The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-07-18
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Girl cadets at the Long Beach Poly
technic high school will be drilled with
rifles next year and will be taught to
shoot, according to Col. Charles II.
Bolce, U. S. A, who is commandant of
the Reserve Officers Training corps
unit at the school.
Ralph B. Harris, alleged bank rob
Der arrested in Denver, who let him
self out of the county Jail at Los An
geles with key said to have been
stolen from jaller, was captured
again at Long Beach and placed in Jail
after he had slashed patrolman with.
razor.
Mayor James Rolph of San Francis
co has appealed to President Wilson TO
take some action to end the strike of
telephone workers. The strike has
brought about a serious labor situa-
ton on the Pacific coast, the mayors
telegram said, and unions othsG than
the telephone employees are about TO
become involved.
Seven persons are dead apd four are
in hospital at Dubuque, Iowa, seri-
ously injured, the result of being
caught in flood waters during ter
rifle storm. All the dead were drowned
and the injured were hurt by being
washed against trees and other OBJ
jects during the storm. Property dam
age is estimated at 100000
Chartering a seaplane at 81 a min
ute for a flight to catch the steamer
Kasima Maru, which he missed when
the vessel sailed from Seattle for Ori-
entail ports, j. j. Mayer, Seattle Red
Cross worker, booked for vladivostok.
succeeded in catching up with the ship
near Port Townsend, Wash, after
thirty-five- minute flight
Mrs. George Virgil and three of her
children and minister named Ken
nedy, all of GAIA. Iowa, were killed
when an Illinois Central railroad train
struck the automobile in which they
were riding. The accident occurred
near GAIA. Mrs. Virgil's husband, who
was driving the car, escaped unin-
jured Three other children of Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil were injured, two OF
them seriously.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson signed the act
which provides for the return of tele
phone and telegraph lines to private
companies at the end of the month.
Ship deliveries in June totaIed lis
of 57S, ,5S3 deadweight tons, an increase
of JOG per cent over deliveries durins
June, 1918, according to an announce
ment by the shipping board. Ship:
launched numbered ninety-seven, o
504, 200 dead weight tons, an increas'
of Ill per cent over the same montl
last year.
Germany increased her stock of golt
during the war but lost S122, 2,000, ,0O'
between January LIST and May 7th o
this year according to information OBJ
tanned by the Federal Reserve Board
The loss was due to reparations mad
Belgium and Rumania for gold stolel
from those countries and by shipment
to neutral countries for food. Begin
ming with S29S, 100000 in gold at tn
outbreak of the war, the Germai
Reichsbank increased its metal t.
S539,000,0O0 at the end of 1918
GTeSluenI w uSOu mas sent TO Tn
Senate the nomination of Il. Perciva
Dodge of Massachusetts to be ministe
to the new kingdom of the Serbs
Croats and Slovenes. Other nomina
tions were John B. Payne of Illinois T.
be member of the shipping board AM
Robert P Steward, Deadwood, S. D., +
be assistant attorney general
The British government has begul
the construction of the largest dirigi
BILE that has yet been undertaken, &C
cording to word received by the air ex
perts of the American government
The dirigible will cost $9,000,000
will carry an equipment of six air
planes for it own protection. 1t viii
have capacity of 10,000,000 cubic fee
and will be LOO feet long.
Murderers of a number of American
citizens in Mexico have been appre
hended and executed by the Mexican
government, which through expendi
ture of two-thirds of the republics rev
enues in the work of paclfieation is
slowly restoring order, 1t was said by
Ygnacia Bonillas Mexican ambassador
TO tne Unlteu otdles, VINO mas just re
turned to Washington from Mexico
City.
In view of the statement by Presi-
dent Wilson that the railroads would
be returned to their owners at the end
of this year, Chairman Esch told the
House interstate commerce committee
that it would be useless to consider
plans for five-year extension of gov
erument control.
Mexican bandits raided Villa Union,
Sinaloa, killing Gen. Juan Carrasco,
federal commander, according to tele-
graphic advices received at Nogales.
The bandits carried off eleven Mexieon