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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13
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fields sloping surface was marred by
rusted wire entanglements.
ELEVEN FRESH GRAVES.


At the very bottom angle of the wall,
II fresh sod-topped mounds marked
the resting places of American dead.'
Wilted flowers covered them. At the
head Of each was a five-foot. roughly
hewn wooden cross.
OF the IL mounds, the first three at
one end were enclosed in tiny. unpaint-
ed pine fences. Farthest away the
crosses told us there lay the body of
Private Thomas Enright. Next was the
grave of Private Merle d. Hay and
nearest of the three was the mound
covering the resting place OF Private
James B. Gresham.
The markers for these three heroic
Americans were octagonal wooden
name plates. Their full name, with
the regimental numbers of each man
and the date of their death. was in
scribed on each and an interviewed
back ground Of the stars and stripes
and the French tri-color made them
stand out prominently.
INSCRIPTION IN FRENCH.
On the fence inclosing these graves
Of the first three Americans to fall is
wooden sign. with black letters
painted on white background. The
inscription, translated, is:
HERE LIES THE FIRST SOL
DIERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
UNITED STATES TO FALL ON
FRENCH SOIL FOR JUSTICE AMI
LIBERTY"
We paused at the graves Of this he
| role trio and then passed to the other
eight graves-not so we'll garnishet
with flowers.
! The first three In this group were
the graves of Abraham Meadows
Stanley Janovicy and Harry Meyers
according to the roughly printed name
boards.
| Here, while the scream Of shells came
increasingly through the air, with occa'
sional explosions vibrating the very
earth in which these Americans rest
our chaplain said a brief prayer. M.
colleagues and myself placed sprigs OF
evergreen foliage on each grave-ant
then went back under drenching skies
toward the trenches.
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1t was believed here that the enemy
was preparing it's boosted offensive
blow somewhere against the Poilus, to
synchronize with the attack made
against the British further north along
the west front.
In Caurieres woods the war office
reported repulse Of a German raid. In
this section nine German aeroplanes
were brought down.
French aviators, it was announced
dropped bombs on Colmar and Rom.
bach.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13

600 allotted to aviation work-public-
ity on which has been lacking under
the pleta of giving information to the
enemy.
The probers, too. have a curiosity as
to the $1,s5o.ooo expenditure of the
public information committee.
THE military investigation Is just a
starter" said a senator who last SEES
sion wanted a joint committee on con-
duct of the war. There Is no In
tention to prejudice anybody. nor will
anybody be spared.
IF the people are to pay huge taxes.
they must not be compelled to see 1t
frittered away on nom essentials.
1--WE hear a great deal about using
Americas last dollar II necessary to
win the war. We are all for that but
we are against wasting one Of those
dollars"
OTHER INQUIRIES.
Other departmental Investigations
may be ordered by a senate resolution
to be proposed within a Few days. Or
they may be pushed by the chairman
of the committee and on expenditures.
who need no additional authority tc
begin probes. Chairmen OF these
committees are to meet this week to
discuss whether they will investigate,
at once, or wait until the military
probe is ended.
The military. quiz went on today
with Major General Croker, chief OF
ordnance, continuing his preliminary
statement covering the entire ord
nance situation.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13
DECENTRALIZATION OF
THE ARMIES BEGUN

Amsterdam. Dec. 1S.-Demoohiza-
hon of all Russia's armies has begun,
according to an article by serni-of-
elcial German correspondent at Copen-
hagen. printed in Berlin and received
here today. General Tcheroatchen, II
was said, had been authorized to De-
gin peaos negotiations exclusively on
The Russian front
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13
cadets DECLARED
ENEMIES OF PEOPLE

YOtrogrAA. Dec. 1.-THE Molshevtki
government today proclaimed all
members Of the cadet constitutional
Democracy party enemies Of the peo-
ple," asserting they were aiding the
Dossacks In tho counter-revolution.
Scores Of prominent cadet leaders
Wers arrested. including Habokoff
Ninaver. Kutler. Roditcheff and Coun-
tess Panin.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13
PICKLE PRICES TO
PINCH PAS PURSE

r 0hapaso. Dec 13.-Prices Of piquant
paoklss ass piosd to pinch pas pocket
book.
IS Ana nsmbsrs Of the National Pickle
DlanufAoturer6 association. who made
hat allitsrattve announcement, admit
"a It wasn't ION account Of the war"
y u because the September frost killed
\ lot Of infant pickles. they said
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13
TnG AvIA1IoN FUNDS.

The senate will want to know some
facts as to disposition Of the 100000
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13
For FORMAL ARMisTIcE.

Petrograd, Dec. 1s.-Adoptton OF a
formal armistice was forecast by the
semi official newspaper Pravda today
as Russian delegates departed to re-
sumo their negotiations with the Ger
mans at Brest Litovsk.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13

It developed today that the senate
probes Of the war department and the
coal and sugar situations constitute
merely the forerunner of broader and
more penetrating inquiries. Through
senate committees engaged on various
expenditure problems. the public will
learn the truth about alleged extrava-
gance with the war chest.
Congress. returning from back
home" in critical and inauisitive
mood. proposes to get at the truth OF
claims that too much money is spent
In many branches-perhaps negligent
ly. 1t will ascertain the basis for re-
ports that expensive publicity men are
engaged to advertise certain govern
ment branches: that the most expen-
sivs office equipment is purchased;
that telegraph lines are leased to carry
messages which might 20 by mail.
Moreover, II will consider such
charges and even graver hints Of Law
ish recklessness, in the light Of this
complaints that our men In camps are
under clothed, lack blankets and are
exposed to conditions which menace
health and life.
the AVIATION FUNDS.
The senate viii want to know some
at.~o.{xfxr ~ xt,n akl0 mn :
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In the northwest. A strike of railroad
shopmen. 1t Is considered certain.
would tie up the railroads Of the north
west and force federal arbitration
quickly.
SALOONS CLOSED.
Saloons in ST. Paul and Minneapolis
were closed today. They will remain
closed until the strike menace In past.
The street car company claimed that
service was almost normal. 1t was
because several hundred union street
car men were dismissed a. a result Of
wearing union badges, that the general
sympathetic strike was called.
Six more companies Of home guards,
ordered out late last night. were arriv-
ing In the Twin cities today. To the
force Of $500 home guards from outside
the twin cities. 1900 civilian guards
were being sworn in by Acting Sheriff
z. H. Davidson.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-13
LAST MINUTE RUSH
BY ARMY RECRUITS

Hastings, Neb.. Dec. 13.--All night
long the Burlington station here re-
yerbrated with q mighty chorus of re-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

the months he has
relief work the 'front.' 1t
the
Of the ambulance sections which were first
the fighting lines
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

District 5-Wendell Phillips high
school. 1925 Prairie avenue.
District 9-Healy school, 3037 Wal.
lace street.
District 1O-Holden school, 3055
LOOMS street.
District 11-Longfellow school, 1901
w. Thirty-fifth street.
Districts 13 and 14--Young Mems
Christian Association. T.. Fifty.third
street and Dorchester avenue
District 15-South Park commits.
sioners' offices. f. Fifty.seventh
street and Cottage Grove avenue.
District 17-6301 Cottage Grove
avenue.
District 2O-South Chicago post
office. Ninety-second street and Com.
mercial avenue.
District 21-Illinois Central Hospi.
tai, Ninety.fifth street and Cottage
Grove avenue.
District 22-Kensington police sta
ton, 200 +. 115th street.
District 29-Second Regiment Ar
mory, 1858 w. Madison street.
District 39-Chicago Commons, 955
Grand avenue.
District 41--Marquette school, Har.
risOn and Wood streets.
District 43-Jackson school, Sholto
and Polk street.
District 46-Henrotin Hospital,
Oak and La Sale streets.
District 52-Jahn school, 3149 Lin
coin street.
District 56-Swift school, Thorn.
dale and Winthrop avenues.
District 57-Rogers Park police sta
ton. 7O75 North Clark street.
District 7O-Parkman school, Fifty.
first street and Fifth avenue.
District 71-Grand Army hall, G23s
Princeton avenue.
District 74-Englewood club, 1921
Harvard avenue.
District 77-Ridgefeld house. Nine
ty-seventh street and Longwood drive
District 79-Fire engine house, SIG
North Laramie avenue.
Dir 'rict S0-Police station, 5610 w.
Late street.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
LIN 1r[HHL lLHMZ[LZLHd[iI1Z>
BENEFITED BY AMERICAN TRAINING

Sir Eric Campbell Geddes. who
has been appointed new first lord of
the British admiralty, succeeding Sir
Edward Carson, Is one of the handful
of great Britishers who emerged out
of comparative obscurity with the id
vent of the war. Until hostilities be-
gan he was scarcely known outside of
railroad circles, and American railroad
men knew him best, for 1t was in the
United States that he got his training.
The new first lord is Scotsman,
born In India, but owes his abili-
ty in large degree to his American
training. He is only forty.one years
old.
He spent year In the Homestead
mills in Pittsburgh, and backed that
experience with three years in the
employ of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. ..
When Lloyd George took the post
Of minister of munitions In 1915 he
made Sir Eric his principal lieutenant,
or director general. In that post he CO,
arms, munitions. etc.
a.. LII. t,., g
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
POWERFUL RECRUIT FOR RED CROSS

Another addition to the business
executives enlisted in the service of
the Red Cross during the war was
made when John d. Ryan, president
Of the Anaconda Copper company, was
appointed as director general of mill.
tary relief.
Mr.. Ryan will have supervision Of
the bureau of medical service. the bu-
reau Of nursing service and the bu.
reau Of supplies. The maintenance of
80 or more base hospitals will be one
Of the large tasks which will be laid
Immediately before him.
He has the position Of director
general of military relief and will be
In charge Of oil relief work for the
fighting forces.
Mr.. Ryan succeeds Col. Jefferson
II. Kean. who has been ordered to
take command Of the 100 United States
army ambulance sections In the war
theater.
The military relief department,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
Directed TO BUILD MERCHANT MARINE

The biggest constructive Job since
the building Of the Panama canal, the
tnsk Of fitting together fleet Of mer-
chantmen that is to save Europe from
hunger, and possibly starvation, has
been turned over to Chicago man
Edward N. Hurley.
Edward N. Hurley was picked
probably, because Of his record of
achievement. He is not a politician. He
Is business man. 1t Is not so many
years ago that he was sitting on the
throttle side Of an engine cab for the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail
road. From this position he stepped
into a salesman's job for the United
States Metallic Packing company, of
which concern he soon became man.
ager.
For this enterprise he originated
and developed the pneumatic tool in
dustry Of the United States and Eu-
rope.
He Is the executive head and prin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

The population of Uruguay Is l.
37S,S0S.
Wisconsin has barred tramps from
the state.
A town of cement buildings is being
constructed IN Montana.
The cooperative warehouse Is gain
ING in popularity in the South.
The Italian Mannlicher-C arcanO rifle
ia of the 1891 pattern. 1t Is rather
slow, discharging only 10 rounds OF
shot minute.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

need and endeavor for national econo-
my. personal economy also dictates
that as the price of food is constantly
rising, the work horse must be re.
tired because he is too costly a trans.
portation unit.
And everywhere, and In greater
numbers than ever before the eff.
cient. economical motor truck is dis.
placing the traditional weary eyed.
ever-eating horse"
~6A
EAGLETS.
stillman B. Jameson 10 one Of the
coming men in the Republican party.
He 10 honest and able.
Dow B. Lewis would make q goc
County Commissioner.
~
James r. Bucxiey. Chief Clerk In
the Criminal Court Clerks ONCE. 10
always adding to the efficiency Of the
public service.
Judge John J. Rooney grows In
popularity every day.
John 2. Vogeisang has done much
to make the restaurant the attractive
feature Of Chicago life that It 10
today.
~
Matt Aller would make q good City
Treasurer. He IL q sterling Democrat
and has worked hard to put many good
men into public once.
John J. Geraghty, the well known
button and badge manufacturer, now
makes his headquarters at his big
factory, 3035 West Lake street.
John B. Knight or 70 West Wash.
ington street Is one of the leaders in
the real estate world.
~0A
r. Mcdonald Of Clinton and Adams
streets 10 popular with printers. manu-.
facturers and everybody else.
Louis Jolissaint, or 1855 Wells street.
has built up a great business with his
Jersey Brand Cheese. The cheese ID
80 good that It recommends itself
wherever tried.
N. Henry ouerin. the popular Law.
yer. 10 much talked OF for judicial
honors.
Judge Hickman Seaman fulnlls the
expectations Of his friends. His rec.
ord on the bench 10 q good one.
~~
william H. Weber always made Q
good public record.
~e
Boulevard Addison Street and save
II for the people.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
MOTOR BUSINESS GAINS.
Business 10 Not az Usual"

81 should say that business Is not
at all as usual" said w. o. Duntley,
president of the $14,0000OO Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Co., which makes
the Little Giant line of trucks.
Indeed, the motor truck business
is better than II has been in some
time. Our current sales have topped
all previous selling peaks.
"The campaign for economy now
being so forcefully carried on by
many agencies, and In particular the
newspapers, has brought home In
striking fashion the assured economy
Of motor transportation.
Business executives are recognize
ing II as part of their duty to retire
their horses, which eat up uncOunta-
BILE acres of food that should feed
human beings, In addition to this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR PRACTICAL MAN

When Secretary Daniels informed
Rear Admiral Washington Lee Caps
that the president had selected him to
build the merchant fleets that we must
have II the U.bOats are to be con-
quered, shipbuilder had succeeded an
engineer In job upon which the des-
tiny Of democracy depends.
Admiral Capps will build ships in
quantities desired, on order, for build
ing ships, one way or another, has
been his steady job for 80 years. He
Is a practical man, and as chief con-
structOr of the navy has the inner
most details of every yard In the cOun-
try that bears the slightest resem-
blance to a shipbuilding plant In the
grasp of his two hands.
The work upon which Admiral
Caps has been employed since the
new naval building program went into
effect year and half ago is directly
in line with that which he will have to
do now I'm his new position. A man with
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

The worlds normal yield of the six
great cereals ranges from 16,OOO,OOO,'
600 TO 19,000,O00,O00 bushels.
The Indians who know the bee only
n introduced by the white settler
call 1t the "whte mans ay."
One OF re latest inventions Is a s,rt
Of halter that keeps sleeper's mOrtl
closed and thus prevents snoring.
A number of leading American rail
roads are ut present conducting pub
LEFTY campaign which has for Its OBJ
ject the warning of the public not tc
trrspasH on railroad tracks.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

director
him
transportation. lie knighted
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11


of practical service
dsagenens with
clear He will take orders ana obey
thema he II
which would
rhadn
ahead in the
of still time
possible delay terms of human
blood.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
CHICAGO EXEMPTION BOARDS.

Following are the headquarters OF
the Chicago Exemption Boards:
District HOO First National Bank
building
District 2-Mosley school, 234s s.
Michigan boulevard.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

stakeholder
from the development
diversified
broadened his outlook that his
credits
to the literature of American
for the United States
assigned It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-08
NOT THE PEOPLE"
TNew York Tim ca. )


Laboring under the rather pathetic
delusion that they were the people
OF New Rochelle IN mass meeting as
sem bled." 500 or 500 residents of that
little city gathered in one OF its school
houses Tuesday evening and proceed
ed TO take what, under another delu-
sion equally pathetic, they thought
was action" in regard to the revela-
tons as to tolerated crime and vice
recently made by the United States
marshal.
AS a matter OF fact, they were not
tho people of New Rochelle" but a
small fraction OF them--a fraction
which, az the experiences OF many an
election day should have taught them,
Is notable for its political inefficiency.
And what they did was not the taking
of action" bat the, vehement express
sion OF the feelings natural to such
men and women as they on learning
that the municipal administration
which they had permitted to exercise
the powers of local government had
been. to say the best of it,. negligent
in the way that produces the same
effects as does corruption.
They listened with Impotence while
la few representatives of that admin
istration presented confessions of ig-
norance as palliations of guilt, prom
Used thorough Investigations that
should have been made long ago AND
are no longer possible, and endeavored
to quiet discussion of the scandals by
Threatening to subpoena any man or
woman who spoke as of knowledge
about past deiinquencies Then they
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-08

adopted, by vote that was over
whelming and was declared to be
unanimons-the few opponents pres
ent not deeming 1t judicious to stand
up and be counted-three sets of reso-
lutions, two of them excellent and one
innocuous.
OF the three, most enthusiasm was
ELECTED by tbs one that demanded the
closing for the period of the war Of
every saloon within five miles of Fort
Slocum, which means all In New Ro-
chelle and several of the nearby towns,
This sent obvious shivers up and down
the spines OF several liquor dealers
and politicians who were present. but
of course those wiser ones did not
make the mistake of assuming that
because OF the vote then cast the city
was eager to become dry"
In the course OF the meeting, one
speaker suggested that a large cause
of the lax enforcement of laws and
ordinances in New Rochelle was the
remarkable rarity OF penalties imposed
in the city court, with the consequent
providing OF convenient excuses for
police inactivity. But that wasn't ex-
citing enough TO attract much atten-
tion
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-08
SHIPBUILDING HERE

Virginia citiz n, Irvington,)
The German slogan u.s. and has been
for generations. Necessity knows no
law" An American invented the
phrase, Necessity is the mother of
invention" This more humdne and
truthful expression has worked worlds
OF good. and at the same time has
been the butt of Jest. We recall how
a facetions professor put 10 his class
the query: What relation is loaf
Of bread to "A steam engine?" and pro-
ceeded by false logic 10 prove that the
bread was mother TO the engine. The
engine was an Invention; bread is
necessity, as necessity is the moth
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-08
LABOR SAVING MACHINERY SOLUTION OF
FARMERS PROBLEMS

and equipment demands of the army
and navy. while financial institutions
should not and will not hesitate to
cooperate with any group of farmers
which may organize for the purpose
OF machinery buying.
We cannot remedy the labor short
ago by supplying the demand for
men. Let's overcome the obstacle by
Il display OF energy and enterprise
such as Americans everywhere and in
every line Of Industry and on every
battlefront are sure to demonstrate
that victory shall he ours and the
world made safe place for peace
able people.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-08
Peoples Forum


SNbhtTAh -4fO&'
Editor Virgtnian:
Slr.-"S criptor" required nearly al
column of your space 10 prove that the
title 'Scriptor' Dares,' which he put
over his latest letter, is sorry camou-
nage.
Boiled down, what he would have
done in the case of Whipple, the paci-
flrst- Socialist professor who was prop
erly removed from the faculty of the
University of Virginia. would have
been t0 wait until the end of the year
and then gently and not too ARMY,
have limited TO him that the place he
had wantonly dishonored was vacant.
Meantime. out of respect for the feel
ings and sensihiities of ''Scriptor," all
Virginia would have kept perfectly
still, knowing we'll that Whipple. talk
ing for publication all through the
term, would md himself jobless next
summer. All Virginia would have
been willing TO suffer the shame and
humiliation of knowing that. unre-
buked. a professor In the state univer-
sity might go about sowing the seeds
Of discord and disloyaIty with never
a whimper from the pussy footed au-
tocrat, "Scriptor"
In spite of his effort to cover up
his real ailment "Scriptor" did fin
ally give the thing away. What made
'Scriptor" mad. in the first place, was
that Senator Martin and other Fir-
gnians In responsible places protest
/ ed to the university about Whipple's
| attitude From which 1t seems clear
| that Scrtptor" regards whatever
Senator Martin does is political"
and, therefore. unbecoming Virginia
gentleman; while Whipple's shame
( less performance. with sinister politi-
cal purpose boldly proclaimed. is
really not quite bad, though, possibly
n bit indiscreet.
Senator Martin. fortunately, is too
/ good politician and too much OF a
statesman to silently submit to having
his position as leader of the Demo-
cratic party in the United States SEN
ate undermined by propaganda In
high places at home. which. analysed,
is but an echo OF the doctrines pro-
claimed by the unspeakable La Fol-
lette. 1t 10 to the credit of Virginia
that the condition of which he Justly
complained was promptly remedied,
so that our senior senator can con-
tinue to uphold the high traditions OF
the state without embarrassment
'Scriptor" pleads that he is a mere
philosopher. expecting that the infer
ence that he possesses extraordinary
wisdom Will awe everybody else. But
Thoreau, who has an already estab-
| lshed reputation as genuine phi
| losopher. says this:
ITO be a philosopher is not merely
to have subtle thoughts. but so to
. love wisdom sAS TO LIVE ACCORD
ING TO ITS DICTATES.
"Scriptor" certainly exhibited no
affection for wisdom (if he has any
acquaintance with it when he thrust
himself and his vague maunderings
nto a real fight. Americans are
likely to regard as an enemy every
individual who wilfully gets between
them and a known enemy while the
light is going on. A. V.