The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-03-05
FOREIGN

have no navy. Only few revenue cut
tiers will be left to her.
Aviator Casle established what was
claimed to be new speed record In
France for conditions under which he
made the flight, when his machine at
tanned speed of 2S3 kilometers
(175.74 miles) an hour.
The British government has been
formally notified by the State Depart
ment at Washington that the appoint
ment of Sir Auckland Geddes as Brit
ish ambassador to the United States
will be agreeable to President Wilson.
Hundreds have frozen to death in
the worst storm in South Russia in
twenty-seven years. The mercury
was 40 degrees below zero and for
the country, piling up great drifts of
snow,
Winnipeg, Canada, doctors issued
more than 100000 prescriptions for
liquor, permitting the holders to Sc
cure 1879 gallons of liquor during
1919, according to ]. N. MacLean, ad-
ministrator of the Manitoba temper
ance act.
Viscount Uchida, foreign minister,
announced to the cabinet council that
Japan had advanced to China thru the
Specie bank 100000 yen, a part of
the $25,OOO,0OO loan agreed upon by
a consortum of four great powers, in
Guiding Japan.
Admiral Horthy's salary as regent of
Hun bac haau fivaI NM 0Al
krOnen per year. After his election the
national assembly sent deputation to
escort him to the chamber, where he
took the oath and was presented with
draft of the law creating his office.
The Italian government has ordered
greater restrictions in the feeding of
the people than during the war. This
is because of the diminished food i'm
portations. In addition, rationing by
card for all necessaries has been re-
established. Two meatless days have
been ordered, as well as the closure of
all restaurants, hotels, at IL o'clock at
night
Great Britain, which within a year
or so hopes to get off the red ink side
VI lllC udtioudl iCtStis ous
look until April | of il daily deficit of
$780,, 900. From England's standpoint
that is quite an improvement over
1919, when the national expenditure
was S6,252, 900 daily more than income.
These figures presume the pound to
be worth $4.O0.
GENERAL
Ten persons were held for deporta-
tion at Cleveland following a radical
raid in which twentysix persons We're
rounded up. Sixteen were released.
| large amount of radical literature was
| cOnfiscated.
| A bill designed to repeal the liquor
tax law and provide for the licensing
ages containing not more than 6 per
| cent of alcohol was introduced in the
Legislature at Albany, n. Y.
| The high cost of living has no ter
rors for the head porter of New
York hotel Henry J. Choucerle, who
holds that job at the McAlpine, has
| just leased the Colonial hotel for
| eight years at rental of $250,000. In
the meantime he will hold onto his old
l
| job.
| Fifteen days field training and not
to exceed four days special instruc-
tions for officers and selected enlisted
| men are provided in this years Ma
tional Guard training program, made
| public by Major General Carter, chief
| of the militia bureau. General Carter
| recommended that encampments be
held before July l.
The superdreadnought Maryland will
be launched at Newport News March
| 20. She is the largest ship yet con-
structed for the navy, being 600 feet
| long, ninety-seven feet broad and hay
| ing a displacement of $4,000 tons. Her
main battery will be composed of eip
sixteen-inch rifles, the heaviest guns
used on naval craft.
Ratification of the suffrage amend
ment failed in the West Virginia Sen-
ate, when the resolution for its adop-
ton was met by tie, IA to IA. Sen
ator H. w. Hammer, father of the reso-
luton, changed his vote so that he
might be in a position to move recon
sideration. This made the record vote
13 to IS against ratification.
Destructive radicals, working with
the Communist party made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to take over the ship
building industry by starting at the
Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipping
Company with scheme for gaining
control through shop committee sys-
TEN, are now making new effort to
seize this plant in connection with the
present strike situation at that ship
yard.
Immediate appropriation by Con-
gress of S50000.00O food credit for
the relief of Central European coun-
tries is urged in cable message re-
ceived at New York by John McHugh,
chairman of the commerce and marine
committee of the American Bankers