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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
9
Washington reports a critical European food situation with the Food Administration planning to release 90 million bushels more wheat. Allies demand remains strong and shortages may hit the U S in May if consumption isn’t cut, prompting possible Wheatless Days laws and war bread measures.
The mercury plunged to 16 below in Butte and 15 below is forecast regionwide as a severe cold wave grips the West. Denver reports 4 below with subzero readings across Nevada, Montana and Texas as winds linger and snow falls.
Mark L. Requa of Oakland California is appointed head of the new oil division of the fuel administration. The division will oversee government control of oil with an initial mission to inventory the entire petroleum situation.
Plans for a full Wyoming campaign to sell war savings certificates were revealed at a Plains hotel meeting led by Mayor Stone. State director W C Irvine announced 185 000 sub agencies nationwide and 50 in Cheyenne about 474 statewide. Scouts offered help as school officials were assigned to organize campaigns in schools and merchants were asked to fund four full page ads.
Washington January 10 The Fuel Administrator Garfield ordered paper board mills to suspend fuel use from 7 0 clock Saturday morning to 7 0 clock Monday morning as part of wartime curtailment. The move targets coal savings of about 780 000 tons annually with 15 000 tons weekly. Similar orders affecting nearly 100 industries are expected later.
The Virginia Senate approved a dry bill by a vote of 30 to 4. The measure reflects continued nationwide prohibition efforts and was reported by Associated Press dispatches.
Secretary of War Baker testifies before the senate committee on wartime readiness detailing powder plant proposals and delays in machine gun supply. He defends Dupont offers as costly but not gratuitous, notes adequate current powder supply, praises rapid mobilization and ongoing expansion of ordnance and supply lines.
London dispatch reports Henry M. Tyn dman and Dr. Willin Gavronaks, envoys of Kerensky, cables to President Wilson protesting his labeling Bolshevik Russia as democratic. They accuse Wilson of strengthening autocracy and aiding Bolshevik control in the war effort against the Allies. Gayrovsky adds that Allied missteps allowed Bolshevik influence and Russia’s alignment with Germany.
Se. W. T. Poster of Reed College said after visiting every American camp in France that U S troops were not drunken and had good morals. He spoke in Chicago on January 10, claiming the U S Army is the cleanest in Europe.
Intercepted communications and evidence on numerous arrested aliens reveal a scattered movement to reorganize German sabotage and anti war propaganda in the country. Officials say activities are sporadic and mainly led by sympathizers with no central headquarters.
An official statement reports reprisals against Alsace Lorraine insurgents. French women are to be sent to a camp in Hanover within days, as part of a punitive measure foreshadowed by German authorities.
Four child patients perished in a hospital blaze that swept the east wing of the Catholic General Hospital on Water Street. A woman died from shock after being carried out.
Reported by the Evening Post German delegates in Petrograd contact the Swedish legation seeking Sweden’s role as go between with Great Britain and France. London dispatch notes Bolshevik decree to cancel Russia’s national debt within days. Amsterdam reports Russian delegation at Brewtiiowsk ready to continue peace talks.
Circulation copies from Tolchevik sources claim Bulgaria seeks no Russian territory and favors Bolshevik ideas. Russia reportedly mobilized after Austria threatened Serbia, aiding Germany’s war move. Turkey reportedly rejected Ottoman separate peace while urging joint peace talks. Reports also claim Kal edine and Dutarf defeated Bolshevik forces with their forces in pursuit across southern Russia.
A detachment of American cavalry thirty miles west of Nogalow ambushed a band of Yaouul Indians during a mission to guard trails. One Mehin hospital at Nogatios reports casualties as per a telegraph from the commandant at Nu nalon.
The House approved by 274 to 146 a resolution to submit a federal women's suffrage amendment to the states. Supporters hailed the victory as a step toward ratification despite opposition noted in Senate doubts. President Wilson’s backing aided morale as suffragists aim to push the issue to the Senate and state legislatures tomorrow.
A reported suspected spy escaped his captors after an incident described in local authorities notes. Details remain unclear due to damaged text but indicate ongoing pursuit and official involvement.
The Amsterdam dispatch reports President Wilson’s address as provoking war by praising force and portraying peace through freedom and unity. It notes German and Hungarian reactions and critiques Wilson’s stance as divisionary, while calling for imperial changes and partition terms across regions.
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