The Colorado statesman., 1924-03-22
FOREIGN

imminent. Greece probably will be-
come republic, but will confer
pension upon the royal family.
The French Senate voted the sup
preston of the match monopoly, 1853
to ll9, after the government had made
the vote question of confidence. The
Senate finance committee had opposed
suppression.
a general attack by revolutionary
forces under command of General Fer
rera ON Tegucigalpa, Honduran capt.
tai, was reported to the State Depart
pent in Washington. The attack was
marked by gradual approach of the
revolutionists
The black pessimlsm of last week
has been replaced by optimism as
result of the recent rout of the bears
on the exchange market, thanks to the
S1O0,000,000 and f5,0000OO thrown in
to the battle for the franc by Frances
American and British allies.
The statement by a London news
paper that the pope's health was caus-
Ing considerable uneasiness and that
he was reported suffering from arterio
sclerosis was received with surprise
in Rome His health is of the best
and he is daily undertaking new work.
A pronounced earthquake that sent
inhabitants scurrying from houses was
felt in the town of Fukushima in
northern Japan. No serious damage
was reported. The seismograph at
Osaka University earlier registered a
severe earthquake, believed to have
been central in the Kurile islands, the
shocks lasting ninety minutes.
The first committee of experts
spent the entire time of its plenary
session in Paris in going over the
work of the subcommittee which is
drafting report on the question of
Germany's economic and financial
situation. 1t now appears that the
report will be ready for the repara-
ton commission at the end of March
or, in any event, not later than the
first days of April.
Suffering from a slight concussion
of the brain, caused by kick from his
horse as he fell in a race at the Ar
borfield cross-country steeplechase, the
Prince of Wales was in bed at Alder
shot, Hampshire, as all England stood
aghast at his latest mishap. Riding
for the Welsh Guards of the army stee-
plechase for the trophy offered by the
Earl of Cavan, the heir to England's S
throne was hurled to the ground at the
second fence with such force that he
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ried to a first aid station on q
stretcher.
GENERAL
J. B. Satterfield, convicted slayer of
r. III. Hart, his brother5in-law, whom
he shot to death Dec. 81, 1921, and who
escaped from Fulton tower at Atlanta,
Ga, while awaiting execution, was
captured later by two citizens near
Lakewood, Ga.
Olive Belle Hamon, 16-year-old
daughter of the late Jake Hamon,
Oklahoma oil man and Republican pol
itician, returned to Chicago from
Washington, proudly bearing what she
termed "a letter of apology" from
Leonard Wood, Jr., who recently
charged that Hamon offered 10 secure
the Republican presidential nomna-
tion for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood in
1920 in exchange for appointment as
secretary of the interior.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, con-
victed draft evader who escaped from
two army guards in May 1920, and
went to Germany, will return to the
United States Immediately to serve
five years in federal prison at At
lanta, according to L. II. Blood of
the American Legion in New York
City. The announcement was made
by Blood through Norman Hapgood,
editor of Hearsts International Maga-
zine. Bergdoll said he would return
at the invitation of the legion.
Every effort possible is being made
to have the most enthusiastic and larg-
est crowd of good roads boosters in
attendance on the twelfth annual con-
vention of the United States Good
Roads Association and the Bank
head National Highway Association
and the United States Good Roads
show that will convene in Albuquer-
que, on May 26-31, 1924,
A charge of murder against William
Gates, confessed slayer of Richard
Heaton in an alleged torture cham.
ber," was dismissed following Gates
arraignment in Police Court at Louis
vile, Ky. Gates was held under $4,000
bond for South Carolina officials after
he had been served with warrants
charging he was a fugitive from JUS
tice.
Chicago police have been asked to
aid in a search for jewels valued at
$4,000, reported stolen from Miss