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WORLD'S EVENTS IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMI SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO LAST ANALYSIS. ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING Brief Note« Covering Happening* In Thi* Country and Abroad That Are of Legitimate Interest to All the People. The deportation of Jewish refugees from Bohemia lias been stopped. The membership roll ot the Amer ican Red Cross stood at 12,000,000 on December 22. Reval, the capital of Esthonla, sit uated on the gulf ot Finland, has been evacuated by the Germans. Maximum prices on coal and zone regulations on fuel shipments will not bo removed before February 1. Five hundred thousand Italians lost their lives in the war. Of this num ber 200,000 were killed In action. The first old-fashioned English Christmas in five years, with more than old-fashioned enthusiasm, is on over all England. General Pershing has reached ad vanced American headquarters at Treves, on his first visit to German soil. He was at Coblenz Monday. Congress is asked to appropriate $4,227,500 for completion of postotfice buildings in 120 cities, construction of which was postponed during the war. Telephone and telegraph lines for considerable stretches in a territory 30 miles wide and 100 miles long wore wrecked in the recent storm In South Dakota. President Wilson and the allied lead ers have been appealed to by repre sentatives of 400,090 Greeks in this country to insist at the peace confer upon the freedom of the Greeks once everywhere. Instead of the 2,500,000 tons of ship ping demanded of Germany by the al lies to carry out the provisioning of that country mentioned in the armis tice, the German authorities will be able to collect only 2,000,000 tons. NOTlit) PERSONS DIE Lee R. Barkley, former champion professional trapshooter of*.the north west, committed suicide at Elk Basiu, Wyo. Chicago.—Professor George Burmau Poster, professor of philosophy of re ligion at the University ot Chicago since 1905. AMERICAN RELIEF WORKERS NOW BUSY IN ARMENIA Great Campaign Being Launched to Raise Huge Sum for Distri bution Over There. To augment the number of American relief workers among the destitute peoples of the near East, including Armenia and Syria, Dr. James L. Bal ten, chairman of the American com mittee for relief in the near East, and a special commission will leave for Constantinople soon, it will make fur ther provisions for meeting the needs in western Asia for which the $30. 000,000 campaign is being launched to run from January 12 to 19. This information was sent to the Rev. E. A, Potter, campaign manager of the organization which was former ly known as the Armenian and Syrian relief branch. nounces that the organization is prac tically completed in eastern Washing ton and northern Idaho; also that the Rev. Dr. Franklin T. Conner, pastor of the eBthel Presbyterian church of Si*okane, who has been recommended to go to Armenia as a member of some of the commissions, has been doing organization work successfully in the eastern Washington and northern Ida ho territory. "Americans imprisoned by the Otto-^ man government during the war," said the Rev. Mr. Potter, "are now at lib erty and are actively engaged in relief work for the Armenian and Syrian re lief fund." according to a cablegram just received. Among these men are William Nelson, former vice-consul at Tripoli, Syria; Charles A. Dana, of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis sions. and a Mr. Irvine. All of them were accused of espionage by the for mer Turkish government, because of the help they gave Armenian refu gees." Intermountain committee. The Rev. Mr. Potter an BIG TASK FOR OUR RAILROADS. Will Carry 7,250,000 Soldiers As Re sult of Demobilization. Washington, D. C.—Demobilization of the army will place upon the rail roads of the country the task of car rying approximately 7,250,000, accord ing to estimates. This includes the transportation of both the expedition and home forces to the camps where they are to be mustered out and then to their homes. ary « Recent Happenings in This State Given In Brief Items for Busy Readers. The influenza epidemic Is becoming serious at Genesee. Miss Estella Hofstetter has resign ed as teacher in the St. Maries schools. She will be married on January 15 to Frank Vincent of Seattle. The extension department of the University has published an account book for farmers designed especially to help them in keeping their records for the income tax. Charged with obtaining money un der false pretenses in securing a loan on some Kellogg real estate, J. 1. Buchanan, a former resident of Wal lace and Kellogg, has been arrested in Seattle. On the train recently from Spokane an abandoned "baby girl was found. The infant was not discovered until tiie train had reached Kendrick. The baby was placed on the train at Spo kane. The baby was in a bundle of towels. What cooperation will do for a farming community is shown by the phenomenal business of the Cooper ative Creamery company of Boise the past year, amounting to $386.284.86, this sum having been paid by the com pany to the farmers of the valley for dairy products. A deed filed at Coeur d'Alene City recently gives credence to the persist ent rumors that the Meuasha Wooden ware company, the large Minnesota lumbering concern, are contemplating expanding their activities in tills dis trict, and, us an initial move, will take direct management of the Blackwell mill. Dean E. J. hidings, head of the ag ricultural college and experiment sta tion ot the University, lias gone to Washington, D. C., to attend the an nual meeting of heads of these de partments in January. He will spend some time in southern Idaho inspect ing the extension work in a number of counties. A new sawmill of capacity bus been established near Avon by the Munro Lumber company, ot which Alexander Munro of Moscow is manager. The mill has begun work on a government contract for 60,000 railroad ties and bus another contract to furnish white pine lumber for the Diamond and Ohio Match companies. i,00() feel daily The hearing in the case ot William Dixon and Roy Dixon was held at St, Maries recently. The brothers were on their way from Saltest. Mont., to the Indian reservation, with 24 pints of liquor in their possession. They were arrested at Plummer by Deputy Lee Parish. They attacked him and Marshal Harvey, hearing the shots came running to the scene and the brothers turned on him, firing two shots, one going through his coat and out hitting his gun, hut not injuring him. William Dixon as the gun was dis charged and the bullet entered the side of Roy Dixon, who is now dan gerously ill in the St. Maries jail. Would Sterilize Unfit. Mr. Parish struck the ghu of Sterilization of mentally and socially unfit persons is recommended by the superintendent of the Idaho state san itarium at Nampa, in his annual re port to the hoard of directors of the institution. "This class of unfortunates has sadly neglected in this state been which has resulted in the propoga tion and increase of these incompe tents to such an extent that additional room must he provided," says his re port. "Unfortunately, this slate has no law whereby the mentally and social ly unfit may be sterilized, consequent ly the only means we have for the prevention of their reproduction is isolation and detention.' "U" to Help Farmers. A series ot meetings for the pur pose of showing farmers how grain is graded under government and state regulations are to be held in Idaho. A University of Idaho extension de partment stalmeut says; "The proper methods of grading wheat were carried to Lincoln coun ty farmers last week. Meetings will be held in a number of conjmunlties and samples of local wheat will be graded according to state and federal rules. Every step will be explained to help the individual farmer under stand exactly how' it should be done. The meetings will be conducted by R. J. 1-eth, field agronomist of the University of Idaho extension division. Mr. l.elh states that he has requests ) for nearly 70 such meetings, but hasj been obliged to reduce that number to slightly below 50. Chief of Air Service. Appointment of Major General C. T. Menoher. who commanded the 42d (Rainbow) division in France, as di rector of air service, succeeding John D. Ryan, is announced. Former Kaiser Improves. Amerongen, Holland.—Former Em peror William, who had been 111 dur ing all the past week, was able to walk about the castle grounds Sunday. What's the Traffic Cop—Come on! matter with you? Truck Driver—I'm well, thanks, but me engine's dead.—Buffalo Express. FREEDOM OF SEAS AN AGREEMENT MUST ALSO IN CLUDE UNION OF NATIONS. HE SAYS. WOULD MAKE PEACE SECURE Wilson in England to Further Plans— Took Christmas Dinner With Our Troops—Will Return to France New Year's Day. Paris.—The president's first week in France finds the preliminary situation surrounding the peace conforence'fair ly well developed toward the point where, according to the president's expressed view, It will bo worth while for the United States to participate. The president's conferences with the French and Italian statesmen have served to emphasize that he considers a treaty of peace not enough, but that the general agreement to be made among the nations must include a sat isfactory settlement of the question of freedom of the seas and a league of nations. The president now goes to England to continue the discussions there along the same lines as those he had with the representatives of France and Italy, which the president's advisers describe as having been satisfactory. The definite announcement ot Pres ident Wilson's plans covering the pe riod from Christmas eve to New Year's eve, including Christmas dinner with the troops near Chaumont, the presi dent's trip to England and meeting with Premier Lloyd George and his return to France on New Year's, has served somewhat to clarify the precon ference situation. To Arrange for Conference. Continental Europe makes much of the Yuletlde; so, in the absence of President Wilson and others closely Identified with the war settlement, and because of many holiday social functions engaging the Americans, it is not likely that there will be-political or peace developments of note. The week will be devoted principally to perfecting the machinery ot the con ference. The inclusion of a visit to Man chester makes an important change in the presidential program, as Manches ter is an industrial center. There he would be brought into contact with the labor classes. President Visits Wounded. President Wilson Sunday visited the Red Cross hospital at Neuilly, where he shook hands individually and talked with 1200 badly wounded Americans, for the most part survivors of the Chateau Thierry action. He spent more than lour hours in the hospital, visiting every ward and stopping at every bedside. Later he visited the French hospital Val de Grace. BELGIUM HAS FAITH IN U. S. Expects Big Help in Industry and •Germans Still Hope. St. Louis.— E. De Cartier de March ienue. Belgian minister to the United States, speaking recently before the commercial club, declared that with Belgium despoiled by the Germans and their factories ruined Belgium faced the future and reconstruction with the same spirit that It faced the German hordes and that Belgium did not in tend to become a public charge upon the charity of the world. He declar ed Belgium looked to America, not for acts of charity, but a brotherly help in industry and trade. Tradi Montana Frees Jail Birds. Missoula, Mont.—Commutation of sentences of three Missoula county people now in the state prison at Deer Lodge has been granted by Gov Stewart and the board Of par ernor dons will consider his recommenda tions on December 30. The three peo ple concerned are: Emmett P. Bell, taxicab driver, who pleaded guilty to rape; Alex. Atkinson, who murdered his partner, Bert Caldwell, and Mrs. Bessie Leigh, who shot to death Fred Hoffman, a ranch hand, whom she ac cused of having betrayed her. Germany'« Cabinet O. K. The revolutionary parliament, that adjourned Saturday, gave the cabinet the fullest authority to manage affairs. The prestige of Chancellor Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidemann has ) been greatly enhanced by the ap pointment of a national central ex ecutive committee of 27 soldiers and workmen, comprised wholly of major ity socialists. t Auto Firms Get Aid. Washington, D. C.—Through agree ments with representatives of the au tomobile industry the war depart ment's surplus stocks of automobiles and trucks will be taken up by the industry itself and not placed on the market except fa that way. Oldest Living Woman. ■ The oldest living woman in the world, so far as is known, lives In Posen. She la 134 years of age, and her birth Is substantiated by records. She was a young woman when Napo lean swept over Europe. PACIFIC COAST NEWS San Jose, Cal.—Mrs. Helen Geiser of San Francisco was shot and serious ly wounded recently by Sergeant Cla rence Dunn of the 40th coast artillery, San Francisco, who then ended his own Ufa It was a sulcld-al pact. San Francisco.—A statement that the case of Edward D. Nolan, code fendant of Thomas J. Mooney in the preparadness day bomb murder cas es here, might well be dismissed be cause of an apparent lack of evidence is made by the state. San Francisco.—Foo Wing, 58 years old, one of the most prominent and wealthy members of San Francisco's Chinatown and director of the China Mail Steamship company, was shot from ambush and probably fatally wounded Saturday. Wing's assailant escaped. Portland, Ore.—No less than one half the lumber mills in and about Porland are closed down, many for indefinite Intervals. Conditions in the industry have not improved in the last two weeks, and many owners are inclined to await better prices and more favorable trend in the trade. San Francisco. — Police Inspector W. H. Hyde left here Saturday with Arthur C. Davis, former bookkeeper of the blast Side bank of Portland, Ore., who returned to Portland to face charges of embezzlement of between $45,000 and $50,000, Officials reco vered $42,136 which sent to the Port land bank. Portland, Ore.—Postal officials an noun* e tUat search is being made for a bag of mail dropped accidentally over the city by Lieutenant A. F. Hog land. the army aviator, while on his recent test flight between Sacramento and Seattle. No information w'as available as to the particular district of the city over which the bag had been dropped and the search is being made general. -Saturday half holi Fortlaml, Ore. days among men employed in wood shipbuilding plants which were start ed Dec. 21 when members of the or ganizations affiliated with the Colum bia river district maritime council left the yards at noon, will probably hé lengthened, at least in some of the yards, so that the men may have the entire day to themselves, giving them Saturday and Sunday of each week. SENATE HAS ADOPTED THE 1920 TAX RATES Strict Party Vote on Provisions—Pass age of Act—The Corpora tions Helped. Washington.—By a strict party vote the senate has adopted all provisions m the war revenue hill prescribing tax rates tor 1920, which democrats advocate and republicans opposed. Disposition ot the controverted 1920 tax provisions, designed to raise about $4,000,000,000, as compared with $6,-j 000,000,000 estimated for 1919, precip-1 itated long and spirited debate, with numerous partizan clashes. Action was taken virtually on a test vote in disposing of the provision re ducing the individual income normal tax rate to 8 per cent in 1920. On motion by Senator McCumber of North Dakota, republican, to strike out this section, 37 democrats voted to retain it and 31 republicans were recorded for Its elimination. Later all other 1920 provisions were adopted with perfunctory viva voce votes. Among the 1920 clauses thus ap proved was the provision for reduc tion in that year ot the corporation normal income tax rate from 12 to 8 In similar manner the sen per cent. ate adopted the 1920 war excess prof its tax section, prescribing excess prof its ranging from 20 to 40 per cent, in lieu of thoes from 20 to 60 per cent for 1919, and abolishing the 80 per cent war profits levy after 1919. Woman Holdup Gets 5 Years. Denver, Col.—Eva Lewis, member of the bandit gang which terrorized the Colorado Springs and Denver district in September, was sentenced to serve five to seven years in the state peni Miss Lew-is was convicted tentlary. on a Gates of Dallas, Texas, and W. D. Ot ter of Chicago, she having aided two other members ot the gang in holding up Miss Gates and Otter near the Den ver Country club. charge of robbing Miss Mildred Russian Casualties Heavy. Russia's war casualties total 9,160, 000 men, according to a telegram re ceived here today from Petrograd. Of this number 1,700,000 were killed. The disabled men number 1,400,000, while 3,500,000 other soldiers were wounded. The Russians taken prisoner total 2, 500,000. Are Demobilizing Fast. Total demobilization on December 14 had reached 29,903 officers and 188,562 men. The chief of staff said more than 900,000 men have been as signed for early demobilization, in cluding 21,000 divisional troops, 43,000 engineers and 16,000 men of the mili tary aeronautics division. Russian Reds Blamed. Berlin.—The question of whether the German revolution was financed from Russia Is agitating political circles, the imputation being that the inde pendent socialists received large sums from Russian sources. ^ ..... ... SAN FRANC SCO MAN N CHARGE Unll I HHliulOUU mnll 111 JIIHI.UL MILITARY POLICE USE MOTOR BOATS TAKEN FROM THE GERMANS. The American flag was flown from the staff on the central hospital here Sunday. The surgeons claim this is the first time that the American flag has been raised over a building in From Coblenz to Beyond Remagen the "Devil Dogs" Exercise Authority —American Troops Occupy Fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Coblenz.—American marines who have begun patrolling the Rhine con trol river traffic from Coblenz to be yond Remagen, All traffic on the Rhine is under the regulation of an in terallied commission. Freight is not allowed to cross the river from the west. All boats entering either end of the American sector must present pa pers showing the destination of the cargo and other details. A policing system for the Rhine in the vicinity of Coblenz and Neuwded has also been inaugurated, the mili tary police using motor boats re quisitioned from the Germans. The marines and river patrol are under command of Lieutenant Colonel Julian Dodge of San Francisco, pro vost marshal of Coblenz. Our Flag Flies in Coblenz. Along the river Rhine from Coblenz Coblenz since the town was accupied. to the northwest, where the American bridgehead joins the British forces, the Stars and Stripes fluttered over 11 river patrol boats Sunday. Two river boats which had been requisi tioned from the Germans began op erating Monday morning. Nine other boats, arriving during the day, were pressed into service immediately. All the boats are under the command of marine lieutenants and a detach ment of marines. The operating crew is composed of Germans. At various points the boats attracted the atten tion not only of Germans but of Amer icans. Occupy Gibraltar of Rhine. The German fortress of Ehrenbreit stein, sometimes called the Gibraltar of the Rhine, on the opposite bank of the river from Coblenz, was occupied by American troops Sunday, commander of the American forces is Colonel Robert Boyers, a West Point graduate of 1903. The fortress which is situated on The | be r j ver and occupies more than 100 acres, will accommodate thousands of rocky promontory 400 feet above a It will be used for the present men. as the regimental headquarters of the First pioneer infantry and two hat talions of pioneers. Only passengers who are able to show permits will be allowed to travel on railways in the American .area of occupation. The turning over of Ger man rolling stock to the allies in ac cordance with the armistice has caus ed a car shortage, making it necessary to reduce passenger train service on some routes. The German authorities are turning over to the American Third array large quantities of war ma terial. , Is Pathetic. In German territory occupied by Americans the interest in the Berlin convention of the workmen's councils is almost apathetic, the only concern being in the fixing of the date tor the meeting of the national assembly, to which great interest it attached. As for other decisions of the workmen's councils the Rhineland appears not to care a rap. Rhineland has differences with the Prussians which controlled the old gov ernment, and perhaps desires to pre sent these differences to the national assembly, but not to the workmen's councils. In conservative Rhineland the workmen's councils did not get far, and don't amount to a great deal. The bolshevik element is negligible. CAN NOW SERVE MORE MEAT AND BUTTER Restrictions Placed on Public Eating Places Are Lifted. 4 . Washington, D. C.—Regulations re stricting the use of bread, meat, sugar butter and cheese in public eating places, which have been in effect since October 21. were ordered rescinded Monday by the food administration. Pershing Rewards His Generals. Washington, D. C.—Gep. Pershing notified the war department Monday that under authority granted him by the president he had awarded the dis tinguished service medal to the gen erals commanding the various French, Belgian and Italian armies. In all. decorations were awarded to 16 French generals, seven British, two Belgian and three Italian generals. Milo Piper Suicides. Muskegon. Mich.—Milo H. Piper, charged with the murder of Frieda Welchman of Chicago, committed sui cide in his cell in the county JaiL MINING NOTES The Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co. produced 2, 147,405 pounds of copper in November. The Caledonia Mining Co. will de clare a dividend of 1 cent per share January 5 to stockholders of record December 25. It will amount to $26,050. Musselshell county (Mont.) pro duced morq than 1,000,000 tons of coal during the 12 month period ending on June 30, last, coming within 25,000 lons of eiiuailinKthe ° ut P ut ot car - bon colmtx which leads , The coal mined in Musselshell county during the period is valued at $2,161,321. The Electric Point Mining Co., oper ating near Northport, has declared a dividend of 5 cents a share, accord ing to Roy A. Young, president and general manager. In a report to Sid ney Norman. The disbursement will be $39,675. This payment will In crease the total of Electric Point divi dends to $253,785, all ot which were paid within about two years. The Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co. declared the usual quarterly dividend ot $374,962 December 18, according to advices from the eastern office received by Walter J. Nicholls & Co. This is at the rate of 2% per cent, or $2.50 a share. Payment will be made ou Feb ruary 1 to stockholders ot record on January 17. The Caledonia Mining Co., operat ing at Kellogg, Idaho, will pay a divi dend of $26,050 on Jan. 6. This Is at the rate ot a cent a share on the Is sue ot 2,605,000 shares. The disburse ment will be the first of its size in four years, the previous disbursements having been at the rate of 3 cents a share or $78,150 each month. The forthcoming disbursement will in crease the grand total ot dividends to $3,699,100. Trail's ore receipts for 1918 will be less than for either of the two pre ceding years, owing tu various condi tions. For the first ten months of 1916 a total of 456,692 tons of ore were received at the Trail smelter. In 1917—November being the month the strike started—the total was 327, 639 tons, and in 1918 the ore received here amounted to 292,454 tons. For the last six months or more of 1918 the gross ore receipts have been around 20,000 tons per month—about half what they were in March ot this year. The Federal Mining and Smelting company earned $371,972 In the quar ter ended Oct. 31 last, according to a report received by Walter J : Nicholls & Co. Dec. 16 from the Federal com pany's New York office. This may be compared with $323,309 net earned in the quarter ended on July 31 last, $62,945 in the quarter ended on April 3. 1918, and $836,821 in the quarter ended on July 31, 1917. The reduced rate of profit in recent quarters, as compared with a profitable quarter In 1917, Is accounted for by the higher costs of materials and labor and the reduced labor supply In 1918, as com pared with higher metal prices In 1917. ARMENIANS MUST HAVE AID. Report From Ottoman Empire Tells of Terrible Suffering Over There. The urgent need for Immediate out side aid for the starving and desti tute peoples of the Near East is em phasized in a recent report received from the Ottoman Empire by Dr Wil liam W. Peet ot Washington, D. C., representative for the American com mittee for relief in the near East, for merly the Armenian and Syrian relief committee. This statement was made by the Rev. E. A. Potter, campaign manager tor eastern Washington, re cently. 'T-nst year at Christmas time," said the Rev. Mr. Potter, "the Sunday school children remembered the Ar menians by contributing $1,000,000 throughout the country and we are asking them to double their contribu tions at this time; also to remember that while they are having plenty there are many little ones starving in Bible lands." The report just received by the Rev. Mr. Potter from Washington, D. C., also said: "Owing to advance of food prices In Constantinople to 20 times above those, obtaining before tse war, food sup plies will have to be purchased In the United States. Necessitated by the disorganization of the railroads of Asia the ration ot cheap bread has been abandoned, which has Increased the immediate need for food." STOCK AND CROP NOTES. Officials of the sugar beet company at Billings, Mont., state that more than 80 per cent of the beet crop has been harvested. They declare that approximately 90,000 tons of beets were raised in this district this sea son. The United States bureau of crop estimates' report on commercial pro duction apples, issued Dec. 11, shows total estimated production this season as follows; Washington, 12,888,000 boxes, 17,048 cars; Oregon, 2,013,000 boxes, 2663 cars; Idaho, 336,000 boxes. 444 cars. Returns on the first car of Jonathan applies shipped by the Boston-Okano gan Apple Co. of Okanogan, Wash., show net prices of $2.78 on extra fancy and $2.37 on fancy f. o. b. Malott. This is thought to be the season's rec ord price on that variety in this sec tion. Huns Restore Gold to Belgium. Brussels.—German representatives have brought here from Cologne 380, 000,000 marks in gold, which is being restored by Germany to Belgium. The armistice with Germany provided for the return of the cash deposit of the National bank of Belgium, which was removed by the Germans.