BIRNMAN BLOWS HOSTILE TEPPLEIN TO PIECES IN SKY BATTLE
Reginald J Warneford a Canadian lieutenant in the British navy destroyed a Zeppelin in flight near Ghent and Bruges. The airship crashed into a convent at Monte St Amand killing crew and civilians as five were killed and forty wounded in one of the era’s most thrilling air battles. The British pilot regained control after the crash, narrowly avoiding disaster.
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Birnman
London
Reginald J. Warneford
ccub-Heutenant
Ghent
Bruges
Bomt
Monte St. Amand
Lincoln Highway President Tours Cheyenne Test Trip
Henry B. Joy head of the Lincoln Memorial Highway Association and Packard president arrives in Cheyenne with E F Bement and B Eisenhut from Detroit on a mud covered 12 wheel Packard. Joy notes eastern roads improved yet Lincoln route through Nebraska Indiana Illinois needs alignment and better fencing. He cites cement roads as ideal for long distance travel and urges natural country contours for the highway.
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 Sinks German Transports Amid Invasion
London reports say three German transports, a Russian Amur class cruiser, a naval auxiliary vessel, and two other ships were sunk in the Baltic as Russian submarines and destroyers thwart a troop landing near Courland. The Yenisei auxiliary was lost. enemy hydroplanes were repelled by Russian guns and submarines. The Sunlight and Star of the West were reported sunk by German submarines near Ireland. In Paris, the mine layer Asabicana was blown up near the Aegean coast with survivors rescued by an English destroyer.
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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 and Exposition Vote
The State Leader campaign shows Ida Crater and eight leading candidates vying for eight free trips to Cheyenne exposition. Readers are urged to subscribe and rally support before the July 3 deadline, with standings listing Miss Ide M. Orator of Laramie at top and numerous other local and Cheyenne entrants in the race.
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Ida Crater
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 nears completion with insistence on prior visit and search rights before attacking unarmed ships. President Wilson may approve and telegraph to Berlin tonight or tomorrow as Count von Bernstorff stays optimistic about the crisis. Ambassador Gerard reports no German admiralty findings on the Nebraskan torpedoing yet while American naval attaches prepare a full inquiry report.
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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
Cheyenne and nearby areas forecast a pair of unsettled Tuesday conditions with variable cloud cover and chances of light rain. Winds light to moderate from the southwest. Temperatures expected to range from the mid forties to the mid fifties.
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Cheyenne and Vicinity
Campaña de Villa al borde del colapso según informes de combate
Washington observa rumores de victoria de Obregon sobre Villa y Angeles en Leon. Se cree que si Obregon triunfa podría intentar retornar a Ciudad de México para erigir gobierno y buscar reconocimiento de Estados Unidos. Las partes buscan acercamientos sin aprobación oficial.
Ford Motor Co Declares Stock Increase and Dividends
Detroit June 7 Ford Motor Company directors authorize raising capital from 2 million to 100 million with 48.9 million distributed as a stock dividend to eight owners in July. Fifty million shares reserved for treasury and future needs. A large cash dividend is declared but not disclosed. James Couzens serves as vice president and treasurer.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
James Couzens
Bhite
Ford
Mexicans Thwarted In Export To Use Dynamite
At El Paso Texas on June 1 two Mexicans were stopped as customs officials confiscated dynamite intended for transport into the United States. Twenty cases were found on the river crossing and thirty two more were located in a deserted house.
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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 on horseback to seek medical help after a dislocated hip from a bucking horse. Despite pain she reached Cheyenne then Plains waiting for a doctor, keeping bright spirits.
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Mise Villa Moore
Lee Moore
Diamond
Wyo
Platte County
Sabe
Air raid on English coast and Allied fronts report
British admiralty reports German Zeppelins raided the east coast of England causing five deaths and forty injuries with fires from bombs and tank explosions. Other Zeppelins bombarded Warwick port while British defenses claimed they were not hit. Simultaneous Italian and Balkan fronts show Italian advances near Caportite and Gradisca, and Ottoman forces on Gallipoli report heavy losses and stubborn fighting. Austro German forces push toward Lemberg as Russians retreat along a twenty mile front.
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London
Bingland
Admiralty
Corman
Warwick
Humber
Harwich
Haglah Ends
Belgium
Hrittah
Vienna
Stryi
Kas
Lemberg
Galela
Zernowits
Lander District Wool Considered Best by Wyoming Trade
June 7. John J. Holliday, president of the National Wool Warehouse company, says Lander district wool is the best in Wyoming. Long, fine Launder wools fetch the highest prices, around 26 1/2 cents. heavy Moreno and short staple range 18 to 24 cents. Over 5,000,000 pounds of long wool have moved along the Union Pacific and into Wyoming and Utah this spring.
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Lander
Woo
Wyoming
John J. Holliday
National Wool Warehouse Company
Holiday
National
Union Pacific
Waho
Utah
Holliday
Spotted Fever Breaks Out in Albany County
In Laramie, Mabel and Hisle Radichal, daughters of August Radichal, are hospitalized with spotted fever or tick fever. Mabel arrived Wednesday with symptoms. Her sister followed last night. Doctors say it is a full fledged case but both are improving. They are the first in the county to be affected by the tick borne illness.
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Laramie
Jie
Mabel
Hisle Radichal
August Radichal
Grand Argenny Hospital
Tamiiton
Onlg Lidion
Ita Vietin
National Women's Suffrage Association Endorses Congressional Union Actions
The National Women's Suffrage Association adopted a resolution today backing the Congressional Union's tactics against the Democratic party after suffrage defeat in Congress. It states the union harmed no cause for non suffrage slaves and approves their actions.
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Chicago
National Wiomen
Congressional Union
Democratic Party
Congress
Union
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Leon
Mexico City
Laon
Trinidad
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Ford Motor CO
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Mise Moore
Moore
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Doctog
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