Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-11-09
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

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Holding that the Great Northern
railway company was responsible for
the origin Of the forest fire that swept
through The Cloquet district Oct. Il,
1918, the district court ut Duluth,
MINI, has awarded to 27S plaintiffs
damages Of $3.OO0,0OO against the
United States railway administration
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While being led through the court
house lobby to the district court room
by deputy sheriff D. j. Pierce, %,
charged with a statutory offense, was
shot and killed at Amarillo, Texas. j.
o. Gilbert, father of the girl against
whom Pierce is alleged to have com.
mitted the offense. was placed ia Jail
following the killing on formal
charge of murder.
The entire mill property of b. p. &
K. Knight, Inc, including large cot.
ton plants in Rhode Island and Mas
1oNAhSCAAos nave uttu NDlu VI IIeueT-
lex K. Rupprecht Of New York. The
price was not announced but it is he.
lieved to be between $4,000 600 and
s20.000,000.
K. II. Urlen was killed and Frank
Barish of Oakland Cal. received
fractured leg when a motor truck load.
ed with eight barrels of whiskey was
struck by a Southern Pacific train at
French Camp. near Stockton, Cal. The
truck lodged on the engine and was
carried quarter of mile Another
engine was required to remove the
truck.
1t is officially announced in Rome
that the total number of persons killed
in the recent Italian earthquakes was
174.
Ii Is officially announced in London
that DR.. st. Hamar has been appoint
ed German ambassador to England.
He has been serving as charge daft
flares at London.
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United States Senator Frank 3.
Brandagee of Connecticut. in letter
to Col. |. NJ. Ullman, says he hopes
that the state legislature will ratify
the federal suffrage amendment at the
special session in New Haven. Here
tofore Senator Brandagee has been nm
opponent of woman suf-
frage by federal amendment voting
against all suffrage measures in the
senate.
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Heavy loss Of life and property dam
age resulted in the northern provinces
Of Luzon island from the typhoon and
floods on August 80, according to adj
vices received in Manila. Several viii
lagos and towns We're practically de-
stroyed, many Of the inhabitants be-
ng drowned. The damage TO rice and |
tobacco fields was exceedingly heavy.
The insular government has taken re-
lief measures.
Well No. on the Carman lease In
he Elk Hills, near Bakersfield. Cal. /
'wned by the Standard Oil company.
S a flaming torch, having come in
With roar forcing 100000 cubic
'eet Of gas through its casing with
Iuch force that friction caused spark.
gniting the gas This is the third
zig gas well to catch fire during the
ear.
Two thousand barrels OF fuel oil
lave been seized at Martinez. Cal. by
apt e. NJ. Beach, commander at the
dare Island navy yard, for the navy.
The oil was the property of the Sheel
Ill company, to whose plant the cap
ain came with a detachment of ma
ines to make the seizure. The navy
apartment and the company had fail
d TO agree on the price to be paid
or the OIL
Z. c. Dunnivant of Venice, Cal. and
erome A. BasSity of San Francisco
ave purchased the Tia Juana. Lower
alifornia, race track. 1t is announced.
he new owners plan to open racing
eason on Thanksgiving day, it was
hid
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Depression In the shipping business
japan has become so serious that
he government has dispatched Off
ais to Kobe and Osaka, the great
iipping centers, in search Of remedies. I
bout so steamships are tied up at the
-incipnl ports.