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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
5
Warden Alston of the state penitentiary returned Thursday to Rawlins after business at the state capitol. From Vancouver E A Lewis was here yesterday from Vancouver. Detroit Visitor W Taylor was a Cheyenne visitor from Detroit yesterday.
Omaha denizen Karbach and Laramie head Dean Knight travel plans noted. Hobbs and Muckieldt advertise furniture at Plains Hotel area. Robert Carron resigns as water superintendent due to federal service. Bons report Elk Mountain fishing trip. E Couch from Fort Worth on business. Bus and taxi services advertise phone numbers and hours.
A procession of visitors records business and leisure trips through Cheyenne. EF Cartin of Denver, C W Tram from Central City Nebraska, and H R Boice of Sherman Texas arrived for meetings. Eugene J. Glenn left for Houston after a Wyoming vacation, while J J Jolngon from Omaha and J W Wedford from Dallas spent days here.
After a long session the state university board delays selecting a successor to Dr. C A Duniway until a special meeting about a month before the September 25 fall term. Dr. Duniway resigns, moves to Colorado College, while two applicants Dr F F Nadler of UC and Kingsbury of Boulder present before the board.
The Burris home at 2205 Thames Street was entered last night while the family was out. The intruder ransacked drawers and corners but took nothing. A watchdog was found dead after the burglar, believed attacked by the dog, struck it with a chair. The incident occurred before 9 pm.
One hundred forty seven alleged anti draft agitators from Hughes Seminole and Pontotoc counties held in the state penitentiary were charged with inciting rebellion and conspiracy to evade the selective draft by United States district attorney W P McGinnis. They await action of the federal grand jury.
Petrograd reports two radical measures easing censorship. The first abolishes the Chief Administration for Press Affairs and the Chamber of Books, with a state subsidy for press materials and a bureau to publish periodical summaries. The second grants unqualified printing freedom, requires registration of newspapers, two copies of each issue, and state-regulated penalties limited to court-imposed fines, aiming to end ruinous suppression.
National League games featured Philadelphia defeating Pittsburgh 5 to 2 in the first game and Philadelphia taking a 6 to 3 win in the second. St. Louis beat New York 5 to 2 while Chicago edged Boston 4 to 1. Cincinnati won 3 to Brooklyn 3 remaining tied. American League had no games scheduled.
Hugo Obenstein Cheyenne oil broker died in Weaver after an unsuccessful operation. Funeral moved to Sunday at 10 a.m. Plans for Cheyenne grocery stores to close during the service were finalized but details were unclear. Obenstein had been in poor health over two years and died after a relapse following an appendicitis operation in Denver.
The Berlin communique says local successes along the Yser canal and near Langemarke with Entente losses. Hill 70 action stirs German high command as Prince Rupprecht battles to recapture. Lloyd George says Haig captured Langemarck and 1200 prisoners. British, French, and Belgian fronts claim gains amid heavy fighting around Hill No. 7 and Lens.
Wiliga Stocker a Chicago cement contractor was ordered to leave Aurora after circulating a weekly newspaper linked to Mayor Thompson. A committee of about fifty local business leaders, including former officials and veterans, confronted him at his hotel and warned him not to return. Stocker agreed to quit and depart, stating his actions were personal support for Thompson. The dispute centered on a controversial paragraph advocating wartime measures.
Two women among 105 indicted by the St Clair county grand jury for alleged participation in a riot. The roundup includes numerous officers from the St Louis force with several charged with murder. Police officials planned substation of silvers for indicted officers.
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