The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

ings and followed the hearse to the
cemetery.
Alphonse Gomez, suspected by fed
eral agents at New Orleans Of being
in this country on an important mis-
sion for Francisco Villa, was seatenc
ed TO ten days In Jail on charges OF
being dangerous and suspicious char
acter.
Potatoes at So bushel have made
their appearance at Aurora, Ills
They were new ones, and dealers gen
orally said that they were more sue
cessful as exhibits than az articles
of commerce.
WASHINGTON.
A bill appropriating $4,000 for a
national sanltarium for lepers, already
passed by the house. was passed by
the senate January %. The institution
is to be administered by the public
health service and officers engaged In
the work will be given pay and a half
After several weeks consideration
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee has practically agreed on rail
road legislation to supplement the
Adamson law.
The house public lands committee
has reported favorably upon Repre-
sentative Addison Smiths bill to Gre
ate the Sawtooth national park out
Of portion OF the Sawtooth national
forest. The bin provides that present
grazing on the lands involved shall not
be curtailed.
The Hawaiian prohibition bill, de.
signed, like an Alaskan measure al.
eady agreed upon, to make the terri.
tory 'bonedry," has been favorably re.
ported TO the house by the territories
committee.
The world peace address OF Presi-
dent Wilson to the senate was inter.
preted by Elihu Root in a speech at
Washington as an admission that there
Is no way out OF war except by prepa.
ration for war. and as denunclation
OF the course of Germany.
Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin. has
been instructed by the state depart.
ment to accept the German govern.
ments offer TO permit an investigation
of conditions prevailing among Bel.
gians deported into Germany by the
military authorities in the conquered
sections.
FOREIGN.
An attempt was made TO assasainate
Yukio Ozaki, former minister. of JUS
tlce and leader of the Constitutional
party, while he was addressing mass
meeting called TO demand the resigna-
ton OF the cabinet at Toxic.
Sixteen men were killed in q steve
dores' strike In Santiago. Cuba, It was
reported. when the United Fruit com.
pany's steamer Vaudeville arrived at
New Orleans from Kingston. jamaica
Capture by German forces of 1900
Russian prisoners, as we'll as consid.
cradle ground near the river IA, at
the northern end of the Russo Ger.
man front. is announced from Berlin
In order to reduce the consumption
OF foodstuffs by breweries, Baron
Davenport. the British food control.
Ter, has decided that the quantity of
beer to be brewed for the year, be,
ginning April /, shall be restricted to
70 per cent of the output of the pre-
yious year.
The British government has refused
permission to the Hadhelds, Ltd, TO
proceed with work on the contract for
shells for the American navy so long
as the exigencles OF war continue"
The German newspapers comment
on President Wilson's speech, and vir.
tnally all Of them appreciate the pres.
idents sincerity and exalted human.
itarian spirit" Thus the conservative
kreuK Beitung calls the message IAN
appeal to the conscience of nations"
The casualties to date In the Jan.
nary 10 explosion In London are Off. |
oially announced 20 number 469, COM |
prising % killed. ~ seriously injured
and S2s slightly injured
Alderman Lawrence o'Nenl has |
been unanimously elected lord may.
or OF Dublin Alderman o'Nein was |
arrested at the time of the late re- |
hellion and kept in Jail for some |
days. He then was released without |
any charge having been made against |
him.
Bulgarians in northern Dobrudja |
have crossed the southern estuary of |
the Danube near Tultcha and have |
maintained themselves on the north |
bank against Russian attack, accord. |
Ing 10 announcement from Berlin.
British troops In their efforts to
surround the German forces in Ger.
man East Africa are making consid,
ersble progress. according to state
ment issued today by the British OF,
fetal press bureau.
An alleged swindle. estimated by
different newspapers as amounting
from 100000 TO 10000. 600 francs,
vas disclosed In the arrest al Paris
OF Philippe Simeoni. OF Italian origin.
and Prince Henri dc Rrogli-Reyel
Lieutenant Colonel William Camp
bell Macdonald was killed aud a score
of others we're injured when an en-,
gine backed into "A tropp train carry,