Orozco Faces Turn in Mexican Revolt Amid Gomez Abdication
General Orozco with about 7 000 men presses the federal army near the border as Emilio Vasquez Gomez abdicates the provisional presidency and flees to the U S. Rebels clash near Conchos and Mapimi with unknown losses while Chihuahua officials and British interests are noted in transit and response.
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Juarez
Mexico
Orozco
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Gomez
Desert
Mexican Central Railroad
Escalon
Conejos
Peronal
el Paso
Jose Cordova
Chihuahua
British sloop Algerian Arrives in San Francisco for West Coast Voyage
The British sloop of war Algerian reached San Francisco from Esquimalt and immediately began coal and supplies for a voyage to Mexican west coast ports. The vessel reportedly received orders prior to departure.
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San Francisco
Cal
Esquimalt
B. C
Mexic
Vastain
Wyoming Girl Favors West Over Chicago Climate
Merle Russell twenty two from a Wyoming ranch near Cheyenne visits Chicago praises the West as God’s land and longs to return home for freedom of dress and air. She telegraphs plans to reach her Cheyenne ranch early next week saying she will not rest until she leaves Chicago for Wyoming.
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Chicago
Ill
West
Wyoming
Merle Russell
Cheyenne
Miss Russell
Mise Russell
Lights Installed in City Alleys in Cheyenne
City council orders electric lighting in Cheyenne alleys. Most of the business district now lit with three tufilstin lamps per block, a marked progress ahead of many large cities. The installation is complete and results are satisfactory.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming and Utah Good Roads Leaders Deny Route Bias
A Wyoming highway official discusses Wyoming’s overland route with Utah leaders. Salt Lake City replies that Utah favors no discrimination and will promote both routes, noting Colorado’s Denver Grand Junction link and directing tour information to Cheyenne Leader. The exchange aims to reassure Wyoming that Utah will not block northern routes.
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Orter
Spry
Utah
B. L. Emery
Laramie
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Grand Junction
Salt Lake City
Denver- Grand Junction
Joberpit C. Caine
Commercial Club
Government punishes clerk but not express co s carrying mail
Washington reports that a Denver district attorney arrested a railway mail clerk for carrying outside the mail a muttable packet. The same DA prosecutes express carriers for similar offenses under a separate law. The piece notes perceived inconsistencies between enforcement and profits from private express services. Documentation hints at broader political context and Democratic prospects, with references to Speaker Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Denver
Colo
Prinan
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Proor
Oscar Underwood
Mystery surrounds unknown Chicago woman murdered in Los Angeles bungalow
Los Angeles detectives face an identity mystery after a 35 year old woman, believed from Chicago, was found murdered in a northwest LA bungalow. Embroidered letter K on her handkerchief, Chicago purchased hat, and Church of the Holy Name badges link to Chicago society. Police seek laundry marks C DX and X 42, plan to verify Chicago membership and eliminate suspects. Hundreds have visited the morgue but no identification yet.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Marshal Field’s
Church of the Holy Name
Conaty
Monterey
Chiago Oranolaation
Woman's Bones So Brittle They Break In Bed
In Louis, Missouri, Mrs. C W Norris of Chester is treated in a local hospital for an unusual illness that makes her bones so brittle they break from slight pressure. Her right arm broke when she rolled in bed, following prior fractures of her left arm and hip, leaving her fearful to move.
Industrial Club Smoker Monday to Host Delegates
The Cheyenne Industrial club will hold a harmony smoker Monday night for Democratic and Republican delegates at the two state conventions. The event aims to set politics aside, focus on social wit, and provide light refreshments to entertain and edify the guests.
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Cheyenne
West End Twin Falls Irrigation Co Incorporates in Wyoming
The West End Twin Falls Irrigation company, with $1,000,000 capital, is incorporated under Wyoming law with Cheyenne as principal office. It holds lands in Twin Falls and Owyhee counties Idaho and aims to build reservoirs and ditches. Directors for the first year include Meredith, Speers, Caron, Smuth, Perkins, Porter, and Richmland. Hyatt represents the company locally.
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West End
Twin Falls Irrigation Company
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Twin Falls
Owyhee
Idaho
E. T. Meredith
G. W. Speers
Andrew E. Caron
Elmer
Hearst Pressmen Walk Out in Frisco
San Francisco May 11 Hearst pressmen on the Examiner walked out tonight in sympathy with striking pressmen of other Hearst papers just before Sunday editions. Management said they expected to produce some form of paper Sunday. No disorders were reported.
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San Francisco
Examiner
Hearst
Governor Wilson Denounces Tariff Make-Believe at Reform Dinner
In New York on May 11 Governor Wilson attacked the tariff policy, calling it the face of general advantage worn to a prank, as he spoke at a Reform Club dinner about tariff reform and private interests smiling behind the scheme.
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New York
Wilson
Roosevelt Ahead In Minnesota Republican Primaries
Scattering returns from Republican primaries in many counties show Roosevelt leading Taft by about three to one. Voters in Minnesota report Roosevelt winning more precincts as ballots come in from St Paul and other counties.
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St. Paul, Minn
Pri- Maries
Roosevelt
Taft
Upbraiding Conflicts End in Self-Inflicted Wound
McGinn boarding house on Sev enteenth Street reports line man L. McWhaffle of Mountain States Tele phone and Telegraph company slashed his throat after a quarrel with his wife. He was found bleeding badly, described as in critical condition at the hospital after confessing to the act. His wife attributes the dispute to his two days of drinking.
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McGinn
Seventeenth Street
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wharfle
Mia
Wharfley la
Wyoming Democratic convention opens in Cheyenne Monday
The Wyoming Democratic convention convenes Monday at 10 a.m. in Fraternal hall to select six national delegates, elect a state committeeman for Governor Osborne, name a state central committee, and plan a vigorous campaign. Elks Hall offers headquarters and a city tour is arranged for delegates.
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State of
Wyoming
Leader
Baltimore
John E. Osborne
Osborne
National Democratic Executive Committee
Stafids
Senator Warren
United States Senate
Warren
Benevolent Order of Elks
Cheyenne
Plaing Hotel
Plains
Million Gift Aims for County Agricultural Demonstrators
Chicago May 11 A million dollar donation aims to place an agricultural demonstrator in every county to study local farming and raise yields. The plan, backed by the crop improvement committee of the Council of Grain Exchanges, will fund 100 counties with 2000 dollars each and empower local committees to hire trained agronomists to assist farmers, organize clubs and exhibits, and work with schools to teach basics of agriculture.
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Chicago
Council of Grain Exchanges
Clides
Bert Mall
James Whitcomb Riley on Mother's Day Sentiment
The piece reflects on a Mother's love as a guiding, exalted force. It urges honoring mothers, wearing flowers as a symbol of purity, and recalling home memories with quiet reflection.
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Mr. James Whitcomb Riley
Hibben Heads Princeton Inauguration as 14th President
Princeton New Jersey May 41 John Grier Hibben was today inaugurated fourteenth president of Princeton University President Taft and Chief Justice White attended among six thousand others in attendance at the ceremony
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Princeton
N. J
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Taft
White
Arizona Passes Strict Anti Child Labor Bill
The Arizona lower house approved an anti child labor measure expanding the state’s restrictions. It targets employment of children under fourteen, school hours work limits, and mining or hazardous jobs for under sixteen, with a governor's signature anticipated. A separate bill would tax express telegraph and telephone firms, while a Kinney labor bill to bar non English speakers from mining and other work passed the senate 11 to 3 and was sent to the assembly. If enacted, the laws could affect up to 20 000 foreigners in the state.
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Phoenix
Artz
Hunt
Senate
House
Kinney
Assembly
Tiw Jt
Ari Zon
Pension Law Enacts Thirty-Five Million First Year
President Taft signed the pension bill after legislative delays. The measure provides thirty-five million dollars for the first year of operation with early estimates projecting around twenty-two million dollars in the initial period.
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Washington
Taft
Fovate
House
Science Healer Sues Texan for Alleged Alienation of Wife’s Affections
Charles Chartera a Christian Science healer sues Thomas L. Temple a Texas millionaire for $190000 claiming he alienated the affections of Chartera’s wife Lillian Young Charters. The case cites alleged arts contrivances gifts and influence to turn the wife away.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles Chartera
Thomas L. Temple
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Emilio Vasques Gomez
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Thody
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Hibben
Arizona
Charters
Lillian Young Charters
Enation
Jan Witower
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Jar Wey Ci
Texarkana
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