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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
9
Washington July 8 efforts by the administration to secure Senate approval for a resolution enabling the president to take over telephones and related systems sparked a bitter clash. The debate grew tense as committees and the Senate prepared for renewed hearings amid unresolved questions on wartime control and fiscal implications.
Paris reports an attack northwest of pay cre where troops advanced about a quarter mile on a four mile front. London notes some prisoners from limited encounters as British forces engage near La Bassee canal with heavy losses in partial attacks.
Peoria Ill July 8 With the recovery of two more bodies the death toll from the Columbia disaster drops to 82. Seventeen are still missing. The Lancaster lifted wreckage from the dance floor and recovered the four year old child of John Grewy of Kingston. Grewy's wife and another child perished in the disaster.
Robert Foster, a south aide boy, departs for San Pedro California to enter the navy and join the war effort.
The War Department announced seventy more soldiers held in German prison camps. Most hailed from New England with 22 from New Haven. Some addresses not released. The men were likely captured during the early year offensive in France.
Chicago leads with 6 to 1 as New York trails at 2 to 5. Philadelphia and Cincinnati tied at 4. Plitaburg at 0. Boston adds a 6 in a compact standings update.
Washington reports a White House consideration of a new policy for Russia after a conference between President Wilson and the British ambassador. The talks focused on the Russian situation amid Entente tensions, with officials awaiting a formal statement. Reports from Amsterdam and London describe civil strife in Russia, Bolshevik and counterrevolutionary clashes, and fears of intervention by the Allies to prevent anarchy.
Allied dispatch reports Italian forces in Albania pushing Austrian posts near the Bogusa River north of Avalona. French and British units reportedly held western Albania then retreated as Austrians shifted. Western battles, Russia's campaign, and potential new Austrian offensives from the Trentino are described amid a broader war update.
Eleven crew members of the Norwegian steamer Augbald, 2008 tons, drifted for eleven days after their vessel was shelled and bombed by a German unit in mid ocean. They survived on seaweed and rainwater, were separated into boats, and rescued by an Atlantic liner on July 4 after days of heavy storms and near starvation.
An official dispatch from France notes German anxiety over the successful Czech Slovak forces in Iberia and predicts possible Western and Russian interventions. Morgan warns Germans will be surprised by events in Russia similar to 1914, while Frankfurter Zeitung cites two possible interventions by Japanese and other forces as Bolshevik resources wane.
The London court martial begins for Corporal Joseph Dowling who landed on the Irish coast in a German boat two months ago. Dowling, in civilian clothes, is brought in handcuffed to a non commissioned officer as he faces charges of joining a hostile force while a prisoner of war and attempting to recruit others for a German led Irish brigade.
Associated Press reports two Lafayette Flying Squadron members killed in France. A. L. Ash of Chicago died in combat over Soloson when his plane burst into flames after a fall. Warren C. Hobbes of Massachusetts was killed June 26 after being forced to Mylon and brought down by anti aircraft fire.
Lieutenant J. C. Ashenen of the American Expeditionary Forces was interned in Switzerland after a forced landing in the Rhine territory on June 26 due to gasoline exhaustion. The War Department released the notice from Chicago about the officer’s situation and home address.
In the American League results Cleveland fell to Boston 4 1 while Philadelphia led Detroit 16 0 and New York and Chicago game status remained incomplete with Chicago listed as b.
Dr Edward A Rumely vice president and treasurer of the Mail and Express Co publisher of the New York Evening Mail was arrested on perjury charges for failing to disclose relations with Count von Bernstorff and Dr Heinrich Albert. Prosecutors allege German money aided a 1917 stock purchase of the Evening Mail and that details were hidden from officials.
A telephone operator in Heber Springs reports fighting in the hills near the town between alleged draft resisters and naval forces plus sheriff posses from three counties. The operator says firing sounds have been heard in the town all afternoon.
Chicago officers announced ten men were indicted amid charges that waiters served Mickey Finn counters to non tipping patrons at city hotels and restaurants. The drinks allegedly contained drugs that impaired diners.
In Washington on July 1, a reduced price schedule for cotton products was approved after conferences between cotton goods manufacturers and the price officials. The agreement lowers prices by 20 to 40 percent versus current market levels, marking a regulatory adjustment coordinated by the national leaders.
An aircraft crash near LVILLE Alabama killed two year old Richard H. W. Fawcett of Alexandria Virginia and lightly injured Cadet Lauter H. Cox of New York when the plane plunged six hundred feet to the ground after a spin.
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