Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-12-26
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A letter from Archbishop Walsh
condemning the attempt on the life
of Viscount French, the viceroy, was
read in all the Catholic churches il
the Dublin diocese Sunday.
The price of news print paper ir
Canada is to be raised to $50 per ton
f. o. b. mill, January /, according tc
an announcement made by Paper Con
troller Pringle.
The spread of anti-Japanese agita
ton in China, with reported incidents
of the molestation of Japanese, in.
GLIDING women and children, by the
Chinese, was the subject of discus
sion by the Toxic cabinet.
Lieutenant B. w. Maynard, "the
flying parson," winner of the recent
army transcontinental air race, an.
nounced Sunday that he had resigned
from the army aviation service. He
will resume his work as a clergyman.
The Belgian government has cate
gorically refused a proposition sub
mitted last week by France and Great
Britain guaranteeing Belgian territor-
ial integrity for five years on condi-
ton that Belgium observe strict neu-
trality during that period.
In the face of a growing scarcity of
sugar, more than billion and a quar-
ter pounds Of sugar, valued at nearly
$97,000,000, were exported from the
United States during the first ten
months of the present year, depart
ment of commerce report shows.
General Pershing shows little or no
concern over his own political future.
He is not candidate for the presi-
dental nomination-either republican
or democratic-and the soft pedal was
officially applied to anything that saw
ored of politics during his stay in Chi
cago.
Awards by the shipping board, in
volving $22,197934 for the cancella-
ton of contracts, were announced Sat
urday night. A total of BAL cases
amounting to $1S,3O0,36O have been
approved for payment and So advances
totaling $3,9S7,574 have been recon-
mended.
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wife and four young children, were
murdered on their farm near Gilcrest,
Colo, Sunday. One child, Juanita,
was found wounded She died later.
The bodies were found by Shank's
cousin, Adam George, when he went
to the farm to take the family to
church.
The governments antitrust action
against the great meat packers, begun
at President Wilson's direction last
summer as part of the fight on the
high cost of living, has been COM
promised under an agreement by
which the packers will confine them
selves hereafter to the meat and pro-
vision business.
William C. Mccullough, OF San
Francisco, held up by three men and
shot early Sunday while on his way
home from a visit to his fiancee to
discuss plans for their wedding next
Wednesday, died in the emergency
hospital Mccullough was % years
old, born in Victoria, B. c., and had
served overseas in the navy during the
war
Despite efforts of the government
to reduce the cost of living, retail cost
of % staple food articles showed an
average increase Of 2 per cent in No
vember as compared with October, the
bureau of labor statistics announced
Sunday night The average family
expenditures for these articles increas-
ed per cent from a year ago, the
report said
Two persons were killed and 4S in
jured when Frisco" passenger train
was derailed three miles east of st.
James, Mo-, Sunday. The train was
en- route from Oklahoma City, Okla,
to st. Louis. The accident was caused
when an axle of one of the coaches
broke. The dead are ]. O. Hopper of
West Virginia and Mrs. William H.
Prehn of st. Louis.
The peace conference Saturday was
handed three German notes. The first
deals with transportation of troops
Immediately after the peace treaty
goes into eject, the second gives ex-
act details about German light cruis-
ers undergoing repairs and the third |
announces ratification by the national
assembly Of the protocol signed by
Kurt Won Lersner in September.