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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
5
The Wyoming National Guard will be called into federal service on July 25, after earlier plans to mobilize on July 15, July 25 and August 5. Dispatches also stated guardsmen would train at Palo Alto near San Francisco, with governors protesting changes due to wartime obligations.
July 4 report states United States officials diverted American troop dispatches from their usual delivery channel and sent them to the secretary of war for approval. Dispatches from France were withheld for official inspection, marking the first time an executive department redirected such material.
Special to The State Leader Washington D C July 4 Assurances reach Senator Kendrick that Wyoming will be included in any law designating western lands under the 640 acre act. He argues before conferees on the agricultural stimulations bill for an extension of designation plans and urges early survey completion. Western senators press for action to aid homesteaders despite House opposition and potential reliance on survey designations if the legislative amendment fails.
Sheriff George Nixon of Caatie Rock Colorado arrived in Cheyenne to recover a stolen automobile reported from there yesterday morning. The search failed to locate the vehicle.
Discussion in the capital centers on revived spy issues following unsuccessful submarine assaults on American expedition ships. The talk weighs whether German warnings marked the crossing time, or if the attack results from general knowledge about the expedition.
Vienna reports that Austrian forces withdrew from a limited front in Galicia under pressure from superior Russian numbers. The war office statement says Russian attacks near Kenneuhy were repulsed and the Russians ceased their assault.
About 6000 people attended the final day of the Pine Bluffs Round-up in Wyoming as Cheyenne visitors joined by train and autos. Speakers included John Hey of Rock Springs and Judges Winter of Casper and Mentzer of Cheyenne who tied the event to Wilsons war aims and Lincoln quotes. The program featured wild west stunts and cavalry drill by three troops, with Colonel McNamee praising Fort Russell troops before the march back to Fort Russell on the following morning.
In Laramie the annual Round-Up capped with the Denver-Laramie road race won by Bob Murray of Denver as he drove a Buick in three hours eight minutes and thirty seconds. He failed to beat Harold Brinker’s record set the previous year. Cliff Sundin of Rawlins took second in a Mercer, George Edwards of Denver third in a Thomas, and C M Duncan of Denver fourth in a Ford. A detour due to a washed bridge near Laporte affected the course. A morning motorcycle race from Cheyenne to Laramie was won by Frank Kunce of Loveland on a Harley Davidson in one hour fourteen minutes.
In Rio de Janeiro on July 4 British French Brazilian and American troops paraded together for the American natal day. President Braz reviewed the march as four battalions from the American squadron under Admiral Caperton landed along with two Brazilian battalions and detachments of French and British sailors. Robert T. Skinner the American consul general in London spoke at a patriotic concert praising English honors for the day.
A crowd of women stormed a cold storage warehouse and seized carcasses of pigs before distribution. Butcher shops were looted as soldiers and police fought the rioters and cleared the street.
Four youths died and 19 others were injured when police and troops opened fire on a mob looting shops in Amsterdam after a parade ended by police order. The confrontations followed the parade and source notes consistency with prior police action.
German submarine bombarded PORTA DELGADA Azores at dawn killing a girl and wounding several others. An American transport joined in firing on the Uboats, according to official statements from the minister of om rinos.
The State Leader notes only four areas operate with reduced police hours during the holiday, following shortened shifts for officers yesterday.
New York reports the Cruger High School death probe halted by Mayor Mitchel orders. Ged Whitman directed Attorney Swann to begin and braet oy investigation immediately, ending ongoing inquiries into police negligence amid a stated comission.
The Chinese figure sought asylum with two attendants at a palace in Owlock Laet Hehean South Refuge. The Japanese authorities granted refuge amid a tense international situation. No interviews with the president are allowed.
The War department faced an overwhelming workload causing delays in dispatches. Officials promise the practice is temporary and that censorship will not be continued beyond the present emergency.
The Metal Mine Workers branch of the IWW told Governor Campbell they would not return to work even if the International union demands were granted. Rival unions clash as John McBride arrives to mediate. officials fear government intervention to end the standoff among miners in Miami and surrounding areas.
A long Fourth of July in East St. Louis shows a dreary day amid public fireworks and limited activity. Firefighters fight nearby blazes but no alarm reaches one firehouse, while residents endure quiet streets and delayed celebrations as authorities begin late gun and mail investigations.
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