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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1918
Page
9
General Pershing, in talks with French officials, asks that all American forces in France join the ongoing battle. He states the army will fight with infantry artillery and aviation at the front's disposal and urges decisive action with other Allied forces following as needed.
Paris March 29 Premier Clemenceau, amid deputies, declared the enemy will not conquer in our resistance and refused to pose as a prophet. He described morale anecdotes of the French troops and noted a territorial battalion arriving at the front hesitated to counter attack, sitting calmly in a nearby meadow under German fire.
In a tense moment a soldier says to M Clemenceau that they are at rest as shells break in the immediate vicinity, prompting the premier to ask what they are doing while the danger rages around them.
Official reports from Washington say General Foch has been appointed supreme commander of all Allied forces. He earned fame at the Battle of the Marne where French troops halted German advances toward Paris early in the war.
Lieut Hector MacQuarries of the British Royal Field Artillery, wounded and gassed in early World War I, will address Cheyenne listeners on April 2. Arranged by James H Walton with the Washington Public Information Bureau, the talk centers on the war while noting he may mention Liberty Loan.
The article notes the likely appointment of General Foch as supreme commander in France. It states Pershing offered American aid to Foch, and that Foch favors hammering blows. It mentions American forces will join the front line in the battle in Picardy and that Foch values U S troops for the allied effort.
German terms for Romania demand ceding nearly all oil fields to a German controlled corporation. The State Department calls the conditions monstrous, stripping Romania of wealth for a foreign state and harming private property and sovereignty.
Victor T. Ward a Seminole County man living in a cabin amid the mountains resisted officers informing him of a military draft order. Wounded by bullets, Ward lies near death in a penitentiary hospital in Mainlins after a clash with deputies sent to seize him.
French counter offensive along the Somme Avre sector continues as fresh French troops arrive. German statement notes engagements between the Somme and Avre rivers. Pershing says US forces ready to deploy if needed and French morale remains high. Paris reports French holding ground along the Avre river with Allied forces pressing the enemy.
An explosion at a Paris munitions depot near Saint Denis injured many people while windows shattered across central Paris. An American volunteer ambulance corps member arrived first at the scene. Belua Colling of Detroit died while pursuing a German aircraft in France.
March 29 dispatch reports furious combat before Prisoners and in the front line area. German forces retreat from a thin sector as artillery roars and British troops press the advance in France.
Frank Martin a Black porter at Harry P Hynds residence known as Dude narrowly escaped death when two bullets pierced his room at 7 30 last night one through his ear and another wounding his neck Bam Beil a Black man is jailed as the suspect Bell denies the shooting and says he does not know Martin police trace Bell near Dillon street after the incident and note a loaded revolver found on him with the odor of recently fired shots.
National guard troops and police halted a street riot that erupted after a general strike in Kansas City. The disorder caused numerous injuries before authorities restored order and began restoring streetcar service delayed since yesterday afternoon.
London report says a popular English actress, now married to a young man from a titled family, explained she keeps the same taxicab driver nightly because he is her husband and he works for free. She notes motoring helped him start, and her fare savings earn decent interest on his investment.
Esterio Carbonallo, a Filipino bell boy at the Plains hotel, was arrested on charges of assaulting night watchman Frank Flaharty. The dispute arose when Flaharty ordered the removal of a small truck blocking the entrance, and Carbonallo allegedly attacked after a disagreement about keeping the truck briefly in place.
The intercommerce commission tentatively approves new classification ratings for the Mislantp pl, forecasting increases and reductions. The action is understood to sanction principal areas of the affected section and may impact major sectors.
London reports the German offensive has grown to about twice its original size by day nine. The advance covers a roughly fifty by fifty mile irregular triangle from Arras to La Fere, spanning about 875 square miles. British prisoners and machine guns were taken north of the Somme as Haig notes heavy fighting and a brief withdrawal to steady positions. Amsterdam notes the German supreme command plans a fresh blow to widen the breach in the line.
The dispatch from March 29 reports continued fighting with a new storm breaking over the battlefield. British troops remain engaged as weather worsens, hindering movements and supply lines amid the ongoing clash with German forces.
Berlin claims seventy thousand prisoners and one thousand one hundred guns captured. In Washington, President Wilson congratulates General Foch on new authority and hints at command scope. Wilson also seeks clemency for Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to death in San Francisco for a 1916 parade bombing.
Governor Gunter issues a proclamation declaring April 6 a full legal holiday in the state to support the third Liberty Bond drive. He urges every resident to subscribe generously and to show patriotism in every hamlet town and city during the campaign kickoff.
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