Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
FOREIGN

Of Parliament at Toxic, Japan. to urge
curtailment Of the liquor traffic.
King Alfonso, with Archduke Fred
erick Of Austria, in a hunting expedi-
ton in the forests near San Lucar,
brought down seventy-six wildcats and
one deer. King Alfonso shot more
than half.
twenty-five Japanese sailors, sur
vivOrs of the Japanese steamer Sakura
Maru, wrecked off the northern coast
of LuzOn island, landed at APART,
Luzon, in two lifeboats. 1t is believed
the entire crew was saved. The Sa-
kura Maru was a coasting freighter
of 239 tons.
A communication isued at Doom by
DIR. Haehner, the physician attending
the former Empress Augusta Victoria
Of Germany, who is i'll with heart dis
ease, said, "The former kaiserin's
heart attacks are less frequent but her
general state Of weakness and of wear
ing away Is increasing"
A call for a special session of the
Mexican Congress, beginning Feb. Z,
has been issued by President Obregon.
Among the projects to be considered
are the new banking law, article q Of
the constitution, which governs petro-
leum deposits, new labor law, army
reconstruction and international COM
merce.
The defeat Of the Greek forces by
the Turkish Nationalists in pitched
battle near Eskishehr, the junction of
the Bagdad line with the railway Mt
Angora, is claimed by the Nationalist
press at Angora, the Nationalist cap
ital. The Greeks, who had made con-
siderable advances since the begin
ming of their offensive some ten days
ago, are now reported from Angora to
be Withdrawing along this entire
front.
A list of the deliveries made by Ger
many to the allies in execution of the
peace treaty during its first year has
just been issued by the reparations
commission. The deliveries were made
on the reparations account up to De-
cember 31st. The chief item is coal,
amounting to 17,S1s,s4O tons. Next
are dyestuffs, of which 10,7S7 1927 kilos
were delivered. Other deliveries were !:
Steamers, sailing vessels and fishing
boats, 2,O54,729 tons; inland naviga-
ton materials, 38,73O tons; live stock,
86O,176 head; seed, 6,SO2, ,5ss kilos !;
ammonium sulphate, 1900 tons !;
pharmaceutical products, 57,S23 kilos !:
rolling stock, 4,571; trucks, 129,555 !;
motor lorries, 5000; fixed railway ma
terials. 100000 tons; agricultural ma
chinery, 1s1,5O5.
GENERAL
Col. William T. Baker, 96 years old,
said to be the Oldest member Of the
order Of Elks in the United States,
died at Springfield, Ill. He was said
to be boyhood chum Of Abraham
Lincoln.
Ostrich skin shoes, which it is
claimed will outwear leather footwear
and cost less, soon will be seen in Bos-
ton. The first consignment of ostrich
skins arrived there in an American
steamship from South Africa. Manu-
facture of the shoes will begin imme-
diately and they will be offered to
women and men as an Easter novelty.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company will install wireless outfits
soon at New Orleans, Mobile, Pensa-
cola and Louisville for the transmits
sion of railroad business, according to
an announcement made at New Or
leans by r. X. Hobbs, telegraph super
intendent for the company. Train dis
patches will not be handled, however.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, who
inherited the bulk of Mrs. Frank Les
lies $2,OOO,OO0 estate, made settle
ments with two heirs to avoid a con-
test of the will, it was disclosed when
the referees report was submitted In
Surrogates Court. Mrs. Leslie's
niece, who was beQueathed the income
from n $4,000 trust fund, was given
$16O, 900, and another prospective con-
testant was paid 100000 by Mrs.
Gait.
Three men posing as policemen in
Chicago stopped an automobile driven
by Mrs. Sigmund G. Livingston and
robbed her of jewelry which she valued
at $4,000. Included was pearl neck
lace which she said was worth $40, ,OOO
The Hog Island shipyard has off,
cially passed into history. The clos
ing Of the great ways followed the
trial trip of the Aisne, last ship to be
built at the yards. Scores of persons
prominent in official and business life
were on board as guests and passen-
gers.
An appropriation of $780, 600 for the
relief of needy unemployed was voted
at Detroit by the city council. The
fund, made Immediately available, will
be disbursed by the city welfare com
mission. Applications for relief, ac-
cordinp tn the commission avera n.