The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1915-12-23

A short.ss Of turkeys for Christms
d reported.
A new president has been elected
, ths rspublic Of Switzerland.
A great increase In demands fo
wool u predicted when the war ends.
Seattle police capture II Chinans
being snuggied In from Vancouver,
The stats banks Of Washington in
cseess their deposits -, 600. 900 owe
Lack Of vessels to export grain ha
eongsstsd TIE Western elevators viii
wheat.
Allen employees Of the city Of Absr
dsen, Waah., will lose their Jobs IN.
isss they bscoms naturalizsd.
The plans for the Portland postoflce
are classic In design and provision for
snlargins the building Il made.
Greece believes herself safe for The
present, 1t least, from any incursion
by the lighting forces Of Europe.
The body Of = man missing nearly
TWO years was found In Z trunk buried
IN the basement Of building in Pills
delphia.
The Bresden building At Third and
Warrington streets, Portland, once
used - the city hall, has been sold for
S165, 900.
College students returning home
from Seattle to Spokane for the holi-
days had fitted for them car In which
To dance.
The French government IL consider-
ing the extension Of the moratorium
On all commercial obligations for the
term Of the war.
The German government has adopt-
% resolutions providing for maximum
prices for sugar and by-products, rice
md vegetables. also foodstuffs for
livestock.
A Boston merchant speaking before
he student body Of Reed College.
Portland, declares that = college edu-
;ation Is worth $50 per day. That il.
ne student should earn that much.
Unless congress provides for go or
70 additional employees for the bureau
u construction and repair Of the NAVY
department., the designing Of the ships
included In the administration's Ave
rear building program will be delayed |
tx months or longer.
The Portland Market Mems associa-
Ion, composed Of meat market pro
,rietors and including all the large |
hops In the city, is engaged in 4 war
o finish with the Meat Cutters un-
on. The trouble was started by |. |
'trike over half hours time In the
The United States will regard the
Austro- Hungarian reply to the Amer
can note regarding the Ancona "A
being entirely unsatisfactory and un-
acceptable should the official text be
IDENTICAL with the unofficial version
received in press dispatches from Am
'terdam and London.
Vienna is said to see a flaw In the
american note concerning the sinking
y the Ancona whereby Americans lost
heir lives.
Republicans will hold the national
convention in Chicago, June Z, one
week ahead Of the Democratic meeting
IN st. Louis.
Practically the entire business sec
lion OF Necedsh. Wis, town Of HOO
Is a mass of ruins "A the
'esuit Of confagration that had its
'rigin in department store and spread |
% rapidly that before it could be con-
rolled more than = score of business
houses had been reduced to ashes.
A report from Sofia, declares that
nseedoniz Is free from all foes, the
suigsrian army having driven ali hos
lie soldiers from its borders.
Government inspectors investiesting
ne cause of the mishap to the freight
tesmer Minnesota, find practically
'othing wrong with the boilers.
A British financier declares that
England will pay her debts. and also
hat the trade balance In favor of the
United States may reach two billion
ollars In 1915.
Both sides of the woman suffrage
uestion was presented to the Presi-
ent by their respective adherents. bot
o promises were given.
No bigger naval vessels will be built
y the United States, according to the
eport Of Secretary Daniels, who saws
he hish-water mark has been reached
a 81. ooo-ton ships.
By the sale to Grace & Co. Of Nav
'ork, Of lilo, 800 shares Of stock In
be Pacific Mail company. by the
outhern Pacific. assurances are rivcn
hat the lines will remain on the Pa
ifc Ocean
Eight parsons burn to death in q Chi
ago rooming hose.
In an affidavit made bv johannes.
!enrykuS Van Koolbergen, be Accuses
Ugh officials OF the German eonsul.fal
San Francisco of instigatinQ plots
destroy tunnels and BRIDGES on the
anadian Pacific railroad.
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