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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05
PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIGHTNING.

Nothing is easier than to make lightning pho
tograph ITSELF All you have to do is place the
camera facing the part Of the sky in which the
storm is raging and open it for a time ex-
posure. After the first fash close the shutter at
once and develop the plate in the usual way OF
course it IL not certain the fash will come Just
where the camera Is directed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05


could make me Of the money ou
around me any evening
and n a o
the card
invitation
know than the law
behind
anarchist
boastedh q ack of by"
Of knowledge hereis
Smyhe
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05
INDEED, vEs.

Mistress-Susan understand that you walk
out with young man; hope he is respectablsY
"Oh, yes, ma'am; and he Ii a Frenchman and
can't sneak NO English"
Then how in the world do you manage your
counting, SusanT
Law. ma'am. isn't the kissin' and huggin' The
same In sveGy languagef
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05

where $500 month he said did the cooking tho
ne
failed wife the linen the laundry after that
marriage said
which now
moving picture gwen
non would listen to him.
while magazine soncitof
that he sold only four
ne
holding enough for lunch
the ground Of failure to provide
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05

Of
"Vienna
play soud spokesman
| had
"Wat TN 1nss Anderson principal
Eve won't Vienna Forever
| director appeared
sined
h tAe AargnRsk yuuer
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05
Finder Of Rare Bug Has Vision Of Great Riches

CAV FRANCscoohnw Kehoe who making fight Superior Judge
1913 testified dhat rich
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05

OF rulers and the titled class. When 1t
u over you will see what q millennium
looks like with the laboring man hav-
ing his rights for the first time on
earth. Fact Is there will be no labor.
ing man, because there will be no boss.
Each will be free to help himself to the
pleasures and leisure that are his due.
As to all that bunk about the shelling
Of historic monuments-whatu use are
they7 When you come right down to
It, what do we want with anything the
past can give us when we have the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05
Proper Spirit Evinced by Youthful Patriots

Margaret
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05
Probably Belongs to Academic Academic Anarchists

NEW talking about the TO get exactly
talking while the other played audencen
anarchist right This had to be- to kn
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05


his wife and for Pok J when he takes the
ami to
( wasn a
He
the and would bought it. though
counted
b the idea
He told the salesman
he
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05

to see that music racks are put in the
proper places after rehearsal.
There are self-elected attendance
officers, to see that old members come
back and new ones are brought in.
There are minutes, too, read gravely at
the close Of each meeting, minutes that
sometimes frankly confess, I'VE didn't
work very well today. There was some
distraction"
The musicians are from nine to
thirteen years old. There are 18 Of
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05
Public Must Aid bu Re-
leasing Trained Workers
for Armu Service :: =:

HE GROWING demand for nurses for
service with the American army Is
creating a problem which eventually
must be solved by the civilian popula-
ton Of the country.
Every city and town in the country
is affected by the unparalleled call for
nurses. for upon every community
there rests the responsibility Of releas-
ing as many nurses us DoSSible for
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05

man some day, Tor he has Invented sev.
eral things and has discovered q rare
bug. He discovered the bug, he test-
fed, while working in the United
States laboratories.
"What's the bug good forr' de-
manded Judge Morgan.
ut is a rare and. presume. q
valuable bug" said Kehoe. II am
working now to discover use for It,"
Kehoe added that during his mar
ried life he had acted as housekeeper
while his wife worked in q San Fran
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-05

pleasant smile. He Is bald headed.
wears glasses, reads ancient history
and the daily news. He goes to church
30 keep from wiping the Sunday dishes.
HIS heroes are Napoleon. George Wash
ington and Francis Z. Bushman.
Mr.. Jones' family consists Of his
wife and a son. Pokey. Jr, who resem-
bles his father At eight years Of age.
Father Jones has no motorcar. and for
that reason he Is not interested in good
roads, He SAYS he Is more interested
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
Newspaper Article Leads Him to
Seek AdmittanCe to West
Point.
SISTER TELLS or HIS YOUTH
Kept Appointment to Academy Secret
From Family--Head Of Expedition
airy Force Was of Quiet, Serious
Temperament as Boy.

Lincoln, Neb.-It was a newspaper
article which diverted John J. Pershing
from his purpose to become school
teacher and started him upon the mill
tary career which led to his appoint
ment as general in the United States
army and commander of the American
expeditionary force In France. The
story is told by General Pershings sis
tiers, Mrs. Butler and Miss May Per-
shing, who are residents of Lincoln.
1t was while General Pershing and
his sister, now Mrs. Butler, were at
tending the Missouri State Normal
school at Kirksville, Mo-, that his at
tention one day was called to newspa-
per announcement that examinations
were to be held for appointment to the
West Point Military academy. Young
Pershing asked his sisters advice as
to whether he should try for the APP
pointment and she advised him to do
so. Then followed short season of
Intensive study in preparation.
In few days he was called before
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
LARGE INCREASE IN CRIME

Grimes against property have In
creased steadily since the United
States entered the war, and the rea.
son may be found directly in the eco
nomic conditions which have been
brought about by the war. Crimes of
violence, except robbery. have tended
to decrease, but the decrease is to be
attributed not so much to gangs and
the Imprisonment of the gangsters who
formerly afflicted New York city"
Like Commissioners Woods. District
Attorney Swami holds that the causes
of Increased crime are economic, due
TO the war.
"The explanation he says, "is In
the increased value Of property. silks,
copper, brass, foodstuffs and almost
every commodity have such an increas-
ed value and are so readily salable
that it is worth while to steal most
anything, and the thieves act accord.
ingly. With the increase in values Is
a corresponding increase in tenpta.
ton"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09

the examining board and, although i'm
properly prepared, received the high
est mark among the contestants and
soon afterward was notified of his ap-
pointment. Up to this time his action
had been secret between his sister
and himself and 1t remained so until
he was ready to start for West Point.
Assumed Responsibility Early.
AS a boy General Pershing. his sis
terB say, was of quiet, serious tenn
permanent, assuming, as the oldest of
six children. many of the responsible
ties Of the family.
John" Mrs. Butler said, although
Of quiet disposition, liked good
time and enjoyed fun as much as any
one. Yet when he started anything he
wanted to get the result, and he gen.
orally attained that object before he
gave 1t up"
After having been graduated from
West Point and having served with
General Miles in a campaign In New
Mexico against the Indian chief Ge-
ronimo, Pershing was stationed as mil
ltary Instructor at the University of
Nebraska. His friends there remem-
Der him as fun-loving young man,
who enjoyed music and dancing. par
ties and other social activities and who
appreciated good joke.
"Old Jack Best" the veteran trainer
at the university. remembered Per-
Bhing intimately. "He was one of the
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
German Says 1t Is More Exciting
Than Running a Sub
marine.
NET IS SPREAD EVERYWHERE
American Tells Some Anecdotes Show
ing the Extent of the German Spy
System--Experience Of Amer
Jean Girl in Leipslc.
BY HERBERT COREY.

Correspondent of the Chicago News)
Berne, SwitZerland.-Las week a
German U-boat captain visited Paris.
This story is told on the authority
of the man who saw the U-boat captain
there. ! know the man. He Is con-
sentative, solid, reliable American. His
word Is worth 100 cents on the dollar
wherever he is known. For some
years he was in business relations with
Germans, and learned to know many
of them very well.
II was standing in front of the opera
green car whlzzed by. / just caught
a glimpse of familiar face. Beside
the man | knew was Frenchman
wearing black beard. Two minutes
later | remembered whom the familiar
face belonged to.
"'Von Hutten,' l said to myself.
'Why-why-da it-last / heard Of
Won Hutton he was commanding u
boat in the North sea-"
Futile to Chase a Green Car
The man puzzled over 1t for mo-
ment. Then, being good American,
he told the American authorities in
Paris. He had not been able to get
the number of the car or description
of the chauffeur. Chasing green cars
in Paris is like trying to catch wild
geese by the salt plan. Next day the
man was walking down the Avenue de
rOpera when the green car whizzed by
again. He tried to catch the number,
but that old oil and dust trick that
American speeders invented prevented
him. He walked on down to Ciro's for
lunch.
II had So-and-so from the consulate
and So-and-so from the embassy and
So-and-so of the United States navy as
my guests" said he, naming them. "We
had good time together for we were
old friends, l told of seeing my Ger
man acquaintance on the avenue. Next
day came to Berne. Shortly after
met my German friend.
"'I like the looks of your naval at.
tache in Paris said he. Nice boy.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
SPY GOES ABOUT FREELY IN PARIS

Ihink I'll try to get acquainted with
him. Then he laughed.
~ saw you there | gasped.
II know you did, said he. 4 sat
at the next table to you In Ciros. be-
mind the pillar, and heard You tell
about seeing me. Naughty, naughty
And so you tried to get your old pal
pinchedY
Inc German told my American
friend that he had been in and out of
raris ever since the war began. He
louhd IL much more interesting than
running U-boat, he said. There was
danger, he admitted, but Just enough
danger to make the job interesting.
Besides, he is poor man at home. In
his work he has plenty of money to
spend.
I'm going back next week." said he.
Extent of System.
A friend of mine who returned from
Berlin after the United States declared
war on Germany told story, of which
he had personal knowledge, to show
the extent of the German spy net. An
acquaintance in Berlin obtained per.
mission to go to Holland on business.
1t is not easy to get such permission
nowadays. Although an American. he
was forced to tell just whom he wished
to see in Holland and why. While In
Amsterdam he received a hurry call TO
London from his correspondent there
and took the next boat, getting a wise
through the interest of the American
legation In The Hague.
why did you go to London?" he
was asked when he returned to Berlin.
He told the story.
"'We know Of the telegram you re-
ceived,' was the reply. But why did
you go to room 1903 of the Savoy hotel
and remain closeted with Lord Blube-
berry there for three hours?"
He was able to make his explanation
convincing or there might have been
another incident to write note about.
This was some weeks before the Unit.
ed States was finally crowded into war
II Is easier to believe In the number Of
spies Germany has scattered about
when one hears this story by an Ameri.
can girl, who for some years had stud.
led at Leipsic. This year she was re-
fused her Phi. d. degree. although II
was due her. Then she was refused
permission to leave Germany. For
weeks she was promised and put off.
Become spy for us and you shall
have your degree" she was told. "You
shall have plenty of money to spend.
You need not worry about the danger.
We will always take care of you."
She did not become spy and even
tualy she was given permission to
leave for Switzerland. But the story
puts one to thinking.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
SIx.SHO0TER IS PASSING
Ptchforks and Shovels Replace Fire.
arms In Equipment of Okla
homa Shcriffs.

Tulsa, Okla,-The day of the six
shooter, the Winchester and the Colt
is passing In this state. Recently pitch
forks and shovels were added to the
equipment of the Office of the sheriff
of ,his county.
The new equipments are to be used
in the unearthing Of Illicit llqror
traffic. Recently these instruments
unearthed an automobile load of
liquor on farm north of the city.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
Takes Amazing Leaps Since
America Entered War.
Number Of Complaints Throughout
Country Increases 20 Per Cent
In Six Months.

New Yorkshire the United States
entered the war the crime percentages
IN practically every city in the coun-
Ty have taken amazing leaps. The
lumber of complaints reaching va
tious detective headquarters through
out the land for the last six months
was 20 per cent higher than during the
same period year ago. The increase
has extended to practically all forms
of crime except murder and assault.
Commissioner Woods of the New
York city police department, has made
special examination of the records
with a view TO answering the question
as to the effect of the war on crime
and criminals. His conclusions are as
follows:
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09

Two Rivers, Wis.-During severe
storm that swept over Lake Michigan
a large number of wild geese were
sighted. The largest flock was seen at
Twin River Point lighthouse. The
flock consisted of more than 300 geese.
The geese were confused by the flash
Of the light and broke the tower glass,
one-half inch thick. One of the geese
killed in the impact with the tower
glass weighed over five pounds.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09

anyone who knew him If that isn't the
gospel truth"
Odd as 1t may seem In a fighting
man, General Pershing's one fad, &C.
cording to his sisters, Is gardening.
His father was an expert gardener,
and the taste descended to the mill
tary man. Whenever he was on leave
he Immediately would don working
clothes and go into his fathers garden
seemingly enjoying the work over the
vegetables as much rs he enjoyed So
cial activities.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
MAKES MONEY OFF SNAlLS
Chicago Woman Builds Up Lucrative
Business in Supplying Them to
Children

Chicago, Ill.-An investment of 10
cents three years ago in two red snails
has netted a profitable business for
Nine. Veronica Varje Scrimshaw, who,
is known to hundreds of school chill
dren as "The Snail Queen"
The small investment brought thou
sands of snails, which Nine. Scrimshaw
sells to school children, so for cents.
and the madame throws in a bit of
seaweed and sand. The children are
so eager for snails that the madame's
profits sometimes reach $12 day. She
is said to be the only woman known to
raise snails.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09
HOW PERSH|NG GOT INTO THE ARMY

finest men that / ever worked with"
said Mr. Best. 'It's true he was mighty
strict with his work, but the results he
got were so good that everybody he
worked with loved him for it. When
he was here we had regiment the
university could be proud of.
Usually he was mighty dignified In
his work, but he had way of getting
next to new men," continued Mr.. Best
"The first time | ever saw him he
walked right up to me, slapped me on
the shoulder and said: We'll, Jack,
they tell me you got along mighty we'll
with my predecessor. If you did. am
darned sure Wen get along just as
WE'LL
General Fond of Gardening.
"The boys at the university got a
surprise the first day Pershing drilled
them" said Mr.. Best. ut had been
their habit before that time to come to
drill with shoes blackened or not Just
as they pleased. When Pershing took
hold the first thing he looked at was
to see that all shoes were well BACKED
and that the heels looked as good as
the toes. He was just that thorough
going in everything ali the time. He
was Al In every way, and you can ask
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09

Marquse de Crequl de Montfort de
Courtivron, wife of member of the
French war mission in Washington,
has presented TO the state of Virginia
the sword worn by her distinguished
father the late prince of Polignac,
who rose to the rank of general in the
Confederate army. Nine. de Courtiv-
ron was Agnes de Polignac. Her popu-
Iarity among those who have enter
ained tho commission has been marked
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-12

Ttnhatt ths a.@t an lines are cast In pleasant places. They
have succeeded in gaining such an ascendancy that. u
they do NOT control the affairs lof Russia iia,, they nas
made Il impossible for any other element 70 t'Du :
To- them. ssgs as
Any nation may may repudiate its obligations. II 9 little little
nation attempts to evade payment in that hat manner n -
larger, neighbors are; quite apt to coerce It. But a 3wouiu
be difficllIt to george a large nation like Russia Wna'
does population mean to RussiaG immediately, q
course lit viii mean the stoppage Of Sarge interest interest pay pay
mants.. Theoretically that would result in lower taxes,
but 1t win not do SO, because under q Bolshevist res'he
the government Il regarded as a benevolent institution ~
from which all good things flow, and every possiole
source OF revenue is worked to its limit in order to Keep
pace with the demand for costly favors.. Hence =
|stoppage Of interest payments will mean notnlng 10 NC
people in the way of saving.
But reputation will have some very practical eff
fects, nevertheless. y Russia has in the past been q great
borrower 81 money. The French, especially. have lent
her . large sums, as have the English. More recently
the United States has made large loans to her. The
Russian radicals may. snap their fingers in the faces OF
their foreign credit9rs-perhaps. But what OF the fu-
ture? Russia, more than any other great nation In the
world, is in need OF money. She has vast tracts OF Ter
ditory to be opened up. She needs railroads and EQUIP
ment. She needs factories to utilize her enormous nat
|ural resources and to provide employment Tor her peo-
PIE. She needs agricultural machinery by the billion
dollars worth. And she cannot borrow a dollar. The
Russian people have not the funds with which to finance
their own enterprises, and If they should be so short
sighted as to permit this threatened reputation Rus
sian bonds in any market would be just SO much waste
paper. H ,r -
1t will be interesting to observe the progress of the
Bolshevist movement, and to note whether the theory
advanced by the autocratic German government that
treaties are but scraps Of paper is to have its counter
part in the theory of radical Russia that a promise 10
2ty is likewise to be treated with contempt.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-12
LAST RELIC OF
A MYTH
And the Letter Saying 500 West,
Young Man," That Was
Never Written.

"A wealthy steel man of Youngs-
town, Ohio, is mourning the loss Of a
valuable collection of paintings, auto
graphs and manuscripts by fire, one Of
the most priced relics being "the orig
inal letter written by Horace Greeley,
entitled, GO West, young man. He
has not disclosed how thie particular
relic came into his possession, al
though no m questions his belief
fact thai Greeley never wrote such q
letter n did not originate the ad-
vice, with which his name has been
popularity linked.
Briefly told, the ascription Of the
excellent advice to Greeley came about
through an argument in 1851 between
Richard Thompson. later secretary Of
the navy. and John l.. b. Soule, editor
OF the Terre Haute. Ind, Express, in
which Mr.. Thompson predicted a brill
liant future for JSoule in the west. He
told Soule he. was bright enough to
write an article that people would
Soule wrote an editorial for his paper
beginning with the misleading state
ment that Horace Greeley dould never
have given a young man better advice
than that contained in the words, Go
West. young man. This was natural
ly construed as a quotation from
Greeley and was widely reproduced.
by American papers. William s.
Walsh, who investigated the mattel
many years ago. states that Greeley
reproduced the Express article in the
Tribune. with a f%ootnote disavowing
credit for the "epigrammatic advice
of the Terre Haute Express but 'in-
dorsing 1t most heartily.
How the wealthy YOUNGSTOWN COL
lector came to Imagine he possessed
this mythical relicfis easily applicable.
The ELIGIBILITY Of Greeley's chiro-
graphy is a tradition Of the.craft and
printers tell all sorts of illustrative
tales. One is about a discharged re-
porter passing Greeley's letter Of dis
missal as an enthusiastic letter Of
conmendation. winning a new posi-
ton by the imposture. 1t would have
been easy to pretend that any sort Of
written by Greeley contained
10 ri
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-12
REPUDIATlNG OBLIGATIONS

The population q, national indebtedness. which -
announeeaa from Petrogrrad.S IS entirely ins accord with
the EgehMraff Bolsheyiki program. According to the an
nsa ~ sff tfTtitai IS intended III cancel and repudiate All
la Hal19 saRnd treasury bonds held by foreigners In Russia
or abroad all such evidences OF Indebtedness held w
Russians wNlfose capital amounts to- more than 10000
;rublea tab6ut $5,oooy; and to pay varying percentages
OF their claims to those holding. smaller amounts Of
bonds or notes. together with interest on ~ Designated
sliding scale. s@@ 80 2@s
That is in keeping with the principles on which the
Bolshevist movement lie founded. It is the principle OF
leveling, Of destructiyeness Because men are born with
equal rights they are to be kept on a basis Of equality
forever without reference to the use which they make
Of their. opportunities. The accumulation of property
is regarded as a crime. and those who do accumulate
are to be punished. No distinctions are made ana no
attention is given to thu. manner in which property has
been obtained. It may have been created, by the effort
of the, individually; 1t may have been. inherited: It may
have been stolen. All this makes no difference. Posses
sion is sufficient evidence of crime, and he who has
shall be dispossessed.
The Bolshevist movement in Russia is shrouded in
a good deal Of mystery, at least to most Americans. But
enough is known of it to convince US that the organiza-
ton is by no means an association of criminals. Its fol-
lowing is a numerous one. Its members and friends
are in all parts of the empire. Most of them are peas
ants. or of the peasant class, with a considerable MEM
bership among the iworkmen of the large cities. Cen
orally the Bolsheyiki are uneducated, often entirely IL
lterate. AS a whole they appear to be peaceful. we'll
meaning. supplemented folk, belonging socially, eco
nomically and politically toathe middle ages.
Their leaders are men of education ola sort. Some
Of them are dreamers. others are crooks. And scattered
through the membership are shrewd sascoundrels wno
have their counterparts in our own society, and who
make it their business to play on the sentiments Of those
who are less sophisticated than they, .and to make sure