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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1917
Page
9
Mrs Hanna Oberfelder aged 67 of Sidney Nebraska died in a Denver hospital from uremic poisoning. She will be buried in Denver today. She is the mother of Mrs Joseph Wasserman and was well known in Cheyenne with a large circle of friends.
In New Haven Benny Leonard the reigning lightweight champion defeated Chick Brown by technical knockout in the fifth round of a ten round scheduled match held tonight.
Senator Kendrick of Wyoming defended the general oil leasing bill in a Senate speech. He argued Congress should not legislate such men out of their equities. The afternoon was spent on unfinished business with a vote expected tomorrow unless debate extends.
Major General Goethals offered quartermaster general to replace Sharpe. Brig. Gen. Barrette named chief of coast artillery, succeeding Weaver. Rear Admiral Harris seeks relief from the Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation to return as head of the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks.
Miss Gertrude Thompson and Miss Evelyn Jensen opened a booth at Daiber's to recruit 3500 new Red Cross dollars memberships. Twenty six joined first day. booths planned at Plains hotel and OConnell store with volunteers coordinating daily.
In Denver on December 17 Sam Langford defeated Kid Norfolk in the heavyweight bout scheduled for twenty rounds. Langford, an African American boxer, stopped Norfolk in the second round.
The House approved a nationwide prohibition measure by 282 to 128 amid a crowded gallery. The bill would amend the federal constitution to ban manufacturing selling or importing intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes in the United States and territories. The resolution sets a seven year ratification window matching the Senate version.
Austro-German units attacking Italian positions on the northern front from the San Marino direction were driven back in disorder in the El Caprillo region. Italian forces counter attacked and the enemy withdrew to their positions, ending the engagement with a Italian victory.
Four men arrested in El Paso Texas have confessed to the murder of Gust Kondaks a Cheyenne taxi driver on the night of December 7 They are William L Brown W J Prisbie Walter Headlee and Joe Hamilton Prisbie described how the group planned the trip to Colorado and Texas and how Brown shot Kondaks after the driver stopped Brown and the others carried the body about ten miles from Cheyenne and left it near the road They then moved the car toward New Mexico selling it for eighty dollars with the proceeds split among the four men
The union government led by Sir Robert Borden appears returned with conscription confirmed. Early results from across Canada show Borden’s government elected for five more years and Sir Wilfrid Laurier decisively defeated in the reciprocity vote of 1911. Voting turnout is described as heavy with large majorities.
Four German destroyers raided a British convoy to Norway sinking eight merchantmen and one British destroyer. Five neutral ships and two British ships were sunk, with eleven survivors rescued by the attackers who towed captives to Kiel. An admiralty investigation is promised.
Former Portuguese president Machado, deposed by a recent revolution, is escorted by guards to the frontier and sent toward Madrid and Paris in exile. American Minister Burch reported this development from Lisbon today.
With moderate clear weather on December 17 in New York City the fuel famine largely ends as lighterage across the Madison River resumes. Officials note ships and barges can move fuel more freely, reducing shortages that plagued the city.
Food Administrator Hoover appeared before the Senate committee investigating the sugar shortage and asked to present his version of conditions. Spreckels of the Federal Sugar Refining company argued that a faster western beet sugar crop would have created sugar abundance if not for price controls.
In Dedham Massachusetts a nurse Harriet A Varney of West Upton was found not guilty of murdering Mrs Pauline Keyes ten month bride of George A Keyes a Boston real estate man by the Norfolk county superior court after four hours of jury deliberation early today.
Dec 17. Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann says Berlin peace path proceeds to Brest-Litovsk discussions with Russia as part of weeklong diplomacy. He outlines Germany’s move toward peace negotiations in Europe.
Washington reports allege steel barons slowed war preparations to boost profits, while General Crosier testifies in Congress that U S coast defenses remain inferior to Europe’s in past years. He cites decades of underinvestment and asserts current guns are insufficient against any attack.
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