The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-06


in Brooklyn several months after he
fled to Italy, was convicted of murder.
He was sentenced TO twenty-seven
years, four months and three days by
the court in Bologna, Italy.
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik min
lister of war, who is directing the re-
grouping of the Red troops in the
south, has visited points along the
Dnelper front. 1t was he who or
dered the concentrated effort which
resulted in the evacuation of Alexan-
drOvsk by the forces of General
Wrangel.
Canadian highways aggregate 35,00O
miles. according to figures presented
by government report, and the land
appropriated for their construction and
improvement is valued at $750,000,000.
For every mile the public travels on
railways, 1t is estimated, 1t travels two
miles on highways. Canada has ex-
pended $20,000,000 on highways in the
last five years.
The Mexican government has sue
ceeded in effecting a settlement with
the British government of the claims
for the murder of William S. Benton,
a British subject, who was murdered
Feb. II, 1914, by Francisco Villa or
his agents, near Juarez. The settle
ment consists of the payment of S1O,'
600 cash to Benton's widow, ii Mexican
woman, and daily stipend of $3.50
as long as she remains widow.
A serious mutiny occurred in Mos
cow a few days ago, according 10
travellers who have arrived in Riga,
Letvia, says the Politiken. The trouble
commenced, the travellers report, among
Bolshevist soldiers in the suburb of
Khodynka, who refused to proceed to
the front unless supplied with new
equipment. Civilians sided with the
troops and there was considerable dis
order in the barracks and adjoining
streets.
Within two years after the armi-
stice, France has practically remade
the vast area of her agricultural soil
which was pitted and Scared beyond
usefulness by the ravages of war. Fig
ures received by the French commits
sion in New York show that out of
100000 acres which were rendered
unfit for cultivation by the effects of
battle from 1914 to 1918, only 2SO,OOO
acres will not be incondition to per-
nit of sowing next spring.
GENERAL
Cocoa and chocolate wholesale prices
dropped to cents a pound recently,
following the downward trend of cof-
fee and tea, local manufacturers an
nounced at Montreal.
Isaac E. Ferguson, Chicago lawyer,
and Charles E. RuthenberS of Cleve-
land, were convicted of criminal anar-
chy by a jury in Supreme Court OF New
York Justice Weeks Immediately SEN
fenced them to states prison for terms
of from five to ten years each.
The accident in the engine room OF
tbe French line steamer France, re-
sulting in the death of ten of her
crew soon after the vessel left Havre,
Oct 26, was caused by the bursting
of an eight-inch high pressure steam
nine. officers of the ship said on her
arrival at New York
Convicted in Federal Court on
charges of profiteering in sugar ana
dealing in it without license, Luther
Ellison of Jonesboro, Ark, was SEN
fenced to two years at Fort LeaVen-
worth and fined $4,000.
The World Film Corporation must
nav Kitty Gordon $1,531 for injuries
received in making a war film, ac-
cording to a decision by the Appellate
division of the Supreme Court OF New
York. Miss Gordon was the heroine
in the defendants pictures when
showed n battle in mo Mans Land"
Her leg leg and arm were burned by
bombs exploded to make the scene
realistic during her rescue of fallen
man.
An unusual case was disclosed at
La Crosse, Wis, by Deputy State FIRE
Marshal l.. NJ. Shearer, who announced
Mrs Helen Biesen of Brinkmanridge
had told him she had kept John G'
Refer. n farmland, concealed Tor 1our
months in a closet at her home. his
presence was discovered by her nus
hand. Nicholas Biesen, who was found
dead, the top of his head blown OH
by a shotgun, Aug. 26. She said
Beier had told her he killed her nus
band, according TO Shearer.
Eleven retail coal dealers and two
mine operators were indicted by the
federal grand jury at Birmingham
Ala. on charges of violating the Lever
act The indictments followed pro-
tests from many sections of the state
against present prices of coal.
Charged with smuggling a diamond
ring and a pearl necklace valued at
s1O,5OO in the United States, victor
yivaudou, millionaire perfume manu-
focturer, pleaded guilty in the Fed