The Colorado statesman., 1923-09-22
CONDENSED RE ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoIN 8, ACHIEVE
mENTs, SUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

More than 1000 houses were de-
stroyed with a property loss of $S,000,-
600 in the fire which devastated the
northeast residential section of Berke-
ley, according to the reports of sur
vey completed by City Assessor Harry
J. Squires.
Famed by high winds, great forest
fire swept northern Sonoma county
California, recently. A half dozen big
ranches were swept by the flames, in
Guiding the state of California stock
ranch. Hundreds of fire fighters re-
cruited from the farms and towns
staged a desperate fight to save Fen
wood Springs, summer resort.
A case of the deadly bubonic plague
was announced a few days ago by the
United States public health service in
Washington. The victim is a woman
who previously resided ut Pacific
Grove, Monterey county, Calf. Off
GERS of the public health service said
that the disease had been confirmed
bacteriologically, but that an epidemic
was not feared.
Boxing as II professional sport and
as 1t is practiced in Denver, was given
a severe blow when Judge George Il.
Dunklee ruled that boxing exhibitions
of the kind that have been held ut the
Stockyards at Denver are in reality
prize fights and not mere Sparring
matches. The exhibitions are, accord
ingly, in violation of Colorado's ntl-
prize fight law.
= The Pacific mail liner Cuba, which
went ashore on u reef off San Miguel
island, has been abandoned, total
loss, 1t was announced in Los Angeles.
The. loss was estimated ut $4OO,OOO. 1t
is said the ships destruction was not
due so much to the pounding of the
waves against the sides as to the
swelling of a cargo of coffee which be-
came water-soaked and eXerted such
a force against the holds that the hull
and decks were forced out of line.
The steamer President jefferson,
carrying the first survivors of the YO-
kohama earthquake, warped into its
dock at Victoria, first port of call on
the American continent. Premier John
Oliver of British Columbia and party
representing the Canadian government,
as well a3 representatives of the
United States public health service and
officials of the Admiral Oriental line,
operating the jefferson, boarded the
vessel at quarantine.
WASHINGTON
President Coolidge in message ad-
dressed to the people of the United
States expressed his deep qualification
at their generous response to the ap-
peals from the sufferers in the earth
quake-stricken Japan. ''The prompt
and generous response of the Ameri-
can people to the urgent needs of Il
friendly nation in time of great dis
tress has been most gratifying" the
message said. when the news of the
tragedy in Japan first reached us the
American Red Cross, pursuant to Al
proclamation, asked the country for
$5,0o0,000 to meet this great emer-
gency. The answer to this appeal was
prompt and generous in less than two
weeks sum far in excess of the
original goal was given
The federal government role In the
Oklahoma City civil war" is that of
an interested spectator. There is
little or nothing to be done in the sit
uation, officials declared.
Fourteen ships, laden with food
clothing and medical supplies for the
relief of earthquake victims, either
have sailed or are about to sail from
the United States for japan. the Red
Cross announced in Washington.
The emergency committee of the
American Red Cross paused long
enough in its ministration of Japanese
earthquake relief to give attention to
a catastrophe nearer home. A preim
mary allotment of $4,000 was made
from the regular Red Cross disaster
fund to the Red Cross organization ut
Berkeley, Calf, for relief work as the
result of the fire there.
The question of American participa-
ton in the World Court is regarded ut
the White House as still pending be-
fore the Senate for such action as it
may decide to take upon 1t. Inquirers
have had their attention directed that
President Harding submitted the mat
ter to that body last February and
have been told .hat in the circunu
stances there remains nothing for Pres
ident Coolidge to do.
Practically all of one cabinet meet
ing recently was devoted to discussion
of the agricultural situation. After
ward it became known that Secretary
Wallace is making a particular study
of the wheat problem and will report
TO the President late next week, pre-
senting facts which are expected to en-
able the executive and his advisors to
formulate a constructive program
along sound economic lines.
Mexico has declined an invitation
from the Iatin-American delegates to
the. Leygws of Nations to became