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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
RED CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS.

The army Red Cross -luc will oe
subscribed about $500 aceorcln-
To present indications. The com
mittee CONSISTING of o. +. Baum. chair
man. D. ". Davis and 5 y Norris
and L. L. Evans ST. has closed the
campaign and now has $l7S5.4S. Fifty
dollars are expected 20 come Within
few days from Pauline wh-ch has
not YET turned in its amount 81 money
raised.
The committee which was appointed
by State Red Cross Chairman aawley
is well pleased With the results ot me
campaign The money was raised
without trouble and every precinct dld
we'll in its endeavor 10 raise is a.
lotted portion Of the funds required
from the county. The committee ala
not seek 10 raise . SUM very much IN
excess of the county'S allotment, a 21l
is therefore not in the runnins Wtta
other counties which lifted the llu and
entered into competition TO establish
a record. The committee IN this coun'
~ apportioned the allotment 70 The
several precincts. and sought only g
raise the appOrtiOnment.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
JAY B. TAYLOR.
LENNIE 5. SKAGGS.
FRED HOWARD.
TWO PATRIOTIC PICTURES
DRAW CROWDED HOT Sc
"America Is Ready and ~Patria"
Pleased Large Crowd Which saw
Them.

America Is Ready" and "Patria
the TWO most patriotic films showing
before the moving picture public today
attracted four hundred and fifty people
to the Auditorium last night. 1t was
one of the largest crowds that has
ever greeted a performance in the
Auditorium theatre.
The picture America Is Ready.
showed the preparation and actual
practice OF Americas forces on land.
water and in the air. The audience
was unusually liberal in applause and
never let an opportunity pass TO show
its appreciation.
The opening scenes and actions OF
I"Patria" were particularly pleasing
and this newest and most popular ser
| ial story and picture promises TO grow
/ in popularity with every issue. Mrs
Vernon Castle takes the leading part
and is one of the most daring moving
picture players that performs for the
screen Her race in an automobile
against the fast express train las
might was hair raising. She will ap
pear in additional reels OF "Patria'
every Monday evening at the Auditor
ium.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
BRITISH STEAMER SINKS U.BOAT
GunnerS Got Range and Twelfth shot
Broke Submarine in Two.

Members OF the crew of a British
steamer which arrived at an Atlantic
port Monday reported having sunk an
attacking German submarine. The
British vessel sent shell into the
U-boats magazine, causing an eN-
plosiOn which parted the underwater
boat about amidships Each end sank
separately. The British steamer was
uninjured.
The submarine was tve miles dis
tant and running away after hayinS
attacked the Britisher nearly 400 miles
off the coast of Ireland.
According to the story told by the
gunner of the British steamer. the
submarine was first seen when she
sent a shell AT the steamer from a
distance of about 5000 yards II fell
short and the steamer immediately
was swung around so that her stern
was toward the U-boat. getting the
naval gun at work. Eleven shots
we're fired in rapid succession and
each struck very close 10 the Ger
man.
Il knew l had the range after ths
second shot. and so did the German
said the British gunner. The Ger
mans were using their TWO guns. fore
and aft. while We had only one. bu
the shells were falling short and h'
started to run l followed him witt
shells. and the twelfth. the one tha
sent him down. struck just abaft tn
periscope He was then more thar
5000 yards away.
We could all see the boat break il
half and 80 down. disappearing within
a few minutes. | sent four NOR
shots in the water at the spot wher
she disappeared, to let any Of tn
Boches who might have escaped kno'
that We were still around and woul
take care of them II they appeared
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
LIST or MEMBERS -AMERIC
FALLS BOARD OF TRADE

u. ". Davis. H. C.. A. Winter. Jas
Gibson. Gus wennstrOm. ". {. GrsE-
ory. ". ". Davie. NJ J Ungsr G. =
Widsteen. Joe Wagner. O. H. Barber
Kirby Torrance. + L. Baker {. "
Dahiherg. Joe Anderson. J. T. Sykes
r E Austin. Chas. Hartley f D.
Durkee. Ed. Cronkhits. T. E s. John
j. c. Vaughan. H. C. Beatty. r 3
Greenwood. L. y Atkins. ". H Phil
brick, Z E Z2ring. A. 8 BIO" n
Chester Greene :. G Rowland, J.
5. Holloway. J. II Do-an. Chas. Goss-
H e Enrich. " J. Hanson. W "
Beckstead. j. ;. Absrcrombie. John 7
coleman. %n. Schmidt. ". Griswoid-
II { Sparks. Adolf ClaasSen. Geo
Bradshaw. Or. c. T. SchiltE = n
Baum. G. " Kerr. Henry ZAhl- SD
Stewart. -
zach Of the above contribute State0
sums each month for community pur-
poses
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
POWER COUNTY SOLDIER BOYS
ARE KEPT BUSY AT FL PASO
Begin Work at $50 4. NJ, and Finish
at } z. M.-Letters That We're New
er Written AnxiOusly Awaited.

FL Paso, Texas.
June 10, 1917.
The American Falls Press:
We had never noticed particularly
that FL PasO vas on the map before
or that il was in Texas and only the
Rio Grande separating us from un-
ruly Mexico, but We are realizing il
now; not that Mexico is causing us
any trouble but just the realization
that We are here.
We can hardly say that We like FL
Paso with "Spicks" and Spanish and
the heat-oh, boy-110 and l20 in the
shade, and no shade. We are doing
better now. really putting on avoirdu-
poise.
Drill work is pretty severe on us,
from 4:30 in the morning till retreat
at 500. There are thousands though
and from every state in the United
States There are nearly 10000 sol
diers in camps and at Fort Bliss here.
Reports are circulated every few
days that We are to leave but it viii
probably be at least a month or two.
We all expect 10 see France, though.
before We get passports for home
again.
We have y. VI. g. A., motion PIC
ture and boxing contests, piano and
several fellows Who play and more
who sing; so it's not so dull when our
days work is over.
Next week finishes our drill prac-
tise and then we go on the rifle
range and learn real warfare.
There are TWO things which happen
every day that every soldier is more
f interested in than life itself-mess
calls and mail calls. The first hap
pens three times daily but We can
never get letters that were never writ
ten We think OF you. why not you
OF US Most every soldiers greatest
pastime is thinking Of home and tel
ling the boys about things back home.
We are sending regards TO all and
best wishes TO those who may have
to join.
JAY b. TAYLOR.
LENNIE 5. SKAGGS.
FRED HOWARD
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

for the grading Of Chestnut avenue
from the Old Tin opera house 10 the
intersection with state highway vas
awarded % y e. Grant whO VIII be-
Gin work Immediately This is the
section OF road that Judge oliver said
was the worst he encountered between
here and California Ordinances we're
also read and passed penalizing own
ers who allowed stock 70 run loose
within the city and setting forth The
rules governing the placing of tele-
phone and power line poles
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
PRICES CONC Up.

Local merchants are r. ucra-t-t
raising The price On commodities In
most instances they raise IN direct
proportion ro the advance made ot tle
wholesalers. hut in some Instances
they prefer rs cir The margin 81 pro1t
rather than raise the price hlsher
An example of price raising IS lllls-
rated by the raise U shoe leather and
shoes. shoes -lat We're listed at
whole s,- 'aS tal for S115 are noN
listed at So 3 or in other words they
have increased 5S per cent within The
last six months II some cases
where an unusual grade 1t leather IS
used the increase has been greater
than IN The example given
Grocers have generally increased
-ha prices tu their commodities rams
ing 10 one hundred and nifty per cent
About the only articles that have not
advanced several fold are the nation
ais advertised products such as cot-
lees teas. cornflakes and equally we'll
known products. Canned goods have
advanced about nifty per cent. some
flour has advanced over one hundred
per cent and staple commodities hAs
navy and lima beans have advances
from eight and one-third cents pei
uouud 70 81. cents per pound
Clothing has not advanced 50 notice
ably as yet but 5 scheduled 70 before
long according TO local merchants
some kinds Of cloth has been takeI
from the market and other kinds ar'
back ordered 50 far that it take
months 20 set suit once ordered.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

e-s 0f the Pacific fleet. giving rhe
American officer a swift and powerful
force for whatever operations he may
md necessary.
Il has been generally understood
thar one Of the nrst agreements reach
I'd with the British and French gov
ernments provided rhat the United
states navy should take over patrol
work r the Atlantic waters from New
Fouudlaud -o Brazil Navy officials
decline for military reasons 20 dis
cuss any details II The plans
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
AMERICAN PACIFIC FLEET
ARRIVES IN BRAZILIAN WATERS
Relieving German and French Ne~-
sis from Atalnfic Patrol Duties.

The arrival ln Brszi.aa aater- of
an American Pacific Ia-r squadron
commanded bg Admira raperrol re-
reals that the American navy has
taken over responsibility for -ae pa
.rol ~ that region against German
raiders
While navy officials would not dis
close The IDENTITY or number of s--se
IL Admiral CapertOn squadron il .s
assumed that they include The cr-.s-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
CLUB GIRLS MEET THURSDAY.

Miss Z. Fay Fowler will meet the
Girls club members at the high school
building Thursday afternoon at 2:S0.
She will give demonstration in can
ming and urges all members TO be
present
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

+. +. Geesey of Fairview. who is
acting as a demonstrator for the Pow
er county farm bureau, has a small
patch OF horse beans that are making
a magnificent growth. County Agent
Kjosness is confident that horse beans
will be a great success here.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

The German federal commissioners
have decreed that bread grains. bar
ley. oats. peas. beans, buckwheat and
millet will be reQuisitioned in their
entirety this year for control and dis
tribution by the government.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

Henry ] Failing. who left Twin
Falls last year 10 become president
III a Portland banking and trust com
pany. IS dead.
The military prison camp AZ Sall
Lake. Friday. received the second con
siSnment OF German sailors from in
termed German vessels.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
Power County Farm Bureau Inaugurates Excursions
to Study Farm Problems.

President G. S. Butler Of the Power County Farm
Bureau announces that the first Of series Of excur-
sions to study farm problems, will leave American
Falls Thursday morning, June 28 for visit to the
farms Of Pleasant Valley and Little Greek. The
cursion will be in charge Of Ross McCary leader Of
summer fallow projects for the Power County Farm
Bureau. The purpose Of the excursion is to study
the summer falow methods Of the best farmers with
view to helping solve the weed problem, and to de-
termine if possible the best methods Of killing
squirrels. L. c. Achre, superintendent Of the Aber
deem Experiment station will accompany the eXcur-
sionists and in short addresses at the farms visited
will point out the strong point we'll the defects
in the methods employed on each In other words the
excursion will be sort Of school for the demonsra-
ton Of the best dry farm practices and comparison
Of results obtained the several farms visited
not be other than helpful
A large number Of business men have volunteered
to Join the excursion and take their in order to
convey such farmers as have cars who wish to 60.
Farmers so situated are requested to be hand at
the appointed hour and every effort will be made
see that they are provided with transportation The
only expense to them will be the cost Of their dinner
which will be secured in American Falls after the
turn from Pleasant Valley. The following stops will
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
GERMAN BAPTISTS CLOSE
SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE
LARGE SIMS >TB>CRIBFD FOR
CHI RiH SUPPORT.

Visitors Pleased With CnbouRded Hos
pitalit! 0f Local Member,hip-Ex
cur>ion> to the Lavas and Warm
>prings odessa. Washington. hos
en- A. Next Meeting Place.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

The officers Of the farm bureau invite all farmers
who possibly can come. as well all business men. to
ioin the excursion 1t will provide an excellent op-
portunity to study the methods Of Of the most
successful farmers. -
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
FARM BUREAU ORGANIZED
FOR EFFECTIVE WORK
FIRST MEETING NEW DIRECTORS
START MACHINE IN MOTION.

Work OF the Bureau Planned for the
Coming Year and Leaders for Each
Line Of Work ChOsen-Bureau VIII
Soon BE in Touch With All Parts OF
the County.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

Idaho's Red Cross fund has reache,
S4g6'000 and is still growing.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

Join the excursion Thursday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
AS TO "BUSINESS AS USUAL"

dollars. The British Bankers Magazine
has shown that the average value of 3S7
representative securities has declined
twenty per cent since the outbreak OF
the war. This is primarily a conse-
quence of public borrowings of $l5,000,-
100000 Our wealth is greater, but
much more speculative in character.
Hence it is safe surmise that our CAPT
tai values will decline about as heavily,
if our public borrowings run anywhere
near S2OOO0,O00, 1000.
To put the same thing under another
form, investments will have to yield five
per cent instead Of the four per cent
adequate to maintain parity before the
war. The holders of four per cent in
vestments will have to scale down their
capital value accordingly. This in itself
will mean much. 1t will amount to the
disappearance of some forty billions Of
value But what will mean most is the
effect of the higher interest rate on new
borrowings. There is scarcely bust
ness that will not be compelled to modify
its policy by such change in the inter-
est rate. Here for example, is rail
way that follows tOrtuous contours up
10 watershed and down again. A cut
off with tunnel would cost S10,000000
and save S450,000 year VIII it pay?
At four per cent, yes; at five per cent,
no. This principle, it is easy to see, is of
general application Our whole eco
nomic structure will have to be Icad-
iusted to higher interest rates.
We are still far from an adequate view
Of what must happen to business. There
are three parties to the distribution OF
the social income-labor, capital and the
state. The states share was minor, be-
fore the war This share will now be
immensely increased. A billion or more
will have to be raised for interest on the
public debt, if we continue at war
through next year. Another large sum
will have to be raised for pensions, and
it is very improbable that after the war
the state will pursue policy of parsi-
money and neglect toward the poorer of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

comes over the world that makes GER
tain things relatively useless, the sooner
their production is discouraged the
better. And this encouragement is nor
mally effected through the unwilling
ness of the public to buy. But there is
no need here for complicated economic
argument to prove that business should
not 90 on as usual. 1t IL sufficient to
indicate that business can't continue IN
its customary ways. And the sooner
business grasps the situation the better
it will be for business, in the long run.
In the next twelve months we are
going to raise seven billions of dollars
in war loans, together with at least 4
billion and quarter in extraordinary
taxation. Where is all this money COM
ing from? The aggregate saving power
of the nation in time of peace has been
estimated at six billions Of dollars.
Much of this will be required for es-
adjustments producing objects OF mill
tary need for transportation, for agri-
culture for housing. War or no war,
we shall increase in population by some
three millions, and the provision of
shelter and productive equipment for
the additional population must somehow
be made. 1t follows that several bill
ions will have to be saved out Of the
sums we ordinarily spend on the neces-
sites, comforts and luXuries of life.
Shall we retrench equally on all three?
We cannot. Therefore it is vain for the
purveyOrs Of Injuries to hope for bust
ness as usual. It is time for them to
take in sail.
This, however, is only a minor part OF
the problem that business will have to
face. War, the devourer, will by no
means be content with a single seven
billion dollar loan. If the war continues
through next year. as all the official
prophets predict, we shall have to raise
another seven billions and perhaps still
another. This, it may be said is mere
bagatele as compared with our two hun
bred billions Of wealth. But let us not
overlook the fact that the new savings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

part of this legal defence all the facts
in the life and circumstances OF the ac-
cused. all that the committees counsel
considers pertinent to the crime. Espe-
ciallv important are the committees IN
vestipations when verdict of plea OF
guilty brings the prisoner up for SEN
tence. There the Voluntary Defenders
Committee has facilities Tor bringing to
light extenuating circumstances that
not even the ordinary capable lawyer
could have at his command.
There is Mrs. Marion NJ. Goldman,
Director Of Investigations who has for
eight years run the illuminating gaunt-
let of every kind of protective and pro-
baton work. Eight years spent on the
prosecution side in cases Of juvenile
delinquency have made her word law
to the courts, and now that she is on the
side of the defendants, her prose
cutting activities have left her free OF
sentimental elusionsd. She has been Dor
rowed from one of the leading social
service organizations in this city, and
the Defenders Committee is aghast at
the thought of having to return the loan
Then there is Mrs. Helen G.. Timko.
linguist and Investigator. who speaks
eight languages and is invaluable for
getting at the roots of the crimes that
rise out of the muddled Stun life below
the poverty line.
The committee considers all this So
cial investigation necessary, as it wishes
to make the living conditions and life
histories of its clients part Of the legal
facts in case.
twenty-five years ago. said Mr.
Embree, "a theft was theft, whether
the man who did the stealing was drug
fend or not. Already in our first hun
dred cases we have succeeded in divert
ing drug addicts from the penitentiary
which would not improve them in the
least, to reformative farms, where they
would have a chance to be cured. An
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
The Voluntary Defenders Committee
Will Free Him from the Clutches of
the ASSIGNMENT Layyer
Nv IRWIN EDMAN
Bv IRWIN EDMAN

assignment lawyer cannot bring the
facts of disease or insanity, or path
ology before the court, because ne
does not know them, and has no facili-
ties for finding them out.
Our Investigators undertake a rigid
and painstaking research. They enable
us to bring the facts of crime before
the courts in their complete setting and
history. They make human facts legal
facts
If the Defenders Committee finds
evidence to show that the accused is
guilty. the counsel urge him to plead
guilty. If he refuses, as his lawyers
they are morally bound to see 1t
through, but they warn him that al
though they will give him the best de-
fence possible, they will neither allow
him to commit perjury, nor use ire
sponsible and lying witnesses. If ne Is
not satisfied with this kind Of defence
he is at liberty to ask the court for
other counsel.
They have found no cases so far where
. palpably guilty man has refused, on
the recommendation Of the committee,
to plead guilty. There was only one eX-
ception, now in home for the feeble
minded. For whenever there are
real extenuating circumstances the
prisoners know that the recommends
tons of these volunteer counsel have
great weight with the court. Just as
they have found, on the other hand, that
the Defenders Committee is by no
means a sentimental organization de-
voted to the acquittal Of any poor man
who happens justly to be accused.
A casual survey of records of the De-
tenders Committee reveals some en-
couraging novelties in legal procedure.
The evidence includes more than the
bare facts Of the crime. 1t furnishes
the result of question and designed to
light up the whole background that
made the crime possible. It turns up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

the obscure motives and hidden ante
cedents of burglary or an assault. 1t
sees further into the case than any usual
defending attorney would care to, eSpe-
cially if the results of his search made
him discover the prisoner guilty. The
chief difficulty of the Defenders COM
mittee, in many cases, has been to pre-
vent pleas of guilty. Discouraged, pen
niless prisoners in the Tombs are ready
to settle the matter by making such
plea. when they are really innocent. The
presence and encouragement Of dis
ciplined and sympathetic counsel has in
several cases shown that the plea Of
guilty was sham, and that the prisoner
had not committed the crime.
The Defenders Committee has
brought to the attention of the court
cases that on the face of i were brazen
burglaries, committed because of an
overpowering physical desire for heroin
Bringing these facts before the court
has already sent several drug addicts to
institutions where recovery is possible.
Even in these first hundred cases there
have been several that upon investiga-
ton proved to be the crimes of insane
recidivists, OF as they have been more
inteligibly called, "nutty reporters
Sending these people to jail never guar
antees that they will not repeat their
crimes, and the counsel for the commit
tee, in conjunction with the District
Attorneys recommendations have mad
them sent to asylums.
The committee technically is organ
lied for legal defence, but it has already
found itself bureau of social investlga-
ton and social after-care. In cases
where it has secured suspended SEN
tence. the court has frequently placed
the released prisoners under the parole
of the committees investigators. So, al
though privately financed and privately
operated, the Defenders Committee per-
forms a peculiarly public function.
In defending the gangster type of
criminal Mr.. Embree and Mr.. Pfeiffer,
both of whom spent several years pros
ecuting such cases, have found that they
can be more than merely counsels Of de-
fence with temporary interest in
passing case. They have found that
proper handling of these young fellows,
with an intelligent appreciation of the
homes and histories which made them