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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1918
Page
9
Theodord Diers issues a wartime Christmas appeal urging peace on earth and renewed charitable aid. He calls for national unity, remembrance of heroes, and relief for those whose homes and lands were devastated by war.
A Christmas Eve report from Washington 1918 details greeting messages from President Wilson General Pershing Senator Daniels Major General Barnett and Secretary Glass plus Food Administrator Hoover as Americans celebrate peace with returning troops overseas and plans for Christmas boxes for soldiers abroad.
West bound services on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe were restored after heavy snow stalled trains. Transcontinental trains on this route are running again with hopes of normal service by tomorrow. Union Pacific lines from Kansas City to Hugo Colorado report delays but expect quick restoration. Main UP line between Omaha and Ogden remains open, while no southbound trains run past Trinidad Colorado tonight.
Martis Sachs, pioneer of Cheyenne who had lived in Omaha for the past 16 years, died Thursday. He came to Cheyenne in 1870 and for years ran the Dyer hotel after succeeding the Fisher family in management. Earlier he worked as traveling representative for the Elerman brothers. He leaves four sons, including Dr. Adolph Sachs.
Hotel men in Cheyenne coordinate with The Plains Moffatt Nor mandie Metropolitan and Albany to share room listings so legislators can find accommodations. If hotels are full, staff will refer to private-room options and help locate suitable housing as Cheyenne prepares for six weeks of state sessions.
There will be no issue on Thursday morning as the entire force takes a Christmas day rest. The staff wishes readers a pleasant holiday in anticipation of the season.
Seattle, December 24. Chas R Crane, ex member of the Root mission to Russia, back from Siberia and the Orient, says no one knows anything about Russia. He calls it a tragedy and highlights two needs: maintenance of the Siberian railway and food. He urges improvement and steady operation of the Trans Siberian railroad to supply food and avert danger.
In Chicago four men robbed diamond dealer Moses Iral son of gems valued between 100000 and 125000 at his office in the Chicago Trust Company building. They bound him and a friend with wire, looted the safe, and fled in an automobile. a bystander fired after them, injuring one assailant.
Paris December 24 The Belgian war office announced that the first cavalry brigade of Belgian troops entered Germany today, crossing into Dusseldorf marking their first foray onto German soil amid ongoing hostilities.
The forecast calls for similar temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday with only small shifts. Reports indicate light winds and no significant precipitation, suggesting mild and stable conditions for the period.
An international bureau forms in Paris to harmonize principles among British French American Italian and other League supporters. Three English and three Italian groups merge under a common front with aims including compulsory arbitration and arms reduction while economic penalties of peace are debated.
Fourteen carloads of Christmas packages from the United States arrived in Codlenz for American troops in the area and will be distributed by motor trucks and railroads. Knights of Columbus and YMCA entertainers are en route to entertain soldiers on Christmas Day, with drill reduced for a week. General Bliss praised General Pershing's work and the American army's role in Europe in a dispatch from Chaumont.
J A Parnell returned from Denver with the body of Alex Duthie murdered by an insane man in Livingston. The killer, identified as Ben Hamilton, escaped convict from an asylum near Knoxville, Tenn, previously murdered his father in law. Duthie’s funeral in Ja yston drew 700 Northern Pacific and local mourners, a testament to public esteem.
President Wilson sends a Christmas message to the American people expressing hope the home front is cheered by troops in Paris and noting strong sentiment for a just peace and a permanent settlement. A separate dispatch reports Prince Conrad von Hohenlohe-Seillings verst resigning amid events in Helmarken.
The city readies for Christmas as 100 000 uniformed troops arrive for a holiday in New York. Armory dances entertain sailors and soldiers while Debarkation Hospital wards glow with stockings and gifts from a Christmas tree. Red Cross promises visits to wounded heroes overnight as homes welcome uniformed guests tomorrow.
Washington reports a government order ending travel bans on German enemy aliens. They may move within the US with president’s consent, except those interned or on parole, who remain subject to previous rules. The measure, framed as a wartime gesture, grants greater freedom after months of confinement.
In Cheyenne, 218 stockings and packages were delivered to needy residents, thanks to the Help One Another Club and friends. The six year effort began with a birthday gift idea for Mrs. F. L. Robinson and grew into a citywide charity with clothing, toys, and cash donations from local workers and businesses.
Wealth authorities report nine new influenza cases on Tuesday with no deaths. A family from the town stopped here during travel. four members of the family are ill, with one death uncertainty.
The text reports that 100 or more conscientious objectors held in custody faced possible amnesty and that officials and the Friends of Conscientious Objection pressed for clemency. Secretary Hart and other officials weighed general rules and potential amnesty despite ongoing wartime service calls.
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