Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-04-11
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u The Country.

President Wilson signed the bill au-
thorixing $3,00O,OOO,OO0 liberty bonds
at ~ per cent.
\ At the Lincolnshire airdome In
england In ground collision between
airplanes, three American ayiators
were killed.
The American Red Cross authorized
gift OF half million dollars to the
Canadian Red Cross for war relief
work.
Two hundred saloons will be forced
to close their doors in Illinois as the
result of the recent election. The
women's vote helped to GUST the sa-
looms.
| All German classes in the high
school at East st. Louis, Ill.,, were
abolished by the board Of education
following the refusal of pupils to
study the language.
Fire destroyed twenty-six buildings
three city blocks-in the wholesale
district of Kansas City, entailing q
loss estimated at between $2,5OO, 600
and $3,OO0,OOO.
Italians are warned against the
speech of Count Czernin by the Gior-
male d'Italia, which says: Austria
Hungary has spoken Of peace before
every new offensive against Italy,"
A proposal that church and charit-
able institutions pay their debts with
Liberty bonds instead Of with cash
has been made by the woman's ma
ttonal Liberty loan committee.
Regulations requiring licensed deal.
ers to sell wheat -four In not less
than 12-pound sacks were rescinded
by the food administration and new
two-pound minimum was prescribed.
PRESIDENT Wilson has assigned
$250,O0O of his 100000, 600 war emer-
gency fund for establishment near
military camps of additional reforma-
tory facilities and detention houses
for delinquent women and girls.
The food administration is expected
to strike soon at profiteers in corn
meal and -four, by limiting profits of
millers and wholesalers In these
wheat substitutes. A rigid inyestiga.
ton is practically completed.
w. S. Chapman, ~ years old, is in
Chicago, having completed $4,000
mile walk. He started March 8, 1916,
on his long hike to win wager of
$500 put up by club of New York,
and Travelled twice across the United
States on his journey.
Ratification of the federal prohibi-
ton amendment by the Nebraska leg
islature in extra session at Lincoln is
unlikely. The house has voted to rati-
/ ~ the amendment, but the senate
went on record against it by vote
of 18 to 10.
That Germany is engaged in war
rld domination was admitted at
the annual meeting in Berlin on Feb
ruary ID OF the "Bund Der Land
wierts," junker organization, ac-
cording to German newspapers re-
ceived in New York.
Official announcement that Ameri.
can troops to the number Of over 1OO,-
600 will soon be fighting side by side
with the British and French in the
greatest battle in the history of man.
kind, now raging in Picardy, has been
received in Washington.
Landing of japanese naval forces
at Vladivostok to protect life and
property was reported to the State
department. The action followed an
attack on Japanese officer by armed
Russians who, upon being refused
money, killed one japanese and
wounded two others.
Peace talk-in the wake of Austro.
German dipomacly In the near east
and Russia--does not interest Wash.
ington now. That was the answer
given by officials to Austria's reply to
President Wilson's last war aims ad.
dress. Officials regard Czernin,s
speech as hypocrihcal effort to re.
sumo peace talk when America ia
about to launch her greatest war ef-
fort.
General Pershing's headquarters
hereafter will handle all publicity
matters touching affairs under his
charge, while the war department will
act similarly on distinctly depart.
mental news, under ruling by Sec.
rotary of War Baker.
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