The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-08-02


g day Iaborer 81 q local marine con.
strueflon plant. Dr. Wise said Friday
that be- toOk M the work beenuse he
believed Il The sugy Of syery men who
easlld nps esifef military service 10 con
frihnie directly IIs labor ID essential
pFpduesion for wnr needs.
I District Attorney Charles NJ. Flick
eFt ~ san Francisco according 10 the
Sacramento giee. sent letter 10 Coy
esupr William o. stephens requesting
him q make public the communion
ilaa he has received from President
! Wilson regarding tie Thomas y.
Mooney case.
~ order 10 cnrtan tie consumption
e fuel 81 newspapers on ihe Pacific
yoas9 masi cnt down me number o.
thfif edltlons and paees sufficiently 70
anye at beast ~ per cent Of the print
paper nDw being used, II II asserted.
WASHINGTON.
The railroad administration has
announced the appointment or three
NpeeiHl investigators 70 represent the
division Of labor ia settling wage or
employment disputes throughout the
country.
Professional baseball players are
given nnill September 10 seek essen.
tlul employment Or DO called 10 the
eoioFk, 10 ~ order issued By Seeretary
Baker on July 20
The age limit for civilian applicants
20 The eentfal officers training schools
has been rnised from 20 10 4 years,
Tbs war department announced July 20.
Announcement II expected this week
~ the decisions ia about 254 railway
wage appeals which have been heard
by the national war labor hoard. All
the street car eases VII come together.
Motor trucks and passenger cars Tor
uNe IN the army have been standard.
tied, the war department has. an
nouneed. and orders have been placed
for 7s00O Of all types.
The American public has been asked
% g on sugar ration Of two pounds
per capita monthly beginning August 1
10 meet i world shortage and to care
FOR the immediate demands of the
military forces,
Wages 90 railroud shopmen haye
been increased 10 tSs cents on hour by
Director General McAdoo, with pro-
poFiionate adyaneesfor assistants and
miscellaneous clnsses la mechanical
departments,
FOREIGN.
Premier Lloyd George has announc.
"a IN behalf OF the government thar an
men who are wllfnlly absent from
Work after Monday win be deemed TO
have voluntarily placed themselves
outside the munitions Industries.
The provisional government III Onsk
has assumed supreme authority in
siberia and proclaimed Siberia's in. |
dependence, according to Reuter- dis
patch from Berlin,
Second Lieutenant Coefard Of the
French army has broken All records
n aerlai fighting. according 10 the
newspapers He won fifteen aerial We |
tories IN fifteen days
The Rumanian press bureau says |
that, according 10 the Spanish em- |
hnssy's doctor at Constantinople. 80 |
per cent Of tho Rumanlan prisoners
have died from typhus in Turkish !
camps.
Cuba will send at least one regiment /
Of regulars % Franco as well as all the |
volunteers who offer themselves, &C. /
eording 10 the military service bin |
adopted BY the house OF representa-
tiyes
An Investigation by the government
Of Argentina develops the fact that |
German endepyors 20 acquire colonial
lands Ia southern Chile caused the |
recent outbreak there, near Lake |
BNunos Aires. oA the Argentinlan from
tier, which was reported as being cans. |
ed BY bandits.
The stars and stripes. the American
soldier newspaper published In France.
announces TINT il will abandon its |
sporting page until an allied victory
hrihgs peace.
Up 10 the present seventy German |
divisions have heen Identified IN tbs
present fighting zone and the battle. |
therefore may be regarded MS the
biggest Of the war.
Inc htlush war cabinet has decided /
that u the munitions strike continues
the strikers Of military age win be
drafted promptly into the army. nc. |
eerllng 60 IN unofficial statement |
printed Ia mornlng newspapers
FROM the aged civilians who were
left "a Chateau Thierry, details we're
learned II the German occupation OF /
the city aud IL visit By the kalser
The latter arrived ON the Marne on
June 3 Tic expected to stand on Hill /
2oi and watch his troops debouehe
from RellCAn weed, reach the Paris
highway ia the rear Of the prepnred /
positions, and capture La Forte, then
Msnux and finally Paris hut he didn't.
The giant White Star liner Jus
ticia has been tospedoed and sunk OF
the coast Of Ireland. Eleven lives
were tost.