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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-05-11
SOCIAL BRIDGE CLUB
AT MRS. BOOTHS

The Social Bridge Club was en-
tertained Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs J X. Booth on
Eighth street. Dainty lunch was
served and very pleasant tilnc
enjoyed
Those present were Mesdames
Eagan, Bouton, B. A. Johason.
Annis, Kellar, McCraig, Fsalich
and the hostess. Mrs. Fralich Won
the hOnOrs.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-05-11

The Utilities Commission, A. l..
Freehaver, a member of the COM
mission and Nicholas Nye, steno-
grapher and reporter for the
commission, were in the city
Tuesday taking evidence in the
case of George C. Bailey against
The Alder Greek Railroad Com
pany.
Mr.. Bailey had filed COM
plant against the railroad COM
pany to the effect that it was
discriminating against the public
in favor of the Milwaukee Lum-
ber Company, that it had never
fled any schedule or tariff Of
rates except rate on logs which
was set forth in the complaint.
That the rates that it charged OH
cord wood poles and ties was
practically prohibitive; that the
public could get no service and
that by its discrimination the
farmers residing along and near
The line of the railroad was de-
prived of a market for their logs,
posts, poles, ties and cord wood,
and were forced to dispose of the
same to the Milwaukee Lumber
Company or to William McCarter,
contractor for the Milwaukee
Lumber company.
q George Bailey, James B. Gray
and George Lowden gave testi-
mony for the plaintiff. The Alder
Creek Railroad Company was re-
presented by E. N. LaVeine and
Fred Herrick, president of the
company was present and gave
evidence for the railroad. A large
number Of settlers residing along
and in the vicinity of the railroad
line were also present.
Attorney LaVeine in cross ex-
amining one of the witnesses, Mr..
Gray, created some feeling be-
tween himself and some of the
settlers but this was all over
come by Mr.. Herrick, who stated
that the company was not so baC
as it had been painted and asked
to be allowed to explain. Testi-
mony had been given to the effect
that the company charged ter
dollars car for hauling core
wood a distance of five miles. H,
explained that the company.
charges for hauling cord WOO,
over its line was five dollars
car and that if ten dollars hac
heen paid it was to Mr.. McCarts q
for delivering the car on tn,
c0mpany's line. He stated tina
lie had not supposed that tn,
cmpany was obliged to nlo
tariff of rates while the road wa
under construction and that tn
company was willing to do any
thing that is reqpired and woul,
fandle any freight that was OF
fered it. The commissioners in
formed him that the company wa
required to file a schedule an
table Of rates from the mOmen
that it had hauled its first pOun
of freight and could not discri
inmate but must treat all alike.
The hearing became informs
and conversational between tn
settlers, Mr.. Herrick and tn
commissioners. 1t transpire
that all the settlers asked was [
have the company designate Ger
tain places where freight could b
received and to establish rates S
that if they had anything to Sc
they could make a sale to anyor
they chose knowing beforehan
what freight they would have
pay and where they could deliv,
ii or shipment. This Mr.. HerriC
stE-d that he was perfectly wi
ling to do.
Mr.. ieyS swho is agent f,
the O.-W. r. & N. at Plumm,
and familiar with freight busine,
was asked to prepare a table
rates and see if all present cou
not agree to it. Mr. Herri,
stated that he would like lit
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-05-11
SERVING SENTENCE FOR
INDECENT EXPOSURE

S. w. Boyd of Plummer was
convicted Tuesday of indecent ex-
posure of his person before a
jury in the court of Justice of the
Peace Mitchell of that precinct.
Prosecuting Attorney A. A. Hols7
claw appeared for the state and
attorneys Malone of Plummer and
Keeton of this city defended Boyd
He was sentenced to serve a term
of ninety days in the county jail
and to pay a fine of $4,000, the
fine to be served out at the rate
OF $500 per day if not paid. BoyC
was brought over here and is now
serving out his sentence.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-05-11

News has reached here that
John Nye, who had a homestead
at Chatcolet, but who left three
years ago to go into the United
States consular service at Colum-
bo has resigned. He arrived in
London, England, safe apd has
left there for New York.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-05-11

C. Francis BOyson left on the
Thursday noon boat for Harrison.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
SCHOOL NOTES.
Continued from First Page.
hard to win.
Sixth Grade.

Lola Snyder was the happy girl
who "spelled the school down on
last Friday afternoon.
We were disappointed on Mon
day last to find our plants frozen.
Even our boys were fond of them.
Another interesting program
was given last Friday afternoon by
the half of the school whose duty
it was to entertain.
The pupils of this grade will
give a Christmas program on Fri.
day afternoon of December 2l.
They have invited Mrs. Sprague
and her seventh grade pupils to be
present, and also to participate
Parents are invited.
Fifth Grade.
Bernice Roberts has returned to
school after 10 days absence
caused by sickness. Several of the
children are still absent because Of
colds.
A brief Christmas program will
be given in this grade Thursday.
Ethel CARRIER, Marie Kopp,
Martha Letherer, Velma Neider-
house, William Chapman, Carlton
Adams and John McLachlan have
been present every day this year.
Fourth and Fifth Grades.
In the fifth grade we are having
a contest between the boys and
girls. SO far the girls are ahead ;
their average being 9S and the
boys 81.
Beatrice Merricle, Angeline
| Lowpsbury, Helen Snyder, and
Velma Kopp received A in spelling
for the entire month.
Morris Brown and Doris Lauman
have returned after week S alb
sence on account of illness.
Third Grade
Gladys Perrin was absent all
week.
The following spelled the words
of the week correctly: Carl Fab
| rer, Russell Finch, Richard Finch,
Elwod Finch, William Hafner,
Rudolph Hundt, Robert Merricle,
Herbert Sprangue, James Stafford,
Carl Williams, Cecil Williams,
| Julius Witzler, Bertellis Anderson,
William England, Raymond Sci
ling, Alice Chapman, Nellie Die
bert, Florence Heiman, Marie LIE
butte, Elizabeth Lucas, Phyllis Rob
ertson, Marie Wellstead, Pauline
Wiser and Lillian Kohl
The third grade has new pupil,
Lillian Kohl, of Toledo.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
FARMERS INSTITUTE
Annual Session Dated for De-
cember 81 and January l..

That Pe'rysburg farmers will
bear an interesting meeting for the
closing of the old year and the
opening Of the new, is assured from
the array of talent delegated fol
the session at the town hall Dec
81 and Jan |.
j. l.. Buchanan of Carroll coun.
ty, an authority on stock raising
will deliver four lectures.
Our own Joel B. Brigham, the
man who made truck grow where
none had grown before" is another
of the speakers and Joel is always
entertaining and instructive.
There will be other entertaing
features and everybody is invited
to attend.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 70, 1917
TO ANXIOUS PARENTS OF
AMERICAN SOLDIER BOYS
BY the Author of Private Peat.

BY the Author of Private Peat.
Don t picture your son choking
and writing in gas attack. The
universal use of gas masks has
made that devilish German inno-
vation about as harmless as a
morning mist.
Don't let the German propa-
ganda stories about water waist
deep in the trenches cause you
concern. New feece-lined rubber
garments shoulder high" have
eliminated the suffering and sick
ness of damp trenches.
was in the first gas attack.
went through that "hell of hor-
rors" at Ypres. | know what it is
to fight without gas masks. ]
know what it is to lie behind
meager breastworks while a veri-
table hail of enemy shells demol-
ishes everything in sight. We OF
the first Canadian overseas force
saw the first phase of the conflict
with kaiserism. We saw a country
that had prepared for forty years
to meet the armies of nations that
from a military standpoint
were not 20 per cent efficient. That
naturally resulted in the most te.'-
rible situations.
That is why the "weasel words
OF pro-German rumor-mongers al,
ways revert to Il c opening hor-
rors Of the war. Iney would have
American parents believe that con
ditions today are just as they
were at the opening of the war.
Three years of war have worked
a wonderful, glorious transition
Today for every German shell
that drops behind the allied lines
three shells go back, ripping and
tearing and battering the Boche s
batteries and trenches. If their
gas is bad, our gas is worse.
With Uncle Sans characteris-
tically thorough methods an
American army will go over
adapted to every exigency the wal
has yet. revealed. From now on
the breaks will be even-perhaps
little with the allied side-and
the gains will be made on fighting
merit. That is all that need be
said. = The Bobbs- Merrill Com.
pany, Indianapolis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
Additional Local

Mrs. E. S. De Verna and
daughter Jessie, spent Saturday in
Bowling Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Vietch will
spend Christmas at the home OF
Mr.. A. Allendinger of Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Perry
will spend Xmas day in Toledo
with Mr.. and Mrs. u. A. Baubeau
-Hooverize! Buy a little pig
and fatten this winter. Jersey reds
3 months old. $500 a piece; Sis
pair. w. G. LEWIS. ABB
Mrs. Kathryn Meeker had as
her guests Sunday, Mr.. Floyd Red
man, of Camp Sherman, Chilli,
cothe, o.; Mr.. Elmer Meeker OF
Toledo, and Mrs. John Bucken-
berger.
100000 down, balance as rent,
buys a beautiful 7-room home, with
built-in bookcase, desk, buffet and
cabinet, all oak finish. Full base
ment, well, cistern and garage. On
Louisiana Ave. Fred L. Mahr
4Otf
Mr.. and Mrs. B. f. Gundel
will entertain at family dinner
on Christmas, their guests includ
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Moser and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM,
Kazmaier and daughters, Fern and
Violet, and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Isch and family Of Moline.
Buckley Tyron Johnson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Buckley Johnson,
died at 1890 4. M, Dec. IL, 1917,
after an illness of 80 years. He
was laid to rest Friday afternoon
in Fort Meigs cemetery at Perrys-
burg. He leaves one sister, Anna,
and four brothers, Arthur, Audo-
bon, Robert and Sylvester. The
services were conducted by Rev.
Daniel Carter,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
AN ORDINANCE

An ordinance to amend section of
an ordinance providing salaries aud
bonds for Village officials, and section
2 of an ordinance to establish board
of trustees of Public Affairs for the
Village of Perrysburg, state of Ohio.
Sec. 1. That section of an oIdi-
nance providing salaries and bon S for
Village Officials duly passed Novem-
ber IL, 1918, and recorded in ordinance
record volume 8, page 1873, and section
2 of an ordinance to establish Board
of Public Affairs for the Village of
Perrysburg duly passed May 3rd, 1915,
recorded in ordinance record volume
No. Q page 236 be and the same are
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section A, That the salary of the
Marshal be fixed at $l5 90 per month
payable monthly and in addition there
to he shall receive such fees and costs
in all cases as are allowed by law to
cdnstabies for similar services before
Justices of the Peace, and that his
bond be placed at 81 100000
Section 2. That the salary of each
member of the Board of Trustees of
Public Affairs be fixed at $50. per
annum, payable quarterly, and that
the bond of each member of said board
be placed at $5 900 90.
Section 9. That said original sec
tions Q and of said ordinances de-
scribed aforesaid be and the same are
hereby repealed
Section3. This ordinance is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure
and same shall take effect aud he in
force on and after January 1st, 1918.
paQaa1 naaanlhQr 10th 1Qt7
Attest: II. r. ROETH Err,
JOHN w. LYONS. Mayor.
44b Village Clerk.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
FOR SALE

One acre, with cottage house, fine
fruit, macadam road, good location,
will make fine home for some one.
Vacant lot on Front street, 110 #
frontage, one of the rare bargains on
Front street for building site.
10 acres of good land, $50 bearing
peach trees, small fruit, located on
Smith Stone Road, near Lime City.
Wood Co., Ohio.
House and lot on Second street, good
location, only one block from street
car. Lot 66x165 #. Barn and other
buildings, at bargain if taken soon.
81 acres, good corn land, good black
soil. Good house, large barn. Well
tiled and fenced. Very productive and
will be sold at bargain, considering
quality Of land and location.
Also 70 acres of sandy loan near
Business Corners on State road.
M. B. COOK
Real Estate Agent Perrysburg, Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
NOTICE

Aid will be given to rcgistrants in
answering QUESTIONABLE at Court room
in Bowling Green, Ohio, each day.
Those Ii ing in Perrysburg and vlclni y
may call for convenience direct upon
F E. Bowers or M. b. Cook at their
office in Perrysburg. Please call
promptly.
N. R. HARRINGTON, Chairman
Legal Advertising Board.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
FURS DRYCLEANED

by our process regain their original
freshness, softness, sickness and
beauty. No need to buy new furs
because those you have are soiled
and shabby. Bring them here.
Wen make them as clean as undriv-
en- snow and as fresh as the day you
bought or received them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14
TWO-THlRDS OF
 ARMY OFFICERS
 TO BE PROMOTED
Will Head New Army Which Will Be Recruited Begin
 ming Tomorrow.

Washington, May 14---Expanaon of the regular army to the full war strength contemplated in the admin fstration army bill has been author izsd by President Wilson. Organize ton of the new regiments will begin tomorrow. About s5.o0o of the 18s.- 900 men to be added to the army a1- ready have been recruited.
 The immediate, effect of the order will be to promote nearly two-thirds of the present officers of the regular army.
 The following new regiments will be raised in t11s Eastern department: The 3Sth and 39th regiments of infantry il, Syracuse; one existing regiment of fn> fantry to be sent there from the Southern department and each of it's three battalions expanded into fun regiment, The Twelfth Field Artillery to be raised at Fort Myer, Va. from one battA1ion of field artillery to be brought from the border. The 47th, 18th, 49th and 5oth regiments of fn- fantry to be raised in Syracuse from two existing regiments from the bor- der, The 18th Field Artillery to be raised in Syracuse from one battalion brought from the border. The 5sth, 18th. e0th and s1st regiments of in. fantry to be raised in Gettysburg ma. tiSnal park from two existing regf- ments to be brought from the border The 18th and 20th Field Artillery to be raised at Montauk Point L. l., from one regiment of field artillery from the border. i
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14
Lawyers Scrap As Moll
 Will Case Is Heard
(Continued from Page 1)

gent necessity for, settlement had arisen, He likewise characterized the, appointment of Mrs. Ober1y, a party to a declaration of trust which opposed her interests to those of oth- CT heirs. as most injudicious, and said that his opposing counsel, MT, Bow CTS, was fully aware that as his client had been cut off in the will without inheritance of great value, and that as those present were not children it was apparent that he was cognizant eff an underground agreement by which his client and himself would gain financially by Mir. Bowers ap- pearance in court.
 Mir. Bowers as vigorously denied the assertion and declared to the court that he was honest in his statement that if such an agreement had been made he was not a party to it. .N
 Attorney Jacob B. Klein for the ex- ecuters, argued that urgent necessity demanded that the will be admitted at once and the remedy for those who protested declaration of trust was in the civil courts rather than in this tribunal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14
ROWLAND DRY GOODS CO.

of Bridgeport to the Home Guard is that of a duplicate set of signal flags to the machine gun squads of Com panies H and I,
 The gift came frem Miss Careiyn Mitchell 1114 Par< avenue, who made and presented to the companies six regulation white and red signal flags for both semaphere and wig-wag sys- tems,
 Other flags needed by tiae various Home Guard companies in Bridgeport are the company designatery flags as feliews;
 Company ]: Red aaid white square;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14
OBITUARY
EIIzABErH I. LADD.

Following a brief illness with pneu- fnonia Mrs. Elizabeth Ladd of Devon died yesterday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Jennie Pardee of New Milford, Mrs. Ladd went to visit her daughter a week ago and was stricken with the ma1ady which resulted in her death. She was 75 years old and resided in this city before removing te Devon. Shs had lived in this part of the county g.. great many years. Surviving her axe two daughters. Mrs. Pafdee, and Mrs. Catherine Valen- tine of this city and two sons, Ernest and Lef30y Iadd of this citv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14
ALMOST STARVED. BY GATORS SAY
 THREE SOLDIERS
Pitiful Tale Told by British Escaping From Prison !
 Camp.

With the British Armies in France, May t14-Three British soldiers, who
 have just succeeded in escaping from la German prison camp a few miles back of the ghting lines, tell pitifu1 story of their treatment by the enemy. They declared there was a great deal
 of sickness in the camp due to fatigue
 and starvation.
 'Tf we showed the slightest disposi-
 ton to go sick" said one of the men
 today, i've were either thrashed with
 whips or struck with the butt end of a rif1e.'i'
 Although this soldier had been in enemy hands only three months he had dropped in weigt from 1s2 pounds to s103. He was a living skeleton. His feet had been frozen and were gan- grenous for lack of treatment. The 1 men had neither overcoats nor blan- kets during the, coldest weather of the winter. When captured during a raid they wore leather. jackets. These the Germans took from them immediate ly. They also stripped the rubber lin- ing from their shrapnel helmets and took away their regimental badges for the brass that was in them.
 One of the men during the peri1ous trip across No Mans Land at the end of the escape was severely wounded. For food the prisoners received daily a quarter of a loaf of bread, one plate of thin soup, and about every second day a cup of weak coffee sub- stitute. On few occasions they had a bit of meat about the size of a lump of sugar, Recently. the men were compelled to work so near the front that they came under slieI1 fire from the British guns, This was no exceptional instance. however, they
 said.
 | The French prisoners are constant
 Iy employed just back of the firing l line and suffer many casualties. l It was strange to hear this story in
 view of the sleek appearance of the German prisoners in English hands,
 all well fed. well, nourished, paid for l their labor and permitted to, buy comforts at the canteens under the
 same conditions as the tommies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14

Company B, red field, blue square; Compan c. red field, white diagonals; Company D, red field, blue diagonals; Company E, white field, red square; Company F, white field. blue square, Company G, white field. red diag- onalsi Company H. white field. blue diagonalsj Company I. blue field, red squarei Company K blue field white squarei Company L blue field red diagenalsi Company M blue field white diagonals,
 Besides these company flags the di- mensiens and need of which will be given prospective handicrafters sema- phore and wig-wag flags are needed by practically each company, that preliminary practice may begin be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14

just market price assured to the peo- ple"
 1T think,'' said Senator Reed, Demo- crat, of Missouri, "that means ought to be taken to stop speculation in foodstuffs within the limits of the powers of Congress- But it is won der to me today that we do not Nave
 s4 wheat and 40 cent cotton and $5 or $6 potatoes and beef 50 or 60 cents a pound. There never has been in the history of the world an agitation that
 parallels the present one. We are
 practically told that the United States is on the verge of starvation and that
 the world without is starving, then
 we are informed that when next win
 ter comes the wolf of hunger will be
 bowling at the door of every human
 being in the world. When that in-
 formation is put forward men are as- tonished that the prices paid for food stuffs mount. If a plan had been conceived to make them mount the one adopted could not havesbeen inn proved on by the ingenuity of man or the Devil himself.
 'NThe thing to teach the American people now is that America will not be starved; that she cant be starved; i; and the consequence will be to, lessen the conditions that confront us and poster us.' Food specu1ators were denounced as robbers by Senator Kenyon of Iowa, who recommended, however, that the food speculation measures be held over to be consider with the food bill.
 We should blot out this speculation l in food.'' he said, 'abut we should do l it with adequate consideration. ! If congress cant stop this rob lbery-and that is mild term for it. the people will find some way to make
 use of the lamp post"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14
Home Guard Receives
 Set of Signal Flags

Women's handiwork in aid of the state and national troops being mus tered inte> service>wiI be useful in the war. The field is broadening daily in military, naval and industrial and food mobilization affairs.
 While much has been done by indi- vidual and organized women fer the federal and National Guard troops, the first known gift from the women
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14

Measurable surprise was expressed today when it became known that Miss Catherine Sharon and MT. Har- old Dermody were married last Tues day at St. Augustine's R. c, church. Rev. Edward V. Murphy. assistant of heiated. Both persons are widely known in the city. Mrst Dermody is employed in the business office of the Bridgeport Post. Mr. Derrnody is a musician at the Palace theatre, East Main street,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-14

The storm broke when Senator Thomas. democrat, of Colorado, pro- posed as an amendment to the ad- ninistration espionage bill a provision to suspend for the duration of the war all boards of trade, stock ex- changes or chambers of commerce that allow speculation in futures in food.
 Senators who opposed it did so on the ground that the object should be accomplished in another way, and some thought 1t would stifle com merce. The great majority of opin- ion, expressed in terms that for force and range of adJect1ves had seldom been heard in the senate chamber, favored some drastic action to stop food gambling and speculation which make for artificial prices and threat en the nation with the pinch of hun ger.
 Senator Lewis, democrat, said he thought legislation such as proposed by Senator Thomas would work in- jury to many and should not be pass ed without deliberation.
 s1f this is adopted" said he, "you will force the grain in the bins into the hands of those who fear at pres ent that day of desolation and dark ness that some members of the ad- ministration unnecessarily are holding out to the country. believe in the need of economy, not in parsimony If the people understand the truth they would not be holding grain out in fear, timidity and terror. What is needed at this hour is a provision o1 law authorizing the president, on evi- dence satisfactory to him that food is unnecessarily held, to seize sucf food and order it's distribution under the proper branch of the government with compensation to the owner and 2