The Colorado statesman., 1924-01-05

Ambassador Hanlhara has taken up
with the State Department in Wash
ington questions raised by Pacific
Coast state land laws, according to
dispatch from Toxic to Jill, the Japa-
nese paper in Honolulu.
The heir to the crown of Jugoslavia
holds the distinction of being the
youngest colonel in the army of the
nations of the world Having recent
ly reached the age of seven weeks, his
elevation to the military rank of regi-
ment-' commander coincided with his
christening.
Opposition to extension of the coast
wise shipping laws of the United
States to the Philippines, as recon-
mended to President Coolidge by
Chairman Jones of the Senate COM
merce committee, was expressed by
Manuel Quezon, president of the Phil
ippine Senate.
Type composed by Warren G. Hard
ing in the office of the Fairbanks,
Alaska, News-M,aer will be forward
ed to the Harding Memorial Assocla-
tion If the organization mt its coming
meeting in New York accepts the of
fer, w. f. Thompson, publisher of the
newspaper, has announced.
The series of devastating avalanches
in the Alpine region of Switzer-
land is continuing A number of
houses were swept away at lie
Sepey, in the canton of Yaud.
The bodies of a man and his wife
who occupied one of these dwellings
were found, enveloped in their bed
clothes, 500 feet away.
Herr Gruetziner the expelled presi-
dent of the Rhine provinces, was SEN
fenced to twenty years Imprisonment
by French court-martial on the
charge of resisting Franco-Belgian
orders. Minor sentences were i'm
posed on a number of German police
officials. Herr Pohl former Ger
man submarine commander, was
among those sentenced.
GENERAL
The Columbia Graphophone Manu-
featuring Company, which went into
bankruptcy October 10, filed sched
ule in Federal Court in New York list
ing $23,91O405 liabilities and $1S,667,-
931 assets.
The Geological Survey announced
that the daily average production of
crude petroleum in the United States
in November amounted to 2,150,S66
barrels, an increase of 22,576 barrels
over the daily average for October.
District Judge George w. Clark dis
qualified himself to hear the motion
of j. C. Walton, former governor of
Oklahoma, to quash indictments pend
ing against him, and Judge C. G.
Smith of Logan county was assigned
by the State ~riminal Court of Ap-
peals to conduct the hearing.
West Virginia's new state tax of 2
cents on each gallon of gasoline sold
to retailers will yield approximately
81 100000 a year, according to esti
mates of Grant 2. Hall, state tax com
missioner. The tax went into effect
July 26 and figures have just been
compiled of the returns for the month
of August, showing yield of $102, 449
for the month.
Billy Miske, ST. Paul heavyweight
pugilist, died at Minneapolis hospi-
tai after a weeks illness from an
acute attack of Bright's disease. He
was 30 years old. Although Miske had
suffered from Il chronic condition of
the disease for four years, he did not
become seriously i'll until recently. He
spent Christmas with his family in st.
Paul but collapsed the next day and
toI to 40 fol CntI 10
became unconscious and remained so
until his death. Miskes ring career
was full of action. He had engaged in
ia ring battles and has been Knocked
out but once. His illness had twice
forced him to retire from the pugilis-
tic arena.
Canada's per capita consumption of
spirits is decreasing sharply, but that of
beer, wines and tobacco has remained
fairly constant, the annual report of
the Department of Customs and eX
else showed In 1869, the earliest fig
ures available, the per capita con-
sumption of spirits was 1.124 gallons
The highest mark was reached in 1874
with 1904. In the last fiscal year it
stood at .219 gallons. The figures for
the previous year was .36O.
-Four special trains carrying $12,-
100000 worth of silk, the largest and
most valuable shipment ever to cross
the continent, arrived in Chicago over
the Burlington railroad a few days
ago The consignment comes from the
Orient by way of Seattle and will be
run through to New York intact. The
silk is being transported in baggage
cars and the trains are being operated
on faster than regular passenger train
time, the run from Seattle to Chicago
being scheduled at. siXty-eight and one
half hours. There are forty-six cars
in all, two trains of eleven cars each