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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
4
The Standard Chautauqua advances its program as the tent rises in the valley. Ticket sales show no new records yet but the opening is expected to draw Cheronne residents to a strong, forceful schedule. Soldiers in uniform receive discounted tickets, and public figures hail the Chautauqua as a typically American institution offering a balanced, entertaining season.
The Chattanqua circuits have been instrumental in encouraging earnest patriotism among the people. Their speakers are influential figures shaping national destinies and conveying the deeper meaning of patriotism. The combination of entertainment and education provides a profitable diversion and deserves broad public support.
The piece profiles James K. Vardaman of Mississippi as a failed wartime demagogue who opposed key measures and endured accusations of pro German sympathy. It notes his 2013 Senate entry, 1917 war vote, and current appeal to prohibitionists as he faces political decline amid food conservation debates and domestic policy clashes.
The article outlines draft exemption procedures and board plans for counties, with steps to notify registrants, determine eligibility, and post qualifications. It lists classes exempt from service including officers, ministers and divinity students, military personnel, German nationals, and resident aliens, plus optional exemptions for dependents and certain workers.
Cheyenne civic leaders urge residents to list available rooms for Frontier visitors. The committee anticipates a record crowd and asks locals to offer sleeping space to avoid last minute shortages during the larger than ever Frontier celebration. W S Bassinger notes rising demand for lodging with step over privileges.
Washington reports indicate officials fear espionage may prompt stricter controls on mails and cables. Authorities caution against hysteria and targeting German Americans while weighing outgoing cable censorship and mail regulation. Salt Creek visitors N B Andrews and spouse stayed in Cheyenne last night and plan several days here.
Local draft boards review exemption claims first. If rejected a man may appeal to a district board. Wyoming will have one district board per state with final binding decisions governing exemptions.
The article describes U.S. Marines leaving for France with their ship and supplies. Colonel Charles A. Doyen will command the regiment at the front, while Lieutenant Colonel Logan Feland will be next in authority.
Warren Kimball of Kimball Nebraska lies in Private hospital in serious condition. Henry Jose and George Richardson jailed charged with assault with intent to kill possibly murder after battle with Rose at Pine Bluffs Thursday. Rose stabbed Flint above the abdomen. knife found on Richardson. Blood on handkerchief and patch by knife. Flint's condition described as intensely painful. six arrests followed. two Kimball men held in Cheyenne jail.
Government contractors and engineers are assembling materials for a new Army YMCA building estimated at 5000 dollars. The Cheyenne community contributed 1600 dollars toward the project which will provide YMCA accommodations for all post personnel and be run by specially trained workers. Two large autos nearly collided at Seventeenth and Central as street railway work tore up the street and averted a crash.
Three more men were released from the county jail yesterday. Wm. G. Harding, noted for fires, was jailed five days for stealing fifty feet of garden hose. A. Alafaro, a Mexican bootlegger, was freed for lack of evidence and left for Areola. W. L. Kyler also was released after a campfire started a timber fire. he paid a fine of 50 and costs.
At dawn on July 6 in Washington the War Department reported Wyoming supplied 484 recruits for the regular army out of a 2990 quota. The note adds a shop line about Seven Barbers with no wait at Mil's Shop.
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