Cheyenne record., 1919-04-03
FOREIGN


Alexandra Millerand, former minis
ter of war, is reported to have been
appointed governor of Alsace-Lor-
raine.
Very valuable jewels and heiriOoms
of the Portuguese royalty were stolen
by burglar from the Richmond home
Of former Queen Amelia of Portugal.
Former Emperor William and for
mer Grown Prince Frederick William
will be among those who will be tried
by the high court which the German
national assembly will create, accord
Ing to reports.
Commander Frederick J. Horne, tn.
American naval attache ut Toxic, has
been decorated with the Order of the
Sacred Treasure by the emperor of
Japan for "his splendid service as
naval attache."
1t was officially announced in Lon
don that the army council had decided
that Queen Mary's auxiliary corps of
women, which did such splendid work
during the war, should be maintained
as part of the after-the-war army Or
ganizatiOn.
The government has issued decree
nationalizing the port service at Bue
nos Aires of cOastwise vessels In an eff
fort to solve the port strike situation
as 1t affects coastwise trade 1t is said
that the February wages of the port
workmen will be paid by the govern
ment.
Get out and stay out T. shouted q
crowd of Austrians as the train carry
ing Former Emperor Charles of Aus
tria, passed Feldkirch station on its
way into Switzerland. Former En-
peror Charles and his family will re-
side at the chateau of Wartegg at
Staad, near ROrschach, on Lake Con-
| stance, which is owned by the Duke
Of Parma.
Eighty cars of food for Russian
prisoners in German camps have ar
rived at Coblenz. The distribution Of
the food to different camps will be
supervised by American experts. Two
barges of flour have arrived from Rot
terdam, this being the first shipment
of supplies for the Third army to come
by the way of the Rhine Consign-
ments of clothing and other supplies
are en- route.
SPORT
Ted Lewis, former weterweight
champion of the world, has been ad-
mitted to st. Vincent's hospital, where
he will be under dose observation Of
physicians to determine just what is
the matter with him.
Tom COwler of England was
knocked out by Billy Miske Of st.
Paul, Mimi, in the fourth round Of a
scheduled twelve-round bout ut Balti-
more. COwler had been floored by
Miske twice previously with rights to
the jaw, once In the third round and
again early in the fourth. left to
the stomach finished him.
Benny Leonard, world lightweight
champion boxer, was an easy victor
over Harvey Thorpe, contender, in Il
ten-rOund bout at Joplin, Mo. The
New York whirlwind took eight rounds
Outclassing the Kansas City champion
throughout. Thorpe fought gamely, Sc
curing shade in the fourth and sew
enth.
GENERAL
A carload of frozen lamb and NUT
ton from New Zealand, via Vancouver,
has been placed on sale in New York
in wholesale lots ut several cents less
than the price of the American pro-
ducts.
At the close of three days confer
ence at Chicago with Levy Mayer,
chief counsel for the distillers, com
mittee of seventy-five distillers repre-
senting the industry in every part of
the country, announced legal action
will be taken in courts of the country
Immediately looking to multiplying or at
least delaying the enforcement, Of the
nationwide wartime prohibition act
which otherwise would become effec-
tive July 1.
New indications as to intelligent life
on the planet Mars are announced by
Prof William Henry Pickering, now
head of an observatory in the West
Indies, and brother of the late Edward
Pickering of Harvard.
Two masked bandits held up st.
Louis & San Francisco passenger train
No SO1 about two miles west Of Bridge
Junction, Ark, and escaped with two
packages containing about $4,000 in
currency, taken from the express car.
When the engineer warned the robbers
he was due to pass st. Louis 4 San
Francisco train No. 1O6 at the junction
according to his story they told him
they had sent n man ahead to flag that
train to prevent n wreck.
The United States Steel Corporation,
from whoses hops, laboratories and Of
fices 81 ,4O7 men went into the nations