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Newspaper

Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1918

Page

8

Smileage Book Campaign 10 Launch Planned Here

Cheyenne prepares to launch a Smileage Book campaign to fund allotments totaling 500 dollars, one sixth of the state total. Ten chairmen will form committees to canvass a district yet to be assigned, with entertainment planned at Liberty theaters for soldiers.

Court House Hig Horn Carbon Portshwabsre Red Cross Liberty Ghotted Wiilliam Faveratiom Keith Maude Adem Entoyments Liberty Theaters

Betis Bombs Hit Turkish Strait Area After Cruiser Drift

In London on January 25 reports say seven tons of bombs were dropped over the past forty eight hours on and around the former German cruiser tieben stranded in the Dardanelles and on Galata. Several direct orders were obtained. FOR SALE Furniture sale 5 room house for rent 202 W 8th.

London Tieben Dardanelles Galata

Hearst Editor Held as German Enemy in Chicago

Count Albrecht Montgelas, literary and art editor of Hearst's Chicago Examiner, arrested on a presidential warrant for being a German alien enemy. He will be interned for the war, to Port Sheridan then an internment camp. The arrest skips arraignment. he is described as a personal friend of William Randolph Hearst and cousin to Bavarian officials.

Chicago Albrecht Montgelas William R. Hearst Chicaco Examiner United States Examiner Hearst Federal Building Port Sheridan William Randolph Hearst Adolph Montgelas Maximilian Montgelas Haverian Montegias Count Edvend Saxony Montecsiet America Germany

Teuton Designs on Russia Unmasked

The article reports on German and Austrian positions in talks about evacuation and self definition for Poles Letts and Lithuanians. Trotzky and German official Richard von Külmann clash over aims, with claims that central powers support free self definition while planning evacuation with new self defined governments.

Austria Germany Troteky Hoffman Trotzky Loffman Richard von Kuelmann

Runaway Boys Found in Sidney

Robert Wilson and Johnnie Braue, both about 14, ran away from home in Cheyenne and ended up in Sidney Nebraska after riding a train. The sheriff contacted the police to arrange their return to their families at their respective addresses on Eighteenth Street and Rusell Street.

Robert Wilson Mary Wilson Eighteenth Street Johnnie Braue John Brane Russill Street Unis Sidney Neb Cheyenne

Frank Willer Dead After Long City Residence

Frank Willer a longtime Cheyenne resident and 41 year employee of Arp & Hammond Hardware died after a two day illness. Born in Schleswig Germany October 12 1853 he came to America in 1873 and lived near Boone Indiana before moving to Wyoming in 1876. He worked for Union Pacific Merrill Lumber Miller brickyard and finally Arp & Hammond since August 1886. Survived by wife and four daughters Dora Wilhelmina Mrs Mumm and Mrs Eimil Buseh with two daughters teaching in Twisp Washington and Albuquerque New Mexico. Funeral arrangements to be announced. The body rests at Larrys mortuary.

Frank Miller Cheyenne Arp & Hammond Hardware Company Schleswig Germany America Boone Wyoming Union Pacific Sidney Merrill Lumber Company P. J. Black Lumber Company Miller Brickyard Sixteenth and Bent Streets Arp & Hammond Dora Wilhelmina Mumm Eimil Buseh Twisp Wash Albuquerque N. M. Funera Larry Dora Miller Germain and Huglish Miller

Saloon Man Held on Charge of Breaking Law

George BR Joffee owner of Albany bar and grill room was arrested within minutes of the new saloon closing ordinance taking effect on Thursday night charged with violating it. A man and woman in the grill room were also detained. Joffee posted 50 bond for trial in police court. He may face a jury trial for violating the closing ordinance and resisting arrest after an officer seized a beer bottle from the table. Police report other saloon keepers observed the ordinance.

George BR. Joffee Albany Joffee Charles F. Emberg Beats

U S Troops Repel Raid by Bandits on El Paso

U S troops guarding the bridgehead fired back at bandits who attacked the customs house and immigration station on the Mexican side. Soldiers stretched along the river kept up a steady volley as patrols moved north and south to thwart any rush on the guard.

U.S el Paso Customs House Immigration Service Eeuso

Cheyenne Girls Triumph as Boys Fall to Laramie

Cheyenne high school girls beat Laramie in the season’s fastest girls contest, 17 to 14, with strong play in the second half. In the boys game, Laramie defeated Cheyenne 74 to 13 after an 18 to 7 halftime lead, with fouls by both sides and Cheyenne coach Priddy noting a lack of their usual snap before an upcoming Rawlings game.

Laramie, Wyc Cheyenne Laramie Priddy Rawlings

Germany and Austria Seek Peace Terms Over Alsace and Frontiers

Leaders from Germany and Austria discuss Wilsons Four Points and territorial questions as Brest-Litovsk peace talks unfold. The chancellor defends Alsace Lorraine as originally German and calls for rapid settlement while Czernin cites no territorial demand from Russia. Trotzky counters with criticism at the Brest-Litovsk conference.

Germany Wilson Austria von Hiertling Austria-Hungary Balkan Romania Serbia Montenegro Alsace- Lorraine Lloyd George Count von Herling Count Czernin Russia Brest-Litovak von Herling Leon Trotzky Hrest- Litovsk

Scouts Will Hike and Other Local Notes

Scouts Will hike members of the Central and Churchill school patrols will leave for a morning hike in uniform. David Miller of media New Zealand wounded by shrapnel October 2 at Passchendaele has returned to Australia. Funeral services for Homer C. Tloberis were held at the Presbyterian church. A Central avenue home was quarantined for smallpox. Several city updates include streetcar derailment delays, trains moving east, and local visitors from Sheridan Divide Worland and Rock Springs.

Boy Scout Central Churchill David Miller Mnedia New Zealand Passchendaele Australia

Flag Presented by Mrs Houx Blown from Fire Station Flag

A flag gifted to the city by Mrs. Houx was blown from its pole by a 6 mph wind. Firemen collected funds to replace the flag, and the new flag was raised on the pole. The original flag had been a wartime emblem, kept aloft since the nation entered the war.

Mra Frank L. Hiowx Hao

Mayor Stone Explains History of Money to Cheyenne College

Mayor E. W. Stone addressed Cheyenne Business College students on money history from ancient fixed values to modern dollars and cents. He used coin samples to illustrate points stressing gold and silver backing and the worthlessness of paper money, earning strong student appreciation.

E. W. Stone Cheyenne Business College Stone Business College Redeen

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