Cheyenne record., 1920-06-10
FOREIGN.

work was expressed to the Hoover
committee in Berlin by Chancellor
Gen. Candido Aguilar, governor of
Vera Cruz and son-in-law Of the late
President Carranza, has surrendered to
the new government and will be al
lowed to leave the country.
Clifton Crawford, internationally
known actor, was found dead in Lon
don in an areaway Of the hotel at
which he was stopping, having fallen
five stories from the window Of his
room.
Marshal Foch was slightly injured
when his automobile collided with a
taxicab in Paris. His injury consists
of cuts about the face from glass. The
driver and occupant of the taxicab
also were injured.
Germany has submitted a statement
to the allied control commission de-
claring that 23,OOO pieces Of German
artillery remain to be destroyed and
that 800 have already been broken up,
according to the Echo de Paris.
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the government and the municipality
to receive in few days several hun
dred delegates from the whole world
who will meet at Genoa for the inter-
national seamen's labor conferences.
The American delegates will be pres
ent only as observers.
The aeroplane Goliath, piloted by
Lieutenants Bossoutrot and Bernard,
broke the world record for continuous
flight at Paris, being forced to discon-
tinue only after it had remained in the
air twenty-four hours nineteen minutes
and seven seconds, covering . distance
Of 1918 Is kilometers.
Resht, an important city in Persia,
sixteen miles southeast Of Enzeli, the
most important Caspian seaport Of
that country, and about $50 miles
northwest Of Teheran. has been occu-
pied by Russian Bolshevist troops, ac-
|coriing to advices received by the Per.
sim legation at ConstantInople.
Applause from a large audience re-
sounded in the little theater of Ser
bruck, near Geneva, while q gigantic
python slowly crushed its trainer, a
Hungarian girl. to death. The girl
shrieked for help as the coils Of the
serpent closed about her, but the audi
ence believed her cries were part OF
the entertainment and cheered loudly,
Seventy Argentine soldiers are re-
norted killed and many wounded in an
encounter with a tribe Of Pilaga In
lians in the Chaco Territory OF North
ern Argentina. Dispatches sny the
troops were ambushed by superior
numbers of Indians, who attacked them
In reprisal for the alleged destruction
OF one of their camps and the seizure
Of arms and ammunition from the In
dlans.
King George v. Of England has won
verdict for $52.575 in the Supreme
Court in suit against Ernest Harrah.
broker. The king sued for $172,OOO
on n contract for 25,OOO tons OF scrap
steel for delivery to Italy. The con.
tract was made through J. p. Morgan
& Co. The defense was counter
claim. The trouble arose over the
reports of inspectors and alleged de.
lays in delivery.
GENERAL.
New York City had a population OF
5,621, ISL on January 2nd, an increase
of S54,26S, or 17.9 per cent over 1910
the census bureau has announced.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, de.
clared that Il war between the United
States and Mexico would result if the
Recommendations of the Senate com.
mittee which investigated the Mexican
affairs were carried out.
The 7,5OO-ton cargo carrier Gold.
star. named in honor Of the American
mothers whose sons We're killed in the
world war; was launched ut Whining.
ton, Del, by the Bethlehem Shipbuild.
ing Corporation. The sponsor was
Mrs. J. NJ. Gallagher Of Wayne, a "gold
star" mother.
Fire destroyed section Of pier at
ship line. The loss, including pier,
warehouses and their contents, was es-
timated at $2,O0O,OOO.
The John A. Roberts Corporation of
Utica, dealers in wearing apparel. was
fined $4,000 by Federal Judge Har-
land b. Howe, following its conviction
of profiteering on eleven counts at
Syracuse, N. Y.
More than 100000 gallons of whisky
have been withdrawn from bonded
warehouses in the Pittsburg district
since January 10Th, last, with bogus
and forged permits, according to an
announcement made by w. II. Hind
man, federal prohibition agent for
Pennsylvania. Mr. Hindman said cases
under suspicion run into thousands.