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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
Health Commissioners of New York City Tells
Why He Kept Theatres Open During
the Recent Flu" Epidemic

the letter Dr. Pr II tss
Motion Picture Industry:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
City Of New York p
100 Street
New York
December II, 1918
National Association the Industry,
Times Building City.
Gentlemen:
pleased with to furnish with
regarding relation the theatres the motion
know eadfastly Of the opinion that
in would be folly obtain relief
the oa a When the tn
permitted There doubt mind
regarding the the well ventilated sanitary theatre but
did serious objection allowing the insaniar
continue Every place
found closed Immediately and allowed
until the alterations and improvements made
In experience City, where
rate
decision the theatres wisely made.
The moving picture theatres great
Department furtheng public
epidemic Managers Of the various
talks before the opening Of each performance advising
coughing and expectorang In motion
theatre the city flashed the with appeals
stamping epidemic Managers their audiences to the
number Of that could be seated and prohibited smoking
the period of the epidemic.
My principal purpose keeping
City the spread Of panic and hye thus
protect which
1t to physical ills.
Properly operated maintaining
York City notably
hysterical Of calamity during epidemic and firmly
that would have been unwise have closed them
truly
(sgned) R. 8. COPELAND, Commissioner.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
THE EDITOR SUGGESTS
Chapter III.


In chapter one I did not quite
finish the suggestions about how the
nublic can improve the service al
the post Office.
The busy hours in the BlacKtoot
office are from about three I'LL six
in the afternoon, and people fVlns
In town who have packages 10 reg
ister or other business at the oInce
that REQUIRES much of the time OF
the postal clerks, would heip the ser
vice and make it easier for the cieahs
If they would 60 to the post oInce
earlier in the day. Four mali trains
hiring in mail near the close OF the
day. and that keeps all hands ousy.
In addition to that, q rush OF pack
age and money order work al the
windows adds to the pressure OF pusl,
ness. and makes it hard Tor ali' anu
increases the chances for mistakes
There is so much writing and re-
cording to be done in connection WIN
some of the packages ana leIters'
that it is simply impossible to Inisn
II all up at 6 o'clock, so they nave
to choose between working overtime
for nothing, missing meals and IN
terrupting their affairs generally OF
leaving the unfinished work Till next
dav When that Is done 1t often de-
laws shipments 80 there Is disappoint-
ment among the senders. Inc
remedy is to deliver such mail earlier
in the day or wait until the next
morning.
Don't Mix the Work
In Offices of this class, the de-
livery window is closed while mai
is being distributed and persons nav
ing cards saying, Call for package
too large for box" often present the
cards at the stamp window or the
money order window and ask to be
served. To do this would be to have
that clerk leave his work and the
things he is responsible for and go
to another section and disturb what
another person has in charge ana Is
responsible for. Such interruption
is not satisfactory to either clerk
and they decline to act upon sucn re-
quests.
Don't But In
Nearly everybody is agreeable and
thoughtful in dealing with the postal
clerks. There are inst a few who
|seem to feel that they ought to be
waited on in advance Of others OF
out of their turn, especially when
they merely want to buy stamps, but
this interrupts other transactions
and besides being offensive to the
other patrons, it increases the
chances of making mistakes, and thai
ia serious. A good many girls and
women delay matters, bless theil
hearts, by getting up to the window
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
MEN OPEN
STORE AT SHELLEY

The Graham-Boyle Hardware COM
pany is the new firm that will open
hardware store in a new building
just completed at Shelley by the
Moore Real Estate company
Neil F. Boyle and Ellis Graham of
Blackfoot are the owners. and Mr..
Graham will be manager. Mr.. Gra-
ham was in business at Aberdeen and
sold out to enter the army. Since
the signing of the armistic he has
been getting into business again, and
will open the new store the first Of
February.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET

The regular session Of the county
commissioners comes on the second
Monday in January, which in this
case will be the sixteenth, and the
county officers will be sworn in at
that time.
The new board consists of M. A.
Fugate Of Aberdeen, James Christen-
sen of Jameston, and R. G. Bills Of
Blackfoot. It is likely that the new
board will organize with Mr.. Bills
chairman, since it Is customary and
most convenient to have the chair
man at the county seat.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
WANTS A GROCERY BUSINESS

T. e. Roy, a former resident Of
Blackfoot, but now of Golden City,
Mo-, is here looking for an oppor-
tunity to get into the grocery busi-
ness. i
Mr.. Roy left here about ten years
gao and has been farming in Mis-
souri, and doing we'll. His daughters
have grown up and would like to
get into business in the old home
town.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
THE LEGISLATURE CONvENEs

The Idaho legislature will convene
on Monday, the sixth Of January, and
members from this county are plan
ming to go to the capital city the
later part Of this week.
The members from Bingham are
William A. Lee Of Blackfoot for the
senate, and Soren Yorgesen Of Shell
ley and Lewis Robbins Of Moreland
for the house.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31

to telephone Mr.. Manwaring at
phone 417r1 or write him at Black
foot route /. He will gladly receive
suggestions and tako pleasure in
answering questions.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
VISITS BLACKFOOT

Lieut.. M. H. Estabrook came to
Blackfoot Saturday after having
been discharged from the colors and
visited with friends, leaving Monday
morning for Ogden, where he has
accepted q position.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31

Miss Leona Williams came home
from Albion the last of the week,
where she has been attending school,
to spend the holidays with her par
ents.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
QUARANTINE AT MACKAY

A quarantine has been established
at Mackay and persons desiring to
20 into the town are required to show
q Doctors certificate Of health.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31

Continued on page eight
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Builders Of Highways
Discuss Aid in War
McAdoo Promises Co-opers
tion in Transportation Of
Materials

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The exen.
tive committee of the American Assn
citation of State Highway Officials md
here to-day to discuss road buildi,::
and maintenance rs a means of assiss
ing in the successful prosecution d
the war.
At previous meeting. held at Rtk
mond, the highway officials adops
resolutions asking Director General d
Railroads McAdoo to outline defnla
policy for road and street constructs
and maintenance and to furnish freg.
cars for transportation of necesssr
materials.
To-day the Director Generals repi
was submitted, ;promising that til
Railroad Administration would G.
operate by tran porting as prompt
as possible mat eTals for CONSTRUCTS
of national highways designatetby th
Agricultural Department as Of milits7
or economic necessity.
f. p. Gotf. chairman of the Commit
tee on Capital and Investment OF tht
Federal Reserve Board. addressed thl
meeting, explaining that the board fs
vored the confinement Of state, county
municipal, corporate and indiyidus
financing to projects contributing 4
the successful prosecution of the wa
or which We're, necessary for pubAI
health and welfare.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Camp Upton Officers
Prepare for Parade
Pending Official Permission Gen.
Johnson Selects Units

CAMP UPTON, n. v. Feb 1A.-Al-
though official permission for the
parade of the National Army troops
here through New York City on Wash
irgtons Birthday has not yet been re-
ceived from Washington, Major Gen
eral Johnson has begun to select tho
units which will be assigned to the
review.
SO far only one selection has been
made. The men of Battery A, 305t,
Artillery, were elated this afternoon
when they were informed that their
organization would surely march III the
parade.
Commanders Of several organizations
are so eager to get their organizations
into the parade that they have offered
to march to any point on the north or
south shore branches of the Long ISL
and Railroad and entrain there for
New York, since the Camp Upton
b~nch cannot care for more than
10000 men.
Following the parade military ball
will be held in the 7th Regiment Ar
mory on the night of Washington's
Birthday. The grand march will be
led by Mrs Charles S. Whitman and
General Johnson
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Army of 100000
May Be Programme
Baker Discusses Appropriation
Bill Before House Com
mittee

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Secretary
Baker, before the House Military Com
mittce, to-day discussed the pending
army appropriation bill in executive
session. The Secretary's testimony
was described as being Of a highly
confidential character.
Secretary Baker elaborated his Sem
ate committee testimony with more
details. He did not indicate finally
what the military programme as to
numbers Of men for the coming fiscal
year would be, but estimates before
the committee which form the basis
for the pending bill, contemplate l.
100000 officers and men altogether,
with base appropriation approximate
ing S7,700 100000
So far the Secretary has not indi
Gated just what change in these fig
ures should be made, and he advised
the committee not to report the bill
finally until it was decided how many
men should be embraced in the com
ing years programme.
The Senate Military Committee will
meet tomorrow to consider miscellane-
GUS army measures, and, Chairman
Chamberlain said. date may be fixed
for vote by the committee on the
War Cabinet bill Administration OPP
position is said to leave the commit
tee evenly divided, and, if tie vote
results, the bill could not be reported
! Senator Chamberlain expects to
speak soon in answer to criticisms Of
his course.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
f rench and British
AsUoif First Rlou
OF Gevsaaesa Drive
Associated Press Correspondence


FRENCH FRONT, Feb. Like two
boxers seated in opposite corners, tax
ing deep broaths and being spongcd
down while awaiting the next round.
the German and Franco British armies
in France and Belgium are preparing
foi the reopening of the gigantic
struggle which went on throughout
1917 and ceased only temporarily when
time" was called by winter.
Each army probably has a fairly ac-
curate idea of the others strength,
The French and British know they have
facing them 1855 German divisions
eightyfve of which are in front of
the French and seventy in front of the
British lines. Since this dispatch was
written there has been d considerable
increase IN the German strength on
the Western front A cable last night
from tins same correspondent said the
Germans now had o., the Western front
Us divisions, or about 100000 men.
10 give the total forces on the Allies
side might possibly afford some indi.
cation to the enemy.
Whence the initiative NAV come When
weather conditions permit resumption
OF fighting on a large scale cannot fol
the time being be predicted, but it an
pears probable that these millions Of
soldiers must again come to close grips
early in the year.
Comparison with boxing contest is
not exactly correct, for in the intervals
between the rounds the armies continue
to harry each other. Ever since the
battles of Malmaison and Cambria
minor encounters have taken place al
most constantly each side trying tc
ind out the weak spots Of the othe,
or making fcints to discover the inten.
tloNs of the opposing army.
The results of all these small com
bats can be seen only after the general
engagement has begun. For the pres.
eht the French armies occupy very fa-
vorable positions for whatever NAV oc.
cur AS sequel to all the heavy fight.
ing in the fall they obtained possession
of numbers of tho highest points and
the best observatories, and they have
since held them with the frmest of
grips, and even in some places improved
their positions.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Austrians Bornbard
Lost Positions
They Resume Offensive in
renzela and Bella
Valleys

ROME, Feb. 13 delayed Although
the Austrian press in the last few weeks
has been referring to preparations for
an offensive, which they say the Italians
are making, as justification for TIE
assertion that it is impossible to with
draw either men or guns to help Ger
many in a supreme effort in France,
Field Marshal Boroevio, the Austrian
commander, apparently wishes to bring
an end to the period Of inactivity. He
is rcsuning his battering ram tactics in
the mountain section.
In the last three days The Austrians
have engaged in vigorous actions
against the new Italian line in the
frenzcla and Bella valleys, where i'm
portant positions were wrested from
the Austrians a short time ago. The
enemy preceded his infantry attacks by
violent bomhardments, but when the
Austrian lhtantrymen attempted to
press forward, as they did in the Bella
valley, by advancing into the Selle and
Nallctte woods, they came under the
fire of Italian light and medium ar
tlliery ana machine guns, which COM
pelled them to beat retreat, with
enormous losses, before even reaching.
the Italian trenches.
The Austrians met with another and
equally severe check in the Frenzcla
valley.
In the course of this fighting Lieu
tenant RAMA, an aviator, brought down
two enemy airplanes. increasing the
humber of his victories in aerial en-
counters to sixteen
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
More New Workers
Get Commissions
Appointments Cover Six Depart
ments in the Reserve Corps
Tomorrow: "Decoded"
CO7reSDONUe1lcc

WASHINGTON, Feb. Reserve
Corps commissions in the ordnance.
medical, signal and quartermastcr
corps were granted to New Workers to-
day by the War Department as follows:
Ordnance CorpsZDavid Y. Reynolds. |
West Sixty fourth Street. captain Irving w
Edwards. 44G Grand Avenue, Brooklyn. first
lieutenant.
Aviation Section. Signal Corps Louis r.
Bretey, IS West Sixtv-fourth Street and
George o. Draper, 81 West Fortieth Street,
captains.
Medical Corps John. f. Jennings. 2S2
Jefferson Avenue. Brooklyn, major George
p. De Tuncin. metropolitan Hospital, Black
wells Island; Richard NJ. Field, 2039 Eighty
sixth Street. Brooklyn, md John +. Lewis,
st. Francis Hospital. East Forty-second
Street, hrst eutenants.
Quartermaster Corn,-H r. f. Plumer. "a /
Madison Avenue major w. P. Kennard.
Yale Club. and Ma%we! Whtelaw. lis East
Twenty eighth Street captains
Saritary Corps. National Army--Lawrence
c. Meredith. 1l3 Amsterdam Avenue, frs.
lieutenant.
Railroad Transportation Corps, National
Army Alfred g. Chiswel 400 West Sixtieth
Street. Brooklyn. first lieutenant.
FIRST Lieutenant Clarence II. Robb,
5o9 West SiXty-iirst Street, has been
promoted to the rank Of captain and
assigned as commanding officer of the
ordnance repair shop of the New York
National Guard divisio!s at Spartan
burg. Arnold +. Sinclair, now at Spar
tanburg, was commissioned a major in
the Ordnance Reserve Corps to-day by
the War Department.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Camp Upton Men Visit City
200 March Through Streets
and Attend Theatre

Battery A, 3o4th Field Artillery, led
by their own band, came to New York
last night from Camp Upton; gave New
Workers fortunate enough to be on
hand a chance to watch as snappy
little parade rs one will see in long
time; spent the early part of the even
ing at the Hudson Theatre and the lat
ter part at the Hotel McAlpin and took
the 2:19 train in the morning back to
camp. There were two hundred men in
the party
The battery marched from the Penn
sylvania Station up Seventh Avenue to
Thirty seventh Street, to Fifth Avenue,
to Forty Fourth Street. to the theatre.
Later the men marched down Broadway
to the hotel. Although there was no
advance announcement of the parade the
news that Camp Upton men were in
town spread fast, and the curbings we're
well lined by the time the parade
reached Fifth Avenue
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Soldier Takes Cupid s
Place on Valentines
Girls With Knitting Bags Also
Popular as Ernblematic of
War Times

Boys in Khaki and girls with knitting
bags occupied the position on valcn-
tines yesterday once held by fat Ger
man infants. A search of the station
cry stores and penny candy shops re-
vealed the fact that the comedy child
has disappeared, along with the Ger
man applicable and German measles.
under the tide Of popular hostility to
all things German.
Valentines addressed to soldiers
were in great demand and were all
sold out early in the day in most shops,
The war has not chastencd the max
ers of bad rhymes, evidently.
Here ! am admitting
While hes marking time.
DO YOU s'posc be- thinking
Of his valentine?
was an example of the hereditary in
stlnct of poets" to take whatever
rhymes come to hand and not be fussv.
The fat child, with knitting bag
nearly as big as the pink bows on her
hau, had rival in the beautiful
maiden, sitting all forlorn. under a
portrait of Il hero in Khaki and singing
as follows: g
nope the censor won't refuse
-, 10 iet ne send this bit of news
Inc folks " no watched you march away
Are thlnlVng Of you every day.
Another wartime favortc was the
valentino topped with dashing figure
IN blue, bearing this sentiments:
Nou are at sea without me
ANA L M All at sea without YOU.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Baker S Aids Inspect
Camps Upton and Dix
Secretary TO Hear Detailed Re-
port on Drafted Men To-
morrow
[Stof Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA. Assistant
Secretary Of War Benedict Crowell and
the Acting Chief OF Staff Major Gen
eral John Biddlc, upon their return
to Washington Saturday, will lay be-
fore Secretary Of War Baker detailed
report Of the progress made by the
drafted soldiers at Camps Upton and
Dix, the War Secretary said to-day.
The two officials visited the Haphank
and Wrightstown military reservations
to dedicate rccrcational buildings re-
Gently erected, to review the troops
and to make thorough inspection Oh
the camps for Secretary Baker.
The visit of Mr.. Crowell and General
Biddle to the National Army camps
is taken as an indication that the War
Department believes the troops there
arc more advanced in their training
than other drafted soldiers. These two
some time ago visited certain National
Guard training camps in the South. IN
Guiding the New York Guard division
Mt SpartanDurg. and 1T is known that
the New York troops arc listed in the
three new Guard divisions TO go abroad.
Secretary Baker will oegin a tour Of
Southern camps tomorrow, remaining
absent from Washington until Monday.
He asked that the camps he will visit
be not mentioned. as he desired no ad-
vance notice OF his coming to reach the
training fields he will inspect.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Mine
And Blow Up
Enemy Post
Find Every Austro-German
in Advanced Post Killed;
Take Equipment

LONDON, Feb 1d.-Evcry member
Of the enemy garrison in an advance
post cast Of Capo Silc, in the low lying
region north of Venice, was killed
when the Italians blew up a mine they
had dug beneath them, Rome officially
announced to-day
The Italians then entered the posi-
ton from their trenches. defending
the bridgehead, and took possession
of the equipment of the dead Austro-
Gcrmans
Artillery fire continued violent on
the eastern edge of the Asiago Pla-
tcau, whore the foe has made two un-
successful attacks to rctake the heights
he captured last autumn and lost re-
Gently. There were also heavy gun
duels IN the Giudicnria Valley and
along the middle Piavc.
Ardltti Especial storming troops)
crossed several lines of wire entangle
mcnts on the mountain front between
the upper courses of the Garda and
the Adige. They entered the hostile
trenches at two points, killing several
sentries and bringing back few pris-
OncrS
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Radical Changes
I'm CantOra1nel1t
System Planned
u. S. May Select Two Bases
for Ensl,arkation Of
Troops for France
Perhaps Dix and Lee
Two Camps Also for the
Training Of Replace
ynent Units
Perhaps Dix and Lee

WASHINGTON, Feb. H.. ses TO
including Camp Dix, New Jersey;
Camp Lee, Nirginia; Camp Meade,
Maryland, and Camp Mcclellan, Ala
bama, are now pat may be completely
changed when they are vacated by
troops now under training, as a result
Of General Stall studies Of The han
ding Of divisions scheduled for en-
barkation Tor Europe and OF the train
ing Of replacement troops.
Under tie plan which has met with
general approval among officers famil-
lar with the problem, the whole sys
tenn OF divisional depot brigades to
handle replacement troops would be
abandoned. Instead, full division,
each of infantry and artillery, provi-
sionally organized for training pur-
poses, would be assembled at two cam
tonments and all drafts of men to fill
go forward from these two central de-
pots.
Signal Corps Included
Similar replacement forces for all
Signal Corps troops, except the avla-
other cantonment. A replacement
cantonmcnt for the engineers is now
being constructed at Belvoir, Va, near
this city
AS to the cmbarkation problem, it
has been decided that two additional
embarkation camps must be provided.
Camps Dix and Lee may be selected
for this purpose.
Under present cmharkation arrange
l. !
concentration camps to which troops
might result in quarantine and com
p)cte tie-up of the flow of men to
France With two additional camps
available, there would be little likeli-
hood of such difficulty.
In addition, troops could be held
longer at the embarkation camps, and
while there old uniforms and equip
ment could be taken up and replaced by
the outfits to be used in France, saving
the issue departments in Europe that
work.
Creation Of replacement divisions for
line troops would overcome one Of the
chief obstacles to training National
Army officers have encountered. Tho
transfer of National Army troops from
present depot brigades TO regular di-
visions and the withdrawal Of many
men fitted for assignment to technical
units for which General Pershing has
called have greatly hampered training.
In some cases the enlisted personnel Of
National Army units has changed com
pletely two or three times within the
last few months.
Mcclellan for Artillery
Camp Mcclellan, Admission. Ala
would be selected for the artillery re-
placement division. There is u new
artillery range in the vicinity, and cor
tinuous training with the runs could
be carried on there. 1t has been sug-
eested that the infantry replacement
division might be located at Camr
Meade. although that cantonmcnt might
be found more suitable for the Signal
Corps and some other replacement,
units. The aviation service must con
tinue to be filled from the existing
twenty-five or more aviation fields anl
camps. supplemented by any new fields
established. The nature of aviation
! training prevents consolidation in a
single canIonment, it is thought.