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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
8
Cheyenne visitors drop by from Meriden Pine Bluffs Cody and Wheatland and Senator Kendrick is seen in Casper. Taxi service promotions and shopkeeping snow cleanup mark a busy day while city officials urge sidewalk sweeping and radiator heater hood coverage amid chilly weather.
Page Mr Garfield notes Mrs Delfelder arrived in Cheyenne after snowbound days in Chicago. Sam Ohstein of the Wyoming Brokerage went to Denver and back. Union Pacific hotel cooks observe wheatless and meatless schedules per Hoover. R C George of Tie Siding arrives.
German delegates in Petrograd sought permission for the former imperial household to travel to Germany. The request was refused and led to a plan to try the former imperial figures. Max Gorky reports the Bolshevik ultimatum demanded the arrest of ringleaders and the movement’s disarmament with help from the Romanian army.
William J. Baker a prominent New York financier aged 62 committed suicide in the Ambassador hotel yesterday by shooting himself in the temple after a nervous breakdown. He formerly served as vice president of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company and as secretary of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
President Mencow of Cuba issues a decree allowing distribution of the entire Cuban sugar crop worldwide through an international sugar committee working with the food administration.
Evanston Wyoming January 16 Trainmaster Ray Hamilton died in Ogden hospital from injuries after a wreck near Bridger station last Sunday He was well known and esteemed in the community leaving a wife a child and a brother here.
Chicago January 18 Armour & Co and Swift Co announce that all pickers affected by the Garfield closing order will be paid wages during their inactivity. The general offices distributed the decision today and noted continued employment will resume.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper will grant extensions beyond March 1 when accounting difficulties prevent completion. Tax forms for incomes of 2000 or more will be ready soon. Returns may use cost or cost or market value basis with explanation. long held property must show estimated value as of March 1 1913 with explanation.
The Hawaiian-American liner Texan, rammed by a convoy warship, reached an Atlantic port under its own steam. Water-filled compartments and a large hole on the port side were reported but the crew suffered no injuries. The vessel enters dry dock for repairs.
Serious strikes accompanied by rioting have occurred in Vienna and other Austrian cities, according to news agency telegrams from Zurich and other Swiss points.
Washington January 18 The bill to create a war council of three civilian members was approved late today by the Senate military committee and will be introduced in the Senate Monday Proposals to include the secretaries of war and navy were defeated in the committee
The Senate approved a bill authorizing $50,000,000 from Shipping Board funds to buy lands near shipyards to build housing for shipyard workers. The measure came after a brief debate in Washington.
Chicago reports ten thousand plants closed and an industrial army of 400,000 idle workers in response to the national fuel administration order to conserve coal. Officials say railways are relieved of commerce burdens as coal moves, with efforts to aid wage earners and keep ships fueled for Europe. New York and Atlantic ports note reduced congestion and focus on moving coal for merchant fleets as observance spreads.
A cablegram from Madrid reports Col. Theodore Roosevelt and his wife with their son beside Mr and Mrs Kermit Roosevelt in Madrid. The message, received at Oywer Lay, notes the Roosevelts in Spain as a grand father trip continues.
Prime Minister and Lloyd George assert democracy must be willing to die for itself and resist German autocracy. They claim Wilson and British demands for wartime terms were broadly supported, with minimal opposition from socialists. Germany refuses reconsidering Alsace Lorraine and vows to continue until Mesopotamia and Palestine revert to Turkish rule.
Mexico City January 18 The department of commerce and industry announced a bill designating the petroleum industry as a public utility. The measure, to be taken up by Congress in September, implements article 27 of the new constitution and grants government authority over the sector.
The article explains Smileage books issued by the military entertainment council under Secretary of War guidance. Raymond B. Fosdick chairs the committee on training camp activities. Books contain coupons for tickets at camp theaters and possibly other uses. Each soldier may receive multiple books, creating connection between front and home and offering relief during wartime.
The Senate military committee tentatively approved two bills to centralize U.S. war operations. One would create a three member super war council, the other a director of war industries, aiming to unify planning and production.
Funeral services for Clarence R Ritchie will be held from St Marys Cathedral at 9 oclock Monday morning. He is survived by six children and Mrs Ritchie. He worked as a carpenter at the Union Pacific shops.
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