Bryan Campaign Tour Opens in Evanston Wyoming
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Wyoming to begin the Democratic campaign. He spoke in Evanston and Rock Springs and planned stops in Laramie Burns and Cheyenne. He urged support for President Wilson, touted enacted reforms, and received strong applause from packed crowds and local Democratic groups.
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Wyoming troops poised to move to border front
State troops at Camp Kendrick await orders as Capt L R James reports readiness after a central department inquiry asking if Wyoming guards are ready to take the field. With 462 men fit for duty, winter gear received, and a rifle team training, Wyoming is set to replace withdrawn eastern regiments at the border.
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Two More Regiments to Return From Border
General Funston informed the War Department that the First Vermont and Second New York Infantry regiments will be sent home as soon as Tennessee units en route to the border relieve them. He also ordered three Pennsylvania regiments sent home on the arrival of the North Carolina contingent.
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Bread Makers Seek Congress Action On Wheat Embargo
About 200 Brooklyn bakers adopted resolutions urging President Wilson to call a special session of Congress to declare an embargo on wheat exports. They also demanded federal and state investigations into rising flour prices, warning flour could reach 14 dollars per barrel and bread 20 cents per loaf next spring without an embargo.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Brooklyn
Oil Land Withdrawal Not Affect Present Entrants Near Rawlins
The Interior Department withdrew all government lands in recently found oil fields near Rawlins from entry as of September 6, affecting townships 24 26 and 26 to ranges 68 89 90. The order aims to classify the land but Register Reid says most oil development already occurred and few claimants will be disrupted. Locations near the Lost Soldier dome and the Mahoney dove are covered in the withdrawal order.
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Cousin of Jesse James Takes Oath in Fort Worth
William V. James, a cousin of Jesse and Frank James and former Quantrell guerrilla lieutenant, pledged allegiance to the United States in Fort Worth Texas late yesterday. He had been a declared outlaw for over fifty years.
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United States
Weather Preview for Wyoming Thursday and Friday
The forecast calls for little change in temperatures across Wyoming on Thursday and Friday. Winds remain light with mainly sunny to partly cloudy skies and typical seasonal readings expected statewide.
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Wyoming
Resent Attack on the Federal Child Labor Act
New York dispatch reports Owen Lovejoy of the National Child Labor Committee condemns efforts to discredit the federal act. Columbia Law professor Parkinson backs Lovejoy while Democratic chairman McCormick cites Republican critiques about loopholes and storage of goods to evade the law.
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New York
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Democratic National Committee
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Legislative Drafting Bureau
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William R. Willcox
Republican National Committee
MacCormick
Wilson
Exporters Urge U S to Block Jap Demands
The American Manufacturers Export association issued a letter to Secretary Lansing urging the government to meet conditions arising from Japan s fresh demands on China. It warns that Japanese activity in Manchuria has led to a likely loss of American trade and that Chinese concessions could cut off or reduce American business with China.
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Pettis Homestead Sold for $2000 in Lake Absarraca Area
Mrs Jane Pettis widow of W A Pettis whose body was found in Lake Absarraca last spring sold the Pettis homestead to Alfred H Heasman. The war ranty deed for the south half of section 32 township 14 north range 68 was filed for record with the county clerk yesterday. Consideration was $2000.
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Lake Absarraca
Pettis
Alfred H. Heasman
Township 14
Range 68
Wind River Lessors Hold Annual Meeting
In Riverton Wyoming on September 20 the leasers of the Wind River district released about one million and a quarter acres of the ceded reservation. About one hundred stockmen attended. A three cattleman and three sheepman committee was named to draft a resolution for the interior department seeking a stock trail across the leases and a ten year extension. The committee includes J. A. Delfelder John Hays Boise Hart William Kyne K McKinney and Albert Johnson.
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Riverton
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Wind River Reservation
Interior Department
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John Hays
Boise
Hart
William Kyne
K. McKinney
Albert Johnson
United States government orders steel for war program needs
Customers in the Pittsburg district report early 1917 orders for steel delivery as the government prioritizes steel plates and shapes for naval and military uses. The Carnegie Steel Company and other firms note strong demand to support mobilization and military fleet programs.
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Carnegie Steel Company
United States
Pest
French Line Holds Back the Teutons in Somme Front
Paris reports German attacks along a three mile Somme front all day with French defenders holding positions and inflicting heavy casualties. Berlin notes stubborn Do brudja fighting as Russians and Rumanians reinforce their lines.
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England Apologizes for Stopping Philippine Steamer
Great Britain expressed regret for a British destroyer stopping and inspecting the Philippine steamer Cebu in Philippine territorial waters. Fog obscured the distance from shore and the search aimed at a German alleged to have incited revolution in India. no one was found aboard.
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India
Wilson Sees Victory After New York Primaries
President Wilson predicted a Democratic victory in New York with the progressive vote backing the ticket. He congratulated William F. McCombs for U S senator and Judge Samuel Seabury for governor after New York primaries.
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Wilson
Unite States
Samuel Seabury
Defeat of Bacon Shakes New York Republican Primary
In New York the Bacon challenge fell short as William M. Calder led Bacon by about 7,000 votes for the U S senator nomination with 3,650 districts reporting. Governor Whitman and Judge Seabury led in the gubernatorial race with progressive support showing weak turnout. The party split signals future tensions for Hughes and the Old Guard.
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Robert Bacon
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Seabury
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France
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Albany
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New York Tribune
Millions Made Homeless By Chinese Flood
Washington dispatch reports nearly a million people homeless after floods in Anhui province. The Red Cross spent 600000 for food protection and 30000000 for reclamation work postponed by the wir. The Miwal river flooded 7000 square miles destroying autumn crops and displacing two and a half million residents.
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China
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Hughes urges new tariff bill to defend American rights
Charles Evans Hughes spoke in Milwaukee urging a new tariff policy. He condemned the Underwood tariff and called for undoing the federal reserve act arguing it strays from democratic principles.
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Milwaukee
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Republican Commission
Moratorium in France Extended for Three Months
Paris fept 20. By a deemed published in the Journal Official today the moratorium in France is extended for three months.
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France
Public Service Board Goes to Sheridan for Informal Hearing
The Public Service Commission heads to Sheridan for an informal meeting to review rates charged by Sheridan Electric West Co. Petitioners from county and city, opposing the rates, seek an amicable settlement without formal action.
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Eight year old Rosaie Hutchins dies after barbed wire accident
La Belle Ida September 20 Rosaie Hutchins aged eight was fatally injured by a horse that bolted through a barbed wire fence. The horse pulled the child through the wires causing a fractured skull and a deep hip laceration requiring twenty stitches.
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City Strikes Escalate Amid Streetcar Riots in New York
Rioting renewed as Mayor Mitchel failed to settle the streetcar strike. Hundreds of strikers attacked four surface cars, clashed with police, and remained in confrontation. A laborer helped thwart a dynamite plot while a struck motorman was arrested. One child died after a stone strike, and authorities intensified efforts to restore order.
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Murdoch Attacks Hughes Over Eight-Hour Bill Clash in Chicago on Labor Policy
Victor Murdoch, Western progressive writer, endorses Wilson on averting a nationwide railroad strike. He attacks Hughes for opposing arbitration and the eight-hour measure, arguing a strike would have caused burns and bloodshed, and praising Wilson's approach as wiser than Cleveland’s.
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