Show WASHINGTON President Wilson was asked In III a letter presented at the 11 White hIte house TI Thursday to recommend to congress an increase e of of 50 per cent in tho wages of and postal es on over V cr th the e country to meet the high co cost t of living Organized labors labor's remedy for the high cost of 1 a living bill that would turn turnover over the railroads to the public operating officials and labor was labor was presented to I Imen Congress Wednesday b by men high In ln the councils of tho the organization or ot who declared with utmost frankness conditions were wele so desperate desper desper- ate It might be necessary to advocate a firing squad squall for tor profiteers Acting as a unit for the first time in the presentation of wage demands the fourteen principal railroad unions Wednesday in expressing to Director General their disapproval l of President Wilsons Wilson's proposal that congress congress con con- gress gless create a commission to consider Increased Im pay declared declare that wage questions must be settled immediately The government Wednesday decided d dupon upon Its initial moves to reduce the high cost of living The of ot Justice will begin at once a n prosecution prosecution prosecution tion of the packers for violation of ot the Sherman trust anti act The rhe government is going to jo prosecute prosecute prosecute prose prose- cute the food profiteers in the United States as an immediate remedy for fOl the hI high h cost of living This was announced announced an an- Tuesday by Attorney General General Gen Gen- eral Palmer after a conference e with the president which followed an all alla allday allday day a deliberation of the special cabinet committee on means of reducing the prices of necessities to the agitated public fi n Postmasters nominated Tuesday by President Wilson included ed Arthur G G. G Parsons Taft Cal Gal James J J. J Mitchell Tulare Cal and amI William Culston Great Falls Fulls Montana Hun Hundreds reds of letters from persons suffering from incurable diseases and from flom aged persons addicted for many years ears to the use of drugs pitiful it it ir their supplications that rules governing governing governing govern govern- ing the sale of narcotics be modified led Commissioner Roper to Issue Instructions Instructions instructions In In- to collectors of Internal revenue whereby such persons may obtain drugs on prescription by a reputable reputable reputable re re- re- re ph physician that the drug Is needed to maintain life Seven hundred and six fifty six of the American soldiers killed In action were victims of gas according to an announcement announcement announcement an an- b by the war department The average age of all the men killed was 23 years ears The fight of the r workers of the United States to f foj-ce foj ce upon congress congress con con- gress gless the acceptance of government owner ownership as a solution of the railroad problem is to begin at once at WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and will be unrelenting In Its I Intensity arm army and nav navy and vocational vocational voca voca- training for youths between 18 I and Ull 20 years and a national registration tion system stem are proposed in a b bill Introduced In Inv Thursday by Senator Chamberlain Chamberlain Chamberlain Cham Cham- democrat of Oregon Action as Attorney General Palmer put it earnest aggressive vigorous action nn will be directed b by the depart department department ment of justice against all profiteers and It was reported that among the first big offenders to be proceeded against will be the big hig packers Till Tho hO house hOse se Saturday passed U the e first protective tariff measure to be acted upon uvon since the Republicans ns regained control of congress The measure leies levies lev lev- levies ies h high h duties on chemical glassware and apparatus It now goes to the senate senat i FOREIGN The American motor S ship lil Mount Baker bound from New York to Liverpool Liverpool Liv Liv- is disabled at sea and asking for assistance according to the marIne marine marine ma ma- rine Intelligence office at Halifax The governments government's bill providing pro prosecution and penalties for persons found guilty guilt of profiteering passed the tho first reading in the house of ot com corn Thursday at London Mexican military l' l officers Wednesday protested to the United States arm army headquarters at El Paso Texas against what the they claimed were violations violations viola viola- of Mexican sovereignty b by American arm army airplanes fl flying over oyer the border The Hungarian crown has been offered offered of of- to King Ferdinand of ot Rumania says sas a Budapest dispatch l patch to the Dall Daily Express A union of Hungary and Rumania as one kingdom Is being pro plO posed King lier Ferdinand has a arrived ed edat at Budapest t. t King George Ceorge Wednesday conferred the upon Premier David DallI Lloyd George Order of Merit as a sign of his appreciation appreciation appreciation of Mr 11 Llo Lloyd Georges George's war services The transport Virginian arrived on Monday londa from Brest with US officers and rn n of ot the Twenty third In In- fantry The Twenty third is a part of the famous Second division made up 11 of regular regular- arm army marine and coast artillery ar ar- ni tillery troops The municipal employees ees u at t LiY Liverpool Liver r- r pool have decided to give twenty four hours hours' notice of strike unless the demands demands demands de de- de- de mands of the striking t tramway tram men are Immediately granted grained The go government at London ondon has de do- decided decided to revert to Its prewar policy Ii C of noninterference In In industrial disputes te says the Dally Daily Mall Mail leaving employers employer's nn and workers to adjust their own dIfficulties tutu I The I Evening News claims to have I Information tending to show that somo sorno of the mone money spent In the strike agitation agitation agi agi- taU tation on throughout England Englun was supplIed supplied supplied sup sup- I plied from Russian sources and reached reach reach- aCh 1 ed cd England b by wn way ay of America The rhe British government has hns ordered a n full investigation the paper papel a adds th |