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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-30
A Breakdown Would
Be a Calamity

ations proved by their own Rsurss "a 1.
approaching bankruptcy cannot obt.in
money for improvements or maintsn.ps.
On the other hand. banks and citizen. .uf.
fsring severe losses from invsstment. 4.
the securities of these entirely leaitim.t.
and once promising enterprises will be di.-
eouragsd from lsnding money to tn. Gov
srnment or deprived of the means to lend
The frat and most direct relief 10 m.
public utilities corporations can BIO civ.n
by the state public utilitiss commission.
and municipal and local authorities, with
the broad minded co-operAtion of the p.o-
pie generally. understanding the nscsssiti..
of war and realizing that the more promptly
its burdens are accepted the sooner th.y
will b. lifted. 1T IS ESSENTIAL THAT
FORBEARANCE A N d CONSiDFRA.
TON BE EXERCISED BY THE STATE
COMMISSIONS AND MUNICIPAL ALL
THORITIES, AND THAT THE CORPOR.
ATOMS ALSO BE PERMITTED To
MAKE SUCH ADDITIONS TO THEIR
CHARGES FOR SERVICE AS Will
KEEP IN THEM THE BREATH OF
SOLVENCY. PROTECT THEIR OWN.
Frs AGAINST LOSS. AND GIVE THEM
A BASIS OF CREDIT ON WHICH THEY
MAY OBTAIN THE FUNDS WITH
WHICH TO MEET THE STRAIN PUT ON
THEM BY THE GOVERNMENTS
NEEDS. THE BREAKING DOWN OF
THESE CORPORATIONS WOULD BE A
NATIONAL CALAMITY
The strain of war upon the T.I.phe..
Company has become 80 int.nss that re-
lief through increased revenues Y ab.o.
lutsly imperative.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-30
Lincoln County Times
Makes Clubbing Arrangement With
The Idaho Farmer
ullers Unusual Opportunity to Its Readers


"A M0NG our large circle of readers
"a seerested directly or indirectly in
notma,, branches aes OF farming. All of these
rcut"rss, "ls f. TO keep in close touch with az
and - a., activities throughout the state.
ana 10 know about any figbf wh;ch :; I 80,
w. s.u lor the measures Idaho FARMERS
ar ~'s aIu against all sorts of schemes that
Interests "s ,,'i 10 The people and agricultural
arraneen,o therefore, made special clubbing
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III IN whereby any farmer 80 ~. rAN-
is NOT e VI our regular subscribers a Nd vho
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alone came rate as for this paper
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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-30

Excerpt from the Annual Report of the
Hon. John SHELTON Williams, Comptroller
Of the Currency, to the Congress;
MAINTENANCE OF EFFICIENCY AND
CREDIT OF PUBLIC UTILITY COM
PANIES ESSENTIAL
National and State Banks, and many
thousands of small and large investors, have
suffered seriously from the decline of tho
earning capacity of public utility corpora
tions and the consequent shrinkAge in the
value of their securities, representing in
vestments of many hundred millions of dol
lars. These losses naturally diminish the
power and disposition Of the public to
spond to the calls Of the Government for
money for war. This danger should arouse,
venture to suggest. the anxiety and stimu-
late the efforts Of the Congress and of
every patriotic citizen. A more urgent and
pressing peril Ia forced upon our atten-
ton by the obvious fact that We are de-
pendent so largely the efficiency and
strength of these corporations and
railroads for speed and success in prepar-
ing for and prosecuting the
The work of war has thrown upon
many of these corporations strains which
they unable to endure without prompt
help. The costs of their labor and of all
material for operation, bstterment, and up
keep have increased heavily and suddenly
THE CONTINUED AND INCREASING
EFFICIENCY OF THESE CORPORA
TONS is IMPORTANT FOR THE Sue
CESSFUL CONDUCT OF THE WAR
THIS EFFICIENCY is NOT POSSIBLE
WITH PRESENT CONDITIONS. Copper
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-30

mVNG our large circle of readers
mere mere are a great many who are in
s LISTED directly or indirectly in
II ull GROWING 1afr..:- -
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-30
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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-30

M j. hERR,
Federal State Director of Labor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Six Thousand Iowa Men on
Way to Camp Dodge With
in Few Days.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. A
Iowa's remaining fifty-five percent of
the first draft. more than 5000 men,
will start moving toward Camp
Dodge February %, according to Ad-
jutant General Logan, who received
a message to this effect from Pro
yost Marshal General Crowder this
morning.
$4,000 Men Effected.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-On Feb
ruary 23, the remaining 10000 men
In the first draft call will start NOV
ing to camps. Provost Marshal Crow
der announced today.
The movement will continue for
the next five days, apportionments
to the various camps being made as
follows:
Camp Upton (7,5oo), New York
troops formerly. allotted to Camp
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Fellow Townsmen Of Toblsk
ScOrn Him and Do Not Re
ply When He Lifts
His Hat.
NO LONGER CURIOSITY
Attracted Interest at First, But Is
Now Considered Commonplace
and Treated
Coldly.

LBy Joseph Shaplen, United Press
Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, Feb. 2.--(delayeD-
The first intimate story Of former Gar
Nicholas secluded life Of exile at
Toblsk came out of Siberia to the
United Press today.
A. Suchanoff, constituent assembly
member to Tobolisk, described Mich
olas Romanoft's intimate doings. his
trials, sorrOws and heartburning. Such
anoff declared that:
Nicholas is bashful and dimdent
He Is scorned by many of his fellow
townsmen.
Stripped OF his glory as car of all
the Russias, he is regarded by the ST.
ber1an peasants as commonplace
something too dull to be of any inter
est.
The people who formerly trembled
at the emperor's ukase, now turn their
heads away when he takes off his hat
to them
The family Of Rasputin, the black
monk, lives nearby, but treats Nicholas
| coldly.
The former cars favorite reading Is
the exposure Of his own private life
at court which Is being printed In sew
eral European newspapers.
"At first said Suchanoff, "the
population was very much interested
in Nicholas. But the people soon ac-
cepted him as commonplace.
"On his first public appearance, he
! went out to attend morning mass at a
nearby church. He quailed at the
prospect of walking through the
streets and chose a secluded road
where he could be hidden from sight
But the people discovered him there
He was followed by crowd of the
curious.
"For the first time in his life Mich.
olas was of the people, walking with
them. He respectfully took Off his hat
| The people scorned him. They made
no reply to salutes.
"The Romanoff family is receiving
French and Russian literature and
also the newspapers when sre print
| ing the exposures Of Nicholas private
life at court. The former car and
his relatives are especially interested
in the Rasputin episodes. The family
of the black monk lives near Tobolsk
but they never visit Nicholas.
| Saving wood in the morning has
greatly improved Romanoff physical
Ely His wife prays frequently, but she
is also very adept at cards and plays
in the evenings.
''Nicholas is busy In his spare time
teaching his little son history.
Under his fathers instruction the
ex-tsarevitch has become very famil
lar with all the big international epi
sodes of history, all of course, from
the Romanoff viewpoint
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Pliers on jersey Side.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service. !
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Fifteen
railroad piers on the Jersey side of
New York harbor today were placed
at the disposal of the shipping board
by the railroad administration to
facilitate loading of trans Atlantic
steamers. Twenty-Five ships can be
accommodated at these piers.
BY loading the vessels on the Jer-
sey side, direct action can be accom-
plished from the railroad terminals,
eliminating extra handling by tugs
and lighters.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
REMAINDER OF FIRST DRAFT
GO TO CAMP FEBRUARY %

Dix. 4,2s7; other New York troops,
3,213.
Camp Dix (7,ooo), all from New
Jersey.
Camp Meade (6,O90), Pennsylva-
MIA 4,570. and West Virginia, 1920.
Camp Devens (6,575); Connecticut
groups, 1,O38; Massachusetts, 2,0S2;
New Hampshire, 20; New York, 772:
Rhode Island, 81; Vermont, SO, and
New York troops formerly allotted to
Camp Dix, 2,521.
Camp Lee $4,000, all from Penn
sylvania.
Camp Jackson (3.3S3), colored, all
from South Carolina.
Camp Gordon (2,S00) colored. all
from Georgia.
Camp Grant $4,000, all from Hi
nois.
Camp Taylor (6,2S4. Illinois, g.
! 352, and Kentucky, 1882.
| Camp Dodge G4,9S4. Iowa, 6,3S4.
and Minnesota. $500.
Camp Funston (2332l, Kansas,
708, and Missouri. 1924
Camp Travis (7.55S), Oklahoma.
$3.50, and Texas, AIS.
Camp Pike (2,ooO), colored, ell
from Arkansas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
|ACK LONDON'S GHOST STORY
DID NOT PLEASE PUBLISHERS

tained via the Ouija board, are going
with them, disappointed because New
York publishers had an idea Jack has
lost some of his narrative powers
since he died in November. 1916.
THE Savior of the World the
spirit novel is called, and 1t is war
story. Miss Belle r. Brunner, G. w.
Drummer and his nephew, c. w. Starr.
obtained the novel. they told pub
fishers here, taking it by dictation
from London.
The war, according to the book, is
going to end in December, 1918, with
few casualties to American forceA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
TBy Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent

IBy Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Feb. 4.-German mill
tarism faced it's supreme test within
its own borders today. The common
people whose general strike to en-
force demands for food and consider
alton of peace negotiations reached
it's climax in rioting and bloodshed
last week, had the alternative or re-
turning to work or paying the ex-
treme penalty-death by the firing
squad. The fate of Germany-and In
a lesser degree, the whole world
depends upon the strikers decision.
If they submit to the supreme COM
mand's ultimatum, it will mean that
German u1ilitarism Las won another
victory and that the central powers
may again concentrate their efforts
In preparing for the spring drive
against the allies.
If they do not submit. bloody civil
war throughout Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary will result.
There is a tendency here to belief
that the death threat will temporarily
COW the workers into submission
There is belief too, that such a
victory for the militarists will fur
nish only a short respite. If the
coming German offensive Is effective
and the slaughter heavy, both of
which are anticipated, another up
rising by the people is regarded as
almost certain.
The statement issued from the
inter-allied conference at Versailles
yesterday declaring for vigorous
prosecution Of the war until peace
can be obtained based on the prin'
ciples of freedom. justice and re-
spect for international law is ex-
pected to be seized upon by German
leaders to convince the people that
it is necessary to fight to the last
man to crush the allies on the west
ern front.
At the same time the statement in
dicates that the allies have made
supreme preparations to nullify such
an attempt Therefore it is believed
that if there is no revolution in Ger
many now, it is merely postponed
The veil of censorship around the
! central powers was still tightly
drawn today and was expected to be
even more opaque than heretofore
| if possible-as the hour for the su
preme test drew near.
Travellers reaching Amsterdam
! from Germany early today reported
German troops concentrating in the
| districts where strike disorders have
been more noticeable.
| From the same sources, 1t was
! learned that the commander at Nun
ster, capital Of West Phalia, had 1s
sued a proclamation declaring thai
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Child Held Several Days.

TTTnited Press Leased Wire Service. |
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Mrs. Sophie
Berg will have a chance today to
further explain why she took Lillian
Rosnera, 8, and held her in Brook
lvn rooming house several days while
nolice secured the state for the child.
Lillian was discovered by a twenty
wear old girl who heard the child
saw she wanted to go home.
Mrs. Berg contends she took Lii
liam at the advice of a friend who
said she could obtain revenge against
brother-in-law by accusing him OF
the kidnapping.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Robert ]. Bender. Omitted Press

Robert ]. Bender, Omitted Press
staff Correspondent
AsHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The United
es today is developing its greatest
th of the world war. Americans
now pitted, man to man, against
Germans along q section Of the
sine front, meeting steel with
he allied council at Versailles has
ded out a definite plan OF COOP
lion by which the American and al
war chiefs will meet Won Hert-
s 'peace camouflage" with the
der Of increasing guns.
Dday throughout the nation this
bnment Is registering aliens
les, ancestry, business. thumb
ts, etc.-as precautionary meas
preliminary to which is to be the
Hal effort in the great war. There
to be no half way measures. The
ldent decided that on whichever
the greatest effort is made this
victory will fall. Neutrals may
ect sharp measures when they are
med vital to this country's success.
lew evidence Of grim determination
nd the struggle in 1918 or soon at
BY making herculean effort this
Is manifest on all sides. Once
te It is felt the developments have
ing back out Of the hands of diplo-
Is and into the hands OF the mill
fhe allied war council has said in
|wer to Hertling:
Until you come from Sehind your
Fk We must go ahead"
Ind working to that end, complete
eement is reported on plans for the
duct of the war. The military chief
the United States and the allies
be given wide authority 60 act
hout delay in any vital move for
erence and approval by home gov
ments. The casualty list OF Ameri-
ls dying on the field Of battle in al
st daily clashes with the Germans,
brought home to this country the
hzation that our participation in
war is now in deadly earnest. More
more men are to be sent across
seas. And while thus far fortune
remained at the side Of the trans
u, officials point out that any day
y see one lost, the victims Of a u
that has eluded the American
ihe kaiser's papers have scoffed at
American soldier. They have
sned at our officers, men upon
om, they say. Secretary Baker has
fwed epaulets."
oat hese men after months OF pa,
nt training, are answering the Ger
"a nre IN front line trenches with
Est American guns today.
onips continue pressing need. The
mans are sinking vessels on an ay.
aee OF over four million tons a year,
coraing to figures compiled here
NV closely the shipping program this
y NY ana the allies is making up
'q,s, MS cannot be accurately estimat.
sut 1t is now deemed unlikely
e1ican can contribute more than
ee million tons this year, although
|~lrman s.,,i Hurley of the shipping board
MI Th,i confident Of five million tons
Innsn Us nsnlpping lack, however, has
eia peiied sharp measures with nelt.
1s' Already Holland has agreed to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
berica Developing its Greatest Punch With
Grim Determination to Land Knock
out Blow.
GE To FACE WITH ENEMY IN FRANCE
.f Far Turned to Strike Stories and Peace
Feelers While Six Year Program is
Being Pushed.

turn over q percentage Of all Of her
cargoes to Belgium relief, that other
ships may be released from this work.
Negotiations are pending with Spain
to insure safe shipment and delivery
across her borders Of other supplies
needed by the American army in
France. Pending adjustment Of this,
Spanish ships continue held up in
American harbors.
The American embargo will be en-
ployed ruthlessly when needed. The
great punch must be delivered this
year, President Wilson says. America
will turn every weapon to accomplish
ment of this end. The allies are call
ing for more. troops. The last Of the
first draft will be summoned to camp
by February fifteen, 1t is planned to-
day and the next draft will be called
when facilities at the training camps
are such as to permit new influx-in
other words when the first men drafted
have been sent across In such mum
bers as to permit 1t, the entrance OF
more.
Congress will be asked to turn q
deaf ear to encouraging reports OF
strikes and riots In Germany when the
war appropriation bill comes up soon.
The measures that will provide the
vast amount Of money needed for
Americas war work during the next
fiscal year are being framed On the
basis Of the war lasting six years.
! Chairman Dent and ranking Republi-
can Member Kahn, Of the house mill
tary affairs committee say.
! "No thought of an early peace can
be allowed to cut down Americas war
preparations" said Kahn today. They
must be on an immense scale, for 1t
is our hope that the immensity OF
these preparations itself will hasten
peace. This war is as much war OF
morale as Of men, and the critical year
OF the war is at hand. as President
Wilson said.
1--WE must show Germany that we
are coming 100, 100000 strong with en-
phasis on the strong and this should
have the psychological effect Of bring
ing the German leaders to terms, but
If 1t fails. we will be much better pre-
pared to fight to the end.
"But slackening up in the wal
work, so easy to come from the reports
of German revolts, or in any way cut
ting down the war program would be a
most fatal mistake at this time. II
can mean uOtHluS uul ieAstheAiAs tAe
war"
To help drive home to Germany the
retaliation that the United states Is
throwing all it's resources into the
fight and will fight to the end, Kahn
not only favors registering for the
draft, all who have become twenty
one since the date Of the first regfstra
ton, but also training the young mel
from eighteen to twenty-one so that
they will be able to take their places
in the army when they become o1
age. Likewise, he favors listing the
men above the draft age to forty-f1ve
to be used in industrial work so the
government, by an order can effective
ly speed up any branch of the wal
work.
Kahn is not dissatisfied with the
record Of the war department, and he
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Repeated Air Raids.
Anarchist on Way to Prison.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-With the
laconic announcement that she ex-
poets to be back in New York soon
for the Bolsheviki will force her re
lease, Emma Goldman. anarchist, to,
day started for Jefferson City, Mo-,
where she will spend two years, ac.
cording to the sentence of the fed.
eral court. She was In charge of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Whalen. Whalen
is deputy United States marshal
Miss Goldman confided to friends
that the Bolsheviki would have help.
ed her before now, but the cables
have been operating poorly.
She was sentenced for seditious
utterances looking to defeat Of the
draft.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Miitarism Faces Supreme Test Today When
Workers are Ordered to Return TO
Their Labors.
THREAT EXPECTED TO END DISORDER
Troops Concentrated in Troubled Districts
Ready to Drive Men Back to the
Factories.

Germany is facing her hour OF des-
tiny"
IF the front totters, political re-
sistance will be smashed" he said.
let every one unite to terminate
the strikes and punish the agitators
Strike Second Time.
MSTERDAM. Feb. 4.-Dock and
factory workers at Trieste, the Aus
trian naval base, who walked out last
week. only to return within Few
hours. have struck again, 1t was re-
ported here today.
Several corps OF German soldiers,
home on leave, are said. to nave peen
among those fomenting the strikes N
Germany. They have been fecaileu
to the front.
Scheldemann Moved.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. Fifty Ger
man strike demonstrators we're gath
cred on a corner in Moabit the
Deutsche Zeitung relates, when
policeman asked them to move along.
excuse NO." said one, ''but am
Deputy Scheidemann OF the reich
stag"
The policeman pointed out that
Scheidemann was not there IN ms
capacity as a member Of the reich
stag, but as a demonstrator
Scheidemann moved.
Strike Is Warning.
| AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4.-Ihe gen
! eral strike in the central powers IS
waning, according to German news
| papers received here today. Thous-
ands of workers were reported to
have returned to the factories sun
day, although in isolated sections
small new walkouts were descrlDeu.
Depot Blows up.
| ZURICH, Feb. 4.-Many lives were
lost in the explosion of munitions
| depot at Prague, according TO dls'
patches received here today.
Central powers newspapers allege
a plot. All reports OF the explosion
received here have been mutilated
by the censors.
Prague is the capital OF Bohemia.
| is 100 miles northwest Of Vienna.
| Death Threat Effective.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. A copy OF
the Vossiche Zeitung received here
declared that Sunday night strike
leaders counselled resumption OF
wor,, in the face Of the death threat
of military officials.
In Magdeburg, Ludgshaven and
n