The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20
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MENTs, sUFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN
western Newspaper Union News Service.


WESTERN
Official returns from the Kansas
statewide primary show J. B. Billiard,
Democrat and former mayor of Tope-
ka who advocated beer and light
wines, won the nomination for Con-
gress in the First district.
Phillip Lauricelli, San Francisco
laborer, shot and killed his mother
in-law. Mrs. Dolly Rollins, while she
was cooking breakfast at his home
in San Francisco, dragged his wife.
Eva, from bed and shot her, proba-
bly, fatally, and then killed himself.
Christian H. Van Knuth, an Omaha
real estate dealer, who had declared
himself to be a Danish count, but who
was naturalized an American citizen
several months ago, died in hospital
after he had been shot by Milton W.
Armour, manager of grill in a promi-
nent Omaha hotel.
A column of flame 300 feet high leap
ing from a Standard Oil Company gas
well in the Elk hills, thirty miles south
west of Bakersfield, Calf, was visible
there The well is in the vicinity of
that which burned several days last
August with a loss of approximately
5OO,0O0,OOO cubic feet of gas.
A conspiracy through which liquor
worth 100000 was fraudulently taken
from a bonded warehouse at Owens
boro, KY, was revealed by raid in ST.
Louis in which deputy constable and
ten others were arrested after police
and government agents had recovered
1876 cases of whisky valued at $195, 900.
c. A. Sanborn and David Libel, pro-
prietors Of tailoring company, were
arrested in San Francisco on complaint
of T. Knorr of the San Francisco Ad.
vertising Club that they had adver
tised falsely, asserting that they had
bought $4,000 worth of woolens from
a certain manufacturer when the pur
chase actually was but $500 worth.
Mrs Marie Gibson, 81, and two of hel
children, Bertram, 9 years, and Jack
7, were drowned in Lake Washington
near Seattle The mother attempted
to save both lads as they were beins
A third son, Robert IL, was rescued by
his father, Oscar A. ellison, after the
boy was almost overcome while trying
to save his brothers
Mexican federal troops at San Luis
Sonora, shot down an aeroplane sup
posed to have been scouting for Gov
ernor Cantu of Lower California. Th,
plane, believed to have been SNUG
gled across the international line from
Phoenix, Ariz., was disabled by riff,
fire of the federal soldiers and forced
to land across the Colorado river il
Lower California.
WASHINGTON
The Detroit United Railways Com
pany has filed with the United State
Supreme Court petition asking a per
manent injunction restraining the cit
of Detroit from taking over the De
troit traction lines.
High praise of the part which Amer
lean farm boys are playing in agr
cultural progress was voiced by Secre
tary Meredith in an address to
delegation of 125 Texas farm boys, Wis
iting Washington on a 5,000-mile tri
of inspection thru the United State,
1.-THE famine price of white paper
has forced the American Red Cross I
discontinue publication of the Re
Cross magazine, it was announced /
Washington.
Loans of S997, $50 to the Chicag
Great Western railroad and $500 /
the Ann Arbor railroad to assist til
roads in purchasing additional equil
ment has been approved by the Int
state Commerce Commission.
Increased consumption of raisins /
the United States since prohibition
believed to account for the 1,40o pc
cent increase in raisin imports froi
Spain during the first six months {
1920. Nearly 100000 pounds were e,
ported from Malaga, exceeding the t,
tai exports from that port from 19l:
1919 inclusive
The War Department at Washingto
disclosed that only 1891 of the "a
100000 American citizens who regi
tered under the selective draft for mi
itary service during the World wa
could be classified as wilful deserter
This is less than l per cent This al
nouncement was made, together wit
the publication of a plan to publish tn
names of these 1891 men with
view TO their apprehension.
The Department of Justice &
Washington is conducting an inves
tigation into the textile industry [
determine whether the closing {
cotton and wooden mills is due to
conspiracy by manufacturers to COZ
tinue high prices.
Distribution to railroads of nearl
5000, 100000 was recommended to tn
interstate commerce commission in tn
final report of the Association of Raj
way Executives on the applications Q
the various carriers for loans from tn
rpno pn0 600 rovnIvipD fllpd prpo rod h