03 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1918
Page
1
Reports sweep through Europe with major battles near Prantee Belgium and Kiev. German forces advance into Ukraine seize the capital while the American front near St Mihiel reports prisoners and heavy fighting.
The Associated Press reports Secretary Wilson ordered a nationwide roundup of aliens in the Pacific Northwest for deportation or detention. Any alien advocating sabotage or anarchy, including members of the W. W., may be deported even without an overt act. Immigration officers are to arrest and detain as needed, with extra quarters authorized if necessary.
Washington reports the capital issues committee highlights success of voluntary restrictions on nonessential capital expenditures. Officials say large issues still require committee approval and cooperation from major financial bodies. Government aims to extend control through the war finance corporation bill, targeting oil and other stocks issued below 600000 dollars individually but in aggregate large totals.
Cadet Clarence Hromer of the Worth Provisional squadron at Withgton field, Houston, was instantly killed when his airplane fell 200 feet. An accident caused by aWill in which charged receiver of fatal rows at pain on Mine.
AP dispatch reports another German raid on American lines in the Chemin des Dames sector. Four prisoners were taken, with several Americans killed or wounded or missing, all New Englanders. Americans and French artillery countered, and gas masks proved useful in the engagements.
Federal Judge Walter Evans ruled that Congress had wartime power to place control of railroads under the War Department. He found no statute authorizing Director General McAdoo to take over the railroads or to subject railroad operations to the Treasury Department. The decision addresses jurisdiction in suits against transportation companies under government control.
Washington March 2 Passenger train service in the west will be reduced by rearrangement of schedules to be announced soon by Director General McAdam. Scores of trains on competing lines leaving and arriving at terminals about certain times will be eliminated.
A Vladivostok pier holding munitions and goods valued at 100,000,000 rubles was seized by Bolsheviks, with reports they may requisition foreign ships and that allied warships planned actions. Dispatches note military moves in Asia and German advances toward Petrograd and Moscow.
Noted American historian Hubert Howe Bancroft died today at Walnut Creek near San Francisco aged 82. Death attributed to old age. Bancroft, famed for his extensive historical writings, passed away after a long career shaping appreciation of early American history.
Plans for a new five story annex to the Plains hotel will fill the space between the hotel and First National Bank. The project adds 100 guest rooms and extends the current dining room to Central avenue. Architect is William Dubois of Cheyenne and construction will use steel concrete with glazed terra cotta exterior.
Reported at a Colorado conference for stopping Wyoming vehicles, a barrier described as a plank full of spikes or logs across the road will be placed seventy five yards beyond a sentry. Constabulary say law abiding drivers will stop on signal, while shootings have been reported in earlier incidents. Details indicate the plan aims to halt cars at speed, with Cheyenne dealers predicting substantial impact.
General Cruse facing court martial on charges of deceit in securing government contracts via Henry Lippert and son Ralph Lippert. He contests the accusations, claiming proper consultation with the judge advocate and defense that no law barred his employment. Lippert agents arrested. Cruse turned over all related correspondence.
In Newport News Virginia on March 2 a Black soldier from the 3rd negro regiment was killed and two others wounded when regulars of the 48th infantry fired on several hundred stevedores trying to wreck a store near their camp north of the city. The commandant blamed the clash on a dispute between a private and a white soda fountain clerk but said stevedores had been returned to camp and no further trouble is expected.
Washington March 2 In a two and a half hour clash the American merchant ship Nyansa repelled five hits from a German submarine and refused to surrender despite damage and a wounded man The navy department released a detailed account of the January 14 engagement and commended Chief Gunners Mate Benjamin H Groves for prompt and effective action.
In Washington March 2, senators urged a fixed labor plan to relieve shortages before draft. McCumber and Kirby clashed over manpower limits for France this year while Williams urged practicality, noting wartime sacrifices and ship goals.
In Fort Collins Colorado a group of aliens faced accusations of hoarding flour amid famine fears in Lauria county. Authorities report some individuals bought flour before regulations and hold from $100 to $500 worth, while others possess whole barns of wheat flour. They were warned by the food administration to surrender the flour or face prosecution.
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