The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-01-25


Will seek denomination and reelection,
t was stated. AZ supporter 81 the ma
tionai administration program.
Investigation of methods used By |
local draft boards Of North Dakota IL
selecting men for service with the na-
tional army division at Camp Dodge,
Iowa. Is to be made by the military au-
thorities. This follows assertions that
many men entirely unfit for service, Or
who had dependents ait home, We're
sent 70 Camp Dodge with the first n
crements.
WASHINGTON.
In his first report submitted to con
gress. 4. Mitchell Palmer. alien prop
erty custodian. says he has received 90
far 11,IG7 formal reports Of enemy
property and has opened 1873 separate
trust accounts, Of which 1876 are esti-
mated to be worth S134605.231. No
value has been placed upon a. Of tho
accounts, pending further inYestiga
ton
Director General McAdoo has an
nounced the appointment Of railroad
wage commission Of four public men 70
analyze and recommend action on all
wage and labor questions pending be-
fore the government railroad admin
istration. including the railway broth
erh0ods demands.
A wave Of indignant protest against
| the governments drastic fuel restric-
ton order which swept over congress
Thursday eliminated in the adoption
| By the senate, 20 to 10, of a resolution
| requesting a fiye-day suspension of the
order. Efforts to get a vote on q sim
i liar resolution in the house were
/ blocked by objection.
| As the first financial step in prep
aration for the third Liberty loan, Sec
Rotary McAdoo has announced new
issue Of S400.0O0.OOO treasury cerrifi
Gates OF Indebtedness, bearing 1 PEI
cent from January - and payable
April -
| Speaker Clark has appointed Repre-
sentative Sims Of Tennessee and sey
4 enteen other congressman members o.
the newly created special house com
mittee to consider all water powe
legislation.
FOREIGN.
Addressing the labor delegates a
London. David Lloyd George urged tn
need Of raising more men to hold tn
line in France against the armies 0
the central powers. declaring German
was not yet ready for peace, and tina
democracy cannot survive unless il
adherents are willing to die for it.
, Serious strikes accompanied by roi
i ing. have taken place in Vienna an
other cities throughout Austria, aecor'
ing to news agency kilograms to n
rich and other points in SWITZERLAND
italian troops have succeeded
breaking the pressure which the enem
) has been exerting on the lower "fay
, in the sector nearest Venice.
American women motor car driver
Z have made their appearance in til
Z zone of the army. A few of them al
E driving big motor trucks for the Y. \
5 c. A. and are proving their efftcienc
:. The report comes from Petrogra
Il that Il japanese cruiser at Vladtvost0
e has put troops ashore and that Il
i japanese consul there has issued
proclamation declaring that the Jap
e nese soldiers are TO keep order owiE
; 10 the danger threatening Japane'
Il citizens.
e Maxim Gorky's newspaper. Nova
Zhizn. asserts that the German del
= gates in Petrograd asked the re
i resentativeS of the government col
II misSianers to permit the fu -mer Il
4 press ana some other members Of Il
late imperial household related TO FL
Il peror William to travel TO Germany.
u A muuny among submarine crews
the German naval base Of kiel on Ja
II uary Z is reported in an Exchan
+ Telegraph dispatch from Geney
y Thirty-efght officers are said 10 ha
: been killed.
An official statement issued NJ Bt
n lin giving the reply By the central Pc
e ers to the Russian proposals at Bre'
at I.ftoysk on Monday says the RuSSt
n proposals concerning the regions occ
I. pied by the central powers diverge
u such degree from the views Of I
= central powers that in their prese
G form they are unacceptable.
Or 4 German official dispatch. dated
M Saarhrucken, RhenfSh Prussia. repul
nc the wreck Of train hearing Soldit
on leave due 70 the collapse Of an e
%, bankment near KtrRi, causing I
ri death Of some passengers and the
$, jury of others.
nd Premier Lenine has signed an ort
for the arrest of King Ferdinand
ri Rumania, who is TO be sent 70 PET
at grad for Imprisonment in the fortr,
re IF st. Peter and ST. Paul.
Is, Nicholas Romanof, the former e
d. peror. and his family have eseaT
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