The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-09-07

the industries OF the West, including
the harvest, II their leaders we're nuS
released was met promptly by the ar
rest Of n lot more Of the gang. and the
great strike fi1zied out miserably. No
sooner was this trouble passed than the
machlnists and boilermakers. employed
In the Atlantic coast shIpyards. were
called on to quit. This OF course would
put stop to vast amounts Of govern
ment naval work. and the United
States medIators got busy at once Sew.
eral thousand men stopped work. but
most 81 them either pledged Secretary
Daniels that they would not quit. or
delayed action until a vote could be
taken.
President Cuts Coal Prices
Having started Mr. Hoover well on
the food conservation campaign. Pres.
ident Wilson last week turned 90 the
almost equally pressing coal problem.
which for several weeks had been rx-
ercising the wits Of various state ad.
ILLUSTRATIONS Having studied the pro-
auction cost figures supplied him by
the trade commission, the president is
sued ga executive order fixing a tcnta-
tive scale Of prices FOR bltumnous coal
az the mines In nearly all coal pruduc-
ing districts OF the country These
prices tn some Instances are more than
81 q ton below the voluntary prices
fixed nj the conference last June The
scale Is subject 10 change when n meth
cd of administering the fuel supplies
Of the country has been determined
and put into operation.
Later In the week the president
named Or. Harry Garfield fuel admin
Istrator. fixed anthracite prices for
producers and Jobbers and set limit
on profits TO be made by bItuminous
wholesalers
The senate spent most 81 the week
In consideration Of the revenue bin
Among other things Il Increased the
finance committees income tax pro-
visions 10y total return to the treas
ury Of $73 10000. adopting unanimous
~ the Gerry amendment, which adds
100000 TO the returns from 10,
comes 81 half million and over.
Japan's Mission In Washington.
The Imperial japanese mission was
formally received Ia Wa hlngton By
Secretary Lansing aud other govern
mcut officials on "Wednesday. It's head.
VisCouni Ishii made Il clear that tAs
mission has come not on commercial
or political errund but 10 decide on
how the two nations can best coop
crate. Ia both q military and an eco
homie sense. 10 carrying uB the wnf.
The neutral countries ~ EHraps--so-
called. though 40 country there is any
longer really nrutraI--aTp sin trying
"a get around the American embargo
Tint Is so painful 70 their pooketboaks
and their stnUarhs, hut the lnH ca
lions SIRE that unless they quit supply
ing Germany with food-ufs thvir sIF-
fevtuE Elll only increase. Switzerland
and Holland. which depend ou G~r-
many FOR coal have oontrb rtel 20 lend
tho kaiser large sums IN return Ter The
privilege ~ continuing 90 buy thsir fuel
from his country
Hungary took r. real stop tgaard
dcmorrauzstluu and freedom from Ger
man aud Austrian influence ln the up-
paIutrBro' - T'r. Alexander WeErFle
ms Hungarian premier. fn sur@esd -
torhazy The usu premier Frs popular.
Democratic. 8 financial EvuIas ard is
known 20 be no friend ~ Germs az.
The new nationalist movement IN HB0-
gary has attained great strength. and IL
Be- said King CEaTte4 g. Boa complete bar
mo0y with the drs res az the ra'fnn.
Gsrmag avsufu~z dEsfircu. them
selves Last week - another raid on
EREJlsh coast towns 10 which ~ per-
sons were KILLED and hy deliberately
bombing tW0 French hDzua tHis heh.Bf
the YerduH Tines Pnd then Shooting
down the doctors and NURSES. vH1 rsrr
trying % rescue the wounded soldiers
from the resulting cou1agra ton II
would seem that the chIvalry ~ svi-
ators is oac-adsd-
Negro soldiers - the Twenty fgHrth
United States Infantry, stationed -
Houston. Tex. as guards during the
construction - Camp Logan. started .
serious race riot. 10 which doEes
white civilians. police officers and Va
tiunHI Guarisrnen. and = number o. Ne
zraes were Killed and more thnH
score wounded. Among the dead vas
Capt J. ". Mates. Battery A. Second
Illinois field artillery. who was trying
% restore order.