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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1918
Page
9
Washington reports circulate that Austria-Hungary plans a peace proposal addressed to the United States soon. State department officials decline to discuss. The move would relate to Wilson's position and terms already set by the U.S. president.
U S and Mexican troops exchanged heavy fire for about an hour and a half near the Santa Fe International bridge in El Paso. The river, under 150 feet wide, saw more than 500 shots fired. An American Private Linn was wounded in the lip and a Mexican horseman felled from his horse.
In New York on January 25 United States Attorney Melville France pressed for the death penalty as Paul C. Hennig a naturalized American and foreman at Bliss Munitions faced treason charges. The indictment alleges Hennig tampered with gyroscope machinery intended for torpedoes to aid the U.S. government, and the government seeks the extreme sentence. Hennig a native of KipdG Germany emigrated to the United States in 1966 and naturalized in 1916 under wartime restrictions. officials argue only American citizens should work on federally contract manufacturing plants.
Sydney reports a cyclone in Mackay Queensland causing tidal waves and floods with heavy property damage. Fourteen bodies recovered and more feared as sugar stocks worth over 5 million dollars were ruined. a call for international assistance is issued.
Dispatches from Petrograd report a heavy battle between Bolshevik and Rumanian troops in progress near Landon. Front lines communication to Petrograd is cut off. The Cossack government allows General Alexieff to organize a volunteer army for the constituent government defense.
Severe rioting reported in Berlin with dispatches noting crowds marching in the streets and demanding peace. The absence of Thursday Berlin newspapers in Amsterdam added to the impression of growing tension and uncertainty.
PARIS reports a fresh contingent of Portuguese troops has been landed in France. The arrival expands Allied forces as the war progresses.
Petrograd reports a Bolshevik led congress in Tauride palace debating whether Russia should be a state governed by all classes or a dictatorship of the proletariat. Trotzky warned at Smolny that Germany and Austria seek vast territorial gains in Lithuania Ukraine and Belarus amid ongoing peace talks.
News from Sew York reports that Herman W. Ebling, an interned German, testified in the trial of Fang von Rintelen and six others. He swore German agents tasked him to plant firebombs on munition ships as the case resumed before Judge Howe. Pilby also testified that Carl Schimmel urged him to plant bombs.
Confidential senate testimony reveals Allied officials worried about American war management coordination. Rep McCormick reports Liende George urged Gen Leonard Wood's appointment abroad. General Sharpe defends Pershing expedition timing and manpower summons despite clothing shortages.
Thirty more negro soldiers will be tried by court martial in San Antonio Texas as part of the Houston riot investigation. New testimony from the Aug 64 incident at Houston where 160 soldiers of the Twenty fourth U S Infantry led a disturbance is cited.
German and Austro Hungarian leaders respond to Allied and Wilson terms through Counts von Hertling and Czernin, rejecting core peace bases. They emphasize no territorial gains or indemnities for Russia, stress Alsace Lorraine, Belgian issues, and Turkish integrity as decisive in negotiations.
Vienna dispatch reports about 100000 workers striking in Prague on Thursday. Large crowds paraded the streets as Austrian newspapers have not been received for days, with broader political unrest noted across Central Europe.
Edward J. Stettinius of New York was appointed surveyor general of all army purchases, effectively directing munitions. He will oversee allied procurements in the United States and coordinate production to align with the army program and national resources.
Washington June 25 Cooney Pershing today reported a U S army casualty. A 22 year old Private Fred Thompson of Georgetown was killed in action. No further information available at this time.
Authorities recovered the bodies of Mia Lunes and two of her children from the burned home site in Minnesota. A search for a third child continues with aid from state investigators and the affected family.
London observers say the Austrian replies show independence from Germany on many points and Belgium remains undefined. Czernin’s proposal for Austria Hungary and the United States to begin peace talks garners interest while Hertling’s speech is described as warlike and lacking clear policy on Belgium. The issue shifts to an international debate with anticipated U.S and European responses.
The federal plan splits the country into twenty coal producing districts with a district head for each. E R Clayton of Harlan Kentucky is named to lead the Kentucky Tennessee Georgia district and J R Zerby of Cleveland Ohio will head the Ohio district. The rest to be announced. Operators meet in Chicago to discuss the zoned system for Illinois Indiana and coal property insurance and to avoid doubling.
Nottingham reports a labor conference urging abolition of the Lords as a base of funds and opposing any fate of a second chamber. The session was described as featuring strong calls from unionist delegates.
Washington today the senate military committee decided to grant Secretary Baker a hearing on Chamberlain’s charges. The hearing could occur Wednesday or earlier if he chooses. The plan aims to present a complete summary of Baker’s actions and defenses before the military committees.
The United Mine Workers urge the U S government to seize control of coal mines to enable collective bargaining. They oppose labor conscription and back President Wilson's war aims while defending workers right to organize and bargain with employers.
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