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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1918
Page
9
United Press reports actual seizing of hoarded wheat has begun under Hoover powers. State food admins pay regular market price minus seizure costs as they compel farmers to release grain to feed the army. Indiana and Ohio plan registrations and crackdowns as wheat stocks drop from 60 million bushels on May 1.
Two ranchmen die and three are wounded after a pistol duel eighty miles west of Magdalena New Mexico as U S marshals attempt to arrest Bruce Cooper. Ranger Simmons is wounded, C C Cooper and Bruce Cooper are killed, Homer Cooper wounded as officers return fire.
Exterminator, owned by W. 8. Kilmer and ridden by W. Knapp, won the 44th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs by one length over Mutoba with Vive America in third. The official time was 2:10 4-5 on a fast track.
Washington May 11 The war department shifted on its chief accuser Gutzon Borglum as new hints emerge of an army air craft scandal. Intelligence service may have assembled much information on Borglum and his motives with unconfirmed reports of German influence to surface in the full story.
Six neutral European nations driven by wartime profits show strengthened finances despite higher public debt and taxes. Bank deposits, reserves, and note circulation surged between 1944 and 1945, with Norway Sweden Spain Holland Denmark Switzerland leading gains. Britain and the United States see shifts in gold and bond sales affecting future imports and economic outlooks.
An English language article reports a fatal shooting in Belviders near Los Angeles where Mrs Milieh'a back yard is cited as the scene. The shooter Mestloliski a mother of five allegedly confronted Mrs Annia Hollwkl in a dispute over a Liberty wood buyer and a goat dispute leading to the deadly act.
In Chicago on May 11 the sedition conspiracy trial heard IWW members argued war is warranted only by capitalists while claiming the foe is the capitalist system. Prosecutor Nebeker read statements urging workers to see rulers as the enemy and denounce conscription amid trial of 119 defendants.
Two members of the signal corps are feared lost after a government balloon broke loose near San Antonio. Homes withheld by authorities, observers disappeared as the balloon shot upward into the clouds this afternoon.
May reports list Lt Maj Gen Cur tin J Mackensie and Brig Gen Lesley J Po Butler C M O D O as wounded. General MacKeanie, previously chief of the Cenudian military coup staff, is noted in connections to the incident.
London May 11 The army council has decided that General Maurice be placed forthwith on retired pay after considering his explanations regarding a breach of regulations tied to a letter published in the press. The War Office issued a brief statement confirming the retirement.
Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson, a pioneer of the harbor blockade, argues for a specialized submarine built solely for harbor blockade. He cites the success of submarines in past actions and proposes a cheaply constructed blocking sub sunk in harbor approaches to evade surface gunfire.
In Washington May 9, 1949, Secretary of the Navy Meredith L. Voon Leb commended Dan Dendale and crew members for rescuing survivors of the Steer Glenack Centre which sank near Pal 26. The action highlighted bravery at sea and dedication to duty.
As German offensives pause since March 21, Allied forces press improvements on multiple fronts. French and British units report gains near Montdidier and Amiens, with raids and shelling aimed at disrupting German organize efforts as American troops grow to form a strong regional presence.
May 11 report from London notes possible fracture within a leading Centrist group in the Reichstag. Chancellor von Herling faces pressure as an Eastern policy dispute splits party ranks, with Mathias Kroberger leading an anti-settlement faction toward potentially forcing his resignation.
Paris dated May 11 reports Thomas Helms of New York and Leonard Stone of May V as missing. Stone likely a prisoner in Germany after their plane fell behind German lines in a dogfight where nine French planes and thirteen German machines fought.
London reports cloudless weather aided Allied airmen as 27 German planes were shot down and 12 driven down out of control in another day of air operations.
Berlin reports that American troops near Apremont and Parroy suffered heavy losses from a strong mine bombardment in the southwest of the Apre mont area. Official German communiqué confirms the attack by artillery and mines.
The ordnance department announced sufficient supplies of artillery including 15 and 155 millimeter guns and heavy railway artillery are in France to meet American needs. Machine guns are ready for immediate use, and overseas troop deployment has been fully supplied. A Senate subcommittee will inspect ordnance plants to verify production and handling. The militia bureau resumes organization, planning 25 battalions totaling about 15,000 men with broad deployment across military departments.
Associated Press reports American aviators honored for valor. The Lafayette patrol leader, noted for calm under heavy fire, earns high praise and a citation from the journalist.
German officers and soldiers searched and arrested members of the Chratnian r an and cabinet ministers April 25, according to information in the Vor Waerts received by the state department today. The Ukraine crisis is described as Germany seeking to control the food supply and convert Ukraine into a vassal Teutonic state while peasants resist militaristic rule. Petrograd reports warn of potential shifts in political outlook as Germany pursues military occupation.
LONDON May 11 reports say German detachments of cavalry move from Platders toward the Ukraine to quell fighting. Moscow dispatches describe Allied fronts as active with renewed operations and caution that Russian forces may advance to challenge German columns.
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