The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1920-12-25
FOREIGN


land of zap.
Italian government forces have es-
tablished close blockade of Fiume by
land and sea.
A serious labor riot occurred recent
ly In Pctrograd in which many persons
were killed or injured. The riot was
crushed and 105 laborers were ex-
ecuted.
The number of persons dead and in
jured in Argentine's earthquake dlsas-
ter Is now estimated Mt more than 400.
This figure is based on reports from
relief parties in the affected zone.
First reports from the general cleo
tons held in Spain indicate a govern
ment victory. Unofficial estimates
are that the majority for the Monarch
list parties will be u large one.
The Irish home rule bill, as slightly
modified by the House of Lords, has
been adopted by the House of Com
mons in London. The measure now
needs only the royal signature to be-
come a law.
Japan's population, as revealed by
the census recently completed, is more
than million under the estimate. The
total number of persons in the empire
is 77,005,000, of which 55,960,0O0 are
in Japan and 1924, 900 in Korea.
Charges of murder have been filed
in court at Manila by the city
prosecutor against seventy-seven Phil
ippine constabulary soldiers as result
of the rioting in which four Americans
and seven Filipinos were killed.
Correspondence which has been GO
ing on between Premier Lloyd George
and Father Michael OFlanagan, "vice
president of the Irish republic" in an
effort to bring about a truce between
England and the Sim Fem organiza-
tons, apparently has been ended.
Payment by Germany of 100,000000,-
900 marks in gold remains the basis
upon which experts and delegates to
the second financial conference, in SEES
sion at Brussels, are working. This
amount, although far below what was
authorized by the treaty of Versailles,
is considered by them collectable only
on condition that Germany is helped
along the lines suggested by the Ger
man delegates.
GENERAL
Four men are known to be dead as
a result of an explosion in No. 2 pack
ing mill of the DUPONT Powder Works
at Moosic, seven miles from Ccranton,
Pa.
Carrying $14,OOO,OOO less than was
appropriated for this year, the annual
pension bill was reported out by the
House appropriations committee. The
total of the bill is $265, 100000.
Robbers stole from $4,000 to $4,000
in overflow" deposits from the Indi-
The deposits had been placed in the
book vault, which was rifled. The
robbers entered through skylight.
Twenty-Five individual plumbers and
twenty-seven plumbing firms, members
of the Master Plumbers Association,
were charged in blanket indictment
reported to Justice McAvoy in New
York with violation of the antitrust
law.
The second degree murder trial of
William III. McGannOn, chief justice of
the Municipal Court in Cleve-
land, Ohio, charged with STAY
ing Harold S. Kagy last May, was fea-
tured by the testimony of Miss May e.
Nelly, who swore that the judge Of
fered her $500 to keep her mouth
shut" about the shooting.
Criminal carelessness upon the part
of Capt. George II. Hart, master Of
the United States steam launch Mar
garet, that sank in the Ohio river,
was responsible for the tragedy, ac-
cording TO the verdict returned by the
coroner's jury, following the recovery
of the body of one of the eleven vic
TINS Captain Hart, his daughter and
the Iatter's husband were drowned,
having been trapped with three others
in the upper cabin.
The entire plant and apparatus of
the Stegmaier Brewing Company, the
largest in Luzerne county, Pennsylva-
mia, were seized by the United States
government for alleged violation Of the
volstead prohibition act. 1t was the
first brewery taken over by the rev.
enue authorities in the state of Penn
sylvania.
For an indefinite period, employees
of the Newbern Iron Works and Sup
ply Company, one of the largest plants
of its kind in Eastern North Carolina,
are to receive all profits made by the
concern above cost of operation. This
agreement was reached between the
and the management follow
ing disagreement over 20 per cent
in wages.
Twenty-nine cut stone contractors