The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-15
FOREIGN

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A republic Was proclaimed at Berlin
on Saturday. according to advices re
ceived from Munich.
The House OF Commons passed on
third reading tho bill permitting wom
en- to sit in Parliament
The indications are that Russia will
refuse to make any further indemnity
payments to Germany.
The entire Austrian fleet has been
handed over to the Italians and is In
termed in Venice. Spalato and Buccari.
The death OF the crown prince Is
confirmed by The Hague correspond
emit OF the German news agency al
Munich.
Prince Macmillan Of Baden has
been appointed regent of the empire.
the Berlin newspapers semi-officially
announce.
Paris celebrated in the truest sense
OF that word. all day Sunday and Sun
day night The city was q riot OF
song, color and Joy.
THE French torpedo boat Mangini.
with Brig Gen. du Noust aboard. en-
tered the Dardanelles. it was officially
announced in Paris
With the unestimated casualties of
Russia and others. the London Ex
press estimates the total casualties of
the war at % ,o0o 900 men
Emperor William. it is reported at
Amsterdam, was on his way to the
British lines to surrender when he
was headed off by the German revolu
tionists and forced to seek safety in
Holland
The population OF the Polish prov
ince of Plock have risen against the
Germans and there have been conflicts
in which a number of persons of both
sides have been killed, according to
Zurich dispatch.
A specia! dispatch from Eysden,
Holland says that when William Ho-
henzollern's train arrived there h
was not aboard Later he arrived BY
motor car, having abandoned the train
because of shots fired at the window of
his car.
Because of the troubles in the inter
ior of Germany, Prince Macmillan of
Baden and all the bourgeoise minis
tiers resigned, says dispatch from
Berlin. Friedrich Ebert. the German
Socialist leader, has been recognized
as chancellor
SPORT
The University OF Michigan football
laga 81, Ii;
cago, 10 to 0, on Stage field at Chi.
cago.
frankie Burns OF Jersey City
knocked out Johnny Ertle OF ST. Paul
in the seventh round of an eight
round match at Weehawken, N. J..
Jess Willard showed fight pro
moters a few new wrinkles. He
wired Billy Sunday asking the evange-
list to act as referee to his exhibition
bout for the benefit OF the war relief
fund. Jess scored ten strike by the
move. If Billy accepts, as 1t is be-
lieved he will. church people will not
oppose the exhibition. nor is 1t prob
be evoked.
GENERAL
Cotton dropped SO a bale in the
market at New York. Nov. H.
Governor Whitman OF New York has
decided to contest the election OF AL
fred T. Smith. his successful Demo
cratic opponent.
Rebellions have occurred in Han
over. Cologne, Brunswick and Magde-
burg. according to the official an
nouncement at Berlin.
American shipyards again estab-
lished a new record in October by de-
livering seventy-seven ships of 1898, 100
lightweight tons. The shipping board
also received during the month two
ships of l7.sos tons built for its &C
count in Japan.
Chicago turned topsy -turvy in the
widest celebration in its history
Nov. IL.
official and unofficial returns from
every county in Minnesota indicate
that the statewide prohibition was
adopted at the recent election BE-
about 1000 votes.
A group Of men at Benton, ILL.,. bea,
into unconsciousness Rev JOSEPH
Bojaczyk, Catholic priest. for al
legged failure to ring his church bel
when peace was announced.
Warning was issued by the Depart
ment of Justice against any relaxation
Of regulations governing. conduct Of
enemy aliens in the United States or
measures to guard against disloyalty
Schleswig Holstein, the Prussian
province which formerly belonged to
Denmark is to be proclaimed an in
dependent republic, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
Railroads will continue under fed
eral control until twenty-one months