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,NERoNGiN. HOLLAND, oocr

N1lEGONGiN, HOLLAND, Gee" 5- The former Kaiser told 'he AS sociat,I P.ass today the following; .I .m a private citizen while ] tm 1n Ia-unl can make ro statement for publication. You must realize my pos ..on. ' am threatened from a'' sides r..A criminal pro. ecution, therefore l .gs. re,,-y, statements until the ag..r,s arc brought. | owe loyalty Co
 -, r.,son. German govcrTmoa, and ...ol make declaration which at .i compromise others
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PARIS. Dec, B. Several promi- .cnt Austrian officials have arrived n Switzerland with large sums Of money to further a campaign Of BoI- ,hcvikism. Elsewhere it is reported hat a plan is afoot to spread Bolshe- vikism in Alsace and Lorraine.
 A former Grand Admiral and a former Austrian foreign minister are n the party.
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BENCH GIRL; AMERICA RlG;
 ICE IS BROKEN

PARIS, Dec, D. In the music
 oom of hotel at an American port in France one night found four groups of officers Americans, Brit ish, French and Spanish, the latter on a sightseeing tour. Each was clan nish till French girl came in, sat town at the piano and began playing American ragtime. More girls. In five minutes all the nations got to- cether under the spell. The rug was rolled hack. Dancing.
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BEAEDS TO BE FASHION

.. LONDON. Dec. > Boards are to be the fashion in the opinion of Lon don hair drcssers. Returned soldiers are allowing their boards to grow to rover sears Of battle and kindly folks are expected to follow their example
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WEATHER REPORT

The following is the weather re- port for the past 24 hours up to ' D. lock this morning: Seward 34, cloudy, south, inches rev snow. Ncrncreek 32. cloudy, strong south. Anchorage, 30, cloudy, calm. Montana, IS, showing, calm. Chickaloon 20, showing calm Mantanusl,a "A, showing, calm.
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JUNEAU PIONEER DEAD.

jgEl Po-rc,y, pioneer of Juneau ss,Jou, ogo recently at his home in sucaa Mr. PcrreIc had been bed #iyeu for several months owing to Uigh,s disease. The deceased came north 20 years ago and since that time followed his occupation as min nr
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PARIS HOTELS FILLING UP.

PARIS, Dec, 5- Paris is filled to ovelflowing. Twenty five hotels have been requisitioned for peace confer ence purposes The prices of 'ooms and meals have tripled and still ris- ing. Breakfast of coffee, bread and butter, costs between $1 and S1.5O. A lunch costs between S3 and S4.
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i.G-T,I MEN WANT DORA
 RETURNED 70 OLD RUN

SEATTLE. De-. 5-- Pos'2 au- fro~'t.rs Nuro nvo eotggvoring :" have the steamship Dg~- rop'ccd on the s.wad-Dv.rh harhor run avI take ga oail contract for this route.
 CouSido h'o pressure 's being h.o. rh, 70 '..~ and ie is believed the rrrors of .ly yicia's will be success ful.
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GRANDMOTHER OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
 COMING TO AMERICA,

TOXIC. Dec, D. Catherine Bre- llovskaya, grandmother of the Rus sian revolution, arrived today from enioute to the United States. In America she expects to have a conference with President Wilson and tell of the RuSsian condit- ions and needs.
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Mrs. Harry Whittemore is now yis- ting her mother in San Francisco.

Mr. and Mrs Otto Poehlmann eX- pect to return to Seward after Mir. Poehlmann has been mustered out of the naval service.
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HoGLUND REACHES SEATTl

. SEATTLE Dec, >. Lieut. He luni, making a flight from Sacren to to Seattle to-. establish a. route. reached here yesterday af noon at 2:30 o'clock. Lieut.. HOcl landed at the Jefferson golf links Beacon hill. Late this afternoon early tomorrow, Lieut.. Hoglund leave for his flight south.
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BASEBALL.
 NEXT YEA'

NEW YORK, Dec, > Presto Ban Johnson, of the American | que. announced that the maj would resume tho baseball game T year provided the government gi sanction. Already mary of the league players who joined the service are writing letters regard getting back into the game.
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KILL ! !
n the party.

WASHINGTON, Dec, D. The Senate Foreign Relations committee unanimously disapproved of the Cum nin's resolution proposing to send a Senate committe to the peace confer ,nce at Paris.
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VACCINATION

The Seward School Board direC hat the school will be opened Monday. Dec, 9th, and requests q each child present g certificate Vaccination to the superintendent ] fore Friday, December 13.
 (Signed) George Ph@'
 Gle
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REELECTED TO OFFICE
 HE HAS HELD B YEARS.

HALF MOON BAY, Cal, Dec, , John Pitsher, 92 years old, has just been reelected justice Of the peace Of this township, where he has held that office for &5 years.
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JUNEAU LIFTS FLU BAN.

Juneau lifted the influenza ban, which prohibited all public gather ings, the same as in Seward, on Nov ember 27th. The public schools open ed last Monday.
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Nothing makes 2 quarrelsome man so nod as the refusal of his wife to talk back.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-08-29
TEN MORE LEAVE
TODAY
Farewell Reception rendered to New
Soldiers Last Evening

Ten more Gem county boys entrain-
ed this afternoon for Camp Lewis, in
charge of Boise G. Riggs, Jr., to help
swell the forces that spell doom to the
Kaiser and his despotic sway.
A farewell reception was rendered
the boys at Liberty Theater last even
ing. The large auditorium was filled
to its capacity. The meeting was pre-
sided over by George c. Huebener,
and his opening address was replete
with patriotic sentiment. Joel Brown,
who was on the program for the prin-
cipal address, was Unexpectedly call
ed away on business, and his place
was taken by Rev. James Adams. He
gave a splendid address. Miss Ellen
Waring gave two patriotic readings
in a splendid and clever manner.
Musical numbers were given by the
band, the Community Chorus and
Mrs. Lula Castle of Coeur d. Alene, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Mel
son of Sweet. Her solos were a grand
treat. She is a singer of remarkable
sweetness and wonderful ability and
she charmed the large audience.
Following the program, large
participated in dance.
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NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Letters from Our
Boys at Home Camps
and Abroad.
From Herbert Spencer.

Camp Fremont, Calf, Aug. 22--
/ have at last been assigned to a
machine gun battalion and have a
company address now, so / am ready
for The Index. Up to the present time
only three of the Gem county boys
have been assigned, Russell Sillivan
as a cook and Orvid Blessinger to an
other machine gun company. The
Gem county boys are all getting along
fine, with the exception of having
pretty sore arms as result of vac
cination. They all received another
shot in the arm today. We have all
been shut off in the quarantine sec
ton until today.
There is certainly big bunch of
recruits here now, over eleven thou
sand having come in the last two
weeks, and | understand there are
1000 more to come next week. They
have come from as far east as Okla
homa. There are lots leaving, too,
1000 going to France and 1000 to ST.
IBERIA about a week ago. The battal-
ion l have been assigned to go over
seas within five or six weeks.
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Had Great Time

The G. A. R. boys came back from
the encampment at Portland nightly
pleased with the hospitality of that
city. They had the best time in years.
George Gardner says there were 27,-
600 veterans registered and $4,000
participated in the parade. George
was fortunate in meeting an old COM
rade, now a resident of Portland, who
took him through the shipbuilding
yards and secured for him good
position when one of the new battle
ships was launched.
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Continued on page 81
DIED IN CAUSE OF
COUNTRY
Privates Dresser and Ricketts, Added
to Gems Roll of Honor

Two more blue stars in Gem coun-
ty's service flag have changed to gold
in the death of Lawrence Dresser of
Emmett and Joseph Ricketts, of Letha.
The former died in France by drown
ing and the latter died of pneumonia
at Camp Fremont Saturday.
Lawrence Dresser is a son of Mrs.
Charles Dresser of this city. He was
a member of the Second Idaho and
saw service on the Mexican border be-
fore going to France last December.
He was bugler of Co. A, 146th Ma
chine Gun Battalion. News of his
death came in telegram Monday.
Joseph Ricketts, was the only son
of Mrs. Ricketts, of Letha and was her
mainstay and pride. He had been
in the service less than month and
was assigned to Co. E, 62nd Machine
Gun Battalion. His body arrived on
this mornings train with Corporal E.
E. Russell as body guard. Corporal
Russell is a nephew of Dan and Louis
Russell of Letha. The funeral SER
vices were held this afternoon at the
Baptist church, and all business
houses closed during the services.
Rev. D. ]. Wampler of Fruitland, a
former neighbor and pastor, made the
address. He spoke feelingly of the
splendid character of the young man
and paid fine tribute to his high
ideals and lofty purposes in every
walk of life. The Grand Army
and Relief Corps attended in a body
and the casket was draped with the
flag he loved so well and for which
he gave his life. The Odd Fellows
lodge, of which he was member, had
charge of the services at the grave.
Later on memorial service will be
held for Lawrence Dresser. He was
z fine manly young man and his death
is a severe blow to his widowed moth
er, who was recently bereft of hus-
band and few months ago of broth
er, who also died in the service. Par
ticulars of his death have not been
received
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To Takes Charge of Russell

Mrs. Frank Knox has leased the
Russell hotel and will take charge
September l. Mrs. Knox's splendid
reputation as a hotel manager is
known not only at home but by the
travelling public generally. She will
not operate the dinning room. Mr..
Knox's cigar store and billiard par
lors will be moved into the dining
room, affording much better quarters
and more room. 1t is probable a cafe
will be opened by competent caterer
in the room now occupied by the
cigar store.
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For Next Draft

The following have been selected
for the next call September 6. These
comprise all in Glass l and are not
sufficient to fill the quota, which is
II. Enough will be taken from the
deferred classes to make up the de-
ficiency: John NJ. Hereth, John R.
Wallace, Marion Hedrick, David R.
DeGraw, john II. Sisle-, Alva Coon
rod, Eldon w. Graves, Sherman ".
Pierce. Arthur Potter, Archie Cham
bers, William Burdell, Vernon Myers.
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FIRST LETTERS FROM
The FRONT
Freddie Monroe Writes Home
That He Is ON the Way
to Berlin.

Two letters were received this weei
by Finley Monroe from his son
Freddie Monroe of the old Sec
ond Idaho Medical Corps, and are
dated Somewhere on the Western
Front" He says: "At last we are or
our way to Berlin" These are the
first letters from an Emmett boy ac.
tually at the front. The two letters
are given below:
On the Western Front, France, July
24.-At last we are on our way to
Berlin and hope we get there by the
time snow flies, and I'VE sure will if
we keep on going at the rate we have
started.
l am now where one can see the
barbed wire entanglements and the
trenches built by the French army
and also the many buildings shelled
by the Boches. At present we are
quartered in an almost deserted vii
lage and we have our infirmary in one
of the vacant houses, also our quar-
ters. When we arrived here there
was a Y. M. c. A. canteen, but it
now, like the rest of our forces, is
on its way to Berlin behind our front
troops. Each division, or large unit,
has a Y. attached to it and every time
the unit headquarters move, the Y.
does also.
July 28-We have been having wet
weather right along. | guess it is
because l am sleeping in my pup
tent. Most of the village we are now
in is roof1ess, almost so at any rate,
as they have big shell holes IN them.
We move pretty often now, as the
Germans are still on the retreat and
| sincerely hope we can keep them
going.
I have been over and seen the
trenches that the Germans used at
one time. l am still way at the rear,
but the big guns can be plainly heard
and they are the music to which one
goes to sleep by. Today, so Tar, IL
aas not rained for wonder and
.hings are getting pretty well dried
,ut. This morning several of US, with
,ur lieutenant, formed burial squad
md went out and buried some of our
soldier boys who have fallen in the
service of our country.
All over this part of the country
he woods are all torn up by shells
md the villages are in ruins, show
ng the ravages of war. Equipment
# all kinds and description cover the
most of which is ammunition.
Must close as have some packing
o do, as we are to advance soon, may
,e in the next few hours.
Am we'll and feel fine, SO don't wor-
y. Have just moved again.
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July 29-Today / am one more year
along the road of life. I'll bet not one
of the family happened to think that
many, many years ago, on this day,
came into the world to help eat up
the allies supply of food and draw
30 bones per month from Uncle Sam
out of the money donated by the good
people of Idaho in exchange for Lib
erty bonds.
was too busy to write yesterday
Sunday, as l was moving. For the
past two weeks 1 have been sleeping
in big tent, previous to that having
been ordered out of the building l
was using for bedroom, so that the
building could be used as an eating
hall. Sunday noon went out to my
sleeping place and discovered that the
tent had been moved away, although
the bed was still in its usual place.
AS it looked very much like rain, l
didn't particularly like the accommo-
dations, so / though it was time to
move again. l got busy with the
powers that be and with several other
sergeants was given fine large room
in a fine stone house, with fine large
windows, fine fireplace, and fine tile
floor to sleep on, so we finally moved
in and will not be disturbed to C'est
la Guerre, or until we leave the hos
pital to go to the front, which is very
remote, although we still have hopes
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-08-29
OFFICERS SEEK ILLICIT
STILL
Sheriffs of Three Counties Ad-
vance on MoOnshine Plant
Still Had Been Moved.

Sheriff Dave Nichols and Deputy A.
o. Sutton on Saturday went to the
foot of the trail that leads to the sum
nit of Alpine Mountain, north Of
Banks, and with the Sheriff of Valley
county and Deputy Sheriff Shelley Of
Boise county, climbed the steep and
rugged side of Alphine mountain in
search of moonshine still.They found
where the still had been located, but
the plant had been moved to parts un-
known before they arrived there.
For several months complaint had
been made that moonshine whisky
was being peddled among the sheep
camps and timber camps in the upper
country. The officers were positive
that the liquor was being stilled
somewhere in the mountains. Forest
rangers and other government Of
ficials were requested to make still
hunt for the plant. Finally, informa-
ton came that the rendezvous of the
moonshiners was on Alpine mountain
and the officers of the three counties
decided upon a raid. Evidently the
distillers had either been warned or
scented danger and when the officers
arrived upon the scene, the juice fac
tory had been moved to other parts.
1t is stated that the men engaged
in the illicit traffic have been doing
a thriving business. Corn meal and
molasses were used from which to
distill the spirits.
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Off for France

Miss Anna Campbell left Saturday
on the first log of her journey to
France to serve as telephone toll oper-
ator at the front, amid the well wishes,
and prayers and tears of large num-
Der who gathered at the depot to bid
her goodbye. From here she went
to Boise for a few DAYS, then on to
New York She was presented with
several hundred dollars with which to
purchase the necessary outfit.
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A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
"Preliminary"

In this series Of articles we are 60
ing to explain the "Why of the
Savings Account"
A savings account in the First Ma
tional Bank is a bank account to
which you can add small or large
amounts daily, weekly or monthly just
as you wish.
Interest at the rate of A per cent
is paid on these savings twice a year
that is whatever amount you have
to YOUR credit up to and including
the tenth when the amount you have
deposited during that period of six
months and the interest earned is
added to the original amount and the
entire sum begins to. draw interest
for the next six months.
Our article next week will explain
"How to Start Your Account"
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From Charles Cone

June 26-Everything is going well
with US. Life isn't very exciting here
but we are living fine and with The
exception of minor ailments every
body is healthy. We have Frightening
news from Italy. 1t seems that the
Austrians have started more than
they can finish. l feel sure the next
few months will decide some great
things and favorably.
have seen "mademoiselle" who is
not SO bad, but / can't understand a
word of her lingo, and she has diff
Guilty in understanding my fiawless
English. They flock through the
camps in droves on Sunday after
moons. Now don't think l am going
to bring back one of them, although
some of the fellows have already
made contracts.
Better save plenty of turkeys for
Christmas dinner. may be home
by that time.
July ia big sack of mail arrived
this morning and among them were
IA letters for me, making 33 that L
have had since coming across. Your
letter did me a lot of good. l am
sorry some we'll meaning but mis-
guided creatures can't understand the
needs of the present hour. 1t is the
spirit at home that is going to do
the work here. It's going to be
sacrifice for some who stay at home,
but if you could see what have seen
YOU would swear that the war should
never end until the German has been
conquered. Red Cross, Liberty Loans,
YIN. C. A. are taking lot of money,
but if one saw a hospital train unload
T imagine their minds would change
about the Red Cross. Anyone endow-
ed with a minimum capacity and
amount of gray matter knows that
inconceivably vast sums are necessary
to carry on the great industries that
the war is demanding. And let me
add a word for the Y. NJ. c. A. Any
one who says the Y. M. is composed OF
a bunch of grafters and army dodgers
is a ID liar. Ask the boys over
here and the answer will be sufficient
They have used immense sums OF
money, but they have undertaken
enormous enterprises, and they have
catered to the needs of the boys IN
every conceivable way. | have no re-
spect for the milk and mush religion
that snorts at the moral conditions In
the army. | am convinced that 1T Is
better than in civil life. A letter from
today filled me with wrath
and disgust. She pines over the fact
that the boys in olive drab are not
praying over the petty trifies that
trouble her weakened soul. 1t is not
her fault. She peers through the
glasses of souls more narrow than
her own. "This is an awful war, but
it is the best d one we could
scrape up on short notice. And, dad,
everything is going to come out right
in the end. I'll come back with lot
time. We went. l and one of the ;
other boys were too sleepy to stay up
any longer so we went to bed, while
the other two boys took the dozen
eggs and tin cup of potatoes to the
hospital kitchen in order to induce the
night cooks to be kind to them and
cook them. About an hour later we
we're awakened by the return of the {
two boys with a mess kit full of !
scrambled eggs and some bread and .
outter. They had eaten all the eggs
If youthful ideas knocked from my
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-08-29
Salvation Army War Fund

The Council of Defense last evening
took hold of the drive for the Saliva
ton Army war fund in this county.
The quota for Gem county is only
$1,000. If everyone contributes
small sum the amount will be quick
" raised and no one will feel it. The
Salvation Army, like the Y. M. c. A.
and K. of c., is doing noble work at
the front and deserve all the help ask
ed for.
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Three Buildings at Cascade

Mike Gilbride went to Cascade yes
terday to start work on three cement
block buildings, for which he has a
contract. One of them is for a gar
age, another is a store building for
M. Takeuchi and the other is the ce-
ment foundations for oil tanks and an
office building. He took along as
helpers, Fred Rutledge, Ernest Ry-
nearson and another young man.
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Women for School Board

Many of the best women in the city
are behind a movement to elect two
women members on the school board
at election to be held Tuesday, Sep
tember 8. The candidates are Mrs.
A. C. Lathrop and Mrs. A. o. Sutton.
An article in behalf of this movement,
written by an interested patron of the
schools, is printed in another column.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-08-29

Howard Munday, in attempting to
crank Ford at the Sunday School
picnic last Thursday had finger nail
ripped off, catching it in some one
of Ford's numerous devices.
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the French flag, while the Marsellaise
was played, Italy's flag with its ma
tionai air, The British flag and again
was played "God Save the King"
and last, to the tune of "The Star
Spangled Banner" the Stars and
Stripes f1oated out amid the greatest
demonstration of cheers that have
ever heard
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bean and a lot more mature ones
knocked in. l have suffered no in
justice and no serious discomforts
since coming to the army. Don't be-
lieve any Of those lies that the feeble
minded peddle around and don't let
anybody else believe them. l have a
better chance of living to ripe old
age here than anywhere else in the
world.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-08-29

The restaurants of the city were
given permission to remain open day
and night until November l, IN order
to accommodate the railroad men dur
ing the heavy movement of stock and
cropS
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-08-29

Only 10 registered in the 21-year-
old registration held Saturday in Gem
county. They are: Wesley Mack, Will
liam Harlow, Henry Baisch, Julian
Barronswki, James Phillips, Harry
Shropshire, Louis Holverson, Chester
Tarleton, all of Emmett; Fred Muir
ply and Harry Knowlton of Sweet.
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PRIMARY Election Tuesday

The primary election takes place
Tuesday of next week. The registra-
ton books close Saturday night No
one can vote unless his name is on the
registration books
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The Council of Defense also decided
to take care of the unharvested crops
of all soldiers called in the draft, and
such soldiers are requested to notify
the council if they desire such assist
ance.