Cheyenne record., 1919-02-06
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One person was killed and thirty
were seriously injured by = series OF
explosions and fire which wrecked
the plant OF the American Analine
Dye Products Company at Nyack.
N. Y.
The Atlantic fleet is reconstructed
with the return OF the battle squadrons
from overseas, is now in Hampton
roads preparatory to sailing for Guam
tanamo Bay. Cuba. where winter
maneuvers will be held.
A person will be able after the mid
die Of February to fly by airplane
from New York to Philadelphia for SIS
and from New York to Washington for
325, according to announcement made
by Joseph M Kahn, one Of the organ
izers OF the Aero Development Com
pany
What is declared to have been the
first voyage of a merchant ship from
the Far East to the American Atlantic
coast by way Of the Suex canal since
the war ended, was terminated at New
York with the arrival of the British
freight steamer Trafford Hall in from
Calcutta.
WESTERN
Paul E. Skjerseth, former vice pres
ident Of the First National Bank OF
Saco, Mont, was arrested at Kansas
City on a federal indictment charging
embeZzlement OF some of the banks
funds.
Shipbuilding contracts aggregating
Sb1,0O0,O00 in California yards have
been cancelled by the emergency fleet
corporation. the local offices OF the
United States Shipping Board an
nounced at San Francisco.
Count G. Rosen and Count Nils
Rosen, attaches Of the Swedish lega,
tion at Washington. visited the war
prison barracks at Fort Douglas, near
Salt Lake City, in behalf of about 100
interned Austrians Their visit is one
of several in different parts of the
country to camps where enemy aliens
are interned.
One of the most unique mail routes
in the world has just been established
along the course of the klamath river,
between Orleans and Orick. California
Over a road barely better than the
hat section OF the country a cater
pillar tractor is conveying mail and
parcel post on regular schedule
WASHINGTON
Mexico and Cuba have resumed dip
lomatic relations. according 10 reports
in official and diplomatic circles in
Washington. The State Department,
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subject
All but SCI 1872 900 of the original
$b0O.00O.00O revolving fund of the rail.
road administration has now been
used, Director General Hines reported
in connection with his financial state.
ment for January.
An army OF 100000 men was unani-
mously decided on by the House mill
tary committee as the basis for deter
mining the appropriation for army pay
for the year beginning next July
Committee members said the number
was expected to be the average force
during the year
The annual pension bill. CARRYING
$215.030.000. was passed by the House
and sent to the Senate
The War Trade Board will not take
retaliatory measures on account of
import restrictions promulgated by
the British government. This state.
ment was authorized by member of
the board in Washington
An Appropriation of s3.OoO.OOO to
naintain the national guard at
strength of 100000 officers and men
during the next fiscal year was tenta-
lively approved today by the House
military affairs committee.
A decision made public by the Ma
tional War Labor Board cirtuallv re
turned the case of the Amalgamated
Association of Street Railway en-
ployes and the Kansas City Railways
Company to its former status.
Government control of telephone
and telegraph properties would end
next Dec. 81 under a resolution or
dered favorably reported by the House
postoffice committee by vote of 10
TO s. Chairman Moon announced that
he would present the measure in the
House Immediately and ask for a rule
TO give it right Of way
Secretary Glass, in asking Congress
to appropriate $2.932.S49 required as
deficiency appropriation by the
United States employment service,
transmitted letter from Assistant
Secretary Of Labor Post. declaring
that without this fund the service
would be compelled to terminate oper-
alton of many of its activities on |
April l.
The treasury at Washington re-
ported total from the sale of War |
Savings and Thrift Stamps since they