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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09
CRYSTAL ITEMS.

Mrs. ]. ". Staley went to Pocatello
the last of the week. His little son,
Ralph went in with him.
Wane Dickson, nephew of Henry
and Spencer Breeze, went to Pocatel-
10 Friday to spend the winter with his
father.
NJ. P. Peterson came home from Po-
catello Thursday with a big load Of
coal. He is getting ready for the
thresher.
While Will Denning and his son,
Floyd. Of Crystal, were crossing the
Portneuf river bridge south of POcatel-
10 near the fair grounds, the bridge
broke down. Both gentlemen escaped
uninjured and with some difficulty the
load of grain and horses were gotten
out. One sack of wheat was lost and
one horse was bruised quite badly.
It is not known if the county will pay
Mr.. Denning for damages done his
horses and wagon or not.
Mrs. Nellie Johnston is visiting with
her father, NJ. A. Dennison at the old
homestead west of Crystal.
Manning Standby is still busy with
his header on upper Muddy creek, two
miles southeast of Crystal.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". c. Snyder and little
son, Willie, spent the weekend in Po-
catellO.
Elmer Beuten and Carl Wright made
a trip to Pauline Sunday.
John o. Johnston, the Crystal mer-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09
GEM STATE LUMBER co.
G.. W. KERR, Manager
American Falls, Idaho

chant is in Pocatello on business.
Ralph and Willie Whiting went over
to Mink creek Sunday after a crippled
horse. The horse was crippled in an
accident caused by a careless auto
driver some weeks ago, while Reese
Whiting was driving in to town with
a load Of grain.
Sam Gabbert of Pocatello was a Wis
itor at the L. D. S. services Sunday
afternoon.
The Mutual Improvement ~associa-
ton of the L. D. S. church hold meet
ings every Sunday evening at 8 o'clock
at the Central school house. Every
n is invited to attend.
John L. Johnston has gone to Pau
line where he will drive one of the big
auto trucks to Michaud, hauling grain
from the platforms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Snyder were visi-
tors at the W. c. Snyder home over
Sunday.
The Central school commenced
October 8 with Sam Stewart as teach
err.
Mrs. T. o. Phillips of Pocatello with
ner three small children is visiting
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. c.
Snyder Of this place.
The auto trucks began hauling grain
from the wheat platforms at Crystal
Monday, October Sth.
Mrs. Annie TOrgensen of Grace, Ida
hO. mother of Mrs. John Hayden and
Mrs. J.. H. Ward Of Joplin, Mo, sister
of Mrs. Hayden, who have been visit
ing here, returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Hayden and little daughter, En-
ma, went to Pocatello with them. re-
turning Friday.
Mrs. Martin Hayden was in Pocatel-
10 several days this week visiting her
mother, Mrs. NJ. ]. Howells.
Mrs. Henry Breeze and little daugh-
ter went to Pocatello Monday. The
little girl was i'll and taken to town
for medical attendance.
Mrs. NJ. A. Beale went to Pocatello
Monday to join her husband.
Mrs. Henrietta George, mother of
Mrs. j.. J. Meitzenheimer and Mrs. En-
ma Green, has gone to POcatello to
spend the winter.
Mrs. B. W. McClain and son. Victor.
spent Sunday and Monday in Pocatel-
10. .
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

Some of the Indians met on the
roads around Pauline and Crystal are
so set in their opinions that it would
be far easier to move Scab mountain
from its base with a toothpick than to
change their view of a matter once
they make up their mind to a thing.
An old timer the other day halted the
Pilgrim and asked if he was a gov
eminent man. Being told that such
was not the case and that he was up
there in the interest of a newspaper,
the Siwash pointed to the U. S. saddle
bags saying: Me know them; you
government man or county police-me
know all right If that old scout
ever changes his opinion it will be
when oranges grow ripe on Christmas
day on the summit of Bannock peak.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

A teachers institute will be held at
Pocatello, beginning Monday, Octo-
Der %, and lasting throughout the
week. The teachers of several coun-
ties will be in attendance. 1t is ex-
pected that all Power county teachers
will close their schools for the week
and attend. There will be good
speakers. Programs will lbe distri-
buted soon.
MRS. HARRIET NJ. WILSON,
9-2S IA County Superintendent.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09
ALONG The HIGHWAYS
Gleanings by the Pilgrim in His
Wanderings Here and There.

If any reader of these items knows
of a variety of peas which are seeded
in the fall he will confer a favor by
giving the information to the editor
of the Press or to John Hayden, Crys-
tai. This farmer has a recollection
of such a variety planted in Sweden,
his native country, but does not re-
member the name.
Mrs. Earl Daniels, residing four and
a half miles south of Crystal, has a
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09
LUTHERAN SERVICES.

German Lutheran services will be
held at St. Johns Lutheran church
regularly on the second and fourth
Sundays Of each month, beginning at
HOO a. m. Sunday school preceding
each service. beginning at 10000 o'clock
You are invited to attend these SER
vices. II
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

nor are turkeys considered in any
other manner than as money makers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clezie have always sold
eggs to market and of late two dozen
per day have been put away for use
in the winter time. The turkeys find
a ready sale in the market at good
prices.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

There's nothing new about the man
ufacture of paper shoes. The curious
thing about it is that the makers took
so long to admit it.-New York Tele-
graph.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

Mrs. W. L. Clezie, residing on a
ranch two and a half miles east of
Crystal, has been paying particular
attention to %dairying. At present two
cows, graded Durhams, are being
MIXED. Last winter the revenue re-
ceived from butter from one COW
averaged 81 per month, more than
enough to pay the grocery bills of the
household. Calves are being bought
to build up a fine dairy herd, Durhams,
Jerseys, Holsteins and Guernseys be-
ing represented in the bunch. In due
course of time this ranch back in the
hills from Crystal will be one of the
foremost dairy ranches of the county.
The chicken flock is not overlooked,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

Along the road to Arbon valley the
traveller will come to a sharp turn
around a hill some three and a half
miles this side of Pauline and notice
a neat white painted farm house in a
hollow. The home and the garden
present an excellent appearance, but
finest of all appears Old Glory flying
at full staff above the ranch home.
This flag is the largest yet seen flying
from a ranch home by the Pilgrim
and on inquiry from Mr.. Sheriff he
learned that the day following the
declaration of war this rancher made
a special trip to town to purchase the
flag and every fair day since then it
has been flying to the breeze. 1t is
taken care of in the regulation way
designated by the government, being
hoisted at sunrise and taken down at
sunset, and it will be kept flying on
that home until the boys of Uncle
Sam have finished their job over in
Europe, and then it will be kept fly
ing some more to celebrate the victory.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

garden of small dimensions but it pro-
vided more than enough of all sorts
of vegetables for the household. The
potato and corn patch covered a half
and gave a fine yield, the table
OF this family never wanting for roast
ing ears during the season. The flock
of 30 laying hens, small in number, is
not small in producing revenue. So
we'll have they paid for their keep that
the number Of chickens will be in
creased TO far greater size.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09

E. ]. KllgOre of Arbon alley, near
Pauline, is a newcomer in Power
ty. being a recent arrival from Umatil-
Ma county, Oregon-the land of big
wheat farms. He has leased a total of
$50 acres of land and of this 4SO acres
are in summer fallow. to be seeded to
Turkey Red this fall. All the work is
done with ten horses, and Mr.. Kilgore
is entitled to the distinction of being
n of the best "ten-hOrse SINNERS"
in the west besides being a good wheat
farmer. He has been hauling wheat
with an eight-horse outfit and at one
point of his hauling trail' on the
reservation it is necessary to make a
sharp double turn to get across a
narrow bridge spanning Bannock
creek. 1t is a liberal education in the
art of bringing such an outfit through
the jungle and across the bridge
without a mishap, to see it done with
out the touch of a whip or the throw
ing of a tone. Mr.. Kilgore talks to
his horses in language they under
stand and that's the sole trick in the
performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
GARF|E[DTHREATENS ID RUN OKLAHOMA COAL PR0PERT| s
Fuel Administrator Tells the Operators He Will Not Allow Reduction in
 Production

Washington, November 23 Oklahoma coal operators were threatened by Fuel Adminis-
 trator Garfield today with gov
 ernment seizure and operation of their mines if they permit production to halt pending ac- tion on their demand for
 higher prices.
 The producers had notified Dr. Gar field they could not pay wage in creases asked by the miners unless they are given more than the 45 cents a ton increase granted by Dr. Garfield
 and that they would not make the
 wage increase retroactive to November 1, as directed by the fuel administra tion.
 The operators sent to Dr. Garfield with their demand for higher prices a copy of resolutions adopted by the Okla homa Coal Operators association, which said they would not pay the wage raises until the fuel administrator grants to us an increase in the selling price of
 coal sufficient to cover the same with reasonable profit
 Dr. Garfield replied today: T will not consent to change the 45- cent increase to cover increase of wages, If, as a total result, you are unable to operate at profit, the way to pro- ceed is to file statements here show ing your 1916 costs and your 1917 costs
 month by month, and meanwhile keep
 the mines in operation. Alternative will be to turn over mines to me for opera tion pending determination of costs. In other words, the only way the relation of increase in wages to increase al-
 lowed by the Presidents orders in
 prices of coal can now be adjusated is by showing actual labor costs in con junction with total costs as compared with earlier periods indicated Under no circumstances must mines be closed down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
SOUTHERN TROOPS ! IN CAMPS HAVE
 HIGHEST SICK RATE
Deaths Reported From All Training Points Numbered 96 for the Week Ending
 November 16

Washington, November 23-Although a6 deaths occurred at national guard and national army camps during the week ending November 16, health con- ditions at majority of the camps were more satisfactory than the week previous, according to field sanitation reports to the surgeon general com piled today Pneumonia. epidemic ill some southern camps and most prev alent where there are many cases of measles, claimed 61 victims during the week.
 The highest sick rates come from camps at which southern troops are training. The rate in the national guard is 42.6 a thousand compared with 2S.5 for the national army men. The highest rate was at Camp Travis, Fort sam Houston, Texas, where measles is increasing. The rate is S7.s a thousand. Camp Meade at Annapolis Junction. Md. showed the cleanest slate with rate of 9.1.
 The national guard camps where conditions are not as good as the pre- yious week, are at Greenville, s. C., Macon. Ga. Fort Worth, Tex. Hat tiesburg, Miss, Alexandria, La, and Fort sam Houston and measles is given as the cause. The national army camps not up to the standard cf the previous week are at Columbia. S. C., Fort Riley, Kan, and Fort sam Houston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Lawyer Claims Chilean Heir ess Not Mentally Responsi-
 ble for Murder
DEPENDANT TO TELL l HER STORY MONDAY
Prosecution Completes Testimony in Attempt to Prove PremeditatiOn on Part of Divorced Wife
 of Clubman

Mineola, N. Y., November 23.--tfIy- pothyreosis.' which he termed an af- lection of the thyrod gland and which eventually produces state of mental infirmity. toda yyvas given by her att torneys as the disease from which Mrs. Blanca de SaulIes was suffering when l.. de Saulles, at his Long Island home the night of August ,.
 This definition of the cause of the defendants alleged temporary loss of accountability was given by Henry A. Uterhart in outlining the case he will endeavor to prove in Justification of the Chilean heiress on trial here charged with murder. The trial began in supreme court here Monday and the prosecution rested at noon today
 Causes contributing to Mrs. De Saulles' impaired mental condition MT. Uterhart said he would show, are to be found in history of his clients do- mestic relations with the former Yale athlete and clubman whom she shot. A fracture of the skull, suffered several years ago, left bit of bone pressing upon Mrs. De Saulles' brain and this served to aggravate her alleged mental ailment, he said.
 TECHNICAL BATTLE FORECAST
 Announcement by the defense that Dr. Smith Eli Jeliffe, an alienist, would testify in Mrs. De Saulles' behalf, to- gether with pr. Louis c. Johnson of
 (Continued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-Germany hurrying peace takers to eastern front.
 Haix continues to hammer enemy lines.
 Invaders in Italy are being held. Blanca De SauIles' attorney outlines plea of mental Responsibility. COwardly action of Lenine places Russia outside pale of nations. Washington officials think allies may decide Slav unfriendIy na- ton now.
 Garfield threatens to run Okla- hOma coal properties. -Four deaths nt Camp Wheeler re- ported Friday.
 IrOtxky says no separate peace Is contemplated by Bolsheviki. S-Governor Henderson and commit tee goes to Camp Wheeler to in- spect health conditions. S-Cappa resigns as manager of shipping corporation. 0-Many selectmen arrive at camp i'll, is claimed by Alabama officer.
 LOCAL NEWS S-Bessemer dealers are given retail price on coal.
 UIlman presents city's attitude On Ttdewater questfOn. Dixie Chs company will ask nat urnl gna franchise soon. Civic assOcIntiOn directors hold live meeting.
 Fred schiliing Is killed by ice
 FEATURES 4-EdttOrial comment. Society and Dolly DaIrymplc. 5-Sports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
'sWOMANALLS" MUST
 NOT BE MADE FUN OF
 IN ELEVATOR PLANT
Men Are Told They Will Lose Jobs if They Ridicule Girls in War
 Work Dress

New York. November 23.--Men employed i'm the plant of the Otis Elevator company here received official warming today that they will be dismissed If they ridicule the combination trouser- bIoomers Overalls worn by women workers i'm the factory.
 been employed in the mechanical departments of the plant to take the places of men called to the colors and hnve been required to wear the "womanalls.. A half dozen or more promptly quit rath- CT thnn obey the order. Many of the others threatened to leave un- less the male employees ceased jib- inG them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
GOVERNMENT MAY
 EVENTUALLY POOL
 AND SELL ALL COAL
This Is Seen as Possibility When Cleveland Plan Is Given Approval by
 Garfield

Washington, November 23. Eventual government pool ing and sale of all the coal mined in the United States was seen as a possibility here today in the fuel admin istration's approval of a producers pool just formed at Cleveland, which will handle shipments of mines in Ohio, West Virginia, a part of Pennsylvania and perhaps Tennessee and Ken lucky. Creation of other pools will be encouraged.
 If government pooling is put into effect it will be made operative next spring and will supersede the ship pers' pools. Under such an arrange nent the government would requisi- tion at the mines the entire output of coal, selling it without profit.
 Such plan was suggested by the federal trade commission before the gov ernment took control of the coal indus try It, however, called not only for government sale of coal under a pool but system of paying producers on cost and profit basis. Advantages in A government pool pointed out today by officials would be that distribution would be easier, since the government itself would direct shipments, and more efficient operation of priority of move ment.
 Washington. November 23 : Newly opened coal mines were put under direct government control today by the fuel administration which issued regulations governing their operation and fixed prices at which their output may be sold. Development of other new coal couraged on the grounds that old mines can be operated more efficiently.
 Operations classed as newly opened mines are those opened before September l, and ready to produce coal by Janu- ary l, 1918. After the mines are pro- ducing at the rate of 25o tons day they will be permitted to charge a profit of 15 cents a ton above the actual cost of production; until then, they may charge only the present government fixed prices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Ruth Law, Aviatrix, Who Wants Commission, Is Caller at White House

Washington, November 23.-Ruth Law, aviatrix. who has applied to the war department for a commission in the avia- tion section of the signal corps. called today at the White House. She declined to discuss the purpose Of her visit. but said she believed the prospect of her getting a commission was very favor able.
 Miss Law holds the American nonstop flight record aud has participated in lib- erty loan drives by dropping bombs in various cities. When she called on President Wilson Miss Law wore a regu- lar officers uniform under special per- mission said to have been granted by the war department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
|SELECTMEN FROM
 ALABAMA ARRIVE AT CAMP PIKE
While Many Have Been Transferred Large Mum Der From State Still
 in Arkansas

Little Rock, Ark, November 23.-(Spe- cial )-Capt. J. D. Bramer and Lieuts. A. k. Boyd, T. w. Rawcliffe and C. P. Isaac or the British army arrived at Camp Pike today and will train the men of the 9th division in bayonet combat. machine gun work. trench mortars and gas fighting, respectively
 The party left French port Novem- Der T. and arrived in New York one week ago.
 While large number. both of Missis- sippians. Alabamians. Louisianians and Arkansans. have ben transferred, each number of the men originally assigned to it as nucleus upon which to build the organizations which will be com posed of the men from the middle west
 Seventy eight selectmen from this di- vision area were received today. as fol- lows: Alabama 2, Louisiana 26, Arkan- sas 20 and Mississippi 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

The Germans are fighting bitterly to recapture lost terrain and to hold back further incursions into their line. The fighting, however, apparently is between the opposing British advance and the German rear guard, for the major portion of General Byng's army evidently IS en- gagged in consolidating the territory al ready won and preparing for another dash forward when the time is oppor- tune.
 FIGHTING IN FLANDERS
 Although the British are busily engaged in the Cambrai sector, Field Marsnai Haig has not overlooked chance again to stab the German line in Flanders. Southeast of Ypres, in an attack, the BTU ish have thrown forward their line slightly. On the southern front the Ger mans have delivered several small at- tacks against the French in the Aisne region northwest of Rheims and in Champagne, but all of them were re- pulsed by the French artillery.
 ITALIAN FRONT
 Between the Brenta and Piave rivers in the Italian theatre the Italians ana the Teutonic allies are still at deadly grips, with the enemy endeavoring 10 break through the Venetian plain, but with the Italians everywhere tenaciously holding them. All along the front the fighting Is of a particularly sanguinary nature, the troops frequently meeting in hand- to- hand encounters and positions often changing hands.
 The enemy everywhere is throwing masses ofpmen against the Italians and his losses in men killed, wounded or made prisoner have been extremely heavy. It seemingly is the ambition or the invaders to break out upon the plain before the expected British and French achievements arrive, but up to the pres ent their efforts have been without avaii. Comparative quiet prevails along the Piave river to the Adriatic.
 Following the proposal made by the Eolsheviki government in Russia for an arnlistice, a reduction in the Russian army has been ordered by Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki leader, to take effect inn mediately. Simultaneously, it is stated unofficially that a Russian diplomat has left Stockholm for Petrograd to deliver to the Russian revolutionary government peace proposals of the central powers.
 Leon Trotzky, the BolsheviN foreign minister, in an interview announces that tine Bolsheviki are against a separate peace with Germany. but desire uni- versal peace with the European nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

no instructions to deal with the Bol- sheviki government. In reporting to the state department on the peace move, he made it clear that he had not formally acknowledged receipt of the Trotzky note. He said he had been advised that the Soviet congress had adopted resolution instructing gen erals at the front to enter into ne- gotiations at once with the German commanders relative to three months armistice with instructions to report to the congress-
 In official and diplomatic circles every Petrograd dispatch was analysed today for some promise that Russia would continue the fight against the common enemy. Ambassador Francis dispatch dated November 21, appar- ently dispelled any hope of strength ening of Russia's resistance unless the Bolsheviki government should be quickly overthrown by counter reyo- lution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

Press dispatches telling of the peace movement were confirmed by a cable gram from Ambassador Francis re- ceived today at the state department. It said that Leon Trotzky, national commissioner for foreign affairs in the Bolsheviki government, had for mally notified diplomats at Petrograd that his government had proposed an armistice with a view to immediate peace negotiations.
 It was pointed out that should these negotiations be successful, it would be most difficult to deal with Rus sia as neutral country in view of the position she has held as an ally of the nations fighting Germany and the marked advantage on the war that such a course might give the latter country.
 Ambassador Francis has been given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
First Death Reported at
 Camp Sheridan Hospital

Montgomery, November 2S-The base death yesterday, when Private Jerry Canter. 134th field artillery, died of cere- bro spinal meningitis. This. hospital at- taches say, is the only case of spinal meningitis at the camp.
 The body will be shipped direct from the hospital to Oak Hill, O., the home of Private Canter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
AMERICAN MISSION RECEIVED CORDIALLY BY ALL FRENCHMEN Public Men and Press Ex- press Appreciation of
 Visible Evidence of
 Aid Promised

Paris, November 2s.-The American mission. headed by Col. F. M. House, has been welcomed by the French pub ' lic men and the newspapers as visible evidence of the earnestness of Presi- dent Wilson and the American people with regard to the war and the urgent need for co-ordination and unity The feeling among the French ministers is that American counsel. American in- itiativs and American aid are now sta0 eded by the allies. who are especial w respective to fresh ideas and im- 24lses