Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19
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prices of gasoline and dstllnte in Cal
ifornia, Oregon, Washington and Ari-
Zona was announced by the Standard
Oil Company here Wednesday.
Sought throughout the West for over
two years, after conviction as Il white
shaver and repeated Jail breaks, An
g"lo Glpka, nlinS John Mitchell, II
Greek, was arrested at Redding by fed
rrnl authorities and taken to San Fran
cisco
A. j. Fisher, nOnuniOn lineman elm
plOyed by the Dallas Light and Power
Company. was shot and killed in
clash between strikers sympaihiZnrs
and n"nnnion men taking the places
of striking employees of the company
al Dallas.
On" hundred and sixty-oDa new
laws, including the statute restoring
the death penalty for first degree muir
der have gone into effect in Washing
ton. Among new laws in effect is one
making it unlawful for boys between
the ages of IS and ~ to possess to-
bnrcO.
Mr.. and Mrs William II. Alley of
Chicago. and Santa barbara, Calf,
wrr" killed. and Mrs Hrtty c. Stock
ton, Alleys sister, and II. H. Gardner,
ais" of Santa l.urhnr;,. were danger
ouSly injured in an automobile ncci-
dent near Crescent City. ninrty-thr"
miles north of Eureka. Indications
were that the car in descending Il
steep mountain grade struck IA log and
plunged over II cliff
The Twenly-fourth Infantry bat
TALON crossed the international border
to JunrrZ Sunday night. The fifth and
Seventh tavalary regiments crossed at
three fnrdS east of ltl InSo. A bat
talon of the Efghty-Second Artillery
crossed east of the SiockynrtlS. There
were Approximately $500 American
troops on Mexican soil ten minutes nf-
ter ordered to make the crossing. Col.
Selah Fl. II. Tompkins of the Seventh
Cavalry was tn command of the cav
airy brigade which crossed at the
fords, while Colonel HadSrll WAS in
command Of the infantry Two ar
mOred motor cars rumblrd over the
bridge going to .JuarcZ The reason
given at military headquarters for or
dering the troops to cross was Ito
prevent firing from the Mexican side
on FL lnSo."
WASHINGTON
Twelve prisoners have escaped from
the United States Army Disciplinary
Barracks nt Fort Lcavcnworth, accord
ing To a notification from Lravcn-
worth
Without u record vote, the Senate
passed the bill of Senator CunIuinS,
Republican,, of Iowa, amending the
railroad control act So ;lS to restore
the rnic-raktNg powers of the Inter
state Commerce Commission The
measure now goes to the House
Further reduction in the size of the
army to he maintained for the next
fiScnl year wuS tentatively agreed up
on by the House in deciding to bnSe
appropriations for pay and mninten-
unce on an army of 100000 men, in
Stend of lOO,OOo, as reported by the
House military committee The War
Department had recommended provi-
sion for an army of 5O9OOO.
Attorney General Palmer asked Con-
grrss for II special $5OOOOO nppropri-
alton to carry on the hunt for anar
chists. bomb throwers and enemies OF
law and order
Chief Boatswain's Mate Frederick l..
Jones OF the naval reserve force, one
OF five officers and three enlisted men
arrested at New York in connection
with charges of wholesale graft in OBJ
tanning discharges and easy berths for
naval men in the third naval district
during the war. has been sentenced
to one years imprisonment and rcduc-
ti"n to the rating OF seaman.
War Department had 3.O39 trucks.
431 automobiles. $40 motorcycles and
twelve Tractors In April. 1917. when
the United States entered the Euro
Wan war. One and One-half years Ia
ter it owned approximately S5.OOO
trucks. and if the war had continued
approximately $4,000. In addition the
American automobile industry would
have provided 10000 ambulances. no.
600 passenger cars, 10000 motorcycles
and I0OD bicycles, u grand total ap-
pronching 100000 vehicles costing with
spar" parts more than $1OO,OOO,OOO
Abandonment of the navy's extern
sire plans for experimenting with
rigid and nOn-rgid types Of lighter
ihan-air flying machines was said by
naval officers to he presagcd by the
action of the House naval affairs com
mittee in cutting the aviation appru-
prltiOn for the navy from S4j.OOO.Upy
to S15.OOOOOO.
A rider repeating the daylight saw
ing law. effective when the clocks are
turned back In October. was added to
the agricultural appropriation bill by
the Senate Agricultural Committee
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