Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-07
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bsts In q Anss Sfttins without stEik-
Ing incidents.
Six former cabinet officers and army
officials convfcted Of high treason tn
connection With the Greek military @s-
sstsr in Aaa Minor were executed 1t
Athens. The execution OF me con
dsmnsd men was by shooting.
The rate Of exchange ON shipments
Of freight between Canada and thu
United States from Dec. 1 to Dec. n,
inclusive, will be 1872 Of per cent, 1t
has been announced officially. No sur
charge will be collected on intesns-
tional traffic.
Lord Curzon, the British foreign sec
retary, recently authorized IN official
statement t. the press that England
supports the American "open door
policy in Turkey and regards the San
Reno agreement for division Of tbs
Mosul oil district rs null and void
At least four persons were Killed
and a dozen injured when the police
used machine guns against a band Of
demonstrators who attempted to In
vade the city hall In Mexico City IN
protest against the alleged negiigencs
Of the aldermen In connection with the
water famine In the city.
Miss Mary 1IacSwtney, who has BEEN
hunger striking In Mount Joy prison.
has been released. Her release came
on the tventy-third day Of her strike
She had refused to take food since her
arrest, when she was seized during .
raid on q house In Aylesbury road ~
nationalist troops who were seeking
Eamonn de Valera
At the opening Of the disarmament
conference In Moscow, Maxim Ltvtn-
off, Russian assistant commissioner OF
foreign affairs, definitely proposed n
reduction Of the Red army to 2OO,OOO
men. He made this conditional, how
ever, on "a corresponding reduction in
the standing armies Of the states on
Russia's western boundaries"
william T. Cosgrave, president Of
the Dali Eireann, said that the execu-
tion Of Erskine Childers was inevtta-
bic, and added: Il fear there Will be
many more. We do not want these
executions, and would give anything to
avoid them, but there Is no othe;
course Of opinion. The only people
who can stop them are the irregulars
themselves"
The American doughboys In the
Rhineland are making up purse Of
many million Of marks with which to
give to German youngsters q real
Christmas. The Rhineland post Of vet
Grams Of foreign wars started the purse
with 100000 marks and every soldier
In the American forces Is giving ut
least the equivalent of 81, which ls
more than 5000 marks. Top sergeants
are entrusted with the task Of seeing
that none of the soldiers forget to con-
tribute. Relief work already has be-
gun among the German poor.
GENERAL
More than 1000 reserve, National
guard and regular army officers gath
cred recently ut Baltimore and effected
the organization of the third zone Of
the army of the United States and
pledged themselves to the principle Of
lone army"
More than 200 miners employed by
the Georges Creek Coal Mining Com
pany ut Homecoming. Mich, went on
strike In sympathy with fifteen labor
ers who quit work after disagree
ment with employers following wage
DISPUTE. The miners struck despite the
advice of Francis ]. Drum, president
Of District No. 16, United Mine Work
ers of America.
A plan for direct action by France
as a solution Of the reparations Ques-
ton has been submitted to full cab
met meeting in the Elysee palace, with
President Millerand presiding. The
plan provides for seizure Of the state
coal mines and collection Of the ex-
port taxes in the Ruhr district, togeth-
er with absolute control Of that sec
ton of the Rhine.
President Obregon is expected to Is
sue decree at once lifting the import
duty on beans, corn, wheat and other
cereals into Mexico, according to q
telegram received at Ell Paso from Chi
huahua City.
Miss Anna Lentz, who lives on q
farm near Chiffon, Wis, confessed
that she had mailed the poisoned can
dy which caused the death Of MrA.
Frank Schneider, a mother Of eight
children. She has been arraigned ON
q charge of murder. The confession
was made and signed before Federal
Postal Inspector Niles Of Fond Du Lac.
Byron Ernest Thady. 20 years old,
switchboard man. was awarded the
Theodore N. Vail gold medal for note
worthy public service and $500 In cash
for unusual service during the flood at
Pueblo, Colo. June 3, 1921. Mrs. JO'
sephine d. Pryor. chief operator at
Pueblo, was awarded a silver medal
and $3.50 for unusual service during the
1921 flood. Thady maintained commu-
nication while the rising river waters
poured Into the telephone building.