The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-22


have been killed and probably score
of others injured, several seriously, In
riot at West Salem, N. c., which re.
suited from the efforts of a mob of
several thousand men to storm the city
hall and lynch negro accused of
shooting J. e. Childress. and Sheriff
Flynt and attacking Mrs. Childress.
Minnesota will remain wet, complete
official returns announced by the
Secretary of State showing that the
proposed dry amendment to the state
constitution failed by 756 votes at the
general election November 5.
American copper industry through a
committee of producers and refiners
have agreed with the war industries
board to maintain the present rate Of
production and preserve existing levels
Of prices and wages.
WASHINGTON.
Movement of American troops across
the Atlantic has stopped entirely and
rehabilitation of troops in canton
ments and camps at home is under
way.
Provost General Crowder has or
dered the discontinuance of all phys
ical examinations of draft registrants
and Of all work by district draft
boards on the classification of regis
| trants.
The suffragists still need one vote
to pass the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment through the senate. They have
| 100 days left in which to secure this
vote before the present congress ends.
If favorable action is not secured by
March 4, the measure VII have to be
put through the house again.
Arrangements for bringing home the
troops in France are being worked out
rapidly from shipping point of view,
the shipping board announced Satur-
day, in issuing call for 500 volunteers
to man the ships that will be used for
that purpose.
Downward revision of the war reve-
nue. bill to about the six billion dollar
total recommended by Secretary Nc
Adoo appears to be assured.
Regardless Of the ending Of hostil-
tiles Director General McAdoo intends
to continue to unity railroad operations
and pool facilities throughout the per-
iod of government control, which under
the law will end twenty-one months
after peace is formally declared.
FOREIGN.
King Ferdinand iii of Saxony, who
held out to the last against the ma
tion-wide clamor in Germany for the
elimination of all kings and princes,
has abdicated, it is officially an
nounced from Berlin. This makes the
fourth of the German Kingdoms king |
less" Prussia, Bavaria and Wurttem-
burg having been proclaimed repub-
lies in the early phase of the revolu-
ton.
Emperor Charles has specifically re-
linquished the throne of Hungary, ac-
cording to a dispatch received from
Budapest.
Two hundred cadets and 103 other
sailors on the German training ship
Schlesien were drowned when she was
sunk by two German battleships fly
ing the red flag.
Count Wilhelm Hohenzollern Is now
nearly broke except for considerable
in the United States and
held in another persons name,
the Daily Express is informed by its
correspondent. %
The British government is arrang-
ing for the departure to the United
States of q number of German vessels
for the purpose of bringing to Ger,
many foodstuffs which the allies will
permit Germany to receive.
It is learned upon the best author
lty that former Crown Prince Fred
erick William of Germany and twelve
officers have been granted safe resi-
hence by the governor Of Limburg at
Maastrict, Holland.
DR.. Matthias Erzberger, who was {
The civilian head of the German arm
stice commission, will be Germany'S
representative In the preliminary :
peace negotiations, in conjunction with ,
DR.. w. s. Solf, the foreign minister. II
HOLLAND is our Elba," said Ger |
nan in the encourage of the kaiser in &
with Dutch official, &C
.ording to the Amsterdam correspOn- .
lent Of the Express.
Fearing the wrath of the German
,eople, Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz,
ormer German minister Of marine,
led from Germany just before the
evolution, presumably on advance
ratification. The Frankfurter EEL
ung says he is now in Switzerland. II