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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1917
Page
4
A movement invites housewives to aid a drive against rising living costs by reorganizing delivery systems. Grocers note the phone led to costly home deliveries and argue savings come from reducing unnecessary orders and rerouting manpower to essential work.
The piece argues that national prohibition is a large issue that should have its own legislative track rather than be attached as a rider to a food control bill. It warns that moral reform advocates push prohibition as part of economic reform, delaying urgent food control measures.
Officials debate ending duplicate bread deliveries and auto truck runs. The change would spare drivers and vehicles, reducing costs while not reviving old market-basket shopping.
A garbled report cites Russian turmoil and the fall of a throne, noting wealth transfers and a $1.5 billion figure cited as a sign of new government strength. It mentions wartime dispatches and a Romanesque influence amid foreign coverage, with stray notes on Chicago food conservation and meal savings.
Daniel Willard states railroads voluntarily subordinated private interests to national war needs. The U S rail system operates in forty states with 235000 miles, moving troops on schedule, increasing coal and grain shipments, expanding cars by 779000, pooling at lake ports, and removing redundant passenger service to aid wartime logistics.
A Valley City report claims sacks of Burmah beans shipped to military camps were poisoned and possibly linked to German sympathizers. Dr Ladd warns the beans resemble navy beans but carry deadly toxins, urging vigilance as authorities inspect imports and enforce strict food laws.
Reports from Amsterdam say Dr. Von Bethmann Hollweg pushed two democratic measures in Germany. He proposed a new reichstag body to link the emperor with the defense committee and an immediate no annexations or indemnities declaration. Backers reportedly included Bavaria and Austria, while the crown prince Hindenburg and Ludendorff opposed. Hollweg resigned after a meeting with the crown prince that sealed his political fate.
San Francisco reports former first California district internal revenue collector Joseph J. Scott on trial in federal court on four indictments with fifty three counts alleging embezzling about $8000 and $8200 in stamps. Brother A Clyde Scott will be tried after.
A steamer reached Seattle June 29 with Sitka spruce from Alaska for aircraft manufacture. The wood is praised for lightness and strength and can reach 60 feet with no knots. Much of the spruce is already sent to Europe via British Columbia Oregon and Washington.
Sergeant Hank Gowdy, former Boston National League catcher, joins the Ohio National Guard as a private. He was promoted to orderly in the Second Brigade Infantry by Gen. John C. Speaks after resigning from his major league club.
The navy militia will recruit 600 men and run practice cruises in the northwest, while the university mechanical engineering department will train thirty engineers for the merchant marine in instruction refrigeration boilers and engines and a steam laboratory. Limited facilities reduce class size but selects top candidates for high quality engineers.
London dated July 16 reports King George of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha calling a privy council meeting to proclaim a tithe change for the royal house. The article notes recent title changes for individuals with German origin names or accents.
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