Cheyenne record., 1919-02-27

service during the war were denied
citizenship rights by Superior Court
Judge B. J. Tallman at Seattle.
y band of several hundred Yaqui
Ild ans was defeated in battle with
: ",:ican federal soldiers near Idsbor-
J goa, Sonora, forty miles south of No
gales, AriZ:, according to word re-
Cr."Cd.
he Public Utilities Commission of
l,,.l has issued an order to all tel
lone companies that the rates and
ch; rges of service as stipulated by
j master General Burleson should
! q. be recognized.
D.scharged soldiers and sailors will
: Urged to go back to their own
acme town" whenever possible by the
Lev state veterans welfare commits
1.oh James Fl. Powell, chairman, an
luunced at Seattle.
City and county authorities at St
attic are centering their energies in
II search for Leon Green, whose real
name is said to be Leon ButouetSky,
Russian, and one of the recent labor
agitators during the general strike
there.
TO help solve one of the most per-
picking postwar problems, what to do
with our vast shipyards and merchant
marine, the Los Angeles-Pacfc Navl-
CATION Company has been organized by
financiers and business men of South
ern California.
The search and seizure law which
the prohibition forces of the state of
Montana have been trying to have
enacted into law by the present State
Legislature as an adjunct to the pro-
hihition statute, was killed in the
house of representatives.
The Senate of the Oregon Legisla-
ture has adopted n joint resolution to
extend the legislative session to sixty
days, instead of forty, and increase
the pay of lawmakers from S3 to So
IL day. The measure will be voted on
at II special election in June.
Harry A. Wheeler, president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
Washington, told 1000 delegates TO the
Transmississippi REIMBURSEMENT con-
gress in Omaha that better railroad
service is obtnlnable under private
ownership of the railway lines than
under public ownership. "There has
been a sluffing of enthusiasm, ingen-
uty and initiative under government
CONTROL" he declared.
WASHINGTON
By order of President Wilson, Amer
lean troops in Russia will be returned
to the United States as soon as pOssi-
BILE, possibly before June I.
Col c. Mason Pendleton, one of the
zlast of Mosby's raiders and pictur
esque fighter of the Civil war, is dead
nt his home in Washington.
Representative Fess of Ohio, chair
man of the Republican congressional
campaign committee, announced his
withdrawal from the Republican con
test for the speakership of the House
in the next Congress. His action left
the race between Representatives
Mann of Illinois and Gillett of Massa-
chuSetts.
An appropriation of $75O,00O.0OO for
operating the railroads under govern
mrnt control have been approved by
the house appropriations committee.
To encourage American Investments
has taken steps to gather extensive in
formation on credit conditions in other
countries, to be placed at the disposal
of prospective purchasers of private
securities.
Uncle Sam, ever alert to serve his
millions of investors. is putting out Il
new postage stamp. 1t is of the 13
cent denomination and Is issued pri
mnrily for use in preparing Il single
rate of letter postage and special de-
livery fee, or for postage and registry
fee. 1t may be used, however, for
other purposes for which ordinary
stamps are used.
Philippine foreign trade showed a
steady and encouraging increase dur
ing the calendar year Of 1913 with the
United States the dominant nation, I
the bureau of insular affairs of the
War Department announced at Wash
ington. Total imports amounted to
S95, 500, ,200-an increase of 80 per cent
over l91T-whIle the export total in
creased from S95,G0i.3OO to S135,6S2
800
Short-term notes maturing i'll from
one TO five years would be offered in
the Forthcoming Victory. Loan cam- J
pnign instead of long-term notes un-
der tentative agreement reached by
the House ways and means committee
to fix the terms of the loan by legis-
latiOn.
A bill for the repeal of the war
time prohibition law, which becomes
effective July !, introduced by repre-
sentative Gallivan of Massachusetts,
will be considered by the House agri-
cultural committee within the next few /
days. l