Inquiry Finds U S Circumstances Clear on Lusitania Loss
London July 17 The court of Inquiry found torpedoes fired by a German submarine caused the sinking of the Lusitania and loss of lives. Captain Turner and Cunard were absolved though American survivors criticized the exoneration. Lifeboats and crew conduct praised. ship unarmed and cargo mainly general with 6000 cartridges.
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London
Luwitania
Turner
Vesel
Cunard Line
Biome
Pasengers
Wessel
$80 Million Shrapnel Order Set With Baldwin Works
PALADELPHIA July 17 An order for 80 million dollars worth of shrapnel for the Allies has been placed with the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The large deal, delayed by details of payment and delivery, is now finalized as H P Davisson of Morgan & Co travels from London to the United States to confirm the contract.
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London
Mohler Paralyzed Father Dies in Omaha Home
H R Moher, widow of A L Mohler president of the United Pacific Railroad, died in an Omaha home last night at age sixty five. The body will be taken to Sterling Utah for interment.
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H.R. Moher
A. L. Mohler
Pacific Railroad
Sterling
Walnut trees go into rifle stock production in Kansas
An Leavenworth report notes that walnut trees along the river will be cut and milled for rifle stocks to support European and Allied armies. Lumber is shipped by rail or freight, with long lengths used for gun stocks as nations rely on timber and wood components amid wartime demands.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Han
Pres
Fam
Buopeas
British liner Orduna escapes shells of submarine
The Cunard liner Orduna bound from Liverpool to New York with 227 passengers including 22 Americans was attacked by a German submarine at dawn. Seven shots were fired with four overshooting the deck and three striking near the ship as the escorting sub faded away. Passenger accounts say there was no warning and a protest to Washington is planned.
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New York
Cunard
Orduna
Liver Pool
Americine
Lusitania
Ordaiia
William O. Thompson
Chicago
Industrial Relations Commuitties
United States
Washington
Taylor
Northwest Medical Society Organized in Big Horn Basin
The Big Horn Basin area organized the Northwest Medical Society last Thursday evening in Basin. Physicians and dentists from all Basin counties joined the new body and honorary members include all Basin dentists. Representatives gathered from other points for the formation.
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BIG Horn Medical Society
Basin
Wryo
Northwreat Medical Society
Big Horn Basin
American Medical Society
Laughing Elks Stage Robbery Tale Told by Helena Deputies
United States Marshal Joseph L. Asbridge and T. C. Pound of Helena Idaho arrived in Cheyenne with a prisoner. Pound described a Yellowstone park stage robbery as a joke played by a band of masked riders with Elks in the crowd. The robber misread the crowd, took only fifty dollars, and fled while the party laughed and waved him off.
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United States
Joseph L. Asbridge
T. C. Pound
Helena
Mont
Cheyenne
Bean Finance
Weckly
White-Robed Figure In Cemetery Turns Out To Be Hospital Patient
MALDEN Miss July 17 As a milk dealer Cohen spotted a white robed figure racing along the Forestdale Cemetery graves and chased it. It proved to be Ivan Clark a 14 year old patient who had escaped from Malden Contagious Hospital where he was treated for diphtheria. He reportedly leaped from a window twice and fled. police recovered him and returned him to the hospital for confinement.
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Malden
Miss
Isaac Cohen
Forestdale
Cohen
Ivan Clark
Mal Des Contagious Hospital
Seema
M & Wives
Clark
Cohey
Americans II Tender Franc 1,000 Airships for France
July 17 report details an American led effort to supply 1000 aircraft to aid the French army. The project, funded by wealthy donors including Vincent Astor and Harry Payne Whitney, aims to create an American aerial reserve with graduates from Yale, Harvard and Princeton joining the French aviation corps for the war’s duration.
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Pais
United States
France
Yale
Warward
Princeton
Wllliam Thaw
Norman Prince
Francier Curtis
Vincent Astor
Harry Payne Whitney
Reading man guards secret of his new black dye
July 17 Reading Pennsylvania reports Janes C. Reher of Liberty Dye Works claims discovery of a vegetable based fuel dye that cures dye famine. The factory operates continuously using the secret material while chemist Edward Schulee refutes government testing. He says dye can be produced in quantity at reasonable cost and guards remain tight as mills receive threats and telegrams from across the country.
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Reading
Janes C. Reher
Liberty Dye Works
Edwart Schulee
Reter
America
Kober
Weather Forecast For Cheyenne And Nearby Areas
Weather bulletin issued for Cheyenne and surrounding regions shows unsettled conditions. Occasional showers probable with temperatures easing through the week and winds shifting from southwest to northwest.
Stevens Wins Denver Cheyenne Speed Classic
Sam Stevens powered a 54 horsepower stadion to win the Denver Cheyenne speed classic in 2 48 over the course between the two capitals. Leon Nelson was 11 minutes behind, with Brinker and McKnight leading the field before an accident at Fort Lupton halted a Cadillac S. finishers crowded the tapes as 2 000 spectators cheered the finish.
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Capitol
Sam Stevens
Denver Times
Stevens
Motly
Vaa Leon Nelson
Metz Nelson
Harold Brinker
Barney Oldfield
West
Frank Mc Kileht
Fort Lupton
Cadillac
Rac
W. Herbert
Saxon
W. P. Heneley
Phil King
Franklin
F. M. Decker
Wilda
Page
James Wilton
Briscoe
Herb Schneider
Hrendler
Brinker
McKnight
Fort Bupton
Peage At Any Price Degrading Doctrine Clark Speech
In San Francisco July 17 Champ Clark denounces the “Peace at any price” doctrine and urges strong national defense. He advocates doubling cadets at West Point, compulsory military detail for universities, and a national militia system to mobilize millions if needed. He warns against a standing army and a large navy while stressing preparedness.
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San Francisco
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
United States
Eve
Weat Point
Annepolia
Wilpon
High Seas
Ous Mag
Thomas Jefferson
Switzerland
Baby Is Winner in Glendale Flower Festival Contest
In Glendale on July 11 a couple claims their infant won the silver loving cup for the "better baby" in the festival of flowers. The father says prayer and divine blessing contributed to his baby Joseph Lewiee Burdavant's perfection, amid about 150 other entrants in the first event.
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Glendale
Cal
L. W
Bturdevant
Cole
Huge German Drives on Riga and Warsaw Reported
London reports a massive German offensive aimed at Riga the Baltic hub and Warsaw. Petrograd said fighting rages along a broad front as German forces push toward Riga and Warsaw while Austro Hungarian units move north from the Dalester river. Russian sources claim hard German opposition near Warsaw and setbacks west of the Orel river.
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London
Riga
Boscian
Haitle
Petrograd
iMartin
Windau River
Goldingen
Baltic
Petrograd -Adde
Warsaw
Dalester River
Baltic Sea
Meme
Liban
Jela
Belbe
Henry of Prudeta
Flort
Marshal von Hindenburg
Cierman
Frederich Williane
Argonne Fovert
Freeh
Polis
Petrograd Attoske
Oreve
Idaho men jailed in Wyoming for murder case
Six Idaho residents including Perry Hateh and Judd Hathaway were brought to Kem merer Wyoming after a Jackson Hole arrest for alleged murder. They faced a preliminary hearing and pleaded guilty, with the group reported as from Tetonia Idaho and linked to Barry Creek.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Idaho
Perry
Hateh
BR. D. Turner
Robert Newby
Judd Hathaway
HO K Blooumfint
J. Packrel
Jackson Hole
Cetienew
District Court
Alk
Barry Creek
Gwar Jackson
Jackson
Tetonia
Pelt
Sea Captain Game 10 MARRY AND FELL DEAD
In Winsted Councillor Judy 17 John Binkesle, said to be a sea captain of Binet, Pla, came to Colebrook Wet Saturday to marry an elderly companion. Mrs Abbie Gauith, widow of Joe dan Gmilth, died suddenly of heart failure while crossing a highway bridge on the way to Florida after a voyage.
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Winsted
Coun
Judy
John Binkesle
Binet
Pla
Colebrook
Uoyuelatanen
Mre
Abbie Gauith
Joe Dan Gmilth
Tive le Florida
Hele Aa Twae
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