The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-08-20

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A timbsr fIrs Il threatening Naclssy
park, Portland pleasure ground.
Twenty-Five thousand Canadians
aave enlisted IN H. English army.
Tsmpsrsturs At Walla waIlA reached
lol degrees. the highest Of The year.
Prisonen Ia Folsom, Cal. penitsn-
tiary have been relieved from wearing
stripes.
Thsodors Roosevelt desires an early
trial In ths damage suit against him
for $50, 900.
A small English cruiser chased big
German warship for many hours OF
tia coast Of Bermuda
Austrians and ssrsiSus In Globs,
Arix., met in pitched bas.ie but no
ono was ssriously hurt.
An ssroplane rammed q Zeppelin
balloon. destroying the diriRible. Ia
the attack b~fore Liess-
Two battered cruisers whose nation
ality could not b discovered, lImpsd
Into barbor II Shanghai.
Secretary Houston thinks United
States viii b. able 70 continue cxporta-
tion Of foodstuffn during the war.
On account Of tho European war
American children will 90 without
many toys for Christmas this year.
The United States government has
chartered six steamers to bring Amer
lean refugees home from European
ports.
Italy has mobilixed bstwoen 200, 900 |
and $50, 900 troops on the Swiss and |
Austrian frontiers, n = precautionary
measure.
Scandinavian waters arc reported |
clear Of wsrships and foodstuffs are
said 70 be going freely from Denmark
10 England.
American vessels plying out Of San
Francisco have been warned not TO
communicate with German warxhips
lying outside the harbor.
DR.. Aked. the erstwhile pastor Of
the Rockefeller church In New York.
wonders why the Socialists Of Europe
permitted the war TO begin.
Denmark has notified France that
the waters about Copenksgen have
been mined TO guard against possible
surprise attack by the Germans.
The British are reported to have
captured the liner Kron Prinz Will
helm, Of Germany. containing 5000
tons Of coal and IS, 900. 600 In gold.
The captain Of Danish steamer re-
ports seeing the mssts Of seven sunken
vessels of the German coast. and he
believes they were German wArships.
The Mexican cabinet has discussed
the change Of government and II has
been decided to permit the constitu-
tionslists peaceful entrance into tho
capital.
The State department is informed
that Japan Il about to declare war on
Germany and join England In an at
tack on the German possessions in the
Far East.
The steamer Advance made round
trip successfully through the canal
from Colon to Mirahores Lakes. The
steamer Cristobal made the same trip
last week.
The British cruiser Suffolk was
coaled In ten hours In Halifax, citizens
OF all elssscs. crews Of transatlantic
liners and local militia volunteering
for the job.
Provisional President Carbajal and
his cabinet have abandoned Mexico
City. and preparations are made for
the triumphal entrance Of the Consti-
tutionslists.
Belgisns appeal to America for
wheat. but the u. s. exporters are In
elinsd 10 wait until the supremacy of
the seas is settled before attempting
to ship grain.
Stern measures are being rcsorted
TO In Germany 20 compel military
service. according TO dispatch via
London. II i reported that DIR. Karl
Liebknecht. the famous German Social
isl issder. has been shot for refusing
TO iolE the army.
Mskjag no demands, but striking In
Syfcpathy with those at Newell. w.
Va, 500 boys employed a. mold run
ners and batters up. walked out on
strike and as result 80 potteries
probably will have TO suspend opera
tions. and 5000 men be thrown out of
work. The boys are regarded as
assistants to the foremen and are hired
BY them directly.
leebergs are threatening Atlantic
steamers that speed through the dark
ness or fog to avoid hostile cruisers.
Il is believed the Germans are plan
ming an invasion Of Russian territory
IN Finland. in the hope that the people
there may be induced 70 rise In revolt
against the exar.
Ofeials in Washington believe the
neutrality Of China IL certain 10 be
violated By the warning nations, ard
u Is considered likely THAI American
shipping On the Pacific nay suffer ard
this country become involved diplo-
rzticzlly. At least
France e sweltsrinx under intense
heat, and Eorren erost the var Office.
in'gziri1z after relatives IN thu field.
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