The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-08-12
FOREIGN

N. b., swept Dy Forest 1lreS, neld alO1t
a metal sign bearing this ironic in
junction: "Citizens, protect your for
ests from f1rei''
The royal yacht squadron is giving
a special prize to the first American
six-meter yacht to finish in tlfe first
British-American cup race at Cowes
regatta. The town of Cowes will give
a cup for the first American yacht in
the second cup race.
The Bulgarian government has
drawn up a plan for the demobiliza-
tion of the army and the recruiting OF
a volunteer force. 1t is inclined to be-
lieve, however, that it will be impossi-
BILE to enlist the minimum OF 1900
volunteers by Oct. j. as demanded by
the allies.
In a collision between a passenger
and a freight train near Nikolsk, six
teen persons were killed and eighteen
injured, among them few japanese.
The collision was said to have been
caused by bands of partlsans who have
been engaged in sporadic hostilities in
that part of Russia.
The allies have warned Greece that
an advance on Constantinople by her
troops will not be tolerated, it was au-
thoritatively stated today. No ground
exists, however, 1t is added, for believ-
ing Greece contemplates such advance,
which would bring her into conflict
with the allied army of occupation.
GENERAL
Three men were killed and several
seriously injured when drying ma
chine burst in the plant of the Stand
ard Silk Dyeing Company at Patterson,
N. ].
Joseph Peters paid fine of $50
after conviction in municipal court at
Detroit for stealing 10 cents from
newsboy. When arrested, police tes-
titled, Peters had 800 in his pockets.
Earl Welch, 20, died at Columbus,
Ohio, of fractured skull sustained
when knocked to the floor in n box
ing match with Harold Myers, who is
held by the police Both are of Column
bus, and were engaged in a friendly
bout.
Official announcement of the ap-
pointment of Bishop NJ. J. Curley Of
st. Augustine, Fla, as archbishop of
Baltimore, succeeding the late Arch
ceived by Catholic officials at Wash
ington.
The fact that people are not eating
so much candy now as they did during
| the war was one of the reasons as
| cribed for the failure of the Boston
Confectionery Company, which filed a
petition in bankruptcy at Boston, with
liabilities of more than SS00.o00. The
company's assets were listed as $780,
S65.
| Where the new Pacific highway
crosses the Canadian border at Blaine,
| Wash, a gateway is being erected to
commemorate 100 years without forti-
fications or armies along the 5000
miles of International boundary. In
lscribed over the doorways are the
legends, "Open for 100 Years" and
MAY These Doors. Never Be Closed"
Three Colorado young men are
among the POS candidates for appoint
ment as second lieutenants In the
army who qualified as result of last
April's examination, it was announced
by the war department. Those COM
missioned from Colorado are: Harry
Meyer, Denver, engineer corps; John
Harry, Boulder, in field artillery, and
] Creswell G. Blakeney. Denver, in field
. artillery.
Walter Bunton, a 27-year-old metal
worker in the employ of the New York
Blower Company at Laporte, Ind,
modestly admits that he is about to
become millionaire and that he ex-
l poets eventually to Join the multimil-
. lionaire ranks Bunton has invented
? a process for hardening copper for
} which he declares the United States
l Steel Corporation is to pay him ST.
100000 and royalty of cents a
pound as long as the patent exists.
+ Drinkers of Notwithstanding liquor In
+ Wisconsin must stand far enough away
/ from the bar to be unable to place theft
e foot on the rail or to set their glasses
o on the counter in order to keep from
s violating the law, according to an opin-
n Ion of J. f. Messerschmldt, assistant
l. attorney general.
Lyle A. Turner, official of Des
s Moines, Iowa, rug company, was ar
! rested after he had tried to sell a rug
valued at $1,000 for $3.50. He is said
= to have admitted to the police that he
= shipped several rugs from the stock
of the company by which he is en-
!, '.loyed to himself at Chicago and
planned to sell them to help finance
:. a vacation.
A 6-year-old child gathered flowers
in neighbor's yard in Chicago, and
carrying the blossoms back to her own
{ yard, tried to plant them. As the re.
, suit of a dispute over the punishment
s of the child, which followed, her
y grandmother, Mrs. Anna Gaugner. 81
o is dead and her mother Mrs. Mar
/ garet Gaugner, is seriously injured