Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-12-11
Weekly War News Digest
STORIES OF ACTIVITIES AND CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT
STATES ON THE BATTLE FRONTS,
FROM WASHINGTON, D.
Alien Enemies Receive Pay.

Allen Enemies Receive ray.
The interned Germans at the station
at Hot Springs, N. c., are not prison
ers of war They comprise officers
and crews of the German merchant
vessels which were held in the United
States at the time of the declaration
of war. These aliens receive no
funds from the Government except
compensation for labor actually per-
formed. Those engaged in construc-
ton work get $40 a month, with an
additional IS to foremen. lnterned
officers have not been permitted TO
receive from any source fore than $40
a month and crewmen not more than
IS. Receipts in excess Of these
amounts are placed to the credit OF
the aliens in banks.
New Foodstuffs in Germany.
Concentrated straw fodder and
ground grape pips are suggested for
table use in Germany. In a published
list of new foodstuffs, with descrip-
lions of use, the following are also
found: Rhubarb leaves, seaweed,
straw meal, crushed and ground
maize ears, heather stalks, ground
sugar-beet seeds, parsley seed, wild
radish husks, bran, wine yeast, beech
nut cake, fish meal, and various
mixed foods.
Use of Vacclnes
The laboratory at the Army and
Medical School has shipped since
April l sufficient typhoid and para
typhoid vaccines to inoculate every
man in the army.
There is in the country from two
to three years supply of whiskey
brandy and gin which may be com
mandeered by the Government if re-
quired for purposes of manufacture
of alcohol for munitions.
The president has approved the
recommendation of the food admin
stration that the alcoholic content OF
beer be reduced to per cent maxi
mum.
Care for Our Injured.
The receiving hospital for United
States soldiers brought back from
Europe, to be established at Slater
Island, N. Y, will have capacity o.
> $500 beds. This marks the begin
ming of a comprehensive plan for the
care of soldiers who are disabled il
the line of duty. It will be used only
for distribution.
From the Staten Island institution
men will be transferred to genera
or special treatment hospitals, Site
for which are now being selected
throughout the country. Wheneve
possible, injured soldiers will be sen
: to places near their own homes
r They will be fitted for trades to whicl
!, they are adapted, and at the time o
g discharge the Government will assis
them in returning to their prope
5 places in industry.
y What Germany Would Do.
"By right of war the right o
strange races to migrate into Gel
manic settlements will be taken away
By right of war the non-Germani
population in America and Grea
Australia must be settled in Africa
By right of war we can send back tn
useless South American romano
peoples and the half-breeds to mort
Africa. "-Quotation from the German
in the new 170-page publication is
sued by the Committee on Public In
formation, Conquest and Kultur."
, Copies may be secured free o
charge by application to the Commit
tee on Public Information, 10 jackson
Place, Washington, ID. c.
, Enlisted Men.
Many young men who a few month
ago were picking up fugitive wireless
: messages on rudely constructed anna
. teur instruments in their homes ar
l now serving at important radio post
on sea and ashore. The war has rt
vealed what large number of youn
men were interested in radio exper
mentation and service.