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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1916
Page
8
Editorial urges readers to fight a parcel post amendment limiting shipments to fifty pounds and stripping the Postmaster General of flexible limits. W. W. Slack appeals to citizens to write Congress, mobilize neighbors, and pressure lawmakers to defend the public parcel post against railroad and express company interests.
The piece argues gasoline price hikes stretch beyond demand from autos and war, noting exports rose from 1914 to 1915 and oil stockpiles grew. It points to 15 percent of crude output stored and 200 million barrels in storage, with 21 percent gasoline, urging readers to seek government answers and referencing a newspaper typo about Prosperity vs Tradeis Brandeis.
The Senate and House consider a resolution to arm vessels in wartime and prevent passports for travelers with belligerents. Gore’s corrected call for war proof follows, citing the sinking of a merchant ship by a German submarine as just cause. Senators attribute the vote’s confusion to the form of the motion.
Joe Stecker defeated Pat Connolly in two straight falls to claim the Brleh championship. A bout purse of $40,000 was set for the Goteb Stecker title fight scheduled for July in Butte.
Washington dispatch argues that exhaustion after a major war cannot ensure U.S. safety. It cites Japan's growing strength, naval risks, and historic examples from Frederick the Great, France, Russia, and Japan to claim nations rebuild and rearm quickly.
Senate ratified a Nicaraguan treaty and a reform measure while opposing a water power bill favoring private interests. Brandeis inquiry. Keating Owen hearings. Keating-Owen kept from report. Newlands urged railroad government ownership study. Devil's Lake post office settled. naval armor plate bill advanced. Philippine independence bill passed. sugar tariff debate. 4 million women voters noted. child labor bill approved.
Tonight at Cheyenne High School gym Sidney faces Cheyenne in a boys basketball game with cadet band music and post game dancing. Admission for gentlemen 50 cents and ladies 25 cents.
Mayor John Purroy Mitchel of New York City voices that democracy is on trial and the U S Congress must build a complete national defense. Speaking at the National Conference of Mayors on Defense in St Louis he calls for organized public opinion to pressure Congress and cites lessons from European preparedness and wartime selfishness. Vanderbilt and Captain Mahan are noted for naval policy view.
The update details French advances around Douaumont and attempts to push on Verdun while Germans retreat at points near Beaumont. British claim to have recaptured positions near Ypres but were driven back. Other fronts note artillery activity in Argonne and Alsace, with French trench gains. Aden and Sidi Barani see Turkish and British actions, and a German seaplane was captured off the Belgian coast with casualties.
Paris reports the Frew ministry of marine says the Frei auxiliary cruiser Provance with nearly 4,000 aboard sank in the Mediterranean on February 26. The loss includes Third Colonial Infantry regiments and battalions plus machine gun companies and an extra company. Officials announce survivors totaling 70 and warn the death toll may exceed 5,140, marking a major ocean disaster.
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