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CECIL B. DE MILES
NEW PICTURE IS A
MARVEL OF REALISM
"Male and Female" Produced On A
Most Lavish Scale

Genuineness and absolute real
ness are two factors in the enorm-
GUS success which Cecil B. De Mile
has attained as a motion picture di-
rection. These qualities are present
in "Male and Female" Mr.. De-
Miles latest Paramount-Artcraft
picture, which was adapted from
Sir James M. Barire's famous play,
"The Admirable Crichton" and will
be on view at the Opera House this
week, Friday and Saturday. 1t is
Mr.. De Miles desire that every
property or furnishing used in his
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which transfers were arranged, and
a guard Of honor appointed for
each flag, draped casket, the final
leg of the journey was begun.
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the law has always been a policy of
the Republican party. Without obe-
dience to law and maintenance of
order, our American institutions
must perish. Our laws must be i'm
partially enforced and speedy JUS
tice should be secured"
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ranked as a popular hero in Ger
many. Since the end of the war
little has been heard of him. One
report was to the effect that he
hoped to come to the United States
afer the peace treaty was siged.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
CRIMEA POVERTY GREAT

Six years Of war have not broken
the spirit of south Russian women.
They "carry on" with the slight
means at their disposal without COM
plant, and give whatever encourage
ment they can to men battling with
bolsheviki along the Dnieper river and
in the Don and Kuban territory.
Sebastopol, with its idle dockyards
and railways operated only for mill
tary purposes, has not, in spite Of its
$4,000 Inhabitants, the dynamics Of a
city one-tenth it's size. The old Rus
ian naval base has lost all its bril-
liancy, most of its warships are rust
ing at the docks and its industries are
closed. The civilian population is
awaiting resumption Of export trade.
which Is necessary to the exchange
situation and the restoration Of nor
NAL trade conditions.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE
Small Boy Satified That the Bill for
His Three Days Fun Was Not
Exorbitant.

At last little Freddy was allowed to
visit grandpa all alone. They were
great friends. and had long waited for
the great day.
Freddy had the time Of his life.
Grandpa saw that he wanted for
nothing. The small boy ate more
cream buns In those three days than
he would otherwise have done in three
years, while his pockets bulged all the
time with candies.
But there comes an end to every
thing, and Freddy went home again.
pale yellow of complexion, and languid
and feverish. Mother promptly sent
for the doctor, who ordered him to
bed, and sent him some very unpleas-
ant, but doubtless healing medicine.
Grandpa came next day and was
permitted to creep upstairs to see how
the sufferer was faring. He found the
small boy lying wan and pale on his
pillow, but received a watery smile as
a welcome.
"Oh, grandpa" said the weak little
voice, 1--WE been awfully bad-but it
was worth it."
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
Young Captain Of Industry.

Denver, Colo.-George Gardens,
thirteen years of age. student at Man.
ual high school, is Denver's youngest
captain Of industry" When short
age Of charcoal crayons at the high
school became acute and the supply
at downtown stores was exhausted.
George constructed small charcoal
oven on a vacant lot and is now manu-
featuring what is claimed to be an ex-
cellent grade Of crayon. The oven is
operating "a hours day and young
Gardens is reaping a tidy sum from
sales of the crayon to students.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
WOMEN SPIES
ARE SELFISH
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ficials believing that she took poison
rather than be returned to France.
Only three mourners accompanied
her body to Mount Olivet cemetery.
They were the young Baron de Beville
and his aged father and mother. The
young Frenchman, whose infatuation
for the beautiful Turk entangled him
in the web Of her intrigues, made oil
the arrangements for her costly fu-
neral. Despina was married to an
Englishman, James Hasketh, in 1915,
but she left him to take up her life Of
adventure, and soon was numbered on
the German pay roll.
Her beauty and wit enabled her to
ensnare many officers, from whom she
learned military plans which were Of
value to the German war ministry. The
department Of justice has many Of her
love letters, but the real secrets of her
life were buried with her.
Mata Harris Dramatic End.
In the season of 1900 an exotic dan
Ger, Mata Hari, made a spectacular
debut in Partisan circles. The little
Japanese dancer entranced all by her
graceful dancing and her charming
personality. On October Is, 1917, Mata
Hari faced a firing squad at dawn in
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23

a French prison yard. They fred and
she fell face forward, dead.
The real name Of the woman was
Marguerite Gertrude Zelle, who had
been convicted of treason. She was
arrested in Paris, February 13, 1917,
and it was proved beyond doubt that
she was a trusted agent Of the Ger.
man special police and had acted for
them for decade before the war. She
was known in Berlin by number and
for years had furnished them with
valuable information of French mill
itary plans and equipment.
In 1914, shortly after Germany had
invaded Belgium. Marguerite Zelle left
Paris for Switzerland, which she said
was her native country. She returned
after a mysterious visit which aroused
the suspicious of the French secret
police and thereafter her activities
were directly for officers in the Ger
man army, with whom she commune
Gated and from whom she received
large sums Of money. To them she
sent information on the construction
of the British tanks and the informa-
ton was intercepted and traced to
her.
Mata, on being arrested and con-
fined in a fortress in Paris. made no
denial but stated that her father had
been German officer and that what
she had done had been for the father
land. This was false, for it was proved
that she was not Of German origin.
but had played the role of spy simply
for the money she had received.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
Million RubIes Go for $25, but
Meal Costs 10000.
Newspaper Correspondent Finds No
Real Money and Little to Pur-
chase In sebastopoI.

sebastopol, Crimea.-One million
Don rubles were purchased for $25
here by a correspondent, but after
ward he paid 10000 rubles for a meal.
10000 more for a short cab ride and
at the close Of the day was bank
rupt millionaire. Crimea is in an un-
happy condition. 1t has 24.OOO, 100000
of rubles, but no real money. and
there is little to buy here.
The harbor is filled with idle and
disabled warships and merchantmen.
There are no cargoes on the docks,
street cars have been stopped because
of the lack Of coal, stores have no
stocks and streets are deserted except
for an occasional carriage, some
wounded soldiers or armed patrolmen.
The only life here is on the beaches
at the park at the entrance to the har-
Dor. There bathers, for the most part
women and wounded officers and SOL
diers, pass the time when not reading
bulletins from the various south Rus
sian fronts at the official news bureau.
These bulletins afford depressed
Crimeans much encouragement. Most
women here have no hats, but wear
wells or kerchiefs about their heads.
Many are without stockings. but are
charming, nevertheless, in bright, In
expensive gowns which they dignity
with erect and Independent carriage,
suggestive Of American women.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
Betray Their Friends for Money
Rather Than for Patriotic
Motives.
WAS DISTANT KIN OF KAISER
Nine. Victoria In German Secret Po-
lice EmpIoy-Turkish Spy Kills
Self at Ellis Island to Avoid
Deportation.

New York.-That little romance sur
rounded the women spies in the world
war is shown by intimate bits of his
tory Of the more prominent women
who risked, and lost, their lives to
gain information. Money alone seems
ito have been the impelling power in
the lives Of these women, rather than
any heroic motive or patriotic desires.
Nine. Marie K. de Victoria, who died
of pneumonia in New York city re-
Gently in a private sanitarium. was
one Of the most mysterious figures
who arose ont of the maze Of intrigue
unearthed by American secret service
agents in their delvings into the plots
of Count Won Bernstorff. She was ar
rested in 1918 and in May. 1919, told
a United States judge and jury what
she asserted was the true story Of her
life.
Life Filled With Adventure.
1t had lasted only 40 years, but in 1t
were crowded thrills, intrigues and
hairbreadth escapes almost number
less The indictments against her
were never pressed to trial, due to her
Ill health. A distant relative Of the
former German kaiser, she drew sal
ary Of $1,000 a month as spy and
lived in luxury.
Mournful was the funeral of the
turkish spy" Nine. Despina Davido-
witch Storch, famous for her beauty
and for the diplomatic intrigues of her
life, which lasted only % years. She
died in prison on Ellis island, the Of
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD TOLD
THAT IMMEDIATE RELIEF
is NEEDED.
BLAME EASTERN BANKS
STOCKMEN FORCED TO SELL
YOUNG STOCK is RUINOUS
TO INDUSTRY.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Sept. 21.-Relief from
what was described as possible de
struction of the livestock industry"
through curtailment of banking loans
was sought from the federal reserve
board by committee Of livestock pro-
ducers. They asked the board to en-
courage banks of the reserve system
to aid them financially in raising and
marketing their product.
The committee, which came as the
representatives of Chicago confer
ence of producers, packers and BANK
ers, predicts dire consequences to the
livestock industry throughout the West
unless bankers and cattle loan COM
panies discontinue calling" loans.
They said millions of dollars in loans
were maturing this fall and they be-
lieved a reinsurance from the board
that it approved such credit exten-
sion by the banks would materially
lessen the difficulties with which the
livestock men have to deal.
Governor Harding said the boards
policy has been to look upon the live
stock and other food producing indus
tries "as vitality essential" He ex-
planned the board could not direct or
compel loans by any banks but that
it had planned with the reserve banks
for aid for the agricultural interests
to the extent Of nearly $1,000, 100000
this year.
Committee spokesmen told the board
that, as a result of the credit situa-
ton "the little cowman or sheepman"
was being forced to dispose of young
stock which, if he could borrow more
money, would have been kept on the
farms and ranges. Frank j. Hagen
barth Of Salt Lake declared this to be
the indication of "a destruction OF
the industry" The sale Of young live
stock or breeding herds, he said, was
being forced in many sections because
the owners were unable to finance the
feeding of their herds. He said also
that in the Pacific Northwest there
was an abundance of roughage but lit
tie stock to feed it to because of tight
ened credit.
Governor Harding interrupted to as
sure the senator that the DOnrd cOuld
not say to member banks that they
should or should not loan to the motor
manufacturer. He declared again that
it never had defined any industry as
essential or nonessential, but had left
such decisions to local bankers.
Governor Harding said he did not
believe the producers who were bor-
rowing were employing the credit that
they might withhold the meat supply
from the market. The boards infor-
nation, he said, showed the loans to
livestock men, in most all cases were
for actual production purposes. With
this sort of use of credit he said the
board was in entire accord. He added,
however, that the board was without
power to tender direct assistance, since
all banks control the loans they make.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
CLERK MEANT TO GET EVEN
OF Course Congregation Could Get
Away, But He Had the Minister
In Tight Place.

There was bad blood between the
parish clerk and the minister of GER
tain country church. Neither Of them
ever missed a chance of getting a bit
of his own back.
One Sunday the clerk had a special
invitation out to church with friend
after the evening service, whereupon
he asked the minister If he would
mind keeping his sermon short.
1t was too good a chance to miss.
The minister took a few deep breaths,
and preached for one hour and a quar-
ter by the clock.
BY this time the old clerks wrath
was at boiling point. He hardly wait
ed for the preacher to resume his
seat before springing up and announc-
ing loudly:
psalm one hundred and nineteen.
Fro end t end. He's preached all
evening, and Well sing all neetr-
London Answers.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
SCIENTISTS ARE PUZZLED
know yet where the Polynesians orr
ginated.

know yet where the Polynesians orr
ginated.
Having failed to pry any informa-
ton out Of the snail, the scientists
turned to the common or garden vari-
ETY. of chicken. This useful bird Is
believed to have been domesticated by
the Polynesians about 1000 b. G. Ac-
cording to scientific data the chicken
reached Egypt about 700 B. G. 1t is
believed to have originated in south
ern Asia. but how did 1t get to Poly
nesia? Another inpasse.
Begonia seeds and those Of about
700 other plants found in the Hawaii
an group furnished u little more infor-
nation than either the snail or the
chicken, according to the scientists.
Ocean currents are said to have
brought them here. Equatorial cur
rents flowing across Central America
from the Atlantic are believed to have
forced the Pacific currents westward.
carrying driftwood and seeds. The
process Of transportation and germina-
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
0rioin of This Race Hangs on the
Tale Of a Snail.
Mvstery Of MIerations stumps Hun
dred Experts Who Are In Quest Of
: PoIynesian Data.

Honolulu, T. H.-n certain varieties
of snails in the Hawaiian islands
could talk, tell whence they started
their migrations and how they trav-
eled from one island to another In the
Pacific, the world would be close to
the solution of the origin Of the Poly
nesian race, according to scientists at
tending the Pan-Pacihc scia<tific con-
gress in session here.
Upward of hundred Of the most
noted experts Of most Of the countries
bordering the Pacific ocean have dis
cussed the possible origin Of the Poly
nesiens during the sessions, and on
sna point they all agree-they don't
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
THEY'LL Never Admit II.

At the dinner table the talk was
about the women getting to vote this
fall. Sis, who was just past twenty,
asked: allow old does a woman have
to be to get to voter"
Bud, who was to get his first vote
this fall and who did not think much
of women having the right to vote,
replied: "Why, they have to be thirty
years old"
IF what you say is true, Bud, many
women will lose their votes" was Sis
reply as she looked across the table
at her aunt, who has been twenty
eight" for six years.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
II Would BE Reduced.

"Pardon me for referring to 1t, sir"
said the profteering plute's head ac-
countant, "but your surplus is grow
Ing at a really disgraceful rate" "Yes," !"
replied his employer, "but in short
time my wife's bills for the current
month for goods purchased from other
profiteers will come in, and when I
have paid them my hoard will be re-
duced to respectable proportions. -
Kansas City Star.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23

tion appears to have been fairly
lengthy. since it Is estimated that per-
haps one seed arrived from the Ameri-
can continent and bore fruit within
the period of a million years.
Grasshoppers furnished their quota
to the discussion which terminated
about where 1t had begun in the
known facts that the Polynesian race
came out of the unknown and, being
q rapidly dying race. is fast passing
to the uncharted shore where 1t was
born.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
American Wants Part Of Argentine.

Buenos Aires.-Purchase Of more
than 6,4OO square miles Of public lands
in the province of Santiago del Estero,
in Central Argentina, by a capitalist
said to be an American, has been pre-
vented by Minister Of the Interior
Gomez. This territory is nearly half
Of the province and is larger than the
state Of Connecticut. The minister
warned Provincial Governor Caceres
that a federal law forbade sales in
lots Of more than $500 hectares.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
No Bottom.

Tonopah. Nev.-A miner lowered
into a subterranean cavern opened BY
a miners blast at Volcano, New, some
time ago. was unable to discover the
ends of the fissure. Stones dropped
through the opening could be heard
bounding from wall to wall. but there
was no sound indicating that they had
reached the bottom. Sparkling stalac.
tites on the sides of the cavern were
revealed by lights lowered through the
opening.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
What Worried Him,

Jimmy, you don't seem to like my
family at ALL" pouted the young wife.
"Give me time, my dear" pleaded
her husband. I'm doing my best to
be agreeable"
"But what's wrong with my fami-
ly?" demanded the lady irately.
Nothing whatever. But I'm a SEN
sitive man, am, and the look Of hope
less resignation your people wear
whenever they see me is getting on my
nerves."
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
Test Works, All Right;
It Cost Tester His Hand

Sacramento, Cal.-Harry Fine
gold, a secondhand dealer here,
applied the "acid test" the other
day in bargaining for a shotgun
offered for sale. As result of
his "test" he Is now minus the
better part Of his left hand.
Finegold asked the person
who brought in the gun to sell If
It were loaded. The owner said
he wasn't sure.
T can soon TELL" said Fine
gold, and he did. The second
hand dealer placed his left hand
over the muzzle and pulled the
trigger with the other. 1t was
loaded.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
Find Torso Of Woman.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-What is believed
by physicians to be the dismembered
torso of woman's body was found
by NJ. X. Adamson of Cleves, Ohio,
lying in an unfrequented spot near
the tomb of President William Henry
Harrison. On the upper part of the
body was thick encrustatiOn of lime,
indicating, it was believed, that an eff
fort had been made to destroy it.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
JAYNE to Pacific Fleet.

San Francisco, Calif.-Rear Admiral
Joseph l.. Jayne, commanding the
Twelfth naval district, has been noti-
fled that he will be detached Oct. I
to command the train Of the Pacific
fleet with the U. S. S. Minneapolis
as his flagship. He has held his pres
ent post for two years. His successor
wa not announced.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
Gompers Urges Closed Shop.

Indianapolis.-The closed shop is an
essential to the carpenterirg industry
as other lines of trade, Samuel Com
pers declared in an address before the
convention of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Nearly 800 delegates are here for the
convention
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
Women Kill RattIers.

Beaver Valley. Pa.-While picking
huckleberries, Mrs. Dora Rabo and
her daughter. Elizabeth, ran into den
of rattlesnakes. The women were not
frightened and after killing five of the
reptiles continued their berry picking.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
EXPLODING Tire Kills Man.

McAllen, Texas.-Peter Roe was in
stantly killed at San Juan, near here.
when a motor truck tire exploded
while he was initiating it with air.
The top of his head was blown off
and a nearby brick wall blown in.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
life's Merry-Go-Round.

You may not know 1t, but when you
are laughing at man behind his
back some other man is behind your
back laughing at you.-Cincinnati En-
auirer.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
The Kind.

IT understand the candidate you
speak of Is climber in politics."
"Yes; a front-porch climber"
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23

Even after states were invented
people continued to multiply on tho
face of the earth.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
No Doubt Of II,

"What is a portable house, pal"
"Any house carried away by a cy-
elone."-Houston Post.
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arms as II she expected him to EN-.

arms as II she expected him to ems
brace her.
Dear Will !" she repeated.
He hurriedly gave back a step. +
/ / beg your pardon. Clinton is my
name-Richard Clinton
"O-a-ah!" she exclaimed, shrinking
back in turn, perplexed and alarmed
at his strange behavior. "What-how-
the way you look at me! Can it be
POSSIBLE that your loss of memory"
She clasped her hands to her bosom.
"But it can't be! 1t can't! You never
could forget me, never! Say it! Say
you haven't - haven't forgotten me,
Willr
But don't understand. It's some
mistake. A case Of"
ut is, Of course it is!'' she broke in.
"You admit it. Your poor dear head
was at first confused. But now--now
you remember me-"
II am very sorry to disappoint you,"
he replied. But cannot permit you
to deceive yourself. | do not remem-
Der you. can only conjecture that
you may be Miss Kirkland"
tThen you do remember, you dor
she cried.
She had come close to him, her eyes
bright with hope. They were in Sc
cluded corner of the porch. There
no one was passing. She reached up
her hands and clasped them on his
shoulders while her eyes gaZed up
into his, full of loving expectancy.
His face, already embarrassed,
flushed crimson. He drew her culver
ing hands down from his shoulders
with gentle force and stepped away.
Miss Kirkland!' he begged. Calm
yourself. This-it is most unfortu-
nate. Had you first seen your mother
had she explained to you-prepared
YOU"
Explained? Prepared"
"But I must insist, Miss Kirkland,
that L" He glanced past her and
smiled with relief. Here is your
mother"
The girl darted along the porch to
clasp her mothers arm. Mamma 7"
she appealed. "What is it? Tell me !!
Will insists he. is not-not himself.
lit frightens mel"
my DEAR" soothed Mrs. Kirkland,
there is no reason, none whatever.
Had you been in your room" She
smiled at the guest. "You will under
stand, Mr.. Clinton, the resemblance
being SO absurdly close. The child is
excited-not quite herself. So great
a shock. If you will kindly excuse us
a few minutes"
Il am very sorry he said. "Per-
haps it would be better if should 60"
ooh! no, no! Do not go!" hyster-
ically cried the girl
Hush, DEAR" reproved her mother.
"Mr. Clinton is not going. He is to
stay and dine with us"
IF you really wish it" he assented
"Then you'll not go?" exclaimed the
girl.
"Of course not, Ellen" said her
mother. "Come in with me-"
Continued next week.