Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
SUMMARY Of THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEM.
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS
srlef Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate interest to
All the People.

Every year about 100000 men in
Russia attain the age when they are
liable for military service.
Chief of Police Glasenapp of Cologne,
Prussia, has been appointed as head
of the police department in the con-
quered city of Warsaw
Germany uses almost twice as many
postcards for domestic correspondence
as any other nation, Japan ranking
second and the United States third.
Bert Wallace was killed. Walter AL
lison MORALLY, and three others, one
woman, slightly wounded in an cleo
ton fight at Hickman, KY, recently.
Five members of the city council
of Revere we're indicted by the grand
Jury recently on a charge of receiving
gratuities totalling 5000 for granting
licenses to junk dealers.
Johnny Evans, field marshal of the
worlds champion Braves will leave
the Boston team and baseball for
good at the end of the series to be
played in st. Louis.
The chamber of deputies of Rio ia
metro has approved a project authoriz-
ing the issue of 100000 contos ($163,-
500 in paper and other financial
measures designed to aid coffee, rub
Der and other natural products.
Bill Chandler and his mechanician,
Morris Keller, were probably fatally
injured, according to reports, when
their car crashed against the inside
rail on their 238th lap in the 3O0-mile
speedway race at Des Moines Satur-
day.
"Swedens decision to remain neu-
trail is as firm as ever" was the reply
of the Swedish minister in London,
Count Wrangel, to rumors published
in London newspapers of the possible
participation of the scandinavian
kingdom in the war.
Officers casualty lists from July 10
to July 80 show that the British army
lost lis killed, 236 wounded and IA
missing, total of 1865. This brings
the officers loss total since the begin
= ming to 1866, of whom 4176 are re-
corded dead, 1905 wounded and 1175
missing.
Announcement of an automobile-ba-
loon chase to be held September 30 at
Pittsfield, Mass, was made recently by
Leo Stevens. The contest will be like
that of last year, when Stevens ba-
loon led the other entries in chase
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automobiles.
Women mail carriers made their
first appearance in London this week,
when twelve young women were as
signed to replace male postmen in the
Golder's Green district in the north
western part of the city. They are
being paid at the same rate as auxil-
larry male postmen.
An earth movement at Gallard cut
in the Panama canal has reduced the
depth of the channel at that point to
less than 20 feet This has delayed
the passage of 10 vessels, including
the steamer Finland, bound from New
York to San Francisco with $50 pas
sengers Traffic will probably be re.
sumed this week.
Riding 100 miles in 1:54:13 rs at
Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, Maldwyn Jones
of Lebanon, Ohio and Claude Pinau oil
Middletown broke the worlds motor
cycle record for a half mile dirt track
The two relay riders also lowered the
record for the first, second and third
quarter of the distance, riding the first
25 miles in 1920, the half in 57:25 and
rs miles in 1:25:50.
President Wilson is planning to re
turn to Washington to get in persona
touch with recent developments in The
Mexican situation, diplomatic ex
changes with Great Britain and Ger
many, and other pressing official bust
ness. The exact date of the PRESIDENT
departure has not been decided bu
4 he probably will be back in the White
House before the end of this week
Two pounds and half of lard Con
kilo) cost 81 in the state of chihuahua
according to a decree issued by Gov
ernor General Fidel Avila last weel
at Chihuahua City, addressed to tn
merchants and people of the state. Tn
decree was issued as result of wha
Governor Avila characterizes as a
'intolerable situation" which mel
chants caused by their exploitation
of foodstuffs. 1t fixes the prices a
which foodstuffs must be sold and az
peals to the people to inform of mel
chants overcharging, promising sever
penalties.