The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-13
Two Contingents OF Pershinu's
Army Are Landed Safely
on French Soil.
UNDER COMMAND OF SIBERT
Developments In Plans to Control
Foodstuffs and coal-Good Work
Of Root and kerensI<y In Rus
sia-5ritlsh Troops Clos
ing in on Lens.
by EDWARD w. PIckARo.

Two contingents of Major General
Pershing's expeditionary force of
American regulars were safely landed
In France last week, the first on Tues
day and the second on Wednesday.
The armada Eat carried them across
the Atlantic and that conveyed them
took also great quantities of supplies
for their maintenance. The troops
now on French soil are under the im,
mediate command OF Brig Gen. w. l..
Slbert.
This safe and speedy arrival of sea
Soned fighting men In France Is tri-
umph of American skill and efficiency.
Without any publicity. the troops were
assembled, embarked on many vessels
and taken through the German subma-
Tine zone without an accident to mar
the success OF the great operation.
That these troops and the thousands
that are TO follow them carry all their
own supplies makes them net gain
for the allies. The United States
feeds, clothes, arms and equirs them
without making a single De- and on
Nne french or the British.
General Pershing has prepared ev-
erything for the participation OF his
army in the actual warfare. and sec
ton OF the line near ST. Quentin is To be
turned over TO the Americans,
IL developed on Thursday that
George Creel, civilian head of the com
mistee on public information, author.
lied the publication of the news of
the arrival of the troops contrary to
the wishes of the war department.
whereupon Secretary Baker withdrew
the dissemination Of war department
news from the Jurisdiction Of Creel's
organization and appointed General
Mcintyre sole censor and dissemination
Of war department news.
Coal and Wheat Embargo.
President Wilson appointed board
Of export control. composed Of the
secretaries Of commerce, state and Ia
Dor and the food administrator. and
the board AZ once began gathering
data on which Il recommended that
the president place at least partial EN-
bargoes on wheat and bunker coal.
and possibly on other commodities.
The shutting-ofT of shipments Of food
siufts 10 certain neutral countries, II
Is believed. win nearly put an end 90
their sending ~ food 10 the central
powers. An embargo on bunker coal
not only viii help in controlling neu-
tral and either shipping. bnt also will
give 20 the shipping board q weapon
to force dozen present eEgrbliaut ocean
freight mites.
Speaking Of coal the coal commit
tes ~ the council u national defense
s0ored . biz victory Tuesday when IL
~r-ersuadedr go coal bar0ns 10 agree
70 sell their product ut a reasonable
price te pc fxsd with the approval -
the committee, The operators. wbn
represented both the htuminaus aHa
the anthracite fields. were told fatty
that unless they behaved themselves
the government would take over their
output.
The immediate result 81 all this was
the agreement 81 the bifuulnaus or-
orators to make cuts Of 81 20 81
ton In the cost Of coal 70 the johbers.
This. Il was declared. would bring
about an immediate reduction 81 prices
b the consumer.
Consideration Of the food-confrol bill
With its '.boue-dry" feature. which the
houss passed. occupied much Of the
ES9s n the senAtarA Their committee