ms ms IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMI SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO LAST ANALYSIS. ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING Brief Notes Covering Happenings In This Country and Abroad That Are of Legitimate Interest to All the People. send England was arranging t< 100,000 tons of potatoes to Roterdam for distribution in central Europe. Belief that at least. Half of New York's 40 cases of sleeping sickness are sequels of Spanish influenza is ex pressed. The German submarine U-48. while attempting to escape from Ferrol, Spain, March 15, was chased by a de stroyer and sunk. Dr. Gradnauer, a former socialist member of the German reichstag and a former minister, lias been elected premier of Saxony. announced appointments Monday at the White Souse included: Miss Effie A. Frisbee, to be register Recess of land office at Juneau, Alaska. The Korean activity in behalf of tlie independence of that country was incited by Christians, according to a Tokio cable to the Nippu Jiji, a Japa nese daily newspaper at Hoululu. IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS Recent Happenings in This State Given in Brief Items for Busy Readers. Joseph Caccamonno, age 83 years, one of the oldest members of the Ital ian colony in Priest River, died from a paralytic stroke recently. Judge Lycurgus Vineyard, age 73, a well-known north Idaho pioneer, died of paralysis recently at Lewiston. His home w'as iu GrangevUle. He spent most of his time in the state. After some years in law practice in South Idaho, he came north. He was a mem ber of the Idaho constitutional conven tion in 1887, and served later as a member of the legislature. A popular subscription lias been raised in Bonner county, former Adjutant General C. S. Moody's home, to employ an attorney to defend Mr. Moody in the criminal action brought against him. Former Lieutenant Gov ernor H. H. Taylor lias been retained. Miss Vesta Nepean, a, young wom an residing with her parents on Dou meca plains, in tlie Salmon river country, was shot recently by Mrs. Newton Otto, a neighbor. The shoot ing followed a quarrel in which Miss Nepean's brother and George Lynch, Mrs. Otto's brother, are said to have participated. The bullet entered tlie leg and unless blood poisoning should develop serious results are not an ticipated. Miss Bernice McCoy, dean of women at tlie I^ewiston uor Lewiston. mal school, will leave April 1 to take up important work under the direction of the war camp community service bureau. Miss McCoy will travel throughout the United States aiding in the solution of community problems of demobilization and reconstruction, es l>ecially as regards the organization of women and girls in industry. She will be subject to call from any cities or small communities in the districts as signed to her. Governor Signs Tax Levy Measure. Idaho's ambitious good roads pro gram for 1919-1920 was given impetus and started on its way when Governor Davis Saturday signed tlie bill passed by tlie legislature authorizing a two mill levy on the assessed valuation of the state to raise $1,800,000, which will be used, together with federal and county funds, for the building of tlie state's highways. The governor had previously signed the bill submitting to the people for ratification a pro posed bond issue for $2,000,000 at the general election in 1920. It- is estimated that between federal state and county aid close to $6,000, 000 will be spent in this state within the next few yetfrs. Added to this amount is $75,000, which makes avail able additional federal money for the construction of ia highway from Star, in Ada county, to tlie Bay elle lakes and McCall, in Yalley county. Governor Davis also signed a bill re quiring public utilities to file annually an inventory of physical valuation that the commission may have this data on which to adjust nates. The fish and game bill revising tlie fish and game laws, was also approved, together witli a number of other meas ures of minor importance. The act authorizing -a tax levy to raise funds to build and support tu berculosis hospitals, one in northern and another in southern Idaho, was signed. Goremor Davis said tlie meas ure would be à "blessing to mankind." New Game Laws. The new game code contains a re ciprocating license clause which will make it possible for Washington sportsmen to enjoy the benefits of the lakes and streams of our state for an annual license fee of $2. Last year the fee for a nonresident fishing license in Idaho was $5. The new law will make it possible for a resident of Washington to hold a license to fjsli and hunt small and big game in Idaho for an annual fee of $10. Last year the same license for non residents of Idaho was $25. The new license fees for nonresidents at the charged • nonresidents in Washington. The great reduction in the license lee to hunt and fish in Idaho was made possible by the fact that the Washing ton legislature did not raise any of its license fees are the same as are present session of the legislature at Olympia. In FLYING ACROSS ATLANTIC. Frenchman Is Reported Flying To ward Brazil. London.—It is reported among air men that a flight across the Atlantic ocean is being attempted bya French lieutenant named Foutan. He is re ported to have started from the Af rican port of Dakar, Senegambia, for Pernambuco, Brazil, by way of the Cape Verde islands and the St. Paul rocks. the be see 466 Four Killed in Auto Accident, I-os Angeles, Cal.—Homer Fender, Los Angeles; V. H. Barnikel, R. C. Weyant and .1. Terrill, all of Ingle wood, were killed when an automobile stalled on a crossing and was hit by an electric train March 15. William Nor ris of Inglewood was seriously injured. also the she Tacoma.—Secretary of War Newton I). Baker and Major General Peyton C. March, chief of staff, spent several hours inspecting the demobilization machinery at Camp Lewis Sunday and departed for California. the ber of a „ of lor and Slept for Four Weeks. Texas.—Lieutenant Fort Clark Wright of the 345th field artil lery is awake after a four weeks' sleep. Physicians who had failed to arouse him agree that either an at tack of influenza or too close study in the army caused the lonk sleep. He appears to be in fairly good health. Worth, a a Mr. tlie an in Butte Home Dynamited. Butte,, Mont.—The home of John Turner was dynamited Tuesday morn ing while Mr. and Mrs. Turner and three children were asleep. The house was damaged considerably, but the occupants escaped unhurt. of lias CIRCUS IN THE AIR of AMERICAN, BRITISH AND FRENCH FLIERS TO BOOST THE VICTORY LOAN. TOUR WILL START APRIL 10 Will Give Aerial Sham Battles and Acrobatics Over 50 Leading Cities. Each Squadron Requires 11 Cars. Will Be Several Trains. \o at Washington.—Three flying circuses of American, British land French avia tors in American and captured German Fokker planes will tour the United States in connection with the Victory Liberty loan campaign, giving aerial sham battles and acrobatics over 50 leading American cities. The demonstrations will be under the management of the Victory loan publicity bureau of which Frank R. Wilson is director, and the actual flights will be under tlie supervision of the military aeronautics branch of the war department with Captain Leon Richards in charge. Fourteen captured German Fokker planes were landed Saturday at New port News and will be shipped at once to Washington. The best types of American planes developed during the war will be demonstrated. Tours to Start April 10. Tlie tours will start April 10, al though tlie loan selling campaign does not open until April 21. Each squadron will be carried in a special train of eleven cars. Nine end-door baggage cars will be required to carry the 17 aeroplanes in each squadron. Kach train will be preceded by an officer who will select landing fields and make arrangements with local Liberty loan committees. Six of the best British flyers will participate. Eight French flyers, one of whom has a record of 43 victories, have left France for the United States to take part. To Take Pictures of Cities. Photographers of the signal corps will accompany each squadron. They will take war photographs of each of the American cities visited; the plates will lie dropped from airplanes by par achute and hurried reproductions made for the residents of all cities viewed. The western squadron schedule in cludes Ia>8 Angeles, Fresno, San Fran cisco, Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City, Walla Walla, Portland, Seattle, Yakima, Spokane, Missoula, Butte, Sheridan, Wyo., Denver, El Paso and Phoenix, Ariz. in of es of or as pro of will tlie had pro the this the re that on tlie to tu was re a 1 SAY COME TO TOE U. S. the WILL BE READY TO GO TO SEA WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS. I 1 near ters Awarded LARGEST PASSENGER SHIPS the a England and France Are Cargo Vessels in Neutral Ports— American Men Go to European Ports to Taise Craft Over. Paris.—Under the agreement which the Germans made at Brussels in con nection with the provisioning of their country, the United States will re ceive eight German ships which will be ready to go to sea within four days. The vessels are the Zeppelin of 15,200 tons, the Prinz Friedrich Wil helm of 17,000 tons, the Graf Wälder of see of 13,000 tons, the Patricia of 14, 466 tons, tlie Cap Finisterre of 14,500 tons, tlie Pretoria of 13.200 tons, the Cleveland of 16,900 tons and the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria of 25,000 to this las I lie tons. The giant Imperator of 52,000 tons also will go to the United States. At the present time the Imperator is stuck in the mud, but it is believed she can be floated in a few days. 1 the hold 000 The total ships made available to the allies under the agreement num ber more than 700, approximating 1,500,000 tons. this Are Passenger Ships. The vessels going to the United States are passenger ships on account 1 . „ .. , „„„ , Ilf,,,, ing of the American desire to use them . , . „ . _. ing lor tlie transport of troops. Those going to France and England Imme- , r i diately are cargo vessels in neutral ties ports in South and Central America in and the Dutch East Indies. They will lie permitted to leave and with cargoes for Germany witli Ger- The in man crews, but under allied flags. When ships put out from German ports to be handed over they will be 1 manned by Germans, but on arrival 1 in allied ports the crews will be re placed by allied crews and the Ger mans returned. j ed England Has Food to Ship. There is available for immediate movement to Germany approximately 30,000 tens of pork products, 5000 tons of beans, 500 tons of rice and 15,000 tons of cereals. The United States lias in Rotterdam and on the way Giere approximately 75,000 tons of breadstuffs. - A summary of tile agreement, shows ; that payment by Germany will be ; made' by freigli't hire accruing to the Germans for the use of the shipping, j and part from credits that Germany may continue to establish and main tain in neutral countries; part from! German exports; part from the sale; of German-owned foreign securities i and part by the use of German ,o posit of gold In the National Bank of j Belgium at Brussels for use as col lateral. Ready to Take Over Ships. Nek York.—Several hundred Ameri can officers and seamen attached to the cruiser and transport forces al ready have been sent to French ports \o take over the German ships as they are delivered. They are to be supplemented with men from naval forces stationed abroad. Tlie first of tlie German ships is expected to ar rive here shortly after April 1. Germans Accept Conditions. Brussels.—The German delegates to the conference here regarding the taking over by the allies of the Ger man mercantile fleet and the pro visioning of Germany have definitely accepted the conditions imposed by the allies. A board of control for German ex ports will be established under tlie terms of the agreement. This board probably will have its headquarters at Rotterdam. The Germans will be permitted to buy fish from Norway and resume their own fishing in the North sea. The German representatives asked for a modification of the blockade, and while no promises were given them in this connection, steps in that direction, as a matter of fact, have already been taken. A monthly mtion for Germany of 270,000 tons of foodstuffs was fixed. the of Montana Pioneers Elect. Billings, Mont.—At the annual meet ing here March 15 of the Society of Pioneers of Eastern Montana, Harry Drum was elected president, succeed ing G. W. Mites of Miles City, while Henry Frith of Billings was re-elected . secretary treasurer. Each county is to i Ce name its vice president. There was a large attendance and the business meeting was followed by a banquet. Storm Killed Several. Kansas City, Mo.—Several persons are reported killed, scores injured and a vast amount of proiierty damaged by tornadoes and cloudbursts which struck towns in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma Saturday. by fic The prohibition amendment prom ises to do for America what St. Pat rick did for Ireland. 1 SAY FAMINE STALKS IN THE CAUCASUS Women and Children by the Thou sands Are Perishing, the Report Says. ■Thousands of men. York. and children are starving to New women death in the Caucasus, according to the tirst report from Ur. Karton, chairman of the commission, sent to that region by the ! .fames L. recently I AmeHcan committee for relief in the 1 near east, received at the headquar ters of t lie committee here. "There is no bread anywhere," said | "Tlie government lias not There are 45,000 people iu l-jnvan wholly without bread, and the orphanages and troops all through Krivan are in terrible condition. "There is not a dog, cat, horse, camel or any living thing in all the igdir region. We saw refugee women stripping the flesh from a dead horse with their bare hands." the report. a pound. REPORTED NICK IS ALIVE - Daughter of Hungarian General Says That Former Czar Is Not Dead. Home, Friday.—According to an in terview with Stefania Tnrr. a daughter of a noted Hungarian general, printed to death by the bolsheviki. this week in the Giornale D'Italia,.the belief still exists that Emperor Nicho las and his wife, as well as some of I lie Russian grand dukes, were not put GRAIN AND MILLING NEWS. Nampa, Idaho, is contemplating the buildjng of a 100-barrel flour mill in 1 Nampa, Idaho, at a cost of approxi mately $100,000, and to mill wheat grown in this section by members of the organization. Recently the Equity hold a meeting, and it is reported $45, 000 was subscribed for the mill at The Farmers' Society of Equitgr of is is in of It is said $30,000 was this meeting, previously subscribed. 1 . , . ... .... ing through in fine condition, aecord . . . , ' , T . ing to reports received by Charles D. Greenfleldi state commissioner of ag , r i cu ]t ure and publicity, from 19 coun ties covering all parts of the state, in some sections there is reported a and in several a shortage of seed oats, The Prospects are for a large acreage in spring wheat. Winter wheat in Montana is com shortage of wheat for spring sowing 1 1 Press Casualties Heavy. San Francisco.—Approximately one j third of the correspondents and pho tographers representing the press of many nations at the front were kill ed or wounded during the entire pe riod of the war. STORMS KILL 28; - ; ; j PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL REACH i $2,000.000 IN SOUTH—OEBRIS BEING SEARCHED. r":jREGULAR TORNADO AT TIMES j — 1 - Three People, Crossing Iowa Creek, Swept Away to Death—Destruc tion Covered Large Area of Five States of South. New Orleans.—Twenty-eight dead, several. score injured and property damage estimated at $2,000,000 was the result of tornadoes which swept portions of Mississippi and this state Sunday, reports from the two states received here Tuesday showed. Two Whites Killed. Jackson, Miss.—A storm swept the plantations near Belzonia Tuesday night, killing two white persons and neveral negroes. Nine Botiies Are Found. Vicksburg» Miss.—Searchers Mon day continued examination of wreck age in the path of tlie tornado which swept eight miles from a point near Grace, northeast to Pantherburn. The bodies of one white man and eight negroes were found. miles north of Vicksburg, Three Drowned. Dubuque, Iowa.—Three people were drowned near Waukon, in Allamakee county, when they were carried away white crossing a creek swollen by the heavy rain. The victims are Mrs. Ben Bulman, age 27, her daughter, age 3, and lier father, Mr. Meyers, aged 54. They were driving a team across the stream. Kansas Flood Waters Recede. Äity, Mo. . , . „ to i Ce e uesday. a Oconto River Overflows Banks, Kansas river's and creeks throughout central, northeastern and southern Kansas, caused by unprecedented rains, re Flood waters in Oconto, Wis.—Hundreds of homes, factories, mines and lumber yards are flooded and thousands of dollars' worth of property lias been destroyed by tlie Oconto river overflowing its banks. It was estimated that 600 persons were homeless. Stops Michigan Railway Traffic. Detroit, Mich.—Abnormal rainfalls caused a suspension' of railway traf fic in parts of Michigan. Heller Bros., Castlewood general merchants, reported quit business. ! BLOODY STRIFE SPREADS EVEN TO THE FASHIONABLE DISTRICTS. | WINDOWS MACHINE GUNS IN Commander's Rooms A re Placarded With Heavily Marked Maps. Reds Have Asked for Parley. person could e that such a m existed be Berlin. -1-ast week a not get over the surpris sharp line of demarcatb that part of Berlin where the tween revolution was raging and the business and residential part wh< was quiet and tranquil, the latter place went about their own affairs Tiergarten tlie fashionasle folk drove about in smart traps in the avenues and the children played under the In my ride tod^iy out to the on Luettwitz, ■re everything The people in unconcernedly while in the trees. house where General \ commander of the government troops, has his headquarters, a great change was evident. Machine Guns in Position. The general's headquarters are in a beautiful mansion in Lietzenburger Strasse, near Uhland Strasse, abount half a mile southwest of the Tiergarten and is tlie Sheridan road district of Berlin. Government sol diers with bands on their arms were numerous in the Tiergarten and in tlie fashionable streets machine guns were in position. Berlin no longer is two worlds, one like Evanston and tlie other like Ypres in war time. All Berlin bears evidence that a civil war is .raging. Two or three days ago a person could drive in tlie Tiergarten and the fashionable residence section and for get all about the revolution. But even in these sections this morning groups of soldiers would stop automobiles and examine tlie passports before permit ting the passengers to proceed. it is Block Filled With Soldiers. Tlie block in Lietzenburger Strasse, where General von Luetwittz lias his headquarters, is filled with soldiers. Machine guns stuck their noses cau tiously out of windows commanding all tlie approaches to the house. Maps of Berlin hung on all the walls and were heavily marked with many colored lines, showing :he position of the government troops and tlie revolu tionists. The officers were shouting hoarsely through half a dozen phones, while aides, couriers and runners were continually dashing in and out of the door, giving a stiff military salute and making reports. General von Luetwittz was smiling and calm. He said tlie government troops were making satisfactory prog ress and were in complete control of three-fourths of Berlin. The Alexander I'latz district was cleaned up, he said; also the southeast corner of Berlin, a district called Neukolin, Later Report on Tuesday. Berlin.—Fifty-five have been killed and 170 wounded in the riots at Halle. persons Two hundred and eighty persons have been arrested for pillaging. The value of the stolen property is estimated at 18,000,000 marks. As a result of the plundering in the sections of the country outside of Halle a state of siege lias been claimed in Ditterlel, Delitzsch, Muen clieln, Merzburg and Koennern. Rioting on the part of the peasants in Windschlag, ( near Offenbtirg, Ba varia, forced the visiting food •mission to seek the protection of the military authorities. pro corn The rural pro ducers refused to make declarations of their food stores, and drove off the officials with pitchforks and clubs. Detective Guilty of Murder. Gering, Neb—Clif fold L. Landry, wfs on Saturday mgliter in the Kelly, a young Sheriff Sherman of a Denver detective, found guilty of mansl killing of Miss Sylvia school teacher. Goshen tried as an county, Wyoming, will be accessory in tlie killing. when her com Miss Kelly was shot panion in an automob le disregarded an order of the officers to halt. Tlie officers were patrolling the Nebraska Wyoming border for b ootleggers. Portland Cashier Indicted. Portland, Dre. — Twjo indictments were returned Mardi li} by the federal grand jury against Jej-ome S. Mann, former cashier of the First National Bank of Linnton, a Portland suburb, on charges respectively, of misappropria tion of the bank's fund$ and making a false report to the controller currency as to the bank's condition Mann's indictment of the grows out of the case of J. A. Pattison, head of the l 1 tison I aim ber 'at company, Miss Reed's Death Mysterious. San Francisco.—Investigation into the death of Miss Inez Elizabeth Reed a young army nurse, whose body found in was a ravine 20 miles south of iere in San Mateo county, centered Monday on Mrs. Maude Frankenfleld Retd' 1 * al,d ' Cal " a frlend of Miss VLADIVOSTOK ROBBERS BUSY Blow Open Safe In Broad Daylight and Take Big Sum. Washington.—A wave of highway robberies and safeblowing in Vladivo stok during the last week was reported SRcently to the state department. In one instance a band of armed robbers in broad daylight blew up a safe and took 200,000 rubles and other securi ties. In another securities valued at nearly 2,500,000 rubles were taken from the offices of the leading co-op erative organization at Vladivostok. NORTHWEST MINING NEWS. The Echo Solver-Lead Mining Co., operating at Silverton, B. C., has en tered the list of continuous producers in the northern field, according to P. J. Bonner, superintendent. "The The total production of Vancouver Island coal mines in January was 158,327 long tons, which is 18,040 more than for December and 65,632 (ons more than for November. Mine owners announced March 8 that wages of miners in the Coeur d'Alenes would be reduced one dol lar a day, to take effect March 16. This cuts the war bonus from $1.775 a day to 75 cents a day, and miners hereafter will be paid $4.25. "The United Copper Mining Co. will require 1000 horsepower when opera tions are placed on the new basis, which will be soon, and I have assur ance that this volume will be pro vided and that there fill be no short age," said Conrad Wolfle, president. Notwithstanding less favorable con ditions, the Consolidated smelter at i'rail, B. C., received 65,733 tons of ort in January and February 1919, as com pared with 61,393 tons In the same period of 1918. The directors recently declared the usual quarterly dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, amounting to $261,936, payable April 1. This will make a total of $5,257, 531 declared altogether by the com pany—or something less than at the rate of 4 per cent per annum on the capital stock of $16,000,000 for the 13 years of the life of the company. No Clue to Butte Slayers. Butte.—Several hours of searching lias failed to reveal to the Butte po lice any clue which would lead to the identity of the persons who late Sunday night shot to death David W. Thomas, a mine guard, returning from work at tlie Tramway mine. Our Sailors Reported Drowned. London.—Nine sailors are reported drowned in the sinking of the Ameri can naval transport Yeelliaven, which struck a mine. • of of a EARLY PEACE PLANS * WILSON DETERMINED TO SEE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS THROUGH SENATE. ACCORDING TO PARIS REPORT Precious Time Wasted and Armistice May Be Prolonged—Demands by Americans Cause Nations to Try to Inject Clauses. Paris.—Something has happened at the peace conference since President Wilson returnee^ The "speeding up" program for obtaining Immediate of peace with Germany through the pre liminary peace pact has been side tracked. After lying dormant for a month during tlie president's absence the old league of nations covenant is be ing brushed up and is showing signs of life. The interest has suddenly switched from peace making to the league of nations revamping. Shrewd observers figure that Mr. Wilson has decided that the best way to get the league of nations through tlie senate and insure its acceptance is by incorporating the covenant in the peace instrument and treating the whole affair as a single document which the senate must accept or re ject as a whole, thus throwing the onus lor the continuation of warfare of upon the senate if the peace treaty is turned down. Thus it seems that the whole speeding up campaign for an early peace next month is shattered, as with the covenant not even accept ed yet by the allied and associated powers, and with the neutrals yet to bo heard from, there is Bmall chance that it can be made palatable for ev ery one and revised coincidentally with tlie date tentatively set for the completion of the jireliminary peace terms—March 20. a Efforts Rushed. Efforts iare being directed to shap ing the league of nations covenant so as to insure its acceptance by the supreme council and with the ap proval of those Americans who are demanding its nmendment. Showing Progress. Paris.—A diplomatic mountain was reduced to the proportion of a mole bill Tuesday when it became appar ent there was nothing really substan tial in tlie objections rutsed to Presi dent Wilson's propoHu! that tlie league of nut ions covenant should bo in cluded ill the preliminary peace treaty with Germany which the allied pleni potentiaries are now perfecting. of