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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
9
Cheyenne plans a combined semi centennial frontier celebration and pageant to run the last week of July. The event will mark Frontier Days reaching majority and Cheyenne’s fifty year milestone with a four day Frontier Days show and a longer festival including an historical pageant and homecoming.
A quake and mine collapse caused a large hole the width of the street and about seventy feet deep on Front Street in Rock Springs. The cave-in occurred during the morning rush hour but no one was injured as the street was crowded. The cave-in happened above an abandoned coal mine now filling with water.
Governor Kendrick welcomes the annual State Teachers association to Cheyenne. Nearly 800 teachers attend the opening at the public school gymnasium with more expected. Dr. J. B. Butterworth presides as program features speakers and a play by Cheyenne high students.
Preparations are complete for Elks memorial services held nationwide on December 3. In Cheyenne the list includes Sheriff Frank B. Roach who died May 1, pioneers Colin Hunter and Thomas Heaney, Robert Fitton, Richard Whalen, John Morton, Charles Huffield, and Harry L. McGinn. Hilliard B. Ridgely will deliver the memorial address and Ray E. Lee the necrology.
Buck Thomas, a Black man, alleged to have entered the home of Austin Bishop and attacked him and his wife with a lab, was seized by a deputy sheriff near Clarksville and hanged. The incident occurred March 23 and was reported from Clarksville, Texas, on November 29.
President Wilson and most of the cabinet will celebrate Thanksgiving in Washington. The Wilsons will attend church in the morning and host a White House dinner in the evening using a turkey sent by friends from across the country.
Secretary Daniels awarded contracts for more than 65 million dollars in new fighting ships for the navy. The package includes four battleships at 911,000,000 each along with two fleets of submarines priced at 1,190,000 each and 27 coast submarines costing 694,000 to 695,000. The vessels form the core of a 66 craft building program approved by Congress.
Private Press J. Herzog of Comter Pa dies while on duty in Deming New Mexico. His body to be shipped to El Paso for burial in the company camp at Kort Bliss.
Refugees arriving in El Paso report Villa and Accostay in control of parts of Chihuahua City. They heard firing as Villa fought into the city. U S authorities brace for potential attacks while bridges and rail lines near Gueman are damaged, threatening supply routes to General Pershing.
Washington reports indicate the United States has stated it will not concede further on submarine warfare and urged Germany to honor pledges. Ambassador Gerard met President Wilson to relay final views on Belgian deportations and the war issue. Officials see possible admissions of guilt over torpedoing the Marina while seeking settlement through confession and indemnity.
Oster D. McDaniel, Buchanan county prosecutor, testifies his wife was not killed by him and argues their marriage was harmonious. He describes returning from a fake phone call to find her dying, while his 12 year old son Odell testifies that his parents loved each other.
In Rangas Glee Massachusetts? officials report no confirmed infection in local stockyards during a strict quarantine period. Livestock experts caution the scare could prove unfounded as authorities monitor animals for signs of the foot and mouth disease.
Reports say Teutons near Bucharest with a push from the Danube front while Russian and Romanian forces retreat. Mackensen’s army moves toward Bucharest as German allies advance through Romania. Paris notes Bucharest’s government relocated to Jassy, about 200 miles northeast.
The United States presses Great Britain and France to reconsider their refusal to grant safe conduct to Count Tarnowski, new Austrian ambassador, arguing sovereign nations have the right to exchange ambassadors and that the U S bases its position on international law. England and France had refused Tarnowski, a noted diplomat, while the Entente sparred for Hungary.
In Washington a debate over a possible food embargo as a remedy for the high cost of living unfolds as Congress arrives. New York turkey buyers report panic over Thanksgiving prices with 68 cents per pound common. Mayors push for state and local proclamations to spur boycotts of high priced foods. Pacific Coast faces higher Thanksgiving prices affecting shipments.
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