The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-29
FOREIGN

UrQuijo has been sunk By . German
submarine.
The small Russian steamer Skiftel
has been sunk by striking a mine neal
Abo. Finland
Fear Of a bread famine increased o
Buenos Aires when there were add
tions to the ranks OF striking bakers.
The keynote OF the comment in the
Vienna press on President Wilson'S
note to the belligerents is that the
idea OF peace thus brought forward
will not easily be dissipated.
Four AustroHungarian destroyerf
made a successful raid in the Straits
of Otranto. sank two patrol boats and
on the way back, routed six enemy de
stroyers of superior type and speed
Vienna official statement declared.
Italian press indorses Wilson,
peace note and hopes nations viii
consider it in the spirit in which 1
was sent Pope Benedict says not'
shows honesty. justice and far
sightedness" Of President Wilson
President Wilson's note with III
recommendation that belligerents en-
views on peace terms has been sub
iected TO continuous discussions ant
conferences by German diplomats ane
statesmen since its delivery.
Switzerland. in note to the war
ring powers. announced its support O
President Wilson's appeal for dis
cussion of peace terms, saying l.
would consider itself happy if +
could act in any way, no matter how
modest, for the approachment of the
peoples now engaged in the struggle
and for lasting peace"
A Frankfurt dispatch to the Eek
change Telegraph Company, via Rot
terdam, says there was heavy bettinI
on the Berlin exchange that peace
would be signed before August Ths
same dispatch says that the German
emperor will return to Berlin for con
ferences with the American and Span
ish AMBASSADORS
Germany and her allies-Austria.
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey-Dec
&c replied to the note of President
Wilson, in which he asked that the bel.
ligerent nations state the aims for
which they were fighting. The pro,
posal is made by the central powers
that a conference of the delegates OF
all the belligerents be held immediate
ly in a neutral city.
Christmas sent throb OF good
cheer to all the British armies in the
battle-lines OF France, and wherever a
British soldier ate his Christmas din.
ner, whether in the front fire trenches
or in the secluded security OF the re.
serve camps, enthusiastic toasts were
offered to king and empire and to the
coming New Year which Britons con.
fidently believe will bring victory to
the entente allied cause
SPORTING NEWS
II. r. Deighton Simpson. son OF
Henry w. Simpson of New York. was
accidentally killed while flying in
England on Dec. 10.
Billy Miske of St. Paul and Jack
Dillon of Indianapolis. middleweights
have signed for twenty-round figh,
at New Orleans La, on Feb. 2
A New Orleans fight promoter tele
graphed to Les Darcy. the Australian
middleweight now in New York, al
offer to fight Mike Gibbons at New
Orleans La. for a purse of $4,000,
Earl Cooper won the fifty mile
match race at the Ascot speedway a,
Los Angeles, covering the distance In
A Al an average of 61.l3 miles an
hour. Eddie Pullen finished one sec
end behind Cooper
AT Philadelphia Stanley loakum
Denver iron man. took a beating
from Terry McGovern. Philadelphia
lightweight. Eddie O'Keefe. Philadel
phia, and Artie Root. Cleveland ban
tamweight, went six rounds to a draw
California is tired of the quiet, ANA
teur sporting life and wants some
thing more OF the big events of the
turf and ring And that feeling is go
ing TO result in some fight TO rein
Of the state and the people have pro
hbited
GENERAL
Col. Frederick New bold Lawrence
president of the New York Stock Eek
change, died in his eighty.third year
The Greek line steamship Patris
with 600 passengers aboard, bound
from Piraeus to New York. is detaineL
BY the British at Gibraltar
Another advance of 10 cents a bar
rel for crude oil was posted at Inde
pendence, Kan. by the Prairie Oil ant
Gas Company. The new price is
sl.3o.
Honora May O'Brien, a beautiful New
York stenographer. was prostrated by