Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
FROM MANY POINTS
EVENTS OF THE WEEK HELD TO
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Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Readers.
The government of Costa RIGA has
declared war on the central powers.

The government of Costa RIGA has
declared war on the central powers.
The Omaha board of education vot-
ed to discontinue teaching German in
all schools of the city.
Secretary Daniels has not aban-
doned hope that the big naval collier
Cyclops, missing since early in March,
will be heard from.
A recruiting campaign has been
started in Ireland and the CONSUMPTION
question may be settled by the for
nation of an Irish army.
The lower house of congress has
gone on record as favoring the stop
ping of the use of grain and fruit in
the manufacture of alcoholic bever-
ages.
Omaha's three afternoon daily news
papers increased the price of street
papers from one to two cents and
carrier prices from ten to fifteen
cents a week.
1t is reported that 1000 persons
were killed and 5000 wounded in a
battle between Russian bolshevik
forces and Musselmen at Bakeu on
the Caspian sea.
Every shipyard in the United States
has been asked by the government to
speed up production and make July
the greatest ship launching day in the
history of the world.
The American air service has lost
its star aviator Major Raoul Lufbery,
who, with eighteen enemy machines
to his credit, fell victim to a German
two-man machine in France.
The house has adopted an amend
ment to the emergency food bill pro-
hibiting use of any of the $19,OOO,0O0
appropriated by that measure for en-
ployment of men within draft age.
During the first year of the war up
to April 1, the CuNiss Aeroplane and
Motors corporation at Buffalo. N. T.,
manufactured and delivered 2,2Oo
training aeroplanes.
British aviators between March p
and May q accounted for one thou
sand German airplanes and have
dropped more than one thousand tons
of bombs on enemy military targets.
"More ships are being built in the
United States than German subma-
rines can possibly sink" Charles NJ.
Schwab, director general of govern
ment shipbuilding, said at Detroit.
Col Theodore Roosevelt has been
reinstated as member of the Repub-
lican club from which he resigned in
1912 when nominated as presidential
candidate of the progressive party.
The lower house of the Arizona leg
islature passed a joint resolution rat
flying the prohibition amendment to
the federal constitution, 90 to 3. The
resolution had previously passed the
senate unanimously.
The nominations of Major General
Peyton G. March as chief of staff of
the army, with the rank of general,
and of Major General Trasker III.
Bliss as general by brevet, were con-
firmed by the senate.
It would be suicide for the German
navy to attempt to interfere with the
transportation of allied and American
| troops across the English Channel, ac-
cording to Rear Admiral Karl Hollwig,
in replying to German papers which
advocate such measures.
According to naval expert of the
London Mail, Germany is destroying
British and neutral tonnage at the
rate of 100000 tons yearly, while
ITedl bTildlH anu ltS allleS anu llle
neutral countries will very soon be
producing tonnage at rate of about
100000 tons yearly.
Provost Marshal Crowder promul-
gated drastic amendment to the Sc
lective service regulations requiring
every man of draft age to work or
fight. The new regulation touches not
only hahitual idlers, but also requires
that draft registrants now in occupa.
tinns held to be non-useful seek new
jobs or take their places in the army
Steel enamel signs will mark the
Lincoln Highway from Salt Lake City
4 to Omaha. Each sign will give mile.
age to New York and San Francisco
mileage to the town ahead and to ths
one in the rear.