Cheyenne record., 1919-04-03
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Automobile bandits stepped into the
Iowa State Bank in Des MOines, locked
f. H. Hunter. bookkeeper, and NJ. r.
Pharmer, assistant cashier, In the
washroom after Pharmer had opened
the vault. secured $4,000 and made
their getaway.
Charged with having fled with sew
eral thousand dollars of the stockhold-
srs' money after destroying the books
Of the company, d. Fl. Kicker, presi-
dent of the Associated Swine Breeders,
Inc, is being sought by the police au-
thOrities of San Francisco.
Quarantine because OF Influenza
against Skagway and all ports south of
coast has been established by Gov
ernor Mackenzie of Yukon territory.
No one will be allowed to leave Skag-
way sOuthbOund until after five days
detention In quarantine at their own
expense.
The dead bodies Of Vera May Mel
son, stenographer, and Yoshio Ho-
sada, Japanese, were found in San
Francisco restaurant In the wOmans
apartments. The deaths were caused
by bullet wounds According to the
police Hosada shot the woman and
then killed himself No motive for the
crime has been found by the police.
Liberty bonds owned by national
banks cannot be deducted from the val
uation of the banks capital stocks
when valuation is fixed for state taxa
ton purposes, the Supreme Court of
Nebraska held in passing on n test case
appealed from Aurora, Neb. The gov
eminent, which intervened in the case,
will carry the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
A bill providing for the regulation
by public school authorities of all pri-
vate, parOchial and denOminatiOnal
schools in Nebraska was passed by the
Senate of the State Legislature. The
measure, which already has passed
the House, will empower public school
superintendents to inspect such insti-
tutions and report to the proper Of
ficers the use Of any text books sub
versive of American Institutions
WASHINGTON
George Fort, assistant treasurer of
the United States, died at his home In
Washington of heart failure. He had
recovered recently from an attack OF
influenza.
Five hundred dangerous enemy
aliens, including convicted criminals
spies and agents, will be turned free
upon the conclusion of peace unless
the next Congress Immediately passes
legislation providing the necessary ma,
chinery for their deportation. This fact
was revealed in statement by Attor
ney General Palmer, In which he dis
closed the number Of persons now in
q termed in detention camps as 1000
. Unusual growth Of trade between
the United States and Oceania was
shown in report in the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce. In the
first eight months of the fiscal year
Oceania took S135, $50, ,789 worth Of ex
ports from this country, as compared
with $S3.9O6,SO6 in the same period
last year, and sold the United States
goods valued at S139. ,6O2. an in.
crease of SG2, 100000 over last year.
Increased use by American farmers
Of tractors was shown in reports from
manufacturers, estimating that ap
proximately 315,OOO of the machines
will be produced this year. This is
more than double the number manu-.
factured last year.
Forty-six per cent of the commits,
stoned officers who were on the army
lists Nov. IL, 1918, had been discharged
on March 20 last. A statistical report
that OF the 1884, officers on duty
when the armistlce was signed, 1O2, ,473
were in service on March 20. The
greatest reduction was in the chemical
warfare service. S3 per cent of its COM
missioned personnel having been re-
leased.
Three weeks before the Victory Loan
ton has been received. To the navy
goes the honor of firing the first
shot" Secretary Daniels, just before
he sailed for Europe, sent check for
5000 to Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie, In
charge of the navy's subscriptions, and
at the same time called on the men
who made the sea safe during the war
to continue the splendid record of pre-
vious loans.
Gen. Pershing has arranged to pur-
chase from the Young Mems Christian
Association nearly million dollars
worth of textbooks covering practical
ly every phase Of general and tech
nical education from elementary
schools to post graduate courses in
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