Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-02
FOREIGN

on his ship, The Quest. His body 10
being returned to England, the expe-
dition continues.
The pearl market Of Paris. which
considers itself the market of the
world, has suffered slump. A neck.
lace of Oriental pearls, valued by the
experts at 100000 francs, has just
been sold by public auction for only
100000 francs.
At an extraordinary meeting of the
executive committee Of the soviet gov.
ernment held in Moscow for discus
sion Of the Genoa economic confer
ence, named fifteen soviet delegates.
Premier Lenine was made chairman
Of the delegation and George Glitch
erin, assistant chairman.
Rats and mice are migrating In
swarms from the Russian famine area.
and Budapest Is overrun with them.
All efforts to rid the city Of them
have failed, and the devastation
caused goes on apace. The market
halls, food stores and warehouses are
swarming with the rodents. which run
about even in the daytime.
Elsa Anderson, the only Swedish
woman to hold an aviator's certificate,
was killed at Askersund. Four thou.
sand spectators were watching her
make flight, and were Mortified when
Miss Anderson, in attempting para.
chute descent from the machine, fell
like a plummet to the earth. The
parachute failed to open and she
plunged 1900 feet to death.
An ounce Of gold purchases 17.22
hours Of labor in the United States;
5O.16 hours in Britain; $3.50 hours In
Japan; 1871 hours In France and
2O1.66 hours in Germany, said G. ].
Hannon, member of Parliament for the
MOseley division of Birmingham, quot
Ing statistics in the course of an ad-
dress to the members Of the National
Union of Manufacturers at Birming-
ham, England.
What appears to be q world record
for taxi-ridlng-a 5OO-mile jaunt from
Montreal to New York-was disclosed
in court when Frank Valentine, man
ager of local club, appeared us de-
fendant in suit for $453.75 taxi bills
at Montreal. It is alleged that when
recently Mildred Glllmour baked at
paying a 5000 fine for violating the
Quebec prohibition law, she jumped
into a taxi which Valentine had hired
and started for New York.
oENERAL
The steamer Centennial reported BY
radio that the new Norwegian freight
steamer Mod had sunk in mid-ocean.
The messages said the survivors were
on board the steamer Melmorehead,
but did not Indicate whether any mem
bers Of the crew were lost.
Archibald Birse. a Chicago tailor. 10
10000 richer for having taken few
stitches In a pair Of torn trousers
thirty-four years ago. Ernest De st.
Giles, insurance expert and author, left
this amount to Birse, who befriended
him when De st. Giles came to Chi
cago thirty.four years ago, penniless.
Birse sewed the insurance mans
trousers and trusted him for the 80.
cent charge.
N. c. Newmark, actuary Of the
American Fur Dealers Association of
New York, was arrested by federal
agents on complaint charging him
with being implicated In a conspiracy
to defraud the federal government out
of fur sales taxes said to approximate
s., 100000. Morris Rosenblum, q for
mer deputy collector Of internal rev.
enue, and Herman Schuss were ar
rested on similar charges.
Judge Crosby, in the Supreme Court,
announced the appointment Of Fred
Lamson of Boston, William B. Mcken-
zie Of Cambridge, and James e. Pat
ton of Boston as trustees Of the Chris
tian Science Publishing Company. The
appointees will succeed Herbert w.
Eustace and Paul Harvey, both Of
whom recently resigned, and Lamont
Rowlands, who was removed by the
directors OF the Mother church.
Three persons were killed and four
injured at Newark, Ohio, when their
bob sled was struck by an automobile.
They had almost reached the foot of
a mile-long hill when they crushed
head-on into an automobile coming up
the hill. The sled was said to have
been on the wrong side of the road.
Only one member of the coasting par
ty was uninjured.
Three children suffering from ex-
posure were brought to charitable
institution in st. Louis from their
cabin home near Thayer, Mo-, where
they were found by neighbors cuddled
about the body of their mother, who
is said to have frozen to death. The
children, aged 3 to 10. said their faith
er left home two weeks ago, saying he
was going to visit his sick mother, and
he has not been heard from since.
His skull fractured when he was
playfully tipped out Of bed by a fra
ternity brother at Hamilton College.
William Duncan Saunders, son Of DIR.
A. p. Saunders Of the faculty Of the