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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-21
Traffic Fines for Babies.

Traffic Officer Bender waves a milk
bottle at oncoming traffic at a busy
corne of Portland, Ore. He holds
impromptu court over transgressors
of the rules and the bottle receives
the fines. When the offending motor
lists see the bottle they smile. Bend
err smiles and the crowd on the cor
ner smiles. The offender pulls out
his wallet. drops a coin into the bottle
and passes on. On the tin lip of the
bottle Is printed something about the
starving babies In France and Bel
GUM.
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DREADED ENEMY OF AVIATOR
Most Expert Altman, Caught in Fog,
10 Practically at Mercy Of
Circumstances.

Nothing connected with the history
of aviation is more remarkable than
the way In which the weather difficult
ties and dangers of a few years ago
have been reduced to the level of
minor inconvenience by the increased
skill of a%viators and especially by i'm
provements in airplanes. 1t is hardly
an exaggeration to say that at the
present time the only serious outstand-
ing meteorological problem of the avi-
ator is fog.
There is nc means of keeping ones
bearings when flying in or owe a
fog, and the same Is, of course, true
of low-lying clouds. The compass
tells which way the machine is point
Ing at any moment. bat not the d.
rection in which 1t Is flying, except
when travelling exactly with or
against the wind. There are no land
marks in the air. Even more serious
is the problem of landing in a fog.
The chances are always considerable
of striking dangerous obstacles, such
as trees, buildings. or telegraph wires,
or of alighting in bodies of water,
swamps. etc. Moreover, as n vet
eran flyer has stated. what is dis
tressing to the airmen In fog Is the
impossibility of knowing whether he
be slightly climbing or slightly de-
scending full tilt into hills, trees or
houses without time to save the stu
alton"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-21
AT END OF GLACIAL PERIOD
lions From Shrinking Of Great
Ice Cap at the South Pole.

DR.. Marsden Manson of San Fran
cisco, an eminent authority on geology,
points to the fact established by re-
cent Antarctic explorers that the great
Ice cap is shrinking. From this le
draws the conclusion that the gradual
subsistence of the Age of Ice of which
the polar Ice caps are the existing
remnants. is still going on and that
we live, so to speak, at the tail end Of
the glacial period. He expresses Tire
conviction that the same succession
Of geological climates has prevailed
In Antarctic as In other ATTITUDES, and
says that the evidence collected In re-
cent Antarctic explorations is corrobo-
rated by the comparatively recent un.
covering of temperate land areas and
the progressive retreat of the snow
line to higher elevations In temperate
and tropical ATTITUDES and toward the
poles at sea level. He comes to the
conclusion that the disappearance OF
the Ice Age is an active present process
and must be accounted for by activi-
ties and energies now at work. He
considers II as proved that the rates
and lines of retreat are and have been
determined by exposure to solar en-
ergy and the temperature established
thereby and by the difference In the
specific heat OF the land and water
hemispheres.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-21
Where COURAGE \. Common.

The Kansas soldier who. after TAX
ing part in a battle on the Western
front. wrote to his mother. "Say. moth
er dear, I never knew courage was so
common" has expressed the sentiment
Of the nation. We never knew that
there was so much latent heroism
among the young fellows in the offices.
the factories and on the farms of
America. Thank God that to our young
Americans courage is common p
Lawson Constitution.
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ing plain is one of the richest grain
districts on the peninsula and. more
Important than all, II still produces its
normal yield for Itafy-in spite of the
defamation Of local labor caused by
earthquake and war and the difficulty
the authorities have had in finding out
side help In war time.
Children Are Fed.
An American flag iutters today IN
a small plaza at the edge of the shat
tered town, beside the red. white and
green emblem of Italy's vitality. Here
a group of the needy children of sol
diers gather daily. all who need food
and care while their mothers labor In
the fields. Above them a small Amer
lean Red Cross sign faces rather grim
ly the ruins just visible through the
trees. Within the small structure a
daily meal is served under the direc-
ton Of a priest who cared for the ILL.,
fed children of the district from his
own scanty funds until the American
organization answered his appeal for
help. For months an American Red
Cross worker has made regular visits
to the place. playthings have been pro-
vided in addition to food, and instruc-
ton in hygiene is about to be started.
America is helping to preserve
Avezzano's children. But the duty of
the foreign workers begins and ends
with the suffering caused by war. Be
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-21
JURY PAYS FINE
First Convicts Him and Then Settles
His Troubles.

First Convicts Him and Then Settles
His Troubles.
A jury before City Recorder ]. J.
Dowd in San Francisco recently, after
hiding j. I. Page guilty of disturbing
the peace, paid his fine of $25. Ac-
cording TO Pages story, ne was in a sa-
loon owned by Charles Sturman when
G. G. Lind. the bartender, he said, In
suited the flag. Page sought to make
Lind kiss the flag in apology. Lind
refused and Page struck him. Stur-
nan caused Pages arrest on a charge
If disturbing the peace.
ID. K. Curley, foreman Of the Jury,
asked the court If it would be logical
for the jury to pay Pages fine. When
the court said Ii would. the jurors took
up a collection. One of the jurors
found himself without funds and Stur-
man loaned him the money.
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Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

John Ross Jr up from the Blackbird mill. in the Central district.
yesterday.
A special meeting of the county commissioners wal held today,
Messrs Anker and Trousdale being present A number of bills rel
allowed and certain parties yer notified that provided a bridge is built
at Cosgrove the county will purchase the same.
Notice: The Silver State makes this appeal to contributors: Send in
items when they are fresh We don't like to publish a birth notice
after the child is weaned, a marriage after the honeymoon is over. a
death notice after the widow is married again, or a free notice of a n
entertainment when the job work is done somewhere else.
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A Strangers Mistake.

"Mr. Bibles! You were intoxicated
last night. | saw you zigzagging all
over the street"
Merely the result of misapprehen-
sion. I didn't know the painted white
lines were for automobiles. l thought
they were for the guidance of pedes-
trians."
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LIEUTENANT GRIFFIN BARRY.

Who saw the italians In America
remembers through three and a half
crowded years the earthquake in Avez-
zano in January, 1915? The great war
was six months old. Italy was gath
ering her forces to enter. The atten-
ton of the diplomatic world was TO-
cussed on the struggle of the German
ambassador to prevent q decision and
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ITALIAN PEOPLE
SHOW VITALITY
Survivors of Earthquake Build a
New AveZzano.
OLD TOWN HEAP OF RUINS

Disaster That Wiped Out 10000 Lives
Was Lost Sight Of in More Absorb
ing News Of War-Ruins Of Old
Town Provide Material for Building
the New-American Red Cross
Lends Helping Hand to People.
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debris are where roads have been
cleared 10 connect with the highway to
Rome. But the vas heap of rubbish
has become a series of quarries from
taken. Just where the old town end,
ed. another is growing. In what was
once an open field a substantial hotel
has been built, a pink and white mus
nicipal building is in evidence at the
side of a well-built road. The chill
dren go daily to- a new school. and
thousands of people live today In the
rows Of small brick dwellings which
the government has assisted the Ayez-
Kano survivors to build. The surround
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-21
Great Ioss.

"Ah. what a loss I have suffered In
the death of my mother-in-lewi"
"She meant a great deal TO your
"Yes: she was a vegetarian and gave
a her meat card.:Ae Rslsr 49,
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ORDERS
'UINNEMUCCA LODGE No.

R1NNEMUCCA LODGE No.
10, F. b A. M.-Stated com ~
suunications win be held 1t X
their hall in the Silver State
block until further notice Ut 7:3O o
m. on the Fin, Friday evening If
eaeh month. fl Master Mssons in
good standing are cordially invited
to attend. T. NJ. PATTEN, w. N.
CHRIS WOLF. Sec'y y.
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Example Of Vitality.

Today Avezzano is interesting for a
host of reasons, but chiefly as a prime
example Of the vitality of our south,
ern ally. The site of the old town
for a site is all that remains-is still
a criss-cross of ruins, covering many
acres. The only breaks In the wilder
ness of tumbled stone are gaunt Chin
neys here and there lifting broken
arms toward the sky. Wisely enough
the only attempts to break through the
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-21
CoMMANDERY No.

wINNEMUCCA COMMANDERY No.
4. Knights Temllar - Stated
coneiaves OF Winnemucca Commsn-
derry No. 4 will be held at their hall
at 8 p. m. on the second and fourth
Tuesdays Of each month. All Sir
Knights are cordially invited to at
tend w. A. BROWN. Il. C.
T. n. PATTF>-, Recorder.
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remain In Rome. Meanwhile soldiers
were leaving Italian villages for con-
centration camps. Suddenly the news
was flashed from a populous center
near the middle Of the peninsula that
ten thousand people had been buried
beneath their homes in a single con-
vulsion of the earth. A thriving town
had disappeared; within its circle, the
disaster was complete.
The nations fought on in France and
in the East, the American newspapers
gave scanty space to the Italian event.
Italy herself barely paused. Relief
workers in plenty were rushed to the
scene, the survivors were fed and
housed and all that could be reached
of the ten thousand dead were buried.
Three months later the nation threw
itself into the European conflict, Its
momentum unchecked.
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wINNEMUCCA AERIE No. 4s7. FOE.
SECULAR meetings on second and
fourth Monday evenings OF each
moath in Winneva Hall. Visiting
Eagles are cordially invited to a.
tend all sessions.
EMIoL SNYDER. w.P.
&c KRENKEL. Secretary,
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yond that, the Avezzanese are shoul-
dering their W burdens. During the
lean years of war, women and BOYS
and old men are building a new town
for the men who will come back from
the trenches one day.
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HUMBOLDT CHAPTER No. 4
Q, R. A. M.-Meetings held ~
at their hall at 8 p. m. on ~
the Second and Fourth Fri
day evenings of zach month. All
Companion Royal Arch Masons in
good standing are cordially invited
to attend. L. G. CAMPBELL. H. p.
CHRIS WOLF. Sec'y.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
FARM HOME BURNS
DEHAMmER RESIDENCE NEAR
EvELAND DESTROYED.
Lovilia. Iowa, Nov. II.

Lovilia, Iowa, Nov. II.
The home of Giles De Hammer,
two miles northeast of old Eveland,
was burned to the ground Tuesday
night about eight o'clock. The fire was
not detected until the roof fell in on
the upstairs floor. Mr.. Dc Hammer is
quite an old gentleman, and has lived
on this farm many years. All his
children are married and in homes of
their own except one daughter who
makes her home with him.
Election day passed off quietly, but
there was fairly good turn out Of
voters. All seemed eager to cast their
votes, and as the voting machine was
a new thing to most of them and they
had to be instructed in its use, voting
was slow.
Mrs. Alice Price of Omaha, Nebras-
ka, after visiting her brothers B. j.
and W. S. Mather for some weeks left
last Monday for Osceola to visit her
sister, Mrs. Jennie Burton a couple Of
weeks before returning to her home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
LESS SUBSTITUTES
POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING THEIR
PERCENTAGE IN WHEAT BREAD

The United States Food Admins
tration announces the possibility of
diminishing the percentage Of substi-
tutes used in wheat bread, before the
new year.
The Interailiad Food Council of Lon
don is now discussing tie matter.
1t is amour ced by Mr.. Hoover in a
message to Federal Food Administra-
tor Deems tina: he belief is enter.
tanned that sufficient wheat will be
available 10 reduce the amount # suE
situtes in brcad of all allied countries
and allow substitutes now being i'm
ported to Allies to be used or dairy
feeds, of which there is great shOr:.
age in every country.
This is the prospect whether Ger
many quits. the war or not. for the
Austrian armistice must result in
greater safety of Mediterranean Sea
routes and consequent increased ac-
feasibility Of Indian and Australian
wheat supplies.
In his message to Nj. Deems, Mr..
Hoover says The change in the war
situation, however, does not alter the
total OF foods demanded from the
United States, but will increase our
load, and therefore there will be in
creased demand for economy and con-
seryation. We must now participate in
the preservation from starvation OF
the newly liberated nations in Aus
, tria, and it is anticipated that while
some wheat may be needed from the
United States, the largest part of our
export to that quarter will be corn,
rye, barley, and fats. The Austrian
merchant marine must be placed in
service, however, before exports can
be started to them"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
THOSE AEROPL ANES
TWO MACHINES PASS OVER osKA.
LoosA SUNDAY p. M.

Two big aeroplanes that started at
Belleville, Ills, near East st. Louis,
Illinois, passed over OskalOosa Sunday
afternoon. The two planes left Belle.
vile together to make flight to Camp
Dodge, Des Moines. One of the planes
having engine trouble, descended and
was some hours behind the first one,
which went over Oskaloosa about two
p. m, flying from southeast toward
northwest. Having exhausted the gaso,
line supply, the first plane was com
PEELED to land at the Glen Taylor farm
northwest of Oskaloosa 1t came down
in an open field. and caused consider.
able excitement among a crowd OF
half hundred people that gathered
about. Lieut.. Bailey and a sergeant
were in the car. After being supplied
with some fifteen gallons of gasoline
contributed by nearby auto owners,
the men took to the air and were on
their way to Des Moines.
The second plane flew over Oska'
loosa about four o'clock following its
predecessor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
"HooFEp" IT TO TOWN.
NJ. G. St. L. Refused to Stay on Track
Saturday Night.

Montezuma, Nov. 1.-THE NJ. & ST
L, passenger due in Montezuma from
Grinnell Saturday evening at 7:45 O.
clock, refused to come in on time. Due
to a broken brake beam the engine
tender and one car left the track nea,
Pratt's switch. There were no idle en-
gines here in the yards and it was III
to a large number of passengers to
either stay out there half the, night
until the engine could be .coaxed back
on the track or walk to town.
In the contingent We're most OF the
Montezuma school teachers. Pas
sengers came struggling in at latc
hour. some hailed passing automobiles.
All, however, are willing to swear
Pratt's switch u twenty milcg from
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
GIRLS WILL ASSIST
IN RAISING WAR WORK QUOTA
FOR MALAYSIA COUNTY

Every Girl Pulling Strong FOR Vic
tory" is the slogan of the Victory
Girls in the United War Work Cam
paign that is now on in this country.
After the other folks had been given
a chance to do their part. the time was
supposed to be completed by Election
day, the work was then hindered for a
few days on account of the rainy wea-
ther, but on Friday, Miss Mary Morris,
the County director of the Victory
Girls" went to Fremont and later to
New Sharon and at both places the
work is now well organized.
This week other principal points
will be reached in the County and
this department of the work will be
we'll enforced through the medium and
with the valued assistance of the
school teachers of the county 1t is
the aim OF the leaders to reach all
parts of the county through the school
districts as we'll as the consolidated
schools of Cedar and Lacey. The pro-
gram is a big one but all workers are
enthusiastic and they expect to sue
coed.
Each enrolment by a girl is practi-
cally pledge on her part that she
will Earn and Give" the sum OF her
earnings to the Unified interests of
the War Work Campaign. The earn
ing Is to be by some honest method,
and in this manner she thus contrib
utes. to the raising of the entire sum
of s75.O 900 in this county. The Victory
Boys" are also well organized under
the direction of c. Ed Beman, and un-
der the direction of Miss Morris for
the Girls and Mr.. Beman for the Boys,
spirited rivalry is expected.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
Work or Fioht.

Some fellows from over in Marion
county have been coming across into
MahaskR County, and it is said, have
been reaping a harvest in certain
places by playing poker. The matter
was reported to draft authorities and
the card men have been summoned
for immediate training for the front
The, Marion county fellows are so in
considerable as to make the claim that
the boys We're turned in as means OF
revenge. oskaloosa could part with
several of the same. stripe and stamp
with out any feeling of malice what.
ever.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
MAX GETsTHEN NEWS
COUNTY ATTORNEY o'eRiEN is
DULY APPREclATlVE.

Informed by wire of his election to
the Office of county attorney to sue
coed himself, Maxwell O'Brien, county
attorney for Mahaska, who is away on
leave of absence and in the service for
his country, writes from his headquar-
tiers. Louisville, Kentucky, asking the
Herald to convey for him to the voters
of the county an expression of apprc.
citation for this evidence of confidence
in his work, more particularly so 81
this time as he was not on the ground
for the campaign.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
KAISER WILHELM
ADVOCATES THRONE
REGENCY WILL BE SET UP IN
GERMAN EMPIRE.
CROWN PRINCE REFUSES SEAT
Duke Ernest Augustus of Brunswick,
Emperor's Son-in-Law, Also Steps
Down--German Officials
Step Out.

Paris, Nov. 1.-THE abdication of
Emperor William is officially announc-
ed from Berlin, according to a Havas
dispatch from Basel
The Havas agency, which transmits
the announcement of Emperor VIII
liam's abdication from Basel, is the
semioflcial French news agency.
Duke Down, Too.
London, Nov. IA telegram re-
Iceivcd from Copenhagen from Bruins.
wick by way of Berlin asserts thaS
Emperor Williams sou,inlaw the
Duke Of Brunswick, and his success
OF, have abdicated.
The reigning Duke of Brunswick,
whose abdication is announced in q
telegram from Brunswick by way of
Berlin, is Ernest Augustus, son OF
the Duke Of Cumberland. On May
"a, 1913, he married Princess Victoria
Louisa, the only daughter of Emperor
William. They have three sons, the
eldest, Ernest Augustus, whose right
TO the throne also has been renowned,
being born March IS, 1914.
Chancellor Makes Statement.
London, Nov IA German mes
sage, received in London this after
noon states:
The German imperial chancellor.
Prince Max Of Baden, issued the fol-
lowing decree:
THE kaiser and king has decided
- renounce the throne.
The imperial chancellor will re-
main in office until the situation cor
nected with the abdication of the
kaiser, renouncing by the German
crown prince of the throne of the Ger
man empire. and of Prussia. and the
setting up of a regency have been set.
tied.
-" For the regency he intends to ap.
point Deputy Ebert as imperial chan.
ccllor and he proposes that bill shall
be brought in for the establishment
of a law providing for the immediate
PRONUNCIATION OF general suffrage and
for constitutional German national
assembly, which shall settle finally
the future form of government of the
German nation and of those peoples
which might be DESTROYS of coming
within the empire.
Berlin, Nov. Q, 1918.
THE Imperial Chancellor
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14

|! There was criticism of the war risk
bureau and claim made that il was
not keeping up in its work, although
II employs a great many people. Mad.
den of Illinois was the chief critic and
Butler of Pennsylvania interrupted
him to ask how many clerks were EN-.
ployed in that bureau.
Fourteen thouSandr answered
Madden.
/ "Pheww calculated Butler.
J Madden went on to explain that A
lot Of them were not working and
showed how slack the management
was In utilizing this force.
Il find this appropriation provides
for officers and employees" interrupt
ed Butler again. do they have Off.
GERS in the war risk bureau? Do they
have any of these moving figures In
uniform?"
/ Both Butler and Madden have a par.
ticular objection to so many officers In
uniform In the various departments
and on the streets of Washington, but
M to the present time they have not
succeeded in reducing the number.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP SUNK.
saetia Strikes Mine and Goes To tn,
Bottom.

Ocean Bay, n. j., Nov. 11.--At 8 {.
m. Saturday, the American steamer
Saetia, struck mine, twenty-five
miles off shore, sinking within twenty
minutes. All persons known to have
been on board the American steamer
Saetia, sunk yesterday morning off
the Maryland coast, have been saved
Additional survivors landed at Caps
May today brought the number tc
eighty-fve, accounting for everybody
on the ships lists.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14

Contracts for motortrrcks, chassis
ambulances. tractors, passenger cars,
motorcycles and bicycles aggregating
about Sl30,0OoO00, have been placed
with various manufacturers by the mo.
tors and vehicles division of the motor
transport corps. The orders cover 49,.
1S7 trucks and chassis of different
sizes and types, and 1854 ten-ton trail
ers and $50 four-wheel trailers. Or
ders for $50 four-wheel drives have
been placed. Other orders include $4,000
passenger cars; 300 winter cars, sos
limousines, 5000 delivery cars, 1915
motorcycles, and $4,000 bicycles.
There have been purchased for the
use of the army in October and No
vember 100000 pounds (239, 1856 bar.
rels) of -four, 100000 pounds Of
which is for domestic needs. The re-
mainder is for the troops in France.
The purchases were made by the sub
sistence division Of the Quartermaster
corps.
More than 100000 gallons OF strip
have been bought for the troops over
seas for use with their shot cakes" as
well as for sweetening their pastry.
In addition to these supplies the sub
sistence division has bought more than
1O0,000,O00 cans Of salmon--enough for
the army'S requirements for year.
About SO per cent of this lot will go
~ the forces in France. 1t is esti-
mated that 16 ounces of salmon are
equivalent to 20 ounces of beef. Con-
ccntration of the product makes it par
ticularly desirable in both mobile and
trench warfare.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-14
FOUR DIE OF FLU.
Van Corp Family Near Montezuma
Suffer Great Loss.

MontczAma, Nov. 11.-Mr. and Mrs,
+. NJ. Van Corp, southwest of Monte,
yuma have suffered the loss of four
Of their six children during the past
week, Last Wednesday daughter
eleven years old died of the flu. The
next day. boy four years old died,
Saturday an infant babe passed away
and Tuesday morning a two-year-old
son died. Mrs. Van Corp is critically
i'll and Mr., Van Corp is just recover
ing from an illness.