The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-26
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

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Thousands of families in Bohemia,
especially at Prague and vicinity, are
starving, according to an official dis
patch from France.
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Director General McAdoo has order
ed that the Erie canal be taken over
by the railroad administration and
that a fleet of barges be constructed
Immediately and operated there under
the direction of G. A TOmlinson of
Duluth, to relieve freight traffic.
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The losses to british shipping by
mine or submarine in the past week
totaled 10 vessels, according to the adj
miralty report. Eleven of the merchant
men were 1,600 tons or over and four
under that tonnage. One fishing YES
sci also was sunk.
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Baron Burian has been appointed
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister in
succession to Count Czernin, accord
ing to a Vienna dispatch.
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The fourth series OF officers train
ing camps will open May 10 at various
divisional camps and environments,
Secretary Baker has announced.
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Recruiting officers in st. Paul have
received orders from the war DEPART
ment to- raise a tank regiment in st.
Paul and Minneapolis. A drive will
be started Immediately to obtain 5000
enliStmentS.
Increase to $50 a month i'm the min
lmum pensions for Civil war Veterans
and graduated increases to $40 are
proposed in bill by Senator Smoot
OF Utah, which has been considered
by the senate. The measure wouId
increase the governments pension roll
$4O,OOOOOO next year. The only opno-
sltiOn to the bill was from Senator
Thomas of Colorado, who said if was
extravaganza"
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representatives OF the important
copper producing and refining com.
panieS of the country have been ra-
queSted to appear before the war board
at Washington on May first 70 consider
an adjustment of prevailing contracts
between producers and refipers
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Fifty New York election officials
halt OF them Democrats and hole D.
puohcanS-were sentenced nv Jps+ico
"ott to prison terms of two mantle
each after pleading guilty 10 nortici-
PATTON in primary frauds in tha NOV
o'"''S contests there last September
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Inc factory of the Chehalis Furn,-
lure and Manufacturing comnonv -.
,hehaliS, Wash, was DESTROYED hr En-
romeo say the fire was of incnnd;nr,.
900. ''''"'eu AT $IlO,-
FIRE which broke out on the Iood;nu
PLATFORM OF the Harris abbattoir nIant
At 'lie Union Stockyards. West roron,
10 uiu damage estimated ar 81 OO0 900
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Ahout 800 men emproyed in 4o
ShlPSards at Sparrow Point NTor,.,a'
nave gone on strike without Si anu
me management of the comnanY ans,
reason for their action or without any any
ing any cause of grievance
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-, \ decree will be issued in Ito,v
- .p uniting the meat consumntio1
10 'hree days a week.
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Inc war department has dac,do,
S ,'',,He 'he German prisoners of war nov,
nsla IN this country earn their nv. ~"
s gluerS nave been sent to the army ~
.lterS commanding the enemy 49, o
amps AT Forts Mcpherson ana or
rnorpe' Ca, authorizing them I - 0S. .s
ne me labor Of 1870 inmates in III W.
p.e'nS new system of roads ;" , Folll-
the posts. 'oaus about
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me name of the RISmo-o,-
m Chicago viii be changed Son m Scn .,
S S,', fershing school, it has bae ~ Tue