BIRNMAN BLASTS ZEPPELIN IN SKY BATTLE OVER EUROPE
Reginald Warneford, a Canadian-British lieutenant, destroyed the airship Zeppelin over Ghent Bruges after a sixbomb volley. Five killed forty wounded and two fires followed the crash into a convent at Monte Saint Amand as the crew perished and the plane nearly fell. Warneford regained control just 200 feet from the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reginald J. Warneford
ccub-Heutenant
Ghent
Bruges
Bomt
Monte St. Amand
Lincoln Highway President Tours Test Trip Under Muddy Roads
Henry B. Joy head of the Lincoln Memorial Highway Association and Packard president arrives in Cheyenne with E F Bement and B Eisenhut to test the Lincoln Highway route from Big Springs Nebraska through Sidney. He notes heavy mud but praises progress on Indiana Illinois Iowa and eastern Nebraska roads and urges roads follow natural contours. Joy cites cement roads as ideal for long distance travel and stresses road quality boosts communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Joy
Lincoln Memorial Highway Associaon
Packard Automobile Company
Vheenie
E. F. Bement
B. Eisenhut
Detroit
Mich
Cheyenne
Big Springs
Neb
Sidney
Joy
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Mr. Joy
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Wayne County
Michigan
Russian craft sink German transports with invading troops
London reports three German transports, a Russian Amur cruiser, a naval auxiliary, a British bark and steamer, and a French minelayer sunk in the Baltic as Russians repel an attempted landing near Courland. The Yenisei auxiliary ship is also lost. later French minelayer Asabicana blown up near the Aegean coast with survivors rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amur
Baltic Sea
Courland
Petrograd
Yenisei
Gulf of Riga
Gulf
Irish
Near
Lusitania
Queenstown
Indies
Paris
Aegean Sea
Ida Crater Leads in State Leader Campaign Vote Standings
A Cheyenne State Leader campaign note shows Ida Crater in the top eight for a free trip to the exposition, with readers urged to boost candidates before the July 3 closing date. The tally lists many miss and missus contenders, including Miss Ide M. Orator and Miss Gladys Wines among others, and notes the chance to join a prize party leaving Cheyenne July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne Business College
Cheyenne
Jayt
Jane
Ide M. Orator
Laramie
Gladys Wines
Kem- Mofep Wastes
Oliver Cheyenne
Mise Horrocks
Evanston Seabeet
Marie L
Chey- Ond
Eve Eebee
Dorothy Barber
Dorothy Bergersen
Dorothy Hamiston
Cheyante
Georgia Clark
Cbne
Myrtle Foust
Mabel Noyes
Burns
Erma Milliard
Hilen Bell
Rawlins
Orlan Mayes
Lusk
Area
QuermBey
Genereere
Soames Gillish
Gillette
Carpenter
Powell
Annie Kewan
Junction
Reta Kineey
Newcastle
Genevieve Crooney
Elsie Poralto
Langer
Winalfred Patten
Ba- Soapie’s
Hk Bee
Wise Helen Borgwan
Leche Eepesaene
Margaret
Note Leaves No Room for an Argument
Washington June 7 The American note to Germany on the Lusitania sinking neared completion to send or transmit to Wilton with the aim to leave no room for doubt or further argument. Count von Bernstorff visits Cedarhurst optimistic over the crisis while Gerard reports no German report on the Nebraskan torpedoing as a naval inquiry continues from Liverpool.
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Washington
Germany
Wilton
Gite Arates
Gerard
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Cedarhurst
N. 1
Wilson
Ambassador Gerard
State Department
Department
Liverpool
London
Weather for Cheyenne and Vicinity Pair Tuesday
Weather forecast for Cheyenne and surrounding area notes a pair of fronts moving through Tuesday. Expect cooler conditions with cloud cover and a chance of light rain showers, along with breezy winds from the north and highs near seasonal norms.
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Cheyenne and Vicinity
Campaign of Villa Near Collapse in Mexican Civil War
Washington officials monitor reports of Obregon’s victory over Villa and Angeles near Leon. Carranza aims to reenter Mexico City for recognition by the United States. Villa and Zapata supporters seek reconciliations to form a government potentially acceptable to Washington.
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Washington
Obregon
Carranza
Villa
Angeles
Leon
Mexico City
United States
Laon
Trinidad
Southern
Republic
Wilson
Ford Motor Co Plans Massive Capital Increase
Detroit June 7 The Ford Motor Company directors approve raising capital from 2 million to 100 million dollars. A 48,000,900 dollar stock dividend will be paid in July to eight shareholders, while 50 million dollars of preferred stock is reserved for future development and dividends. A large cash dividend is also declared though amount is not specified. James Couzens serves as vice president and treasurer. The 10th cash distribution stood at 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
James Couzens
Bhite
Ford
Mexicans thwarted in dynamite export attempt
In El Paso Texas on June 1 customs officials confiscated two crates of dynamite intended for transport into the United States. Twenty cases were found on two Mexicans who tried to carry them across the river and 32 cases were later located in a deserted house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Texas
United States
Girl Rides 40 Miles For Aid With Dislocated Hip
Mise Villa Moore daughter of Lee Moore a Diamond Wyoming rancher and former Platte County official rode forty miles to seek aid after a dislocated hip from a bronco kick. Despite bad weather she pursued treatment and remained in good humor awaiting a doctor at Cheyenne Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Villa Moore
Lee Moore
Diamond
Wyo
Platte County
Sabe
Misa Moore
Mise Moore
Cheyenne
Moore
The
Piains
Doctog
Air Raid on English Coast and Mixed Fronts
German Zeppelins bombed the east coast of England injuring forty and killing five as fires broke out and rail depots were hit. Bombs also struck the Humber fortifications while Harwich was described as covered with combat. Other theaters report Italian and Austro German advances with heavy fighting near Gradisca, Lemberg, and along the Gallipoli peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bingland
Admiralty
Corman
Warwick
Humber
Harwich
Haglah Ends
Belgium
Hrittah
Lander Wool Crowned Best by Trade in Wyoming
June 7. John J. Holliday president of the National Wool Warehouse company, says Lander district wool is the best by Wyoming trade. Long pod medium wools sold 24 to 28 cents, averaging about 26 1/2 cents. Coarser grades fetch 18 to 24 cents, averaging around 21. Short wool has been neglected, with a forecast that waiving the short wools may become possible to meet foreign demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Woo
Wyoming
John J. Holliday
National Wool Warehouse Company
Holiday
National
Union Pacific
Waho
Utah
Holliday
Spotted Fever Outbreak Reported in Albany County
In Albany County two Radichal sisters aged 14 and 16 are hospitalized in Grand Argenny with spotted fever or tick fever. Mabel arrived Wednesday with early symptoms and sister Jeannine was brought by their father last night. Dr Hamilton says both are improving despite the seriousness of the disease. the tick bite is the infection source and the outbreak marks the first known cases in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Jie
Mabel
Hisle Radichal
August Radichal
Grand Argenny Hospital
Tamiiton
Onlg Lidion
Ita Vietin
National Woman's Suffrage Association backs Congressional Union
The National Women's Suffrage Association adopted a resolution today in Chicago praising the Congressional Union's actions against the Democratic party after suffrage defeat in Congress. It stated the union harmed no part of the suffrage cause and did not injure non suffrage slaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Wiomen
Congressional Union
Democratic Party
Congress
Union
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Birnman
Lincoln
Levers Brothers
Aberdeen
Star of the West
Ida Crater
Sur Prise
Dorothy Humiston
Mines Clark
Lawler
Bergersen
Ford Motor CO
Udine
Italy
Igonzo River
Capor
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Turkish War Office
Anya
Vienna
Stryi
Kas
Lemberg
Galela
Zernowits
Albany County
Supapimgrasso
API
EOV
Vork Congresson AL Union
Ormes
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