The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-07
FOREIGN
Premier Clemenceau has resumed hHs

| his wife and a courier.
| An American airman, Second Lieut.
Lee Cosslng. was killed instantly near
| London. The machine in which he was
| flying nose-dlved, crashing To the earth
on the liaddingtonshire coast.
| TyphuS is spreading at an alarming
rate in Russia and the food situation
is very bad. Such food as is available
| is held at prohibitive prices. according
10 adyices reaching this country.
| The radical party OF Chile has
drawn up petition to the govern
ment asking it to follow the example
of the United States and prohibit the
| consumption of alcoholic beverages in
| Chile
| The entente has promised military
support To Crown Prince Alexander OF
! Serbia in the event of any republican
movement, according to IA dispatch
from Vienna, quoting information
which was said to have been received
from Belgrade
The Overseas club in London is ap-
preaching its members in all parts OF
the globe with a view 10 their cooper
| alton in securing a worldwide ilum-
inatinn by means of chain of bon
tires on peace night-the night of the
signing Of the peace treaty
Not guilty" was the verdict spoken
by three judges In the assizes court of
the department Seine-et Marne,
France, and Marie Lescont. dress
maker, 22, knelt down and prayed. She
had severed vein in the chlds foot
and let the babe bleed 10 death, be
cause. taken prisoner at Maubeuge,
she had unwillingly become the mother
of n German child
Marshal Foch now has completed
armistlce terms 10 Germany, which
are expected to approximate the mill
tary and naval conditions of the peace
treaty, and they will result in the
complete demobllization of the German
army, disarmament throughout Ger
many and inspection of German muni-
tions works by an interallied commits
sion. Germany's armed strength for
the purpose of meeting internal disor-
ders is expected to be fixed at about
twenty five divisions.
SPORT
Johnny Dundee OF New York defeat
ed Johnny Mealey of Philadelphia in a
six-round fight at Philadelphia.
Willie Meehan of San Francisco won
decision over Sam Langford. the
Boston heavyweight. in four-round
bout at San Francisco.
Minnesota won its tenth straight
| Westerf conference basketball victory
by defeating Illinois 26 to .. Mime
sofas strong defense held Illinois to
one field goal.
Pitcher Harry Halle OF the New
York National league club was pur-
chased by the Cincinnati club, accord
ing to an announcement at the office
of the latter club.
]. Franklin Baker, star third base
man of the New York Americans, will
not return to the club next season, ac-
cording to letter received from him
by Manager Higgins in New York
GENERAL
Two men were shot and probably
fatally wounded and n third slightly
a meeting of about 800 members OF
plumbers union in Chicago
Twenty-Five dollars IL glass-which
is merely at the rate of 500 Il quart
will be the price of imported cham
pagne after July 3O-if there happens
TO he any left then-accortiing to an
announcement of local dealers of New
York.
Two persons We're killed and several
injured when the Catholic Home for
the Aged was destroyed by fire at Fon
du Lac Wis. Mary Weinard aged 80,
and John Matthews, aged 10, the lat
ter cripple, were suffocated in their
rooms.
The Victory Liberty Loan bill was
passed by the House with just three
dissenting votes.
Jerry Doc" Koehler, 8S, said to
have been the originator of the first
flea circus in the United States, 10
dead at Evansville, Ind. koeher for
many years travelled over the country
with his flea circus, exhibiting the
fleas, which had been taught to do
tricks, under magnifying glass.
Short line railroads will be reim-
bursed for competitive traffic diverted
to government controlled railroads be-
tween April ! and Nov. l, 1918, and
hereafter will be given the same pro-
portion of competitive traffic that they
averaged during the years 1915, 1916
and 1917, Railways Director Hines an
nounced this week.
Three of the suffragists who were
sent to the Charles street jail in Bos-
ton because they refused to pay fines
imposed as result of demonstra-
ton while President Wilson was there,
were forcibly elected from the jail aft
or z II Howe had maid their fines of