Bond Drive Surges in Cheyenne Under Third Liberty Loan
News from Cheyenne shows a vigorous drive for the third Liberty loan. Banks report strong subscriptions with Stock Growers Bank at 210000 and Citizens Bank at 20000, First National at 50000, aiming for a county quota of 948000 with expectations to reach it by midweek. Local bankers credit wartime necessity and active American troops in France for the surge.
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Cheyenne
Citizens Bank
First National Bank
Cheyenns
Laramie County
Iife
France
Shake-Up Is Due in War Office Delays Are to Be Eliminated
Washington reports a new shake-up in the War Office as President Wilson’s force plan prompts reorganization. Two assistant secretaries of war are named, likely speeding work and trimming delays and unnecessary personnel. Continued on Page Eight.
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
Baltimore
Service Flag Dedication at St Mary's Cathedral
Crowds filled Cheyenne streets despite threatening weather for a service flag dedication at St Mary's Cathedral. A parade from Columbus Hall along Carey Avenue to Capitol featured mounted police, Kopard band, Father Hartman, James Cooper with the flag, Catholic schoolboys, and Columbus Knights of Columbus, followed by veterans in autos.
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Columbus Hall
Carey Avenue
Carey
Sixteenth
Capitol
Kopard
Father Hartman
James Cooper
Fred Carroll
Roy Stapleton
Frank Horekey
Robert Milligan
Albert Bwanson
John Milligan
Koightw
Columbus
Gohodl
Guard of
Sanort
Train Wreck Near Amsterdam Kills Two, Wounds Forty
The Empire State Express derailed after striking a freight train several miles west of Amsterdam. The engineer and fireman were killed and forty injured. A relief train was dispatched from Chin city and medical staff at Aumterdag rushed to the scene. It is unclear if any Cal Elew members were among the injured.
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United Pros
Almany
Empire State Express
Amsterdam
Chin City
Aumterdag
Wredle
Ind Thain No
Tata Wreak
Cal Elew
Warren Has No Wilson Letter Rumor
Reports claim Senator F. K. Warren was summoned to the White House for a conference with the president and a letter supposedly supporting his entered senatorial bid. Wyoming Republicans reportedly viewed the rumor as a political bomb and scrambled to verify or counter the claim.
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Warren
Wilson
F. K. Warren
White House
Presiden
Wyoming
Republican Party
Gio State
Iin
Attitude Unchanged on Vladivostok Landing
United Press reports official confirmation that British forces landed with Japanese at Vladivostok to preserve order. The United States maintains a hands off policy and may respond to the Russian soviets’ request for principles and intentions in Liberia. About fifty Britons were in the landing party and went ashore to protest the British embassy. no armed resistance occurred.
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United Press
Washington
State Department
Vladivostok
Liveria
Lake ship tonnage boosted for 1918 season
The Great Lakes fleet plans a 1918 season with 3,509,460 gross tons available for ore grain and fuel. Despite government requisitions for ocean service during the war, lake tonnage increases over the 1917 close by about 14,500 tons.
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United
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Weather update for Cheyenne and vicinity shows little change
The forecast for Cheyenne and surrounding areas indicates similar temperatures with light winds. Expect no significant shifts in daytime highs or nighttime lows as the week progresses.
U S Unity With Allies in War Aims Declared
Washington April 8 for the first time allied and American diplomacy policy and military tactics are fully unified. President Wilson pledged utmost effort to win the war while the inter allied council and entente had voiced the same aim earlier. Berlin notes claim the United States joins as force against all opposition. Germany reacts to US entry anniversary.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Baltimore
Germany
Inter-Allied War Council
Entente
United States
Ex Governor Carlson Warns Against Liquor in Cheyenne Address
Ex Governor George A. Carlson spoke at the Parish House urging Cheyenne to end the liquor trade calling it poison to individuals and a hindrance to wartime efficiency. He cited Colorado’s prohibition benefits and urged immediate abolition of any deterrent to successful prosecution of the war.
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George A. Carlson
Colorado
May Make Trip Back to America Without Any Convoy
The Lucia, an American passenger liner, left Europe and was convoyed on the voyage across. It is unclear whether she will return without a convoy, which would test her un sinking condition against U boats.
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America
United Press
Washington
Lucia
Europe
Soviet Official Denounces German Territorial Hold
A Soviet commissary representative declared tonight that Germany is not evacuating territories occupied before the BrestLitovsk treaty and continues to hold areas occupied since that agreement.
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United Press
Peprograd
Soviet Commissary
Germany
Birest- Idtovsk
Powdered Glass Contaminates Food At Camp Travis
Fifty people in Camp Travis suffer from powdered glass in food. Major Gains of the military police reported Austrian and two German workers at Port Sam Houston had recently dealt with the issue.
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Hy United Press
Baw Antonio
Tex
Camp Travis
Sam Houston
Russ Blow Up Ships Balk Foe in Southern Waters
Swedish press reports cabled to the state department state that Allied officers blew up three large naval vessels in southern waters amid fear of surrender to a German force. In a separate note Mrs. C ik Weaks of Water Valley Ky sent forty pounds to Taft for the American Red Cross under the belief chicken liver medicine could aid soldiers.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Bimpiah
State Department
Washington
Wyoming Men to Be Drafted by U S April 26
Telegraphed orders from General Crowder direct 335 Wyoming men be inducted into the army during a five day window from April 26 to May. Districts include 32 from Cheyenne and Laramie County. Inductions proceed in draft order with crop workers deferred and small group formations anticipated.
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Wyoming
U.S
Ray K. Olde
Prevont Marchal
Probe into Jury Tampering Halted in High Court
A court judge halted the probe into alleged jury tampering amid chaotic proceedings. The district attorney, amid confusion and sudden illness, requested delay while the trial reel moved forward under national scrutiny of juror influence.
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Chidag
Duderal
Landis
Tampernix
Cleme
Hergen
Yenivamen Métorday
Podehy Tietty
Teaver
Uatorm
Germans Lose 25 Divisions Near Amiens in French Battle
Dispatches from London report 25 German divisions sacrificed near Amiens as Montdidier and Albert operations push four miles on a five mile front. German advances reach Hichen court Autreville and Harinia while French and British counterattacks along the Ancre and Avre rivers are repulsed.
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London
Montdidier and
Albert
Sam Day
Berlin
Viegremeande
Folembray
Hichencourt
Autreville
Harinia
Therjan
Ancre
Avre
United Press
France
Vlens
Amiens
Ulader
Posse
American Aid Timely Aid from Britain in France
A wartime dispatch reports President Wilson and Allied leaders pressing rapid American support to push back German forces. Officers claim the offensive will continue with reinforcements until victory, while observers debate front prospects and the path to peace.
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Wiliam Pheap Simms
United Press
France
Avril
Wilson
Kolden
Hindenburg
Amelyald
Foch
Haig
Remuit
Kelher
Arrests Recorded in City on Stolen Check Ring
Gieorke Geer, a bartender, was arrested this afternoon and jailed on charges connected to passing several forged checks. Authorities accuse him of leading a ring that produced nine five checks and involved local merchants in downtown.
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Gieorke Geer
Ciiron
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