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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
4
The text asserts exclusive republication rights for the Associated Press and its despatches, granting The Associated Press sole entitlement to republish all news dispatches credited to it or not credited in the paper and reserving rights to republication of special despatches.
A whitewashing horse doctor’s wife murder leads to a 19 year prison term for Grace Lusk. The piece argues the case exposes how literature shapes desires and behavior and judges her readers as responsible for distorting erudition into eroticism and vice.
The nation must triple manpower and mobilize forces beyond prior plans. The war department extends age limits, targets over 4 million troops abroad within eight months, and up to 5 million by next summer. Industry, women workers, and bonds will be stretched to meet unprecedented costs and casualties.
Observers note Roluhaviki celebrating a revolutionary feast day with cublet decorations and a cubicat thought method. An orar daughter complained of headaches, hinting at discomfort under the new order.
German papers complain of gambling mania over land and the All Highest. Milk shortages are not expected. the food administration says there is no crisis. Edpn Geister in Washington organizes recreation centers for government workers. War savings stamps on June 28 and thrift bonds remain the public femployee obligation.
June 19 report notes American artillerymen in France adopting an eight year old boy after his mother was killed at Verdun. The regiment fed him, named Pat, and raised 2000 francs to care for his future education. The unit departs for front service, leaving the boy in memory. The exhibit includes guns, helmets, gas masks and other battlefield items with displays from various U S departments.
Visitors at the Utah state fair in the fall will inspect samples of practical articles used on the French battlefront by American troops. East Lake City reports the showcase aims to highlight wartime ingenuity and civilian applications.
A letter from Frank Philips's son in the sugar industry reports Philippines cane production to rise at least 25 percent this year. Factory improvements will nearly double output by extracting more sugar from cane, while higher labor and food costs shape industrial conditions in the Islands.
The report notes extended hours and lower pay for factory workers in the Philippines amid world war news. Average daily wage is 3.25 dollars for twelve hours, with meals and long shifts. Some sugar boiler jobs pay up to 90 dollars per month for top workers, while Spanish laborers earn around six and nine tenths cents per day. Living costs are said to be lower, with common workers subsisting on eggs, chicken and fruit.
Rome discusses preserving war capital after conflict ends by keeping war profits working. The Popolo Romano newspaper warns of dumping that could ruin Italian home industries as farmers and businesses seek measures to sustain financial vitality.
A real whale about eighteen feet long and weighing half a ton was trapped on the London river foreshore near Battersea bridge. Boatmen raised it by crane to a wharf where it was weighed and measured. Royal ownership rules would grant the tail to the queen and the head to the king, a practice tied to whalebone and royal feasting lore.
Wyoming and Washington D C June 1 state lands are not to be classified as lands to private ownership and thus not subject to the 10 per cent penalty for failure to apply for a water right within a year after notice. The secretary of the interior ruled in a Belle Fourche South Dakota case that state school lands purchased after project initiation fall outside the unentered public lands category. The decision upholds that state lands cannot be penalized under the wartime penalty and aligns with the view that state lands are not private lands within reclamation project rules.
The Y M C A operates extensive classes at Camp Kearny, San Diego, with anatomy and grammar study and 15 Bugilah classes for Americans lacking language basics. Over one week, 14 anatomy students, 180 in French classes, 165 in Bugilah, and 46 in grammar grade studies attended.
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