The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-08-01
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Attempting Il descent from an ar
plane at an estimated altitude of 5000
lect, Edward f. Thompson was in
slantly killed near Fresno, Calf, when
the parachute failed to open.
The wooden steamer Admiral Knight,
600 tons, of Seattle, was burned to the
waters edge on the coast between Van
couyer and Victoria. The twenty-three
members of the crew were rescued.
The drouth record for Boise and
southwestern Idaho is broken, the
weather bureau recorded the 10Tth sue
cessive day without rain. The previous
record was in 1917 with 104 days.
Four miners were killed and three
seriously injured at Burke, Idaho,
when a cage in the shaft of the Hecla
mine of the Hecla Mining Company
shot into the sheaves instead of de-
scending the shaft.
A replica of the log cabin in which
Abraham Lincoln was born is being
built at Richmond, Mo. The house,
26x3S, with porches and chimneys, is
an exact reproduction of the famous
cabin, even to the bark on the logs.
A bench warrant has been issued at
Lincoln, Neb., by the clerk of the Su-
preme Court commanding Warden
Fenton of the state penitentiary to
electrocute Allen V. Grammer within
the walls of the prison between the
hours of a. m. and p. m. Sept. 10
next.
Abaltoni Bigue No 2, who, with his
brother, was accused of the murder of
Charles Hubbel at his Indian trading
post on the Navajo reservation, plead
ed guilty in Superior Court at Flag
staff His brother, Abaltoni Bigue No.
l, was convicted and sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
Sale of beer containing 2A per cent
alcohol was permitted in a decision by
Judge William II. Sawtelle of Arizona
in the United States District Court at
San Francisco, sustaining a demurrer
of the Rainier Brewing Company,
which asked that government action
TO prohibit the sale of such beer be
dismissed.
Gov. Andres Ortiz of the state of
Chihuahua has offered reward of
$4,000 gold for the capture, dead oil
alive, of Francisco Villa, according tc
Mexico merchant, who arrived il
FL Paso from Chihuahua City. He sait
the offer appeared in an advertisement
In one of the Chihuahua City newspa
pers.
WASHINGTON
Representative J. w. Ragsdale o
South Carolina dropped dead at thu
office of DIR. Hooe in Washington.
without a record vote the Senat
passed and sent to the House the ad
ministration bill authorizing an in
crease from $500 to $4,000 in the mum
ber of commissioned officers to be re
tanned in the army this year.
Carter Glass, secretary of the treas
ury, in letter to all banks and trus
companies, states that he anticipate
the revenues of the government in tn
fiscal year ending June 80, 1920, Wi
amount to at least $6,50O,000,0O0 an
that he has no reason to believe tn
expenditures Of the government wi
exceed that amount.
A new credit of $157, $40. 900 for Franc
was established by the treasur,
making total of $3,O10.O26,S00 at
vanced to that country and a total @
$9,615, ,4OO,92 advanced to the allies.
After nearly two hours debate an
while the temperature in the chambe
was lowering around the 100 mark, tn
House voted to repeal the 10 per cen
tax on ice cream and soda water.
After brief debate the Senate adop
sd resolution by Senator Poindexte
of Washington, authorizing the federr
trade commission to investigate recen
increases In the market price of fut
oil In the United States, and especial
on the Pacific coast.
Organization of the extra cavalry d
vision provided for in the War Depart
ment plans for the National Guard Wi
be pushed vigorously, 1t was said a
the department There Is no anticipa
ton that sixteen divisions of infantry
corresponding to the war Organization
of the state forces, will be completes
this year but efforts will be made Z
get the cavalry unit, six regiments o
which will be raised in Texas, in condi
ton to be modified against any emer
gency.
The First division, less such units a
may be retained for the permanen
force, will start moving for base port
on Aug. 10, General Pershing has ad
vised the War Department. This is tn
last American division on foreign sol
and has been in the army of occupa
ton.
Approximately 1I5 ships with an ag
gregate tonnage of more than 500,00'
will constitute the newly organized Pa
cific fleet. it was said at the Navy De
partment AT full strength the armads
will be manned by about $1,000 mer
and /. 500 Commissioned officers.