Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-11-07
EVENTS OF THE WEEK HELD TO
A FEW LINES.
BOILED FOR QUICK PERusAL
Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Readera
America is producing 1000 Liberty
motors week and since July / has
sent $500 airplanes to France.

sent $500 airplanes to France.
During single day last week AM
elican aviators shot down eighteen
enemy planes on the Verdun front.
Friends of President Wilson believe
he will attend the great peace confer
ence, whenever and wherever it is
held.
State fuel administrators have been
authorized to let country clubs use any
surplus steam anthracite or bitumi-
nous coal.
In Paris during the week ending
Oct. 80 there were 1856 deaths, 1903
due to influenza and SIS to various
diseases of the lungs.
Secretary Baker has denied the re-
port that the War department plans to
call all men within the draft up to 40
years by January 1.
In the last week the allied troops in
France and Belgium have freed 400
square miles of territory from the
grasp of the enemy.
Club sandwiches and dishes con-
tanning more than one kind of meat
are barred under the ruling by the
food administration.
Colonel Roosevelt, former president
of the United States, celebrated his
sixtieth birthday anniversary at Oy-
ster Bay, N. j., October %.
The German reichstag has adopted
a bill placing the military command
under control of the civil government,
according to London advices.
BY moving the nations clocks ahead
one hour, 1,25O,OO0 tons of coal have
been saved in seven months, accord
ing to the fuel administration.
Five million dollars worth of dam
age has been done by the Industrial
Workers of the World in Southern
California since the war began.
A total of ninety-nine Pennsylva-
MIA coal mines have been closed by
the fuel administration for failure to
comply with the "clean coal' program.
The United States shipping board
has Cancelled it's contract with the
Bethlehem steel corporation for a
$6O,OOO,OOO ship-building plant at Ala
media, Cal.
An estimated damage of S4,050,000
was done to farms in ST. Louis county,
Minnesota, by the recent disastrous
forest fires. Duluth's loss was esti-
mated at 100000.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announced that draft calls in Novem-
Der will induct more than 100000
men into general military service.
A manifesto which has been issued
by section of the social democrats
of the Rhineland country of Germany
declares that if the emperor does not
voluntarily abdicate he will be re-
moved.
AS a means Of curbing the epidemic
of Spanish influenza in Seattle, Wash,
gall stores, except food and drug
stores must close at 3 p m. Office
buildings are also affected. All pub
lie gatherings are forbidden.
Documents quoting orders issued by
German commanders for the method.
cal destruction of property and for
the poisoning of wells during the re-
cent evacuation of Belgian and French
territory have reached Washington.
So far as is known not one Of the
343 persons aboard the steamship
Princess Sophia escaped death wher
the vessel foundered in the Lynn ca
nal, north of Juenau, Alaska. Over
$50 of the bodies have been recovered
Sc &c.
Reports reaching London state tina,
the Germans are carrying off every
thing of value from occupied region.
of Russia. Cattle, horses, railroad
and telephone equipment from man!
towns have been sent to Germany ant
the people in many places facd star
walton.
American long-range guns on tn
yerdun front have inflicted heavy cas-
lialties on the enemy during the pas
week. The monsters hurl a projectil
weighing approximately 1900 pound
distance of % miles.
American and allied shipbuildin,
and measures against Y U-boats shav
been SO successful that the world
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