The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-28
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STORY OF THE WEEK
ahoWING THE PROGRESS OF
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nee county jail at Topeka, on trial
Inst week In Wichita, and which was
postponed until September. are on
hunger strike.
4 string Of American motion picture
thenters under American management
will be established in Europe ana the
British isles by the big four coinbi-
nation of film stars forming the Unit
ed Artists Corporation of Los Angeles,
starring Miss Mary Pickford.
The trial of Frederic r. Woodman.
mayor Of Los Angeles, indicted on
charge Of asking. agreeing to receive
and receiving bribe, is set for April
II. The early date was fixed at the
request Of the mayors attorney. who
said he wanted the case settled before
the May municipal primaries.
william Rathbun, an Ida county
farmer, in an affidavit introduced AT
the Iowa House judiciary committees
investigation of the pardon Of his son,
Ernest, after conviction of criminal as
sauit, declared he gave George Clark,
his attorney, 5000 for the expressed
purpose Of delivering 1t to Governor
w. l.. Harding, for the pardon.
The Aviation Club Of Chicago may
make the first transatlantic air flight.
Can't. p. y. Lipsner, president Of the
club, announced that an airplane cap
able of making the flight has been of
fered the club by Dayton, Ohio,
manufacturer, and that II present
plans worked out a trial at a trans
atlantic flight will be made shortly.
A bullet intended for target or for
one OF the small animals that max"
their homes in the Presidio hillsides
al San Francisco took the life OF -
year-old Sallie Swift as she sat in her
bedroom, in the opinion OF III" childs
father, Mai Eugene l.. Swift, medical
corps, and former chief surgeon of the
Vancouver Barracks, Wash, base hos
pital
Two men who burned their way into
the vault OF the First National Bank
of Artesia, twelve miles southeast of
Los Angeles, escaped with $1,000 in
War Savings Stamps and $4,000 in
Liberty Bonds They used an acety-
lene torch and opened twenty-five safe
deposit boxes. Fifty thousand dollars
In cash in an inner safe was not
taken.
WASHINGTON
Fraud or misrepresentation by pri-
vate income tax advisers in many
cities has been reported by revenue
officers. and investigations are to be
made by United States attorneys.
Prosecutions are probable in a number
of cases.
Between 500 and coo Germans, no
longer considered dangerous, will be
released on parole from internment
camps at Fort Oglethorpe and Fort
Douglas within the next two weeks,
it was announced at the Department
of Justice.
All restrictions on sale or purchase
of Italian Ira exchange by dealers
as described in the Presidents execu-
tive order of Jan 26, 1918, covering
foreign exchange restrictions, have
been ordered removed by the Federal
Reserve Board until further notice.
Cheaper food in the near future has
btPI HIetitlti ny ''n VI
the Department of Commerce Indus
trial Board, as a result of a conference
with Food Administration officials in
New York.
An additional credit of $4,000, 600
has been given Italy by the Treasury
Department, bringing the Italian
loans up to 81 ,406, 100000 and the to-
tai Of credits to allied nations to
es,o32, ,4lO,66O.
REIMBURSEMENT of shipbulding costs
to peace-time production is expected
by experts OF the Shipping Board to
establish a basic price in the neigh
borhood of $50 ton for future con-
tracts let to American yards.
Differences between the manage
ment of the Postal Telegraph and
Cable Company and Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, acute since the govern
ment assumed control OF the telegraph
and telephone systems, eliminated in
an order by the postmaster general
summarily relieving the chief officers,
directors and owners Of the Postal
Company from all duties in connec-
Non with government operation of
their system.
Since the American troops overseas
have stopped fighting they have TAX
en- to letter writing and remembering
friends at home with souvenirs from
the battlsfields in France. This was
Indicated by Postoffice Department
announcement that the amount of
mail from the American expedltionary
forces had increased more than 20 per
cent since cessation of hostilities.
Census report shows the cotton
crop Of 1918, excluding linters, to be
1883, 1873 bales, counting round as
half bales, compared with 11,24S,2 ,242
for 1917.