The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-08

Dennis j. Bush, city street commits
sioner, is charged in an indictment re-
| turned Wednesday and naming FIVE
others, with conspiracy to defraud the
city of Indianapolis through the pre-
sentation of false claims and false
pay rolls.
Thomas williams OF Pittsburg, Pa,
president OF the building trades de-
partment of the American Federation
OF Labor, was defeated for reelection
at the closing hours OF the convention
OF the department at Baltimore.
WASHINGTON.
A 2h-cent piece is demanded by the
country, according to the director OF
the mint whose annual report made
public recommends passage of law
authorizing coins of that denomination
from copper and nickel.
Secretary Daniels awarded contracts
on November 20 for more than $685..
100000 worth OF new lighting ships
for the navy,
The United States has sent notes
10 Great Britain and France, request
ing reconsideration by those govern.
ments of their refusal to issue safe
conduct through their blockade lines
TO Count Tarnowski, the new Austro-
Hungarian ambassador to this coun.
try.
Retail prices of food in the United
States as a whole advanced 3 per
cent from September Is to october
Ak voaLtng n ~ uar cant tnrraaua for
twelve months, as shown In reports
compiled by the bureau OF labor sta.
| tistlcs.
Speaker Champ Clark has an
nounced that he believed there was a
criminal conspiracy" to boost prices.
Government price control Is being pro-
posed as an alternative to an embargo.
The case of the Missouri. Oklahoma
& Gulf railroad, selected to test the
constitutlonality of the Adamson law,
has been placed on the supreme court
docket. the last step In perfection by
the government of It's appeal from
Federal Judge Hooks decision. hold
Ing the law unconstitutional.
FOREIGN.
One hundred and thirty young SOL
diers have been killed in collision
OF a freight train with the train on
which they were being conveyed to
Aomori, a seaport on the north coast
OF Japan.
| British casualties in the month OF
November. as reported from all fronts,
were 74.650. or the total casualties
1851 were among officers and 72,29s
men.
A seml.ofilcial announcement issued
from Berlin says the Dutch packet
steamer Koningia Regentes. which
was taken into Zeebrugge recently by
German submarine. will be released.
The death of 800 persons in cy-
clone at PoRdicherTy. india. Is report
ed In Reuter- dispatch from Madras.
The storm caused great damage to
property,
Germany has sent 100000 marks
In gold 70 Switzerland to equalize the
rate of exchange.
Military rule has been proclaimed
In Santo Domingo by the United
States navy to suppress existing politi-
cal chaos in the little republic and
pave the way for guaranteeing future
quiet by establishing there such a
financial and police protectorate as
the American government now exer
Gises over Haiti.
A Zurich dispatch to the Wireless
Press says that the actress Katharine
schratt. who for years was an intL
mate OF Emperor Francis Joseph, was
refused admittance 10 the emperors
death chamber on the day after he
died and was requested to leave the
castle Immediately,
In an address 70 the reichstag on
November 80. introducing the man
power bill. Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hollweg again announced that Ger.
many was ready TO end the war by q
peace guaranteeing the existence and
future OF the nation,
The Krupp company has declared a
dividend Of l2 per cent. the same
amount as last year. says Berlin dis
patch.
On the resumption of the sessions
OF the Australian parliament the pro
mier. William Morris Hughes. an
nounoed that Notwithstanding the con
seription referendum. the government
would continue its utmost efforts with
regard to men and commodities to aid
Great Britain and her allies
Colonel General Conrad won Hoet
Gendora. formerly chief OF the general
stan OF the Austrian army. has been
promoted to be field marshal. says the
Overseas News agency,
Two large Russian transports
bound from HulsinEtors for RevsI
were sunk In the latter part OF Oc
tober as the result. Il Is believed. oi
striking a mine. says dispatch from
Stockholm to the Overseas News
agency.
Piteehti. In Roumania. sixty Ave
miles northwest OF Bucharest. has
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