones of New Mexico aims to speed up the classification of lands in Wyoming New Mexico Colorado Arizona and South Dakota. The measure would require six month completion for designations and expedite processing of irrigable non timber land applications, with possible contests by government or individuals within a year. Work proceeds under the Geological Survey while the revenue bill awaits action.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
South Dakota
Senate
al AL Jones
Land Office
Geological Survey
Army Officer Found Dead from Gunshot at Camp Mead
Maj. Charles Billingalea of the U S Army, chief of sanitation at Camp Mead, was found dead from a gunshot in his tent this afternoon. A five officer committee led by Colonel Klein of the Tenth New York Infantry concluded the shooting was accidental.
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Haltimore
Charles Billingalea
Camp Mead
Klein
Tenth New York Infantry
German Spy Held by Frisco Officers
San Francisco police and federal agents arrested a German naval officer identified as Ag Le Licut and F Schneider three days ago amid a World War I era inquiry. Police reported discovery of maps and papers deemed of enemy military nature in their possession.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
le Licut
F. Schneider
Department of
Lida
British French Drive Advances on Nine Mile Front at Ypres
Front line reports say British and French forces gained most objectives along an eleven mile attack arc near Ypres in Flanders. German resistance slowed progress with heavy losses as troops pushed toward Langemarck and Dreigracht near a marked bridgehead while French troops expelled forces from key positions.
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London
Ypres
Flanders
Infantries reorganized with two captains per company
A revised army plan reallocates units across infantry to two captains per company. Each company will have about 200 men, divided into four platoons under a lieutenant and a second lieutenant. The reorganization aims for better division command and cost efficiency.
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Washington
Ceieral Pershiign
Uh le Cle
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