Cheyenne record., 1921-06-23
FOREIGN

A1A0A~sSSSNS
the fact that 1900 soldiers, some Of
them retired and some In active serv-
Ice, have asked the government for
tracts of land for small farming.
An official delegation will shortly
be sent to Russia to ascertain the
prospects for trade between Great
Britain and Russia. Major Sir Philip
Lloyd Greene, director of oversea,
trade, made this announcement in the
House Of Commons In London recently.
Austria has signed the protocol of
the permanent court of international
Justice under the League of Nations
She was the thirty-eighth signatory.
Seven have accepted the clause for
compulsory Jurisdiction of an arbitra-
tion Of international disputes by the
court.
Greece is opening hostilities against
he Turkish NntiOnnlists In Asia Minor
" land and sea. Already the Greek
leet Inns been concentrated Mt full war
strength in Turkish waters and has
,omlnrded Turkish positions and sunk
evernl small Transports according to
Information from Ccnstantinople.
Prince Chamyl. head of the Dagliis-
tan insurgent mountalneers of the
northern Caucasus. hns taken arms
against the BolshevIsts In the Cnu-
casus and declares he will not surren.
der until llberty llns been re-es,ah-
'ished in the Caucasus. He has de-
fented soviet letnchnents in several
figl,ts recently.
Three Italian cardinals were added
to the Sacred College when Pope Ben
edict. In IL secret cOnsistory, raised to
lie purple MonsignOr Giovanni Tncci
l'or0elli, the papnl major domo: Mon
Signor Camille laurent, secretary of
the Congregation of the Propaganda,
and MOnsgnor AchilIe Rntti, papal
nmncIo TO Poland.
Only one-third of the Filipino child
rem of school ngc are enrolled In pub
lie schools. according to the report of
Luther B. Bewley, director of the Bu-
rrnu Of Education. although popular
education has made great strides since
American occupation, 1t still has II
long way to so before reaching all
children" the report says.
GENERAL
Charles Garland of Buzzards Bay.
Mass, who sprnng into prominence IL
few months agO by refusing to accept
his S1,25O,0OO share of his fathers es-
tate, has just refused another million,
this time from the estate of an uncle.
John J. Mitchell, Jr., scion Of one
of ChicagO's leading families. and his
bride. formerly Lolita Armour. daugh-
ter of millions, are spending their
honeymoon In Santa Barbarn, Calf.
They were married at Melody farm,
near the magnificent country estate of
J. Ogden Armour, multimilliOnaire
father of the bride.
The Porter peace resolution has
been sent to conference by the Senate
for adjustment of the differences be-
tween that measure and the Knox reso.
luton adopted recently by the Senate.
The Senate voted formally to disagree
with the amendment Of the House,
which struck out the Knox draft and
substituted the Porter draft.
Seven firemen were killed and flf-
teen were injured In a collision be-
tween fire apparatus and n Jersey
Central railroad train at Perth Amboy,
New Jersey. The accident occurred
at the Market street crossing. The
fire apparatus had reached the center
of the track when the train struck.
The fifteen injured were taken to u
hospital.
The new shipping board steamship
Buckeye State, which sailed for San
Francisco was forced to return to
Baltimore because Of fire in the for
ward boiler ROOM Officials of the
Matson line which operates the ves-
sci, stated that the blaze was caused
by bareback, which ignfted oil and
waste. At meeting held on board the
passengers passed resolutions praising
the conduct of the crew, and presented
them with purse Of $500,
John Falls. Frankfort, KY, grocer,
who shot six persons while resisting
arrest for interfering In an alteration
between policeman and Falls son,
escaped during the night from the
combination grocery store and dwell
Ing where 1t was believed he had bar
ricaded himself. Falls apparently left
the building before the officers had an
opportunity to surround 1t.
With his head almost severed by
razor, the body of Otto Smitherman
was found near Ringgold, Ga. Near
by the body of Earl Williams was
found hanging from the limb Of tree.
A coroner's jury found that Williams
slew Smitherman and then hung him
self. Williams was said to have been
Jealous of the attention paid young
woman Of the vicinity by Smitherman.
Mrs. Bessie Mitchell, widow, pub.
licly flogged man known as Happy"
Brennan, whom she accused of at
to mistreat her 4-year-old
son, Harry. according to report she
made to the police in Omaha, Neb. She
used riding whip. IF more mothers
would administer that kind of trent.