, 1920-08-12

ioieS ana the OlSnevlStS nave Deen
broken off and Polish delegates have
returned to Warsaw.
Soviet Russia has followed up its
successes against Poland with a thrust
into southwestern Asia and its forces
already are threatening the Persian
capital of Teheran.
Count SaIvetierr, former governor
Of Barcelona, was seriously wounded
at Valencia when an attempt was made
to assassinate him. His sister-in-law
vas killed and his wife badly hurt. A
bomb was thrown Mt their carriage.
About fifty American women and
children have left Warsaw recently.
The only women remaining are well
a workers, who have been assured
of transportation should the capital be
directly menaced by the Bolshevists.
Great Britain has begun war prepar-
atoms to intervene in behalf of Pol
and. Steps are being taken for the
war footing. The government is re-
ported to be considering the calling of
volunteers for service in Poland.
Lower California is in a state of
blockade, the Mexican government
proclaimed. Instructions were for
warded to Iglesias Calderon, Mexican
representative at Washington, to ad-
ports of Lower California were closed.
Fighting continues in the regions
disputed by Armenia and A~zerbaidjan.
The Armenians have met with success
in Chaour from which they have
driven the soviet troops and occupied
the city of Gueroussi. Nouri Pasha,
brother of Enver Pasha, is trying to
gather bands in the Chaous region to
fight the Armenians.
The king received John Fl. Fahey,
former president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, accompanied
by A. b. Dennis, American commercial
attache at Rome, in an audience at the
Quirinal palace. The informal CONVEX
sation, lasting half hour, had the as
pect of a talk any business mar in
Italy would hav with two American
business men.
An agreement for final disposition
of Valona has been signed by Italian
and Albanian representatives at Dur.
azzo. Under its terms Italy %renounces
claims to Cape Linguetta and Cape
ThefOrti, which command the APP
proaches to yalona by sea n on
which the Italians had intended to
build forts, but retains the Island of
Sasseno, which commands the ap-
proach to Yalona from the northwest.
Grave statements concerning italy's
food position were made in The cham
Der by Signor Soleri, the food com
missioner. The harvest was disap-
pointing, he reported, and despite re-
Questioning there would be only
twelve instead of the 40, OOO, 900 quin-
tails of wheat it had been hoped to OBJ
tain. To meet the needs of the popu-
lation, the commissioner explained,
Italy would be required t o purchase
broad about 3O,OOO.OOO quintals.
GENERAL
After shooting and killing his father
at Fairview, N. j., in defense of his
mother, Louis f. Gross. Jr., 81 years
old, telephoned to the police and await.
ed arrest.
A national convention of postmasters
will be held in Cincinnati Sept. Sill,
according to announcement of Post
master Colin NJ. Selph. president of the
National Association of P~ostmasters.
The national gathering will supplant
the %tri-state conventions this year, he
said.
Alexander Jaunuiksa, said to be an
international anarchist, sought by the
allied governments for five years, was
arrested at Chicago, and with him was
taken documentary evidence said by
police to show he was the head of an
underground system of communlca-
ton between radicals of this country
and abroad.
John w. Davis, American ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, will sail for the
United States on the steamship Olym-
pic, Aug. IS. 1t is officially announced
he will be away for three months.
The Kentucky state wool pool, in
Guiding more than 100000 pounds
from many countries In the state, will
be stored in warehouses here until the
market breaks favorably for the grow
ers.
Sensation followed sensation in the
unprecedented career of Charles Ponzi
of Boston, variously known as the 80
per cent interest king and the post
age stamp king of Pie alley who
claims to have made $12,OO0,O00 in a
few months by manipulation of for
eign exchange. The United States gov,
ernment is investigating the finance
wizards accounts.
CASTOR Chevrolet set n new worlds
record for 100 miles over a dirt track
ut Columbus, Ohio. when he covered
the century without n stop in 80 min
utes and % seconds. He drove the
same Frontenac car with which he