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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1918
Page
9
Reports from Denver claimed the death of Archbishop J. J. Keane, former Cheyenne bishop, caused sorrow locally. Inquiry shows the deceased in Dubuque was a retired archbishop of the same name, not the Cheyenne figure, clearing the confusion.
Washington reports new sugar regulations to curb industrial use and secure home supplies. The Hoover plan sets a three pound per capita monthly ration and reduces manufacturing allowances to zero for non essentials, classifying certain staple foods as non essential.
A Bulgarian commissioner arrives in Vienna to negotiate with Austria over relations with Germany. The Bulgarian premier had opposed an alliance with Germany, suggesting weariness at home, while Bulgaria appears ready to join if a favorable move from Austria. The Rheims front remained quiet last week with raids and patrols but no major engagements.
Mins Moille Bourstedt defended her national title at the Philadelphia Cricket Club by defeating Mise Micanor Goss of the West Side group New York in the final round of the women’s national tennis tournament.
A false alarm from Bow 34 at the intersection of oC and Central Streets was reported to the fire department at 1 o'clock this morning. Firefighters found no fire on arrival and are investigating the person who pulled the alarm.
General Baum Chi Jui, China’s premier and war minister, says large Chinese forces stand ready to assist at Harbin if needed. He notes the frontier threat requires action and expresses willingness to send 40 000 to 50 000 troops to aid the Allies, but cites lack of provincial financial backing.
Geneva reports German raids along the Rhine and frontier towns expose Allied prisoners to death. A LausanneGazette note cites an Alsatian paper stating Allied prisoners were killed and six wounded in a raid on Chionville Germany.
Hungarian Premier Wekorle told the chamber of deputies that the industrial strike poses a grave menace. He cited a local engine shop incident where workers stoned police and were shot at, resulting in four deaths and ten injuries amid a sharp session with Count Karoly.
Moscow dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine intends to resign as Bolshevik premier of Russia with immediate effect according to a Berlin newspaper. News also notes Grand Michael Romanoff of Russia, exiled czarist figure, has escaped from Peru with his secretary amid disputed reports from Copenhagen.
Vologda Russia June 22. A three day perilous sleigh journey through Finnish White and Red lines brought Lieutenant Alfred W. Elleroth of the US Army to Petrograd to wed Miss Barbara Alexandra Leslie, an American passport officer’s daughter, before rejoining embassy staff at Vologda. He is a Wisconsin native and University of Wisconsin graduate. she is linked to Russian court service.
AP reports from Amsterdam June 22 nine strikers killed and 86 wounded today as police clash with protesters at Budapest government railway shops. Austrian food shortages and rising unrest cited. Vienna clash leaves 40 dead or wounded.
Senate military committees approved the army bill provision enabling the president to call to the colors all men of draft age who can be trained and equipped. An American Defense Society appeal urged 20 million to back a boycott of goods bearing German marks. A July 4 celebration forecast predicts a historic ship launch program in American yards with substantial tonnage and manufacturing activity.
Gary Indiana June 12 The known death list in the collision between an empty troop train and a Wallace Hagenbeck circus train rose to four with eight more bodies recovered and one circus performer dying in Hammond hospital. About 178 people were in hospitals as crews cleared wreckage on Michigan Central rails five miles west of Gary.
Scott Alonzo Sargent, engineer of the Wallace Hagenbeck train that crashed at Hammond Indiana, was arrested here on orders from Gary Indiana charging him with manslaughter in connection with the incident. Kalamazoo, Michigan, June 12.
The report notes Ex-Emperor Nicholas has been moved to Moscow from Yekaterinburg, with Berlin papers citing Czech Slovak activity affecting the area. A separate dispatch from Switzerland mentions a limited success of a Turkish loan, while U S authorities allege alterations in a broadcast of a German speech.
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