Cheyenne record., 1919-04-24
FOREIGN

SAoAi VI AIClh.
Cardinal Mercier, the primate Of
Belgium, has informed the American
congressman who are visiting Brus-
sells that he will visit the United
States next October.
American commercial interests plan
to lop off twenty-four hours on the
New York-Paris journey by financing
a railroad from Vigo, just north Of
Portugal, to Arun and Hendaye, on the
Franco-Spanish border, going thence
to Bordeaux and Paris.
Count Ottokar CzerniE, former Aus
tro-Hungarian foreign minister, was
arrested by German-Austrian authOri-
ties when he attempted to cross the
Swiss frontier The arrest was made
at Feldkirch, few miles east Of the
Swiss frontier at Bucha.
A mob at Amristar, India, has made
another violent attack against the au-
thOrities. The rebels were repulsed by
the military with loss Of 200. Order
was restored at Ahmedabad after 200
casualties had been inflicted. The tel
egraph and collectors offices were
burned.
|. Five policemen were killed and forty
wounded and twenty demonstrators
bystanders were injured during the
disturbances in Vienna when a crowd
of Boishevist sympathizers attempted
to storm the Austrian parliament
building. according to Vienna advices
received.
Herbert Hoover, director general of
relief, has issued a review of the
measures carried out by the United
States, Great Britain, France and
Italy during the month of March
through the coordination of the su-
prene economic council. The total
value of supplies distributed in the
month was approximately $95,OOO,OOO,
of which all but about S2,5OO,OOO was
Furnished on basis of deferred pay
ments.
SPORT
Johnny Ertle of st. Paul was given
decision in a twelve-rOund bout with
Frank Daley of Staten Island, at Balti-
more.
Just after the gong had sounded the
end of the first round Ritchie Mitchell,
Milwaukee aspirant for lightweight
championship honors, floored Eddie
Pinkham of Seattle by blow on the
chin, but because both men were de-
clared guilty of fighting after the gong
the bout was declared no contest at
Seattle.
George c. Smith, secretary of the
| Cumberland, Md, Chamber Of Com
merce, received telegram from the
delegation sent to New York to see
Tex Rickard to bring the Willard
Dempsey bout to the effect that Cum
berland and but one other city are now
in the field, all others having been
eliminated.
GENERAL
Two spectacular fires destroyed
buildings in sections of the business
district at Pittsburg, entailing a loss
of between $15O,OOO and 100000.
Eleven Y. NJ. c. A. overseas workers
We're killed in action, three died from
wounds and fifty-siX from disease and
other causes since the beginning of
the war, according to an announce
ment by the National War Work COun-
Gil of the organization in New York.
Because Mrs james w. Gerard, wife
| Of the former ambassador to Germany,
has an excellent memory for faces,
| Henry BOde, the only American sol
dier convicted of serving Germany as
| spy, is serving Il ten-year sentence
in the disciplinary barracks at Gov
ernor's island. Bode, according to his
confession, after Mrs. Gerard had
| identified him as a man in German
uniform who had appeared one day at
the American embassy in Berlin, wear
ing the iron cross, deserted from the
American army at Fort Bliss, Texas.
in July, 1914, and made his way to
Germany, where he entered the Ger
man army.
Carl w. A. Linder of the Hurja A. G.
of Quincy won the Boston Athletic As
socintion twenty five-mile marathon
run in . hours, % minutes and 13 %
seconds.
Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, as
chairman of committee to call
convention of soldiers and sailors who
served in the world war, has issued
the call for convention to be held
in st. Louis on May 8, 8 and 10. Col
Onel Roosevelt expects that approx
imately 1000 delegates will be in at
tendance at the gathering.
General Pershing's own headquarters
band, "the Pride of the A. f. F." COM
posed of three officers and 1O1 men,
all recruited from combat troops after
the armistice was signed, has arrived
in New York aboard the transport Won
Steuben to Inspire stay-at-hOmes with
enthusiasm for the Victory loan. They
have nlnYed before President Wilson,