Coal Operators and Miners Agree on Wage Increases
In Washington central field negotiators reach agreement on raise amounts for pick and machine miners 10 cents, unskilled labor 1.50, yardage and dead work 20 percent. talks to continue on contract length. Federal fuel officials outline retail price controls and local committee enforcement. Northwest coal shipments to Canada cited as critical by Dr Barfield amid ongoing measures.
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Garfield
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Fuel Administration
Northwest
North- West
Barfield
Canada
Former Rabbi Held on Bootlegging Charge
Lazarus Lehrer, former rabbi of the Jewish synagogue, was arrested at 1621 Pioneer avenue after buying and selling liquor. Officer Jim Brewer seized the bottle and charged him with illegal sale. Lehrer posted a $100 cash bond and faces a preliminary hearing. Orthodoxy shuns him amid controversy over his conduct.
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Mqnor
Jim Brewer
M. A. Smith
Pioneer Avenue
Lehrer
Leurer
Smith
Leuver
Brewer
Sam Bergman
Roval Pawnbroker
Mayo Taine
Houx
American Lake
Former Major of 151 Cavalry Made General
Lieut. Col. James G. Marberd formerly major of the First cavalry now at Fort Russell has been promoted to brigadier general with Pershing in France. He served at Monterey and Douglas before attending war college and going to France with Pershing on the general staff. Other nominations for brigadiers were presented by President Wilson in the senate including W. W. Atterbury for the national army and several colonels across adjutant general, quartermaster, engineer and other corps.
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First Cavalry
Fort Russell
Pershing
France
Monterey
Cal
Douglas, Ariz
The
War College
Wilson
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Army
Adjutant General's Department
James T. Kerr
S A
Eugene G. Fladd
Judge Advocate General's Department
Samuel T Ansell
Edward Russell
Signal Corps
Alfred E. Bradley
Medical Corps
Walter A. Bethel
Clarence €. Williama
Ordnance Department
Harry L. Rogers
Quartermaster's Corps
Lane to Speak in City on Liberty Loan Tour
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane will address a Cheyenne meeting on liberty loans with Gov Hows presiding. A cavalry escort from Fort Russell will meet the special car arriving on the 7 55 Union Pacific train. Denver party includes Mr McCormick and Mr Brown.
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Union Pacific
F. L. Hows
R. N. LaFontaine
Secretary Lane
Wilson
Hbberty Loan
West
Cheyenne
Lane
McCormick
Brown
Denver
Secretary of Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Pacific Northwest
Loreal Liberty Loan Committee
Baseball Scores Reported For National and American Leagues
National League first game New York 6 Philadelphia 3 and second New York 2 Philadelphia 5 Boston 6 Brooklyn 2. American League first game Washington 9 Boston 7 and second Washington 1 Boston 2 Philadelphia 2 New York 0.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Washington
Enlisted Men Eligible for Quartermaster NCO Appointments
Washington Oct 2 War Department announces temporary appointment eligibility for enlisted men from all army branches as non commissioned officers in the quartermasters corps. Commanding officers are authorized to make the appointments under the new regulations.
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Quartermaster’s Corps
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LW W Plans Admit Sabotage in I W W Trial Prep
Preparations for the I W W trial at Chicago indicate it will rank with famous labor cases like Haymarket and the Molly Maguires. Attorney General Gregory leads the prosecution while I W W members pay 50 cents to hire top counsel.
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Haymarket
Molly McGuires
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Washington
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Justice Department
LW. W
Campaign to Expel La Follette From U S Senate
Widespread petitions push to expel Wisconsin senator Robert M. La Follette. Minnesota governors and several U S senators present petitions urging expulsion over his war utterances. Duluth Iron Range Railway workers join calling Congress to purge the senate.
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U.S. Senate
Washington, D. C
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Wisconsin
Congress
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Kellogg
Minnesota
Sterling
South Dakota
Overman
North Carolina
LaFollette
Duluth Iron Knowe Railway Company
French Make Reprisal Air Raids on Foe
Paris reports French aviators bombarded Frankfort on the Main Stuttgart Treves and Coblens in reprisal for German attacks on French cities. An official notice says Muhkin town suffered violent bombardment with civilian casualties and material damage. British headquarters in Prance notes German air activity with cropped hedges and wounded soldiers casualties.
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Veutens
Paris
Frankfort
Stuttgart
Treves
Coblens
Mhunkin
Cheyenne Men Leave for Drafted Army in Early Morning Train
A small group of Cheyenne men depart for American Lake to join the drafted U S Army. The departure is quiet with families nearby and no public demonstrations as they entrain in an orderly fashion.
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Wen
Lurvnie County
Lataiute County
Union Pacific
American Lake
iWlitios
Hesenne
Varde
Aterionm Lake
Willian Viredtver
Suuies Deseyel Kelly
John
Urown Prince's Army Drives to Save Railroad Line
Reports from the front describe Crown Prince’s forces and their allies frantically defending the Ostend Lille railway line. German and Ottoman units engage in artillery duels as Petain’s forces resist on the Meuse and in Mesopotamia. In London and Washington reports confirm prisoner tally and shifting troop movements amid a critical European front.
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Hhermen
Jofantey Ottwerks
Crown Price K Rappreett
Uanarie Daily
Setinet Pied Morshad Hile
Sationat
Hiaie
Ostend-Lille Pailroad
Price of Sugar Falls Across Western States
Sugar prices for beet and cane eased from twenty to twenty five cents per pound in western markets. Detailing firms sold sugar at reduced rates to retailers and consumers. Officials said the trend followed nationwide alongside wartime price controls and new policy guidance from Washington.
German Raider Seen Off Brazil Coast Reported
An American ship sighted a strange vessel sixty miles west of Brazil and north of Cape St. Roque, believed to be a German raider or submarine mother ship. The craft, built of only wood and pale deck, appeared harmless but fled when approached, leaving lumber scattered on its deck as it sped away.
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Cape St
Ole
Pershing to Be Made General
A reform proposal seeks to promote John J. Pershing to full general as the United States expands its command. The plan would elevate Pershing, who led American expeditionary forces, to the army’s highest rank, a move welcomed by supporters but noted alongside the four prior American generals who held the title.
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Gren
Avis
Washington
Grant
Riverton Beets Harvest Progress Near Vendor
Riverton shows a test beet crop in harvest progress with beets prepared for shipment. Workers bundle and load beets including Honnelli and J O Kelly varieties as a 2500 foot crop is gathered for Great Western Lovell factory shipment.
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Wye
Great Western
Lovell
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