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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
9
Tokyo May 17 Foreign Minister Goto told Chinese student delegates that talks between China and Japan aim to protect both nations from German aggression. The secret negotiations, not previously public, surprised observers and unsettled Chinese students who fear a tightening Japanese grip on China.
The Wyoming Trust and Savings Bank marks its ninth anniversary since chartering to operate. Under cashier H. B. Mr, the bank has grown, with directors and officers entering their tenth year. The anniversary notice appears on page 6. Field Marshal Falk's France front report notes artillery activity but little else. American forces in France report fires near Mont-drey and German activity. heavy artillery and air support continue.
President Wilson prepares a New York address opening the Red Cross drive signaling a major push of forces into Europe in 1919. He urges vast production increase and a crushing victory over Germany, stressing Milteleuropa risks and a just peace only after German defeat.
Special to the State Leader reports Frank Lombardo a 21 year old Malian miner killed in a mine camp at Carneyville by fellow Malian Joe Varnoi. Varnoi, 25, was jailed in the county seat as the incident followed a dispute tied to a 12 year old girl connected to both men. The camp was quiet since the shooting.
Professor Clark of Chicago University will deliver the Red Cross address at the Masonic temple instead of the high school auditorium as previously advertised. The change shifts the venue but the date remains as scheduled, inviting attendees from the community and supporters of the relief effort.
Reports from Cooper Union claim Kerensky, former Russian ruler, is en route from Sweden aboard a Swedish vessel and will land in New York City. Socialists say he aims to urge the United States to withhold aid to the Bolsheviks. Rumor stirs excitement as newspaper men monitor incoming ships and hideouts.
The Allen A. M. E. Church reports its life spring drive is in full swing with over $300 raised toward a $9,500 goal to install a furnace, build a sidewalk on the west border, and other improvements. Sunday features include War Dinner, morning sermon by Rev. J. W. Rodgers, lay conference at 2:30, and evening preaching by Rev. Wm. H. Mance. prizes for top fundraisers.
A fierce clash in Detroit today between seven detectives and a gang of four to five auto thieves left one detective dead and another seriously wounded, with four others slightly hurt as the thieves fled after exchanging shots while attempting to escape with stolen goods. In Edwardsville a separate incident saw defense attorneys for men charged with lynching a pro German receive threatening letters bearing a heart pierced by a dagger and hostile messages about FOEs.
Secretary T. Jos Cahill of the Frontier committee reports sufficient responses from inquirers for a first class replica of the annual frontier sports for the Belgian regiment’s visit next Wednesday. Notables include Sam Brownell, Sam Garrett, Harry Walters, Kid Mex, Eddie McCarty, Jack Elliot, Jay Miller, Prairie Rose Henderson, with the McCarty and Irwin horse strings. Proceeds from the event on July 24-27 will go to Red Cross, YMCA, and Knights of Columbus. The Belgians will witness a high quality frontier show, and crowds will be entertained during coronation week in Cheyenne.
A fragment notes Wyoming delegates at a Philadelphia peace meeting of the League to Enforce Peace. Names and roles appear garbled but indicate delegates connected to Sheridan and Pine Bluff areas with coaches and officials among those present.
Pittsburgh May 18 over 600 workers injured as a massive TNT explosion at the Ivkdake plant devastates the area. Reports say 170 dead, 540 wounded, with salvage efforts amid debris and burned wagons. Authorities warn information may be limited.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions. Wyoming forecast indicates cloudy to showers in the northwest, warmer tonight in the northeast, and a brighter Saturday. Shippers' Guidance advises protecting 46 hour shipments against temperatures from 40 to 45 degrees north and west, and 45 to 50 degrees south.
Russell Fish of Wheatland appears among Colorado Agricultural College students appointed to the Officers Reserve Training Camp. Fish attended the first camp before turning 21, was honorably discharged when the act became known, and later passed the age of majority while serving as a cadet officer at the college.
May 17 dispatches report large American reinforcements in a western front sector under British control, with troops in St. Michiel near Toul and near Amiens, Hailles and Hlangard, and Villieramrettygneux. General Pershing announced patrols in Lorraine and artillery activity keeping the enemy engaged as Allied naval officers anticipate a major offensive against Austrian bases and Ostend Zeebrugge.
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