Cheyenne record., 1919-10-16
CONDENSED RECORD or rHE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD. al
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D DIN q ., ACHIEVE.
MENTs. suFFERiNos. HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
..tern N.w.paper Union N.ws seryics.
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Albert of the Belgians has been
deeply impressed with Americas edu.
catiOnal system and attributes the
ability OF American soldiers to absorb
military knowledge in remarkably
short time to the compulsory schooling
they receive. az
Important depositions". are to be
taken In Indianapolis by Nthe !prosecn-
tion of Harry s. New, accused Of tfntir.
dering Frieda Lesser. his, sweetheart,
it was revealed following an order in
the Superior Court continuing News
trial from Oct. q to Dec. 9 ut Los An
geles.
Three beautiful young women in Ell
Paso, Texas, hired service car driven
by James J. Nabhail, held him up af-
ter he had taken them a few blocks,
relieved him of $1S, implanted kisses
on his mouth, commanded him to hold
up his hands and look the other way
for three minutes and then made their
escape.
All new policemen appointed at
Omaha, in accordance with the recon-
VI "SuSlui NOOu
ter the riot of September Goth, will be
given military training. The first thir-
ty new policemen appointed received a
three-hour drill under the guidance of
Maj. C. M. White of Fort Omaha, de-
tailed to the duty by General Wood.
The National Sheep and Wool
Bureau has been notified by its presi-
dent, Alexander Walker, ut Washing
ton, that majority leaders in house and
Senate would introduce into Congress
at the December session the bureaus
"Truth in Fabric" bill. The measure
is purposed to compel labelling OF WOOL
en- fabrics and clothing to show the
presence of shoddy and cotton.
Raymond A. Callander, of Sioux
City, n former army flyer, was killed
when his airplane went into nose
dive at an altitude of 400 feet and
crashed to the ground. Other aviatOrs
who We're on the field watching Cal
lander are of the opinion that he faint
ed and when his body pitched forward
held the controls in such position
as to direct the machine to the ground.
Plans are being made at Los An
geles by local motion picture pro-
ducer to make moving pictures of
scenes in the Bible from cover to cover.
The Bible will be filmed in 100 reels,
two to be shown at time. 1t Is ex-
pected the work will require two
years, and that In some scenes the
largest number Of persons ever appear
ing in motion picture, will be as
sembled.
WASHINGTON
The Senate Military Committee vot-
ed unanimously to recommend an addi-
tional appropriation of $15.OOO,OOO for
army aircraft construction to carry out
plans Of the air service to establish
routes to Panama, Alaska and even to
Asia.
Eastern and gulf refiners have been
notified by the United States food ad-
ministratiOn that, effective October
10Th, and until further notice, they
are not to ship or deliver sugar to any
point west of Pittsburg and Buffalo,
and north and west of the Ohio river.
The order was issued because of the
scarcity of cane sugar.
Establishment of national budget
system. supplemented by other sweep
ing reforms in the methods of handling
appropriations and governmental ex-
penditureS, was recommended to the
House in legislation reported out by
the select committee on the budget.
Maj. Gen Joseph r. Dckman, former
commander of the First Division al;
Chateau Thierry, but now ranking of
ficer of the Southern Department. and
Maj. Gen. John Biddle, commander at
Camp Travis, Texas, have been men
toned in orders for demotion to the
rank of brigadier general The orders,
II is stated, are in line with the War
Departments plans of returning to the
regular grades officers who were pro-
NOTED during the war
General Mitchell of the air service,
appearing before the Senate Military
Affairs Committee, said that three
day flight to Alaska across Canada
would be attempted this winter. If
cold weather flying proves successful.
he added, regular route to Alaska
would he established to be followed
probably by route to Asia, with only
II twenty-One mile water span to be
crossed. The Panama route. he said,
would be via Florida and Cuba
The cOuntry's enormous corn crop
has run unharmed the gnntlet OF dan
gers that faced 1t during the doubtful
days and nights of September and lays
into the lap Of mellow October 43,OOO.-
900 bushels more Of ripened ears than
II could promise Mt the beginning Of
that month";" the Department of Agri-
culture commented in issuing the Octo.
ber. crop report forecasting yield of
2,9OO, ,511 600 bushels. Practically all
Of the crop has, or will, mature without
frost damage, assuring high feeding