American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-04-11

senior British port officer - p,,uora
In the harbor an American, Admiral D".".u'
WINS at the head OF the American haN"i N"
aboard the cruiser Birmingham Inc Ah
lean force afoat consisted or the loul
strovers StrIbling. Gregory, Luce and Caesar.
We heard that the Olympia, Admiral Deweys
aspsbip Mt the battle of Manila pay anu
lately from the ice-bound Russian port Oh ARCH
angel, was due to arrive In a Few DAYS Win "n
outfit of marines.
Food Prices Tumble.
AS to the people of Fiume, they were commehe
ing to enjoy the fruits OF peace even 'noush ~
town possessed a warlike aspect; the 1000 DOCK
ode had heen broken and high prices had tum-
bled. With the arrival of the first allleu loousnlps
the terrible war prices common In fluihe' as we"
as In other portions of Austria became u memory
. The food control policy of tbs Aastrlans' as wen
ss the Germans, had been fundssnentaly Wrons'
An through the war the rich could buy foodstuhs'
ond could boord. while the poor had to get along
the host way possible. Prices consequently at
tanned an unheard of level.
p,ce NJ which large quantities are consumed
oven I'm peace times, cost $40 a pound ana 500"
after the nrmistice was signed dropped to 20 cents
n mound, which was high enough, everyone gr"hteu.
During the war days wheat flour cost from a.
70 So II Mound beet sugar retailed at 50 a pouhu'
corn flour cost "a a pound. Further north IN Aus
tria prices were even higher.
an account of the shortage in the supply of
rrop and cotton goods the cost of these materials
olso SCARED. Thread, during the war, cost So= q
sr,,l In Flumc. one linen sheet cost Sl1o; Il sun
- clothing made by a tailor cost 5000, and an or
S,oory cotton shirt cost $50. Shoes made of leath-
- nn1 leather substitutes brought 500. Tea and
coffee. especially the latter, which Is largely uSeo
In the Balkans. cost $50 n pound.
rno denth rate among the very young and tht
ory old was horrible during the war days. Not
only was the younger generation porn JUST PRO
90 rho war. n great sufferer from the food short
INT the babies born this year are PHYSICAL,
"a mentally unfit. This Is true not only in Fium'
"a the Istrian peninsula, but throughout Hungur!
- Austria. men who had investigated the situa
80 ,old me. American food experts verified III,
statements.
In tba minds eye of Italian officials, Fiume /
-, n wor-ravaged city, hut the beginning of
nrosnerous metropolis. peOpled by Italians lnrSel
and open to the peoples of the world.
I,,Iy sacrificed 100000 men killed in action. an
oartv a million wounded. in order TO overcom
Carman domination through central Europe, an
,Iso m restore to Italy some of those lands tina
are adjacent to the motherland.
The Italians pre advancing a strictly militar
orgument for possession of Fume and a part {
the Dalmatian coast at least. Not only are thes
lands largely peopled with Italians who speak II
language. but the lands themselves possess az
yantages In a military way that Italy must tai
into consideration II she is to develop into a frs
class nation.
From Trieste. down the coast of the Adriatic
valona. the ~coastline is rugged and contains scor,
of harbors and lnlets which afford excellent shelti
10 enemy warcraft. The Italian coast, from Veni,
10 Brindisi, on the other side of the sea. is only II,
hours steaming distance away for fast warship
and the coast itself is fiat and marshy and dlfhcu
to defend.