Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-10-10
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The probable early retirement OF
Whitelaw Reid as ambassador to Great
Britain is announced.
The warehouse of the Los Angeles
Times Mirror company burned Satur.
day, entailing a loss of about $35, 900
At Hanover, Germany, the German
airman, August Birkmeier, was killed
Saturday, when his machine crashed to
the ground.
The corning mill of a powder plant
at Peoria. ILL.,, blew up Saturday, injur-
ing one employe. The building was
demolished.
Half of the city fire department and
many fireboats had to fight blaze
in the Pacific Lead and Oil works on
the waterfront of San Francisco, Satur-
day.
The summer capital officially will be
a lonely place for the next two weeks.
President Taft is on a six days auto
mobile trip through Vermont and New
Hampshire.
Charges of extortion in insurance
rates In San Francisco and demand
that the tolls Immediately be lowered
were made upon the San Francisco
board of underwriters recently.
Raymond ID. Fosdick, who resigned
recently as commissioner Of accounts
of New York city, has been elected
comptroller of the finance committee
of the democratic national committee.
Elder B. H. Roberts delivered the
principal address before the delegates
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, who were at Salt Lake City
attending the eighty-third semi-annual
conference, last week.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who is lieu
tenant colonel in the national guard OF
New York, was a passenger with
George w. Beatty when the aviator
made flight above Hampstead Plains
recently. They went up 500 feet.
Mobilization of former Greek re
serves and Bulgarians is going on In
earnest at Chicago and Greek mill
tary association which normally has
300 members has increased it's mem
bership to 1900 in the last two days.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Hermert S. Hook
in, said by Ortie e. McManigal to have
been one of the organi ers Of the "dy
namiting crew." has given information
against the other defendants in the
trial Of the accused dynamite plot
ters."
All Manchester, Mass, from the sea-
of an aeroplane James Bryce, British
ambassador to the United States, OBJ
tanned birdseye view of the Massa
chusetts north shore Saturday. The
diplomat Is visiting friends at Man
chester.
Nancy, France-Dr. Krauss, former
ly of San Francisco. but for some time
in practice here, has been arrested or
the charge Of incendiarism. There was
a sensational scene at the hearing be
fore magistrate, when Krauss tried
to commit suicide by swallowing
poison.
President o. L. Dickson of the
White Pass 4 Yukon railway, an
nounces that the Yukon river service
Of the company, which now extends
between White Horse and Dawson
Yukon territory, will be continued next
year to Fairbanks, Alaska, 500 miles
northwest of Dawson.
Nicholas ]. Mcnamara, the wealthy
resident of San Mateo, Cal, who
caused the arrest in New York Of his
wife, housekeeper and chauffeur as
they were en- route to Europe, was
made defendant recently in two dam
age suits for $4,000, each brought by
the servants for alleged false imprison
ment.
New Westminster. B. C.-Two 10
year convicts, Smith and Wilson, who
were working in thes tone shed at the
provincial prison, guarded by w. f.
Craig, attacked him Saturday, and af.
ter one of them had struck him on the
head with hammer the convict took
his pistol and made a rush for liberty.
Guard j. H. Johnston barred their way,
and the convict with the pistol fired
three bullets into him, inflicting
wounds from which he died soon after
ward. Other guards fired upon the con-
victs and wounded them. They were
captured and will be tried for murder.
Their wounds are not serious nor is
that of Guard Craig.
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