The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-04-20


Two hundred thousand dollars will
be expended in mobilizing the food re.
sources of seven western states which
participated in conference at the
University of California, at Berkeley,
II the request they are sending to
DAVID F. Houston, secretary of agri
culture. brings the expected results
Bankers, railroad men, agricultural
experts, editors, manufacturers, edu-
Gators and farmers from all over
Tennessee conferred at Nashville,
Tenn, on food preparedness. Agri-
cultural authorities declared that less
than one acre Of potatoes to the farm
has been planted in Tennessee.
Arrangements have been made by
which the army and navy viii be sup
piled by the American Telephone &
Telegraph company with picked engi-
neers to plan, set up and operate tele-
phone, telegraph and radio plants for
war use.
Four persons were killed instantly
and one was seriously injured near
Glbbon, Neb., when an automobile in
which they were driving was struck
by fast train on the Union Pacific
| railroad
WASHINGTON.
President Wilson has invited a
group of leading men from different
! parts Of the country to meet in Wash
ington April 81 to consider means OF
| financing the American National Red
Cross for its responsibilities toward
soldiers and noncombatants.
The tremendous recruiting cam
paign for the navy is beginning to
show results. During the first twelve
days of April a net gain of 4,S71 men
for the regular service was recorded.
The international war council to
assemble at Washington within the
next week and to which Great Britain
and France are sending eminent
statesmen, soldiers and sailors, is
stated officially to have very largely
for its purpose enabling the United
States to avoid the mistakes and diff
ficulties which beset the allies when
they entered the war
Intensive development of the food
producing power of the United States
on scale never before contem-
plated was discussed by President
Wilson and Secretary Houston Friday
as the means of meeting one of the
vital problems of the war with Ger
| many.
Costa Rica's waters and ports are
placed at the disposition of the United
States in the war with Germany, in
an official communication which gives
its attitude to the state department.
All men enlisting in the regular
army or the national guard in the
present emergency were assured in an
announcement by Secretary Baker
that they would be kept in service
only for the period of the war.
| FOREIGN.
Austrian troops engaged with the
Russians in Galicia ran up white
flags and attempted to go over to the
Russian lines, says a Petrograd dis
patch. On being attacked by then
own artillery, they returned to their
trenches.
The German crown prince now com
mands the German center army
groups on the western front, accord
| ing to the Frankfurter Zeitung.
A sensation has been created in
Buenos Aires over the official an
| nouncement that the Argentine sail.
ing vessel Monte Proteaido has been
sunk in European waters by Ger
man submarine.
The Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts
of Berlin says editorially: The Ger
man government must have the cour-
age to tell the German people the
whole truth, which is simply that it
is impossible to dictate terms of
peace to a world of enemies"
The British sailing ship Treveal,
Captain Williamson, was sunk by
German submarine of Cienfuegos, Gu
ba, on April s, it is announced, all
hands being landed at Cuban port
few hours later
The breaking off of diplomatic re-
lations with Germany is officially an
nounced by the Brazilian government
in communication to the press. "A
combination Of reasons is given for
this action.
The Spanish steamer San Fulgen-
clio has been torpedoed without warn
ing. according to Madrid dispatch
to Havas. This is the first Spanish
ship sunk by the Germans without
notice.
The Stars and Stripes went into
battle for the first time during the
world war during the recent entente
storming of Vimy ridge in France.
according to an unofficial dispatch
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