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cation by a foreign government"
The reorganization" of south Bra
zil referred to by Won Luxburg is as
sumed here to refer to the activities
of the Hamburg Colonization COM
pany in connection with the large
German element already located in
that section Several months before
this dispatch was written there were
reports of plans for a German insur-
rection.
The break between Argentina and
Germany, which Won Luxburg appar-
emily was expecting in July, has not
yet come and latest advices from
Buenos Aires do not indicate an inten-
tion on the part of the Argentine gov
ernment to join Brazil and other
South American nations on the side
of the allies. Won LuXburg. who was
kept in a detention camp for a time
after his exposure, is expected to sail
for home November 1, the allies hav-
ing agreed to grant him safe conduct
for the voyage.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
WOMAN'S CLUB MEMBERS
ENTERTAIN THEIR HUSBANDS
Halloween Ghost Party Given in Wag-
ner Hall Wednesday Night ConcIud.
ing with Box Supper.

The members of the American Falls
Womans club entertained their hus-
bands Wednesday night at a HaIlow-
cen party at Wagner hall. The hall
was unlikely and tastefully decorated
IN yellow and black figures and wall
drapings, with Japanese lanterns in
protusion, and pumpkins and corn
stalks scattered in profusion.
Most of those attending came in
ghostly attire AS they entered
number was pinned on the back of
each, and each one was provided with
paper and pencil. The ghosts
mingled about in the hall. and while
doing so tried to penetrate each others
disguise. A prize was provided for
the one who correctly named the great
est number but it was never awarded.
There we're about thirty-five lists of
names turned in. and at last accounts
the judges had not finished checking
them to decide who was the winner.
At ten O'Clock all unmasked, and there
were many surprises. w. r. Griswold
by means of a pillow adroitly placed.
attempted to impersonate Guy Bissell.
His feet were all right also some 9TH
er parts of his figure, but he lacked
breadth Of shoulders which could not
be supplied. Few. however. correctly
placed him. There were many good
DISCUSSES that were not penetrated.
and the unmasking was so quickly
done that few could be identified
A string chewing contest was the
first sport enjoyed. A cube of sugar
was tied to the end of a five foot
thread, and the one eating the thread
and getting to the sugar was to be re-
warded with a prize Fred Durkee
won first prize and w. w Beckstead
captured the BOBBY Charades came
next, and the program was concluded
with a few ghost stories.
Following the program the ladies
provided lunch boxes bearing num-
bers, and the gentlemen drew numbers
for the boxes, having to pay for the
boxes according to the numbers. and
having the pleasure of sharing the
lunches with the ladies who prepared
them. 1t was given out that none OF
the numbers would be lower than 5
nor above so. The cleverness of the
ladies was made manifest when the
numbers were drawn, there were
none below 40, nor above go The
boxes were lettered as we'll as mum.
bered, 40a, 40b, 40c etc, so that quite
little sum was added to the WOman's
club treasury.
A fifteen gallon keg of cider occu
pied a stand in the center of the hall
! and was literally patronized
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Operations in the market at the
Portland Union stockyards opened for
the week with full house" Condi-
tions in general are not discouraging.
yet the market is not as brisk at this
writing as it has been in recent weeks.
In connection with the tendency to
slow up, which appeared in the cattle
market last week, it might be interest
ing to stock producers to know that
this months volume of business in
the Portland Union stockyards sums
up to a greater volume by about $50
cars than any month in the history of
the yards, and since there is a gener-
al shortage in the supply of hogs and
sheep, this necessarily means very
heavy increase in the cattle shipments
for the month.
Cattle-The cattle department with
1900 head great portion of which
arrived late for the opening market,
was sluggish on account of lack of
the usual number of buyers. Those
who were in the yards filled their or
ders at about steady prices in the steer
department, but took the COWS at 25c
off at the top end and about soc off
at the lower end of the string. Bulls
continue steady and stockers and feed
ers are a big element in the trading.
We quote as follows: Best steers
1915 to $40; good steers $775 to 50;
good cows 81 TO $3.50; ordinary $4 to
Sc; heifers 81 to $775; calves 81 to
$3.50; bulls $4 to S675, stockers and
feeders $4 to $725.
Hogs-The hog alleys were well
filed for the weeks opening with a
quality superior to that which had
been offered during the past 10 days
Central Oregon offered the best string
Of hogs on the market and the general
tcne of the market was about 25C
higher right down the line. Sales il
the hog department were more brisk
than in the cattle department, and the
general conditions showed a better
outlook than had been evident foi
some days past. The following range
of prices prevail: Prime light $15.7'
to $15S5; prime heavy S15.65 to $15.75
bulk s15.75 to s15.S5; pigs $3.50 t'
S14
Sheep-The sheep market continues
steady to strong at the followin;
prices with a bigger supply than hai
been offered through the early week
OF the month: Yearlings $3.50 t
$13; wethers s12 to $13; ewes $3.50 Il
$1,000; western lambs S14 to s14.5O
valley lambs $3.50 to $14.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
MANY ATTEND RECEPTION
FOR OUR SOLDIER BOYS
Splendid Program Given at Reception
to the Last OF the Draft to Go to
American Lake CantOnment.

In honor of the six men who leave
today for American Lake, Washington.
as the final fifteen per cent of Power
county's quota under the selective
draft. a reception was given at the
Odeon hall by the ladies of the Red
Cross last night. A large crowd was
present to wish the boys God-speed on
their journey and every part of the
program was well appreciated judg-
ing from the applause given each
number Special mention should be
made of the short talk given by Mrs.
L. Hunt. mother of Gilbert Hunt, one
Of the drafted boys, who told of her
troubles in bringing her boy up to
manhood. She expressed the desire
that he would make a good soldier and
serve his country well and asked him
as a special favor to sing a goodbye
song for her. The young man got up
and without any accompaniment sang
in clear tenor voice which surprised
and delighted those present. Good Bye
My Sunshine"
The boys who leave are: John Nc
Cool, Gilbert Hunt, Adie R. Leebrick,
Robert F. Woods, Earl l.. Baker, Abra-
ham f. Friesen and Maurice Manor
who leaves from Deer Lodge, Montana
The program was as follows. Song
by Mrs. ]. Collins; character reading
by Miss Mcknight; a short talk on
experiences in the Spanish American
war by Postmaster Henry Laird; a
duet. when Our Boys Come Home
from the Army" by Misses Myrtle and
Sylvia Allen; a speech on Brother
hood" by DR.. Miller of Los Angeles
short talk by Mrs. L. Hunt; song
Goodbye My Sunshine" by Gilbert
Hunt; America" by the audience, anC
presenting of the comfort bags by
Mrs. Reader, president Of the loca
! Red Cross chapter.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
MYSTIFIES AND SATISFIES AU-
DIENCE.

1t was a bewildered, mystitied and
satisfied crowd that came out of the
Auditorium theatre Wednesday night
after the Mysterious Smith company
had entertained for more than two
hours with their perplexing acts. The
first act was Mr.. Smith in tricks of
magic. The second featured Olga in
= mind reading and tlepathic stunt
which has caused wonder ever since
il was shown here. She answered
questions put to her by the audience
and according to statements of those
who asked questions they were answer
ed correctly. In the last act Mr..
Smith demonstrated how easy II was
10 get out of handouts. A committee
OF three men were chosen from the
audience to go on the stage and assist
in putting on handouts and straight
Jackets on the performer but were un-
able to gain any more knowledge than
the audience as to how the tricks
we're done. The last and big act of
the first evenings entertainment was
\ trunk act where the committee tied
Mr.. Smith in a sack and then locked
aim in an ordinary theatrical trunk.
After this the trunk was placed in a
cabinet. The lady assistant entered
the cabinet and in a very few seconds
Mr.. Smith came out. The curtains were
drawn aside and there stood the trunk
as the committee had left it, tied and
locked. When opened who should ap-
near but the lady assistant all tied up
IN the same sack that Mr.. Smith was
tied in. According TO Judge Oliver,
one of the committee on the stage, il
was unexplainable and he had never
seen anything like it before. The
same company put on their second
show last night and according to re-
ports it was even better than the fsrsi
performance.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

and these will come under his super
vision. His position virtually makes
him the financial manager Of the col
lege, a responsibility that will call
forth his best efforts.
Mr. Miller is considered to be one
of the best business men in the south
ern Idaho conference and will have
ample latitude to give his ability the
widest play The Methodist church
here is a monument to his executive
ability. 1t has fallen to the lot Of Mr..
Miller to build several church build
iDgs and to lift church organizations
out of debt. What he has done for
American Falls will be better appre-
ciated as time goes by.
Until another pastor is secured DR..
Miller Will continue to hold regular
services here. His family will pro-
bably be here for some little time, but
will remove to Gooding as soon as a
house can be secured.
Who will succeed DR.. Miller as pas
tor is not known. superintendent Ba-
ker was here Wednesday for a short
time and has several good men in view
but has not reached a decision. Be
yond stating that every effort would
be put forth to secure the kind of a
Oman needed here he had nothing to
say.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
MORE Won LUXBURG NOTES
MADE PUBLIC BY LANSING
Reorganization OF Southern Brazil,
Possibly Meaning Revolution, Men
toned in One of the Dispatches
Asks for Submarines Subject to His
Orders.

Two more of the notorious Count
Won Luxburg's messages to the German
foreign office from Buenos Aires were
made public Tuesday night by Secre-
tary Lansing They provide official
confirmation of Germany's plan to
control southern Brazil, shed addi
tional light upon Teutonic intrigue in
South America generally and reveal
that LuXburg appealed vainly for a
squadron of submarines with which to
awe some Latin Americans and to
flatter others with salutes.
These dispatches, like others that
have gone before, were given out by
Secretary Lansing without discussion
Of their contents. The only comment
was in this statement attached to the
copies:
"In view of the fact that the sub
stance of certain kilograms addressed
by Count Luxburg to the German for
eign office has been published, the
secretary of state makes public the
actual text of the kilograms"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN HORDEs CONTINUE TO POUR INTO


Conflicting the Italian
powers progress week
Berlin Italian prisoners
miles territory captured
with the drive still progress, checked.
falling
river where
Italians claim their and holding enemy
Berlin breaking
dispatches help
rushed
the belief that from France
dispatches lend statement
early
the the
allied Italy necessary
No clear of the
Belgium France is held
smaller army. battlefront many places
the Alps,
transportation
difficulties, be
belief strengthened by the that the allies
shipping carry badly
needed military supplies overwhelming
Austrian held
line other hand, may the o
prisoners
disasters of the early o
Military critics the
have achieved during the years.
the the allies continuing progress
Flanders apparently Of
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
PRACTICAL JOKER ON
GERMAN SUBMARINE
Commander Dubbed kelly" Ineenses
Fishermen With Franks.

There is a German submarine COM
mander who is known throughout the
American flotilla as kelly" says
letter from the American flotilla in
British waters. His real name is
something quite different, but the
American sailors promptly dubbed
him Kelly of the Emerald Isle" and
the name will stick as long as the
great war is talked about
Kelly" earned his name by his dis
play on various occasions of rich
vein of quite un-German humor. He
has become the hero of numberless
stories told in forecastle and on quar-
terdeck Not all of these stories are
true. and probably most of them have
grown in the telling. All that the AS
sociated Press can vouch for is that
Kelly" is a real individual and that
there is some foundation for the re-
markable tale of his exploits.
Kelly" commands a mine-laying
U-boat which pays frequent visits to
the district patrolled by the Ameri-
can destroyers. When he has finished
his appointed task of distributing his
mines where they will do the most
harm, he generally devOtes few min
) utes to a prank of some kind. Some
, times he contents himself with leav-
) ing a note, flying from a buoy, scrtb-
! bled in schoOlboy English and ad-
: dressed to his American enemy. On
other occasions he picks out de-
serted bit of coast line at night anc
goes ashore with a squad Of his mer
for a saunter on the beach, leaving
behind a placard or a bit Of German
u bunting as a reminder Of his presence
His most audacious exploit, how
:. ever-if the legends of the fOrecasu'
o are to be believed-was trip which
9 he made several months ago to Dub
q lin. where he stayed two days at ;
n leading hotel, afterward joining hi
: U-boat somewhere up the west coast
Il He is said to have informed the Brit
ish of his exploit by leaving his re
ceipted hotel bill attached to one o
their buOys.
; Still another Of "Kelly's" more re
cent stunts was to plant the Germal
IL flag on rising on the coastline.
O was the first time that the Britisl
and Americans knew just where h
and his men had set foot, and the
e shared the excitement of the villag
4. folk. who awoke one morning to fin
II new kind of flag flying from thel
e native soil At first they could no
e make out just what it was.
d But when they made sure that
IS was the German sailors they were fur
N ious. for it so happened, so the stor
e goes. that the fishermen along thl
? particular strip of coast had suttere
h much from submarine raids. U-boa'
,e had shelled their boats, Germans ma
$. stolen their fish-their only means
,e Hvelihood-and left them empt
.r handed after a weeks hard catch
% mackerel. These poor tisherfolk wei
. in no mood for this latest display
ID German humor, so they, according
m report, promptly burned the flag an
70 set a watch for kelly"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
Draft Resisters Heavily Sentenced.

Sentence was passed by Judge Ralph
T. Campbell in federal court at Ard
more, Okla. yesterday on twenty-nine
draft resisters who had entered pleas
of guilty.
II. H. Monson, H. c. Spence and j.
L. Benefited, considered ringleaders
in the anti-draft disturbances in Sem
mole, Pontotoc and Hughes counties
in August, we're assessed penalties of
ten years each in the federal prison
at Leavenworth.
The remainder were given sentences
ranging from six months TO six years.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
OFFICERS BUT No SOLDIERS.
Moscow Post)

The Wallace Miner is worried about
the military status of the state. Our
gallant Second has become a part OF
the great federal army. But, in TINS
transfer. it left in the employ OF the
state Adjutant General Moody at
$4,000 per annum, and assistant, Major
Burns, at $500, and stenographer
at $1,000. The governor has war
secretary. who draws down 5000 per
month. These total expenses will ap-
proximate $4,000, leaving of the avail
able funds $4,000 for the bienium,
and the Miner is at a loss to know
how the administration is planning TO
spend this residue. The governors
flying squadron during the l. w. w.
trouble was to considerable expense
and it was palnned to pay the same
out of the military fund but there was
a storm of protest and the state treas
urer suggested that the law did not
permit the drawing on the fund men
toned, so it was dropped. But, the
Miner says that the governor, although
a business man, is inclined to follow
the politicians plan of spending all
funds in sight and wonders what plan
will be found to absorb the 100000.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
Messages From Argentine.

After the state department made
public the sink without q trace"
messages which caused Argentina to
hand Won Luxburg his passports, the
Argentine government sent to WGsh-
ingtOn a number of the former Ger
man ministers dispatches for deciph-
ering. Whether the two now pub
lished were among them or were OBJ
tanned by the United States at the
same time it came into possession of
other kilograms forwarded to Berlin
through the Swedish legation at Bue-
nos Aires is not disclosed.
Several days ago press reports from
Buenos Aires said a sensation had
been created there by the publication
of a dispatch from Rio Janeiro say
ing the Brazilian foreign minister had
made known that translations of the
Luxburg message revealed a German
plot to invade southern Brazil. The
Argentine newspapers demanded that
their government either publish the
dispatches OF authorize their publ
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
ALLEGED PLOTTERS ARE
RELEASED ON BAH

Court proceedings to prevent re-
moval from New York to Illinois to
answer TO federal indictments there
charging a conspiracy against the laws
of the United States were abandoned
yesterday by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn,
Carlo Tresca and Arturo Giovanniti.
Each furnished $4,000 bail for ap-
pearance in Chicago. They, with John
Baldazzi. were on Tuesday held by
United States commissioner for re-
moval
Baldazzi, the only one of the four
who admitted membership in Indus
trial Workers of the World, was un-
able to furnish bail and will be taken
to Chicago at the governments ex-
pense.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
BIG SUCCESS WITH BEANS.
North Idaho Farmers Burdening Banks
With Money From Bean Crop.

d. w. Davis in his recent trip
through the north encountered a very
prosperous lot of farmers around
Genessee, Idaho, a small town in La
tab county. The two banks there
have more than seven hundred thou
sand dollars in deposits, very largely
due to the growing of beans by the
farmers of that locality. Genessee is
not so large as American Falls, has
much smaller tributary country, and
there are many more banks in the
county than Power county has.
The bean crop this year did not yield
more than half the usual crop, but
price of eleven cents a pound, which
the farmers are receiving, has more
than made up for this. Genessee is
dry farming country, with possibly a
little better soil than some parts of
Power county, and with a little great
er precipitation, but the success at
tanned there should stimulate Power
county to thoroughly test out beans TO
see if they will not be extremely pro-
fitable here .. -.-..
The wheat crop all through the
great Palouse country in northern
Idaho and eastern Washington is very
light this year, running about twelve
bushels to the acre. The season there
has been dry and unfavorable and
not much better than third or fourth
of the average yield was secured.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
TWO STATES DIVIDE
FIRST HONORS OF WAR
Georgia Lieutenant and Indiana Ser
geant Fire First Shot for L. :.

Indiana and Georgia divide the hon
ors of having inaugurated Americas
warfare on land against the Germans.
A sergeant from South Bend. Ind,
pulled the lanyard to send the first
shell tearing across the valley in the
direction of the German positions at
6:15 on the morning of October %.
A lieutenant from Georgia gave the
order ito fire."
The remainder of the shells that
morning by this particular battery
were fired under the direction of a
lieutenant from Indiana.
The facts were established during
the first visit paid by the correspondent
of the International News Service. The
visit was at the same time the last by
any civilian to the first American battle
front ever established on European
soil The information was obtained
while the battery was booming away
in a terrific dOwnpouT of rain.
A French officer led the way across
muddy valley up the hillside to the
spot from which the first shell was
fired, the correspondent following.
crouching low.
Want to get all the dope about our
firing the first gum" asked the lieu
tenant Come right down to our dug
out We have it all in a book there" !"
The party slid down the muddy side
and arrived in a comfortable dugout
warmed by a merry fire. But the lieu
tenant who had information was not
there Our guide led the way up an
other step incline. where stood the
gun that opened the American land
war.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

KAISER LOST SIX MILLION
MEN IN WAR.

Germany has lost 100000
! men in the three years of war,
+ according to a declaration made
+ in the reichstag by the Inde-
+ pendent Socialist, Ledebour.
+ A report of his speech reaching
! Washington through Switzer-
! land states that, contemplat-
+ ing the prospects of a fourth
. winter campaign, the Socialist
Z leader said:
l. you have not evidently gen.
/ tlemen, an exact conception of
+ what war means. We have had
! 100000 dead, 100000 or A.
I 100000 wounded, of whom 500,-
= 600 are crippled for life, and
/ 100000 absolutely invalided,
+ That makes altogether 6,000,-
+ 900 men lost during three
I years"
+ 1t is stated that official in
I formation confirmatory of these
J. figures has been in possession
Z of American officials for some
L time.
!. 4. L 4. :. Z L 4. q. Z. =. L L 4. 4. 4.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
Publisher Is Indicted.

Hans Won Hundelhausen, president
of the Washington Publishing COM
pany. publisher of the New Jersey
Freie zeitung. a German daily, was
among those persons indicted by the
federal grand jury at Trenton, n j.,
yesterday for permitting alleged trea-
sonable articles to appear in the news
paper
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
DR. J. WESLEY MILLER
ACCEPTS LARGER DUTIES
Becomes Financial Secretary OF Good
ing College and viii Soon Leave
American Falls.

DR.. J. Wesley Miller will tonight
tender his resignation as pastor to the
trustees OF the M E. church, having
decided to accept the call to Gooding
College as its financial secretary, to
which he was elected a week ago His
new duties will increase rather than
Tighten his burden, because he will
have the supervision and manage
&ent of the endowment fund Of the
college, which apprOximates a third
of a million dollars. A large portion
OF this endowment is in the form of
notes, the interest upon which must
be systematically looked after, or the
notes collected and the funds rein
vested so as to provide revenue to meet
the expenses of the college. The col
lege buildings are not yet completed,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

GIRLS PILOT GERMAN BOMB
ING AIRPLANES

A letter received at Helena.
Montana, Tuesday from DR..
Phillip G. Cole Of Helena, a sur
geon with the American expedi-
tionary force at the front in
France, says a German bomb
ing plane recently forced to
descend in the American sec
tor proved to be piloted by a
girl of 16, who said she was
compelled under penalty of
death, first to learn to fly and
later to guide bombing planes
over the entente front. She
said many other girls were op-
Grating war planes under the
same circumstances.