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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-17

eminent is not aiming alone or ever
primarily at the revenue to be de-
prived, but fully as much as the i'm.
portant feature of giving the man
also woman and child-a chance tC
put together his small savings through
the means of the most clever scheme
yet devised, and establish habits OF
thrift which are and will continue to
be of inestimable importance to him
self and his country.
At the same time he is, to the ex-
tent of his ability, directly loaning
his surplus to the government for the
prosecution of the war and definitely
participating in the problems and
burdens of his government.
What finer present could one make
to a child than to present him with
a thrift card with few 25-cent stamps
upon it? Or if the child is large
enough to earn money and save it, or
could be induced to do so, give him
a war-savings certificate with a So
| stamp upon it as a starter, and thus
set him on the road of intelligent sa-
| wing and the accumulation of surplus
put into the safe keeping of the Uni
ted States treasury, and automatical-
ly increase it.
Now, it might not be either conven-
lent or safe to send a loose savings
stamp because it might be lost or
mislaid before being attached to the
certificate. In this connection the
question was submitted to the office
of the Idaho headquarters as to wheth-
er it would be possible for a person
in one town to buy savings stamp
and have it attached to a certificate
made out in the name, and with the
proper address of another person in
another part of the country. This can
be done, and the treasury department
urges that every effort be made to
haye this known, and to urge that this
be done as the best possible kind of
giving.
1t is hoped and confidently believed
that every child in the state of Idaho
will have thrift card which he will
fill with 25-cent stamps and convert
it into savings certificate. This mat
ter will be taken up in every school
house in the state, and the slogan will
be, mot pupil without a thrift
card" and also mot an adult or fam
lily without a savings certificate"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-17

frontier into Holland wearing no I'M
derclothing and women wearing only
a mantle. They were on their way
to supplement this rather scanty
rainment at some Netherlands store
near the border, thence to return
homeward clad in genuine wooden or
cotton underclothes instead of the sub
titute materials wherewith Germany is
in these days arraying ITSELF To
counter this method of procedure, the
customs authorities have adopted the
novel method of stamping the
of all persons who reg
ularly or frequently cross the frontier.
If such travellers are subsequently
found wearing unstamped clothes,
these treated as Struggled goods.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-17
VALUE OF THE THRIFT STAMP
By JAMES H. FORNEY

Our Uncle Samuel is giving the rank
and file of us, in this war savings GER
tificate plan, the best chance to save
and invest small sums of money that
has ever been offered in the financial
history of this or any other country.
Furthermore, the government consi-
ders that this is the finest way to as
moters and tricksters of all kinds
have been after without let-up, knows
a fine thing when he sees it.
One of the greatest weeklies of the
country in it's last issue commented
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-17

editorially on the war savings certifi-
cate plan, expressing it's opinion that
were it not for the limit set upon the
amount that any individual could buy
at any one time or could own in total,
the larger financial gentry would soon
take up the bulk of this small issue
and would leave very little of it for
us of smaller means in whose behalf
the plan was originated and carried
out.
This is undoubtedly perfectly true,
and we should not lose sight of the
fact that through this plan our gov
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-17
HOW TRICKY GERMANS GET
WOOL ACROSS THE LINE
Come Out Practically Naked and Ge
Back from Holland Wearing
Good Clothes

THE HAGUE, Netherlands Endless
are the tricks of the smuggler. Prior
to the advent of cold weather, Ger
mans had been discovered crossing the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
MAID OF FORDS A HEROINE.
King and Queen Praise Girl Who
Saves Life in Air Raid
Wreck

London. March 13-The death Of
lean woman who wrote Keep the
Home Fires Burning" one of the
most popular marching songs of the
British army, and her crippled son,
Walter. was a pathetic incident of
the German air raid on London.
They died under the wreckage of
their home.
A maid, Annie Coxall, by a re-
markable display of courage, saved
the life of Mrs. Ford's mother. Mrs.
Brown, Sc years old. The king and
queen sought out Miss CoXall at the
scene of the explosion Saturday and
expressed their warm admiration for
her heroic behavior.
Mrs. Ford and her son were in
bed in adjoining rooms on the sec
ond floor of a four-story house in a
long block of substantial brick
structures at the time of the raid
A bomb appears to have hit the
roof close to the partition wall di.
viding the Ford house from the adj
joining building. 1t shattered the
roof and upper floors, which grad
ually collapsed with part of the wall
The heavy beams and brick wall fell
through the building, envelopine
the chambers occupied by Mrs. Ford
and her son. They were thus inpris
oned for several minutes before the
second floor collapsed under the
weight Of the wreckage, carrying
them to the first floor. and then af
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
HOW TO PREVENT
APPENDICITIS

Appendicitis is primarily due to the
poisons formed by decaying food in the
bowels. It is disease caused by i'm
proper and insufficient bowel elimina-
ton. Many people have only small
passage in the center of the bowels.
while the sides are clogged with old.
stale, fermenting matter. They may
have bowel movement every day, but
it Is not complete movement and the
old stale matter stays in the system to
ferment and cause trouble. Besides
appendicitis such unclean bowels cause
headaches, stomach trouble and 30 per
cent Of all other sickness. The old foul
matter sticking to the sides OF the
bowels often stays in for months, pol
soning the body and causing that list
less, tired feeling known as auto in
toxication."
HOW TO AVOID TROUBLE.
The way to avoid sickness and to
keep feeling full Of ambition Is to watch
your bowels. Just as you keep the
outside of your body Clean you should
also KEEP THE INSIDE CLEAN. 1t
is even more important to keep the
bowels clean than it S to keep your
body washed, because the millions of
pores in the thirty feet Of bowels
quickly absorb poisons generated by
decaying food left carelessly in the
bowels. Don't allow the old, ferment-
ing, filthy stuff to stay in your bowels
for weeks but GET 1T OUT and keep
| it out. Remember, filthy bowels are
the cause of most sickness-no stom
ach, liver or any other organ can do
it's work with a foul cesspool sending
out gases and poisons. Even II your
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

bowels move slightly each day. that Is
not enough. There must be an occo-
sional THOROUGH, complete cleans
ing to rid your system of all accurnu-
lated, decaying matter.
HOW TO CLEAN BOWELS QUICK.
The MOST COMPLETE bowel clean
ser known Is mixture Of buckthorn
bark, glycerine and ten other fngredi-
ents, put UP in ready prepared form
under the trade name Of Adler-i-ka-
This mixture Is so powerful bowel
cleanser that it ALWAYS does its work
properly and thoroughly. 1t removes
foul and poisonous matter which other
cathartic or laxative mixtures are un-
able to disiodga It does COMPLETE
job and it works QUICKLY and with
out the least discomfort or trouble. 1t
Is so gentle that one forgets he has
taken it until the THOROUGH evacua-
ton starts. It Is astonishing the great
amount Of foul poisonous matter a
SINGLE SPOONFUL Of Adler-i-ka
draws from the alimentary canal
matter you would never have thought
was in your system. Try 1t right after
a natural bowel movement and ,sotice
how much MORE foul matter will be
brought out which was poisoning your
system. In slight disorders such as
occasional constipation, sour stomach,
.gas on the stomach" or sick headache,
one teaspoonful brings relief almost
INSTANTLY. Adler-i-ka is the MOST
THOROUGH bowel cleanser and anti
septicizer ever offered in ready pre-
pared form. 1t is a constant surprise
~ oao,Ja who have used only ordinary
bowel ind stomach medicines and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
PREFER LIFE IN TRENCHES.
American Sentry Expresses Senti.
ment of Sammies Who Want

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
With the American Army in
France. Feb. 14.-Here's an incident
that happened in a little she'll spat-
tered town in the rear of our lines
which shows how the American sol
der feels about life in the trenches.
1t was just at dusk. A lone sentry
was walking UP and down in front
of an abandoned church, upon the
door of which was a little printed
sign conveying the information that
in the event Of gas alarm the
church bell should be rung for a
minute 1t was the sentry's duty to
pull at the bell rope should occasion
arise.
He was plastered with mud from
head to foot. A substance not unlike
red mortar was ground into his put
ties. There was a dent in the can
teen swung at his waist, the top Of
his shrapnel helmet bore red, muddy
stains: his face was covered with a
growth of about three days of hair.
Failing to see a passing captain of
artillery, he did not salute. The cap
tain asked him few pointed Ques-
lions, gave him a few pointed in
structions about saluting and passed
on.
Good Lord" remarked the SEN
try, Il have been out of the trenches
days now and | am going back
tonight perfectly happy. There used
TO be a time when l thought a trench
was about the last place on earth to
spend q week or so. But l have
changed my mind There is that Off
Ger. for instance. l ran into him on
the line not long ago and he was
nice as could be. Now because I did
not see him catch h.
Yes sir, give me the trenches
every time. like EN-. I would rath-
er be in a front line trench than any
other place I know of in France.
There is something doing there all
the time and man is man and
knows it.
Next time we are relieved l think
I shall ask if l can't stay with the
relief I don't want to come back
here again and stand guard over the
end of bell rope where there Is
nothing going on. Nearly every man
| know feels the same way about it.
They would pick the line every
time"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

and now our danger comes from un
its and very small groups. We can
not make light Of this development
all the same, for the Germans have
formed the habit Of running theil
raids in kind Of Indian file, GROUP
after group coming over to England
and each endeavoring to send one OF
more machines over London.
The single or small group OF raid
ers Is most elusive and no agency
yet put into practise has been able to
stop this form OF attack. The heaviest
barrage is Jumped over by darinS
pilot and, so imm enSs iG the sly
space and so defective is visibility at
night that great fleets of pursuers
often fail TO bring him down.
"But our airplanes are growing
more skillful in breaking up the
fleets and with further experience,
aided by more libertl use of very fast
machines. we should be able to give
every solo raider a terrific chase
from the coast to London and back
again. For this chasing we require
the best brain work, coupled with a
lavish supply of the best machines.
Until this system is carried to per-
lection we must continue our gum
merry Darrage.
THE object of this fire is not so
much to hit the raider as to drive
him very high as thereby we force
him to come rather lightly loaded
with bombs and in addition his ac-
curacy of aim is diminished
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
AIR RAIDERS UNCHECKED
MasSed Fleets unsuccessful But
Small Parties Run blockade

small Parties Kun blockade
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence }.
London, Feb 26.-"Both the Ger
mans and ourselves have to admit
that neither guns nor defensive
planes can always stop a raider who
knows his business and is equipped
with first class machine gun"
writes an aerOnautical expert com
menting in the Evening Standard on
the recent air raids on London.
The intensive battle-barrage in
Flanders is crossed and recrossed in
cessantly by airplanes Our raids on
Mannheim and other German towns
show that the enemy cannot bar our
machines from reaching their OBJ
jective and the recent raids indicate
that Germans can penetrate the Lon
don defences.
But there is a tremendous change
in the conditions governing the raids
as compared with those existing less
than a year ago Of the many air
planes which may now approch Lon
don very few indeed get through.
The massed fleet raid has given
away to attacks by single machines
OF very small groups. Never again
are we likely to have the humiliat-
ing spectacle of big formation OF
enemy machines moving with impun-
ity above our capital.
I'm this respect we have reduced
the danger very considerably, for
with modern bombs and modern i'm
provements in bomb releases, a fleet
Of raiders could now do terrible
damage in London. The massed at
tack has been broken up, however
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
BAGS THIRTY-FIRST HUN.
French ACE of Aces" After Record
Made by Guynemer.


Made by Guynemer.
Paris. (By Mail Lieutenant
Nungesser, who became the French
"ace Of aces" after the death of Cap
tain Guynemer. has just brought
down his thirty-first enemy machine.
News OF his latest exploit is hailed
with delight by the French Press, be-
cause it comes after months Of COM
parative inactivity on his part, dur
ing which he has been recuperating
from the effects OF serious injuries
received in an automobile accident.
Nungesser's ability as an aviator
coupled with his numerous injuries
and remarkable recuperating powers
is rapidly gaining for him the title of
"superman." He has been repeated
ly injured since the beginning of the
war and twice the French army
physicians have classified him as
unfit for further service" but his
robust constitution and strong will
power have enabled him to overcome
all obstacles and he has steadily
found his way back to the escadrille
During one Of his periods Of CON
valesence" at Dunkfrk he brought
down nine enemy machines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

ter another pause to the basement.
They died probably from suffoca-
ton. They are the first Americans
to have lost their lives in an air raid
on London.
The two upper floors Of the house
were occupied by another family. all
of whom were killed. Mrs. Ford's
mother, Mrs. Brown, occupied a
room on the first floor, directly un-
der Mrs. Ford's chamber, while be-
meath her in a small basement bed
room was Annie Coxall. The maid, a
strong English country girl Of %,
ran up the narrow basement stairs
to help the aged Mrs. Brown. She
found the old lady half out Of bed
and dragged her through the col
lapsing walls down the stone stairs
and into the basement bedroom.
Then the maid laid her on the floor
close to the wall. pulling the narrow
cot bed over her as a protection and
placing upon this two heavy oak
doors in a slanting position, which
she hoped would defect the falling
debris.
Failing to reach the upper part of
the house again in answer to the
cries of Mrs. Ford and her son,
which she heard again and again,
she had barely time to crawl under
the bed beside Mrs. Brown when the
final collapse came.
The aged woman and the maid
were almost suffocated, but two
hours later they were rescued. An
ME Coxall tried to re-enter the ruins
70 IN tl,n M
persuaded to go to little flat few
blocks away which she had rented
a short time before in preparation
for her marriage, March rs. to a
British soldier of the Royal Engin-
GERS.
Annie Coxall does not think she
has done anything heroic. She be-
walls her inability to rescue Mrs
Ford and her son and regrets the
| loss of her entire rousseau, which
she had been preparing for nearly a
year. Nobody could have been more
surprised than she when King
George and Queen Mary called up.
on her personally and told her how
greatly they admired deeds such az
she had performed.
Mrs. Ford and her son had lived
in England for more than twenty
years. The words of many of the
most successful English popular
songs in recent years are from hel
pen. Shortly before her death she
wrote what she called an Anglo-Am
erican song, I'VE Are Coming, Moth.
er England" which has been adapt
ed to the tune of Tramp, Tramp
| Tramp, the BOYS Are Marching"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

actively discussed in Japan with
hopes OF encouraging trade with thd|
central powers. If England, FranceV
and America wage an economic warf
Japan, the paper contends, will have
an excellent opportunity of MONOPOLY
izing the whole central European
market to an extent which hitherto
was impossible owing to competition
Japan, 1t says, has no hatred against
Germany, like France and BelgiumI
and the fact that nations of all colors
have been called to fight in Europeg
should serve to diminish antipathy
for the colored races. 1t proposes ara
alliance of the yellow and whitdI
races. The paper proceeds to praisgI
Japan's independence. Her Target
fleet and large army, 1t says, shouldl
protect her power, and the best wayil
to spread her influence is to MANI
tain her rights to emigration. (This,
obviously is an. allusion to the Unit-A
ed States.)
From this article it is clear that
Germany considers that Japan will
be useful after the war, and that she
is also making another effort to
plant shaft of commercial jealousy
among the allies.
Russian Engines for Use Here.
Within the next month or two a
number of engines originally built
for use in Russia will be in service
on American roads. 1t will take about
that time to change the gauge of the
locomotives from the Russian 5-foot
6-inch to the American 4-foot Sh
inch track, and to make the necoo
sary changes in the cylinders. These
engines are part of an order foP
1900 engines placed last year with
the American Locomotive works for
account of the Russian government,
payment to be made from moneys
loaned Russia by this government. In
other words, the United States prac-
tically guaranteed payment. Each
company took $50 engines. But as
result of the events in Russia during
the last few months, only a few of
these engines were actually COM
pleted, or somewhere between 100
and 200. Baldwin, it is understood, !
never started operations on it's share
of the order at all, while American
locomotive completed the first
months schedule
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
German Hate Turns Upon Y. M. G. a.

D
The Germans, who by insidious
propaganda so weakened the morale
of the Italian army that they were
| able to break through their lines,
now are centering their attack upon
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton in France as first step toward
breaking the morale of the armies
facing them on the west. Warning
of this danger was sounded yester-
day by the Rev. Allan MacRossie
from the pulpit of st. Andrews Meth
odst Episcopal church, Sixty-sixth
street, near Columbus avenue.
DR.. MaeRossie was member OF
the clerical commission sent over to
learn the spiritual needs of the AM
erican eXpeditionary forces. and in
that capacity had opportunity to
study the methods of the Y. M. G. A.
and to learn things at first hand. He
said yesterday that he did not hold
brief for the Y. M. c. A., for he
felt that when an organization had
received 100000 900 from the peo-
pie the people had right to know
about the work to which they had
contributed. His talk was, he said, a
reply to unjust criticism.
do you know. my friends, that
Germany has already begun to sing
its hymn of hate against the Y. Nj. C.
-" he asked ITO tell you this is in
itself to show that the y. NJ. G. A.
deserves we'll at our hands.
1.-The Germans realize t h
strengthening of the morals Of the
morale of the French armies that
has grown out of the work of those
secretaries who are working over
there The German guns are now
trained upon the Y. NJ. c. A. huts,
and every effort is being made to
smash them out of existence"
AS recognition of the good that
grows out of the Y. M. c. A, DR..
still in Russia waiting for the time
when their huts may be reopened.
in France when our boys went
over there first the officers were at
a loss what to do to keep them from
becoming home sick" he continued.
They drilled them very hard, but
after the strenuous life they had led
in preparation this was found to be
too much. Then they tried letting
them do nothing. The army had ask
ed the Y NJ. c. A. to help and the
officers turned to the same place for
help. The French found that the Y.
N. C. A. was broad enough, faithful
and earnest enough to believe that
that was good for the men
was Christianity. They saw the needs
and undertook recreation centers. I
visited many of these and saw just
what was being done"
After describing the routine work
of day DR.. MacRossie continued:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
ATTEMPT TO BETTER FRENCH
75s GIVEN AS REASON FOR
FAILURE OF AMERICA.
EXPERIMENTING PUTS BIG
ARTILLERY MONTHS 6eHINO
After Nearly Year of War Not One
Field Piece Is Produced - Modified
Gun Found Too Delicate to With
stand rements-Sirpiane Pro-
gram Asa Tagging.
gram Asa Lagsins.

Washington, March 14.-Long
delay in the manufacture of artillery
for the American army in France
has resulted through failure of eX-
periments of the war department to
improve the French - millimeter
gun. it became known here.
Modified French IS failed to pro-
duce the results expected when test
ed by army ordnance experts. The
war department now has taken up
quantity production of the IS MILL
meter guns along the lines OF the
original Franch plans, but the delay
has placed the ordnance department
months behind.
Airplane Program Tagging
The failure of the shipping pro-
gram to meet expectations has been
brought out in the senate military
affairs committee hearings. This
committee now has learned that the
airplane program has fallen far be-
low expectations and that the Amer
lean forces in France are using
field guns furnished them by the
British and French, IL months after
the United States entered the war.
Instead of beginning manufacture
of these guns on the French plans,
the war department decided it would
build a gun of its own that would be
better. Secretary OF War Newton D..
Baker gave his approval TO a series
OF experiments.
Modified Gun Too Delicate.
After months OF experiments the
modified 70 millimeter gun was pro-
duced. When tested before an army
board. il was shown that its mech
anism was so intricate and so deli
cate that it could not stand more
than few hours OF rough usage.
The war department then aband-
oned the gun and decided to begin
the manufacture of the French gun.
None of these French guns has been
completed yet, but production is I'M
der way. There is promise that man
ufaCture upon an extensive scale
may be assured at a comparatively
early date.
Just as field guns were promised
within the first year of the nation S
preparation in the war, so thousands
OF alrpldneS were promised Inc year
will end on April 6, and by that
time members OF the senate mill
tary affairs committee have been
told, the airplane production will be
only 10 per cent of the number of
planes the allies had been promised.
Members of the senate committee
have been discouraged by the revel-
ations of delays, but they believe the
next six months will show improve
ments III all lines of activity.