Cheyenne record., 1921-05-26
IN EPIT0ME OF
!. LATE Live NEWS
CONDEMNED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. DoiNos. ACHIEVE,
MENTs. suFFERlNos. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.

ANOFEAHS OF MANkiNO.
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WESTERN
Patrick Hurley, ~, choked to death
in restaurant in San Francisco when
q piece of steak which he was eating
became lodged In his throat.
william Beasley. charged with
jail at RockpOrt, Mo-, who
was shot by Sheriff Fischer at Nebras
ka City. Neb., while attempting to
evade arrest, died In hospital at that
place.
The seven members Of the Oregon
Supreme Court signed a telegram tt
President Harding petitioning him L"
appoint William Howard Taft as q
member Of the United States Supreme
Court to succeed the late Chief Jus
tice White.
John c. Marsh of Memphis, aGen
Of the Secret Service, arrived in Lit.
tie Rock with B. G. Morgan, who wn'
arrested at Hot Springs in connection
with recent threatening letters writ
ten to President Harding. Morgan will
be examined Us to his sanity. He said
he had travelled extensively recent!
and that he had fallen out with Har.
ding"
The sentence Of Private William f
McDuffy, who was found guilty by ar
army cOurtmartial of the murder OF
Private Oscar G. Mailman, on tn.
night Of Sept. Z last, has been com
muted by President Harding from
death by hanging to life imprisonment
according to orders received from
Washington at Eighth corps area head
quarters In San Antonio, Texas.
Recommendation that 7,OOO-fOoi
peak in the Tatoosh range, Rainier Nh
tional Park, will be named Lane Peak
in honor of Franklin X. Lane, former
secretary Of the Interior, who died re.
Gently, hns been forwarded to the Ma
tional Geographic Board by the Ra
nier Park Advisory Board at Seattle
The peak was described as one of tho
most beautiful in the national park.
Flames which shot from stove ant!
burned Mrs. Alfred L'Ecuyer's arm
when she replenished the firebox witt
coal which had been stored In tn,
basement, resulted in the discovery of
oil seeping into the excavation beneath
the L'Ecuyer home in the heart of
Spokane's residence district. Several
gallons of the fluid were baled from
the basement In a day, according to
Mrs. L'Ecuyer's account, conveyed b.!
neighbors.
WASHINGTON
A resolution directing that "Tlt
Star.Spangled Banner" be sung ever!
day In the House Immediately after
the chaplaln's prayer has been intro
duced by Representative Appleby, Re
publican, New Jersey.
Appeals to the state department by
persons having friends or relatives
detained in Russia show 100 Ameri
cans are held by soviet authorities. IL
much larger number than indicated In
official reports. The situation ha.
served to strengthen the administrn
TONS determination not to deal with
the government at Moscow until the
status of Americans In Russia is rem
edied, 1t was said in Washington.
The grain Standardization laboratory
of the Department Of Agriculture was
practically ruined by two explosions
Of chemicals which were of such force
as to shake the east wing in which the
,ehere .ers,- 81 !.ss- located. No one was in.
jured.
Sale Of 5 per cent beer and wine
with a IA per cent alcoholic content
would be permitted in states where
voters approved such liberalizing OF
prohibition enforcement IL bill intro
duced by Representative Ryan, Repub-
lican, of New York, became law. The
measure provides for popular refer
endum in each state on petition Of 10
per cent Of qualified voters.
The number Of Canadians resident
in the United States during the last
ten years has decreased by S7,5O1.
compared with an increase Of 1000 In
the previous decade, according to sta
tistics just given out by the United
States census bureau. The report
gives the total number Of Canadians
in the United States as LII 1856.
Canadians number 307 ,6s1, and
show loss Of u, 7,4O2 In the ten years,
while Canadians Of other origin num-
Der SO0,455 and show loss Of 10000.
Establishment of noncotton zones in
pink boil worm infected areas in west
Texas and New Mexico was recon-
mended to Secretary Wallace by the
Of representatives from the
cotton growing states, Swho met in
Washington to devise the best meth
ods of stamping out the menace to the
cotton crop.
An army Of 175.00O men has been
decided on by the senate military af-
fairs subcommittee considering the
army appropriation bill. The measure
y.