Murder First Degree verdict in Hellar trial
Private Joseph C. Hellar of Company T 24th Infantry Fort Tugell was found guilty of murder in the first degree with a sentence to be determined. The jury deliberated from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and recommended no capital punishment, directing imprisonment. The trial opened with jury selection and witness testimony detailing the altercation in which Private Lynn was killed at Fort Mussel.
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Joseph C. Nellar
24St Infantry
Fort Tugsell
United States District Court
Riner
Hellar
Marion A. Kline
Dend Hellar
C. L. Rigdon
United States
Austen
John M. Lynn
Ft. Mussel
Lynn
Tellar
Kanoko
de Tae
Weather forecast for Wyoming remains partly cloudy
Forecoal reports a partly cloudy and unsettled pattern for Saturday and Sunday with scattered showers. Temperatures show little change across the period.
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Wyoming
Explosion at Starch Plant Kills Dozens in Cedar Rapids
A starch factory blast in Cedar Rapids Iowa last night killed forty two workers and injured many more. Rescue teams searched the ruins as twelve bodies were recovered and emergency hospitals received multiple patients.
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Cedar Rapids
Douglas Starch Works
Bitterness of Treaty Debate Forecast on Senate Action
Washington May 3 The peace treaty league of nations covenant dominated three hours of Senate debate with adjournment remaining as unfinished business. The measure seeks the full treaty text, but opposition hinges on perceived improprieties and the provisional nature of the official abstract.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Isagie
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Osiene
Berlin
Aerial Forest Patrol Inaugurated Over San Diego County
Aerial patrols of San Diego County forest reserves began today with radio equipped planes to report fires to forest headquarters. Aircraft will overfly blazes and drop fire extinguishing chemicals to stamp out or retard fires, with expansion planned if successful to other Southern California reserves.
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San Diego
Galif
Prohibition Debate Divides Local Young Men's Club
The Young Men's Literary Club in Tempe discussed President Wilson's prohibition policy with varied views. Members condemned the action, while others supported restricting alcohol and considered France's frugality and women’s influence as factors in wartime labor and recovery.
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Young Men's Literary Club
Tempeeting
Kontinent
Valner
Moswra
Rou
Deming
Kennedy
Mesars
Lateon
Yorks Medal of Honor Hero Honored at Tennessee Dinner
Sergeant Alvin C York, praised as the greatest soldier in history, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for war deeds in the Argonne. He killed 20 Germans and captured 1832, turning back 36 enemy machine gun posts. Major General Duncan and Vice Admiral Gleavow lauded him. A war telegram from the secretary of war was read.
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Alvid GC. York
Argonne
Tennessee
York
Church of Christ and Chrisian Union
Little
Pall Mell
George Duncan
82Nd
Albert Gleavow
Secretary of War
Baker
Duncan
Villa threats widen as Villistas advance into Durango
Reports from May 23 indicate Villa and his rebel band threaten Durango and Chihuahua regions. American mining men prepare special trains to evacuate families if danger nears, while officials say no Americans harmed yet and Villa has treated them with consideration. Parral’s capture and sacking is detailed in recent reports.
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Associated Press
Aera
Denie
Villa
Durango
Chihuahua
Villistas
Parral
Chihuahua City
Highway National Parks Plan Sparks Western Convention
Helena Montana May 28 a meeting to plan linking western national parks with a great highway system will form committees of commercial clubs and chambers of commerce from Idaho Utah Washington Oregon Montana Wyoming and Colorado to coordinate with state officials and Yellowstone Park leaders.
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Helena
Mont
National Parke
United States
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Chambers of Commerce
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Oregon
Mon- Wyemleg
Colorado
Mon
Rts
Yellowstone Park
Handley Page Plane Tests Wireless in Newfoundland Harbor
In Grace Newfoundland on May 23 the Handley Page bomber conducted emergency wireless tests under simulated distress. Experts noted the radio could report position and trouble if forced to water, as the aircraft is erected off Boar's Cove near the same launch site as the Vimy bomber finalizing its tests.
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Associated Press
Harbor
Grace
Newfoundland
Handley-Page
Mawker
Admiral Kerr
Mandley-Page
Boar's Cove
Mount Pearl
St. Jola's
Germans Hand Two Notes to Allies PANS
The German plenipotentiaries handed in two notes to the peace conference secretariat. They concern internal labor legislation and German property to allied countries. The foreign ministers council held an extended program with topics including restitution of Belgian archives and the military situation in Silesia.
Arizona Town Shaken Up By Real Trembler
Flagstaff Arizona reports a light earthquake at 6 05 this morning after a stormy night. The tremor rattled the home of C L Lampland astronomer at Lowell Observatory but caused no damage. No seismograph at the observatory recorded the tremor.
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Arizona
Associated Press
Flagstaff
Ariz
C. Lampland
Lowell Observatory
Tn Observatory
Scientife
Warren Winner First Skirmish at Washington
The Republican committee on committees reports framing of senatorial slate for chairmanships of key panels. Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming favored, despite Progressive opposition. A conference of Republican senators next Monday will reveal the slate and anticipated crossfire over Penrose and Warren.
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Washington
Sinate Republican Committee
Republicamn Committee On Committees
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Pennsylvania
Warren
Wyoming
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Senate
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New York
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Dillingham
Vermont
LaPallette
Wisconsin
Kenyon
Iowa
Poindexter
Ice Cream Peddlers Arraigned in Court
Two ice cream peddlers were arrested and arraigned after a quarrel over business. Nick Panagiotopoulos and E. G. Poulis faced charges. Panagiotopoulos was fined for carrying a concealed weapon, Poulis was discharged. The dispute involved a gun threat during the altercation.
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Ae Nick Panggiotopolas
E. G. Poulis
Swainson
Poulse
Panagiaiapolas
Fox's Death Due to Heart Failure
It was learned yesterday that William Fox died of heart failure at the Dyer Ne lel, not a stroke as first reported. Mrs Fox arrived in Cheyenne from Salt Lake City, where Mr Fox resided, and funeral arrangements are expected to be announced.
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William Fox
Dyer Nelel
Non-Bolshevik Forces Make Rapid Advances On Petrograd
Reports from Helsingfors say non-Bolshevik troops press Petrograd line and break Bolshevik resistance. Bolsheviks suffer thousands of prisoners and lose 30 guns while armor trains and machine guns fall into enemy hands. A North Russian corps with Exthonians attacks Gatschina station. many Bolsheviks surrender and join counterattacks. Petrograd defense reportedly plans to’ arm workers and mobilize about 300,000 defenders.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
Gatschina
Hmoelsingfors
Red evacuation of Moscow reported as desperate
Reports from Velrograd via Copenhagen describe Bolchenniki beginning evacuation of Moscow. Dispatches note Moscow and the surrounding situation are described as desperate as the war effort intensifies.
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Associated Press
London
Bolchenniki Lave Bagun
Moscow
Velrograd
Copenhagen
Ira A Graph Company
Plas A 10
British War Office Says Reds Suffer Heavy Losses in Murmansk Front Action
In a London report dated May 29 the British war office says allied forces captured Medvyelyagara at the northwest end of Lake Onega on the Murmansk front. The Bolshevik rear guard suffered severe losses after a series of actions.
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Associated Press
London
Murmansk
Russia
Medvyelyagara
Lake Onega
British War Office
Maynard Shifts HQ to Murmansk Coast Front
General Maynard commanding allied forces on the Volnya front in Russia moves headquarters 400 miles forward to the White sea at the mouth of the Kem river near Rer. This relocation tightens command for the Volnya operations as winter closes in.
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Associated Press
London
Maynard
Volnya
Hussia
Murmansk
Rer
White Sea
Kem River
Fred Stone Visits Cheyenne During Ranch Stay
Renowned comedian Fred Stone visits Cheyenne to stay with an old friend, Mr. H. Van Tassel, spending time at Van Tassel ranches. Stone once starred with Dawn Montgomery in Montgomery and Stone and the duo produced hits like Ted Mie and Ghis Ching in Chi Chi Chin at the Globe Theatre in New York. He plans to depart Cheyenne at the end of his visit in a few days.
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Fred Stone
Cheyenne
van Tassel
Van
Convicts at Wyoming Prison Strike Over Warder Removal
About 800 inmates at the Wyoming state prison refuse to work at the shirt factory and other jobs in protest of C. J. Martin’s removal as warder. Acting Warden Brine has confined the prisoners to cells and the governor and board of charities plan to investigate, amid protests from supporters of Martin and political disputes.
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C. J. Martin
Wyoming Penitentiary
W. T. Brine
Thele Pelle
Carey
Stule Board of Charities and Reforim
Stele
Martin
Mye
Ut Ie
State Board of Chariies
Rawling
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