The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-24
FIRE DESTROYS WASHOUGAL WOODEN
MILLS ORIGIN UNkNOWN--LOSS 100000

Washougal, Wash.-(A. P.)-Three
buildings of the Washougal woollen
mills were practically destroyed by
fire early today, with a loss estimated
by the company officials at about one
hundred thousand dollars, which was
covered by insurance. The fire
started about midnight The cause is
not known.
Heads International C. of C.
Rome-(A. P.)-Willis H. Booth, of
New York and Los Angeles, was
elected president of the international
chamber of commerce today.
Flood Danger Along Missouri
Sioux City-(A. P.)-Floor danger
as the result of ice gOrges in the
Missouri river is believed to be at
its height today. Danger of the de-
struction of life and property is i'm
as the prospect of the huge
ice jam breaking up increases, due
to the warm temperature. Residents
of the lowlands in the vicinity of
Sergeant Bluffs and Onawa, Iowa, and
Yankton and Vermillion, South Dako-
ia, are moving their livestock from
the danger zone and women and
children are being sent to safe. places,
Senator Nicholson Sinking
Denver-(A. P.)-Hope for saving
The life Of Senator Samuel D. Nichol-
SON, who is critically i'll with tumor
If the stomach, reached it's lowest
sbb today when the attending physi-
cans announced that he was not ex-
)ected to live through the next "a
lOurs.
Raiders Shoot Aged Woman
Dublin-(A. P.)-An eighty-year-old
and her daughter We're shot
lead yesterday at Aughafin, Longford,
~ raiding party. The daughters
is national officer, and it
S believed he was being sought. A
nine wrecked the lobby of a motion
picture theatre in Dublin last night. |
IN outburst of rifle and machine gun |
ire followed One man was seriously !
lurt.
Divine Sarah is Failing
Paris-(A. P.)-The state of Sarah |
health is causing great |
larm. The noted actress passed a /
cry bad night and the physicians to-
ay express fears of the worst.
Oxford Defeats Cambridge
London-(A. P)-Oxford defeated
in the fifty-fifth annual
rack meet of the two universities at |
queens club today.
Oxford Wins Inter- Varsity
Putney, England-(A. P.)-The OK
ord crew, stroked by w. P Mellen,
.merican, defeated Cambridge over
he four and half mile Putney to
Iortlake course, on the Thames river
)day, in the annual inter-varsity
ace.
Swindling Case to Jury
Denver-(A. P.)-The case of the
venty men charged with swindling
,urists out of thousands of dollars
trough confidence game, went to
le jury at 10:45 this morning, with
ut final arguments by the attorneys,
lie defense suggesting that the final
rguments be dispensed with. u
Fire Destroys Tanks of Oil
Ponca City, Oklahoma-CA. P.)- ,
any thousands OF barrels OF crude
l, produced here, will be destroyed
7 fire now burning in battery of
storage tanks of the Comar oil
eld, unless the flow of petroleum di-
ct from the producing wells is shut
T. The fire started from some un- j
,plained cause, and all efforts to stop !
e flow from the wells has been
french Ratifying Naval Agreement
Paris-(A P.)-The French reserva
,ns which are expected to be adopted
parliament in ratifying the Wash
n naval agreement, says the Journal
es Debats, today, are in four of the
lditional articles to the treaty, the ..
xt of which will be communicated !
the various signatories when rati-
cations are exchanged.
Reward for Chief Old Posey
Salt Lake City-(A. P)-Acting t
,vernor Crockett, of Utah, today I
'ered hundred dollars reward for G
e capture, dead or alive, of Chief /
d Pssey, reputed leader of the Alan c
mon band of renegade Piutes in a
Utah. The reward was /
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