Cheyenne record., 1920-12-02

The owners Of the italian steamer
Cogne, which was seized last Septem-
Der by D'Annunzio's Fiume legi6naires.
have decided to lend Fiume 15,OOOOOO
lire to secure the steamers release.
A tremendous fire swept the big
Spanish navy yard at Bilbao, causing
damage which cannot yet be estimated.
The 14,OOO-ton Atlantic liner Alfonso
NH, which was launched last month,
was destroyed by the flames.
Hundreds of prisoners have been
taken in Dublin In a great roundup of
Sim Fein leaders. In addition to Ar
thur Griffith, head of the Sim Fein,
and John Mcneil, commander of the
Irish volunteers, police and military
took many lesser officials to Jail.
A tremendous explosion occurred at
Vergato, near Milan, Italy. Several
persons were killed or injured and
great property damage resulted. The
explosion is attributed to the extract
ing Of charges from airplane bombs.
There was a shell factory at Vergato
during the war and an ammunition
dump still exists there.
Most recent dispatches to the State
Department ut Washington Indicate
Armenia Is in condition of chaos, al
though the BOlshevists regime Is re-
ported TO claim the sovereign power.
The Russian government has demand
ed that the Turkish nationnlists halt
their advance in Armenia, offering war
as an alternative. The request from
the League of Nations for American
mediation between the Kemalists and
Armenia has been received by Presi.
dent Wilson, who has 1t under consid-
Grafton.
Answering an Interpolation in the
reichstag regarding the expulsion Of
300 Germans from Samoa, the govern
ment declared the blame rested on
England. Several notes sent to Eng.
land, 1t said, had not been answered.
The questioner asserted that those ex.
PEELED had been allowed only SOO
marks each, though many Of them were
wealthy. From the nature Of the In
terpellation it was gathered that the
belief had prevailed that the ex.
pulsions occurred at the instance Of
the American government.
GENERAL
: Constructing the will of the late
Marshal Field cost the estate Of the
multimillionaire merchant prince $780,.
600 for attorneys fees alone, when
: Judge Charles NJ. Foell Of the Supe.
rior Court at Chicago allowed that
amount to attorneys for the parties In
the suit to contest the will.
Two more North Dakota banks have
closed their doors as result Of de.
pleted reserves, bringing to fifteen the
number of financial institutions that
have shut down for similar reasons in
the last few weeks. Those that closed
are the Farmers and Merchants Bank
at Sherwood and the Farmers State
Bank at Rhame..
. One person dead, another missing
and property loss of approximately
100000 is the result of, a tornado OF
two minutes duration which struck al
Port Arthur, Texas, a port near the
coast and on Sabine lake. A portion OF
the Port Arthur canal and dock com
panies' sheds were demolished by the
= storm.
II. D. Edwards, q Methodist minister
r was convicted in Federal Court al
: Harrisburg, Va, of bigamy and viola
= ton of the Mann act and sentenced tC
D four years Imprisonment in the Fed
g eral penitentiary at Atlanta. Edwards
married and the father of two chill
J, dren, eloped with Ruth Bailey OF
e Staunton, Va, last August. They were
married in Cincinnati some time later
Y Mrs. Charles Garland of New Bed
: ford, Mass. agrees with her husband In
: his determination to refuse his inner
e itance of $1,0O0,OOO. She said SO, smil
: ing cheerfully, this afternoon, and add
0 ed: II am quite willing to be pool
d mans wife, and if my family in Ded
}. ham leave me any mOney-they have
n plenty of it-I will turn it down." Nol
S do the couple have any fear that they
e are doing an injustice to their baby
Margaret, just month and half old
l. Prospective builders were given M
s. ray of hope for lower lumber price!
q by lumbermen Of the Pacific North
r west, discussing market and price con
e ditions at Portland, Ore. The con
sensus of opinion among both whole
sale dealers and manufacturers wa!
- that higher instead of lower prices arr
y, the prospect.
, Information charging Clara Smith o
n Ringing, Okla, with assault and tn,
intent to kill in connection with th'
wounding at Ardmore, Okla, of Jak'
Hamon, Republican National Commit
e teeman of Oklahoma, has been filet
Il with Justice of the Peace Cannon b,
II Russell Brown, county attorney o
J. Carter county.
e The offering of rewards totaling 81,