Cheyenne record., 1920-08-05
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WESTERN
Brent Dow Allinson Of Chicago was
released from the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, where he was serv-
ing . term on the charge Of being a
war Stacker. He failed to report when
drafted.
Possemen captured Neil Hart and
Jim Owen, half-breed Indians, who, 1t
is alleged, were among the prisoners
who escaped from the county jail at
Pendleton, Ore, after killing Sheriff
T. n. Taylor
Eighteen persons were reported in
jured when Oregon Short Line train,
Butte, Mont, to Salt Lake, was de-
raiied near Downey. Nine of the
twelve coaches of which the train was
made up were overturned.
Three men are under arrest at Ell
dorado, Kan, charged with stealing
approximately $500 barrels Of crude
oil from the Prairie Pipe Line Com
pany, and selling 1t to neighboring
towns. The oil is valued at $4,000.
Mrs. Lottie Smith Rupp, motion pic
ture actress, younger sister to Mrs.
Mary PickfOrd Fairbanks, filed suit
for divorce in the Superior Court at
Los Angeles. She charges Albert G.
Rupp, New York stock broker, with de.
sertion.
Seeing that train was about to
crash into an Ice truck he was driving
Earl Markham, nephew Of Edward
Markham, the poet, threw two boys
who were riding with him to safety
but himself suffered injuries from
which he died.
Robert A. Robertson, a veteran OF
the World War and captain of com
pany Of national guardsmen which was
shortly to go on duty with other state
troops under the command of Gen. ]
F. Wolters, was shot and killed at Gal
weston by a sentry at the Nationa
Guard camp.
CutwOrms have appeared In great
numbers at Canastota, thirty miles
northwest Of Sioux Falls. On on,
farm n damage of 40 per cent wa!
done to the crops of small grain
Every available man in the vicinh,
has been recruited in an effort t,
stop the work of the worms, whicl
are said to number on an averag,
Of 100 to the square foot
Handcuffed and chained to his bicy
Gle, Tony Pizzo, a member of the crev
Of the U. s. S. Zuln, rode into Denve
on his way from New York to Los An
geles and return. Pizzo has been re
lieved from active duty in the nav,
temporarily, that he may make tn
transcontinental round trip, which h
has pledged himself to accomplish
without once being unclaimed from hi
bicycle.
WASHINGTON
Suppression Of Bolshevist newspa
pers In Mexico has been ordered b.
President de la Huerta, the Mexican
embassy ut Washington has been ad
vised.
Captain Rudolph w. Schroeder, hold
er of the world altitude record, will
pilot the American army plane in tn
Gordon Bennett international cup rae
to be held in France the last week o
September, it was announced at tn
War Department.
Authority for the railroads to in
crease revenues by approximately on
billion and half dollars has beel
granted by the Interstate Commerc,
Commission.
President Wilson is to retire from
the sheep business. The White Hous'
flock Of forty-eight prize sheep, whicl
has Eapt fbn lawns r,t for fbraa Sr,p
mers, Is to be sold.
United States district attorneys ant
other federal agents as well as the fail
price commissions have been instruct
ed by the Department of Justice tt
watch closely for profiteering in the
resale by dealers of the millions OF
dollars worth OF canned meat now
being distributed by the War Depart
ment.
Adoption of more liberal policy
with regard to exports, is planned by
the Japanese government, according
to reports at the department of com
merce. While retaining export con
troll of certain commodities, the gov.
ernment, owing to the recent CONNER
cial and financial crisis, has decided
to relax export embargoes and license
restrictions. Products affected include
paper, fertilizers, rice, wheat, barley
and cotton yarn.
An Increase Of about 8 per cent In
fS0ieht traffic on the railroads Of the
country during the first two weeks Of
July as compared with the same period
In 1919 has bssa reported BY the COM
oission on car service Of the American
Railway Association. Loaded cars
numbered 1,h07. .205 against 1.553,071
for the same TIVE weeks Of 1919 and L.
70o,2l2 for the similar period Of 1918