The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-01
FOREIGN.

Canada.
A huge wave swept over wharf at
Champerico, Guatemala, killing six per
sons and destroying more than 1000
bags of coffee, ready for shipment TO
San Francisco, Calf, and many bales
OF merchandise.
Junius Brill, an American who has
been interned in Austria with Bella
| Kun, former Hungarian dictator, and
Bella Kun's associates, has been re-
leased and given a safe conduct 10
the United States.
An American securities firm has be-
gun negotiations to acquire 100000
| acres of wood pulp forests in south
| ern Laborador to supply wood pulp
to news-print manufacturing concerns
in England, it has been announced In
Ottawa.
Scores of persons were killed and
25,00O acres of valuable timberiand de-
stroyed by forest fires in the KamG
| district, Hiroshime prefecture, accord
ing to cable from Toxic, received at
Honolulu by Hippu Jill, a Japanese
| language newspaper.
/ DldThS are IuNOlNtu III
| the German governments purchase of
the Federated States railways, which
| has been approved by the national as
sembly The annual interest incurred
in the nations huge investment is es-
timated at 14,0000O0 marks.
The Prussian government has adopt
| ed the draft of II bill to abolish the
privileges of the nobility, according to
IA report at Berlin. The abolition of
the rights to titles, such as royal
highness" and 'illustrious'' is included
in the provisions of the measure.
| Five warships will be added to the
Chilean navy as a result of negotia-
| tions between the Chilean and British
governments. Chile has decided to ac-
cept the offer by Great Britain of one
dreadnought, three torpedo boat de-
stroyers of 1,S00 tons each and trans
port.
fresh strike has begun in Milan
and extended throughout that prov
ince. 1t is reported $50 doctors, 30
secretaries, 1000 embalmers, $50 mid
wives, so veterinarians and 5000 work
ers in other lines have struck. Funer-
ais cannot be held until the trouble is
settled.
The War Graves Commission of
England has decided on uniformity of
headstones for graves of men and
women who were killed or who died
i in the war. A plain design has been
selected, recording the name, regiment
and rank, symbol of religious faith and
the inscription which Kipling chose
Their name liveth for evermore,"
with room for an Inscription limited
to sixty-six words. This principle of
equality, whether for field marshal or
camp follower, has approval of the
government.
GENERAL.
The New York Assembly adopted
the Fowler bill, designed to repeal the
daylight saving law. The vote was rs
to 5S. The bill, which has already
passed the Senate, now goes to the
governor.
Initial gifts of $25O,OOO by John d.
| Rockefeller, Jr., and 100000 by the
Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial
| to the Interchurch World Movement
campaign have been announced in
| New York.
| A months boycott of candy, soda
water and pastry has been advocated
| by Edwin J. OMalley, city commits
sioner of public markets in New York,
to relieve the sugar shortage and bring
down the prices.
Zorcastre Myver, detective, accom-
panied by city policeman of New
Orleans, lay in wait for a suspected
robber The intruder soon appeared,
was seized and then he was found to
be the detectives son. Pleas for mercy
were unavailing and the son was taken
to the Jail by his father
| Jacob o. Bentall, former Socialist
candidate for governor of Minnesota,
convicted on his retrial of violation of
| the espionage act, was sentenced to
| two years in the federal prison at
! Leavenworth, Kan, by Judge Parke
Morris in the United States District
Court at Minneapolis.
The Supreme Court has set aside
the Oklahoma Supreme Court DEGREES
denying judgments to sixty-seven Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Indian citizens in
that state who sought refund of
$4,000 collected by Love county Off
clals as taxes on land allotted them
under treaty. They claimed the
lands were exempt from taxation un-
der the treaty.
Capt. ]. Allan Brookes of the Royal
Flying Corps of London, England. has
announced the completion of the
$4,000, 900 United Airways Corporation
at London, at the Old Colony Club at
Cincinnati. Captain Brookes stated