The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-16
FOREIGN

sion of the city after its recent evac-
uation by the rebels.
The French Chamber of Deputies
gave Premier Poincare another vote
of confidence, the ballot standing 373
for the premier and 200 against.
One Dutch police officer and twen-
ty-seven native religious fanatics were
killed and many others wounded in
riot mt Tangerang, near Weltvreden
The trouble began when forty-One
fanatics, armed with swords and
knives, declared they wished to pro-
claim new kingdom of Mount Gedah.
The sensation over the apparently
mythical Wilson Clemenceau secret
compact regarding French domination
over the Rhlneland has shriveled into
n controversy over veracity between
former Premier David Lloyd-George
and Harold Spender, reporter, who
attributed revelation of the pact to
the former premier.
Six deportees, including two wom-
en-, were killed or died of wounds In
the clash between prisoners and
guards in the exile barracks of the
Solovetsky monastery on December
10, according to an official report of
the incident made at Moscow. Two
others We're wounded. The cause of
the trouble is not given.
Armed soldiers of the Irish Free
State government have opened
drive against criminals, arresting
more than dozen highwaymen. a
violent battle in the center of Dublin
attended the capture of Christopher
Brophy, an alleged bandit. Brophy
barrlcaded himself in his home and
defied the soldiers until wounded
three times.
The lid of Tutankhamen's sarcop-
hagus was raised last week. The
body of the king was found within.
When the lid was raised there was
revealed the most splendid gllded
mummy case ever found in Egypt. 1t
is about three meters long. The num-
my case bears an effigy in relief of
the king wearing the Mems, or sacred
| headdress like that of the sphinx.
Experts characterized the disclosure
of the Mummy case as the greatest
discovery in the history of Egypt
ology, or possibly in all archaeology.
GENERAL
"A letter from William H. Anderson,
protesting his innocence of the
charges on which he was convicted
| last week and sentenced to from one
to two years in states prison, and
conveying his resignation as superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League of
New York, was made public in New
York by the league.
Constable Caesar eagle, reputed
leader of Williamson .countys dry
raid forces, was shot and killed, Dep
uty Sheriff John Layman was serious
ly wounded and three of Herrin's po-
licemen, including Chief John Ford,
were kidnapped as n result of the ten
sion between the so-called wet and dry
element of the county, according to
word received at Marion, Ill.
Lieut.. Corliss Hooven Griffis, the
Ohio boy who went into Germany
after Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
draft dodger, and was imprisoned for
desirable for his pains, couldn't have
received a more rousing welcome if
he had succeeded than the one given
him in Chicago. Travelling from New
York in a special car, he was ac-
corded the honors of cOnquering
hero.
An investigation into every phase of
| rio Nt-hi oh a
the deaths of two guards at the West
ern penitentiary at Pittsburg, Pa, is
being made by the trustees of the in
stitution, II. d. w. English chairman
of the board. Although prison Off
cials had first said the two guards,
John Coax and John Piper, were
killed in the explosion, English adj
mitted that the men had been shot in
the riot following the blast.
Led by murderers, bank robbers and
other desperadoes, several hundred
prisoners revOlted at the Western
penitenliary at Pittsburg and made
an Intellectual attempt to dynamite
their way to liberty. Two prison Of
ficers were killed in the bold dash
for freedom.
Settlement of all differences be-
tween William Joseph Simmons, en-
peror and founder of the Ku KluX
Klan, and DR.. Hiram Wesley Evans,
| imperial wizard of the order, for a
consideration of $146,000 paid to
Colonel Simmons, was reported by
close friends of the parties involved,
according to a story appearing in the
Atlanta, Ca, Journal.
William II. Anderson, state superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
who was convicted two weeks ago of
forgery in the third degree, was SEN