The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-19

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absolutely necessary n The extra 10O.
v10tsO tons OF coal yrnr needed by
/, the country Ia lts war on Uermany IN
10 he mined Fuel Administration chr.
iield hats been Informed by the National
Coal Association.
More tliaa 20'0 men Of draft age
were seized as suspected siackers ny
The police aud agents 81 the depart
mens 81 Justice ut Chicago on July ~.
Al The National league bal park more
than 800 men we're unnbis TO show reg
istrailon cards and we're nkea ipto
custody.
woman and man We're Killed aud
four other employees, three " them
girls, we're seriously injured al die
Franklin arsenal ut Philadelphia when
a dctonation fuse exploded.
WASHINGTON.
IN yetolng the S2s.OOO,000 annual
agricultural appropriation bin because
Of its amendment fixing the govern
menf guarantee minimum whent price
az $40 Il bushel. the president Inform
I'd congress That he did not believe the
farmers Of America depend upon n
stimulation OF price 10 do their utmost
I 70 serve the nation and the world at
this time Of crisis
To equallze The price OF sugar to
the consumer IN the face OF prospects
for nm increase due 10 threatened
shortage, and 10 secure better distrlhu
tion. President Wilson has created the
sugar equalization hoard, on recon.
mendation Of Food Administrators
Hoover.
Senator Lenroot OF Wisconsin has In.
PRODUCED n bill proposing an additional
per cent excise tax on the net profits
Of mines, quarries, canneries and fac
tories employing children under IA
years Of ngc
Through Secretary OF State Lansing,
President Wilson has announced n
radical modification of the embargo on
exports TO benefit Mexico. Corn for
food, agricultural implements and
many other articles are 10 be allowed
to so across the border 10 meet the
needs Of the Mexican population,
The treasury department has sent TO
the ways ana means committee a list
Of 'lnXurles" upon which II Is recon-
\ mended that heavy taxes VIII be
levied In the new revenue BILL In
eluded la the list are automobiles,
clothing, household servants, jewelry.
hotel bills, gasoline, motion pictures,
musical Instruments, neckwear, canes
aud furs.
FoREloN.
During debate in the PrussIan
upper house, DIR. Bernard Dernberg,
former minister OF colonial affairs,
argued that a peace was never con-
cluded on the battle field alone. With.
out tie cooperation OF diplomacy no
peace could be attained, he declared.
Berlin reports that i've American
aylators who attacked Cobientg on q
bombing expedition had been captured
and a sixth one shot down.
An American naval launch, after
aiding French destroyer ia towing a
disabled American seaplane to safety,
was sunk by German shore batteries,
losing two Of her crew, probably
drowned, and two taken prisoner by
the enemy,
Spanish grippe continues to spread
rapidly In Switzerland. The military
, Lauthorities announce that on July {
there were 6S00 cases IN the Swiss
army and among interned troops, The
death rate so far has been compare
lively small.
Germany's claim for indemnity from
Russia amounts 10 the round sum o
1000, 100000 rubles. according TO re
: port printed in the Berlin Vossich
zeitung.
Owing TO the grave shortage Of food
cholera IS ON the increase In Petro
! grad, and hundreds Of persons an
, daily falling victims TO Il.
General Baron Friedrich Won Falker
hauser. the German governor general Q
Belgium, has decided, says the Han
burger Naehrichten. that Belglur
shall be turned Into federal state o
I the lines OF Austria. Flanders an
/ Walloon, the newspaper adds, will lily
separately under one king or pres
I dent under GermaR control.
French pressure along the lin
from the Marine TO the Aisne, while
!. began two weeks ago. ms a series {
! local attacks, has begun 10 yield +,
! suits which are appreciable whe
q viewed ON the map.
! Bolshevlk forces have taken IN
! offensive against the Czecho- Slova
Z army IN the yologin region and n
" government troops have won a greI
success, says Russian official stat
= ment received at London by wireless
from Moscow,
u In recent German raid On the Bt
i CLANS, more than so girls We're kill'
= by air bombs launched upon an aInh
!. lance park az la Panne, behind Il
User front.
81 Successes won by the allied trooI
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