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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
9
The Spanish cabinet quit amid rifts on policy toward Germany after a general election. Divisions centered on neutrality while aiding Allied efforts, with calls to allow Spanish laborers to France and to enable Amelia to purchase for forces in France to save tonnage.
In Berlin debates socialist Philip Scheidemann criticizes Chancellor von Hertling’s reply to a burgomaster’s address urging friendship while Germany seeks victory. London reports pamphlets attacking Emperor William as German morale weakens and peacetime voices call for caution.
The bill to sever federal operation of rail lines cleared the House by 347 to 6 and moves to conference after the Senate already approved it. It returns roads to owners two years after the war end, replaces eighteen months in the Senate plan, and maintains president’s final rate-setting power. Senator McKellar attacked profiteers in a counterattack letter drafted in response to critics he calls dollar-a-year volunteers.
CK Burgess a Cheyenne bartender at the e Ocean saloon died at Pri y Ole hospital late Wednesday from spinal meningitis after a brief illness. He came to Cheyenne years ago from Colorado and was connected with the local business scene. He is survived by a wife and mother. body will be shipped to Boulder, Colorado.
Canadian soldiers heckled William Jennings Bryan at Massey Hall Toronto during a prohibition meeting. Pandemonium followed as fans shouted What about the Lusitania while the gallery sang Rule Britannia and God Save the King. Bryan struggled to speak as audience members waved handkerchiefs and resisted hearing him.
James A. Levine reports Loy fired at porter William Ashford in the Albany hotel lobby after an argument at the cigar stand. Ashford was shot in the chest and is in critical condition at St. John's hospital. Loy, slightly intoxicated, refused to detail the dispute during questioning.
Washington February 28 An important conference was held at the White House this afternoon with President Wilson Secretary of State Lansing and Col E M House for over two hours They reportedly discussed von Hentling peace utterances and the Russian debacle Colonel House said he would return to New York tonight
Funeral services for Mrs. Gibson Clark were held at St Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev S A Houston and Dr George C Rafter presiding. Hopkin C Clark arrived from California for the funeral while Robert Clark stayed in California. John D Clark returned from Washington. Mrs Clark was buried in Lakeview cemetery.
Reported near Cheyenne in Egbert twenty five miles east cites 100 cattle dead on Cheyenne Livestock land. Investigators count 108 carcasses, with 72 not skinned, while Dr. A W French notes deaths over months and says no epidemic observed. A draw serves as a long used bone yard. ranch owners report 27 of 1,000 cattle died recently.
Fort Douglas in Utah reports a third bomb discovered this week allegedly planted by German civilian prisoners. The device is described as more powerful than the two earlier explosives and officials wonder who aided the outside assailant amid tight security at the camp.
Mrs Hilda Mulihouser Richards becomes chief of the U S Labor Departments new women’s division to oversee wartime employment for women. Eight hour day and equal pay for equal work are aims, with an advisory committee of labor leaders and capital representatives to guide policy in major cities. Richards previously led the State City Women’s Employment bureau in Cleveland.
Cincinnati announces $2,000,000 investment to develop 60,000 acres in Natrona and Fremont counties Wyoming by the Buckeye Oil company formed by Ohio capitalists. The group, led by Rh. K. Le Blond and Thomas J. Corcoran, foresees rail lines, town layouts, mercantile activity, refineries, and further Wyoming territory acquisitions.
Archie McDonald a prominent Iron Mountain rancher was found dead at his home yesterday morning. Coroner Clyde Early left for Iron Mountain to assist with the case and expected to arrive with the body today. No information on the cause or circumstances was available late last night.
U S troops repelled a German attack in the Chemin des Dames sector with heavy machine gun fire and artillery support. No American casualties, five French wounded, two American dead from a stray shell, and a town near the line shelled with several casualties. The fight followed German gas effects, with eighty total Allied casualties to date.
General Fershing reports February 24 gas attack losses including one KIA Private Helmer R Revelt of Harlan Iowa and Privates Joseph Schumacher Bristol Pennsylvania Sid Coleman Cord Arkansas and George E K Galloway Fairmount North Carolina. Additional deaths from pneumonia tuberculosis and accidents among American troops are noted with locations and dates. British and French raiding actions cited near Verdun and along the Scarpe with prisoners taken.
The Texas House of Representatives votes 26 to 0 to pass the resolution ratifying the federal prohibition amendment. The measure now advances to the Senate for consideration.
A western millionaire oil man reportedly lost between 15000 and 60000 dollars in a New York gambling operation. Assistant District Attorney Smith, conducting a probe into vice and gambling here, said the man’s name would emerge in the inquiry. The losses occurred at a hotel gambling establishment.
Torrington Wyoming February 24 Dan Lickensen foreman of a blasting road gang near Springer was instantly killed when a dynamite charge he was thawing exploded his body was blown to bits authorities investigated the accident and identified the deceased as the foreman.
In Washington a report from Keln explains that American soldiers in the first line trenches were caught asleep on sentry duty and sentenced to death. General Porking has authority to carry out the sentence but has referred the case to the widher tinent for review.
Washington February 2 Speaks and swift action urged in Congress to expose confidential files of meat packers. Leneyal State Commission requests an expansion of espionage law to aid investigations into alleged control schemes in the meat industry. Justice and court orders surrounding document custody outlined.
Members of the new national army trained at Camp Lewis passed through Cheyenne last night en route eastward. Three trainloads carried men from several states with Wyoming men aboard. Cheyenne was the only city of its size on the route where they did not receive a reception, due to the secrecy surrounding their arrival.
AP reports confusion over Russian front progress as Petrograd disputes claim German orders to halt advance. Readers see rumors of peace terms, Romanian concessions, and Bolshevik resistance while Japan weighs moves to secure munitions along Siberian rail lines.
The tug Cherokee foundered off the Atlantic Coast with four confirmed dead and twenty unaccounted for. Navy and the Coast Guard will conduct a formal investigation to determine causes and responsibilities as families await word. Lieutenant Newell and Chief Petty Officer Martin are among the officers linked to the disaster and the crew's fate remains unresolved.
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