The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-07-11
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK o.
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTs
condemned FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN

wealthiest citizen of Mexico until his
large holdings in land and cattle were
swept out of his control by revolu-
tions, has arrived in Los Angeles to
live.
Three children named Fuller, the
eldest of whom was 10, were burned
to death twenty-five miles east of
Chehalis, Wash. Their grandmother,
a Mrs. McClanahan, with whom they
were staying, also was badly burned.
One man was burned to death and
two were drowned at Stockton, Calf,
in a water front fire which destroyed
property valued at S150,000. A fourth
man is missing. Twelve men were
trapped on barge loaded with hemp.
Eight were rescued.
Harry S. New. Jr., confessed slayer
of his 20-year-old fiance, Miss Freda
Lesser, In Topango canon, near Los An
geles, has been charged with murder
In the first degree in a complaint is
sued by Deputy District Attorney Keys
at the request OF Police Detective Her
man Cline.
sickness" in Santa Barbara and said to
be the third In the United States, is the
death of Matsue Fujitsubo, wife of
local japanese She had been in
state Of coma since her Illness with in
fluenza last February. An autopsy re-
vealed the cause OF death.
Chicago will have the largest rail-
way passenger station in the world, If
the plans underlying the Illinois Cen
tral railroad electrification ordinance,
to be submitted TO the City Council by
the railway terminals committee, are
approved. The proposed new station
will be more than an eighth of mile
In width and have train sheds more
than half mile in length. The Illinois
Central railroad plans TO expend SI2,-
100000 on the new terminal.
A white man, an Indian Interpreter
and Navajo Indian have been killed
in a gun fight on the Navajo reserva
ton near Chin Lee, 100 miles north Of
Flagstaff, according TO an uneon
f1rmed report received. A veterinarian
is said to have called on the Navajo tc
examine his diseased horse Argument
fallowed and the Indian, it is reported
shot the interpreter and the veterinary
surgeon. Both fell mortally wounded
but the latter is said to have killed his
assailant before losing consciousness
WASHINGTON
The flag of Abyssinia, one of th'
worlds oldest governments, with his
tory dating back to the days of th'
queen of Sheba, was unfurled in Wash
ington on the arrival of a delegation
from that nation.
In the absence of their statutor.
limitations, war measures effective I'm
til the end of the war, will continu
in operation until the exchange of rat
ifications of the treaty of peace be
tween this country and its enemies
This Interpretation of several mucl
disputed phrases was given by Attor
ney General Palmer as the accepte
meaning of the termination of hostili
ties, and the one on which administra
tion officials would procede.
Secretary of State Lansing feels tina
his presence in Washington in the nea
future will be necessary because of tn
greatly increased duties of the Stat
Department, due to the problems grow
ing out of the peace settlement.
was for this reason that he decided re
Gently to return to the United States
All certificates of Indebtedness is
sued by the railroads, following tn
failure of the appropriation in the las
Congress were called for redemption
July Is. The total amount of certifi
Gates issued between March and Jul.
/ when the new appropriations became
available was S2S2,511,704. Arrange
ments have been made for redemption
of the certificates at all federal re
serve banks.
Officers in the Finnish army have
been promised 5000 marks each to de
sert to the Bolshevist forces, according
to dispatches quoting Swedish press
reports received by the State Depart
ment at Washington. BolShevisi
proclamations smuggIed across the Fin
nish gulf also promised 10000 marks
for each gun and 300 marks for each
pair of shoes turned over to the soviet
authorities by the Finns
Already possessed of the greatest
single stock of gold in history, the
United States could lay claim to most
of the remaining free gold of the
world in payment of its favorable mer-
chandise balance, the federal reserve
bulletin will say in its July issue. The
balance approximated $9,000,000,0o0 in
the last three years, and bids fair to
continue at the same rate this year,
affording a problem to arrange pay
ments without bankrupting debtor ma
tions and still further enhancing the
cost of living here through the i'm
portation of more metal