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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
12
A late dispatch recaps Allied and German actions in Europe and the Middle East. Reports note battles near Arras and Macedonia, U boats and aerials, plus British and American wartime moves and political notes from Washington and London.
State mine crews and inspectors fought flames at Hastings Mine 119 as rescuers searched for missing workers. Officials reported several men entombed and intensified efforts led by emergency teams and safety inspectors.
Explosion and fire at Victor Amerian Coal Mine No 5 Hastings near Ludlow traps rescuers. One hundred nineteen men believed dead several thousand feet from the entrance as state and private rescue teams fight the flames. Insurance nears 300000 under Colorado Workmen's Compensation Act. Attorney General Hubbard heads probe.
In Hastings Colorado on April 28 a massive underground explosion and fire trapped 119 miners at Victor American Fuel Company Mine No 2. Fire and gas swept the workings. rescuers report all trapped are presumed dead with several bodies recovered, amid heavy snowfall and efforts to restore airways.
British and French forces renewed offensives while German counter attacks fade. Von Stein admitted German troops were discouraged. Allied morale and advances threaten the Wotan line as positions between Roeux Gavrelle and the Arras Cambrai road fall to British troops.
President Wilson approved requests from France and Italy for swift financial support. The United States will lend between 200 and 300 million dollars within days. A London weekly ships statement reports forty British vessels over 1,600 tons each sunk by mines or submarines.
The Wyoming State Council of National Defense met with Governor Houx and outlined a program to ease a food shortage. Committees from the state's 21 counties will promote staple crop production, school and urban gardening, home canning and drying, waste reduction, better distribution, and range livestock handling.
Wm. Cooper, a Casper sheep shearer, arrested for burning the Catholic church and Arapahoe school house. He arrived seeking work, became drunk, was confined by a government agent, and the two buildings burned after the quick ignition.
Mrs. James Tenny broke her arm when her team bolted while she opened a gate on the way home. She was knocked down and rendered unconscious, but Arthur Whelan, pursuing in his car, halted the runaway and likely saved the children's lives.
Cheyenne reports Wyoming will contribute a regiment to the war. Maj. R. Andersen says recruiting has secured a full regiment and northern towns are responding well. Sufficient recruits are in sight to form three more companies.
Walter Ford formerly of this city now in Cody sustained severe burns when the garage housing his car exploded. The incident damaged surrounding structures and emergency crews responded promptly.
Former Wyoming Governor Joseph M. Carey offers 10000 acres of unbroken lands near Wheatland flats for government crop growing. He dictates that part of the proceeds be given to the Wyoming Red Cross society.
Douglas B. F. Davis of Douglas has been appointed appraiser for the Eighth Federal Land Bank District by the Federal Farm Loan Board.
The body of Aunt Jane Harris a 75 year old woman was found in her shack in Cheyenne She had been beaten to death with an ax.
John Norton, a leading Niobrara County figure, died when his automobile overturned and he was killed. A gas explosion at Cody injured Walter Ford, among the worst local accidents near Cody at the Oregon Bank field. In Casper, switchman Carl B. Harmon, 26, was killed after being crushed beneath a Northwestern train.
The Wyoming State Board of Farm Commissioners issues an open letter urging doubling efforts in farming to boost yields in small grains and potatoes. Advice covers seed bed prep, careful irrigation, formaldehyde treatment for smut, beef forage handling, and silo construction to improve efficiency and support the war effort. The board offers to answer inquiries to raise Wyoming’s crop production.
Governor Frank L. Houx wrote to the U S Forestry Service in Denver urging reversing a rumored policy to cut cattle numbers in forest reserves this year. He asks for increased cattle numbers to boost beef production in the state.
Officials link a dynamite discovery beneath Shoshone dam at Cody to an earlier disappearance from the Frannie construction camp. Investigators cite ten sticks of primed explosive found weeks after a visit by two I W W members, with travelers reporting the discovery near the dam.
Sept 11-14 State Fair at Douglas. Basin to build a 54 room hotel and new courthouse costing $60,000. Buffalo reports 400 ready for Rough Riders. Rawlins forms Red Cross. O D Eaton dies in Torrington. Evanston forms Company BE. Rawlins shearing season opens. eight new oil firms filed articles. Farm Commission urges doubled planting. Casper oil burner plant incorporated. Clarence Eklund defeats Walter Thompson for Wyoming heavyweight title. F O Freeman reports hopeful oil prospects. Elk Basin project proceeds in Dry Creek after winter hold. Cheyenne to build $100,000 structure on Inter Ocean Hotel site. American Oil places double shift at Greybull well No 1. James M Whitney of Wheatland dies in Long Beach. 10,000 acres offered for food production. U S Civil Service to hold stenographer tester in Cheyenne. guard at Cheyenne water reservoirs shot near Crystal Lake. Hjorthwellon Section $2 draws attention. 20 Sheridan High School girls raise $400. Pete Valday to Basin for sentencing. Dr A W French returns to Cheyenne for doctrine work. Alfred Harrison loses leg in UP wreck. Anaconda Development Association to drill near Heim. Big oil discoveries boost Wyoming advertising. Dr W H Fickel reassigned to active duty. agricultural preparedness reaches Crow Indians. Frank G Curtis paid $13,577 in Hjorth case. coroner’s inquest into Aunt Jane Nolan murder. sheriff links to William Wagner. Wyoming citizens buy more Red Cross seals per capita.
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