Cheyenne record., 1921-06-16
coNpGNsgo RECORD OF the
PRooREss OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. poIMas. ACHIEVE.
MGMTs. svFFERIMos. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
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The Texas attorney generals depart
m<nf has announced that the Supreme
Court Of the United States has granted
its request TO file suit attnckfng the
eopstitutionality Of the establishment
OF the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion snd the United States Railroad
Labor Board.
Three members Of the Hop Suey
tong are dead and four Others Of the
same tong were probably fatally
wounded In a tong outbreak at Fresno.
Calf. The police say the Hop suey
men were attacked by Bing Kong men.
Six Of the Chinese were shot and one
man was stabbed.
A lone bandit stole $3.50 at Kan
sas City. While en- route to bunk.
Fred Sofage, cashier. and John Brad
ish, bookkeeper Of the Wyand0tte Gas
Company, were accosted by the bandit.
A pistol was pushed against the body
Of the cnshler. accompanied by an or
der to "come through" The bandit es-
capped.
Mexican aviators patrolling the Rio
0fande border are declared to be do
ing good work in the apprehension Of
smugslers. according to nm official an
Douncement. They are keeping up a
rigid inspection from Piedras Negras
70 Matamorns. To date most Of their
captures have been persons bringing
tobacco into Mexico.
Utah has many lofty peaks. Six Of
them rise more than 1900 feet above
sea level and nearly sixty rise above
$4,000 feet, according to the United
States Geological Survey. The high
est mountain In the state 10 Kings
peak, which has an elevation Of l3,49s
feet. Mount Emmons and Gilbert peak.
both In Utah, are also high mountains,
reaching elevations Of 1912 and 49,.
422 feet. respectively. u
WASHINGTON
Everybody's spending money shrank
by s1.90 during the past year, accord.
ing to the monthly circulation state
ment issued by the treasury. On June
!, 1920, per capita circulation In the
country was S57.42. compared with
S55.43 on June !, 1921. In the same
period the total money In circulation
dropped from S8.1O2. .1G2, pa to $685..
25S,203.
The Sims case has kicked up q fine
row In Congress. Messages from In
dignant members OF Irish societies and
others have been received by congress-
men. Not all Of them are OF the same
tenor - the majority demand that
prompt punishment be meted out to
the loquaciOus officer. but there are
many ihdorsing the sentiments he ex-
pressed and praising him for his can.
dor and Outspokenness.
Home brewers used up more than
1900 tons Of raisins In 1919. w. n.
Giffin, president Of the California As
sociated Raisin Company, estimated In
giving Senate subcommittee his
views on the pending bill to authorize
collective bargaining by farmers. He
placed the rnisin grape crop Of 1913
at 167, 900 tons and Of 1919 at $4,000
tons, the difference, In his judgment,
representing demand from home brew
ers.
Dixie md National highways ut Van.
dalin, Ohio, near Dayton. to the
OF Col. F. w. Galbraith. who
planted memorial trees there a year
ngO, Is proposed by the American For.
estry Association.
An estate tag Is an "allowable de-
duction" from the income OF an en-
tate in computing net income, the su-
preme Court ruled. The court af.
firmed q decision Of the Court Of
Claims In the case brought by execu.
Tors Of the Alan II. Woodward estate.
In Alabama, which held that the gov
erred In refusing to approve
such deduction from that estates In.
come In 1913.
The government asked the Supreme |
Court to dismiss Its appeal In the suit
brought against the American Can |
Company and It's subsidiaries under
he Sherman antitrust laws. The gov.
lost in the lower courts. The
governments action was based on the
lecision Of the Supreme Court In the
United States Steel Corporation case.
IN view OF that decision, Solicitor Gen.
'ral Friers,n said 1t was considered
Useless to continue. the case against
he American Can Company.
Inauguration Of the administrations
,Oiicy for refunding most OF the ST.
'OO, o .0Oe sliort-tlated debt has been
by Secretary Mellon, with
combined offering Of $500. 100000 Of
hree-year Ok per cent TREASURY notes
nd one.yenr 5h per cent treasury GER
Iflcates, both dated June is.
Hugh Il. Robertson, United States
district attorney for the western dis
rlct Of Texas, has been removed from
ffice by President Harding. 1t was an
ounced at the Department of Justice.
10 reason was assigned for the renlov-
]. It was yaid.