Cheyenne record., 1920-12-09
FOREIGN

Gen. Alvargo Obregon has been b.
augurated president Of Mexico. Tho
simple ceremony Of taking the oath Of
republics history Of ninety-nine years
that the executive power has been
transferred peacefully.
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, leader Of
the Turkish Nationalists, is massing
10000 troops for an offensive against
dispatch from COnstantinople. All
these troops are being Withdrawn from
Armenia since soviet Russia ordered
the Turkish Nationalists to cease their
war against Armenia.
Thousands of tons Of German coal,
intended for some OF the entente na-
tions, have been stolen while en- route
down the Rhine and smuggled into
Holland on barges, says the Rotte,-
dam Cour Aut. Only a part of the
coal was unloaded Mt the allied depots,
and the rest, covered with stones, was
brought down the river to Holland.
An army Of unemployed, more than
1000 strong, marched on the center Of
Edmonton, town of Middlesex, eight
miles from London. seized the town
hall as their headquarters, and raised
the Red flag. The jobless men and
women then presented a set of de-
mands to the town councillors and pre-
vailed upon them to evacute the city
building.
No less than an average of forty
persons day were sentenced to death
by the Moscow revolutionary tribunals
and executed during September, ac-
cording to the official soviet organ
Isvestia. The same paper throws
light on the desperate fuel situation in
Moscow by stating that 5000 wooden
houses have been torn down in Mos
COW to provide fuel for the people.
General Semenoff, leader Of anti
BOlshevist forces along the frontier be-
tween Siberia and Mongolia, has ar
rived at Vladivostok under Japanese
escort. Dispatches from that city state
he has gone on board n Japanese trans
port. General Semenoff's troops de-
feated by the Bolshevists recently, de-
serted In such numbers that their lead
er gave up the struggle against the
soviet armies In that region.
Increasing hostility toward Ameri-
cans and American relief interests Is
being shown by the Turkish national
lists, says letter from Henry Riggs,
director for the Near East Relief at
Kharput. He asserts the nationalists
still refuse the Americans permission
to proceed to various places to carry
on their work and forbid the American
flag to be flown from American build
ings and automobiles.
The naval court of inquiry investi-
eating the actions of American marines
concluded Its hearings in Haiti with
the examination Of Lieutenant Colonel
Hooker Of the gendarmerie, who testi-
fled to the belief that 1900 peaceful
Haitiens had been killed by bandits In
the last few years. He declared that
from March, 1910, to October, 1919,
large farming md settlement areas
were completely wiped out by bandits.
GENERAL
The liner. Celtic, bearing to America
Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow Of the
mayor Of Cork, who died on hunger
strike In an English prison, has ar.
rived In New York.
A reign Of terror exists in many
districts In Fnyette, Westmoreland and
Washington counties, In Pennsylvania,
comprising an area of $50 square
miles. Firebugs are running amuck,
and many schoolhouses, barns, stores
and other buildings have been mysterl-
ously burned within the Inst thirty
days, entailing losses mounting Into
large figures.
Brownie Of IinwOOd, 4-year.old
Guernsey COW owned by the Corium
farm, near Fond du Lac, Wis, has
completed years official test with
n record Of producing S31.O7 pounds Of
butterfat, the equivalent Of 1,03S
pounds Of butter. This record Is be-
lieved to rank her first in Wisconsin
among Guernseys Of her age and sec
ond in the United States.
G. E. Troyer Of La Fontaine, Ind,
was named the national "corn king"
at the Hay and Grain show in connec-
tion with the International Livestock
exposition at Chicago. Peter Lux, also
of Indiana was last years "king." Mr..
Troyer's ten winning ears of corn were
gathered from seventeen-acre field
that yielded 100 bushels to the acre.
Two armed men held up Paul Sund,
enberg, paymnster Of the Thompson.
Starrett Construction Company in De-
troit and escaped with n valise con.
taining $4,000 in pay envelopes. Less
than an hour later Charles Mct'abc,
4 depositor, was shot and seriously
wounded when three men attempted
&c hold up the cashier Of bank mile