The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-23
WASHINGTON.

Almost five and one-half billion
pounds of meat products were export |
ed from the United States in the first
three years Of the war.
War taxes have been made the ex-
cuse of many retailers for price adj
yances far in excess of the taxes and
in many cases for making additional
charge for articles not subject to tax,
according to reports from many local
files reaching the internal revenue bu-
reau.
Plans for further guarding the coun-
try's war activities against enemy
aliens were approved at Fridays cab
met meeting and President Wilson will
issue a proclamation embodying regu-
lations formulated by the department
of justice.
Storage holdings of frozen poultry
amounted to 46,206,059 pounds on No
! vember 1, an increase of about 81 per
+ cent over a year ago, the department
Of agriculture has announced.
. John W. Foster, former minister to
! China, dean of the American diplO-
+ matte corps and father-in-law of Sec
! rotary Lansing, died at Washington,
November 10, after a long illness. He
at one time was secretary of state.
All exemptions and discharges in the
) first draft will be Cancelled by the new
I regulations that take effect Novem-
, Der 20.
. Again President Wilson has under
/. taken personally to prevent railroad
etr Ia BALLAD thn heads nf the
four great railroad brotherhoods to
meet him in conference November p
! and will insist that patriotism be put
ahead of private interests, and that
i there be no attempt to handicap the
operation of the vital part of the ma
! TONS war-making machinery.
y FOREIGN.
e The London newspapers comment
II extensively on Lord Northcliffe's let
II ter to Premier Lloyd George, in which
= he declined appointment as air minis
i ter, and criticised the government Oh
the ground that it was dallying Wit
, such problems as unity of war contro
d eradication of sedition, mobilization OF
A. man-power and Introduction of como
,e pulsory food rationing.
E. All along the mountain front FROM
y Asiago to the Piave river, the attacks
Of the Austro-German forces which are
n seeking to crush in the Italian line
ut have been repulsed, it is announced
or officially.
I'd The British army which is pursuing
the Turks along the coast of Palestine
Of has made further substantial gains, the
It, war office announces. 1t has Reached
~ line from En- Ramle-Ludd to point
n three miles south of Jaffa.
ed The Yaqui movement in the state of
Id Sonora is part of the General Villa
tx or conventionist movement in Mexico
IN according to Colonel Miguel Trillo,
chief of staff to General Francisco
a villa.
at Advices from Lima, Peru, announce
rt the breaking out of a revolution in
st Ecuador Several localities are re-
ld ported in the hands of revolutionists
ne Lord Northcliffe has declined a
proffer of the administration Of the
he new air ministry made to him by Pre-
N mier Lloyd George. Lord Northcliffe
at declares he is dissatisfied with the ad,
~ Ol I4lUyu ISUISG.
'e- The report comes from Paris that
ex-Premfer Clemenceau has accepted
lot an offer from President Poincare tC
tie become prime minister, succeeding
M Professor Painleve, who resigned after
Dr. parliament refused him vote of con
se tidence
I'll The Argentina chamber of deputies
on has adopted the bill for reprisalS
against Germans as amended by the
las senate. The government is authorized
it'll to proclaim state of siege wherever
ed necessary. TO cancel contracts for pub
on lie works with Germans.
Lieutenant General Oshima, the Jap
IRE anese minister of war, informs Jap
IN anese newspaper men that the dtspatcl
Dy- of troops to Europe is an absolute i'm
'aF possibility, owing to the tremendou
cost and the lack of tonnage.
70 Only one British merchant vessel 0
OF more than 1000 tons was sunk by min
ECU or submarine last week, according t
ne the weekly statement of shippini
-ns losses.
General Cadorna, who was said t
W have declined the offer to represen
-, Italy on the interallied military CON
70 mittee, has yielded to pressure an
o,a consented to act as Italy's represents
tive.
the German illustrated papers receives
lis at Amsterdam reproduce photograph
ans of types of the first Americans car
ar- tured on the western front"
,ck A number of American soldiers hav
all been killed or wounded in the recen
Smelling of the American trenches b
the Germans.
~ Francisco Villa, at the head of $50
~ troops, has captured the town of OF
maya. lust across the border. Mex