The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-04
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
twestr. Newspaper Union News Service,
WESTERN

The body Of a young man with a
bullet wound in the head, which was
found in a vacant lot in San Francisco
was identified as that of the bandit
who held up the ferry postoffice, shot
and killed Frank B. Adams, an armed
guard, and escaped with valuable mail
matter.
The Chicago theater, seating 5000
persons, said to be the largest motion
picture theater in the world, has been
formally opened. A line of persons
six abreast and three blocks long, wait
ing for admittance, necessitated the
calling of municipal police. The thea
ter cost $4,OO0,OOO.
The Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Company has asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission for authority
to extend $S,176,000 of its per cent
first mortgage bonds for forty years
at 51s per cent, and for approval of an
agreement extending the lien of the
first mortgage to cover the extended
bonds.
Sheriff's deputies on guard in a store
at Council Bluffs engaged in gun
battle with a gang of robbers, who
broke into the place. One robber was
killed. Sheriff w. A. Groneweg iden-
titled him as James Blankenship, %
years old. The dead man figured in
the Omaha court house riots two years
ago and was indicted for arson in that
connection, but was never prosecuted.
District Attorney Mathew Brady has
under consideration a request that he
recommend a parole for Allen McDon-
aid, convicted in connection with the
so-calleC Howard street gang cases.
year ago, in San Francisco. McDon-
aid soon will be eligible to apply for
parole. Recently McDonalds mother
made her way to Frisco from Denver
walking part of the way and accept
ing free rides at tmes-and asked
Brady 10 parole her son.
William Egan, a member of the
Democratic city committee and recog-
nized as power in local and state
Democratic affairs, was shot and
killed while standing In the doorway
of his saloon at st. Louis by unidenti-
fled assailants, who fired at him from
a curtained automobile while passing.
Il don't know who shot me, and |
wouldn't tell If l did. I'm a good
sport" were Egan's dying words. Po-
lice claim gang feud is responsible
for Egan's death.
WASHINGTON
Exports to Europe during September
fell off by about $31 100000, as com
pared with August, while imports in
creased by approximately $4,OOO,OO0
according to foreign trade figures is
sued by the Commerce Department
Imports from South America durinl
the month increased by about $4,000,
600, while exports remained practical
ly unchanged.
There will be no delay in issuin.
permits for the manufacture of rea
beer and for its sale as medicine In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Blail
stated that all brewers who have com
piled with the law will be granted per
mits readily. Brewers who have beer
charged with violating the law, how
ever, may be delayed in getting per
mits now, the commissioner said.
President Harding was understoo,
to have expressed opposition, during
conference with Chairman Porter o
the House foreign affairs committee
TO passage of any resolution providin:
for immediate withdrawal of American
troops from the Rhine.
The bulk of the nations stockyard
are now under the control of the fed
eral government Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace announced the name
of sixty-six stockyards in various part
of the country that have been deter
mined as coming within his jurisdic
ton under the recently enacted pack
ers and stOckyards act The owners
have been formally notified and for
yards Nov. /.
Decision of many West yirgini;
mine operators to refuse next sprin,
to re-enter into wage contracts witt
their employees unions was announced
to the Senate committee investigatin.
conditions in the West Virginia fields
The statement was made by Z. NJ
Merrell, Charleston operator, wht
said that "a concerted move was un
der way to fight the closed union shor
when the time for renewal of wag,
contracts arrived April 1.
Members of the clergy, the grea
majority of them with war experience
and graduates of army chaplain school.
at home or in France, are well repre
sented in the officers corps of the
army. About 600 commissions as re
serve army chaplains have been issued
They include five majors, sixty cap
tains and the remainder first lieu
tenants. By denominations the distri
button is as follows Roman Catholic
1856; Methodist, lis; Baptist, 81; Pres
byterian, II; Episcopal, 54; Disciples
of Christ, 81; Congregational. %, and
other sects, -.