The Colorado statesman., 1919-10-04
FOREIGN

vancouver lSlanu TO Japan, nus Deeh
offered by Norman A. Yarrow, Vic
toria business man.
The troops under the nationalist
leader, Mustapha Kemal Pasha, who
recently set up separntist govern
ment in Asia Minor, have occupied the
city of Konieh, in southern Asia Minor,
and expelled the authorities.
The army regulation prohibiting Of
ficers and soldiers from fraternizing
with Germans was revoked in an army
order. This in no way affects the
regulation prohibiting American sol
diers from marrying German women.
A German war prisoner, Losis by
name, while on his way to the interior
of Germany under escort of American
soldiers was shot and killed by a
French soldier near Nancy, according
to reports reaching American head
quarters. As the train with Losis and
several hundred other prisoners was
passing a German prison camp under
guard of French soldiers, Losis, or
some other German prisoners, threw
food to the camp prisoners. One or
the French guards opened fire.
The Nieue Courant reassures its
readers by saying that the definite de-
cision attributed to the interallied
council to demand the delivery of the
ex-kaiser need not alarm the Neither
IaEds: that the viewpoint of the Meth
crands government is already known
On the other side. 'In no case can, or
may we permit the delivery of the eX-
kaiser" it says, "as our feeling of in
ternational duty forbids this. We have
reason to believe that a refusal of de-
livery will not be unwelcome to the as
sociated governments"
Art treasures valued at more than
100000 900, which belonged to Gather
inc ii of Russia, who died in 1896, have
been discovered by the Bolshevik com
mission charged with classifying the
property of the late Gar Nicholas in
the winter palace and in the palace of
TsaTkoe Selo. The cases containing
these treasures had never been opened
since they were sent to Catherine from
Rome. The find includes more than
1000 paintings and sculptures by some
of the greatest French and Italian mas
ters, including Terpolo, Rough, Latour,
Lancret and Fragonard.
GENERAL
Herman Smith, Buffalo's feather
weight, outpointed Joe Leonard of New
York before the Queensbery Athletic
Club at Buffalo.
Mike O'Dowd of St Paul, worlds
middleweight boxing champion, out
fought Augie Rather of New York,
former National A. A. U. middle
bout at Jersey City.
Alaska Indian youths are being of
fered an opportunity to attend the
United States government school at
Chemawa, Ore. Recently l. ). Loos.
superintendent of the Chemawr school,
passed through Ketchikan bound for
Kodiak and other western Alaska
points. to tell the Indians of their op-
portunity.
Investigation shows that the forest
fires which ragged over the week end
along the line of the Pacific Great
Eastern railway above the Squamish
were so intense that steel rails were
melted Thousands of huge trees fell.
A train with forty~five passengers was
held up for two days by the fire, which,
driven by heavy wind swept through
the Cheakamus valley.
From bootlegger to police station to
bootlegger-this was the route taken
by contraband whisky confiscated by
indianapolis police, it was revealed in
the arrest of three negro janitors and
the suspension of four patrolmen. AS
fast as the liquor was confiscated at
the station, it was taken through rear
doors by the colored janitors and sold
for $S a quart, according to their con-
fession.
Three men who are alleged to have
robbed a bank in Arcadia, Oregon,
several weeks ago, of $4,000 in money
and Liberty bonds, We're arrested and
$4,000 in government bonds has been
recovered the police say.
Acting, it Is said, on one of Broad
ways famous "rumors" that within
week President Wilson would cast war
time prohibition into the discard by
rroclaming rehabilitation completed,
New York liquor dealers began stock
ing up" for brief wet" period until
next January. With huge quantities
of bonded whisky arriving from Ken
tucky, restaurants and saloons began
enrolling bartenders and walters pre-
viously laid off.
Herbert C. Hoover has retired from
public office" and is to devote his fu-
ture time toward making the SD and SO
a day salaries of Stanford University
professors more commensurate with
the SO and 50 wages of home building
artisans and to various relief measures
in Europe. He also is TO return be-
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