Cheyenne record., 1920-08-12
FOKIGN

TWenty-one persons were ktI0d Apo
twelve injured In munitions factaS
explosion near Prague.
Armistice negotiations between the
Poles and the Bolshevists have been
returned to Warsaw.
Live stock breeders in Spain have
begun a campaign against the intro
duction Of extensive quantities of cold
storage meat from Argentine and AUS
tralia.
successes against Poland with a thrust
into southwestern Asia and its forcea
already are threatening the Persian
capital of Teheran.
Count Salvetierr, former governor
of Barcelona, was seriously wounded
at Valencia when an attempt was made
to assassinate him. His sister-in-law
was killed and his wife badly hurt A
bomb was thrown at their carriage.
Great Britain has begun war prepar
ations to intervene in behalf Of Pol
and. Steps are being taken for the
mobilization of the British army on 8
war footing. The government Is re-
ported to be considering the calling OF
volunteers for service in Poland.
Lower California is in state OF
blockade, the Mexican government
proclaimed. Instructions were for.
warded to Iglesias Calderon, Mexican
representative at Washington, to ad.
wise the State Department that the
ports of Lower California were closed
Fighting continues in the regions
disputed by Armenia and .Azerbaidjan
The Armenians have met with success
in Chaour from which they have
driven the soviet troops and occupied
the city of Gueroussi. Nouri Pasha,
brother Of Enver Pasha, IL trying to
gather bands in the Chaous region t1
fight the Armenians.
The lives Of eight persons, including
four children, living In astwo-family
house in the Brownsville district, Were
saved by the herOism of Samuel Fein
16, who fought his way thru flames
and smoke to rescue others who were
sleeping in the house. He carried fouI
children thru flame and smoke tc
safety, and aroused four other persons
including his parents.
The first new railroad line ballt by
Poland since the armistice was form
ally opened for traffic recently, the
line saving seventy kilOmeters between
Warsaw and Poznan, the two largest
cities in the new republic. Completion
of this line connects more intimately
the people of Congress Poland with
the residents of the POznan district
for generations under German rule.
An agreement for final disposition
Of Valona has been signed by Italian
and Albanian representatives at Dur
azzo. Under its terms Italy renouncel
claims to Cape Linguetta and Cape
Theforti, which command the ap-
proaches to Valona by sea and on
which the Italians had intended to
build forts, but retains the Island OF
SaSsenO, which commands the ap-
proach to Valona from the northwest
GENERAL
After shooting and killing his father
at Fairview, N. j., in defense Of his
mother, Louis F. Gross, Jr., q years
old, telephoned to the police and await
| ed arrest.
The Kentucky state wool pool, in
Guiding more than 100000 pounds
from many countries in the state, will
he stored in warehouses here until the
market breaks favorably for the grow
ers.
West Frankfort, ILL.,, has settled
down to Its normal life again. The
| men have gone back to the mines
which will resume operations without
the scores Of Italians who have fled
from this district.
A national convention Of postmasters
will be held in Cincinnati Sept. S-11,
according to announcement Of Post
master Colin N. Selph, president Of the
National Association of POstmasters.
The national gathering will supplant
the tri-state conventions this year, he
said
National guardsmen were called to
protect Miami, Fla, from disorders
threatened by 400 negroes, natives of
the Bahama Islands and British sub
jects, who were aroused over the death
Of Herbert Brooks, one of their num-
ber charged with assaulting a white
| woman.
CASTOR Chevrolet set n new worlds
record for 100 miles over dirt track
at Columbus, Ohio, when he covered
utes and % seconds. He drove the
same Frontenac car with which he
won the $4,000 indianapolis Decora-
tion day race The former record Of 81
minutes and 80 seconds was set by
Tom Alley Mt Minneapolis in 1914.