The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-31
Foreign

lon, chairman OF the Irish Nationalists,
declared war to death on the Sim
Fein.
Germany's promises to send manu-
featured goods 70 the Ukraine and
other occupied territories have not
been fulfilled.
Captain De Ullin. it is announced,
has won his twentieth aerial victory.
The captain was a partner OF the late
Captain Guynemer. the famous French
ace.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg. chief
Of the German staff, is in q hospital
at Strassburg suffering from typhoid
fever, according to reports from that
city.
Travellers arriving at Zurich from
Germany declared that discontentrd
Bulgarian soltiers attacked Emperor
Charles train after 1t had left Con
stantinople.
President Wilson's speech in New
York Is welcomed warmly by Arthur
Henderson. leader OF the British La
Dor party and former member OF the
war cabinet,
Austria has begun TO strip the
churches OF their bells in the invaded
districts OF Italy. Coffins are dug up
and the zinc Innings ripped out, Those
Of the populace who protested were
shot.
The American steamer Neches was
sunk May IA Off Start point, in Ork-
ney islands, in a collision with ancth-
er steamer. The crew OF the Neches
was saved, while the other vessel sank
Immediately with the loss of ali on
board
Gcrmany's untiring efforts to To-
ment revolution in Ireland with the
aid OF the Sim Fein are laid bare in
statement from the official press tu-
reau reviewing this phase OF the Irish
political situation since the beginning
Of the war.
Less than a quarter OF an hour aft
er the British armed merchant troop
ship Moldayia, with American troops
on board, had been torpedoed off the
southeast coast OF England virtually
every man had gone over the sides OF
the vessel into the lifeboats
AS proof that the allies are rapidly
overcoming the submarine menace.
Georges Leygues, the minister of ma
rine, informed the army and navy war
committees of the Senate at Paris
that Great Britain and the United
States alone had constructed in April
10000 tons more shipping than was
sunk by the enemy
Fifteen German sailors were tried
at Ostend in connection with the Brit
ish naval operations which resulted IN
the blocking of Ostend and Zeebrugge
harbors, according to reports from
Bruges brought to Amsterdam by fish
ermen. Thirteen Of the sailors were
executed The other two were SEN
fenced to twenty years Imprisonment.
The German airmen have been re-
markably modest Of late in the neigh
borhood OF the battle front where they
leave the skies almost entirely to the
allied aviators. When the German air
men see an entente machine approach
ing they Immediately start homeward.
declining a combat. The German
night bombing machines, however. are
extremely busy
Sporting News
According to a telegram received at
Minneapolis, Mimi. from Mike Col
Inns, who is in California, Fred Full
ton. Rochester. MINI, heavyweight
fighter, has accepted an offer to fight
Jack Dempsey twelve rounds at Dan
bury, Conn, on July 4.
The boxing fraternity of New York
delivered wartime punch at the
Kaiser OF which II is justly proud.
for the monster boxing carnival staged
at Madison Square Garden for the ben.
$4,000 to the war chest of the organ
ization.
General
Food rationing of the $4,000 to $4,000
people OF Lower California has been
completed by the United States, 1t was
announced by John B. Elliott, collec-
tor OF customs at Los Angeles.
Warren S. Stone. grand chief Of the
Brotherhood OF Engineers, was re-
elected by acclamation for a term Of
six years by the delegates at the
Cleveland, Ohio, session of the bien-
nial convention.
The administration oil leasing bill.
by which more than 100000 acres OF
public lands in the West will be
opened for development to supply the
Navy and other necessities, was
passed by the House
The Red Cross second war fund Sat
urday passed the 31Oo,o00.OoO mini
mum total mark. and kilograms an
nouncing subscriptions continued to
flow into national headquarters at a
rate that swamped the compilers.