Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
WORLD NEWS IN
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Jspan's latest battleship. Nagato, has
lightweight tonnage of 33, 800 and can
develop speed of % knots per hour
Her length is $50 feet. The armament
Of the new addition to the Japanese
fleet includes eight 15-inch guns and
20 6-inch guns. She is fitted with four
turbine engines. The Nagato takes a
place among the largest battleships to.
day afloat, her 33,S00 tons comparing
with the British Hood" Al 900 tons.
and the American Tennessee, $1,000
tons.
Net income Of the Bethlehem Steel
corporation for the year ending De.
cember 81, 1920, after charges and
taxes. was $14,45S,s35, preliminary
statement at the directors meeting in
New York showed. This was a de.
crease from 1919. when the net in.
come was S15,356, 800
A court order directing Mrs James
Blum TO wear for 30 days each year.
under police guard. the 100000 pearl
necklace of a relative, in order TO keep
life in the gems through their contact
with human body. was issued by the
superior court at San Francisco. Since
the death of Mr.. Blums relative the
pearls have not been worn and have
lost much of their lustre as a result.
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Election of Mrs. anne Lee Worley
Democrat. to succeed her husband. the
late Parks Worley, in the Tennessee
state senate was indicated in returns
from Wednesdays special election She
would be the first woman to hold a
seat in the Tennessee legislature. Her
husband, an anti-suffrage leader. died
at the beginning of the present session
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OF 1906 vessels totalling 4,4S6, 0O(
registered tonnage, which arrived In
Hamburg last year, 276 vessels with
tonnage of 1,o8s,000 flew the Amer
lean flag, as against one vesse. OF
1900 tons in 1913.
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The national executive committee OF
the American legion will meet In
Washington February 7, and to de
eide whether to accept the offer of .
$4,000 gift by the Knights of %
lumbus for the erection of legion wal
memorial in Washington, 1t was an
nounced at national legion headquar.
ters at Indianapolis.
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Win II. Hays, chairman OF the Re
publican national committee, has an
nounced that $4,000 has been con
tributed since the election toward the
Republican campaign deficit of ap
proximstely 81. 100000. Contributions
he said, ranged from 10 cents to 500
the remaining deficit being met by
states on an apportionment basis Of
10 cents for every Republican vote
east
The first attempt to recover dam
ages from the government for shiI
sunk by German submarines during
the war has been started in the court
of claims at Washington. D. c., by the
New York and Porto Rico STEAMSHIP
company, which claims $2,750,0OO fol
It's steamship Carolina, attacked by Z
German submarine and sunk off tn.
New Jersey coast on June Q 1918.
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The international communication
conference which recessed its session.
in Washington, ID. c.. last month after
failure to agree on disposition of ths
former German cables, win be recon
vened in the near future, Norman III
Davis. acting secretary of state ant
head of the American delegation, an
nounces.
Approximately 1000 100000 pound,
of wool will be offered for sale al
auction by the war department at Bos
ton on February 3, 1t has been an
nounced in Washington.
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Refusal OF the United States to ad
NIT Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of Corl
was declared to be contrary to Amer
lean traditions" and an insult to tn.
word democracy" in a statement is
sued by Right Rev Michael J. Gal
lagher, bishop of the diocese OF De
troit, and national president Of tn,
Friends of Irish freedom.
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A bill to increase salaries Of sena
tors and representatives from S7,5Ot
to $4,000 a year after March 4, next
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