The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-22
FOREIGN

rOREIGN
Negotiations opened by representa-
tives of soviet Russia in Germany nave
resulted, according to the Red Flag, ID
and order for 5000 railway engines
and large number of turbines.
The Bolshevist faction Of Independ-
ent Socialists has begun direct action
in Halle, Germany, by Selling tie OF
flee of the Independent party's news
paper, says a dispatch from Frank
fort
The council of ambassadors has de-
cided to make representations TO ths
Belgrade government demanding imme-
diate withdrawal of the Jugo-Siav
troops which had entered the klaken-
furt plebiscite zone.
The drys have lost their first battle
in the prohibition fight In the federal
district in Mexico. The saloons were
open Sunday, though the government
had made an effort to have them all
closed.
The London-Paris air mail has won
final approval of the banking world
Proving that it is no longer consio-
cred an experiment" bankers and
jewelers. are using it heavily for trans
port Of currency and jewels between
the two capitals.
Luis A. Santander, consul for Chile
in the state of Washington, and assist
ant professor of Spanish at the Uni
versity of Washington, died at Seattle
after a few hours illness. Mr. San
tander was formerly secretary Of the
Chilean legation at Buenos Aires.
Germany fulfilled the terms of the
Spa coal agreement for August and
September by delivering to the allies
1,936,S65 tons of coal, the reparations
commission announced. OF this, France
received 1,477, 500 tons, the remainder
going to Italy, Belgium and Luxem-
burg.
As result of the census taken
Oct. /, the figures of which have not
been announced, the Japanese govern
ment has begun sending circulars
throughout the country, asking physi-
clans, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists,
tailors, blacksmiths and other persons
whether they would be willing to
serve in the army in case Of war.
GENERAL
Robbers stole 100000 worth Of dia-
monds and refined gold from the
Stretcher Manufacturing Company,
after blowing open two large safes at
Newark, N. ].
A farm survey to eradicate the COM
mon barberry as a defensive measure
against wheat rust has been started
by the Department of Agriculture In
portions of thirteen states in the West
and Middle West.
Joseph Taplin, 65 years old, of
Dutchess Junction, N. Y, is in a hos
pital at Poughkeepsie, suffering from
a broken spine, the result of falling
from tree. He lay five days until
found by hunters.
Tugging at the end of a rope, Rover,
pet dog of John Shelton, 7-year-old
deaf boy, of Springfield, ILL.,, urged his
master upon the tracks of the Chica-
go & Alton railroad. A moment later
both were dead, caught by an express
train.
Dragged over fifty feet along the
rails on the Mississippi river bridge
at Dubuque, Iowa, Elvin Knight, aged
sixteen, of Cool Rapids, Iowa, died
half an hour later Knight, who was
on his way to enlist in the navy at
| Chicago, had fallen from the blind
| baggage of a Burlington train.
Slugged unconscious by burglars
| who ransacked and then set fire to
his palatial home at Des Moines, Iowa,
DR.. Wilton Mccarthy, prominent sur
geon, aroused from his stupor by the
| crackle of flames, escaped by jump
| ing from the second story of the blaz-
ing residence.
DIR. Duncan MacDougall, fifty-four,
a surgeon known particularly for his
experiments in "the weighing of the
SOUL" is dead at Haverhill, Mass.
Through delicate weighing devices, he
calculated the weight of the human
soul at between six and eight ounces.
He was a contributor of poetry to
various magazines.
Sale of the S,541 deadweight ton
steamer Westmead to the Standard
Steamship Company of New York for
81, AZ, ,467 has been announced at the
Shipping Board.
The Philadelphia q Reading railway
has announced reduction of its work
ing force approximately 1000 men and
that all employees have been put on an
eight-hour basis.
Production of bituminous coal went
above the 1900, ,000-ton mark for the
first time since Jan. It, during the
week ended Oct. o. The total output
is estimated by the geological survey
at 12,075,000 net tons. This was an
increase of 224,0 900 tons over the week
of Sept. % and 706,00o,oO0 tons or 81
per cent over the week of Oct. 2.
Asking the custody of his dead child,
w. II. Warner of Lyon county, Iowa,
has instituted divorce proceedings
apainSt Mrs Ollie Warner who re-