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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
RUSSIANS TO FIGHT
ALLIES IN NORTH
1oLsHEvlki CONCLUDE NEW
PEACE PACT WITH THE HUNS,
TURNING OVER COUNTRY.
Germany to Prevent Firms from At
taoking Russia, While 6oIsheviki
Promises to Pay Six Billion
Marks for Protection.

Washington.-A new treaty signed
In Berlin between Bolsheviki-con-
trolled Russia and Germany provides
that, II the Russians fight against the
allies in the north, Germany will guar
antee no attack against Russia by Fin
land.
Germany further guarantees that
the coasting and fishing fleets Of Rus
sia and Finland now in Russian wa
tsrs will not be molested. In return
for this the Bolshevih promise to pay
to Germany six billion marks, Of
which one billion is to be in goods
from the Ukraine, $500, 600 in gold
and paper and the remainder IN Ger
man marks or Russian gold.
This information came to the state
department In a dispatch from Am
bassador Francis at Archangel. It IL
assumed at the state department that
this il one Of the supplements to the
Brest- utovsk treaty.
1t also indicates the determination
Of Germany to utilize the Bolshevikl
to the utmost in the efforts to stem
the activities Of the allied forces, the
Czecho- Slovaks and the Don C0ssacks
and other loyal Russians.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
INDIAN WAR VICTIM
First In Troops From Arizona to Fall
In Battle.

First In Troops From Arizona to Fall
In Battle.
The first native Arizonian to lose
his life in France was an Indian, Mat
thew R. Rivers, better known at
Phoenix as Matthew Juan. who was
killed.
He was q native Pima Indian and
enlisted in a Texas unit. He was
known in California as Lucky Slim"
where he was a baseball pitcher Of
more than local reputation. He was
educated at the Sherman institute at
Riverside, Cal, and was a survivor Of
the Tuscania sinking en- route to
France.
Many native Arizona Indians have
enlisted in the army and navy here.
A majority expressed preference for
the navy, although many of them had
lived all their lives on the desert and
had never seen the ocean until they
enlisted.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
HENRY'S PAL TO HENRY
Proving That a Mule SINNERS Life is Not Exactly
A Flowery Bed of Ease

| We run right over machine gul
that was popping faster than
could cOunt-that is it was till w
run over it. There was about fifteel
: Germans in a ditch little ways OF
but l didn't see much of them.
guess they thought we'd sprun,
come kind of new tank on then
the way they beat it. !.
| About the next thing I remembe
Henry we hit another ditch and RICH
there's wrere / quit old Hardboilet
forever and l didn't feel I'd los
anything either. The wagon tipped
over and the last l saw of it then
two crazy mules was dragging it to
ward the Rine. All the chow thai
didn't slop out on the way ovel
spilled out there on top Of me.
Well Henry I laid there about ar
hour kind of stunned and while
was there I bet there was 1000
Boches passed me headed towards
Germany. Ordinarily Henry they
would have stopped and plugged me
or run a cooto thru me but they
didn't have no time for that fo1
pretty soon there was wave OF
American doughboys went by afte,
them with their shirts sleeves rolled
up and who kept telling the Germans
to come back and fight mans fight
and guess that was one of their
main reasons for running.
Well / felt like fighting some my
self by that time Henry after having
all that stew all over men and every
thing and besides was damned mad
at Hardboiled. So COPIED another
fellows gun who was one of the I'M
lucky ones and away we went.
Well Henry it all wound up by me
getting bullet in the leg. had a
nice long ride on one of them ready
made cots that you make with two
guns and couple Of blouses. I'm in
the hospital now Henry.
l know damned we'll I'll get hell
when get back to that mule skin
ners' outfit but I'm worrying about it
just as much as If a rich uncle had
died or something. I got Boche
and the fun / had was worth dozen
mules especially one like Hardboiled.
Write me toot sweet Henry.
Always your pal,
S. T. B.
: P. s. Don't ever let anybody tell
you this mule SINNERS job is nom
combatant job Henry. It's every
thing but that.
SETH T. BAILEY,
Corp. Inf.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Boys Like Dill Pickles.

Westinghouse dill pickle fits in
with soldiers idea of well-topped
meal more than a bar Of chocolate,
in many instances, Notwithstanding
the opinion held by most people that
the latter is the one side product de-
sired by men at the front and in
camps at home. The soldiers fond
ness for pickle was made known by
the war department, which announced
that, while 100000 gallons are re-
CURED for shipment overseas, it has
received bids of less than 100000.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
BEFUDDLED GERMANS 4.
FEAR ''cRAzY" YANkS
Say Americans Are Likely to
Come Over Top Any Time,
81 Spelling Things.

That the Americans present entirely
new problems to the slow-thinking Ger
mans is indicated by a letter from
Sergt. B. s. Watts to his father in
Pittsburgh. "German prisoners that
talk English tell us that the Americans
are crazy" he writes. "They don't know
what they are doing and are liable to
come over the top any time and break
up the natural order Of things.
Before the Huns started this open
warfare the whole affair was cut and
dried. First, the Germans would put
over q barrage and then attack, and
then the French would take their
turn. But the marines are liable to
go over any time, barrage or no bar
rage, which upsets the placid Ger
man very much and instills the fear
Of the American in him. They never
want to face the Americans more than
once. ,.54
"You ought to see the American
kids parading by. Some eighteen
year.old American will come piking
up the road chasing four or five
'squareheads' (Germans), and the kid
Is all smiles when he tells how the
whole smear Of Huns were on their
knees hollering 'kamerad.' These
marines are the most enthusiastic
fighters In the business.
fright back Of our position are
about twenty acres Of potatoes, but
whenever anyone tries to hoe them
along comes bunch Of shrapnel, SO
there is no chance Of loosening the
ground. 1t Is shame, all the stuff
that Is planted up here; wheat ready
to be harvested now, and potatoes
everywhere, but no one to take care
of the crop, as all the civilian popu-
lation fled when the Germans came
down."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Franse July 10, 1918.

Franse July Is, 1918.
Dear Henry:
Well Henry, you amt got nothing
on me much. I'm at the front ossie.
OF course amt quite as near as you
are maybe, but I'm SO close it amt
very healthy to go out promnodding
In no quiet country lane with a
madamoiselle on your arm like /
used to do down in the s. o. s.
Well, they was lot Of mules COM
ing up here from down in the s. o. S.
town, where I wrote to you from and
1t seems that they needed some mule
SINNERS right quick to take them up.
One morning the G. o. come over to
our company and wants to know if
there's any mule SINNERS in the
doughboys that wants to go to the
front.
Now Henry, what / don't know
about mules would fill fair sized
ensiklopedia. never even hooked
one up before, but it's almost like
hooking up tame horse and would
of done anything Henry to get to
the front. So / stepped out Of line
and pulled my hat over on one side
0AN hAAu VI opAt oAucWdy6 W give IuS
old bird good impression of the
. real thing he wanted most right
then.
Well Henry ! got to come alright
We left the S. o. s. about ten days
ago and we just pulled in. All we
had to do on the way up was to
carry water for them pesky rabbits.
I can just bet you Henry that mule
can drink twice as much water as
elephant any old day.
But the worst part of it now that
I'm up here is that I'm still q nom
combatant and am still doughboy
too. enlisted to fight Henry and
about the first time ! get chance
I'm going right up in the front line
trenches with the doughboys and
take crack at Hun.
Good luck old pal,
& n r
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
sULoARs MAY FIGHT TURKEY.
Possibility Of Conflict Between KATE
er's Allies ls Worrying
Berlin.

Observation-Disclosures reached
here from source usually reliable
that Turkey has sent large force to
the border of Bulgaria, where trouble
is brewing over division of territorial
spoils Of war between these two al
lies Of Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary.
The possibility Of conflict between
Turkey and Bulgaria is known to be-
causing serious misgivings at Berlin.
The revolutionary spirit is rife in
the Bulgarian army and among the
civilian population, according to re-
ports. The Bulgarians want more
territory and are said to be deter
mined to secure all of Serbia and
even portion of Austria. ..
They already have secured strip
off northern Turkey, including one
half of the city of Adrianople.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
BARON BURIAN PESsIMIsTIc.
Believes War Will Cost Terrible Toll
Before Peace Comes.

/, Amsterdam.-Baron Burian, the
Austro-H Hungarian foreign minister, in
addressing visiting German newspaper
men, is quoted in a dispatch from
Vienna as saying:
II am certain that this war must
cost this tormented earth terrible
amount Of bloodshed and an immeas-
urable destruction of precious possess
siOns before the end can be reached
by the military overthrow Of the
enemy, if, indeed. this at all is pos
sible."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Franse, July 10, 1918.

Hello Henry:
Well Henry I guess you are in the
big fight and are still alive. If you
are you'll get this letter alright
That rumpus the other day was the
beginning of the big fracus sure
enough.
But I guess the Germans are kind
OF sorry they started it Henry. I'm
about five kilometers nearer Ger
many than l was and from the looks
of things Henry I'll be about ten
more by morning on acct. of keeping
the supplies up to the boys.
But got lot of things to tell
about Henry. always maintained
being kind to animals was alright
and ] still do, but that old Hard
boiled sure did fool me Henry. He
wasn't no common mule, tho. He
was Boche jackass il there ever
was one. He's clean across the Rine
and in Germany by this time If he
didn't meet a two ton she'll on the
road somewhere.
Here's what happened Henry.
Yesterday morning they told be l
Yesterday morning they told me I
to the boys. So long about 5 p. x. I
started out with the chow and two
X. P's.
Well to make the story short
Henry We got up to where we could
see the smoke quite ways off and
stopped as the K. P. said he would
find M. P. to show us the way thru.
Pretty soon Henry little shell about
the size of barracks bag come along
and hit about fifty feet behind us
and Bingo! We was off to the races
Henry. kept pulling on the strings
and hollering at old Hardboiled but
/ might as well talked to the moon
or something.
Well Henry we had one little
grand chariot race for about a mile
straight ahead. The only difference
was guess is that charriots don't
spill out K. P.s and splash stew all
over the driver. And they don't ever
pass machine guns popping like hell
and waves of d0ughboys chasing Ger
mans.
1t wouldn't be right to tell all that
happened Henry. We went right
across one trench and come so near
running over doughboy colonel that
] guess he's got shell shock maybe.
Anyway he was shocked with some
kind OF shock Ill bet.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Dawson Leaves for Battle Zone.

Washington.-Henry P. Dawson,
chairman Of the American Red Cross
war council, has left for Europe. The
purpose of Mr.. Davison's second trip
to the war zone this year is to confer
with those in charge of Red Cross ac.
tivity in the allied countries 40 tllat
no step may be overlooked to meet
the increasing requirements of the
American expeditionary fcrces.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
GENE DEBs FOUND GUILTY.
Held on Three Counts Of Violating the
Espionage Act.

observation-disclosures v. Debs, charged
with violating the espionage act, was
found guilty by federal jury Thurs
day. Talking to newspaper men after
the verdict, Debs said:
1T is all right. I have no complaint
to make. 1t will come out all right in
Gods good time"
He was found guilty Of attempting
to incite INSTRUMENTATION, disloyalty,
ETC., in the military and naval forces !;
attempting to obstruct recruiting and
uttering language tending to incite,
provoke and encourage resistance to
the United States ami to promote the
cause Of the enemy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Proof Positive,

Are you sure this chicken is ten.
der?" asked the customer in the mar
ket.
Yes, think it is, sir" replied the
marketman.
"And do You know that 1t is fresh
killed." ..
"Oh, yes, SIR"
"Are you sure"
positive"
"Why are you SO positive"
Because caught 1t in my war gar
den only yesterday"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
AMERICAN DRIVE
TOWARD THE RHINE
OUR BOYS ADVANCE FIVE MILES
BETWEEN THE MEUsE
AND THE MoSELLE.
General Pershing Directs Major Drive
on Huns, Fleet Of Hundred
Tanks Manned by Ameri-
cans Leading Attack.

Paris.-The Americans are on Their
way to Berlin. The first real big all.
American offensive has demonstrated
that the American boys mean business
and that the Huns will be unable to
withstand their impetuous charges.
General Pershing on Thursday dl.
rected drive between the Mouse and
the Mosells, which will long be re.
membered by the Germans who were
fortunate enough to escape from the
cheering, fighting Americans.
One hundred tanks manned by
Americans led the charge. When it
was decided to call it days work,
10000 prisoners had been taken, thou
sands put out of commission, and an
advance Of five miles made.
Deep into the French front there,
like the head Of serpent, was stuck,
IN the early days of the war just after
the Marine, IN ugly, menacing German
wedge, twenty miles wide at It's mouth
and fifteen miles in depth, extending
to the southeast of st. Mihiel.
Upon the neck of this reptile" the
Americans pounced at o'clock Thurs.
day morning, dashing northward on an
eleven-mile front east of st. Mihiel
and eastward on an eight-mile front
north Of that town. The French,
meanwhile, tackled the spearhead on
twenty-mile front.
Fully five miles northward dashed
the American right, starting out from
the region just west of the blood
drenched priests wood" A few hours
after dawn they had captured Thiau-
court, seven and half miles from
the German border, north of Pont-a-
Mousson, and less than seventeen
miles from the citadel of Metz.
There was the point of deepest
penetration. Further west, where the
northward drive was launched from
the region just above Xivray and
Seichepray, the scenes of the first vic
torious American clashes with the Ger
mans, Pershing's troops advanced as
far as Pannes and Nonsard, capturing
both places. Here they advanced their
lines between three and half and
four miles.
The American assault on this, the
side of st. Mihiel, was de-
livered on an eleven-mile front, be-
tween the north of Xivray and Fey
en-Haye.
On the left of this part of Americas
First army the French stormed the
formidably defended Montsec, seven
miles to the east of st. Mihiel.
Tanks play leading role in the
drive. A fleet of at least 100 Ameri-
steel monsters rumbled
along ahead of the infantry, smashing
IN the German first lines as if the
marvellous defense works of twentieth
century engineering skill were paste
BOARD.
If the Americans cut through to
Vigneulles from one or both sides of
he salients, all German forces within
he pocket are doomed. From Thiau-
court to Vigneulles the distance is
'nly seven miles, while from DOM
martin to Vigneulles, the northern
American forces have less than six
niles to cover. Clear across the neck
# the wedge, via .Vigneulles and
'hiaucourt, runs the Verdun- Regieville
DAD.
The Franco-American drive, If sue
essful, threatens to outflank the
'hole German western line.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Sixteen Miners Killed

Nanaimo, B. CZSixteen miners
were instantly killed Tuesday morn
ing when the steel cable attached to
the cage in which they were being
lowered down Protection Island shaft
broke. A'
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Alleged CRATER Removed.

Sioux City, Iowa.-Councilman W.
r. Hamilton, head Of the Sioux City
public safety department, was re-
moved from office Tuesday by Dis
trict Judge e. M. Mccall. Hamilton
was charged with grating. His at
torneys will appeal to the Iowa su-
preme court.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17

DR.. Charles L. Parsons, chief chem
list OF the bureau of mines, is the gov
ernment's platinum expert and leader
of the movement to refuse to wear
platinum in jewelry while the govern.
ment is in such urgent need of it for
munitions. This metal is indispensable
to the government for the manufac-
ture Of many articles of warfare, and
yet, Doctor Parsons says, one-third of
the worlds supply has been used un-
productivity in jewelry.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Villa Shot From .Horse.

Ell Paso.-Mexicans Consul General
Andres Garcia announced Thursday
that he had received official advices
from chihuahua that Francisco Villas
horse, with blood-stained saddle, had
been captured near Satavo.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Franse, July Is, 1918.

Friend Henry:
Well Henry hooked up ole
Hardboiled and Jennett this a. m.-
them's the two mules / drew out Of
the lot Henry-and it was just like
pie.
The boys all say old Hardboiled
has bad glim and might be bad il
he wanted to, but if he is he never
let on this morning. He was just
as gentle as a kitten.
The only time he pricked up his
ears was when the guns started
shooting. l guess they must be
something doing up on the front
from the way it sounds.
Anyway Henry guess I can get
away with this mule SINNERS job
like it was nothing. The only thing
/ don't like it that l have to be non
combatant all the time and can't
fight like want to. But it's whole
lot better than being back in the S.
O. S. at that Henry.
So long Henry,
S. T B.
P. S. Before l turn this over to
the sensor I'll tell you some more
about old Hardboiled. I went out
this a. m. to where l got him anch-
ored down to.a captured German can
non and what do you hink he pulled
off Henry? He laid his old grizzled
nose over on my shoulder just as
tho he was kitten. | amt no more
afriad of him now than lam a cat.
You can say what you please
Henry but it takes gentleness To get
an animals goat. Treat that mule
right and he'll treat you right Henry.
l could handle any kind of mule the
army has got on it's books and get
away with it because I got a mack
of handling them with kindness.
Well Henry there goes mess call.
l missed some calls in this army all
right, but that's one call I don't
miss only here it ought to be called
stew call because stew is what we
get.
1 S. T. B.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
HORSE HAS HIS DAY AGAIN
Gasoline Restrictions Bring Out Carts
and GIGS In Britain.

1aSoiiHe RESTRICTIONS brin0 Out Carts
and Gigs In Britain.
The petrol restrictions have brought
joy and profit to the dealers in dog
carts, gigs, traps, carriages and other
horse-drawn conveyances in Great
Britain. Prices have been going up
steadily for the last six months, until
vehicles which were for disposal at
firewood prices owing to the vogue Of
the motor are now fetching more than
they cost when they were new.
The cost Of redecorating these rel
les Of the prepetrol period is also ad.
vancing by leaps and bounds. It was
stated during county court case the
other day that it cost $50 to paint q
van. $40 more than its original nrics.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17

Prominent Utahn III at Capitol.
Washington. - James Il. Movie.
first assistant secretary of the treas
ury, who was appointed from Salt
Lake, Is at Providence hospital in this
city, suffering with what has been d.
agnosed to be an attack Of appendi-
citis.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Fined for AppIaudina In Court.

Cleveland.-For having applauded
In court during the opening session o.
the trial of Eugene V. Debs, on a
charge Of having violated the espion-
age act, Rose Pastor Stokes, Mrs.
Margaret Prevey and J. J. Fried were
fined $25 and four others $40 Tues
day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Too Much to Ask.

"Would you advise boy to study
the classics" ~.
eyes, If he has the time. But it
seems hard to expect him to take
his mind off what's going on right
now and 60 away back to the fall Of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
President Signs "Dry" Resolution.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson on
Thursday signed the joint resolution
passed by congress, empowering him
to establish prohibition zones around
shipyards, munitions factories and
other war industries.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Twelve Killed In wr.ck

Alliance, Neb.-Twelve persons arc
reported dead and nearly a score =.
!ureo IN a collision between Burlinr.
ton train No. 43, westbound with .
WORE train near Birdsall Siding, sew.
sral miles east NJ horo r,.,s. Wv
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17

TcpOTLeu lH SOOu COuulllOu.
William Gwin, a prominent farmer
near Shoshone, for many years a resi-
dent Of Lincoln county, died suddenly
last week. Mr.. Gwin was feeling i'll
and started to take a bath at his
home. He tainted while in the tub
and never regained consciousness.
Down in Bear Lake county winter
wheat harvest is just nicely under
way and spring wheat is ripening
fast. Up in Spokane valley, Kootenai
county, farmers are busy seeding win
ter wheat. Recent rains have put the
soil in excellent condition and an ex-
ceptionally large acreage will be sown
in that county.
At a special election called to vote
a special tax for the maintenance Of
the high school in Jordan valley, the
vote was 26 to in favor Of the tax.
Organization for the fourth Liberty
bond campaign, beginning September
% in Twin Falls, has been completed
by the appointment Of boards Of as
sessment for each district into which
the city is divided for this purpose and
the naming Of corps Of saleswomen.
Arrangements are being rounded in
to shape for the first real farm power
school ever held in southern Idaho. 1t
will be during the state fair at Boise,
September % to %, under the super
vision of J. G. Wooley Of the depart
ment Of farm engineering, University
Of Idaho