Graduation Program at Cheyenne High School
Twenty five seniors will receive diplomas at a June 12 commencement in the school gymnasium. Hon. C. P. Arnold of Laramie will deliver the address. The program includes invocations, music by the High School Orchestra, Salutatory by Marie Milligan, Glee Club performances, a violin solo by Marie Buchanan, and a benediction by Rev. S. A. Huston.
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Cheyenne
C. P. Arnold
Laramie
Wyoming
Fee
W. BE
Edgin
Sandy River
Marie Milligan
Coal Strike Tension In Kanawha Prompts Federal Inquiry
U S Senators Chilton and National Golf wired from Washington urging Kanawha coal operators for more data on the strike. About 8 000 miners are on strike and operators seek federal investigation to avert violence while union officials deny danger and say they favor tri bunal settlement.
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National Golf
Washington Tonight
Kanawha
Wilson
Kanawha Fields
Captain Sims Charts U S Navy Ordnance Strength
Captain William Sowden Sims, commanding torpedo flotilla in Mexican waters, is credited with pioneering naval ordnance efficiency. Along with Ridley McLean, now judge advocate general, they improved target practice and fire accuracy. Sims, favored by Theodore Roosevelt, championed Marine removal from ships, later opposed by Congress. Mrs. Sims is Ethan Allen Hitchcock’s daughter.
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William Sowden Sims
Ridley McLean
Navy
Washington
United States Navy
Arbitration of canal tolls delays vote
The senate foreign relations committee reported favorably on a resolution to submit the Panama Canal tolls dispute with Great Britain to international arbitration. The move, how the administration opposes unless the repeal bill passes first, was criticized by Senator Wardman who attacked Senator Root as an opposition leader.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wardman
Root
Wyoming to Launch State Exhibit Drive at Frisco 1916
Following Monday talks between Governor Joseph M. Carey and Panama Pacific exposition representatives, Wyoming plans a statewide campaign to finance a Wyoming exhibit at the 1916 San Francisco fair. Support from commercial and industrial clubs across the state is sought to unite citizens and attract settlers, highlighting Wyoming’s vast resources to visitors daily at the exposition.
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Joseph M. Carey
San Francisco
Wyoming
Icaream
Sabine
Ptate
West
Death by Own Action Discussed By Pastor In Cheyenne
Pastor Leon Hills of the Presbyterian church spoke on death by own action highlighting a rise in self murder rates globally and in Cheyenne. He cited figures from 1885 to 1919, noted June as peak month, and argued such deaths worsen social ills and burden survivors.
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Leon ©. Hills
Presbyterian Church
Cheyenne
United States
Belgium
Saxony
Dresden
France
Ireland
Laramie County
Redlight
God
Church
Notable figures sentenced in Havana murder of police chief
Notables General Dr Nesto Albert former Havana governor and Eugeneo Arias former house member were sentenced in Havana to twelve years for the July 1915 assassination of General Arnado Riva chief of the national police.
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Havana
Nesto Albert
Eugeneo Arias
House of Representatives
Arnado Riva
Wyoming land sale offer through Burlington tourist car
A Des Moines notice from May 27 1914 explains Wyoming will sell about 40000 acres in 160 to 640 acre tracts on June 17 with terms about 1.00 per acre and 18 years at 4 percent. Proceeds go to the state permanent school fund, purchases direct from the state, no commission. A through Burlington tourist car is arranged. details appear on page 3.
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Burlington Railway
Des Moines
Iowa
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Burlington
Pardon Granted for Former State Treasurer Embezzler
George Lt. Bickford once state treasurer was pardoned by the state board after two supreme court appeals. Convicted of embezzling funds, he faced a one to three year penitentiary term though most of the $60,000 shortage was repaid. The conviction rested on a shortage under $100.
Bullets Answer to Officers Query in Los Angeles Shootings
In Los Angeles on June 3 patrolman BE T Watt tried to question a man wanted on a board bill charge. The suspect shot Watt fatally wounding him before escaping. Watt fired at the fleeing man but missed.
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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 costing millions formed part of a comprehensive 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 Outlook With Showers In Washington
Weather note reports local showers Thursday with fair conditions southeast portion. Friday expected to be fair with no rain.
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Washington
Wromilng
Poron
Mediation in Mexican Crisis Hinges on Carranza Action
Reports from Niagara Falls and Washington show mediators awaiting Carranza as constitutionalists weigh peace talks. Carranza’s envoy response could decide whether diplomacy settles the Mexican dispute or fighting resumes. Huerta’s supporters in Vera Cruz express optimism amid arms deliveries and anti Yankee sentiment.
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Niagara Falls
Carranza
Mexico City
Caranza
Washington
Carranga
Bryan
Patience for Poor of Purse as Autos Get Cheap
In Philadelphia Dr C P Steinmetz predicted within ten years there will be over a million electric automobiles costing under 500 dollars each with upkeep around 10 dollars monthly. He spoke at the National Electric Light association convention in New York describing automobiling as shifting from sport to practical use.
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Philadelphia
C. P. Steinmetz
Schenectady
National Electric Light Association
Bielamets
New Mexico Native Nominated as Salvador Minister
Washington June nominee Boas W. Long of New Mexico seeks appointment as minister to El Salvador. Long currently heads the division of Latin American affairs at the state department.
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Washington
Boas W. Long
New Mexico
Division of Latin-American Affairs
Department of State
Salvador
FEDS FAN IN FIRST ROUND LEGAL BATTLE
Chicago June 3 Organized baseball won the opening round in the Johnson fight. Judge Foell upheld the Kansas City injunction, barring Johnson from playing for the outlaw Federal team. Kansas City plans an appeal and suits against other Fed cities to stop Johnson.
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Chicago
Johnson
Foell
Kansas City
Hermann
Speedcraze Results and Fatalities in Pittsburg and Salt Lake
A spectator, likely Charles F Marzell, was killed while ten others injured when a motorcycle driven by Arthur Armstrong of New York crashed into a crowd at the Pittsburg motordrome. Armstrong suffered multiple injuries. In Salt Lake, Woodward W Duke, son of the American Tobacco president, drowned after an overturned automobile in a creek near Park City. four others escaped unharmed.
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Pittsburg
Charles F. Marzell
Arthur Armstrong
New York
Armstrong
Salt Lake
Man Leaps to Death From Ninth Story Window
Detroit police say Thomas S. Todd of Kansas City Missouri leaped from a ninth story window of a downtown office building to commit suicide. The ex convict had served time for manslaughter in Utah and Colorado.
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Detroit
Mich
Thomas S. Todd
Kansas City
Todd
Ogden
Utah
Canon City
Colo
Laborer Slashed for Refusing to Yield Lunch
Pueblo, Colo June 8 Timothy Jones a steel worker at Harlem Mills was dangerously slashed by a holdup man at 11 this morning. Edward Floyd another steel worker was attacked as they ate their lunch in an alley.
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Pueblo
Colo
Timothy Jones
Harlem
Edward Floyd
Cave Explorers Probe Table Mountain Passage Network
An exploring party returned from Cheyenne cave on Table Mountain after four hours of wriggling through narrow passages and surveying four chambers. They found geyser formations and many stalactites, with specimens taken for display. further exploration and improvements would be needed to access the first level.
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Cheyenne Cave
Table Mountain
Thhem
Industrial Club
William Lannen
Charles Crate
P. & Cook
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HGA
Charleston
United
States
William E. Chilton
William S. Sims
Torpedo
Bunal
Frisco
Ingheyenne
Garranza
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Bavaria
Ypiranga
EL Paso
Robert Pasqueria
Constitutionalists
Tampico
Mexico
Madero
U. S
FEDS
Table Mountain Cave
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