The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-01


Of Thonas H. Lyons, wealthy Silver
LCity IN. NJ catfieman. The jury
fixed the penalty at twenty-five years
imprisonment Ia the penitenfiaFy.
/ Refusal 10 aecept consignment ~
beans because ~ drop 10 the market
cnused ihe n u. Otter company 81
Louisville Ky, 70 i0se rs food license
| The food administration notified the
eoneern % CLOSE rs doors February 20.
a minimum wage 81 So dry. with
g maximum Or $500, fer day labor City
employees was set 81 the council
iinaace commIitee Of Chicago. The
raise viii cost the clty ~ tie next
Year sii2T 500 ~ the S2,OOO.OO0 guar
( auleed BY Chicago business men. The
old rate was $40 10 $40 day.
WASHINGTON
The administration bin, providing for
fhe government control Of railroads
until eighteen months after the war.
iBnlndlng many "short lines and np.
prDpflaflug revolving fund Of $500
o1hAD Tor federal operation, was np-
proved ~ the senate February -.
Director General aicAdoo has given
assurance "that, NO fnr rs transp9rta-
lion Is concerned. there Is no danger Of
suffering from q serious food shortage
~ the eaatern part Of the country"
With the approval IT President VIII
son, liie federal railroad admlnistra-
lion u about 10 interest itself IN street
railway light. hent aud power compa-
niles throughout the country whose
stability may be Threatened
BY mounting costs of operation.
Champions ~ government ownership
lost by nn overwhelming vote their
aght IN the senate for mn indefinite fed
srH control II the railroads after the
Far
Credit for drafting the American
document, which played such Il part in
the Versailles conference
. The plan for centralized control Of
he war, Is given By Secretary Baker
2 General Bliss, chief Of stan and
'merlean representative ON the su-
RENE war council
The first American.built battle
lanes are "a route to France, nearly
We months ahead OF the original
In making this announce
aent, Secretary Baker said the first
hipment although IN itself not large,
nnrks the Anal overcoming OF many
met In building up this
iew and intricate Industry"
FOREIGN
A Russian courier with the peace
of Tie Russian government
ias arrived Ia Berlin. according to nd
Vices received az Amsterdam.
v the Gcrmaus refuse peace ID Rus
ala "a struggle to the death or victory
for Us Is inevitable, says Ensign Kry-
lenko r0mmnpderinc chief 81 the Rus
Sian HrnieH Ia an official statement |
issued February %, "rhe peoples
herolsn must De opposed 70 The nd
yancinR enemy Ii Is declared,
The bitterest disappointment Of the
war for the PrussIans has been the
shattrring uf the 'fNtuous belief that
the labor Of the United states could
30 stumpcdod by ''lnsidious propa.
ganda,' secretary Of the Navy DANIELS
declared in an address at New York
The British hnvg captured Jericho,
tp Palestine, the war gy co. ,,.,,ot,..
The city was entered BY Australian
troops February q. Little opposition
,vas encountered. subsequently the
Australians established themselves on
the line Of the Jordan aud the Wadi.
Auia,
A complete economic agreement, w
which Great britain and the other
allied nations are IN accord has been
reached between the United States and
Norway. The terms have not yet heen
made public
Operations have been resumed on
the Russian front The Germans have
crossed the Dylna. This announcement
was made by general headquarters ,as
Berlin.
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor OF
the excheauer. speaking In the house 81
conmans Wednesday, said the average
daily expenditure during the -four
weeks ending February i6 was asst,
coo pounds,
ANY attempt by Argentina 60 dispose
~ any considerable quantity Of when
other than to allied countries prob
ably win meet with opposition by tn
United states and her co.helllgerents
The forward movement Of the Ger
man troops eastward into Russia cor
tinues, according to an official CON
manication ISSUED ut Berlin.
British merchantmen sunk by min
Or Submarine IN the past week nun
bered nfteen. OF these twelve wer
az 1000 tons or over and three wer
under that tonnage The arrivals
ports la the United Kingdom for n
week numbered 2322; saliings' 2Sss
Eight vessels we're unsucceSsfully a