President Wilson Rejects Anthracite Strike Concessions
President Wilson told union leaders that the federal government would not yield to the anthracite miners. He said the sanctity of contract must be upheld in domestic and international matters and that he would not renew negotiations with employers. He praised union officials for resisting the strike while condemning the tactics of the miners.
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Washington
Wilson
Otr
Ware Scenlen
United States
Cake theft shocks Sheridan fair in Wyoming
Sheridan Wyoming September 10 The county fair faces a raid on the exhibit hall at the fair grounds. Thieves took hunting items several rolls of Kodak film and the finest cakes from the domestic economy department. The fair management offers to return the films with no questions asked about the cakes.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Sheridan Gounty Fair
Fair Management
Dublin Officials Rely On Carrier Pigeons For Mail
Dublin Castle reports high volumes of intercepted official mail to London by Sinn Feiners. Authorities respond by sending carrier pigeons for urgent correspondence. Officials say the London flight is about twenty miles away and next efforts aim to speed messages despite the disruption.
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Dublin
Dublin Castle
London
Sinn
One-Of-A-Time Dayton Auto Mystery Note
In Dayton Colorado a man found a note on his car steering column after an accident. The message offered to fix his bent fender and included a phone number to call, suggesting a dubious post accident assist. Police advised caution as investigators examine the curious encounter.
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Dayton, CO
H. B. Kreuser
Ormey, Ie
Atil
Unclear ECGS Report Reveals Tampered Samples
A distraught report from Hinton West Virginia notes broken cases exposing ECGS samples with egg shells blown and sealed with cement to hide whisky contents. The incident suggests deliberate tampering during handling.
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Hinton
W. Va
Wealthy Casper contractor missing after forged check
George McCorey, a wealthy Casper builder, is missing after allegedly uttering a forged $1900 check. Authorities say he fled the city with a warrant for his arrest on a mercery charge related to Nicolaysen Lumber. Friends report heavy local losses in his contracting business and uncertain condition.
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Casper
Seeve
George McCorey
Nicolaysen
Tewah
Alent
Biness
McCorey
Aerial Mail Plane Forced Down Near Lovelock
Aerial mail plane No 151 piloted by J P Murray left Cheyenne at 5 18 am bound for San Francisco but was forced to land at Lovelock Nevada 735 miles west of Cheyenne due to darkness. It will resume westward by morning with no aircraft reaching Cheyenne yesterday.
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J. P. Murray
Cheyenne Field
San Francisco
Lovelock
Nevada
Yester
Reno
New York
J.P. Murray
Sal
Unite in Appeal for Quick Relief for Stock Growers
More than 100 bankers packers and grain men met in Chicago to discuss the livestock crisis. They urged the government to aid the industry and sought action from Interstate Commerce Commission to place grain in the preferred traffic list. They asked financial institutions to support stock raisers and for the Treasury to deposit funds in reserve banks to be lent to producers.
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Chicago
Inter-Etate Commerces
Comagion
Treasury Art
Olive Thomas Dies Under French Investigation
Paris authorities open a thorough inquiry into the death of American actress Olive Thomas. The body is embalmed with shipment pending approval for transport to the United States aboard the Mauretania, sailing from Cherbourg on September 18.
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Paris
Olive Thomas
United States
Mauretania
Cheerbourg
Big crowd fills last day of Laramie County Fair
Burns Wyoming September 10 The largest crowd of the week attended the county fair with estimates three times Thursday's turnout. Throngs filled Burns to an extent unseen before as the fair ended on a highly successful note.
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Laramie County
Burns
Wyo
Thee County Fair
Patekeepers
O'Connell
Pirates of
Cheyeco
Carpenor
Lake Ve Plaos
Gates
Aerial Mail Flight Fails to Reach Presidio in San Francisco
An aircraft attempting the New York San Francisco aerial mail route failed to arrive at the Presidio. Ceremonies marking the occasion were postponed to tomorrow due to delays from a Salt Lake City civic celebration. The pilot faced heavy gales over the Rockies at 14 000 feet and reached Lovelock Nevada too late to complete the final leg before night.
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San Francisco
New York
Presidio
Salt Lake City
Fiest
Eost
John
Jordan
Pacific Division
Lovelock
Nevada
Transcontinental airlanes reach Salt Lake City today
Two trans continental mail airlanes arrived in Salt Lake City en route to New York and San Francisco. Plane 161 commanded by J P Murray landed from Cheyenne at 11 50 am and departed for Reno at 1 20 pm. Airman Sharpneck piloting the Machine TV left San Francisco for New York and landed at Reno at 4 16 pm. Sharpneck had difficulty locating Vista field one mile west of the city.
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Salt Lake City
New York
Ban Francieco
J. P. Murray Piiot
Cheyenne
Aod
Reno
Nevada
Madehine TV
A. C. Sharpneck
San Francisco
Aes Srrinet
Cox Campaign Fund Inquiry Heads to New York or Pittsburgh
Senators plan to continue Chicago hearings on Governor Cox corruption charges amid a fund drive probe. Witnesses describe state GOP workers boosting quotas set by the national committee, with figures sometimes doubled. Subpoenas urged for Charles Pires and others as the committee weighs next stops.
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Chicago
Senate Committee
Govenor Cox
Kenyon
New York
Pittsburgh
Edge
New Jonett
Cox
Reed
Charles Pires
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Republican Ways and Means Committee
Missouri
William Wrigley, Jr
Frederick Courtney Barber
Charies Mavity
West Virnian
Fred. W. Dot
Een Ne Ee
Aereda Democratic Es
Mqyor
Weather Forecast Notes Saturday Showers Likely
Forecast calls for cloudy skies with rain chances Saturday and periods of heavy showers in parts of the area. Temperatures remain steady with little or no change.
Chinese Slayer’s Deed Sparks Suspicion of Wider Crimes
Yee Geow, a vicious tongman, killed John Federden and wounded Big Tom Holland yesterday. Authorities question whether he is wanted elsewhere for a serious crime. His admission as a fugitive under the nation’s laws is under review as investigators probe his past.
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Yee Geow
John Federden
Big Tom” Holland
Umi- Geon
Cox Defends League Of Nations In Walla Walla Speech
Governor Cox argues the League of Nations is a product of hundreds of minds from civilized nations and counters Republican claims it is British or Wilson led. He cites Taft Hughes Root as influential and notes amendments adopted, while a nearby murder case and local police figure Big Tom Holland are also reported.
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Taft
United States
Supreme Court
Hughes
Billiu Root
Ellen Root
Mr. Root
Root
Forty-Eighth Home Run for Babe Ruth
Report from Cleveland notes Babe Ruth hitting his forty-eighth home run, heightening his season-long run of power. Details are limited in the scattered OCR text.
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Babe Ruth
Gompers Announces Labor Committee Named in New York
Police reserves were called to the Central Opera House at midnight to quell a disturbance after Samuel Gompers announced no committee would draft a constitution for the new Central Trade and Labor Union of Greater New York. The event marks the first result of efforts to organize labor leadership in the city.
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Gompers
Labor Committee
New York
Pellce
Central Opera House
Famurl Gompeya
Central Trade and Labor Well
Greater
Holland Has Even Chance To Recover
John S. Federhen a 30 year old WWI veteran and Cheyenne fire department member was murdered and Thomas Holland a 48 year old Department of Justice agent was mortally wounded by Yee Geow a 23 year old Chinese man. The killer was captured and held in the Laramie county jail. The shootings occurred on Pioneer avenue near the fire station and inside the station as Mansfield the immigration inspector pursued Geow with intent to murder him. Coroner’s inquisition was set for the mortuary.
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Thomas Holland
Department of Justice
United States
Yee Geow Friday
Cheyenne
John S. Federden
Big Tom
Holland
Police Department
Police
Cheyenne Detective Agency
State Leader
St. John's Hospital
Agalnnet
John
Federhen
Fire Department
Germany
Fedérhen
Joseph Pederhen
Springfield
Nola
Ne Sane
John S. Federhen
Cheyenne Fire Department
Yee Geow
Laramie County
Pioneer Avenue
Frederden
Geow
W. R. Mansfield
Immigration Service
Mansfield
Charles Kammerer
Federden
Early
Bricker Bros
W. H. Edwards
Clyde Early
Denver
Yee Dow
Dow
Sheriff's Office
Og Vas Sere
Federken
Charles Kisselback
James Cole
Geon
Gunfe
Manstiela
Kisselback
Stumbleow
Newell’ Bell
Murderer Confesses Premeditation in Immigration Agent Killing
Yee Geow, a Chinese tongman, told county jail officials Friday night that he planned the murder of immigration agents Thomas Holland and John Federhen. He said jealousy of W. R. Mansfield sparked the crime and that he carried a revolver since his arrest to resist capture, with the motive rooted in pursuing Mansfield.
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Yee Geow
Thomas Holland
John
Federhen
W. R. Mansfield
Holland
Mansfield
Geow
Prose
B. Tane
Mansefield
United States
Dan Hudson
Sithney
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