Grodno Forts Bombarded in German Push on Riga
German forces breach the Grodno fortress line on the Niemen front and take 400 prisoners as they press toward Riga and the Baltic. Russian defenses retire after heavy bombardment and bridge destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lennewada
Dvina
Riga
Friedrichstadt
Baltic
Ruzsky
Bzura
Gulf
Poznau
Petrograd
Grodno
Niemen
Warsaw
Olutm
Vilna
Trade balance figures show weekly surplus in August
Washington reports a Commerce Department plate deal showing a favorable trade balance for the United States with excess of $94,209 over imports for the period analyzed. August totals indicate $16,026,974 and weekly excess of $25,059,997 with July figures referenced as ending July 3 and $829,975,871 for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Labor Sunday Observed by Workmen in Cheyenne
Labor Sunday, observed by the American Federation of Labor in Cheyenne, will feature a 7 20 p m service at First Presbyterian Church. Dr J J Shingler and Dr Leon C Hills will address churchgoers on The Church and Working men and Working men and the Church. The church choir will sing special selections honoring workers.
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American Federation of Labor
Cheyenne
First Presbyterian Church
J. J. Shingler
First Congregational Church
Leon C. Hills
Mrs Mohr Denies Plot In Fatal Bristol Shooting
In Bristol on September 1 Mrs Elizabeth Mohr, free on bail, attends her husband C Franklin Mohrs funeral and denies a murder plot. She claims witnesses’ stories are a pack of lies while detectives pursue three suspects held on murder charges.
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Providence
Elizabeth T. Mohr
C. Franklin Mohr
Mohr
Emily Burger
20000 ENTER Wwe SINCH JUNE 15 y $80,900 touriets
Yellowstone Park saw about 20 thousand visitors at the western entrance since June 16 as railroad officials report a busy travel season. Revenue from tours reached roughly 80 900 dollars as the season’s travel tasks roll forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Wystern
Labor Day Observances Across Wyoming in 1915
Wyoming organized labor prepares a statewide Labor Day with Cheyenne hosting a Lake Minnehaha Park celebration led by William J. Walls. John McLennan James Morgan and Mayor LaFontaine are set to speak. Other towns Kemmerer Casper Diamondville Oakley Sheridan and more hold events with speakers including James Lord and George C. Lavis.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Trades Assembly
William J. Walls
Lake Minnehaha Park
John McLennan
State Federation of Labor
James Morgan
Wyoming Miners
R. N. LaFontaine
Frank L. Hows
Messrs. Mecloinan
Morgan
Colorado
Hebe, Schneider
Wyoming Labor Journal
Kemmerer
Lincoln County
James Lord
Department of Mining
American Federation of Labor
Lord
William McAllister
K. G. McMillan
Comerland
Diamondville
Oakley
Linccoln County
Casper
George C. Iavis
Trades and Labor Assembly
Oll Cfty
W. W. Gildroy
Feneration
Cambria
Weeton County
John Ramsay
Rock Springs
Ramsay
von Mivers
Sheridan
Stampine
Labor D Ny
Kendrick
Superior
Mike Livoda
District 15
Houston
Mining Department
Hanna
Andy
Fruit
British and French Defeits at Gallipoli Reported Costly
London dispatches relay renewed claims of a British or French submarine destroying a Golden Horn bridge and place Gallipoli losses at about 50,000 since August 4 with 100,000 additional Allied troops landed. Reports say 100 officers killed and a cavalry division nearly wiped out as Bulgaria talks surface in Berlin and Vienna.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens
Golden Horn
Constantinople
Galata
Berlin
Franfurter Zeitung
Dardanelles
Warsaw
Boaphyrus
Gal- Hpoli
Seddei Bahr
Palken
Edward Grey
Vos Lsche Zeitung
Bulgaria
Garmante
Tuurkiah Thrace
Ten more bodies recovered from F-4 disaster wreckage
Honolulu report says ten more bodies were recovered from the kitchen room of the submarine F-4 as observers believe the crew sought refuge after the blast. Nine other bodies were found in fragments beneath wreckage still inaccessible. naval inquiry board offered no comment on the explosion theory.
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Honolulu
Naval Inquiry Board
Wilson Hopes for Peace
Cardinal Gibbons refused to reveal details of a Vatican communication on the European war after meeting with President Wilson. Wilson publicized optimism for peace talks while praising U S efforts and noting the pope’s favorable view of the belligerents. Gibbons expressed satisfaction with German submarine discussions.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Washington
Wilden
Pope Benedict
Vatican
Wilcop
Wilson
Bridgeport Riot Sparks Pistol Fire at Crane Valve Strike
In Bridgeport Connecticut tonight, pistol shots were fired during a riot as Crane Valve company strikers attempted to stop workers from entering the plant. Police dispersed the mob with clubs. no one was shot.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Sept
Crane Valve Company
Governor Kendrick urges prohibition stance at Sheridan teachers meeting
Governor Kendrick argues for a Wyoming prohibition policy aligned with Montana and Colorado. He cites prisoner causes, praises state finances, notes low bonded debt, and lauds reform over revenge in the penal system. He commends the Worland boys’ industrial wheel and the care for the feeble minded at Lander.
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Sheridan
W.O
Montana
Colorado
Kendrick
Sheridan County
Teachers’ Institute
Presbyterian Church
United States
Tie
Worland
Lander
Forecast: Cheyenne and Vicinity Sees Saturday Showers
Weather bulletin for Cheyenne area predicts showers on Saturday with light to moderate intensity. Skies remain cloudy with chances of brief rain, and gusty winds expected in the afternoon across the Cheyenne vicinity.
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Cheyenne and Vicinity
Special Labor Day Feature at Lyric Theater
A special Labor Day program feature by Allied Printing Trade Cheyenne presents a dramatic Edision players story from the Union Printers' Home in Colorado Springs. A Jerue city newspaper linotype operator engaged to be married contracts tuberculosis but regains health and marries his sweetheart. Admission is 10 cents.
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Cheyenne
Allied Printing Trade
Connell
Typographical
Uason
M. M. Todd
Lyric Theater
Colorado Springs
International Typographical Yalon
Vmdl
Jerue
Edision
Regar
Five Die In Electric Chair At Sing Sing
Five men three Americans two Italians and one Negro were executed at Sing Sing prison today for murders in New York and Brooklyn. The process took about an hour with officials calling it neat and precise though the regime opposes the death penalty.
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Five Die
Sing Sing
Ossining
Skug Ring
Annrive
Thomas Tarpey
Brooklyn
Louis M. Roach
John Harrett
Palantine
N.Y
William Perry
New York
Pasquale Vendeitl
Tralian
Antonio Balemine
Rochester
Tess ‘Han
bin Aglrititel
Ebrappiana
British plan on relief for American goods in neutral ports
Washington dispatch outlines how Britain plans to relieve American imports held in neutral European ports and shipped from Germany. Ambassador Page in London was instructed to learn proposed measures for releasing cargo valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars and tied to German purchases.
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Washington
State Department
Page
London
Germany
Rotterdam
Mexican gunfire against US plane and guards at Brownsville
Brownsville reports Mexicans fired over 100 shots from the Mexican side at a US Army aeroplane over the city. Guards protecting an electric power plant sheltered and returned fire with no reported casualties. US soldiers later captured ten Mexicans nearby while pursuing raiders after a deadly week.
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ARMY
Brownsville
Mexicine
Todlay
United States Army
Douglas
Arts
Clarepee Bulliyvan
Denver
A. WN. Barnett
Carron
Agua Mineta
United States
Here
Wilson outlines public plans for national defense
President Wilson announced plans to Secretaries Garrison and Jamely to seek expert advice and craft army and navy improvement schemes. He urged submitting a comprehensive defense program to Congress for decisive national defense development.
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Wilson
Washington
Publc
Garrison
Jamely
Army
John Tinus Hammond
Teague
Dus
Coslig
Ares
United States
Warloar Rushes Lead to Credit Crisis and Market Turmoil
New York reports severe market disruption as lenders react to large temporary losses and dropped sterling. A warship arrives at Halifax with 51 million in American securities for collateral while the Adriatic liner and Paul secure further loans. Britain contemplates borrowing over 1.0 billion to restore U S credit.
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New York
Halifax
Poli
Paul
United States
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