Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
FOREIGN

JOuu AiCOth, tlc uOIeu ITIllSu hNl-
ator who was the first pilot to COM
plete a nonstop flight across the At
lantic, died of injuries sustained when
he fell near Kouen, France.
Gossip In the chamber of deputies
was that Premier Clemenceau, despite
numerous utterances to the contrary,
was candidate for the presidency
and that he was not hindering his
friends from working In his behalf
Reports of fresh wave of pogroms
in the districts of the Ukraine Occu-
pied by General Denikine's forces are
printed by the Lemberg newspaper Ga
zetta Wiscrowka, according to Lem
berg advices. The newspaper claims
that about 5000 Jews We're killed In
EkaterinOslav alone.
August Mueller, former under secre
tary In the German food adnlinistra-
tion, is arranging to visit the United
States, Il Berlin dispatch to the London
Times reported. Mueller will attempt
to arrange for import and export of raw
materials and to ascertain the amount
Of food available for Germany, the dis
patch said
The bubOnic plague is reported to
have attained grave proportions at Las
ROsas, Santa Fe province, where the
business houses have been ordered
closed for forty-eight hours owing to
bad hygienic conditions. Several
deaths have occurred. The national
department of hygiene has begun Il
war on the rats infesting grain ware
houses.
A dispatch from Basle states the
former German emperor. has finally
agreed to accept trial by the allies
but adds that he wishes 10 choose the
place and time of the trial and desires
to be defended by German experts and
lawyers. The Basle advices say the
former crown prince declares he never
will appear If he is called before II
court of justice.
Taiga has been captured by local
BOlsheviki. Many trains on the trans
siberian railroad west of Taiga have
been cut off and Polish troops in that
region will be forced to fight their
| way out. Fears for the safety of Il.
r. Hansen, United States vice consul
Mt Omsk, and Joseph ii. Ray, consul
at Irkutsk, who are west of Taiga, are
felt here. Nothing has been heard
from them for more than week.
Alexandra Millcrand, former minis
ter of war and at present governor of
Alsace, according to reports, will sue
| ceed Georges Clemenceau as premier
of France, says the Echo de Paris. 1t
is asserted that Millernnd, In addition
| to being premier, will hold the port
folio of minister of foreign affairs.
Stephen PinchOt, at present foreign
minister. is considering retiring from
the cabinet because of his health.
GENERAL
Prof. HoratiO w. Parker, famous mu-
| sician and composer and dean of music
at Yale University, died of pneumonia
ut his daughters home in CedurhurSt,
| IL.
Victor L. Berger. who was reelected
to Congress from the fifth congressiOn-
al district, December 18th, following
his expulsion from that body, said that
he will go to Washington January 9th
to claim his seat.
Returned soldiers in Canada have
already acquired either us Il free gift
or on money advanced by the Domin-
ion government about 2,OOO,0OO acres
Of land. The value of the loans ap-
proved is given as $40, ,12O,233 repre-
senting 1862 individual loans, max
ing the average 3,296.
The new Ohio Products Company
brought in the largest well in WyOm
ing in the last five years with the eN-
ceptiOn of one Salt Creek well of 10000
last year. The new well is making
$50 barrels an hour by actual measure
mpnt, making IL Il 5000 barrel pro-
ducer and is located in the Lance Creek
field.
Liquor interests estimate their losses
as Il result of the enforcement OF the
wartime prohibition law at $4OO,NN,-
600, according to Il statement ut Chi
cago by Levy Mayer, chief counsel for
the distillers in the middle West.
The new road bill in Ohio has gone
into effect and as Il result the Ohio
highway commission and motorists
generally are very much elated. The
new law provides for Il levy of - mill
instead of 3 mill. This will mean
about S4.OOO,GO for road improvements
next year. The law provides that the
various counties must put up 30 per
cent and in many cases more; thus
about Sl2,OOO,OOO comes from that
source.
Somewhere in Montana, Julius +.
johnson. formerly of st. Joseph, Mo-,
is working on II railroad. In New York
an $SO,O0O legacy awaits him. When
an application was made to settle the
S42O,OOO estate of Alex johnson, de-