The Colorado statesman., 1924-04-12
FOREIGN

HuNt lhc
gunbont Bravo, at Tampico. and the
Pride Of the obregon navy may be ont
of commission several months. accord.
ing to rebel Official report brought tc
New Orleans, La. for transmission TO
revolutionary headquarters.
Forty persons were killed and eighty |
Injured when the Mexico CityUnlted
Suites express crashed into freight
train on down grade near Bernal,
state of Queretaro, according to re-
ports. Several Americans were on
board the special train, but none OF
them was reported among the casual
ties, All the killed and injured wert
in second and third-class cars directly
following the engine,
Searches OF houses have begun pur-
suant to the measures taken by NJ.
Tirard. president of the Rhinelnnd
High Commission, and General De-
goutte for the suppression of alleged
secret nationalist milltarlst organlza-
tons in the Rhinelan1a and the Rubr,
md laye already resulted IN numer-
+ Gus arrests and the Seizure of many
documents proving, according to the
French AUTHORITIES, the extensive ram
ificatlons of these iiiicii acii>iii'ts.
Two large mine laying submarines
/ 1,5O0 tons each, are to be constructed
! for the japanese navy by the Kawa-
| saki dock yard of Kobe. japan, ac-
cording to announcement by dockynrd
, authorities. Work is to be commenced
immediately and the submarines will
be. launched in November German
patents will be followed in most of
the construction, although japanese
naval architects are said to have in
troduced some new devices. The sub
marines Will be. able to carry forty
mines each.
Returns from Italy's parliamentary
elections indicated an Overwhelming
Nictory Cor the Fascisti. The govern
ment candidates appeared to be lead
ing In nearly every reglon ~, ~, go
turns -, .-, n~""a -. a. -I,escilsti
| 24,5T6 votes; Unitarian Socialists, H.
! Go; Catholics, 4.793; Liberals, 3,109 /;
/ Communists, 2,096. The Independents,
headed by Deputy Gluffrida. were run.
ming second to the Fascist in Cgtania,
with the other parties trailing. It was
estimated that the Fascist would poll
| fully one-thlrd of the entire vote.
GENERAL .-,.-,-,----
Rloting between townspeople and
members of the Ku Klux Klan ut
Lilly, Pa, caused the death of two men
| Of the town, the probable fatal injury
to anc.s,er anc-.,er and less serious Injury TO
a score of Others, Members Of both
opposing groups were wounded in n
pitched battle in which many shots
i were fired. -Four women We're among
fIiGGssee hIiGse injured. . -ssaii-l l-s.- 81. l.
Harlan Fiske Stone Of New York
has been selected by President Cool.
idge as attorney general: Mr.. Stone,
native Of New Hampshire. and 81
Years old, has served since 1910 as
dean of Columbia University Law
School, and recently Resigned to be-
c6hie an active member of the New
York law firm of Satterlee, Garfield &
Stone. He received his law education
ut Amherst and Columbia, and was
admitted to the New York bar in 1898.
Wage increases of approximately 5
per cent less certain concessions and
cOmpensatiOns to the railroads we're
reported to have been virtually agreed
upon as the basis of an agreement
which was expected to be reached soon
by negotiators representing thirty-one
western railroads and their subsidi-
aries and the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors and the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen. Approximately 10000
men would be affected and the rail-
roads annual pay rolls would be in
creased something like $5,000,O00 If the
reported basis of the negotiations Is in
corporated in the final agreement.
The worlds record IN paper produd-
broken at the plant of the Algonquin
Paper Company, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
During continuous twenty-four hour
run, the machine produced 1929 tons
of paper ,.e~spssr
Passage of the Johnson bill limit.
ing Immigration to per cetit Of the
population of $780, was advocated
with modification by speakers at an
immigration meeting in New York city
sponsored by patriotic organizations.
They included two representatives in
Congress, an official of the Atneficn,n
Federation Of Labor and former
local markets commissioner and labor
worker.
For the third consecutive year tho
name of Lieut.. Joffh A. MacReady,
McCook field flyer IS to be engraved |
on the Mackay trophy, which is
nwa rded nnnunlIN tn Tie ahfntnr ,rhn