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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1918
Page
1
Cheyenne and Laramie county race toward a 948000 bond quota as local banks report rising subscriptions. Bank totals show Stock Growers’ 210000, Citizens 20000, and First National 50000 with hundreds of thousands more expected as the drive accelerates amid war bond sentiment.
Washington April 6 United Press reports a new shake-up in the War Office as reorganization aims to speed operations. Two new assistant secretaries of war are named possibly accelerating reforms to remove delays and unused personnel. Continued on page eight.
Crowds gather despite threatening weather as a parade from Columbus hall to St Mary's Cathedral honors a service flag. Mounted police, Kopard band, Father Hartman, James Cooper and local school groups march with banners and guards of honor, then proceed by automobile to the church.
Two dead and forty injured when Empire State Express collided with a derailed freight train miles west of Amsterdam. Relief train dispatched from Com Chin city, doctors and nurses in Amsterdam city rushed to the scene. No confirmed word on other crew or passengers.
News items claim Senator F K Warren was summoned to the White House for a conference with the president and hopes rose that he would be backed for re election. Rumor spread that the president gave Warren a letter to use as a political weapon in Wyoming. Old guard Republicans reacted with alarm and attempted to counter the tale.
Official confirmation from the state department states British forces landed with Japanese at Vladivostok to preserve order and will maintain a hands off policy. About fifty Britons were part of the landing party and went ashore to protest the British embassy with no armed resistance.
The Great Lakes fleet will begin the 1918 season with higher carrying capacity than 1917. Despite government use for ocean travel during the war, the available tonnage reaches 3 509 460 gross tons, about 14 500 tons more than the previous year.
Weather shows little temperature change across Cheyenne and surrounding area. Winds from the south and east, with light to moderate precipitation possible.
Washington reports that for the first time allied and American diplomacy policy and military aims are fully unified. President Wilson pledged utmost effort to win the right against Germany. Berlin commentary says the Entente and U.S. now press forcefully for victory.
Former Colorado governor George A. Carlson spoke at the Parish house urging Cheyenne to end liquor traffic, calling it poison to individuals and a deterrent to wartime victory. He cited Colorado’s benefits from prohibition and pressed immediate action to support war efforts.
The unsinkable American ship Lucia lies in Europe after crossing with a convoy. It is unclear if she will return to America without convoy, a decision that hinges on safety from U-boats.
A representative of the Soviet commissary declared tonight that Germany not only failed to evacuate territories occupied before the Brest Litovsk treaty but continues to hold those occupied since.
Fifty people at Camp Travis suffer illness after powdered glass is found in food. Major Gains of military police reports Austrian and two German workers at Port Sam Houston were involved in the food analysis.
Swedish press reports cabled to the state department claim officers blew up three large naval vessels in southern waters rather than surrender to a German attack. Separately Mrs. C ik Weaks of Water Valley Kentucky sent forty pounds to William Mowed Taft for the American Red Cross under the belief chicken livers were a valuable medicine for soldiers.
Telegram from Provost Marshal General Crowder orders 1356 Wyoming men drafted into the army between April 26 and May. Thirty two from Cheyenne and Laramie County will be inducted. Men deferment for crop planting and cultivation noted. drafts to occur in small groups.
A court report states Judge Landis halted the probe into alleged jury tampering amid ongoing trial proceedings. The disturbance drew remarks from the district attorney and other officials, while procedural questions hinder further inquiry into the alleged misconduct.
Paris and London dispatches report German forces near Amiens suffering heavy losses as 25 divisions are sacrificed in attempts to encircle and pierce the French front. The German claim of advances at Montdidier and Albert is contradicted by French resistance and strategic regrouping.
Report says President Wilson pressures allied commanders Foch and Haig to renew the offensive in 1918. American troops in France are described as urgent for victory with German forces and prisoners noting the drive to push ahead until peace is secured. Some foresee a renewed battle on the Western Front as the war nears its end.
A bartender Gieorke Geer was arrested this afternoon and jailed on charges tied to passing several forged checks. Police identified a suspect named Kory Porgee and Ty Moli in connection with the incident at a local commercial district.
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