The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-01-24
FOREIGN

An ulieIstAfuiIiS Hdh Dcci AeoehNN
between Japan and the United States
for the joint control Of the Chinese
Eastern Siberian railroad.
President Wilson will avail himself
OF the first opportunity between the
meetings of the peace delegations to
visit the devastated regions of France
A soft blue white diamond weigh
ing 1854 carats has been found at the
Jagersfonteln mine, Orange River
colony. This promises to become one
of the diamond fields historic gems.
The former chief of the White Rus
sian Soviet government has proclaim
ed the Smoiensk and Minsk districts
part of the Russian Soviet govern
ment, according to dispatches received
at Amsterdam.
Princess Charlotte, sister of Grand
Duchess Marie, has been chosen as the
latter's successor by the Chamber of
Deputies, which met Immediately after
the abdication of the Grand Duchess
was announced.
The project of establishing an un-
official American embassy in Ger
many is under consideration by the
American delegation to the peace con-
ference. Its functions would be to
gather direct information on condi-
tions and events in Berlin and the
provinces.
Mail to Alsace and Lorraine by way
of France is now possible, according to
advices from the Postoffce DEPART
ment, Parcel post packages cannot
be sent, but letters, postcards and
printed matter, samples of merchan-
disc and commercial papers will be
accepted.
A regular aerial passenger service
between London and Paris in con-
nection with the peace conference has
been inaugurated. A number of air
planes have been fitted up for the
service. They have comfortable
cabin for two passengers, including
cushion seats and table entirely en-
closed with glass. The airplanes will
make the trip in two hours.
SPORT
Harry Greb of Pittsburg easily won
Syracuse. Greb carried the fight all
the way. He scored two knockdowns
and had Fisher groggy, although still
on his feet at the end.
Jack Barry, former member of the
worlds champian Boston American
League Baseball Club, has been hon
orably discharged from the officers
material school at Harvard. He still
is on the Red Sox roster.
George Hallas, former University
of Illinois star, and one of the main
stays of the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station football and basket
ball teams, will get tryout for the
outfield with the New York American
League Club next spring.
An afiiliation between the National
Federation and the American Indus
trial Athletic Association was accom-
plished at the morning session of the
annual convention of the federation in
Cleveland. A working agreement will
be arranged between the two organi-
cations.
Francis OLoughlin was compe-
tent business man when his duties as
umpire in the American League did
not require his attention and he had a
number of paying investments. His
will, filed in Rochester, indicates he
left his wife an estate valued at least
at $4,000.
GENERAL
Two transports, the Coma and the
Susquehanna, and the cruiser Freder-
ck are on the way home from France
with more than 5000 troops.
Prices for standard wide sheeting
has dropped 1917 per cent, while huck
towels, damasks and quilts were re-
duced 10 to 20 per cent in New York.
Prices from three cents to four cents
less than asking figures for spot
goods were obtained at an auction
sale of burlaps ordered by the Textile
Alliance.
July was set by the Labor Mooney
Congress as the date for nation wide
strike of every branch of organized
labor as protest against the impris-
onment of Thomas j. Mooney Reso-
lutions setting the date for the strike
and providing for commission Of
five to go to Washington to solicit
federal intervention in Moneys be-
half were passed overwhelmingly.
Americas largest dirigible, the CT,
terminated its successful flight from
Far Rockaway, N. Y, naval air sta
ton to Key West. The distance Of
approximately 1900 miles was covered
in twenty-nine hours, an average
speed of forty-eight miles an hour
The Presbyterian Church in the
United States has provided in it's 1919
budget for a fund of $1,000,00O to
increase the salaries of those among
its pastors who are not considered
adequately paid. This was announced
by the national headquarters Of the
new era movement" Of the church in
New York.
Eight are dead as the result Of a
fire in the Italian quarter at Phila-
delphia Mildred Napoltano, IL years
old, is the only one Of the nine occu-
pants of the house alive. She almost
succeeded in saving two small chill
dren after heroic effort, but the fury
of the flames forced ner to drop them.
A negro rescued her.
A hand hill nrinted in Snanish