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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
The Pumps Of Lassigny
Red Cross Nobly Comes to the Assistance Of Re-
naming Residents Of Wrecked French VILLAGE

Lassgny years Bhe trenches
lay just before it. 1t deserted village
spring. " -
But there were cellars the jagged bits standing
there OF roof that
crowded
Forward into what they
damp : :: - - ~ ~
Inc government sent anoad
group OF boches to set them More
nohes aborousy dug out the wells
hnoVed u dirt and Lasigny
itne ROAD rm to and it had days
tine war When the Germans left
the grass weeds concealed
village wells Only the end Of ladder sticking
lone
Inc stone walls Of the
chemists
by hovelfu cleaned wehe deep
up buckets OF by
en Lassgny these days. only the little children
the two brave of the Union
so me word went back along
pumps to be had asny busy
once ws SO the Red Cross delegate
there sent out buyer to find
Inc town mas Its
water flowing And when the
greet MIN With smile When
ne door OF the barracks where chatting
an od peasant woman bearing her Friendships
pu OF steamn hot
pumped from one Of Lassgnys wells
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
FOCH is PRAISED
b. GERMAN WRITER
Critic says Plan of Fight was Cleverly
Executed by Allied Armies

AMSTERDAM, July 31.-"Foch
can say he willed something great
that he devised simple and clear
plan, that he made his preparations
excellenly and that his scheme was
cleverly executed" so declares the
Frankfurter Zeitung.
1t qualities its frankness by saying
he understimated the German
strength and asked his troops in
whole to preform the impossible.
Such qualification rather falls to the
ground in t he face of the fact of the
continued German retreat, but the
newspaper goes on to pay the enemy
still further tribute by saying that
never before has the strategy of the
western powers been so united and
coolheaded as during the past few
weeks" and frankly admires the
way in which Foch, while concerned
with the German offensive gathered
"at least fifty-two division together
for he attack, did everything neces-
sary to exercise and place his fight
ing troops and then began his Of
fensive at the essential points"
The writer thinks Hindenburg
will give up still more ground in
order to save men and concludes:
everybody feels that in these weeks
we are fighting for the success of our
whole campaign Of success"
The military critic of the Kreuz
Zeitung appears to despair of the
German capacity for an offensive in
the near future.
Just as we have" he says weak
ened the enemy by losses thru Of
fensive action up to the present, so
It will now be our task to do that by
means of the defensive"
On that point the war correspon-
lent of Vorwaerts, having pointed
20 the sources of man-power at the
disposal of the western powers, says:
1T is false to talk of any effective
weakening Of the fighting power of |
he French army"
All that can scarcely be pleasant |
'eading for the fatherland.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
WICKS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mrs. J. G. Thompson and Mrs.
Harry Pratt were Salt Lake City
visitors the first of the week.
Thelma Park returned to her
home here on Sunday after spend
ing the past two months visiting rela-
tives and friends at Murray, Utah.
e. E. Bingham and family r1ctored
to Chester, liaho, on Wednesday and
returned on Friday. While there
they were the guests of Harry Bing-
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Watson were
pleasant callers at the Dunn ranch
on Tuesday cvaaing.
H. G. Taylor and Judge Andersen
recanvassed the district last week
in the interest of the war saving
stamp campaign.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mooney of MUIR
ray, Utah, visited at the w. A. Park
home the past week.
The Park family and their guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Mooney spent several
days fishing at Wolverine last week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
Textile Tests to Ascertain
If Cloth Is AduIterated or
Misrepresented in Any Way

Inc laws or this country offer ne
protection to the purchaser of mate
rails. Therefore to protect them
selves, women should know few prac
teal tests to determine the content
and value Of materials. The object in
making these tests Is to discover II
cloth Is adulterated, artificially
dressed or misrepresented in any way,
The following tests from Extension
Circular Al, Principles of Sewing, Uni.
versity of Missouri college of agricul.
ture, Columbia, may be used in any
home: ,,>a 4...,
l. If the water is dropped on cot
ton and linen goods, the moisture
spreads, the moisture spreads rapid
ly on linen but will remain unabsorb-
ed on the cotton for some time. This
is not always a safe test as cotton
and linen are often heavily sized with
dressing. which, prevents the water
from being absorbed.
2. A much safer test may be made
by dropping glycerine on cotton and
linen! Linen will become transpar-
ent, but cotton will not be affected.
8. Crushing cotton and linen ma
terials In the hands will show the diff
ference in the materials, as linen
wrinkles more than cotton. .
4. Cotton and wool mixtures when
moistened wrinkle more than pure
wool materials. .
s. Material may be tested by pull.
ing out threads and examining the
ends. Cotton fibers are short with
fuzzy ends, while linen f1bers are long,
with uneven ends, usually pointed.
Wool fibers are short, kinky and stiff;
fibers Of reeled silk are long, straight
and lustrous, while fibers of spun silk
are short and easily broken.
6. Sizing may be discovered by rub
bling the material between the hands
to see If the dressing will come out.
Washing will also remove dressing.
z. Each fiber has characteristic
burning test which may be easily dis
a. Cotton burns quickly with flame.
b. Linen burns like cotton, but is
not infiammable, as 1t has less oil in
the fiber and less air in the woven
cloth. ID
c. Wool burns slowly, giving off
an odor like burnt feathers and leaves
a gummy residue.
d. Silk burns more slowly and with
less Odor than wool. It leaves crisp
ash. Silk leaves more ash when
...-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06

, under a dreadnought and came ur
on the other side, still within the
encircling ring CT destroyers. Turn.
ing, he rapidly selected another oh.
Jective, and then dived to get it. This
time he put down a transport carry.
ing hydroplanes-a particularly useful
shot, for these hornets, besides bonn
harding our craft, which were, of
course, quite visible at fighting depths
under water, also kept the ships in
formed where deep-sea bombs would
best serve the Germans. Sealey dam
aged a cruiser SO badly that he was
able to chase her for many hours, but
could not Overtake her.
a4 All this time hydroaeroplanes were
dropping deep-sea bombs upon all
three boats, while every ship was
pumping shell and deep-sea bombs in
their direction, according to the sig
nails of the hydroaeroplane spoilers.
Whether by good luck or more artful
lodging Beta 30 got no more than a
few tremendous jerks from these
deep-sea bomb explosions. Beta 80,
though never actually struck, suf-
fered SO terribly from these repeated
shocks that she was left helpless,
unable to tell anything about her
self except that her skin was un-
pierced. Smashed gauge glasses left
her ignorant of her depth, her margin
OF buoyancy, what power was still
available to move or lift, sink or
drive her, and she was absolutely
blind besides. She simply carried on
and finally beached herself and was
blown up by her own crew after all
her valuable fittings had been re-
moved. Beta 20 had the extremely
bad luck to get aground in a tight
place and suffered injuries which
would be summarized in the case OF
an ordinary ship as in sinking con-
dition.' Commander Downie, how
ever, stuck to it and got off,"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
RETURNED FROM
A COOLER CLIMATE

Mrs. L. M. Cherry has returned
from three weeks visit with her
daughter of Mackay. They spent
most Of the time at Robson Bar in
the Sawtooth mountains, about 100
miles beyond Mackay.
Mrs. Cherry said it was much
cooler there, it being necessary to
sit with a fire in the fireplace at
times to insure comfort.
Upon her return to Blackfoot
Thursday, she received telegram
from her other daughter, Mrs. Jack
Gibbs, requesting her to come to
the park and spend the rest of the
summer there. Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs
are managing the station at that
place during the summer months.
..rs. Cherry departed the first of
the week for the park.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
RETURNED FROM ALBION

Miss Elva Cherrington returned
the last of the week from Albion,
where she has been attending sum-
mer school.
Miss Cherrington will spend some
time in Blackfoot with her parents
before she leaves to teach school.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
ACCEPTED A NEW
POSITION IN CHEYENE

Miss Gladys Hix has accepted a
position in Cheyenne, Wyo., as steno-
grapher in the government field
division. Miss Xix will leave Black
foot soon to begin her new duties.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06

The Canadian bulldog" seems to be
a very harmless creature in his "ken-
nel," but when he is let loose on the
Germans he lives up to his name.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06

Thrift and patriotism are synony.
nous.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
DEATH OF MRS PRUDHONINIE

Mrs. Thomas Prudhomme died of
heart failure at her home northwest
of Sterling on Wednesday afternoon.
The funeral was conducted at
7 l O'Clock Thursday b. Father Gresl.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
C00LS OFF IN JAIL
Party by Name Of Chill Gets Heated
Over War,

August Chill Of Pine Bluff, Ark, I'M
dertOok to chill the efforts of the
United! States to whip Germany. Now
Chill is cooling off in Jail, awaiting ac-
ton of the federal grand jury. Chill,
despite his worldly prosperity, remain
ed loyal to the Fatherland, and when
the United States entered the war
against Germany Chill got busy. He
is specifically charged with obstruct-
ing the draft, failing to register as an
alien enemy and declaring publicly that
the Germans would win the war and
that within two years Americans
would be living under German rule.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-06
POTATO BREAD FORBIDDEN
Shortage Of Tubers Results In Change
Of Swiss Order.

OF SWISS OTUer.
The Swiss military department has
rescinded its order to bakers COM
handing them to use potato -four or
potatoes, either raw or boiled, in max
ing bread.
The potato supply is very scarce in
Switzerland. While the bakers for
merly were commanded to mix pota-
toes with bread -four, they now are ex-
pressly forbidden to use any potatoes
in making bread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
Drive Forward Four Hundred
Yards in Belleau Wood.
Germans Now Hold Only Mar
row Fringe of Timber.
AMERICANS IN HUN DUGOUTS
The Red Poppy Is Regiment:
Unofficial Insigne.
Germans Find Locality a Very
Uncomfortable One.

With the Americans on the Marine,
June "a (4:20 p. m-).-The Americans
in Belleau wood today drove forward
400 yards, despite fierce German re-
sistance. They inflicted severe losses
on the enemy, captured number of
machine guns and then dug them
selves securely into their new lines
Only a little fringe of the wood now
remains in the hands of the boches-
Germans Suffered Heavily.
DESPITE their ideal defensive posi-
tions, the Germans suffered heavily
The American losses were not dispro-
portfonate to their gains The Ger
mans heavily bombarded an American
unit northwest of Chateau-Thierry
with gas shells today. The enemy is
constantly increasing its defenses in
this region, improving trenches and
establishing barbed wire entangle-
ments and machine gun nests
Cling to Machine Gun Nests
With the Americans on the Marine,
June z4.-The Americans are still en-
gagged in driving isolated German de-
tachments out of the northern edge
of Belleau wood, where the enemy is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
LIQUOR STILL COMING
Seven Topekans Arrested for Viola.
tons OF Bone Dry Law.

Seven Topekals, some of them old
offenders, have been arrested by the
police since late Saturday afternoon
and charged with violations of the
prohibitory laws. The place of Jo-
hanna Adams. a veteran police court
character, was raided at o'clock
Sunday morning and twenty three
pints Of whisky were found under the
floor of her cob shed She was ar
rested not long ago when three pints
of whisky were found in her posses
sion.
Ethel Davis was also arrested Sun
day morning. The policefound eight
pints of whisky in her coal tub
Ed. Addison was arrested by Patrol
man Jones. He had pint of whisky
under his coat, the police say. and hit
Jones in the face with the bottle, cut
ting cash under the patrolman's eye
E. Bronx was found in an alley carry
ing a sack containing twenty-five pints
of whisky. H. Perry is booked on a
charge of having liquor in his posses
sion.
W. Akers was arrested on q va
grancy warrant The police, however,
found a pint of whisky in his home,
1870 Fillmore, and booked him on
that charge. v. Jensen was booked
on a charge OF importing liquor Chief
Harbaugh said this morning that the
liquor found in Jensen's possessfo n
was confiscated and the arrested man
released.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24

peka May IS. have filed for the nom
nation Petitions were circulated by
the state committee But these petit
tons have not been presented. altho
they are known to have been signed
in a number of counties
Republicans Missing
A number of Republican candidates
have also failed to file Among them
are Gov. Arthur Capper and Walter
Roscoe Stubbs, candidates for the
United States senate. Their petitions
will probably go to the secretary of
states Office late today or sometime
Tuesday. Both Republican and Dem
ocrat candidates for district Judge in
a number of districts have enrolled
for nominations
Fred W. Knapp, <tate auditor and
Republican candidate for renomina-
ton. probably broke the time record
in circulating and filing petitions. His
petitions were mailed from Topeka
late Wednesday night. This morning
Knapp filed under the twenty county
plan
Other candidates who filed today
were: Henderson S, Martin, Lawrence
Democrat candidate for congress in
the second district; Judge William S.
Langmade, Oberlin, Democrat candi-
date for Judge of the Seventeenth dis
trict; F. G. Dreaming. Topeka, Repub-
ncan candidate for attorney general;
and John W. Davis. Greensburg, Re
publican candidate for congress from
the Seventh district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24

clinging to a few cIeveriy concealed
machine gun nests. The rocky. un-
even ground is covered with dense un-
dergrowth and small trees The trees
are mangled and the ground torn by
shell explosions
Hundreds of former boche dugouts
are now occupied by Americans,
whose advance left a trail of captured
material The Americans also lost
some of their own. The latter in
cludeS~ not only war stocks, but great
numbers of empty cigarette, tobacco
and hard tack boxes, picture post
cards and treasured photographs.
Occasionally there is a grave. Atop
the fresh earth of one was a soldiers
helmet and a bunch of red peoples
These flowers have been the regi-
ment's unofficial insignia since an Of
ficer wore a bunch into the fight end
was isolated in a shell hole for two
days with the dew from the peoples
as his only water.
Bomba-d Villages Nine Miles Back.
If wood life is bad for the Ameri-
cans, it is worse for the Germans A
captured letter written by a Hun on
Friday says:
Our canteens have not come up
The Americans are bombarding the
villages fifteen kilometers (between
nine and ten mines) behind the front
We are in one corner of the wood
| The Americans are in the other. They
rush US without warning, so We must
shoot at every noise.
I'VE lie here day and night We
have no bf. .nketssand nearly freeze
every night The food is misera BILE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
Austria Unlike Germany.
MACCABEES TO TOPEKA
State Wide Rally Here Thursday and
Friday.

The statewide rally of the Women's
Benefit association of the Maccabees
will be held Thursday and Friday at
the auditorium.
The Thursday afternoon and even
ing meetings will be open to the pub
lie. A class Of twenty-five candidates
will be initiated in the evening, and
the ritual work of the order will be
exemplified by drill teams from the
various lodges in the state State and
supreme officers will be included
among the speakers
A luncheon in honor of the visitors
will be served Thursday noon in the
Royal Arcanum hall and Governor
Capper will be the principal speaker
at a service flag dedication THURSDAY
night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
Democrats and Socialists Have
Not Filed Papers.
Candidate Crop Harvest Is Over
Here Wednesday.
ONLY g. CANDIDATES ARE IN
Not One Democrat Has Indi-
Gated His Intentions.
Capper and Stubs Also Are
Tardy in Petitions.

Unless there is a big rush to the
office of J. T. Botkin. secretary of
state. before his office closes We'd
nesday night. the Kansas candidate
crop will be a near failure. Neither
the Democrats nor the Socialists have
as yet filed their stats tickets At
noon today just sixty-two candidates
had filed for all offices, including dis
trict and supreme court Justices
Hubert Lardner, chairman of the
Democratic state committee. is pre-
sumed to be in charge of the petit
tons of the numerous Bourbon can
didates for state offices. These petit
tons must be filed not later than
Wednesday night. as the records in
Botkin,s office show that is the final
day for entering the primary con-
tests and winning a place on the party
tickets.
No one seems able to account for
the absence OF the Socialist state
ticket. Several candidates for con-
gressional nominations have been filed
by Socialists. But the list of state and
judicial candidates is missing
None of the Democratic candidates
selected at the state convention in To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
SHOULD HELP MEXICO
Visiting Editors Urge Commercial and
Industrial Aid.

Chicago. June 24.-Mexico needs
agricultural implements and CONNER
ciaI facilities and shipments of these
will prove Americas feeling for that
country, according to nineteen Mexi-
can editors here today. The editors,
touring the country, will inspect in
dustriaI plants here this week
IF the new turn OF affairs an
nounced by President Wilson should
change what Latin-America has con-
sidered the eagles claws into out
stretched hands of freedom, Latin
America will have received great
benefit" said Senior Gonzales de La
PARA of Mexico, responding to Chi
Cages welcome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
DEPENDS ON RIVER
If Piave Goes Down Retreat
May End in ROut.
In Any Case Defeat viii Jar
Things at Home.
BY J. W. T. MASON.

New York, June 24-Italy has
wrested the offensive from the Aus
tro-Hungarians How far the initi-
condition of the heavily flooded Piave
river.
Can Italians Follow Successfully?
The Austro-Hungarian troops, on
the western bank of the river, were
cut Off from their bases of supply by
the tmpossibiIity of Transporting ma
terial across the torrential stream.
Italy may encounter similar difficult
ties in following up the present drive
against the invaders. If the Piave
suddenly returns to its normal slug
gish state, the retreat of the Haps-
burg armies may then be turned into
a disastrous rout, that might force
the Austro-Hungarians to abandon
all the Italian territory they now hold.
Retreat Contributes to Revolt.
Whether the present offensive OF
the Italians reaches this magnitude,
the retreat of the AuStro-Hungarians
from their newly won positions must
certainly contribute to the spirit of
revolt at home. The adoption of Won
Hindenburg's strategy of slaughter by
Austro-Hungarian leaders will now
profoundly react against German IN
huences in the dual monarchy. The
casualties suffered by the Hapsburs
forces have been very heavy in their
adventurous imitation OF linden
burg's ruthlessness-
There can be no adequate expla-
nation to the war-weary MODS in
Austro-Hungary crying for food and
peace.
Austria Unlike Germany.
Austria-Hungary has not the mill
taristic spirit of her arrogant north
ern neighbor. There is good reason
to believe the population of the Qua
monarchy did not approve of the drive
against Italy from the start. ~Other-
wise, there would have been a less
demonstratfve attitude OF protest
against the food shortage while the
drive was under way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
CALL FOR IRISH VOLUNTEERS

Irish Government Warns That Cold
ness to War Is Dangerous.
London, June 24.-The Irish gov
eminent has issued the following re-
cruiting appeal, signed by four mem
bers of the recruiting council:
The war-worn remnants of the
Irish brigades are Keeling beneath the
blows of tyranny. Ireland is but the
cradle of a greater Ireland beyond the
seas, from Adelaide to Brisbane, and
from San Francisco to New York
which is heart and soul behind the
men in Flanders. Our countrymen
thruout the world are aghast at our
inaction. Their friendship is grow
ing cold"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
Topeka GIRLS VOLUNTEER
-Four Hundred From Over State I'm
der Food Administration.

Wichita Kan. June 24.-Four hun
dred college girls have volunteered
for war work under the United States
food administration for Kansas, it was
announced today by Miss Grace VIII
lie secretary of the Volunteer College
Workers for Kansas. These girls have
taken the food administration studies
al the various colleges of the state and
some of them ire equipped to give
lectures or food demonstrations, or
help in other ways.
They will serve entirely without pay
as does their leader They will be at
the disposal Of the county administra-
tors in each county. They will organ
ize special exhibits and at some points
will give lessons on the latest canning
methods.
Following are the girls from To-
peka who have volunteered: Frances
Wingert, Heller Rutledge. s1s Lane !;
Violet Baker. sos Harrison street:
Ruth Myrtle Ridley. 624 Western
Hettie Carris. 1904 Tyler: Elsie Cuth-
bert 21s Clay: Helen Beck. 1504 Tyler
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24

Almost any fruit Juice can be used
as drink If properly prepared An
acid juice and a sweet Juice can be
mixed and a refreshing drink OBJ
tanned. The juice should be sweetened
to suit the taste and diluted with cool
h. Lee