Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-09
FOREIGN


leo. after a brief court-martial. He met
death calmly. 49,.
Alfred Capus. editor Of the Figaro.
member of the French Academy and
one of Frances best known writer's on
political and literary subjects. died In
Paris recently.
Lord Hardinge has resigned his post
a. British ambassador at Paris. Ac-
cording to the newspapers his success
sor 10 likely to be Sir George Grahame,
now the British ambassador to Brus'
sells.
II am not trying to take away any
ones beer; l want to give the voters
freedom to control the drink trade"
Thus speaks Lady Astor In an election
address Issued In which she denies
that she desires to impose prohibition
on the people by some act or bill.
An attempt was made recently to
blow up Oriel House. Dublin, the head
quarters of the governments criminal
investigation department. Dublin dis
patch states. Several people we're
slightly injured and many windows In
the Merton Square district were
broken.
On the invitation of Hungarian fem
inists, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the
American suffrage leader. has arrived
In Budapest to study the effects OF
woman suffrage in Hungary. She also
has been requested to attempt to effect
a union among the warning womens
groups.
A fierce fight took place recently at
Clifden, Ireland, forty-five miles north
west of Galway, between National SOL
dIers and force of irregulars. Eighty
of the Nationals were captured after
a ten-hour battle. One Of their bar
racks was burned to the ground and
another was blown up by mine.
An urgent call for help was received
by the Federal government at Mexico
City few duys ago from the governor
of Quintnna Roo, eastern province OF
Yucatan, who telegraphed that the en-
tire coast has been lnshed for the last
week by severe storms, which have de-
stroyed property and crops and caused
some loss of life.
The Mexican Petroleum Company
closed its refinery and terminal works
In Tampico, throwing large number
of men out of work. The company IL
not desirous of investing more money
In Mexico under the present conditions.
An official Of the company complains
of the heavy oil taxes, luck of security
upIy In HI.
ties.
The American occupation authori-
ties In Coblenz have offered reward
of 100000 marks for the apprehension
of the assullunt Of former Major ]. A.
Sourwine. who was taken from train
arriving In Frankfort, suffering from
wounds inflicted by u r0bber. The re-
ward offered Is in addition to the
$4,000 marks offered by the German
authorities.
GENERAL
Tyler Longstreet Redfield, business
man and publisher Of Newspaperdom.
died ut his home In Greenwich. Conn.,.
after a weeks Illness.
children-left Cleveland. Ohio, re-
Gently on special train for New York,
where they will be deported.
The National Council of Boy Scouts
announced the designation Of Mortimer
L. Schiff, banker Of New York. us In
ternational commissioner of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Neil A. Miller, Union Pacific railroad
fireman, was killed near Waterloo,
Neb., when the top Of a freight car in
train, passing on parallel track
was blown into the cab of his engine.
Mrs. Ruth ScherInerhOrn. OF Des
Moines. Iowa, 24-yeur-old widow. who
recently offered to sell herself for
$1,000 that she might be able to re-
cover from paralyZed nerve centers.
sustained when shot by her husband
three years ago, has accepted an offer
of Chicago banker.
The ankIe-length skirt was officially
and permanently removed from the
wardrobes of 100000 New York women
by the action of delegates to the con-
vention of the New York City Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs In voting unun.
imously to wear dresses no longer than
seven inches from the ground.
The equivalent in the number Of
words Of twenty-six novels was writ
ten by five court stenographers during
the nine days Of the governments in
junction proceedings against striking
railway employees in Chicago. 1.-The
verbatim report Of the record contains
100000 words" said Claude w. You
ker, chief stenographer. land is the
biggest record of any proceedings in
the Federal Court since the famous l.
w. w. trial in 1915"
The lives of former Governor Alfred
e. Smith and Governor Nathan N.
Miller. of New York. have been insured
for $4,000 each by firm of Wall
Street betting commissioners who are
handling large number of wagers on
the New York state gubernatorlal con-
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