Cheyenne record., 1919-09-25
FOREIGN

pelSidbi government 10 nave SeuFCIl
made for the body of his son, who was
killed in August, 1914, in the Belgian
Ardennes
The attorney general, Sir Gordon
Hewart, has completed the case for
the prosecution of the former German
emperor. The place for the trial has
not yet been settled.
Thomas Howell, Canadian national
secretary Of the International Brother
hood, announced at the city temple in
London that Lloyd George is going to
;isit America soon.
The council of five at Paris has de-
cided to permit German representation
ut the International labor confer.n nee
in Washington next month, according
TO an official cable from Paris
The spread of gambling among the
soldiers has prompted General Noske
of Germany to issue an order prohibit
ing all gambling in barracks, canteens,
mess halls, on parade grounds or in
public places.
Five masked men bound and gagged
the mail clerks on the Ocean Limited
express of the Canadian National rail-
way near Hurlaka and robbed the mail
car of $4,000 in silver and paper. The
money was being shipped from Mon
treal to Halifax
Announcement has been made of the
postpOnement of the execution of
Pierre Lenoir, who was tried with San
ator Humbert, and others on Il charge
of communicating military intelligence
to the enemy and who was to have
faced the firing squad in Paris.
A peacetime army of 100000 me,
and reduction of the term of military
service from three years to one are rec
commended to the military committee
of the French Senate in Il report sub
United by Paul Doumer, its president.
Under his plan, 100000 men would be
called to the colors annually by con
scription and 100000 others recruited
through voluntary enlistment.
GENERAL
The wreck of the steamer Barnsta-
hle, disabled in Il storm en- route to Ha-
vana, has been located by the revenue
cutter Itasca and one survivor rescued.
Jack Kearns, manager of Champion
Jack Dempsey, has refused to consider
an offer of S15O,OO0 for champion
ship bout in London, according to re-
ports in New York.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and af-
fiIiated bodies, the Patriarchs Militant
and Association of Rebekah Assemblies
finished their annual convention at
Baltimore and adjourned to meet in
Boston next year.
Prospects for a permanent drop in
the sugar market appear less promis-
ing than when federal authorities first
began their campaign to force down
the price of sugar, United States Dis
.rict Attorney Clyne said at Chicago,
kaSing his conclusion on ruinOrS tina,
sugar refiners will demand II or l1.9
cents II pound for this years crop of
sugar, f. o. b. New York.
y radio experiment made off New
London by the experiment station,
naval section, established communica-
rion, both telephone and telegraphic,
between hydroplane flying nearly
1000 feet in the air and a submerged
submarine several fathoms in the wa
ter. This is said to be the first time
that an airplnnc and submarine sub
merged have communicated with each
other directly.
A campaign urging the government
to reissue the 2-cent coin, withdrawn
from circulation in 1874, the new coin
to bear on the diverse side a bas re-
lief of the late President Roosevelt,
has been inaugurnted by the Women's
Roosevelt Memorial Association. The
pew coin, it is pointed out, would be
useful in the payment for war taxes
on sinill articles, newspapers and
street car fares.
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, world
featherweight boxing champion.
knocked out frankie Burns of Jersey
City in the fifth round of an eight
round match at the Jersey City base
count of ten, but the referee stopped
the contest, as Burns was helpless.
Chicago's building strike and lock-
out which for more than two months
had made idle more than 100000 work
erS and halted construction contracts
agsregating S5000O,000, was an
nounced as ended when the construc-
ton employers yielded to the de-
Of the union carpenters for 81
an hour.
Work will be begun at once on de-
velopment of a farm colony at Wins
low, y j., for returned soldiers anG
sailors. The organization has acquired
4 200 acres for the project. The pro-
iect consists of village of fifty
houses, an inn, store and church and
tract of good forest land On which
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