Strike Award Sparks Rail Wage Tangle Across Nation
Chicago reports a $600 million wage increase for 1,800,000 railway workers, seen as a step toward averting a national strike. Railroads plan to pass higher costs to shippers and passengers, with freight and passenger rates likely to rise by about 18 percent. The decision, retroactive to May 1, provides back pay in August, while the Lane commission rule favors higher boosts for lower paid workers.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Brotherhood
W. G. Lee
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railway
R. M. Barton
United States Railway Labor Board
H. H. White
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Lane Commission
Freight Rates Rise Ties With Railroad Execs
Washington reports on July 20 that freight rates and railroad executives dominate discussions. Details continued on page four.
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Washington
Fifteenth Cavalry at Fort Russell Nearly Disbanded
Practically unannounced, the Fifteenth Cavalry stationed at Fort Russell has faded to a ghost of its former self. Officers remain while enlisted personnel have largely vanished as discharges and transfers reduce the unit to a few old-timers.
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Fifteenth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Economics of This Situation Brightens for Wholesalers
The June report from the Labor Department Bureau of Statistics shows wholesale food prices fell two to three quarters percent while retail food prices rose two percent in the thirty days to June 15. Clothing declined 3.5 percent in June, with fuel and lighting up over four percent in the typical family budget.
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Washington
Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics
Sampson Joins Prohibition Office Staff
Lloyd Sampson a noted young attorney accepts an appointment to the staff of Russell L. Donley federal prohibition commissioner for Wyoming.
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Sampson
Prohibition Office
Lloyd Sampson
Russell L. Donley
Wyoming
Harding Campaign Opens With Elks Curtain Raiser
A Findlay Elks delegation visited Senator Harding on his Marion lawn with a brass band for a front porch campaign kickoff. Harding recalled his boyhood band days in Marion and spoke briefly noting his acceptance speech forthcoming. About 100 Elks and leaders including Rep. R. Clint Cole attended. a homecoming visit to Findlay may occur in August.
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Marion
Elks
Findlay
Harding
Chicago
R. Clint Cole
the Elks
Howdy
League of Nations
Wilson
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
New York
James G. Garden
Pacific Coast
Willis
Garden
Far West
Diver Ernest Biddle Dies From Water Impact Not Drowning
Autopsy findings in Mercury Beach death show Ernest Biddle died from liver rupture after a 15 foot dive into water. Doctors say water entry caused immediate respiratory and heart failure with no lung water present. Coroner's jury pending final report and funeral arrangements.
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Ernest C. Biddle
Mercury Beach
J. H. Conway
C. Y. Beard
Coro
Ner
Biddle
Clyde Early
W. H. Edwards
John W. Hopper
Harry A. Cox
Jacob Sherman
Howard Salton
W. H. Dinneen, Jr
Francis Arneal
Frank V. Booker
John J. McInerney
Arneal
McInerney
Selene Tance Shor
Baby's body for Loy family buried in Tacoma
The infant Alys Margaret Loy aged nine months died in Cheyenne from scalding soap suds. Her body was sent to Tacoma to be buried with her paternal grandfather in Lakeview cemetery as Loy, serving a life term for a prior shooting, remains jailed in Wyoming. Patricia Loy, 9, accompanied the body to Tacoma to join grandmother and future plans for Cheyenne mother.
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Cheyenna
Charles V. Loy
Illiam Ashford
Loy
Alys Margaret Loy
Lakeview Cemetery
Tacoma
Wash
Patricia Loy
Former Wyoming Chief Justice Appears in Utah Court
Judge Samuel T. Corn of Ogden Utah and ex chief justice of Wyoming's supreme court appeared Tuesday as counsel for contestants in a will contest case arising from Sarah A. Pulker son in Uinta county. He served six years on Wyoming's high court and led as chief justice in 1901 1902.
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Samuel T. Corn
Ogden
Utah
Wyoming Supreme Court
Sarah A. Pulkerson
Uinta County
Corn
Supreme Court
Denver
Coroner’s Jury Finds Jail Shooting Provoked by Attack
Graham North Carolina coroner’s jury ruled that machine gunners at the county jail fired on citizens Monday night without provocation. One man died and two were wounded, as claims of a mob storming the jail were shown unfounded. Captain Fowler questioned the soldiers’ firing, while Mayor Holmes noted soldiers said they were fired upon first.
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James Bay
Holmes
Inaction Fatal to Casper Man's Claim to Casper Property
The Wyoming supreme court affirms Natrona county court ruling in C M Wallace v Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Wallace had been dispossessed from land in the Central Addition to Casper townsite since 1910 and, by inaction, lost the right to recover possession but is entitled to just compensation equal to the land value at the time of taking plus interest to date.
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State Supreme Court
C. M. Wallace
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
District Court of
Natrona County
Wallace
Casper
Supreme Court
District Court
Producers Have Good New Well in Osage District
A Newcastle Wyoming telegram reports Producers & Refiners Corp. struck oil at 25 feet in section 25 Osage district. The new well in 1546 feet of depth flowed forty barrels per day at a single head Sunday. Drilling continues with plans to deepen the hole to test the sand’s thickness. A long lived well is possible whether it becomes a gusher or a pumper, with preparations under way for another test at the same location.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Producers & Refiners Corporation
Osage District
Cox decries campaign funds as shocking to voters
Governor Cox accused Republicans of raising a campaign fund "sufficient to shock the sensibilities" in a Democratic National Committee address in Columbus. He urged prosecution of senatorial investigations into campaign finances and pledged full accounting, forecasting a November victory. Roosevelt supported Cox after George H. White was elected DNC chairman, succeeding Homer Cummings.
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Columbus
Cox
Democratic National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George H. White
Marietta
Homer S. Cummings
Connecticut
Edmund H. Moore
Ohio
Mr. White
Moving Picture Workers Strike Hits New York Area
More than 2000 film workers in New York and vicinity walk out Tuesday over wages hours and union recognition. The strike ties up studios and affects all metropolitan film laboratories, with leaders warning of wider spread and a potential loss of at least 20 million feet of film weekly.
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New York
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry
New Warrant Officer Posts Open in Army
Applications for appointment to warrant officer posts created by the army reorganization act will be received by department commanders until August 1. Warrant officers rank below second lieutenants with a base pay of 1820 dollars and an allowance of a second lieutenant, to perform field clerk work.
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Washington
Army
Laramie Judge Sits on Supreme Bench
Justice V. Jean Tidball of the Second judicial district returns to Laramie to sit on the state supreme court bench. He filled in for Justice Blydenburgh who was disqualified due to prior counsel involvement in the case.
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V. Jean Tidball
Second Judicial District
Laramie
State Supreme Court
Blydenburgh
Supreme Court
Jack Johnson To Serve Sentence In Chicago
Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who crossed the Mexican border from Lower California, is jailed in Los Angeles and slated for transfer to federal custody in Chicago to begin serving a white slavery act sentence. He is expected to leave Los Angeles Wednesday for the trip via Cheyenne Friday.
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Los Angeles
Jack Johnson
Lower
California
Chicago
Thompson named managing editor of Cheyenne State Leader
John Charles Thompson Jr is appointed managing editor of the Cheyenne State Leader under new ownership. He brings twenty five years of Cheyenne newspaper experience, broad state knowledge from prior roles, and a record of independent, nonpartisan editorial work. William C. Deming signs the notice as president.
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John Charles Thompson, JR
Leader
Cheyenne State Leader
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Wyoming State Tribune
Thompson
Tribune
Morning Leader
Tribune Publishing Company
Laramie County
Houx
William, C. Deming
Ole Hanson recounts Red Scare era bluff at Seattle strike trial
Former Seattle mayor Ole Hanson testified at the trial of William Lloyd and 19 others, detailing the 1919 general strike. He recounted warning strikers they were revolutionists and would seek government help, and noted their shift away from confrontation as the test loomed and soldiers potentially buckled.
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Chicago
Seattle
Ole Hanson
William Bross Lloyd
Hanson Occu
Hanson
Saratoga Valley Water Case Up For Discussion
More than a dozen residents of the Saratoga valley met with the state engineer and others in Cheyenne to discuss a water-right controversy. Most visitors left for home later in the day.
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Saratoga Valley
Cheyenne
Pete Cordillo Faces Monday Sentence in 1919 Murder Case
Pete Cordillo, convicted of the murder of Frank Jennings near Laramie on September 7, 1919, will be arraigned for sentencing next Monday at 10 o'clock. No motion for a new trial has been filed.
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Pete Cordillo
Frank Jennings
Laramie
Frontier Championship Saddle For Frontier Days Event
Blake Miller crafts a world class bronco busting saddle valued around 600 dollars. Vice president Galvin of Union Pacific funds the gift for the rough riding prize at Cheyenne Frontier Days. The saddle features stamped leather, silver fittings, gold figures and a poppy design with leaf edged discs and a cowboy motif.
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Cheyenne
Blake Miller
Calvin
Union Pacific
Galvin
Chicago
George Bierman
Art Metal Company
Shamrock VI Opens Lead in America's Cup Race at Sandy Hook
On July 20 Shamrock VI defeated Resolute in a tight two race series, finishing in 56:37:58 to 5:46:50 with Shamrock claiming a second victory. Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenger gains momentum as Optimism grows for lifting the cup in the next race.
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Sandy
Tom
Thomas
Shamrock
Jersey
No Chance Says Sunday On Prohibition Nominee Plan
William A Sunday said it was hardly necessary for Prohibitionists to confer with him as he was satisfied with Republicans on liquor. Delegations to the Prohibition convention in Lincoln plan to nominate William Jennings Bryan despite his stated unadvisedness for the ticket. Nebraskan Bryan acceptance could avert a stampede to nominate him.
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Hood River
Ore
William A
Billy
Lincoln
Nebraska
Prohibition Party
Republican Party
Bryan
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
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Hardings
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G. P. Fund
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Ole Hannon
Redde
W. K. Cundiff
Cundiff
Colorado
McAlpine
L. M. Boomer
Bill
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