The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-23


proposed prohibition constitutional
amendment
A searching party has discovered
the bodies Of Andrew c. Peterson,
Hugh Accord and Burton Jensen,
American cowboys kidnapped last Mon
day when Mexican bandits raided the
Corner ranch, sixty miles southwest
OF Hachta, ~. NJ.
Mrs. Victor +. innes of Eugene.
Ore. convicted ut Atlanta, Ga, OF lar.
eeny after trust. was sentenced to
three years imprisonment With her
husband. who already has been con.
vicied and sentenced TO serve seven
years, Mrs. lnnes was charged with
tnisappropriating more than $4,000 of
funds OF the helms sisters Of Atlanta.
WASHINGTON.
A peremptory demand upon Ger
many for the release OF the seventy.
two American seamen from the prize
ship YarTowdale has been prepared
at the state department with Presi-
dent Wilson's approval.
Public subscription TO the stock OF
the twelve federal farm loan banks
took up only 10000 shares OF value
OF $4,000 and the goyernorment will
supply the remaining sS.s70.O00.
The nineteenth anniversary OF the
sinking OF the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor was observed at Wash
ington on February 10 by the deco
rating OF graves OF the ships dead
sailors at Arlington National Gene
terry and exercises by patriotic and
military organizations.
i On February i4, congress completed
1 the constitutional formallties carrying
INTO effect the will OF the voters ex-
| pressed last November and officially
declared Woodrow Wilson. president.
and Thomas r. Marshall. vice-presi-
dent. reelected.
Reports telling of the spread of the
liberal revolt In Cuba aroused such
apprehension that Secretary Lansing
has cabled a second warning to the
people OF the republic that the United
States would not regard as legal any
government set up by violence.
In a farewell statement before leav-
Ing Washington for New York TO sail
for home. Count Won Bernstorff ex-
pressed the hope that war between
the United States and Germany might
be- aveTted and that friendly relar
lions might soon be re-established.
FOREIGN.
In spite Of q plot against the gov
eminent. discovered among certain
members OF the Havana police force.
there was more optimistic tone in
government circles. due TO the loyalty
OF the navy.
General Geraldo MaehadO. a prom
lnent Cuban military official and
member OF the Liberal committee. Is
reported to have been killed at Las
Vallas.
The Mexican papers reiterate that
fGeneral CaTranzA's note to neutral ma
lions was based on purely humani-
tartan grounds and was neither pro
German nor directed against the
United states,
Owing 10 the shortage OF coal for
heating and the production OF electric
ity, number OF sweeping measures
, for the cutting down of the consump-
ton OF fuel have been adopted by
the city and provincial governments,
/ says Vienna dispatch.
The American schooner Lyman NJ.
r Law was sunk by submarine on
/ Monday, according to dispatch from
! the Stefani agency of Rome, The
crew. including eight Americans, Is
, reported TO have been landed.
: Unrestricted u.boat warfare VIII so
On. Under no circumstances would
the U-boat warfare be attenuated for
the sake OF the United States or for
Any other reason, says q Berlin dis
patch.
! The Spanish minister Is reported to
have warned all Spanish subjects resi-.
dent In Cuba that II they take up arms
. in Cuba they VIM forfeit their Spanish
, citizenship,
, by order OF the military commander
OF Santiago, the entrance OF the har'
Dor has been mined All ships enter
ing this port are requested to take on
, pilot as soon as they reach Cuban
! waters,
i, A Reuter- dispatch from Borne says
that the German authorities have sud
denly called 10 the colors all officials
of trade unions and socialist organ
9 nations. These officials. who aggre
gate 10000 in number, have previous
~ boeR exempt from military serv
Ice.
. Il IL absolutely denied In Berlh
q that Germany in = note to the Unit
ed States or through other medium
y Is inviting suggestions for the avoid
u anee OF actual war,
nj British troops hghtlnE in Franc
5 continue their Peeking at the Ger
Is man lines at various points, and &C
r cordinE TO the latest British otieia
!. communication they have met wit
Al additional successes,
Revelation swept Mexieos de fact