Shortage in Sugar Hits This State
Theodore C. Diers, state federal food administrator, issues a telegram to Wyoming urging careful sugar distribution and limiting sales per customer. He warns jobbers and retailers against raising prices and urges refusing sales to price-advancing retailers. The message is dated Sheridan October 22 and quotes Mers.
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Theodore C. Diers
Wyoming
Sheridan
Wyo
E. Chaplin
Cheyenne
Theodore C
Mers
Nine Persons Fly 325 Miles in Army Plane
Lieut. Silva Resnati piloted a Caproni biplane from Hampton Virginia to Mineola New York carrying eight passengers. The flight covered 325 miles in four hours and eleven minutes arriving at 4 21 PM at the government aviation field.
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Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Lieut. Silva Resnati
Government Aviation
Caproni
Hampton
British air and ground gains near Saarbrucken and Ypres
British airmen attacked German air domes in Belgium and near Saarbrucken while naval airmen claim six planes down. Allied forces, with French support, captured Poelcapelle area and southern Houthoulst forest defenses with 45 farms, though Germans repelled some railway advance. Casualties were heavy and 290 prisoners were taken as Paris reports front consolidations along Aisne and Verdun.
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Lontion
Belgium
Saarbrucken
Metz
Trithehe
Admiralty
Poelcapelle
Houthoulst Forest
Field Marshal Haig
Giermans
Ypres- Staden
Huntieh
Paris
Aisne
Verdun
War Office
Cheyenne Near War Loan Quota Amid Strong Subscriptions
Cheyenne and Laramie county approach their minimum Liberty Loan quota within fifty thousand dollars, with two large subscriptions for fifty thousand dollars each from Midwest Refining and Colorado & Southern railroad. Fort Russell reports enlisted men have subscribed two hundred twenty four thousand dollars, and Col Waterman praises the soldiers for their record. Liberty day to begin with women volunteering on committees.
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W. E. Chaplin
Cheyenne
Laramie
Midwest Refining Company
Citizens’ National Bank
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Stock Growers’ Bank
A. H. Marble
B. F. James
Denver
The
Colorado & Southern
Wyoming Typographical Union No. 184
Fort Russell
J. C. Waterman
Prosecution Threat Warns Hoarding Sugar in Colorado
Denver Ohio 22 federal food administrator Thomas B Stearns warned that persons hoarding sugar may face prosecution. Herbert Hoover urged Colorado farmers to store beet sugar in 1918 as a patriotic act through Stearns as Colorado representative of the Food Administration.
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Denver
Thomas B. Stearns
Colorado
Herbert Hoover
Stearns
Western district food cooperation board opens in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City on October 22 a western district board for food production issues convenes. Delegates from Colorado Wyoming Nevada Idaho Montana California and others attend. W. G. Campbell J. Abbott and B. K Hart represent the federal Bureau of Chemistry. Governor Bamberger welcomes attendees at the opening session.
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Salt Lake City
Western District Board
Colorado
Wyoming
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
California
United States
W. G. Cambell
Bureau of Chemistry
Bamberger
Winter No Bar to Allied Drive
Military experts say winter will not halt the Allied push in Flanders. Secretary Baker’s weekly operations review asserts ample material and manpower will help British and French forces overcome winter obstacles and keep the Germans retreating. It notes the American expeditionary force after three months of training is in trim and ready for action.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Flanders
Baker
War Department
France
Paris Cabinet Resigns but Poincare Refuses to Accept
Paris reports the Paris cabinet resigned today but President Poincare declined to accept the move, citing the chamber's Friday vote of confidence in the ministry. The government awaits further developments in Paris.
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Paris
Poincare
Oil Refineries Face Coal Shortage Threat
A National Petroleum Association delegation conferred with the fuel administrator and protested coal operators refusal to supply refineries coal at any price. They warn that without swift government action the refineries may be forced to shut down.
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Washington, D. C
National Petroleum Association
Treasury doubts reaching $5 billion liberty loan quota
Treasury officials say reports on liberty loan subscriptions nationwide do not support confidence that the 5 billion dollar maximum quota will be reached. Indications show the 2 billion dollar mark has likely been surpassed, according to tonight's Treasury announcement.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Department of Liberty
Five Draft Classifications Published by Provost Marshal General
Washington Oct 22 five classifications outline how men registered for the draft will be sorted and called for service under Wilson administration. Class L to V list criteria by status, family, occupation and dependency including single fathers married men skilled laborers officers and ministers.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Voters Name Two Commissioners and Stone Unopposed for Mayor
Voters will select two of five commissioner candidates and see Edward W. Stone as the sole mayoral candidate. Polls open at 7 a m and close at 7 p m at designated precincts including Clark House, Dinneen’s garage, Conways barn, and Central Fire Station. Ballots require marked votes for exactly two names. errors will invalidate the vote.
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Biiew
Edward W. Stone
Tuvyer
Clark Hose House
Dinneen
Sorenken
Conway
Mire Wade
Voluinibestonar
Martin
Joan
Nimmo
Davin Storey
Edward Thomas
Woolston
William Hoeven
Roads to Get New Hearing on Pleas for Higher Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a reopening of the 3 percent increased rate case for eastern carriers. The first hearing is set for Saturday in Washington. Favorable action is expected to lead to higher rate applications by western and southern roads as they face reduced net earnings. Western lines have informally signaled they will seek relief.
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Woishiseeton
Oed
Interstate Commerce Commission Tetley
Washington
Riots Probe Testimony On Child Fire Incident
Testimony from a wartime correspondent described a mob throwing a negro child into a burning house during July 2 race riots in Fast St. Lanis. The account was presented at a commission hearing today, detailing the violence and the chaotic events surrounding the blaze.
Daniels Calls Social Evil Menace Righting Power
Secretary Dyntele urges the medical profession to end the false double standard that decreases military efficiency. Congress of Surgeons of North America appeals for action to bolster national defense and address perceived social ills affecting service readiness.
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Dyntele
Ney
Congress of Suregeons of
Nor’ America
Coal Strike in East Is Ending
Fuel Administrator Garfield announced that all coal miners have resumed work in Indiana and Ohio, with most in Illinois, and reports from all sections show falling retail prices. Secretary Wilson, visiting Globe-Mine district, ordered mines to resume normal production and called off strikes during the war with a five day reporting deadline.
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Associated Press
Washington
Garfield
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Globe, Artz
William B. Wilson
Federal Industrial Commission
Globe-Miami
Warship Captain Saves Destroyer in Submarine Encounter
In a coastal wartime clash, Captain Walter TH Berion aboard the American destroyer Coseln steered a defense against a German submarine. Limited details confirm a tense engagement with swift maneuvers credited to Berion and crew, highlighted by official praise from Vice Admiral Stem.
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Washington, D. C
Walter TH. Berion
Coseln
Newenter
Tedey
Stem
Gen Pershing lists soldiers lost in transport down
Washington. official casualty roll shows 61 dead and 170 missing or accounted for after army transport Antilles was torpedoed by a German submarine. Many losses were Americans. noncommissioned officers and foreign-born soldiers among the list.
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Pershing Gales
Washington
Antilles
Morte
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Stone
Ween
Mark Ent
Daniels
Evel
Shie
Los
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Bist
Sillier
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Cainten
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Eosin
Creu Keble
Atel
Pinnave Gnis
Rhert
Tafmaytes
Water Treand
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Percy Wharf
Nowpiret
Roo
Joan Bright
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Indenter
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Moa
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