The Colorado statesman., 1923-01-20
FOREIGN

A clash between German demon
straters and French troops occurred
at the railway station at Bochum.
The French fired, killing one person
and wounding several.
The yield of potatoes all over Eng
land is estimated at one and three
quarters tons an acre more than last
year and more than a ton above the
average of the ten years from 1912 tc
1921.
The war ministry order calling to
the colors the 1902 Italian reservists
of the second class led to Il report that
Italy anticipates hostilities in the Near
East and is preparing to protect Ital
ian interests
The reparations commission has
postponed until Jan. 81 the payment
of 500,000,000 gold marks due from
Germany Jan. 10. France, Italy and
Belgium voted for delay. Sir John
Bradbury, the British member. did moi
cast a ballot.
Prince Albert, Duke of York, second
son of King George, whose engagement
been announced, was SO persistent II
wOoer that he proposed three different
times before he won the fair daughter
of the Earl of StrathmOre-
Heavy firing, in which twelve per
sons were wounded, took place recent
ly in and around Dublin. Serious out
RACES, in which persons were wounded
81
from Tipperary. Free State troops are
beginning a systematic roundup of ir.
regulars in the southwest.
The German coal commission has
prohibited the coal owners of the
Ruhr from supplying coal or coke to
France or Belgium, even if payment is
made for the fuel. This stiffening at
titude by the German government is
expected to precipitate drastic action
by the French government.
Crowds of Mexicans gathered out
side the residence of MonsignOr Ern'
este Filippi, the papal delegate to
Mexico, who has been ordered deport.
ed by President Obregon, to attest
their friendship and sympathy for him.
Monsignor Filippi, however, declined
to receive them. The prelate left Mex
leo City for Laredo on his way to
Washington and New York.
GENERAL
Minneapolis, Mimi, was selected for
the 1923 annual convention of the
American Bar Association by the eX.
ecutive committee of the organization
ut the mid-winter conference at Hot
Springs, Ark.
DIR. Wilhelm Mayer, the German
ambassador to France, has left Paris.
DIR. Mayer took his leave without noti-
flying the French foreign office or Civ.
ing any indication of the reasons for
his departure.
Four teachers from school in an
outlying district near Oklahoma City
and two pupils are dead from injuries
suffered when a speeding northbound
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passen'
ger train struck their automobile.
One of the largest recovery works in
the world is in ruins as a result of a
fire at Alvarado, Calf. The plant,
Is
was valued at 100000. Intermittent
explosions endangered fire fighters.
Former King Constantine of Greece
died suddenly at Palermo, Sicily OF
cerebral hemor. hage. Constantine hal
been suffering from arterioscleros's
and nephritis, but there had been no
expectation of sudden and fatal end.
ing.
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
ford, his wife, as the first step of
plan to enter upon independent pro
ductlon of cinema features, made by
other leading actors of the screen,
have offered Jackie Coogan, child film
actor, a contract for four pictures, and
have announced plans for an expansion
of the United States Artists organlza.
ton, the Los Angeles Times stated re
Gently.
The body of L. C. Gregor, a Nilsson
ri & North Arkansas striker, was found
hanging from a bridge near the rail
road yards at Harrison, Ark. Gregor
is said by the authorities to be the
man who opened fire on officers and
citizens who searched his home at Har
rison.
Twelve persons were reported in
jured and a number of buildings
wrecked at Scott, La, as result OF
an explosion of dynamite. Details are
lacking, but, according to reports, 10
pounds of dynamite exploded in a gar
age, where it was stored with gasoline.
Someone entered the garage with a
lantern, igniting the gasoline, which
caused an explosion, setting Off the
dynamite.
The Henry NJ. Flagler arrived here
at Key West, Florida, with the five
nf tho Sannlnna COlnmbus