The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-09-24

the lower levels.
Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Joachim
were slightly injured in an automobile
accident, according to Berlin dis
patches.
Three more nations, Bulgaria, Ru-
mania and Greece. may plunge into
the world war before the first snow
falls in the Balkans.
Ankerwycke. the historic mansion
in Wraysbury, England, in whose
grounds King Henry VIII. wooed Anne
Boleyn. was destroyed by fire.
Count Won Bernstorff has been Civ
en- power to settle with the United
States. and agreements may soon be
signed in Washington ending disputes
with Germany over submarines.
A bulletin issued by the information
al institute of agriculture at Rome,
says the crop of cereals this year in
the northern hemisphere exceeds 1884,
900 900 quintals, the average crop OF
the last five years.
Food prices have increased about 35
per cent in England since the declara-
ton OF war
The Rome Tribuna announces that
the monument erected in Trent to the
memory of Dante. and considered to
be masterpiece Of sculpture. has
been demolished by the Austrians in
order that the bronze may be used for
making cannon
The greatest war budget in the
worlds history was introduced in the
House of Commons by Reginald Nc
kenna, chancellor of the eXcheQuer az
another step toward financing the
war, which is now costing Great
Britain nearly $25, 900, 900 daily.
Multiple eruptions OF the Italian vol
canoes are now occurring, says a dis
patch from Rome. Nesuvius. Aetna
and Stromboli are all active. singu-
lar phenomenon never before record
ed. None OF the eruptions. however.
is of character to cause alarm.
The Greek steamer Athinai was de-
stroyed by fire at sea with the loss OF
only one life, according to a message
received by the Marine Department at
Halifax, n. S The steamer Tuscania
rescued 40s passengers and the crew,
and the steamer Roumanian Prince
sixty-one others.
Sporting News
BY defeating Del Norte G to 3. Mon
tie Vista won the championship of the
San Luis valley
August Hermann. chairman of the
National Baseball Commission said
the world series probably would start
on Saturday, Oct. g.
Dario Resta, winner of this Years
Vanderbilt cup and grand prize auto
race, drove his car over the new two
mile track at Sheepshead Bay, n. Y,
for 10 miles, in 532 49, an estimated
| speed of 10s03 miles an hour.
Juanita NJ Edgar, who won the
| handsome silver cup for the one-and-
| a-half-mile relay race for women at
| the Fort Morgan fair, has established
| a record for riding that. so far as
known, has never been equaled by one
| OF her sex
New Orleans fight promoters stated
that they have contracts signed by
| Charlie White OF Chicago and Joe Man.
dot of that city. lightweights. f,r a
tenround bout Nov. !, and that Willie
Richie has signed to meet the winner
of the White Mandot match or
Nov 25
Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway and
Miss Carey E. Neeley of Chicago cap
tured the finals in the ladies' doubles
of the tri-state tennis tourney at Gin
cinnati Ohio. They defeated Mrs
| Malcolm NrNain " of 4
Miss Ruth Sanders OF Cincinnati In
straight sets, 6-1. GO.
General
William Fl. Baker, chocolate manu-
facturer and banker. died at his home
at Winchester. Va.
Five defendants were convicted
thirty-five acquitted and one mis-trial
was the verdict of the jury in the so
called election fraud trial at Corpus
Christi, Tex.
Elmer Hughes, %, was married at
Prescott. Mich. to Mrs. Emma Mar
win, "a years old. The bride is moth
er OF five children and grandmother
of four
DR. Susan La Flesch Picotte, 40, for
many years prominent as a physician
and missionary worker among the In
dians of Nebraska and adjoining
states, died at her home at Waithill,
Neb.
The congregation OF the Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, is to stand by the
Rev. Newell Dwight Hills in his eff
forts to straighten out his tangled
| financial affairs
| The proposed mammoth credit loan
to Great Britain and France, accord
| ing to reports. is to be underwritten
| by a large syndicate of American
| financiers and bankers
| A large colony of horsemen. with
| more than 400 trotters and PAGERS