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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-07

Men maids? Why not? Some COM
pensation for girl stenogs, Ell?
Man who stole a watch and sold it
for 80 might have melted the judges
heart II he had pleaded a snitch in
time, etc.
Those IL United States senators may
not get iron crosses from the kaiser,
but o my countrymen, how they will
have things hung on them by the folks
at home!
You may stop the pay and the clock
IL you will but the ambitious solons
can legislate still.
The voice of LaFollette but the hand
of Bryan?
We have hog prices and price hogs.
Maybe the presiding officer of the
United States senate will have to put
It this way: The gentleman from Ger
many has the floor"
why can't we buy with what we
raise?" o. X. except as to those who
raise hell mostly. Who would trade
beefsteak for birthstone?
Business, not marriage, now wo-
mems goal" What's the idea? To put
the typewriter a little closer to the
altar?
| Some women who talk about poor
| form have it all right.
o
Looks like food spectators were al
so going up.
Some people have never made any
thing Of themselves except fools.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-07

HOW TO GET FAT.
Try to reduce.
Go into the egg business.
Buy II at the butchers.
Marry . thin person.
Grow stout.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-07
THE KNOCkER,

THE KNoCkER.
Who comes to me and tattles tales
OF Tom or Albert, Luke or Lee,
do not like, can't endure,
For when he goes to them, I'm SURE
He tattles tales of me.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-07

Men maids? Why not? Some COM
pensation for girl stenogs, Ell?
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-07

Some people have never made any
thing of themselves except fools.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
By William Philip Sims,


Omitted Press Staff COrrespondent)
With the British Armies Afield, April 26.One single
British post defending just part of Guiemont farm,
emerged victorious today from of the erces fought
of the countless scattered actions marking day repete
with bitter fghtingby killing off every man OF their
German assailants
1t was field carpeted with German dead around
Gullemont Here, during the night the British had bat
tered forward to take the farm and stretch OF front
two thousand yards east of Lempre. Hill lao, to the
NORTH had fallen into British hands, after swaying,
desperate battle
Hardly had the Tommes started to dig themselves in
this hard ground when the Teutonc counter at
tack came in binding force The enemys guns dug great
burial holes for the thousands of their deadbut it like
wise by sheer intensity gave the advancing Germans
brief foothold All the farm the battle ragged The
enemy managed at terrible cost to regain part of it. But
to the west the one British post stood adamant On it
beat after of the attack The last and most
violent caught fully in the face the tremendous fire of the
melted into heaps Of dead and twisted shapes. The
British held the line.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
MOVEMENT STARTED
IN SWITZERLAND FOR
GERMAN|C REPUBLIC
Would Sweep Aside HOhen-
zOllernisIn and Have Self
Government

Washington April 26.-What may
prove to be important moves to sweep
aside Hohenzollernism and replace it
with German republic were reported
officially to the state department to-
day from several sources.
According to a message to the see
retary of state from Minister Stovall
at Berne, an open movement is on in
Switzerland by a committee of Ger
mans to spread the propaganda of re
publieanism and democracy.
DIR. Reese Meyer, former editor OF
the Berlin Morgen Post, leads the Swift
zerland propagandists, who already
have established a paper, The Erie
zeitung, to further their attempts tt
spread the doctrine of German re
public in the fatherland.
From other sources this government
learns that the German people care in
creasingly anxious" for peace.
Such message was taken by q
traveller in a neutral country from Ger
many to state department officials il
the unnamed neutral nation. This gov
ernment s officials so telegraphed the
state department today. 1t was stated
that "the strike of 250,000 laborers il
Berlin shows the growth Of the desire
for peace
Moreover, this traveller declared Ger
many has reduced the bread ration'
from 1900 to 1900 grams week.
As a result of the "continual strike
at Ebling, the department Of state il
Informed, orders were issued by tn,
commander in chief Of that distric
that all striking munition workers VIII,
have been withdrawn from the from
in order to do munition work woI,
have to report Immediately to militar.
headquarters if they did not resum
work before April 20. AS result o
this, work was Immediately resumed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26

in the face of great masses of men the
carnage was greater than that suffered
by the enemy since the war started
German Nerve Shaken.
Front dispatches today carried the
idea that the Germans, realizing no
trench work could stand against the
levelling fire of the British artillery,
were seeking to make wall of living
human beings against the advance. Into
the closely packed troops opposing, the
British fire did terrific work. Thou
sands of mangled bodies are flung over
the battlefield along the Searpe, most
ly Germans. The British losses have
been exceedingly low, considering the
ferocity of the fighting.
That the terrible mortality of the
German troops is undermining their
morale is apparent by statements OF
prisoners The German troops-all OF
them picked divisions are literally
driven into the fighting line now. Those
who survive the deadly accuracy of the
British artillery fire and the pounding
of the British infantry attacks are ex
ceedingly glad to be taken prisoners,
Today it appeared that the British
and the enemy were deadlocked to the
north of the Scarpe. The drive toward
Douai along this line was being opposed
with the Germans every resource. Tt
the south, however, the British pressure
could not be resisted and they were
/ slowly moving forward.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
American Sentiment
May Be Cause Of Ireland
Getting Home Rule

London, April 26.-Announcement to-
day that Premier Lloyd-George had
postponed for few days his statement
on Irish home rule, promised this week,
aroused hopes of complete settlement
of the question. 1t was believed that
Lloyd-George was making final effort
to reconcile the various Irish elements
as a result Of urgent representations
from Foreign Secretary Balfour, now in
Washington.
Balfour was reported to have indi-
Gated to LloydGeorge that the Amer.
lean government and the American peo-
pie favored home rule and that solid
arity between the United States and
Great Britain would be greatly en-
hanced by recognition of this senti-
ment here.
The London public was much i'm
pressed today by great display in the
NOrthcliffe newspapers representing a
canvass of American sentiment by its
American correspondent, and including
quotations from Roosevelt Taft and
prominent Americans, favOring home
rule.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
ROOT IS CHAIRMAN Of
RUSSIAN commission
Conferred With President
Over Mission But Makes
No Comment

Washington, April 2G.--Elihu Root,
former secretary of state, today accept
ed the chairmanship of the American
commission which is going to Russia.
Root conferred with President Wilson
today for an hour as to the purposes of
the commission and then talked with
Secretary Lansing. He would not dis
cuss in any way the commission 8 plans
in fact, would say nothing whatever
as to his connection with it, preferring
to let Secretary Lansing make any an
nounccments to the public.
The full personnel of the commission,
which in addition to Root. is to include
railroad experts, financial authorities
and two or three other prominent rep
resentatives of Americas business and
scientific life, will be announced very
soon.
Realizing the need of Immediately ex-
erting assistance of all kinds to the
Russian government, it is the purpose
of the president to send the commission
abroad as quickly as the business af-
fairs of the members can be settled.
However, the same secrecy as to de-
tails of leaving and ioute will be main
tanned as was practiced concerning the
French and British commissions sent
here.
Root 3 selection and his acceptance
was taken as the final sign of a com
lplete American political unity for the
war, Root having been one of the presi-
dent IS political critics and Roosevelt 4
former premier.
I
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
ASSERT REPORTS
OF FOOD SHORTAGE
ARE MISLEADING
PrObers Say Shipments Of
FOOdstufs Are Abnormal
B Held Up
SPECULATION CAUSE OF
HIGH SOARING PRICES
Shipments to Beligerents Not
Cause Of Rise In Eggs,
Onions, Etc.

Washington, April 26.-Results of the
first congressional authorized and paid
for price probe as a result of recent
soaring prices throughout the nation,
were reported today.
The conclusion reached is that "there
is no just ground for such high prices
of many products, as are demanded of
the consumer at this time. y
The report recommends there is "urg-
ent need in this country for organiza-
tion of comprehensive marketing ma
chinery which will put producing and
consuming communities in trading rela-
tions with each other and make possible
sending perishable products directly
from the point of production to point
of use. -
Municipal wholesale markets are. re-
commended.
The probe was conducted in the ma
tion IS capital. Some sensational dis
closures were laid before congress in
the report, which says that similar
conditions undoubtedly hold in other
cities of the country.
Conditions unearthed here also may
be taken as criterion Of what the fed
eral trade commission may find in it's
nationwide investigation.
What Probe Found.
That reports of food shortage were
misleading.
That prices in many cities were "un-
usually high. 4"
That the poor have been compelled
to resort to strictest economy TO pro-
vide food.
That the sale of ordinary cuts of
meats appear to have been diseon-
tinued.
That consumers are exhibiting more
frugality than ever before; the falling
off in garbage collections proves this.
That shipments of food stuffs were
abnormally held up and the food supply
therefore abnormally depleted.
That the element of speculation in
food products has been one of the po-
tent factors in enormous increases in
prices.
That shipments of foods to belligerent
countries have not affected prices of
potatoes, eggs and onions, but that
prices on these commodities scared
with prices of other foods.
| That the food situation here is merely
a part of the food situation of the rest
of the country.
+ The probers reported that increased
value of farm land, agricultural instru-
ments, costs of distribution and
"changed methods of living" undoubt-
edly has some effect on price increases.
"Suburban life'' the report said,
"for instance, calls for longer hauls for
delivery. On the other hand apartment
house life calls for frequent small guam
tity sales with corresponding increase
in frequency of deliveries. The deliea-
lessen serves as pantry for the apart
ment dweller and the proprietor charges
for services rendered
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
French Stand Fast.

Paris, April 26.-Two tremendous
German attacks made ON front of more
than a mile and half west of Cerny
were smashed unavailingly against
French lines and repulsed amid heavy
losses to the enemy, today's French Of
fetal statement declared.
Powerful German counter attacks at
two other places on the French front
were likewise repelled.
The war office statement indicated
that all along the French front the Ger
mans were making violent attempts to
loose the grip of French troops ON their
new positions. Some bitter fighting
was reported from half dozen differ
ent points.
''Oh the shores of the Oise," the
statement said, ga German patrol was
easily repulsed.
"North of the Aisne several German
attempts to eject our troops from the
plateau and the Ladies Highway were
unsuccessful.
1.-TWO powerful attacks on front of
two kilometers west of Cerny were
smashed on the French lines, the Ger
mans losing heavily. one other attempt
at Hurtebise farm also failed.
I'm the Champagne, in the region
of Pompelle, in front of Navaria and
Tahure, several German attacks only
resulted in our capture OF prisoners "
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
Steel Manufacturers
VIII Supply Government
at Reduced Rates

New York, April 26.-Steel manufae-
turers of the country will fill the gov
ernment S war orders at prices rang
ing from 33 Is per cent to 81 2-3 per
cent below tn epresent market quota
tions.
At a meeting of heads of the United
States Steel Cooperation, Republic
Steel and Midvale Steel today, it was
decided to fill the government S orders
for bars at $3.50 base per hundred
pounds, for plates at $3.50 and for
structural shapes at $3.50. Today IS
Pittsburg prices for these materials are
1910 for bars, So for plates and $4 for
shapes.
This put the rates on bars 80 1-3 per
cent below the market, plates 81 2-3
per cent below and shapes 371a per cent
below.
The prices to the government were
fixed bv a general committee appoint
ed by the American Iron and Steel In.
stitute, in conference wI,a the United
States representatives. They were unan.
imously approved by today S meeting.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
British held the line.

The same sort of fighting was in pro-
gress at a score of places on the British
front today, but it had abated just a
t,ifIe from the ferocity of the night at
taoks. There has been no time for the
most part to bury the dead. The Ger
mans, particularly, have been too oc-
cupied in reinforcing their bleeding di-
visions and in trying to launch counter
attacks, to take care of their now use
less fragments. Everywhere they lit
tered the fields today.
lespite these tremendous counter at
tacks which the enemy, prodigal of his
1nen, is hurting all along the line, the
British are holding their most important
gains.
The fighting today for the most part
is along the Scarpe. The enemy is los
irg not only in thousands by counter at
tacks, but everywhere the deadly accu-
racy of the British artillery is adding
TO the toll.
Cold wintry weather, with lowering
clouds, lessened the air fighting from
the tremendous scale on which the war
fare of the skies has been waged during
the past few days of clear, sunshiny
weather
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26

on board but that when Winslow APP
peared below the pier he was too far
away for them to throw one to him,
In the opinion of Coroner Clough,
who was notified of the accident, it
is highly improbable that the body will
be found near the place where it went
down as the current there is strong
and bears away toward the narrows
below the railroad bridge. He says IT is
probable that it will be found seven
or eight miles down the river in about
the same locality as the girl who was
found on Christmas day.
Mr.. Winslow was a brother of at
torney Winslow and is survived by u
wife and two children. His youngest
child is but few weeks old.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
Attacks RepuIsed.

London, April 26.-Complete repulse
of violent massed counter attack by
German forces against new British posi-
tions around Gavrelle was announced in
Field Marshal Faig's official statement
to-day.
q Early at right the enemy again en-
detvored to attack our new positions at
Gayrelle, F" he said. ellis troops were
caught in our artillery barrage and
completely repulsed."
Germany is now suffering her most
appalling losses of the war in the des-
Perate endeavors of her army staff to
stop the British drive by sheer weight
oe human masses opposing it. North of
tue Scarpe river today where the Bri-
tisn fought ahead almost inch by inch
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26

"If Mayor Curley's bill legahzing
Sunday home gardening meets with the
approval of the legislature" supposes
the Boston Globe. And what do we
know about blue laws, out here in the
west, anyhowS
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26

1t is good to know that the food sup
ply is to be revised by its friends.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
GERMANS fight With
UTTER Desperation

Reckless Of Losses Fierce Counter Attacks Are Made In At
tempt to Halt British DriveOne Attacking Force Mets
Away, the Last Man Going Down Before Hell Of Machine
Gun Fre--LOsses Are Appalling and Morale Of German
Troops Weakens
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
They Get Thanks.

Amsterdam, April 26-Thanks to the
heroes of Arras and the Aisne and hope
of an early peace was expressed in a
telegram sent by the main reichstag
committee today to Field Marshal Him
denburg.
Dispatches from Berlin said the mes
sage promised the entire German people
would devote all their strength to the
eountry's defense until peace-whieh, it
was hoped, would come soon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26

Continued or mage Sky
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26
The German Version,

Berlin, via London, April 26.-Ter
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-26

CONTINUED on page three.)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-06-29
RED CROSS DAYS
AT DUNCAN & cos.

The progressive firm, Duncan &
Co., did a patriotic thing last We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday by do
mating five per cent of its gross re-
ceipts to the local Red Cross organi-
zation. The ladies of the Red Cross
circle assisted the company in adver-
tising this sale BY distributing circu,,
iSrss thtucut this.F trade territory.
That the five per cent amounted to
: twenty-five or thirty dollars speaks
well, both for the progressiveness of
the firm and the advertising ability
of the ladies.
The company cleaned out the mid
die store window and installed therein
what was supposed to be replica of
the interior of a Red Cross tent.
The beautiful nurses dressed in their
snowy costumes lowering about the
two wounded soldiers on the cot lin
the persons of Robert King and Thos.
Beatty > the other hurt hero in the
person of Master John S. King, Jr.,
limping languidly around the enclos-
ure, the shOt-guns scattered here and
there, the red rivers of blood flowing
! from the gaping wounds, absorbent
| cotton, anaesthetics, surgical appa-
ratus and other paraphernalia of the
hospital arranged in neat order on
the instrument table, all contributed
to the completeness of the scene. The
mere fact that smiles wreathed the
faces of the youthful soldiers and the
fact that they seemed to regard the
whole affair as huge joke does not
detract from the congruity of the
scene, but ather shows that the first
class attention that they were receiv-
ing and the modern methods employ
ed in their behalf made them forget
the horrors of the situation.
The idea of thus advertising the
sale was very clever one. AS it was
the center of attraction on the after
moons that it was in existence shows
that the Grenada public is not inap-
preciative of novel manner of
| presentation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-06-29
THE RESULT OF THIS POLICY.
This Territory Canvassed for Stu
dents to Go Away.

The Sentinel is not unmindful of
the fact that this is free country
and that people have right to exer-
else their own judgment and do as
they elect so long as the exercising
of that judgment and that election do
not interfere with the rights or the
prerogatives of some one else. Just
at this moment the writer has in mind
the canvass made only this week of
Grenada by most estimable and ac-
complished lady in the interests of
Martha Washington College, Abing-
don, Va. (By the way did you ever
hear of Abingdon?) The proposition
is no doubt strictly one of business
so far as the lady is concerned; she
had an inalienable right to visit Gre
NADIA in the interest of the school she
represents, or in the interests of any
other college. And those who want
to send to Martha Washington Col
lege also have an inalienable right to
do so. But all this by way of pref
ace. This splendid young woman,
The Sentinel feels free to say, did not
get a single young lady student from
Grenada.
The proposition is, if Grenada and
Mississippi are ever to be just what
they ought to be at home, a waking
up to the fact that there are Just as
good things here as elsewhere must be
had. Now, the Bulletin of the Board
of Education Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South" Volume 7, No. l,
gives what the educational world calls
classification of the Universities
and Colleges owned or controlled by
that church, and that classification
puts Grenada College and Martha
Washington College in. the same class,
with Grenada fourth on this list and
Martha Washington eighth. Perhaps
there are many people who do not
know that Martha Washington is
Methodist College. With the facts of
classification before them, the public
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-06-29
MISS ROANE ENTERTAINED

On Monday evening of last week
Miss Annie Elise Roane entertained
the other members of the Cook Nc
Gehee bridal party. Refreshing fruit
punch was served to the guests from
a rose decorated punch bowl on the
front porch. The rooms were bright
with baskets of pink and white flow
ers and ferns. Various games and
contests, in keeping with the nature
of the party, were indulged in. One
of the most amusing being a wax
modelling contest. Each guest mold
ed kewpie in wax, and the resulting
exhibition was varied and grOtesque.
The kewpie modelled by Miss Mary
Reed, of Memphis, Tenn, was award
ed the prize, soldier statute. Other
prize winners of the evening were
Miss Mary Cook, Miss Roberta Du-
bard and Mr.. Roy DOak.
In the dining room the pink color
note was carried out in candles and
flowers. On the flOwer-decorated
table the brides cake, large pink
heart had the entire bridal party Of
kewpie dolls standing before an altar
blazing with candles,and the keWpie
clergyman ready for the ceremony.
Pink mint sticks and peach ice
cream were served, and the guests
cut the brides cake, each hoping to
find therein ring, dime, thimble or
button, indication of their future
state.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-06-29

lector that gets the weevil. 1t is sim
pie. 1t can be used without injury
to the plant and it will do the work.
Ihls statement is based on the testi-
mony of good and responsible farm
ers who have seen the collector
work and they come along and state
over their own signatures that it will
MI the bill, that it will get the weevil.
1t is an opportunity for the farmer.
1t is a harbor of safety for him and
II the Collector proves to be what
now Is apparently certain, a sure
guarantee of an average cotton WELD
then W. f. Frady has made himself a
benefactor to mankind and a small
fortune, too.
The machines are being sold all
over the country; the demands Just
now are greater than the output, but
arrangements are being made to have
the Collectors put up to supply every
demand.
Elsewhere in this issue of The SEN
tlnel appears a picture of Frady's
Boil Weevil Collector. Look at il for
yourself.
This is no ad, but a voluntary
statement on the part of The SEN
tlnel and it is made because this pa
per believes it carries a cheering
message to the farmers.