The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-25
FOREIGN

Slf EDWARD Fry, former lOfo JustlcS
Of appeal. died at Failand House. near
Bristol. England
Greek troops completed the reoccu-
patton of the regions OF Greek Mace
donia which have been held by the
Bulgarians and Turks.
There have been severe earthquakes
In Guatemala and $50 persons are
dead. according to reports. Much
property damage also has been caused.
British officers returning from Bel
gium say that while Ostend has not
been badly damaged. other coas;
towns have been completely wrecked.
Middelkerke is likened to Pompeii.
The Austro- Hungarian government
soon will reply TO President Wilson's
note. inasmuch as he has not an
swered the question concerning posi-
BILE conditions for peace negotiations.
declared a semi-official dispatch from
Vienna.
MademoiseIie de Vallette. head OF
| the American section OF the press de
partment or the foreign office, was
| killed instantly in Paris when a hand
grenade which she picked up In re-
occupied territory near the front ex-
ploded.
The council OF the Czecho- Slovaks
and Jugo Slavs at Santiago. Chile. sent
telegram to President Wilson thank
ing him for his efforts to secure the
independence of the two races, which
have borne for many years the domi-
nation of the autocratic Austrian en-
| pire"
Speaking in the House of Commons
in London, James Thomas Mac
Namara. financial secretary OF. the ad-
miralty, said there was good reason
to believe that all German destroyers
and torpedo boats which had their
bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge have
escaped to German ports.
An unusually late winter in north
ern Russia was ushered in by a heavy
fall OF snow. The Dvina and Naga
rivers. which usually are closed at this
| date, are still ice-free. The American
and other soldiers are being equipped
| with semi-arctic uniforms, including
| sheepskin great coats and Arctic felt
| boots
In a literal transport OF Joy the 5000
| inhabitants remaining in Laon rushed
TO the gates OF the city to greet Gen,
Mangin who made his entry into the
city. Men, women and children, with
the tears running down their cheeks
and waving the Tricolor. cried: Long
| live Gen. Mangin, Long live the army!
Long live our liberators,"
| e.. ~,
| statement that Swiss banks are
| flooded with securities. titles and
script money from Germany and Aus
tria in spite of the heavy loss by ex-
change. Vienna losing 5s per cent
and Berlin ~ per cent. A large pro-
portion of the depositors and sellers
belong to the princely families posing
under assumed names.
SPORT
The American league was IS years
old on Oct IA. just escaped the
draft by little over month.
Sergt. Tommy Burns. former worlds
heavyweight champion. now athletic
instructor with Canadian forces at
vancouIver, B. c.. is suffering from
Spanish influenza.
Dame Rumor has 1t the Giants will
be sold at the December baseball
meeting in New York Spiking the
report ttat the good old dame has
been interned for the period of the
war.
Pal Moore. Memphis bantamweight.
and Ritchie Mitchell, Milwaukee light
weight, will make the trip to London
as the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton representatives at the boxing
bouts for the kings trophy. was an
nounced in Chicago.
AA.,LRAL
Mai Gems. Hunter Liggett and Rob
ert l.. Bullard were nominated by Pres
ident Wilson to be lieutenant gener-
ais.
Prince Umberto, count Of Salemi.
cousin of King Victor Emmanuel. is
dead at Crespano, near Monte Grappa.
where he commanded a battery in the
Italian army He was 29 years old.
Thirty-four prominent theatrical
managers and actors in New York
pledged their profession to raise 81
O0O. 900 towards New York's $35,000,-
900 quota in the United War Wori.
campaign for 70,000.0O0.
The abdication of Emperor William
and the crown prince is the only
means of solving the terrible crisis y
according to opinions expressed by the
! Munich Post. the Swaebische Tag
wacht and Frankische Morgenpost.
Judge William Morrow of San Fran.
cisco, presiding in the United States
District Court at Tucson. Ariz-. took
under advisement the demurrers oi
Harry C. Wheeler and twenty-four
other Bisbee and Douglas men charged