State W C T U Launches Prohibition Campaign
The Wyoming W C T U executive committee unveiled a statewide effort to elect legislators who pledge to submit a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition. The plan includes a voter outreach program and a pledge to support only pro submission candidates, with a state convention in Casper in June and a potential free scholarship offer from the Indianapolis conservatory for each county.
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Carnegie Hweary
House
Senate
Foz W. T. C
Woming
Wyoming
Nc. T. U
Tiwaa
Tidionapolie Conservatory of Music
State
Roosevelt Assault Story Declared Fake by Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star branded yesterday’s report of an attack on Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as a fake and a fabrication by news fakers. The paper discredited Ernest Shell’s account to Lee-Telury McGrath and dismissed details of a pocket knife attack.
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Kansas City
Kanaags City Star Today
Theodore Roosevelt
Star
Ernest Shell
Lee- Telury McGrath
German Drive Within Six Miles of Verdun Fortress
Berlin reports the German attack near Verdun has pushed French defenses back to within six miles of the fortress on the Meuse front. French counter offensives failed, heavy losses claimed by both sides, with German advances around Caubrettes wood and near Chattancourt station. The Crown Prince leads renewed assault as Verdun nears a decisive moment.
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Berlin
Verdun
Meuse
Cumbres
War Office
Caurettes Wood
London
Chattancourt
Big Booster Trip for Jo Carpenter This Afternoon
Industrial club will run more than a dozen autos for a Cheyenne business men booster trip to Carpenter today leaving the Industrial club at 4 o clock. About fifty Cheyenne businessmen are expected to join. A dinner at 6 o clock at Carpenter is planned with a social program and a male quartet to entertain. Committee members Vaughan Rossman and John Brown lead the arrangements and many local donors are listed.
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Carpenter
Industrial Club
Ute
Cheyenne
Vaughan
J. F. Rossman
John Brown
Carpenter Commercial Club
Ias
Tavo
Carpenter Business
J. Ross Carpenter
Harold Vaughan
Harold Hugland
C. L. Beatty
H.R. Molard
Wont Dinneen
G. L. Strader
F. RR. Dildine
C. W. Kiner
Harry B. Henderson, Jr
B W. Stone
Cheorge Gilland
Archie Allinon
Meyer MN
N. la Fontaine
J. F Hoetnea
Verdun Front Remains Hot Amid Alarming Offensives
Reported shelling of the towns of Avoueouss and Bilh 304 as heavy bombardments press the western front from the Meuse to Fort Vaux. Italians and 294 cannon captured in a current push. Rome confirms evacuations at Monte Priafera and Punta Cordia on the Asiago line. Balkan front sees Greek Macedonia invasion activity by Bulgaria and German forces with Italian patrols near the Vogara. East Africa evasion by Germany continues toward the Ugandan positions.
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Ier Meuse
Fort Vaux
Pive
Rome
Monte Priafera
Punta Cordia
Asiago
Dvinek
Progres
Inve Sion
Greek Macedonia
Balkan
Avablane
Vogara
Albania
Uyliieh
East Africa
Matters Baby Taken By Court
Federal Judge Landis ordered the Matters baby removed from Mrs. Dolly Ledgerwood Matters and sent to a hospital for custody decision. Canadian claimant Margaret Hyon asserts she is the real mother and the court will decide whether the child goes to her.
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Chicago
Landis
Matters
Dolly Ledgerwood
Margaret Hyon
Nine Mexicans Die in Railroad Collision Near Rodrigues
Nine Mexicans were killed and thirty five injured when a northbound passenger train of the Mexican railroad collided with a freight near Rodrigues, Mexico. All those killed and injured were Mexican.
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Laredo
Tex
Rodrigues
Mexico
House approves armor plate plant funding and warship aid
The House advanced amendments to the naval appropriations bill totaling 11 million dollars for a government armor plate plant and 3.5 million for aeroplanes, plus provisions for 2790 more sailors and a private shipbuilding bonus. Democrats and Republicans split on votes, with 23 Republicans and 2 progressives backing the armor plate plan and 13 Democrats joining Republicans on the aeroplane amendment. The session also opened work on revenue measures including a 100 million dollar income tax rise, a 50 million dollar inheritance tax, and a tax on munitions plants. In a separate matter, a clash looms between the postoffice department and Senate postoffice committee over testimony alleging the committee yielded to rail interests in the post office appropriation bill, with no pledge of reprimand for Blakslee's charges and potential action before President Wilson.
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Washington
House
Democrats
Ways and Means
Postoffice Department
Senate Postoffice Committee
Senate
Burles
Blakslee
Burleson
Wilson
Woman in Critical Condition After Golf Club Blow
Mrs Archibald Wilhelm is in critical condition at Haddon Field New Jersey with four skull fractures after her husband accidentally struck her with a golf club during a domestic incident reported May 51.
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Haddon Field, ™. J
Archibald Wilhelm
Carranza Demands Immediate Withdrawal of U S Troops
Long dispatches report Carranza’s demand for the instant withdrawal of all American troops from Mexican territory. The accounts describe allied rail stoppages in North Dakota Denver and Washington as officials mark the death of James J Hill while the U S expeditionary force faces Mexican government objections and notes of possible armed resistance.
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Carranza
U. S
ST. Paul
James J. Hill
Pleasant Lake
North Daka Farm
Thos. J. Gibbons
Hanna
North Dakota
Hill
Washington
United States
State Department
Eliseo .Redondo
Wilson
Perahing
Menico City
Menten
Mexico
Wade Tia
Theo
Columbus
Lovaston
Glenn Springe
del Rio
Pam
Acta of
Modest Roosevelt Heroic Candidate Portrayals Amid Republican Convention Talk
The piece mocks Theodore Roosevelt as a heroic figure in Chicago preconvention chatter. It questions readers’ interpretations of two engravings and the public enthusiasm for Roosevelt versus party leaders and paths to the nomination.
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Chicago
Ronevelt
Witson
Girl Accused as Leader of Band of Sneak Thieves
Miss Frances Hirambora, 17, is arrested at her father’s home north of the city on a charge of stealing a valuable sweater from the Maccabees temple dance hall cloak room on May 10. Sheriff Gleason believes the arrest may identify female thieves active in local dance halls and private homes. The suspect was taken with Miss Lewin Stuhr and Miss Carmichael after a search warrant. she denied the thefts, then broke down when the garment was found.
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Chareed
Maccabees Temple
Frances Hirambora
Gleason
Dance Halle
Brambera
Lewin Stuhr
Miss Stuhr
Miss Carmichael
Myers Dry Cools Plore
Sheriff Gleason
Brambora
Furtiol Court of Justice of the Peace
Frank Nouemen
Fleet
Cheyenne Man Sells Mining Claims at Grover for $30,000
Garbled report details a Cheyenne man selling mining claims near Grover to Piltaburet Steel Corp for about 40000 with an initial payment of 1000 and balance to follow by year end. The deal involves mineral rights and nearby properties, with local figures citing wealth through mining ventures and steel interests.
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Grover
Fuel & Power Company
Pettery
Walaanewy
Tharbin
Taylor
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