The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-03-29
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

OOUD6UOIU IOIIIu
Treasury officials and congressional
leaders have reached an agreement On
the principal features of program for
extensive government dealings in sill
yer as q war measure. and a bin to
authorize the melting and sale of more
than $500, 100000 of silver dollars now
in the treasury, will soon be intro
duCed.
The troops sent recently by Germany
Finland to assist in putting down the
Red Guard are meeting with hostile
forces which are continually being in
creased, says semi-official statement
issued in Berlin. On this account. fur
Their help by Germans is said to be
urgently needed.
Fire which broke out in a moving
picture theater in COquille, Ore, de-
stroyed Is buildings and residences.
entaillng an estimated loss OF $4,000.
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The Vancouver. b. c.. city council
has ordered the Russian flag removed
from a set Of flags of the entente al
lies at the city hall The action was
taken. the resolution said, because Rus
STA signed a disgraceful and ignoble
peace.
An international peace plan, both
to effect immediate cessation of the
war and to maintain future peace in
the world, has been outlined to the
senate by Senator Owen of Oklahoma
author of resolution proposing a
league of nations to enforce peace.
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Figures on the shipping output and
tonnage losses Of Great Britain will no
published regularly redeafter. it was
announced in the house of commons
by Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of m,
British admiralty.
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Asa Kansas City bound passengar
train on the Burlington railroad uos
leaving Aurora, H.. the engineer S.,v
a great steel chain hooked across tho
tracks which at this point are on a 20
loot elevation. Officials think tho, |
enemy plotters stretched the chain in |
the hope of wrecking Camp Grant fnr.
Tough specials.
Near-beer beverages are barred from,
camp Lewis Canteens, EXCHANGES apd
OFFICERS mess by an order issnea nv
NaJ"r H. \. Green. No explanation
was forthcoming at division headonar.
tiers offices. Pop and grape ipjcs orc
Still ON sale.
representative Hillard Of Colorado
mas introduced hill in the h,us, :,
empower the government In ac,,,ira
10y eminent domain in the form, -
leases ease the telephone and telegram 70.
cilitIeS of the country.
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Inc hummer Of persons LOST in ~,
ul>a>ter of December G in uo1ftav
du' To the explosion Of uurf,inr>,
SIl'p, has been officially placed NJ ISno
ne chairman Of the mortusr,.
bounced that the official list cnntain gu
Loo" names and that the number -
persons known 10 he missing brnrcb,
the total NJ 10 $50.
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The American consul a,
escaped before the Gernsr , '',.S>S
,,'n Of that city and is now So =,
toSNotf, according to disn.t,h At
me state department from Amsr,..a,
'">o' summers at Moscow
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"crmaTy is charged in offfr;sr A..
.%'yhe> reaching Washington g.. +,S
( : rance with attempting to for, >,T."
ZEN To become a participant in ~,
n '-.', l5'o'>S conferences for 500 ,,s
''"' "i questions affecting fb., ~
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lax >'aekeTS Who faU 10 file ,b,,-
''".le tax report 10y April rrs, M, nm
= prosecuted as Vigorously .,,,s vi n'
:, y''t,s,>,ty an1 the war revsnTs x.
: uFa't Siac~,rs were under M
, tsuye service act. according -
. .'AIetnent made by Daniel Q Pc.
commissioner Of internal rsysDrS per