The Colorado statesman., 1922-04-15
FOREIGN


9-year-old child was killed recent
ly in the New Lodge road, near Bel
fast A swarm of children were play
ing In the street when rifle shot rang
out and the child fell dead. There Is
no clue to the assassin.
The University of Pennsylvania's
quartet of diminutive mile runners fin
ished second to the Cambridge rea n in
the three-cornered relay race between
oxford, Cambridge and Pennsylvania
in England's first relay carnival mt the
IQueen's Club in London.
"If the Genoa economic conference
fails despair will creep over the entire
world" declared Premier Lloyd George
in his keynote speech opening this
great international conclave. The Brit
ish statesman deplored the absence of
the United States.
An expenditure of approximately
S35, 100000 for construction of port
works and auxiliary railways in Chile
is authorized in a bill that has just
been passed by the national congress
at Santiago. Bids will be asked for in
Chile and abroad, first for the Valpar-
also project, and later for the other
ports.
A report to the United States en-
bassy at Toxic of an outburst OF anti
American feeling in the Yoshiwain dis
trict by mob has been made, accord
ing to the Japanese Advertiser, which
says that three Americans were in
suited and roughly handled because of
refusal to pay triple auto fare. The
Americans were held four hours by the
police
The city corporation of Cork, Ire
land, has decided by vote of IS to
13 to grant Henry Ford the site of his
tractor factory at Cork in fee simple
When the corporation recently issued
Il threat of eviction, Mr.. Ford sent a
cable message to the effect that un.
less he was granted the lands in fee
simple he would move the factory else.
where.
Exhaustion of the Mexican oil
fields is matter connected with the
very remote future and present con
tcmplated developments are such as to
guarantee large, continuous production
for long time said Edward l.. Do
heny, president of the Mexican Petrol
cum Company, prior to his departure
from Mexico City for the United
States.
Admission of Russian and German
representatives to the principal COM
mittee of the economic conference at
Genoa was strongly opposed by both
French and Belgian Representatives.
Premier Lloyd George, together with
Premier Facta and Foreign Minister
SchanZer of Italy interveneG, however,
ard their concliatory attitude finally
resulted in the admittance of both the
Russians and the Germans.
GENERAL
William j. Bryan, in statement
given out at Miami, Fla, announced
his definite decision not to become a
candidate for the United States Sen
ate from Florida.
The Chicago & Northwestern Con
tlnental Limited" from the Pacific
coast to Chicago, was derailed near
Watkins, Iowa, recently, and four or
five passengers We're injured
Suit for damages, based on alleged
trespass of an eighth of an inch along
a distance of fourteen feet in the con-
Struction of house, was smOothed out
in Judge Deasy's court at San Fran
cisco. The defendant agreed to shave
off the offending fraction of an inch
and the litigants left court.
With the body of Lieut. Col Paul
Ward Beck on its way to Washington,
the Staying of the pioneer army avia-
tor was a closed chapter Mt Oklahoma
City. Unless further evidence is pro-
duced, Prosecuting Attorney Forrest
Hughes announced there would be no
action taken against Judge Jean p
Day, in whose home Beck was slain.
A fire partially destroyed the Fidel-
ity Storage and Warehouse Company's
building in Philadelphia. Eighty fire
men We're overcome by smoke in fight
ing the fire. The loss is estimated at
over 100000.
A vigorous man hunt is under way in
the hills of Marine county, California,
following the daring escape of four
prisoners from the state prison Mt San
Quentin, by means of forged passes
and the theft of the automobile of the
prison physician.
Mexican laborers now stranded in
the Colorado beet territory, will be the
last to be repatrated, except in cases
where the original movement from
Mexico to American labor centers was
advised by the Mexican government,
Mexican Consul General Luis Monies
De Oca said in El Paso recently.
After spending more than twenty
two NenrS in prison for n murder of