The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-09-27
FOREIGN

idG H'il OlllCe sIaNt oStobti' ieAD'
resigned
Dr. Karl Won Helfferich. who sue
ceeded the late Count Won Mirbach a.
German ambassador to Russia. has
resigned.
As the result of general strike IN
salzburg tAust-ia) a state OF siege
has been proclaimed. according TO re
ports at Zurich.
Thirty-one persons were killed whom
an express train from Berlin for VI
emma coHided with another train at
the Dresden station.
French and Americans recently
cleared the 81, Mihiel salient, the Ger
mans have started further fires.
Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation OF Labor, and
other mem bers OF the labor mission
were received by King George in Lon
don
Renewed attempts have been made
to assassinate members OF the soviet
government in Russia. and as a result
there will be fresh measures in re-
prisal says Moscow dispatch
Solemn ceremonies over the body OF
Nicholas Romauotf. former emperor
OF Russia. were held at Yekaterinburg
By troops of the peoples army" ac.
cording TO Izyestia OF Moscow.
Three Officers and t~enty-seven OF
the crew of the American steamer
Buena Vista arrived at Carunna,
Spain. Three boats with six,y-four of
the crew are missing.
Count Won Hertlng, the German i'm
perial chancellor. addressing the main
committee OF the reichstag declared
that the public discomfort in Germany
was not justified by the military sit
uation on the western front. accord
ing 10 a dispatch from Berlin.
Colonel TchapIin. leader of the re
cent attempt to oyerturn the provi-
Sional government headed by NJ. Tsch-
aikovsky in northwestern Russia, has
resigned his post as commander of
the Russian forces. and has been sue
ceeded by Colonel Ivanoff The labor
disputes in Archangel are being rap
WY 5'l'i'd aNlltfi ithI 1blNlflS " iio
had been operating the street car sys-
tenn have been transferred to other
duties
SPORT
The talk that the war Is stopping
all sorts OF sports in England is put
10 rout by an announcement just made
public regarding the boxing cham
pions of England twenty-five cham
pionship contests have been decided
in England since the start of the war
in 1914
To encourage cross-country running
among men in the army and navy
service the championship committee
of the National A A. L. at Chicago
decided TO hold United States serv-
Ice cross country champ pionship in the
various district associations OF the
A A. U. on or before Jan /
Miss Helen Hooker. l3-year old New
York girl, upheld the reputation which
metropolitan junior lawn tennis play
ers have made this year by defeating
Miss Lillian Coffin OF Johnston r. l..
60, 6-3, in a first-round match in the
woman s tournament on the I.ongwood
Cricket Club courts at Boston.
GENERAL
Gen. Han Lin Chun has been ap
pointed Chinese military attacher at
Washington
The Treasury Department an
nounced that the amount of the fourth
I he. q
Cardinal John NJ Farley, archbishop
OF New York, was buried beneath the
altar of ST. Patrick's Cathedral in
New York
Two officers and sixteen privates
died at Camp Deyens, near Aver.
pneumonia
approximately 1000 students reg
stered at Harvard University. A
large percentage signified their inten-
ton OF enrolling in the student army
training corps,
The Rebel yell from many thousand
throats was the outward manifestation
at Tulsa, okla. OF a great surge OF
patriotism which followed the presen-
tation to the United Confederate Vet
Grams and to the Sons of Veterans of
gigantic service flag. The flag,
which contains 10000 stars, each
representing a direct descendant of a
Confederate soldier, who is now Of
fering his life for his country in the
war for world liberty. was presented
by the Colorado delegation.
Both imports and exports of mer-
chandise were greater in value dur
ing August than in any previous Au-
gust in the history of American for
elgn trade. Figures announced by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce show imports valued at $273.-
900 900. an increase OF S5,000.00O over
AUGUST 1917 and exportS OF 1929 O0O- :