The Colorado statesman., 1922-11-25
FOREIGN


Premier Poincare of France, Lord
Curzon, British foreign secretary, and
Baron Avezzano, Italian ambassador
to France, reached a complete accord
at a conference In Paris on the gen.
eral outlines of the attitude to be TAX
en- by the allies toward the Turks at
Lausanne peace conference.
"There is no bolshevism in Mexico
and consequently there Is no reason for
n Fascist movement in the republic"
President Obregon told the newspaper
correspondents in Mexico City recent
ly when questioned relative to reports
that such u movement had been inau-
gurated in Jalapa and Vera Cruz.
Stories of female pirate leader
and her desperate band of Chinese
buccaneers, who seized the British
steamer Sui-An, overcame the crew
after II sanguinary battle and then es-
capped with all the cash and valuables
ON board, were related by the passen-
gers who were landed from the vessel
at Hongkong.
With bitter cold approaching 10
northern Korea, the condition of the
1000 Russian refugees at Gensan is
pitiable, according to arrivals In Seoul,
Korea. Those ashore sleep on the
bare ground or under clapboard
sheds, while the crowdlng aboard the
ships in the harbor is reminiscent OF
the floating hell of the old galley
slave days and the Australian convict
hulks.
Ismet Pasha and his associates OF
the Turkish delegation to the confer
ence at Lausanne appear less conf
dent than when they arrived and the
feeling is growing that they will re-
duce their program materially In the
hope of restoring peace and re-estab-
fishing trade relations with the out
side world. 1t is becoming evident
that they are beginning to realize that
it was Greece and not the great pow
ers Of Europe that they defeated In
their recent successful campaign
about Smyrna.
GENERAL
Fifty thousand dollars for single
strawberry plant was paid by Frank
L. Beatty, president of the Il. K. hel-
logg Company, fruit growers at Three
Rivers, Mich. The price is believed to
be the highest ever paid for single
strawberry plant.
The New York office of the Depart
ment of Justice has been appealed to
by u number of citizens to prevent
Lieut.. Capt. Hellmuth Won Muecke,
second in command to Captain Muel-
Ter of the German raider Emden, from
lecturing in this country.
Discovery was announced at Omaha
by DIR. Robert f. Glider, an archaeolo-
gist of this city. of two mounds near
Blair, Neb., which he estimated con:
tained the skeletons of at least 1,00C
humans, probably Indians, so ancient
that there are no modern records OF
them. Human bones were found pro
truding from the mounds, which were
not opened.
Frank Bacon, one of the most widely
known actors on the American stage
as the result of his extraordinary sue
cess in the part of Bill Jones In
"IightnIn'," which he helped to write,
died at his hotel in Chicago. After
four and one-half years in the role,
Bacon was compelled by illness to re-
tire from the cast of the play week
before his death.
The Pennsylvania system, which re-
Gently announced it's determination to
file counter suits against motorists
seeking damages as a consequence OF
collisions won its initial case in Coun-
ty Court ut Pittsburg. On December
5, 1921, Pennsylvania flyer hit an
automobile belonging to G. j. Ramsey
of Sewickley, near Dixmont. Ramsey
sued for $1,000 damages, claiming his
machine was wrecked. The railroad
countered with a claim for SlU6.oS'
The jury returned a verdict for the
defendant.
The Illinois Supreme Court has or
dered William Bross Lloyd, million
aire Chicago communist, to Joliet pris-
on for five years for violation of the
state anti-syndlcalism law. Judge
Thompson denied Lloyd's plea for
thirty-day stay to permit him to ar
range for the handling of his $780,
600 estate.
"The explosion in No. mine Of the
Reilly, Colliery Company ut Spangler,
Pa, which resulted in the loss of sew
enty-nine lives, was caused either by
n dynamite shot fired by miner or
by miner walking through gas
pocket with an open lamp" declared
an announcement by Seward Button,
chief inspector of the State Bureau OF
Mines.
Approximately 400 employees left
their Jobs in the Pennsylvania rail.
road shops at Dennison, Ohio, follow
ing the posting of an order that 30
cent charge will be made for each
meal received in the company's res
taurant. Since the beginning of the
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