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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17

London, May 16-The expected re-
aewal OF the German offensive hav-
ing failed TO develop, the allies are
continuing their tactics of anticpat-
ing the thrust by reaching out for new
vantage points from which the better
| 10 resist it.
The French were the aggressors in
/ the list operation of this kind, carried
out late Tuesday. They pushed out
from their lines south of Hailles, on
! the Somme front, their objective being
wood situated at about the point
where the Germans had made their
! furthest westward advance and are
within a short distance of the Paris
Amiens railway. The operation was
entirely successful, resulting in the
capture of the wood on the slopes
west of the Avre river, possession of
which improves considerably the al
! lied defensive position in this import
ant sector. The German evidently
/ recognized this fact, for they coun-
tered strongly at night. Their deter
mined attack was a failure, however,
for after spirited fighting the French
remained in entire control of their
new position, after having cut the en-
envy up badly with their fire, besides
taking prisoners.
The artillery fire is reported by
Paris to have been violent Tuesday
night north of Montdidier, Just to the
south of this sector, where American
troops are holding portion of the
front. The bombardment was severe
also along southerly side of the Mont
didier salient, as far east on Noyon
and the Germans attempted to attack
1T one point on this line but were
promptly checked.
The London statement also indt-
Gates considerable activity by the hos
tile artillery on the British portion OF
the Somme front, in the Somme and
Ancre valleys, while Wednesday morn
ing il increased in the region between
the Somme and the Ancre, near Nor
Ian SQUIRT, where the Australians re
Gently have made notable advances
and where Tuesday they repulsed 8
German effort to recapture the lost
ground.
On the Flanders battle front the
Germans likewise speeded up theil
fire Wednesday in the KENNEL sector
after having worked their guns moder
ately hard during Tuesday night on
the southerly side of the Lys salient In
the Bethune and Nieppe wood regions
Hard fighting continued Wednesday
in the neighborhood of Hill "A, north
Of KENNEL, which was stormed and re
taken by French troops. This much
disputed elevation has changed hands
many times recently.
In the Italian theater the artillery
firing is more lively, especially in the
Trentino and on the mountain front
from Lake Garda to the Piave. Italian
t,oops on Monte Como have repulsed
further Austrian attempts to regain
the summit Of the height.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
ON EVERY FARM-1oo HENS.

There should be 100 hens on
every farm in the United States,
declares a recent publication
from the Office of the secretary
of agriculture, circular 1O7. And
we should obtain 100 eggs from
every hen. With approximately
6OO,O00,0O0 hens and GO,00O,0OO,-
COO eggs per year, according to
the calculations of the writer's.
who then add that that number
of eggs constitutes n military re-
source not to be ignored.
One hundred hens on every
farm is not particularly big
contract. There is hardly a farm
in the United States but could
support that number of hens
practically on its waste mate
rails and without materially add
ed cost. One hundred hens to a
farm is considerably less than
the average number of hens to Il
farm in many of the better poul-
try producing sections of the
country. 1t is an average that
could easily be maintained in the
sections of the country where
the average per farm is now
lower.
One hundred eggs from every
hen, while far below what could
be obtained with proper encour-
agement of fowls, is consider
ably more than the average egg
production the country over.
Suggestions for attaining this
average are given In the publica-
ton mentioned.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
Preparing to Administer Serum Treat
ment to Prevent Hog Cholera.

OF 100 veterinarians actively engaged
in assisting state forces in applying
control measures. In the last few years
losses from the disease have been re-
duced over so per cent and from field
reports the indications are that losses
will be further reduced during the
present year. The work already ac-
complished by the department of agri-
culture and state authorities has fully
demonstrated that losses can be re-
duced and hog cholera controlled by
the intelligent use of antihog- cholera
serum and the proper application of
quarantine and sanitary measures.
However, in order to pursue the work
still further, it will be necessary. as in
the past, to have the support and CO.
operation of farmers, stock raisers and
others interested in the suppression
and control Of infectious and con-
tagiOus diseases of live stock. Out
breaks of hog cholera should be
promptly reported to the proper state
authorities, either directly by wire or
through the county agent or local vet
erinarfan; infected hogs should be re-
stricted; neighbors should be warned
Of infection dead hogs should be prop
erly disposed Of; and sick ones treated
as early as possible.
Antihog-cholera serum is produced
by number Of agricultural colleges
and by numerous commercial firms
operating under license from the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
which requires that a label be placed
on the serum containers showing the
license number and a serial number so
that any consignment Of serum can be
Investigated, II need arises. Farmers
should know how and where to obtain
serum promptly In case of need and
where to secure q competent man to
administer the treatment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
FROM ALL OVER

The manufacture Of porcelain pyro-
meter tubes Is new industry.
A Pennsylvania farmer Is the tnven-
tor of a device to he worn on one hand
TO tie knots in Irvine.
Italy prohibits mills producing wheat
Aour for bread in which less than 20
per cent of the grain is used.
Many tropical pls ats possess iignt
diving qualities, their flowers and
stems being luminous and their juices
phosphorescent.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17

One agricultural college and three
experiment stations are maintained by
the government Of Norway.
American electric fans Of large size
are used to drive mosquitoes from the
palace Of the Caliph Of Bagdad.
An inventor has combined shaving
brush and q rubber device for rubbing
In the lather on one handle.
To give boxers practice a dummy
human figure has been invented. 20
connected to a registering device that
blows struck are recorded. both a. to
position and force.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
wage INCREASE IS
ALLOWED R. R. MEN
Advances to 1885, 3ee Employ.
ses, Based on Living Cost,
Totals $500, 900, 600.
M'ADoo MAY NOT APPROVE II
Report Of Commission Submitted to d.
rector General Results In Protest
From -Four Principal Broth
erhooda

Washington. d. G., May e.-Railroad
employees to the number of 1885, 800
Will receive wage advances ranging
from 1 to 4S per cent to the lowest
paid workers, the total aggregating
$500 100000. according to the report of
the railroad wage commission submit
ted to Director General McAdoo.
MIR. McAdoo II expected to adopt
only part Of the recommendations and
probably will make q number Of DIFF
ferent alignments In deciding what
wage increases shall be granted.
In i. neral. the director general ad-
vocates higher pay for most classes Of
workmen to enable them to meet In
creased living costs, but he has been
represented as favoring proportionate-
~ larger increases for some classes
than for others now making the same
pay. He also II strongly opposed to
granting wage increases which might
disarrange the general scheme Of pay
existing throughout other industrisA
Leaders to Protest.
The leaders Of the four principal
railway brotherhoods found on ex-
amining the report that they had
been recommended for less than half
the increases they had asked Of the
railroad arrangements before govern
nent control started and which they
repeated before the commission. Their
demands had been for an average Of
somewhat less than 20 per cent. and
increases for them sverige less than
20 per cent.
Some union leaders who anticipated
that the commission's recommenda-
lions would not BE- for a. great
amounts ~ they had asked already
have appealed to Director General Nc
Adoo to amend the proposed scale to
give them higher pay. Others, how.
: ever. virtually have agreed to accept
the report.
The wage advances. which range all
the way from 81 to 134 q month, are
Increases above the amount Of pay
each employee was receiving on De-
cember 81. 1915. Employees who have
received advances since that date will
benefit now to the extent Of the differ
ence between their present wage and
that nxed by the wage commission.
The net cost Of the additional pay
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
Making Food From Waste.

Keep this thought in mind in con-
sidering the growing of more poultry
as war necessity: Poultry is means
Of converting into good food materials
that cannot be utilized by man, that
cannot be eaten by any other kinds Of
stock, and that without the poultry
would be absolute waste. Very clear
ly 1t becomes a national as well as
an individual duty to keep enough
poultry to take up all such waste ma
terials. As long as fowls take the
bulk Of their feed from such sources
and require to be fed on grain or other
garnered feeds only as finishing pro-
cess. additional food IL being created
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
eisbee Men Charged With consplrae,

Tucson, Ariz., May 16.-Twenty Of
the leading mining company officials.
employees and business men of the
Warren district were arrested at Bis
bee yesterday morning on indictments
returned by the federal grand jury
which last week completed an inves-
tigation Of the deportation last July Of
nearly 1900 alleged members of the
l. w. w. The warrants charge CON
spiracy to deprive a citizen Of the
United States Of his rights In viola
ton Of section 10, penal CODE"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17

quent the nests of sitting hens. With
reasonable attention to the cleanliness
of poultry houses. mites are not likely
to be troublesome except in warm
weather.
Treatment for mites consists in ap-
plications of liquid insecticides or dis
infectants to them and to the places
where they harbor, repeating the APP
plications at intervals Of about Il week
until all are destroyed. Any Of the
petroleum products commonly used
for disinfectant purposes will be found
effective for the destruction Of mites.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
ENTENTE REACHING OUT FOR
POSITIONS OF VANTAGE ON
WESTERN FRONT.
.CAPTuREWOOD ON AVRE
HUN ATTACKS REPULSEO AND
ALLIES WIN FIERCE BATTLE
NEAR MoRLANcoURT.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-17
One Dead In s., 500 900 Ship Yard Fir

Vancouver, B. C.-Fire broke out in
the boiler room of the J. Coughlin &
Sons ship yards here and did damage
estimated at $1,50O,0O0. One fireman
was killed and several injured.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
WORKERS ARE DOING WELL
Both Men and Women Are Enthusiast
ticaily UNFOLDING the War Saw
ings Campaign.

Working men and women through
out the country are sOlidly behind the
war savings campaign, G. L. Baine OF
Boston, labor's representative on the
national war savings committee In
Washington, declared in a statement
issued at New York. "We know as
well as anybody knows" he said, "that
of the members of our unions, as well
as wage earners generally, those who
have shown some thrift and those who
have some money in the bank. not only
make better members of the unions,
but they make better citizens of the
country. We know from our own ex-
perience that the men and women upon
whom we have to depend for conserva-
tive action at times when there Is IL
able to be radical action are persons
of that character. | am firm believ-
er in the idea that the country can
boast of having the largst population
holding it's securities is the country
that has the least to fear from revolu-
ton, upheayal, or anything that will
disturb the best interests of that coun-
try"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
NEW DEVICE FOR HEADLlG II
Motorist With Can Of Paint Should
Be Able to Fix Lights 20 Suit
Laws of Any State.

The Illinois law requiring the dim
ming Of headlights on approaching an
other vehicle does little more than
make a formality of what has long
been a custom. More drastic laws
in other states, however, bid fair TO
get the Chicago motorist into trouble
If he tours far afield without due prep.
aration.
Many headlight devices have been
approved for use In these states. but
the simplest suggestion for comply.
ing with the most of the varying regu.
lations seems to be that suggested by
Macy T. Deming, who framed the
law now in effect in New York.
Mr.. Deming says five minutes spent
in painting your light bulbs viii give
a motorist an effective nonglare de-
vice In any state. For New York be
describes the method as follows:
paint the right side of the light
bulbs green and at the tip Of each
bulb make a circle of green paint one
half the diameter of the bulb. The
paint should cover the right of the
bulbs, looking with the car, for an arc
of $50 degrees"
Pointing the right side of the bulbs
is prescribed because the New York
law limits the amount Of light that
many be directed to the left of the car.
The reason for this is the fact (Which
some motorists know and many don'D
that the light rays which come from
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
,,,no,,an, "a naothera
ordered to Conserve Light.

1t is reported in the London Times
that notice has been gwen by the gen
eral in command of the Munster army
crops district that the consumption OF
gas and electric power in shops, res
taurants and other establishments
must this winter not exceed one-half
Of the consumption in the winter Of
1856. All the military and civil au-
thorities businesses and other private
undertakings are required to alter
their office hours, from October l on
ward, to the time between l Il. m. and
4 p. IN. Schools will keep the same
hours. The lighting of shop windows
and the use of passenger elevators are
forbidden and all restaurants are to
be closed at p. m.--Scientitic Amer
lean.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09

sisters. II a woman is borne down
by the weakness and sufferings of WON
ankind, she should be helped by a
herbal tonic made with glycerin
which has had such uniform success
during the past half century. She
should be aoell, instead of sick and
suffering; healthy and rigorous, In
stead Of worn-out and weak: bright
eyes, clear skin, rosy cheeks--you
wouldn't think it was the same wom-
an, and it's all due to the use Of
few bottles of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. All druggists. Tab
lets or liquid. Tablets, 60c.
What this medicine has done for
thousands of delicate women, 1t will
do for you. If you're over-worked
and debilitated, it will build you up
if you're borne down with the chronic
aches, pains and weaknesses peculiar
to your sex, 1t relieves and cures. II
regulates and promotes the proper
functions of womanhood. This old
and tried Prescription of DR.. Pierce's
invigorates the system, purifies the
blood, improves digestion, and restores
health. flesh and strength Consult the
specialist at Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Ho-
tel, Buffalo, N Y, for free confidential
medical advice or for free book on
Women's diseases.-Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09

A bill to fix minimum wages for
women and minors has been intro
tuced in the New York legislature.
The measure would authorize the gov
ernor to appoint committee Of three
members for three-year terms to In
yestigate the wage subject, II this in
vestigation reveals that wages are too
low in any line of industry the commits
sion would be authorized to establish
a wage board to consist of an equal
number of representatives of en-
sployees and employers and one or
more disinterested persons to repre-
sent the public. This board would be
empowered to recommend minimum
living wage, but the final determine
ton would be left with the commission.
A total of $500,000,000 in wage in
creases for this year is asked by rail-
way employees. 1t was discovered
that the demands pending before the
wage commission represent an aggre-
gate average increase Of DO per cent.
Not half OF the 100000 rail employees
are organized. The unions demand the
increase for ALL
Paper and pulp manufacturers at
tending the annual joint convention of
the American Paper and Pulp associa-
ton and the National Paper Trades as
ISOLATION conferred with representa-
tiyes of labor unions concerning the
schedule of wages for workers for the
year beginning May l. The workers
are demanding increased wages
The electrical workers union of De-
troit, Mich, announces that 800 OF its
members have quit work in factories
engaged on war work and that 1900
will be out by the end of the week I'M
less their demands are met. Now re-
ceivings IS to AN cents an hour, they
demand TN cents with time and a
half for overtime.
To determine the constitutionality
of the child labor law, as early as pos
sible, the Supreme court of the United
States has agreed to hear arguments
April 10 in the case appealed from
North Carolina, in which the act was
held to be invalid.
Two thousand workers were thrown
out of employment at Syracuse, N. Y.
when the automobile factory of the II
H. Franklin Manufacturing company
was forced to close, owing TO lack OF
fuel, coupled with freight car short
age.
w. T. Boyce, representing secretary
Of Labor Wilson, visited San Diego t.
adjust differences between the Her
cules Powder company and its EN-
ployces.
". Of all the workpeople engaged IN
the cotton industry Of England, Ian
cashlre alone accounts for about 81
per cent.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
USING GASOLINE IN WINTER
Average Car Shows Tendency to Con.
sumo More During Cold Weather
Than in Summer Months.

1t is the common experience of mo-
florists that the average car shows q
marked tendency to use more gasoline
in winter weather than during the
warm months. A cold engine prevents
the proper Importation of the fuel and
necessitates a very rich mixture. Cost
of operation is thus excessive during
the starting and warming-up processes,
The problem is to shorten or eliminate
this period of costly operation by heat
ing up the engine fast, as an engine
will work as well, winter or summer
after it is heated up to the even-run,
ming temperature.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
GROUP a.
Spasmodic Group l. ~
usually relieved with @dA
A one application Of fzhsD
" Ez<P 11ss Boy .5aa.d LaYslr Llaaes SBR
NCKSX APO RIJRI
LARGE ORDER FOR Mr.. JONES
Private Would Certainly Have to $50
Some" if He obeyed the Ser
geant's Instructions.

A certain Irish sergeant In one or
the home regiments was exceedingly
wroth when he discovered that one of
his men had paid visit to. the regi-
mental barber and was minus his mus
tache. He Immediately went up to
him.
Private JONES' he roared, who on
earth gave yez permission to get that
mustache OFF,"
Nobody" answered Jones, uncon-
cernedly, "only l thought it would i'm
prove my appearance"
Improve your appearance wild
face like yours" bawled the enraged
sergeant. IF yez don't hiv 1t on again
at the afternoon parade today there1l
be troubler'
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
WHEELS WITH LOOSE SP0KEs
Squeakng Noise Which 10 Quite An.
noying May Be Eliminated by
Any WheelWrght.

Wooden wheels with loose spokes
emit a squeaking sound which is in
tensely annoying. The noise will be
more distinct when the car is being
driven around a corner. Sometimes
this looseness may be obviatcd by re-
placing one or more spolies, or it may
be cured by forcing small wooden
wedges between the spOkes and the
huh. A wheelwright can do the job
in few minutes.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
Reflection of Light.

the right side of q bulb strike the re-
Hector and are thrown to the left-hand
side of the rOad-and, of course, vica
versa, as indicated in the diagram.
Keeping this in mind, and remen1-
bering that TO limit the light thrown
upward one must paint the lower side
of the bulbs, the motorist with can
of paint should be able to adapt his
headlights to almost any state law.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add / or. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound,
and Il OF. of glycerine. Amy druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. = It will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy 1t viii not color the scalp. is not
sticky or greasy, and does not ylb eff. ADV.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
KEEP SPARE TIRES COVERED
Manufacturer Takes Pains to Wrap
y thoroughly for Protection
From Light and Air.

A.Hg more than & Bit of decoration.
You viii usues that the careful tire
uaUliactur takes pains 10 wrap the
a-w tire thor ughsy. This Is 10 pro-
tect it from light and air. The action
of sun and storm on the spare tire
hardens the rubber and Injuries it so
that its mileage will be less when it
is put in service. A well-ftted cover
is an economy and will more than pay
for itself by protecting your tire in
Yestment
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09

Heavier shoes would be no trouble.
Generally speaking, the present shoe is
an unmitigated nuisance and the peas
ant in his brogans is better off and
more comfortable than the average hot
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09
railroad men
Make DEMANDS
Wage Commission at Washing
ton Hears Representatives
OF the Various Unions.
NEW QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP
sssars Of Work and Conditions of La
hcr Are Points as Vital as Wages
Expect Strikes in Holland
General News of Labor
World.

Wage requests of switchmen, car
inspectors and train dispatchers were
heard ~ me railroad wage commission
from s. L. Heberling, president of the
Switchmen's Union of North America
Thomas Mcneil, representing the car
inspectors of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, and G. L. Darling Of the West
ern Train Dispatchers association.
Gradual broadening of the testimony
submitted to the commission, until
hours of work and conditions of labor
comprise as much of the data as wages
has put new questions into the hearing.
Representative of the conductors and
trainmen, who already are working on
an eight-hour day, have confined them
selves chiefly to requests for increases
ranging from 20 to AZ per cent, but
other unions which have not obtained
the eight-hour day and are working
under conditions which they regard as
unfair have submitted demands for
much broader adjustments. In re-
uueSlILlS lIb CDIuHllSSiOu " IOhSluCA
all phases Of their working contracts,
these other unions have contended that
the wage question is primary part of
all clauses. The commission will con-
slider all information received. Repre-
sentatiyes of railroad arrangements,
whose presence at a previous hearing
evoked protests from union leaders on
/ the ground that the investigation is ex
parte, have not yet been asked to tes-
tify. although they came on invitation
of the commission. Both sides are be-
ing asked to file any data they desire
Excluded in the records. All docu-
ments are open to the inspection of all
persons interested.
The strike epidemic sweeping Eu-
rope is expected to manifest itself in
Holland. The revolutionary socialists
land some trades unionists have called
10 24-hour walkout as demonstration
In favor of prohibition of food exports
and the seizure and distribution of the
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-09

In Padua the bombs cannon explode
without damaging or destroying some
building devoted to religious Uses
What gain there can he in such de-
sfruction only the kaiser and The en-
nnrnr know.