The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-04-11

4 tornado swept the western part OF
Omaha last week.
Three mines of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company We're closed tenn
porurily. They are the Silver Bow, in
West Gray Rock and the Alex Scott
shaft of the West Colusa. Between
100 and 800 men are affected.
William $, Rheem. president of the
STANDARD Oil company of California,
died suddenly at Santa Cruz, Cal,
Rhccin, who WIS 81 years old, was
identified actively with the oil indus
try of the United States for more than
thirty years.
The heart Of Ranger, Texas, built
overnight when the oil boom started
there "A year ago. was destroyed by
fire, but the loss will not exceed $780,
900, because all the buildings We're of
frame. Work OF replacement was be-
gun at once.
While Frances ii. Gray, Chicago
hciress, is reported to have been Sc
crctly taken to a sanitarum In Cali
fornia for observation as to her men
ral condition, Jose Cartienas, the bus
boy with whom she attempted TO elope,
was taken to Jail in Pasadena.
Carried by wind of exceptional vio-
lence, Il salt storm swept from Great
Salt Lake to Ogden, a distance of
more than ten miles, leaving a white
coating of salt on the paving, side
walks, buildings and automobiles. Au-
tomobile wind shields were crustcd
by the spray.
DR. f. A. Brewster of Beaver City,
Nebr., is going to make his long pro
fessional calls in the future by air
plane. The plane, it was learned, al
ready has been ordered from II New
York airplane corporation. 1t will b."
piloted by Wade Stevens, former
lieutenant and Instructor in the avia-
tion branch of the United States army
WASHINGTON
Additional credits of SS5OoO,OOO in
favor of France and S25,ooO,OOO in fl
vor of Italy, were announced by tn"
Treasury Department. This brought
Frances total up to S2,Iu2, Al 500 ami
Italy's to 81 l,521 .5oo.HD. and the granc
total of the allies to S9,00S, ,993, 3,3iO75.
The Philippine Mission which was
given President Wilson's assurance
that he was in sympathy with the
movement to obtain independence for
the islands government. in Il cable
gram to the President expressed the
gratitude of the Filipino people for
"all YOU have done and are doing IL,
their behalf and for your efforts to
secure for them and for the rest OF
mankind the blessings If liberty, jus
tice and democracy
Although lS3 cases of lethargic en-
cephalitis, or sleeping sickness" with
fourteen deaths, were reported To the
United States public health service up
TO March 20, officials of the bureau
still are undecided whether the disease
Of the type prevalent in Europe has
reached the United States. In state
ment the bureau said it was impossi.
bic to say whether the figures gave II
true picture of the prevalence of the
disease, inasmuch as the ailment Is not
generally reportahle to the health of
ficerS
y
under treatment ut army hospitals in
this country on March 81, according TO
statistics published by the war depart
mcnt OF the total 3S,214 were men
from overseas.
Assistant Secretary Crowell has
given notice that contractors desiring
to adjust cancelled war contracts
through the machinery set up by the
War Department for that purpose,
must present their claims before May
II next
The war trade board has announced
that goods of enemy origin owned by
American citizens and stored in Hol-
land or one of the Scandinavian coun-
tries prior to April 6. 1917, now may
be imported into the United States pro
vided the commodities are not on the
list of restricted imports.
The special clemency board appoint
ed to review all cases of soldiers re-
manning in confinement has considered
1I.6S3 cases, or approximately one
third of the cases calling for it's action.
the war department announced. The
board has recommended clemency in
1,521 cases, reducing the average sen
tence from seven years and four
months to one year and nine months.
Charges of gross carelessness and
negligence In preventing and control
ling the spread Of typhoid and para
typhoid fevers in the army are made
against many medical officers serving
with the forces overseas in a circular
published by the chief surgeon Of the
American Expeditionary Forces.
Recent activities on the part OF
brigands in Haiti ha0 led the navy de.
partment to reinforce the brigade of
marines on duty in that republic, 1t
was learned in Washington. Four