Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-14
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

Under an agreement with the British
government the debt Of S122, 000,0
due the United States for silver pur.
chased during the war will be paid by
1924. according to details of the plan
made public in Washington by Secre-
tary Houston
Suit for S25. 600 has been begun
against John McGraw. vice president
and manager of the New York Giants
by John G.. Slavin, actor. Slavin re
ceived severe injuries in fall be.
lieved to have been caused by Il blow
in front Of McGraw's home last sum
mer.
Organization Of every agricultural
community in the nation on an inten-
sive scale TO fight the farmers battles
and TO obtain economic Justice for the
producers of foodStuffs was urged. by
speakers at the International Farm
congress in Kansas City.
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Seven Pennsylvania railroad work
men were struck by freight train
near Coatsville. Pa, and killed.
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In fulfllment of his campaign
promise for meeting of minds" to
determine q new American foreign
policy, Persldent-elect Harding began
q month of conferences by seeking the
advice of Chas r. Hughes.
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Capt. Roy. l.. Noggle, formerly of
Honolulu, was killed at March field,
near Riverside, Cal, when an army
plane he was plotting fell 1.400 feet
He was nnaccompanied. His widow Is
in Honolulu. He was veteran of
the World war
Mrs. Mabel Simpson of Toledo. Ore,
has been appointed by tho county court
10 be sheriff of Lincoln county, sue.
ceeding her late husband. Sheriff viii
lism Simpson who died suddenly. Mrs
Simpson is The first woman 10 hold
the office OF Sheriff in Oregon.
Depreciation in silver and copper
values has resulted in the closing OF
more than 800 silver mines and a small
number of the copper mines in Mexico
since the overthrow of Csrrsnza, the
state department at Washington haa
been advised in dispatches. Most OF
the mines were described as small
ones. The number of miners out OF
work was estimated at 10000.
Mary Zembk, 19, who lived Il years
in cellar in Joliet. ILL.,, where she
had been relegated by her parents be
cause she was deformed, has fight
ing chance to regain her health, ply
sicians announce. The gland of mon
key will be inserted in the neck OF
the girl. The operation will he per
formed in Chicago.
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| Augusta Victoria, former German
empress, who has been suffering from
heart attacks, still is in serious con
dition, but is so much improved that
her children, who were summoned from
Germany, are returning home.
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| Sixteen Mexicans who participated
in the villa raid on Columbus, n. M.
on March 9, 1916, have been denied
their liberty on pardons recently grant.
ed by Governor Larrazolo of New Mex.
! leo. District Judge Halloman has is.
sued permanent injunction restrain.
ing the warden from releasing the men
An appeal win be taken by the COVER.
nor's office, it was said.
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Reports received in Dallas, Texas,
told of a fire in the business section
Of Breckenridge, an oil town about 100
miles southwest of there, which caused
a property loss roughly estimated at
100000. The flames destroyed Il
| frame buildings
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i The Lincoln, Neb., carpenters union
has voluntarily reduced its wage scale
from s112lA an hour to 81. The pro
viso is made, however, that If building
materials and architects fees remain
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