Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-03-05
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Seize 257 Cans of Opium.

Seize 257 Cans of Opium.
SAN FRANCISCO.-Sei Seizure of 257
cans of opium, valued at $4,000, from
the storage storerooms of the Pacific
Mail steamship Columbia is announced
by John S. Irby, port surveyor.
Loses BiIlion-DolIar Suit.
LOS ANGELES.-Federa govern
ment claims to quarter section OF
oil land valued at one billion dollars
were denied by United States District
Judge Robert S. Bean in decision
filed recently.
mushroom" Feast Is Fatal.
POMONA, Cal.--Miss Thelma Brown
of Ell Cajon, Cal, student at Pomona
college at Claremont, near here, died
Saturday as the result of "mush-
room feast" which she and three
other girl students held.
American Cable Restored.
SAN FRANCISCO.-Res of
the commercial Pacific cable from San
Francisco to Honolulu, Guam, Tokyo
and Japan, was announced Saturday.
The cable broke February 19 between
Midway Island and Guam.
Seize Liquor and Also Ship.
SEATTLE.-Federal officers recent
ly seized the halibut schooner Uranus,
its cargo of 1900 pounds of halibut
and arrested Captain Carl p. Rekdal
and two members of the crew follow
ing the discovery on board of five
cases of Canadian whisky
Clear Three Of DisloyaIty.
SAN FRANCISCO.-C. o. Swanberg,
Henry w. Westphal and Robert r.
Russ, business men, were found not
guilty in the federal court of charge
of violating the trading with the ene-
my act The government charged they
sent money to relatives in Germany.
Killing Pig, Meets Death.
EVERETT Mutual. L.
year-old boy, living with his parents
at Ebey's prairie, WILDLY Island, was
accidentally killed recently when the
struggles of pig he was killing de-
Elected his knife and he struck him
self in the thigh, severing an artery.
He died in Is minutes.
Seems impossible.
SAN FRANCISCO.-An agreement,
effective April 1. which is counted |
upon completely to stabilize labor con-
ditions in the building industry here |
and to do away with strikes and lock- !
outs, has been signed by the building |
trades council and the building indus
tries association, according to p. II. |
Mccarthy, president of the council
c. |. Byron Free Under Big Bail.
PORTLAND, Ore-Bonds of Carlos
L. Byron, convicted at Portland and
Seattle of swindling by selling ficti-
tious rights to homesteads, whose
was postponed by Federal
Judge Wolyerton for three months, in |
order that he might hold court at
oSotlie, Ntit idlStu lIoul 9fUOU 10 31U,-
900. He is one of the most heavily
bonded men released in this manner,
for his Seattle bail is $4,000 mere.
Byron was sentenced to 10 months
at McNeil's island and to pay fine
of $1,000.
Wins Great Auto Race.
LOS ANGELES.-Jim Murphy.
long known to automobile racing men
as mechanician, made his initial
western appearance as driver Sat
urday at the Los Angeles speedway
and captured the 250-mile opening
event there, thereby annexing $40, 600
llrst prize money. Murphy came from
behind when Joe Boyer, who had been
out In front for A laps, was forced to
the pits by a broken connecting rod
mat put him out of the race.
Murphy's time for the $50 miles was
Z hours 26 minutes 1859 seconds or
an average speed for the distance of
1882 miles an hour
Ira Vail came in second, capturinp
S6OU priye money, and Joe Thomas
was third, winning $4,000.