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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1916
Page
9
Washington dispatch reports 18 092 National Guard soldiers remain in state mobilization camps with plans for border deployment within two weeks. Secretary Baker personally oversees moves to use state camps to relieve border forces. Budget constraints threaten transport funding and could delay displacement of troops.
At a Democratic executive meeting Mrs Ida R Graham widow of Joseph T Graham was selected to run for county clerk. She accepted promising a businesslike administration and strong service. Bryan will speak Thursday night as the Democratic campaign opens with Burns appearance.
Fort Collins reports alarm in Walden and Jackson County as Wyoming capitalists unveil a plan to build a large reservoir in North Park. The dam would create a lake of about 100 square miles, irrigating 800 000 to 400 600 acres downstream, with tax burdens feared for landowners and impact on roads and rail lines. Protests will be sent to Colorado state officials seeking scrutiny and approval.
El Paso reports Villa attacked Chihuahua City with 600 men and penetrated part of the city but was driven out with heavy losses by the constitutionalists. Villa followers were executed. General Trevino was wounded. News arrived at Juarez after telegraph restoration. Villa had boasted of celebrating Independence Day in Chihuahua City.
J Frank Hanty, running as the prohibition presidential candidate, summarized nine days of campaigning in four wet and four dry Northwest states. He said Republicans criticized Charles E Hughes while following the Hughes trail and that Hughes may win the Northwest but must overcome strong GOP resistance.
The United Mine Workers District 22 and northern Wyoming operators agreed to a roughly four percent wage rise for all northern Wyoming coal miners. The two year contract ends local grievances and ushers in industrial peace, aligning northern miners with southern Wyoming and Montana for wages and conditions.
Reports from Berlin and Sofia say German Bulgarian troops shattered Russo-Rumanian forces in eastern Romania. Official notices describe the destruction of enemy forces along the Alinen lake line and villages Parachio Abtaat Muau bey and Karsomer with the Russians retreating northward. British forces face halted gains in France as Germany reports losses at Courcelette Martinculch and Piers against claims of limited success at Combles.
President Wilson cancels early week political events to attend the funeral of his sister Mrs Annie Kellough in New London Conn. He will travel to Trenton with Mrs Wilson and Dr Gary Grayson and plans to speak in Baltimore on Sept 26 after the funeral.
The forecast notes partly cloudy conditions for Sunday and Monday with warmer temperatures in the eastern region on Sunday.
New York September 14 United States Senator Charles B. Thomas of Colorado released a letter asserting Hughes has always opposed woman suffrage but may support it during the campaign. The missive quotes Hughes saying he reserves private views and may or may not publicly announce them. He warns that denying women votes would worsen national issues and that feminists will intensify efforts regardless.
News from New London Cann Sept 16 indicates evidence grows that the German submarine Bremen may reach American waters within a week. Paul G L Hilken manager of the German Coast Transportation Company arrived with Priess credited for building Deutschland the first submarine freighter to reach the United States. Prusse arrived on the Deutschland. Rubber stockpiles amount to twenty carloads stored locally as preparations proceed.
Denver September 18 The executive committee of the American National Livestock Association adopts a resolution urging the federal trade commission to investigate the packing and livestock industries and defines the authority of the interstate commerce commission in intrastate price making. Walter L. Fisher, former Interior secretary and current counsel for the association, outlines the measures for improving marketing conditions.
South Dakota democrats believe they can win the states electoral votes for Wilson this fall marking a potential first for the party in the region. They anticipate heavy national help and plan speeches by top Democrats to overcome the states Republican tradition and high majorities.
The United States faces extended British censorship of official naval mail from the east and new embargoes on imports to Scandinavian countries. Vancouver censors opened Hong Kong letters to the Navy Department as Britain moves to enforce wartime restrictions. The State Department and War Trade Office coordinate to resist the blockade and protect American interests amid growing Allied export controls.
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