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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
AMERICAN WOMEN TO RAISE
FRANCE FROM ASHES


With the growl and bark of the big
guns i'm her ears. a m journeyed
through the devastated region just
back OF the battlefront, seeking to
discover how America can help war
stricken France TO rise from her ash
es: what she needs most to restore
her people to something resembling a
normal mode Of life, and how to re-
establish them in their battle-scarred
homes.
on a motor-truck, with an ambu-
lance-driver. Miss Elizabeth Perkins.
OF New York, made a tour of inspec-
ton of the deserted villages from the
borders of Switzerland TO the battle
field OF Verdun, a country through
which the German armies had swept
before they were checked and driven
back by the French. Now she has re-
turned to tell the American people
what she saw on that terrible jour
ney. In the Milwaukee Sentinel she
says:
1T was a depressing sight. There
were the roads. cut by the wheels OF
war-traffic and barely cleared OF the
debris which the enemy had left in
its wake. They had left nothing else.
Building after building showed great
rents in the roofs and walls q
were altogether demolished. We
groped our way through villages
which were still silent in desertiOu
/ could only make note of the condi-
tons and OF the possibilities OF form
less heaps of stone and shattered walls
becoming hahitable once more.
I'm some of the villages two
or three of the former inhabitants had
crcht hack i'm others there We're more.
Whore they had been we did not
know probably some of them could
not tell themselves. They were exist
ing one could hardly call it living
but they were glad TO get back to
what had been home In spite OF all the
I frightfulness and terror that had driv-
en- them away The future was some
thing almost as hard for them TO face
as the past. The government would
not vet let them cultivate the land,
which was full Of shells. They had
but just given permission for their re-
turn TO the villages.
We came To villages where there
was a little better foundation TO build
upon. Some buildings by a miracle
held together. depleted, though. of the
comforts and essentials of living. The
people In them huddled together, max
ing shift as best they could to keep
out the chill winds and TO get enough
food 10 keep them alive. We saw
fruit trees cut sQuarely off and Ne
saw no live stock. Here and there
however. a hen must have survived
for il one village we called upon the
mayor TO ask him where we could &c.
something TO eat. We might as vel
have asked him where TO find a gol,
mine. He finally took one egg-evi
IDENTIFY the treasure OF their meagel
larder-and made an omelet for us
supplementing il with dark bread an,
a little wine. We were very grateful
and wanted TO pay him, but he refused
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

000. 900 he hoped TO have conquered.
BY three years war be has increased
the German population from 10000
900 TO 220, 000, 900. He controls. d.
rectly and Indirectly, Belgium, north
France. Poland, Rumania. Hungary,
Austria. Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey and
a part Of Armenia. Having prepared
for war by a base wedge OF cunning,
intrigue and treachery, through hired
agents distributing brides in every
capital Of the globe, he is now prepar-
ing for peace and proposes a trade
and compromise that will give up Bel
GUM and north France and count the
Incident closed. This means he Will
give back about One-6fteenth OF the
conquered territory and people, thus
retaining 40. 600, 900 which. with his
10000, 900 Germans, leaves the pan
German empire with owe 200. 900. 900
Of people and extending from the North
sea 10 within 400 miles OF the Persian
gulf. Today the kaiser Is spending
millions through his agents. %influenc-
Ing and bribing members OF the press,
OF the judiciary, Of legislatures. AS
Germany has not been invaded, peace
without victory means that while the
rest OF the world RECEIVERS from its bill
lions OF losses, Germany will strength
en- her military machine and then
complete the Germanlzation OF the
whole world.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
TO REORGANIZE SHIPPING BOARD
Charels A. Piez Put in Supreme
Charge OF Governments Building
Program.

A complete reorganization of the
shipping boards emergency fleet cor
poration was begun Saturday when
Charles A. Piez a Chicago engineer, re-
Gently made vice president OF the cor
poration, was put in supreme charge
of the governments ship building pro-
gram.
Rear Admiral Washington l.. Caps,
appointed by President Wilson as gem
eral manager of the corporation, sue
ceeding Major General George W.
Cocktails. will continue in that posi-
ton. but much of the work he has
done heretofore will be taken over,
it was said Saturday night, by Mr..
Piez. Admiral Caps denied reports
that he would resign because Of the
changes that will be made.
Duties that have been performed by
some of Admiral Caps aides, most OF
them naval men, will be taken over
to a large extentS by engineers who
will serve with DR.. Piez. Wooden
ship construction will be put in
charge of James Heyworth, a Chicago
contractor, who displaces Rear Ad-
miral F.. T. Bowles, retired.
The building of fabricated steel
ships will be under the supervision OF
Charles Day, a Philadelphia engineer
now in England studying for the
shipping board, English methods OF
construction. A. J. Mason Of Chicago
another engineer, will do most Of the
field work, inspecting plants and su.
/ r.arvfafnn arvnr.I1w fhntr Aparaffon
Decision to %reorganize the staff tina
has had charge of building was mad'
by the shipping board after an inves
tigation by a special committee. Thii
committee, named by the board, wa.
headed by Mr.. Piez and had as it,
other emmbers Mr.. Mason, Mr.. Da!
and Frank Kirby, a New York engi
neer.
The committee reported, it il
learned, that ship building was no
proceeding as il should because o
lack of business methods within tn
fleet corporation. Yards, they re
ported, were not obtaining material a
rapidly as they needed IL SpecIfca
Lions, they said, we're changed to
often and a general lack Of harmon
was found, they declared, betwee
builders and the fleet corporation
officials.
The reorganization, as explained a
the offices of the shipping board, wa
prompted by the feeling that the flee
corporation was ont speeding up cor
struction as much as it might. Wit
designing about completed and cor
tracts let, building, they felt. was
matter of business that best could b
done by business men.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
LASTING rrlcr OR NONE.

a fascinating sight IL Is 20 stand
ar fhe staehorc and watch the ehhinE
iie Each succeeding wave rocedes
i1st "a ittle besond its predecessor. yet
compared with a half hour before.
great stretches of beach are REVEALED
hirh were recently submerged Com.
pared with tNo years ago. "a year
$780, aR months ago. six weeks ago.
fh. tenor ~ The German war office has
ucsiet IL has not gone very FAR az
that and tas hoat which ln faucied so-
tIrfg drops anchor az this stage VIII
Hnd iise'f .a short time stranded pm
ue beach fh, tide must ehb a long
ay set before loN alter mark is
reathea
oHr oetaH frnniaep extends over
5000 m.ies aiin countless bays and
rosea irlHf. AMID river mouths. AID
0i These ar. srefnllt charted. the re-
aalt ef 1850 rcrfl rios of patient sound
inc and survey With these charts
the Navigator mas cruise Cor the frst
tmo along rHe coast COR into harhors
where De- mover sailed before aud iu
confidence and safety. Tor on these
charts b. SGT down the depth ot water
~ iow tide with sufficient water al
ion tide. ae cam disregard any othe.
stage
There are pos uumistakahle slgn|
that Germany tide. which -four year
ago burst upon Europe with the sud
denness and intensity OF q tidal wave
has begun 90 ebb It's high-wate
mark has been reached. Like the lid,
it could not remain always &C tina
point The ebb was inevitable. ]
has already begun. AS yet il is SLOW
Just as the recession of a tide is .
first almost imperceptible. but the cd
flow has begun. II is ours aud on
allies 20 follow that ebb steadily an
resistlessly, until It has reached "a
low-water mark. And having reache
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
KAISER PLANNED THE WAR.

(Ry Newell Dwight Hillis.)
This war began in 1892. in a meet
ing held In the palace at Pottsdam.
The kaiser at that time placed In the
hands OF his advisers a document
marked Secret and Confidential" The
first line held these words: The pam
German empire" The second line
read. From Hamburg and the North
Sea 10 the Persian gulf The third
line was. "Our immediate ultimate
goal is the decentralization OF all the
nations.
ON the second page there was an
extract from the kaiser's speech
From my childhood | have been uu-
der the influence of five men-Alex-
nnder. Julius Caesar. Theodore the
Second. Frederick the Great and Ma
pOleon These hvc men dreamed their
dreams OF a world empire-they failed
T. too have dreamed OF a world en-
pirc--l shall succeed
Two maps prepared by the kaiser,
for his associates. set forth clearly
the ultimate goal 20 be won boy his
military machine The hrst map was
called The Roman Empire Caesar
Augustus. Emperor Then are spread
cut the countries conquered Car
thage suhducd and her capital a
countyseat town reporting TO Rome
Egypt and Palestine conquered while
Alexander and Jerusalem report 90 the
emperor Ephesus and Athens are
conquered and are countysoat towns
under the emperor's heel
Having used the Roman empire as
his standard the kaiser publishes thi
world map for 1920 AT the top OF
the map were these words The pan.
German Empire Beneath you read
Kaiser Wilhelm II. Emperor Across
the state of France are the words
.Germania. for Paris is a county.
seat town Upon Great Britain b
written. "Gcrmania. for London Is ;
couutyseat town.
seven years after this was puhlishe,
the German admiral told the hero
80 Manila hay just what was 90 hap
pom concerning this war. Tie bad
Admiral Dewey remember the kaise.
was u|rcparing 20 conquer France will
The real purpose OF destroying Eng
loud and then proposed To seize Can
ada and the United States. German.
win after hat dispose of South Amer
lea and she Monroe Doctrine as wI
think best. These facts throw a floo.
of light upon the kaiser's statemen
ia Ambassador Gerard. when thi
war is finished / Will not stand an
, nonsense from the United States"
{ Now that three years OF war hay
been completed. We see the kaise
r missed his goal only by a hair
2 breadth. Nineteen hundred and Sc,
enteen Is here; and To- the kaiser cor
4 trolls 200, 600. 600 instead Of the $50
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
CORPORAL'S MOTHER TO
GET SONS MEDAL
Lafayette Escradrille Members Re
celve Award From French Govern.
ment.

Members of the Lafayette escradrille.
representing Mrs. Beverly MacMon-
agile, have received in her behalf the
cross Of war with palm, awarded to
her son, Corporal Douglas MacMon-
agile of San Francisco. who was killed
in an air combat on the French front
on September "a. Corporal Mac Mon
agile is cited as a "skillful pilot.
worthy of the highest praise for his
courage and unselfish devotion to du-
ty." Corporal MacMonagle previous
~ had been awarded the cross of war
for bravery while an American am
bulance driver on the French front.
Lieutenant Louis Verdier Fauvety
has been appointed second in COM
mand of the escradrille, taking the
place of Captain George Thenault.
Lieutenant Fauvety is a patrol leader
Of exceptional ability. His brother.
Paul Fauvety, is a San Francisco bust
ness man.
Sergeant Robert l.. Rockwell Of
Chicago was cited in orders and
awarded the cross of war on October
% for bringing down an enemy ma
chine.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND
FOR THE COUNY OF POWER.
Davie Grain & Fuel Co., a corpora
ton, plaintiff, VS.. William Renke, de-
PENDANT.
The State Of Idaho Sends Greetings
to William Renke, the Above Named
Defendant:
You are hereby notified that a
complaint has been filed against you
in the district court of the fifth judi
cial district of the state of Idaho in
and for the county of Power by the
above plaintiff. and you are hereby
directed to appear and answer said
complaint within twenty days of the
service of this summons if served with
in said judicial district, and within
forty days if served elsewhere: and
you are further notified that unless
you so appear and answer said COM
plant within the time specified, the
plaintiff will take judgment against
you as prayed for in said complaint.
This action is instituted by the plain
Iii 70 recover from you, the SdlQ Oe-
PENDANT, by reason of its first cause
OF action, the sum of $4,000 together
with interest thereon from and after
October 26, 1916 to date of payment.
and attorneys fees; by reason of its
second cause of action, the sum Of
$4,000 together with interest from De
cember l. 1916, until paid, and for at
torney's fees; by reason of it's third
cause of action the sum of $4,000 to-
gether with interest at the rate of 10
per cent per annum from July l, 1917,
to date Of payment, and attorneys
fees, and by reason of its fourth cause
Of action the sum of $241.60 together
with interest thereon at the rate of 7
per cent per annum from September
>, 1917 until date of payment, and for
costs of suit herein made and ex-
pended.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said district court this 7th day OF
November. 1917.
(SEAL) PAUL BULFINCH, Clerk.
o. R. Baum, attorney for plaintiff.
residing at American Falls, Idaho.
IL 13-20-27 - 4-11-1S.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

f~acturers OF non-essentials are per-
mitted to draw all the materials they
require. Therefore the purpose is to
get curtailment under way before any
general shortages of materials are
felt.
The new bureau will be charged par
ticularly with seeing that government
agencies seeking to accomplish the
same things work in the same direc-
ton to prevent confusion and hard
ship.
The greatest care is to be exercised
in listing industries IS non-essential
to prevent errors which might force
reclassifcations.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

try, and masonry; of the windows we
have put in; OF the leaky roofs we
have covered; OF the vegetable gar
dens we have started; Of the bodies
we have clothed; of the fights over
head between French and German wi
ators; Of the constant firing of guns
and OF the weary troops always on
the march.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

its lowest point, then will be the time
to make charts which may serve
through future generations as guides
by which the nations OF the earth may
pilot their ships OF state in safety and
security.
And not before.-H. II. Windsor. In
the December Popular Mechanics Mag
azine.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
WHISTLER WAS MOST ACTIVE
Observer Marveled at Great Energy
Displayed by the Famous Artist
in His Studio.

The studio was surprisingly differ
ent from the room he previously used
in Lindsay row, and entirely unlike
the studios usually occupied by ether
artists, says Hay in Memories OF
Whistler" l remember Il long, not
very lofty room, very light, with win
dows along one side; his canvas beside
his model at one end, and ut the
other, near the table which he used
as a palette, an old Georgian looking
glass, SO arranged that he could see
his canvas and model reflected in it
Those who use such Il mirror Gas he
did constantly will know that it is
the most merciless of critics.
l marveled then at his extraordinary
activity, as he darted backward and
forward to look at both painting and
model from his point of view at the ex-
IRENE end of the long studio. He always
used brushes of large size with very
long handles, three feet in length and
held them from the end with his arms
stretched to their full extent. Each
touch was laid on with great firlnnesS,
and his physical strength enabled him
to do without the assistance of mahl-
stick, whilst the distance at which he
stood from the canvas allowed him to
have the whole of a large picture in
sight and so judge the correct drawing
of each touch.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
Special Conditions.

In planting out street and highway
trees, the fundamental principle gov
erning the work should be as in all the
bread field Of agriculture, the crea-
ton of conditions suitable to the par
ticular plants to be used. If proper
conditions do not exist, they must be
made. If rainfall is insufficient, irri-
CATION sufficient to overcome the natu-
raj deficiency of water supply must
be rractiecd. If rainfall is excessive,
drainage must be had by blasting to
free soil or digging deep holes and mix
ing sand, wood ashes, lime or decaying
vegetable matter with the soil before
replacing it in the holes. Physical
condition of soils is Of far greater mo-
ment than the chemical properties,
therefore deep holes, dug CT blasted,
together with deep preparatory culti'
walton is essential to success.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
Battle in MoonliQht,

The pale moonlight that bathes each
night the several hundred frame bui.d-
ings at Fort Benjamin Harrison VIII II
house the student officers and the rHg-
ufar army men, shines also over the
tents of two Indiana National Guard
companies, the First Indiana tielti hos
pital and ambulance company No. 1.
Late In the afternoon is bath time
with the student officers, and with the
regulars, and the lighthouses, one for
each company, are about the busiest
places at the fort, especially after
round Of trench-digging. But the men
of the field hospital don't care for
bathing in the afternoon. Night time
is the time for them. Their bath
houses are as open as the air, the
bathing facilities provided consisting
only of showers set up in the open
back of their camp. So, late in the
evening, guards arc set out, and forms,
pallid in the moonlight, emerge from
the tents, run to the showers, shiver
in the cold water, and beat hasty
retreat to the tents.-IndianapOl
News.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
6B[IC
ROADS
FEASIBLE WIDTH OF ROADS
First Deputy Highway Commissioner
of New York Tells of Troubles
Encountered by Him.

Most of the roads built in New York
by the state are 16 feet wide. When
money was voted for the highway sys-
tenn it was on the basis of approx
mately $4,000 per mile. This was in
1912, and $4,000 was a low figure
even for that date. Under present
conditions it is obviously impossible
to complete the system as planned
then, and extra width is serious ex-
pense. 81. Eltinge Breed, first deputy
highway commissioner of New York,
recently stated that only by the strict
est economy, by substituting different
classes of pavement within certain linn
its Of cost, and by using federal aid,
will it be practicable to have all the
important roads brought together into
a good highway system. 1t would be
far better, he says, if there were suffi-
cient funds to build them Is feet wide
for two lines Of traffic and "a feet for
three lines. The use of motor We
hicles is steadily increasing and they
are being constructed wider. Hence
at least 80 inches wide can pass one
another comfortably and frequently.
Eighteen feet is probably the narrow
est width that permits this, according
to Mr.. Breed. Especially is this true,
he says, in the case Of concrete roads,
because the transition from the hard
concrete surface to the earth shoulder
and back again becomes really danger
GUS in some soils on account Of the
rut that traffic usually wears along the
Joining line.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
Sweeping Lines
In New Clothes

movements on this planet, and whose
thoughts are turned not to Raging the
scale, but to the lines of khaki on the
western front.
Mind you, they are not poverty
stricken clothes. The American peo-
pie are in arms against unnecessary
saving and economy that means ruin
to others. But they are q revolt from
what we have been wearing.
Still the Chinese Touch.
Over from Paris, where those who
represent US are watching every twist
and turn in fashions, comes the state
ment that the Chinese touch grows in
strength and importance. 1t is no
longer advocated by the few, but by
the many dressmakers. .
There is no wholesale repetition of
Chinese costumery in these modern
French gowns. The single garment
that is taken in its original form is the
Mandarin coat. 1t is used as an eve
ming wrap. In America there has been
superabundance of Chinese coats
worn after candlelight.
One extremely good-looking New
York woman who has been told that
she somewhat resembles the artists
drawings of Chinese faces, constantly
appears in the evening with superb
Mandarin coat worn over her frOck.
Her black hair, brushed back from the
couture, completes the picture. She
also adds great fan of peacock feath-
ers set in sticks Of jade. One has
strong impulse to lift her up and set
her on q tiny pedestal Of lockwood.
Over in Paris the Chinese idea is
expressed in the new gowns in lines as
well as in embroidery and coloring.
The attempt is made to swing gown
freely away from the body in excel
lent folds, and then gather it in some
where near the normal waistline by a
girdle.
There is dominant Chinese note in
the house gowns. One is made of jade
green velvet, so thin that it looks like
satin. The lining is of Chinese blue
crepe. The Mandarin sleeves COM
pletely cover the arms, and the long,
straight widths, front and back, drop
to the ankles.
There is a slip of flesh-colored chif-
fon over satin, which clings closely to
the figure from collar bone to instep,
and over this slip, at high waistline,
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
PROFIT FROM The BACK YARD
Any House Owner, at Small Expense,
Can Build Garage Which Will
Soon Pay for Itself.

Most house owners have rear lot
that is of no use to them, and is gen.
orally a source of expense. Why not
turn the back yard into mcneymaker;
at q reasonable expense yor can build
a concrete or brick garage big enough
to hold four cars on the average lot
that will earn for you 25 per cent prof
it on the cost of the building, or pay
fer itself in four years.
This being masonry building with
a tar and gravel roof there is no
charge for upkeep or repairs. Such
garages have been found to be a source
OF satisfaction to the owners as they
improve the looks of the back yard in
mcst cases, and relieve him of the la
Dor AMI expense of keeping it in Or
der.
If person also wishes to have a
garden he can by putting up trellis
work conceal the garage so that per-
sons in the street cannot see it, also
a roof garden can be maintained on
the garage when desired.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
Beauty Demanded in Suburbs.

Beauty is q necessary factor in the
development of suburban property"
says III. A. Jones, Detroit real estate
Ian. "City people who move out to
these communities which are sure to
surround Detroit as the city develops,
viii expect city conveniences and rapid
transit to their employment, but they
will also expect something of country
pleasures.
Therefore no suburban property
unless laid out with the idea Of beau
IT, in mind, is likely to become fully
built up. People will not have their
homes squeezed into 30-foot lots, with
10 parks, trees or landscape beauty,
when they have gone away from the
heart of the city just to get such sur
r0undings."