The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-07-18
VOREIGN

Eighteen million marks gold which
the German government owed Switzer-
land and payment of which had been
stopped temporarily by the allies was
taken to Switzerland as ordinary
freight.
One officer and six enlisted men
were killed in the destruction of the
American mine sweeper Richard H.
Buckley by the explosion of mine in
the North sea. Two other officers were
injured.
Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and Djemal
Pasha, the leaders of the Turkish gov
ernment during the war, have been
condemned to death by Turkish court
martial Investigating the conduct of
the Turkish government during the
war period.
Marshal Foch was given a laurel
wreath of gold by the inhabitants Of
the Department of SeineEt Oise. Pres
ident Poincare, speaking at the cere-
mony. held in the palace of Versailles.
eulogized Marshal Foch for his deeds
during the war.
Twenty-Five thousand French SOL
diers died from tuberculosis during the
war and 10000 men We're exempted
from service because of the disease, 1t
was stated In the Senate during a dis
cussion Of a bill TO establish tubercu-
losis sanitarums
The first mascots to make the round
trip across the Atlantic by air are Il
Maltese cat, "Wopsy," smuggled on
board R-34 at East Fortune in Mechan-
ic Fred Bowdies hat and dove car
Bowdie said he refused an offer OF
$1,000 for "Wopsy" in New York
Government reports show that l,Oo0.-
900 sheep and 100000 cattle have been
drowned in floods in the southern part
of Buenos Aires provinces The rail
ways and telegraphie communications
have been interrupted and several sec
tions in that region have been com
pletely isolated for more than week
As English law now stands. man
may marry his dead wlfe's sister, but
a woman cannot wed her dead hus
bands brother The point was made
clear by the presiding judge at rhs
Northampton Assizes the other day IN
the case OF two women who went
through the marriage service with bro
theirs of their dead husbands. Bott
were held for trial
SPORT
Lew Tender defeated Joe welllns
of Chicago in a hard six-round fight al
Shibe Park in Philadelphia.
Harry Greb. Pittsburg, and Battlins
Levinsky, Philadelphia, fought . six
round draw at Philadelphia.
Joe Tiplitz, Philadelphia. knocke'
out George CLANCY, Baltimore, in In
third round at Philadelphia.
Ted (Kid) Lewis, former welter
weight champion, had the better OF
six-round bout with Steve Latzo o
Hazelton, Pa
GENERAL
Using an iron wedge, Robert Ssifert
20, beat his mother, SO, TO death a
Alix, Ark. The womans skull wa
crushed. The cause of the crime ha
not been learned. Seifert Is In Jail.
A Zeppelin freight and passenge
transatlantic service to start aboJ
Oct. 18, between New York and Han
burg, with Boston, Chicago, Berlin an
Duesseldorf as ports of call, was al
nounced in advertisements in Germa
language newspapers and one Amer
can trade paper published in Ne
York.
A masked burglar was shot an
killed by Prof Benjamin Frankll
Shapelle, head of the department G
romance languages of the summe
school of the University of Pennsy
vania, in fraternity house at Phils
delphia. The burglar was shot afte
he threatened death to Prof Shappell
and others living in the fraternit
building.
Mrs. Vera Trepagnier, 90 years oil,
widow of New Orleans, on trial /
the Criminal Court in Chicago, charge
with the murder of Paul Frederick Vo
lard, publisher, was found guilty {
manslaughter.
In 1918 automobile manufacturer
paid a total of S33, 100000 in taxes t
the federal government. In the sam
period car owners paid $50000,0O0 i
motor registration fees to the statei
Total automobile taxes, including tn
personal property, local charges, etc
for the year are estimated at S15O0o0
900. The charges will reach 100000
900 in 1919. All of these are paid b
car owners in the last analysis, maxim
a total charge of S25 per car for 1915
The presidential ship George Wash
ington, which sails back to France, ha
been fitted up with a nursery to TAX
care of the war babies returning o
that vessel. Two hundred war brides
are scheduled to sail on the transpor
on her next trip from France to thi
country and, at the request of DIR. G. A
| Kicker, the ships surgeon, the Ameri