The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-17
Sporting News

Nordug ", the yacht sent ont by
King Christian X, of Denmark, to
compete in the Panama-Pacific Expo
sition regatta. won the President Viii
son trophy cup at San Francisco by
defeating Captain John Barneson's
Lady Betty OF San Francisco in
spanking race over the Exposition IA
mile course in the bay.
A three-cornered pacing event from
which a Denver-owned horse may
emerge champion OF the world. is con
I templated by racing officials IL Bra
den Direct, owned by Frank Elspass
of Denver, comes out winner in 3d.
600 special match race to be held at
Milwaukee
| According to the official statement
made to the State Boxing Commission
of New York by the promoters of the
Gibbons Mcfarland bout, 24.S45 per-
sons paid admissions to witness that
boxing contest. The gross receipts
were s5S,069, of which the state re-
ceives s4.355.17.
Washington
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the keel of the battleship California
would be laid at the Philadelphia
navy yard. Oct. IA.
The fall season is on in official
Washington, as everywhere else. No
more Saturday half holidays and the
cabinet Is meeting regularly.
Gunner's Mate Ewell Bell not men.
toned heretofore. died from burns
suffered in the explosion aboard the
u. S. s. Decatur, off Cavite, P.L
Thomas A. Edison has turned over
to the Navy Department a new bat
terry for use in submarines which Of
Ulcers believe may greatly improve
the American plungers.
The allies threaten to boycott Amer.
lean commerce unless their demands
for a loan OF $1,000. 600, 900, with
French and English government
bonds as sole collateral, be granted
by American financiers.
Exports fell off sharply during the
week ending Sept II. They amounted
TO *33.5s3,7Os, the lowest for one
week this year. and a drop of s27, 0Oo.-
600 from the week preceding. The
trade balance for the week fell to So
672,241
1t is stated in Washington that un-
less Germany disavows the attack on
the Arabic and promises that there
VIII be no repetition of such offenses,
American Ambassador Gerard will he
recalled and Count Won Bernstorff
ha hav It'd ~,
The time has come in the opinion
of the Federal Reserve Board when
the American dollar should take a
dominating place In the financial
markets of the world and when
American Tor dollar) exchange should
become the medium through which
the millions OF exports and imports
of the United States are paid
General
Gen. George Alexander FORSYTH. u.
S. A, retired. died at his home at
| Rockport. Mass
South Carolina adopted statewide
prohibition to take effect Jan. l, ac-
cording to unofficial returns. by a
three-to-one vote
Mrs. l.. Rebecca Gates, mothre OF
Gov. Charles w Gates, died at Frank
lin. Vt, after long illness. She wa.
81 years of age.
fifteen million dollar bond issue
for road construction will be sub
mitted to the people of California at
a special election set for Oct. &c.
The property of the Boston Herald.
Inc, publishers of the Boston Herald
and the Boston Traveller, was sold at
auction for sl,s0o,Oo0 to F. DEG. Sui
Ivan of New York.
More than 300 owners and man
ayers OF skyscrapers and other build.
ing, representing investments esti-
mated at more than $4,000, 900 900
were at Atlanta, Ca. for the opening
of the eighth annual convention of the
National Association of Building
Owners and Managers.
Albert Lemore and Edward E, Carl
ere were indicted at New Orleans. La.
by the federal grand jury on charges
resulting from operations in bills Of
lading which are said to have involved
a total of $6.000.000
Gold bars worth $11.615. 900 which
came to this country during the last
three weeks in the form of British
sovereigns, were ready for assaying
and stamping at the United States as
say office in New York The bars will
remain in the government vaults until
| they are shipped to one of the United
States mints to be coined into Ameri-
can gold pieces.
The Idaho Supreme Court in a de-
cision at Boise upheld the constitu-
tionality of the law passed by the
last Legislature, making the posses
sion of liquor in prohibition district
misdemeanor for the first offense
and a felony for persistent violation.