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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04

that wearing the clothing or
equipment OF fallen fellow sol
der will cause the death OF the
wearer. This superstition does
not extend to the belongings OF a
foe.
1t is considered unlueky to meet
a cross-eyed woman, ON the way
to active service. Some soldiers
firmly believe that in such a case
they are almost certain never 10
return. Meeting a cross-eyed
man, however, is believed to have
the opposite effect and bring good
luck.
1t is considered unlucky for a
soldier who is lying awake before
the bugle has sounded reveile TO
hear dog bark. He is certain to
met with some mishap before the
day is over, according to those
who believe in signs. On the 9TH
or hand, ii the sound heard should
be the Growing of a rooster, the
soldier is nightly pleased. All
will be well with him that day.
There are many superstitiOns
connected with the canteen. II
is considered unlucky to refuse 10
drink with a stranger, or TO have
a drink cheaper than that of the
person who plays host. II is al
so unlueky to leave any of the
drink in the glass or to finish off
one drink without wishing for the
next one. II is unlucky TO sing,
whistle or hum the tune of a hymn
in the eanteen, and il is very UNI
lucky TO whistle or hum anywhere
the tune of the well known dead
march in "Saul."
One of the superstitiOns Of the
English Tommy" born in the
present great war, is that of light
ing three cigarettes with one
match. To do so, the soldiers say,
means the speedy death Of one, ii
not all three, Of the group.
There are many explanations of
this superstition. Probably the l
most plausible is that Of It's be-
ing symbolic of the three candles
placed at the coffin Of the dead. /
Because il has been the custom 10
place two at the head Of the cof-
fin and one at the foot, II has
long been considered in England a
bad omen to have three lights
burning in a room. II is eonsid-
cred a "sign" that a death is soon
10 occur.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04

Bert Smith and Stewart Me
Lean were Nezperce visitors Fri
day.-Kooskia Mountaineer.
Mrs. C. Overman is spending
this week in Nezperce visiting al
tho homes OF Mesdames White
land acknowledgements Free
Press.
Clarence Moe Of Kooskia was in
Grangeville Wednesday morning
taking the train for Nezperce
where he will work during the
fall ON a understandable
Free Press.
Miss Lizzie Jacobs visited
friends at Nezperce Sunday. She
was accompanied home By her
sister, Miss Ann and Martin Hines
who visited until Monday MORN
ing.-Ferdiand Enterprise.
The German general who Of
fered a reward Of 10000 for the
capture of the first American
soldier will have to look at his
hole eard-Texas citizens came
right back with an offer of So.
10000 for the body of the Kai-
ser's tool.-Mountaineer.
Several car loads of our citizens
drove over to Nezpercel Friday
and attended the farewell given
by the citizens Of that place TO
the boys who left Saturday morn
ing to enter Uncle Sans service.
Those who went over say il was
one of the best programs ever
witnessed by them, and the boys
were loud in their praises Of the
way Nezperce people treated
them.-Winchester Journal.
Ellsworth Pruyne brought a po- |
tato vine, which grew in his moth |
er's garden, to The News office
last Saturday that is certainly a
curiosity. The potatoes, instead |
Of being found attached to the !
roots in the ground, grew on the
stems. They were of different !
sizes and shapes. Another peeu-I
lar feature is that the potatoess
nave eyes from which sprouts with 1
we'll developed leaves have alrea-
ly started. Some, which were per-
laps more exposed to the light,
ire Of sunbaked color while 9th
rs present more Of a greenish APP
,earance. The vine which is on
in our office window
s attracting considerable atten- II
ion. SO far no one has admitted
{ seeing anything like it before.
Troy News
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04
Women BECOME lumber Jack.

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 1.-Inva.
sion of a lumber mill by women
workers is the latest war devel.
opment in Spokane where 80 wo-
men are employed by the White
Pine Sash company. The ''lum-
berettes" come from laundries
and downtown offices and stores.
They receive 50 for an eight-hour
day.
All over the mill the girls are
doing the work formerly done by
men and boys. At one place a wife
tails down to a machine which
her husband tends. Here a girl
is sanrwiched between two bur-
ly lumber beavers and there a
couple of "burlies" are surround
ed by a bevy of girls-all doing
their work as If it had ever been
thus.
The condition was brought
about when a number of girls vol
to do the work for which
men could not be obtained. 1--WE
cant get male help" says Henry
G.. Klopp, president Of the COM
pany, land when the girls asked |
for a chance at the work we gave
It to them. OF course, they are
getting none of the heavy work |
Dut what they are doing they |
handle as well as men,"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04

AHIERIOUs LODGE NO. e. Z.
of p, meets in Fraternal Tenn
pie, every first and third
Thursday in each month. Wis
iting brothers cordially invited.
Herbert Booth, G. G.
p. w. Mitchell. X. Of r. as.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04
superstitiona Of Soldier.

Superstition and SOLDERING
seem rather inconsistent bed-fel.
lows, yet no actor ever was more
Obsessed with superstition than
are the soldiers who are today
fighting for democracy on the
European battleffelds. Some Of
the popular ''superatitions Of the
battlefield are enumerated here.
Soldiers have q superstition
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04
Farmers Union Members Take

The meetings of Local No. 2
viii again take place after our
long harvest recess. The next
meeting will come on Saturday,
October 9th and important bus
mess viii come up for discussion.
All members are urged to be
n. II. Jacobs, Pres.
j. j. Manthey, See.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04

Frank Hye, who was sentenced
to the penitcntiary for killing his
wife at Elk City has been granted
a pardon to take effect next
Christmas.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04
Below We Print a Copy of a Letter
from the Council of
National Defense

you your materials you
all materials your suits dress for this fan
for spring something boys suit that made of all
high you getting for all clothes
featured from win mixture of wool and cotton
materials with guaran
dyes prices Compare 50nch serges
yard anything you any
other stores or mall order houses
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04
AkezaI&7ses4svs.
rRArERNAL ORDERS
HIRAM LODGE NO. SO. A. =. q

A. NJ. of Nezperce, Idaho. Reg
ular Communication on the
Monday evening on or before
the full moon Of each month in
the Fraternal building. Visit
ing brothers are cordially invit-
ed to attend.
r. II. Y. Moser, w. u.
@. A. Hammer, Sec.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04
CLOAKS

The past entire line Of Ladies' Misses and
Chdrens you can permit show you
the styles for fall
early they
garments styles position
your very latest style and materials
price less guarantee you any this
viii glad you clOaks
competition with mail order houses
The plum bugund mustard color being shown in
number of different cloths and styles The price win
please you win pleasure show yOu the
line while it complete
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04
NEzPERCE ENCAAsPMENT NO.

81, /. o. o. +. meets the first
Wednesday Of each month in
the FrateFnal Temple. Visit
ing patriarehs cordially invited.
s. r. Walker, G. p.
w. r. Emerson, Scribe.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04

$500, 900 private money to loan
at 81 per CT. interest. NO other
expenses except abstracting and
recording; no red tape. II title
Is complete can close up loan same
day you make application. A. q.
Gross, Mohler, idaho. If.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-04


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Misses and
to show you
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materials at !
store in this
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shown in a
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low yOu the
Letter
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'ct1ve.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
TRAIN AIR MEN
AT OHIO STATE
Will Graduate Glass of 25
Each Week After
August /
NV Asaociated Press. )

Columbus, c.. June 9.-Twenty-fi five
men, trained in the theory of aviation
will be graduated from Ohio State
university each week after Aug. /. The
first class has just started study OF
the art of flying. The first class will
complete the theoretical study Aug.
Ia course of eight weeks--and there
after a class will finish each week, as
another class Of 25 starts.
Each squad of graduates will be or
dered Immediately to the new govern
ment flying field near Dayton, o., there
to get an eight weeks course in actual
flying. Then they win be sent to south
ern France, and as they individually
show merit will begin their work with
the armies.
Ohio State university is one of six
schools selected by the war depart
ment for training aviators. The others
are the University of Illinois, Massa-
chusetts Institute OF Technology, Corr
nell university, Texas Agricultural
college and the University Of Califor-
MIA. Identical methods of training will
be employed in all the schools.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
Daniels Warns Public
Against Conspiracy To
Alarm Country
NAVY HAS HAD NO
ENGAGEMENT YET
Policy of Absolute Frank
ness will be Followed
by Department
(Ry Associated Press.l

washington, July 9.-PerStstert and
widely circulated false reports OF
naval battles and disasters to Amer
lean and entente forces have reached
the point where Secretary Daniels has
concluded they are the result of an
organized conspiracy to alarm and
distress the American people. Today
the secretary Issued the following
statement:
The country is being poisoned by
r1mors of battle and disaster that
are without the slightest foundation
in truth. Reports from the command
ants in naval districts, kilograms and
letters from individuals have forced
me to the conclusion that there is a
conspiracy on foot to alarm the peo-
pie of the United States. Among the
most persistent of these reports is
one that a naval engagement has
taken place between the German feet
and the combined American and al
lied fleet and that sixty entente ships
were sunk, two of them being the
Pennsylvania and the Texas.
in elaboration OF this falsehood,
there is the alleged rumor that the
hospitals at the Atlantic coast naval
yards are filled with crippled sailors
and that the various hospitals Of New
York are equally crowded.
BY way of circumstantiality it is
rumored that a passenger arriving on
a Holland American liner has stated
that his vessel passed through the
battle area after the engagement and
that the sea was thick with floating
bodies.
"All these outrageous falsities are
accompanied by the statement that
the Washington correspondents are in
a conspiracy with the press to keep
the truth from the people.
"The American feet has not been
in acttcla No ship haaisa heen lost
There are no wounded sailors IA an#
hospital. The declared policy of the
navy department is one .a0f absolute
opcnness. If disaster comes. no efT6rt
will be made to mfulmLze it. The
to trust in this and to aid in stamp
ing out this campaign Of run1or that
Is SO plainly the result OF disloyalty -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
LITTLE HOPE
Held OUT FOR
MISSING men
Fire of 2,4OO Level Cuts Off
Escape of Those
Below
RESCUE WORK
rs UNDER WAY
Two Miners Save Lives By
Cutting Hose And Suck
ing Air
NV A Associated Press. }

Butte. Mont, June Swim thirty
five known dead and 167 men mlsslhs
as the result of fire which broke ou!
in the Speculator copper mine lass
mining disaster in its history. Ofncials
said If the 167 missing miners are no1
found to have made their way 10 the
high mine working they are doomed,
The fire which started on the 400
foot level spread quickly, cutting on
the escape Of men on lower levers
Dense smoke retarded rescue WORK.
Miners from adjoining properties or
dered up from underground as pr
canton, went to work as rescuing
gangs aiding national guards who had
been called to the scene. They We're
able to do little.
Had Some Warning.
Warning of their danger came sooIl
enough to permit men on the upper
levels to escape. They Immediately
formed rescue parties and attempted
to go down the shaft to the men en-
tombed. Their efforts were frultless
and little could be done until the ar
rival of the bureau of mines safety-
first car which carried gas and smoke
proof helmets from Red Lodge ana
Colorado Springs One hour after the
outbreak of the fire mine ofnclals oe-
clared they could account for 2la out
of AS men who were in the shaft Wnen
the fire started.
Sucked Air From Hose.
John G. Coffeyment and John Boyce,
who were the first two men to be tax
en- from the shaft, alive told how they
cheated death by cutting the air hose
and sucking the air by turns until the
rescue party arrived They were on the
7oO-foot. level at the outbreak OF the
fire.
According to miners who escaped, the
fire started from the flames Of q car
bide lamp
Two men were working on the 100
foot level reported that forty eight had
pefinhed where they started they alone
being saved.
Aif arnbulances in Butte and AL. ply
sicians in the city were summoned to
Cooperate with the rescue parties.
Every safety frst expert in the district
also has been summoned and 1t is es-
tinated that within few hours 22O
safety-first men, trained to mine res
cue work, will be at the shaft Rescuers
equipped with safety helmets who tried
to enter the Spectator shaft were
driven back by the flames.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
FIRST ARREST IN
|. N.D.FORFATLURE
TO REGISTER
Cass County Man is Being
Sought by Deputy War
den This Afternoon
NORTH DAKOTA LISTS
ABOUT $4,000 MEN
Half of the Civilians of Ma
tive Birth are Claiming
Exemption

The first arrest growing out OF viola
ton of the registration act will be
made, probably this afternoon, BY a
deputy United States marshal who
departed from Fargo at IL o'clock this
morning, bound for a point in western
Cass county.
United states Marshal s. ]. Doyle
in a statement this afternoon, declared
that several arrests are contemplated
reports of registration law violations
being made to the authorities.
There are few on-registrations, as
compared with the total number OF
people who listed under the law" said
Marshal Doyle. THE reports that
have been made, are being investigat-
ed"
Sheriff Reports VioIator.
Report OF the case in which an ar
rest is expected this afternoon, was
made to the United States marshal by
Sheriff Ross, of Cass county. The
man in the case is a foreigner.
State Registration.
Bismarck, n. D., June 9.-Reports
from four counties, received since noon
yesterday, boost the North Dakota
registration to $500, with seven
counties to be heard from. OF these
seven, four, with a combined popula-
tion of $4,000, may be expected to re-
port 5000 registration, while 1900
should come from three smaller coun-
ties, which would place the total
registration in the state at near 3d.
900. 1t is unlikely it will run over
$4,000, from 1900 to $4,000 less than
the several government estimates.
Of the entire number registered, A.
144 are citizens or natives of friendly
countries; goal are aliens, $40 enemy
aliens, and 70 negroes. OF citizens and
subjects of allied nations, 25,923 have
cited exemptions, while 23,221 have
not.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
Their "Apathy" " May Make
Failure of Liberty
Loan
UNITED EFFORT
TO AROUSE THEM
Ninth District Bankers
Point Finger To North
Dakota
lRv Assnciated press. !


Minneapolis, June 9.-Unless the
northwest fasners who are "apathetic''
wake up and do their share in the next
week, the Liberty lpan In the Ninth
federal loan district will be failure,
Mr.. Wold said.
In statement following a meeting
Of the banks officials. the Central Lib
erty Loan commission, Minnesota
Bankers association and various COM
panies chairmen, Governor Void and
the Central Committee Chairman John
H. Rich, today united in saying that
the farmers who are more prosperous
than ever before are failing in their
support.
When the meeting broke up 500 tele-
grams and $500 letters were sent to
all sections directing attention to un-
satisfactory returns in an effort to
arouse the farmers. Special notices
were also sent to $500 banks in the
district.
North Dakota, operates extensively in
Minnesota and maintains national
headquarters in St. Paul.
The statement which calls attention
to the success Of the loan in Mime
apolis, st. Paul, Duluth and Butte, says
the agricultural district returns are
disappointing.
THE farmers who are receiving the
highest price in history for wheat,
hogs and crops are not responding to
the call Of their government and are
displaying apathy and indifference" I"
the statement says.
The joint statement then presents
the qualifying statement that the diff
ficulty of operating in a large district
where farmers are not used to buying
bonds is understood. 1t recognizes the
necessity and difficulty Of personal
approach in the thinly settled districts
but points to the satisfactory reports
from Michigan and Montana. 1t en-
lists support of the farmers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
WHEAT AGAIN SCARS
Government Crop Report Is Regarded
az Very BuIlish.

Chicago, June 9.--Wheat ran up
swiftly in price today on account OF the
government estimate that the total
yield would be only 100000 bushels
more than harvested in 1915. At an av-
erage rate Of consumption this would
not allow more than 100000 bushels
to Europe Efforts to purchase on a
TO rise temporarily as much as 16 cents
a bushel, but opening prices with July
at a high point of $40 and September
at $1.97 were followed by a reaction,
the market steadying at i've cents ad-
vance over yesterday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
Tracy Bangs Forces Townley
to Retract Disgrdceful Charge
at Grand Forks Mass Meeting
u. S. To
Probe League
HQht on Bonds

Minneapolis, June o.
Governor Theo. Void, of the
Minneapolis federal reserve
bank, announced today that
he had evidence to show that
the Nonpartisan League is
working to defeat the sale of
Liberty Loan bonds in the
Northwest.
Washington has been ad-
vised of the situation, and a
thorough Investigation is be-
ing made. As quick as addi-
tional facts can be establish
ed they will be published.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
FLAG POPULAR
Only Scarcity Prevents General Dis.
play Of United States Em-
hlen in Rome.

Rome, June 9.-The stars and
stripes has become decidedly popu-
lar since the entry OF the United
States into the war. but the scarcity
of the American flag prevents its dis
play In many OF the public places
where are hung together the hags OF
all the allies. In one street demon-
stration that took place the day the
United States declared war an old
flag having been made in Baltimore
before the civil war.
During q demonstration that oc-
CURED before the American embassy
several hundreds Of button-hole fiags,
prepared for the occasion. were tossed
into the crowd. and since that time
these tiny nags have been worn about
Rome
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
NO INDEMNITY
|. OR ANNEXATION
LEAGUE DEMAND
Socialist Leaders of Non
partisans Outline Pro-
gram for War
RIGHT IN LINE
WITH GERMAN PLAN
Adopt Cry That Kaiser's
Government Was Used
to Disrupt Russia

The only Justification for war
is to establish and maintain hui
man rights and interests the
world over. For this reason we
are opposed to waging war for
annexation. either on our part or
that of our allies, or demanding
indemnity as terms OF peace. Bit
ter experience has proved that
any exactions, whether OF land or
revenue. serve only to deepen re-
sentiments and hatreds which In
evitably incite to future wars.
''We therefore demand that our
government before proceeding
further in support Of our Euro
pean allies, insist that they, in
common with it, make immediate
public declaration of terms of
peace, without annexations of
territory. indemnities, contribu-
tions, or interference with the
right of any nation to live and
manage its own internal affairs,
thus being in harmony with and
supporting the new democracy of
Russia in her declaration Of these
fundamental principles"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09

Resolutions, an excerpt of which is
boxed at the head of this article.
embodying the very thing that Ger
man intrigue has been charged with
introducing into Russia with view
to making that nation an ineffective
force in the world war against beau
rocracy as represented by the Junker
government of Germany declaring
for a peace without annexation
either onzonr part or that of our al
lies. or den1ai1ding Indemnify" pre-
santad to this Nonpartisan mass meet
tng ig4 Grand Forks Friday afternoon,
and adopted by an aye and nay vote
after the resolutions had been hur-
riedly read. are presented to the ma
tiona today as the national war pro-
gram of the Nonpartisan organiza-
kioA.
Socialistic I'm the extreme, and right
in line with the Socialist propaganda
in the United States the carrying on
of which has disgusted man OF real
worth who have aligned
themselves with the tst party to
the extent thatathl abandoned
their allegiance ave pro-
nounced the org German,
the resolutions 4 by lead
ers of the Nonpa tnclud-
ing A. G.. Town of the
league, former aiaate
for representative tlley
county; by A. =, Bt san-
didate for governor p& alist
ticket; by A. M. IT. srner
editor of the Sos' 3aper,
"The Iconoclast," cs Nld by
others who have ide selves
with the Nonpartisa aetS.
These resolutions. aught to the
light of day at the O. I'd Forks mass
meeting Of Friday az aoon, are be-
ing put out as the Program OF the
league and as beinS sponsored oy
the farmers of North Dakota.
The terms upon sch the Nom
partisan league 81 aIist leaders
would demand that t. United States
prosecute it's war OF Germany. are
the terms that German delegates TO
the Stockholm peace conference nave
carried from Berlin, sponsored by the
lxatser's government. They are the
same terms used in the German in
trigue In Russia TO weaken that ma
tion as q hgnting force.
The resolutions, in addition to the
''no annexation and no indemnity
feature. contend that the war has It's
foundation in commercialism, an
economic system founded on exploita-
tom" on secret diplomacy, and urge
that free speech must be given rec
ognition today, as the constitution OF
the United States has not been re-
peaIed because Of the war
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-09
MORE CONFESSES he
PAID BLOOD MONEY
Got 5000 From aLittls Bsl'' md
Paid Il to Murderefs Leave
Town..
or rsah

st. Paul, June 9.-AIiks Moore 6u
trial for completely for the mum 81
Mrs Alice Dunn. admitted today he
had paid Joe Redenbaugh, VIII mas
confessed committing the crine, and
Mike McCool the su mot So 90 a1ker
Mrs. Dunn was killed. The admission
was drawn from Moore on cross
examination.
Moore said he got the money from
private funds made from little
deal and ne gave itsf0 the two men
because they were Ia a scrape and
wished to leave town.
Moore denied any connection with
the Dunn murder or any knowledge
that would implicate Frank J. Dunn,
husband of the murdered woman