The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-07
FOREIGN

Toronto
The Dublin Evening Mail says the
police have seized a large quantity oil
high explosives which were brought 10
Ireland from Scotland
The Russian general staff in north
ern Russia has been captured General
Dukhonin was thrown from train
and killed by Bolsheviki gangsters.
The marquis of I.ansdowne's letter
continues TO be commented on by the
German press. the concensus being
that pacifism is gaining ground In
England.
Two hundred million dollars is the
estimated amount OF the actual prop
erty loss from the great floods which
have swept over North China within
the last two months.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg is
quoted by correspondent of the
Vienna Neue Erie Press as ironically
referring to the American advertis
ing methods"
Camille Huysmans. secretary OF the
Socialist Internationally. according u
an interview printed in the Alton
Tidnigen, deplores events in Russia
as making the peace outlook darker.
The revolutionary movement In
Ecuador. ii is officially announced,
has ended. The rebels suffered de-
feat wherever they appeared. and
their leader. lntriago has been cap
tured
Definite proof. it is asserted, OF the
existence Of German U-boat station
off the South American coast was OBJ
tanned by the authorities at Buenos
Aires in the discovery OF evidence
contained among the effects taken
from crews of interned German steam.
ships.
DR.. Christopher Addison, minister
Of reconstruction. according to the
London Daily Express. has been ap-
pointed minister OF public health, and
hopes to carry bill through Parlia
ment before Christmas, forming a
new ministry to operate scheme OF
revolutionary character" This
scheme is said to aim at the national
ization OF the medical profession in
volving free medical attendance foI
everyone without any element OF
charge.
SPORTING NEWS
Denver bowlers will compete for the
benefit of the Red Cross at the Den
Yer alleys on Wednesday evening
Dec. L.
The basketball team of Creighton
university, Omaha will go to Colo
RADIO this winter for series OF games
with state colleges and Independent
teams.
Fred Eames defeated Tony Sarconi
in a three-cushion billiard game for
the benefit Of the ambulance fund be.
ing raised by the billiardists of the
country, played at Denver.
Earl Puryear. Denver bantam
weight, who lost on foul to Joe Leo
pold at the Lakeside Athletic club in
Denver left for Tulsa, Okla, where
he is matched to meet Nate Jackson
Shellenberger of the Parker Lights
Denver. his performance netting him
a series total of CSC Shell opened
with 25S. followed with 1877, and then
closed with 22l. His scores helped
the Parker Lights romp off with the
big score of the evening in the Com
mercial league-2,739
GENERAL
Over 2o6 persons in United States
get income of millions each year.
The capture of one of Germany's s
finest submarines by an American
warship was reported unofficially at
Newport, r. L., in a story from a
French seaport
German has been dropped from the
course of study in thirty high schools
of California because pupils have dis
continued studying the language. it
was announced by school authorities
President Wilson's address to Con
gress was heralded throughout the
world by the United States govern
ment. The achievement is regarded
as probably the greatest publicity feat
ever undertaken.
Evidence of plot to poison Mrs
Bertha Hemple, a widow, and her
four children, has been unearthed in
Hanover township, pronounced Ger
man community, federal officials an
nounced in Chicago
Mrs. Carrie " Hollister, a sister of
Schuyler Colfax, vice president of the
United States under President U. s.
Grant, and widow of the late Col. Or
lando j. Hollister. one of the pioneers
of Utah. died at Seattle, Wash, aged
rs. She went to Seattle nine years
ago from Salt Lake.
Miss Harriet A. Varney, nurse.
was placed on trial at Dedham, Mass,
accused of the murder of Mrs. Pauline