Cheyenne High School Graduation Program
Twenty five seniors will receive diplomas at a June 12 commencement in the school gym. Notable guest speaker is Hon. C. P. Arnold of Laramie. The program includes invocation, orchestra numbers, glee club performances, a valedictory, violin solo, and benediction.
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Cheyenne
C. P. Arnold
Laramie
Wyoming
Fee
W. BE
Edgin
Sandy River
Marie Milligan
Coal Operators Request Federal Inquiry On Kanawha Strike
United States Senators Chilton and National Golf wired from Washington asking Kanawha coal operators for data on the strike situation. About 8,000 miners are on strike and operators seek a federal investigation to prevent violence. Union officials deny imminent violence and favor tribunal arbitration.
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National Golf
Washington Tonight
Kanawha
Wilson
Kanawha Fields
Captain Sims Led Navy Ordnance Reform In Mexican Waters
Captain William Sowden Sims, commander of the torpedo boat flotilla, and Ridley McLean reshaped navy ordnance efficiency. Their system improved orders and target practice, boosting accuracy and fire rate. Sims supported removing Marines from ships, later opposed by Congress returning them aboard. Mrs. Sims is Ethan Allen Hitchcock’s daughter of Missouri.
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William Sowden Sims
Ridley McLean
Navy
Washington
United States Navy
Arbitration of Canal Tolls Delays Vote
Senate Foreign Relations Committee favors a resolution to submit the Panama Canal tolls dispute with Great Britain to international arbitration, delaying the repeal vote. The move faces president opposition unless the tolls exemption repeal is passed, with Senator Wardman criticizing the president and Senator Root.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wardman
Root
Wyoming to launch statewide drive for Panama-Pacific exhibit
A conference between Governor Carey and Panama-Pacific planners Tuesday discussed a Wyoming exhibit for the 1916 San Francisco exposition. Statewide financing is under consideration with cooperation from commercial clubs and communities to showcase Wyoming’s resources and attract new residents and investment.
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Joseph M. Carey
San Francisco
Wyoming
I Caream
Ee Forme 9
West
Death by own action a growing crisis says preacher
Rev. Leon Hills, pastor of the Presbyterian church, warned Sunday evening that self murder is rising worldwide. He cited alarming figures from 1885 to 1919, noted Cheyenne's relative exception with only one case in early 1910s, and argued that gambling and redlight districts contribute to these suicides while urging religious consolation.
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Leon ©. Hills
Presbyterian Church
Cheyenne
United States
Belgium
Saxony
Dresden
France
Ireland
Laramie County
Redlight
God
Church
Notables Stripped of Rests? Havana Officials Sentenced
In Havana on June 3 General Dr Nesto Albert former Havana province governor and Eugeneo Arias former House member were sentenced to twelve years for the July 1915 murder of General Arnado Riva chief of the national police.
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Havana
Nesto Albert
Eugeneo Arias
House of Representatives
Arnado Riva
Burlington's Boost in NT Promotes Wyoming Land Sale
A Des Moines circular from May 27 1914 explains a June 17 Wyoming land sale offering 40000 acres in 160 to 640 acre tracts at about 1.00 per acre with 18 year payments at 4 percent interest. The sale benefits the state permanent school fund and features direct purchase from the state with no commissions, plus a through Burlington tourist car arrangement.
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Burlington Railway
Des Moines
Iowa
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Burlington
Embezzler of State Funds Is Pardoned
George Lt. Bickford former state treasurer was pardoned yesterday by the state board after two supreme court appeals upheld a guilty verdict for embezzlement of state funds. He faced one to three years, but pardon came before sentence. initial shortages cited at under $100 though earlier reports valued the embezzlement as high as $60,000 with most repaid.
Bullets an Answer To Officers Query
Los Angeles report says Patrolman B E T Watt was shot while trying to question a man wanted on a board bill. Watt fired as the suspect fled but his shot did not stop the man. Watt was fatally wounded and hospitalized.
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Los Angeles
Cal
BE. T. Watt
Watt
Planning for New Lines of Activity
James Elton and William Skinner, directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry that acquiring trolley and steamship lines, at a cost of millions, was part of a broad plan to expand their facilities.
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Washington
James 8. Elton
William
Skinner
New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather forecast for Washington with showers and fair days
Incorrect weather note from June 4 indicates showers on Thursday and Friday is expected to be fair in the southeast portion.
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Washington
Wromilng
Poron
Mediation on Carranza fate at Niagara Falls
Reports from Niagara Falls and Washington say mediation hinges on General Carranza sending envoys. Carranza's reply to mediators will determine if constitutionalists join talks or press on militarily. Huerta backers in Vera Cruz show optimism with fresh arms and trains.
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Niagara Falls
Carranza
Mexico City
Caranza
Washington
Carranga
Bryan
Vera Cruz
Bavaria
Ypiranga
Huerta
Patience Ye Poor of Purse Autos To Be Cheap
Dr C P Steinmetz predicted at the National Electric Light association convention that within ten years the U S will have more than a million electric automobiles costing less than 500 dollars each with upkeep around 6 a month. He compared automobiling to bicycles and said cars will be bought for practical use, not sport.
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Philadelphia
C. P. Steinmetz
Schenectady
National Electric Light Association
Bielamets
New Mexico Native Boas W Long Nominated as Salvador Minister
The president nominated Boas W Long of New Mexico the chief of the division of Latin American affairs in the department of state to be minister to El Salvador from Washington in June.
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Washington
Boas W. Long
New Mexico
Division of Latin-American Affairs
Department of State
Salvador
Feds Win First Round in Johnson Legal Fight
In Chicago on June 3 Judge Foell ruled for the Cincinnati National League in all points, permanently blocking Chief Johnson from playing with the outlaw Federal team of Kansas City. Both sides expect further action as Kansas City plans to appeal and suits against other Federal cities are anticipated to bar Johnson. The court upheld the ten days clause.
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Chicago
Johnson
Foell
Kansas City
Hermann
Spectator Killed and Ten Injured in Pittsburg Motorcycle Crash
In Pittsburg at the motordrome a spectator, identified as Charles F. Marzell, was killed and ten others injured when a motorcycle ridden by Arthur Armstrong of New York crashed into the crowd. Armstrong suffered multiple broken bones. three women also sustained serious injuries. In Salt Lake City, Woodward W. Duke, son of the American Tobacco president, drowned when an automobile overturned in a creek near Park City. four other party members escaped injury.
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Pittsburg
Charles F. Marzell
Arthur Armstrong
New York
Armstrong
Salt Lake
Man Jumps From Ninth Story Office Window
Detroit police identified Thomas S. Todd of Kansas City Missouri as the man who leapt to his death from the ninth floor window of a downtown office building. He was an ex convict who had served manslaughter sentences in Ogden Utah and Canon City Colorado.
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Detroit
Mich
Thomas S. Todd
Kansas City
Todd
Ogden
Utah
Canon City
Colo
Laborer Slashed for Refusing to Give Up His Lunch
Pueblo Colorado June 8 Timothy Jones a steel worker at Harlem mills was dangerously slashed at 11 o clock by a holdup man who attacked him and fellow steel worker Edward Floyd as they ate lunch in an alley.
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Pueblo
Colo
Timothy Jones
Harlem
Edward Floyd
Explorers Delve Into Table Mountain Cave Near Cheyenne
An exploring party returned from Cheyenne cave on Table Mountain after four hours of wriggling through passages and several chambers. They found geyser-like formations and stalactites while noting the need for carpentry and blasting to improve access. The ascent began near a dead tree, at an altitude of 7,500 feet, with air tests confirming cleanliness throughout.
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Cheyenne Cave
Table Mountain
Thhem
Industrial Club
William Lannen
Charles Crate
P. & Cook
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