The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-20
FOREIGN


During an attempt to put down
strike near Sombarheek western Hun
gary, 1OS railway men We're killed. The
strike is continuing.
One American soldier was killed. two
ared ying and more than 100 others
We're injured as the result of the col
lapse of a Knights of Columbus hut at
PontaneZen, while boxing match was
in progress.
A rioting in connection with a Com
munist demonstration in Vienna, eight
persons were killed and sixty-six in
jured. The trouble began when 5000
demonstrants attempted to obtain the
release from prison of Communist
leaders arrested.
DR.. Theodor Melchoir, one of the five
principal delegates, and Frau Dorl-
blush, one of the secretaries to the
German peace delegation, We're struck
on the head with stones during dem
onstration against the German dele
gates whens they departed from Yer
sailles.
| Adjutant Casale, the French aviator
| Niio os,tabiiSlICu new MOliu ulllluuC
record in France by ascending to a
height of 10,100 meters Approximately
30, 1876 feeD. The flight was made in
fifty-five minutes. The temperature
at the height of 10,100 meters was
degrees below zero.
Capt. John .Alcock and Lieut.. Arthur
w. Brown, in their Vickers-Vimy BIZ
plane, landed at Clifden, Ireland, com
| pleting the first nonstop airplane flight
across the Atlantic Their trip from
st. Johns, n. F., was made in sixteen
hours and twelve minutes. In taking
the ground the machine struck heav-
| lily and the fuselage ploughed into the
sand Neither of the occupants were
injured.
SPORT
According to time taken by Victoria
| timers at Il school meet in Victoria,
worlds record for the 100-yfrd dash
was made by 14-year-old girl, Ada
Agar, who covered the distance in 91a
seconds. The worlds record is 8 81
seconds.
Capt. D. r. Raymond, quartermas-
/ lel > DI 1IdWlOTu, NED, llDlSlleu
first in the elimination preliminaries
for the pistol team to represent the
| United States in the interallied small
arms competition which begins June
22nd at Lemans, France.
Joe Beckett retained his title to the
heavyweight championship of Great
Britain by knocking out Frank God.
| do rI in ha Of -hn 9
to have been a twenty-round match al
the Olympic club in London. The
purse was 5000.
: The five-ounce gloves with whicl
Dempsey and Willard will battle Jul.
have reached Toledo from San Fran
cisco. They were especially built b.
Sol Levinson, who has made all tn,
gloves for championship contests fo
the last twenty years Rickard or
dered two sets to guard against acci
dents.
GENERAL
A verdict of $4,000 against tn,
Pennsylvania Railroad was given b.
Hartford county jury because trail
ran over fire hose stretched acros:
the tracks at Aberdeen, Md, allowing
a large storehouse to burn to tn,
ground.
Jewels valued at more than S25, 90
: We're taken from the residence of Mrs
Nellie Magnus Loeb, daughter of tn
: late Adolphus Busch, during part
f in Chicago. The robbers worked with
in sight of the party on the from
n veranda.
= The imperial Russian government
T S50,0O0,000 6k per cent three-yea
e credit has matured and will not b
/ paid, according to a statement whic
e was received from E. Ughet, charg
:. d'affaires ad interim and financial al
n tache to the Russian embassy at Wasf
I ington, and made public in New Yor
d by the American banking syndicat
which subscribed to the loan
: A driver of an automobile true
= loaded with silk valued at 100000 an
: his helper We're boldly kidnapped nea
t Paterson, n. j., by two highwayme
: who, after making off with the sill
/ locked their two victims in the trucl
: The kidnapping and robbery took plac
L
N j.
e The NC-4, the first airplane to max
+ the transatlantic flight, should have a
/ honored place in the Smithsonian In
e stitute, the governments museum a
T Washington, according to +. H. Rus
l sell, president of the Manufacturers
[ Aircraft Association. Mr.. Russell bot
e wrote and telegraphed Secretary Dan
iels, urging that the NC-4 be given
= permanent place in the national muse
+ um beside the Wright biplane.
n John Kelli, Honolulu swimmer, i
t now regarded as a possible successo
j to the famous Duke z. Kahanamokt
f In practice Kelli has shown abilit
D which has set his Hawaiian friend
4 to matching his speed against that o
4 l.; 60, ,,v;I