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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
Revival Of Seagoing Spirit
ArouSes Widespread Inter-
est in the Subject.
SCHOOLS TEACH THE SCIENCE
Glasses in Navigation Belhg Conducted
by Recruiting Service of United
States Shipping Roard--12,0oo
New Officers Needed.

Washington. One of the interesting
features Of the present great revival IN
seagolng spirit throughout the coun-
try is the widespread popularity OF the
study Of navigation.
Reports reaching the United States
shipping board indicate lively interest
all over the country in the study OF
this ancient science, which helped
make the nation great in its earliest
years of independence.
Classes in navigation, conducted by
the recruiting service of the board, TO
train officers for the ships of the new
merchant marine, are beng conducted
on both coasts and on the Great Lakes.
Candidates for admission come from
every section Of the Union.
The cause of this nationwide inter-
est in navigation is to be found in the
gigantic development of the country's
merchant marine. 1t Is anticipated
that not less than 10000 new officers
will be required to handle the Ameri-
can cargo-carrylng vessels now under
construction, and not less than $4,000
men will be wanted for the crews.
A merchant officer today has many
advantages in studying navigation that
were not known to his seagoing ances-
tors. There was never a time when
the aids to navigation were so numer-
Gus as now, or so well developed.
While the manner in which navi-
gator determines his ships position on
the vast face of the deep must always
be something of a mystery to the lands
man, ii does not long remain so to the
earnest student of navigation, Some
of the students at shipping board
schools have been able. after three
weeks study. to determine by obser-
walton the position of ship at sea
within three miles, which is considered
n credltable performance. The best
navigators, on large ships, when able
to check up their observations by the
work of more than one observer some
times do no better.
Early Navigation.
In the early days of ocean naviga-
ton the navigator never knew his POI
sltion at sea within many leagues. 1t
was customary for ships on the voy-
age from Europe to America to sail
westerly until landfall was made,
then coast to their destination,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
Possibilities Of Renaissance

The Arab is an Asiatlc. a Semitic.
and Arabia is probably his original
home. Thence, migration into Baby-
lonia was easy, states writer, owing
to the absence Of natural obstacles
such as seas or high mountain
ranges.
As 1t was a custom of Arabic hIsto.
rians to begin with the creation. few
of them ever reached the era in which
they lived and about which they might
have written with some accuracy
Largely for that reason no distinct rec.
ord has come down to us of the high
" interesting conquest of northern
africa as far as the Straits Of Her.
cules; it Is only after the Arabs Of.
fected Judgment in Spain and pushed
as far into France us Charles sIortel
would permit them that anything nm
preaching History" Of them Is TO be
had.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
Heated Air in Medicine.

Heated air is reported by DR.. G. G..
Cumston to be of considerable impor-
lance in war medical and surgical
practice. At temperatures Of 100 de-
grees to 300 degrees Fahrenheit 1t
eases pain, produces an increased
blood flow to the wound and greatly
aids healing. At such high tempera-
lures as 700 degrees to 1,400 degrees
the air jet is pronounced the ideal
sterillzer. At pressure of to 10
pounds the heated air may be used
for massage by simply directing it
upon the wound and in some cases
useful results are obtained by alter
mating with u hot-air and cold-air
Aouche.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
BREAKS COIN MAKING RECORD
Denver Mint Works Night and Day
to Meet the Demand for
Small Coins. =

Denver.-The Denver government
mint is working day and night to meet
the demand for pennies and other
small coins caused by the odd"
change necessary in the payment OF
the new war taxes. Exactly 100000
pieces were coined during November.
This was a record-breaker for the Deg
yer mint. The superintendent said to-
day the record for December is the
greatest in the history of the mint.
Excepting December, 65,309S00 coins
were minted in 1917, the largest in
denomination being 50-cent pieces.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
Justice"

Mr.. John Galsworthy, who recently
refused a knighthood and Unmarked
that literature was its ows seward,"
once told an Interesting story apropos
his great play. Justice"
A certain business man had decided
to prosecute swlndIer. One night his
wife returned from seeing a perform
ance of Justice" so Disguised with the
then horrors of the English penal sys-
tenn (Which the play was instrumental
in getting improved) that she persuad-
ed her husband not to prosecute the
swindler.
This may have been super-sentimen-
talism, but 1t was fine tribute to Mr..
Galsworthy's art.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
TELLS CHASTITY TALE
Inhuman Germans Described by
Holy City Refugees.
Great Suffering Among Population Of
Jerusalem After Germans
Took Control.

Denver, Colo.-Storles of the fright
full experiences suffered by residents
of Jerusalem previous to the capture
of the Holy City by British forces un-
der General Allenby were told here
by Miss Celia Moinestea, who, with
her mother, fled from the torture In
fiicted by Turkish soldiers and Ger
man officers there several months ago.
Miss Moinestea and her mother
were among 300 refugees who escaped
from Jerusalem while thousands were
starving within the gates of the an
Gent city.
"There was agonizing suffering
among the civil population of Jeru-
salem after the Germans took control
of that city" said the youthful refu-
gee. Hundreds died Of starvation
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
MUST WAIT FOR HIS PAPERS
saloon Manager Told He Must Obey
Laws Before He Can Be
NaturaIized.

Chicago.-"What do you work atT'
Judge X. NJ. Lands asked Sam Loiz-
20, who was before him in the United
states district court. asking for nat
uralization papers.
I'm manager Of Prices saloon at
No. 156 West Van Buren, street. was
the reply.
Ever violate the Sunday.closinp
law" asked the Judge.
Not for about two years"
well, you come back in three wears
and maybe you'll get your papers. You
must obey the Constitution for five
years before you are entitled to pa.
pers.'
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02

Sergeant Daniel Bomber" McGin--
mis-, Boston lad who joined the Ca
madam overseas forces at the begin
ming of the war and served with the
Second battalion on the western front.
He participated in the battles of Mes
sines, Ypres. Armentiers and the
Somme. Sergeant McGinnis was
wounded In the battle of the Somme.
a piece of shell taking off his left leg.
He is now employed as an orderly by
the new United Service club in New
York.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02

GOING OVER TOP is
BETTER THAN FOOTBALL.

Admission. Ala.-Tom Mcclure,
former Auburn football star, de-
clares that going over the top in
France beats charging into un
opposing eleven. In n letter re-
ceived here Mcclure tells of go
ing "over the top" with the
United States engineers four
times. He was In the thick Of
the recent hostillties that result
ed In several American casual
ties, but declares the game In
France beats football at that.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02

ing scenes while travelling through
Austria" the girl declared, "where
roads were filed with cripples and
1000 was so scarce that the peasants
refused to sell even small portions Mt
fabulous prices offered by the trav-
elers."
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02

when food, imported for the inhabit-
ants of the stricken city, was seized
by military authorities and diverted
to the soldiers. Our friends fell dead
about us like fieas. Scores of young
girls sold their souls to the German
soldiers in return for food"
1t took five months for Miss Molnes.
tea and her mother to reach Denver
after leaving Jerusalem.
I'VE witnessed the most heart-rend.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
Take Up Study Of Navigation

Columbus followed this method, for
want of anything better
Given sextant and chronometer, the
navigator today reduces the job of
finding his position to one of careful
figuring. Latitude is found by obser-
walton Of the height, or altitude, of the
sun at noon.
Longitude is quite another thing, 1t
being the distance between two places
ON the earths surface, expressed in
degrees. It lis based on the rotation
OF the earth on its axis every "A hours
causing meridians Is degrees apart--a
meridian being a line between the
equator and the poles-to pass under
certain fixed point in the heavens at
one-hour intervals.
For determining longitude all chro-
nometers used on American and Brit
lsh ships are set on the time of the
meridian of Greenwich observatory,
near London French ships figure
from the meridian of Paris.
Knowing by his chronometer the
time at Greenwich, and by observation
of the sun at s a. m. or p. m. his own
time, the mariner, by the aid of tables,
has only to find the difference in these
two times, to find his distance in de-
grees from Greenwich. This found,
the distance is easlfy expressed in
miles, and marks his position on his
chart
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-02
"Dead Reckoning"

Prior to the perfection of the chro-
nometer, the common method of deter
mining longitude was by dead reckon
ing" that is, estimating ships run
day by day. by means of the log, de-
vice for telling her speed by means of
the rate at which knots In a line, paid
out astern, with wooden log" at the
end, slipped over the rail in a given
number of seconds. This was uncer-
tain, and battling winds and foul
weather made 1t entirely unreliable.
Many fatal shipwrecks resulted from
mistakes in estimating ships position
by dead reckoning England lost sew
eral of her best ships Of war in the
eighteenth century by their losing
their bearings and crashing upon a
rocky shore. One of its hravest adj
mirals, Sir Cloudesley Shovel, lost his
life in wreck caused in this way.
The world owes much in navigation
TO the Portuguese, as it was Prince
Henry the Navigator of that nation.
who collated all the ancient lore on
the subject, in the fifteenth century,
and pointed the way to better means
of determining latitude than by the an
clent astrolabe and cross staff.
The sextant and chronometer We're
both of English origin, however, and
were brought out within FIVE years of
each other, the seXtant in 1871 and the
chronometer-an improved clock--in
1875. Modern navigation, such as so
many Americans are studying today,
may be said to date from the perfec-
ton of these two instruments.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-01

tivities of the Farm Bureau, was the
livestock sale at Wasco. This Bureau
has conducted number of sales with
great success and brought thousands
of dollars additional into the pockets
Of the farmers. A wide variety Of ar
ticles were sold, ranging from ostrich
eggs to pure bred swine The seven
carloads of fat hogs sold that day in
cluded some fine pigs grown, by the
Pig Club boys. The boys pigs sold
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-01

ford for Visalia, passing through the
beautiful foothill country and orange
groves of Tulare county and spending
the night at Porterville after Farm
Bureau meeting at Poplar.
The last day of the Convention on
Wheels" was spent in Kern county.
The road led through the largest al
falfa field in the United States-30,-
900 acres. The big thing Of the last
day and one Of the most -talked-of ac-
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-01

averae gain to each boy was $50 net.
for $l5 per hundredweight and the
average gain to each boy was $50 net.
county oilfields, the Conference made
it's final halt at Bakersfield.
This procession of forty-five cars,
each with its Farm Bureau Confer
ence" pennant in view, passing
through the various towns, created
something Of sensation. The re-
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-01

marks that were overheard as the cars
were waiting on account of traffic
were interesting. One that created
"Hell, those fellows amt farm
ersw
The conference concluded with a
splendid banquet and toast list at
Bakersfield. The place cards were
unique. They were Thrift Stamp
books with one stamp pasted in.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-01

Every man took his place card and
nlfled citizen of Bakersfield, who
calculated:
much amusement was made by a dig
left his "two bits" The crowd showed
their patriotism and good will by con-
tributing, while on the trip, more
than $3.50 to the various Red Cross
chapters.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-01

-CHILDREN'S GINGIIAM WASH SUITS in several styles
and patterns offer fine DOLLAR Day" attracton-ages
1-2 to yearsnea stripes in light and dark shades
Mems Good Muslin Night Shirts at............$1 at. .$1OO
Mems Novelty Collar and Tie to match $100
3 pairs lnterwoven Cotton Sox. $OO
, pairs interviewer Lisle SoX :. ....... .$1.OO
3 Fibre Wash Ties for .$1.00
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-01
VARNEY BROTHERS & COMPANY
Ladies Fancy IL fo'
81 Handkerchiefs

HERE ST ONE OF THE DOLLAR DAY items
that few women will care to miss-danty white en-
broidercd handkerchefs II for S1.00
Pretty patterns here to choose from and at a
price that you will say is very lOw-what you need
II for SLIGO.
Evening journal., 1918-08-21
LIBELERs SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.

TN the long list Of "Thou-shatnots" that has come
l down to from the earliest days OF written law
there is none more important than that which says
thou salt not bear false Witness And yet In recent
years. we have too often passed over with little atten-
tion accusations that We're sfterward supported
by facts We agree with Shakespeare that 'ho steals
my purse steals trash but he who nches from me my
good name robs me Of that which enrlches him but
makes poor indeed" yet we overlook the robbery
and sometimes gorfy the obber We accept the
on true and neglect to insist upon either full proof or
retracton and punishment OF the bearer Of false wit
ness.
Not long ago the FIRST pages Of the newspapers were
occupied with glarng headlines over urd accounts OF
rong-doing at Hog Island" the name itself adding
opportunity TO play up the alleged graft Now comes
the Department Of Justice with the announcement that
investigations have failed TO give cause for criminal
prosecution Of officials Of the American International
Shpbuildng Corporation" Then the Investigation must
have shown to prosecute somebody else Il is
absolutely Impossible that much could have been pub
licly charged against the management at Hog Island
without for prosecution against either the accused
or the accusor
Also in recent times we nave had large front page
accounts Of the pronteerng by meat packers Though
there are some people who suspend judgment in
OF this Kind the great majority accept the charge as
evidence Of guilt and dismiss the matter from their
minds with the preconcelyed notion that the accused is
criminal. II Is lasting impression upon the minds
OF many The matter ought not stop there The meat
packers Of the country rendered an indispensable
service In this time Of Without them and without
their working in cooperation this country could not
have gathered its food animal put the beef
shipboard.
There Is no question whatever about that Moreover
in this time Of scarcity Of everything the country needs
the wcl-organlzed packing establishments have made
good use OF every Of the goes to their
slaughter pens. From the tip OF the horn TO the end
of the TAIL every bit Of FISH and bone and hair and hide
is put to some useful purpose-an accomplishment ut
terly impossible under the old methods conducting
the meat business From two viewpoints we must ae-
cord the meat packers great credit serving their
country in time OF vital necessity the face of this
record should they be condemned in the public mind as
crimnas7 II so, let have the verdlcts OF jures.
sustained by duly established courts not let us have
judgment passed upon those who have borne false wit
ness
Somebody has committed crme-whether Il be tho
accusor the accused. the ordinary newspaper reader
cannot tell But II President Wilson's plea against mob
rule to have any force whatever we should have the
identity Of the criminal fixed by due process Of law and
punishment meted out in accordance herewith. Lynch
Ing man by hanging his body to tree is not much,
II any, worse than lynchins him by crucifying him
In the public mind.
Evening journal., 1918-08-21
THE BOND OF LIBERTY

TILE tie that binds the allies is exactly the same as
i that which huddles together the central powers.
Self-preservston
But what united each array nations was decidedly
something else
On the side Of the Huns, a dominant few aimed to
gulp down all the remaining power on this terraqueous
sphere which we'd daily tread in dread II they did
However, the morsel not only has proved unpleasant
TO the Prussian palate but It's stuck in kuurs glu-
tonous throat and is slowly choking the monster to
DEATH
The bond that grappled together the allies and in
which they've since grappled together with the menace
the Liberty Bond
The Liberty Bond OF our allegiance across seas will
do it-but not without the Liberty Bond at home
The Fourth Liberty Bond issue will soon be launched
Every Liberty Bond bought its holders share
in that corporation called the United States Government
to the full face value Of the bond.
Every Liberty Bond at four and one-half per cent.
strengthens the Liberty Bond which united us with
England, France, Belgium and Italy.
Be prepared to save money in a Liberty Bond OF the
fourth issue
Every bond bought viii decrease the power OF the
Prussian despos and increase the size OF the morse
that's choking the monster Of kultur-the morsel which
represents not the Huns power that belongs TO
the free; that will grow unite all through the
Liberty Bond Of nations with the help Of the Liberty
Bond of dollars that you buy
Evening journal., 1918-08-21
AN EASY WAY To
Danish PInPLES

II you are troubled with pimples,
blackheads. acne, BARRIERS Itch, blotches,
freckles or other skin disease or hlem-
ish now is the time TO get rid OF It
with Hokara.
This pure and simple skin healer is
being introduced In Wilmington by N.
B. Danforth at the low price OF $50 for
liberal sized jar. and they have sold
hundreds Of treatments.
II contains no grease or acids, Is
cleanly 10 use and IS a true nourish-
ment for the skin. cleaning and clear
ing II I'm every pore, making 10 soft,
white and beautiful.
II Hokara does not do even more than
IS claimed for it and give perfect satls-
faction, return the empty Jar TO n. B.
Danforth Drug Store and they will re.
fund your money, II you have any skin
trouble, you cannot spend s5c to better
advantage than for q Jar OF this skin
food.
Evening journal., 1918-08-21
Facts and Truth
Written for THE EVENING JOURNAL
BY James I. Crozier. in the Masonic
Home.

Old Arm Chair poem was certainly
good,
Your friend Jim thought It was fine;
And those who read IT, 1t is under
stood.
You are the boy that can get up
rhyme.
Your friend ]. T. C. writes once in a
while,
I am sure you know that to be true
But what | write Is a different style,
From any that comes from you.
Let me tell you this. my dear friend
Ed,
Your photo is in my bedroom place I;
And every night before going to bed,
take you to the throne OF grace.
take you there both morning and
night,
That's what do. God bless you;
And want you TO feel that is fact ]
write,
And believe me my friend 1t is true.
When you lay down at night just think
of me,
For you know some sweet day will
come;
And my prayer goes up that we both
may be
With Jesus in that blest home.
Your card said you were coming TO see
Friend Jim in Masonic Home;
Well when you come hope l won't be
Up stairs in my nice bedroom.
For I go TO bed early always at. night,
Very soon after meal IL l can;
But come in the day time and that will
be right,
II you wish to see one happy man.
This Masonic Home is the one for me,
And the treatment l get is so good
From those who have charge, no bet
ter could be,
That is truth that is well understood.
Evening journal., 1918-08-21

on spending was removed. We began
borrowing by the billions and taxing
ourselves by the hundreds OF millions.
The people, in a spirit OF loyalty, ac-
cepted % per cent. increase in their
freight bills, approximately 90 per
cent. in their railway fares; they paid
taxes ana surtaxes without even in
quiring why or wherefore, believing IL
was necessary TO have the money TO
win the war. They have stopped at
nothing and questioned nobody, but
there will be an end 10 that when the
war is won and we have to get back TO
an everyday schedule.
10 will not be possible then for Sec
retary McAdoo 10 sell Panama Canal
bonds Ito reimburse the treasury" for
money the Democratic revenue laws do
not produce; he cannot expect every
year 10 have Congress appropriate
s200,000,000 Of borrowed money 10
make up for The failure OF his farm
loan bank plan; he will not always
have at his disposal the s3,500,0OO,OO0
Congress handed TO him In his war
finance corporation from which 10 doled
out S20,OO0000 loans 30 the Bethlehem
steel Company, or other sums 20 va
rious industrial concerns seeking funds.
Business will have 10 stand on its
own bottom eventually. The Govern
ment cannot continue indefinitely to
pour out funds. In fact, even now Nc
Ad0O's war finance corporation can
make no advances for a term OF more
than five years. The billions he is putt
ting out with such a lavish hand must
be returned within the period Of the
next administration. That would In
volve tremendous economic readjust-
ments even in normal times and is GER
tain TO be particularly difficult In the
confusion Of post war conditions.
Then there will be an end 10 the
time when every situation may be met
by shovellng out gold from the treas
ury and borrowing more billions when
The supply runs low. That term win
be an anxious one for the people, even
Il the government Is In the hands of
,he nations ablest economists and con-
structiye statesmen. That crisis is
and now is the time TO
prepare for IL. The issue before the
voters this fall is whether they prefer |
% entrust to the Democrats or to the |
republicans the very practical prOposi- |
Ion OF getting the nation and It's in
iustries back on firm basis after |
he war. They know the records and |
policies OF Doth parties. The question |
'efore them is not mere politics, but |
ne or business judgment.
Evening journal., 1918-08-21
BACK /!
BY CHARLES 2. DnISCOLL.

Back, etll-doing host of HE'LL
Back, Wilhelm. Scourge OF God;
You come not now, with fiendish yell.
Denling peaceful sod;
With dire disaster at your hesA,
With blood upon your cannon-wheefs
Your homeward way you plodl
Your vile offense, your damning sin.
VIII follow in your train,
Twill be before you in Berlin.
The cursed mark of Cain.
Above the battles dismal roar
That plaintiye cry goes on before,
The voice Of babes in paini
Back, base defllers Of the fairl
Back, lowborn Prussian swine
You do polute the very air
Beyond your native Rhinel
A wasted land where your foul breath
Has waited misery and death.
Calls down Revenge Divine.
The boys from out the boundless Wes
you said they would not flght)
Allow your fleeing host no rest,
But follow, day and night.
They'll follow to the tyrant's scat.
Where lindens line the royal street.
And wreck the throne Of Night