The Colorado statesman., 1920-10-23
FOREIGN

ent Socialists has begun direct action
in Halle, Germany, by selling the Of
flee of the Independent party's news
paper, says a dispatch from Frank
fort.
The council OF ambassadors has de-
cided to make representations to the
Belgrade government demanding imme-
date withdrawal of the Jugo-Slnv
troops which had entered the Klaken-
furt pleblscite zone.
The drys have lost their first battle
in the prohibition fight in the federal
district in Mexico. The saloons were
open Sunday, though the government
had made an effort to have them all
closed.
The London-Paris air mail has won
final approval OF the banking world.
Proving that 1t is no longer consid-
cred an experiment" bankers and
jewelers. are using it heavily for trans
port of currency and Jewels between
the two capitals.
Luis A. Santnnder. consul for Chile
in the state of Washington, and assist
ant professor OF Spanish at the uni
versity of Washington, died at Seattle
after n few hours illness. Mr.. San
tander was formerly secretary of the
Chilean legation at Buenos Aires.
Germany fulfilled the terms of the
Spa coal agreement for August and
September by delivering to the allies
1,936,s65 tons of coal, the reparations
commission announced. OF this, France
received lat ,629 tons, the remainder
going to Italy, Belgium and Luxem-
burg.
As result of the census taken
Oct /, the figures of which have not
beea announced, the japanese govern
ment has begun sending circulars
throughout the country, asking physi-
clans, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists,
tailors, blacksmiths and other persons
whether they would be willing to
serve in the army in case of war.
GENERAL
Robbers stole 100000 worth of dia-
monds and refined gold from the
Stretcher Manufacturing Company,
after blowing open two large safes at
Newark, n. ].
A farm survey to eradicate the COM
mon barberry as defensive measure
against wheat rust has been started
by the Department of Agriculture in
portions of thirteen states in the West
and Middle West.
Joseph Taplin, 65 years old, of
Dutchess Junction, N. Y, is in hos
pital at Poughkeepsie, suffering from
broken spine, the result of falling
from a tree. He lay five days until
found by hunters.
Tugging at the end of rope, Rover,
pet dog of John Shelton, 7-year-old
deaf boy, of Springfield, ILL.,, urged his
master upon the tracks of the Chica-
go & Alton railroad. A moment later
both We're dead, caught by an express
train.
Dragged over fifty feet along the
rails on the Mississippi river bridge
at Dubuque, Iowa, Elvin knight, aged
sixteen, of Cool Rapids, Iowa, died
half an hour later. Knight, who was
on his way to enlist in the navy at
Chicago, had fallen from the blind
baggage of Burlington train.
SIugged unconscious by burglars
who ransacked and then set fire to
his palatial home at Des Moines, Iowa,
DIR. Wilton Mccarthy, prominent sur
geon, aroused from his stupor by tho
crackle of flames, escaped by jump
ing from the second story of the blaz-
ing residence.
DR.. Duncan MncDougall, fifty-four,
a surgeon known particularly for his
in 1.-The weighing of the
soul" is dead at Haverhill, Mass.
delicate weighting devices, he
calculated the weight of the human
soul at between six and eight ounces
He was a contributor of poetry to
various magazines.
Sale of the S,541 deadweight ton
steamer Westmead to the Standard
Steamship Company of New York for
81 AZ, ,467 has been announced at the
Shipping Board.
The Philadelphia & Reading railway
has announced reduction of its work
ing force approximately 1000 men and
that all employees have been put on an
basis.
Production of bituminous coal went
above the 12,OOO,OOO-ton mark for the
first time since Jan. II, during the
week ended Oct. o. The total output
is estimated by the geological survey
at 12,075,000 net tons. This was an
increase of 224,000 tons over the week
of Sept. 20 and 706,000,000 tons or 60
per cent over the week of Oct. 2.
Asking the custody of his dead child,
w. n. Warner of Lyon county, Iowa,
has instituted divorce proceedings
against Mrs. Ollie Warner, who re-
sides in Mount Vernon, Ill. Papers In
the complaint show the child is buried
in Hamilton county, Illinois. The father,