The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-10
FOREIGN

attacked Curlntnlan troops HuihDerihs
1000 in the sectors of Arnoldstein, vii
ZACH, Rosenbach and Rainer, says vi
emma dispatch to Zurich.
An alrplane in which General Sykes
controller general of civil aviation, was
making a flight, fell at Kenly. Eng
land, and the pilot, Captain Knott, was
killed. General Sykes was badly shak
en-.
A state of siege was proclaimed In
Petrograd, according to a wireless
message from Tsarskoe- Selo. The
soviet government has appointed
committee of three and given 1t un
limited power over the city and dis
trict of Petrograd.
Gen. John ]. Pershing, commander
in-chief of the American expeditionary
forces, Is going to England on May p
as the guest of the nation. He Will of
ficially thank Britain for what she die
to make comfortable more than mil
lion troops passing through England
on the way to France.
The Neues Zeltung of Stuttgart at
firms that in spite of the regulations
issued by the German government, u
great many capitalists, in particular
those who made enormous war prof
its, are managing to export their mon
ey. The same paper declares that In
the last two months 25,O0O,O00 marks
have been deposited in different Swiss
banks.
One hundred and fifty persons were
killed or executed during the fighting
at Munich, according to an account OF
the fall of that city. Among the killed
wer Herr Toller, director of the soviet
government, and Herr Sontheimer,
communist leader Herr Seidl, who
was said to have instigated the shoot.
ing of hostages, was reported beaten
to death by Wurttemburg soldiers.
That Holland will refuse the expect.
ed demand of the allies to turn VII.
helm Hollenzollern over to them fol-
trial was indicated in information OBJ
tanned from confidential sources. A
commission OF the best international
lawyers in Holland, appointed to ex.
anime the question, has made secret
report, it is reliably stated, recon.
mends that Holland act strictly in &C.
cordance with international treaties to
which she is party. The government
contends that the former kaiser en-
tered that country as private citizen
and that Dutch law applies to his case.
SPORT
Terry Martin of the Unite1 States
navy defeated Chris Langdon, OF
Swansea, Wales, on points in fiji
teen-round contest in London.
1t was officially announced by Tex
Richard that Toledo, Ohio, has been Sc
lected as the scene of the battle be-
tween Jess Willard and Jack Demp-
sey for the worlds title.
In track meet held by men en-
gagged in the service of the supply de-
partment of the American army, held
at lie Mans, France, Pat Ryan, the
Olympic champion, threw the hammer
100 feet, eight inches. Lieut.. F. d.
Maker of the University of California
made high jump of six feet.
Zbyszko, heavyweight wrestlers, are
matched for finish contest May 10 in
Chicago The men are to wrestle I'M
til one has obtained two falls, with nc
time limit for the match. Zbyszko re-
Gently defeated Lewis in New York
and in Chicago in one-fall matches.
GENERAL
Aerial passenger service between
Havana, Cuba, and Atlantic City is
planned, according to the announce
ment of Victor BarrancO, Cuban dele
gate to the second Pan-American
Aeronautic congress-
Paul Frederick Volland, wealthy
head of the. Art Publishing Company,
which bears his name, was shot and in
stantly killed in his office in Chicago
by a woman. According to clerks in
Volland's office the woman had hal
lucnation that the publishing company
owed her $4,000 in royalties.
John NJ. Thorn of Lansing, faced a
fifteen-month sentence in Leaven-
worth penitentiary following his con-
viction for using the mails to black
mail j. p. Morgan and his daughter,
Mrs. Jane n. Morgan Nichols.
julius III. Barnes, national wheat adj
ministrator, said in an address to
members of the Chicago board of trade
that the act establishing the food adj
mlnistration gave authority to control
trading in foodstuffs on exchanges to
the extent of prohibiting future trad
ing altogether. He said the act was
still in effect and that his duty was inn
perative if demonstrated abuse should
arise.
The bodies of Sheriff Joseph c. Toll
bert and Deputy John Mcdonald of La