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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1916
Page
9
Paris reports nearly four thousand men aboard the French cruiser Provence were lost when she sank on February 26 in the Mediterranean. Survivors were previously estimated at 870, suggesting about 3,190 lives lost. The aboard included staff from the Third Colonial Infantry and multiple battalions and machine gun companies.
Paris reports renewed fighting around Verdun on March 3 with officials convinced the German offensive is the real thing. French experts warn Kaiser must strike with maximum strength as German losses mount, while Paris remains alert to threats nearer Paris and around the Verdun salient.
Paris March 3 The French occupied the highest part of the mountain on the northern slope of Fort Douaumont and gained back ground in counter attacks nearby according to official communication. The bombardment remains very violent along the front from the west of Meuse to Woerth.
The Cheyenne mayor endorses Baby Week and urges national focus on infant welfare and education. He argues for better babies to ensure the United States remains a dominant nation, praising the movement and expressing support for the committee’s plan.
The Senate, by a 68 to 14 vote, tabled Senator Gore’s resolution urging Americans to avoid armed ships, backing President Wilson and ratifying his foreign policy moves. Gore supported reconsideration. administration leaders called the vote decisive for the president’s handling of negotiations with Germany.
A unique education campaign opens focusing on infants and child welfare. It argues communities determine their future by housing, water purity, milk quality, refuse removal, fly control, drainage, air and recreation, urging all adults to accept responsibility for baby welfare and ideal conditions for children.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Saturday and Sunday with likely northwest cooling and colder conditions on Sunday. Prepared by meteorologists for regional readers.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 17 to 2 to table the McLemore ship warning resolution and assert the president can negotiate with no Congressional interference. Senators debated whether tabling signaled antiwar stance or support for the executive program as Gore pressed for a war issue. White House said the Senate vote met approval of the administration.
In St Louis on March 2 a permanent body of American mayors and representatives from about 80 cities formed the National Defense Congress of Mayors to promote national defense. Mayor Kiel of St Louis named a resolutions committee with reports due Saturday. Leading opponents included Mayor Mitchell of New York City, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Prof Holand Usher of Washington University.
In a 1916 letter from Governor Kendrick to Mrs Mentzer Cheyenne Wyoming the governor endorses a local Child Welfare Association drive labeled Baby Week. He praises the aim to improve health morals and intellect of Nile children and urges broad civic support across organizations for long term benefits.
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