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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-16

Some time ago the Latah County
Press, published at Deary, advocated
raising sugar ~beets in Latah county and
This paper endorsed the suggestion edi-
foria1ly The editorial has been repub-
Iished in number of other papers and
editors have taken kindly to it. We sug-i
gested that sugar beets could be grown
here profitably as "side-line" to farm /
ing and stock raising There is no beet
sugar factory nearer than Yakima,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-16
LOST

LOST-A PAIR OF GLASSES, SAT
urday night. Leave at Star-Mirror.
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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31

wire, when we walked into a Boche
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fiddler rem
dered his bill, and we paid.
Fighting in the dark with a bayonet
is not very pleasant. The Germans
took it on the run, but our officer was
no novice at the game and didn't fol-
low them. He gave the order "down
on the ground, hug it close"
Just In time, too, because a yol]ev
skinned over our heads. Then in low
tones we were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
on his own.
We could see the flashes of their
rifles In the darkness, but the bullets
were going over our heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded in the arm. If it hadn't been
for our officers quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out.
After about twenty minutes wait we
went out again and discovered that
the Germans had wiring party work
Ing on their barbed WIRE We returned
TO our trenches unobserved with the
information and our machine guns i'm
mediately got busy.
Tie next night four men were sent
our to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see if they had
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31

The British are OF wood, while Tn
German are iron. Ny heart stopped
beating; by mistake I had crawlet
back to the German lines.
I turned slowly about and my tuni,
caught on the wire and made q loui
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out.
sprang to my feet, ducking low, and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
ran smash into our wire, and a SHARP
challenge, "'Alt, who comes thereY
rang out. gasped out the password
and, cropping my way through the lane
in the wire, tearing my hands and
uniform, tumbled into our trench and
was safe, but I was a nervous wreck
for an hour, until q drink of rum
brought me round.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31
Speed and the Airship,

travelling from Dayton to Detroit
In two hours is "going some' Major
Smith did it the other day on an air
plane and carried a passenger with
him. Does anyone doubt that a device
which makes possible such a comet
like trip will be permitted to fall into
disuse after it has served it's purpose
in the. war? The thing which the
world wants most just now is peace.
Next to peace the chief desire of man
kind centers upon speed. If the air
plane had nothing more than its
speed to commend it, we might be
sure that it would be pressed into
use for passenger traffic. Since it has
been demonstrated that aircraft NAV
be made as comfortable and as safe
as cars which are hauled upon tracks
and ships that sail the seas, we NAV
be sure that the day is not far dis
tant when "the squadrons of the
skies" will be utilized for pleasure
and for peaceful enterprise. ~
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31

cut lanes through it; If so, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course had to be one of the four
selected for the Job. It was Just like
sending a fellow to the undertaker's
TO order his own coffin.
AT ten o'clock we started out. armed
WIN three bombs, bayonet, and re-
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
I'VE Ieet at time, ducking star shells.
with strays cracking overhead. /
reached their wire. I secuted along
thls inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
L could hear them talking in their
trench, my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector quietly
crawled back. had gotten about h1lf
way when 1 noticed that my revol~es>
was missing. 1t was pitch dark. I
turned about to see if I could find T. ::
II couldn't be far away, because abo,er
tnree or four minutes previously 7 had
1elt the butt in the holster. I crawled
around in circles and at last found #.
tnen started on my way back to our
trenches, as I thought.
Fretty soon I reached barbed wire,
ana was just going to give the pass
word When something told me not to.
put out my hand and touched one of
the Darbed wire stakes. It was iron.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31
EmPey stages his play under
difficulties but with great sue
cess. The next instaIIment tells
about it.
Used Vast Amount of Wire

(TO BE CONTIEUEDl
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER XVII.

After tea Lieutenant Stores Of onr
section came into the dugout and in
formed me that was 'for" q reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At II 80 that night twelve men. orr
lieutenant and myself went ont in
front on patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
about two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
wards in front Of the German barbed
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31

Lieut.. G. Francis Patton OF New
York, who has been decorated with
the French war cross for courage in
treating wounded men in the great
battle now raging. Lieutenant Pat
ton during gas attack, finding his
gas mask interfered with his work,
removed it. After short time he was
overcome by the fumes, but has since
recovered. He is a member of the
medical corps and went to France
with the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth
infantry of the Rainbow division.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER xVI-Continued.


quite contrast to Wilson was an
other character in our brigade named
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on
account of his age. He was fifty-seven,
although looking forty. "Old Scotty"
mad been born in the Northwest and
mad served in the Northwest Mounted
police. He was typical cowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was dead shot
with the rifle, and took no pains to
disguise this fact from US. He used to
take care Of his rifle as if it were a
Dapy. In his spare moments you could
always see him cleaning it or polish
ing the stock. Woe betide the man
who by mistake happened to get hold
OF this rifle; he sOon found out his
error. Scott was as deaf as mule,
ana II was amusing at parade to watch
MIN In the manual of arms, slyly
glanclng out of the corner of his eye
at the man next to him to see what
the order was. How he passed the
doctor was a mystery to US; he must
nave bluffed his way through, because
ne certainly was independent. Beside
MIN the Fourth of July looked like
Good Friday. He wore at the time
large sombrero, had a Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on
MS arm, and a "forty-five" hanging
from his hip. Dumping this parapher-
MALTA on the floor he went up to the
recruiting officer and shouted: "Tm
from America, west Of the Rockies,
and want to join your Id army.
I've got no use for a German and can
snoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said I was deaf and
so l am. don't banker to ship in with
ID underwriting outfit, but the
cavalry's full, so 1 guess this regi-
ment's better than none, so trot ont
your papers and I'll sign EN-" He told
tnem ne was forty and slipped by. I
was on recruiting service at the time
ne applied for enlistment.
1t was Old Scotty's great ambition
TO be a sniper or "body snatcher," as
Mr.. Atkins calls it. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele.
brated his appointment by blowing the
whole platoon to Tags.
Being Yank, Old Scotty took lik-
Ing to me and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these in and ask
Tor more. Ananias was a rookie conn.,
pared with him.
The ex-plainsman and discinline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even If he was hard to man.
age. SO when he was detailed as
sniper a sigh Of relief went I'D from
the officers mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom Of tho
brigade. He used to draw two or
three days. rations and disappear with
MS glass, range finder and rifle. and we
would see or hear no more of him
until suddenly he would reannear
with a couple Of notches added to
those already on the butt of his r,fo
Every time he got a German it meant
another notch. he was proud of these
nOtches.
But after few months Father
rheumatism got him and he was sent
10 Blighty; the air in the wake of his
stretcher was blue with curses Old
Scotty surely could swear; some Of his
outbursts actually burned you.
NO doubt, at this writing, he is
somewhere in Blighty" pussy footing
1t on bridge or along the wall Of
some munition plant with the 20 RI
or Home Defense corps.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31

It has been estimated that the wire
in the cores and sheathing of the
worlds submarine cables that have
been made since they were first used
IN 1857, would REACH from the earts
to the moon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
GEAR NOW BURIED
AGAIN; IS SECOND
REPORT OF EVENT

Amsterdam, Sept Solemn
ceremonies over the body of Mich
elias Romanoff. former emperor of
Russia, have been held at Yekater-
inburg by troops of the peoples
army" according to Izvestia Of
Moscow. The body has been bur-
led in a wood near where the en-
perOr was executed and it was To-
Gated through information provided
by persons acquainted with the ex-
ecutiOn. The work of exhumatiOn
was done in the presence of many
representatives of the supreme &c
Clesias.ical authorities OF western
Siberia, as well as delegates of the
peoples army cossacks and
CzechO- Slovaks The body was
placed in a zinc coffin encased in
Siberian cedar and placed in the ca
thedraI at Yekaterinburg under
guard Of honor composed Of the
commanders Of the peoples party. g."
1t will be buried in a special sa--
sophagus ar Omsk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
ARREST OWNER
GAMING HOUSE
Two PrOprietOrs OF Rambling Joint
and Fourteen Men Plead Gully
to Charge.

An alleged gambling house at
1920 Third avenue, Moline, was
raided late yesterday afternoon,
and the owners, Nick Skrivance.
coIored, and John Collas, colored,
plead guilty to keeping a gaming
house. while IA others admitted 10
the charge of disorderly conduct
After filming SkirvanCe and Col
las $50 and costs each and each of
the IA men with SIS and costs, the
city treasury was enriched by
S164S0. Skrivance promised to
get a job or fight Magistrate Gus
,afsOn speaking to the aelf-con-
fessed man, said:
"Skrivance. you get a job You
have just admitted that YOU are a
gambler by occupation. II you're
not out of that employment in 30
days, and in some essential job,
you Will be indicted into the ser
vice You're a gambler. The coun
try doesn't need gamblers today"
The Moline exemption board was
notified of the case and OF the ad-
mission made by the men. The
men were busy at their cards when
Detective Lebbert and OFFICER Kit
tilsen entered the room yesterday.
The raid was accomplished quietly
and successfully.
Skrivance is of draft age, but
COllas is not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
SUPPORT DRIVE
SAYS PARMITER
Pastor in Sermon Yesterday Morn
ing Urges Congregation to
Buy Liberty Bonds.

If we cant be a warp of mercy
in the world today and turn our
backs on creeds, the time has come
when the church is a useless com
modify" spoke Rev. Charles Par
inter, pastor Of the Second Congre-
gational church. Moline, yesterday
morning The church must be a
voice next to the people, but for
that we couldn't possibly say it is
patriotic to put money in our
churches"
To demonstrate the churches as
patriotic. Rev. Parmiter urged his
people to support and help all pos
Sible IN the fourth Liberty loan
campaign. While we sit here in
comfort" he said, some one over
there is covered with mud and
coolies and blood in order that this
church may live"
The army is our representative.
These men are fighting. are where
they are, because there has been in
the country a people with ideas Of
liberty, God and righteousness
Church services should serve an
end. The church is a place of in
depreciation OF events. Through
the church We should come to know
that the universe is still the field Of
God and we should love it
The church should help us to
realize that we are souls, that we
are people like unto God. and for
get that we are merchants. bankers,
mechanics or lawyers The church
still speaks voice seeking the
truth The willingness to sacrifice
has been pumped into the people
by the churches, the schools and
the home. We are facing a nation
Of slave people If the church can
send us to liherate those slave peO-
nle il has performed its service
We must be a means to connect
men with the great universe Of
God"
Rev Mr. Parmiter announced to
his congregation that at present he
is not going to leave the church for
army chaplain service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
POCKETS PICKED
WHILE BOARDING
THE STREET CARS

PickpOckets in Moline obtained
$50 in cash and a check for $40
made on an Erie bank, from H. L.
Daniels. 1922 ThiTty-ninth street,
Rock Island, while he attempted to
board an Elm street car at Fifth
avenue and Fifteenth street, Mo-
line, Saturday evening.
Ralph Kassen, APP Fourth ave
nue., Moline, was another victim Of
the thieves. He boarded d Fourth
avenue car at Sixth street, Moline
and alighted at Twentieth street,
Rock Island. 1t was during the
short ride that he missed $40.
Some kind citizen reported to the
police that he saw the pickpOckets
but did not catch them One man
is said to be six feet tall, dark com
plexiOned, and appears to be about
80 years Of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
QUESTIONS MAILED
TO MEN; REQUESTS
MADE DRAFTEES

Moline exemption board mailed
600 missionaries to registrants
between the ages of 10 and q and
81 and 81, today. The Moline ad-
visOry board, which will assist reg
iStrants in filling out their papers,
will hold its first session at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon on the
second floor of the Moline city hall.
Registrars who need help are to
call at this place and receive ad-
vice.
The advisory board will meet ev-
cry afternoon from 2 to o'clock in
the afternoons and from : to 8
o'clock in the evenings. Question
naires are to be mailed every so
Cften until each registrant receives
his blank
Judge Dietz, chairman of the ad-
visory board, makes the following
statement to registrants:
do not go to Offices of attorneys.
Go TO Moline city hall between
hours of TO , in afternoon and Z
to in evening.
Read your QUESTIONABLE care
fully before applying to the advis-
DRY board The board will be very
busy and there will be about four
thousand men 70 be served
Answer as many questions on
the QUESTIONABLE as possible, be-
fore coming to the city hall The
attorneys and others serving on the
board are giving large part of
their time to this work. but it is
necessary. in order that this part of
the war program be expedited that
registrants cooperate at all times"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
POLICE ARRESTS
HEAvYSATURDAY
Five We're Charged With Drunken.
, ness-Back Pay From Railroad
Is Thought to BE Cause.

Hundreds of dollars going into
the pockets of many East Moliners
and citizens in this vicinity, back
pay for those who worked in the
railroads, is said to have been the
cause of the grand rush on the road
to Bureau Junction and the cause
OF the many arrests Of DRINKS in
East Moline in the past week.
Five DRINKS, claiming their resi-
denCes to be Moline, East Moline
and Davenport, were arrested since
Saturday night. All were released
upon the paying or lines.
Tom FOssich and John KIar OF
Davenport, claimed to have received
their booze in Bureau Junction
They were picked up by the police
at O'Clock Saturday evening. They
we're released this morning upon
paying a fine Of $705.
William Stutt of East Moline was
arrested at 10 o'clock Saturday
evening on the same charge. He
was released on $40 bonds and APP
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
EAST MOLINE

Mr.. and Mrs. T f. Alderman and
daughter Irene made a weekend
visit with relatives in Peoria.
The SiIvis Baptist Aid society
pariors.
The Missionary society of the
Congregational church will be en-
tertained tomorrow at a l O'Clock
luncheon at the home Of Mrs. 7. f.
Van Meter.
Wednesday the Loyal Daughters
Of the Baptist church will meet and
tie comforts. There Will be re
freshments in the church parlors.
Mrs. Boyd Girt departed Satur-
day to Join her husband in Phila-
delphia
Mrs. Margaret Harper has re
turned from Valparaiso, Ind.
Mrs. Lillian Wayne has arrived
home from California, to make her
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Morgan Of Silvis. Mr.
Wayne has arrived in France.
Tuesday evening the BaptisIs
hold prayer meeting in Silvis, Wed
nesday at WATERFOWL, and Thurs
Gay at the East Moline church, fol
lowed by a business meeting of the
church.
Choir rehearsal will be held Fri
day evening at East Moline
Rose chapter 0. +. $. meets
Tuesday evening in regular SEES
sion Mrs. Mae Emmert. worthy
matron, VIII make plans to attend
the grand chapter
A farewell party will be given
this evening at the Silyis NJ. E
church for Rev. and Mrs. d. &
Van LeeT. who leave soon for Hen
~, III, where Mr.. Van Leer enters
q new field.
Mrs. II. II. Long Of Orion is
spending several days with her son.
J. H Long, and daughter, Mrs. W
l. Taze
Private Joe Dormady and Louis
Rasmussen write their friends
that they are now located at Camp
Mills, y. Y
The East Moline library board
meets Wednesday evening at the
rooms in the Y. N. c. A. Mrs. W.
l. TaZe and Mrs s A. Cartwright
were appointed new members of
the board
The Tri-ChurCh committee of the
Baptist church met Friday evening
and worked out a schedule for the
year. Rev. Mr.. Wilbur will be in
charge Of the SiIvis and Water
town pastorates. and Rev. J. NJ.
Osborne in charge Of the East Mo
line church. with two services eacn
sunday beginning Oct. J.
The Crescent club Of Silvis meets
tomorrow with Mrs. Harry Hook
man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
WOMEN OF EAST
MOLINE SERVING
FOR LOAN DRIVE

Seven booths will be opened in
East Moline to care for fourth Lib
erty loan subscribers, during the
two volunteer days, Saturday and
Monday. Sept. % and 80. Booths
will be opened in the banks and one
at the Y. NJ. c. A and others in pre-
cinct polling places. Following the
volunteer days, East Moline women
will make a thorough house to
house canvass of the city. Follow
ing is the list of women who have
donated their services for the cam
paign:
Mrs. Paul Andree, Mrs. Fred
Raflsback, Miss Alice Dormandy.
Mrs. Roy Anderson, Mrs. Jean Pope,
Miss Dorothy Peterson, Mrs. Ar
thur Little. Mrs. W. Adams, Mrs
George Schilling, Mrs. Cramer,
Mrs. George Ross, Mrs. Reid, Ms.
w. l. Taze. Mrs. l.. d. Barding, Mrs.
Frank Vermeullen, Mrs. Carl
Mitchell Irs. Cartwright, Mrs. y.
Nelson, ars. NJ. A. Ganiard. Mrs.
G. F. Johnson. Mrs. NJ. A. Martin,
Mrs. II. r. Cox. Mrs. DewTose, Miss
Alice Peterson. Miss Katherine Will
ley, Miss Grace Dale, Mrs. J. w.
Caste, Mrs. Vande Verde, Miss Vera
Long, Miss Stella Parrot, Mrs. w.
Mack, Mrs. Wander Beke. Miss Ema-
line Lawson, Mrs. T. Lambrick, Mrs.
W. Jabs, Miss Geraldine Long, Miss
Geraldine Long, Miss Helen Mus
grove, Mrs. w Taylor, Mrs. II. p.
Cosner, Mrs E Aldrich, Mrs. Haw-
ley, Miss MilIigan, Mrs. McKeever,
Miss Long, Miss Edna Brady, Miss
Chambers, Mrs kOhleT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
MOLINE HIGH
GIRLS TO BE GIVEN
MILITARY COURSE

Girls Of the East Moline town
ship high school met this after
noon 90 form a military unit, under
the direction of one of experience
and who is giving his services
without remuneration Girls OF the
school have shown high interest
and enthusiasm in learning the
preliminary tactics OF military
training. Ii IS probable that a unit
composed Of boys viii be formed
under the direction Of the same Of
fice-. sometime this week.
Miss LaVerne Klingbeil was
elected president Of a newly or
ganized Patriotic league in the
high school Miss Caroline Young
was named secretary. Approx
nfareIy fifty girls joined the league.
and it is expected that their en-
beavers viii cover a large field.
They will meet this week to deter
mine the kind of work to be car
ried on and arrange for stunts for
this fall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
MURDER SCENE
or lREETS {.
MOLINE AT DAY
Jim Robertson. Colored. in Hospital
Result of Bullet Wound Fired
by Bob Jackson.

Jim Robertson, colored, of East
Moline, lies in the Moline city hos
pi,al with a bullet lodged in the
groin, fred by Bob Jackson, also
coIored, at $50 yesterday afternoon
between Third and Fourth avenues
on Twelfth street, East Moline,
Jackson is being held by East Mo-
line police authorities charged with
intent to murder with a deadly
weapon. His case was continued
for 10 days TO await the outcome OF
RobeTtsOn's injury.
Hard feeling has existed between
the two men for some time. The
discussion held between the men
yesterday afternoon, or the cause
for the shooting is unknown. Jack
son refuses to discuss the matter
until time for a hearing. The shoot
ing occurred in the street in the
neighbOrhood of the two mems liv-
ing quarters. There were witnesses
to the scene. One shot was fired
and entered the lower half Of the
injured mans stomach. Police were
called and Jackson taken to the
station. Robertson was Immediate
" taken to the hospital.
A 32-calibFe gun was found on
Jackson's person, Robertson had
no weapons with which to protect
himself Both men were employed
at the Deere Harvester company
until last week. Both quit their
Jobs at the same time.
An operation will be performed
on Robertson this afternoon and I'M
less infection develops his condi-
ton is not very serious. Robertson
is a married man, Jackson is single.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
SPEAKERS TO TALK
TO LOAN WORKERS

A T. Foster, chairman Of the
north half of Rock Island county
fourth Liberty loan campaign, will
address workers for the campain
of East Moline. at banquet to be
given at the East Moline Y. NJ. c.
\. tomorrow night at 7 O'clock. r.
b. LOurie, chairman of the Moline
chapter of the council of defense,
will also talk on the loan, giving
instructions as to the method of
soliciting. Father c. p. O'Neill OF
the Sacred Heart Catholic church,
Rock Island, will speak on buying
bonds One hundred workers are
expected to turn out to tomorrow s
meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-23
RECEIVES CALL FOR
10 SELECTIVE MEN

Another call for 10 men, quail
fed for general military service,
was received by the Moline exemp-
ton board, Saturday. This makes
five entertainments to be made with
in the next three weeks. Calls are
continually coming for selective
service men and it is expected that
October will be an exceptionally
heavy month. The men asked for
in this call will be sent to Camp
Dix, Wrightstown, n. J.
Nathan Grossman and Andy Jen-
sen were indicted into the service
as stenogra pliers and typists and
were sent to jefferson barracks to-
day.