The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-09
FOREIGN

the attempt OF former Emperor
Charles to re-establIsh himself as king
OF Hungary is ended.
The Greeks have been defeated by
the Turks in the battle at Eski-Shehr,
headwaters OF Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
Turkish Nationalist leader.
Fifteen thousand were rendered
homeless I'm Manila In fire, the most
destructive i'm more than twenty years,
which destroyed 5000 homes in the
northern section of the city, a native
quarter known as the San Lazara dis
trict.
Measures are being taken by the
Russian soviet government to allow
foreign owners of manufactures in
Russia to exploit their properties un-
der regime similar to that estab-
lished for the mines, 1t was announced
in wireless message from Moscow
sent out by the soviet governments
service.
The volcano of Popocatepetl is in
action again. A message received at
Vera Cruz says thousands of inhabi-
tants of the surrounding area have
left. Columns of gas and sulphurous
smoke are shooting skyward to n
height of more than 5000 meters.
Streets in three nearby towns are COW
cred with hot lava.
France has lost approximately 81
of her population since the 1911 CEN
sus, according to the early returns of
the 1921 census. In a fourth of the
population area, including Paris and
eighteen departments, three depart
ments showed a total gain of 10000,
while fifteen departments lost G1I 600
Paris was found to be almost station
ary.
Prince Andreas of Greece, brother
of King Constantine, has died from
wounds received in fighting near
Brusa, says COnstantinople dis
patch, quoting Turkish announce
ment The Turks also assert that Gen
eral Vlachapoulos, who was in COM
mand of the Greek attack against the
Turkish Nationalists on the Brusa
front, has been killed in action.
Despite the new trade agreement be
tween Great Britain and soviet Russia,
the large portion of the extremely
small amount of goods entering Rus
sia through Esthonia continues to be
of American origin. One freighter in
Reval has just unloaded 100000 pairs
of American shoes and quantity of
leather for shipment into Russia, while
another American steamer similarly
laden has just arrived there.
GENERAL
Married in 1869, separated in 1874,
seeking divorce in 1921 is the tragic
record of John Mentzer's marriage to
Elizabeth f. Mentzer. The case came
up for trial in the Superior Court ut
Marion, Ind.
Emphatic denial was made at the
offices of the United States Steel Cor
poration in New York of published sto-
ries that wage reductions of 20 per
cent and cuts in prices of iron and
steel products were contemplated by
the company. No policy on these ques-
tions has been adopted, it was de-
clared.
Three hundred breweries are clam
oring for permits to brew medicinal"
beer under the recent ruling of the De
partment of Justice, according to Fed
eral Prohibition Commissioner Kramer.
zone or two breweries could manufac-
ture enough beer to meet the legiti-
mate medicinal needs of the entire
| United States" Kramer said.
A worlds record for speedy con-
struction is claimed for the tanker Ag-
wihavre, built for the Atlantic, Gulf &
West Indies Transportation Company
and launched at Philadelphia at the
Sun shipbuilding yard at Chester-on-
the-Delaware. The vessel, 12,94O dead
weight tons and 4S5 feet long between
perpendiculars, was built in ninety-sey-
en- working days, which the company
says is record for the size of the
ship.
Gen. J. ]. Pershing, in addressing a
mass meeting in New York, to arouse
public sentiment for betterment of hos
pital conditions for wounded soldiers,
declared existing organizations for the
care of wounded veterans have failed
in their purpose.
Coal operators of Springfield, Ill,
explained that a reduction of so cents
n ton in coal is made at this time to al
low plants and individual consumers TO
replenish their stock for next winter
and to aid in the movement of cars
now standing idle on railroad tracks.
Practically all operators reduced their
prices.
Erwin Bergdoll, wealthy Philadel-
phia draft dodger, must serve the re-
mainder of his four years in Leaven-
worth prison for evading the draft, ac-
cording to a decision handed down by