Display Colors of City Guests Today
This morning at 11 o clock a Belgian delegation arrives from Denver and stays until 2 30 pm to attend several events including a wild west program at Featier park a luncheon at the Plains and a Fort PD review of troops A Russell notes it is fitting to display Belgian colors black yellow and red with black nearest the staff yellow center and red outer edge Belgian flags are on sale this morning heavy demand is expected.
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Denver
Featier Park
the Plains
Fort PD
A. Russell
Cabinet reshuffle places Geddes and Churchill in munitions roles
London reports Sir Edward Carson steps down as first lord of the admiralty and joins the war cabinet without portfolio. Sir Eric Campbell Geddes becomes minister of munitions, succeeding Churchill, while Winston Churchill takes over the munitions post and Dr. Addison moves to reconstruction as minister without portfolio. Haren Montiague of Fenlieu is named secretary for India.
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London
Edward Carson
The
Admiralty
Eric Campbell Geddes
Winston Spencer Churchill
Christopher Addison
Addison
Haren Montiague
Fenlieu
India
Cheyenne Women Register in National Defense Effort
Women in Cheyenne registered in a national defense drive, with 1024 cards ready for Wyoming Defense Council reporting. Most registrants chose vocational classifications or Hoover food card pledges, while others prepared for homemaking and food conservation. Precinct workers led by ward sections organized the card submission.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
National Defense
Defense Council
Denver
Washington Supreme Court rules picketing illegal
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that picketing is intimidation and contrary to American institutions. The opinion held the law prohibits employers from blacklisting workers and that the same principle applies to picketing, noting employees cannot blacklist their employers by picketing.
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Olympia
Wash
the Supreme Court of the Route of Washington
Union County Holds Fast to Draft Exemption
July 16 report notes no men drafted from Union County under the selective draft. The county, famed for patriotic war effort, has already enlisted volunteers 11 percent above its quota in prior drafts.
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UNION
8. C
Union County
Fuss Continues and Work on Ships Lags
Washington July 17 battles between Shipping Board chief Den man and fleet corporation head Maj Gen Goethals left the government ship building program unsettled. Goethals yesterday postponed plans for two large government shipyards and for requisitioning ships then under construction, and made no move to proceed today.
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Washington, D. C
Denman
The
Shipping Board
Goethals
Fleet Corporation
General Gethalg
Fireworks Display Tops Past Fort Russell Pageant
A grand Fort Russell event features a 7 pm military pageant followed by a 2000 firework show and a Verdun bombardment reenactment at 12:30 am. The display involves hundreds of soldiers Red Cross nurses ambulances field hospitals and wartime paraphernalia for the largest spectacle yet.
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Verdun
Red Crosse
Fort Russell
Repair Men Strike in C. S. Denver Shops
Denver July 17 about 200 repair men quit work at the Colorado and Southern Denver shops demanding a 5 cent an hour raise and union recognition. They currently earn 34 1 2 cents per hour.
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C. &S. Denver
Denver
Colorado & “Abot
Simplified Fare Rules Adopted by Railroads War Board
In Washington on July 17 Herbert Hoover received resolutions from the American Railway Association War Board pledging to enforce food conservation rules on dining cars. The measures limit portions of wheat bread and butter, cut meat orders, ban wheat bread at breakfast, restrict certain meats to one day, and curb servings of venison lamb squab and certain seafoods vegetables and fruit use.
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Washington, T D. C
Herbert Hoover
American Railway Association
War Board
Sloover
Hans Plunder Safes of French Banks as Retreat Is Certain
Geneva dispatch reports a French lawyer interned in Geneva learned via a banker friend at St Quentin that German forces looted the safes of all banks in St Quentin. They stole money notes scrip and private account books sent to Cavin, with directors and staff refusing to open the safes.
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Hans
Geneva
Gieneva
St. Quentin
At. Quentin
Cavin
Es Feos
Prague Diet Demands Split Autonomy and Self Rule
A Prague assembly endorses a separation to form distinct German and Czech regions within the empire. It calls for self determination for Clemmern-Rolania within the Austrian state and an autonomous provincial arrangement, expressing distrust toward the current government and anxiety over language policy.
French Attack Clears Meuse Bank of Enemy
A French assault on the Meuse bank this morning broke enemy lines and led to the capture of positions along a front exceeding a mile. German resistance was stubborn with heavy casualties reported even as French forces advanced two thirds of a mile and shifted the battle into a contested zone.
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Meuse
Pahs
Mellene
War Office
Quiet Preparations For Day Of Local Sports
Students, teachers, and staff prepare for a full day of athletic events across campus. Morning ceremonies honor standout athletes as teams vie in track, field, and team sports.
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LW. W
Congress Debates Taxes and Food Fraud Provisions
A Senate session July 17 discusses food pricing and sale controls. Worded proposals target government content and fraud while regulation of elevators farms and tariff actions are debated amid calls for broad support and revisions.
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Orsota
Draft This Week Seens Certain As Reports Come In
Reports indicate steady progress across seven states with plans for a major election drawing. power lines readiness noted while several districts still lack complete details. Officials confirm secretary Bak ers office involvement and potential timing of an anticipated announcement this week.
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Wap
Secnetary Bakers Office
Tonmeiraw
Willful Twelve Threaten Block To Air Squadron
A fragmentary report notes a group led by Senator Black and Gronns planning to reopen the question of conscription in Congress. Talks target an agreement on a forthright action to influence war policy ahead of a decisive vote on the food bill. The House session adjourned without a roll call as debate continued.
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Washington
Trail Joeytte
Congress
Uiiek Setion
Ing & Breit Progeim Foe Etruiine
Germany
Black Ollie
Gronns
Wade
Chambeortato
Sunday Pinched for Speeding on Portland Bridge
A driver on Portland Bridge was fined after speeding at twenty five miles per hour. An evangelist witnessed the incident and police cited the chauffeur.
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Portland Bridge
Porte
Deady
Tov
Willian Cisson
Eddie Dy
Bills Delay Senate Action Stirred by Santé Debate
A fragmented report notes House passers and senators delaying action amid Santė related debate. References to medical and legal terms imply stalled legislation amid partisan tensions and proposed delays.
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Flint Fireworks Company
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