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FRENCH

PARIS. Aug. 6.-The situation
in Belgium was unchanged, tho
war office reported today. Gar
man attacks south OF BoyilIe aud
Avocourt wood and in Alsacs
were broken down by artillery
fire.
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John S, Enright. Is. Washington; Barbara L
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William s. Webster. -. Washington: Edith
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TEUTONS CROSS INTO
BESSARABIA, Is REPORT

GENEVA, Aug. ct was reported
from Berlin today that Austro-Ger-
man forces have crossed the GAlician
frontier into the Russian province OF
Bessarabia in the Rarancza- Bojan
sector. The report is not officially
confirmed.
II the foregoing report Is true, II
means that the Teuton troops have
entered Bessarabia province for the
first time since the war began, al
though they have made a number OF
unsuccessful attempts to do so.
Rarancza and Bojan lie southeast
OF Czernowitz. the capital OF Buko-
wilma The former IL four miles from
the Bessarabian border. and the latter
is directly upon the frontier.
The German war office on Sunday
announced the capture OF Rarancza
and stated that the western part Of
Bojan had been occupied.
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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
RUSSIANS SURPRISED
BY ACT OF THE Firms
Demand for independence Startles
Diplomats at the Washington
Embassy.

Washington, d. C.-The crisis pre-
cipitated in Finland by the demand
for immediate independence from Rus
STA has caused surprise at the Russian
embassy here, officials explaining on
Monday that the new Russian govern.
ment had removed all Finnish restric.
tions, granted complete local auton
omy, promised full consideration OF
the demand for independence, in &C
cord with the Russian belief that ma
lions should choose their own govern
ment, and expected in return that the
question would not be precipitated
during the war, owing to Finland's
vital strategic location.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

Plans for immediate reorganization
Of the Home Telephone company of
Portland are announced.
Labor differences at the Alameda,
California, plant of the Union Iron
works caused some 1000 employees to
quit work recently.
Nautical schools to train men for
deck officers in the American mer-
chant marine are to be established
in Los Angeles. Portland, Seattle and
San Francisco.
Alexander Berkman, anarchist, was
indicted by the county grand jury at
at San Francisco recently for MUIR
der in connection with a bomb explo-
sion last July which claimed 10 lives.
John M. Sobbe. postmaster at Glen
Ellen, home of the late Jack London,
the author, Santa Rosa, was arrest
ed Monday by a United States deputy
marshal on charge of embezzle-
ment of government funds amounting
to $1,000.
Fire believed to have been of in
cendiary origin early Sunday destroy
ed the flour mill of Martin brothers
at klamath Falls, Ore, together with
a large amount of flour and grain.
The loss on the mill is estimated at
$3.50, 900.
Mrs. Esther Birdsall Darling OF
Nome, who sold many racing dogs
to the French government, has re-
ceived the cross of war won by Alas.
ka dogs for service at the front in
transporting 80 tons of shell to an
isolated post under fire through a
blizzard that ragged four days.
One-third of the business section OF
Mojave, Calf, including the post Of
flee, a newspaper office, the tele
phone exchange and large office
were wholly destroyed by fire Sun
day. A stranger giving the name Of
]. o. Day is said by the authorities
to have admitted he was responsible
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
MINING NOTES

l.. H. Snyder of Spokane and M. G.
monaghan of Tagham have bonded the
Monarch group of claims at Beasley,
near Nelson, to the Spokane Mining
Development corporation.
A new compressor plant, with a
capacity of 1900 cubic feet of air and
a 300-horsepower electric motor, is be-
ing installed at the Granite-Poorman
mine, says report from Nelson, B. c.,
and when they are in operation will
give the company power enough to
treble it's output of ore.
Metal Market.
Copper, quiet; electrolytic spot and
nearby, $31@32, nominal; August and
later, $2S@31.
Iron firm and unchanged.
Metal exchange quotes tin steady;
spot, $62.5O bid. Lead easier; spot
11h cents asked. Spelter, easy; spot
East st. Louis delivery, sBc.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
SPORTING ITEMS

Great Falls won the title to the
Northwestern league pennant this
year.
With an average of .339, Sisler of
st. Louis has batted his way to
second place in the American League,
That four clubs will finish the
Northwestern league season is now
an assured fact. Billings takes the
place Of Tacoma.
Francis Ouimet of Boston Satur-
day won the western amateur golf
championship at Midlothian cub by
defeating Kenneth Edwards of Chi
cagO, one up.
Labor day is the next big holiday
and the biggest event scheduled SO
far for that date is the Carl Morris
Fred Fulton heavyweight battle at
Canton, Ohio.
Raymond Lafayette, outfielder. ut.
ility first baseman and change catcher
Of the Spokane Indians, was sold
last week OF the Cincinnati club of
the National league for a reported
purchase price of $1700.
The four surviving teams Of the
disbanded Northwestern league will
get under way this week with the
former Tacoma club, now represent
ing Billings. playing in Spokane this
week and Butte in Great Falls.
According to official figures ann
ounced by August Hermann of Gin
cinatti. chairman of the National
commission in organized baseball
100000 per year was spent in the
purchase and draft Of ball players
| from 1911 to 1916
During the term of five years a
total of 100000 was spent in an
effort to strengthen up the clubs.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
REvITIES.

Government control of American ex-
ports, authorized in a provision of the
espionage act, was ordered put into
operation July Is by President Wilson
in proclamation requiring the licens-
ing of shipments to all countries of
the most important export commodi-
ties.
The woman's shoe with the high top
is taboo. II 1t is seen any more ON
London's streets its upper will be of
some fabric other than leather. In
order to economic leather the gov
eminent has decided to prohibit the
manufacture of shoes more than seven
inches high. The manufacturers have
notified retail dealers that they will
fill no more orders.
The Summers Bros. Match Co. of
Saginaw, Mich, is building a road in
of the Calispell valley in Pend Oreille
county, where it has acquired 100000
600 feet of white pine timber. A saw
mill with capacity of $4,000 feet
daily will be built to cut the timber
into match block stock, and the lum-
Der will be hauled IL miles to the
railroad at CuSlCk.
A decision denying the Is per cent
advance in freight rates and ordering
the suspension Of the supplemental
tariffs was entered by the Interstate
Commerce commission. Commissioner
Harlan wrote a concurring opinion,
announcing that his vote made the
necessary four to make the majority
opinion. Commissioner Meyer dis
sented in part and Commissioner Nc
Chord dissented in full, holding that
the increases should have been given
to the roads. Commissioner Meyer
concurred with the majority of the
commission in denying the advance to
the southern and western carriers, but
dissented in connection with the in
crease to the eastern roads.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
SUMMARY Of THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEM.
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED F0RQUICkRE
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are Of Legitimate Interest
to all the People.

Rumania faces cabinet crises. Four
ministers demand that premier Brati-
ano resign.
The threatened strike Of the Lead
vile miners, has been postponed for
at least seven days.
Russian troops have occupied the
village Of Novica, southeast of Kul-
usz in eastern Calicia.
Street cars are again running in Tor
onto, Ont, after a strike by the en-
ployes that lasted several days.
British airmen last week were vic
torious in the most serious air fight
ing since the beginning of the war.
"The Germans have abandoned hope
of obtaining victory by arms" says
Admiral La Gaze, French minister OF
marine.
Germany has expressed regret to
Norway for the acts of Germans in
connection with the bomb plot recently
discovered.
The war department bill appropriate
ing S64O,0OO,O00 for construction OF
$4,000 airplanes was passed by the
house Saturday.
Discovery in the internal revenue
division laboratory at Washington, D
c., of a process for manufacturing
glycerine from sugar is announced.
Port Warden Paysse's report show:
that the waterborne commerce O.
Seattle for June was $50, 3O7 900, 1
daily average of nearly 100000.
The Austrian government has refus
ed to pardon DR.. Friedrich Adler, un
der sentence of death for the assas
sination of Premier Stuergkh at Vienn'
last October.
The ministry of foreign affairs
Italy, has notified the American EN-
bassy that it was impossible to ex
tradite Alfredo .Cocchi, the slayer o
Ruth Cruger, without violating tn
fundamental law Of the country.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
WRECK At MoJAvE, CALIFORNIA
Brakes Are loosened on Freight
and Cars Speed Down Grade.

Mojave, Cal-Seven heavily loaded
freight cars, on which brakes were
loosened in some manner, coasted out
of the railroad yards here Monday,
jumped a derailing switch and went
wild IL miles down grade to Rose
mond, where they crashed into the
rear of the southbound Southern Pa.
cific train No. from San Francisco,
smashed the rear sleeper, overturned
two others and piled themselves high
in wreckage. A number of persons
were injured.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
DANBURY HAT ACTION
Is FINALLY SETTLED

Danbury, Conn.-An agreement for
settlement of the judgment of $685.
900 and costs in the case of ID. E.
Loewe & Co. against members of the
United Hatters Of North America is
announced this week. The amount
paid in final settlement of the judg-
ment was about $165, 900, making with
the $4,000 previously collected by
Loewe for savings banks deposits un.
der attachment, about $235,O0O.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
NOTED PERSONS DIE

New York.-Rear Admiral William
Hemslie Emery, U. S. NJ, retired, of
Washington, D. C.
Dublin.-Patrick O'Brien, who has
represented Kilkenny in the house OF
commons since 1895.
Washington, D. C.-Bo Sweeney,
from heart attack. Secretary Lanes
assistant drops dead of angina pee
toris. He was well known in Seattle.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
MILITARY SERVICE
CALLS $4,000 MEN
500, 900 GO TO NATIONAL ARMY
FILL GUARD AND REGULARS
TOTAL FORCE 1899
ORDER FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Will Call 100000 More Later-Each
State to Get Credit for Enlist
ments Since April I and
Strength of Guard.

Washington, D. CA formal order
by President Wilson drafting 687 900
men into the military service under
the selective CONSUMPTION law was
promulgated Saturday by the war de-
partment, together with an official
allotment showing what part of the
total must be furnished by each state
and territory.
Ready for Great Lottery.
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the governors of
state quotas among the local exemp-
ton districts and the great lottery,
which probably will be held this
week and which will establish the or
der in which registrants are to pres
ent themselves for service or exemp-
ton.
The men summoned for service will
be used to fill the regular army and
national guard to war strength and
to organize the first 100000 of the
new national army. The total OF
these three forces will be 1,262,985
men. Later 100000 will be called
out. supplemented by sufficient men
to make up losses and maintain re.
serve battalions.
! In computing the number of men
to be required from the states, the
government put to the credit of each
state every man it now has in the ma
tional guard and every man it has
contributed since April l as a wal
volunteer in the regular army.
Placing on the debit side of the
ledger the national army of 00C
the entire national guard at wal
strength and the number of war vol
unteers needed April 1 last, to bring
the regulars up to war strength, the
grand total was apportioned according
to population. This gave gross
quota for each state, from which 6
net quota was computed by checking
off the number of national guards
. men available for federal service ant
the number of men given by the
state to the regular army since
April 1.
the basis of an estimated grand tota
: for the United States and its pos
sessions of 1O5,366,O56 inhabitants
This estimate equalizes the burden
: that is to fall upon the 1859 exemp
, ton districts. Each will furnish un
der this apportionment the men it,
total registration would indicate Al
2 a fair proportion, rather than thu
!. number of actual population Of thu
: district would indicate. The total o
' these gross quotas is 1,152,985 men.
/ Credit is given to the several state
, for a total of 465,9S5 voluntary en-
listments in the national guard an,
regulars, making the total net quot,
! for all states $4,000 men.
) Quotas Required.
i The quota of men which a few
8 western states will be required to fur
$ nish follows:
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20

Il could have bought farm land
once In what Is now the center of
Chicago"
Cheap, I'll bet"
Yes, II l had done 1t I'd be rich
now"
I'VE all have those vain regrets"
opined the grocer. III l had every
potato I've stuck on the spout of
Kerosene can I'd be wealthy beyond
the dreams of avarice. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
BIG BRITISH WARSHlP
BLOWN UP-700 LOST
Vanguard Destroyed by Internal Es
pIosion While at Anchor in
Harbor.

London.-The British dreadnaught
Vanguard has been blown UP by an
internal explosion with the loss Of ap-
proximately more than 700 lives. The
disaster occurred recently while the
warship was at anchor. The Van
guard measured 1920 tons and her
complement before the war was $40
men.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Draw Draft Numbers This Week..

Washington, D. C.-When the draw
ing of lots under the selective con-
scription law will be carried out re-
naming uncertain Monday but war
department officials were hopeful that
completion of local exemption ma
chinery throughout the country on
which the great lottery now is wait
ing would be accomplished by the
end of the week.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
GERMAN FIRMS MUSTN'T
INSURE AMERICAN SHIPS

Washington, D. C.-President Will
son has issued proclamation prohib-
iting German insurance companies
from doing further business in marine
or war risk insurance in the United
States and forbidding American insur-
ance companies from reinsuring with
them. Payment on existing contracts
is suspended during the war, except in
case of vessels now at sea.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Auto Bandits in Chicago.

Chicago.-Four automobile bandits
shot and killed Peter Bulfin, patrol
man, recently when he resisted their
demand for box he was taking to a
bank The robbers in escaping grab
bed bag containing 500 in nickels,
but overlooked a $4,000 package Of
bills which also was in the box.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20

Great Shin Contract,

Washington, d. C.-Announcement
is made by Major General Goethals.
manager of the shipping boards emer.
gency fleet corporation. that he will
offer contracts for construction Of two
government shipbuilding plants to pro.
duce 400 steel merchant ships.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Guards to California.

Washington, D. C.-Assignments of
western national guard troops to train
ing camps already selected as an
nounced by the war department are as
follows:
Twentieth division - Washington,
troops to Palo Alto, Cal
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Sinclair Quits Socialists.

Los Angeles.-Upton Sinclair has
resigned from the socialist party. He
declared he could not consistently con-
tinue to identify himself with a polit-
ical body holding such unpatriotic
views.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
British TRANSPORT Sunk.

London.-The British transport Ar
madale has been sunk by subma-
rine, 1t was officially announced Sat
urday. The Armadale was a merchant
steamer of 6513 tons gross, 1896 feet
long, built in 1909 at Glasgow.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Drown in Seattle.

Seattle.-Edith Easter, age 3, and
her brother Lawrence, age 5, were
drowned Monday when the little girl
fell into the sound from bulkhead in
front of her home at Alki beach and
her brother jumped in after her. Both
bodies were recovered.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Chinese War SINNERS,

Washington, D. C.-Chinese legation
dispatches from Picking say that quiet
has been restored in the capital after
a battle Saturday in which the mon
archist troops of General Chang Hsun
were overwhelmed by republican forces.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Plenty of Harvest Help.

Washington.-No general shortage
of harvest labor exists in western
states, according to reports gathered
by the department Of labor's employ
ment bureau from federal agents and
state labor commissioners.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
TRYING TO KEEP THE
PEACE IN AUSTRIA
Germans and Bohemians Strive to
Pacify the Czech People, but
With Small Success.

Amsterdam.-It is reported from
Vienna that the German and Bohe-
milan members of the upper and low
er houses of the Austrian parliament
have adopted jointly a resolution set
ting forth their desire for peace with
in the country and the possibility of
living side by side with the Czechs
without abridgement of the national
self1-determination" of both elements.
The resolution says, however, that a
separate Bohemian constitution would
not be recognized.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Foods Cheaper in London

Washington, D. Good prices in
leading London hotel were read to the
house recently by Representative Mad
den OF Illinois to show that steaks and
other things imported from America
are selling for about ope-third as much
as in America.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Plan Hospitals for Lepers.

Tokio.-Japan has done much to
fight the ravages Of leprosy, but plan
to do much more in the way Of fur
nishing hospitals for lepers.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
U. S. GOVERNMENT TO
BUILD ITS OWN PLANES
$64o, 000, 900 10 Voted for Construction
of 22,000-House Of Represent
atives In Action.

Washington, d. CA 100000 gov
eminent plant to manufacture aircraft
is being planned, Secretary Daniels
announced this week.
The war department bill appropria.
ting $640,00O,OOO for construction OF
$4,000 airplanes was passed by the
house late Saturday without a roll
call. 1t was amended only in minor
details.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
No Meat Once a Week

Philadelphia. = Philadelphia hotels
and restaurants will follow New York's
lead in emitting beef from their menus
on at least one day week in the near
future.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20

Customer-Why do you charge SO
much for a dish of frogs legs?
Restaurateur-The duty on hops"
has been raised.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20

Municipal Coal Yard
A municipal coal yard is demanded
by Stratford, Conn.,, labor unions.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
AMERICAN WARSHlPS
SING FOUR SUBMARINES

Germans Admit Loss of Big U-Boats
in Clash With Fleet Crossing
Atlantic to France.
London.-Four of the largest and
most modern German submarines
were destroyed by American war
ships which were conveying the first
instalment of American troops to
France, according to a report from
German sources.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Tower of London slIppino.

London.-The famous tower OF Lon
don is slowly sliding toward the Thames
according to report.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
Quotas Required.

The quota of men which a few
western states will be required to fur
nish follows:
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20

A final decree in the famous Never
Sweat lode mining claim litigation
has been entered in favor of the plain
tiff in the district court after the case
had dragged through the courts dur
ing the past II years. The case
has attracted considerable attention
among the legal and mining frater-
nifty owing to it's complex nature. The
owners, John Madar and Samuel Nor
man. fought each other in the courts,
in personal encounters, in which nu.
merous gun plays had their part, and
the cause involved thickly popula'
ted portion of Burke.
In q Commercial Way.
| F. G. Freeman has sold his grocery
business at Jerome.
| F. S. Smith has succeeded Stewart
& Smith, general merchants at Har'
ward.
The Erb Hardware Co. has pur
chased the stock of the West End
Hardware Co. at Culdesac.
| ]. b. Cox will move the Kellogg
grocery store at Kellogg into the room
formerly occupied by the Harris Bros
Drug Co.
The Cottonwood Hardware Co. al
! Cottonwood have rented the Robert
I son building and will use it for a gar
age in connection with their business
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20

Plans for immediate reorganization
Of the Home Telephone company OF
Portland are announced.