The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-25
FOREIGN

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house of representatives at MeiDourne-
Vital d'Arzac. a ToulOuz newspaper
man. covering the Landru trial at ser-
sailIes, left the court room, teiilns ms
comrades that the case was urNhs
him crazy. He went to his hotel ana
killed himself with revolver.
bronze turkey, mounted on mar
BILE pedestal from the Cathedral OF MI
Ian. the Thanksgiving gift of the Ital-
inn American Society of Italy to Presi-
dent Harding arrived in New York on
lthe steamer Taormina from Genoa.
DIR. Amable Jones, governor of the
province of San Juan, was assasSinat-
ed by men armed with rifles at Buenos
Aires as he was alighting from an au-
tomobile. A friend who was with him
also was killed. The assassination Is
attributed to politics.
Hungary has decided TO send fl
nancial mission to the United States
to raise loan, says the Innsbruck
Nachrichten. Count Lazzio Szechenyi,
whose wife was formerly Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt of New York. the paper
adds. will be head of the mission.
Canadian customs officials are in
vestigating reports that more than
Ii, 900 automobiles stolen in the United
States have been smuggled into Can
ada and sold in cities from Winnipeg
to the Pacific Coast. Farmers are said
to have bought hundreds of the stolen
cars.
Egypt this season will have 5S2,915.-
600 pounds of lint cotton for market,
according to figures furnished by the
American consul stationed at Alexan-
dria. This amount is about normal
supply. In 1920 the supply amounted
to 556O27. 900 pounds, and in 1919 to
542, ,962 600 pounds.
While a religious ceremony was in
progress at the Guadalupe cathedral,
Mexico City, bomb was exploded on
the altar below the image of the Quad
alupe virgin. There were no casualties
though the church was crowded, and
no serious damage was done. The au
thor of the outrage was arrested, the
police saving him from being lynched.
GENERAL
Although wholesale prices have
dropped 45 per cent since 1920. the re-
tail cost Of living has decreased only
1S per cent, said Prof VIM. Ogburn
of Columbia university before the sec
ond conference on "Christian Princi-
pies in Industry" at New York.
Officials of the Association of Rail
way Executives announced in New
York that further freight rate reduc-
tions amounting to $300,000000 would
be put into effect in the event the rail
way labor board accedes to the re-
quests of the roads for lower wage
scale.
OF the 1926 passenger automo-
biles exported from the United States
during the first ten months of 1920,
the United Kingdom is listed with 49,
154 cars; British India, 10,S48: Canada,
800; British South Africa, $50: Gu
ba, 5,2S6; New Zealand, 5000 Brazil,
4,96S; Sweden, 4.SS7; Dutch East In
dies, 3.439; Argentina, 1872; Uru-
quay, 3,2S7; Norway, 1900.
Chicago.-Scores of families in the
Garfield park district were frightened
by the explosion of bomb in saloon
run by Gus McCarten and John GIL
feather, former policemen. Consider
able damage was done to the building
and McCarten was cut by flying debris
An investigation of reports that dis
agreement between bootleggers was re-
sponsible for the bombing is being
made by police.
Governor Thomas E. Campbell is
sued proclamation of emergency, au-
thorizing the board of directors of
state institutions to expend $3.50 in
repairing damage done to the capitol
building and grounds by the Cave
creek flood. Parties interested in the
control of Cave creek met in the gov.
ernor's office and agreed to steps tC
be taken to prevent future floods sim
iliar to- that of last August.
Machinist's Mate Cotton was killed
and Lieuts.. Steadha Aker and 0. d
Spaulding We're severely injured wher
seaplane No. 2,100, from the naval all
station, Pensacola, Fla, went into 8
tail spin at an altitude of 1000 fee
and crashed off Barrancas Beach.
| Conservative estimates of motor
vehicle production for 1921 forecast +
total of 100000 passenger cars ant
trucks. This compares with 1,92S,0O(
for 1920. Inasmuch as it was predict
ed that 1921 would be "million-ca
year." this output is highly gratifyin,
to the industry, for it demonstrates
conclusively that the sale of motto
vehicles is established on a solid foun
dations regardless of general industria
conditions.
At Watertown, Mass, Is being bull
sixteen-inch howitzer which will re
volve In complete circle, fires at
depression of degrees to 65-degre
elevation, and Is fired by compresse
air. The rifle weighs seventy-eigh
tons, shoots twenty-eight miles. usin
shells weighing 2.340 pounds. The gu
. is thirty-five feet long and the tota
: weight Of gun carriage and all Is 252