07 Jul 1917
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
1
Cheyenne mayor R N La Fontaine proclaims July 9, 1917 as Frontier Letter-Writing Day to boost publicity for Cheyenne Frontier Days July 23 to 28. Citizens urged to write letters and postcards inviting friends to attend the Wild West celebration.
Coal mine operators from Colorado Montana Idaho Utah and other western states convene in Salt Lake City summoned by F R Peabody to discuss maximum coal prices similar to the eastern states agreement. The conference aims to set just-to-consumer and operator costs based on production and other data.
Douglas Wyoming July 6. The Ross precinct Converse county raises near 1200 for the Red Cross fund, about 30 per voter and 10 per person. The drive was led by Mr and Mrs LeRoy Moore with Rosa f is Billy Irvine’s home mentioned in light.
The senate voted 54 to 20 to ban importation of alcoholic beverages and to prohibit withdrawal from bond of any distilled spirits for beverage use until the war ends. Senator Curtis’ amendment then rearranged the house text for bone dry prohibition.
More than sixty delegates will attend the United Mine Workers of America District 22 convention in Cheyenne on Monday. Arrangements have been made for the extra session meeting of the men here. The convention’s object has not been announced.
Feng Kwo Chang elected temporary president by opposing provincial governors as the young emperor calls for a public demonstration on July 19. Dr Sun Yat Sen placed at the head of the republic’s armed forces in Shanghai amid restoration hopes and U.S. help rumors surface in Tokyo. Opposition to the monarch and Gen Chang Haun grows in Tianjin.
The American steamship Orleans of the Oriental Navigation company was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine with four crew drowned. All armed naval guards survived. The state department withheld attack details. Orleans had been celebrated for breaking Germanys submarine blockade.
Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin pressures the government and Secretary McAdoo appoints a committee to probe alleged compulsory overwork of women in the bureau of printing and engraving. Director Ralph disputes the charges, saying conditions are good and overtime pay exists, with extra tasks tied to war needs like liberty bonds.
Dr Clyde Augustus Dunniway former president of the University of Wyoming was elected president of Colorado College following Dr William F Slocums resignation He will assume duties there late in August in COLORADO SPRINGS Colo July 6
A heated Carnegie Hall mass meeting in New York sparked by Theodore Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers escalated as Roosevelt denounced East St. Louis killings and Gompers defended labor. Gompers confronted Roosevelt before the crowd while Mayor Mitchell struggled to restore order.
Vienna dispatches report German Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg will present a new peace outline in a Reichstag speech. German sources say the plan aims to end any hope of separate peace with Russia and seeks a renewed military campaign against Moscow.
Revealed information alleges a plan to damage Dakota crops is being exposed publicly. Officials report investigations by state and federal authorities and cite multiple actors connected to the alleged plot.
The Industrial Workers led a nationwide walkout denouncing wage cuts and factory closures. Officials claim up to 200 workers left in May, interns denied collusion, and a conciliatory posture backed by a local union meeting aimed to organize a vote on striking continuation.
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