The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-12-03
FOREIGN

ognized the Haitien government Of
President Cartiguenaye.
| Great Britain has informed Japan
that the British government has not
| contemplated an alliance with China
War and the food supply will be the
| principal topics considered at the
| reichstag session which convened In
} Berlin.
| Premier AsQuith's daughter, Violet.
and his secretary, Bonham Carter,
were married at St Margaret's. West
| minister, in London.
Patrick MacGil, known as the
navy poet" was married in London
| to Miss Margaret Gibbons. grand
niece of Cardinal Gibbons OF Balti
more
British woman suffrage leaders
/ hailed as their first important victory
the governments appointment of Miss
PRESLEY Smith, organizer. to a secre-
tarial post in the British Christiania
legation
Viscount Bryce made public the de-
tails of further Armenian massacres,
which In a letter accompanying them.
he says, "surpass in horror, II that
were possible, what has been pub
lished already"
Reports that the Carranza authori-
ties had shot several hooters arrested
after their occupation of Mexican
Nogales were confirmed The bodies
of three men, said to have robbed
woman, we're visible from the Ameri-
can side
Peter Wright, an Englishman, was
sentenced by court martial at Lau-
same to Imprisonment for three
months, expulsion from Switzerland
for five years and to pay Il fine OF
| / 800 francs, on the charge of espi-
onage
Carranza forces again have opened
communications between Guaymas
and Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora
state, and Gen Dieguez is endeavor-
| ing to intercept 2.50e Villa troops sup
posed to be heading through southern
Sonora in an attempt to join Gen. Ban
dera, the Villa commander in north
ern Sinaloa
sion put mon to work at Anchorage
to dynamite a path through solid ice
at the mouth of Ship Creek so Capt.
Cramer, veteran navigator, can
take the launch Traveller out to go
to the assistance OF Fred Tracy, agent
of the Alaska Steamship Company.
and five other men who are trying
I Gh Ann hnr
Inlet ice field in the small launch
| Onward
SPORTING NEWS
| The annual meeting OF the National
League will be held in New York Dec.
| a.
DR.. Roller and Carl Posphill. the
Bohemian champion. wrestled to a
draw in New York.
Harry Lub defeated Kid Gonzalas in
the main event OF six-round go at
the Knights OF Columbus hall in Den
| YER
Terms for a fifteen-round bout b.
tween Freddy Welsh and Johnny Grit.
fiths to take place in Akron, Ohio,
Dec. 81, have been completed.
| Colonel Maitland OF the royal naval
air service, jumped with a parachute
at London from an aeroplane which
was 10000 feet in the air. He landed
safely.
Out of 5000 college, academy and
high school students who participated
in football contests in Oklahoma dur.
Ing the 1915 season, one man was
killed and twenty one slightly injured
The curtailed racing season Just
ended in England Is regarded as sat
isfactory, even from the point of view
of the racing men. The figures for
attendance at Newmarket show that
at the ordinary meetings there was
an Increase OF visitors, while all the
extra fixtures were well patronized.
GENERAL
A lock Of Napoleon Bonaparte's hair
obtained while he was at st. Helena
was bought by George D. Smith fol-
$107.60 at the John E. Burton library
sale in the Anderson galleries in New
York
Business improvement wholly aside
from that attributable to the Panama
Pacific and Panama-California expoei
tons, was reported from all portions
OF the Pacific slope, and the far North
west
Work on a dirigible balloon for the
navy will begin at the navy yard
at Portsmouth. N. H., on December
Is. The airship will be ITS feet long
and so feet in diameter. 1t will cost
$4,000
| Physicians held out little hope fol-
the recovery of Col William p. Hep
burn, 80, former congressman repre-
| senting the Eighth Iowa district now