Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Hungary will sign. the treaty Of
peace, NJ. Prasnowski, president Of the
Hungarian peace delegation, notified
the supreme council.
A copy of the extremely rare two
pence stamp of Mauritius, issue of
1s47, was sold for 100000 francs at the
sale of collection in the Hotel
Grouot, In Paris.
The first woman elected to office in
Hungary is Margaret Schlachta, sue
| cessful Christian Nationalist candi-
date for the national assembly from
the first district of Budapest.
Odessa is still claimed by the Rus
| sian Bolshevists and rumors of its cap
| ture by Ukrainian force have not been
supported by subsequent messages Al
lied commissioners are without off,
cial information.
Greek and Turkish troops have
clashed about twenty-five miles east of
Smyrna, where the Turks are taking
the offensive and are apparently mass
ing reinforcements preparatory to fur
ther advances against the Greeks.
The carrying out Of $50 death sen
tences pronounced by the courts-mar-
tial In the Ruhr district in Berlin has
been postponed by President Ebert's
order, according to official announce
ment. The sentences probably will be
revised.
| The BOlshevists have launched an
| ,{t orly thn hnt
the River Dvina and Borisoff and the
Poles have been compelled to surren-
der ground in the face of superior
forces, says an official communication
issued at Warsaw.
ToreadOr JOselito Elgallo was killed
at Place de Talavera when dispatch
ing his fifth bull ut Madrid. He be-
longed to famous bull fighting fam
lily, his father being banderillerO,
while his older brother, Rafael. also
is bull fighter.
The council of the League Of Nations
has sent n message to President Will
son requesting him to convOke the
League OF Nations next November at
Brussels. 1t is pointed out that Gen
eva Is not ready to receive the assem-
bly,.
Wireless telephone communication
over a distance of 500 miles with ap-
pnratus Of strength Of only three
kilOwatts has been achieved by WILL
lam MnrcOni, the Italian inventor, he
announced ut Rome upon his return
from cruise in the Atlantic and Med
iterranean on the yacht Electra.
A lump of pure gold weighing just
over twelve pounds, one of the largest
nuggets ever found, has been discov-
cred in the kilO state mines in the
northeastern district of the Belgian
Congo, according to the African
World. 1t is now in the possession Of
the London branch of the Banque du
Congo Beige and will be sold on behalf
of the Belgian government.
GENERAL.
Thirty-five states will elect govern
ors next fall at the time when the
President and vice president are chOs
en-. Thirty-two United States senators,
to take office March 4, 1921, also are
to be elected.
Levi p. Morton, vice preslden. Of
the United States under President Har.
rison, left an estate of $1O,OOO,OOO. He
died from bronchial pneumonia on the
Goth anniversary of his birth at POugh
keepsie, N. y.
Three men were killed and Sisters.
vile, w. Va, was rocked by IN explo-
sion of 100 quarts Of nitroglycerine at
l hn VII nf thn FCnrnalD
pany. The cause of the explosion has
not been determined.
The American Legion has inauRu
rated campaign for the re-adOption
of approximately 5000 of the more
than 3,7OO fntherless French children
whom the American expeditionary
force cared for during the war. 1t was
said that only about 700 of the chill
dren have been able to live without
outside assistance since the A. Il. +
ceased to provide for them.
The Illinois Agricultural Association,
which is the farm bureau of that state,
has active committees on legislation,
finance, grain marketing, rock phos.
phate, limestone, produce marketing,
1lNeSloCk, ToituS anu uulTylnk. lne an
nual budget to carry on this work is
1898 800.
Eight large passenger liners, carry
ing more than 1900 persons have left
New York for European ports, mark
ing one of the largest sailing days
since the close of the war Among
passengers are Commander Evangeline
Booth OF the Salvation Army, Walter
Hagen, golf champion; more than COO
students for the SokOl athletic meet
ings at The Hague, and a number of
| GRAND nparn stars