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

been destroyed. The cooperative
stores there have been burned. Bot4
fires are believed to have been o.
incendiary origin.
The condition of the refugees aboard
the ninety or more ships strung along
the Bosporus near Constantinople Y
appalling and terrible catastrophe y
feared unless prompt measures are
taken to land the thousands who are
writhing In misery and pain.
The British government has pre-
sented to the government Of India one
hundred de Haviland and Avro aero.
planes, the only conditions attached %
the gift being that the machines should
be used for purposes Of demonstration
and instruction and should not be
sold.
Young men of Cherbourg. France.
who did not receive Invitations to .
dance given by the commander Of the
American destroyer Broome, banded
together to attempt to induce the
Young ladies Of Cherbourg not to At
tend the affair. The girls, however,
objected, and, guarded by their fathers
and mothers, nearly 100 appeared at
the party.
Defeat of the venizelos government
in the recent election In Greece has re-
suited In the Turkish government
formulating demands which are equiv
alent to request for revision Of the
treaty of Sevres. The Stamboul cabi-
net, through the italian high commits
sioner, has requested the allies to sup
press the inter-allied police as being
incompatible with the Turks sOver-
eighty. 1t also has asked for the
abolition of the allied control commits
sion and non-interference by the allies
in Turkish international affairs.
Divorces are decreasing in France
because of the lack of houses and
apartments. Before the war the
monthly list of divorces attained in
Paris a total of 1900. In October
there were only 945 applications.
and this month the total is expected
to be further reduced to $50. Ac-
cording to lawyers. hundreds of cou-
pies have accepted reconciliations
and agreed to go on living together
for the simple reason that they can
not find places to live apart, other
than in small hotels.
GENERAL
| August Pascal, alias Pasquale, "the
crank" in the Coughlin kidnapping case,
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
today by Judge Swartz. Pascal had
pleaded guilty to second degree mur
der and kidnapping for extortion. Ht
stole Blakeley Coughlin. the thirteen
months-old baby Of Mr.. and Mrs
George B. Coughlin, from their hom'
near Norristown, Pa, on June last
and smothered the infant under hi
coat.
i The Chicago nolice hive made u
sfHarris Cook cf PlASlIf160l6 Nab
! who dropped dead after a fraternit
initiation. Officials Of the coroner
office said death probably was due
heart disease. superinduced by alct
! holism. Cook was being initiated int
: q secret interfraternity organization
4 which Is barred In many colleges. st,
= dents denied that he had been treate
i roughly in the initiation. They sal
!. quantities of liquor were served.
Equal suffrage for women NEAR
that they must not wear their ha
! when in his court room. Justice ,
q the Peace F. P. airing declared whe
he fined two women IS each for CO,
T. tempt Of court when they refused
# remove their hats. The women pai
{, When the justice called tho court
,e order he said: Everybody vi
D. please remove their hats" Mrs. o
a car McCann and Mrs. Frederick RI
q ter failed to do 10. Tho court hes
b. tated = moment. but the two conti
10 ued to wear their hats. Five do
II lars and costs for contempt of court
T. said the justice. "If women CT
a. have equal suffrage with men thu
10 can also remove their hats in n
court room"
10 The firm Of Cruiser & Philippso
s, bankers, Of Amsterdam, has sent
t. lawyer to Berlin to investigates Il
,e charges made in the German capit
as regarding alleged attempts to smugG
e, the fortunes OF members of the Hohe
ell zollern family from German jurisdl
tion into Holland.
Of Three-fifths Of the original supp
n Of timber In the United States is go
T. and every year we are taking o
L, Of our forests four times the amou
- Of timber that we are growing. r
- virgin forests Of the United STATE
r. which formerly covered 1922, ,00O.0
ne acres, have shrunk to one-sixth
that area. All classes Of forest lal
mr. in the United States-including G
n led, burned and cut-over areas-n<
ne aggregate 483, 100000 acres, or lit
1S more than one-half our origin
ed forests. The answer to the forest
ne problem Of the United States 10 d
n to use less wood, but to grow moro
or to put our idle acres Of burned a
55 logged-off timber land at work gro
Il. ing trees. Three-fourths of the Pre-