Mine Workers Vote to Create Wyoming Educational Fund
The United Mine Workers District 22 adopts a plan to establish The Educational Fund Of Organized Labor in Wyoming to provide university scholarships for aspiring economic students to advance the working class. The fund will be overseen by a five member board including union and federation leaders with loans conditional on four of five approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming State Federation of Labor
Casper
Unitine Workers of
District 22
Richard Shipp
Edward le
Colorado
James Morgan
Jaemeen
United Mine Workers of
Educational Fund of Organized Labor
Wyoming
State Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
International Board
State Federation
Educational Board
Secretaries Lane and Mather Stop in Cheyenne for Park to Park Conference
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane and Stephen Mather head to Cody for a July 24 25 Park to Park Highway conference at the Canon hotel. A nine person party will likely spend the night in Cheyenne with Wyoming delegates from Cheyenne Chugwater Wheatland Douglas and Laramie and others attending. The Interior Department backs the project and will aid in building a highway linking all national parks.
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Franklin K. Lane
Wilson
Stephen Mather
Bureau of National Parks
Cheyenne
Cody
Canon Hotel
Wyoming
OG. W. Hoyt
W. C. Deming
The
Wyoming Tribune
W. EB. Chaplin
Harry P. Hynds
Percy Hoyt
Chugwater
Wheatland
Douglas
Laramie
Interior Department
Three Victims in Street Shooting at Sixteenth and Thames
Theodore Valencie lay mortally wounded with a groin blast while Les Villa took a chest wound after a revolver battle near Sixteenth and Thames. Police arrested Jose Herpandes and Pablo Estebre as possible suspects after Villa identified them. a third Mexican with a thigh wound was found nearby. Valencia died at St John’s hospital and Villa remained in critical condition as prosecutors sought statements.
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Theodore Valencie
Les Villa
Firteenth
Thames
Trecta
Jose Herpandes
Pablo Estebre
Valencia
Villa
St. John's Hospital
Ian Thompson
Httle
Villa Exserted
MacFarland
Clancy
Sixteenth
Thames Streets
Hernandez
Estebre
Sixteenth Street
Bliss Praises Funston Camps In Fine Condition
Washington reports the War Department released multiple mobilization updates to counter claims of poor rations and inadequate boat facilities. Major General Bliss lauded Funston for handling the issue, noting camps were sanitary and well fed as officers expressed satisfaction. New brigadier generals assigned include Morton at Douglas, Dodd heading into Mexico, Adame at El Paso, and Plummer to join Funston.
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Bliss
Funston
Washington
War Department
National Guard
Trip South
Aker
Congress
Majoreneral Buss
Mission
Texas
San Antonio
Charles G. Morton
Seventh Brigade
Douglas
George A. Dodd
Mexico
Granger Adame
Eighth Pield Artillery
el Paso
H. Plummer
Deutschland Prepares for a Dash Home Through the Sea
In Baltimore on July 19 the German merchant-submarine Deutschland lowered two spars and closed its conning tower at 11 tonight. The tug Thomas F Timmins stood by with crew aboard as the submarine appeared ready to depart. Friends of the seamen say they fear falling prey to Allied cruisers off the cape.
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Baltimore
Thomas F. Timmins
Rine
Ansiely
Guardsman Dies in Rio Grande During Swim
Private Thomas Haag of Company M Tenth Pennsylvania infantry drowned while swimming with comrades last Sunday in the Rio Grande at Boquillas Texas. The river is about thirty feet deep and very swift and the body had not been recovered by late on July 19.
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Marathon
Tex
La Follette Attacks Naval Bill as Trust Plan
Senator La Follette denounces the naval preparedness measure as a tool of moneyed interests and monopoly. He attacks an $11,000,000 amendment and accuses the plan of serving imperial schemes while burdening the American people.
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LA Follette
NAVAL
Accident Forces State Leader to Curtail Issue
The State Leader prints a shortened edition due to a mechanical breakdown and a paper shortage. A telegram from the paper house says a carload expected in thirty days may not arrive for six weeks, risking a four page issue before new stock arrives.
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Cherenus
Weather outlook for Wyoming shows fair conditions
The report notes generally fair weather across Wyoming with a likely fair Friday. Increasing clarity and mild conditions are expected as a light breeze develops. The forecast emphasizes dry, pleasant days ahead with no major storms indicated.
200 Drowned in Mexican Flood
Mexican flood toll rises with 209 lives reported lost in Queretaro region. More than 160 buildings destroyed as water reaches four feet in many dwellings and public structures in the district around Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Queretaro
Babbitt Resigns as Undersheriff in County
Orrin Babbitt undersheriff of the county tendered his resignation to Sheriff Ashley L. Gleason to take effect August 1. Sheriff Gleason accepted and appointed Nels Perry to succeed him. Babbitt said the retirement was for political reasons with no personal breach. both men seek the Republican sheriff nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin
Babbitt
Sherif Ashley L. Gleason
Gleason
Nels Perry
Smalley
Germans Struggle as Allies Suffer Bombardments
Desperate German efforts to check Allied advances continue on multiple fronts. British counterattacks near Longueval and Delville Wood reclaim ground while French reports of trench holds north of the Somme emerge. Heavy bombardments near Verdun and attacks around Riga outline a tense war panorama.
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Somme
Teutons
Longueval
Delville Wood
Wedaveday
Jost
Bomme
Verdun
Riga
Mareball von [Iindenburg
Verlin
Latek
Petrograd
Russians Press Attacks Across Carpathians and River Pruth
Reports describe sustained Russian assaults in the Carpathians and along the Pruth River area. German naval observers cite damage to Austrian and Russian vessels and coastal military facilities as forces clash, with counterclaims of Austrian advances and river crossings.
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Carpathians
Pruth
Reval
Potland
Kerlin
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Trevino
Santigao Namieres
Coachella
Deutschland
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KONIG
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