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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-05-18

The American Red Cross is the largest and
most efficient organization for the relief OF
suffering that the World has ever seen.
It is made up almost entirely of volunteer
workers. the highest executive being withouts
exception men accustomed to large affairs, who
are in almost all cases giving their services
without pay.
It is supported entirely by its membership
fees and by voluntary contributions.
1t is today bringing relief to suffering hui
mainly both military and civil, in every War
torn allied country.
It plans tomorrow to help in the work of re-
storaton throughout the world.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-05-18
Every cent every War Relief

1t feeds and clothes entire populations in times
Of great calamity
1t is there to help your soldier boy in his time
of need.
With it's thousands Of workers, Its tremend-
GUS stores and smooth running transportation
facilities it is serving Americas advance
guard--and thus helping to win the war.
Congress authorizes it.
President Wilson heads 1t.
The War Department audits its accounts.
Your army your navy and your Allies en-
Enthusiastically endorse 1t.
TWENTY-FIVE million Americans have Joined 1t.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-05-18
What Has Your Red Cross Money Done?

I'm the first place. has enabled the American people,
through the Red Gross, to help for its army
and navy
Secondly it has enabled America to hearen her Allies
fighting forces and keep up among the civilian populations
the spirit to win the war That alone has made the American
Red Cross one the largest factors entry into the
Canteens which provided food and hot drnksmore than
million meals to soldiers in December warehouses; crammed
with materials situated all along the French ne all along the
Italian nes at seapos and places where soldiers
going to fight institutions for the care Of consumptves,
institutions for the re-educaton Of manned menhee
few of the concrete accomplishments abroad.
AT home--the millions of wooden sweaters mufers socks
and other comforts for the camps the work of sanitation
around cantonent and the and advice given dependents
Of soldiers and aos--these are things which will make you,
your children and your chdrens Children whatever part OF
the world they may be, proud Of being Americans.
Will you do yor share to keep this Hand OF Mercy
at Its work.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
THE COAL SITUATION.

It is announced that New Britain s son will be approximately 100000 net tons, of which the dealers are to re- ceive 8O,O00 tons for their customers, and the manufacturers 10000 tons. The local fuel administrator seems confident that this supply will oe adeuuate for the community. Wheth- or if will or not, it is impossible to predict at present. The main thing is that we know now what we may expect, and it is strictly "up to us' +o make our plans accordingly. Some dealers claim that consumers are backward about placing orders, while complaints are heard on the other hand that delivery difficulties add to the a,wkwardness of the situation. At ony rate. it has become necessary for customers to put in days work at ona of the yards in order to secure delivery. Under this arrangement, the price of his labor is deducted from the cost of the coal.
 The public is gradually coming to n, realization of the seriousness of the tabor shortage, and not few cus- toners have already secured their or der of coal by helping out the deal CT at the yard. It is gratifying to note that the dealers as whole are doing all in their power to meet con- ditions and to render satisfactory service.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
AMERICAN IIts AND
PRINCIPLES.

In furtherance of Americanization, those entrusted locally with this move ment have issued an attractive pla- card which impresses the reader by the intense note of loyalty which per- vades it. After setting forth life, lib erty, the pursuit of happiness, wor- ship and education as the inalienable rights of every individual, the pla card reminds us that the Government aims to secure these rights to each person in this country; it then refers to government by law, for and by the people, the abolishment of rank, domination and caste, the necessity of free compulsory education in order to maintain the freedom of the people and the nation, and concludes with a reiteration of the immortal Ameri- can principle that Every man in this planet has just as much right as yourself to the road"
 The generous distribution of such placards and of other reading matter similar in tone is bound to give great impetus to the important task of Americanizing our people
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
Gifts for Fairgrounds.
(Lowell Courier Citizen.)


 Providence is happy in bequest from a deceased wealthy citizen of $10O,000, the income of which Is to go for the improvement of parks and pIaygrOunds and the purchase of addi- tiOnal acres. We need something like this in Lowell for it is almost certain that our local parks and playgrounds never can amount to much with the appropriations vOuchsafed by the mu- nicipal council. With a generous tn- come available here the parks and playgrOunds could offer services to the community that would be of untold value not alone as a means of satisfy ing immediate need for recreation but more as an educational factor in de- Veloping the entire population to ap- preciate the beauty of nature. There is enough natural beauty in our pos sible park system here to enable Low ell to have unusual pride in it's scenic offering, but 1t can never come to pass on the mcagre sums allotted to the park department for its work. Tn these days of high costs this scantily provided department is having it's troubles.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
MIRBACH SLAYERS HID
 GUNS UNDER TABLE
Russians Concealed Reyolvers and Opened Fire When Germans At
 tcntiOn Was Distracted.

Amsterdam, July 10 Correspond cnce of The Associated Press) Rus sians who assassinated General von Mirbach, the German ambassador to Russia, concealed their weapons un- der the table over which they were conversing with the German diplomat, according to details of the killing published by the Berlin Lokal Anzeig- CT as coming from an eyewitness of the murder.
 Count Mirbach, PriVy Councillor Riesler, and Lieutenant Mueller, were seated with the two Russians at d marble table in the middle of the room" says the witness. "On one side were the Germans, and on the other the Russians All were seated in low leather chairs, which was an anVan- tage for the Russians as they were thus able to get their weapons ready under the marble table without being observed, while their victims leaning back in their chairs, offered an easy target.
 During the conversation the Rus sians began to turn over the pages of their documents as though in search of some missing papers, and the at tention of the Germans was thus dis tracted by this pause. While Count Mirbach and his colleagues imagined that the Russians were examining the documents, they had drawn out their weapons under the cover of the table.
 '"They then sprang up with reVol- vors and began firing; one Russian aiming at Count Mirhach, the other at the two other Germans. Count Mirbach was hit in the back of the head. On hearing the shots, people hurried in fronr the neighboring rooms, and the Russians thereupon took to flight, but, before spring out of the window, each of them hurled . hand grenade. Only one grenade ex- n,oded. the splinters of which hit Count Mirbach killing him immedi- ately."
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
Uncle Sam'S Policemen. (New York Sun).

Three hundred more of our Uncle SamuePs policemen have arrived in New York city to attend to the busi- ness war has imposed on that vigor- ous and thoroughly capable gentle man. The latest arrivals are of a corps not familiar to most of us, but whose representatives have been sta toned at certain spots frequented by soldiers in their goings and comings about the city. They are military police, especially Instructed in the arts of guiding bewildered wearers of khaki, of picking up stragglers and of booking the infrequent service dodgers.
 This force will cooperate with the city police and take from the shoul- ders of that notoriously overworked body some of the extra duties it has been performing without complaint and with excellent judgment for four years, and particularly duEing the sixteen months just passed. Few per sons realize how heavy and varied have been the labors of the police on account of the war. In days of
 world peace they had as much to do as they could reasonably be expected to handle; but when the emergency arose they tapped some concealed
 reservior of energy forced their in
 dustry up a few notches above it's
 normal mark and tackled their new
 jobs without questions. To the ever lasting credit of the men in blue and brass. and their commanders, it should be recorded that they accom- plished all that was looked for, and
 more, too.
 The familiar city protectors of public order hide their weapons, seek to enforce peace by gentle methods when they can, and hold in reserve their extreme authority. No doubt Uncle Sam's military police will fol- 1 low much the same course, though l their weapons will be COnSpiCuOuSly l displayed for the enlightenment of persons who may be inclined to ques- | ton their power. They are picked
 men, specially trained, with capable 1 officers. With their field of activity 1 clearly defined, unhampered by nu- | merOus duties that fall to civilian
 policemen, they will be able to take l Q great deal of work off the shoul- i ders of our overworked peace officers,
 who have earned a respite from too i arduOuS tasks.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
Tho British Fleet.
(Chica go Tribune.) )

The world is a German world ex- cept for the British fleet which is con- stantly at work, constantly alert, con- stantly meeting thrust and possibility of thrust, sending it's ships into every region of the earth's waters, meeting and cOnquering the deadliest menace a great fleet ever knew-the subIY1a- rine. Z
 Silent, but never inactive-not even when the grand fleet rides at it's station with it's antennae reached out-quiet, but never off guard the navy pre- serves the military cause against Ger many and in the end will starve, smother, and crush the army power which sought to make the world German world.
 This achievement is unilluminateQ except in patches and by flashes Amer jean troops are carried to France by the hundreds of thousands The event Is recorded Italy and France are coaled and fed. The British troops have an open highway across tho Channel. British expeditions go tn every threatened flank of the Britishe empire.
 Wherever q highway Is needed for the intercommunication of the scat-4 tered allies against Germany, that high way is cleared and made safe. By ard duous patrol in cold and stormy waM ters, by never relaxing work in th# terrible isolation of the sea, by neve% sleeping, never resting, by never re-. lentng attention to each detail bfI command and control the sea powe EA which saves the world against Ger-l many Is constantly at work andl asd every intelligent and perceptives Ger man knows, at work to the destruc-A tion of German presumption anc power. %
 Americans may glory in the accom- plishments of sea power. Maritime ac .A complishment is their heritage TheiN fleet is aiding in the destruction of theW German menace. War emergency M@ building them a great mercantile ms sz rine. They will come out of the wa with their ships on the sea again. LeM devout Americans hope that the fal will remain at sea. Power on se @ military and commercial, and a ciyi A@ ian army at home, raised, trained, an MM organized under universal service, an n the United States of America ma
 raise its head singing to the star 1 confident, secure, dignified and, as M must be, just.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
What Americans
 Can Do for AmeriCaniZatiOn

1. Win your way with our new American neighbors. Do not force yourself upon them. Help them to understand you while you try to understand them. Foster the trust of all and let them see in you fairness, sincerity and tOleration.
 2. Avoid comparison of races to their detriment; remember that all races have a native ca pacity for good citizenship.
 B.. There is a great need on the part of all the native-born for "a passion for patience" which Is inconsistent with crit cism of immigrant ignorance of our institutions or laws.
 4. Remember that the lan- guage of the immigrant is dear to him for home and religious purposes and the intimate rela- tions of his life. Respect his language and he will learn ours more willingly.
 3. Americanization is a call for the appreciation of America and the understanding of the fact that even this country is in the making. Coercfve Ameri- canization like coercive loyalty does not make for good citizen ship.
 $. Make the term "Ameri- canization" definite, signifying a common language, a common citizenship, a common standard of living, and a realization that we are al the pioneers of the America that is to be.
 7. The immigrant Is a hu- man being much as you and I, and the way you approach and treat your friends is the way to success with him.
 s 8. Practice Americanism your self and wherever you find peo- pie attacking or knocking" your government and officials give him something fine about America to think about. Sedi- tion and treason often have very insignificant beginnings.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
THE CASUALTY LIST.

Each day I read over the Casualty
 List With a terror and panic I cannot re-
 Sist; And I come to the end with a bit of
 a prayer "Thank God, none of mine have their
 names written there. Yet, each one there listed is some
 body's son, Or husband, or brother, who may
 have but one; And 1 think of the sorrow by chance
 I have missed For others contained in the Casualty
 List. And I pray a new prayer as I read it
 again God comfort wives, mothers and
 sisters of men, Who bow to the Cross so hard to be
 kissed, When their loved ones are named in
 the Casualty List" By Lela A. Sutcliff in Kansas City
 Star.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
Italy's Food Shortage.
New York Evening Sum-

Signor Agresti, who Is editor of La Tribuna, one of the most important Roman papers, told a story at a meet ing in New York the other day that it would do Americans good to ponder. He did not eNaggerate. Others have made the same report, but the average American citizen has little realization of it's meaning.
 Italy is hungry, she has even been on the verge of actual starvation. The strain was relieved a little by imports of few cargoes of wheat from us, and we are sending more. But the danger is by no means past. Listen to Signor Agresti:
 "Italy's bread is entirely black It has a basis of wheat. but contains many doubtful substitutes And of this the Italian is allowed only 25O grams Ga little less than half a pound) a day. No civilian is allowed more than 25O grams of macaroni a month, but before the war each person ate at least 100 grams day. Olive oil is almost as scarce The normal con- umption of oil per person before the war was from fifteen to twenty grams day. The allowance per person now is fifty grams a month.
 How many Americans have ever l eaten or tried to eat, black bread |? Not a fancy "health food" concoction of bran and various ornamental in- l e.redients, but the real black bread of i southern Europe? And who can inn
 agine what it means to reduce one 1 main staple of his usual diet to one l twelfth of the nolhlal 8"" ." Cut
 ting macaroni to twelfth of the usu-
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
LACK OF MORALS
 AROUSES SLUTHERANS
Youth of Both Sexes Living as
 PrOiligat0S in Berlin

Amsterdam, July 30, Correspond enCe of The Associated Press) .--The moral deterioration of the German- nation in consequence of wartime trials is greatly troubling clear minded observers of the Fatherland. The Lutheran Synod of Berlin the other day called a special meeting to discuss how to deal with the disso- lute ways of the thousands of young workers, male and female, who ha- bitually squander their high wages In riotous living and immortality. It was agreed that most of the youth
 of the country seemed to be entirely
 beyond control.
 Much has already been written
 about the unsafety of the public
 streets, and the general caIlous in
 difference to the sufferings of others.
 This seems to apply to the whole of Germany.
 Every mans, hand seems to be
 against his neighbor," the Cologne
 Gazette despairingly exclaims. and it
 devotes a whole article to the intense if latent anger of the populace at the eXtOrtiOnS to which it is subjected by the unscrupulous methods of trades men, who, in their turn are made the victims of deficient government con- trOl and the usurious practices of producers.
 Popular discontent is famed by | announcements of extravagant profits | such as those made by a meat firm which supplies the army. It oper- | ated with a capital of a million marks and in one year netted a profit of l 722, 638 marks.
 Sarcastic comment abounds in re- | spect of the newly rich who Haunt l their recently acquired wealth in the | faces of their less-favored fellow citi-
 zens. The Vulgarian who at a res l taurant calls for three times a DOT | ton of whatever is most expensive" 1 is a standing type.
 | Another feature is the phenomenal l demand for real estate by war prof. | teers whose aim is to become lord
 of a manor" The German TageS- zeitung the other day contained no fewer than 25 advertisements for country estates wanted at once, from l LOCO to 2,50O acres, price no object, although land has risen to double, and some times treble. the value of l pre-War times.
 All these things serve to embitter | the helpless poorer classes to a de- ] gree the danger of which has not l escaped the attention of the powers | that be, as witness recent arrange 1 ments made at Munster, Westphalia, 1 where the service of the clergy has l been enlisted by the official war food 1 departm to keeping down tho 1 growing popular discontent over the l food difficulties.
 Even the Rhenish Westphalian Ga= l zette, which gives publicity to this l interesting piece of news, expresses
 the fear that the last few months pre- l ceding the harvest will be an eX-
 ceedingly trying time, and for this
 reason the war food department l wishes to remain in constant touch 1 with the minor clergy, so as to have
 the benefit of their observations 1 among the people.
 With reference to this, the social-
 istic VorWa erts prophetically ex- | claims After the war there will be
 only two camps-war profteers and , out-and-out socialists"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
Pointed Paragraphs.
(ChicagO NewS)

Chicago News).
 Some dead Huns have been can onized
 The gentle quiVer of a girls voice often holds her beau.
 Good limitations are sometimes su- perior to poor originals.
 Some men can screw their courage up without corkscrew.
 Many a man is forced to play the game of life who doesn't hold single trump.
 Don't tell your troubles to po liceman unless you are looking for more trouble.
 A man will always smile at your jokes if you invite him to smile at your expense.
 Young military attaches are always willing to instruct pretty girls in the use of arms.
 The only satisfactory way to get out of a love affair is to keep out of it before you are pulled into it.
 The woman who paints her pale checks pink may look with scorn and contempt upon the woman who has occasion to dye her hair red.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
SPOTTING GERMANS
 FOR THE ARTILLERY
Radio School at Fort Monroe Teaches How to Do Trick

Fort Monroe Va, Aug. 16-"scores of German machine gun nests hidden In this wood stopped the advance of our troops but the American Artillery opened so hot and accurate a fire on them that the majority of them were silenced; the infantry then rushed the others" is often the wording of an official communique from the front in France.
 How to do that little trick is being taught in the radio school of the Coast Artillery here. Graduates of this school are trained to show the men firing the heavy or light Ameri- can guns placed several hundred yards behind the fighting line how to shell and destroy enemy batteries, bridges, railroad centers, storehouses, maSsed bodies of troop and all other resources so necessary and vital to the enemy.
 In this work the American in France have won high commendation from the French as we'll as American commanders. To accomplish this | there must be accurate observation, l correct transmission of the informa- | tion back to the artillery headquar- l ters, calculation of the range and di- l rection at which to set the guns; and | the rest is simple.
 Observations far behind the enemy l lines are made by airplanes The 1 aerial observer has a wireless sendin g l set, and back near head headquarters 1 there is a Radio Sergeant with wire 1 less receiving set. As soon as a mes l sage is received at headquarters it Is telephoned to all batteries firing or about to fire on that target.
 Telephone lines connect each bat tery with it's headquarters and each l headquarters with the next higher in | the chain of command. These tele- phone lines have been constructed, and are maintained under all difficult ties encountered In modern warfare by the Electrician Sergeants These | Electrician iSergeants also operate the searchlights that are used in night operations of all kinds against hostile aircraft and bodies of troops.
 Every time a gun is shifted, it's To- l cation on the map must be accura tely determined by survey and triangula- tion. Itt takes a specialist to do ii | and this specialist is an enlisted man trained as d Master Gunner.
 These Radio Sergeants, Electrician | Sergeants and Master Gunners are be- ing trained for this service in a twelve | weeks course at the Coast Artillery | school here. Hundreds of men are being turned out in every class Any civilian whether he be subject to draft Or not, or any enlisted man now ir the service is eligible to enroll for this ] course of training and attend the Coast Artillery School. provided he has the proper qualifications, physica ! and mental. The physical qualifca- tions are those required of all recruits for general service. The mental quail
 fCatiOns are outlined in a bulletin is sued by the Coast Artillery School which may be had for the asking. Re
 quests for this information may be made of the Director, Department of
 Enlisted Specialists, Coast Artillery
 School, Fort Monroe, Virginia.
 Course for Radio Sergeants, Elec-
 trician Sergeants and Master unners
 will begin about September 16
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17
Sailors Do Not Forget.
T.oo6OD SDpctatOr),


 In reply to an inquiry from MT. Havelock Wilson as to the attitude Of French sailors toward the Germans after the war, M. Rivelli, the secre- tarv of the Federation des Inscrits Maritimes has stated that the two hundred thousand French seamen will act with British seamen in in stituting a strict boycott of Germans after the war. MT. HavclOCk Wil7 son and our British comrades will see that we do not forget. and that we never mean to forget The AL lied and neutral Seamen have suf fered terrible things at the hands of an enemy who has violated the an cient brotherhood of the sea and has set the elementary principles of hu- manity at defiance. The German pi- rates will find that our sailors have long mema,ies, and arc resolved to exact punishment. It is useless for landsmen to moralize on the subject of foreiveness. The sailors will have their own way.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-17

a supply means just that to the aver age Italian worker.
 Italy needs our help and will need 1t with little decrease while the war lasts. In view of her sufferings. can there be any hesitancy on our part m saving all we can for export? And Italy is but one of our best allies. The need of them all is great. Any self denial on our part Is likely to be in significant in contrast to what they have done and are doing.