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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-07
37 New Locomotives
 for Southern Railway

Knoxville, Tenn, August 6.--Thirty- seven new locomotives were r.aced in service by the Southern railway during the past month and 120 more engines will be delivered by the manufacturers as fast as they are completed Increased traffic, due to the war. made this equip ment necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-07
SIX PERSONS KILLED

Beaumont, Texas, August GA tele- phone message from Dequincy, 6O miles to the north of Lake Charles states that six persons were killed in the storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-07

Hear Fred M. Jackson nt Capitol Park this tNNednesdny) night, o'clock, on the issues in this congressional cam paign.
 (paid political advertisement by Fred
 M. Jackson, Birmingham, AlaDama.)
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28
WHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
BOYS ARE DOING At THE PRESIDE

(Letter received by Capt. Luther
Felker, commandment of cadets, Uni
versity of Idaho, Moscow, from the
sadjutant of the battalion, Lieut.. Err
est X. Lindley.):
AS the camp is half over, l thought
it would be good time to let you
know how the Idaho delegation is
getting along. / will necessarily be
very brief because the instructors, al
though they take note of every man
all the time, say very little, and it
probably wouldn't be wise to brag
until the final recommendations come
out.
You Know what the general sched-
ule of the camp has been. We begin
work at 5:45 a. m. and stop at $3.50
p. M, with enough time off for meals
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28

deploy, don't run or jump you've got
| to fly!" says the instructor.
AS you probably learned from
Sergeant Abendroth, the advanced
course men act as officers and SER
geants. Each squad has command of
the company for six days. After that
the permanent officers will be chosen.
AS johnson, Richmond and Thomp-
son are in the fourth and last squad,
in ga" section, think Idaho has
good chance to place in the final Sc
lection Jones, Carpenter, Romig and
myself have acted as first ieutant
or company commanded. Kinney is
taking special work in grenade throw
ing. He would have had a chance if
he hadn't been sick. McCrea, al
though luck prevented his acting as
company commander, showed up we'll
as sergeant. Although a man is
watched most closely when he is an
officer, record is kept of each man
all the time, showing his caliber as a
private.
Several of the first-year men are
showing up exceedingly well, l think
Although it may be out of place, I
would like to mention Cossitt, Kinney,
Rowell, Cornelison and Langroise,
particularly, though they are not all.
Cossitt had the best gun and pack at
the first company inspection. Among
the men who will begin on the adj
vanced course next fall, Carpenter
has been hitting particularly heavily.
Entertainment for the weekend is
provided by the Y. M. C. A. for those
who haven't the money to take them
selves around-the latter are many.
Free theater tickets, dinners and auto
rides are among the features. John
son, McCallie and myself were driven
down to Camp Fremont and Leland
Stanford this afternoon. About 200 !
other cadets of the camp went some
where in autos provided by the citi-
tents of San Francisco.
Time demands that stop. l have
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28
Children Provide PIaylet

A group of little people gave a playlet
last evening at the home of D. M. Sui
Ivan. The title of the play was the
First American Flag" Characters !:
George Washington, Virginia Walker
Betsey Ross, K Sullivan; Robert Morse,
L. Dowdy; La Fayette, Robert Walker.
Other recitations and songs followed
Ice cream sold, fish pond, admission Sc.
Proceeds $875-donated to the Red
Cross.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28

| to leave the days work at 13A hours
All of the work is elementary. We
have had absolutely nothing new ex-
cept the wig-wagg, but we have
learned a lot about close and extended
order drill, bayonet work, and guard
duty that we didn't know before.
Precision is demanded in everything.
One has to know the drill regulations
almost word for word.
We have been entirely through the
M. G. D., covering every point. The
schedule for the third week includes
more signalling, patrolling, advance
and rear guard problems, close and
extended order drill, bayonet work,
sighting and aiming exercises. Fri
day we go on the range.
The forty Idaho men and thirty
eight fellows from the N. M. Military
institute form ~ company. l wish
we were with crowd that offered
little more competition. They have
had close-order drill pounded into
them, and as the pile-driving method
is not in vogue at the camp, we are
not learning much more. In an ex-
animation in wigwag, Friday, 81
Idaho men made over 80, as compared
with five N. M. men. One Idaho man
and IL N. M. men funked.
In the first Understanding con-
test six of the first seven were Ida
hoans.
In each of the three triangle-mak-
ingg contests, the first five or six
men have been from our crowd. Ex-
perience will probably swing the adj
vantage to N. M. on the range, as
they have several expert riflemen,
and number of sharpshooters and
marksmen.
Thompson. Richmond and johnson
have been specializing in bayonet
work. What they have learned and
what the rest of US have picked, up,
this work will take on more ffery
aspect next year. From the time
Form for Bayonet Exercise" is given
until the signal to stop, everything is
done not at quick time, or double
lime, but as fast as possible Two
men work together, the front and
ear rank men, at five-pace intervals,
With four PAGES between pairs. The
leployment is made from company
ront. When you get the signal to
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28
Newly-Weds Return

Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Knepper re-
turned to Moscow yesterday evening
after nearly three weeks spent in
touring the west. They left Moscow
Immediately after their wedding en-
Sunday, June 8, and drove through
Idaho, Washington and Oregon, visit
ing the coast of Oregon and all points
of interest in the western part of that
state. Mr.. Knepper has gone to Ken
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28
GRAND Duke WORKS AS CLERK
"London Michael" and Countess En-
dure Reverses OVERWHELMINGLY
in London.

London.-One of the Russian grand
dukes, known as the London Michael"
to distinguish him from the other
Grand Duke Michael, has fallen from
great wealth to comparative penury as
a result of the Russian revolution.
Before the war he lived in one OF
the finest residential estates in the
neighborhood Of London. When his
income from Russia was cut off he
subleased this property and Is now
clerk at $1,000 year in an Office near
Westminster abbey. His wife, the
Countess Torby, conducts their small
home with zest and without grumbling.
Probably no family in Great Brit
ain has endured greater reverses than
this one, or borne its misfortune more
cheerfully," comments the Evening
News.
E0f q hoko6 nnfofn on1 ravo = cIi>n
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28

drick today to superintend the publ
cation of his paper, the Kendrick
Gazette, and Mrs. Knepper took up
the duties Of her office as county
superintendent today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28

been very undressing, but you may
know little more about the fashion
in which your proteges are making it.
I hope that the final recommends
tions will bear out any optimism |
may have expressed.
Sincerely,
ERNEST K. LINDLEY.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28
Prohibition Law Upheld

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind-The state
wide prohibition law was upheld by the
supreme court in decision rendered
today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-28

Eat baked potato and save q slice
IF bread for the soldiers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25

tlty of fine raspberries in the gar
den and the peas although planted
early did not mature until late.
However, they did we'll when they
began to bear and we had them
from Aug ] until the middle of Oc-
tober and they were very large and
sweet. The display of g1adioli was
the finest thing in the flower lire
and the last one bloomed two weeks
ago.
1T was the most interesting thing
to me to watch the progress Of
things in the salmon cannery in this
place. The two principal owners be-
ing Maine men and one of them, ].
L. Smiley, being a native of Nassal-
boro and former student of Oak
Grove. we had frequent CONVERSE
lions about the good old State Of
Maine. I saw the pen" where the
fish landed from the elevator ready
for the machinery, when it had 80
600 big handsome salmon in it, We
went out to one Of the traps and
saw them "braille" it, that is u
empty it of the fish. A skow loaded
with 10000 fish from Trap Five lay
alongside while they lifted 3s oon
more into another skow which was
taken with the other skow load 10
ketchikan being sold at one cent
per fish to the other cannery man.
There was a very large run of fish
in many places this summer and
almost none in others. 1t is rs hard
to guess at the ways of fist! as the
ways of men sometimes.
:. This village has had mixed
multitude" Of employees living in it
this summer but no word of profan-
ity and no objectional behavior Of
any kind was seer or heard. This
is due to the wonderful influence Of
the aged missionary. William Dun
can. who has lived among these peo-
pie for over sixty wears and is known
all over Alaska His death GENE on
the Goth IF August and was great
blow to these faithful. loyal Indians.
The funeral was one of tho finest
have ever witnessed and was
mostly ARRANGED and conducted nv
the natives. The famous Metlakatla
choir sang two fine selections and
one could feel their grief vibrating
in every note. over ] 900 persons at
tended the service at II A. NJ. Sept.
!, and witnessed the ceremony when
he was laid away in the church
ward under the clear. peaceful sky
beside the great church building that
has for years been called the West
minister OF Alaska The doctor and
have been appointed to fill his
place until permanent successor
can he secured, after which we hope.
to go to our home in Newport.
Oregon. from which place thee may
again hear from me.
Sincerely.
MRS. MATILDA W MINTHORN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
SUMNER IN ALASKA
Is Described in interesting Letter
from Mrs. Matilda w. Minthorn Of
Metlakatla, Alaska, Formerly Miss
Matilda Atkinson Of This City

most interesting letter was re-
Gently received by Supt. w. G.
Halves Of the Maine Chiidren's
Home Society froll Mrs Matilda w.
Minthorn of Met.akatla. Alaska, who
was formerly Miss Matilda Atkinson
Of the Gospel Mission in Augusta.
1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Minthorn went to Alaska about Il
year ago and has been engaged n
missionary work there. her husband
being the physician in that section.
The letter from Mrs. Minthorn
reads as follows:
Perhaps l might send thee anoth-
err letter from Alaska with some
part of the world. First, let me
say that it is the most perfect sum-
mer weather that could be imagined.
There was some heat but it was so
tempered by the salt water and
mountains that it was always a
pleasure and never burden. There
would be a rain about once week
and usually in the night. For days
and days the sea was as still as a
lake and it was most delightful to
take a trip to ketchikan once n
week on the big cannery boats com
ing home about sunset and getting
the full benefit OF the glorious Alas
kan scenery under the marvellously
colored sky. It is said to have no
equal and I can well believe it. The
last shade Of coloring is usually d
deep amethyst which has sometimes
spread like a gauzy mantle from the
distant mountain tops to the very
edge Of the beach at our feet. The
vegetation is truly semi-tropical and
/ gathered grass five feet and a half
in length and saw some among some
trees in an old garden that must
have grown nearly nine feet. The
ferns of various kinds were so beau
tifH and the gardens gave us fine
display as we'll as bountiful guam
tity. The cabbages that did not
mature the summer previous lived
through the winter and half of them
went to seed and the other half
made fine solid heads. One of them
weighed twenty pounds and we sent
it to the editor of the Ketchikan
Daily paper. BY the way, that pa
per has twice quoted Gov. Carl Mil
liken of Maine this summer. so thee
can judge of his good sense in mat
ters Of state. We had large guam
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
Red Cross Notes

The headquarters of the Augusta
chapter in the Augusta Trust Co. build
ing will be closed Thursday, Thanksgiv-
ing day, and there will be no inspection
of Christmas boxes or boxes given out
on that day. The Christmas boxes
should be secured by Wednesday. On
next Saturday evening. Nov. 80. the
headquarters will be open from to $50
for the inspection of the boxes and that
will be the last opportunity. Nothing
will be accepted at the postoffice for
the boys across after that date.
The Red Cross linen shower begins
this Monday morning and 1t IS hoped
that no one will forget the event. All
contributions should be taken to the
headquarters Of the local chapter, Au-
gusta Trust Co. building. II by chance
anyone should be unable to deliver the
contribution 1t viii be called for by nos
tifying the Red Cross secretary.
A donation OF one dozen sheets toward
the linen shower has already been re-
ceived from Mrs John F. Hill. Other
donations have been: Towels. Mrs.
Toas; sheets and towels. Mrs. Paul D.
Sargent: towels. sheets and handker-
chiefs, Mrs. L. A. Burleigh.
In answer to 4 question last Friday.
James jackson. manager of the New
England division of the Red Cross. stat
ed that there IVES no further use fer
fruit stones and nut shells. which have
hitherto been saved for the gas masks.
The tinfoil will be very acceptable.
however. to the Red Cross. Anyone
having tinfoil would do favor by TAX
ing It to the Red Cross rooms to be sold
for the benefit of the organization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
Work was commenced Saturday me

Work was commenced Saturday morn
ing by crew OF men in the Maine Gen.
trail freight yard for the purpose of
making extensive and permanent inn
provements in and about the yard that
are destined to be much appreciated
A stone drain will be put in along the
base of the embankment at the west
side of the yard. connecting with a
catchbasin further down the yard. to
take care of the water which flows
down the embanknent from Rines hill,
and the wooden fence at the east side
OF the street railroad track on the hill
will be extended for a distance of %
feet. A fagstono walk will also be laid
from the freight Office north to the end
OF Water street. the stone to be used
being that of the underpinning Of the
old passenger station, which building
was demolished after the new station
was built. The freight yard will also
be paved, partly with block paving and
the rest with temporary paving 1t Is
understood that this part of the paving
will be replaced later by Hassam paw.
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25

Tears and laughter viii hold sway
at The Augusta Opera house Satur-
day afternoon and evening. Nov. so,
when Turn to tho Right" the great
G outstanding hit OF last season in
New York ana Chicago, is presented.
Local audiences Will see this quaint
mixture OF fun and nother-love eX-
actly Is il ran for nine months at
George N. tohan's Grand Opera
house, Chicago, ana ] $ mont s at the
Gaicty theatre, New York.
Turn to the Right" was written
by Winchell Smith and John f. Haa-
zard AMI produced by United Produc-
ing Co. Limited. Its charm OF sim
;rliCi;y and WholesomcnesS place it at
the top Of the list Of many other sue
ccSees.
The Story Of Turn to the Right is
told in a prologue and three acts it
deals with the return of Joe Bascom
after seven years of wandering to
find his mother and young sister
about to lose their all for non-pa
ment of n small debt. Two former
prison pals of Joe. Muggs, a pick
pocket. and Gilly, a safe burglar.
happen along in the nick of time and
by daring trick tho village shylock
is frustrated in his scheme to seize
their home. The two crooks linger to
help harvest the peach crop and a
syndicate is formed to exploit Mother
Bascoms justly celebrated peach
Jam. Fortune smiles on the reform
ed youths and the final oct finds them
established on the sound footing of
honesty.
Three pretty love romances also
find elimination in the final act.
Scat sale opens Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock. Mali orders promptly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
TO COLLECT LINEN
FOR U. S. SOLDIERS
Red Cross Linen Show
er Starts Today in
Augusta, With Quota
of Nearly 600 Pieces
To Be Gathered By
Local Chapter

The National Linen Shower begins
TODAY, and Augusta is prepared to do
its share.
The local chapter has notified its
members that linen is needed-a mat
ter of nearly 5000 pieces. 1t is not
planned to make any house-to- house
solicitation unless absolutely neces-
sary 1t is believed that the appeal
10 bring linen to Red Cross head
Quarters in the Augusta Trust build
Ing, and the knowledge that this lin
en- is needed for Red Cross hospital
week among our soldiers in France
Will result in the usual generous
gifts by Augusta people The arti-
c1es needed are hand towels. hand
kerchiefs. bath towels. napkins and
sheets. People can give either new
articles or slightly used articles in
first class condition and of good
weight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
LINCOLN MCCONNELL COMING
His Devil and the Kaiser" Lecture the Sensa-
ton of the Year-Famous Chicago Editors
Unique Description of Mcconnell
ern City Presents Him New Degree

By common consent of the public
and press it is agreed that his Devil
and the Kaiser" is the most unique
sensational and powerful lecture that
has been produced as result of the
great war.
Ralph Parlette. the famous Chicago
editor. and himself one Of the best
known and most popular lecturers i'll
America, recently gave the following
! appreciation of DR.. Mcconnell.
If I wanted few reels of movies.
colored picnic. cake walk and an
oratorical contest all under one roof
, in bit more than an hour, there
wci.lG be only one man to get. Nc
Council is menagerie, a circus, a
chautauqua and lyccum course. He
! is his own prelude, postlude, inter
ludc, orchestra. footlights and chair
man.
Note McConneiPs face before it
starts. 1t is some like Abe Lincolns.
! 1t is about as corrugated as. the map
of his native Tennessee. with a mouth
down in the Tennessee valley that
I seems 10 be made of rubber and filled
with lot of white teeth. He begins
to shoot big things out of that mouth.
Then he smiles seraphically. brings
home q few new laid jokes, gets the
crowd to roaring and again looses his
| heavy artillery. 1t is a series of ter
rife jabs and broadsides, satirical
stories, representations and stage
gymnastics. lie enjoys it as much as
. anybody. He smacks his lips, his
sentences taste SO good. His face
clouds, twists, cartoons, then bright
ems. He hammers away with the
devil at his last ditc.-then he stops
and saves everybody with a smile
wish everybody who don't like lee
lures could hear Mcconnell He can
crack the paint on a wooden Indians
cheek. He can get juice out of q
tombstone and flowers out of a snow
bank. Every time he lectures-things
! happen. He lectures out of his life,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
ADJUSTMENTS
"The Kiss Burglar" Toniaht.

1.-The Kiss Burglar" with a big
metropolitan cast including the IA
nous Peacock Alley chorus, is the
musical comedy attraction announced
for local production at the Augusta
Opera House for this evening only
This latest musical success which
proved SO lastingly popular at tho
George NJ. Cohan Theatre in New
York. where it ran through nearly an
entire season, is The joint work Of
Glen Marlborough who wrote the
book and lyrics while Raymond Hub
bell composed the score.
The Kiss Burglar" is said to be a
veritablo riot of catchy music. clean.
spontaneous humor and dancing of a
kind that makes the world feel
young. a large especially chosen
chorus, attractively gowned. nuner-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25

An Augusta man who uses an auto
mobile a great deal in his business was
teiling yesterday OF a scheme which
mad recently been given to him as a
means OF getting a car out Of the mud
after 1t had become mired, and which
while simple in itself was effective and
mad been used many times. The relief.
ne said, Is secured by taking along in
ones car couple OF shorts bags and
" en- the car gets into the mud to SIM
ply lay one of the bags under each O,
the rear wheels. When the engine OF
the car Is started the bags roll .up
around the wheels and the purchase
tEls given never fails. said the man;
to move the car ahead for a distance
OF about eight feet. If the car is no,
freed then, the operation is REPEATED un-
til the car is out Of the mud.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
1.-THE KISS BURGLAR"
Delightful Little Musical Play Drew
Big Audience to Empire Theatre

From Lewiston, Friday. Nov, 22)
! A fine and enthusiastic audience. I'LL
, ing practically every seat; a nusica!
play without one dull or inartistic mo-
mcnt from curtain rise TO curtain fall
Such. briefly. is III, story of The Kiss
Burglar" presented Thursday evening
, in the Empire theatre.
For sheer cleverness. da:ntiness and
charm. nothing approaching The KRIS
Burglar" has been in Lewiston for
. months. 1t is not enough to record that
the cast was admirable, the music pref
ty, and the color schemes both odd and
artistic. These things might be said &C
many other comedies with music
| What made The Kiss Burglar" dis
tinctive was that it consistently re.
manned upon = high plane without O. q
of the cheap little tricks and bits e
! horseplay that usually creep into, evel
the most pretertio of musical shows.
1t demonstrated that life and action
and laughter and what we term pep
CAN De obtained without horse-play
without vulgarity. without suggestion.
1t vas something of an educa ton as
well as source of JOY.
Much of the evenings charm was due
to Patricia O'Hearn. who made her way
straight into the heart of every person
in that audience. 1t was not because
She was pretty: not because she was
light as bit Of thistledown and could
dance like a fairy: not because she sug-
sestcd naive innocence so skilfulIv and
delicately. No, it wasn't any of these
things. or all Of them; it was some
thing more. Call it personality-for
want of better term-and let it 60
But we wish to record, as emphatically
delight. Johnny Dale was nimbie
comedian, who knew lot about eccen-
trio dancing and had blandly ingenu-
Gus sort of face that inspired both lik-
ing and laughter. David Andrada was
a good comedian. too--especially in tie
scene of rilady's chamber, which re-
CURED mingling of low-b brow and
high-brow. of se:ni-clown and thorough
gentleman. Perhaps few in the audi
ence realized how difficult a scene it
really was; and he did it capitally. Hen
ry Coote was that rarcst of musical
comedy marvels--a Leading man with =
voice.
There was a fine audience, as has
been said; but had the people Of Lew
iston and Auburn known in advance
just how good THE Kiss Burglar was
to be-well they would have mobbed
the theatre