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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
9
Italian and French troops push toward Berat in Albania as Austrians retreat. British front sees trench advances and prisoner returns. French and Italian detachments press Austrians along the Adriatic slopes while Bolshevik and Czecho-Slovak actions unfold in Russia and Siberia.
The Rev. Wm. Shuman of Tomerox Iowa convicted at Fort Dodge of espionage act violation was denied a new trial and sentenced by Judge George Henry Reed to five years in Leavenworth and a $600 fine.
July 11 London Sir George Cave the British home secretary said the government will seek a court order to wind up enemy banks and bar new ones in England for years after the war. He also announced internment for all male enemy aliens over 18. Lloyd George vowed vigorous yet fair action.
Washington July 11 President Wilson was urged by a National Education Association committee to back a campaign recruiting male students for college and to stem the trend of youths quitting schools for war service. A meeting will be held next week to set plans. Secretary Baker announced that able bodied college students over 18 will be offered enlistment in the national forces to train for advanced military service in special schools already planned.
Amsterdam reports the Cologne Volkszeitung in a leading article adopts a cautious tone on the submarine war. It notes that imperial admiralty estimates of Britain's endurance were overly optimistic but argues this does not prove the U-boat campaign will fail.
On the Marne front July 11 a large German patrol was broken up and routed after attempting to raid American trenches. German dead aided American unit identification as artillery activity remained below normal. In tribute to American troops' Paris defense, French authorities renamed Holse de Helleau Bois de Bridage de Marine and ordered maps updated. a Paris dispatch noted the wood would be known as the Bois des Americaines.
A funeral in New York drew 5000 mourners for Major man and Tarravon ci statee mad. Notables from world affairs attended including SOE, war and navy departments, and diplomats from France, Italy, Persia, Cuba. Eighteen aviators flew over the procession as roses from Mrs Bacon’s gardens showered the route to St Patrick's Cathedral. The body was lowered into its grave.
President Wilson forms the sugar equalization board with Hoover as chairman to stabilize prices and control supply. The $5 million corporation will acquire sugar from producers, re sell at a fixed price, and bolster lagging producers to ease shortages. Offices will be in Washington. George Rolph becomes president of the incorporated entity. The U S government currently controls domestic and imported sugar under the international commission. Union organizers report many railroad workers joining labor groups allied with the Wyoming federation of labor.
London and Washington dispatches report General Moravieff, Bolshevik commander against the Czechoslovaks, killed himself after ordering troops toward Moscow and attacking Simbirsk. The motive cited is treachery and a plan to direct an offensive against the Soviet government. Additional items note election debates over aid to Russia and a Swedish report claiming Nicholas II’s son Alexis Homanoff was killed by a Bolshevik bomb.
General Superintendent F. B. Hammill led a delegation of high officials from the . P. examining company makers active in the Wyoming region. The effort focused on coordinating operations and ensuring compliance with regional policy.
Washington July 11 Allied and American naval officials could not provide a reliable estimate of Germanys battle fleet power. Admiral Benson said Germany may have seized the Russian fleet and has eight battleships in the Baltic and Black seas with four cruisers under construction in the Gulf of Finland. He noted Germanys submarine production varying from five per day to 40 per month. York July 11 a German U boat attacked the Lake Forest 760 miles off Cape Henry and is believed sunk by the ships guns after a two hour fight. Captain Herbert R O Johnson has been commended for sinking the U boat.
Washington July 11. The government will take over raw wool supplies by controlling imports from Argentina, Uruguay and South Africa. The War Trade Board said licenses issued after July 28 will route imports for the rest of the year to the Quartermaster General of the U S Army.
American pursuit planes disrupted German observation and photography behind the lines. Lieut Edgar Tobin of San Antonio and Lieut Jones of Chicago attacked a biplane over Flirey at 3000 yards, pursuing it until it fell. Lieut Charles Merrick of El Dora Iowa attacked another biplane north of Flirey, said to have fallen in flames. Pursuit aircraft also attacked enemy observation balloons, drawing them down from danger.
Esther West of Colorado Springs was appointed to the state board of nurse examiners by the governor today. She succeeds Eda May Gallingher of Victor, Colorado, on the board in Denver.
Amid dire conditions, Vienna reports three ounces of bread and meager substitutes daily, with limited meat and fat and high prices for meats and meals. Budapest cites possible delays in food stocks from Romania, while weather hampers crops. The Berlin Tageblatt dispatch notes scarce sustenance and rising hardship.
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