Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-12-22

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deaf Of Switzerland BY tho federal AZ
semNly for the year 1022. He Will take
office Jan. 1. Col. Karl Scheurer was
elected vice president.
According to the Taesllsche Rund!
schau, the separations c0snlnisaioA has
sent to the German government 4 note
tantamOunt to an order for complete
prohibition Of the export Of German
cosl to neutral countries. -
A decree exempting from duties all
cattle and horses entering Mexico will
be promulgated shortly, according to
official information, in order to assist
ranchers to replsnish their herds de-
pleted by years Of revolution.
Leonard Pion, 10 years old. Of Wind
sOr Mills, Quebec, has confessed TO the
police that he murdered his mother,
Mrs. Joseph Pion, BY shooting her on
Dec. 2. He had been under arrest -
4 material witness.
The intsraliisd repasations commits
sion has authorized q .000. O0o. 600 In.
teTnati0nal loan guaranteed by German
customs, to assist German indemnity
payments, 1t has been announced. The
loan will pay per cent and run fifty
years.
Within ten years India will speak ~
a coeQual partner with Canada and
Australia In the British empire, the
Right Hon. V. 8. Strinwasa Sastri, In
dia's representative In the British
arms delegation, predicted in an adj
dress. He also predicted that posi-
bly, recent Irish developments would
quicken even his estimate Of ten
years"
The lash, deemed by dominion nu-
thorities one of the greatest deterrents
to crime. was ordered applied to Pat
rick O'Hnrn and Albert Slnde of Hum
iltOn, Ontario, convicted Of a $500
bank robbery Aug. 10. Sentenced to
the penltentiary for seven years, the
cOnvicts were ordered dashed seven
times on beginning their terms and
seven times upon completion.
Capt. Hans Berg, who commanded
the German sea raider Appam. which
put into Newport News, Va, after
sinking IL number of merchant ships,
has committed suicide in Hamburg in
Il fit OF dependency, said u dispatch
from that city. Berg returned to Ger
many two years ago to find his home
land, Schleswig, had been awarded to
Denmark. He returned to Hamburg.
where he secured Il humble job, but lie
was unable to make both ends meet.
GENERAL
Since the passing Of July last OF the
measure legalizing In Great Britain II
marriage between man and his
brothers widow, 1t is estimated that
more than 5000 people have been mar.
ried under 1t.
President Harry Pratt Judson put
the ban on smoking in wOmen's dormi.
tories at the University of Chicago.
Accustomed to making their own
rules, the dormitory women were sud-
denly confronted with n notice from
house mothers that the cigarette was
banned.
A tablet was unveiled In the custom
house Mt Cleveland, Ohio. In memory
Of Joseph william Briggs. author of
the present system Of free city nmil
delivery and collection. Mr.. Briggs
conceived the idea while working ns
u clerk In the local postOffice, md was
the first American letter carrier.
Whisky valued Mt more than $4,000
was removed from the I. Il. Ripy dis
tillery, near Tyrone, KY, by twenty
armed men, who held up the superin-
tendent and three guards. Ten barrels
and 1O4 cases Of bottled in bond wills
Ky were removed by the bandits, who
used three touring cars md two trucks
to haul the liquor away.
Tie Benevolent and Protective Or
der OF Elks have been asked by the
American Game Protective Association
to forbid Its members wearing elks'
teeth as cmblems. This request was
made In u resolution adopted after
had been shown picturing
elks shot for their teeth alone. Speak
ers included Governor Cary Of WyO-
ming.
Orders received at the New York
navy yard, which would provide for
reduction In the enlisted personnel OF
the United States navy by approx
mately 10000 men, set forth that any
enlistment might be cancelled by resig-
nation. A few hours after the orders
had been posted, yard officials were
tleluged with designations coming from
all classes Of the enlisted service. 3.
The crew of fifteen of the American
bark Harvard, wrecked while OF, the
way to Honolulu from Tahiti, was res
cued by the British steamship Baron
Inchcnpc after drifting fOrty-eight
hourse. In lifebOats. The men were
taken to Balboa by the Baron Inch
cape md are now on their way to San
Francisco. on the steamship Na~'keye
State.
Henry Campbell, negro, 1O1 yeals
old, was, granted a divorce from his
wife, Alverta W. Campbell, In Circuit
Court; Baltimore county. Md. In sign
Ing the decree Judge Duncan declare