The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-01-11
FOREIGN


The new constitution of the British
Labor Party, which will be voted on
at the annual conference at Birming-
ham. beginning Jan. %, will provide
for the enrolment of women members.
The Diario Illustrado at Santiago
states that the United States has
agreed to permit the expectation of
gold to Chile SO that a solution Of
Chile's monetary problem may be IA
cilitated
The Australian cabinet, headed by
William Morris Hughes, has resigned,
according to Reuter- dispatch from
Melbourne. Franks G. Tudor. labor
leader, has been summoned to form
q new ministry.
The Chamber Of Deputies resumed
its sessions at Paris after the hosiday
recess. 1t was called to order by
Jules Siegfried, native Alsatian, who,
In the absence OF Baron Ale d. Mack
au, was the eldest member present.
A British torpedo boat destroyer has
been torpedoed and sunk in the Medi-
terranean sea, according to an Ad-
miralty announcement issued in Lon
don. All the officers of the destroyer
were saved, but ten members of the
crew were lost.
Earl Reading, Lord Chief Justice,
hoe hoou opuoiptod nrit{ch h{0h o0,,,
missioner in the United States. Be-
sides taking over the work of the
British Embassy in Washington, he
will have charge of the work of the
British War Mission and It's establish
ments in New York and Washington.
Territorial integrity Of Austria and
Germany must form the cornerstone
of new peace negotiations, the official
North German Gazette declared, ac-
cordine to dispatches received at Am
sterdam. Premier Lloyd Georges
speech indicated that there was prac-
tically no change in Great Britain's
war aims, the newspaper asserted.
In thanking the Roman aristocracy
for their Christmas and Near Years
greetings, Pope Benedict expressed his
appreciation that the nobility had in
dOrsed "our words with which we re-
Gently invited the peoples of the earth
to return to God with the view Of has
tening the end Of the frightful misfor-
tune which has afflicted the world for
more than three years."
"The additional strength which the
enemy can. obtain from the events in
Russia and Italy already have been
largely discounted and the ultimate
destruction of the enemy's field forces
has been brought appreciably nearer"
Is the confident summing up by Field
Marshal Haig, the British commander
in-chief in France and Belgium. of
last years work by the British army
on the Western front.
Emperor William has conferred the
Order Pour lie Merite on Submarine
Commander Kophamel, on his return
from cruise to the Cape Verde Is-
lands. During this cruise, Kophamel
asserts, he sank an American destroy
er and fourteen merchantmen, most Of
them bound from the United States
for Italy or France He Is said to
have brought back twenty-five tons Of
copper as booty.
SPORT
Princeton defeated Dartmouth at
basketball at Princeton, N. j., 26 to Z.
1t Is understood that there will be
no salary cuts when the 1918 contracts
with the New York Yankees are
mailed out the latter part of this
month.
Great Island Ringing Bells, owned
by William Zeigler, Jr., of New York,
and handled by r. X. Armstrong of
Barber, N. c.. won the derby Of the
United States field trials, which was
finished at Grand Junction, Tenn.
Denver boys are starring at base
ball in Cuba. Frank Grannell, mem
Der Of the D. A. c. and well known
as semi-professional ballplayer in
Colorado, is member of the One
Hundred and Twenty-seventh Com
pany, Seventh Regiment, United
States Marines, and in game played
on Christmas day the nine triumphed
over strong foe, to 8.
GENERAL
Money in circulation in the United
States Jan. amounted to $5,120,424,-
900, or $4S.76 per capita, compared
with $5,OS5,370 900 one month ago. In
the last year money in circulation has
increased $6S0,OO0,O00.
H. G. Hoskier of South Orange, N.
J., member of the American Am.
bulance at French headquarters, has
been decorated with the Legion OF
Honor In recognition Of his work with
the ambulance since 1915.
Led, according to witnesses, by two
civilians, fifteen to twenty American
bluejackets entered the office of the
Daily Call, radical newspaper at
Seattle, Wash, and almost completely
wrecked the establishment.