The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27
FOREIGN


No one in authority in the British
government would comment upon
President Wilson's address to the Sen
ate, but newspapers are discussing 1t
at great length.
Amedee Bollee, Sr., an inventor
known in France as "the father of
automobilism," is dead in Paris.
Bollee was the builder of steam car
which he first operated in 1873.
Average dividends of the eight hun.
dred largest stock companies in Den
mark have increased from 6.S per cent
in 1912, to 1928 per cent in 1916. Steam
ship companies show the largest in
crease from As per cent in 1912 to 81
per cent in 1916
Recourse will be had to compulsory
national service if the appeal for vol
untary service fails to evoke suffi-
cient response, declared Arthur Ne
vile Chamberlain, director general of
national service, at meeting OF en-
ployers and employees at Birmingham,
England.
The Copenhagen Politiken, as
quoted in an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch, says the Socialist party of Nor,
way has adopted resolution support
ing the American proposal that an in
ternational Socialist congress be sum-
moned to meet at The Hague to pre-
rare the way for peace.
Following the influx into Holland of
German and Belgian children, as well
as many children of Dutch families
resident in Germany, 500 youngsters
are now being sent to Amsterdam
from Austria and even children of Ru-
manian and Turkish nationality are
being taken there by Jewish relief
| organization.
japanese bankers, it is announced,
have signed an agreement with the
Bank of Communications for loan
of $5,000,000 in silver at 7h per cent.
The Chinese parliament attempted to
prevent the loan, but was unsuccess-
| full as the transaction, it was stated,
| does not increase the governments
liability in connection with the bank.
| Official figures announced for 1916
| show German aviators were victors in
a majority of the aerial battles on all
fronts and that Germany lost fewer
battle planes than her antagonists.
The official figures show the total
losses of aeroplanes on both sides dur
| ing 1916 to have been 1,005. OF these
| the entente forces lost 7S4 and the
Germans 221. On the west front alone
both sides lost 920 and of these Is,
|
SPORTING NEWS
Happy Felsch has signed his con-
tract with the Chicago Sox.
Edward (Strangler) Lewis, Ken
lucky heavyweight, won in two
straight falls wrestling match in Los
Angeles, Cal, with Gus Kervaras.
The Northwestern bonspiel opened
in Duluth, Mimi, for The curling cham
pionship of America. More than 100
rinks, twenty of these being Cana
Can, were entered.
Dave Davies of Detroit defeated
Courtney Chapman of Chicago, 400 to
227, in the first match of the first in
ter-city English billiard contest ever
played in America.
President Frazee of the Red Sox an
rounced in Boston that nine members
of the worlds champions have signed
contracts and that before long he ex-
poets to have at least five more. He
would not divulge the names of any
who have signed on players request.
GENERAL
THEE men were burned to death
and four others seriously injured in a
hotel fire in Portland, Ore.
Three bandits. Oscar Poe, Will Hart
and Harry Hart, were shot and killed
ty posse under Sheriff Roach, eight
cen miles southwest of Okmulgee,
Okla.
Overalls will be worn by numbers
of Chicago women at their work here
after if the judgment, announced of
buyers for a leading department store
is sustained.
| A check written by her wandering
| nsband, whose mind had become a
blank, enabled Mrs c. w. Watson of
Collinsville, H., to find Watson il
I'ittsburg, Kan.
John w Blancett, accused of the
murder of Clyde Armour, his travelling
companion, has been arrested at Fri
day Harbor, Wash, and taken to
Santa Fe. N. M, for trial.
The taking up of the new $25O,OOO,-
| 900 loan to Great Britain will in
crease American investment in for
eign government loans or commercial
credits due to the war to $2,350,000,-
900, of which about half is to Great
Britain or British banks.
In examining the records of Hiram