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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 4.-Down
at the aviation field at San Antonio,
Tex, in the Trades Division OF the
list Training Brigade, is tent that
Is pointed out as being the one oc-
cupied by 1.-THE type-punching gang
from Washington" The members of
this gang" are all from Washington
and are part of the quota of fifty Sc
lects indicted here recently for special
stenographic and clerical work. The
bunch hang together like regular
clan and are having a merry time
adapting themselves to the life of a
soldier.
few days ago they had the unusual
experience Of being in regular Texas
windstorm followed by heavy rain.
The boys say the storm would have
been nothing unusual had they not
been out in it with nothing but a can
vas tent between them and the raging
elements. The wind was unusually
high, and the men were divided in
opinion for while as to whether the
tent would be blown away or not.
However, the tent held fast, and the
boys have experienced their first nat
ural treat" from the Texas climate.
The members of this party are Les
lie H. Mcdaniel, Frederick G. Corn
well. Frank I. Jollie, Frank B. Crown,
jr.; Fred A. Waters. Louis ]. Howard,
Edward Keane and Arthur ]. Feist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

Started shortly after the outbreak Of
the war in 1914 to supply work for
French women and girls suddenly de-
prived of their regular employment.
the little workshop of the eros Gallon
Quarter. $50 Rue de Grenelle, Paris. has
noted a steady expansion both in the
scope and amount of the work 1t per-
forms until the present time. In order
that this work may go on. cables Mrs.
Henry Conk1ing. an American woman.
formerly of Brooklyn, and now one Of
the leaders in the relief agency. it
must have increased and new contribu-
tions. The cablegram asks specially
for $4,000.
Early in its inception the workshop
added a hand-knitted sock industry to
help the old gran%mothers Of the quar-
ter. otherwise dependent and helpless.
and. incidentally to supply footwear for
"the polius." Those in charge, who in
clude in addition to Mrs. Conkling
Mile. Marguerite Guiihou. have also felt
the necessity of helping in the care
of refugees. particularly children. who
come into the city from devastated por-
lions of the country. Remittances
either large or small will be gratefully
received and may be sent to Mrs.
Walker D. Hines. 122 East 10th street,
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N, I. Y. TOBE BIG.
BROTHER TO TROOPS
London Organization Takes
Good Care of Soldiers on Fur
Tough From Trenches.
FOUNDED BY SIR JOHN KAYE
BY LADY LISTER KAYE.


It is very hard to realize, unless you
have actually seen wartime LONDON
how completely dark and silent the Lon
don streets are in the latter half OF the
night. ALI lights are out. All traffic
has stopped. The only places IN the
whole city where there is any activity
are the railway stations. where soldiers
on furlough are arriving from the 'front.'
or leaving on early morning trains FOR
their homes in outlying parts OF Eng
land or in Scotland or Ireland or Wales
Nothing have ever seen has moved
me more than the sight of a trainload
of soldiers on furlough arriving, weary
and spattered with the mud OF the
trenches. in a huge, bare London sta
ton in the dead of night. They are
mere boys always, most Of them. and
they seem very helpless and forlorn,
standing there on the platforms. loaded
down with their hundred pounds weight
of equipment, not knowing what to do
nor where to go.
In London, as in all great cities am
sorry to say, sinister forces are afoot
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MAY DROP BACK TO RANKS.
Rule Relating to Aspirants for Com
missions in Training Camps.

Educational institutions entitled to
send quotas to the new officers training
camps opening May Is have been noti-
fed by the War Department that all
candidates will revert to the rank Of
private IL their divisions are ordered
to France before completion Of the
course.
This step is necessary. 1t was ex-
planned, because of the uncertainty re-
garding the continuation of divisional
camps in France. Candidates who are
unwilling to meet this condition may
withdraw their applications.
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in the darkness between midnight and
dawn. They lie in wait to trap Tommy
on his furlough, while the pay is still
jingling in his pocket. They watch for
Sammy, who is now arriving in London
by thousands to do his bit in the great
world war. London is no worse than
New York or Chicago or Paris. but no
city plunged into utter darkness by
military necessity would be safe har-
borage for strangers far from home
who are flung into 1t by night.
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RULING ON NEW FRUIT CROPS

Contracts for sale of dried peaches.
apples, prunes or raisins from new crop
fruits cannot be made before June l.,
under a ruling by the food administra-
ton.
The administration originally ruled
that dried fruits &C lid be sold by May
of the year in which the crop is pro-
duced. The change was made to allow
various interests affected voluntarily to
agree upon a reasonable basis on which
business could be done. protecting the
producers, manufacturers and consum-
ers.
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WANT VICE LID CLAMPED.
Secretaries Baker and Daniels Ask
Congress for Power.

Secretaries Baker and Daniels asked
from Congress yesterday broader au-
thority to protect the morals of SOL
diers and sailors.
Secretary Baker wrote to the Senate
military committee asking extension
Of the law permitting him to clean
up resorts within restricted zones.
With concurrence of Secretary Daniels,
the new legislation proposed extension
of the governments Jurisdiction to per-
sons as we'll as to establishments.
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NAVY Department ASKED
ABOUT 81 A YEAR MEN

The Navy Department is called upon
for information concerning the busi-
ness connections Of men who are CIV
ing their services to the Navy during
the period of the war at salary of
81 a year in a resolution introduced in
the House by Representative Griffin of
New York.
The resolution asks bluntly II their
business connections have any bust
ness dealings with the Navy.
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WASHINGTON TYPE PUNCI1ERS,"
UNIT AT TEXAS AVIATION FIELD

Feist is the only one in the party who
is not a stenographer and was not in
the quota. Feist made application for
the aviation service and arrived at the
field two weeks ahead Of his comrades.
The boys have made many friends on the
field and are known as q jolly good
bunch Of, fellows. They are well salts
fed with camp life and fall into the
new work quite readily and have been
a topic Of favorable comment among
the other soldier boys on the field.
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Most Strangers in London.

And into the terminal stations of
London every night some two or three
thousand men on leave are emptied
from troop trains. Most. of them are
strangers. They do not know the city.
The buses. the trans, the tubes have
all stopped running. What is the me-
tropolis going to do with these men,
who have come from the ends Of the
earth to save civilization?
In the early days Of the war, before
the need was SO apparent, she let them
shift for themselves on the happy
chance that they might find hotel or
a transfer station. Many a colonial or
north country man has wandered the
streets till daylight, worn out, loaded
down with baggage, homesick for the
sight of friendly face, all because he
could not find his destination.
Now all this has been changed
thanks to the NJ. T. v.
What is the NJ. T. "? ANY of the
boys over there can tell you. Gen.
Haig has had notices posted at the
front bearing the legend: "On arrival
in London. look out for the NJ. T. ""
And now when the boys from tire
trenches arrive in London the NJ. T. "
men are there to meet them. Many of
these men are retired officers of the
British army. All of them are in uni
form. All are experienced in the han
ding OF men,
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Shown in Imitation Mahogany, GOV
cred in various shades Of genuine We
lour-just the thing for that empt,
corner of your living room. An ex
ceptional bargain special
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MORE FUNDS NEEDED TO AID
FRENCH WORKING WOMEN

New York city. or to her husband. who
is assistant to the director general of
railroads. interstate commerce building.
this city.
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Gather Around MI. T. v.

1t is interesting to watch them work.
As troop train draws into the station
they range themselves along the plat
form. each one calling out Kings
Cross" or "Paddington" or Union Jack
Club, or whatever is the particular
station or sleeping place to which it is
his special duty to conduct a busload
OF soldiers The men gather around
the NJ. T. V. officers like sheep around
a shepherd. They have many questions
to ask: What time is the next train
for Leeds?" or Train doesn't leave till
$50. Where can l. catch a bit of sleep?"
And the Al. T. V. man answers all ques-
tons. and does it. too. in a friendly
and CHEEKY way and with an extra well
come for the American boys SO far from
nome.
When he has gathered his flock about
him he kurries them into the canteen.
There they all get cup of coffee and
sandwich. and then they are led out
to waiting motor bus to be trans
ferred across London with a minimum
of delay and anxiety.
The Motor Transport Volunteers was
founded February IS, 1916, by my hus-
honorary president. and by Maj c. r.
Freemantle. to provide free motor
transport for all members of the forces
on leave, who arrive after midnight,
when other means Of transportation in
London have ceased moving.
Met With Approval.
the comfort it brought and for it's moral
value, that the organization Of the
NJ T. V. met with instant approval.
Lord Kitchener and Viscount French
both Endorsed it promptly. Gen. Sir
Horace Smith Dorrien says that no
form of voluntary war service is of
greater value to the country than the
work carried out by the Motor Trans
port Volunteers
A am an ardent American myself.
am full Of pride at the great part we
are preparing to play in the war.
am intensely interested in the brave
boys going across the water to fight
for Justice and democracy. My heart
you about our work to show you what
We hope to do for your own particular
boy when he comes to London at night,
unfriended. homesick, bewildered at
the, vast black emptiness of the great
city into which he has been dropped.
We are going to meet him when he gets
in and we are going to put him into a
| comfortable motor lorry, and whirl him
away to a safe hotel or to his transfer
station. as the case may be.
! Don't you think that is a good work ?
/ Don't you think it is worth doing for
our Sammies and Tommies?
/ Always on Leave.
| A fraction of Britain's great army
| is always on leave. From the trenches
| in France. from the black mine-sown
waters of the North sea, a steady
| stream of weary men on furlough
/ pours back to London continually.
Those who arrive in daylight can easily
reach their destination. They can take
| the tube for another station. or they
can find the hotel where they mean to
stop. Friends can meet them by ar
| rangement. and the thoroughfares of
| London are filled with people eager to
| help the man in khaki
| But at night the situation Is differ
: ent. Even before the war London had
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independent of that company. The
new firm is a strong one financially
as we'll as in a business way.
CLOCKS TURNED AHEAD
Change Mixed Things Up for a Few
Days

The Emmett householder turned his
clock forward one hour before retir-
ing to his downy bed Saturday night,
and this old world wags on as usual.
Some amusing Incidents happened
Ray Coon pushed his clock ahead, but
forgot to change his alarm. The re-
suit was he was walked Sunday Morn
ing at o'clock, old time.
Mrs. Hayes Judged and set her
clock forward Saturday afternoon and
when E. K. came in for supper at 6
o'clock he found an indignant wife be-
cause he was an hour late.
The trains stopped for an hour when
2 o'clock Sunday morning came
around, which led Elmer Forshay to
spring this problem. 1.-TWO trains met
at North Platte, Neb., at 2 o'clock.
What did the passengers do with their
watches on the train going East? On
the train going West? North Platte
is where the change is made from
Central time to. Mountain time.)
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BRAMWELL
By E. F. Wells.

Geo. A. Sprague and family were
Sunday dinner guests at the Barnum
home near Emmett.
Mrs. Will Burns, accompanied by
her father Mr.. Head, left for Baker,
Ore, Wednesday for several days
visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Newman were
business visitors in Caldwell Wednes-
day.
Will King and Merit Jackson loaded
the household goods of the former in
to Merits big truck Saturday morning
and left for Burley, where viii has a
job on big ranch for the summer, at
500 month.
o. Porter moved his sheep up to his
Bramwell place this week. Davis
Hunter will look after them this sea-
son.
Earl Bishop went to Star the first
of the week, where he bought 90 head
of sheep.
E. f. Wells and family visited rela-
tives in Nampa Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Newman had the mis-
fortune to break rear gear in their
car while going to Emmett Saturday.
Tom Clark and wife, Davis Hunter
and son Bert, and D.. d. Sasser, Jr.,
we're Caldwell visitors from this place,
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Banking by Mail.

Some people may be unable to come
to the First National Bank of Emmett
in person every time they receive mon
ey or check. In order to bring right
to their door the safety services and
secrecy Of a National bank we take
deposits by mail. Send check, cash,
express order, or money order. If
you send cash register your letter.
A money order obtained from the K.
F. d. carrier or the nearest postoffice
is one of the best ways to- remit mon
ey by mail The next mail will bring
you back an acknowledgement from
us. The man who carries his money
in a National bank has a grubstake
in National prosperity and will make
the best worker in the workshop of
the world.
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NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Letters from Our
Boys at Home Camps
and Abroad.
From Ralnh HAYNES

The following letter has been re-
ceived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
A. Haynes, from their son Ralph, who
recently enlisted in the naval service
and is attached to the medical corps
and is undergoing training at Van
couver Barracks:
just got through work and I am
glad of it. We have been short of
help today Two of our men are on
sick report, so that makes those still
on the job work all the harder. | am
gaining in weight on it, however.
We have been having some mighty
good programs here at the Y. NJ C.
A. the past week Wednesday night
Mrs. Scott, a soloist, and Mr. Brooks,
poet and humorist, were here and
they were sure great. Last night the
literary society of the Washington
High School gave the entertainment.
| am not washing dishes any more
The cook put a new fellow on that
job and | am waiting table now. We
are feeding about one hundred and
twenty, which is about fifteen less
than we were feeding a few days ago.
They issued me pretty good pill
low, also two pillow cases, four sheets,
three blankets, one mattress, one mat
tress case and one army cot, so you
see we are pretty well fixed; too we'll
fixed, in fact, when you have to get
up in the dark and go to bed in the
dark. In the morning we have to
roll up the mattress, fold the blankets
just right and lay them on top of the
mattress, then fold the sheets sepa-
rately and lay them on the blankets,
then the pillow goes on top. l got
good "bawling out" and nearly con-
ined to post for not knowing that they
wanted it done that way But such
S army life. am getting used to
hose things now.
Yesterday we were issued six suits
If white clothes. They sure look nice
when they are clean, but they look
'ather sloppy when they get dirty.
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SUBURBAN NOTES

Mrs. Anna Beutler and mother were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Stanley Wednesday.
Bishop Smith and family motored to
Boise Sunday afternoon.
Joseph Hunter has bought the old
Degan house with three lots in the
Degan Addition and is remodeling 1t
and will soon have a nice home there.
Joe is a hustler.
Mrs. Martha Baxter, an old resi-
dent of Emmett but now living at
Nampa, was here on a visit last week.
While here she took one draw upon
the Relief Society quilt that was in
the window of McNish's store and was
lucky enough to get it. The proceeds
of the quilt were turned in to the Red
Cross.
The officers of the Y. L. NJ. l. A. of
the l.. D. S. church have been busy
this week calling upon all the MEM
bers of the church for contribution
of fruits, vegetables, seeds, corn, po-
tatoes, grain, eggs, butter, chickens,
turkeys, and any salable article they
have to give, and an auction sale Will
be held a week from Saturday and all
will be sold for benefit of the Red
Cross. Watch the next issue of the
paper for time and place.
The Dewey family took Sunday din
ner on the river at Letha bridge,
where they found plenty of fish and
fine camp ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo Fuller and family
are moving from town to Box Springs.
They expect to be gone all summer
and engage in ranching.
A crowd of young people went to
Boise Sunday in Vern Tappan's big
,ar and after a dip in the Nat, visited
the penitentiary. They brought back
all sorts of curios and pretty things
made by prisoners there and sold at
small costs.
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A BADGE OF HONOR

IN HE campaign for the Third Liberty Loan will begin
the 9Th day of April the anniversary of the decla
ration of state of between the United States
and Germany Secretary McAdoo chose the 9th day of April
the day open the campaign the most fitting date to
call for patriotic response to the summons to duty of
every American ask from the people at home the
fervent patriotism that gallant the
bateeds France and the waters of the Atlantic.
Not all fight all work directly for the gov
ernment; buying Thrift Stamps War Savings Ger
tfcaes Liberty Bonds, every American renders
some service the Nation 1t has been put within the
reach of every citizen aid the United States financially
poor who wthholds support from the
ernment soldiers and sailors fronting death
battlefelds and
Iron crosses German soldiers and diamond order
changes between Turkish and German soveregns be
but the honors atrocy. But Liberty Loan BUTTON sim
pie it is signifies patriotic duty done and an insignia
of hOnor.-Mt. States Monitor.
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DAMAGE NOT KNOWN
Fruit Crops Suffer Injury from
Heavy Frost

A cold wave that sent the ther-
mometer down to 20 degrees caused
damage to the peach and apricot crops
yesterday morning. Just how ser
ious the damage is cannot be esti-
mated for several days. Some of the
orchardists claim a total loss; others
vary from one-third to one-half crop.
Above the Canyon canal the damage
is very slight. Charlie Gamage says
his apricots above the ditch were not
injured. The Elberta peach trees and
apricot trees were in full bloom. Ear
ly varieties of peaches are believed to
be in good shape, as they were not
in bloom.
Apple and cherry and prune buds
are still dormant and it is probable
suffered no injury.
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Notice to All.

If you have any photographs, draw
ings or descriptions of bridges, build
ings, towns and localities now occu-
pied by the German forces in France,
Belgium and Luxembourg and likewise
in that PARTON of Germany lying west
of line running north and south
through Hamburg, the war depart
ment asks you to donate them for
intelligence purposes. Please bring
them or send them to E K. Hayes,
Emmett, Idaho, to be forwarded by
him to the department.
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War Service Medals to be Awarded

AS a means by which to start the
next Liberty Loan drive, to help give
it momentum and to give the Boy
Scouts added enthusiasm there will be
held in the Baptist church Sunday
evening at $3.50 a patriotic service.
There will be short addresses, special
music and the presentation of the U. S.
Boy Scout War Service Medals to
Scouts Albert Skinner, Gene Zachman
and Joe Degan. These medals were
won by said Scouts in the Second Lii
berty Loan drive for selling ten or
more bonds to ten different families.
The services are to be participated In
by all churches of the town. Every
one come early.
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SOLDIERS co
TO CAMP LEWIS
First Contingent Under Draft Leave
Tuesday

Claude DeMasters and Joe Kelley
left Tuesday for Camp Lewis as the
first contingent of the draft from Gem
county. Warren Demaris is the third
one of the quota. He has been resi-
dent of Tacoma for several months
and probably obeyed orders and re-
ported for duty.
Hyram E. Hallstrom, Gem coun-
ty registrant, now a resident of Utah,
has been ordered to report at Camp
Lewis also.
Leroy Cook, of Alpha, who was in
towrnr1Hto leave in the quota from
Valley county, was stopped until
further orders by the arrival of of
fcers from that county, on the ground
that he is a farmer and needed for
AGRICULTURAL work.
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Sofa Beans

The Soy bean thrives well in poor
ground and it is drouth resistant,
ripens in from 80 to 100 days, pro-
duces from 20 to 40 bushels per acre
and is as easily grown as any other
bean. One bushel of Soy beans is
more valuable than twice that much
corn for stock feeding. 1t is also un-
surpassable as a milk producer, as
well as being a soil improver, deriv-
ing its nitrogen from the air. Plant
a few For sale at
EMMETT FEED MILLS.
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Community Choral Club

The Community Choral Club met
at Moose hall Tuesday evening and
with an excellent attendance rehearsed
the comic opera "The Captain of Ply
mouth" after which light refresh
ments were served and a get-acquaint-
ed hour was spent. Several new names
were added, but there is still room
for more. Judge Richards will speak at
the M. E. church Saturday evening,
April 6, on the Third Liberty Loan.
The choral club will furnish the mu-
sic. The next rehearsal will be held
in the High School Auditorium Tues
day, April 8, at p. m.
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Eighth Grade Examinations

The Eighth Grade examination for
April will be held on the 10th, 18th
and 18th.
The Reading for the examination in
April will be based upon the "Cham-
bered Nautilus" page SO, and "The
Flag Goes By" page 1T, both of
Book III of Studies in Reading.
ELLA E. BRESHEARS,
County Superintendent.