Cheyenne Frontier Days crowns Strickland broncho busting champ
The 1920 Cheyenne Frontier Days crowned Hugh Strickland of Fort Worth as broncho busting champion after outlasting the outlaw Lightning Creek. He claimed $700 in cash and a $600 silver mounted saddle from Union Pacific. Tommy Grimes led steer roping, Fred Beeson won calf roping, Shorty Kelso retained bulldogging, and Miss Lorena Trickey led women’s relay riding. Attendance reached 28,184 with receipts still being tallied.
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Cheyenne
Hugh Strickland
Fort Worth
Tex
Tommy Grimes
Hollywood
Calif
Shorty Kelso
Horse Creek
Wyo
Fred Beeson
Arkansas City
Ark
Lorena Trickey
Pendleton
Ore
Darrell Cannon
Walla Walla
Wash
Wyoming
Texas
St. Worth
Lightning Creek
Union Pacific
West
Horse Greek
Charles Johnson
Strickland
Angelo Hughes
Angelo
Greed of Italians May Result Total Denial
Allied leaders discussed possible changes to the Turkish Peace treaty amid Italy and Greece over the Dodecanese. Britain’s Lloyd George and France’s Millerand urged Italy to sign, opposing concessions in Asia Minor while considering rewording to have Turkey renounce sovereignty and allow disposal by future agreement.
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Paris
Italy
Greece
Dodecanez
Aegean
Lloyd George
Millerand
Rhodes
Asia Minor
Turkey
Cox Says He Feels Elected After Homecoming Parade
Dayton July 30 Governor Cox spoke in Dayton amid a grand homecoming parade with estimates of 8 000 to 12 000 marchers. He told a Washington correspondent he would likely become president and joked about residing in the people’s house, after which crowds pressed toward the stand and later sheltered Cox and Mrs. Cox in the county jail building as they departed.
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Dayton
Cox
Washington
Herder Shot During Range Clash Near Vernal Utah
Don Bonnell a sheep herder was shot in the stomach during a clash he believed involved Colorado cattlemen or their employees. After the shooting, many of Bonnell’s sheep were driven off a precipice, per a message from J D Price. Bonnell was at a camp near the state line in northwestern Colorado when the incident occurred as riders stampeded sheep over a cliff. Aid was sent from Vernal Utah.
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Vernal
Utah
Colorado
Don Bonnell
Price
Bonnell
State Line
Douglas Arizona Breaks Into News In Trunk Mystery
Douglas Arizona on July 30 reports officials trailing a man who gave the name Leroy for days after arriving in town and briefly working for an express company. Authorities say Leroy may have fled to Mexico and they have wired New York for a description while pursuing his whereabouts.
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Douglas, Ariz
Detroit
Leroy
Mexico
California
New York
French Chamber Backs Millerand Renewal Plan in France
PARIS July 30 Premier Millerand won renewed support from the Chamber of Deputies for his government in a Spa conference arrangement. The chamber voted 366 to 169 in favor of the 200,000 franc monthly advance to Germany despite a critical finance committee report.
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Paris
Millerand
Chamber of Deputies
Spa
Commission On Finances
Germany
Open Shop Platform Gains Overwhelming Commerce Chamber Approval
Washington July 30 By an overwhelming referendum vote made public Friday members of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States endorsed the open shop platform through a broad National rejection of compulsory union terms. The result signals strong business support for policies favoring open shop practices nationwide.
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Chamber OF Commerce OF
U. S
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
American marksmen win first in Olympic games
BHYPALOO Belgium July 30. United States won three of seven Olympic target events and tied for first in another, securing the world marksmanship title. America claimed the team shoot in the combined 800 and 600 meter event with 572 against Norway 565 France 563 Switzerland 562 Sweden 656. The article notes the US platform on industrial relations and labor policy, demanding open shop rights and accountability for unions and employers.
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Bhypaloo
Belgium
Associated Press
United States
Annther
America
Norway
France
Switzerland
Sweden
Lioness Helen Bears Forty-first Cub In Central Park
In New York on a Friday Helen the Central Park lioness licked her forty-first offspring with maternal calm. Keepers said most cubs have been sent to other zoos, two dying in infancy. Ackbar the father roared at birth but then treated the event as one more lion in the world.
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New York
Helen
Central Park
Ackbar
Christensen's Spleen Aimed at Both Parties
New York July 30 P P Christensen presidential candidate of the former labor party brands the league of nations as an international bankers soviet and a dead issue He advocates Irish freedom and criticizes Cox and Harding for equal suffrage efforts He vows to lead a third party campaign in New York City denouncing Wall Street as the determining power and urging government restoration to the people
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League of Nations
P. P. Christensen
Labor Party
Cox
Harding
Tennessee
Christensen
New York City
Wall Street
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Mgr. Christensen
Denver Tramway Men On Verge of Strike
Denver July 30 Tramway Employes union No 746 will decide at a mass meeting Sunday whether to strike to force 75 cents an hour. The union rejected two conciliation proposals from the company on Friday and the president Henry Silberg declined to say if a strike vote would be taken, stating the decision rests with the men.
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Denvor
Tramway
Henry Silberg
Firemen Prevent Major Oil Tank Blast at Paint Plant
DENVER July 80 Firemen answered a center tank blaze at the Western Hunterite Paint company plant containing 4,000 gallons of crude oil and prevented an explosion. The loss was put at $6,000 by officials.
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Denver
Western Hunterite Paint Company
Harding accuses Cox of foreign fund backing on league issue
Senator Harding on his front porch campaign accuses Governor Cox of seeking Democratic support from powerful international interests tied to Wilson policy, saying such donors would fund Cox’s race. He notes Dayton talks show no agreement on Article 10 and predicts voters will punish unlimited campaign money by November. Saturday address to Mansfield delegation.
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Harding
Cox
League of Nations
Wilson
Dayton
Walsh
Massachusetts
Hardings
George H. White
Mansfield, O
Big Four Leaders Defer Their Verdict
In Cleveland on July 30 the heads of four major railroad brotherhoods postponed formal action on the wage award discussed with objectionable aspects. W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, announced rising membership by 100 to 125 daily, with similar gains reported by the other three brotherhoods, credited to better wages under the new scale.
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Cleveland
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Christy Mathewson Inmate of Hospital For the Tubercular
SARANAC LAKH, N. Y., July 80. Christy Mathewson, veteran baseball player, manager and coach, has been at a sanitarium here for a month, undergoing treatment for tuberculosis. He has been confined to his room since arrival, has received no callers, and has been taking absolute rest. His condition is not viewed as causing immediate alarm.
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Saranac Lakh
N. Y
Christy Mathewson
Laramie trip for funeral of Mrs Kibler
Mrs Garl Raife and Mrs Horace Jenking depart this morning for Laramie to attend the funeral of their aunt Mrs Kate Kibler of Fort Collins. Mrs Hibler, sister of W H Holiday of Laramie, will be remembered by old timers in Cheyenne. Mrs Jenkins and Mrs Raife plan to return Sunday.
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Garl Raife
Horace Jenking
Laramie
Kate Kibler
Fort Collins
Hibler
W. H. Holiday
Cheyenne
Mis, Jenkins
What hhr weather outlook for weekend
Generally fair Saturday and probably Sunday with cooler north areas. The forecast suggests mild conditions overall with a slight temperature dip on Sunday affecting northern regions.
Wallingford Secures Job In A Garage
Fred Clawson, organizer of the American-Canadian corporation a $5,000,000 venture to expand American trade by shipping, was indicted by a federal grand jury for using the mails to defraud. The indictment says he claimed contracts worth $58,000,000 and wealthy backers, but his finances were limited and he is now working in a garage.
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New York
Fred Clawson
Federal Grand Jury
Clawson
Americans Volunteer for Cantu in Mexican Border Crisis
In Mexicali lower California on a Friday night the provisional government of Cantu declared a break with the Mexican federal authorities. American ex service men were said to be crossing the boundary to operate twenty one machine guns for Cantu. Cantu forces prepared to resist an expected invasion as Mexican federal troops were readied. Recruits here were drilled and Cantu voiced confidence in mobilizing a strong army to meet any attack.
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Lower
California
Hateban Cantu
Cantu
EN Cantu
Calexico
Babe Ruth 36th Home Run Tops St Louis Game
Babe Ruth of the New York Americans hit his 36th home run of the season in the ninth inning against St. Louis as Second Baseman Fewster scored ahead of him. New York won 10 to 8. Ruth’s record last year stood at 29 homers.
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Babe Ruth
New York Americans
St. Louis
van Gilder
Fewster
Ruth
New York
Coal Miners Urged to Return to Work by Wilson
President Wilson, via a telegram to the United Mine Workers of America, urged coal miners in Illinois and Indiana to return to work amid wage inequalities cited by strike leaders. He said he cannot seek corrections until the strikers resume labor and warned that violating pledged obligations harms the miners' good name and broader industrial relations.
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United Mine Workers
Pearce Ore
Operators Refuse Joint Meeting with Miners in Illinois
CHICAGO July 30 Operators in Illinois telegraphed John L. Lewis head of the United Mine Workers of America refusing his request for a joint meeting of operators and miners scale committees to settle the strike. They said no negotiations without Washington authorization and would not meet miners officials while the strike continues. All Illinois mines remain closed and the Central Competitive field scale committee adjourned after discussing the situation without action.
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Chicago
Coal Operators of
Illinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Central Competitive Field
Farrington's Response Highlighted by Miners Union Leader
In Springfield Illinois on July 30 President Frank Farrington of the Tilindry Miner's union spoke after being informed of the latest developments. He addressed miners' concerns and outlined planned actions to secure workers' interests.
Jealous husband shoots at Mrs Duram and rival in Utah
At Thompson Utah a violent scene at a Denver Rio Grande station left Christian Jiron and Mrs Butimio Duram dead after a man identified as her husband opened fire on the two as they stepped from a train. The husband surrendered after pursuing them to a nearby home. All three were said to have lived in Grand Junction Colorado at some point.
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Salt’ Lake City
Christian Jiron
Butimio Duram
Thompson
Utah
Colorado State Line
Deseret News
Duram
Jiron
Lewis backs Wilson call to end Indiana Illinois mine strike
Indianapolis July 30 John Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America will issue a mandatory order demanding all miners on strike in Indiana and Illinois return to work at once to restore mine operation. The move follows a favorable report on the president’s message received Friday night and aims to pave the way for a wage conference to review contract inequalities.
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Indianapolis
Wilson
John Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana
Illinois
Frank Warrington
$50,000 Worth of Liquor Seized in Newark
Prohibition enforcement agents conducted raids in Newark and Jersey City, with officials estimating that about $50,000 worth of liquor was confiscated.
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N. J
Jersey City
Irish Assassin Killings Shock Dublin Boardroom Death
Dublin July 80 Frank Brooke wealthy country gentleman and friend of Viscount French was assassinated Friday in the directors room of the Durbin and Southeastern railway. Three gunmen fired as he spoke with another director. one shot struck his lungs and he died instantly. The attackers escaped.
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Frank Brooke
Viscount French
Brooke
Durbin & Southeastern Railway
Board of Directors
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