The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
FOREIGN

Deutschland. returning from the Unit
ed States, arrived off the mouth of the
Weser
Peace proposals have been made by
Germany and her allies. According to
a semi-official announcement in Ber-
lin the proposals are, in the belief OF
the central powers, appropriate for
the establishment OF lasting peace"
Germany's reply 10 the friendly
protest OF America against Belgian
deportations was handed to Charge
Grew OF the American embassy by
Foreign Secretary Zimmerman. 1t was
Immediately cabled to Washington.
kilograms received at London from
Athens say that a revolution has
broken out in the Cyclades group of
islands in the Aegean sea. All the
Greek communities in Egypt. IL IL
added. have renounced their allie glance
to King Constantine.
Women were busy at Winnipeg.
Man, calling up their friends, asking
that no Christmas gifts be sent them.
This is part OF campaign to turn ey-
cry available penny into buying com
forts for Canada's s manhood in the
trenches somewhere in France"
ministry follows the unofficial fore
cast with two or three minor changes
Mr.. Lloyd-George. Lord Miner, Earl
Curzon Andrew Bonar Law, and Ar
thur Henderson form what is Off
cially termed the War Cabinet. while
the others, who ordinarily have been
designated as Cabinet ministers, are
called heads of departments.
The new French cabinet. according
to the official list available, is com
prised as follows: Premier and min
lister of foreign affairs-Aristide Bri-
and. Minister of finance Alexander
Ribot Minister OF war-Gen Hubert
l.. Yautey. Minister OF marine-Rear
Admiral Lacase. Minister of fabrica-
ton rationale, including munitions
and transportation-Albe Thomas.
The five foregoing cabinet members
will form council of national de-
fenss.
SPORTING NEWS
Young Ahern defeated Willie Lang
ford in ten rounds at the Vanderbilt
A. C. in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Jimmy Duffy OF Lockport, N y,
knocked out Eddie Melzer in the
eighth round at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Johnny kilbane, featherweight
champion, easily outpointed Alvie MIL
Ter OF Lorain at Youngstown, Ohio. in
a 12round bout.
In the first game of the second
week of the pocket billiard tourna-
ment at Denver, Mardeno (60) won
from Smell 500 by score of co to &C.
David Janowski, the French chess
champion, and Jack Showalter OF
Georgetown, former United States
chess champion. played to a draw at
Lexington, KY, in the second game OF
three weeks series.
Nate Lewis, manager of Charlie
White and Johnny Coulan, returned to
Chicago from New York and an,
nounced he had closed two matches
for White in the East The left hook
artist will meet Walter Mohr OF Brook
lyn at the Glaremont rink, New York,
on Christmas afternoon, and New Year
afternoon he will battle Harry Dona.
hue of Peoria, H., at Rochester, N. Y.
Both will be ten rounds.
The skiing craze has hit the Aspen,
Colo, mining camp. A 3.000-foot ski
ing course is now in good condition
and many popular skiers will endeavor
to break the worlds record made at
Steamboat Springs last year. Aspen
boasts of having three or four ski
jumpers who held records in Sweden.
A skating rink 150Xl50 has been
opened by the Winter Sports Club
and hockey league is being organ
ized from which town team will be
picked
GENERAL
Not sin but virtue is seen by DR.
Anna Howard Shaw in the apple eat
ing incident of the Garden of Eden
Charles II. Wax posed in Portland
Ore, as Col, Mason and stole $40, 900
worth of diamonds from Mrs. Lillian
NJ. Ikle according to her statement to
the police.
Alexander Blair Thaw, younger bro
ther of Lieut. William Thaw OF the
French flying corps, has gone to
France, where he will take military
pilots license test at the Buc aviation
field, near Paris, after which he will
probably join his brother at the front
Mrs. Margaret Hale, aged 65; her
daughter, Mrs. Eva Hills. and Mrs.
Kitty Nicholson, aged II, all OF Los