The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-29

| pledged at a great mass meeting IN
Carnegie hall, New York City.
Luther Burbank, plant evclutlonist
was married Friday at San Francisco
to his secretary. Miss Elixhbeth Wat
ers
A lone robber entered the Fist State
bank Of Nora Springs, Iowa, and forced
the cashier to hand over the contents
OF the cash dTawer-$l 900, The rob.
Der escaped after telling the cashier
10 notify the officers.
BY order OF the mayor. the police at
Des Moines. Iowa seized a carload
OF coal in the local yards OF che Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad. The
mayor announced that the coal was
TO be delivered TO the poor.
Yuletide parcels consigned uy post
TO Great Britain and France so far
show AN increase OF 10 per cent over
year ago. 1t was said at the Chicago
postoftice. Many OF the parcels are
addressed directly TO the trenches.
WARRINGTON.
President Wilson on Friday received
telegram from former Secretary Bry.
an congratulating him on his note TO
the belligerents
definite plan for universal military
training will be laid before congress
next month in the shape Of bill for
mulAted by the general staff OF the
army.
President Wilson has appealed to
all the belligerents to discuss terms
Of peace. Without actually propos.
Ing peace or offering mediation, the
president has sent formal notes to the
governments OF all the warning ma
tons
Independent members of the Incom-
Ing house OF representatives are plan.
ming an organization to work apart
from both Democrats and Republi.
cans, with the avowed purpose OF en-.
forcing radical changes In the rules.
Salary or wage increases OF from 8
to 10 per cent for about $1,000 govern,
ment employees receiving less than
$500 year and OF $500 year for
N"Nh ANbAFHtAlNAN1Ft hFNlth "tib
provided for in the legislative, execu.
tive and Judiciary appropriation bill
passed by the house without a record
vote.
The war department has let con.
tracts for 1000 vickers machine guns
and accessories at a cost of $5,500,000
FOREIGN.
The Russian, Japanese, British and
French legations at Pekin have indi,
Gated to the foreign office and the Am.
erlcan legation their desire for Ameri'
can cooperation In the reorganization
loan of $5O.00O.O0O,
Both houses OF the Danish parlla.
ment now have approved the sale OF
tho Danish West Indies to the United
States.
Aside from the Roumanian theater
little fighting OF moment In taking
place ON any OF the numerous fronts.
The 200 Americans detained in
syria and Palestine by the Turkish
authorities have been granted
TO leave via Beirut on con,
ition that they intern at Beirut for |
\ month to make yaluless any mill, |
airy Information they may have.
tlsia VI Ting. vice minister OF for,
ign affairs. appeared before the low |
n house of the Chinese parliament |
md answered questions concerning a
'umor that China was preparing to |
DIN the entente. tie declared that
'hlna absolutely was not considering
the European struggle and
hat she would maintain the strictest
A peace movement Is being consid
red by Norway, sweden. Denmark
nd Switzerland In which they wish
ne cooperation OF Holland, according
0 Deputy Sehapper OF the Dutch par.
lament, as quoted in dispatch TO
he Overseas News agency from Rot
erdam,
OF twenty Relgians who had been
to death by a German court,
lartial ut Hasselt eleven were shot
'st saturday, says an Amsterdam dis
atch
After single reading the Danish
llkethlng adopted the bill ratifying
le treaty for the sale Of the Danish
Vest Indies to the United States. The
ote was 80 la favor of ard Is against
ALLEGATION.
David Lloyd George, new premier
I England. declared In the house of
on December ~, that the
ar must continue until the central
npireS make reparatton and until
1arautecs are given for future peace.
A dispatch from Madrid to the
ZeitunE states that. &C,
riding TO the advtees received there
om Lisbon, the recent revolution in
ortugal vas put down by the sus,
anslon OF the constitutional guaran,
es and the arrest of thousands Of
'rsons.
In special order the commander.
chief ~ the bulgarian army ex
'rsses thanks TO the officers aud
idters 81 that army for their recent
ctori"s, In which more than leo zoe