The Colorado statesman., 1920-06-19
FOREIGN

The forces of General Wrangcl, anti
Bolshcvist leader, on the Crimean
front, are moving northward from the
Crimen and Sea of Azov, in three col
umns.
The Polish army has evacuated Kiev
owing to tie continued menacing adj
vance of the Bolshevist army which
threatened to cut off the Polish line Of
retreat
An unsuccessful attempt was made
To asSasSinatc Premier IIara of Japan,
according 10 Toxic cable advices re
cevcd by Nlppu jill at Honolulu. The
asSallant. who is reported TO be Jap
anese fanatic, was arrested, the dis
patch adds.
Eight oil tankcrs belonging to Il Ger
man subsidiary Of the Standard Oil
Company have been allotted To the
United States for the transport of pc
troll and oil 10 Europe, according to an
official communication issued mt Paris
by the reparution commission.
Cantonese women are planning to
establish Il match factory at Canton,
China, and have issued prospectus in
an effort to obtain SGO0O0O for the
purpose. The women themselves in
tend that the factory shall he owned
and managed entirely by them.
A severe earthquake shock occurred
throughout Formosa, Japan, according
/ 10 adylceS received at Toxic. The cen
ter Of the disturbance was near Nwn-
| len, on the eastern coast. There were
some casualties ana damage to build
| ings.
! Preparations are being made both by
the government and the municipality
to receive in few days several hun
drrd delegates from the whole worli
who will meet M Genoa fer the inter
national seameu's labor conferences.
The American delegates will be pres
ent only as observers.
Soviet Russia does not recognize its
| liability for debts contracted by Russia
up to November. 1917. and il compelled
to meet them viii have various offsets,
| SAYS the London Times, in reporting
conversations between British minis
ters and Gregory Krassn, Bolshevist
minister for trade and commerce.
An attempt to assassinate Arturo
Alessandri, presidential candidate of
the liberal alliance, occurred ut Sant-
ago, Chile. Three shots We're fired at
him but he was uniniured. He was
speaking from the balcony Of his house
when the shots were fired. His son,
rushing at the assailant, disturbed the
would-be aSSassin's aim.
GENERAL
Three national political conventions
will be held in Chicago the week of
July 10 The Single Tax party, through
Robert c. Macauley of Pennsylvania,
has issued IL call for its convention.
The committee of Forty-eight and Ma
tional Labor party have already issued
their calls.
Jewels valued at $4,000 which Mrs.
| Arthur Whitney reported stolen While
en- route home from the Republican
| convention ut Chicago, We're recovered,
she announced on her arrival ut Nor
ristOwn, " j. Mrs. Whitney said a
passenger on the train found the jew
els wrapped in Il towel.
Two men were blown TO atoms and
| ii llllId bti'liN lllJhi'h Nli'h tiSbt
pounds of dynamite exploded on board
their boat at Middle River, Fla. The
dead are Ed Shackelford of Fort Lau-
derdale and +. 5. Roberts of Colahat-
chee Fla. The party had been dyna-
hitting fish.
Terms of sale of the former German
passenger liner I.eviathan, bids on
which will be opened June 30, have
been announced by the shipping board.
Eacn bid must be accompanied by a
certified check for 100000 and the
purchaser will be required to pay ~
per cent of his bid in cash and the re-
mainder in installments extending over
ten years.
The plant of the nIanitowOc Ship
building Company WAS sold to g. Q.
West for $4,000. The 1lant original.
ly cost about 81 100000. Mr.. West will
rcorganiZe the concern and continue
operations at Munitowoc, Wis.
Election of officers, approval of con
ditions of Il gift of S2,OOO,OOO to the
Lutheran synod for the care of in
capacitated pastors and teachers and
plans for reorganiZed synodical finan-
ces wound up the convention of the
Lutheran Laymen's League at Detroit.
The league also approved proposal
to raise an additional S1,000,O0O this
year. Theodore III. Lamprecht of New
York was elected president.
With the city councils 1920 budget
already overappropriated by S4,oO0,-
0OG, new wage schedules of members
of union crafts employed by the city
have been presented 10 the finance
committee of Chicago. Increases asked
average 20 per cent above the present