The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-02-20
FOREIGN

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Telegraph Company in Russia, is dead
of starvation in Petrograd.
The situation at Kadsh ON the Arch
angel front is more satisfactory for the
moment, according to an official state
ment issued by the British war office.
Reports from Omsk state that the
Russian government there has accept
ed an offer from Japan of men, money
and arms to settle the BolShevilii diff
ficulties
The Dutch steamer Rick, Rottcr-
dam to Bergen, struck Il mine and
sank three miles off the Norwegian
coast. The crew was saved and has
landed AT ChrlStanstad.
The French drcadnought Moruvuu
hnS been driven ashore at ScbastopOl
in II suowstorm. Al last accounts 1t
seemed doubtful whether the big war
ship could be saved from destruction.
The Poles have refused the German
demand to withdraw troops from the
Posen province, but on the contrary,
have called all Poles of military age
TO the colors to defend that territory.
Germany is preparing to raise
large loan in the United States rs soon
us peace is signed, says Il Geneva dis
patch. The money is to be used to
| pay for expected raw materials from
allied countries
Admiral Niscount Jcllicoe'S book ON
| the naval operations of the war which
is now published settles mt last the
mystery of Lord Kitchencrs death
| by stating that the cruiser Hampshire
| sank after striking moorcd mine of
the type laid by the German U-boats.
The Havas agency gives out II state
ment by Niscount Chinda, the Japan
ese ambassador TO Great Britain, who
now is representing his country ut
| the peace conference in Paris. declar-
ing the reports to be untrue that Jap
an has exercised pressure on China
to restrain the action of the Chinese
| delegation to the conference.
Few large cities of the countries
that were engaged in the war have
been less affected by 1t than the an
clent capital of Greece. Free entirely
from the menace of air raids and hos
| tile bombardmcnt, and participating
actively in the war FOR comparatively
only n short time, Athens is today In
all essential features exactly rs 1t
was in pre-war days.
The program of the new German
government which has just been pub
lished nj Berlin, includes equal rights
| for men and women, the improvement
| of the educational system. conscrlptiOn
| along democratic lines to establish II
peoples army, rationing at maximum
| prices Of food and necessuries of life,
care of the wounded and the families
of those killed during the war, the so
cialization of all industries ripe for
such treatment, particularly the coal
and iron mines, and considerable addi-
lions to income taxes.
SPORT
The Navy wrestlers had II walkover
ut Annapolis defeating the University
OF Pennsylvania team by II score Of
81 to U.
Wladek Zbyszko, Polish wrestling
champion, defeated Arvid Anderson OF
lboStvI III lNo slIulSilI iailS VI - 'tiu
. minutes each respectively, at ST.
Louis.
Alfredo do Orc, the Cuban cue ex
pert from New York, wrested the
ree-cushion billiard championship
from Augic Kieckkhefcr of Chicago by
point match.
West Philadelphia High school set
4 new American interschOlnstic record
in the SOO-ynrd reny race nj The six
teenth annual national interscholastic
swimming championships, University
Of Pennsylvania pool, making the dis.
lance In = minutes and 81 - seconds
and clipping their own mark mndc In
1918.
GENERAL
Careful survey of food prices cover
ing II period of thirty days shows til"
high cost of living hns taken It's first
big drop.
Charged with the cmbczzlcmcnt Oi
$4,000. j. s. Swnriz, cashier OF the
Park bank of Pittsburg, which was
! closed by the stat" examiner, Ii IN
Mercy hospital In an unconscious and
! dclirious condition.
A world shortage Of gasoiln. waits
Just around the corner for III. motor.
propelled world, according to Mnrk l..
R.Iun, Standard on official, who has
been directing the oil division nctiv-
tiles OF the Fuel Administration.
/ German ships Of approximately 3Oo,-
900 tons flying the American nag ana
! furnishing the United Stnt.s nm nddI-