Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-12-26

Field Marshal Won Mackensen, COM
mander of the German forces in Ru-
mania, has been interned by the Hun
garian government.
Ownership by the government of the
telegraph and telephone systems Of
the, nation was characterized as "im-
perative' by Postmaster General
Burles0n.
Silver chevrons will be wcrn b.
soldiers who failed to reach the front,
Chief of stafr March has announced.
Those from overseas will wear gold
'chevrons.
The supreme military tribunal at.
Vienna h0ss announced that IL 400 per-
sons were sentenced to death by Aus
trian military tribunals during the war
and executed.
Wages of railroad employees prob
ably will remain at their present level
II congress decides to prolong govern
inent control for Ave years, the rail-
way administration has announced.
The senate has adopted provision
to the war revenue bill imposing 10
per cent tax on profits from child Ia
Dor products entering Interstate COM
merce. s;Ss, IS s17Ss Y
More than 1000 American soldiers
in France, suffering from shell shock,
were cured by news of the signing OF
the arinistice, Surgeon General Ire
land told the senate military COM
mittee.
That T2l@ cents an hour is the low
est living standard wage for an Aner-.
lean family is the opinion of Frank r.
Walsh. formerly chairman of the en-
ployes division of the federal war la
hor board.
The American Red Cross will use no
part of IFS war relief fund for the
benefit of the people OF, the centra.
powers. George e. Scott, general man
ager OF the organization, announcec st
Washington.
The farmers OF Winneshiek county,
Iowa, believe they will have set rec.
ord in donations to the Red Cross
when their contributions. in the form
OF a trainload Of hogs. are sold at the
Chicago stock yards.
AN influenza vaccine said to differ
From any other hitherto offered the
medical profession is now being man
nfactured eor free distribution by the
School Of Medicine of the University
Of Missouri at Columbia.
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The American delegates to the peace
congress, it is said, have resolved to
advocate the, sinking of the. surren-
dered enemy warships and resist any
proposition to distribute them on the
basis OF naval losses.
Monroe II. Resented, who wrote
"rm the Man Who Broke the Bank
at Monte Carlo" and other songs
which were played and -whistled all
over the country score or more
years ago, died at New York.
Establishment of national commits
sion to enforce the nationwide profit
bition law when 1t becomes effective
next July i, was recommended in res
olutions adopted by the national tenn
perance council at Washington.
President Wilson spent his mrs.
|sssnnday All hy going ttwiseg Il
church, laying wreath ON the tomb
OF Lafayette and having brief CON
ference with Premier Clemenceau and
another with Colonel r. M. House.
armies Of all nations win be raised
through consumption in future. The
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Provost Marshal General Cowder, I'M
def whom the draft act was admins
tered, in an address at New York.
Des Moines paid tribute to Chief q
Police Charles Jackson at the larges
funeral seen in the city In years
jackson died from . bullet wound re
ceiyed in gun fight in which HI
killed Dutch Cross, notorious des
perado.
There - every INDIGESTION, through
letters being received BY members o
congress, that strong opposition 4
developing among the states railwa!
and utility commissions TO Directo
General McAdoo's plan to extend gov
Eernment controi Of the railways unit
January, 1924.
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