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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1917
Page
3
Mrs Archie Allison heads car service for a women’s registration day on Tuesday July 17. Autos will serve old or feeble voters or those unable to walk to polling places. Call number 50s Ben for a ride. Mr and Mrs Ridgley to entertain at the Plains with dinners tonight and tomorrow.
Cheyenne girls meet at Red Cross HQ for sewing as part of relief efforts. Under Mrs Galen A Fox and Mrs John F Carey guidance, teens cut and stitch pillows bandages and dressings. Calls estimate 25 000 bathrobes 600 pairs of socks with August instructor visits to expand sessions. Tablet unveiling of the first woman suffrage bill date moved to July 21. Past Matron's club of the U F E S S will convene this afternoon hosted by Mrs Fred Hofmann and Mrs Kifie Dodds. visiting matrons invited.
The Misses Doris and Vera Koni were hostesses Sunday evening at a dinner party that included Rosa Mare Kendrick Huia Williams Henry Kay Manville Kendrick Richard McFarland and others. The group stayed through Monday and toured the mines. Also a party headed by Mr and Mrs X B Bennett and their sons with Clint Hayward and daughter and L R Tyson Jr spent Sunday in the mountains near Casper.
At the Executive Mansion Governor and Mrs Frank L Noux and their daughters Vern Thora and Mercedes will be water to Archer this morning as honored guests at the Farmers Roundup. Several local families plan mountain outings and a pink and white carnation themed bridge tea was hosted by Mrs Millard Ridgely with trophies awarded to Mrs Paul Bailey Mrs Fred Warren and Mrs Fred Hoel.
Maj. Arthur Parker, long at Fort Sill musketry school, has been ordered to Washington I C as construction quartermaster in a promotion of notable magnitude. Hosts of friends extend congratulations. An earlier report misstated that he would head quartermaster instruction in Washington.
Miss Emma Hawn prepares for marriage to Richard Henke with a July 18 ceremony and hosts a Sunday shower at the Milverstead home. Nearby, Major Smoke, Mr and Mrs Boice, and families plan trips to Estes Park for the weekend. Visitors include Mrs Dever of St Joseph and Miss Georgia Winst returning from Pine Bluffs.
The St. Mark's Guild met at the Parish house for a regular session with Mrs. David Nimmo presiding. They plan to open the Parish house for Frontier day evening dances and serve ice cream and cake. A cook could not be found, so meals during Frontier week were abandoned. Mr. W. T. Dump received the Ladies of the Methodist Missionary Society at Parkview. Mrs. Hoskins spoke on India. They voted to send a Christmas box to Edith Able in Neu Chang China. A gratifying financial report was given and the mystery box provided further profitable entertainment.
The Frances Willard W C T U will hold a social session Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs G W Rockafield located at 522 West Twenty first Street. State Leader notes ads bring results.
The census release lists county quotas for the state with population figures and allocations. Density varies by county as officials prepare redistricting plans and resource distribution.
President Wilson in a July letter to Senator Martin supports government control of foodstuffs and fuel only, backing the original mouse bill and urging quick action. He rejects extending control to steel and other materials and opposes Smoot's prohibition amendment to buy all distilled beverage stocks. Senate debate centers on advisory commission ethics with Calder defending integrity and Sherman warning of impeachment if similar acts occurred.
Mrs. Mary C. C. Drafford of Denver was elected president of the National Educational Association this afternoon in Portland. An uproar arose when Ella Plagg Youne of Chicago proposed endorsing President Wilson's Atlantic City speech in support of suffragists, but the motion was ruled out of order.
Washington reports show German censorship remains strict as Dutch papers note Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and cabinet may have resigned though the resignation rests with the emperor. The Kaiser supports Prussian suffrage reforms and urges hastening elections. Crown Prince’s participation in conferences is seen as a possible defection from the war party.
Berkeley July 1 Athletes including football baseball and basketball players are viewed as ideal candidates for aviation forces says Ki M Woods dean of UC Berkeley School of Military Aeronautics. He cites high muscular coordination and quick judgment as key qualifications for officers in the air service.
In Chicago on July 12 an attempted holdup targeted a bank with $12,000. A guard, Peter Ef, a policeman, was shot and killed while guarding a messenger. The suspect fled in a car as the bank departure men pursued toward another bank with the money.
Kansas officials report only a handful of loyalty oath laborers sent to Wyoming despite federal requests. Wyoming shows a harvest shortage with up to 6000 workers needed by late August, while Kansas holds back due to policy and wartime labor controls.
Navy to investigate social conditions in communities hosting marines and be ready to take drastic measures. Armed naval guards will be stationed near homes in Newport to prevent entry by any uniformed man where needed. The order was announced today by Secretary Daniels.
Police and authorities investigate the origin of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the East Street negro district area near the place where a completion occurred last week. Twenty persons escaped the blaze as flames rapidly spread through the neighborhood.
Arrangements completed for organizing a Spokane Washington branch of the Sino Francisco federal reserve bank. Pending formal approvals, the plan aims to establish banking services and regional oversight in Spokane.
Weather report for Cheyenne and nearby areas shows little change in temperature tonight and Saturday. Winds from the northwest at 26 mph peak in the afternoon, with a high around 6 degrees and a low near 50 degrees, precipitation mostly melted snow totals minimal.
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