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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

and scowled; no sign in any quarter
of a boat heading for the island, no
telling when they'd be taken or the
cursed placed
In his mutinous irritation, the
screaming of the gulls, over In the
west, seemed to add the final touch
Of annoyance, a superfuous addition
to the sum of his trials. What was
the matter with the Anticipated things,
anyway
There was nothing to hinder him
from investigating for himself. The
girl would probably sleep another hour
or two.
He went forthwith, dulling the keen
edge of his evaporation with a rapid
tramp of half a mile or so over the
uneven uplands-
The screaming was well-nigh deafen-
ing by the time he stood upon the
verge of the bluff; beneath him gulls
clouded the air like bees swarming.
And yet he experienced no difficulty
in locating the cause of their excite
ment.
Below, a slow tide crawled, SLAYER
ing. up over the bowlder-strewn sands.
In a wave-scooped depression between
two of the large powders, the reced-
ing waters had left little, limpid
pool. In the pool lay the body of
man, face downward, limbs fright
fully sprawling. Gulls fought for
place upon his back.
The discovery brought with 1t no
shock of surprise to the man on the
bluff; horror alone. He seemed to
have known all along that such would
be the cause. But he shrank shudder-
ing from the thought of the work
that lay to his hand-work that must
be accomplished at once and COM
pletely; for she must know nothing
of it. She had suffered enough, as
ii was.
ITO RE CONTTNITFnl
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land, were seriously hampered for pro-
visions, and General Gage contem-
plated a movement to occupy the sew
eral heights near Charlestown, at Dor
chester, and adjacent points.
The arrival of such formidable
force of the enemy caused the gravest
concern to the colonists. 1t was ru-
mored that the British would sally forth
from Boston and burn the neighboring
towns. 1t was to prevent this that the
Americans determined to fortify Bun
ker Hill for, If the British should get
out of the city and intrench upon Dor.
chester Heights to the south of Bos-
ton, the Continental position would be
made untenable.
Prescott's Gallant Act.
Not an unnecessary sound was made
during the long hours of the night of
June 10, 1775, and when dawn came in
trenchments six feet high along the
side of the hill were disclosed. In the
face of the fire from the enemy ships
and by the battery on Cops Hill the
Americans kept steadily at work COM
pleting their intrenchments and, when
there was slight show of faltering aft
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ton was buried in sleep. The sentry's
cry of "All's well !" could be heard dis
tinctly from its shores.
AT dawn, 143 years ago, the Ameri-
cans at work were seen by the sailors
on board the British ships of war and
the alarm was given. The captain of
the Lively, the nearest ship, without
waiting for orders, put spring upon
her cable and, bringing her guns to
bear opened fire upon the hill. One
man, among a number who had incau-
tiously ventured outside, was killed. A
subaltern reported his death to Colonel
Prescott and asked what was to be
done. 'Bury him." was the reply.
1t was the first fatality in the battle
of Bunker Hill, one of the most mo-
mentous conflicts in our Revolutionary
history. 1t was the first regular battle
between the British and the Americans
and most eventful in its consequences.
The British had ridiculed and despised
their enemy, representing them as das-
tardly and inefficient yet here the best
British troops, led on by experienced
officers, were repeatedly repulsed by
an inferior force of that enemy-mere
yeomanry-from works thrown up in a
single night, and suffered a loss rarely
paralleled in battle with the most vet
eran soldiers. According to their own
returns their killed and wounded, out
Of detachment of 1000 men, amount
ed to 1854, and large proportion of
them officers. The loss of the Ameri-
cans was All out of 1900 men en-
gagged. SO the number of casualties in
this battle was more than 80 per cent
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
All Kinds
of Hardwood
Supplies

may now be secured at ]. r. Meek
er's Blacksmith Shop.
A full stock of hardwood, single
trees, doubletrees, reaches, shafts,
wagon tongues, etc. Prices mod
crate.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Nation Coming Into Its Own.

The heart and the brain of this re-
public should pause today and thrill
with the consciousness of what we
have done and what 1t has been re-
served for us to do. The past is Sc
cure. History has recorded the i'm
mortal thing which we have been. We
are standing now upon and across the
threshold Of our greatest achieve
ment and our greatest usefulness
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

SltlOH. ITtSCOll
had sent for re-enforcements early in
the day, and John Stark, with his New
Hampshire company, had courageously
crossed Charlestown Neck under a Sc
we're fire from the enemy. But the haz-
ard of the attempt deferred other COM
manders from bringing troops to the
support of the brave Prescott.
With ammunition almost exhausted
and troops tired out from the strain to
which they had been subjected, Pres
colt realized the futility of holding his
position In the face of repeated at
tacks by the reformed and REINFORCED
British lines. Nevertheless he deter
mined again to measure his strength
with the adversary; and, with a COM
mand to his men to make every shot
tell, he awaited the advance Of the
British. Again the latter were per-
mitted to advance within twenty yards
Of the American works before they
were fired upon. The British line was
broken, but still 1t advanced< With
their powder now quite exhausted, the
Americans met their opponents with
dubbed muskets and bayonets.
The odds were too great and Pres
colt ordered his men to retreat. 1t
was In doing this that the Americans
suffered their heaviest loss; among
others who fell was Warren, one of
the most cherished of the popular lead
ers.
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What the Victory Meant.

Nhae eiiS rtShoiy USonts
A gallant loyalist of Massachusetts,,
who fought so well for King George
that he rose to be full general in the
British army, regarded Bunker Hill as
a transaction which controlled every
thing that followed. "You could not"
he would say to his friends on the 9TH
er side, "have succeeded without It,"
"The rebels" Gage wrote week af-
ter the battle, fare shown not to be the
disorderly rabble too many have sup
posed. In all their wars against the
French they have showed no such con-
duct and perseverance as they do now.
They do not see that they have ex-
changed liberty for tyranny. No peo-
pie were ever governed more absolute
ly than the American provinces now
are; and no reason can be given for
their submission but that 1t Is a ty-
ranny which they have erected them
selves"
Bunker Hill exhibited the Americans
to all the world as people to he
courted by allies and counted with by
foes. 1t was a marvel that so many
armed citizens had been got together
so quickly and still a greater marvel
that they had stayed together so long.
Move Forced on British.
After the engagement at Lexington
on April 10 the British force under
General Gage was increased to 10000
men by the arrival of Generals Howe,
Clinton, and Burgoyne with their COM
mands from England. These occupied
the town of Boston on a peninsula ex-
tending into the harbor. The naval
forces consisted of the Falcon, Lively,
Somerset, Symmetry, Glasgow, and
four floating batteries. Across the
Charles river, at Cambridge, and on
the surrounding hills, were encamped
between 10000 and 10000 undisci-
plined Americans. The British, thus cut
off from communication with the main
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
BUNKER HILL
PROVED SPIRIT
OF COLONISTS
In Its Consequences That Conflict
Ranks as the Most Momentous of
All the Struggles of Revolutionary
Days-ReveaIed to thu British the
True Spirit of Their Foes.

. LITTLE before
sunset 143 years
ago, a few hun
bred American
troops stacked
their guns, threw
off their packs,
seized t h e / r
trenchingf tools,
and set to work
with great spirit.
At midnight BOs-
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Prescott's Gallant Act.

er a shot better
directed than the
others had done
some execution IN
the trenches, Pres
5 co tt himself
mounted t h e
works and march
ed to and fro
with drawn sword
regardless of the
fact that he was a
mark for the Brit
ish. He thus pre-
served the cour-
age of his men,
who had never be-
fore been under
fire.
1t was about
three o'clock In
t h g afternoon
when the British
troops supported
by a terrific bonn
bardment from
the ships In the
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harbor, advanced in solid column
against the Notifications. Confidently
they approached the works of the
Americans, constituting the silence on
the hilltop as timidity. They changed
their attitude on this point when they
arrived within a few hundred feet OF
the redoubt. The Americans had been
silent, but they had been ordered to
refrain from firing until the command
was given. Thus 1t was the British,
advancing over the open stretch OF
ground, painting from the heat and the
weight of their knapsacks, heard the
word "Firel" at the moment of their
supreme confidence, and recoiled before
a volley that moved down many of
their number.
British Line Decimated.
A deadly fire was poured into the
British columns, the marksmen of the
Americans picking off the officers.
Along the whole line of Notifications,
from the rail fence to the redoubt, the
British troops were soon in retreat.
The British columns advanced sec
ond time and once more were met with
deadly fire. Now, however, they were
prepared for it; although staggered by
the shock, they soon rallied and con-
tinued their advance. The Americans
fired with such rapidity that it seemed
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IL Can't Be Done.

You can't brag your way to the top
any more than you can kill hippo
potamus with a blank cartridge.-De-
troit Free Press.
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as If a continuous
stream of fire
poured out from
t h @ redoubt.
Bravely the Brit
ish struggled to
cross the open
place In front of
their enemy's po-
sition, but were
forced to give up
the attempt, and
fed precipitately
to the boats.
Although t h e
field was strewn
with their dead,
the British again
attempted to take
the American po-
sitiOn- Prescott
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Of the number in action, thus placing
1t among the bloodiest battles that had
heretofore been known to history. At
Waterloo the British loss was less
than "a per cent. No wonder that
June II is a second Fourth of July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01
SESSUE HAYAKAWA IN HIS BIRTHRIGHT"
 OPENS AT ALCAZAR
Great Japanese Screen Star Has Wonderful Story of Japan
 and America

Sessue Hayakawa, the Great Japanese screen star, opens the week at the AL cazar for a four-day run in his new all- star success, His Birthright," a won- derful story of old Japan and the United States, with a dash of world war worked into the finis.
 His Birthright' is a story from the pen of Hayakawa himself, and is said to be one of the most beautiful screen stories of the year.
 The cast contains such stars as Marin Sais, Howard Davies, Mary Anderson, Tsuru Aoki, Sydney De Grey, Harry Won Meter and Mayme Kelso.
 The picture involves the fortunes of a young Japanese who is determined to avenge his mothers honor and to punish the author of his being, who is at the time the story opens an admiral in the United States navy.
 Among the interesting things to be seen in the picture are the quaint Japanese fishing villages with the natives hauling their nets, and the cute little Japanese babies in the streets, Old F'ujiama, the sacred mountain of Japan, with it's snow capped peak flashing in the rising sun; a hie; Pacific liner blowing her way to tte western shores of America with characteristic crowds aboard, and many other interesting things that are dis tjnct novelties in the moving picture world
 Tn addition to this feature there will he two other good pictures shown. one a clever Lyons Moran comedy entitled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01
Excelsior Models and Kitty
 Francis LOew's Healthier
Continued from Page seven)

new and different from all other acts Of it's kind vii be offered It is famed for it's shapely girls, and is known as the worlds perfect posers, in reproduction of famous art subjects.
 For the second half of the week, be- ginning Thursday the big act will be the inimitable Kitty Francis with her big 1918 revue, composed of q people, IS girls and three men. Kitty Francis is known as the funniest woman in the world, and is a local favorite with her Irish wit and notable Emerald Ise brogue.
 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday low CTS of laughter will be pleased with Sid- ney Forbes in his Kipling repertoire, augmented by his original monologue that always hits the spot Charles C. Rice and Ruthie Francis will present His Uncle's Ward" which is most clever farce. The Wiseman Sisters and Billy Long will offer bits of musical com edy, including the latest song hits, dane es and comedy. Caron and Farnum in funny clown knockabouts and acrobatics, will complete the bill for the first half of the week.
 For Thursday. Friday and Saturday, 'Zeda" vii be seen in her famous Parisian model act, presenting a scene of art studies of rare beauty Belmont and Moore will appear in a sister act, which Is superb singing and dancing act, Burns will be a high card on the bill in his jazz dancing king act. He is the most eccentric dance demon in vaude- vile. The ''Six English Pansies,' ac- knowledged the supreme dancing marvels of British variety, will offer 'The Super Modiste of Paris"
 The movie programme Is rare treat to photoplay lovers, the first half of the week offering in addition to the seven- reel feature film, Jekel Carmen in ''The Lawless Love" a big feature just re- leased by the United States government, with Pershings Men in France" For the last half of the week Viola Dana will appear in '"The Flower of Dusk. which is superb photoplay, with stal of unusual ability.
 There will be four shows on Monday on account of Labor Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01

The rare histrionic talents and charming personality of Louise Glaum which has won for her the exhaulted position she no wholds in the realm of the silent drama have never been seen to such splendid advantage as in .swedlock,' which comes to the Rialto theatre for three days, commencing Monday.
 In the role of Margery Harding, Miss Glaum is seen as young girl of noble nature, who since the death of her parents, has earned her living as a telephone operator in fashion able hotel. Here she meets Granger Ho1lister, the son of a multi-million- aire. who falls desperately in love with her and persuades her to consent to a secret marriage, declaring that as soon as he is of age lie will announce her as his wife to the world. But young Hollister's afmily had their ideas for his future and when the time came to announce his engagement to Catherine Merrill and they found that he had married a telephone operator, they drew on their millions and their influence and had their sons marriage annulled to enable him to marry into his own cast of society.
 Then fate. that weaver of fabric
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01
Lesson for Dr. Garfield

InOTndS l<O6duy III l<ColAC Q.
 MT. Hoover is the dominant expert of the allied food administrators who are utilizing the resources of the 22o,- o00, ,oOo people of Europe and North America pitted against the central powers. It is due to his remarkably successful administration that the United States is playing giant role in the task of meeting the food re- quirements of the allies. His great
 be studied by America's fuel adminis- trator. He has shown Dr. Garfield the
 way to handle the coal situation. The prompt and vigorous policy of the food administration since the first day of it's existence, MT. Hoover's impartial treatment of big and small interests, and the active cooperation he has compelled in this country and abroad have brought success to an undertak- ing that seemed almost hopeless year lago MT Hoover has overcome an ac- tual food shortage in two heniis- pheres and he has done it by going
 into every household, club. hotel and
 restaurant. Dr. Garfield is unable to avert fuel famine in one country, and one that possesses unlimited quanti- ties Sof coal The intelligence, ability , and energy that have characterized the direction of Americas food conserva- tion programme have not, unfortunate ly. been rivaled in the department pre- sided over by pr. Garfield.
 In strict fairness to Dr. Garfield it must be admitted that the fuel admin
 stration is beginning to adopt intel ligent measures for an improvement of the coal situation. The most encour- aging step taken is the agreement be- tween the fuel administrator and Sec retary of Labor Wilson for supervis- ion and control of labor conditions in the coal fields as a war measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01
Louise GLaun in "WedLock"
 Al Rialto For Three. Days

of daily lives, starts to tangle the threads. Margery, heartbroken, goes west where she slowly loses her grip on life until we again find her in charge of the switchboard in a small hotel. Here she meets and befriends a mining engineer who is also down in his luck, and he promises that if he makes his strike that half of his earn
 ings will be hers. He finds gold, and Margery acquires not only wealth but
 the adminration of all about her for her charitable work. Granger Hollis ter, through the treachery of his wife's father, has been sentenced to term
 in prison, escapes and goes west to elude the detectives. Cut off from his family, he becomes derelict and is found by Margery in the gutter.
 Realizing that he has been a crea-
 ture in cimcumstances, and with the
 Knowledge that she has never ceased to love him, she sets out to vindicate and save him. By fate's strange meta morphosis Margery is now in the same pow erful position that Granger Ho1- listers family was when first they met. The working out of the tangled skeins furnishes Miss Glaum with a most exceptional vehicle, which unlike many of her former achievements ssus- tains the sympathy for the woman throughout the entire unfolding of the story
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01

A great assortment of the new bag frames. We have all colors to match almost any ribbon. The yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01

face and red in the toes. No more for me. Use stGets-It" It never fails. Touch any corn or callus with two drops or 4(Sets-It" and "Gets-It" does the rest Tf's relief to be able to stop cutting corns. making them bleed, wrapping them up like packages and using sticky fane and salves 1t removes any corn ciear and clean, leaving the toe as smooth as your palm. Yoi can wear those new shoes without pain, dance and be frisxy on your feet It's great to l1se "Gets-It."
 .Csetss-Its the guaranteed. money back ca5rn remover. the only. sure way, costs but a trifle at any drug store. Sold in Birmingham and recommend ed as theS worlds best corn remedy by Eugene Jacobs drug store; Gale Drug and Pratt Station. Pratt City. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01
Step Lively! Corns Quit With "Gets-lt

The Great Corn-Loosener of the Asc'
 Never Fails. Painless
 Watch my step? Whats the use 20 along right side up without care" even with corns. because l use "Gets-It." the painless, off-like-a-p pa- nana-peel corn remover. l tried other ways galore. until I was blue in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01

"The Vamp Cure" and the other, "The Allies Official War Pictures," showing the fierce fighting now transpiring on the western front, the newest and best war pictures now being shown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-25
LIGHTLESS THURSDAYS
OVER TILL SEPTEMBER
Washington Sends Order to Let the
Great White Ways Go on Again
Starting Tomorrow Night.

Kenosha s Great White Way, if it has
one, can blaze with light again starting
on Thursday night, as the fuel admin
istrator has received official orders from
Washington lifting the ban on the
eighties Thursdays" Under the
order received theatres, stores and all
other institutions may burn all the
light they desire to pay for. All of
the street lights may be used on Thurs
days just the same as any other nights
from now on until the first of Septem-
Der. It may be that it will be neces-
sary to put a new ban on the lights at
that time, but if such is the case orders
will be issued in due time. Kenosha
has obeyed the Eighties Thursday"
order to the very letter and has not
grown weary in well doing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-25
THE WAR ON ALL FRONTS.

tBV Un1Ceu PreSS).
Following an intensive artillery
bombardment, covering practically
the entire British front from south
of Ypres to south Of the Somme,
Hindenburg today apparently has
resumed his west front offensive
with = drive against Amiens.
Haig, in his official report today,
said that "strong infantry attacks
are progressing in the Albert sector
and between the Somme and the
Avre.n
The Somme and the Avre are
slightly less than ten miles apart,
where the battle front crosses
them. The Somme flows directly
westward through Amiens, while
the Avre, flowing northwestward,
converges with the larger river less
than two miles east of that city.
Between these two rivers, the
Germans in their last drive prog
ressed to within less than nine
miles Of 9miens. A resumption
of the drive against this important
strategic point has been forecast
by allied military officials.
At tae same time Hindenburg
is thrusting westward from AL
bert, w ich is about six miles
north of the Somme. A heavy at
tack in this same sector last night
was broken up by rifle and ma
chine gun fire, Haig reported.
On the Flanders front, the Brit
ish commander said there was
"heavy hostile shelling' between
Givenchy and Robecq, a front of
more than eight miles along the
southwestern edge of the deep Ger
man salient, Enemy concentra-
tions of infantry near Merville, in
the center of the Flanders wedge
were broken up by British artil-
lery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-25
"A n1erica,1 Heroes
On the Battle
Front
(By United Press)

With the French Armies in the
Field, April "a. American brav-
cry on the field of battle has stood
the test of a world-war and the
formal reports to the French army
Of the Battle of Seicheprey is filled
with stories of the wonderful forti-
tude and fighting ability of Ameri-
cans This report tells how an
American lieutenant and six men
held a seven hundred yard front
for a whole day against the on
slaught Of the Huns. How two
American machine gunners separ-
ated from their company stuck by
their guns till they had Uttered the
ground Hbout them with German
dead and then fell before the on
slaught, how others broke open
boxes of grenades and fought
against terrific odds how a cook
picked upa rifle and killed a score
of Germans before he was slaugh-
tered.
It was not glory for the men
: alo-e. No greater heroism is
shown m the war than The French
give to Gladys and Irene Mcintyre
of Mt. Vernon, New York. They,
were a mile and a half from the
front line trenches and donned gas
masks and showing unusual brav-
cry went to the aid of the men at
the front. All during the night
they remained amidst the thickest
Of the fighting distributing hot
coffee and sandwiches amorg the
men. They are mentioned for es-
pecial honor in the French official
reports.