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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
CHANGE DRAFT PLANS

announced decision on the part of
Pc provost marshal general IS office to
ake a sweeping change in the selec-
~ draft machinery, placing the re-
nainihg 100000 registered men in
I've classes, in order of their eligibility
4 military service, cannot help but meet
ilh a hearty welcome by those regis
FREQ men who have not been called for
Phe army.
one the time when congress passed
ne conscription law, fixing the ages of
TN 10 be drafted between 81 and 80,
'uch uncertainty has been felt by reg.
''efed men throughout the land as to
Fight
,he men were REGISTERED on June 5,
NJ Then came two months of anxious
.'ihg before the draft, following
A'eh men We're ordered examined for
~ nfst increment of the national army
Oe'ooO strong. While most of the
'slstered men have no thought of
lhing their military responsibility
A. no more than fair, after six months
waiting, that the remaining men
'uia be apprised of just where they
u The men of CONSUMPTION age
e been handicapped in a business
r, by the element of uncertainty
1.'n mas hung over them. They have
s''atea to make further business ven
= iof fear that they might soon hav,
n iOrsake all and join the colors. TIL,
a"se IN the draft organization viii
'Ne all doubt in this respect. Eael
N, ~ y know his status.
H.; 1iie the distinguishing condition,
n. wall mark the five classes hav,
been given out, it is assumed tina
bar,. men without business response
aes will come first, married mel
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25

take Gubb a day or two to scrooge
round before he hits on the clew I've
fixed up to point him to you, but he'll
come. He's wonder Gubb is says
O'Hara"
You have possession of the Waffies
dog at the present timer" asked Detec-
tive Cub.
an yonder." said Mustard. pointing
over his shoulder. Say. what's the
Joke O'Hara was cookin' up anyway"
you accompany yourself with me to
the office Of Judge Mackinnon." said
Mr.. Gubb. land you'll discover It out
for yourself, and I'll remunerate you to
$40 also. Fetch the dog"
Mr.. Gubb quite properly left Mus
tard and Waffles In his own office.
while he visited Mr.. Higgins and MIR.
Burch. collecting 500 from each. Then
he turned MIR. Mustard Billion over to
them.
You signed those wills OF OHara's,"
said Mr.. Burch when all had gathered
In Judge Mackinnon's office. do you
know which you signed last?'
sure 10! Sa1Q MuStarO.
Mr.. Burch handed him the double
| will.
(which did you sign LAST" asked
Mr.. Burch theoretically.
Mustard took the document and look
ed at 1t. The Kinsey side was toward
him.
1T wasn't this one" he said posi-
lively.
"Ah. ha" cried Lawyer Higgins,
turning the paper over ''Then 1t was
this one you signed last!'
NO" said Mustard. glancing at the
Doblin side of the paper. Il signed
this'n the same time as | signed the
other side Of 1t. l signed both these
the first day of the month. The one
signed last signed on the second Of
the month"
"Ah, yes!" said Judge Mackinnon.
looking at document he had taken
from the envelope Philo Gubb had
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
GOODBYE RED LIGHTS

The red-light district in Wallace. the
last In the state of Idaho, has gone.
Under pressure of U. s. military au-
thorities, the county attorney of Sho-
shone county clamped nthe lid by
serving notices under the abatement law.
on property owners in the city's re-
stricted district, where prostitution,
gambling and bootlegging prospered.
Prostitution no longer is winked at
in Wallace, but it took an extremely
dangerous situation, arising out of mill
fary necessity, to cast from Wallace
the denizens of the red-light section
that cancerous sore which for wears
has thrived in the heart of the city.
The women and their cadets have pack
ed their belongings and departed, some
to the east, others to the west, seeking
a place where they may ply their trade.
Segregated vice has been driven from
Idaho.
Acting with motive similar to that
which caused the expulsion of the Wal
lace brothels, the city commission of
New Orleans recently passed an ordi-
nance to set aside the former city law
which legalized prostitution in the
southern metropolis. Licensed vice,
which for twenty-five years existed
in New Orleans, became a thing of the
past at the request of Secretary of the
Navy Daniels, who was much concerned
over the welfare of thousands of boys
in big naval training camp at New
Orleans. A total of $50 women have
been driven from the New Orleans red
light district What is to become of
them, it is difficult to say. But the
matter of chief concern is the safe
guarding of soldiers and sailors, their
wives and families, present or prospec
tive, from the ravages of venereal
disease.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
Concluded

Concluded
The envelope was sealed. but on tue
face of it was written:
To be delivered to Judge Mackinnon
after Wafles has been returned to his
house and home Waffies will be found
in the old cattle shed on the Illinois side
of the river, north from the turnpike at
the far end of the bridge. II. OH
1t was a clew! without stopping to
silence the scornful laughter of Mrs.
Mullarky, Philo Gubb jumped to his
feet and made for the Iowa side of the
long bridge as rapidly as his long legs
could carry him. He reached the old
cattle shed and found Mustard Billion
seated at the door smoking cob pipe
in lazy comfort.
"Come for the dogT asked Mustard
carelessly. sort of thought you'd
come for him about now. Been ex-
pectin' you the last couple o days"
Expecting me?" said Philo Gubb.
i've been doing deteckative work on
this case
Eyes, Had O'Hara reckoned you'd
detect around awhile before you got
track Of me-" said Mustard without
emotion. "He says when I'd signed
that there will for him: Day or so
after kick the bucket, Mustard. you
go up and steal Waffles,' he says. and
fetch him over to the cattle shed on the
Illinoy side he says. and keep him
there until Gubb comes for him Take
day or so maybe, he says, for Dolly
10 remember told her TO get Cub and
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
OVER THE
STATE
Close Wallace Vice District.

WALLACE-The death knen to
licensed vice in Wallace has been sound.
ed by the serving of notice
ON owners, lessees and tenants of houses
in the red light district. Tenants were
ordered to vacate at once. The move
came as surprise, but had been under
consideration by the authorities for
some time. The notices followed re-
quest of the war department that such
action be taken.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25

Congregational women of Denver,
Colo, not satisfied with the opportu-
mites the meetings of the ladies aid
society give them to knit for the sol
diers, will carry their knitting to
church and knit while the parson
breaches his Sunday sermon. The in
novation, one would judge, is merely a
freakish fad, and is not so much
prompted by desire on the part of the
women to devote every possible nom
ent to work for the soldiers as is it
stimulated by the thought of being
different.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
MRS. SMITH RECOMMENDS CHAM
BERI,AIN'S TABI,ETS

81 have had more or less stomach
trouble for eight of ten years" writes
Mrs. G. H. Smith, Beaverton, N. Y.
"When suffering from attacks of in.
digestion and heaviness after eating
one of two of Chamberlain g Tablets
have always relieved me. ] have also
found them pleasant laxative.' These
tablets tone up the stomach and enable
it to perform its functions naturally
If you are troubled with Indigestion
give them a trial, get well and stay
well. (Adv.)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
Child Killed by Auto.

LEWISTON-Cassius Rockwell, IL.
year-old son of Q. A. Rockwell, was in.
stantly killed by being struck by the
delivery auto of the C. 0. D. laundry
Saturday morning. The ear was driven
by E. j. Tate and was just rounding a
corner when the child ran from the
curb. The fender of the car struck the
lad. Witnesses say the driver was not
to blame
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
LIVES VS.. DOLLARS

axpected has happened. The
.wa;ted destruction by a German
Zine of an American warcraft,
= The killing of American soldiers
! sailors, has come. The American
mort Antilles, homeward bound,
.ornedoed in the war zone on Octo-
y and went to the bottom Of the
with a loss of about seventy lives.
the army and navy officers abroad
transport were rescued, but three
.ho ships officers and sixteen sol
:. ont of thirty-three abroad were
! OF 237 persons on board, only
were saved. The army officers
men on the transport were being
!. home on special assignments, in
LIdea home, or discharged from the
ilitary service.
Had the transport been laden with
uops, the loss of life would have been
0eb greater, for she was torpedoed
the most vulnerable spot and went
bwn SO swiftly that few could have
leaned The Antilles was under con-
bv of U. S. patrol vessels.
The torpedoing of the Antilles, the
rst naval loss suffered by the United
o,es since the declaration of war
Kin Germany, has stirred the American
lople to their depths. Word that some
twenty of our boys have been killed by
torpedo fired by the merciless Hun
In stimulate recruiting in both the
INV and navy. Thousands will rise to
kenge the deaths of these soldiers and
kilors Indeed, recruiting stations in
e cities already may be experiencing
e effect which the destruction of the
ptilles has had on the American youth.
There is another effect which the tor
bdoi6g of this troop ship should have
the American people. Besides
timulating enlistments in various
Ranches of the military and naval SER
Dee, it should rouse the moneyed men
) more thorough realization that we
be in a great war, and that those at
Ome must stand back of the soldiers
bid sailors with their dollars. The loss
seventy men on the Antilles is merely
suggestion of the losses that will
pme to us before the war is ended. The
pvernment now is conscripting men
br its army, drafting men to fill up
De ranks and to form new armies to
bake the world safe for democracy. A
pvernment which can conscript human
ives, surely can conscript dollars. To
ay the government is not asking you
b give your dollars for the war. 1t
lerely is asking you to lend your dol
Prs to your country, so the war against
russian autocracy may be pushed to
flctory. Your government, through the
econd Liberty loan, is giving to you
Pen with $50 spare cash, or with $4,000
ready money, an opportunity to help
pm the war. Four percent interest
nl annually be paid on money Dor
pwed. But if you don't take advan-
Rge of this liberal offer on the part of
four government, which has made il
possible for you to accumulate your
Fealth, the money eventually may be
flzed' Better play safe and be able to
ear coupons from your bonds, as the
ears roll by.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25

Idaho boys at Camp Greene are sub
scribing literally to the second Liberty
loan. They are offering their lives and
their dollars to their country. Word
from Charlotte is that Company G of
Caldwell has subscribed for more than
$4,000 worth of war bonds. One pri-
vate bought $4,000 bond. The dis
patch did not say how much Grangeville
boys had subscribed, but it is safe to
say they are not slaekers.. When the
boys in the army can do so well, putting
their pay as soldiers back into the
treasury of their government to help
finance the war, why can t we at home
do better than we have done? Only
two days are left. Subscriptions close
Saturday noon. Don't through neglect
or obstinacy, put yourself in the slack
er class.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
Odd Fellows Buy Bonds.

NAMPA-The grand encampment of
Idaho, |. o. o. F., in session here last
week, voted to buy Liberty bonds with
all the funds in its treasury. The ac-
ton was taken not only as a patriotic
duty, but also as good investment.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
SOUR STOMACH.

Eat slowly, masticate your food thor
oughly. abstain from meat for rev
DAYS and in most cases the sour stomach
viii disappear. 1t is does not, take one
of Chamberlain s Tablets Immediately
after supper. Red meats are most
likely to cause sour stomach and you
NAV find it beet to cut them out (Adv.)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-25

Loans, low rate, long time, Ayers.26-tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29
SUFFRAGE AND LIVING COST
Women Now Have No Voice in Selecting
Lawmakers
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: An anti-suffrage letter printed in
your paper makes the claim that woman's
vote can in no way reduce the. high cost Of
living. Has such a statement any real basis
Of truth?
Let me point out that every remedy thus
far suggested by the present boards Of men
dealing with the problem Of foods and mar
kets demands legislative measures. These
measures include: Stoppage of gambling in
foods, Jail sentences where necessary, elimi-
nation Of trading in futures. penslization Of
those who destroy mature crops, national
regulation Of the country's food supply, di-
version of emigration from big cities to
farms, diversion of munition workers to
farms when their present employment ceases.
Mr. Perkins, the head of the Governors
board Of food investigators, says that, while
the average man spends only 10 per cent Of
his salary for transportation, there has been
state agency to see that ne got a square
deal yet no adequate state body has seen to
il that he is not robbed in expanding 40 per
cent of his income for food"
The women of New York State are interest
ed in seeing to it that there is some legisla-
tive remedy for this condition which leaves
the housewife unprotected when it comes to
purchasing food, etc. AS it is, the women OF
New York State have no voice in sending to
the Legislature the men who make the laws;
at least, no voice that is heard in comparison
with the actual ballot.
When the question of better market condi-
tons and the consequent high cost of living
becomes an issue with the candidates for the
state Legislature it seems to me that the
women of New York State will have an ex-
cellent opportunity Of reducing the high cost
Of living providing they have the ballot in
their hands.
In Australia. where women have had full
suffrage since 1902, there is an adequate sys-
TEN OF food control, according TO Patrick L.
Quinn, Government Commissioner for New
South Wales, who is in America just now.
Said Mr.. Quinn: Every Monday morning the
prevailing prices for staples are announced
by the government We provide reasonable
profit for the producer. one for the whole
ssler and one for the retailer and yet sell at
half and less than half of what you pay here.
In Australia we believe that a government
which cannot control prices for the benefit Of
its people is not living up to it's obligation
as democracy" LEONORA ORETLLY,
Chairman New York City Committee of the
New York State Woman Suffrage Party.
New York, Jan. 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29
Advertising the German Navy

In many recent dispatches from Berlin
uncommon stress is laid on the naval as
pect of the war, and an apparent effort is
made to magnify all indications of activity
at sea over and above the routine work OF
the submarines. The growing success of
the attacks on commerce has only "whet-
ted the appetite of the German navy to &c
cut and show what it really can do" &C
cording to the Berlin correspondent OF
"The Worl3," and he adds that the convic-
ton grows in Germany chat the world
war could be, and ultimately must be
fought out and decided at sea, and at sea
only"
This is evidently an authorized state
ment, and considered in relation to various
recent events it may possibly be taken al
sort of official reflection of popular i'm
patience at the apparent inactivity Of The
feet. The German people have always
been taught to expect much of their fleet
and hitherto it has undoubtedly disappoint
ed them. They were told that the Battle
of Jutland Bank was a German victory
vet they have waited nine months without
gathering any of the fruits of victory. The
submarines have indeed proved highly sat
isfactory, but something more telling anc
decisive is demanded by an enthusiastic
populace.
This impotence accounts perhaps fol
the exaggerated reports published so FIRE
duently of naval events of little impor
lance. The official policy in Germany ap
pears TO be exactly contrary to that which
prevails in England, where the work Of
the navy is rarely advertised. The English
policy has been censured by many English
men as ill-considered and possibly mis-
cbievous. One who has certain private
sources of information protested against
il in "The Times" only the other day
"Being in touch with our sailors" he
wrote. 81 hear from them Of the splendid
deeds of our navy and the many victories
they have won. some of them within the
last few weeks. Is there any reason toi
holding back this fine record?'
The harm, that may occasionally result
from excessive reticence was shown lately
in the uniustifable Indignation caused by
the Channel raid. and it was doubtless by
way Of providing against such unfair crit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29
Prohibition and Homicides

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Several months ago the author OF an
article on prohibition published in the Sun
day Tribune asserted that Kansas "has the
fewest homicides and murders of any state
in the Union" In reply to my statement that
this assertion was untrue Rollin o. Ever
hart stated that as the United States Census
reports did not give statistics Of homicides
had no way of proving that the original as
sertion was not correct
In a recent article by DR.. Frederick l..
Hoffman, statisticisn of the Prudential Life
Insurance Company, | find table giving the
number Of homicides in the registration
states from 1910 to 1914. These figures have
been carefully compiled from the mortality
reports, and show that instead OF Kansas
having the lowest homicide rate in the Union
sixteen states have lower rate and only
nine states a higher rate. Wisconsin, the
vettest state in the country, has a homicide
rate of "a per 100000 population, against the
Kansas rate Of 81, while the highest IN the
list is prohibition North Carolina, with a
rate Of 17.3. WHlDDEN GRAHAM.
New York, Jan. "a, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29

icism in future that the representatives oil
several newspapers were subsequently IN
yited to spend night with the Dover pa
troll. that they might learn what the work
of guarding the Channel meant. IL woulo
hardly be true to say that the German peo'
ME are better informed of conditions al
sea. but the government contrives to KEEP
them amused with frequent reports OF
naval events. These arc often insignia
cant enough, but they serve to sustain tho
impression of constant activity.
The recent attack on 1.-THE fortified TO-
cality" Of Lowestoft was one Of those per
formances which perhaps cheer public
without n very clear conception of the aims
Of naval warfare. 1t was obviously al
enterprise of no Importance. The eXpedl
ton Of a few nights before, whatever us
purpose, must have been more formldaoie
to Judge by the number of vessels con
cerned in it, Particulars are still wanting
and all we know is that 1t was thwarted
But the attack on Lowestoft was seemingly
nurposeless in itself-a mere piece OF bra
vado without any definite object. Similar
performances may possibly be repeated
but they are without important bearing or
the naval situation. At best they can only
be described as advertisements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29
A Penny a Day for the Belsians

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Noting letter in to-days Tribune from
Mary Richardson Dustan, of FL Dorado, Cal,
| would very much like to join in proposed
plan Of forming a penny -a-day" club to col
lect money for the relief of the suffering
Belgsns. | am quite sure of FIVE in my own
family who would be glad of the chance to
contribute a penny day and think We can
influence many others to join with US who
would give that little gladly. I would sug-
gest A. j. Hemphill, chairman of The board
Of directors of the Guaranty Trust Company
at 140 Broadway, New York City, who is
already in charge of the Belgian Relief Fund
in America, as the repository for said funds,
he being in a position to make satisfactory
distribution Of any and all moneys collected
by the proposed club. Trusting we may hear
further expressions Of sympathy and will
ingness to cooperate through the columns of
The Tribune. MRS F. II. WILLIAMS.
Spring Lake Beach, ~ j., Jan. "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29
ShnR!

Where are those of the upward-gazing
eyes and whispering voices who shake
their heads when the lawful" city, New
York, is mentioned, with the tinselly, gilt
tery cabarets, saloon on every permissi-
BILE corner, alluring white lights-in short,
Temptation They tell of the evils of
the great city, Of it's deceits, its cold, I'M
sympathetic, sophisticated inhabitants.
And yet out of the West came a seven
teen-year-old girl-child, wide-eyed, trust
ing, innocent, who told of her life in the
Far North, where there were no women
Just few miners and dog teams. She
had never seen a subway train, never
been in a theatre or taken taxi ride.
New York turned out to show her the
town, accepting her story with childlike
simplicity. Reporters of years expert
ence, cynical, skeptical, worldly-wise,
drank in her every word and noted her
amazement when she used her first finger
bowl, drank her first demi-tasse, took her
first car ride. Her ungramnatical frank
ness charmed; her unstudied kindness
fascinated. They gazed spellbound into
the great, limpid, soulful eyes and wrote
columns about her quaint manners, tricks
Of speech and delightful naivete.
A little child has led them-these world
.lv. blase. suspicious New Workers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29
British Ingratitude VS.. American Humor

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: / have been much amused at the in
dignation expressed by "For France" in your
issue Of to-day. Major Dugmore's contribu-
tion to the lyrics Of the day may plead, as an
excuse for its bad taste, its obvious truthful
ness. But as much cannot be said of "For
Frances" reasons why Great Britain should
feel respectful gratitude to the United States.
The supplies that we have so generously sent
have been paid for at exorbitant prices.
Our contributions 20 British war relief have
heen negligible, and those to the other En-
tonte nations have been but a small fraction
of what they should be. Britain's real OBJ
legation Of gratitude is on behalf Of the
splendid young Americans 900 we are told
who are fighting in her armies for liberty
and democracy. And these have been Off
cislly declared to have forfeited their Amer
lean citizenship by State Department that
we all know is personally run by President
who is going TO remain neutral at any price
short OF fighting! Really. Major Dugmore,
those verses were not so bad. FED UP.
Rockville Centre, y. Y, Jan %, 1917.