Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-05-22

time by setting the clock back one
hour.
Attorney General Palmer has rule,
that the brewing of beer containing
2A per cent alcohol is illegal.
The first unit OF the s9th division
the 354th infantry, sailed for the q. S
from Brest, France last week.
The new United States dirigiblt
C-5 will attempt to fly across the At
lantic officials at Washington predict
The transport Leviathan sailed 70,
America last Thursday from Bresl
with 1000 troops of the seth division
The American Locomotive company
announced that it had received an or
der fol. $50 locomotives from the
italian government.
From Stockholm comes the report
that the allies are making preparation
to make an attack on Petrograd with
an army Of $4,000 men.
Several Holland newspapers have
openly expressed their sympathies
With Germany over the severe terms
Of the peace treaty.
Holland denies that it has decided
to surrender former Emperor William
1t contends, the question concerns only
Germany and the entente.
The Treasury department at Wash
ington announced that the fifth and
last popular war loan of the United
States had been oversubscribed.
Three thousand three hundred and
fort-yone Iowa soldiers and sailors lost
their lives during the war. Polk
county lead with 100 deaths.
! SIS
President Ebert of Germany calls
the peace treaty a "monstrous docu-
ment," and says President Wilson has
deserted his fourteen points.
The council of foreign ministers is
considering plan prepared by the al
lied military and naval authorities to
maintain order in Schleswig after the
evacuation of that territory by the
Germans.
Marshal Foch has been sent to the
Rhine by the council of four to take
such action as may become necessary
in the event that Germany refuses to
sign the peace treaty.
Willis Baer, Pasadena, Cal, banker
was elected moderator at the 131st
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United States at the St
Louis convention.
A hospital named after Frances
Warren Pershing, wife Of General
Pershing who was burned to death in
| California several years ago, is to be
constructed at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Agreement has been reached between
members of congress and Secretary OF
the Interior Lane on bill for recla-
nation of western arid lands to give
| work and farms to discharged soldiers
President Wilson has authorized
American ship yards to accept foreign
| contracts so far as that can be done
| without interfering with the building
| program for American registry
1
The Mghty-ninth division has beer
placed on the priority list, and viii
| probably be assigned to ships within
the next few days. according 10 8
statement of General Mcintyre, assist
| ant chief of staff.
Under the new revenue law cOnsum
ers are required to pay tax of 1 CEN
for every 25 cents in the purchase Of
1 practically all toilet articles and al
| patented or advertised medicinal ar
ticles.
The heads of the two German dem.
ocratic parties and the parties of the
center have informed Chancellor
Scheidemann that they will withdraw
from the government if the cabinet
decides to sign the peace treaty.
"We will fight to the uttermos
against separation by violence Of an,
| German territories" Chancello,
Scheidemann declared in a proclama
ton referring to that part of tn,
peace treaty which takes Danzig from
Germany.
/ A resolution asking for the imme
date investigation by congress of tn,
War departments action in pardonin,
conscientious DIRECTORS who were con
victed by courts-martial of violatin,
the articles of war was passed by tn,
American Legion at st. Louis.
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