Cheyenne record., 1920-05-13
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prosecution at Chicago for manufactur-
ing and selling large quantities of beer
containing or per cent of alcohol.
Six persons were seriously injured
and twelve others suffered lesser in
jurles when a tornado passed through
the northern part of Eureka, Kan. The
high school building and fifteen resi-
dences were badly damaged.
Ruth Taylor, aged 8, and Ruby Mo
ger, 7, school girls, were struck by
lightning and killed at a school house
in the country near Dunning, Neb. The
school building was demolished, but
none of the other occupants was in
jured.
The lOngshoremen's union has de-
clared n general strike along the Seat
tie waterfront to enforce demands that
the employers select crews from list
prepared and displayed by the union.
The question of wages is not involved,
1t was announced.
The steamship Cody, named in hon
or of the late Buffalo Bll' Cody, IA
nous scout and Indian fighter, will be
launched at Hog Island, Pa, May 31st,
according to work received at Mime
Rpolis by Mrs. Mary Allen, daughter
of Cody, who is on visit in that city.
One of the largest verdicas ever CIV
en- railroad employe injured while on
duty was handed down when jury in
Chicago court awarded Joseph +.
Bush, switchman for the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, $2S,S66 for a perma-
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crushed between two cars.
John Buchanan, "a, farmer, living
at the home of his brother, at Albion,
Neb., shot and killed Mrs. Grace Chap
man, mother-n-law of his brother, and
then killed himself. The killing of Mrs
Chapman was without known provOca
tlon. Buchanan had recently shown
signs of insanity.
Forty miles of steel will be laid on
the government railroad between An
choragc and Nenana, ALASKA, this sea-
son and plans are being made to have
the road in operation over its entire
length of nearly 500 miles by January,
1922, according to Col ii. =. Warren,
engineer in charge of the supply divi-
sion of the Alaskan engineering com
mission.
Mrs. Lena Steiger, GO years old, is in
Jail in Salem, Ore, in default of $1,000
bond, after having been indicted by the
Marion county grand jury in charge
of assault with intent to kill her hus-
band. Jesse Mullinix, aged 40, testi
fled before the grand jury, according to
the prosecutor, that Mrs. Steger
agreed to pay him 500 to kill her hus-
band, after which they would marry.
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Samuel GOmpers, wife of the
president of the American Federation
OF Labor, died at her home in WASH
ington, D. c., after Il long illness. She
was 60 years OF age and had been mar
ried for more than half century.
Freight rate increases of 304 per
cent for Eastern railroads, 800 for
Southern roads and 23.9 for Western
lines, have been proposed to the Inter
state Commerce Commission by the
Association OF hallway Executives.
The urgent deficiency bill, carrying
$500, 900, 900 for railroad operation de-
ficieDcies, has been signed by PreSi-
dent Wilson. 1t is expected that S125,
600, 600 of this sum will be made avail
able to the roads for the purchase of
new rolling stock.
By vote OF 259 TO 80 the House
adopted the conference report on the
water power development bill. Similar
action remains to be taken by the Sell
ate before the measure. which has
been before Congress ten years, goes
to the President.
The budget of expenses of the
League of Nations from its Organfza
tion up to July l will total approx
mately S1,25OOOO. The figures will be
presented to the league council at
Rome. This sum includes both direct
and indirect expenditures, the latter
covering preliminary costs of numerous
commissions and other bodies, and the
total represents the complete organiza-
tion period of the league machinery
Salaries represent the heaviest items
in direct expenditures, totaling S4S5,-
OOO while the international labor of
flee, ht $3.50, 1000, ranks first among in
direct costs.
Japan has withdrawn all objections
to the Chinese consortium and has pre-
pared communication accepting the
terms as agreed upon by the United
States, Great Britain and France, the
State Department has been informed
by the American embassy at Toxic.
Government loans of 100000, 600 in
addition to the S3O0,OOO,OO0 revolving
fund provided In the railroad law and |
a % per cent increase in freight rates |
will be required to put the country's |
railroads on their feet, railroad execu-