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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
5
Lieutenant Haynes and attorney A I Beach returned to the city after a week in Sweetwater County. They report seventy eight new recruits for the guards since July in the district.
Articles of incorporation for Roberta Realty Company filed with the secretary of state. Capital $50,000. Incorporated by John C. Roberta, Agnes Roberts and William P. Knudsen. Plans include real estate and brokerage in Crewbull Wyoming. Breht Barbers and other city items noted. Florence Scott to visit to drive new Studebaker home. Taxi call numbers listed.
Floyd Irwin known as Roots or Yup, a top trick roper, suffered a brain concussion and minor bruises when his horse fell during steer roping practice at Frontier Park at dusk. He remained unconscious through the night and is expected to recover with no broken bones or internal injuries. Irwin is the son of rancher Charles B. Irwin of Cheyenne.
Butte Mont July 19 Noon today was the time set by Industrial Workers of the World for a general walkout of craftsmen in and around the mines in support of 5000 miners in the outlaw union now on strike. But not a single machinist or other craftsman walked out and the sympathetic strike failed. Several hundred I W Ws driven out of the Arizona weaving camps have arrived here. In a circular issued today leaders say they are working out a plan for a nationwide revolution which will not end until Washington is in the control of I W Ws if any deportation proceedings are started.
The new Catholic church in Carpenter was dedicated yesterday at 10 50 by Bishop P A McGovern of Cheyenne. Many Cheyenne residents attended the ceremony. Dinner was served by the congregation women. The church will be served by Father G Schellinger of Pine Bluffs.
Peking July 17 The foreign office announces Seng Kwo Chang has agreed to act as president of China. The appointment is reported as an acting presidency after delays.
An official navy department statement says British attacks on German steamers on July 16 occurred inside Dutch territorial waters.
The Council of National Defense proposes delaying school openings to October 1 for all public schools down to the sixth grade to aid in wartime harvest labor. Dean Knight of the state university signs the circular asking for opinions, with statewide approval possible if supported.
In baseball American League games New York lost 0 to Detroit while Boston defeated Chicago 3 to 0 and Washington beat St. Louis 2 to 4. In National League Pittsburg won 6 to 1 against Boston with other games postponed due to rain. Also July 19 reports another Russian provisional government minister resigning, Pereveizeff, from the justice portfolio.
Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, jailed for anti draft conspiracy in Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth, were granted a writ of error by Justice Brandeis, allowing their case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court.
Dr Achmed Emin Gey editor of the Constantinople Daily Sabah says the Turkish government withdrew a special train for Americans leaving Turkey after a report that the American government refused to permit Turkish students in New York to return with officials.
Preliminary reports across many districts show strong interest in the Woman's Registration movement but fear that the food conservation pledges may be qualified, reducing the numbers the state can report to defense councils. The Douglas union pushed stickers claiming to protect grain use in malt and liquor production to be added below the pledge, with widespread distribution prior to registration day.
A roundup by the investigation links committee examined applicants for work. An applicant from the WOW organization, whose records were not known, was permitted to remain off until he could arrange his affairs and then leave town.
Members of Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 are asked to meet at Mason temple at 9 40 o clock Friday morning to attend the funeral of our late brother J L Hawley Millar W M D W Gill Sea
The Rio Grande frontier saw heavy exchange as American and Mexican forces fired across river lines near an outpost. Reports indicate many shots and casualties, with ambushes and evacuations continuing as authorities suppress details.
Federal mediators, entering to avert a strike in the Lewisville district, telegraphed President Wilson saying they could prevent the strike. It now shows 1400 employees at the mines and smelters will walk out Saturday morning.
A garbled report from Berlin alleges Eugens Acat, once linked to World War sabotage, is seriously ill in Germany. The piece mentions refugees and wartime travels from Vienna to Ger a, with references to Russian police and grand figures, including Grand Duke Sereine and WM. van hele, a mayoral figure in a British context.
An OCR damaged snippet describes a domestic dispute with taunts from a husband and a woman writing in a menaced state. The text is garbled but implies a confrontation and emotional distress centered on a Cincinnati setting.
A West Danby New York woman reports nerve trouble and irritability eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as derived from chosen herbs and valuable for female health, claiming decades of use to aid the female organism.
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