Cheyenne record., 1919-10-30
FOREIGN


jured.
1t has been reported in dispatches
from Lisbon that Portugal had granted
the United States a concession in the
Azores for naval station.
Marshal Foch has informed the Bel
gian government by telegraph that No.
600 Belgian freight cars have been
found on the left bank Of the Rhine.
Hundreds OF American children will
receive Christmas dolls, gifts of the
French children of the city of Mez-
ieres, as mark of their gratitude for
the organization there OF the schools by
the American Red Cross
A large quantity of arms and ammu-
milton intended for Portuguese revolu-
tionaries has been taken over by the
Spanish authorities at Alamedilla
Park, In Salamanca, about ll5 miles
northwest of Madrid. The seizure was
made at the request of the Portuguese
consul.
1t is given out that Archduke Joseph
of Austria will soon he elected king of
Hungary. II the entente objects, the
crown Of Hungary Will be offered, it
is stated, to foreign prince, probably
of the English royal family. A re-
sumption Of the throne by former En-
perOr Charles is out OF the question.
A wave of diamond buying has
struck England despite the repeated
pleas of the government and business
organizations for thrift. West End
jewellers report doing an extraordinary
business in precious stones, especially
among women who made big wages in
war work.
Nikolai Lenine, Bolshevist premier
of Russia, has been captured by anti
Bolshevist forces, according to wire
less message picked up by the Japan
ese ship TenyO Maru in the harbor at
Honolulu. The message gave no fur
ther details OF the reported capture of
Lenine
An official census shows that the
population of Korea at the end of 1918
| was 1867 ,O32. This shows an increase
of SS,O35 as compared with the end of
1917 and of 3.744,O15 over the figures
| for 1910, the year of annexation to
Japan. Japanese residents number
338,S72.
The British government has already
realized $s12, 200, 600 by the sale of war
stores which 1t had OH hand when
peace was declared. Hundreds of
motor cars and trucks have been
marketed at prices frequently in excess
Of the price originally paid for them
by the war office, owing to the great
scarcity of cars
The supreme council has refused Il
! request from the German government
that members of interallied commits
| siOns in Germany should not Wear uni
forms after the peace treaty comes in
to effect. The council declared it saw
In the request an attempt TO weaken
the authority of the commissions.
The net bag Of German submarines
destroyed by the American, French
and British navies during the war was
200 ont of total Of $40 completed by
| the enemy up to the armistice, accord
| ing to the war cabinet blue book. Each
of the three navies developed entirely
| different systems of submarine detec-
ton apparatus, and their results were
constantly exchanged.
GENERAL
| Alfred Il. Ringing, head Of the firm
of Ringing Brothers, circus owners,
died suddenly on his estate at Oak
Ridge, n. J..
The Old Clothes Society was organ
lied by clerks In the city hall in Chi
cagO with chapters" in each of the
| principal departments OF the municipal
! government The object is to glorify
the wearing Of patches, frayed or shiny
suits, soft collars, re-soled shoes and
revivified neckties as means of COM
batting the high cost OF living Wear
your old clothes" was one Of the obli-
cations of membership included in the
bylaws.
George Babe" Ruth, world cham
| piOn hOme-run hitter OF the Boston
Americans, said before leaving for Los
| Angeles that he would demand $4,000
salary next year.
For hours detectives with drawn
guns guarded Il papier-mache safe in a
store in New York. Burglars had re-
moved the real safe to a safe point for
| cracking and left "camOuflaged" one.
| What is said to be new record in
| the price of books was established by
the sale of a single volume for 500, 600.
The purchaser, Il New York collector,
asked that his name be withheld. The
| book is the only known cppy of the
first collected edition of Shnkespeare's
works. published in London by Thomas
Pavier in 1890 and printed by William
| Jaggard.
| The cargo carrier Sundance, named
In honor of Wyoming's work in the
| Liberty Loan drives, was launched at
I Hog Island. Miss Rosa Maye Ken