Cheyenne record., 1920-06-24
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BoashevfSt leader. on tho Cf1mean
front, are moving northward from the
Crimea and Sea Of ASov. In three COL
umns. W.
Two hundred miners have been
killed by, an explosion Of fire damp In
the Yubari coal mines at Sappero. on
the island of Yezo, according to dis
patches received at Toxic, Japan.
A bas relief in memory Of Edith Ca
veil, the English nurse who was exc
cuted BY the Germans during their oe-
cupation of Belgium, was unveiled at
Paris In the Tuilleries gardens. The
simple ceremony was presided over by
Andre Magnet minister Of pensions.
Losses estimated at $4,000 were
caused by q fire which destroyed the
plant Of the Santiago Electric Light,
Railway and Power Company at Ha-
vana, according to dispatch from
that city. Virtually all the rolling
stock and electrical supplies Of the
company were burned.
w. A. Reimert. American missionary
Of the Reformed church at 70 Chow,
Human province, was shot and killed
when forces under Gen. Chang Chin
Yao, governor of Human province, at
tackled the mission, according to relia-
BILE information reaching the American
consulate at Hankow, China.
Three million persons in France are
estimated to be suffering from "waI
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES resulting
1 flyy nj,
poison gas, poor nourishment and nerv.
Gus shock. Mortality is especially sig
nificant among infants born in tho
families Of French soldiers who fought
through the war.
Alarming confidential reports Of an
tumn are reaching the government,
according to the Star, In London,
which says that Bolshevist literature
Is known to be behind the movement
The India office when questioned with
regard to the Star reports declared
that 1t had received no such informa.
| ton.
Heroic work by the officers ano
crew of the American steamer West
Jester outside Yokohoma harbor re
suited In saving the Japanese steamer
Kiyo Maru, with seventy passengers
from. South America on board, from
possible total destruction by fire, l.
is announced in advices received from
Kobe, whittier the Kiyo Maru was
bound.
| A band Of nearly hundred outlaws
who declared themselves to be Bolshe-
visits, seized trading posts at Anadyr
Siberia, and confiscating supplies ane
stock, brought down the wrath Of the
natives, who organized, attacked and
drove off the Reds after killing seven.
teen of their number, according to ad
vice brought to America by the Rus
sian schooner Behring
Approval of credit amounting tc
3,OOO,OOO,OO0 marks will be asked OF
the new reichstag, according to an Of
ficial news bulletin issued at Berlin.
This money would be used to meet
urgent emergency expenditures. The
ministry of finance will also be called
upon to mobilize a credit Of 100000.
600 marks to meet current obligations
growing out of the Versailles peace
treaty.
GENERAL
The second largest bridge span ever
produced at Gary, Ind, requiring a
score Of cars to transport, weighing
thousands of tons and 564 feet in
length, has been shipped by the Amer
lean Bridge Company to Fairmont,
Alaska. 1t will be reassembled there
to bridge the Susitna. river, connecting
Fairmont and Seward.
| The largest class that ever gradu
ated from the University o. Pennsyl
vania received degrees Mt the 164th an
nual commencement. There were 66s
who received degrees In course Count
ing those who received honorary de
grees and certificates Of proficiency
students.
John E. Leikauf, who died at Mont
clair, virtually willed his wife to his
brother In the document just filed. He
provided that Mrs. Lulu Leikauf, his
| widow, will lose the income from $40,
600 II she marries any other than "my
beloved brother. George L. Leikauf"
The brother resides In the testator'.
home.
| The Public Utilities Commission at
Chicago has granted the Peoples Gas
Light and Coke Company an increase
to S1.15 per 1000 cubic feet for gas,
with II minimum charge OF GO cents.
The present rate is So cents. The or
der of the commission says 1t costs the
company 96.5 cents to make each 1,OOG
feet of gas, and that the loss of lie
per 1000 under the present rate
amounts to $4,000 per DAY.
| Elaction nf officerS opnroyol of con