The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-07-22

WESTERN
Mrs. Hanna Vedder, 35, was choked
to death at breakfast in Wellsville,
Mo-, when a piece of ham clogged her
throat. She rushed into the yard and
died before physicians could arrive.
Mrs. Myrl (Jesse) James and Col
die Gordon, Harrison Fishers model,
charged with the murder of John
Devereux, aged jurist, were found not
guilty by jury in the District Court
at Tulsa, Okla.
One fireman was injured, probably
fatally, and three others were less Sc
riously hurt in fire which destroyed
more than a block in a densely settled
fiat and apartment house section in
San Francisco.
Ignace Jan Paderewski, pianist and
former premier of Poland, led fire
fighting force in beating out brush
and grass fire which started near his
estate at Paso Robles, Calf. The fire
burned over twenty-six acres before it
was checked
Alexander Howat, president of Dis
trict IA, United Mine Workers, and
August Derchy, vice president, were
sentenced to six months in Jail and
fined $500 each by District Judge Boss
of Columbus, Kan, for violating the
Kansas Industrial Court law by calling
a local strike over a wage controversy.
With the arrest of Frank Brown
and Charles Altendoff, Ell Paso, Texas,
hoItoya fhnU
have the men who left a trail of raised
federal reserve bank notes across
Texas from Houston to Ell Paso. The
men were arrested in clothing store
on complaint Of the proprietor.
Investigation has been started by
prohibition authorities Of reports from
Letterman General Hospital at the
Preside, at Frisco, that a number of
bottles sent them from the government
prohibition seizure rooms at the fed
eral building and believed to hold
whisky were found to contain tea when
they were opened.
A motor car collision near Topeka
Kan, in which two motor cars, six
cases of dynamite and a large guam
tity of nitroglycerine figured, brought
death to NJ. A. Ross an oil well shoot
er, and his wife and the injury of four
other persons. The explosives played
only minor part, however, for, al
though it was scattered along the high
way for considerable distance, ii
failed to explode. The victims were
killed and injured by the crash of the
machines.
WASHINGTON
President Harding has nominated
Charles Fowler to be collector of Gus
toms for District No. 26, with head
Nomecia Ascarate to be registrar o
the land office at Las Cruces, N. NJ.
Samuel Gompers, president of thu
American Federation of Labor, ant
other representatives of organized
workers, appeared before Chairman
johnson of the House immigration
committee to protest against a pending
resolution giving the President author
ity to admit Chinese labor into Hawai-
temporarily to relieve the shortage o
agricultural labor.
A system of model airways, covering
the entire continent is planned by tn
army air service for the use of al
operators or owners of aircraft. l
contemplates various chains of well
organized landing fields, supplemental
by frequent emergency fields and iden
tification markers connecting the prin
cipal cities.
Grove L. johnson, nominated b
President Harding to be receiver O
public moneys at Sacramento, is tn
father of United States Senator Hirar
Johnson of California. He represente
a California district in the House o
Representatives for one term, and fo
many years was member of the low
er House of the California Legislature
Mr.. Johnson's home is Sacramento
Calf.
Through an agreement reached be
tween Solicitor Lloyd of the Treasur
Department and representatives of tn
six breweries raided at New Orlean
because they were making real beer
1t was decided that the breweries mus
pay fine of little more than 500.
900 to the government. The govern
ment does not promise them immunity
from prosecution on the charges OF
having violated the Volstead law.
Investigation of the operation of the
Federal Reserve Board. the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States and
"the great trusts, such as steel, coal,
credit and money trusts" was asked of
a joint congressional commission by
c. S. Barrett, chairman of the National
Board of Farmer Organizations and
president of the National Farmers
Union.
Twenty thousand army enlisted men
applied for discharges in the first ten
days of July, and 1900 have been re-
leased from service, Secretary Weeks