The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-05-21
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service. ,
WESTERN

WESTERN
Patrick Hurley, A, choked to death
in restaurant in San Francesca when
a piece of steak which he was eating
became lodged in his throat
Jake Schaefer of San Francisco won
4.000-point match at 1872 billiards
from Edouard Horemans, Belgian
champion, at San Francisco. 1000 to
1852. He made a new grand average
record for the match and set mark
believed to be new record for high
total for three innings.
Joseph Alexander is being held al
San Antonio, Texas, on a charge OF al
legged attempt to smuggle ammunition
and firearms into Mexico following
the seizure of 10000 rounds of ammu-
milton and $1,000 pistols. said to be
the largest amount of seized ammuni-
ton to come into the hands of the de-
partment of justice.
Rev. Guy Kyle was sentenced to
eighteen years Imprisonment and
fined $1,000 in Federal Court at st.
Louis when he pleaded guilty of rob
hing the mails of S1S9,0OO. Loren
Williamson, partner in a garage bust
ness at Mount Vernon, Ill, was found
guilty by jury previously and given
the same sentence
The board of bishops of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church discussed at
Portland, Ore, session courses of
study for Methodist ministers. Twen-
ty-two bishops from all parts of the
United States attended the meeting
The problem of finding enough men
to fill up the ranks of the ministry is
on the program Washington, D. c.,
was selected as the next meeting place
and October 26th was fixed as the
date
The number of Canadians resident
in the United States during the last
ten years has decreased by ST.50l
compared with an increase of 81 900 in
the previous decade, according to sta
tistics just given out by the United
States census bureau The repdfi
gives the total number of Canadians
in the United States as 1.1lT,136
French-Canadians number 3o1 .6S1. and
show loss of T7,402 in the ten years
while Canadians of other origin mum
ber S09,455 and show a loss of 1o,099
WASHINGTON
Chief Justice White of the United
States supreme court is recoverin.
from minor operation. The an
nouncement followed the non-appear
anee of the chief justice in the sli
preme court.
The export trade of the big packer
slumped s526,0O0,O0o during the las
year, Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson ,
Co. told the House agriculture commit
tee in opposing packer control legisla
ton. Meat producers he declared, RI
ceive 81 cents of each dollar the pacl
ers receive for meat and the decreas
in exports resulted in loss to tn
livestock .raisers of S450,000,oOO. q
the year 1920 there was exported froI
the United States 1,200, 100000 fewe
pounds of meat products than durin
the previous year." he said. '.It wa
this decrease that caused the lowe
prices to the producer"
The Senate bill authorizing pres
Dental control over cable landings wa
ordered favorably reported withor
amendments by the House commerc
committee.
Uncle Sam has So, 100000 of SON
peoples money waiting in the treasur
for them to come and get it, accordin
to the latest official figures of ou
standing temporary Liberty bonds
Allowing but S1oo,6sO427 of til
$220. 0.2S6,765 estimated by departmer
heads as necessary in deficiency al
preparations TO run the government 70
the year ending July l, the house al
preparations committee completed tn
second and final deficiency appropri;
ton bill for the fiscal year 1921.
Resolutions of the Hawaiian Legis
Iature requesting legislation by Con
gress to permit immigration of suffi
cient persons to remedy an acute Ia
Dor shortage in the islands have beei
presented to the Senate and referre,
to the territories committee. They pro
posed that alien Immigrants admitte,
should not exceed 25 per cent of tn
total insular population, restriction
designed. it was understood, to ex
clude japanese.
Establishment of noncotton zones il
pink boil worm infected areas in ives
Texas and New Mexico was recon
mended to Secretary Wallace by th,
conference of representatives from tn,
cotton growing states, who met il
Washington to devise the best meth
DDS OF stamping out the menace to tn,
cotton crop.
An army of 175,00o men has beer
decided on by the senate military af
fairs subcommittee considering the
army appropriation bill. The measure
as passed by the house, provided for