The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-20

olutionIsts In Moscow Is being carried
out with a heavy hand. About five
thousand OF them have been arrested
and sentenced 10 death, and II Is said
they Will be executed II their party
shows any further opposition to the
soviet government. The streets OF
Moscow are under the strictest mill
tary guard.
Details OF the supplementary Russo
German agreements have been made
public Germany promises TO evaeu-
ate all occupied territory east OF IL
Noeia and Esthonia MS soon ms boun-
daries are established, aud 10 get out
of all other territory east of Germany
when Russia has fulfilled her iinan-
cial obligations, which must be with
In -four months. Russia Is pledged TO
fight against the entente forces In
northern Russia. and Germany prom
ises that Finland shall not attack.
Russia renounces It's sovereignty over
EsihonIn and Llvonia. but Is 10 have
free transit TO Reval. Riga and Win
dau. are
An attempt to assassinate Nico OF
Lenine, soviet premier. was made a'p-
a girl In Moscow, but Mt last repohip-
he was stlll alive though In n serispet
condition. Very likely his de, hs.
would be n godsend 10 Russia. Oh
etal
There IL not much 10 say of the wi.
on the Italian. Albanian and Greeas
fronts. Small engagements are nu-
merous. but no decisive operations have
| been started lately. In Albania the
retirement OF the allied line for short
distance IL explained by the necessity
OF preparing for winter by occupying
certain dominating heights. Austria
has not attempted anything important
In Italy possibly because she liz too
busy trying TO settle her internal trou-
bles. or because OF the call on her for
troops TO help out the soreiy-pressed
Germans In France. Several Austrian
divisions have been identified on the
west front. Meanwhile the Italian
airmen. aided by American flyers. have
been doing n lot of bombing OF Aus
TRAN towns, railways and naval sta
| tions.
According to dispatches from Mu-
mich bs way OF Geneva. Count Won
Hertling, the imperial chancellor. re-
signed Thursday. giving poor health
as the cause OF his action.
From Cologne came the news that
the commandant of the Brapdenburg
| Ha "a. ts-
Guiding the city OF Berlin. under mar
tinl law In order 10 stop the Invention
and circulation Of untrue rumors cal
culated TO disquiet the populace."
General March said last week that
more than 10000 American troops
were landed IN France during August.
and that up 10 the first OF September
more than 100000 had embarked for
the various fronts, including those
sent 10 France England. Italy and 81
IBERIA. There has been no official men.
ton of late OF the First American Field
army, and observers In France and In
England believe II IL being prepared
for n great drive OF which the present
big offensive Is but the preliminary.
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All preparations have been com
pleted for the registration Of men be-
tween the ages OF eighteen and twenty
one and thirty-one and forty-iye. I'M
der the new draft law. General Crow
der has called on the people to aid In
making the registration complete sue
cess. and. 40 far as the older men are
concerned. has given assurance that
very large proportion of them viii not
be required to 90 to the front. The
young men. he and most others believe.
viii be only TOO glad 70 get into this
greatest and most righteous Of all
wars.
! Spain has not yet come 10 the break.
Ing point with Germany. but another
Spanish vessel having been torpeIoed
has decided 10 seize German informed
ships without further parley. The
tone Of the press there. and also in
other neutral countries. Is becoming
distinctly proally.
"a
American shipyards set record
during August, turning out 68 ships
aggrexatlng 34O.l45 dead weight tons.
Fnrty-four we're OF steel. The total
tonnage built for the shipping board
has now passed the two million mark.
British merchant vessels completed
during August amounted to i24.6I5
gross tons. The new construction in
the allied countries Is now well ahead
Of the destruction h submarines