The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-06-18
FOREIGN

the forces of General Wrangel, anti
Bolshevist leader on the Crimean
front, is reported to have been success
full.
The forces of General Wrangel, anti
Bolshevist leader, on the Crimean
front, are moving northward from the
Crimea and Sea of Azov, in three col
umns
The Polish army has evacuated Kiev
owing to the continued menacing ad-
vance of the Bolshevist army which
threatened to cut off the Polish line OF
retreat.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to assassinate Premier Hara of Japan,
| according to Toxic cable advices re-
ceived by Nippu Jill at Honolulu The
assailant, who is reported to be a Jap
anese fanatic, was arrested, the dis
patch adds.
Eight oil tankers belonging to Ger
man subsidiary of the Standard Oil
Company have been allotted to the
United States for the transport Of pc
troll and oil to Europe, according to an
official communication issued at Paris
by the reparation commission.
Cantonese women are planning to
establish a match factory at Canton,
China, and have issued a prospectus In
an effort to obtain 100000 for the
purpose. The women themselves in
tend that the factory shall be owned
and managed entirely by them.
A severe earthquake shock occurred
throughout FOrmosa, Japan, according
to advices received at Toxic The CEN
ter of the disturbance was near Ywa-
len, on the eastern coast. There were
some casualties and damage to build
ings
Preparations are being made both by
the government and the municipality
to receive in few days several hum
dred delegates from the whole world
who will meet at Genoa for the inter-
national seamen's labor conferences.
The American delegates Will be pres
ent only as observers.
Soviet Russia does not recognize its
liability for debts contracted by Russia
up to November, 1917, and if compelled
to meet them will have various offsets,
says the London Times, in reporting
conversations between British minis
ters and Gregory Krassin, Bolshevist
minister for trade and commerce.
An attempt to assassinate Arturo
Alessandri, presidential candidate of
the liberal alliance, occurred at Santi-
ago, Chile. Three shots were fired at
him but he was uninjured. He was
speaking from the balcony of his house
when the shots were fired. His son,
rushing at the assailant, disturbed the
wOuld-be assassins aim.
GENERAL
Three national political conventions
will be held in Chicago the week Of
July 10. The Single Tax party, through
Robert c. Macauley of Pennsylvania,
has issued call for its convention.
The committee of Forty-eight and Ma
tional Labor party have already issued
their calls.
Jewels valued at $4,000 which Mrs.
Arthur Whitney reported stolen while
en- route home from the Republican
convention at Chicago, were recovered,
ristown, N. ]. Mrs. Whitney said
passenger on the train found the jew
els wrapped in towel.
Two men were blown to atoms and
third badly injured when eight
pounds of dynamite exploded on board
their boat at Middle River, Fla. The
dead are Ed Shackelford of Fort Lau-
darAoIn Il Deh of
chee, Fla. The party had been dyna-
hitting fish.
Terms of sale of the former German
passenger liner Leviathan, bids on
which will be opened June 30, have
been announced by the shipping board.
Eacn bid must be accompanied by
certified check for 100000 and the
purchaser will be required to pay 20
per cent of his bid in cash and the re-
mainder in installments extending over
ten years.
The plant of the ManitOwoc Ship
building Company was sold to C. c.
West for $4,000 The plant original
ly cost about $1,50O,0O0. Mr.. West will
reorganize the concern and continue
operations at Manitowoc, Wis.
Election of officers, approval of con-
ditfons of Il gift of S2,O0O,000 to the
Lutheran synod for the care of in
capacitated pastors and teachers and
plans for reorganized synodical finan-
ces wound up the convention of the
Lutheran Laymen's League at Detroit.
The league also approved proposal
to raise an additional S1,000,00O this
year. Theodore Fl. Lamprecht of New
York was elected president.
With the city councils 1920 budget
already overappropriated by $4,500,1
600, new wage schedules of member1
of union crafts employed by the city