The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-17

U-boats. One British warship. the old
cruiser Ariadne, was sunk by a torpe-
do and b of its crew killed.
What Congress ls Doing.
ohe month behind time, the admins
trauon food control bin was reported
out Of conference without the features
that were Objectionable to the presi.
dent. Its enactment within a week
was confidently predicted. The chief
features that were eliminated were the
congressional war expenditure COM
mittee and the three-member food con-
troll board. The price-fxing and con-
troll provisions were greatly restricted
and the prohibition section is less dras-
| tic.
Part Y as result OF the compromise
on the food control bill, the senate
adopted the Sheppard resolution for a
national prohibition amendment TO the
! constitution. The votes TO 20
would have been much closer had the
dry forces not consented TO a provision
| that the amendment shall not be opera
tive unless 1t is ratified by The states
within six years. The constltutionallty
of that limitation is doubtful.
The dry leaders decided Ia await the
December session Of congress before
trying to get the resolution through the
| lower house.
| Another coumap1ahla nctto,, % thA
senate was the adoption Of McCum-
ber's resolution calling upon the presl-
dent to undertake to obtain the consent
of the European nations allied against
the central powers TO the draft Of their
subjects in the United States for the
war. 1t is believed the allies viii
! quickly agree TO this and that the plan
will be in operation before long.
! The new war industries board, with
Frank A. Scott instead OF Bernard Ba-
| ruch as its chairman, has taken up
with yigor its work of government
buying and supervision over the gen
eral industrial activity. Mr.. Scott an
nounced that proiit-making must now
| yield to patriotism, extravaganza 10
| economy and selnshness to service.
! The reorganized shipping board also il
| speeding up and last week IL made the
| Southern pine producers promise
prompter delivery of the timber they
have pledged, for the board intends to
build as many wooden ships as pos
sIble.
The embargo that is designed to shut
off Germany's supplies OF food aud
war munitions is going TO have an ef-
feet on the supply Of shipping, Nor
way already has proposed TO place al
I most its entire merchant fleet at the
disposal Of the allies and promised TO
export nothing but fish to Germany II
assured Of receiving American food
products, and Holland. too, is willing
to exchange ships for food II the YES
sells arg not 10 be sent into the danger
zone. Sweden and Denmark. Il Is be-
Iieved viii follow suit The effective
ness Of the embargo policy, however,
depends to a considerable extent on
whether or not the shipment Of food
stufTs from Russia into Germany can
be prevented.
Tho shipping board last week pre-
ngres! TO commander all American
shipping. and President Wilson issued
an order that has the effect Of cutting
OF steel exports 10 Japan unless Jap-
anese vessels are diverted 70 war uses
Exemption Boards Busy.
The examination ~ drafted men By
the exemption boards il going ~ rap
idly and smoothly, and under inStruc-
fons from Provost Marshal General
, ,rowder the boards have frightened %
On the exemptions They have been
told to keep Ia mind rriat the two
things TO be accomplished are the rails
inc Of armies and the maintaining of
industries. Meanwhile the federal and
local authorities al over the country
are rounding up the slackers
Continuing their work of c0-operHi-
the with the Germans, the Industrial
workers q the World stirred up var
ouS troubles for mine owners, lumber
rralurprs and themselves, In May
western localities Some towns fol-
lowed the example Of Risbes and d.
parfed the disrurbers, and one q their
leaders. Frank Little, vas taken out
and hanged by masked men At Butte.
Mont Such occurrences. Of course, /
must be dcplored-tbeoreticallJ.
The government cannot and viii not
tolerate strikes that tie up industries
that are vital 20 the successful conduct
- the war This Eas demonstrated By
-. ouirk ending Of a strike q thou
sands q railway sWitchmeu that .
sra-red at Chicago. When the federal
authorities took q hand. both sides
found they could yield points and /
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