The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-09-24
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

Holding that the Great Northern
railway company was responsible for
the origin of the forest fire that swept
through the ClOquet district Oct. II,
1918, the district court at Duluth,
Mimi, has awarded to 27S plaintiffs
damages Of $3OOO,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 statutory offense, was
shot and killed at Amarillo, Texas. J..
G. Gilbert, father of the girl against
whom Pierce Is alleged to have com
mitted the offense, was placed in Jail
following the killing on formal
charge of murder.
The entire mill property of B. B. &
r. Knight, Inc, including large cot
ton plants in Rhode Island and Mas
saehusetts, have been sold to Freder-
lex r. Rupprecht of New York. The
price was not announced, but it is be-
Iieved to be between $15,OOO,OOO and
s20,OOO,OOO.
e. F. Urien was killed and Frank
Barish of Oakland, Cal, received a
fractured leg when motor truck load
ed with eight barrels of whiskey was
struck by 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
ia.
1t Is officially announced in London
that Dr. st. Hamar has been appoint
ed German ambassador to England.
He has been serving as charge daft
fairies at London.
United States Senator Frank B.
Brandagee of Connecticut, in letter
to Col. l. 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 an
outspoken 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 30, according to ad.
vices received in Manila. Several vii
lagos and towns were practically de-
stroyed, many of the inhabitants be-
ing drowned. The damage to rice and
tobacco fields was exceedingly heavy.
The inSular government has taken re-
lief measures.
Wen No. Z on the Carman lease in
the Eik Hills, near Bakersfield. Cal.
owned by the Standard Oil company
is a flaming torch. having come in
with roar forcing 5000. 900 cubic
feet of gas through its easing with
such force that friction caused sparl,
lghitlng the gas. This is the third
big gas we'll to catch fire during the
year.
TWO thousand barrels of fuel oil
nave been seized mt MARITIME. On, nv
Capt. f. NJ. Beach. commander NJ tho
Mare Island navy yard, for the navy
ne OIL was the property of the Sheet
oll company. to whose plant the can
tain came with detachment of mo-
rihes TO make the seizure. The navy
department and the company had fail
ea 10 agree on the price to be paid
for the oil.
T. L punnivant of Venice, Cal and
Jerome A. BasSity of San Franc;s,oo
have purchased the Tia Juana. Lower
california, race track, it is announced
Inc new owners plan 10 open racing
season on Thanksgiving day. il was
said. vas
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depression in the shipping business
III japan has become so serious that
'ne government has dispatched off.
eiais 10 Kobe and Osaka. the great
shipping centers, in search of remedies
ABOUT 50 steamships are tied up at this
principal ports. =. ~