The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-09
FOREIGN

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ferred the order of Chevalier OF the
Legion of Honor upon Conte Mast,
publisher of periodicals in New York,
Paris and London.
a son and heir was born to the here
ditory Prince of Monaco. The child
was named Rainer Louis Henri Max
ence Bertrand. A salute of twenty
one guns was fired in honor of the
event.
Word was received in Berlin that
three persons were killed and thirty
wounded in a fight between Bavarian
Fascist and Socialists at Feucht near
Nuremberg. The trouble began when
Fascist broke up a Socialist meeting.
The advance to Rumania of 100000
600 francs by the French government,
which was criticized in the Chamber
of Deputies by the Socialists and Com
munists, was decided upon two years
ago, it was explained at the foreign
office in Paris.
The threat of stoliers and foremen
on French steamers to strike unless
assured they will receive their usual
daily allowance of wine when in New
York harbor has raised an issue that
probably will be made the subject of
diplomatic correspondence with Wash
ington.
The building of radio station in
Warsaw, which will be one of the most
powerful in the world, has been under
taken with view to giving Poland the
opportunity of direct communication
with western countries without having
to rely upon communications through
other states.
The labor unrest in the province of
Tucuman caused by the strike of
sugar mill workers, is increasing in
gravity and further attacks upon the
mills by the strikers are reported. The
owners decided to close all the mills
numbering 20 because of inadequate
protection from the authorities, thus
paralyzing the entire Argentine sugar
industry.
Trade unionism in Great Britain is
passing through anxious times. The
membership during the last two years
has decreased more than 100000 and
the accumulated funds, which had
reached nearly $3OO,0O00OO have been
exhausted by the heavy drain of un-
employed benefits. The general coun-
Gil of the Trade Union Congress is
planning a Back to the Union cam
paign in an endeavor to make up the
loss in membership. The statement of
the council is that there are 15,sOO,OOO
wage earners in Great Britain, of
whom only 6,5O0,000 are members of
trade unions.
GENERAL
Mrs. Nanette Anderson, who was ar
rested when the automobile she was
driving crashed into another car, is
the first Chicago woman to be sent to
Jail for speeding.
A. Lindsay Craig, general passenger
agent for the Union Pacific railroad
at Omaha, and well known in railroad
circles of the nation, died at Omaha
today from sleeping sickness.
Hurting herself from an eighth
story window in Philadelphia, Miss
Laura PAIL, 80, stenographer, was
dashed to death. A note in her type
writer begged forgive me-"
Frederick G. Dewitt, who figured in
the double tragedy at Denver II few
days ago, and who had been we'll
known in New York for many years,
was a spectacular figure in one of the
most bitter of the continual political
fights that took place twenty-five
years ago in New York City, when the
municipality was consolidated into five
boroughs. Dewitt was swept into Of
flee as district attorney of Queens
county in 1908 by the Log Cabin par
ty," q strong body of Democrats who
had rebelled against the leadership of
Borough President Joseph Cassidy,
boss of the Democratic party in
Queens county.
Fire in the hold of the freighter
William A. McKenney, which arrived
in Los angeles recently from New
York, was eXtinguished after 1t had
burned twenty-seven hours and caused
damage estimated at $150,0OO.
The Eleventh district of the Associ-
ated Advertising Clubs of America
chose ii. II. Fawcett Of Colorado
Springs president. The district in
cludes, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and
wyoming. Last year MIR. Fawcett
was vice president. Under the ruling
of the associated clubs the office of
vice president of districts has been
eliminated and district presidents have
been created.
Although there is little indication of
any widespread movement to store up
coal. bituminous production in April
reached 100000 tons, the largest
April tonnage in recent years except
1918, according to the May business
conditions report of the Federal Re