The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-14
NEWS TO DATE
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THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD or IMPORTANT EVENTS
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Jordan Jameson, negro. who sho
and killed Sheriff Greer of Coiumbl'
county near Magnolia, was taken IRON
the officers at Magnolia and burned
on the public square at Magnolia
Edgar S. Paxson, Montana pioneer
Indian fighter and distinguished as
painter of Western life, died at M
home in Missoula, Mont. after an ex
tended Illness He was 81 years oid
Five unmasked bandits escaped II
an automobile after looting the Farm
ers and Mechanics State bank of Av'
eryville, Peoria suburb, of S2l,i9
The bandits abandoned the automobile
on the outskirts of Peoria. No trace
of the five men has been found.
The Tonopah and Divide Miners and
Mill Mems union have signed con
tract with the mine owners. 1t has been
announced at Tonopah that the oo
cents day advance granted the MIN
ers is to stand unless the commissar!
and boarding house to be estabiisheu
by the operators succeeds in reducing
the cost of living by the amount OF
the raise.
Announcement was made at Douglas,
Arizona, by the copper smelters OF that
city that about 15,000,000 pounds OF
copper were produced at the two smell
tiers during last month. OF this the
Copper Queen produced 9,ooo'ooo
pounds. about the same as last month.
The Calumet and Arizona smelter pro
duced during the month 6.WS,o4o
pounds, which was an increase over
the month of September.
The postoffice at Shingletown. Shas-
ia county, Calf, once prosperous
mill town, has been closed because no
one could be found to serve as post
master. Standing timber in this dis
trict was purchased and placed in re-
serve by great lumber corporation,
the water rights that once served to ir-
rigate fertile mountain farms were
purchased by hydro-electric corpora
tions, and Shingletown gradually slip
ped backward from II thriving noun
tain town to a hamlet of a few fami-
lies.
The jury in the case of the state
versus Otto Laine, a deputy sheriff
who was charged with assault with in
tent to kill Tony Rimac, at Tombstone
Ariz., returned a verdict of not guilty
after only six monutes' deliberation
I.aine, vino is deputy sheriff, 1t appear!
from the evidence, was attempting t.
arrest Rimoc, who had used knif'
freely on four other men during tn
fight, and when the deputy attempte,
TO effect the arrest, Rimac made TO
him with his knife in his hand. an
Laine shot in self-defense. severel
wounding the man.
WASHINGTON
Miss Esto Broughton, representa-
Stanislaus county in the Californi
assembly, returned to State Comptro
Ter John S. Chambers warrant fe
S25, representing her per diem an
mileage for attendance at the receI
special legislative session which rat
fled the federal woman suffras
amendment. Miss Broughton said 81
could not accept pay or mileage for a
tending this session.
The amendment to the federal col
stitution giving women the right
vote was ratified in the House at A
gusta, Maine, in concurrence with IL
Senate. This is the nineteenth sta
TO ratify.
Plans to bring to this country 15t
900 Jewish orphans, provided the Sta
Department at Washington sanction
their immigration, were made Monds
by the Jewish relief committee, in Sc
sion at Philadelphia
Convictions under the espionage a
in New York of Jacob Abrams ar
four other self-avowed Russian anarc
lists for circulating radical literatul
have been upheld by the Supren
Court Justice Holmes and Brande
dissented.
Senator McNary, Republican, Or
gon, introduced by request bill a
thOrizing transmission of press al
commercial messages by navy rad
stations, when commercial station
have inadequate facilities. Rat,
would be fixed by the secretary of IL
Navy, with a maximum of 5 cents
word on messages to and from IL
Philippines, Hawaiian and Pacific /
lands, and 6 cents a word to and fro
Asia.
The discovery of shortage Of Isl
514,476 pesos in the accounts of IL
comptrollers office in Mexico for IL
year 1918 has created sensation
the Mexican-capital, said advices reac
ing Washington. The comptroller's +
port, which has just been made publ
in Mexico City, announces the shortat
under the head of funds unaccounte
for" which covers sums owed by all
those handling government fund
specifying embezzlementS and failul
to supply proper vouchers for expend