The Dolores star., 1920-08-13
FOREIGN

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returned to Warsaw.
Soviet Russia has followed up its
successes against Poland with II thrust
into southwestern Asia and its forces
already are threatening the Persian
capital of Teheran.
Count Salvctierr, former governor
of Barcelona. was seriously wounded
AT Valencia when an attempt was made
To assasSinate him. His sister-in-law
was killed and his wife badly hurt.
bomb was thrown at their carriage.
About fifty American women and
children have left Warsaw recently.
The only women remaining are wei
fare workers, who have been assured
of transportation should the capital he
directly menaced by the Bolshevists.
Great Britain has begun war prepar-
ations to intervene in behalf of Pol
and. Steps are being taken for the
mobilization of the British army on
war footing. The government is re-
ported to be considering the calling Of
volunteers for service in Poland.
Lower California is in a state of
blockade, the Mexican government
proclaimed Instructions We're for
warded to Iglesias Caldcron, Mexican
representative AT Washington, to ad-
wise the State Department that the
ports of Lower California were closed.
Fighting continues in the regions
disputed by Armenia and AZerhaid jan.
The ArmenianS have met with success
in Chaour from which they have
driven the soviet troops and occupied
the city of Gueroussi. Nouri Pasha,
brother of Enver Pasha, is trying to
fight the Armenians
The king received John II. Fahey.
former president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, accompanied
by A. b Dennis, American commercial
attache at Rome, in an audience at the
Quirinal palnce The informal conver
sation. lasting half hour, had the as
pect @f talk any business man in
Italy would have with two American
business men.
An agreement for final disposition
of Valona has been signed by Italian
and Albanian representatives ut Dur
azzo. Under its terms Italy renounces
claims TO Cape Linguetta and Cape
Thcforti, which command the ap-
proacheS to Nalona by sea and on
which the Italians had intended to
build forts. but retains the Island of
Sasseno, which commands the ap.
proach to NalOna from the northwest
Grave statements concerning Italy's
food position were made in The cham
Der by SignOr SoIeri. the food com
missioner. The harvest was disap-
pointing, he reported. and despite re-
QUESTIONING there would be only
twelve instead of the 100000 quin-
tails of wheat it had been hoped to OBJ
tain. To meet the needs of the popu-
lation, the commissioner explained,
Italy would be required to purchase
broad about 3O,O00,OOO quintals.
GENERAL
After shooting and killing his father
at Fairview, y. j., in defense of his
mother, Louis +. Gross, Jr., u years
old teIeph9Sed to the police and await
ed arrest.
A national convention of pOstmasters
will be held in Cincinnati Sept. Sill,
according TO announcement of Post
master Colin NJ. Selph. president of the
National Association of Postmasters.
The national gathering will supplant
,In ,,.t.
said
Alexander Jaunuiksa, said to be an
international anarchist, sought by the
allied governments for five years, was
arrested at Chicago, and with him was
taken documentary evidence said by
police to show he was the head of an
underground" system of communica-
tion between radicals of this country
and abroad.
John W. Davis, American ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, will sail for the
United States on the steamship OIym-
pic. Aug 1S. 1t is officially announced
he will be away for three months.
The Kentucky state wool pool, in
Guiding more than 100000 pounds
from many countries in the state, will
be stored in warehouses here until the
market breaks favOrably for the grow.
erS.
Sensation followed sensation in the
unprecedented career of Charles Ponzi
of Boston, variously known as the 80
per cent interest king" and the post
age stamp king of Pie alley" who
claims to have made S12,0OO,0OO in a
few months by manipulation of for
eign exchange. The United States gov
ernment is investigating the finance
wizards accounts.
CASTOR Chevrolet set a new worlds
record for 100 miles over a dirt track
at Columbus, Ohio, when he covered
the century without stop In SO min
utes and % seconds. He drove the
same FrOntenac car with which he
won the $4,000 Indianapolis Decora-
tion day rce. The former record of 81
minutes AMI 30 seconds was set by