The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-28
FOREIGN

world, has suffered a slump. A neck
lace OF Oriental pearls, valued by the
experts at 100000 francs, has just
been sold by public auction for only
20, 900 francs.
Gen. Bramwell Booth has just an
nounced that the Salvation Army in
tends almost Immediately to put into
operation a scheme for the early trans
fer Of 10000 British women TO the
dominions. Every one of them will be
going to assured employment.
While the War Department OF Mexi.
co Is struggling for a budget Of 1885,
100000 pesos and the Department OF
Public Education for 50.000.000. the
Department OF the Interior has to de-
fend it's budget of only 100000. the
most modest that any of the cabinet
officers has, as yet, presented TO the
confederation of Congress.
The expenditure of the United King
dom must be reduced by f200, 900, 900,
Austen Chamberlain, government lead
er in the House OF Commons, told the
conference of Scottish Unionists in
Glasgow. This reduction Is necessary
to make both ends meet" and will not
take into account any proposed reduc-
ton In taxation.
nurse in the employ of the Amer
ican Red Cross at Goldingen, Latvia,
lost ten sons in the war, her husband
was shot by the Bolsheviki and her
three daughters died last year. Still
she goes about her work with smile.
"Nitchevo," is her consolation, which
means, among n million other things,
"It can't be helped"
Elsa Anderson, the only Swedish
woman to hold an avlator's certificate,
was killed at AsEersund. Four thou
sand spectators were watching her
make flight, and were Mortified when
Miss Anderson, in attempting a para.
chute descent from the machine, fell
like plummet to the earth. The
parachute failed to open and she
plunged 1000 feet to death.
The French people have not lost
their habit of thrift and taken to
spending their cents rather than put
ting them away in the proverbial
"woolen stocking" as reported abroad.
The French National Savings Bank had
in 1913, 15,O66,000 depositors with g.
S29, 900, 900 francs savings. Its latest
report shows 15,73s,OOO depositors with
s, 149 100000 francs to their credit.
An ounce of gold purchases 1922
hours OF labor in the United States;
5016 hours in Britain; $3.50 hours in
Japan; 117.31 hours in France and
201 .66 hours in Germany, said c. ].
Hannon, member OF Parliament for the
Moseley division of Birmingham, quot
ing statistics in the course of an ad-
dress to the members of the National
Union of Manufacturers at Birming-
ham, England.
GENERAL
Col. Henry S. Graves, former chief
forester of the United States, is to re-
turn as dean of the Yale forest school.
il has been announced. Dean James
william Tourney is to resume his more
purely scientific work.
Railroad rates are being slowly but
steadily forced downward by economic
laws, Daniel willard, president of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, argued be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion when that body resumed its in
quiry into the general level of trans
portation charges.
OF the 4O,191 cases tried by the
Traffic Court in New York city dur
ing 1921, 1.o20 chauffeurs were sent
to Jail on straight sentences. and 1850
drivers went to Jail in default of pay
thA ottt-f q
opened in June, 1916, the fines col
lected have totaled S1,3S9, $50.
Three persons were killed and four
injured at Newark, Ohio, when their
bob sled was struck by an automobile.
They had almost reached the foot of
mile-long hill when they crashed
head-on into an automobile coming up
the hill. The sled was said to have
been on the wrong side of the road.
Only one member of the coasting par
ty was uninjured.
Part of his shinbone transferred to
his jaw to correct an Imperrectfon In
his chin, Henry f. Mally, Jr., of Brook
lyn recently fell on the ice, cracking
the shin from which the fragment had
been removed. His death from shock
was announced after he had been made
ready for n second operation needed
to mend his leg and perfect his chin
Archibald Birse, a Chicago tailor, is
$4,000 richer for having taken a few
stitches in a pair of torn trousers
thIrty-four years ago. Ernest De st.
Giles, insurance expert and author, left
this amount to Birse, who befriended
him when De st. Giles came to Chi
cago thirty four years ago, penniless.
Birse sewed the insurance mans
trousers and trusted him for the so
cent charge.
HE Slrull fractured when he was