The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-07
FOREIGN

600 In the last year.
Monslgnor Ernesto Filippi, former
| apostolic delegate to Mexico, from
which country he was expelled by the
Obregon government, has been appoint
,, cd apostolic delegate at Constantine
pie.
Mexico's first pure-bred live stock
| show was opened recently by President
0bregon. More than 600 head of stock
were entered by breeders in the south
| ern United States. The show was held
| under the auspices of the Pure-Bred
Live Stock Association of the United
| States.
Among the regrets expressed by the
| friends and admirers of Sarah Bern
hardt in Paris, the most frequent is
that her wish to die behind the foot
lights was ungratified. "Moliere's s
death in harness, facing the public"
she frequently declared, was an ideal
end. 1 want to go that way"
The body of Nine. Sarah Bernhardt
was removed a few days ago from her
late home on the Boulevard Perelre to
the Church of st. Francois de Sales, In
a nearby street, and thence conveyed
to the cemetery of the Pere-Lachaise,
the last resting place of hundreds Of
Frances famous people of all times.
| Beer-old ale with kick in twas
responsible for the remarkable victory
of White Bud, &C to l chance in the
| Lincoln handicap at London, accord
ing to the assertions of the mares
trainer. Several weeks before the
race the trainer says, White Bud was
| given a daily ration of two pints of
beer.
Prohibition has gone into effect In
Constantinople under the instructions
issued by the nationalist government
from Angora. Any person found drink
ing alcoholic beverages will receive
thirty strokes with the bastinado, u
long pliable stick. Foreigners and
traders selling liquor are liable to u
fine Of fifty Turkish pounds.
The census records in the employ
ment of women in London show tnat
357 out of every 1000 employed are in
domestic service, 145 in the manufac-
ture Of clothing and that 125 do cler-
ical work. Commercial and financial
houses employ the largest percentage
of men. Out of every 1000 102 labor
for concerns of this kind.
| Exports from the Philippine islands
to the United States in 1922 exceeded
those of 1921 by more than $13,500.000,
but the imports from the United States
decreased approximately $26,000,000,
according to figures just compiled by
the bureau of customs The total
trade with the United States in 1922
amounted to Sill, $4,000, of which
| $64, ,116,000 was exports and $47,73S, 900
was imports. The total trade in 1921
was $124 ,4S6,000, the exports being
$50,356,000 and the imports $74, ,130, 600
British ships carried the largest por-
ton of the total trade of the Philip
pines In 1922, their cargoes being val
ued at $67 1856, 900, while American
ships carried goods valued at $62,000,-
600.
GENERAL
Participations of the Ku Klux Klan
| in Little Rock, Ark, city politics was
Indicated by the circulation of an al
legged khan ticket, according to which
seven of the nine Democratic nomi-
neeB for aldermen are acceptable to
the organization.
| < dividend check for $1,000,00O was
| signed recently and turned over to the
trustees for the holders of common
stock of the Coca Cola Company at
Atlanta. The dividend paid denotes a
per-share-per-quarter payment, or
an annual basis of So per share on
100000 shares Of stock.
Two men, one believed to be Louis
Burston, manager of a motion picture
producing organization bearing his
name, were killed and young woman
possibly fatally injured, when an auto
mobile In which 1t is reported they
were racing n train was struck at a
grade crossing near Pomona, Calf.
The Bower business block and the
plant of the Mackenzie Rubber Com
pany at whitewater, Wis, were dam
aged $4,000 by fire recently. The
Bower loss, $4,000, was covered by in
surance.
With the voluntary surrender of DIR.
Frederick A. Cook, arctic explorer and
oil promoter, before federal authorities
total of twenty Fort Worth oil men
have been arrested and arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner
George Parker on charges of fraudu-
lent use of the mails. DIR. Cook was
released on $4,000 bond, He Is sole
trustee and president of the Petroleum
Producers Association.
Three fires in towns surrounding
Madison, S. D., broke out recently,
causing total loss of $95,0o0. The
first fire occurred at Howard, in which
| n loco of $40 600 was incurred At