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THE PIOCIIE RECORD
Friday. March 2ft. 1919.
EXPECTS TUMBLE
111 PRICES OF FOOD
CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL
BOARD BELIEVES PRICES WILL
RECEDE IN NEAR FUTURE.
Make Statement of Interest to the
Ultimata Consumer After a Con
ference With Food Adminlstra
. tlon Officiate at New York.
Washington. Cheaper food in the
Dear future was predicted on March
84 by Chairman Peek of the depart
ment of commerce Industrial board,
a a result it a conference with food
administration officials in New York.
Air. Peek aafd there had been gen
eral misunderstandings of a recent,
statement by Mr. Hoover that wheat
might go to $3.00 a bushel, and he
added that the million dollar grain ap
propriation was made by congress to
enable the public to get wheat pro
ducts at reasonable prices, as well as
to make good the guarantee to the
producer.
With wheat prices reasonable, Mr.
Peek said, reasonable prices of other
products could be expected because
wneat waa the barometer of the food
trade.
After explaining the situation re
. gardlng the grain appropriation bill,
Mr. Peek said:
"I believe, therefore, that there Is
very reason to expect lower food
prices In the relatively near future.
This view, I believe, (he men in
charge of the affairs of the food ad
ministration will share."
CONFIRMS DEATH OF CZAR.
Romanoffs Butchered by Bolshevik,
Reports French Officer.
San Francisco. Confirmation of the
execution of the former emperor of
Russia aod his wife and daughters
under particularly revolting conditkf
by Bolshevik troops was made here
March 24 by General Robert C. Paris,
one of the first French officers to be
assigned to the Czecho slovak army In
Russia. General aPiis Is on his way
home to make an official report of the
occurrence to the French government.
He arrived here the day before from
Vladivostok
Nicholas and his family were shot in
the basement of their house at Ekater
inburg, Siberia. - The women of the
once royal family were subjected to
Indignities- and mistreatment In the
presence of the former' Aer before iHf
execution took place. General Pari
said.
A few days following the murder the
bodies were taken under cover of night
by automobiles Into near-by villages,
where they were cut Into small pieces
and burned separately. The charred
remains were found by officers of the
forces opposed to the Bolshevlkl.
WESTERN MEN RETURN HOME
Utah, Nevada and Colorado Soldiers
Reach New York.
New York. Fourteen thousand and
sixty troops of the American expedi
tionary force, more than 3400 of these
convalescing from wounds and sick
ness, arrived here March 24 from
France on the cruisers JJorth Caro
lina and Montana and the stenmshlps
Matsonla, Antigone and Manchuria.
For the most part the homecoming
soldiers were of former national guard
units of Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arl
eona, New .Mexico, California, Penn
sylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
BOLSHEVIK! CROSS DNEISTER.
. Army Largely Composed , of Former
Prisoners In Russia.
London. A Bolshevik armj of 70,
000 men has crossed the river Pwls
ter, south of Lemberg, accordlag to
a Zurich dispatch received In Parts
and forwarded by the Exchange Tel
egraph company. The army Is said
to be commanded by Major Georgy
and Is composed of Hungarians and
Bulgarians who were prisoners of
'war la Russia.
Hun Leader Still Raving. '
. Copenhagen. Germany cannot and
31 rot'slgn a peace which involves
tie annexation of Danzig by Poland,
- President Ebert declared in a speech
8unday, a dispatch from Berlin says.
The German president added that Ger
many could not give tip West Prussia
or part of Upper Silesia.
Huns Release Bolshevik Agent
' - Copenhagen. Karl Radek, the lead
ing Russian Bolshevik agent In Ger-
.roany, who was strrested on February
13 in connection with the Spartacan
uprising, baa been released by the
German government, according to a
Berlin dispatch.
Threjs Smothered In Grain -
Baskatoon, Sask. Three men were
smothered under several tons of grain
when a Canadian National railway
train crashed Into an elevator, which
burst and engulfed the engine, bag
tade and express car. ,
Apology Is Made to Missionaries.
Constantinople. Advices received
Here a few days ago are to the effect
that Premier Ellptherlos Venlzelos of
Greece has personally apologtxed to
the three American missionaries ar
reted in Balonlkl on February 16.
HUNGARIANS MAY
JO!!! RUSSIAN REDS
SITUATION SO SERIOUS THAT IT
18 FEARED MAY EFFECT THE
WHOLE OF EUROPE.
Provisional President Resigns and
Reign of Terror is Inaugurated
Throughout the Country by
Plundering Bolshevik.
London. The Budapest government
Is reported to be diguing a proclama
tion acknowledging a state of war
between Hungary aud the entente,
says a dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company from Vienna. '
The dispatch adds that the Czecho
slovak government Is preparing to is
sue a mobilization order.
Count Michael Karoyl, the Hungar
ian provisional president, and his cab
inet, resigned the latter part of last
week after many vicissitudes. Includ
ing a reign of terror throughout the
country on the part of plundering
Bolshevik gangs.
The disorders necessitated the oc
cupation of the greater part of Hun
gary, with the exception of Budapest
and the outlying districts by allied
troops, according to reports. ,
The resignation of - Count Karolyl
followed- his presentation to the cab
inet of a note outlining the new bound
ary between Hungary and Rumania.
The Chronicle's Copenhagen corre
spondent says that, according to a
Berlin message to the Polltlken, the
Hungarian crisis is so serious that It
may affect the whole of Europe. The
new government would seem to be
In communication with the Russian
Bolshevik!, as It is said to have admit
ted the Red army Into Tarnapol, near
the Gullcian frontier.
There already have been rloU In
Budapest,' where a mob attacked the
military guards, occupied the postof
flce and destroyed various monuments
In the city.
FORECASTS SHIPPING EXPANSION
Chairman Hurley Presents Report in
. Optimistic Mood. .
Wasnington. Edward N. Hurley,
.'halrman of the "United States ship
ping board, has rendered a report to
its colleagues of the board on tre re
sult of his mission abroad to g-it In
formation on the shipping situation
)f the world as a result of the war,
Mr. Hurley says: "My observation
luring the three months spent abrpad
and In the midst of the great events 1
following the signing of the armistice,
have afforded convincing proof that
the matter of merchant shipping is
now one of universal interest. Every
nation Is alert to the vital bet ring of
jhlps upon their future prosperity. But
the chief Interest centers on whether
America can henceforth maintain her
new place, upon" the sens or whether
she must now disband the energies
that brought her merchant fleet Into
being. There is every reason for be
llevlug that America has come back
upon the "ocean to stay. My observa
tion)! compel optimism."
Radicals Attack Secret Service.
, New York. A suggestion that mem
bers of the National Security league
and the United States "sneakret" ser
vice agents be ducked In the East river
was cheered by nearly 5000 radicals.
CAPT. G. S. JARRETT
li
urn Newspaper Union
On the aay Great Britain declared
war against Germany. Capt G. 8;
Jarrett sailed from New York. - He
enlisted immediately upon his arrive
In London and on August 15, 1914, wa
actually n the trenches with the Brit
Ish army. He waa tn the service the
whole period of the war .
Two Jailed as Bomb Suspects.
Oakland. Two men were arrested
Saturday In connection with the In
vestigation Into the murder of Mrs.
George D. Greenwood Tuesday night by
a bomb explosion In the yard of her
residence.
Thousands of Jews Slain.
New York. The Bolshevik Invasion
of the Ukraine has resulted In pogroms
lo which thousands of Jews were mas
sacred, five thousand being killed or
wounded In Proaknrov, according to
cable messages from Copenhagen. ,
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Conflicting
MILLIONS IN GOLD PROMISED
AMERICA BY REPRESENTATIVE
OF SOCIALISTIC ELEMENT.
Soviet Government Seeks , Return of
Normal Trade Relations, Desiring
to Purchase Supplies Needed in
Reconstruction Work.
New York. The Russian Red are
said to he extremely anxious to make
terms with the United States. As the
first step toward obtaining recogni
tion by the United States, the Rus
sian soviet government Is prepared to
deposit $200,000,000 In gold with Amer
ican and European banks for the pur
chase of supplies needed In recon
struction work, according to a formal
statement issued here March 20 by L.
C. A. K. Martens, American repre
sentative of the Demldoff Iron & Steel
Works In Moscow, through the "bu
reau of representatives of the Rus
sian socialist federal soviet republic."
Asserting that he had received this
week Ms appointment as official rep
resentative of the soviet government
In the United States, Mr. Martens said
he had forwarded bis credentials to
the state department and meanwhile
had . opened temporary headquarters
in this city. With the credentials, he
said, ie had 'sent a report on contflf
tlons In Russia and an expression of
bis government's desire "to re-establish
normal relations between the two
countries."
Mr. Martens said that, In addition
to the $200,000,000 to be deposited to
defray the cost of initial purchases,
the soviet government was prepared
to submit various propositions, which,
he said, he hoped would prove accept
ahle to American manufacturers and
exporters, looking toward establish
ment of credit for addltlonul govern
ment purchases.
CRISIS NEARING IN EGYPT.
Bedouins Ar Robbing Towns and
Villages in Baheira Province.
London. The situation In Egypt Is
becoming worse and at the present
time Is distinctly grave, a Reuter dis
patch from Cairo says. General Al
lenhy, the commander In Palestine,
will reach Cairo during the week.
The large forces of troops already In
Kgypt are being reinforced.
A large number of armed Bedouins
have entered Buhelra province, Lower
Egypt, from the west and are robbing
towns and villages. The situation Is
not regarded ns presenting any mili
tary significance. The Turkish flag
Is reported to be flying in some vil
lages of Baheira province. Some prom
inent native officials and several
Egyptian police have been killed.
' Indian Accused of Murder. -
Rapid City, S. I). Etnll Red Elk,
full-blooded Indian, was transferred
from the Custer county Jail to the
Minnehaha connty jail at Deadwood
to prevent possible violence follow
ing Red Elk's Indictment on a charge
of murdering, his stepdaughter, Min
nie Ghost.
Camping on Clark's Trail.
Washington. The Democratic re
organization committee has made pub
lie letters from several Democratic
national committeemen Indorsing the
fight to 'defeat Champ Clark for mi
nority leader In the house of the next
congress. .
Bank Robbery Frustrated.
Kansas City. Presence of mind of
two officials of the Rosedale Stat':
Bank, Kosedale, Kan., near here, late
Tlfursdoy, frustrated the efforts of
four armed men to rob the bank.-
Hun 8hlps Repaired for U. S.
New York. Five German steamships
aggregating 28,046 gross tons, Intern
ed In Peru, are at. Balboa undergoing
repairs for service under Jurisdiction
of the United States shipping board.
It was learned here Thursday.
Fifty Thousand to Begin Anew
New York. Approximately 60,000
American soldiers disabled In the
world war have taken advantage of
the government's program for voca
tional training, according to an esti
mate made by Mayor Crane.
Wty'$& BLACKING? 4NS
RUSS REDS DESIRE
OUR RECOGNITION
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Thoughts
LEADERS OF VILLA
GANG MEET DEATH
FOUR BANDIT CHIEFTAINS ' ARE
SHOT DOWN IN BATTLE WITH
FEDERAL TROOPS.
Lopez's Band, Credited With Numer-
ours Attacks on Peaceful Citizens
.'and With Dynamiting Trains,
Is Badly Defeated.
Juarez, Mexico. Colonel Augustln
Mora, commander of the Juarez dis
trict, announced Friday he had re
ceived what he considered additional
confirmation of reports received from
General Fortunato Zuazua that Martin
Lopez, Eplfanlo Holquln, Ramon Vega
and Felix Martinez, Villa generals,
were killed during the battle of Bou-
qullla del Marquezote, Chihuahua,
seventy-five miles south of the bor
der. He said this confirmation came
in military messages from General
Zuazua, sent by runner. ..
No additional details were given In
these messages, he said, except that
the federal cavalry was pursuing
closely the remainder of Lopez . band
and hoped to overtake and capture
them. The losses sustained by the
bandits was heavy.
Martin Lopez is the most famous
revolutionary leader In northern Mex
ico, next to Frnnclsco Villa, his chief.
Born in San tsldro, Chlhuahufi, the
scene of many revolutionary battles,
Lopez joined Villa's command as a
boy. when Villa was operating Inde
pendently In the Sierra Madre moun
tain range of western Chlhauhua.
Yet a young man, Lopez had gained
fame through Mexico for bis daring
deeds of banditry.
He was credited with having orig
inated the plan of dynamiting passen
ger trains, executing the federal es
corts, Isolating the passengers and
then forcing' men, women and children
to remove nil their clothing, which he
carried off to his women followers In
the mountain caches.
He was recognized as Villa's, best
pupil In fearless fighting and often
led attacks when Villa was sick or
wounded. He was a brother of Pablo
Lopez, who was captured by Carranza
troops after the Columbus raid and
executed at Chihuahua City.
Preparing for Flight Across Ocean,
Washington. Six officers of the
navy and one of the marine corps have
been assigned to the transatlantic sec
tion of the office of the director of
naval aviation to duty In connection
with the preparation of plans for the
flight across the Atlantic ocean which
1 to be undertaken by u seaplane.
GEORGE-O. HERRON
Prof. George D. Herron was appoint
ed an American delegate to the pro
posed Prlncea' islands conferences with
the Russian factions.
' Wireless Phones Installed.
s Montreal. Wireless telephones are
being installed In the office of the
Montreal' board of trade. It was said
the telephones Will enable brokers to
talk with Kingston, Ottawa, Three
Rivers and Quebec.
' Mayor of Los Angeles Indicted.
Los Angeles, Col. Mayor Frederic
T. Woodman of Los Angeles was In
dicted by the county grand Jury on
charge of receiving a bribe for the
protection of vice, and two men were
Indicted for giving a bribe. . -
BEGIN
SPEEDING UP
WORK ON COVENANT
A COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON
AMENDMENTS IS EXPECTED
DURING THE WEEK.
President Wilson Declares That He Is
Pleased With Progress Made and
Hopes for Early Completion of
Work of Committee. '
Paris. A complete agreement on
amendments to the covenant of the
league of nations will be reached dur
ing the present week, was the predic
tion made Saturday, evening following
the conclusion of the-meeting of the
league committee, with President Wil
son presiding.
Substantial progress Is known to
have been made and President Wilson,
when ho departed from the gathering
apepared very much pleased over the
afternoon's work.
A committee was appointed to deal
with the suggestions made by the Jap
anese delegates. These- suggestions
were referred to the committee at the
request rff the British delegates. .
President Wilson has let the var
ious peace delegates know that he is
most anxious to sidetrack lesser mat
ters now under" consideration and de
vote the week to the essentials which
will make possible a complete treaty
agreement before the close of the
week. -
The peace conferees will be able to
devote their entire time to bringing
about agreements In the various com
mittees as soon as the amendments to
the league covenant are agreed upon.
The Japanese have eliminated the
word "equality" from their proposed
amendment to the covenant of the
league, It was reported, and now de
mand only Justice alike for the na
tionals of the members of the league.
Their original amendment asked for
"Justice and equality." 1
The elimination, the report had It,
was decided upon at a private confer
ence of the Japanese delegates. .
This modification would make the
clause virtually unobjectionable to
America, It was said, because the con
stitution of the United States says the
same thing the Nipponese now propose.
The British dominions, It Is understood,
find even the modified clause objec
tionable, especially Australia, and - It
appears the whole matter Is one for
British solution. The Japanese con
tinue to insist that something similar
to what they suggest Is essential to
quiet the anxiety of Japan.
PRESIDENT VISITS BATTLEFIELD
Makes Auto Tour of Area In Which
Recent Combat Raged.
Paris. President Wilson left Sunday
morning in an automobile for a tour
of the battlefields, . visiting the Sols
sons area, where the allies seized the
initiative from Hlndenburg on July 18
by .sending General Mangln's Tenth
French army to attack the Chateau
Thierry salient The president visited
scenes of the American army partici
pation, as the First and Second divis
ions were incorporated in General
Mangln's army as shock troops for
this offensive, while the Twenty-sixth
division struck toward Chateau Thier
ry and the Third threw back the Ger
mans across the Marne.
The president motored out the main
high road, which was the first day's
objective of the First and Second di
visions on July 18, which they reached
with the French Moroccan division be
fore noon.
The president sirw the vast Ameri
can cemetery near Missv-aux-BoIs.
where several- thousand doughboys
and marines are burled. He returned
to Paris about 8 o'clock. ,
OUSTED AS POSTAL HEAD.
Burleson Removes Clarence Mackay
from Management of Telegraph Co.
Washington. Clnrence H. Mackay
has been removed from the manage
ment of the. Postal Telegraph and
Cuble company. Differences between
the mnnagement of the Postal Tele
graph & Cuble company, nnd Post
master General Burleson, acute ever
since the government assumed control
of the telegraph and telephone system,
mlminated on March 22 In an order
by the postmaster general summarily
relieving the chief officers, directors
and Owners of the postal company
from all , duties In connection - with
government operation of their systems.
Preparing for Extra Session.
Washington. In the light of recent
developments senator and representa
tives who have remained In Washing
ton since the adjournment of congress,
are agreed In the belief- thnt the extra
session will he cnilod not later than
the middle of May. The most .probable
date suggested Is Tuesday, Mary 13. .
Outbreak In Budapest. -
Copenhagen. A Budapest dispatch
says a mob stormed the postofflce and
military buildings and destroyed the
Honvcd monuments. It Is reported
that the extreme Socialists intend to
proclaim a soviet republic.
Allies Occupy More of Hungary.
London. Allied troops In the past
few days have oceuoled
, part of Hungary, with the nnontinn
of Budapest and the surrounding dts
fr tricts, for the purpose of suppressing
plundering by Bolshevik gangs.
IDAHO BUDGET
Grain grading schools for grain
dealers and farmers of southern Ida
bo will be resumed March 24.
Keen Interest Is being shown by -all
the lending business men of Poca
tello lu the coming municipal election.
The 'twenty-fourth annual meeting
of the Women's Missionary society of
Boise Presbytery will be' held In I'ar
ma. April 2 and 3.
Approximately $12i,000 was collect
r! by the Boise Internal revenue of-
flee through Income tax returns with
in the last two weeks.
Wheat will be the chief crop for
Idaho farmers this season, according
to E. R. Bennett, extension horticul
turist for the University of Idaho.
Under the title of "A Whirl or
Mirth," the Elks' Minstrels, comiMjsctl
of Idaho Falls talent, filled a threw -nights'
engagement at Idaho Fa lit
lust week.
Pocatello Odd Fellows are ilr.nniug
a big celebration for April 25, the date'
of the one-hundredth anniversary of
the founding of the order by Thomas.
Wlldey. April 26, 1810.
Walter C. Cudy was found dead In
a field near Blaine. He had gon
on fckl Is' to visit a nelgblmr, aud.
while returning, Is thought to have
succumbed to heurt disease. '
If anything Inside of a quarter of a
million dollars' will bring the Jes
Willard-Jack Dempsoy fight lo Poca
tello, Ida., July 4, that place Is out
after the battle and determined to get
It
After robbing three Boise grocery
stores In less than one week, Antonn
Hlnkey and Stanley Jones, both of
whom gave their, ages as 14 years,
were committed to the state Indus
trial school.
To Investigate the different kinds of
silos In Canyon county, and to com
pare their merits, the Canyon county
farm bureau held an excursion March
20 and 21, visiting the principal farms;
using different kinds of silos.
Jack Mink of Boise, returned after
being overseas 16 months, is perhaps- r
the only Boise boy who was aboard
the Tuscanla when that ship was sunk
off the coast of Scotland by a Ger-.
man submarine February 7, 1918.
The campaign for victory gardens I
already well under way In Idaho.
Food production Is still a pressing
necessity, and both men and women
owning a little plot of ground In tlve- "
towns can help by growing as much,
as they can to feed themselves.
One of the cases being tried In the
federal court now in session in Poca
tello Is a $50,000 damage suit In which
Melissa A. Duenslng of Neoga,niM
suing to recover heart balm from J.
F. Murray, prominet Pocatello con
tractor, on a breach of promise charge.
"Didn't know It was loaded," was
the' cause of Bert Sanderson, the T-year-old
son of D. A. Sanderson, be
ing accidentally shot and killed by his.
brother, two years older, at their home
In New Plymouth, with, a .44 calibre
carbine rifle belonging to their father.
The Idaho Congress of Mothers' and
the P. T. a. feel that they were ex
:eedlngly fortunate in getting two
measures In which they Were interest
ed passed by both houses of the leg
islature, the county nurse bill and the
blll providing for a bureau of child
hygiene.
Entering his house north of Merid
ian, from the field where he had been
working, Freme Alkens discovered the
southeast corner of the building oi -fire,
and, even with the aid of neigh
bors, was unable to put the blaze out.
The house was destroyed and most ot
its contents.
The south wing of the university
building at Moscow Is to be complete
'Soon; also the new administrator
building at Lewlston, Two dormitor
ies for girls must be built at St. An
thony, and shops and buildings are to
be added to the school for deaf and
blind at Gooding. .
'Returned soidiers who were former
ly In the employ of the Oregon Short
Line In Idaho, firid their position
waiting for them when they are ready- "
to resume work. The Short Line 1h
making good Its pledge to take back
all men who gave up -their positions
to enter the war service.
Boise, the state's capital, hast
launched Into an era -of building and
Improwment which means the expendl
ture of hundreds of thousands pf dol
lars during the next two years. The
launching really took place when by
popular subscription $165,003 waif
raised from more tbnn 4000 subscrib
ers to erect a new Y. M. C. A. build
ing. ': f .
A Society on the league of nation
will be organized at Numpa as a re-
suit of a mass meeting held to discus
in open forum both sides of the pres
ent draft made by the peace couf er- H -ence.
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Idaho has a school said to be 'unique
In that It Is conducted at the 1400- "
foot Wei beneath the surface. It l -ime'of
the Smith-llnghes vocational
schools In mining, being conducted at
Kellogg. '..-','. .. . ...-....
For the protection of his own In
terests, every employer' whose work
ers come within the provisions of the
workmen's compensation act shoultt
oomply with state : Insurance require
ments. Is the declaration of a member
of the state industrial accident board.
Preparatory to an energetic season
of outdoor activity, the boys of the
Pocatello Y. M. C. A. went on a long
hike Saturday morning ' along the
country rosds, under the direction, of
th'e leader t boys' work In the local
"Y." A lurco croua of bnvs went sinner
I for the outdoor exercise.