Wyoming Draft Quota Set Despite Population Gain
Population figures for Wyoming rose to 245 226, boosting the state’s growth outlook. Despite the higher census, the first draft calls total 810 men with Laramie County supplying about 78, predominantly Cheyenne residents, as enlistees and guardsmen affect quotas.
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Census Bureau
Wyoming
War Department
Houx
Regular Army
National Guard
Laramie
Cheyenne
McGill Improves After Surgery In Laramie
John McGill state tax commissioner remains seriously ill in Laramie Memorial Hospital after an operation two weeks ago. He had his best day today with rest and cautious optimism from physicians and family though the danger period continues and residents remain concerned.
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Laramie
Jayl
John McGill
Ivinson Memorial Hospital
Larame
Slavs Continue Drive Against Enemy Positions
Petrograd dispatch reports Russians advance along a fifty mile front from Haliz to the Carpathians foothills. They crossed the Lomnica and Dniester, seizing villages and key positions. North of the Dniester near Halich they took heights and pushed foes northeast of Khilus, capturing two villages. Southwest of Kalnaz they seized Perchinsko and Doborodozany.
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Petrograd
Haliez
Carpathians
Lomnica
Dniester
Halich
War Office
Khilus
Kalnaz
Perchinsko
Doborodozany
San Francisco Customs Surveyor Named by President
John Irby of San Francisco was appointed surveyor of customs at San Francisco today, after being introduced by President Wilson in Washington, D.C. on July 14.
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Ss. F
Washington
BP. C
John
Irby
San Francisco
Wilson
Opera Buffet War Ends in Defeat of Monarchist Force
Chinese legation dispatches from Peking report quiet restored in the capital after a battle in which monarchist troops of General Chang Heun were overwhelmed by republican forces. Chang Shun is said to have taken refuge in the Dutch legation.
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Washington
D. C
Peking
Chang Heun
Chang Shun
Last Chance Tonight in State Leader Campaign
Final vote and subscription deadline at 10 o clock tonight. Ballot box sealed and locked. all entries must be mailed or turned in by hour. Winners announced Wednesday night with full report in Thursday’s paper.
Deportation Clash as 1100 Men Reach Hermanas
District Attorney J S Vaught and Sheriff Simpson accompanied by fifty deputies arrived in Luna County New Mexico to arrest the 1100 Bisbee deportees and move them to Columbus until final disposition. A Bisbee attorney introduced officials and assured fair treatment as the men organized a self policed guard to maintain order. General Bell ordered rations for the deported men at Columbus and directed Colonel Sickel to transport them, stating they would not be prisoners.
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Vaueli
Kim
New Mexico
Cleary
Simpson
Sen
Europe
EL Paso
Tex
George Bell, Jr
Washington
Refugees in Hermanas Face Federal Responsibility Debate
Nearly all the men deported to Hermanas from Bisbee and Columbus await fate as Luna county Sheriff Simpson meets Governor Lindsey’s order to avoid disturbances. Lindsey and Arizona push state funding while federal action lags. food runs scarce and a special train with provisions was ordered from El Paso.
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Hermanas
N. M
Bisbee
Columbus
Simpson
Luna County
New Mexico
Deming
Lindsey
Hermanus
Arigona
State
War Departments
Arizona
el Paso
Cuban President calls extra session of Congress
Havana July 13 President Menocal has suspended constitutional guarantees and called an extra session of congress to address the crisis.
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Havana
Menocal
Congress
Federal internment camp in Washington reported
Seattle July 13. The United States government will intern the German influenced segment of the I W W. United States District Attorney Allen announced that men will be interned after investigators found a large percent of the Industrial Workers to be alien German.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
United States District
Allen
Germany
Frontier Committee Opens Accommodation HQ for Guests
The Frontier Committee sets up accommodation headquarters at the Burlington depot starting Monday July 16 with H. Crain in charge. Three telephones 1414 1415 and 1416 installed for the accommodation committee. Residents urged to list spare rooms as Cheyenne expects a guest for every available room. Call the depot phones to offer a room.
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Burlington
H. &. Crain
Cheyenne
Three escapees survive as Vanguard sinks after explosion
The British battleship Vanguard exploded and sank on July 1 per a Royal Navy statement. Only three crew members survived, with the loss attributed to an internal explosion.
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London
Vanguard
Admiralty
Eleven Ships to Defy the Allies
Eleven neutral steamers were cleared from Atlantic Port to sail for European ports under license, defying the Allied blockade after President Wilson’s proclamation. The ships, towed with Brain and barred cargoes, left without British letters of assurance as of Monday, attempting to run the blockade.
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Atlantic
Lcense
Wilson
Race riot reports in Missouri leave several injured
A race riot broke out near Flat River in St Francois County Missouri injuring between 40 and 50 people. Reports say a student from this city was killed and others were injured as clashes occurred between Americans and foreigners at a meeting on the river plat near the river.
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Sv’. Lois
Flat River
St. Pronela
Cs Milles
McAdoo Orders Centralization of Shipping Information
Washington LF and Kailey secretary McAdoo announced that no further shipping information will be released by Ebit Tom's officials. All data going forward will be controlled by the Department of Commerce to eliminate conflicting reports.
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Washington
LF & Kailey
McAdoo
Ebit Toms
Euch
Department of Commerce
Kansas Town Veisipes Hit by Tornado Near Kirkwood
A July tornado struck near Kirkwood five miles southwest of Pittsburg injuring several people and causing property damage. Downed wires hinder reports as weather officials assess the scene.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kirkwood
Here
Grave political shakeup prompts wartime conference
The report notes a strike among pecktag members and a decision to release Lifers while Lowsee aid committees seek clarity. Marshal von Hindentrity and General Biedernett convene as the hetman government resists parliamentary cabinet adoption and peace resolution talks face new obstacles.
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Merlin
Peckstag
Dom
Poeperoe
Willians
Sapuonenn
Piek Marshal von bHindentrity
Gener Stant
Biedeniertt
Unverified Reports on German Leadership Resignations
A Berlin sourced dispatch denies the resignation of Imperial Chancellor Van Dethmann Holwegg. Concurrently Copenhagen reports Polish deputies of the Reichstag alleging deportations of thousands to Germany for labor, framed as Beletann influenced by international law disputes.
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Amsterdam
Disputch 1 - Celvet
Berlin
van Dethmann-Holiweg
Copenagen
Germany
Rofehstag
Labor leaders urge Leadville men to avoid strike TODAY
Denver wire reports labor leaders in Leadville appealing to miners not to strike tomorrow. mediators try to avert a shutdown of the United Iron and Sulphur works which would jeopardize munition production. miners fear wage cuts, while owners consider government takeover. wage gains are cited as a reason for abstaining from action.
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Leadville
Suvern Nyerme
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Federal
Frontier Committee
Missouri
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Pweisting Gare
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Denver
Cole
Department of Tubo
Lead Ville
Fedordl
Bere Ie Lenee Sen
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