The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-03-04
FOREIGN

Princess Anastasia has been serious
ly Ill for several days with ptomains
poisoning but IL improving.
Rumors that the soviet authorities
in Petrograd have been overthrown
are In circulation in Moscow, says a
report from the Russian capital re-
ceived at Riga
railroad carried out their threat t.
strike and quit their jobs In large num-
hers In Mexico, the government Off
cials are optimistic regarding the out
come. They predict there will be no
paralysis Of traffic.
Hachiro Sainoji. son of Prince
Sainoji, and head of the Japanese
delegation to the Paris peace confer
ence. was stabbed and seriously in
jured by supposed political rival
Hachiro was u member Of the crown
princes party, which Is expected to
sail for Europe soon.
Several newspaper editors in Bres-
Inu. Germany have been challenged to
duels by Dr. Rhode, an attache Oh the
staff of the prosecuting attorney. who
during recent campaign speech ac-
cused the press of being '.prostituted"
His accusations provoked sharp de-
nunciation from the National Press
League and his challenges were the
result.
The average yield of gold per ton of
ore from the mines of the Kilo Motto
district, in the Belgian Congo, exceeds
that of the gold mines of British South
Africa, says the Belgian minister of
colonies, NJ. Franck The yield of the
Congo mines averages twelve grams of
gold to the ton of orr. while those Of
British South Africa, the minister stat
ed, yield only eight grams.
The ministry of wars budget for the
year was reported out by the commits
sion of the Chamber of Deputies of
France which has been considering it,,
after a considerable slice had been cut
from the figure submitted. The bud
get as reported stands at 5,144. .000,O
francs, the commission having trimmed
1,402 0O0, 900 francs from the request
ed 6,546,OO0.OOO francs.
Professor Boni, archaeologist and d-
rector of excavations on the Palatine.
is going to make another effort To grow
sweet potatoes in Italy. He has just
received lot of seed potatoes from
the United States Agricultural Depart
ment Whenever sweet potatoes have
been planted in Italy, they have re-
verted to ordinary potatoes after few
years. Professor Boni hopes to be able
to keep them true to their type. He
| says that old manuscripts prove that
the ancient Romans grew them.
GENERAL
Bruno Fritzmiller, answering his
wife's suit for divorce in Chicago,
charged that the ouija board had alien
ated his wife's affections.
The New York Central locomotive
ing about 100 men, and those at Col
linwood, both Of which were closed a
week ago, VIII resume operations, At
once.
Intending to pass seven years M the
leper colony at Java, seven Salvation
Army missionaries left New York for
San Francisco to sail March 4 for the
Dutch East Indies. The party Includes
six women and one man.
One hundred and ten cement dealers
were named in indictments handed
down by the special federal grand jury
which has been investigating an al
legged building material combine men
toned in connection with the building
trust inquiry in New York.
Bribes totaling $1,OOO,OOO and rang
ing from So to 100000 have been of
fered w. J. Mccarthy, supervising pro-
hibiti0n enforcement agent for New
England since July. Mccarthy said he
had been threatened with death in the
performance of his duty, and told of
attempts of bogus revenue officers to
steal liquor lawfully in transit between
New York and Boston.
A. w. Crawford, so. prominent Dem
and Don Barrus, president of the Don
Barrus Auto Company Of Alton, We're
instantly killed when their automo-
bile was demolished by the fast St
Louis Chicago train ut the Chicago 4
Alton railroad crossing at Wood river,
Ill.
Several hundred persons were driv-
en- from their homes and several bad
ly injured when tank containing o.
600 gallons of gasoline exploded in the
tenement district at Buffalo, n. Y. The
head of the steel tank crashed through
the roof of tenement house, the CON
cussion wrecked many small buildings,
and the streets were turned into sea
of fire by the blazing oil.
Work in some government depart
ments moves so leisurely that girl en-
ployes have been known to make their
trousseaus during working hours
the Senate was told by Senator Smoot,
Republican, Of Utah. The senator said
he personally had investigated the sit
uation in the offices. Why" he add
ed, at has got so that when I start
for an office word is telephoned ahead