The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
FOREIGN.

observation In London.
France is sending note to Germany
demanding action in the war guilt
trials which the German government
has promised to conduct in the newly
created Supreme Court ut Leipzig
France is seeking evidence of good
faith that Germany viii fulfill her
promises.
Because she could not read, ANN
Sherbetjinn, young Armenian wom-
an, ut Ellis Island. has been ordered
deported back To Turkey, where she
may face death for her escape from
hnrem there To come TO the United
States to an unseen prospective bride
groom.
The French cabinet at n meeting in
Paris instructed Minister of Justice
L'Hopiteau to open proceedings against
the general federation of labor with n
view to the dissolution of the organ
iZation which has been supporting the
strike of the French railway men by
calling other strikes.
A fleet of twenty-five American mo
tor trucks is engaged in Transporting
merchandise within the city of Shang-
hal. 1t is the first public motor truck
service TO be established in China and
is conducted by the China Garage Com
pany of Shanghai, which started this
improved system of transportation
Gay Paree" is particularly gay
these days because the predictions OF
an invasion by American money kings
and queens is coming true. II is con
servatively estimated that American
wealth arriving in Paris daily amounts
| TO S2O,OOO.000 The Mauretania alone,
lust in, had list of millionaires aggre-
eating S5O,OOO,000.
The 100000 dance club opened in
Paris by Tom Morgan, the American
promoter. is nightly attracting a large
and brilliant crowd of Americans.
Even the most spoiled visitors express
amazement at the riot of expenditure
manifest in the luxurious fittings. All
dishes are of solid silver and cham
pagne is obligatory.
General Erhardt, commander of the
Baltic brigade which recently entered
Berlin, has fled the country after ad-
dressing his soldiers. He declared that
he was unwilling To surrender and did
not want to subject his brigade to
fighting If the government attempted
TO take him by force. He hoped 10 re-
Join his brigade if Fighting broke out
again in Germany.
The total cost of the world war in
lives has reached The appalling figure
of 35.3SO,OOO, according 10 final esti-
mates made by the Copenhagen Soci-
ETY. for the Study Of the Consequences
of the War made public These figures
were reached after an exhaustive study
| of the decrease in the birth rates of
| the countries involved, as well as in
crease in deaths from causes directly
attributed to the war. Actual military
deaths in killed totaled 9,S29,O0O, ac-
cording to the report. Each nation in
volved lost the equivalent of S.S per
cent of its population from all causes.
Each nations actual killed cqualed %
per cent of its population. Serbia was
the heaviest sufferer of all the bellig-
erents. She lost - per cent of her
total population, while her actual killed
equaled 14.S per cent.
GENERAL.
Senator Wadsworth's resolution pro-
posing to remove the New York state
barge canal from government opera
tion and control has been adopted by
the Senate.
The Hotel Enickerbocker in New
York soon will he converted into an
office building, it has been announced.
The value of the building and its CON
tents has been estimated ut Si,00O,O0o.
An ambition to die poor because "it
is a disgrace for IL man to die rich,
was expressed by Nathan Straus, -
year-old retired millionaire philan-
thropist ut New York.
The Rev. A. II. Hoare, Episcopal
missionary at Point Hope, Alaska. 10
miles north of Nome, was shot and
killed April ~ by james Mcclure, Is,
his assistant, according to advices re-
ceived at Seattle.
Mrs. Thomas Yosich of Cairo, ILL.,,
mother of four children, shot and killed
her stepfather, John Lilley, 53, be
couse, she asserted, he insisted on fore
/ ing MS ulltIlloiiS oh '''ie '"'iNh
| dered to the sheriff.
Chicago is to have the worlds great
est hotel, to cost $15,000,0O0 and cor
prise 1000 rooms. This will mean
hostelry larger than the combined
Pennsylvania and Commodore hotels o
| New York.
A few hours after he had cried bad
| mir n
| William G. Krauter, wealthy real es-
tate man, was shot and killed in his
home in Chicago. A clumsy effort to
make the crime appear one brought
about rs the result Of Il detected rob