The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-16

have been shipped to New York.
Lieut.. Gen. Karl Stenger, charged
by the French government with hav-
ing ordered troops under his command
to take no prisoners and kill wounded
men during the fighting of August,
1914, has been acquitted by the Ger
man Supreme Court at Leipsic, en-
gnged in the trial of cases against al
legged war criminals. Maj. Bruno
Crusius, tried on a similar charge,
was given a sentence of two years in
prison and forbidden to wear the Ger
man uniform.
GENERAL
John Collins is under arrest in Chi
cago because he is alleged TO have
stood by while Annie Holdt, 10 years
old, drowned in shallow water with
out offering assistance.
The celluloid collar has been ban
ished from the Chicago police force in
an edict by Chief Fitzmorris that de-
clared the Chicago police must be the
best dressed in the world. A we'll
dressed man does not wear celluloid
collar, the chief said.
Cancer is neither hereditary, infec-
tious, contagious nor communicable, ac-
cording to DIR. Frederick Bryant of
Worcester, Mass. He declared there is
no need for isolation of cancer pa
tients. He attributed the disease to
some form of chronic stimulative irri-
tation which could be prevented.
Proclaiming a strike against the
high price of ice cream sodas, more
than l 900 Bronx boys and girls pa
raded in New York with the hope of
bringing their favorite drink down to
the old-time nickel price. They
marched to the office of Borough
President Bruckner, who operates a
large soda water plant.
New York police have requested the
arrest on Il charge of forgery of Mrs.
Emma BurKett of Hillsdale, Ind, who
presented claim to the estate of the
late Theodore Roosevelt for S69,OOO on
IL note which, she DECLARED, the former
President endorsed. Mrs. Burkett has
admitted that she has no claim on the
estate. The complaint against Mrs.
Burkett was made by George f. Roose-
welt, an executor.
Pelham A. Barrows, national COM
mander of the Sons of Veterans, of
Lincoln, Neb., forwarded letter TO
President Harding asking that he or
der monument, reported to be in
Troy, Ala, which contains an inscrip-
ton honoring Wilkes Booth for the
| Of hro1 he, I
Mr.. Barrows stated that this was In
accordance with resolutions passed by
number of veterans posts.
George Johnson, 40, and Jerry Flan'
nagan, %, coal miners at Riverton,
seven miles northwest of Springfield,
Ill.,, were killed when they fell 200
feet down the shaft of the mine when
the scaffolding on which they were
working gave way.
Harry Woodard, good swimmer,
drowned, while Roy Rhodda, minus his
two cork legs, which became loosened
when boat occupied by five men over
turned in Ely lake, near Gilbert,
Mimi, swan 300 yards to shore. The
others in the boat also reached shore
safely. Rhodda told friends that two
of his companions utilized the floating
cork legs to aid them to reach the
shore.
w. III. Bailey is believed to have set
| worlds record at Louisville, KY.
whnn he leaped 300 feet into the Ohio
river from an airplane. The feat may
cost him his life. Bailey shot through
the air in beautiful dive until abou,
thirty feet from the water. He turned
slowly and struck on his back. De
spite the internal injuries, he was
swimming when boat reached him
Before leaping he asked that photo
graph be given to his mother IF
don't make it."
Five prisoners escaped from the
Essex county Jail at Newark, n. j., hui
| one of them was captured by the po
lice before he had been free an hour
The men, who were all imprisoned fol
minor offenses, secured their liberty by
prying n hole in the metal ceiling with
II silver spoon.
When blind pedestrians cross q
$; rect in New Orleans hereafter, they
will blow a police whistle to let traf
fic and the traffic policeman know
they are coming. The suggestion
+, made to Superintendent of Police Ma
louey has been adopted.