The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

Serious outbreaks against the Jews
in various parts of Russia are describ-
ed in reports received by the Jewish
Press club in Stockholm. Bloody pog-
roms are said to have occurred at
Lublin, Raskoff, Teserkopi and Kor-
min.
Holland is still sending $4,000 quarts
of milk daily to Germany for butter
making, according to official figures
published in Stockholm.
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Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of
the exchequer speaking in the British
house of commons. said the average
daily expenditure during the four
weeks ending February l was 6,34S.-
600 pounds.
Food Administrator Hoover in
statement just issued, calls on all pa
triotic ship workers to enroll i'm the
public service reserve No amount of |
increased food production, decreased |
food use, or food substitution and saw
ing will help unless ships for sending
food across the Atlantic are available. |
he said.
The British captures in the past
year included 16S heavy hOwitZers.
6S heavy guns 431 field guns. 1.O55
trench mortars and 2,S14 machine
guns.
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A German guardship stationed in
the Baltic near Langeland island has
been destroyed through striking Ger
man mine, according to a dispatch
from Copenhagen. About 20 men are
to have been killed.
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Eight hundred delegates from the
unions of Duluth and SUI
peri0r, including boilermakers. carpen-
tiers and machinists, meeting in Su-
perior to consider a strike, turned the
into loyalty meeting,
agreeing to bring to an end all petty
1uarrels and to work in the future I
with the shipping board in furthering
he shipbuilding program.
Two members of the crew of the ,
Dutch steamer Vondel, loading at a ,
Pacific port for cruise to European
waters, were arrested on federal war
ants charging them with smuggling
on board the vessel Fed
,ral authorities said the men had pur-
.hased 10000 rounds of ammunition.
The administration bill providing c
or government control of the railroads II
Intil Is months after the war incIud- S
ng many ''short lines" and appro- u
'riating a revolving fund of $780, $
100000 for federal operations, was {
'assed by the senate without a roll l.
all, and now awaits action in the v
ouse, where it is under debate.
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Farmers of the northwest and mid
lie west received special considera-
ion when the grain priority order was
lodified so that farm implements, in z
ubators, egg cases and egg filters may
e shipped.
Governor Philip of Wisconsin has
allied a special election for April .
} choose a United States senator to el
II the vacancy caused by the acct OF
entail death last October of Paul O. ii
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Official dispatches to the Belgian &C
CATION at Washington tell of further A
by the Germans of 81
,ung Belgians for military work be- in
nd the German lines. "a
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American labors endorsement of war w
ms as stated by President Wilson
I'd recognition that the war against
russianism is a workingman's war,
recorded in declaration issued by 10
e executive council of the American mi
liberation of Labor at the close of a ad
ven day session at headquarters in su
ashihgton.
The British casualties during the go
II week were the lowest in many en-
)Aths, 1043 officers and men having tn
Ell killed. The wounded and missing sh
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