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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09
FOUR LATAH COUNTY
MEN TO UNIVERSITY
FOR PECIAL
TRAINING ARE ACCEPTED.
TWO FROM MOSCOW

Latah county's quota for the next
contingent to be sent to the Univer-
sity of Idaho for special training has
been filled by four volunteers. This
county is entitled to send four men
to this training school and the board
asked for volunteers. Many more
than the quota responded.
Otto Buchanan, clerk in the shoe
department of Williamson's depart
ment store, who was in/class 4, has
volunteered and been accepted.
William A. Siler, living near Pa
louise, on the Idaho side of the state
line, was in class 81, as a farmer.
He volunteered and was accepted. He
has had experience as an auto me-
chanic.
Clarence Dean Sisson, of Avon, who
was in class 2, another farmer, who
had three months training as an auto
mechanic, was the third accepted.
Odes Sloan, a barber in Roland's shop
on Main street, Moscow, married but
with no children, is the fourth vol
unteer accepted. He has had six
months experience in automobile
work.
All of these men volunteered for
auto-mechanic service. They have
been notified to appear at the uni
versity at II o'clock on Thursday,
August Is.
Joseph Kirchnoff, who was posted
as a Stacker from Latah county is at
Camp Lewis. He did not receive the
notice to come to Moscow for entrain
ment, but learned through a friend
that he had been called and went di-
rect to Camp Lewis, where he appear
ed without any papers. He is waiting
there for the papers to be sent to
him. They were sent today by Homer
Estes, clerk Of the local draft board
William E. Dart has written from
California complaining that he had
been arrested there as Stacker from
Latah county and telling tale of woe
about numerous arrests because of
failure to appear for service. Inyesti-
cation of Darts standing here shows
he is in class for physical dis
ability, having crippled knee and a
crippled toe and other physical de-
ects. Investigation here discloses |
hat he has never been posted as a
lacker nor has the sheriff asked for
lis arrest, as his letter states he had.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09
SMUT CONVENTION
HELD IN MOSCOW
EXPERTS IN SMUT EXPLOSION
THEORY HOLD INTERESTING
MEETING HERE

The University of Idaho is becoming
working with the department of agri-
culture and other institutions. Repre-
sentatives of the bureau of chemistry,
bureau of plant industry, bureau of mar
kets, grain standards, working in the
Palouse district on smut explosions, con-
troll, dockages, ETC., were in conference
at the university Wednesday, The de-
partment of agriculture has placed a
staff of men in this field who are travel
ing with threshing machines QUILTED
with devises to control smut explosions
and fires and are reporting the degree
of success attained by the various con-
troll measures adopted
Mr.. C. C. Ruth of Portland had
charge of the conference. Those pres
ent we're R. A. Williams, Portland;
]. r. Nevius, Spokane; Geo. L. Zunde1,
Pullman; E. Harris, Sydney, Australia;
C. T. Jones, Portland; c. M. Sly, Spo-
kane; P. B. Sweeney, Spokane; R. Bald
win, Spokane; w. J. Gilmore, Spokane
H. E. Roethe, Washington, D. c.; Edg.
L. Ludwick, Kennewick; R. A. Hubert,
Moscow; F. Thomson, Pullman; E.
Neidig, Moscow; Farm Agent Kjosness,
Moscow. All the men were urged to
tie up as closely as possible with the
county agents and farm bureaus SO that
the greatest possible good would result
from all research work done The ac-
of County Agent Wade
of Lewis county and his farm bureau
came in for commentators from all
who had worked with him.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09
PEA GROWING HELPS YIELD
OF WHEAT NEXT YEAR

Ed Riley, who has farm just west
of Moscow, has very convincing DEM
onstration of the falacy of summer fall
low and the value of growing peas in
the Palouse country.
Last year he had field of about IS
acres. He planted IS of it to peas and
fallowed the balance. This year he
planted the whole field to wheat. Mr..
Riley has just finished cutting the grain.
He says that the pea ground will yield
twice as much wheat as the fallow
ground, irrespective of the fact that the
fallow ground is considered the best To-
Gated portion of the field.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09
THIS IS PAY DAY
FOR THE SOLDIERS
MEN AT UNIVERSITY GET SEV-
ERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS
MESS FUND GROWS

This was pay day for the soldiers at
the University of Idaho whe are taking
special training there. Captain Coffey
quartermaster at Fort George Wright,
Spokane, came down yesterday evening
and distributed several thousand dollars
among the men whe will leave here on
August 49, The men were paid from
the time of enlistment to July 81, in
elusive
Lieutenant DR.. kinball dentist, in
charge of the dental work for the sol
diers, left today for short visit to his
home at Idaho Falls He has a seven
days furlough and will be back here by
the time the new contingent of soldiers
arrive on August IS.
Boost the Mess Fund
The mess fund for the soldiers got
substantial boost today Mark P. Mil
Ter. of the Mark P. Miller Milling Co.,
gave check for $40 Charles E.
Wakes. the popular auctioneer, handed
IN SIS in cash C. Kressly, of Grange
vile, who had a car repaired there,
slrned in the price of the work, $3.50.
w. N Elliott, the blacksmith, gave 81 !;
and J. W. Garfield gave 50 cents This
is the largest contribution received in
single day, but the fund is still far short
of what it ought to be. There are only
six more days before the new contingent
be raised.
How Women Can Help
A Moscow natron has made a wise
suggestion that gives every woman
chance to help with this mess fund She
said: "Why can't the women make
jellies and jam and can fruits for the
soldiers mess I understand that the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09
LATAH COUNTY RECORDS

Re1.-Gared Fisher to J. F. Deweese,
r-m 6-27-14.
w. D.-Robert B. Swadener to Car
mel c. Carpenter, $1,000; lot IS, Sub
division; lot l, Russell's Addition to
Moscow.
R. M.-Amos F. Rogers to Matthew
Horrigan, $3.50; lot 46, south of Pa
louise branch of N P. Ry. Co. right-of-
way in secs. 1-16-3o-5 w (four acres) /.
Certificate-Dental, by Rollo Irving
Witty
R. M-John ~ Senior to Reeleefee
R. Tiffany, $500; due three years; 80
acres in NE IA 28-4O--4 w.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09

Rel-George c. Jewett to Charles A.
Lacy, r-m 12-20-16.
.Rel.-George c. Jewett to same, RIM
2-1o-14
R. M.-Charles A. Lacy to c. F.
Kinzie, $5,66o30; Sc IA 6-40-2, except
right-of-way; % IL acres in SW II
SW Ia 5-4O-2 W.; S IL Sc IA 28z
E IL NE 1-3 Ball.
R. M.-Charles A. Lacy to same
$500; Sc Ia 6-4o2 W., except right
of-way and private road, % IL acres
in SW Ia SW IA 5-4O-2; acres i'm
NE corner Sec. 7-4O-2.
Captain John A. Dodd will leave Mon
day for the base hospital at Custer
Mich, for active service.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09

Nc. P. Bailey, who was in charge
of the last contingent from Latah
county sent to Camp Fremont, Cali
fornia, last week, and A. T. Atwood,
his assistant have both been recon-
mended for the officers training
school and have wired to the local
board for information as to their
standing. They will be sent to the
training school from Camp Fremont.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-09

Mrs. J. Wohlgemuth, who has been
visiting her husband, of the David
store for several days, returned to
Spokane today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Variety of Experience

NOrmdn HapgoOd, in Leslie s.
 Proverbs have hard time keeping up with the complexities of truth. "A roll ing stone gathers no moss' to be sure but on the other hand. the man who knows only one subject doesn't know even that.
 A group was discussing the other day the records at Washington, since the war began. of men who had come from various walks of life: W eh profession nas. on the whole. shown most fitness for dealing with so large and changing a situation. It was agreed that a sur prising number of well known business men and lawyers have proved to be too inelastic. They knew how to do one thing we'll, but did not know how to handle situation entirely novel
 It was also agreed that the class that has done best on the whole is the high class of adventurers, so to speak: those who have led life of change. Perhaps no profession fills this definition so well as that of the engineers. Suppose we take McAdoo. Hoover and Goethals as men who have been judged big enough for the situation. although Goethals has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

But there is no wonder in the world ot industrial achievement that can com pare with that which follows careful study of the figures which tell the record made by the Steel corporation since its organization, until January 1 of this year. For in addition to these stupen- dous figures, represented by dollars, there is T further revelation of the ca pacity Of the modern men of affairs Tn the United States. The abler men of this time not only know how to think accu- rately in billions but also know how so to handle billions that the entire ma chinery of the stupendous organization moves as to stimulate all industry, do- ing this without impairing those which are also occupied with the production Of steel and iron and commodities into which these raw products are placed
 Vast o5 is the Krupp organization in Germany. it stands far below. at least in results. what the United States Steel corporation has accomplished. The man agers of this corporation regard it as a semi-public trust. and it is in part for that reason that they have undertaken the leadership in the adjustment of the relations hetween capital and labor so that ultimately friction may be elimi- mated. Here is a single industrial cor pOration whose results and operations. measured by dollars, exceeded those of the United States treasury department until the exigencies of the war made it necessary vastly to increase the reve- nues, loans and expenditures of the gov ernment Those who carefully study these statistics will find in them good reason for surmising that the managers of the corporation are looking far ahead so shat they may be ready for the opportunities and the responsibilities which American industry Will face after the triumph of the allies over Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
The Bagdad of Today
From 'The Glorious City of Bagdad
 by Dr. John F Peters. in the Amerl

From "The Glorious City of Bagdad,"
 by pr. John F. Peters. in the Ameri-
 can Review of Reviews.
 "The Glorious City'--this is the off, ficial designation of Bagdad on all Turkish documents Bagdah is glor- ious, however, only by reflection from the past. The houses of the present town are crude constructions of brick, mostly from ancient ruins, and adobe living is primitive; sanitation is non existent: the streets, or rather lanes, so narrow at times that one beast of burden fills the whole space from blank wall to wall, are seyers and rubbish heaps, and the reservoir for water supply is the Tigris river, which divides the city into two parts, just where all the filth of the city's lanes pours into it. In the business sections, the bazars. the streets are roofed over with rude screens of palm logs cov- cred with mats and reeds, as a pro- lection against the burning heat of the summer sun.
 The houses are provided with ser dabs. sort of cellar. for household resort during daytime in the long summer months. and where there is no serdab. with mats of thorny shrubs to hang before the windows and keep dreIched with water. At that season the whole town sleeps and eats on the roof, and the main middle floor of the houses. above the serdab and below che roof. is practically unused. The heat of summer is intense. and every thing is constructed to alleviate it's discomfort. consequently one suffers miserably during the brief rainy pe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
GROWTH OF THE
 STEEL CORPORATION
Ry HOLLAND

New York, April 2S.-(SpeciaL)-No re- port which tells the story Of industrial and business success either in the United States or in Europe compares with the publication made few days ago by the Wall Street Journal. whereby the record of the United States Steel corporation since it began operations to the present time is set forth in full. The many thou sands who are fortunate enough to be stockholders or bondholders and in that way owners of this corporation will find it of advantage to read the thoroughly prepared statistical tables wherein the ganization is contained.
 Others may be able to dig out some Of the meaning that lies behind these fig ures If they do they will discover first of all that the corporation, which upon it's organization became of worldwide notoriety as billion dollar corporation -the first of that magnitude--is now with respect to it's assets s2,500, GOO 900 corporation. In this respect the corpor. ation makes a record greater than that established when the first Liberty Loan was floated and a little less than the Third Liberty loan, whose Notation is now under way. It is no longer. there fore, a s1,O0o,eoO.cOo corporation. but in- stead | s2.5Oo .o0o,0Oo corporation This Is an achievement which has been made possible since the beginning of the pres ent century.
 Another feature may be disclosed to those who examine these statistics and who have opportunity also to learn what the total steel producing capacity of the entire Germai empire is. For capacity of this kind which is possessed by lhe United States Steel corporation is consd- erably greater than the total capacity of the German empire. Germany has been building up Ter steel industry fol nearly D years. The United States Stee corporation has been thus occupied since 1901. Furthermore. the aggregate capacity of this corporation is now one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

to take over the job of seeing to their proper operation
 In Bruce Barton's novel. running in the American Magazine, this passage occurs: a
 "She pressed her cluster of field flowers into my hands.
 Give 'em to him she begged. If you get chance, tell him-tell him Granny Saunders won't never forget the summer when the mills shut down and there was no work for granny. and he came and fetched her food from his own table. No one knew that granny was starving.' Ene threw back her head. and her eyes flashed. No one never would have known; I'd a' died before I'd told. But he knew Her voice broke in sob He knew everything. God rest his soul. Tell him granny won't never forget. Tell him she's praying for him: every night she'll be praying to God for him. Tell him that
 She turned and shuffled away T. took her flowers through to the lxitch- en and put them in water, hcside the great punches of blossoms that most filled the room. Hers were the ch eap- est and simplest, but I knew what they would have meant to him if he had been allowed to see them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
MILITARY POLICE AND CIVILIANS IN MISSISSIPPI CLASH Two Men Are Killed and Another Seriously Wounded Near Town
 of Ripley

New Albany, Miss, April 2S.-Two men were killed and another seriously wounded today in an exchange of shots near the town of Ripley, south of this city, between Robert Green, a farm CT, and a detachment of soldiers and civilians searching for alleged desert CTS from the army. Green and Lee Adams, civilian member of the pos se are dead, and James Conner. an- other member of the posse, is wound- cd. The shooting occurred at Greens home, three miles north of Ripley
 According to soldiers who accom- panied Adams and Conner to Greens dwelling, GreAn opened fire on the two civilians while they were parley- ing with him in an effort to ascer- tain the whereabouts of six missing soldiers who were reported seen on the Green farm. Adams was struck by the first shot fired from Greens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

only lately been used as nearly to his full ability as our system (most unsuited to war) of limited responsibility allows.
 McAdoo was once a lawyer, but after ward promoter. and then Secretary of the Treasury, before he undertook the railroads
 Hoovers life had been spent in enter prises all over the world before his work for Belgian relief gave him sudden and biz. problems, not only in distribution and regulation, but also in purchasing on a large scale, and in diplomacy.
 Goethals had many things to investi- gate and carry out in different countries before he undertook the Panama canal.
 It seems to be true that succession of varied problems fits one for an emer- gency like the present better than does a life of uniform experience. In Eng land, Lloyd George rose to the top in the stress, and has remained there. He is a lawyer who has practiced little, and is of an incalculable adventurous na- ture.
 The present head of the French gov- erDment has had stormy career in politics, Journalism, literature and revo- lution.
 Leaders in a time of unexampled tur- moil and unexpectedness must be on good terms with the unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
One Thing After Another

From Cassers Saturday Journal.
 Widow Gubbins-I be very sorry to ask 'ee for help again, zur, so soon after mo poor 'usband's death--but another pig died this mornin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
No Sense in Hating People

Christian Girl. the well known Cleveland business man, says in the American Magazine:
 "All of us who have found the way a little rough in spots are tempted at times to think i'll of somebody and to feel desire to get even. Looked at in broad way. this is not only needless but extremely shortsighted. It is wrong. just as a matter of selfish in- terest No mans system can function properly when full of hate. And why hate anybody. For. really, there is nothing personal about ill treatment. The man who has been unkind to me probably has a disposition which makes him unkind to nearly every body else. If he is mean to everybody, he will get his sooner or later. And if I. on the other hand. am decent to everybody, I am reasonably certain to be reasonably happy. The laws of retribution are mostly in the hands of the Almighty. and it is really pre- sumptuous for any individual to try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

There are many wonders of which men of science are now making revelation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
nd from the cold and damp at home

riod from the cold and damp at home and abroad. The death rate is enor- mous cholera and the bubonic plague are more or less endemic, and every one is marked somewhere with the "Bagdad date mark" the scar or boil of unknown cause, which gerer- ally attacks the stranger above. the native below. the neck.
 There is no architecture at Bagdad and few relies of antiquity. The re- mains of quay on the river bank contain bricks bearing the stamp of Nebuchadnezzar: on the outskirts Of the western town is shown a pineap- ple-topped tomb said. not quite cor rectly, to be the tomb of Zobeide, the favorite wife of Harun- -el-Rachid; there are old tiles and faience in few of the mosques, and parts of the old walls. also of brick and adobe, still exist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Good Reason

From the Baltimore American.
 She-I wonder why they call a wife's allowance pin money?
 He-Because they pin husbands down till they get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

  in
  reliable spending their but n possible with high standing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

Long fringe has been patented to be suspended from garters to save femi- nine wearer embarrassment as she climbs up on car steps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
and nne-nuarter times greater than was

and one-quarter times greater than was it's capacity when organized.
 There are a few other facts which It has been possible to obtain from the sta- tistical tables, illustrated as these have been by comments made by the Wall Street Journal. As, for instance, the ex- cess of current assets over liabilities as reported on the last day of 1917 was So25,- coo, 900 in round numbers, whereas for the last day of December. 1901, the excess current assets were only $13S. .0O0,o00 still using round numbers. In this time the corporation has expended $67l, 600 upon new construction and the acquisition of properties This sum is only little under the national debt as that was q year or two before we entered into tho war.
 Furthermore, all of the millions which were needed to provide for new con- struction and the purchase of property were taken from money which the cor poration earned. It was not necessary to borrow a dollar for this work. There in is contained when the magnitude of the figures is considered, a record unsur- passed by any other industrial corpora tion in the world. The gross receipts for the year 1917 were 1.6S3. 100000. in round numbers, and this sum is in excess by $1S3,C00,e00 of the total capitalization at the tune or the OTSanlzdtloH OL tHe corporation.
 WHAT ABRAM s. HEWITT SAID
 Shortly after the organization of Ihls corporation with capital which stag gered the imagination of all but the greatest financiers there were many crit icims, all of them based upon the sus- picion or belief that great deal of water was in this capital So again We heard almost nationwide criticism re- ferring to the putting out of large blocks of watered stocks for which the public it was said would ultimately be compelled to pay in the way of high prices for the products. Not of this opinion was the late Abram s. Hewitt. himself an iron manufacturer of great ability as we'll as a real statesman. For MT. Hewitt said: "If there is any water in the capital of the United States Steel corporation. that is sure to be squeezed out. as IS always the case when there is infusion of water into capital stock.' Mir. Hewitts prediction has been veri. fled. For the statistics make it clear that today there is not only no wateI in the capital stock, but that it is really worth far more than the market quota tion for it. Behind it stands almost lim- itless wealth in resources. in opportuni- ties and in markets.
 A WORLD WONDER There are many wonders of which men of science are now making revelation.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-12-13
Station Sunday morning for bu-
Mrs. John Workman.

Mrs. John Workman died Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at her
home on South Street, of pneu-
monia following influenza.
Mrs. Workman was born in
Carroll county about % years
ago. Besides her husband, who is
in Aberdeen, Wash, she is
survived by two lone daugh-
ter; her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Thurman; four sisters,
Mrs. Mira Parker, Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt, both Of this city; Mrs.
Polly Paris of near Mayview
Mrs. Lucy Hill of Washington,
and one brother, William Their
man Of Washington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-12-13
Mrs. M. T. Kelly.

Mrs. M. T. Kelly died Fri
day morning at 11:4O O'Clock at
her home, 1920 Franklin Street.
Her death being due to a COM
plication of diseases.
Mrs. Kelly was born near Aull-
vile, on the oath day of July,
1872, and 46 years Of age. She
was married at her nome, Octo-
Der 13, 1901, to Mr.. Kelly, who
with one daughter, Marion, sur
viye her, She is also survived by
her mother, Mrs. Annie Field,
HigginsvilLe, Mo-, and one broth
er, Charles Field, Of this city.
The funeral service conducted
by Baxter Waters, was held
from the home Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-12-13
Mrs. Arthur Meunier.

Mrs. Arthur Meunier, who liv-
cd ahou two-,fi,es south 5f lex
ington, died Tuesday night at
$3.50 o'clock, Of pneumonia fol
lowing influenza.
Mrs. Meunier was born near
Columbia, Mo-, May /, 1897. She
was married about three years
ago to Mr.. Meunier, who with
one daughter, two years of age,
survives, together with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Simmer
man; two brothers, James and
Thomas Simmerman of LeXing-
ton, and three sisters, Mrs. Max
Mills, Houstonia, Mo, Mrs. Lon
Hammond, Holden, Mo, and
Mrs. Bessie Trindle of this city.