Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19
FOREIGN

| The French minister at Belgrade has
informed the Belgrade government
that France has officially recognized
the Serbian-Croatinn- Slovenian state.
General Pershing has advised that
he proposes to. transport 375,WO men
| hOmeward during the month of June.
This breaks all previous records Or
moving troops overseas. and exec Hi-
the number Great Britain moved across
the channel in any month.
Adjutant Casale, the French aviator
who established Il new world altitude
record in France by ascending to Il
height of lO,1OO meters (approxinntely
33, 1856 feeD. The flight was made in
fifty-five minutes. The temperatur.
at the height Of 1O,lOO meters was
s degrees below zero.
The case of Robert Minor, former
cartoonist and writer for the New York
World, who was arrested mysterious
ly in Paris, is now in the hands of the
American military authorities Infor-
nation regarding the charge against
Minor and his whereabouts is with
held pending further investigation.
Hundreds of Russians who refused
to cnntriblfip to IL levy of Sl1,OOO.OOO
imposed by the city of Odessa by the
| BOlsheviki were forced to walk the
plank" from il yacht formerly owned
by the Car, according to August Dan
ncr, representative in Southern Rus
sin., who arrived in New York with
Mrs. banner as refugees on the Amer
lean army transport Englewood.
Capt. John Acock and Lieut.. Arthur
W. Brown, in their Vickers-Vimy hi
plane, landed AT Clifden, Ireland, com
plcting the first nonstop arplane flight
across the Atlantic. Their trip from
st. Johns, y. F., was made iu sixteen
hours and twelve minutes. In taking
the ground the mnchine struck heav-
lily and til" fuselagc ploughed into the
sand. Nrithe~ of the occupants were
| njurrh
The Persian legation in Be"ne an
nolncrS that Persia is about to claim
an indemnity at the Paris Peace Con
ference for war losses. The legation
says that although Persia was neutral
3uo,Onn PcrsianS lost their lives us n
result of battles in Persian territory
and Turkey invnsions, and that the
damage to state property is computed
at :3.0HNOO francs, and that to pri-
vntr property at $500 900. 900 francs.
SPORT
Rudolph Wilhelm, present state
champion, won the golf championship
of Oregon again al Portland. when he
defeated Il. l.. Mnclcuy, : up and & to
play.
Fifty-five thousand guide posts have
been placed on the hnuIrvnrds OF
Southern California. by the Automo-
bile Club OF Southern California. ac-
cording to an announcement just made
by officials of that organization.
Four thousand wrestling fans saw
Joe Prsrk defeat ZhySZkn. one fall in
two hours, three minutes and fifteen
seconds, at Gordon, Ncb. The match
was evenly contested for one hour, af
ter which Pesek went behind and
stayed there until the final fall
Nelson Whitney of New Orleans and
Richard Bockenknmp of st. Louis
were all square in the finals at the end
of thrly-SiX holes of the trnn>lnissi>-
sippi golf championship, the decision
going to extra holes after n see-saw
game on the last eighteen at st. Louis.
Boxing in Illinois got boost when
the Senate voted - to 16 for the pas
sage of the committee on license and
miscellany pugilistic bill. 1t followed
Il debate that lasted for more than
two hours in which senators were con-
fined to fiftcen-minute limit in
speeches.
Walter Hagun of Detroit, won the
American golf championship at the
Braeburn Country Club. West Newton,
Mass, defeating Michael Brady OF Bos-
ton in the plnyoff of the tie which re-
suited ut the end Of the first four
rounds of medal play. Hagan's total
scor" was - and Brady's IS.
Harry Wills, negro heavyweight OF
New Orleans, Outfought J. Lester
Johnson of New York, also n negro, in
an eight-round bout at Jersey City.
GENERAL
General Pershing, the American COM
mnnder-in-chief, will remain in France
until the middle of July.
Portland, Ore, was selected for the
1920 convention of the Ancient Arabic
Order of Shriners, Domain of North
America, at the annual convention OF
the order ut indianapolis.
| Illinois went on record Tuesday as
favoring woman suffrage. She set the
| pace for all the other states in the
Union when the General Assembly
voted for the adoption of Senator Corn
wells joint resolution ratfying the
suffrage amendment as passed by Con-
gress n few days ago.
Toy Con. former director of air SER
| vice of the Chinese army member of