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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
INSURANCE FOR EVERY FIGHTER

The Treasury Department is max
ing every effort to have every mem
ber Of Americas fighting forces take
advantage of the Government-in-
surance plan, which Secretary Nc
Adoo asserts to be "the most Just and
humane provision ever made by any
3 alton for its soldiers and sailors"
The purpose is rapidly being
achieved, the insurance having
passed the third billion mark in the
total Of policies units in which every
member has taken insurance.
The automatic insurance provided
by the law is only partial and limited
protection, payable only to wife,
child, or widowed mother and ceases
after February IL, 1918. 1t is i'm
portant, therefore, not only to the
soldiers and sailors of the country
but to their families and dependents,
that before that date they avail
themselves of the full Government
protection. which can go as high as
$4,000 and is payable to the wife,
husband, child, grandchild, parent,
brother, or sister
The law also provides for the reed
ucation and rehabilitation of the to-
tally disabled and monthly compen-
sation to those disabled.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
To FURNISH FUN
TO SOLDIER BOYS
Drive Will be Made to Sell
Coupon Books to Furnish
Show Tickets to Men in
Training Camps.

Fred B. Jones, district manager of
the Mountain States telegraph COM
pany has been appointed state chair
man of the military entertainment
council, and will have charge of
selling smileage books throughout
the state. Smileage books are cou-
pom books to pay for admission to
the theatres built at the training
camps throughout the United States.
The United States military au-
thorities have built theatres with a
seating capacity of $500 in each
in all. Many of the
prominent actors have volunteered
their services, among whom are
Maude Adams and William Faver-
sham. Also a number of the prom
inent singers, including Caruso and
Mccormick have volunteered their
services.
Some other actors that go to make
up the companies must be paid and
are working for fifty percent salary.
The Sammy has no fund to meet this
expense, and has asked good patri-
otic citizens to buy these coupon
books and send them to their soldier
friends. AS you might imagine,
boy earning thirty dollars per month
has not very much money to spend
for entertainment.
Idaho has been allotted four
thousand dollars worth of these
books for the first drive, which takes
place between January 28th and Feb
ruary 5th Mr.. Jones has called on
the organization of the telephone
to handle the work locally
and has appointed John Goul, local
of the company to dispose
Of Mountain Homes allotment Mr..
Goul will call on the various organi-
cations In town to help in the sale,
which will be on all next week. He
has not as yet received notice of the
AMOUNT TO be disposed of in Elmore
but expects to go over the
top with as many as are required.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
LONGFELLOW WILL
BE ALLOWED TO
JOIN ENGINEERS.

Lyman Longfellow, who came
home from interior Alaska, arrived
in Mountain Home last week, to en-
list in the Engineers, went to Boise
the latter part of the week for that
purpose and was refused on account
of the fact that he was eligible for
the next draft But after taking the
matter up with the adjutant general
and Governor Alexander, who tele-
graphed Washington for a new rul-
ing, was given permission to enlist.
Mr.. Longfellow has spent most of
the time for the past three years in
Alaska with an engineering party
on the government railroad, and was
in line for a promotion to resident
engineer of section of the road
within short time, but he was
unable to keep informed as to his
status in the draft, and felt that his
place was in the army, SO In Decem-
Der with another young man he
started out and after a month of
hard travel, reached home The
first three hundred miles of the trip
was made on foot, with a dog team
to haul the luggage, and took some
fourteen days.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
PR0-PATRTOT RUNS
FROM ALL-AMERI-
CAN FIGHTING MAN,

A man giving his name as G. w.
Worthington, and said to be book
agent, started something Wednesday
morning at the postofiice when he
butted into a conversation between
Postmaster White and John Goodall
to air his pro-German views. Mr.
Goodall took emphatic exception to
his remarks and was dared outside
by the book agent, Goodall came so
willingly and fast that the pro-Ger-
man saw the error of his ways and
kept on running. He made for the
Gem State garage and securing his
car was on his way out of town in a
few minutes, and is said not to have
been seen in these parts since. Worth
ington has been in town several times
within the past few months and has
at times let the impression go out
that he was in the employ of the gov
ernment secret service department.
The books he is selling are alleged
to be represented to the prospect as
set for which the places have been
suppressed, and that from him is the
only chance to secure copies.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
idaho LIBERAL
IN BUYING BONDS
Residents of State Invested
Nearly Eleven Million in
Purchase of Government
Paper During Second
Liberty Loan Drive.

A report Of the allotments and
subscriptions to the second Liberty
loan of 1917 for Idaho, put out by
the federal reserve bank at San
Francisco, shows that the state con-
tributed $10,833,300. In northern
Idaho $3,5S1,00 was subscribed.
The minimum allotment in north
ern Idaho was exceeded by the coun-
ties of Benewah, Bonner, Boundary,
Kootenai and Nez Perce.
The maximum allotment was ex-
ceeded by Shoshone county. Sho-
shone county subscribed $1,658,850,
its maximum allotment being $1,363.-
846.
Ada county, in south Idaho, sub
seribed $2,361,2 its maximum al
lotment being $1,S00,939. The city
of Lewiston, with a maximum allot-
ment of $457,516, subscribed $691,-
$50, and the city of Boise, with a
minimum allotment of $1,019,252.
subscribed $2,2S4,5OO
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
HAMMOND TANNER
PIONEER OF CITY
DIES I'M PORTLAND

Hammond Tanner, who has been
in Portland for several months taxi
ing medical treatment for stomach
trouble, died late Monday evening
His daughter, Mrs, F. M, Hobbs,
who had returned from Portland
only a. few days previously, left at
once for that city, to assist her
mother in bringing the body home
The funeral party arrived here last
evening and the funeral will probably
be held today, though as we go to
press no arrangements had yet been
made.
Mr.. Tanner came to this city with
his family rs years ago and has lived
here since that time He has held
public Office on a number of occa-
sions and at the time of his death
was village marshall, a position he
surrendered temporarily at the time
he left for Portland.
Mr.. Tanner leaves his widow
three sons and one daughter. The
sons are Walter, of Portolo, Cali
fornia, who arrived in this city
Thursday night for the funral, Gro
yer, Of Rogerson, Idaho, and Louis,
of Mountain Home. The daughter
is Mrs. Frank Hobbs of this city.
He also leaves brother, John Tanner
of Mountain Home, and grand
daughter. Muriel M. Tanner, who
lives In California.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
FIRST LETTER TO
COME FROM FRANCE
Harry Isaacs Sends Mess
age Written on Trans
port Telling of Trip.
Christmas on the Ocean.

The first letter to be received In
Mountain Home direct from France
reached Mrs. Nora lsaacs Tuesday
from her son Harry who left New
York with the first sailing of the 4lst
division about the 10th of December.
The letter was written on the boat
and has no date nor mailing stamp.
The envelope is stamped Passed by
Censor, and in place of a stamp
carries the legend, Soldiers Mail, +"
in the upper right hand corner.
With the exception of some per-
sonal matter left out, the letter
reads as follows:
Somewhere in France,
My Dearest Mother; am ON the
last day Of my voyage mother. ex-
peet to dock tonight and unload
tomorrow. | have had a most en-
ioyable trip and have felt fine and
dandy all the way over 1t seemed
kind of funny to see nothing but
water but soon got used to 1t and
| think | would be pretty good
sailor
Il sure hope you haven't worried
any more than possible because I'm
safe and very we'll 1t was kind Of
funny to spend Xmas on the water
but 1t was an adventure and they
gave us good chicken dinner They
have fed us good and we have had a
nice warm place to stay We were
sure tickled to see land this morning
and we are close now, can see the
green grass and the leaves on the
trees.
You should hear us talk about
how next Xmas we will tell the folks
at home about our Christmas on the
ocean | am still in charge of
squad but haven't been made corporal
yet. We got a box of smoking to-
bacco as gift at Christmas from
some concern.
The people here seem proud of
us. Some kids came out to the ship
in little row boat You won't be
able to hear from me 50 often Mother
but will write every time 1t is posi-
Bile and please don't worry, cause |
am safe and we'll. Jim Beach is on
this ship, he is the only man from
there with us.
Write to me as follows Pvt. Fl.
e. Isaacs, Co. A., 147th M. G.. BIN,
A, e. E. Par, B. G. NJ, Paris, France,
Looks funny, don't It? Just think,
have travelled all over the q. s. and
across the ocean and 1t hasn't cost
ne a cent"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
THE LIBERTY LOAN AND BANK
DEPOSITS.

The Annual Report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury contains this
statement:
"The First Liberty Loan was sold
and paid for between January Is
and August 81, 1917, and 1t is inter-
esting to note that the reports of the
national bank show that between the
calls for reports from these banks of
May /, 1917 and September 11,1917,
embracing the period In which the
First Liberty Loan was taken up and
paid for, the national banks of the
country, instead of being drained of
their resources through these vast
collections by the Government, act
uallyshowed an increase of $154,-
100000 In the sum total of their de-
posts for that period. The payments
for the Second Liberty Loan were
made with the same ease that mark
ed the settlements of the First"
TO the effective machinery afforded
by the Federal Reserve Banks is at
tributed the execution of these tre-
mendous and unprecedented financial
operations without tremor of fnan-
eial disturbance,
The total deposits on November
20, 1917, Of the 1850 national
banks amounted to $14,798, 900, 900,
an increase over November II, 1916,
of SO, 100000, and an increase
over September IL, 1917, of $1,564,-
100000 The total resources of these
banks on November 20 were $1S,-
$50, 100000.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
UNITS OF SUNSET
DIVISION HAVING
MEN FROM IDAHO.

The distribution of the End Idaho
Infantry is matter of much interest
to the people of Idaho. All of the
Idaho troops were placed in the 41st
division, which was made up of the
national guard units of the District
of Columbia, and the states of Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming.
Montana, North Dakota, South Do
kota, Colorado and New Mexico.
The units containing Idaho troops,
and the makeup of the units, are
as follows;
LAC Machine Gun Battalion: Sd
Battalion I'd Idaho Infantry; Ma
chine Gun Company, Sd Wyoming
Infantry; Machine Gun Company, 4th
South Dakota Infantry.
147th Machine Gun Battalion:
Machine Gun Company; Sd District
of Columbia Infantry; Machine Gun
Troops, 1st Separate Squadron
Washington Cavalry; Company H,
I'd North Dakota Infantry; Machine
Gun Company, I'd Idaho Infantry.
146th Machine Gun Battalion:
Headquarters Company, Supply Com
pany, and 1st Battalion; I'd Idaho
Infantry; Battalion Washington
Field Artillery; Battery A, New
Mexico Field Artillery.
10th Engineers I'd Battalion,
Company, I'd North Dakota Infantry;
battalion of Oregon Engineers.
10th Sanitary Train-Ambulance
Companies Nos. 161, 1872. 1863, 164
Selection of specially qualified men
from I'd North Dakota Infantry, Sd
District of Columbia Infantry, 1st
North Dakota Infantry, I'd Idaho
Infantry, Sd Wyoming Infantry, 1st
Washington Signal Company, 4th
South Dakota Infantry, I'd Washing
ton Infantry.
Field Hospital Companies Nos. 161,
1862, 1853, 1874: 1st Idaho Field Hos
pital, 1st Washington Field Hospi-
tai, and by transfer or draft.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL
RESERVE SYSTEM.

Seventy-fye State banks or trust
companies were admitted to the Fed
eral Reserve System in September
with aggregate capital of $28,918,-
600, surplus of s32,050,000, and re-
sources of s448,728, 900. This brings
the number of State institutions;
that is, banking institutions other
than national banks, now members
of the Federal Reserve System up
to ESQ with total resources of $5,-
OO0, 900, 900.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
One More Boy in the Service.

VIII Trathen, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Trathen of this city, enlisted
in the marines on January 20, and
left the following day for the train
ing camy at Mare Island navy yard
VIII was raised in Mountain Home
and lived here until recently when
he went to Rupert where he worked
for hardware company. He is
just past 21 and will make good in
the soldering business
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
FATAL ENDING OF
FAMILY QUARREL
George Burke Shot and
Killed by His Wife Mon
day M o r n in g Aft 9 r
Threats Made Against
Her.

As the result of family quarrel,
George Burke was shot and almost
instantly killed by his wife, Emma
Burke, Monday morning There
was no witness to the actual shoot
ing, their son Stephen, who was in
the house, being in another room.
According to testimony given before
the coroner's jury by Mrs. Burke and
Stephen, Burke had started the quar-
rel about fire having been built in
a heating stove, and as the quarrel
progressed, had made threats, broken
up some furniture and threatened
his wife with gun. Mrs. Burke
went to her bedroom and secured an
other gun from beneath the mattress
and as she faced him, he fired but
without effect. Mrs. Burke return
ed the fire, the first bullet going wild,
the second hitting her husband in
the forehead and as he fell and at
tempted to rise, she fired third
shot, which penetrated his body just
below the heart.
Immediately after the shooting
Mrs. Burke called a doctor and noti-
fed the sheriff, but he was dead be-
fore the doctor reached the house.
Coroner Morrison and III. Fl. Eaton
as his deputy at once impanneled a
jury to investigate the occurance.
Testimony was taken at the district
court room and the body removed to
Governs undertaking rooms for ex-
animation. The examination dis
closed the direction and course of the
bullets, and the jury returned to the
court house and prepared verdict
stating that the deceased came to
his death from two bullets wounds,
either of which would have proved
fatal fred by Emma Burke, and
that she fired in self-defense. Mrs.
Burke had been in charge of the
sheriff but was Immediately released.
The members of the coroner's jury
were, P. H. Gray, Norman Dawson,
Elbert Englehart, F. L. Brady, r.
P. Chattin, C. l.. Dosson, viii G.
Stimson, w. r. Argo, and C. l..
Mitchell.
The funeral of Mr. Burke was held
Wednesday forenoon from the
Cowen chapel, and the body inferred
in the Mountain Home cemetery
The funeral was in charge of the
Knights Of Pythias, of which order
he was a member, and the sermon
was given by the Rev. A. Leonard
Wood Of Glenns Ferry, who was for
a number of years pastor of the
Episcopal church here.
George Burke was born in Eng
land So years ago and came to this
place with his family nine years ago
He was the owner of large garage,
with blacksmithing and car repair
departments and with the agency
for several popular makes of cars |
He was one of the active business
men of the city and will be greatly
missed in business circles. The
family troubles were generally known
in the city but their tragic ending
was a shock and surprise to the en-
tire community.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26

A petition has been generally cir
culated among the parents of those
attending the local schools, asking
the inauguration of a six day school
week for the remainder of the school
year, and similar petition has been
signed by the teachers and many of
the pupils. 1t will be presented to
the school board at its next regular
meeting
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26

Continued on page seven)
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26

There has been record attend
ance at the last few meetings of the
Rcd Cross workers, but there Is al
ways work for all the willing hands
that can be found. Mrs. ]. @.
Watts has charge of section for
the making of splint pillows for the
hospitals and will have S5 ready for
shipment within few days.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-28
HUNDREDS KILLED IN
FOOD RIOTS IN RUSSIA
Residents of Petrograd Shot Down by
Lettish Guards-Cry "Down With
Germany"

London, Aug. 21-Hundreds of per-
sons We're killed and wounded in a YER
liable battle between Lettish guards
and rioters during disorders in Petro-
grad, according to an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph CON-
pany.
The dispatch, quich quotes Petro-
grad advices by way of Berlin, says
that after the city had been without
food for two days a procession of work
men marched through the streets shout
ing, Down with the Germans! Down
with the Kremlin! !"
The battle between the rioters and
the Lettish guards occurred before the
Smolny institute. Martial law was
proclaimed in Petrogra6 the same eve-
ming.
Japanese troops have landed at Nix
olaievsk to protect allied citizens there,
according to an official dispatch re-
ceived from Tien Tsin. Nikolaievsk is
an important city situated near the
mouth of the Amur river, $50 miles
north of VladivostOk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-28
REVENUE BILL Is READY
House Ways and Means Committee
Decides on Compromise of Nc
Adoo and kitchin Plans.

Washington, Aug. 22.-The drafting
of the $SOO0,O00,000 revenue bill was
practically completed on Wednesday
when the house ways and means COM
mittee tentatively adopted schedule
of excess profits taxes which is COM
promise between the Kitchin and Nc
Adoo taxation plans. The committee
adopted the McAdoo suggestion of an
80 per cent war profits tax, with a flat
10 per cent exemption. The war profits
tax probably will be levied on profits
in excess of the average for the three
years of 1911-12-13.
The excess profits schedule adopted
allows a single deduction of 8 per
cent.
On profits Of to Is per cent a tax
of 50 per cent will be levied and on
profits of from 10 to 20 per cent the
tax will be 60 per cent.
On profits above 20 per cent the tax
will be 20 per cent.
The war profits and excess profits
taxes were made alternative, with
power given to the treasury to levy
whichever in any given case will
bring the larger returns.
The schedule is only tentative, but it
is expected that it will be approved
and incorporated into the bill which
will be reported out.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-28
SPIES LANDED IN U. S.
BY U-BOAT, NAVY REPORT
Officer of Torpedoed Vessel Meets
German in New York Saloon
British Sink Submarine.

Washington, Aug. 20.-A new spy
menace appeared on Monday when the
navy department received reports that
German submarines are landing men
on the shores of the United States.
The first officer of the American
steamer, 0. B. jennings sunk recently
off the coast, reported to the navy de-
partment that he recognized, in new
York saloon, one of the officers of the
submarine which sank his vessel. The
German officer recognized him also,
the American sailor said, and escaped
before he could give the alarm.
1t was learned also from highest Off
cial sources that one of the German
submarines equipped with cable cut
ting apparatus had succeeded recently
in cutting two cables from the United
States to the West Indies. One was a
French cable. These cables were re-
paired by cable ship operating under
convoy.
Three large German submarines of
the Deutschland type have been oper-
ating off the American shore.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.-A German
submarine was sunk in running bat
tie with a British tank steamer last
Friday about 80 0miles northeast of
Nantucket, according to members of
the tanker's crew. The all ship ar
rived here from Mexico.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-28
100 |. w. w. CHIEFS GUILTY
Haywood and Others Convicted by
Jury at Chicago of Hindering War
Face Long Prison Terms.

Chicago, Aug. 19.-William d. Hay
wood and 90 other members of the 1.
w. w. were found guilty on Saturday
by Judge Lands court of disloyal acts.
1t is reported the verdict was reached
on the first ballot.
The trial was started on April l. It
took % days to get a jury and the
jurymen have listened to evidence con-
Slowly the men filed out after hear
ing the verdict. For many of them,
men who have been weakened by the
lives they have led, the verdict might
as well have been for life or the rope.
Twenty years is the maximum they
may get and two years minimum.
Fines can range from $500 to 5000
each.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-28
WILSON GUARDED BY NAVY
Marines, Aviators and Destroyers Pro-
tect President During Outing at
Manchester, Mass.

Manchester, Mass, Aug. 20.-Presi-
dent Wilson's outing has done him a
world of good Except for the first
day, when the abrupt change from a
temperature of 100 or more at Wash
ington to a daily average of Go here
was felt by the entire party, the i'm
movement in the presidents condition
has been steady and pronounced.
At the Essex county golf links he
played the best game of his stay and
won from Doctor Grayson in a hard
fought match. While the President
and Mrs. Wilson drove along the shore
or strolIed on the beach and in the
woods they were accompanied as usu-
al by secret service men. Marines
picketed the grounds that he occupied.
Two hydroairplanes persistently
searched adjacent waters and at lit
tle distance off the coast two torpedo
boat destroyers and fleet of subma-
rine chasers made sure that no unwel-
come craft venturec in. Through con-
slant touch with Washington the pres
ident was kept informed of important
DEVELOPMENTS in the news, and each
evening had an extended conference
with Colonel House.
washington, Aug 21.-President
Wilson put in a busy day after re-
turning from Manchester, Mass. where
he spent a brief vacation near the
summer home of Col. E. NJ. House.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-28
200 laps SLAIN IN RIOTS
Troops Fire on Mobs Who Pillage
Stores and Wreck Property-High
Price of Rice Cause.

Tokyo, Aug. 19.-There has been
serious rioting in Tokyo as a result of
the high price Of food, especially rice.
Mobs attacked and damaged property
in the business and theater districts.
Two hundred stores, restaurants and
rice depots were raided. The ministry
of the interior was unsuccessfully at
tackled. Two hundred persons were
killed during the riots.
The rioters entered and pillaged
houses in Asakusa, the great recrea-
ton resort of the middle and lower
classes. A number of disturbers were
wounded by the police. Twenty DO
licemen were injured.
Tokyo is now occupied by heavy de-
tachments of police and infantry.