Cheyenne record., 1920-12-30
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have wrecked the buildings on the IL
land. Of Zap.
The effectives Of the German army
have been reduced to 100000 In ac-
cordance with the Spa agreement with
the allies, 1t was announced in Berlin.
A serious labor RIOT occurred recent
ly in Petrograd In which many persons
were killed or injured. The riot was
crushed and 1O6 laborers were ex-
ecuted.
The number of persons dead and in
jured In Argentine's earthquake disas-
ter is now estimated at more than 800.
This figure is based on reports from
relief parties in the affected zone.
First reports from the general cleo
tions held in Spain indicate a govern
ment victory. Unofficial estimates
are that the majority for the Monarch
ist parties will be q large one.
Two hremen were killed and four
injured in \ fire which destroyed the
Star theater at st. Johns, N. r. One OF
the walls collapsed, burying the six
men. The loss was placed at $4,000.
The Irish home rule bill, as slightly
modified by the House of Lords. has
been adopted by the House Of Com
mons in London. The measure now
needs only the royal signature to be-
come law.
Emile Massard, Paris municipal
demands that the Paris po-
lice clean up the city of undesirable
From police records it is
estimated that there are more than
SOC, 600 undesirables in France
Under the convention signed by Pre-
mier Leygues and Lord Hardinge, the
British ambassador, fixing the bound
aries between Palestine and Syria, the
River Yarmuk and the upper part of
the Jordan remain Syrian territory.
Palestine will be entitled only to what
ever surplus Of water may be avail.
able.
Official cOgnizancc has been taken
by the State Department of the action
of the British embassy in writing di-
rectly to Chairman Kellogg of the Sem
ate committee investigating cable COM
munications, denying testimony of wit
nesses that the British authorities i'm
posed a censorship on cable messages
coming to the United States from
Great Britain.
Payment by Germany of OOOOO,OOO,-
600 marks in gold remains the basis
upon which experts and delegates to
the second financial conference, In ses-
sion at Brussels, are working. This
amount, although far below what was
authorized by the treaty of Versailles,
Is considered by them cOllectable only
on condition that Germany is helpeo
along the lines suggested by the Ger.
man delegates.
GENERAL
Four men are known to be dead as
result of an explosion in No. pack
ing mill Of the DUPONT Powder Works
at Moosic, seven miles from Ccranton,
Pa.
Carrying $14,OOOOOO less than was
appropriated for this year, the annual
pension bill was reported out by the
House appropriations committee. The
total of the bill is $285, 100000.
Capt. Ernest Yarrow, director gen.
eral of American Near East relief in
has addressed mes
sage to the Turkish military command
er on the Eastern front, appealing for
protection against the BOlshevists for
the Near East relief workers.
A woman with $4,000 in bank notes
bound to her thigh by handkerchief
was found dead Of gas poisoning in
room on East Twelfth street in New
York A note with the money read: IF
anything happens to me, this money
belongs to NJ. Bolaton & Son, Sharon,
Pa"
Losses to the American Railway Ex-
press Company through banditry and
wholesale thievery throughout the
United States for 1920 will total ap-
proximately $24, 4,OOO,O 600, according to
Cassius NJ. Day, head of the Denver
and mountain branch Of the Organiza-
ton.
The entire plant and apparatus of
the Stegmaier Brewing Company, the
largest in Luzerne county, Pennsylva-
MIA, were seized Dy the Omted states
government for alleged violation Of the
Volstead prohibition act. 1t was the
first brewery taken over by the rev.
enue authorities in the state Of Penn.
sylvania.
Wade Thomas, negro, who shot
and killed Policeman Hmer Ragland
during raid on dice game at Jones'
boro, Ark, was taken from the Jail by
n mob of about 400 citizens. and after
being paraded through the business
streets, was hanged to a telegraph pole
near the scene of his crime. The body
then was riddled with bullets.
For an indefinite period. employees