Cheyenne record., 1921-06-09
FOREIGN

and Turkish Nationalist troops has
heen renewed in Cilicia. Turks are pre-
pairing to recapture the city of Aintub
from the French, while Nationalist
leaders are being arrested by the
French authorities.
A link with the old days Of the
Hawaiian monarchy was broken re-
Gently when the death occurred of
Mrs. Emily c. Judd, widow of Charles
Hastings Judd. chamberlain to King
kalabaua, the last king of Hawaii.
Mrs. Judd was born in Portsmouth,
N. H., March 10, 1910, and went to
Hawaii in 1858.
Major General Joseph Hummel, for.
merly of the Austrian army, and elev-
en- other ex-offlcers, who were placed
on trial before special court In vi
emma on the charge of having commit
ted treason In connection with the re-
cent attempt of former Emperor
Charles to regain the Hungarian
throne, have been acquitted.
Drastic steps have been taken in
kattOwitz, Silesin, by leaders Of Pol
ish insurgents to prevent plundering.
Firing squads have been busy every
morning and several times recently six
men have been executed at one time
for various reasons. In spite of the Sc
we're discipline, the Poles continue riot
ing, apd are reported to have robbed
food conveys.
Reports indicate that there will be
considerable increase in acreage sOwn
to wheat this season in Calgary, espe-
cially in the north country, which has
had an exceptionally early spring.
Many points state from 20 to 90 per
sown. One or two cases have already
been reported of wheat above ground,
notably at Carseland, east of Calgary,
and at Cadillac, Saskatchewan.
Lieutenant Neumann of the German
navy, charged with sinking the British
many lives were lost, has been ncquit-
ted In Leipzig by the special courts
trying Germans accused of violating
the rules Of warfare. Admiral Scheer,
who commanded the German fleet in
the battle Of Jutland, had maintained
that Neumann, U-bont commander,
was merely Obeying orders in sinking
which Germany had declared closed to
craft of that class.
GENERAL
Denzel Chester has been acquitted
by jury in Kansas City, Mo-, of the
murder of Miss Florence Barton. The
jury was out only twenty minutes.
Two young men forced two clerks
and a customer of the Citizens State
Bank at Priest River, Idaho, into the
vault and escaped with about $1,000
In currency that lay on the counter.
Letters and documents signed by
royal personnges of former centuries
brought only 81 to $14 each in an auc-
tIon sale at Philadelphia, while Benja-
min Franklin's essay on "Hygrome
tcrs" went for $27O.
Progressive rediscount rates now In
effect lin the st. Louis and kunsas
City reserve Observation-Disclosures by
President Harding recently as "penal.
izing rates''-probably will be removed
by the federal reserve board soon.
Two MeXicans and three negroes
have been arrested in Des Moines by
Sheriff RObb as suspects in the muir
der. of Miss Sara Barbara Thorstlale
One of these was Tom Willis, 40-year-
old negro, who had been camping on
the RaccOOn river near where the
teachers body had been found.
Offering OF cigars at election polls
by candidates was held to be VIOLA
ton of the corrupt practices act by the
District Court after Jacob Beck, town,
ship treasurer of Granite Falls, Minn.,
was removed from office on petition Of
forty residents because he had given
away cigars at the polling place in his
townshilp.
A great meeting of the representa-
tives of nll the railway unions affected
by the wage cut decision of the rail-
way labor board to be held in Chicago
June q and 2S 1t has been announced.
At that meeting the unions will give
their answer to the $4OO 100000 wage
cut uHu all tuC NuSStioh
of strike or work will be decided there.
Resumption of building activities In
Chicago, which have been halted for
many weeks by wage disputes between
the building contractors and the
unions, is believed imminent as the re-
suit of an agreement to arbitrate the
dispute. Building contracts represent
ing expenditures OF approximately
500, 100000 hinge on successful ad-
justment of the dispute.
Sidney ]. Cats, former governor Of
Florida, was indicted for peOnage at
Pensacola, Fla, by a federal grand
Jury. The indictment charges that
Cats, after obtaining pnrdons for two
negro convicts, forced them to work on
ono of hjs farms in west Florida The