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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
8
An account details U boat torpedo and gunfire encounters against defensively armed merchant vessels. A patrol spotted wake and depth charges, heavy explosions followed, and one submarine was seen to disappear beneath the sea while a second was driven off.
Charles Warn, convicted in Cheyenne federal court last spring of violating the Mann White Slave Act, began his journey to France yesterday. In custody of U S immigration inspector Henry H W Molter, Warn will be certified into the British army upon arrival. Molter accompanies him to New York where Warn will be deported as an undesired object under an order already entered.
Four oil firms filed incorporation papers in Cheyenne, boosting Wyoming’s 1917 total to around 275, the highest yearly tally. Since January 1914 about 490 companies had incorporated in the state by August, with firms from Casper Arlington Premont county and Cheyenne, capital amounts ranging from 10 000 to 25 000 dollars. The Gleprock Oil Company of Richmond Virginia also filed papers for Wyoming incorporation.
The report describes spontaneous hospitality along a train route from Chicago to Berlin as Kentuckians greet Wyoming soldiers. Citizens wave flags, cheer, and offer flowers while recalling Civil War memories. The journey is marked as a holiday with a strong sense of patriotism and determination to succeed.
George W Argue a veteran Union Pacific conductor and member of the O R C died at his North Platte Nebraska home after a long illness He served on the Cheyenne to North Platte run for years Born in Brooklyn he is survived by his wife and four children Funeral services tomorrow at 2 30 p m from his daughter s home with ministers from the Congregational church officiating The O K C will attend and burial is at Lakeview Cemetery
Steubenville Ohio dispatch reports a Pennsylvania Railroad troop train was fired upon near Mingo Junction harming several soldiers. The wounded were transported from the scene. the train continued toward Pittsburgh.
Phoenix Arizona Sept 14 The discovery of 400000 cached in a remote hill spot in Graham county is reported by H R Whitman of Solomonville now visiting relatives in Chandler The finder Joe Waley a cowboy was paid to locate the former owners of the loot.
Diphtheria prevalence rises at Fort Russell with a whole unit, the Twenty-fifth Provisional Artillery, quarantined in barracks. Provost guards from Cheyenne were kept off their usual beats due to quarantine. No confirmed case count or origin given.
The Giersdorf company staged The Holy City at the Eagles theater last night drawing a packed house. Amarita the child entertainer held the audience, and the band concert nearly tied up Carey avenue. Tonight a dance follows with music by the Giersdorfs and cabaret acts expected to draw another large crowd.
LeBarron’s restaurant on Seventeenth Street remains closed for weeks due to the proprietor W. L. Le Barron’s ill health. He plans an extended coast trip to regain his health and will depart Sunday. The eatery will reopen immediately upon his return.
Abilene Texas September 14 fifty two members of the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association of America arraigned in district court and entered pleas of not guilty to charges of alleged anti trust activities at the opening of their trial.
A garbled mix of local business ads and notices. Names include Lon C. Davis of 1714 Carey Ave and the Casper Trust Company formed with capital of 100 000. Vague items mention furniture, varnishing, a district exemption board trip to Cody, and a statehouse incorporation filing.
The Sherman City Water Company Incorporated and The Cedar Water Company of Lincoln County filed articles of incorporation yesterday. Capitalized at $106,000 the firms announce plans for tax related matters and potential 7 passenger touring cars with real tail service and courteous drivers.
United States special agents and local police prepare a roundup for men who failed to answer the call to report for duty. Deserters may be jailed or turned over to military authorities with possible death penalty in wartime. Fifty three names listed thus far.
The Wyoming Masonic Grand Lodge held its forty third annual session in Cheyenne and announced officers for the coming year. T Blake Kennedy will serve as grand master with George E Brimmer deputy grand master. Reappointed and newly named officers include Arthur K Lee senior grand warden Ther mopolis, William O Wilson junior grand warden Casper, and J M Lowndes grand secretary Lander. Additional posts go to Rawlins, Laramie, Sheridan, Wheatland, Douglas, Worland, and Shoshoni with several deacons and stewards named.
Local reporting notes a link between a cement mixer and the Missouri Mule in a growing dispute involving cement workers in the new city and county project. Tensions rise as crews confront management over pay and ashift conditions.
Work on pouring concrete began Thursday with good early progress but faces renewed delays as the gasoline engine powering the mixer fails to operate when mixing. The engine runs when disconnected but balks as soon as mixing starts, limiting output to three wheelbarrow loads per cycle before stalling again.
Shortly before midnight the fire department responded to a blaze under the sidewalk in front of Barry's cigar store on Sixteenth street. A lighted match dropped through the bars ignited scrap paper, which had nearly burned out by the time firefighters arrived.
A speaker denounces slackers and the yellow new rich while praising Wyoming’s loyal spirit in relation to the draft. He asserts some groups shirk responsibility and calls out indolence in the nation amid wartime context.
Austin Texas Sept 14 The senate high court of impeachment recessed until Monday as Gov Ferguson will return as a witness with chief counsel Wade Heeger stating the governor prefers not to truncate his testimony.
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