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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
16
General Weaver urges Cheyenne residents to unfurl flags for war observance and repair torn banners. He notes worn flags and incomplete displays at key blocks and calls for flags to be kept intact, sewn with a cord and edges turned, to honor the United States entry into the war.
World Pictures presents a romantic wartime tale featuring Montagu Love as a key player. Liane de Merode and Maurice Lambeaux navigate love, convent life, and invasion as the Cardinal Mercier’s cathedral survives German destruction. Thrills unfold as loyalty, intrigue, and peril drive the lovers to safety.
Local proprietors report rising agitation against employing draft age men as restaurant waiters. Across the country, men argue women can handle service while able bodied men should work in shipyards munition plants or the armed forces. No action in Cheyenne yet, though dealers sense an undercurrent seen in other cities.
Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin rode unannounced through Cheyenne early Wednesday en route to Washington for the third Liberty loan drive. At North Platte they left the train for exercise and drew crowds to witness the Chaplin walk Pickford curls and Fairbanks stunts.
Snow slows trains arriving from the west into Cheyenne with eastbound service closer to schedule. The heavy show between Green River and Rawlins causes minor delays while the Union Pacific line reports broad snow coverage aiding farmers by protecting winter wheat and improving soil for spring work.
Wilfrid O'Leary resigns as president of the 100 Per Cent American club citing his move to Casper. O'Leary will join C. W. Burydick in law practice and must leave Cheyenne to establish an office there. Maurice Groshon, former dairy, food and office commissioner, becomes president via vice presidency with a new leader chosen.
To late to classify rental and cooking help ad reads for furnished room light housekeeping furnace heat apply 215 B and 17th street. Also seeks experienced cook for private family on a ranch offering 460 per cabal with no laundry. apply to Mrs John Whitaker and The Washington 310 W 17th.
The Post Office Department in Washington urged business houses to stop delaying outgoing mail until after business hours. The letter says late-in-day postings cause heavy clerical strain and up to 80 percent of outgoing mail is delayed. It notes troop movements and drafts reduce staff, urging steadier, earlier daily mail to speed distribution and overall service.
Twenty towns across the state have formed 100 Per Cent American clubs in two weeks, per BL Emervy Cheyenne club secretary. Though independent of Cheyenne, these groups asked for participation and received guidance. A promotional booklet outlining the club’s purpose and platform is being mailed to organizing towns and Cheyenne members.
Members of the Cheyenne Industrial Club serving in the war are kept in good standing without dues. All called to the colors retain club standing, as if remaining in Cheyenne. An honor roll at the club house lists those who have gone to war with a silver star for each who answered the call.
A local patriotic committee calls for loyal Americans to assemble at City Hall on Saturday at 1:16 p.m. for a patriotic parade marking the first anniversary of the U.S. entry into the European war. Wear or carry the red white and blue. By order of Committee.
A notice from State Labor Commissioner Edward Taylor states 14000 railroad workers are needed immediately for service with the army in France. Mechanics clerks tracemen enginemen are sought with induction to service or voluntary enrichment. enlistment opens March 30 for two to three weeks. Local rep for the United Working Reserve is J. B. Durham.
A local unit invites W G W to meet at KO Hall at 9 p.m. on Saturday April to take part in the Liberty loan parade.
In a French rest camp, soldiers weary from weeks in mud and trenches enjoy a Theater Aux Armees performance. The crowded theater blends uniforms with Red Cross nurses, featuring Parisian acts, songs, and magic, free of charge. The army theater boosts morale and wards off homesickness among troops.
In Kansas City on April 4 the general strikes by laundry workers ended as laundries reinstated the striking employees with increased wages and without union recognition.
The two main Jerusalem theaters have been taken over by British military authorities and repurposed for soldier entertainment. London reports list a divisional concert party at the Palestine pavilion and a new play Cinderella or the Army Boot, with the Barnstormers performing at the Jerusalem Empire theater to packed houses.
Readers are invited to show colors at the patriotic parade Saturday afternoon. The event emphasizes community support and national pride with street processions through downtown.
Washington reports the killing of James King, a night watchman at a government commership bureau. Initial theories point to espionage for valuable information, with a janitor who argued with King suspected as a person of interest. the suspect is currently being sought after King failed to report for work.
The Civil Service reports 1591 department of commerce employees have entered military and naval service since the war with Germany began. Lighthouses lead with 1224 personnel, coast and geodetic survey 175, standard 68, commerce 621, fisheries 20, navigation 18, steamboat inspection 17, foreign and domestic commerce 21, and office of the secretary 9. The total includes 12 clerks reassigned to the army. The note emphasizes every department unit supports the war effort and that service at the desk or in the field is equally vital.
The War Department cabled General Pershing asking if the Marine Corps can absorb more forces. Officials request several thousand highly trained Marines to be included in his army as it prepares for upcoming operations.
Special Staff Dispatch reports a Food Administration campaign urged by W F Priebe to refrain from selling hens until after the spring laying season to boost egg output. Prices vary by region with eastern flocks depleted, midwestors holding hens to wait for higher spring egg yields, complicating price stabilization efforts.
Relatives of B H Gordon the brakeman killed at Bofond Tuesday morning have not yet arrived to claim the body. The Union Pacific located relatives and the body is held at Harry's awaiting their arrival from Beaumont Kut. Funeral arrangements will be made upon their arrival.
The shipping board chief urges managers to report progress and push crews as wartime ship needs rise. March output reached 166 700 tons, below the 197 075 ton minimum estimate, signaling a shift from optimistic forecasts to actual results.
London April 4 Charlie Mitchell former English middleweight champion is dead at Brighton His famous bouts include a March 10 1888 fight with John L Sullivan in Chantilly France and a long drawn out defense against the American heavyweight He was later knocked out by James J Corbett in three rounds
The United States government has seized the Bull Durham tobacco plant output for war use and will ship the tobacco to France for soldiers. Cheyenne dealers say local supply will last about a month. after that no more civilian tobacco until the war ends.
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