Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-15
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Kaiser's Followers at Rob
erts, Rexburg, Spencer
and Other Places Warned
They Must Show Patriot
ism or Take Consequences
Idaho is beginning to awake to the
danger of the activity of pro- Germans
and sympathizers with the Teutomc
cause. Boise is not the only place in
the state where their deeds and acts
are being checked up. All over Idaho
federal and state officials are active.
1t is also as apparent that the Of
tense of these pro- Germans is not con-
fined to the refusal to sign food
pledge cards, although that is looked
upon now as an indication that there
Is little desire to help the country
protecting them.
COACHED THEM.
At Roberts a few days ago rabid
pro-German was given Pretty
straight talking to, and was permitted
to return to his homo on the pledge
to keep his mouth shut. The Roberts
Sentinel took occasion to criticize an
other pro-German who Immediately
tore into the office. stopped his copy
of the paper and cussed the editor.
The next issue of the paper scored the
fellow. His name W<s Schmidt. and
public sentiment arose promptly to the
occasion. Schmidt later. and in large
black type, publicly apologized to the
community and to the editor-but he
didn't state in his policy that he had
modified his kaiseristio Views In the
least
RExsURo HAPPENING.
According to the last issue of the
Rexburg Standard. Wednesday night
william Foel was attacked by num-
Der of mask cd men or boys and hand
cuffed to an electric light pole In front
of the Rex theater. The handcufrs were
not securely fastened and Mr.. Foel
soon Kained his liberty. On the pole
over his head was placed a sign read
ing: Il was put hero as q warning,
also ~ an example Of a pro-German.
q kaiser lover. ! could but did not
buy q liberty bond. talked against
the government May God pity me.
Good American citizens do not. First
,ction mild; second swift and sure"
The men who took Mr.. Foel were
dressed similar to the Ku klux Khan.
GENT TO JAIL.
Down at Ogden a fellow by the
namo of Frank Nerney was sent to
Jail for thirty days for disloyal state
ments- Judge George Barker stated:
your conduct is absolutely and posi-
lively ipexcusable. 1t Is wicked and
criminal to abuse your country, Its
flag and its soldiers at any time, and
particularly during this period of ma
tional peril" In further commenting
on the case the Judge said-and this
would apply to good many of these
bad eggs running around the country:
He knows more than he seeks 10
show. He has been in various parts
of the western hemisphere and his con-
duct indicates he might easily become
an agitator. Apparently he imagines
himself hero"
DRAFT EVADER.
I'D at Spencer the other day Dep
uty Sheriff Bert Barr took a. fellow
by the name of Henry Durgelah into
custody, and it is thought he knows
something about several haystack fires
in that neighborhood. He Is also
charged with being wife deserter as
well as q draft evader. While in Jail
a letter was found in one of his pock-
cts. and addressed to his wife, in which
he stated he was going to enlist in the
United States army and later desert.
7 I will rive
the United States hell" He is Ger
man by birth and sympathy and 1t is
stated that extra precautions had to
be taken by the sheriff to upset
'necktie party" planned for Durgelah.
GLASS IN SUGAR.
The Pocatelio Tribune says: where
and for. what purpose was pounded
glass placed in sugar that came into
the possession of Lawson Shepard. of
l145 East Center street, Pocatello, Is a
question that a good many individuals
are asking, after an investigation of
the incident was made.
TT developed a few days ago, when
a Jar of fruit or jelly was opened. that
the contents appeared to be gritty and
small particles of glass were removed
from the preserved articles. At first 1t
was thought that portion of the jar
might have crumbled, but such was not
the case and test was made of an
other receptacle. with the same result
The matter puzzled the family, and
the attention of r. S. Tschudy and
others was brought to the incident,
and a test was made of a jar OF the
fruit or jelly. warm water being used
In dissoiving it. The residue show
many particles of fine glass. and the
supposition Is that 1t was in sugar.
FRUIT EVAPORAT1NG