The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-26
FOREIGN

drawn up for the reconstruction OF the
Imperial University Of Toxic. The
buildings were largely destroyed by the
earthquake and fire of Sept. l.
1t is reported in London that Prime
Minister Macdonald and Premier Her
riot have made personal agreement
not to allow the conference on the
Dawes plan to break up until full
accord has been reached.
The United States, by completing Its
tennis triumph, not only made n clean
sweep of all of the major branches
of the Olympic competition, but rolled
up point total which clinches the
all-around championship of the games.
The Brazilian revolution is slowly
being crushed by starvation, accord
ing to a communique Issued by the
Brazilian embassy in Washington. A
blockade thrown around the rebel
lines by government forces which has
cut all rebel supplies, including food
stuffs and ammunition, the commu-
nique stated.
Baron Evence Coppee, one Of the
wealthiest manufacturers in Belgium,
was acquitted of the charge of having
supplied coal and other goods to the
Germans during the occupation of Bel
glum in the war The trial began May
81 and the baron, because of poor
health, was allowed to reside in
clinic under police guard during the
proceedings.
The ministry of commerce reports
a marked increase in the number Of
bankruptcies in Germany, especially
Of unlimited partnerships. During
June the number of such failures was
three times that of the May figures.
A constant decline in the labor market
in Berlin is reported by the Berlin
labor office. The total number of un-
employed registered in Berlin is
nearly $4,000.
President Cosgrave of the Irish
Free State intends to dissolve the gov
ernment within fortnight ana hold
new election, it was announced at
the headquarters of Eamonn De Va
lera, Irish Republican leader. In
a vigorous campaign, the announce
ment added, but concluded that the
Free State supporters would win a
majority in the new dali.
GENERAL
Every church should have fund for
purchasing space in the newspapers,
and should advertise in the daily or
weekly papers, regularly, persistently,
and consistently" Rev. ]. T. Brabner
Smith OF Chicago told preachers at
tending the summer school at Garret
Biblical Institute.
Carl C. Magee, editor of the New
Mexico State Tribune at Albuquerque,
was found guilty of contempt of court
before Judge d. J. Leahy and SEN
fenced to from three to six months in
the county Jail. Magee was immedi-
ately taken to the Jail, where he start
ed serving his sentence. Magee was
adjudged guilty on three citations.
Governor Hinkle Immediately par
doned Magee.
The offer of thirty-six leading grain
firms of the Northwest to sell 1,062
apolis terminals and twelve Duluth
terminals to the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation has been formally
submitted to the directors of the new
S26OO0,OOO grain sales corporation at
Chicago. The proposal of the old line
elevator companies which contem-
plates turning over the entire hold
ing of the biggest grain firms in the
Northwest to the farm organization
cannot be considered by the farm bu-
reau federation, as such, according to
word received at Minneapolis from
ative association.
In marked contrast to the air of in
difference manifest in the Chicago
courtroom by Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
Richard Loeb, was the anguish and
suffering portrayed on the faces of
their relatives who saw them plead
guilty to two crimes, each punishable
by death. Nathan Leopold, ST., father
of one of the boys, and Foreman Leo
pold, young Nathan's brother, repre-
sented the Leopold family. while next
to them sat Jacob Loeb, uncle of
young Richard, and Allen Loeb, Rich
ards brother.
Six suits, each asking $4,000 dam
ages from Rosetta Duncan, musical
comedy star, and her brother, Harold,
were filed by Edward J. Carmody,
town attorney for Cicero, a suburb of
Chicago, in behalf of Chief of Police
Theodore Svoboda and Policemen Ben
jamin Delaney, Charles Steinke and
Charles Widlock, all of Cicero. The
action is an outgrowth of the alterca-
ton between the Duncans and the Cic-