The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-12-21


gin Of the blaze Is undetermined
NearIy 1000 men we're listed as nc
copied On December rs for Slie regu
lar army and reports showing On adj
ditlonal 2000 came ia too late for tab
nlation
The IRE which swept through the
business center " Attleboro, Mass,
caused damage esfimated ~ the police
II approximately 100000. -Four build
ings were destroyed and several others
damuged
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Lane has announced Presi-
dent Wilson's approval TO the restora-
zion Of more than quarter Of mill
lion acres 1T Withdrawn Ignite coal
lands b the eastern part Of Montana
and the southwestern part Of North
Dakota.
Quartermaster General Sharpe has
advised Secretary Baker that there
was no foundation for reports that
oregon troops recently stationed at
Camp Mills had been sent to camp with
out blankets All the men had three
blankets. General Sharpe said. except
d few who had sold one and retained
two
Restrictions governing the exporta
lion Of wool have been frightened by
the war trade board with view to
conserving American supplies and
checking the increase IN prices, which
have risen 200 per cent.
10 combat outbreaks OF disease,
both Ia war and In peace times, Il is
Imperative that sanitary reserve
corps be established by the public
health service, Surgeon General Ru-
pert Blue has reported 10 congress.
In It's hunt for food spectators re-
sponslble In q large measure for food
shortage uud high prices, the federal
trade commission has received evil
dence pointing 70 certain Gamers,
FOREIGN.
Leon Trotzky, the ,Bolshevikl for
elgn minister according TO Reuter-
dispatch from petrograd announces X
I'm atnlstlce for the western front is
signed az Brest.Litovsk the Russian
delegates are empowered to enter into
peace negotiations.
The Cuban senate has unanimously |
adopted resolution declaring state |
Of war between Cuba and Austria
Hungary exists The resolution was
the same as that passed BY the house.
The real aim Of the Bolsheyikl is a
monarchy at least, and possibly des-
putlsm, Ia the opinion Of the Petrogrnd
correspondent OF the London Post. lie
wires that for more than a month the
Bolsheylki have been openly preparing
public opinion for acceptance Of what
he says, after all, Is the only nc form
of government for Russia.
A generally increased confidence In
Germany. based ON the Russian arms
tlce and other obvious factors, Is
shown In extracts from the latest Ger
man newspapers telegraphed from Hol-
land.
The new. Portuguese government
has promulgated decree that Presi-
dent MachadO, against whose regime
the recent successful revolution was
directed, must reside outside Of Portu-
gal until the expiration of the period
TOR which he was elected.
There was great demonstration In
the Italian parliament when Premier
Orlando mentioned Americas DECLARE
ton of war ON AUSTRIA Hungary, The
whole house rose and applauded and
was Joined by the public In the gal
lerles in crying, "Vlva America Viva
Wilson"
General Kaledlnes has begun hostill-
ties aud Is hesleging the city Of Ros-
toy.un-the-Don, according to wireless
telegram received In sebastopol from
Rostov
"The submarine menace in my opin-
ION ia held, hut not yet mastered"
syid Sir Erie Geddes, first lord Of the
admiralty Ia the house of commons
on December IS,
An Indication that the Turks will
not attempt to recRpture Jerusalem
was given hy General Stoeger Steiner,
Austro Hungarian minister, in reply
ing to a question raised In the army
committee OF the Austrian delegation,
as quoted in a dispatch from Vienna.
Three thousand marines, known to
be more loyal than the army, have
been mobtilzed In Buenos Aires. The
official explanation of this move is
that II Il preeautlon against the
threatened general strike set for Jan
uary 1.
| What are considered approximately
exact figures OF Germany's air
strength show that the German army
possesses 2IS squadrllles. comprising
about $500 airplanes.
The Austrian battleship Wien was
torpedoed aud sunk Sunday night, ac'
cordlng 20 Vienna official statement
received In Amsterdam. Most Of the
crew was saved.
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevlki foreign
minister, has issued u decree dismiss
ing an Russian ambassadors and their
STATS because they ignored the Boil
sheyiki demand that they denoune,