Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-08-08
ON PACIFIC COAST

ON PACIFIC COAST
General Felix Diaz. special envoy
from Mexico to Japan. says he intends
to sail August IL from Vancouver.
B. G.
In his address at Portland Secretary
Of War Garrison urged larger and
stronger state militia a. means Of
national defense.
Charles w. Fuller. z railroad con-
struction foreman, formerly Of Spo-
kane. was accidentally drowned at
Ivermere. B. c.. Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Stewart, wife Of James
Stewart, customs officer at Carson, B.
c.. died Monday from burns sustained
while lighting q gasoline stove
G. J. Smytn. special assistant to At
torney General McReynolds In the tel
ephone case filed in the federal court
at Portland, says trial will come off in
early September.
At Astoria following an inspection
Of the Notifications and river improve
ments Secretary Garrison declared
himself In favor Of dredging opera
tions to deepen the channel.
1--WE just swallowed the contents Of
this poison bottle" said Sylvan schul.
an artist employed by the Chronicle
at San Francisco. as he walked into
the city editors office Saturday even
ing.
Maurice L. Diggs went to trial on
white slavery charge In the United
States district court ct San Francisco.
This case IL the other one OF those
the postponement Of which led to the
McNab resignation.
The real estate, railroad and timber
holdings Of Major L. D. Kinney at
North Bend and Coos bay, Oregon.
have been placed in the hands Of
Judge Waters a. receiver The prop
critics are valued at approximately
100000.
Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Danials has announced that e. soon
40 Colonel George Goethals gives the
word he will board the old battleship
Oregon and, at the head Of the entire
Atlantic fleet. sail through the Pan
anna canal.
i Edward Schmidt, wealthy proper.
ty owner Of Los Angeles suicided in
the basement Of his home here. The
rope broke. He was found with q
fractured skull from which he died
Sunday. He was II years old and re.
puted to be worth 100000.
i Postoffice isneptcors announce that
Charles l. Wagner. q mail carrier at
Hachita, N. NJ, has confessed having
robbed the mail carried by himself
thus solving the mystery surrounding
q crime that has puzzled the federal
authorities for several weeks past.
| Five Japanese argonauts. the last Of
[a party Of nine who crossed the Paci
fic in an antiQuated junk last weeh
and landed five miles from Eureka
, CAL, were arrested and Deputy Immi
grafton Inspector w. Nichols, who
will take them to San Francisco fol
deportation.
Two youths, who boast that they
have cashed over $50 worthless
checks In California within q few
J months, are in jail at Oakland. They
are Melvin Seymour and Everett
! Brann and, according to their own ad
missions. they have recently cleared
J over $1,000 by their dishonesty.
Declaring that the failure Of thu
authorities to prosecute the leaders o.
the mob that deported DR.. Bailey K
Leach. socialist editor. from Bandon
kOre.. will subject them to removal from
office, Governor West in q writer
,. statement scored the radical elemen
/ Of the /. w. WIS and leading business
men Of Bandon.
Cordova, Alaska.-An automobile
carrying John Roman and John Fergu
son, bound for Seattle, has arrived q
Chitina from Fairbanks, having Gov
cred the distance, $40 miles, over thu
government road In IS hours. Tn,
road formerly was impossible in sum
mer. but has lately been put in goot
condition. This IL the first experimen
: with an automobile.
AZ q result Of quarrel over . home
stead entry made several years ag,
Frank Hutchins, . rancher near Nc
Minnville, Ore, Saturday shot an,
. killed William A. Rogers, . neighbol
! and desperately wounded Frank Wi
bur. friend Of the dead man. Tn
three met in the road after Hutchin
}. il said to have sent word to the othe
9 two that he would shoot them and
quarrel followed. Wilbur and Hutch