The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-01-09
FOREIGN

In remarkable interview puDubneu
in Paris, Marshal Foch says he was d.
vinely inspired to defeat the Germans
and that the allied victory was willed
by God.
Maxim Litvinoff, Russian soviet rep
resentatlve at Copenhagen, predicted
in an interview with the Social Dem
okraten that peace between the Boil
sheviki and the allies is imminent
An unsuccessful attempt has been
made to assassinate General Denikine
head of the government in Southern
Russia, according to advices received
by the Berlingske Tidende. One of
Denikine's aides was killed.
BY accepting the board of trades
declaration that the president living
wage should be estimated at f3 and
II shillings weekly, the Austrian gov
ernment will add f2,5OO,OOO annually
to its pay roll for state employees
New paper money to the extent of
l, ,4OO, 100000 marks, was placed in cir
culation during the holiday week, ac-
cording to statement just made by
the Imperial bank Germany's printed
money now totals more than 47,724,-
100000 marks
| Norman Rose, the American swim
mer, won the 220-yard championship
| sprint in an athletic meet at Mel
bourne, Australia. Spencer and Oste-
rictor, Americans. won the six-day BIZ
cycle race with purse Of 1900 Four
teen teams competed.
The French crown jewels, which had
been deposited in bank at Bordeaux
at the end of 1914, when the Germans
advance threatened the capital, are to
be taken to Paris and again exhibited
at the Louvre. They include the ire
gent diamond, which is worth more
than 15,OOOO6O francs ($3,OOO,OO0)
Street fighting in Irkutsk, in the
anti-Kolchak revolution, is reported in
Toxic cable to the Nippu Jill, jap
anese newspaper at Honolulu. yladi-
vostok workers have voted to strike in
a demonstration of dissatisfaction over
the Kolchak rule causing suspension of
transiberian traffic south of Nicholisk.
A French aviatrix has arrived at
Rabat, Morocco, from Paris by air,
having made the flight in two days.
This Is the first case of woman fly
ing from France to Morocco. Her
route was via Toulon, Barcelona, Va
lencia, Alicante, Granada, Malaga and
Tangier. The distance was about 1,150
miles.
Ygnacio Bonillas, ambassador to the
U. S., will relinquish his post and re-
turn to Mexico City Jan. 25th to become
a candidate in the presidential elections
according TO information from "reli
able soruces'' published in Mexico City.
| The same sources are quoted as stattRS
I ih7f Jose Diego Fernande2, at prese33
1 in charge of the foreign office, VI
succeed Senor Bonillas as ambassador
GENERAL
Damage estimated at $150,O00 was
caused at Memphis by fire which de
stroyed the refinery of Swift 4 Co.
with its contents.
The will of Thomas e. Wilder, leath
er merchant of Chicago, disclosed tha
he had bequeathed thirty-one employees
81 900 each. The bequests were made
as rewards for faithful service
One of the swiftest murder trials il
New York state ended when jury il
Brooklyn. after ten minutes delibera
tion, found Frank J. Kelly, negro
guilty of murder in the first degree TO
Staying Catherine Dunn, n maid in th'
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sperr,
Clark on Dec 18th last.
Governor Lowden of Illinois init
mated broadly that unless he wer'
given positive assurances there woul'
be no more public hangings in Illinois
, he would reprieve the prisoner ant
, continue reprieving him until privat
execution was assured. This is hi
, answer to the defiant attitude o
prison officials who hanged Raffael'
DurragO in the presence of 200 othe
prisoners as moral lesson.
Five thousand dollars worth of Lib
erty bonds was taken by bandits VIII,
tunneled their way into the vault o
7 the Lone Jack State Bank at Lon
Jack, Mo.
An announcement important to tn
oil industry of the country was mad
at Baltimore by the Bethlehem Ship
| company. AHS ~pihPuh.
claims to have perfected an oil engin
for ocean-going steamships that vii
consume the commoncst kinds of oil
: 1t was believed by engineers the inven
tlon will revolutionize shipping.
Gold production in the United State
, during 1919 was less by $1O,157, ,OO
than the 1918 output, according to tn
statement issued by the bureau of tn
mint. In 1919 there were 2,S29,395 fin
ounces of gold valued at S5S, ,4SS, ,S0'
produced in the country. Californi'
led in gold production with S40,75'
ounces, Colorado was next with 470,
99S ounces, and Alaska third with 437,
131. Silver production in 1919 amount
ed to 55,2S5, 1856 ounces, valued at $61,
968,412, representing reduction o
12,524,943 ounces compared with thu
1918 output Montana led with IA,
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