The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-01

Officers OF tho American freighte
Allaguash reported on her arrival a
Boston from Buenos Aires that tn,
vessel was held up by a British
cruiser, believed to be the Earl o.
Glasgow, off the Brazilian coast OF
January 20 and two Germans IN her
crew removed.
The soaring cost of foodstuffs
7 throughout the county now engages
the attention of virtually every gov
ernmental agency with even re-
mote relation to the problem.
A newspaper reporter using a
basket as a purse and potatoes as
money had little difficulty in getting
about and In making purchases in
Chicago. The potatoes were from
Idaho and valued at retail at 3h cents
each.
! BY unanimous vote the Maine SEN
ate adopted a resolution providing for
woman suffrage by constitutional
amendment.
WASHINGTON.
Arbitration OF the case OF the Amer
can sailing ship William p. Frye, de-
stroyed by the German commerce
raider Prince Eitel Friedrich, is now
considered impossible, 1t Is claimed
at the state department, because OF
other sinklngs OF American ships.
Absolute prohibition legislation took
its longest forward stride in the ma
tons history when the house, on Feb
ruary Fl, approved by four-toone
majority senate measure which
would raise an iron-clad barrier
against importation OF liquor into pro
hlbition states
National banks during the calendar |
year 1916 showed the largest earnings
ever reported since the organization
OF the United states national banking
system half century ago.
The administration espionage bill.
providing severe penalties for spying
on matters OF national defense, and
conspiracies TO violate
American neutrality, was passed by
the senate by vote OF 60 to 10.
One OF the measures which Presi-
dent Wilson will insist upon as part
Of the program to be completed by
congress before Il adjourns is the APP
preparation OF 100000 requested by
he federal trade commission for an
inquiry into high prices.
FOREIGN.
That Great Britain is faced with
! serious situation. due to a shortage
Il tonnage. was the admission made
20 in the house OF commons
" David Lloyd George, the British
rhine minister
twenty-five Canadian women and
hlldren who arrived at Halifax on a
from the United States for
.urope were taken on by government =
uthorltles under a regulation which
royides that women and children :,
Jay not sail from British port for :
ngland at present,
Tho French chamber of deputies :,
~ adopted a resolution asking the a
overnment TO recall by March ! all q
$50 who are now at the front or in 10
10 interior zone. In order to intensi. :,
Z agriculture. n
The British forces operating against is
10 Turks in the Tigris region OF Me. II
'potamla have captured two lines of m
enches near Sanniyat. according TO pi
/ official statement In
II a. reported from The Hague by er
cutters correspondent there that n 81
srman submarine has stranded on sy
e Dutch island of walcheren, In the is
birth sea, st
The French steamer Athos. carry. an
< Senegalese troops and colonial Ia M
rers. has been torpedoed in the %
sea 10
A number of Sim Felners, who had
gently returned from dnternment IN 9u
gland. were arrested February 22
Limerick, Galway and Skibbereen, !,
welt as in Dublin Tie arrests ~, ~,
re made under the defense OF the :,
I'm act. ~
Vice Admiral Won Capelle, German A,
mister of the navy, told the reich ~
g. according 20 Berlin dispatches, a.
II the submarine warfare mad not om
" realized but surpassed the nayy's 49,
ieetations ~,
There were approximately two thous. m
I persons killed or injured In the bIe
ent railroad accident near CHR IN,
.ha In northern RoumAnia, accord
to the Moscow newspaper Russ drI
70 Slovo. IN,
lne-third OF Tie Armenian popula- or,
4 either has been massacreed or sp,
q o. starvation or disease since the Tn
ropean war tegan. and one-naif OF wo
SO remaining are homeless and dy, ter
in exile. according to a cable mes tor
e from John Maserield. famous len
silHb writer. made public at New an,
* nut
q introducing the naval estimates of
he house Of oommeas. sir Edward ter
son. first lord OF the British ad
atty. said the vote for 100000 men. u
Ch the government was asking, Mo
lonstrated the strength Of the navy. fur
rsderlc c Penueld. American am ne,
sador az Vienna. Is said By Reu FMS
s Amsterdam correspondent to wor
@ delivered 20 the Austro-Hun, col,
an foreign minister request for sub
ear and final definition OF Austro- the
lgaria's attitude regarding subma, car
warfare. aud
he banquet Of the American club the'
Paris. on the occasion OF Wash. 'hel
op's birthday, was patriotic emu
~ aTH "a q Ron