The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-11-26

WED GshN
Two flying cadets, Sigmund Szyman-
xxi Of San Antonio and James A.
Turney of Berkeley, CAL, were killed
when their plane crashed at Kelly
Field No, 2, near San Antonio, Texas
The ship caught fire and was de-
stroyed.
Resolutions protesting against In
reference with importation OF Mex
lean labor to work on the cotton
lands of the Southwest were ap-
proved at Los Angeles at meeting
of the International Cotton League
OF the West.
The Wilson Telephone Company at
Topeka asked permission OF the In
dustrial Court at Topeka to lower
rates on business phones from Sz.oo TO
So per month. This is the first time
any utility concern has asked this
court for permission to decrease Its
service charges.
The United States battleships, Mis-
sissippi, New York, Arkansas, Wyo-
ming and Texas, have sailed for san
Francisco waters, where they Will Join
the flagship, New Mexico, for battle
practice. The repair ship, Vestal, sew
eral destroyers, mine sweepers and
small craft accompanied the dread
noughts.
Attaches of the district attorneys
office at Los Angeles plan nation
wide search for Mrs. Sarah Devlin,
former maid in the residence OF JACOB
G. Denton, for whose murder Mrs.
Louise r. Peete is to be tried in Janu-
ary, No trace has been found of Mrs.
Devlin since the day Denton's body
was discovered In the basement crypt
Of his house, officers said.
Charles r. vandewater, Republican
congressman-elect from the Ninth Call
fornia District, and his secretary were
killed twenty miles east OF Los An
Nxeles In an automobile wreck while
they were returning from meeting
celebrating Mr.. vandewater's election.
According to reports to the police OF
held, ,rtn4 va1dewatef automobile
crashed Into trailer standing by the
roadside with unlighted lamps.
WASHINGTON
The army tank corps has suffered
from many designations and few re
enlistments because soldiers trained
in this arm of the service find 1t easy
to obtain lucrative employment in civi
Mfe, says the annual report of Brig
Gen. 8. D. Rockenbach, chief Of thu
corps. Although the corps possessed
more than 800 tanks when 1t lef
France, all were in poor repair ant
none ready for battle.
Army and society circles are buz
sing with excitement over the case o
Capt. Beverly Chew and Mrs. Chew
who have been arrested on q charg
Of having stolen $4,000 worth of cloth
ing, linen and other articles from
furnished apartment they rented In
fashionable apartment house In Wast
tneton. Friends Of Captain Chew. VIII
claims to have been gassed and she
shocked In the war, declared the o,
ficer and his wife will prove their ir
aocence. Both were released on $3.50
bond.
Unless immediate financial relief
afforded the New England railroad
"all or most Of them will very shor
ly be driven into receiverships," tn
interstate commerce commission ha
been notified by Charles f. Choat'
Jr.. and Wilbur La Roe, Jr, couns,
for the lines.
Investigation by the Department {
Justice into an alleged "bribe" in col
nection with which r. W. Bollinl
brother-in-law Of President Wilsol
was mentioned in the shipping boar
Investigation hearing In New York, hs
disclosed that nothing incriminatn
against Boiling could be found, Rea
Admiral Benson, chairman Of tt
board, declared
members Of the country's $1,O00.000
year income class. the taxable incon
Of the United States increased in 1e1
by over S2,272, 900, 900, as compare
with 1917, according to the incon
statistics issued by the bureau of Il
ternal revenue. Income reported fl
1913 amounted to S15,924, ,639, 81
against about $13,7O0, 100000 in 191
though 141 persons filed returns Il
Incomes Of $1,OO0OO0 or over in 191
and only sixty-seven in 1918.
Determination of the Washingto
prohibition enforcement officials
stop fragrant violations of the Eigh
eenth amendment has resulted
their sending to Miami, Fla, sp
cially trained group of prohibitio
sleuths who have been instructed
stop the traffic and get the men high'
up. Miami's proximity to Bimini, IL
little Bahama Island, only forty mile
away. makes this port an advantageo,
one for the Illegal liquor traffic. Gre'
liquor warehouses have been esta
Iished at Miami and at Nassau
take care OF the Florida coast trad