Cheyenne record., 1921-02-17
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Vladivostok correspondent at Toxic.
Seven persons have been convicted
Of selling cocaine to the American
troops at Coblenz. They have been
sentenced to one year Imprisonment
each by the American military courts.
The campaign against Spanish emf.
grafton is emphasized by some news
papers at Madrid Ell Debate urges the
government to act to prevent the coun.
try being robbed Of many of its best
workers.
The cabinet crisis, which resulted In
the resignation of the ministry at Lis
bon, was caused by protests over the
shortage of oil, due to government re-
strictionS on its transport. Many
sardine canneries and preserve fac
tories have closed, throwing 5000 per
sons out of work.
The plant of the Socialist newspa-
per Voratore, which was Zeized by Com
munists of Trieste and has since been
occupied by Communist working
force, was burned by party of Fas-
cisti, or extreme NatiOnalists, as Sc
quel to the assassination of carabin-
eer by Communists.
Nearly 5000 of the 10000 members
of the Diamond Workers Union at
Amsterdam are idle and the bottom
seems to have fallen out of the worlds
diamond market Experts in precious
stones in this city and in Antwerp say
an era of financial strngency has sup
planted the epoch of free spending.
The German government has accept
ed the invitation to participate in the
allied conference on reparations in
London March l, it was announced in
Berlin. The government in sending its
acceptance, sets forth its suppOsition
that the negotiations will include dis
cussion of the German counter-prOpOs-
ais.
Numerous shooting affairs and out
rages are reported in Dublin. Three
masked men raided the Baggott street
branch of the National Bank, eluded
; police pursuit and escaped with fl 900.
Two military lorries were attacked
: when two bombs were thrown and Il
boy was injured. Armed men attacked
, the home of Gilbert Fenton.
: Greek armies will launch a whirlwind
offensive against Turkish Nationalists
in BrOuSsa with the intention of
cleaning them up" If the allies fail to
take action at London, General Vlacho-
poulOs declared in an interview. Mus
5 tapha Kemal's forces can be wiped out
in ten days." the commander declared.
Thousands of men are being rushed to
, | tha ho, IL,
: arations for the attack are complete,
he said.
GENERAL
A decrease OF about 20 per cent in
the wage scale of the building trades
in Minnesota was announced there by
Morris Schumacher, president of the
Minnesota Building Employers Asso-
+ citation.
D Low tide in BaltimOre's labor situa,
}, ton has been passed. OF the 10000
workers in the city without employ.
t mcnt, one-half will be given work with.
i in forty days, according to a survey
q just completed by the Industrial bu'
l. rcau of the board of trade.
e The $50OOOO breach OF promise suit
u
4 son of George Jay Gould, by Mrs Elst
= Blum ended in New York when the
principals entered into an agreement
of compromise. 1t Is understood thai
Mrs. Blum received 100000.
| Abandoning his hOuseboat cruise h
, begin final period OF consultation or
f the personnel and policies of the ad
= ministration, PrcSdent-elect Harding
: returned here by automobile to spent
: most of the time until Inauguration
> day. The president-elect left his house
boat Victoria late in the afternoon Al
t Daytona. seventy-five miles south, af
t ter changes in plans based on the un.
; certain progress of the vessel up the
Indian river.
I Robert p. Brindell, president of the
Building Trades Council, convicted of
9 extortion from builders, was sentenced
, in New York by Supreme Court JUS
= tice McAvoy to serve from five to ten
t years in prison.
5 Accused by the police of having paid
William BelShaw, head of the police
murder squad" $50 to shoot and kill
her husband, Mrs. Edna Murphy was
arrested in Philadelphia, charged with
conspiring to commit a felony.
More than $50 guests at the Miller
hotel at Minneapolis were rescued
from fire starting on the first floor.
, Forty of the guests, including fifteen
women, We're overcome by smoke and
carried down ladders by firemen.
Residents of the exclusive Lakewood
boulevard district in Detroit were ter
rorized by fear Of a man believed to be
a homicidal and incendiary bandit, who
set six fires, tried to poison baby
and threatened to shoot another child.
1. Sheriff T. A, Grant of Ouchita par