20 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1917
Page
1
A magazine excerpt recounts scenes of naval disaster and rescue. Mrs Anns Morgan, daughter of the late DP Morgan, provides funds to Mr Edwards to produce his drug after doctors decline to listen. The action centers on saving thousands of Frenchmen despite the peril.
The transport Antilles was sunk in the war zone on Oct 17 with about seventy lives lost. Of 33 aboard, 3 ship officers and 16 American soldiers were drowned, while navy officers and most crew saved. Details remain scarce as muster rolls in France determine names and assignments.
Frank Farrington, state president of the miners union, telegrams unions in Illinois warn that mines not back by Oct. 22 will have local charters revoked. The Illinois coal dispute involves 70 000 miners and a fuel shortfall of about 1 250 000 tons.
Petrograd reports government plans to transfer the capital to Moscow as war zone conditions press the move. The Kremlin building will host the government and the preliminary parliament will convene in Petrograd before relocating.
William G. McAdoo urged Denver residents to back the Liberty Loan, saying democracy must rally the people to buy bonds. He framed the war as a defense of vital rights and democratic principles, stressing no intent to conquer others. The speaker linked bond support to America's war aims and self preservation.
Local army and federal officers suspect a plot by German spies to destroy cattle and sheep in Wyoming and Nebraska by anthrax introduced into water near the Pathfinder dam reservoir at Casper. U S agents probe led by James Melrose of the DOJ and Roland K. Goddard of the Secret Service with other DOJ agents in the west.
Bulgarian agents press entente powers for a lenient peace settlement and independent status after the war. The move follows Bulgarian assurances of ties with Germany and Austria Hungary, amid fears of being left in a German orbit. Separately, cattle die from blackleg on a Wyoming ranch, and a Prussian suspect Turner is held after being discharged by federal agents as Casper tensions rise over German espionage.
At midnight six or seven raiders attacked eastern and northeastern counties of England with bombs, including targets in the London area. The official statement noted the raid had just begun and was ongoing at the time.
Oct 19 reports from Copenhagen say German socialist Herr Hoch warned that Dr von Bethmann Hollweg would not bind himself in peace talks and that failure to secure terms within weeks could trigger revolutionary convulsions. He said independent socialists support defense but oppose war credits without peacemaking concessions.
Secretary Daniels announced the Antilles, an army transport, was torpedoed on October 17 while returning from foreign service. The ship sank within five minutes, with 167 of about 247 aboard saved and roughly 70 missing. Some naval and army officers survived. several enlisted personnel and merchant crew were lost. Further casualty details would be released as muster rolls in France were checked.
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