The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-03-14


announced the victory loan will be
opened 10 subscription on April Il.
The republican senator's still hope
that President Wilson will be forced
to call an extra session of congress
before his return from France.
The Rnnanian press bureau an
nounces that $685. 900 Eumanian com
batants in the war we're killed OF died
from wounds.
For the first time in fifty years a
democrat, John FL. Wilson. has been
elected tn congress from Butter coun-
~, Pennsylvania.
President carranza of Mexico has
granted amnesty to the followers OF
General Galindo. defeated and cap
tuted by federal troops recently.
Reports received by the state de
partE,ent say that the Russian soviet
government has appropriated S.O0O.OOO
rubles monthly for carrying on its
propaganda in various countries.
Jeanette Rankin OF Montana. tire
only woman who ever served in con-
greSs. made her farewell speed, IT. the
honse Just before adjournment.
Attorney General Gregory has rec
commended to President Wilson cOfn-
mutation Of the sentences OF persons
convicted under the espionage act.
In the recent election in Vermont
the license question more than
twice as many towns voted for
licensed saloons as did one year ago.
approximately 5000 cases OF tech
nical violations Of the selective serv-
ice law have been discovered by fed
eral investigators Mt Olympia, Wash.
The Germans will be called to Paris
to receive terms Of the preliminary
peace within a week or ten days after
President Wilson's arrival. laris re-
ports state.
The French government has opened
nine barracks where sale Of foodstuffs
direct from the government Il the
consumer Is being made to lessen the
cost OF living.
Indemnity which the enemy will
have to pay the allies will mean n
drain o. Germany Of from two to
three billion dollars annually for .hir-
u to fifty years.
Reports from the section Of Ala
bama recently swept by the recent
tornado showed four dead Mt Eufaula,
with many persons injured and prop
erty loss estimated at 100000.
Henry Ford has announced his in
tention to organize a new automobile
company that Will build a new car that
will sell at a lower figure than the
present weil-known product.
Two men and a woman were killed
and n man injured. when n speeding
automobile IL which they were riding
crashed into the middle glrser of a
street bridge. ct Council Bluffs. Iowa.
The house hill apprOpriating $1,000
600 to maintain the government guar
antesd price Of $2.26 for the 1919
wheat crop was ordered favorably re-
ported By the senate agricultural
committee.
WREN President wilson sailed for
FranCe last Wednesday on his second
trip TO the peace conference. he told
newspaper men that he was very well
pleased with the situation In the
United States and abroad.
The entire CzechO-SlOvak repnhlic
b On the verge OF famine, according Il.
Prague advices, which state that ~
-four. fat, meat and vegetable stocks
are exhausted and the population can
o hold out until the next harvest.
FOurtee1 thousand New York sol
diers. members Of the famous Twenty
seventh division. who proved that the
'impreEnabie" Hindenburg line cnm'd
be broken. arrived at New York IN
the transports leviathan and Maure-
tania and were given . tremendous
welcome.
The Italian government has been
warned By the United States that un-
less she puts an end to delays In
movements OF relief supplies to the
newly established J~ugo-Siayic and
CxechO-Slavic states, steps will be
taken to cut on the flow Of American
foodstuffs to Italy.
Fire transports. bringing home 242
OCicers and 6y6lO men. sailed from
Brest. Marseilies and Bordeaux for
New Y0sk. The ships are the Fran
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