The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-13
FOREIGN

n. b, swept by forest flres, helu nlott
n metal sign bearing this ironlc in
junction: "Cltlzens, protect your for
ests from fire"
The royal yacht squadron is giving
n special prize TO the first American
six-meter yacht to finish in the first
British-American cup race at Cowes
regatta. The town of Cowes will give
a cup for the first American yacht H
the second cup race.
The Bulgarian government has
drawn up a plan for the demobiliza-
tion of the army and the recruiting of
a volunteer force. II Is inclined TO be-
lieve, however, that II will be impossi-
bic to enlist the minimum of 1900
volunteers by Oct l, as demanded by
the allies.
In collision between a passenger
and freight train near Nikolsk, six
teen persons were killed and eighteen
injured, among them few japanese.
The collision was said to have been
caused by bands of partisans who have
been engaged in sporadic hostillties in
that part of Russia.
The allies have warned Greece that
an advance on Constantinople by her
troops will not be tolerated, it was au-
thoritatively stated today. No ground
exists, however. it is added, for bellev-
ing Greece contemplates such advance,
which would bring her into conflict
with the allied army of occupation.
GENERAL
Three men were killed and several
seriously injured when a drying ma
chine burst i'm the plant of the Stand
ard SILK Dyeing Company at Patterson,
n. ].
Joseph Peters paid a fine of $50
after conviction in municipal court at
Detroit for stealing 10 cents from Il
newsboy. When arrested, police tes-
titled, Peters had 800 in his pockets
Earl Welch, 20, died at Columbus,
Ohio, of a fractured skull sustained
when knocked to the floor in box
ing match with Harold Myers, who is
held by the police. Both are of Column
bus, and were engaged in a friendly
bout.
Official announcement of the APP
pointment of Bishop NJ. ]. Curley of
st. Augustine, Fla, as archbishop of
Baltimore, succeeding the late Arch
bishop Cardinal Gibbons, has been re-
ceived by Catholic officials at Wash
ington.
The fact that people are not eating
so much candy now as they did during
the war was one of the reasons as
cribed for the failure of the Boston
Confectionery Company, which filed
petition in bankruptcy at Boston, with
liabilities of more than SS00000. The
companys assets were listed as $780,
S65.
Where the new Pacific highway
crosses the Canadian border at Blaine,
Wash, a gateway is being erected to
commemorate 100 years without forti-
fications or armies along the 5000
miles of international boundary. In
scribed over the doorways are the
legends, "Open for 100 Years" and
MAY These Doors Never Be Closed"
Three Colorado young men are
among the POS candidates for appoint
ment as second lieutenants in the
army who qualified as a result of last
April's examination, 1t was announced
by the war department. Those com
mssioned from Colorado are: Harry
Meyer, Denver, engineer corps; John
Harry, Boulder, in field artillery, and
Creswell G. Blakeney, Denver, in field
artillery.
Walter Bunton, a 27-year-old metal
worker in the employ of the New York
Blower Company ut LapOrte, Ind,
modestly admits that he is about to
become n millionaire and that he eX-
poets eventually to join the multimil-
lionaire ranks Bunton has invented
Il process for hardening copper for
which he declares the United States
Steel Corporation is to pay him ST.,
100000 and a royalty of > cents
pound as long as the patent exists.
Drinkers of Notwithstanding lquOr in
| Wisconsin must stand far enough away
from the bar to be unable to place their
foot on the rail or to set their glasses
on the counter in order to keep from
violating the law, according to an opin-
ion of J. Il. Messerschmidt, assistant
attorney general.
| Lyle a. Turner, official of Des
Moines, Iowa, rug company, was ar
rested after he had tried to sell a rug
valued at $1,000 for $50 He is said
to have admitted to the police that he
shipped several rugs from the stock
of the company by which he is EN-
ployed to himself at Chicago, and
planned to sell them to help finance
a vacation.
A 6year-old child gathered flowers
in Il neighbors yard in Chicago, and,
carrying the blossoms back to her own
yard tried to plant them. As the re-
suit of n dispute over the punishment