Allied Hero Citations Highlight American War Efforts
Reports from Washington and France praise Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr for rallying troops during Cantigny and cite American forces in Lorraine and Picardy for bravery under fire. French authorities commend the Rainbow Division after 100 days on the front, while aviators disrupt Piave crossings aided by Italian HQ notes.
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Teddy, JR
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
Cantigny
France
Lorraine
Torrington Court Hears District Court With Mentser in Town
Judge Mentser accompanied by Paul Wilcox and William C. Kinkead arrived in Torrington to hold district court at Lask and Douglas. The judge is expected to be out of the city for the week.
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Torrington
Judes
William
Mentser
Paul Wilcox
William C. Kinkead
Lask and
Douglas
Mentzer
New Merchandises Firm Formed In Angelica
The John Triphey Company of Can incorporated today with 1900 shares at par 290 each and a $100,000 capital. Incorporators and directors listed as D W John and Angelica Tripeny.
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NEW Merchandise Rirm
John Triphey
Dafenge State Council Forms Poster Mail for Children Year
The Woman's Committee of the State Council of Dafenge mails posters for the Children's Year. The observance begins in Abril and runs for one year with activities planned nationwide.
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Woman's Committee
State Council of
Dafenge
Hundreds of Local Recruits Report for Camp Lewis
A list shows 100 men from the area will depart to Camp Lewis American Lake Washington. The first roll call is at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the courthouse. The roster includes many with surnames like Jamies, Weasley, Berich, and Storey, plus reserves and recruits from other boards.
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Camp Lewis
American Lake
Wash
Joe Jamies Nerred
George Peter Area
Harry Lee Houston
Stanley Weasley Simpson
David Berich
Ralph W. W.hawley
Kenneth F. Riley
Franklin K. Hemphill
Pag Grande
Theros Boores
Niles Eikjer
Morris Gartner
Earl
Elroy Johnson
Ray Mitchell
George Huff
Samuel Harrison Callwell
August P. F. Lehman
Francisco Triolo
Fred ©. Freudenthal
Isaae N. Watson
Lawrence Houston Kellar
Everett Delegaye
George F. Storey
John Robert Emmett Storey
Ignasio Milatco
Harry John McClure
Carl M. Bilings
James W. Miller
Ralph J. Platner
John Hurley
Emerice Loren Woods
Cadville Yates
Richard Robert Champion
William Virgil Crawford
Matthew Gerard
Abraham Wolf Idelman
Jay Beall
William Moran
Robert S. Powers
Guy W. Osborn
Charles Henry Nichola
Roy L. Redding
Dan Burney
Martin Edwin Linstrom
Clyde R. Randolph
Dwight W. Fisher
James Seals
Glen 1D. Snavely
Almon L. Lesbaugh
Walter Clyde Babb
David F. Stalker
Frances M Jones
Fred Robertson
Ronald Wynton Brown
Eugene Stanley Moore
Thomas ©. Larson
Roy Anthony McFesley
Homer V. Lucas
Samuel J. Brown
George Bichenford Lake
John C. McCaffery
Creston K. Finch
Rewhard Franc Karlstrom
Ralph Wonser
F. G. McDinnis
Louis Morandin
Lloyd Arthur Duncan
George ©. Sain
Jacob Schoel
John N. Smith
Charles E Anderson
Eugene Peters
Thomas Daniel Myers
Albert Carlson
Alvin Rufus Keeger
Charles Francis Smith
Ray T. DeWitt
Joe Ross
Herbert Bannon
John Jacob Munn
Virgil Luke Dempsey
Henry A. Gould
Crutch Munroe Moore
Walter George Moffatt
Harry Maurice Cole
Louis Johnson
George Henry Cole
Milon
Bertin Hill
Fred Shaffer
Antonio Numex
Joseph E. Edwards
Leonard L. Hart
Edward Wm. Land
Clarence H. Bastian
Theodore H. Anderson
Theodore Anderson
Chris 3. Sawyer
Rous S. Nelson
Clarence Mason
Edward H. Schuake
Laramie County
Alfred Marcuseen
Portland
Party B. Shelly
Freedom
Neb
Jamon A.read
Joplin
Joe R. Florence
Mora
X. M
Italian Doctor Slain in Office by Countryman
In Kemmerer Wyoming on June 24 Dr. F. Digocomo was found dead in his home with a revolver and knife wounds after a brutal struggle. Peter Natala, a Denver fugitive, was captured by a posse in Opal early Saturday. Digocomo had been convicted of manslaughter in Green River and was on bond pending appeal.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
F. Digocomo
Peter Natala
Dr. Digocomo
Naotann
Denver
Colo
Opal
Digocomo
Green River
William Inglese
Diamondville
Supreme Court
Wyoming
Rock Springs
First million tons of new ships to be delivered this month
Washington reports that the first million tons of ships to be built on contract for the Shipping Board will arrive by month end. Last week deliveries totaled 87 430 tons, bringing 1918’s grand total to 924 200 tons. In Moscow a Bolshevik official was shot in the street, and Vienna notes Premier von Seydier to lead further cabinet discussions after resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
Amsterdam
Hoperor
Charles
Gaye & Vienna
Iia
Mearning
von Seydier
Laramie County Draft Plans July 5 for Fort Logan
Laramie County will furnish sixty men for the draft of 1000 en route to Fort Logan Colorado starting July 6 for four days. The local board reported eighty three men in class one not counting agricultural claim holdovers. County quotas listed include Albany 4 Big Horn 70 Campbell 110 Carbon 10 Converse 100 Crook 55 Fremont 1106 Goshen 10 Hot Springs 0 Johnson 26 Lincoln 115 Natrona 66 Niobrara 20 Park 80 Platt 40 Sheridan 10 Sweetwater 20 Washakie 6 Wes
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Laramie County
Fort Logan
Colo
Ray K. Olde
Albany
Big Horn
Campbell
Carbon
Converse
Crook
Fremont
Goshen
Hot Springs
Johnson
Lincoln
Natrona
Niobrara
Park
Platio
Sheridan
Sweetwater
Washakie
Wes
Class of 1918 May Be Numbered This Week
Washington dispatch reports the army draft plans may fix a day this week for the numbering of the class of 1918. Officials anticipate issuing order numbers to eligible men as part of the wartime conscription process.
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Associated Press
Washington
Christensen Boys Safe in Europe
Word reached their parents that Axel and Valdimer Christensen arrived safely in Europe. The brothers, once active in Plaine Dairy before the war, enlisted in a Mounted Hospital Corps as the call for men grew. They were hospitalized in Texas until recently when ordered overseas.
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Axel
Valdimer Christensen
al ‘Ng
Plaine
Texas
Railroad Blameless In Death Of Woman
The coroner's jury found that Mrs Emma C Cox of Omaha died after opening a vestibule door on a Pullman or through train No 1 near Corpleth two miles west of Cheyenne. The death likely occurred when she fell or walked to the west bound track after becoming unsteady as the train curved. No blame was attached to any train crew. Judge W H Edwards presided as coroner with Clyde Barley away.
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W. B. Dinneen
W. L LeBaron
C. A Guiling
Emma C. Cox
Omaha
Colon Pacific
Corpleth
Cheyenne
Edwarde
Clyde Barly
Austro Hungarian Losses in Piave Battle Report
The Austro Hungarians suffered extreme losses in men and matériel as Italy’s forces defeated them on the Piave front. The war office said the enemy was driven from the entire river bank except one point and crossed the Piave only under Italian artillery fire. Austrian dead reportedly covered ground in large numbers.
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Nome
Piave
War Office
Kumbera
Washington
Sunda
Montello
Cell Della Macconna
Nerzesa
Maierda
Sardona
Young
Senate Advances Large Sundry Appropriations Bill
The Senate moved the sundry appropriation bill today, authorizing two billion five hundred billion dollars in funding. A conference is planned to reconcile differences before final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Cat Barred So He Would Not Enlist in Marines
A Fall River youth, M J McDonough, refused Marine Corps enlistment after bringing a large cat to the recruiting station. He claimed the cat would guard him from rats in the trenches, but recruiting officials ruled no pets, and he left without enlisting.
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Providence
R. L
5. Pearlin
U. S. Marine Corps
Paris Island
M. J. McDonough
Fail River
Marine Corps
Fall River
McDonough
Kur
Tommy
Aaid Peariie
Fos Ruitiog
Congress wrestles with two amendments this week
Washington June 4 Congress focuses on two amendments women’s suffrage and prohibition while awaiting a revenue bill. The house will take up the resolution for federal constitutional amendment on woman suffrage with a vote expected today. A two thirds majority is needed for adoption, aides say.
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Washington
Congress
boUre Ways and Meme
Boure
Governor Moux Visits Sheridan State Hospital Inspecting
Governor Frank J. Moux and state officials R Forsyth and H B Gates are in Sheridan today to inspect the state hospital.
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Frank J. Moux
R & Forsyth
H. B. Gates
Sheridan
Austrian strikers press for peace in Vienna
Strikers in Vienna factories demand general peace from the Austrian government and invite envoys from enemy nations to a peace meeting, the Times Hague dispatch reports. Baron Burian and other officials are mentioned in the plea as per the dispatch.
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London
Vienna
Ita Capitor
the Times
Hague
Zurich
Munich
Vienna Zeitung
Speck McGinley Chasing Fritz Returns Safe
Mrs J McGinley receives word that her son Sergeant William P McGinley of Company B these engineers has arrived safely. Known as Speck in Cheyenne, he is popular with Union Pacific colleagues where he was employed.
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J. &. McGinley
Willian P. McGinley
Sergeant McKinsey
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Mexicans May Aid Labor Difficulties
Mexicans may be brought into the United States for railway and maintenance work ranch and agricultural work and lignite mining under a new Department of Labor ruling. State Labor Commissioner F E Taylor says persons seeking Mexicans for these jobs should contact the state office for details.
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Department of Labor
F E. P. Taylor
Crabbe predicted dry Wyoming in upcoming prohibition vote
Crabbe, superintendent of the Anti Saloon League, returns from a Wyoming tour predicting a dry victory. He cites growing statewide support among business leaders and professionals, ongoing precinct organizing, and weekly distribution of the American issue as the campaign intensifies ahead of November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Yhe Crabbe
Anti Saloon League
Crabbe
Wade
Een
Italians Roll Back Austrians at Piave Front
Washington dispatch reports 45 000 prisoners captured and vast war stores seized as Italian counteroffensive drives Austrians from the Piave. Italians regain morale after holding the Venetian plains and Lombard front amid heavy fighting and bridge actions.
Italians Retake Old River Positions in War Front
Italian troops pushed to reoccupy the Piave river’s old channel west of the main stream, retaking positions near Dince. Capo Sile detachment advances as artillery and air forces disrupt enemy lines. Paris reports a French assault at Bilany repulsed with losses and allied gains persist.
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Prcardy
Wherry
Atlantic Ocean
Chateau-Thierry
Paris
Ludendorf
Amiens
Abbeville
Montdidier Sal
Picardy
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Voges
Dince
Capo Sile
Th Point
Bilany
Austrians Retreat Under Darkness Along Piave Front
June 1 report describes Austrian forces pulling back along the Piave line under cover of night. Retreating troops abandoned heavy equipment as Italian forces advance.
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Piave
Raffalo Garenel
Milen’ Repolo
Gandela
San Dona di Piave
Ivalaan
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Gritchland! Useray
Moscow
M. Volaidaraky
Press
Promient Bolshevic
Petro
Christensen
Europe
George E. Rice
Thermopolis Boy
Chanute Aviation Field
Rantoul, Il
Railroad
Associated Pressey
Baron Burian
M. Paul
Lokal Anziger
Food Department
Hung
Germany
August Muller
Copenhagen
Muller
M’ginley
Trip
Bligny
Agan
Venetian Pinine
Milan
Daily Mail
Asiago
Monte Grappa
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