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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
13
Ernest Phoommel, a former Casper high school German instructor and Rock Springs principal, is in New York custody on a German spy charge. Arrest papers show maps and documents said to be prepared for Gortian agents, with his mother and two other Germans present.
The Pipat Congregational church of Douglas Wyoming held a formal dedication last Sunday as its new edifice, built over two years, was completed and debt paid. Rev W K Weaver began the project. Rev Walter North preached the dedicatory sermon with support from Rev W B Ray and Rev Edwin Howling. A banquet for two hundred preceded the service, honoring the completed house of worship and the congregation’s perseverance.
In Worland Wyoming on May 28 the local telephone exchange workers report over $100 in thrift stamps saved by the girls. They have knitted five sweaters for soldiers and earned praise for their small but meaningful patriotic effort. Names include Emma Faure Arne Roffings Georgina Mullins Lourine Hussel and Emer Beth Pick-Na Not.
Walter D. Stewart, an employee of an Ohio oil company, collapsed and died at the camp near Lusk Wyoming last Sunday. An inquest found heart disease as the cause. Coroner F A Doyd ordered the body moved to undertakers. The Missouri Valley, Iowa, brother accompanied the remains as they were shipped Tuesday.
Victor T. Ward must serve from three to five years in the penitentiary for shooting a deputy sheriff in the arm while resisting arrest as a slacker. Ward engaged in a gun battle with deputies in Seminole mountains, survived wounds, and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill before Judge Tidball.
London May 28. Six hundred employes of the London Times have joined the army or navy since the war began. Of these 150 have been killed wounded or disabled by sickness.
London May 28 governments jam program expands seize. Ten factories produced 10 000 tons of fruit last year. A few months hence thirty factories will handle 30 000 tons. Principal fruits sour apples and plums with strawberries raspberries and gooseberries also used.
United Press reports American farmers push to expand yields under wartime strain. About 100000 tractors are powering fields to replace horses and farmhands lost to war, with 200000 more expected by year end as factories run at high capacity and government education programs promote tractor use nationwide.
Eight oil companies chartered in Wyoming during the last two weeks hold a combined capital stock of 3,015,000. Since January 1, 1913, 120 such companies have been incorporated in the state, with total capital stock of 92,005,000. New concerns include Manhattan of Casper, Wyoming Shale Oil & Refining of Laramie, Lincoln Exploration of Kemmerer, Table Mountain of Laramie, Wyom ing Petroleum of Casper, Upton of Miles City Montana, Wyoming Off World Publishing of Casper, and Big 4 Consolidated of Casper with varying stakes.
A gasoline tank wagon stalled near Lander stockyards exploded just before midnight leaving scattered flaming gasoline over about one acre. The blast was heard miles away and wreckage flew up to 200 yards. No one was nearby and only the wagon was damaged.
John Gaffey of Colorado Springs, formerly with Gaffey and Keefe, built the Granite Springs dam in Cheyenne in 1895. The 90 foot high granite structure is Wyoming’s second largest masonry dam, behind Pathfinder. Gaffey praises the dam and notes its cost under 160000 while pursuing oil ventures in Muddy Creek field in southern Laramie County.
In Cambria Wyoming May 28 a light automobile driven by John Peppella struck something and overturned four times. Peppeli sustained internal injuries possibly fatal and Milam Pancvich suffered three fractures of the left leg. Two other occupants escaped serious harm.
The Shoshoge Shoep Grower association and most flockmasters contracted to consign wool clips to Silverman & Co. of Chicago. The company paid 236500 upfront. A second 70000 is due on shipment and a third 70000 on warehouse withdrawal by the federal government, totaling 278500 to the flockmasters.
Sheridan Wyoming May 28 The E T Williams Annex Oil company formed by locals is being dissolved due to leasing bill complexities. Directors deem it necessary to relinquish the lease of 1080 acres in the Salt Creek field granted to the Ammer company by the B T Williams Oil company. The dissolution centers on the legality of the E F B Williams Oil company sub leasing part of its holdings to the Annex company.
Members are asked to assemble on Capitol Avenue in front of the Masonic Temple at 9 30 am Thursday May 20 for the Memorial Day parade with no flowers and decorations in sugar. A public meeting at 8 30 pm at the Masonic Temple under the Council of National Defense will feature two of General Pershing's men who have just returned from the western front. Ev erybody turn out to hear the wartime report. 29 30 E L Emery secretary.
Governor Houx received a telegram from Major Omerriih chief of the Belgian Military Commission in the United States expressing gratitude for the welcome given to about 400 Belgian soldiers who visited the city on May 22 and saw a wild west show at Frontier Park. Major Osterrith led the Belgian troops during their U S tour and Syracuse sent the message from New York.
COKEVELLE Wyoming May 25 Brrel Lee 21 of Etna Wyoming saw a railroad train for the first time after responding to a draft order. He was born and raised on a ranch near Etna more than miles from the railroad and had never left Star Valley before heading to join the colors.
London reports on a phrase misrendered as barbed wire disease reflecting a wartime slang. The piece describes government barter where plain wire was traded for barbed wire, with Turks buying back wire to secure a strategic supply. The exchange began through sacks of 1000 bags of prison item for 1600 Turks.
The Wyoming Supreme Court reversed Judge Charles Winter in the case of Kas Burns trustee of Fremont county versus The State of Wyoming and Ralph Allen. Allen published notice to apply for a tax deed on a town lot but the owner later redeemed the property. The district court’s ruling for Allen was overturned and the suit adjourned.
The report notes a game time weather reading for six o clock with temperature around 65 degrees on the date and a 48 degree high earlier at 6 pm. Relative humidity near 98 percent and a light wind from the southwest are recorded with slight cooling in the last 24 hours.
Weather data shows low 1g degrees at 8 00 a m and high wind of 28 mph from the east at 7 39 p m on the 27th. Total precipitation since January 1 is 6.95 inches vs normal 6.00 inches. Precipitation in the last 24 hours listed as Talo 641 Inch. Clarence Willard of St Louis received a 300 foot long letter by parcel post from GEORGE W PITMAN at Camp Punston. A Kansas woman harvested over 300 bushels of grasshoppers last year and dried them to sell as chicken feed for 560.
An old advertisement extols an iron tonic named Frantic or Frantic by Dr Pierce as a daily energy booster. It promises increased vim vigor and blood flow to fuel action in life and labor, urging readers to test a sample by sending 10 cents for a trial package.
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