Wyoming Labor Federation Convention Nears Adjournment
At the third day of the Wyoming State Federation of Labor convention in Casper evening sessions progress appears toward Friday adjournment. Reports include education committee proposals for a permanent education panel to teach trades unionism and economic topics to youth, plus discussions on women’s federation collaboration and alleged discrimination against Wyoming bands during the Frontier celebration.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming State Federation of Labor
B. B. Brooks
Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs
Fox
Te ‘Women’s Federation
Coe | Federation of Labor
At Gh
E. Richard Shipp
Impart
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Debcret Ta
Moose Hall
Trades Assembly
Wyoming
Hooper Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Wells Slaying
John Austin Hooper alias Wilbur Mason was convicted of second degree murder in Joplin Missouri for the June 3 killing of Patrolman Louis Wells. He received a ten year penitentiary sentence just before midnight. The defendant commented that the verdict was lighter than expected after a two hour jury deliberation.
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Carthage
John Austin Hooper
Wilbur Mason
Hooper
Louis Wells
Joplin
Two Days Left to Help the Mess Fund for Company G
Cheyenne residents are urged to subscribe to the mess fund for Company G, with short two day left and totals quoted around 400 dollars. Examples from Port Colton Kemmerer and Weld show prior campaigns raising substantial sums with recent pledges and a notable push by state leadership urging participation. The aim is to fund meals including eggs fruit and vegetables for frontier winter service and support the troops.
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Mess Fund
Company G
Cheyenne
Port Colton
Kemmerer
Scoters Wyoming
Sheridan
Tm Chicely
David Miller
Jamie Jordan
Monster Shark Haunts New Jersey Coast Hunters Kill Big Beast
Armed shark hunters patrol New York and New Jersey coasts as sightings multiply. Matawan offers a $100 reward per share for captured monsters tied to recent swimmer deaths. A 11 foot eleven foot shark of 450 pounds was clubbed to death near Matawan and another 11 foot, 200 pound shark with human remains in its stomach was killed at Keyport near Matawan Creek.
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New York
New Jersey
Matawan
N. J
Bermuda
Lester Stillwell
Keyport
Weather Bureau
Observer
Long Beach
Matawan Creek
Militia Raid Cleve land Stores in Train Stop
Seven hundred militiamen from eastern states raided stores and commission houses in Cleveland as they passed through, taking food and merchandise and destroying what they could not carry. Police intervened, driving the soldiers back to their train under Major T. J. Moynahan after armed squads ordered them out. Several soldiers reported they had not eaten in thirty six hours.
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Cleveland
T. J. Moynahan
Masked bandit shoots man at Fairfield Inn in Mineral Wells
In Mineral Wells on July 13, a masked intruder entered the Fairfield Inn room of traveling salesman Harry Waltors, 55, shooting him dead. Walter’s brother William, 60, wrestled with the burglar who fled after a brief struggle and theft of a handbag. Walters represented a St. Louis concern.
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Mineral Wells
Harry Waltors
Las
Fairfield Inn
William Waltors
William
Harry
Walters
St. Louis
Madrid Declared In State Of Siege
Madrid and its province were placed under a state of siege by the government following a railway workers strike, according to a Havas dispatch from the Spanish capital.
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Paris
Madrid
President Warns Against Disloyal Foreign Born Citizens
President Wilson in Washington denounces disloyal foreign born citizens who split in spirit and organize for their own aims. He warns native Americans cannot teach citizenship unless they embrace Americanism, at a meeting on alien education backed by the federal naturalization bureau.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Federal Naturalization Pbireau
Capt Smoke Back Reassumes Fort Russell Command
Capt Samuel A Smoke resumes command at Fort Russell after medical examiners found high blood pressure and advised against reinstatement to the active list. The note indicates he had been summoned to El Paso for examination before the decision.
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Samuel A. Smoke
el Paso
Fort Russell
Infantile paralysis debate at Academy of Medicine
New York July 13 Leaders of medicine and public health experts gathered at the Academy of Medicine to discuss infantile paralysis. Dr Simon Flexner and others noted progress but offered no decisive prospect of ending the plague. 304 deaths among 1640 cases were reported by Health Commissioner Emerson with many complete recoveries in the city.
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New York
Philantrophista
Academy of Medicine
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Emerson
Columbia Out of Regatta in 1017
New York July 13 Intetrol legiate rowing is to be abandoned at Columbia University. No Columbia crew will appear in the Poughkeepsie regatta next year. Coach Rice may succeed Courtney at Cornell.
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New York
Columbia University
Columbia
Rice
Ek. Courtney
Cornell
Drowning Death at Clarendon Beach Shocks Chicago Crowds
Leon Hawes a 21 year old student at the Chicago College of Osteopathy drowned at Clarendon Beach after cramps struck him while hundreds of bathers watched. The lakefront drew an estimated 50 000 Chicagoans to beaches last night and today as crowds continued to swim.
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Chicago
New Clarendon Beach
Leon Hawes
Chicago College of Osteopathy
Allied Offensive Has Begun Asquith Declares Commons
In the house of commons Premier Asquith asserted that Allied supply of ammunition is ample and that the Franco-British offensive has only begun. Lloyd-George said munition production is far from full capacity as British gains hold on the Somme front. Eastern front fighting intensifies with Bruylov's blows and large reinforcements pouring into the vast struggle.
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Asquith
Commons
Premier Asquith
House of Commons
Lloyd- George
Somme
Bruvlloff
Stokhod
Baby Plague Deaths Reported in Mitchell South Dakota
MITCHELL July 13 two children died in the past week from infantile paralysis. Health officials say children under ten are prohibited from attending public gatherings to reduce spread.
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South Dakota
Mitchell
Senate Deliberates 215 Million Naval Bill
The Senate opened debate on a 215 million naval bill the largest in history. It would raise the enlisted navy from 54 000 to 68 700 men and includes nearly 50 million more than the House version with little partisan opposition foreseen.
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Washington
Senate
House
Allies gain momentum as munitions output rises
London reports British war minister Lieva George declares Allied offensive has taken the initiative from Germany. He cites improved equipment, new ships, and a vast munitions drive employing millions of workers. Berlin counters with a June note of Russian pushes and German naval actions.
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London
David Lieva- George
Verdun
Ble Sali
Dense German assault on Fort Sourille continues amid heavy artillery
Dense German forces press toward Fort Sourille on the Meuse as bombardments and trench mortars intensify. The French defense, observed by critics, notes continued assault with reinforcements and ammunition shipments to Fouville-Dameoup sector amid sustained fighting.
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Paris
Fort Sourille
Vorduy
Ciermaggie
Meuse
Fouville-Dameoup
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