The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-11-14

fu wreath II was fitting Incident
of Roosevelt week. during which hun.
dreds OF thousands Of dollars were
contributed by admirers Of the great
American for the purpose Of establish
Ing memorials 10 him.
President Wilson stirred up a
mighty huIlnhaIoo by his veto OF the
dry enforcement act on the ground
that the emergency wi ich called for
wartime prohibition had passed and
that the law should he repealed. For
few hours the vets we're jubilant.
believing that John Rarleycorn had
tutionai prohibition goes into effect In
january. But the drya quickly got
into action and forced Immediate ac-
ton In the house. with the result that
the veto WAS ovcrridden by u vote Of
1I6 TO %. A large number Of men,
bers were absent. but postponement
Tor this reason was refused and. in
deed. II the full membership had been
present the result doubtless would
have been the same. Next day the
senate also passed the bill over the
presidents veto. the vote being 65 to
! 20.
The act became effective mt once
ana the country became bone dry
until the treaty with Germany Is rati-
fed. AZ soon as that action Il taken
! ny the senate, according to state
ment from the White House. the pres.
| ldent viii lift the ban. This aroused
both the Anti-Salo0n league and the
more rabid opponents of the treaty.
The leaders Of the former declared
they would maintain the contention
that the ban could nor he removedson-
| I'll the treaty with Austria and Hun.
gary had been ratified. The latter at
tackled the motives Of the president
and said he had delayed lifting the
| hnn To force the senate To ratify the
treaty, The liquor men found some
consolation In n decision by federal
| Judge NJ Louisville that the wartime
law Is invalid and that the government
could not seize liquor in storage with.
out paying for il. But the revenue
agents went right ahead senling up all
the stocks OF liquor they could find
and they found most OF them.
No one on either side Of the treaty
| fight In the senate would adult that
the promise Of n w.t. spell I'm the least
affected the contest, but there was EVIL.
dent disposition TO get through with
The matter speedily. The rejection Of
all amendments cleared the way for
the consideration of the reservat tons,
and II was predicted that the same
conservative Republicans who voted
with the Democrats against the
amendments would compel the adop-
ton Of milder reservations than those
reported by the committee on foreign
relations. II will then he up to the
administration supporters to accept
these ar stand responsible for the COM
plete failure to ratify the treaty.
The REINFORCED rcd army defending
Petrogfad succeeded. by desperate
nghtng' In recapturing several towns
aud In forcing back the white army.
hut late reports from General yuden.
Itch are to the effect that he Is recov-
er.ng the lost ground and that the of.
fensive Is proceeding satisfactorily
again, Finland announces that n IL
giving Yudenlteh aid IN the way Of
tanks and ammunition. hut cannot
send regular expedition unless prom.
lsed certain eompensating advantages.
General neniktne's advance on Mos.
COW also was checked by the hol.
shesiki and IL wireless dispatches
trota Moscow are tn be believed. there
has been serious reyoit against him
In the Ukraine. Large hn,lics Of the
tr,np~ NJ retlura and Makhno are
ia'ning the reds sud "a number Of TIM
pertant towns have fallen into the
haat> of the rebels From the same
source comes the story 90 another up-
rising against penikine IN thu Caspian
region that cuts OF hts oil upply. Il
Is we'll to accept MI s'ories run Mos.
COW with reservation.
Possibly In response 10 the wall of
the Let's that The allie have no, been
giving them sunieicn, help in their
light against the Germans mt RIGA. the
allied rieet 10 the Gulf of Riga has
been reenforced by SEINE large war.
ships and the positions of the Germans
are under continuous bomha r,iment.
In the Baltic, Il Is said. there are Is
British warships which she'll Kron.
stadt daily. These vessels alsa are
enforcing the blockade of the hoishey.
ist coast OF Russia e,iered by the a.
lieu ws- council