The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-14

hy the Connecticut Senate Is the nrst
vote against ratification thus far tax
en- by any branch of IA Legislature in
the United States.
Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the
New York Times, was called as gov
ernnent witness in the federal trial OF
Jeremiah A. OLeary, charged win
violation of the espionage act, to re
futc charges made in O'Leary's paper,
Bull. that the Times was controlled
by British influence. Mr.. Ochs denied
that his paper was controlled by Brit
ish influence or British money.
WESTERN
Dr. Richard Ernest kunze, inter-
nationally famous as naturalist, IS
dead at Phoenix.
Three persons were burned to death
in a fire destroying the Toxic House
Al Seattle, a lodging house i'll the low
er part OF the city. Twelve are miss
ing and fourteen We're injured.
Thirty French veterans, including
number of aviators and tank experts,
part OF contingent ordered to 81
heria, received orders upon their ar
rival in Honolulu to return to France.
About 300 orange growers of the san
Gabriel valley. many of them armed
drove from this vicinity 30 RUSSIANS
including four women, alleged to have
attempted to intimidate Mexican or
ange pickers
Harlan Talbert, secretary OF the
Oregon Socialist party, and four other
men We're arrested ut Portland charged
with violation of the newly enacted
state criminal syndicalism law, Try the
distribution of alleged seditious litera-
ture
Managers of copper properties at
Latouche and Kennecott, Alaska, have
begun making reductions in the num-
ber of employees because OF the decline
in the price of copper. Cold mines
here have added extra shifts, opera
ing now nearly on "A pre-war basis.
AT mass meeting of members OF
local and district draft boards in
Portland resolutions were adopted
memoralizing Congress to enact legis-
Iation to exclude from citizenship, ana
to deport from the United States. all
aliens who withdrew their applications
for citizenship during the war in or
der TO evade military service.
WASHINGTON
Prof. George Heron and William
Allen White have been appointed
American delegates to the joint con
ference of the associated powers and
Russian factions at PrinkipOs.
The House bill providing for re-
duction of oO0,ooo,oOO in war ap-
preparations and contract authoriZa-
lions and making deficiency approprl-
afions of S295 100000, was passed by
tn. Senate without record vote.
To maintain facilities for training
merchant seamen, the shipping Board
has decided to turn six of the wooden
cargo steamers built during the war
into training ships. More than 3S,0p
men have applied to take the training
courses, and it is planned TO add deep
sea cruises to the curriculum.
Plans for bringing home he bodies
of all officers. sailors and marines
now buried on foreign soil are being
worked out by the Navy Department
and the actual work will be undertake
cn within the next few months. The
wishes of relatives, however, will gov
ern not only as to the return OF the
bodies, but also as to their final dis
position.
There were more than 10000 trials
by courts-martial of American soldiers
during the war, Secretary Baker in
formed the Senate in response to
resolution Of Senator Borah Of Idaho,
asking for the facts of trials of sol
diers Mr.. Baker said that $1,000
cases were heard by general courts
martial and the remainder by special
or summary courts.
If the United States is to sell its
the transaction must be on credit
basis julius Barnes, head of the
Food Administration Grain Corpora
ton, told the House agriculture com
mittee at hearing on legislation to
provide n method for carrying out the
governments guaranteed price of S2.26
~ bushel for the 1919 wheat crop.
Hospital reports from the expedi-
tionary forces show there were $685.
sick and wounded among the Ameri-
can soldiers on Jan. 16 This was
net decrease of 81, 1856 from that total
on Dec. 49, The total for January
comprised 81 ,293 soldiers incapacitat-
ed as result of disease and 2S,669
from injuries.
The annual postOffice appropriation
bill carrying a total Of $4OO,OOO,OOO,
and providing for the expenditure of
500, 600, 900 additional for road build
ing in the next three years, was passed
By the senate without record vote.