Cheyenne record., 1919-09-18
FOREIGN

'sfRu Brsas6 destroyers have been
sunk in the Baltic by mines with the
loss Of twspty lives, sccogding to in
formation; ;FeGeived. 4
Japan Is not planning. to- withdraw
troops frem siberia, according to an
official statement issued at the war Of
flee in Toxic. 80:
figures voiced by American Red Cross
workers and forwarded to national
headquarters. Most OF these returned
to their homes to find themselves or
phans, and the Red Cross is seeking to
aid them by the establishment Of or
phanages.
A news agency - dispatch from
Cologne reported that more than two
unknown number killed in a munitions
explosion at Neuwied, near Coblenz.
Many buildings were said to have been
demolished.
To show that he is really patriot,
Prince Louis Of Bourbon, pretender to
the French throne, has just entered
the butter trade in Paris. He says he
Will light pAolilSSAibS anu IL hC S0A
reduce the cost of butter he will feel
he has done his bit for the people.
An American company having cap
ftal of $1OO,OOO,OOO is being organized
in Poland to extend credits to Polish
cities so they may meet their necessl-
ties, especially for the construction OF
canals, water plants and hospitals, ac-
th1 ,I,n Tot nf
Berlin.
Extension of relief activities in
western Russia and the Baltic prov
inces has resulted in the American
Red Cross increasing the appropriation
for its commission in that region from
$27O,OOO to $5OO,OOO. it has been an
nOunced. Both Esthonia and Lithu-
ania will benefit.
Alberta's wheat yield a few weeks
ago was estimated rs being practically
negligible, but two weeks fairly steady
rains so improved thes ituation that
the yield is conScrvatively estimated
at 21,04S,OO bushels, while the yield of
oats is estimated ut 5G.22O,OOO. barley
7,O51, 900 and rye 100000 These fig
ures are certain to be exceeded as the
threshing results are exceeding eXpec-
tatiOnS.
GENERAL
Figures have been compiled showing
that upward Of $lS,OOO,OOO worth Of
automobiles were stolen last year.
Johnny Dundee holds twelve
round decision over Frankie Britt Of
New Bedford. Dundee was Britt's
master in every round at Providence.
Two unmaSked bandits robbed the
State Bank of ChuraauQua county ut
Wichita and escaped with $1,000 in
currency and Liberty bonds valued ut
from $500 to $4,000.
A bomb was found at the rear en-
trance to the federal building directly
under the window OF District Judge NJ.
B. Blanding's office at Lawton, Okla
\ percussion cap was in place, but the
mechanism to explode 1t had not been
attached.
The House of Commons of Canada
assented without reservation to the
treaty of pence with Germany. Both
HOUSES ul Ilo" huNC
fled the treaty and notification to this
effect was forwarded Immediately to
the British government.
Twenty-nine lumber dealers and
eight ice cream dealers and manufac-
turers were charged, In indictments re-
turned at Dayton, Ohio, by the Mont
gomery county grand jury with violn-
tion of the Valentine antitrust act In
operating in restraint OF trade and fix
ing prices.
Two men were killed and six in
jured by the explosion Of six-inch
shell which was being unloaded from
a barge in the Rnritnn river at the
Raritan arsenal at BOnhamtown. N. J.
The ammunition on the barge was
being transferred to one of the mnga-
zines. The victims of the accident
all were civilian employees.
Burial of the dead ut Mobile, Ala,
on Sunday is punishable by fine of
SlOO under IL city ordinance just
adopted. Passage of the ordinance
was the result of n petition to the city
commission by minister's, undertakers
and grave diggers.
Decentralization of the navy has de-
moraliZed the Atlantic fleet so far ns
man power Is concerned, it has been
said at the Navy Department. Scores
of battleShips, cruisers. destroyers ana
other vessels are moOred at navy
Yards with crews so greatly reduced
that in many casts it is difficult. and
in some cases impossible to keep
UP steam. Only two bnttleships of the
Atlnntic fleet have anywhere near full
crews.
IF anyone attempts to raise the rel
flag of anarchy in this country, shoot