Cheyenne record., 1919-07-17
FOREIGN

Pasha, the leaders of the Turkish gov
ernn.e ent during the war, have been
to death by Il Turkish court
martial investigating the conduct of
the Turkish government during the
war period.
Notwithstanding strong opposition
by the government, House Of Com
mons committee adopted by vote of
fifteen to twelve IL clause in the alien
bill restricting the employment of
aliens in Great Britain.
Marshal F'och was given laurel
wreath of gold by the inhabitants Of
the Department of Seine-Et-Oise Pres
ident POincare, speaking at the cere-
mOny, held in the palace of Versailles,
eulOgiZed Marshal Foch for his deeds
during the war.
twenty-five thousand French sol
diers died from tuberculosis during the
war and 10000 men were exempted
f1Om service because of the disease, it
WAS stated in the Senate during a dis
cuSSiOn of = bill to establish tubercu-
losis sanitariums.
The government is called upon to
make II definite pledge to reduce the
cost of living or to resign, in resolu-
tion passed by the national executive
committee of the Labor party In Lon
don. The resolution declared the gov
ornmcnt had failed to prevent "merei-
less exploitation" of the public by
profitecrS, "who are charged with TAX
in, lx-, g L> .,lo
age in supplies and transports"
The German National Assembly i'll
Weimar has adopted the resolution
ratifying the peace treaty by vote
of POS to 10, according To ndvices re-
ccivrd in Paris The resolution reads
"'rhr peace treaty signed June %,
1919, as we'll as the protocol annexed
and special agreements on military oc-
cuIatinn of the Ithinrland. are hereby
ratified. This law becomes effective
from the date of its pronlll CATION"
SPORT
Jack Rrittun, wcltcrwright champion
Knocked out Al Doty of Canton in the
second round of Il scheduled twelve
round bout at tonnrsville. Pa.
W. +. Tildrn of Philadelphia won tn,
western Pennsylvania tennis cham
pinnship AT Pittsburs by defeating
Vincent richards OF New York. The
scores were Ga, 6-3, 3-G, 6-l.
by coming in with IL 7i for the sec.
ond half of the qualifying round for
the championship fight, Ralph Rider of
II,,,,. II, \
DcS Moinrs, captured the special prize
awarded the low mnlaliSt in the Iowa
state golf tournament at Cedar Rapids
GENERAL
Frank l.. Rain, Nebraska, who was
! installed grand exalted ruler of tn.
| Benevolent and Protective Order OF
E,lkS at the closing session of the an.
nual convention al Atlantic City, de
clarcd in an address that he pledged
the support of all Elks in the warfare
on HnlShrviSm. Other officers, mos,
of whom We're reelected, were also in
stalled
Unqualified approval of the right o
wurkmen to organize, the principle o.
collrrtiv" bargaining and an eight -houl
working day, coupled with fnr-rrnch
ing recommendations aS to changes il
Cunada's industrial system, are includ
ed in the majority report of the con,
mission on Industrial relations which
was presented to the House of Com
mons at Ottawa.
The presidential ship George Wash
in OF IN uhjrl, snilS hack tn E'p,tpIa hn,
been fitted up with Il nursery to take
care of the war babies" returning OF
that vessel. Two hundred "wnr brides
are scheduled To sail on the irunSpOr
| on her next trip from France to thi.
country and nt the request of Dr. G.. A
Kicker. the ships surgeon, the Ameri
can Red Cross has provided the shiI
with baby food. milk. clothing and 9th
er prerequisites of infantilr comfort.
Two men were killed and two in
jured when the Allan liner Grnmpinn
Montreal for Liverpool, rnllidcd witt
an iceberg off Cape Race. The steam
ship. with 30 passengers and II crew
of 800, arrived at ST. Johns, y. F., fol
repairs.
! he war savings committee an
nuuIcrl in New York the operations
of unSrrupuln,ls traffitkrrS in thrift
and war savings stamps were being in
vpStigatrd with II view to pruSrrtIl ion
The invest iy;ltion is being carried on
under instructions from the Treasury
department. The committee said that
many persons fail To realize that wal
savings stamps can he redeemed al
amy I",Slufticc for their face value
plus interest
In l9l> automobile manufacturer:
paid IL lnlal of $::,3. .0OO.OOO in taxes tI
the federal government. In the same
period ear owners paid SIO.OwOOO il
motor reg ~lrHliOn fees to the states
Total automobile taxes. including tn,