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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
13
Briefs list repairs on a lake fence at Minneha and other town tidbits. Chief Embery plans a fishing day for the force, while Joe Cahill heads to Denver for Frontier races. Business mentions include taxis, Varnishing by The Sherman Co, and arrivals from Wheatlands and Cheyenne.
Boulder’s crack baseball team visits Sunday to face the Cheyenne Indians at Pioneer Park. A week later the World’s All Nations team comes to town touring westward along the Union Pacific line. The team includes players of mixed races with a notable black pitcher who has won sixty of sixty five decisions. J E Gould, manager, will arrive to finalize plans with Louis Menta.
In New York on July 12 the jury acquitted all defendants in the Sherman anti trust case against semi bituminous coal operators and companies in Virginia and West Virginia.
In Tokyo July 12 Viscount Montono, Japan's foreign minister, stated Japan had nothing to do with the attempt to restore the Chinese monarchy. He added that while war in Europe unfolds, Japan must stay united to help secure victory.
A vintage beauty note touts a line double strength remedy for freckles and skin blemishes. It promises visible fading in weeks with nightly and morning applications and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles.
Washington July 22. Secretary Lane announces a contract with Imperial Laguna Land Company of southern California to irrigate 120000 to 200000 acres of arid land adjoining the Imperial Valley. An all American canal thirty miles long will divert water from the Tocun reclamation project at Yuma Ark.
British and German fronts clash as Hindenburg orders shows of force on the western front. German sorties south of Scarpe retake trench sections while Luftwaffe aircraft swarm the sky. Prisoners say unrest at home spurred the attack and air power played a major role in the sand dunes assault.
In Seattle there is tight security on all approaches as sheriffs and the adjutant general coordinate to bar the 1. W. W. threat. In Ellensburg fifty individuals are arrested for interfering with crops and logging as part of the crackdown. Governor Alexander of Idaho seeks talks with Governor Lister of Washington to curb the 1. W. W. influence in northern Idaho and asks to halt propaganda in Spokane.
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott declares Americans see a strong Russia after the Halies victory. He notes the Russian troops elected him their mascot as Tereschenko bids farewell and Kerenaky receives medals. Public reaction is buoyant with slogans of luck on the war effort.
The general said assurances could be given in two or three days when conditions calm, as his men feared reprisals. Chang avoided risking foreign deviations and pledged not to retreat unless Republicans opened fire.
National League results include Cincinnati 2 New York 6 in the first game and Cincinnati 55 New York 1 in the second. Pittsburg 2 Brooklyn 4. St Bonis 7 Boston in the first game, St Louis 6 Boston 3 in the second. Philadelphia Chicago game postponed by rain. American League scores show New York 1 Chicago, then New York 3 Chicago. Detroit 6, Lietroit 5. Philadelphia 5, St Louis 2. Washington 0, Cleveland 7.
London reports 60,000 republican troops with seventy guns encircling Peking as Gen Chang Hsun’s imperialist forces entrench in the imperial city. Mediators have not secured terms between republicans and imperialists by the time of the dispatch dated yesterday from Tianjin.
Seattle dispatch reports seventeen miners killed in a Cordova Alaska strike clash. Miner Thomas McCarthy, traveling by steamer, relayed that new workers from Seattle attempted to take strikers’ places, ending in a fatal confrontation at Cordova mines.
Reports describe 1 100 I W W men driven from Bisbee as 6550 o'clock notices urged women and children to stay off streets. Armed citizen groups patrolled, searched strangers, and impeded supposed dissent while sheriffs and deputies ordered arrests for treason and disturbance. A special train ferried detainees to a local prison as authorities sought federal intervention.
Department of Labor action urged to halt deportations of striking workers in Bisbee and Arizona strike centers to prevent sympathy protests and industrial paralysis. Local leaders press for federal relief today as labor tensions rise.
Russian forces report progress in Galicia as Kalmer falls and heavy fighting continues near frontline lines. Allied communications indicate significant enemy losses and ongoing Russian pushes into occupied Galician territory.
Fragmentary text notes subscriptions and a political candidate named Phebe seated amidst unclear phrases. Other names Hans Ansie and Vie appear in jumbled context. The passage lacks coherent events.
Notices describe mail timing for campaign votes with postmark before a specified hour and delivery methods. It warns the campaign manager is not responsible for late or unmailed votes and outlines procedures for ballot handling and post office closures during campaign days.
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