Burlington through trains tie Cheyenne to Casper routes
Burlington announces June 4 service with new through trains linking Omaha to Central Wyoming via Alliance Wendover and Denver Cheyenne Casper Douglas. Additional connections join Denver North Platte Valley northeastern Wyoming with Wendover and Bridgeport Morrill lines. Train 31 through Denver Cheyenne to Douglas Casper and a Wendover connection create through morning and noon services.
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Ie Leader
Burlington Railroad
Cheyenne
Central Wyoming
Denver
Casper
Wendover
A. L. Moore
Burlington and C.& 5
Omaha
Lincoln
North Platte Valley
Douglas
Wyoming
Alliance
Hiidgeport
Morrill
Sidney
Sterling
Brush-Oxford
Omaha-Casper
Chicago
Kansas City
Jack Hills
West
Douglas-Casper
Fur Placidge
Allianes
Burlington ’Commissary Department
Wipper
Bridgeport
Hinch
Verh
Brush
Hurlington
Kendrick
Mohler resigns as UP president. Jeffers touted as successor
A. L. Mohler resigns the UP and Oregon Short Line presidency effective July 1 but will stay on in advisory roles. W. M. Jeffers, the UP general superintendent, is favored to succeed him, with Charles Ware also mentioned. Mohler’s career began in 1868 and spanned leadership across the Hill system, Oregon Railroad and Navigation, and Portland steamship interests.
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Omaha
Neb
A. L. Mohler
Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific
W. M. Jeffers
Charles Ware
Mohler
Chicago
Northwestern
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Harriman
Peace Commission Named By Baptists
The Northern Baptist Convention established a commission to act as a court of inquiry to adjudicate differences among affiliated societies and to foster cooperation among Baptist groups nationwide. It will also plan for reviewing the missionary work of the American Baptist Publication Society and the American Home Missions Society. Cleveland was named as the next convention site amid talks of a western withdrawal.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northern Baptist Convention
United States
American Bapitat Publication Society
American Home Missions Society
Baptists of
West
Cleveland
Cheyenne Officials Pledge Improved Interstate Transport
Leading officials of the road held a meeting at the Jodustelal club earlier this month. Businessmen and residents across the district express gratification at changes set to greatly aid communication and transportation in the state.
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Jodustelal Clu
Cheyenne
War updates and naval actions near Europe and Baltic
Allied operations press on as British and Swedish talks ease shipping tensions. German shipping faces submarine patrols in the Baltic. The Vervets sinkings are reported from Stockholm and Melila notices mention the Mira torpedoed near Marseilles with all hands lost.
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Robert Cecil
Yeeloviday
Great Britain
Sweden
Cam
Gerwan
Baltic Sea
Stockholm
Preach
Mira
Marceilles
Submarine Tragedy Telegrams Roil Young Men's Club
Members of a local Young Men's Literary club heard a dramatic tale presented as AP telegrams about a fake submarine tragedy involving Roderick Matson. The open house featured dramatic readings, with guests reacting to reports of Berginafjord sinking and prominent officials summoned to briefings.
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Roderick Chua Matson
Old
China
North Sea
Associated Press
Young Men's Literary Club
Klinger may escape criminal trial in fatal hit run
O N Klinger of Eaton faces a possible drop of the criminal charge after a car accident that injured Mrs May Leffler and Mrs Julia Gukley. Instead of prosecution, the injured women may file a civil damages suit. He was arrested after the incident and released on bond for aggravated assault and battery.
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O. N. Klinger
Eaton
May Leffler
Julia Gukley
Vica
Frank Housman
Force Guarding Mexican Border Expands With New Troops
In Texas Big Bend district by next week nearly one thousand additional men join the border patrol after bandit raids at Boquillas and Glenn Springs. General Funston orders Blath U. 8 cavalry to Marfa and into Slorre Blanca Alpine and Marathon, part of 4000 guardsmen who have reported for service with few failures to take the oath. Washington reports mobilization delays and Arizona New Mexico guards added amid equipment concerns.
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San Antonio
Tex
Big Bend
Boquillas
Glenn Springs
Funston
Blath
U. 8 Cavalry
Columbus
Dos
Marfa
Slorre Blanca
Alpine
Marathon
Texas
Washington
Pupston
War Department
Arizona
New Mexico
Ee Omnes Steee
Taft urges ministers to preach peace across nation
President Taft heads a church cooperation committee urging 10 000 ministers to explain the League to Enforce Peace program in sermons on Peace Sunday May 28 The letter is signed by J T Wilton Shailer Mathews Charles MacFarland and others as Taft presides over the League to Enforce Peace with plans for its first annual assemblage May 26 27
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New York
William HM. Taft
Haw
League To Eefore Peace
J. T. Wilton
Methodist of
Shailer Mathown
Pederal Council
Churches of Christ In
Americ
Hey, Charles & MacFerland
J. &Emenspyder
Arthur J. Irown
Hawaiiion Holt
Pred B. Bwith
New Austrian Attack Drives Italians Back Five Miles
British and Berlin dispatches report continued Austrian pressure on Italian lines near Trent and in the Ulmaring valley. Italian forces withdraw from Zerna fort and upper Astico as Austrians push forward through snowbound mountains.
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Iine
Trent
Rome
Zerna Forta
Uinraring
Astico
Monte Muggio
Sagliodaspio
Berlin
Roverto
Woman Offers Sons to Teddy Roosevelt
In Detroit on May 1 Theodore Roosevelt urged military preparedness and social justice in two addresses. He spoke at an American day celebration and a Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen event, shaking hands with thousands as an elderly woman offered her two sons, prompting his remark on national unity beyond differences.
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Detroit
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Brotherhood of
Roosevelt
Henry Ford
Shee Ie
Ford
Morgan Hired Detectives for Spying
New York May 19 The Thompson legislative committee inquiry into wire tapping revealed that Wm J Burns and son Sherman set up rooms near Seymour and Seymour to install listening devices in the lawyers offices. The district attorney charged detectives were hired by J P Morgan with stolen French government messages used by munitions makers. The committee cleared Seymour and Seymour from the stolen documents. Mayor Mitchell accused Senator Phompaon of treachery after insisting on controlling the inquiry amid potential federal involvement.
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New York
Thompson Legislative Committee
New York Police
Wm. J
Recessive Smoking Tied to Half of Marine Corps Reflections
In New York on May 19 a report links cigarette smoking to about 50 percent of reflections at the United States Marine Corps recruitment center. The study notes smoking as a key factor in health reflections among recruits and calls for policy review.
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New York
United States Marine Corps
Death Sentence Not Confirmed In Drabiios case
The United States ambassador in London reports no confirmation of a death sentence for Jeremiah Lamb, a naturalized American citizen, involved in a Canadian conpiracy case. Authorities seek to halt the process while appeals or investigations continue.
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Washington
U. S
London
Cablert
Chad
Tug Ben Ban
Jeremiah
Lamb
Lansing
Appeals to Wilson to Save Oil Fields for Navy
Washington May 18 Secretary Daniels urged President Wilson to press for a law to allow entry of oil lands in California held withdrawn by Taft in 1900. He warned the Navy must cease using oil as fuel and switch to coal, a move to bolster national defense. A delegation of California operators conferred with Secretary Daniels, indicating readiness to compromise.
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Cheyenne
White House
Wilson Wan
Theater
Wilson
U. S. Navy
Daniele
Wee
States Navy
California
Senate Public Lands Committee
Taft
Duniele
Liamios
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Atriley
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State Leader
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Bergen
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Ireland
Berginaljord
R. N. Matson
H. A. MacCraken
A. P
Polk
Klinger
W. H. Taft
Mr. Taft
Caucasus
Agia
Grand Duke
Campaiea
Trebizond
Haron von der Goltz
Mosul
Lake van
Tigris
Bagdad
Haxeen
Townehond
Teddy
Morgan
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