Cheyenne record., 1919-12-04
FOREIGN

" ucE HuSDdHu IOTlneF seat III Tie
house of commons by a majority of A.
600.
Three million American tourists are
expected in France in 1920 and 1921, It
was estimated by Henri de Fert, the
new president Of the French Motor
Touring Club.
Baron James Rothschild's winnings
when his horse, Brigand, won the Cam
bridgeshire at Newmarket, England,
recently are stated to total apprOxi-
mately $39O,OOO.
The firepits of Mount Kilauea which
for months was level with the main
crater and overflowed frequently, col
lapsed and fell 400 feet Ten earth
quake shocks accompanied the col
lapse.
Adelina Patti, famous prima donna,
who died Sept. q, at her castle in
Wales, left fortune valued at f116,-
600. She beQueathed her entire prop
erty to Baron Rolf Cederstrom, her
husband, except few personal arti-
cleS.
Six chairs, each Of which has been
used at one time or another by Mar
shal Foch at French general head
quarters during the war, brought 81
600 Mt public auction in Paris The
narshals silver berry spoons sold for
IS each.
The parliamentary budget commit
tees Of Chile has appropriated funds
for the purchase Of aerOplanes and
other elements to increase the iffi-
cheney of the army and navy. The gov
ernment has purchased from Finland
four naval sloops now in German wa
ters.
The Polish professor, A. A. Ossen-
dOffsky, chief of the intelligence de-
partment of the All Russian govern
ment, estimates that the world war,
BOlshevism, Civil war, starvation and
disease has cost Russia total Of 3d.
OOO,OO lives. He places the cost of
Bolshevism at 12,2SO,OOO lives.
OF the pre-war population of $3.50,
600 in the devastated regions OF
France, fOur-fifths have returned to
their former homes, according to a re-
port issued by the American Red Cross
in Paris. French authorities expect 4
return Of the majority of the remain.
der within the next few months.
The German general staff's story Of
the war written from the official
archives will soon be issued and will
be entitled "The Battles and Fights of
the Great War of 1914-191S." The
account Is to contain II consecutive and
ordered description of all battles in
which German troops participated.
The japanese peace delegation, in
announcing that Japan was sending Il
light cruiser and two torpedo boats to
Flu Chow, China. for the protection OF
Japanese subjects, said instructions
had been given the commander of the
squadron forbidding the landing of
marines or the use Of arms, except in
case of absolute necessity.
The Socialist deputies, De Guise
and Ringuier, of the Aisne department
have informed the president of the
chamber of deputies at Paris that they
will introduce II bill when that body
convenes asking the government to as
sumo the expenses In connection with
the transfer of the bodies of French
soldiers from battlefield graves to
their native village cemeteries.
GENERAL
The Rev. DIR. Edward Ballard, %,
who was born December %. 1920. and
was the oldest Methodist minister In
America. died at his home In Ocean
Grove, n. J.
Robbers, who burned the vault door
with an ncetylene torch, looted fifty
safety deposit boxes of $4,000 in cash
and bonds ut the State bank of Free
landville, Knox county, Ind. No clew
to the robbers has been found.
Federal agents raidcd an alleged
counterfeiting plant in Minneapolis,
placed one man under arrest and
seized 800 spurious half-dollars. sew
cral mOlds and dies and Il quantity oi
metal.
Maud Powell. the violinist. collapsed
during recital at st. Louis and wns
taken to II hospital in II scmi-conScious
condition. Physicians diagnosed her
ailmcnt as an acute attuck of stomach
trouble.
Lieut.. Robert Stocker and n civilian
named Thompson, believed to have
been II radio tester, were drowned
when their hydrOnirplane fell into the
Delaware river, six miles below Ches-
ter The bodies have not yet been re.
covered.
a final study of the selectivc draft
records made public fixes the military
strength of the United States at ID
OOO,OOO in potential military manpOwcr.
Registrations for the draft, between
the ages of IS and A., totalled 23,9OS,-
J78. almost so per cent of whom were
listed rs ..nhNsicallY fit for military