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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
12
Impatient former progressives, many erstwhile Republicans, doubt Hughes's specifics as he tours from coast to coast. The Rocky Mountain News urges a candidate with concrete plans on Mexico intervention, universal military service, and railroads, warning voters won’t settle for words without action.
The piece mocks Mr. Hughes for offering vague platitudes on preparedness while Roosevelt's vigor and the administration’s strong defense measures outshine him. It notes his followers show little excitement and contrasts his style with Roosevelt’s fiery clarity.
A partisan column attacks a judge as undermining the Wilson era navy program while praising the administration’s push to expand the fleet. The piece mocks political theatre, likening Republicans to actors in Hamlet and a colonel‑like figure unable to deliver decisive wartime rhetoric.
The British censor admits Front dispatches from Girvimny were mutilated but says only falsehoods and injurious statements were removed. He tells correspondents to use the wireless if they object. He asserts England’s truth excludes facts that could help Germany.
The writer argues the direct primary law is being perverted by failures to file nominations for senator and representative. They claim both parties show similar delinquency in Park County and other areas like Niobrara and Campbell counties. They call for explanations from Tarnow or Chaplin regarding the apparent sameness in the alleged offense.
Petrograd reports General Brusiloff has captured more than 402000 prisoners, most of them Austrians, in his wide advance. The Austrian standing army at war onset was 425000, with two years of heavy casualties. The persistence of Austria’s fight amid these figures is hard to grasp.
The Laramie Republican dismisses accusations against Mr. Hughes calling him the finest pusawfooter on the Mexican, European, and German American questions and domestic issues raised in the campaign. It invites the paper to refute the charge with facts.
The king toured the frontline trenches and spoke with pride, urging his soldiers as quiet reigned along the lines. He proclaimed resolve and shared a bold gesture to steady his men in the face of no visible enemy.
Berlin tallies the Ahle French losses in the Somme battle as London and Paris offer detailed counts of German casualties at Verdun. Officials urge prompt figures from London on allied losses and from Berlin on German losses.
In a period of national tension, President Wilson moves to avert a threatened railroad strike while Secretary Hughes travels the country delivering speeches and settling policy. The remark contrasts decisive action with verbose campaigning.
As rye and wheat prices climb, the temperance movement gains a new ally in investors, linking rising grain costs to a push for alcohol limits. The note suggests traders see virtue in temperance as a stabilizing response to volatile grain markets.
Mr Hughes makes plain he will not shrink from war in the performance of his obvious duty. The crowd is assured there will be no railroad strike because it is impossible, matching the dramatic tone of the era.
London observers describe the Women's War Procession staged to honor allied nations and highlight women’s contributions to the war effort. The event featured tableaux of soldiers, nurses, and workers from Belgium to Britain, with Miss Olive Terry as St. Michael and Miss Farmer Springhurst as Joan of Arc, parading from Waterloo Bridge to Trafalgar Square under the gaze of officials including Mr. Lloyd-George.
The St Louis Republic weighs Mr Hughes criticism of Wilsons diplomatic picks. It questions Walter H Page Henry Van Dyke Thomas Nelson Page and others, asking if replacements were better or worse and noting legions of capable envoys. The piece defends the administrations foreign service.
A Kansas City Star fragment quotes an official note claiming minimal casualties with phrases about light losses and few thousand affected, suggesting the report is trivial yet hints at broader concealment or understatement.
Governor Johnson backs no single choice between Hughes and Wilson and urges progressives to vote their conscience. A new plan forms progressive leagues within old parties to preserve principles in California. Coordinating voices are forming, with reforms on eight hour day, minimum wage, immigration, housing, blue-sky, budget, and public utilities.
The naval consulting board shows a completed plan to mobilize U S industrial resources for war. Howard Coffin announces classification of 30 000 manufacturing plants with assured plant use in wartime and annual government procurements to build a skilled reserve for tools and materials.
A plan outlines a trained national body for defense and a large reserve to rapidly supply the army and navy. Coffin's committee extends across the United States to mobilize labor and resources for war and peacetime benefits, boosting food, clothing, leather, charcoal, chemicals and metals production.
English military authorities likely ordered McClure to return to the United States amid fears he would tamper with magazines. The decision reflects wartime concerns over control of press and information.
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