Cheyenne record., 1919-06-12
FOREIGN


ing a new cable line between Japan
and the United States. Committees
have been appointed to study the
question.
The Freiheit declares that great ac-
tivity is being displayed in Germany In
the recruiting of men and the gather
ing of ammunitions. The Socialist pa
per Abedi, of Vienna. has published
documents that show how busily en-
gagged is the Vienna recruiting agency.
There is sufficient surplus of food
indicated from the coming harvests to
supply Europe and meet the needs OF
the world, unless some unexpected
catastrophe happens to the worlds
harvests, according to statement ls-
sued by Herbert c. Hoover, head Of
the allied relief organization.
Taxicabs are to have a new cOmpeti-
tor in the streets of Paris, thanks
mostly to the American army. Five
hundred side cars are to be licensed
to ply for hire at about 20 cents Il
mile. The American army has made
great use of side cars in Paris and
their handiness has appealed to every
body
Investigation by the military author
tiles failed to reveal the identity of
the person who fired three shots at
the house in COblenZ occupied by Brig.
Gen. Marlin Craig, chief of staff Of the
Third Army. 1t is said that the name
of General Craig is the third on the
German secret list Of marked Ameri-
cans.
Captain Funck of the Austrian army
has been tried and sentenced to death
as Il spy by IL secret court-martial at
Paris. Captain Funck was in Paris
before the war began and remained in
the city throughout the hostilties and
it was alleged that he made the en-
emy acquainted with information re-
garding air raids and long distance
shelllng of Paris.
SPORT
In boxing match, I.assallat, an
American sailor, won from Albert Ba-
dOud, welterweight champion of Eu-
rope The men fought ten threr-nin-
ute rounds at .Brest, France.
Wayne $. Mcconnell, IL junior at
Purdue, was elected captain of the
1920 baseball team. He has been Il
member of the nine two years. hold
ing down the third sack.
George W. Wightman of the Long
wood Cricket Club of BOslou, won the
metropolitan championship singles at
thn \Iast SiJn fHnpniv fu,,l, EnraS
Hills defeating Miss Eleanor ioss of
New York by 1-6, o., g..
Billy Miskc of St Paul decsively
defeated Willie Mechnn, the Pacific
coast heavyweight, but seemed un-
able to put over knockout at St
Paul. In the ninth Mechan went down
from left to the jaw, but came back
quickly.
Frank Bagley has taken another
fighter under his management. He is
X. o. Jnffc, the Harlem mitldlewright,
who has fought some good men. Bag
Icy has matched Iaffe to meet Gene
BrOSSrnu, the former Canadian anna
teur welterweight and middlewrisht
champion.
GENERAL
An alleged conspiracy to defraud
the government of S3O,OOO,0OO worth
Of munitions supplies has been uncov-
cred by Department of Justice agents
at Detroit.
According to word received by the
local police department of Kansas
City, n bank near Pittsburg, Kan, was
robbed of Liberty Bonds to the
amount Of $4,000.
Two men were killed, u farmhouse
was damaged and IL motor truck blown
to bits near Aledo, Texas, when d
| truckload OF nitroglycerin for the
oil fields exploded. Only great hole
in the ground showed where the truck
and it's drivers were when the eXplo-
sion occurred.
Lawrence Smith, aged recluse, re-
ported to the police at Port Town.
send that some one entered his cabin
on the beach and took $85,OOO worth
of Liberty bonds from his clothes.
W. G. Lee, Cleveland, was reelected
president Of the Brotherhood OF Rail
way Trainmen at it's triennial conven
tion at Columbus. Ohio. He had nc
opposition. Other officers were re
elected
The body of Herbert Harris. u, q
musician. formerly of Portland, Ore.
was found in Lake Michigan, with the
pockets of his clothing filled with
stones. An acquaintance said Harris
had been in Ill health.
Despite Il vigorous protest from the
good-road men Of Missouri, Governor
Gardner signed the dirt-road bill
which provides for a system OF 0,OOC
miles of graded highways. Each
county in the state IL allowed $1,2OC
mile provided that the total graded