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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
MINE BUILDINGS WRECKED AND
TREES SNAPPED LIKE sTRAws
IN DISASTER.
TWO DEBUT 20 ESCAPE
ToTTERINo DAM iMPERiLs MANY
LIVES AND MILLIONS IN PROP
ERJY IN CALIFORNIA.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Leadville, Colo.-Leaying death ana
ruin in its white course, trenen-
dous snowslide swept with terrific
impact down the steep passes OF
Mount Ebert. in Lake county one
mile above Twin Lakes, Wednesday
afternoon shortly after l O'Clock,
buried alive two mining men. one
former resident of Denver Twenty
other mine employees narrowly es-
capped death as the frozen snow and
earth Numbered down the mountain
side. The dead are j. W. Remine, 80
years old, brother of Mrs. John Wink
Ter. TIA Acoma street, Denver, and
Paul Stiffler, 40 years old, of Twin
lakes. Remine was the son OF W. P.
Remine, the mention OF whose name
recalls to the pioneer prospectors one
Of the most successful OF the early
day gold diggers.
Both men were in the employ Of the
Gordon group of gold mines. With
oring to reach a shaft opening by
cutting their way through deep
snow.
Then came the moving, crashing,
laundering slide, swapping trees at
the roots as If they we're straws,
sweeping them down. down the bot
tomless depths of the sheer mountain
side.
In the path of the slide were the
mine buildings, which were wrecked
by the oncoming run and carried
along in its maddening speed.
With a great roar, the slide finally
was broken up when it struck a high
barrier of cliffs near where the town
of Twin Lakes is situated
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
CARS MEN ROUT TURKS,
Russians Capture Sixty-Six Miles q
Trenches in Hand-to-Hand Fight
in Lake 1ortem Reojon

London, Jan 20.-Tearing through
the Turkish lines in the Caucasus, the
Russians captured sixty-six miles OF
trenches, routed the Moslens from
strong positions in the region OF
Lake Tortem, and occupied line ex
tending to the Charianson river north
of Melazghert The Ottoman forces
fled after a desperate hand-to-hand
battle in which soldiers fought with
fists, stones, dubbed rifles and bro
ken bayonets. The Sultan's troops
finally established themselves OH the
strongly fortified plain of E7erum, but
in order to cover their retreat sacri
feed large portion of their army.
Entente allied airmen have dropped
bombs on Metz and Arnaville, doing
some material damage.
With the announcement that Monte
negro had broken off negotiations
for peace with Austro- Hungary comes
the official statement in Paris
newspaper that King Nicholas and his
family and suite are already on their
way to Italy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

Los Angeles. Jan. 20.-Whether the
great lcvees which hold the Colora-
do river back from the Imperial val
ley will hold was a question on which
hinged tie possible fate Of human
lives and millions OF dollars worth
Of property Heavy rains moving
eastward left most OF southern Calf
fornia recovering from floods, trou-
blesome but receding. which claimed
four lives and caused damage esti-
mated at 100000.
A wall of water eleven feet high
was sweeping over the spillways OF
the Roosevelt dam on the Salt river.
The rise, however, had ceased, though
another one was predicted by recla-
nation officials.
Flood conditions assumed alarm
ing proportions at Yuma, Ariz., last
night Reports from all points along
the ella river above here as far as
Phoenix were to the effect that the
river was rising rapidly. The Colo
RADIO river rose one and one-haf feet
in twenty-four hours and began to
rise more rapidly late Wednesday
night.
In addition to the flood of water
rushing toward Phoenix down these
two rivers, between $4,000 and $4,000
feet of water a second was pouring
over the Laguna dam.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
SHIP s25o,o00 IN GOLD
CRIPPLE CREEK SENDS OUT 175
TONS OF RICH ORE.
February Went Out Under
Armed Guard.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Cripple Creek. Colo.-The word
wants gold. At the end OF the Ma
England made gold the sole standard
Of value at $20.67 per ounce fine
Germany followed suit in 1871 by rea
son OF victory over France. and the
United States. being ambitious to es
tablish an overseas commerce, Joined
the movement at the end OF the cen
fury.
Responding to this universal de
mand for the yellow metal the small
Cripple Creek district-some twelve
miles in width and eighteen miles
from north to south-shipped out
under the care of armed men. a con
signment Of high-grade ore worth
$685. at the sampler.
OF the seven box-car loads 175
tons) the Cresson mine furnished
fifty tons, the Portland mine twenty
five tons and the indicator Consc'i
dated Gold Mining Company 100 tons
or four-sevenths of the total.
Since the Cresson 'vug' shipment
in February. 1915, which was valued
at s243.240. this is the most valuable
single consignment that has left the
camp.
This ore will be gradually treated
at the mill of the Golden Cycle MIN
ing and Reduction Company at Colo
RADIO City.
At the low-grade end of the camps
future 1t is reported that 100000 has
been set aside by the directors of the
Nindicator Company for the construc
ton OF 1,000-ton flotation plant neal
the mines for the benefit primarily Of
the larger dumps accumulated and ,he
tailings from the Vindicator and
Golden Cycle coarse concentration
plants. each handling $50 tons daily
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
~ Parole SO He Can Marry.

John W. Robinson, a dapper young
man who was sentenced to Buena
Vista in October by Judge Wright for
robbing the home of Wellington Gates.
has applied to the board Of pardons
for a parole before Feb. l, SO that
he may fulfill his engagement to
marry an Eastern girl. who has re-
manned faithful to him in his time Of
trouble. Robinson also wishes to see
his mother, from whom he has kept
the story of his downfall, before she
becomes suspicious that all Is not
we'll with him, he says.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
PHONE INVENTORY CORRECT.
Commissions Electrician Testifies
Count Of Equipment Taliiss With

Commissions Electrician Testifies
Count Of Equipment Taliiss With
His
Denver-The inventory OF its prop
erty made by the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company
under the direction OF the State Pub
lie Utilities Commission was careful
" and conscientiously made" in the
opinion of Fred J. Rankin. electrical
expert for the commission.
He testified to that effect At the
hearing before the commission In
the investigation OF the rates and
service OF the company. He said the
inventory lis as accurate a. Is prac-
teal or necessary and should be &C
copied as correct"
The expert told Of the checks he
made on the vast work Of itemizing
the corporations property. On the
general equipment he made checks Of
Alamosa, Boulder, Colorado Springs,
Delta, Denver, Englewood, Fort Col
Inns, Fort Morgan, Greeley, Littleton.
Longmont, Pueblo and Sterling.
he IOuuQ OliiSA ShNC' Oe-
tween his counts of various parts OF
equipment and the counts of the COIL
pany.
For instance, in a count OF 1927
poles he made in one district there
was difference Of 63-100 OF l per
cent from the company's count, he
said. In a count of cross-arms there
was a difference of ITO Of per cent.
Following the submission Of testi-
mony on the inventory of physical
property, the commission adjourned
the hearing until Feb. IA. On that
date the introduction of testimony
viii BE- begun in the matter of finan-
sil valuations OF the company's
ropsrty-one of the most important
Eagles q The inquiry.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Sweet Cider May BE Sold.

Cider il not an intoxicating drink
as long as it retains its pristine sweet
ness and innocence and is shy any
kick" and may be sold legally in
Colorado, according to a decision from
Attorney General Farrar. In order to
decide just how long cider will remain
sweet and harmless the state chemist,
DR.. John Ekeley. has been asked to
make a number of tests to determine
how long preservatives, such as ben
zoate of soda, will keep the liquid
unfermented.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Ranehman's Body Found Frozen.

Trinidad.-Walton Dilks, ~ years
old, a ranchman. is dead. His frozen
body was found In his cabin near
here by NJ. L. Barnes, neighbor. A
shot had shattered the dead mans
head. Beside him was found a high
power rifle. Dependency over firan-
cial losses is believed to have been
the motive for the suicide. Dilks
lived alone. The ranch, as a poultry
farm. had been a failure, and for
months he had been unable to rat
other employment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
State Boiler Fight Ends Temporarily.

The second attempt during the last
year to abolish the state boiler in
spection department, by transferring
the duties of the office to the factory
inspection department under the state
labor commissioner. was abandoned
when Chief Inspector George v. Cos
SELDOM and his two deputies were
paid their salaries for the preceding
two months and informed that funds
for travelling expenses would be forth
coming, for their next months work
at least.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Boulder Man Victim Of Bandits.

Boulder.-W. j. Wallace of FL
Paso, Tex, reported to have been
slain by Villa troops in Chihuahua,
Mex. was a resident of Boulder for
three years until last fall. when he
went to Ell Paso. where his son. w.
w. Wallace, opened law office. The
latter was graduated from the univer-
sity law school last June. Mr.. Wal
lace was a retired merchant of Fair.
play
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Ray Heads Editorial Assoc ation.

Denver.-Roy Ray. editor of the
Windsor Poudre Valley. was elected
president of the Colorado Editorial
Association at the first day of the
annual meeting of the organization.
David Elliot of the Colorado Springs
Telegraph was chosen vice president,
and Alva A. Swain of the Pueblo
Chieftain succeeded himself as secre-
tary
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Second DAVIDSON Trial Feb. 9.

Colorado Springs.-The case of J..
Lotion Davidson. the Denver under
taker, charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud insurance companies, was set
for Feb 9 in the District Court. TIE
jury at former trial recently was
discharged because the members
were unable to agree on a verdict
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Summons Issued In Assault Case,

Several members Of the general as
sembly. including Speaker Philip B.
Stewart. have been subpoenaed as
witnesses in the trial of the suit, ip
which Charles H. Newell, a newsS
paperman. seeks to recover damages
from Alphonse p. Ardourel, represen-
tative from Boulder County, for an
alleged assault made upon him on the
floor Of the house.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Germans Form Colony in Colorado

Durango-Plans are being made to
bring 1000 German farmers LON
Alberta and Manitoba procinces.
ada, to Southwestern Colorado anG
Northern New Mexico, according to
an announcement here by w. Goft
Black and George f. Burlington OF
Aztec, N NJ The announcement
states that the exodus is caused by
anti-Teutonic feeling in Canada re-
sulting from the war
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Mrs. Mae oIes Again on Trial.

Boulder.-The trial OF Mrs. Mae
Oles. who is charged with the forgery
of a contract between her father. j.
n Bradford, and the late A. J. Macky,
Boulder pioneer and philanthropist,
by which she hoped to gain one third
of the 100000 Macky estate, began
in the District Court here before
Judge j. w Sheafor of Colorado
Springs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Power Firm Ordered to Pay Rent.

Power Firm Ordered to Pay Rent.
By decision given by Judge Robert
E. Lewis in the United States Dis
trict Court the Colorado Power Com
pany lost its contention OF vested
rights in the government lands on
which its 100000 hydroelectric
plant is located in Garfield County,
and unless the company pays a rental
Of 500 a month within sixty days the
property viii be seized by the govern
ment. According to attorneys, the de-
cfsion will affect power companies In
practically all the Western states.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
school Standardization Day" Feb. Is.

Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford, state 81.
perintendent Of public instruction, has
issued proclamation declaring Feb.
% Standardization Day." to be cele
brated in all schools in second and
third class districts. Under standard
ization a school will have to meet
requirements as to teachers, school
grounds, buildings and courses Of
study.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Pueblo Church Burns; Loss, $50 600

Pueblo.-Fire swept the Broadway
Christian church, resulted in serious
injuries to Charles B. Willis, captain
of motor engine No. 3 OF the fire de-
partment, minor injuries, including
frozen hands and feet to a half a
dozen other firemen and caused a H.
nancial loss of probably $4,000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

I Killed in Powder Plant ExpIosion.
Hopeville, va.-One man was killed
and a dozen severely injured by an
explosion in the nitrate house Of the
Du Pont powder plant here.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
WASHINGTON

Secretary McAdoo asked a deficien
ey appropriation of 1884, to com
plete the approaches to the Lincoln
memorial.
The House military affairs commit.
tee will give a hearing on the keat.
ing bill to establish an $4,000, 900 mu.
nitions plant at Pueblo
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the
British suffragist leader detained BY
New York Immigration authorities
was ordered admitted to the United
States Internationally.
The second OF the administration
conservation measures, a bill under
which more than 100000, 900 acres Of
public lands would be thrown open
for lease by private interests, passed
the House without roll call. Immeci-
ateiy afterward the G40-acre home
stead bill was taken up with a pros
pect that it would be passed. Oppo-
sition to the land lease bill was COZ
fined principally to far western rep
Tesentatiyes, as in the case of the wa
ter power leasing bill, passed a few
days ago
Secretary Lansing announced that
the Berlin foreign office had informed
Ambassador Gerard that all German
submarines in the Mediterranean have
reported. and that none was concerned
In the destruction Of the British liner
Persia.
Establishment OF a neutral zone in
northern Mexico to be jointly policed
by the forces Of Mexico and the Unit
ed States unless disorders are
speedily controlled, Is proposed in a
resolution introduced by Senator
Gore. Democrat, Vt Oklahoma.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Gen. villas Life Forfeit on siob%.

Ell Paso.-General Carranza tele-
graphed the Mexican embassy at
Washington that he had formally
proclaimed Francisco Villa an outlaw
and authorized his execution by any
citizen of the republic who might en-
counter him.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

! FEB. Injecting Republican State
Central Committee in Denver
[ Feb. ls-is-sports Carnival at Steam
March 2e~aprii e-coiorado Retail
Merchants Associations Food and
Industrial Exposition 1t Denver
| Clarence Darrow delivered a lecture
in Denver on the single-tax question
| Citizens OF Durango voted $4,000
bonds 10 build a new high schoc!
! building.
! Much interest is being manifested
| in the good roads meeting at Denver,
Jan. 1920.
The funeral OF Mrs Mary L. Corlew
/ 90 years old, who died suddenly, was
/ held in Denver.
Delegates from all parts OF the
I state attended the Good Roads Asso-
citation meeting In Denver.
/ John Greenawalt spoke on THE
/ Telephone Business at the Denver
Advertising Clubs weekly luncheon
/ The Colorado State Editorial Asso-
4 citation held its winter meeting 10
/ Denver on Monday and Tuesday.
| The Colorado Osteopathic Assecia-
ton will hold its nineteenth annual
meeting in Denver. Jan % and 20
nj, o.,a-,--, r. .ra ,t,,, o,,
Of the best known mining men in the
state died AT his home near Empira.
Louis Boyyin. pioneer logger OF
! Colorado. died at his residence in Den
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mrs. mary brennan 10 years oio'
WHO" h'ihg at west inirty-secoho
"Nehue ana ieJoh street. Den'er' "as
baintully burned In a lire at ner nome
Ihe lire was caused by an over
teated stove
| Denver is destined to become the
| center of metal mining research Work
for the United states and the CHIEF
headquarters OF the united states
Bureau OF Mines, in the opinion ot
members of the office in Denver
The plant of the Western Sugar G.
Land Company at Grand Junction will
be purchased aud operated By new
concern, headed by A. E. Carlton
Cripple Creek banker and mining
man, which intends TO build factory
al Delta
honeymoon trip on foot to New
York city, with pedometers to record
the numter of miles covered, is the
novel scheme planned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick j. Anderson, who were
married in Golden Christmas day.
William II. Lawrence, Denver pio-
neer and one of the founders of the
Saturday and Sunday Hospital Asso-
citation, died at his home. PAT Ban
mock street Mr.. Lawrence was 81
years old and had been in excellent
health until the day before he died.
when he suffered stroke of apo
plexy
Freeman l. LOOMS of Radcliffe
who Jumped" his bond three months
ago on statutory charges and led the
police and private detectives chase
of nearly 1000 miles before his cap
ture in Ruskin, Neb.. was turned over
to Eagle county officials on his ar
rival in Denver in custody of Sheriff
j. A. Jones.
Mrs Fife Adams wife of Harry 7.
Adams nal Of Claude MADDOX who
was dangerously younded-the nolice
saw while no was irving tn rob the
Hotel I'm. Nan-was arrested in Non.
var IN rho West side corr, -, u,or.
rant charging her with receiving 1870
worth of stolen furs. Her bail was
fixed at $4,000.
James Barton Adams, pioneer Den.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Prize Stock Of Nation at Denver Show

Denver-With the finest domestic
menagerie ever assembled in one
place, the National Western Stock
and Horse Show opened Monday at the
Denver stockyaIds and thousands of
people poured through the gates
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
soIes Granted uneondIt,ena, Pardon.

o0'es oTshteo Oneonoltaonai PARDON
Denver.-Russel Boles, sentenced
almost IL years ago on the charge Of
having murdered 15-year-old Harold
Fridborn, North Denver youth, wast
Internationally pardoned by the State
Board OF Pardons.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

British Ship Sunk by U-Boat.
London.-The British steamer Ma
rere was sunk by submarine Her
crew was rescued.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
SPORTING NEWS

Mike Gibbons of St Paul hnocked
out Young Ahern in the first round
OF their scheduled ten-round bout at
St Paul MINI
w. II. Williams. star halfback OF
last years School of Mines football
team at Golden, Colo. was elected
captain of the 1916 gridiron squad.
Dick Gilbert, the Denver heavy
weight was matched TO meet vic Han
battle at Kansas City on the night OF
January "a
Fred Lewis of England was ready
to take on Packey Mcfarland for thc
welterweight mpionship. as a re
suit of his easy win at Milwaukee
over Kid Graves OF Cleveland
Black men and white may here
after stage boxing bouts in New York
state. The athletic commission viii
rescind the old rule against mixed
bouts because the attorney general
says it is unconstitutional
James c. McGill, Denver and Indian
apolis baseball magnate, defendant in
suits filed in the District Court by
John F. Coffey, formerly manager CT
the Denver team, and his wife, Lorean
V. Coffey, who charge assault. must
defend the actions in the identical
years ago when Estelle F. Del Poso
a beautiful Spanish girl. sued him .or
$4,000 for breach of promise
GENERAL
An earth temblor was felt at Ii
Centre, Cal, and at other points in
the Imperial valley. No damage re-
suited
Blackmailing operations carried on
at the seaside summer resorts, net
ting more than $3.50 900 were revealed
by two arrests in New York
The Rainier club, the principal so
cial club in Seattle, Wash. was raided
by deputy sheriffs, who confiscated
400 quarts of whiskey, champagne,
gin and other intoxicants.
Fremont, Ohio, dispatch says f.
l. Calm of Rich township is perhaps
the biggest country schoolboy in Ohio
II not in the United States He is l6
years of age and weighs 260 pounds.
According to advices received at
Douglas, Ariz., regarding the reported
capture OF Baca-Valles and Cisneros,
eight armed followers with the Villa
bandit leaders also we're taken in;o
custody.
The police. working without a semb-
lance of a clew, were unable to estab-
lish a motive for the murder of Ed
ward B. Dodge of Boston, who was
shot to death in front of ST. Georges
Episcopal chapel in st. Louis.
Madame E. Lanel, wife OF the
French minister to Brazil, who died
in Rio Janeiro, was Miss Amy Mckee
the daughter OF Mrs. Sam Bell Nc
Kee of Oakland, Cal. She is survived
by her husband, mother, a brother
and two sisters.
Miss Lillian Conklin. pretty New
York governess, 20, was awarded e..
900 damages by Jury that heard her
tell how George r. Kaufman. wealthy
mining engineer, gave her a short
kiss and a lingering kiss" when she
called at his home seeking employ.
ment