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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
9
Wyoming delegates to the Republican National Convention in Chicago will leave Cheyenne on June 4. Curtis L. Hinkle, a member of the "big six," stated plans to depart and to choose a candidate to beat Wilson while addressing old 1912 sites.
In Cheyenne discussions, leaders express doubt about oiling the convention lineup before travel. Five delegates convene from Cody, with alternates named from Natrona Platte Fremont Big Horn and others. The group aims to identify a winning candidate while remaining uninstructed on policy overall.
Washington reports the Carranza government plans vigorous pursuit of Chihuahua bandits. General Obregon has ordered thirty thousand troops to guard the Big Bend border in Texas after the second American punitive expedition withdrew. Texas guardsmen who refused federal service face possible court martial, defended by Representative Slayden as less than three percent failed to answer the summons.
Berlin May 25 3 The North German Gazette declared that adequate nourishment of the German population is fully assured and not to be rendered doubtful by the blockade, no matter how scrupulous or long the war lasts.
President Wilson backs a bill to create a national council to mobilize all industrial resources for wartime needs. The bill, approved by the president and introduced in the House, would appoint seven cabinet members to nominate an advisory commission of seven and survey national industries for resource concentration and utilization.
Baron Moetamann, a Riga district landowner, arrives in Stockholm penniless after expulsion from Russia. Once a czarist army officer, his estates were confiscated because two daughters married German and Austrian officers, prompting the political purge.
May 23 report from a committee of fifty cites police collusion with vice as root of social evils in Chicago. Names J. St organ and Miss Jane Addams appear among those mentioned. Evidence handed to the district attorney. Report calls it a delusion and a snare. Increase in dance halls and cabarets warned as traps for the unwary.
The report notes German forces replying to a brutal offensive with renewed assault and counterattacks near Fort Ud, with brief trench line gains by German troops. It also marks Italy's one year in the war as Austrian forces push toward southern Tyrol, forcing limited Italian withdrawals south of Rovereto toward the Sugana valley.
Rienzi C. Dickens was found guilty of second degree murder for the November 30, 1915 killing of his father, William H. Dickens, a Longmont banker. The wife collapsed in tears and hysteria as the verdict was read and officials paused proceedings to comfort her.
New York hosts the General Federation of Woman's Clubs biennial convention with thousands of delegates and visitors. A circulated list of "don'ts" warned delegates about city perils, advising caution on hotel choice, medical consultation, and consulting the information bureau before visiting unfamiliar places.
Chicago dispatch reports Bryan may be chosen as Prohibition Party presidential candidate if he consents. Recent statements quote Bryan saying he nearly reached the path where he could not join a party that would not endorse national prohibition. The Prohibition convention is set for June 19 to 22.
In New York Dr. Arthur Warren Waite set to testify as prosecutors present an unbroken chain of evidence linking him to the murder of his 72-year-old father-in-law. His wife and relatives, plus the mysterious K Adame, are called to the stand to counter Waite. The trial features doctors, undertakers, and preserved organ specimens as witnesses narrate the case.
Washington May 23 The administration acts to have the Senate reconsider refueling confirmations of George Raul of New rete and KUOkles by federal commission tailed by and the rete.
Enthusiastic Cheyenne crowd at the industrial club honors Ro Maber and C Naylor of Salt Lake City. About 100 National Guard and Fort training personnel attended as Salt Lake delegates explained government training camps for civilians. Speakers urged national defense readiness, citing European wars and Swiss mobilization as examples.
President Archie Allison appointed a committee to assist incoming delegates in Cheyenne during Frontier Week. Wallace Bond chairs the group with R. N. Grace and Marcy Taylor on the panel. The team will greet visiting members and arrange city entertainment.
In Minneapolis the Northern Baptist convention weighed a divorce question with sharp debate. A resolution backed a permanent peace program and labor organizing rights, while ministers officiating at divorces were challenged. A scholar pressed concerns about Catholic influence and social costs in the broader religious landscape.
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