Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-23
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demned on NOV. W, IN Pdrls, 1Or the
murder of ten fianc6s and boy, per
ished when the chief justice Of the Su-
pesme Court of Appeals threw out the
French Bluebeard's request for new
trial.
The uniforms Of the Irish Free State
soldiers will be entirely Irish made
They will be Of gray-green material.
Orders have been placed with the Irish
Co Operative Clothing Manufacturing
Society. Shirts, socks and all other
general equipment also will be wholly
Irish products.
The Assam government in British
India has informed the India officers
that there was rioting at Jamunsmukh,
between Caliphate volunteers and
Sylhet tribesmen. The dispatch adds
that prisoners who had been convicted
were forcibly released from the jalls,
and a late train was held up and
stoned. The police in the region have
been reinforced.
Generals Antonio Pruneda and An
tonic Ruiz and Capt. Lugardo Perez
Of the Mexican army were executed
by firing squads for completely in revo-
lutionary plotting. General Ruiz and
Captain Perez were surrendered to
the authorities by Pancho villa, the
former bandit chieftain who caused
the Mexican authorities so much trou-
BILE. All three officers were convicted
Of having plotted against the obregon
government in favor Of General Muir.
guia.
With reference to a recently cIrcu-
lated rumor that Cardinal Gasparri
was to be replaced as papal secretary
Of state by MonsIgnor Cerretti, now
papal nunciO at Paris, semi-Officiai
vatican statement said: ut is super
fluous to state that such report Is
absolutely unfounded. Cardinal Gas
parri has not displayed any intention
of leaving his high office and he en-
joys the complete confidence of Pope
Plus, as he In the past enjoyed that Of
Pope Benedict"
The basis upon which the heads Of
the American oil companies last Sep
tsmber reached an agreement with the
Mexican government relative to the
payment of export taxes under the de-
cree Of June Z, were divulged in the
outline of a decree given out by Min
lister Of the Treasury De La Huerta.
The decree lacks only the signature Of
President Obregon to become effective.
The project contemplates the payment
Of 40 per cent Of the tax as originally
imposed by the June decree, and means
the payment to the Mexican treasury
of approximately 100000 pesos.
GENERAL
The price of cement was lowered III
cents per barrel by large cement
manufacturing concern In st. Louis re-
Gently, reducing the present scale to
$3.50 per barrel In carload lots to deal
ers.
In accordance with plans made at
the national convention of the Greeters
of America held In New Orleans last
year, a national home for aged and
disabled members Of the organization
has been established In Denver.
A mans education is usually closely
related to his natural intelligence and
the grade Mt which he ends his school.
ing is In most cases the limit to which
his intelligence will carry him, accord.
ing to Prof Forrest A. Kingsbury Of
the psychological department Of the
University of Chicago in announcing
the results Of tests among employees
of a large Chicago bank.
A spirited and unusual contest for
control Of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company In which the 10000 en-
plOyes have taken the side Of the
president of the corporation, has deyel-
oped. In the scramble for proxies for
the annual meeting on March Is the
employees voted to purchase 1O,OOO
shares of the stock out Of the funds
In their Cooperative Welfare Associa-
tion and throw them to the support
Of Thomas E. Aiitten, president Of the
A spectacular fire destroyed between
five and ten acres of pens In the stock
yards district at Kansas City, KAN,
md threatened to spread to the main
plants before being placed under con-
troll after two-hour fight. Officials
estimated the loss. at between $5O.O0O
and 100000. The origin of the fire Is
The bandit career of Eva Daley, 22
years old was ended recently In Chi
cago when she entered grocery store
an attempted to hold up the proprietor,
according to the police. The grocer
grabbed her gun and held her until
customer called the police. The police
say they believe that she is the girl
who has been leading band of rob-
,ers in holdups and burglaries here for
several days.
Contracts for the building Of sixty
niles of new railroad from Satanta,
KAN, to point near Springfield,
Colo, have been let by the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railway and con-
,truction win begin by March 1. The
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