Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-04-01


WESTERN
Police Chief Eberstein of Omaha has
published warnings that fifty gallons
of 'perfumers' alcohol stolen from a
wholesale drug house Is poisonous. he
feared thirsty persons might buy 1t.
james Ayres and Charles OFF, for
mer world war veterans, were drowned
In the Mississippi river at keokuk,
Iowa, when the canoe in which they
were riding turned over In q severe
wind storm.
Four persons, Mr.. and Mrs. e. NJ.
Parr and their two sons, Harold, IA.
and Earl, 4, were killed when their
home at Bingham, Utah, was destroyed
by snowslide. All the bodies have
been recovered.
Tommy Milton, driving fifty miles on
the one and one-fourth mile Los An
geles speedway In 20 minutes and
1920 seconds, won the third and final
heat and prize Of $500 in a series
of races. His average for the fifty
miles was Ills miles an hour.
Three persons were instantly killed
and four SO severely injured that they
died q short time later when the
northbound Texas special struck an
automobile near LuXello, twenty-five
mile north Of San Antonio on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railway.
The Nebraska Constitutional Con-
ventiOn fixed September 21st as the
date for special election ut which
voters are to ratfy or reject the pro-
posed new constitution. The question
of electlng Supreme Court judges by
districts will be on a separate ballot
More than two million sheep and cat
tie will Craze on the national forest
ranges of the Rocky Mountain region
this summer These stock will turn
off a gross revenue in beef and mutton
to their owners next fall of over $21,-
100000, according to estimates of For
est Service officials.
A signed statement that he has evil
dence that Ambrose Bierce, noted sat
irlst, who disappeared in 1915, was put
to death by Villista firing squad near
the village of Icamoli, on the trail to
Monterey, was made in the San Fran
cisco Bulletin by James II. wilkins, n
special writer, who has returned from
Mexico, In search for evidence re-
gnrding Bierces fate.
WASHINGTON
The Senate has confirmed the NOM
ination of Bainbridge Colby as secre-
tary Of state.
Award of distinguished service
crosses to Maj. Gen. John L. Hines
and Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt
has been announced ut the War De-
partment.
An immediate investigation of the
high price of gasoline and other oils
by the Federal Trade Commission is
provided In a resolution favorably re-
ported by the House Judiciary Com
mittee.
Directors of the New York, Chicago
< st. Louis railway, at recent meet
ing, voted not to accept the six months
government guarantee of the standard
return under the new railroad law, it
has been learned at Washington. The
directors decided they did not need
governmental aid
With IL view to protecting the ma
tions gold reserve from depletion.
Representative McFndden, Republican,
Of PENNSYLVANIA, has introduced a bill
proposing an excise tax of $40 an
ounce on gold used for jewelry and
other manufacturing. the tax to be
paid to producers for new production.
The Mexican government soon will
resume payment of interest on its for
eign debt, the Mexican embassy at
Washington has been advised by the
Mexico city foreign office. This in
tention Of the government was EN-
bodied in a decree recently issued by
the Department of Finance. Interest
payments have not been made since
1914.
Secretary Houston awarded the con
tract for construction of Broadview
hospital, Cook county. Illinois, Il prof.
ect bitterly fought over in Congress,
to the Shank Company, Chicago, for
S3OOO0O0 or 100000 below the limit
of cost Under the contract the gov
ernment becomes owner of the entire
project, covering 32O acres and an un
completed main hospital building
which was started by Edward Hines
Work must be completed by July Il
Less than one-seventh of the fuel oil
requirements of the navy on the Pa
cific coast for the next fiscal year
We're covered In bids opened by the
Navy Department Against requests
for 4,5OO0,OO0 barrels, the department
received but one bid of 6O2, 900 barrels
from the Standard Oil Company of
California.
The House bill authorizing the
United States Grain Corporation to sell
J,OOO, 600 barrels of soft wheat flour