The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-03-26
FOREIGN

= Septlets were born to the wife of
Jesus. Lopez, a private in the Mexican
army at ATontezuma, Mex The ar
weighing about two pounds apiece. and
each perfectly developed in every re-
spect.
The constant pacing Of the sentinel
behind former Emperor William when
he walks In the Bentinck castle gar
den has so annoyed the One-time Ger
man ruler that on several occasions
he has told the guard not to follow
him so closely but stay out of sight.
With a total cylinder area of only
S5 cubic inches, an international light
car race will be held near the town
of lie Mans, France, on August Goth.
This race, which will be open to all
but the late enemy subjects, will be
for distance Of about $50 miles.
Strikers in Canada for the fiscal
year ending March 81, 1919, caused an
estimated loss of 763,341 working days,
compared with ], ,f34,9To days lost dur
ing the previous. year, according TO the
report of the minister of labor, made
public. There We're 1856 strikes in
191S-19, of which forty-one We're of
less than three days duration
Berlin representatives of the United
States, Great Britain France, Italy
and Belgium have expressed to the
Ebert government their satisfaction
with his recovery of control They
wa toI hat Il i'm
perils the establishment of good rela
tions abroad and improvements in pro-
visioning the country and in the un-
favorable economic conditions through
relief measures already projected.
Moslem priests at Cairo, in the at
tempt 10 adapt their religion to mod
ern conditions, are find new interpre-
tations of the Koran to show that the
restriction of Mohammedan women
was not at all the intention of the
prophet. Great stress is being laid
upon the liberty of Moslem women in
the days of Mohammed and the sue
ceeding religious chiefs, to prove that
misinterpretation and misapplication
of the Koran has resulted in the pres
ent-day beliefs.
GENERAL
Liquor may be removed by the own
er from his home i'll West Virginia to
his permanent residence in another
state, according 10 Il ruling mt Park
ersburg, W. Va. Owners of intoxi-
cants may not remove them from one
place to another within the state how
ever.
Declaring he had reason TO believe
that intoxicating liquors are being
sold "openly and brazenly' to members
of the Legislature, Mai w. Calvin
Wells. federal prohibition commission.
er for MIssissipniN Nding citizens1r6 re,
veal the source of their Supply
Announcement has been made that
Swift & Co. here had received car
load of frozen veal from New Zealand.
The veal entered the United States by
way of San Francisco. The shipment
is tryout, plenty more being avail.
able If the pioneer carload proves sat
isfactory as a method to reduce the
cost of living.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
by jury in the Federal District Court
at New York in the case of Jay A.
Weber, secretary of the Pictorial Re
view Company, who was charged with
attempting to bribe an agent of the
Internal Revenue Department to fal-
sify the income tax return of the cor
pOraton.
Relief ships to be sent by the United
States within the next month with
flour for needy countries of Europe
also are going to be soviet arks, ac-
cordins to information obtained from
immigration officials. More than 400
Russians, Films and Poles from all
parts of the country will be shipped
on them in groups.
The open shop principle was upheld
by the full bench of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, when 1t or
dered permanent injunction to issue
against photograph engravers' local
and international unions, restraining
them from interfering with the bust
ness of Wright & Co, and the Folsom
Engraving Company. Refusal of the
companies to comply with union de-
mand to conduct their shops on a
closed basis had resulted in a strike
declaration
Truman Fl. Newberry, Junior Unit
ed States senator from Michigan, was
convicted by a jury of having con.
spired criminally in 1918 to violate the
election laws. He was sentenced by
Judge Clarence W. Sessions to two
years Imprisonment and fined $4,000
released on bond pending an appeal,
and at once issued statement declar.
ing his intention TO retain his seat in
the Senate unless that body decides
otherwise, or the Supreme Court up.
holds his conviction. Sharing the fate
of the senator Were his brother, John
S. Newberry, and fifteen campaign
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