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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1918
Page
5
Two more employees from the Union Pacific railway left Cheyenne yesterday for overseas railroad service. E L Turner and F E G Schaffer will serve as nestors in the over way service and go to Fort Benjamin Snastease before joining a regular regiment.
Lander attorney Visiter P. W. Coo lidge, a leading figure in central Wyoming law, is visiting the city.
A survey of Klein Music and Grace Music catalogs shows patriotic World War I songs dominating sales and player piano rolls. Titles include Somewhere in France and Joan of Arc They Are Calling for You, with Berlin's latest numbers also popular as the nation voices support for the troops.
A wartime health ad urges soldiers and workers to keep energy by boosting iron in the blood. It promotes Frantic tablets and Tronvic as blood makers and nerve tonics from the Surgical Institute in Buffalo, offering a 60 cent vial and a test package for 10 cents.
George H. Lascogte aged 24 a cadet aviator was killed at Taylor's field when his aircraft nosedived from about 200 feet in the afternoon. The tragedy occurred in Montgomery Alabama and authorities noted the fatal accident.
Washington June 1 Eleven resolutions by Rep Madden of Illinois seek, with department heads, the number of men exempted from the draft by each agency. The measure was ruled out on a point of order as asking for opinion instead of fact. Madden withdrew the resolution and said he would re introduce one asking for the number of men from 1 to 21.
Bolshevik premier Lenine told the All Russian Executive Committee that Russia will continue the war. He said forces are being formed for forthcoming fighting, according to Moscow information.
Princess Wallace Reed in Be Hove Me Xantippe and Marguerite Clark in Rich Man Poor Man headline the Monday bill. Shirley Mason stars in Lady of the Photograph and Norma Talmadge in Poppy. Atlas brings high class Pantages vaudeville with The Quest for Happiness by Convent Senior class. Cheyenne Harry Carey in The Scarlet Drop and Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew in Pay Day round out the lineup.
Wallace Reid and Ann Little star in Believe Me Kantippe based on a Harvard prize play. First produced in Boston with limited success, later a New York 1912 run with John Barrymore drew audiences. Olga Printzlau adapted the script for screen, creating a rapid lively narrative for today’s Princess showing.
Norma Talmadge stars in Poppy at the Lyric on Monday adapted from a play and Cynthia Stockley novel. The plot follows Poppy Destin’s rise from drudgery to refinement as three men—Luce Abinger Drank Evelyn Carson—dominate her life in a tale filled with dramatic twists and a South Africa setting supervised by Edward Jose.
A crowded Atlas house welcomed the new Pantages vaudeville with yesterday afternoon and last night shows. The reviewer praises the acts for novelty and surprises, noting creditable work, attractive costumes, and well conceived scenery, calling Cheyenne fortunate to receive such a quality program.
Washington June 1. Perfec tion of a new electric melting furnace will cut brass production costs for munitions. Invented by H W Gilett a government chemist the device was announced by the bureau of mines Patents assigned to Secretary of the Interior Lane as trustee.
The Pantages presents an opening show and forecasts strong Saturday and Sunday attendance. The vaudeville program is touted as among the best of high class acts and can be viewed this afternoon and tonight.
Registration in Laramie County will occur at two sites only, contrary to belated rumors. eastern Pine Bluffs hosts Olmer E. Smith law office, while western enlistment occurs in the county courthouse second floor. Hours run 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. all men aged at least twenty one since June 6, 1917 must register.
Governor Houx forwarded a finely woven hair bridle from Rawlins penitentiary to Captain J. W. Jackson at Camp Lewis to serve as a prize in a June horse show. Wyoming youths in training at American Lake will compete for the trophy, with events including broncho racing mule races and a tug of war. The governor cannot attend due to official duties, and many relatives are expected for farewell visits as units prepare to depart.
Ethel V. Klesick of Cooper and two young women friends seek canteen or clerical work in France. Miss Kissiuk has written to Governor Houx requesting permission, noting three of them are bookkeepers and stenographers who wish to serve. The Governor suggests they pursue Red Cross channels.
Bert F. Peck resigned as water commissioner of district No. 7 division 1 to enter military service. Governor Houx appointed Ray C. Peck to the post. The governor also named two notaries public: Ida Covington MacKay of Deum Jas and F. 1. Many. A business caller from Horse Creek, F. A. Atobie, visited Saratoga.
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