The Colorado statesman., 1919-09-06
FOREIGN

IrOWn Irlnce Leopold VIII leave Tor
America between Sept 20 and "A, on
board a United States warship.
Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Bolshe-
vlk premier, has sent delegation to
Kishinev to negotiate peace with Ru-
mania, according to a report received
from Budapest.
Prince Joachim of Prussia, one of
the ex-kaiser's sons, has bought the
magnificent and ancient mansion
called villa Favorita" at Castagnola,
Italy. 1t cost him $4,000.
Twenty men were killed and forty
are missing, it has been reported, as
result of the explosion of an ammu-
milton barge which destroyed and sank
the British monitor Glow Worm.
The United States has granted a
| loan of $50,000,000 to Esthonia, to be
used chiefly to pay for American goods
sent to that country, according to an
announcement made by the Esthonian
| press bureau.
Andrew SockaleXis, famous Indian
runner, is dead at oxford, Me, from
tuberculosis. He had competed in
| running events of the country. He ran
in the Olympic games at Stockholm in
1912.
The PrusSian government has or
| dered discontinuance of the custom
of hoisting flags on public buildings
on the anniversary of the battle Of
Sedan, lest the people regard the hoist
in a ;,, 20 81, n
old regime.
While Herman Schumann wooed and
won sweetheart during the last few
years, he murdered ten persons,
robbed scores of others and saved
enough from his career to marry. Now
he is charged with being the champion
murderer of Germany.
| DIR. Lipp, who participated in the So
| Wet government at Munich and issued
orders which were consedired amazing,
has been declared incapable of stand
ing trial because of his mental condi-
| ton. For some time he has been con-
fined in an insane asylum.
| G. A. McCurdy, parliamentary sec
retary for the food ministry, predicts
that milk will cost a shilling CA
cents) a quart this winter in London.
He said powers will be granted the
local authorities to supply subsidized
milk to poor British children at less
than cost or free.
crushing defeat has been admins
tered to the Bolshevik army in south
Russia. The war office announced that
| ~
under General Denikine, has broken
through the front of the Red army
south of Makarova, capturing 1900
prisoners and disarming 10000 Red re-
cruits.
Five million Germans have filed
with the Central Bureau of Immigra-
ton and its sixty-four sub-stations APP
plications for permission TO leave Ger
many. The majority of the intending
emigrants are turning their eyes to-
ward South America. A large number
also have indicated their desire to
settle in Palestine.
GENERAL
The will of Andrew Carnegie, made
public, estimates the value of the iron
masters estate at between $25,00O,00O
and $30,0O0,00O.
The seamen's strike at Sydney, n. s.
W., ended when mass meeting of the
men decided TO reman the ships af-
fected Immediately.
John Shell, said to be the Oldest liv-
ing man in the United States, celebrat-
ed the 131st anniversary of his birth
at Lexington, Ky, on Sept. Bird.
That he found $575,0O0 in Liberty
bonds and received IL reward of $15
for turning them in to their owners
was the story told by Isadore Geller, a
16-year-old errand boy who is EN-
ployed at 50 week by Unz & Co, of
SO Broadway, New York.
The biggest users of motor trucks in
the world are the American farmers,
with 79,7S9 motor trucks in operation.
| Manufacturers come second with 15,-
92S, and retailers third with "a, 4,4S6.
Judge Harry w. Robinson of the
Circuit Court was shot in the shoulder
in open court in Louisville, KY, by
Frank Douglass, an attorney, while the
Judge was quizzing the lawyer about
the ethics of retaining sum which the
attorney claimed as fee.
As unreasonable as it sounds, the
city authorities have announced that
every canine resident of Asheville, n.
c., must wear a bell during the next
year. and to prove their earnestness
they have purchased large supply of
| the necessary ornaments for distribu-
ton among the owners of dogs.
Col. Edward NJ. House, who since
last November has been in Paris as a
member of the American Peace Com
mission, will return to America in Sep