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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-10-07
A COMMUNICATION

Sept. %, 1915.
Editor Daily Chronicle,
Pocatello, Idaho.
just received a letter from Fort
Hall stating that if the gang found
me here after the first day of October
they would shoot or imprison me. l am
just 50 years old, am too feeble to leave
my home and have lived here SO wears
and don t think T have personal enc
my in the world or owe any person a
dollar. The government cut my land
off the reservation and sent title of
some kind directed to Fort Hall. They
took my papers out of that office and
nave them now as | have been informed
If they can put me out of the way they
can transfer them papers to themselves
IN my name, then take possession of
my land. OF course / will be out of the
way. There will be no person to con
test their rights. /. NJ. YANDEIL.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-10-07

FOR SALE-Two good houses at Areo.
One of four rooms and the other ha,
eight. Price very reasonable. Apply
at this office.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-10-07

The above is a letter received by
the editor of the Chronicle yesterday
from !. NJ, cold DR.. Yandell) an old
timer IN these parts, whose home is To-
Gated lust seven miles northwest of
Pocatello on the reservation, or lust IA
mile below the O. S. L. pump house.
lie is well and favorably known BY all
the old-timers in this section of the
country.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-10-07
PLEASE ANSWER

I'm gripped with terrible thought;
I'm worried and bothered and har-
rowed;
The peace it allows me is naught;
Although 1 have struggled and fought
My world to this problem has mar
rowed.
You should see what wreck it has
made me.
Will some one-won t some one--please
aid met
In net of conjecture IN caught;
My efforts meet steady defiance;
The answer I've patiently sought;
Think you, it availeth me aughts
Nay, though I've gone at it with
science.
The problem from saneness excludes
It's solving (f any eudes me.
IT'S this: I have read what they say
About this distress called hay fever;
And so with suspense am gray,
For l cogitate oft on the hay,
Which seems a calamity weaver:
And while 1 wax duller and duller
think of the tale of Maud Muller.
You know (you remember the layf)
That Maudie her living was making
BY going afeld each day
(The meadows were wealthy with hay).
and raking and raking and raking;
And my problem-my peace-of- mind
HEAVIER
Is this: Had Maud Muller hay feveri
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-10-07

Here is simple and inexpensive cake that
can be varied in many ways with different
1rostlngs and icings. il locks a littlc nicer
baked IN tube pan, hut will be equally as
good baked IN suuarc loaf.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-10-07
K C. Gold Cake

By Mrs Janet Mckenzie Hi, Editor Of
The Bosom Cooking School Magazine.
! cap butter; ) cup sugar; yoIks of
eggs, beaten light; / cup .four, less 9
leuet tQ5lespoo2ynls;2 tcueI teqspoontitls
X c Baking Ponder; cup milk; grated
:1nd q / orange.
Silt -four and baking powder together
three times; cream butter and sugar, beat
yolks of eggs, add these TO creamed mixture.
and lastly add the moisture and -four alter
nately, beating batter until smooth. Gold
Cake can only be made successfully by beat
ing yolks OF eggs, very, very creamy and
light lemon colored, using a rotary beater
The rotary heater is the only ,-ys,,.E,sS.o
heater that will do justice to a;Ss:.sfs "a
the yolks of eggs. The beat ArIssW.
ing kills all egg taste and g aA u
improves the texture of the 5NNVS33e4
cake. - s i1zA
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-10-07
Cocoanut Fro.tins

Beat the whites of eggs dry; gradually
beat in half cup of s.fted confectioner's
sugar and continue the beating until the FROST
ing is smooth, thick and glossy; then beat in
grated cocoanut, fresh or prepared, and
spread upon the cake. This froSting is made
thick by beating rather than by sugar.
Save this recipe. You will want to use it
frequently Or better, send us the colored
certificate packed in each ascent can of K
c Baking Powder and we will mail you "The
Cooks Book" containing this and SO other
baking recipes equally good-an by Mrs. Hill.
jacques Mfg. Co., Chicago.
Evening star., 1915-06-14
The Age of a Woman.
2 Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The Boston Young Woman's Chris
tian Association is not blameworthy
of membership to women less than
thirty years of age. The railroad or the
industrial concern that establishes a
retiring age for its employees does not
deny that a great man men have years
of useful activity ahead OF them at the
dividing line. An age limit for en-
listment in the army or the navy casts
no aspersons on the value of older
There Is n suitable age for the school
child and another for the collegiau, and
there is no reason to set back the
hands on the dial TO permit of adult at
tendance at the primary school
The average American woman at
thirty has scarcely emerged from girl
hood. for her enthusiasms have kept
her young. There are alien lands where
the tradition of drudging subordination
makes woman prematurely old, and
the ruthless climate of the tropics usu-
ally leads to a premature development
of beauty, which quickly fades. until
at the time when the woman of the
temperate zone is in her prime her
sister OF equatorial regions is with
cred hag. happy disposition is the
best insurance against old age. Per-
years have no power upon spiritual
loveliness. The woman who seems old
is the one whose only munitions of
conquest are those of the dressing
table and the vanity bag. Tie secret
of perennial youth is not in an elixir.
but in the continuing regeneration of
. kind heart and a tranquil spirit.
Evening star., 1915-06-14
n.s search!li8hfH H
Swimming Apparatus.

The Importance of learning to swim
is empha sized in the Cincinnati public
schools. Most of the large schools are
equipped with bathing pools in which
the swimming exercise is being made
obligatory. The timid boys are taught
to swim by a unique device which has
lately been installed.
An oval track is attached to the
ceiling, from which twelve trolleys are
suspended in such manner as to permit
them to run around the swimming
course. A rope and a belt are attached
to each. The boys who are to be taught
to swim fasten the belts around their
bodies and go into the water, where
they practice the various strokes under
the direction of an instructor, who
stands at one side of the pool. The
belt supports them. SO that it is i'm
possible to sink, and the trolleys move
easily around the course. Every boy
who has tried this new apparatus has
learned to swim quickly. often in a
single lesson. because, being relieved of
fear, he can give his undivided atten-
tion to mastering the strokes.
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Engraving and Printing
Bureau Holds Its First
Exercises in New BujIdjn(

Simple. impressive ceremonies marked
the Flag day exercises held at O'Clock
this afternoon at the bureau of en-
craving and printing. These were the
first Flag day exercises ever held in
the present building. The exercises
lasted only 10 minutes, owing to the
great amount of work on which the
forces at the great money shop are en-
gagged. There was no general assem-
bly, of the employees. but separate ex-
ercises were held in the different di-
visions. each giving practically the
same program, which consisted of un-
furling the Stars and Stripes, salute to
the flag, reading of the pledge to the
flag, and the singing of THE Star
Spangled Banner" by those assembled
Only about half the working force in
each section was enabled to take an
active part in the exercises. as the
presses and other machines had to he
manned at all times. Every press in
the building is decorated today with
small flags
Assistant Secretary Malburn of the
Treasury Department visited the bu-
representative of Secretary McAdoo.
Exercises for the night force of the
bureau are to be held at 9 o'clock to-
night.
The employees were provided with
souvenir programs containing the
pledge to the flag and the words of
''The Star Spangled Banner" Director
Ralph of the bureau provided illustrat-
ed programs containing the apostrophe
to the flag delivered by Secretary Lane
of the Interior Department at Flag
day exercises at that department last
year.
Those in charge of the celebrations
at the bureau today included John E.
Rhodes. chairman: Charles Miller, Bart
MCGUIRE. Harry Patterson. Henry P.
Batch, Daniel Quigley, John Irving,
George Van Horn, Harry Platt, George
Robertshaw, Frank Tabler. Earl Smith,
Joseph Hardie, N. L. Dayton and S. P.
Laut
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Senior Among Nations.
From the London Chuuicle.

I1otQOH
Italy may fairly claim to be senior
among the nations of Europe, so far
as its name is concerned The peninsula
has been Italia" almost as far back as
even legend reaches According to
Mommsen the "Itali" proper were the
inha bitans of the southern part of the
country. AS to the origin of the name
there is the normal legend of a King
Italus; but his name must have been
pronounced Vitalus or Vitulus, which
means a bull calf, and it is easy to
recognize in 1t an allusion to Italy as
the land of cattle.
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Speakers Chosen by G. A. R.
Make Patriotic Speeches
to Public School PupiIs

Flag day was generally observed in
the public schools Of the city today
with suitable exercises Speakers des-
ignated by the Grand Army of the Re-
public delivered patriotic addresses,
while the pupils sang and gave recita :
ttons, playlets and drills.
G. NJ. Saltzga ber, commissioner of
pensions, was the speaker at exercises
at the Business High School and the
Grover Cleveland School. He said in
part:
The Declaration of independence as
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Mr.. Dockery Declares Faith
in Loyalty and Devotion
of Foreign-Born Citizens

Declaring his firm belief that the for
cign-born citizens of the United States
would rally to the defense of the republic
against any other nation in time of trou-
bic. Third Assistant Postmaster General
A. NJ Dockery pointed out that there
could be neither divided duty nor dual
allegiance on the part of any citizens in
this country nan address at the flag day
exercises in the Post Office Department
The huge central court of the department
was decoratd with several hundred flags
including those of the various states. The
employees of the department gathered in
the corridors overlooking the court to take
part in the exercises
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Charles Dunlap Porter Dies.

MoNTGt M EhN, Ala, June Ii.
Charles Dunlap Porter, aged fifty eight
years, adjutant general of Tennessee
from 1874 to 1878, and eldest son Of
the late Gov. J. u. Porter of Tennessee,
is dead here. He was for twenty years
counsel for the Nashville. Chattanooga
and st Louis railroad. His home was
in Nashville. Death resulted from ap-
olexy. The body> has been shipped to
Paris. Tenn. for burial.
Evening star., 1915-06-14
SMELLING COMPLAINS
OF NEUTRALITY VIOLATION
Says Bureau of Mines Employees at
Pittsburgh Are Aiding Chem
lists Make Explosives.

Walter @. Smelling. Pittsburgh
the White House and Interior Depart
ment that officials connected with the
bureau of mines in Pittsburgh have
committed acts in connection with al
legged war contracts for the allies that
are at least unneutral, if not inn
proper.
Smelling alleges that he directed the
attention of the White House to his
charges. and when he did not receive
an answer he went to see Secretary
Tumulty. who referred him 10 Secre
tary Lane. In another letter to the
White House. describing his confer
ence with Secretary Lane. smelling an
pears to be still dissatisfied
Snelling's Complaints.
Part Of Snelling's letter to the President
is as follows:
II asked Secretary Lane if he would
be willing to send a representative here
to Pittsburgh to take down statements
from his own subordinates in the bureau
Of mines, as to their being called upon to
do acts which they considered improper
and unneutral. and as to their being
cerned. under direct orders from their
superiors. in plans for the manufacture of
high explosives. to enable a certain COM
pany to fulfill it's war contracts for she'll
bursting explosives
In answer to this question Secretary
Lane told me, rather shortly, that he was
quite able to himself make any investisa-
tions that he desired, and that he was
unwilling to take such steps
Wants Investigation.
II would like. if such step is possible
to have you send some trusted personal
representative here to Pittsburgh, to learn
the exact state of affairs that exists. and
to report his findings to you. If you will
send such representative he can in a
single day obtain sufficient information to
show you the real seriousness of the pres
ent situation. ] most strongly urge you to
take this step and learn in convincing
manner the facts in regard to the con-
nection of government officials with the
manufacture of picric acid and trinitroto-
luol for the European conflict, in viola :
| ton of our neutrality"
Evening star., 1915-06-14
ATTEND FLAG-DAY EXERCISES,
Employees of Departments of Com
merce and Labor Given Recess.

Business in the departments of Com
merce and Labor was suspended for
one hour and three quarters today in
order to permit the employees to at
tend the Flag day exercises on the
south steps of the Treasury building
These departments were dismissed at
Ills until 1 o'clock
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Women Now Make Movie" Films
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.

LONDON. May 30-Close to 10000
film workers employed with moving
picture houses have Joined the colors
since the declaration of war. In most
OF the picture houses women have
taken the places of the patriotic men.
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Pictures Greatness of q. S.

f. 3. Hoffman of the reclamation
service. after picturing the greatness
of the United States and the love which
Americans bear for their country, said:
''On an occasion such as this we may
with profit to ourselves and our coun-
try stop to consider the duties and OBJ
legations resting on us as citizens Our
country is what we make it. Our flag
floats as the emblem of justice. of hui
man rights and human liberties to that
degree, and. just to that degree. We. as
individual Americans. in our daily lives.
live justly. respecting the rights and
liberties of others and demanding that
others respect our rights and liberties.
So long as we cherish these for our
selves and respect the rights and lib
critics of others, our country's future
is assured. And just because our coun-
try is not over US, but of us. our duty
to the nation is an ever present one,
in peace. in war, in public service and
in private life.
1T is not so much the part we play
in life's scheme of action as how We
play the part, that reflects glory on
the flag: and to each one who con-
scientiousiy and fearlessly performs
his daily task as he sees and believes
it should be done, regardless of praise
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Work for Mother.
From Judge.

From Judge.
Whats on the carpet today, my
DEAR" asked Mr.. Wombat, who is flow
cry of speech
More mud that Johnny has tracke
in, / s'pose," responded literal Mrs
Wombat.
Evening star., 1915-06-14

us have peace. Henceforth let there be
no north. no south. no east. no west
Give US Inion-now and forever, one
and inseparable'
1t was this flag of the brave under
which the cowbov of the west and the
miilonaire's son of the east fought shonl-
aer TO shoulder at FL Caney and San Juan
Hlil when despotic Spain was driven from
the western hemisphere and Cuba was set
lree 1T was this flag of the seas that
made John faul Jones, Oliver Hazard
Ferry. George Dewey and Winfield Scott
schIey victors on the lakes and high seas.
Inc flag says to lis today to stand by
our country-right or wrong. If she is
rlght We will keep her rght-if she is
wrong we will set her right. And. so
help us. God. We believe she is right.
IN spite of war-mad Europe testing our
patience on one hand and suffering Mexico
provoking us on the other. the flag urges
US today to be calm and philosophc 1t
'eiis us that those who cry loudeSt for
war are not as rule the best fighters.
~ warns us against the folly of spend
ing 1nuch money for war and little money
lot education. 1t wants the people to
hnoW that education is 4 better safeguard
VI lperty than a standing army and that
~ we retrench the wages of the school
teacher We must raise those of the re-
cruitlng sergeant that education is the
one thlng for which no people ever yet
pdid loo much, and the more they paid
- VIC IicHeT ana more powerful theN
pecome: that nothing is so costly as ig-
horance, and nothing so cheap as knowl-
eose' mat education is better than forts
an" guns. than fleets and armies 1t
""its US TO Know that an educated people
governed by true mora! principles can
@ neser take backward step. nor be dis
po~nSessen ~ OF their citizenship or lbetiers
ihe nag would have us appreciate our
hittcniess opportunities as American citi-
zens. II would impress upon US also our
nla'thiess responsibilities 1t saws that
every man who falls below his higheet
narils not only himself but lowers the
standard of his country: that every man
VINO values wealth more than industry
RANK more than character amusement
more than Improvement, ease more than
reioin,' TO that extent falls short Of the
perfect citizen"
Stands for Development.
!. {. Foster of the Indian Office said.
in part:
ne nag stands for the social and
material development of this nation on
iand and sea. This is especially true
IN the upbuilding of our commerce
Under the leadership of our great
fresident. ] expect to see American
shlpplng reha bilitated and restored to
the proud position it held during the
mites. when IS per cent of the carry
ing trade of the world was in American
shlps. expect to see on every sea
American built vessels, manned by
American seamen. carrying American n
commerce and flying at their mast
heads the American flag
II is an emblem of peace and friend
ship. at the same time it stands for
the protection of every citizen under
the American government. irrespective
of race or color"
Evening star., 1915-06-14
UNITE IN TRIBUTE
TO AMERICAN FLAG,
ANN|VERSARYDAY
Continued from First PageD

or artistically pleasing. but scientific
ally accurate. The very order of the
arrangement is as inspirational as the
hues themselves. And from the silent
language of these colors may be read
the deeper ethical significance of con-
stitutional government. The rising
era dation of these colors proclaims
national life that shall he as endless
as time.
The first inquiry deals with the red.
To the ancients. life was represented
by three things: Fire. creative en-
ersy: blood. vital force: wine. a sus-
tanning principle-all red. So the red
of this ensign speaks of national life
as a vital force.
LAS the red typifies authority and
supremacy. SO the white in its CEN
traliZed Righteousness means union
and unity.
The blue reflects the color Of the
heavens above US. 1t is the promise
that the red and the white shall abide"
Evening star., 1915-06-14
PROGRAM IN TWO CITIES
IN TRIBUTE TO THE FLAG
Patriotic Exercises in Betsy Ross
House. Philadelphia-Huge Ban
ner Presented to St. Louis.

PHILADELPHIA. June 1A-rhe lSsth
anniversary of the adoption of the
American flag by the Continental Con-
gress was observed by patriotic exer-
cises today in the Betsy Ross house,
where. II is claimed. the first emblem
was made. School children figured
largely in the observance
Flag day was also observed at In
dependence Hall There the Louisiana
state Nag was raised over the old state
house I" commemorate the fift{eth year
since the close of the civil war The
flag IS the gift of the Louisiana His
tOrical Society
Evening star., 1915-06-14
Flag Presentation Is Feature.

ST Louis. Mo. June 14-What is SAID
to he the largest United States flag in
America was presented Ia the city OF
s.. i.ciii. lur,uS the Flag ,laH celetrl-
tion here todaA. II Is i,a hs -S tee,, ard
weighs 80" pounds. 1t Was given to
the city by the Million Population Club
In recent parade Ia mon aud 50 Boy
Scouts were required to bear the EN-.
blnul
Evening star., 1915-06-14
DESCRIBES VISIT OF
AER0PLANE OVER VENICE
Returning Traveller to New York
Says Austrian Airship Dropped
Two Bombs.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Eenice under
bombardment from the sky was de-
scribed today by Gennaro Sierra, an
italian lace importer of this city, re-
turning home on the steamer Dante
AIighieri from Mediterranean ports.
The hum of the first Austrian aero
plane was heard at dawn, Mr.. Sierra
said, while most of the city was sleep
ing Residents were awakened and
went to the streets.
The first bomb dropped into the grand
canal near the Hotel Yolanda, where
Mr.. Sierra was staying, and a second
bomb fell near the marine barracks.
The attacking aviator was soon
Joined by a companion, and then the
guns stationed on towers began ID fire
at them.
Soon the aeroplanes headed for the
Austrian border. and one Of them was
seen to pause and remain almost sta
tionary.
Marconi Invention Credited.
Many persons who had seen this. ac-
cording to Mr. Sierra. said 1t was
caused by a new invention of William
Marconi. by which wireless waves
were utilized to affect aeroplane
motors.
OF the steamers 42s passengers A
number were Americans. On orders
from the Italian admiralty Capt. Stur-
lesi sailed the ship at top speed
the Mediterranean with all
lights masked at night and the life
boats swung out and lowered to the
second deck.