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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1918
Page
7
Reports from the Loore sector say 600 unwounded Germans were captured while French forces retook Vrueloose and crossed near hill 44. Paris and London dispatches note artillery and patrol activity, plus warnings about German funds supporting Irish unrest and attempts to foment chaos in the United States.
Washington dispatch reports that government agents are finally aware of German led plots within the United States and Ireland. The current plan aims to exploit "friendly" sympathizers to influence allied efforts and escape detection. London correspondent notes John Dillon comments from Dublin.
West Eighteenth Street will glow with the Parker street carnival next week. Arrangements were completed for the attraction yesterday with permit from city and county to operate from Pioneer Avenue to three blocks north. A new thriller called the submarine blaser will be featured and described as among the best to reach Cheyenne in years.
Glenrock Wyoming May 21 Rob ert McGregor tried to be generous by inviting drinks with a real stout but used bad checks to cover the tab. He wrote five checks totaling 50 dollars cashing two at the Penex cafe and others at various saloons. Endorsed No funds the checks were returned. McGregor fled to Cooper then Glendive Montana where deputy sheriff Clayton captured him. He also had a box of Nowers Diseet and cut it away from an express shipment to cover C O D charges.
The M. A. establishes a Red Triangle hutta for Drut uh In tained in Gwiteerland, signaling a new initiative linked to regional development.
In Asia Minor near Smyrna Turkish troops mutiny at Adian. A 2000 man punitive force from Manisa failed to quell the revolt as officers were shot and many deserters joined the mutineers. Repression handed to Basha Pasha who marches with another contingent.
In London on April 20 at the Palace hotel, 100 American EB F and 100 London ladies joined a lively trench trot dance led by Sergeant M- with Mrs. Sherwood and Milo Ellis. The event, described by a Stars and Stripes correspondent, showcased playful ballroom steps and wartime morale.
In Torrington Wyoming a Denver visitor and two locals counted sixty four new or under construction residences in the last year, valued mainly around two thousand dollars each. The Goshen county boom extends to Eaton building ten thousand, Nolan garage thirty nine thousand, Yoder bank and hotel sixty thousand, hotel addition eight thousand, and a proposed First National bank building at two hundred sixty five thousand. Local bank deposits exceed one million, boosted by nearby farmers and intercounty accounts.
Walter Johnson, YMCA War Work secretary, reports from Soissons about a famed French cathedral scarred by shellfire. He notes a partially destroyed transept with a priest sheltering French soldiers as German forces advanced toward the stones and rail lines.
Oscar A Bergson special agent of the U S land office has been in Cheyenne for days auditing land business. He is employed to audit public land offices nationwide. The piece also includes a dull social note about a Saturday night dance and letters from wartime sending regards.
A fragmented wartime note reports a World War I incident where a British M C A worker survived three days hidden under enemy lines with ten thousand francs before reaching safety near Abdbevile and then a retracing. Another line states William A Wilson, an M C A worker, was killed in a motor accident in France and awarded a military accolade at the front.
The executrix of Mary A. Burger, deceased, has filed a final account and petition for distribution with the District Court in Laramie County Wyoming Cheyenne. Interested creditors and others may examine the papers and file objections within thirty days after May 31 1918. if none are filed the executrix will seek final settlement.
The Mayor of Mecca sent a telegram to the London mayor congratulating him on London troops resistance during German attacks on the western front. The message praises the valiant and invincible defense by London citizens. Florida contains about 1,000,000 acres awaiting reclamation by drainage.
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