The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-05-02
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CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE pROoRESo o.
EvElTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LAN0o.
WESTERN
western Newspaper Union news Service.

In the election held TO choose the gov
ernor of Sonora, Mexico according 10
an official telegram received late in
Aqua Prieta. The vote cast was ap-
proxlmately 32.Ooo.
Fire starting in the Portsmouth Ho-
tel. Los Angeles. did damage there
and in adjacent buildings estimated
at $4,000. and resulted in a number of
spectacular rescues by fremen and
policemen. but in no loss of life or
serious Injuries.
r. l.. Francis, assistant purchasing
agent of the Federal Railroad Admin
istration. Southern Pacific lines, has
begun placing orders for railroad ties
to aggregate 20.ODOOOO feet among the
mills of the Northwest, it was an
nounced in Portland
William Ranft of Los Angeles, won
the title Of national singles handball
champion in Los Angeles, when he de-
feated Joe Lacey, 2l-13,21-1l, at the
Los Angeles Athletic Club. Lacey was
known as Southern California cham
pion, and this was his first defeat in
u tournament.
Police Sergeant william Hackett,
mentioned frequently In connection
with the bribery trial Of Mayor +. +.
Woodman of Los Angeles now in prog
ress has been indicted by the county
grand jury on "A charge of asking,
receiving and agreeing to receive
bribe for the protection of vice.
William J. Bryan is candidate for
the office of moderator of the Pres
byterian Church of the United States,
according to an announcement re-
ceived from ]. b. Wootan of New York
publicity director for the Presbyterian
Church. The moderator. the an
nouncement said, is to be chosen dur
Ing the sessions of the church's gen
eral assembly at st. Louis, May 18th
to 23rd
The monetary loss in the great fire
at Yokohama is estimated ut $1,000,
900 yen, or approximately S1,4TOOOO
under the pre-war rate of exchange
Thousands of people are homeless
The loss of life was two killed and
thirty We're injured. Sixty blocks in
the japanese quarters were burned,
including public buildings and houses
1t was the most disastrous conflagra
ton in the history of Yokohama
Oregon and California liquor inter
ests lost their fight in the Supreme
Court of Oregon to have the action
of the Legislature in approving the
national constitutional prohibition
amendment referred to the vote of the
people. The court sustained demur
rer by the attorney general to the
mandamus action brought by the
liquor interests to force him to draft
ballot title for referendum on the
prohibition amendment
WASHINGTON
Reports on rehabilitation made pub
lie by the War Department show
total of 1882. .523 officers and men
released from the army to date, of
whom 90, 295 We're in the commissioned
grades Orders have been issued for
rehabilitation Of l,975,OOO. Overseas
troops returned to the United States
to date total $751; Enlistments now
have reached a total of 1878.
Unusual interest was manifested in
official circles as to the identity of
the governments friendly to Mexico"
that have requested the Mexican for
eign office to express an opinion on
the recognition of the Monroe doc
trine as announced in official dis
patches from Mexico City.
An official report from the surgeon
general. issued by the War Depart
ment. gives the total number of deaths
reported in the army during the war
to date as 111,l79. OF this total 5b,639
or 81 per cent, were from disease, Al
per cent In battle or from wounds re-
ceived in battle, and per cent from
other injuries. OF the deaths from
disease about 1900 have occurred
since hostilities ceased.
The government Is about to start u
great roundup Of draft deserters who
are to be tried and punished as fast
as apprehended. Final separation of
the sheep from the goats among all
these delinquents who, having failed
to report at camps In answer to their
calls under the draft, have been auto
matically classed as deserters, will be
completed by the provost marshal gen.
erals office within the next three
weeks.
The War Department announced
that contracts had been concluded for
the sale Of surplus stocks Of sodium
nitrate, sulphur and copper at current
rlarket rates to number Of dealers,
the sales to he over a period of time
"nC the stocks to be marketed by
these companies In such a way as not
TO affect the ma rkpt Drice or ma rLpt
cOIViitions.
Lieut.. Charles Moore Of Cortland,
N. Y, and E. F. Kreege of Northamp-
ton, Pa, were killed when an aero
nlane In which they were riding fell