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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
AN OLD SLOGAN
COMES HOME

For over 100 years great re-
nown has attached to Lord Nelson
and the slogan he originated on the
eve of England's greatest sea fight,
the battle of Trafalgar. AS they
went into action he signaled all his
ships, England expects every man
to do his duty" Within the hour
the battle was on, and before the
day was done and the victory won,
Nelson was himself dying on a ne
elected berth in his flagship, while
all around him ships and men were
drifting and sinking.
At this time in our country's his
tory, a greater crisis confronts us
than most western people have
awakened to. A cruel war some
thousands of miles away does not
arouse us because of the great dis
trance. But modern inventions have
wiped out distances to such an ex-
tent that an enemy can operate to
our injury hundred times easier
than at the beginning of our national
life.~ We might as well admit that
we are in for a long hard war, and
organize for it.
This week is the time for the
registration Of all the women Of the
land for such duty as they can per.
form in the homes or in the hos
pitfalls or offices or sewing circles OF
any one of q, score of other lines OF
service for releasing men or for any
effect to help win the war. Nelson's
slogan has come square home to us
and America expects every man t.
do his duty" the women taking hi
place at home.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04

condemning Lord Lansdowne, the
German papers are publishing his
statement on the front pages as
proof that England Is about to come
down ION her knees" =
Americas Blunder
I'm Warfare
When America entered the war
last spring and the English and
French commissions came to Ameri-
ca. we were urged to get an army
into France as soon as possible, II
only to hearten the war-worn troops
already there, and Col. Roosevelt
asked permission to organize an
army quickly and go to the front.
The government did not want the
country drained of its picked men
to form such a force, and preferred
to retain such men as Roosevelt
wanted, to train and officer the mill
mons of recruits to be made into
the greater army.
However, there were many SOL
diers to be forwarded to France to
receive final training, and we re-
questioned all manner Of ships that
were carrying munitions and raw
materials to France, and loaded
these ships with soldiers to go over
there for three to six months train
| ing. These men are Just getting into
the fight now, and France has been
short of munitions for months, while
some of our Atlantic ports are con-
gested with million tons of mu-
nitions billed for France: It is not
the work of the submarines that has
kept back these supplies so much as
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
SOME GREAT EVENTS
I'm THE WAR

The allies are getting the worst
OF it.. November has been bad
month for our side and a very good
month for Germany. While the al
lies do not seem to be at all dis
couraged, Germany has much to be
elated over. ~ ,.1A-
The big German drive against
Riga a few weeks ago helped to
bring about further division and tur-
moil in Russia, and while the Ger
man army has not accomplished
much in November the German pro-
paganda in Russia has flourished
and the pro- German element has Sc
cured a great advantage, amounting
almost to control. They are dis
banding the Russian armies, and
soldiers in great numbers are on
their way home. At the same time
the Bolsheviki movement now lead
ing the strongest element in Russia
is making arrangements for an, ar
mistice or convention to consider
terms of peace between Russia and
Germany. This move, even tho 1t
never comes to anything else, gives
Germany the chance she wants, OF
moving vast bodies of troops from
the eastern front to Italy and France
to help crush the allies. Great num-
bers of them are still pouring into
Italy, and it is said the best strate-
gists of Germany, from Hindenburg
down, are giving their attention to
the Italian campaign with the de-
termination to stake everything on
putting Italy out Of the fight. Every
success against Italy makes the Boil
sheviki movement stronger, and.
Germany hopes to affect an arrange
ment by which the 100000 Ger
man soldiers imprisoned in Russia
can be released, and these will be
thrown into the balance against
Italy and France, while at the same
time, the 100000 or 100000
Russian prisoners and vast numbers
of Poles now doing slave labor in
Germany will probably be kept at
it as will also the vast numbers Of
prisoners already taken from Italy
and the other allies. If Germany
can fleece Russia of some of her food
supplies and do it in such a way
as to add to the despair Of the loyal
Russians who are opposed to Ger
many and to peace, it will be another
master stroke for the kaiser.
England is now in great turmoil
over a statement issued by Lord
Lansdowne pleading for all nations
to join in stopping the work of
wrecking civilization before it is too
late, and in effect pleading the cause
that suits Germany by talking her
old gag about the freedom of the
seas in the face of her Lusitania
outrage and the ruthless submarine
campaign: While all England is
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
FOOD CONDITIONS
IN GERMANY

According to reports given out by
persons returning from Germany,
the German people are all tighten
ing their belts to make their clothes
at at the middle, and none but the
agricultural classes, the government
officials and the soldiers ever get
q square meal any more. The fat
German looks shrunken with long
underfeeding, his face is haggard,
and he consoles himself with the
English are as hungry as the Ger
mans, and that the French people
are starving and must soon give up
the fight.
The government regulates not
only the food rations, but the ra-
lions of information, and people are
told thru the papers just what the
and think, and nothing else. They
are told to hold on and to will en-
durance and victory" and it will be
so. Just now they are being given
large doses of news from the
Italian front and the breaking down
of Russia with the prospects of a
separate peace with them. But Rus
STA has become so hard pressed for
food for her own people that the
prospect of getting food from that
source has dwindled greatly. -
During the first year of the war
the Germans were very well fed.
Since that time they have been on
short rations, and for the past year,
decidedly short, amounting to star
walton in first stages. The condition
is such that the weaker persons and
those having Affections or weak con-
situations become emaciated and low
on vitality so that they are easily
overcome by coughs, colds and other
ordinary Affections. Great numbers
have suffered from dysentery arising
from lack of nutrition, and when it
does not prove fatal it incapacitates
them for any useful pursuit for a
period If not permanently. One type
of dysentery resulting from under
feeding is contagious and very fatal,
and has already swept away thou
sands of lives. Switzerland is taking
precautions to prevent it's outbreak
in that country, and the German
press suppresses so far as possible
the mention of death from such
causes, When mentioned, they are
given as cancers, heart failure and
the various other things that may
be aggravated by starvation. Bread
Sickness" brought on by eating
bread made according to the gov.
eminent formula,lrof dried turnips
and other -four, substitutes mixed.
The 1917 crops were better thar
in 1916, and the food ration has
been slightly increased, but moi
enough to. improve physical condi
lions becuse people are already lear
and devitalized. The greatest losses
so far have been of those under si1
years of age and those past fifty.
In many cities the time allowed
for a church funeral is ten minutes
and the services keep all the
churches busy most of the time. A
government order forbids the use OF
wood for caskets, and clothing for
the corpse is restricted to great
extent. Paper shrouds and pressed
paper collins are considered the
proper thing, and in no case is
woollen clothing allowed to be used
in burial.
1t appears that the German sys-
tenn gives the fighting men the food
and the civilians the substitutes, and
the tendency now Is to get into the
army il possible, on account of food
conditions. The logical outcome
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
MERCHANT WAS A
GOOD SPORT

A week ago we published an
article entitled, HE Was Some Mer-
chant" and in this issue we publish
a reply that came from somebody
who seemed to think he was the one.
We publish the reply on page
three, under the heading, Merchant
Replies" and all merchants and
clerks in the county should take time
to read it. Notice that he takes 1t
in good part, and shows the marks
of a gamey sport.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
A CORRECTION

In our discussion of the lighting
expense in the last issue of The Re-
publican, the basis Of the cost of
lights for year was given as the
cost per month. Therefore, the esti-
mates in each instance where figures
were used, should be divided by
twelve to have them correct. The
basic figures were obtained by tele-
phone and the time covered was mis-
understood.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
BIG DINNER PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Wright
and daughter Helen entertained Mr..
Wright's relatives at Thanksgiving
dinner at their new home on South
Shilling avenue.
There were nineteen in the COM
pany and the guests and hosts were
all happy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04
MISUNDERSTANDING THE RED
CROSS AND THE Y. M. @. A.

Some very good people, probably
of good intentions but exercising
very poor judgment, have been start
ing or repeating lot of SANDER
against the Red Cross and the =.
M. c. A. when people were raising
funds to back them up in their work,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04

will be that the army will outlive all
else in the empire, and they will die
fighting.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04

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just howmuch it is going do for you in dollars and
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The first cost of these clothes is little than
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-04

Continued On page. fve)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06
Alsace-Lorraine Must Be Returned,
Deputies Decide In Secret Session

pies and the ideas Of justice and lib
erty. Do not let US be deceived by
formulas whose makers hide them
selves and who wish to spread the
conviction that we seek conquest. We
ask only that what is ours be return
ed to US. We demand that the pro-
vfnces which never ceased to be
French be restored to us.
THE resolution which the govern
ment asks you to pass demands rep
aration, which none can contest, for
appalling damages. The universal
conscience will ratify these preten-
sions
Appealing to what has been said
by the president of the great republic
Of the United States, we wish to es-
tablish In stable fashion, justice and
right for all nations, guarantees for
tomorrow for your children against
the renaissance of barbarity. If we
fall back into our old differences the
danger may be great, but France unit
ed cannot he vanquished. l ask you
In the name Of the government, in the
name of France, that your vote be
unanimous"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06
DUBLIN, IND.

Rev. Mead Kelsey Of Richmond,
gave talk at the Friends church
here. Sunday morning on the Ameri-
cans sufferers. A committee Of fiji
teen was appointed to collect funds. .
DR.. and Mrs. Huddleston of Winches-
ter, Ind. spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. Frank Oler and family
-. Mrs. William Miller and grand
daughter of indianapolis spent last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. George Cope
.Mr. Micajah Henly went to Dan
vile, Ind. Friday to spend few days
with friends. Miss Mary Adams of
Centerville visited her aunts, Misses
Ida and Elizabeth Williams north of
town the latter part of last week. -.
Mrs. Samuel White and children were
In Richmond Saturday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Hanen and baby returned to
their home in Dayton, Ohio. last We'd
nesday after few days visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Smith. Preaching
at U. B. and NJ. E. churches next Sun
day morning and evening. At the
Christian church at 2:3O p. m. and at
the Friends in the morning. :. Rev.
Bond and family returned home last
Tuesday from Fountain City where
they had been called to the funeral of
Mrs. Bonds sister, Mrs. Albert Swain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoddard moved here
from Cambridge City last Saturday to
the home they purchased from the es-
tate of the late Mrs. Jane Thomas.
Rev. Ray c. Ballard of Economy, Miss
Mary Ammons of Jacksonburg, Mrs
G. F. Walton, Miss Marie Hayden and
Miss Lillian Howren OF Dublin, left
Tuesday morning for Indianapolis to
attend the convention of Indiana AS
ISOLATION Of Blind Women. Mr.. and
Mrs. o. e. Huddleston and son, Mr..
and Mrs. Alpheus Huddleston, went to
New Lisbon Sunday to attend the fu-
neral of Mr.. William Keller >. Mrs
Jennie Hunnicutt and Mrs. Pearlie
Miles went to Richmond Saturday to
attend the Franchise League luncheon
-. Mr.. and Mrs. William Schuneman
had as their guests last week their
son, Raymond of Richmond, who spent
Wednesday and Thursday with them
and Miss Edith Caffee Of Anderson
vile, spent from Tuesday until Friday
and Mrs. Jennie Stout, a sister of Mrs.
Schuneman of Elwood, Ind, came
Tuesday for an indefinite visit.
Mrs. Mary Helms and son returned to
their home in Lafayette, Ind, after a
visit here and at Cambridge City,
with relatives and friends. Mr.. and
Mrs. Norton Wilson arrived here Mon.
day evening from Arizona for a visit
with relatives and friends. . . Mrs. H.
e. Shipman and daughter. Josephine,
Of Indianapolis, spent few days last
week with her daughter, Mrs. Claise
Oler and family. :. Misses Gladys Git
ford and Miss Olive Hunt Of Fountain
City spent las. Thursday with Rev.
and Mrs. Leslie Bond. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Clifford Of Fountain City were
their guest Thursday evening =. Mr..
Lorain Champ of Springfield, Ohio, Is
here visiting relatives for a few days.
DIR. Snyder and family, Mr.. ]. H.
Steinmetz and family of Bloomington,
Ind. were guests of DR.. and Mrs. Fack-
Ter last Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06

PALLADIUM WANT ADS Paw
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06
NEIGHBORLY ADVICE

Freely Given by 4 Richmond Citizen.
When one has suffered tortures
from bad back and found relief from
the aches and pains, that persons ad-
vice Is Of untold value to friends and
neighbors. The following neighborly
advice comes from a Richmond resi-.
dent.
Mrs. c. Fisher. 424 w. Main ST.,
Richmond. says: II have used Doan's
Kidney Pills for quite awhile with ex.
cellent success and l might say they
have cured me. think there is moth
ing better for weak kidneys and
gladly advise anyone suffering with
kidney trouble to use them"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for . kidney remedy-set
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Fisher had. Foster-MilbUrn Co.,
Props. Buffalo. N. Y.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06

PARIS, June 6.--By . vote OF 453
to IS. the chamber Of deputies In Sc
cret session, has adopted resolution
declaring that peace conditions must
include the liberation Of territories
occupied by Germany, the return OF
AlsaceLorraine to France and just
PREPARATION for damages done in the in.
vaded regions.
The resolution. which was accepted
by the government. also favors the
creation Of a league Of nations for
the maintenance of peace.
The secret session, which was ad'
journed from Saturday. continued all
day yesterday afternoon and evening
until midnight.
Four Resolutions Read
When the doors were thrown open
to the public shortly after midnight,
President Paul Deschanel read four
resolutions which had been submitted
One was drawn by Deputies Klotz
Charles and Dumont, representing the
opinions of the majority group. the
other three were presented by differ
emit sections Of the socialists. The
first resolution, which was accepted
by the government, read:
1.-The chamber of deputies, the d.
the French people, salutes the Rus
sian and other allied democracies
and endorses the unanimous protest
which the representatives OF Alsace
Lorraine. torn from France against
II. III % Ia q
assembly. 1t declares and expects
that the war imposed upon Europe by
the aggression of imperialst Germany
the return Of the Alsace-Lorraine to
the mother country. together with lib
Grafton of invaded territories and just
reparation for damages.
Durable Peace Seen
Far removed from all thoughts OF
conquest and enslavement 1t expects
that the efforts Of the armies Of the
republic and her allies will secure
once Prussian militarism is destroyed
durable guarantees for peace and In
dependence for peoples great and
small, In a league Of nations such as
has already been foreshadowed.
Confident that the government will
bring this about by the co-ordinated
military and diplomatic actlon OF all
the allies, and rejecting all amend.
ments, the chamber passes to the or
der of the day."
Speaking OF the resolution, Premier
Ribot said
1.-THE government asks you to vote
for the Dumont-Klotz resolution. The
long debate, now drawing to an end
has shown with what spirit OF SINGER
ity and patriotism the chamber is
animated. This resolution affirms our
national sovereignty. 1t declares that
in a democracy like ours there can be
no secret diplomacy. None can or
wants to finesse with the national
sovereignty. None has entertained
such thoughts"
Policy Of Frankness
French policy is the policy OF
frankness and clearness. When the
hour for supreme decisions strikes it
will be for representatives Of the
country to determine the conditions
OF peace. We wish to bring about
the triumph Of the rights Of the peo-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06
C0BLENTz HONORED
BY s. S. MEETING

NEW PARIS, June 6.-More than
500 delegates registered at the County
Sunday School convention held here
Tuesday. All So Sunday schools OF
Preble county were represented. Ses-
sions were held all day in the Chris
tian church.
The Boys and Girls Congresses
were neld Monday afternoon and Tues
day. Monday evening joint meeting
was held in the Presbyterian church.
Tuesday the boys held their meetings
IN the Presbyterian church and the
girls in the Methodist.
The following officers Of the county
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06

Mr.. E. F. Murphy-A great many of
my potatoes are missing. What can
be done with the ground where the
plants are missing?-R. E. B.
Answer-Put in late cabbage plants.
Garden Question Box-My beets are
not UP yet. They have been planted
about q week. Should l replant or
wait longer?-H A. P.
Answer-The physical condition of
the soil, the temperature. the moisture
content Of the soil, and the vitality of
the seed are factors which influence
the length Of time necessary for seeds
to terminate and come through the
ground. I should wait at least two
weeks before considering replantins
under the present conditions.
Mr.. Murphy, Garden Dept. Palla.
dium--Is there anything to do that
would be helpful on account of sucn
wet weather?-A gardener.
Answer-If the ground should be
come dry enough for even a very short
time that 1t can be worked, draw the
soil to the plants making the row high
er In order that drying out Of the soil
next to the plants will be facilitated
after following rains. Endeavor to az
feet good drainage.
Dear Mr.. Murpny-What is a good
variety Of pole string beans?-H. A.
NJ.
Answer-"Kentucky Wonder" is
good one. 1t is good plan to plant
this with large variety of sweet corn
after the corn Is through the ground.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06

association were elected: President,
c.. r. Coblentz, OF Campbellstown;
vice-president. Carl Smith of West
Alexandria: secretary, Miss Osa Du-
vail, of Kitchel, Ind; treasurer. Miss
Iva Kline, Of Camden.
Next years convention will be held
IL West Manchester.
Harry E. Higgs, 80 years old. son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Higgs. died
at his home here Monday following an
attack of measles. Besides his par
ents, he is survived by one brother,
Jessie. Funeral services will be held
from the home Thursday afternoon.
Rev. F. F. Mclaughlin, OF the Metho-
dist church will oficiate. Burial will
be made in Springlawn cemetery.
fAARAAAAA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06

During the last two hundred years
the American, British and French flags
have floated officially over Detroit.
The city was founded by the French,
captured by the British. which later
evacuated, and American troops
marched in, bearing the American
flag.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06
BECOMES AN EPIDEMIC

LONDON, June 6.-England has
been afflicted with flagdays, or tag
days as they are called in America,
almost since the start of the war, but
now the whole business has reached
the proportion OF an epidemic. In
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06

London, for instance, there were six
teen flag days during May. During
June there are to be %, which is a
record.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06
HEALTH OF TROOPS
TO BE DISCUSSED

NEW YORK, Juce 6. The part
medicine will play in caring for the
vast armies the United States is Or
ganizing for foreign service, promises
to divide interest with latest develop
ments in medical science at the sixty
seventh annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Medical association in session
here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-06
MEETING POSTPONED

The Wayne County Medical associa-
ton did not meet today. The meet
ings will not be resumed until fall.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-06-27
"OLD TEX" JONES IS KILLED BY A SNIPER

LONDON, June 27.-"Old Tex Jones, gray-haired, leather-faced hailing from Oak Cliff, Dallas, Tex, has been killed at last. Shot through the heart by a German sniper, Tex fell forward at a tunnel entrance near Vimy Ridge.
 "He took too many chances" said major of the American legion. "One day a sergeant sent Tex" up to dump a pail in No Mans Land. We'd been slinging the bucket over and yanking it back with a rope. But Tex didn't. One second after he stood up. openly to throw the pail over, German sniper's rife cracked, and it was all over.''
 Tex had served in border cam- paigns with the American army and also in the Boxer campaign.