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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
BOXERS TACTICS WIN A SkIRMISH

in again! !" keep at him |" the crowd
shouts. And Feeny does as advised.
Macedonia, unwary, has allowed him
self to be backed into corner, and,
quick as terrier, the shorter-armed
man steps inside his guard and gets
nome with two full-power punches on
the solar plexus. Macedonia sways,
makes step INTO the ring, and then
falls in heap with one arm relaxed
over the lower rope. The referee
reaches the count of "Ten" before the
fallen man moves at ALL
Good scrap" says the machine-gun
officer to fellow lieutenant, "but Fee
ny would never have won if he hadn't
got to close quarters"
A Week Later; the Trenches.
A week later Two little groups of
men are sheltering In two shell holes
far out amid the German wire. The
trenches two hundred yards ahead of
them are occupied. A spray of ma
chine-gun bullets plays across the lips
of the holes, and two men who were
making "look-see" are sitting groan-
ing in the bottom of the trench. The
two parties are twenty yards apart
Presently the machine gun stops it's
patter and there is comparative silence
There is an isolated thud in the dis
lance and the crescendo of an ap-
preaching shell. 1t bursts like an elder
powder puff, high and to the left, but
some of the shrapnel reaches one of
the shell holes.
The men have been out since before
dawn, for they were an advanced pa
troll. They were discovered by the
Boches only an hour ago however and
their position is now made unenviable.
The ground behind slopes and they
would be exposed to machine-gun fire
all the long way to their trenches.
Now the artillery is beginning to search
them out.
They Try Out Feeny's Tactics.
From the right shell hole there is
t1utter of white, and slowly a Morse
message is sent with a leaf torn from
a notebook. "Try Feeny's tactics" ii
spells out. How about it," The off
Ger who receives the message smiles
to himself. Yes" he answers, 1--WE
will start when you signal. Give us
five minutes"
The signal is given. Both groups
dash forward and only one man falls.
Breathless, but revengeful, they fall
into the machine-gun emplacement.
There is some quick work with the
bayonet, the gun is wrecked. a dugout
is bombed, four prisoners are taken.
Ten minutes later leaving two parties
of Germans bombing each other indus
triously over a traverse, the raiders
streak across the No Mans Land.
They are seen, bat the machine gun
is out Of action and rife fire is all
that they have to fear. Then our men
see them and a heavy covering fire is
kept up. They fall over the parapet,
bounce off the firing step and lie
painting on the duck boards in the bot
tom Of the trench.
And Feeny, who went on leave the
next week, found an envelope waiting
for him before he left. There were
two hundred-franc notes in it and
message of eleven words: ''In payment
for lessons received in the noble art
of self-defense."
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Not So Smart.

Mr.. Flatbush---Its the same old
story.
Mrs Flatbush--What's wrong now?
II painted the front gate and hung
a sign on it, Fresh Paint"
"Well?"
"The first man who came along put
his hand on it to see if the paint was
really fresh"
Don't be so smart"
"WhyT
"That wasn't a man that put his
hanG on the paint to see If 1t was
fresh; that was ne"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
HIS BROTHER SLAIN;
OFF TO KILL KAISER

Atchison. Kan.-Herman Scha-
der, a Hiawatha confectionery
merchant, who was confined In
an Atchison sanitarium, broke
from his cage here and set out
on foot for Germany TO kill the
kaiser Schader became insane
when four of his brothers in the
German army were killed.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Often Sour.

Sweets to the sweet, chr said the
girl at the candy counter. Nothing
to It,"
What do you meanW
They're often just as fussy at the
candy counter as they are anywhere
else"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Splendid Medicine
For Kidneys, Liver
and Bladder

For the past twenty years ! have been
acquainted with your preparation swamp
Root, and all those who have had ocea-
sion to use such medicine praise the
merits of DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root; spe
cially has it been very useful in cases o.
catarrh or inflammation of the bladder.
firmly believe that it is very valuable
medicine and recommendable for what it
is intended.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11

London.--It is officially announced
that S.S05 artificial limbs have been
made for soldiers by private firms at
a cost of SG3G00O, and that more than
1000 additional men who have lost
limbs are waiting to be supplied.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Soldiers Remember How Feeny
Got Out of a Tight Cor
ner In Ring.
TRY IT ON THE GERMANS
At Close Quarters Count Enemy Out
When Feeny Goes on Leave He Gets
Token of Appreciation for
Lessons in Self-Defense.

London.-How the tactics of the
prize ring got two little groups of Brit
ish soldiers out of tight corner, and
eventually gave them the victory in a
lively scrap with superior numbers
of the enemy, Is told in an interesting
story communicated by "a correspond
ent" to the London Times.
The story opens with a glove contest
in a room lit by four large acetylene
lamps; on tiers of benches and boxes
sit hundreds of khaki-clad men. They
have most of them been fighting all
through the week. and now they are
going to watch other men fight-with
gloves. Two men in overcoats step
through the ropes. AS the gloves are
being adjusted an officer steps into
the ring He is loudly cheered
"A six-round contest" he says, "be-
tween two Irishmen. (Cheers,) Ser
geant Kennedy Macedonia eleven stone
two, and Quartermaster Sergeant Tim
Feeny, eleven stone"
Both boxers are fine specimens. Fee
ny, although he gives away only two
pounds, looks much the lighter. His
body glistens in the white light. AS
he closes his gloves his muscles ripple
from wrist to shoulder, and his chest
IN fanked with n padding of muscle
to back up either hand. Macedonia is
older. His frame looks almost rigid
There is not the same subtle play of
the muscles, but he seems made of
iron, and he has abnormally long arms.
His ears look as If they had been
punched fiat against the side Of his
skull The referee calls, Seconds
Quit"
Exchange Blows From the Start.
The two boxers step into the middle
of the ring and shake hands. There is
no noise save that of the slip, slip of
the soft kid boots over the resined
canvas. Feeny feints with his left but
the other draws back pace warily.
The feint has told Feeny something.
and there is the quick phut-phut of
IPHLilGE vi lltSH as tt ltduS ItIt
and right to the head AS he steps
out the other man steps in and lands
a hard one on the junction of the ribs.
The blow has told. Still circling,
Feeny gets his man into the salient Of
the ropes and rushes in with a we'll
meant but badly planned attack. He
has the shorter reach by inches and
he knows he must fight to the body
and come inside the lOngrange blows
of Macedonia. Then he gets home again
ard the older man is sent hard back
to the ropes, but, being a master of
ringcraft, comes back from them as
If thrown from a catapult, and his left
comes round with full shoulder weight
behind it. Feeny takes IT ducking, but
too late; the glove comes home over
one eye. The round Is over.
Once more the boxers face each
other, but they now know each others
tactics. 1t is a good round, but when
Il finishes 1t shows that the man with
the shorter reach must get in close to
his opponent, who has the range Of
him. He knows this, too, so he fights
hard, tunneling into Macdona's defense
with jabs and short-arm hooks, clinch-
ing when hard pressed and smotlfering
In the break-away. Feeny attacks
with furry Of quick in-flghting, ago
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Unconscious 10 DAYS.

Islip. l.. I.--After being unconscious
for IS days here, Miss Urling Valentine
has recovered from conclusion OF the
brain sustained when she fell from her
horse some dime ago.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Lake No Chances.

"There's one way to drive an auto
mobile"
whats thatY
"Whenever you approach a railroad
crossing or n street car track and
train or car is coming If you have to
wonder whether or not il is safe to
try to cross, decide that it isn't"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
His Defenders.

Recruiting Ohicer-"How about Join
ing the colors? Have you anyone de-
pendent ON you2" Motorist-"Haye II
There are two garage owners six me
chanics four tire dealers, and every
gasoline agent within radius Of one
hundred and twenty-five miles. -"
Judge.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Very truly yours,
DIR. J. A. COPPEDGE,
Oct. 20, 1915. Alanreed, Texas
Prove What Swamp Root win Do For You

Send ten cents to DR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle 1t will convince anyone.t You
will also receive a booklet Of valuable
and bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty.cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores--Adv.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Short Memory.

Dentist--You say they sent you up
to have tooth pulled?
Bobby-Yes, sir, I-er-I don't for
get which one 1t was"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11

Our respect for old age depends q
great deal on whether it is TO be APP
Piled to men and women or boarding
house poultry.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Don't Poison Baby.

oRTY YEARS AGO almost mother thought her child must have
make Sleep will produce
Sleep and FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP
WHICH THERE rs NO WAKING Many the children who
morphine, of which narcotic product OPIUM Druggists
prohibited selling either the narcotics named children at all
without labelling poison The definition of narcotic"
medicine h reetes produces but whch IN poison
produces spor and DEATH The taste and
medicines disguised and sold under the
Corda" Soothing syrup You should not permit
medicine children without physician know
of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS it bears the signature -N
of Chas. H. Fletcher. ~ <AEN4A
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of X /rW
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
FIND VAST DECREASE IN
BRITISH JAIL INMATES

London.--The war has had
the effect of reducing crime in
Great Britain to an astonishing
degree. There are now 1000
fewer men and 700 fewer women
in prison than at the beginning
Of the war. The total number of
prisoners is 9,032.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
A Guarantee

"You say you can offer me a for
tune, but is it all clean money!"
1T ought to be- ! made it in soap"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Place for Him,

"But isn't your son rather young to
Join the army?' "Well, he is very
young, but, then, he's going to join the
infantry. Boston Transcript.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11

st. Paul is to have a business school
for the deaf,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11

Some girls will promise to marry a
man and some will threaten to do so.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
FORMER PRESIDENT
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE

Clay Center, Kansas, Aug. 1i.-Form.
er President William H. Taft spent a
good night. and today showed marked
improvement in the illness that has con-
fined him in a hotel since early Tues.
day. His physician announced that he
was continuing 20 take food and was
feeling decidedly better"
Mr. Taft has determined TO give up all
his speaking engagements for the re.
mainder OF this month, in many parts
OF the United States and from here
will go to his summer home at Point
Au Pic. Quebec, Canada Or. b. f. Nor,
gan, his physician said today Mr. Taft
might leave here within five or six
days, II he continued TO improve as he
has recently.
MIR. Taft was taken IN early Tues.
day with acute intestinal indigestion
and distractions OF the smaller intes.
tines" DR.. Morgan said in a written
statement "Since that time. we have
sought TO remove that obstruction and
have been successful but II Is not GER.
tain that It is fully cleared away, al
though believe so. The effort. OF
course has been to avoid an operation.
In my judgment, Mr.. Taft is better
today and | hope viii continue to i'm.
prove. His illness has required com.
plete abstention from food with conse.
Quent loss OF vitality"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
KANSAS CITY CAR
STRIKERS ATTACK
THREE COACH LOADS OF STRIKE,
BREAKERS FROM ST. LOUIS
ARE ASSAULTED.

Kansas City, Mo-. Aug. li.-Rioting
in the strike Of the operating forces OF
the Kansas City Railways company
broke out here today when strikers at.
tackled three street cars filled with men
imported here to break the walkout.
According to reports at police head.
quarters, bricks and stones were thrown
and one OF the cars was wrecked.
Company officials announced that Ave
or six OF the strike.breakers were In.
jured, none seriously, and that all ex.
cept one, who was taken 10 a hospital.
were given treatment at the car barn
TO which they were being transported.
Reports that striker had been hurt
could not be verified.
The strikebreakers involved In todays
outbreak, the first disturbance In the
four days Of the tie.up. were brought
here from st. Louis, according to a
statement.
The barn near the vicinity OF where
the riot occurred was quiet in a few
minutes. The sleepings quarters wer,
prepared there for the 81. Louis mer
and they were quickly taken inside.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
RESOLUTION
IN ]. s. SENATE
la TOILETTE Is AUTHOR OF IT
GOES OVER WITHOUT
DEBATE.

Washington, Aug 1L-A peace reso.
luton was introduce in the senate
today by Senator LaF'ollette, providing
that the United States define definitely
the objects for which It shall continue
to wage war and the allies also make
a public re-statement Of the peace
terms which they viii demand.
The resolution seeks TO put congress
on record as opposing support by the
United States for annexations or indem.
mites for other nations and proposes
the amassing OF a common fund by all
the belligerents for restoration Of battle
devastated territory.
Senator LaFollette made no speech on
his resolution and there was no debate.
On motion of Senator Williams, IL went
over a day under the rules.
Soon after Senator LaFollette intro.
duced his resolution, mimeographed
copies bearing the name OF the Ameri
can Union Against Militarism were dis
.tributed in the press gallery.
Senator LaFollette denied that the
organization had any connection with
the resolution. declaring he had prepar,
ed IL on his own responsibility. He
added, however, a copy had been fur.
nished to a representative OF the or,
ganization who requested one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
FORMAL APPOINTMENT BY VIII.
son ALLOWS ADMINISTRATORS
TO APPLY LAW.
CHECK SPECULATION
Drastic Measures VIII Not BE Employ
ed Unless Negotiations With Produc-
ers and Manufacturers Fail-FederaI
Trade and Agricultural Chiefs to Aid.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Machinery for
control Of the nations food supply was
set in motion today following formal
announcement by President Wilson Of
Herbert c. Hooyer's appointment as
food administrator.
Various agencies for putting into eff.
feet the food survey and regulatory
bills, made law by the presidents sig.
nature, today began the exercise of cor.
rective powers in order to place the food
supply on a wartime basis.
The food administration. under direc.
tion of Mr.. Hoover, will have general
supervision Of supply regulations.
The department Of agriculture will
assist in food conservation by an edu.
cational campaign and will administer
the food production measure.
The federal trade commission will
compile food scales Production costs
recently have been investigated by the
commission, and price fixing probably
will be made in conformity with its rec.
concentrations.
The purpose Of the food administra.
tion is to stabilize and not to disturb
conditions Mr.. Hoover declared in a
statement issued following his appoint.
ment. Efforts will be made to check
speculation and correct price abuses, he
said, but-drastic measures will not he
employed unless negotiations with pro.
ducers and manufacturers fail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
WAR SUMMARY

Field Marshal Haig clnched his hold
last night on the ground won in Fri
days attack on the Flanders front cast
of Ypres. The Germans made no less
than six heavy counter attacks during
the night. but all without success. Not
only did the British maintain their po-
sitions, but gained some additional
ground on their right wing near the
Yypres-Menin road.
These new gains are probably i'm.
portant to the success Of the British
generals plans. for il was In just this
sector that the British had failed to
make all the progress expected OF them.
on the remainder Of the two.mile
front. running north OF the Ypres-Rou-
lers railway. all the objectives We're
ocr r-ci in yesterdays assault. and
have since been held
The German resistance was especial.
~ stubborn on the British right, but
the result OF the nights fighting
shows that despite this. the British
forces were able to forge ahead
While the British and French have
been making another forward thrust
in the process OF driving wedge into
the German lines In Belgium, the
forces have been heavily engaged on
their own soil to the south Of St Quen.
tin, on the Aisne front. and In the
Champagne.
In the st. Quentin, General Petain's
troops regained nearly all the section
OF the line which the Germans had cap.
tured in their hidden thrust Of Thurs
day night
North OF the Aisne they carried out
a brilliant attack and recaptured and
withheld the whole Of an important
trench. which the Germans had recent.
ly taken south OF the Ailette.
An attack launched over a front Of
nearly two miles was broken up by
the French except at one point to the
north OF Carnillet, and even here the
Germans were afterward elected from
the area they had penetrated with the
exception OF stretch OF some fifty
yards.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
BRITISH IN HEAVY ATTACKS.
Artillery BOmbardment on Wide Front
Then Infantry Charges.

Copenhagen, Aug. IA special dis.
patch from Flanders to the Vossische
Zeitung of Berlin under date of August
g. describes three heavy British attacks
on that day resulting in the forcing
ana crossing Of the Steenbeck river al
a point where the railroad from Boes.
inghe and Langemarck crossed the
creek.
1t says that in consequence Of better
weather, the artillery bombardment
fiamed up along the whole army front.
This and other preparations indicate
that renewal Of the general attack is
impending as soon as the ground con.
ditions permit the infantry to attack.
In the coast section, the British at.
tackled at o'clock on the morning Of
the 9Th. after a short drum fire prepara-
ton coming TO grips with the Germans
at various points. but according to the
Vossische Zeitung's version they did
not succeed in ejecting the Germans
from their positions
Further to the south, the British
were more successful Here two hours
of drum fire from Merket to Frezen-
burg was the prelude to violent infan.
try attacks. The chief effort was con-
centrated south OF the Boesinghe and
Langemarckry. where the British es-
tablished themselves on the west bank
of the Steenbeck.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
GREECE FINDS
ITSELF TR|CKED
FORMER KING LOADED SECRET
LOANS ON COUNTRY FROM
GERMAN BANKS.

Athens, Aug. li.-Finance Minister
Negropontes. replying to an interpella.
tion In the chamber. stated that the cab.
met OF ex.Premier Skouloudis under
King Constantine. contracted two Sc.
cret loans with the Bleischroeder bank
OF Berlin OF 10000. 900 marks each. re.
payable in three months after the sig.
nature Of peace.
The first loan was arranged January
? and the second in April 1915. and the
Lambros ministry obtained a third sim.
liar loan OF forty millions In January,
1917.
OF these loans, only 10000. 900 marks
have been paid up bY the bank.
NJ. Negropontes further declared that
the VenIzelos government would ac.
cept liability for these loans. At the
same time, he emphasized the heavy
responsibility OF the Skoudoulls govern,
ment which negotiated the loans with
out the authority OF the chamber and
kept them secret, while at the same
time they were trying to obligate the
western powers to make them another
loan OF l2OOOOOOO marks.
The minister also called attention e
the fact that the second loan almost
coincided with the abandonment OF Fort
Ruprel to the Bulgarlans.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-11
RULES
FOR EXEMP TON
LOCAL BOARD DISCUSSES MEAN.
ING OF DEPENDENCY
UNDER LAW.
LATITUDE
Examination of Applications for Ex-
emptiOn viii BE Begun Monday Fore
nOon-Classifying Those Who Have
Passed Physical Test.

Married men and those having de
pendents are not necessarily exempt
from military service under the select
i've draft law, according to instructions
received by the Carter county exemp.
tion board from the adjutant general
The rules are strict and little latitude
is left to the exemption board in max.
ing exemptions" John L. Gait, Of the
local board, said this morning. Real
cause for discharge must be shown be.
fore exemption is granted The fact
that man is married does not mean
that he is exempt, under the ruling
Just received"
The selective draft law exempts no
one from military service. according to
the communication. 1t only authorizes
the president TO exempt men because Of
dependents, in case it is advisable.
Where it is not advisable no exemption
will be made. The real object is to raise
an army and everything else is subor.
dinate to that end
The work Of exemption will be begun
Monday morning The exemption claims
viii first be passed upon by A. j. Hardy,
county attorney who has been appoint
ed by the federal government for that
purpose. The board is now classifying
the names Of those who did not claim
exemption from the local board. II is
not known when the work Of exemption
in connection with the first draft will
be completed and the call issued for
more men.
Under the new instructions received
La married man is not exempt if the
parents or other relatives Of the wife
or husband are able, ready and willing
TO provide reasonably adequate sup
port for her during the absence Of the
husband. II the wife owns land which
could be rented during his absence TO
other persons 50 as 10 produce an ade.
quate support. the husband is not ex
empt. In case the wages or salary or
part Of them is continued while the
man is in the army which, together
with an allotment Of his soldiers pay
would be sufficient 10 support his de.
pendents, the man is not exempt.
In the case Of a widowed mother. in.
firm parents or orphan child. if ade-
quate support is provided a son or
brother is not exempt. No certificate
of discharge is considered permanent
and may be withdrawn at any time
and any case Of exemption may be re-
opened at the pleasure Of the board.
"All this simply means that a man
will not be exempted just because he
is married or has dependents" a mem
ber Of the board said this morning. a
man must show that he is needed al
home and that his relatives have nc
other means Of support. The rules for
bid that the local board exercise dis
erection In the matter They are very
definite in most cases and we are or
dered by the department 10 apply then
impartially."