The Colorado statesman., 1921-06-25
FOREIGN

don's whereabouts Is unknown.
Sixty-eight men were killed and
seventy.three others injured through
destroyed the greater part OF the Mont
Cents mine, near Herne. Westphalin.
Three hundred men were in the mine
when the disaster occurred.
Only one-third of the Filipino child
rem of school age are enrolled In pub
lie schools. according to the report OF
Luther B. Bewley. director Of the Bu-
renu of Education. although popular
education has made great strides since
American occupation, II still has
long wny to go before reaching all
children" the report says.
The Near East issue between Greece
and Nationalist Turkey must be set
tied on the field OF battle and not In
the peace chamber, according to a
Smyrna telegram received in London,
quoting DIR. Stratos, an official OF the
Greek government. DR.. Stratos has
Just arrived at Smyrna, at the head OF
Greek parliamentary committee
which is going to the front.
Great Britain and France, sitting as
jury. have failed again to determine
Germany's fate. The conferences be-
tween Lord Curzon and Premier Bri-
and In Paris came to an end with the
Upper SIlesinn situation and the Rhine
customs barrier unchanged. Lord Cur
zon argues strongly for dlssolving the
customs barrier, declaring Germany
has shown her good faith by making
the first reparations payment. Good
faith" retorted BRAND contemptuous-
ly, hasn't paid us franc yet"
Sulgrave manor, ancestral home OF
the Washingtons, was rededicated at
Sulgrave, NorthamptOnshire, with
elaborate ceremonies after its restOra-
ton, at a cost of $4,000, to the state
In which it existed three centuries
ago. The marquis of Cambridge, broth
er of Queen Mary, gave the principal
address. He asserted the fundamental
solidarity of the peoples of the EN-
plre and the republic and declaring
the days event good augury for the
future. The exercises were arranged
by the Sulgrave institution, organized
to foster friendship between Great
Britain and the United States.
GENERAL
Nelson Kelly, aviator, of Chicago, re-
tains possession of his airplane, but
he was forced to summon the police
to do it. He made forced landing on
the land of an Evanston farmer, who
laid claim to the plane as gift from
the heavens"
One of Uncle Sans submarine
chasers which helped fight enemy craft
during the war, Is to be used in re-
moving brook trout from Lake Su-
perior and transporting them to va
rious points along the Lake Michigan
coast for breeding purposes.
Use of dynamite halted a fire at
Camp Merritt near Hackensack, n. j..
which destroyed 200 empty barracks
and threatened residences nearby. The
fire was the third at Camp Merritt
within the last few months. Original
ly used as a debarkation base for over
seas troops, the camp was abandoned
several months ago and the barracks
sold to Chicago contracting firm.
Police believe all three of the fires
were of incendiary origin.
The Pullman Company lost its open
shop fight before the United States
Railroad Labor Board in Chicago
when the board upheld the contention
of union labor that the company had
not obeyed "the letter and spirit" of
the transportation act when 1t con-
ferred with its employees in mass meet
ings. The board threw out the COM
pany's petition for cut in the wages
of its shop employees and instructed it
to 20 back and meet the duly elected
representatives" of the employees.
Seven fIremen were killed and fif-
teen were injured in collision be-
tween fire apparatus and Jersey
Central railroad train at Perth Amboy,
New Jersey. The accident occurred
at the Market street crossing. The
fire apparatus had reached the center
of the track when the train struck.
The fifteen injured were taken to
hospital.
John Falls, Frankfort, KY, grocer,
who shot six persons while resisting
arrest for interfering in an alteration
between a policeman and Falls son,
escaped during the night from the
combination grocery store and dwell
ing where 1t was believed he had bar
ricaded himself Falls apparently left
the building before the officers had an
opportunity to surround it.
Two submarines flying the Irish re-
publican flag maintain an undersea
passenger service between this country
and Ireland for officials and agents OF
the Irish republic, according to Capt.
b. J. Stanley wounded veteran of the
c,t- YArl.