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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-01

To sing a light and CHEEKY song to
a mess room filled with soldiers is
not an unusual experience, but to see
copious tears streaming down their
faces when you expected them to
laugh is the rather mystifying ex-
p~erience of Misses Marie and Dorothy
Fave Smith who have been singing
to enlisted men in Y. M. c. A. build
ings in cantonments, military posts
and naval training stations on the
Pacific coast under the auspices of
the National War Work Council of
the Y. M. G A.
AS Miss Dorothy explains it: "Sis-
ter end I looked over the sea of SOL
der faces as we were singing. Tears
were streaming down the cheeks of
every mar we could sees We put
more pep into our song, but it ap-
parently made no difference. The
crying continued. The men rubbed
their Eyes and the tears came anew.
We were completely mystified.
Where we expected laughter we caus-
ed a perfect flood.
"Then a Whit from the kitchen
adjoining struck US and we commenc-
ed to cry also. The men out there
were peeling onions and the slight
breeze waited The pungence into the
the mess room and made the tears
come. The mystery was solved"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-01

One of the most notable developments
in agricultural lines during the present
time is the growth of interest on the part
of farmers in the assistance that they are
able to receive from their agricultural
colleges and the United States depart
ment of agriculture. These institutions
are doing the experimental work. Farm
ers rarely need, these days, to waste a
year or a few years trying out something,
for in most cases that something has
been tried out and a record made of the
results by the agricultural colleges.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-01
AVOID DELAYS IN THRASHINC

Every hour that a threshing machine
is kept idle because of breakage or bad
adjustment means time lost in the work
of getting food for our soldiers as well
as those of the allies. Farmers Bullet
in oo1 of the United States Department
of Agriculture, entitled "The Efficient
Operation of Threshing Machines" will
tell ways of preventing such delays.
Read the Star-Mirror-get today's
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-01
Diplomats Reach Murmansk.

WASHINGTON-A m b a S S a d r
Francis and the British, French and
Italian diplomats who recently arriv-
ed in Kandalaska from Vologda, left
on July 80 for Murmansk. Ambas-
sador Francis cabled this information
to the state department. These am
bassadors fled from Petrograd when
it was about to fall into the hands
Of the Germans several months ago.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-01
Nisbet Family Returns

John Nisbet and family have returned
from Artesian, S. D., where they were
called to the funeral of Mrs. Nisbet's
brother, who was killed by being kicked
by a horse. Since leaving Moscow they
visited Mitchell, S. D.; Oldwein and
Marsha1town, Iowa; Creston, Iowa; and
Chicago, ILL.,, and visited relatives at
Valparaiso, Ind, and Oshkosh, Wis.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-01

-
The following market quotations
r the prices paid to the producer
by the dealer and are changed daily,
thus giving the public the accurate
quotations in all classes of grain,
produce and meats.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
SUBMARINE NEAR NEW YORK
Ambrose ChanneI-SeVen Mem
bers of Crew Missing.

New York, Aug. ia German sub
marine. approaching the very gates Of
New York Harbor, sunk the oil tanker
Frederick R. Kellogg off the Ambrose
Channel last night. Thirty-five mem
bers Of the crew, brought here today,
reported that seven others ale miss
ing. These survivors were picked up
by an American steamship.
The Frederick R. Kellogg was a
new tank steamship OF 1927 tons
gross register, valued at more than
IL million dollars. Under command
of Capt. c. H. White, she was on her
way from Tampico, Mexico, to Boston
with a cargo of approximately seven
ty thousand barrels of crude oil
The ship was owned by the PetrO-
leum Transport Company and was
launched a year ago this month at
Oakland, Cal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
GOMPERS TO VISIT EUROPE
Problems in Allied Countries viii Be
Studied BY Mission From
United States

Washington, Aug 14-Americs's
mission 10 the British Trades Union
Congress, which meets in London
September II, Is and 10, viii be head
ed by Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor
The mission viii tour England
France and Italy 20 confer with local
leaders and inspect labor conditions
Nj Gompers- left Washington to-
day for New York for a series of con
ferences there before sailing He
viii be accompanied abroad by VII
liam J. Bowen, president Of the Inter
national Bricklaysrs and P1ssterers"
Union; John T Frey, president Of the
International Molders' Union; Edgar
Wallace, editor Of the United Nine
Workers Journal, and c L Paine,
president of the international Boot
and Shoe Workers Union
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
USES GAS IN COAST ATTACK
Poison Fumes From Submarine Tenn
PorariIy Overcome Six Men On
North Carolina Station.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Using pois-
oned gass, a German submarine at
tackled the coast guard station and
lighthouse on Smith Island, off the
North Carolina coast, Saturday night,
the Navy Department tonight an
nounced. Six men were overcome by
the gas
The gas was released from oil
spread over the surface OF the water
by the submarine. the Navy Depart
ment announcement said Three
large areas OF the oil, each larger
than an acre. grounded near the
island The gas. which appeared SINH
lar to mustard gas, used in fighting
on the western front, was effective
about forty minutes. None of the
men overcome by the fumes died
The Navy Department also an
nounced tonight that one submarine
had probably been sunk by destroy
er, which dropped seventeen depth
bombs at a point where the undersea
raider submerged. There was evil
dence that the bombs hit their mark
The announcement made by the
Navy Department concerning the gas
attack said
The Navy Department has received
a dispatch from the cOmmandant of
the sixth naval district, Charleston,
s. c., stating that an attack with gas
was attempted on the North Carolina
coast about o'clock Saturday after
noon. with the result OF temporarily
putting out OF business the coast
guard station and lighthouse person
nell The report goes on to say
About forty minutes after the at
tack three large oil spots each over
one acre in extent were observed
passing by Smith Island 10 the north
This oil, from which the gas was no
doubt generated, must have been re-
leased from a submarine in the vicin-
ity OF the entrance to the channel
with the hope that 1t would come in
with the tide, but the tide fortunate
" sat along the island
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
AN AIRPLANE LEADS A MOB
Filler Helps OkIahoman's Capture Ne
gro Who Had Killed the Police
Chief at Dewey.

Dewey, Ok, Aug. 13.-When Chief
of Police Null attempted to arrest n.
Widow, a negro barber, late Sunday
night, on a charge of wife beating, the
negro shot and killed the officer and
seriously wounded City Clerk George
De Young and then escaped. A mob
quickly formed and Billie Parker, in
an airplane, located the negro run
ming in the outskirts of town and
guided the mob toward him with sig
nails
Opening fire, the mob soon brought
Widow down with a bullet in his
shoulder Officers from the sheriffs
office took the negro in charge, de-
spite the protests of the mob. Aroused
and frenzied, the crowd of five hun
dred went to the negro settlement and
applied the torch to every house ex-
cept one occupied by an old negro
woman
Returning to storm the Jail, it was
found that Widow had been spirited
away Owing to a strike of negroes
on the new Masonic Temple, other
trouble is feared by the police.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed twelve brick stores at Mari
anna, Ark, and caused a loss estimat-
ed at over S750,OOO. Lack Of adequate
water supply handicapped the fire
men in fighting the flames A shift
in the wind helped to prevent a fur
ther spread OF the fire
Second Lieut. Lawton B. Evans
Of Augusta, Ga, died at the base hos
pital, Brooks Field, near San Antonio,
Tex, from injuries received when
the airplone he was driving fell in
z tail spin near the field recently.
For the first time in the history
OF the world the American flag has
waved on the highest peak, rising in
the middle OF the Mediterranean on
the Gennargentu Mouontains, two
thousand feet high, in the center Of
the Island Of Sardinia.
Lieut. B. E Hiene Of Mount Glenn
ems, Mich, was the victim Of an air
plane accident at Post Field. when his
machine, visiting there from Call
Field, Wichita Falls, Tex, fell Lieu
tenant Hiene's body was shipped to
Michigan foTo burial
The most travelled highways lead
ing east through Western Oklahoma
ere lined these days with covered
wagons containing families OF farmers
driven out Of West Texas and South
west Texas by the second successive
severe drought They are passing
this way literally by the hundreds.
-Four companies OF French soL-
diers and one OF Annamites from
China and Indo-China have arrived at
Yladivostok, headed by COnmandant
Mallet- A company OF Czecho-SloTak
soldiers with q band greeted them
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29

The death Of John Francis of Col
ony took a prominent figure from
Kansas political life It was the cause
Of bleeding Kansas" reaching far
across the waters to England in the
sos that brought John Francis to the
Sunflower State. Having read an ar
ticle in a London newspaper telling
of the states struggle for freedom he
decided to cast his lot with its prob
lem. Arriving in Osawatomie in Sep
TENDER, 1853, he at once took an &C
tive part in affairs.
In 1859 he moved to Allen County,
settling on a claim, and this he con-
sidered his home for the balance Of
his life. He served in the Civil War
as a member Of the Third Kansas
regiment; in 1865 was elected county
clerk; was appointed clerk of the dis
trict court in Allen County, later was
twice elected county treasurer, mean
while being admitted to the bar;
twice appointed and thrice elected, he
served five terms as state treasurer.
In 1898 he was elected state repre-
sentative from Allen County. He was
reelected in 1900 and 1902, serving
for two terms as chairman of the
ways and means committee. For
nearly forty years he has been a mem
Der and leading spirit in the state
historical society which became his
pet hobby. OF his four children, one
daughter is in Red Cross service in
France and his only son is cap
tain in the United States army.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
TO CHANGE THE RATE PLANS.

Washington, Aug 14.-Freight rate
reTisions 10 be made continuously by
the Railroad Administration In the fu-
ture will be ordered on the principle
that the railroads should remove
fundamental injustices and not only
the inequalities and the new differ
entails arising out If the p per cent
freight advance
This plan, explained today by Direc-
tor General McAdOO, means that
thousands Of shippers are free TO pro
test TO the Railroad Administrations
traffic committees against systems OF
rates in effect before the government
took charge Of the railways and to
press their claims for adjustments
which viii remove determinations
favoring other competing localities or
plants.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
MUST REGISTER AUGUST "a
Proclamation for Emergency Enroll
ment Issued by President Wilson
Glass I Nearly All Gone.

Washington, Aug. 15.-Registration
on Saturday, August q, of all youths
who have reached the age of 81 since
the. second registration last June 5,
was ordered today by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder, under a prOcla-
nation by the President.
The purpose is to add quickly to the
almost exhausted Class L to meet
army draft calls in September.
About $780, 900 young men viii regis
ter. Most OF them viii qualify for
Class 1 and, therefore, viii join the
army probably within a month after
their names are recorded
Telegraphic orders to local author
tiles to arrange for the registration
have already been distributed Only
men in the armed service are exempt
ed from registration.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29

Miss Ella Todd, who has been OPP
Grating her farm of 300 acres eight
miles northeast of Fort Scott, recent
ly decided it to Tom Longshore, chair
man of the Bourbon County Federal
Farm Loan Bureau, with the under
standing the government would oper-
ate it. Mr.. Longshore accepted the
land in his own name and the deed
was recorded. Miss foods action was
prompted by the governments having
drafted for the army a young man
whom she had employed on the farm.
Miss Todd consulted several lawyers
to discover some means by which she
could shift responsibility of running
the farm to the government. When
told by lawyers Mr.. Longshore had
no authority to accept the farm from
her on the part of the government,
she evinced no uneasiness nor any
desire to have the title restored to
her. The farm is a fine one, and
would sell for from $4,000 to $4,000.
1t constitutes all of Miss Todd's es-
tate except her live stock and equip
ment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
GOVERNMENT NEEDS STEEL
The Entire Output of All Mills in the
Country VIII Be Required
Next Year.

New York, Aug. 13-The War In
dustries Board estimates steel ton
mage needed at 20 million tons dur
ing the balance of the year and 20
million tons during the first half of
1919. Production rate Of rolled steel
does not exceed 80 million tons The
trade is therefore beeiDg canvassed
to decide whether it would be feasible
to extend present plants.
Ten thousand cars and 10000 tons
of rails are needed for the American
Army in France.
The output of iron for seven months
ended July 81 was 21,423, $50 tons, as
compared with %, $3.50 tons in the
same time last year. The July out
turn was 3,42O,98S tons. There is
not enough iron to meet even govern
ment requirements.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
GERMANS RETIRE
NORTH OF ALBERT
Positions on a FiVe-MiIe Front
Facing the British Lines
Evacuated.
FRENCH CAPTURE RIBECOURT
Fall of City Opens Up Disc Valley
Route to Noyon-cIoser
to Lassigny.

Washington, Aug. 15.-North and
south of the Somme the Germans have
lost further important ground. In the
former region they have evacuated
their positions over a smile front to
the British north Of Albert, while in
the latter they nave been beaten back
in the hill and wooded district just
north OF the Disc River by the French.
German front line trenches at Beau
mont, Hamel, Serre. Puisieux-Au-Mont
and Bucquoy have been found unten-
able by the enemy in the face Of the
recent activity by the British all along
the line from Albert to Arras, while
the French have persevered in their
violent attacks against the Germans
on the sector which dominates the
lower portion of the Picardy Plain and
Disc Valley and have encroached fur
Their upon the Lassigny massif and the
Thiescourt Plateau and further south
have captured the important town of
Ribecourt
Lassigny Reported Captured.
Unofficial reports have announced
the capture of Lassigny by the French
and of all the German positions be-
tween the western outskirts of Bray
sur-Somme and Etineham by the Aus
tralians. There is, however, no off
cial confirmation of them.
From the Somme to the Disc, ex-
cept in the latter region where the
French have made further gains, the
Germans seemingly have had further
success in holding back the Allied
troops and still are in possession Of
Chaulnes and Roye, upon the capture
Of which the efforts of the British and
French have been centered. On this
central part of the battle front the
enemy continues to deliver violent
counter attacks, and also has further
REINFORCED his line with men and
guns and is using them without stint
to retain his positions, realizing that
their capture would spell disaster
Yank Patrols Capture Boches.
Washington, Aug. 15--''In Lorraine
one of our patrols made a successful
raid on the enemy's lines and brought
back prisoners General Pershing's
night communique said. In the Vos-
ges a hostile raiding party was re-
pulsed. With the exception of con-
siderable artillery activity along the
Vesle, there is nothing further to re-
port
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
AMERICANS HOLD
THEIR OWN FRONT
First Field Army Has Separate
Supply Lines, Bases and
Storage Facilities.
PERSHIEG HAS 1,25O,OOO MEN
WashinstQp AdViees Indicate That
9 Allies viii ApPortion Entire Line
From Sea TO Switzerland.

Washington, Aug 1.-THE an
nOuncement that the First American
Field Army had been created is re-
garded at the War Department as
having deep significance, mainly be
cause it places the American army in
France on the same footing as
French OF British forces there.
Formation of the army is taken
here 10 mean that the Americaniza-
ton OF definite portion of the front
has been completed Supply lines,
railways, bases, storage facilities, de-
barkation ports and the like. created
and operated by Americans, stand be-
hind the First Army. The only state
ment of the location Of this American
front given is that II is south Of the
Marne." Presumably this means a
part of the long line from St MihieI
to the Swiss border, where American
troops have been put in at intervals
in the last few months
Location Not Disclosed.
The extent Of that front has not
been disclosed, nor has the definite
strength of the army been given The.
advices indicate that II comprises.
AO8ChO i've AuAA CU4 ~ aEE4OAAAAdlC-
ly IL million men
The effect Of the taking over of the
line is to make a definite beginning
at apportioning the long front
The British hold the left flank, aid
ed by the Belgians. from the North
Sea to the juncture of the British
Fourth Army and the French First
Army in Picardy, and stand between
the enemy and the Channel ports
French Block Paris Road
The French armies presumably are
being concentrated wholly between
the Picardy juncture with the British
and the American left beyond YER
dun They block the roads to Paris
To the Americans will fall the re-
mainder OF the front 10 the Swiss
border when the other American
armies shall have been formed The
First Army undoubtedly now holds
the bulk Of that line, with such
French help as is necessary The
whole line probably is under General
Pershing's general command
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
FIRST FIELD ARMY FORMED
Steps Taken to Coordinate American
Soldiers Now in Europe Under
Pershing's Command.

With the American Army in France,
Aug 1.-THE first American field
army has been organized 1t is under
the direct command Of General John
J. Pershing, commander-in-chief Of the
American forces. The corps COM
manders thus far announced are Ma
!or Generals Liggett, Billiard, Bundy,
Reed and Wright
The creation Of the first field army
is the first step toward the eo-ordina-
ton OF all the American forces in
france.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29

running northeastward to Noyon. but
around Lassigny also give them
sweep OF the plains south Of Roye-
Aside from the Amiens-Montdidier.
sector, little fighting has taken place
on any Of the fronts Along the Vesle
the Germans again have delivered vio-
leans and French, who are holding
ground on the north bank OF the
stream AS on previous occasions,
when the enemy attempted to dis
lodge the Allied troops, the counter
attacks failed
British aircraft have brought down
a German airship off the coast of Hol-
land, according to an announcement
by the British admiralty An unoffi-
cial report announces that a Zeppe-
lin Of the largest and newest type has
been brought down off the English
east coast
Allies Make Big Captures.
Paris, Aug. 1.-THE Allies tonight
are fighting their way forward, and
the armies of Generals Won Der Mar
Qitz and Won Hutier are in full re-
treat in the direction OF Peronne, Mes
les and Ham.
Important rear guards are being
sacrificed by the Germans to insure
the safety of the main armies, and
there is a well defined feeling among
military critics here that the German
reserves are not as important or nu-
merous as was originally thought.
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 1.-THE allied forces continued
their victorious advance along the line
last night and today, pushing in the
general direction of the upper reaches
of the Somme They were smashing
the stiff resistance interposed by the
rear guards of the retreating Ger
mans, the bulk of whom, according
to reports considered reliable, are
fleeing in disorder British cavalry
is reported this afternoon operating
close to the town of Nesles. (Nesles
is six miles southeast of Chaulnes.)
Germans Are Retiring.
Many hours ago the. British, French
and American troops had reached,
roughly, the old line held by the Ger
mans before their retirement to the
Hindenburg line They have now
rushed beyond in many places
Boyencourt, two miles northwest Of
Roye, is reported to have fallen to
British troops. Other British forces
were on the front of Chalnes-Hatten-
court and Villers-les-Roye.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29

Ed Hudiburg, farmer of Montgom-
cry County, was not pleased with the
price his wheat would command in
the local markets. Having a carload
of No. 1 wheat, he concluded to ship
directly to the government, and re-
ceiVed cents more on the bushel for
his wheat than he would have receiv-
ed had he sold in the local market
This has caused considerable COM
plant among the wheat producers,
who have sold wheat, grading the
same, at considerable less, and an in
vestigation is being made to see what
the trouble is. AS it is necessary to
ship a carload in order to reach di-
rectly the governments purchasing
agency, it deprives the smaller pro-
ducers Of the opportunity to profit by
shipping directly, and as the under
standing is that a stable price is
placed on all wheat at every point,
the smaller producers are asking why
they cannot realize as much on their
wheat, less freight and commissions,
as their more fortunate neighbcrs,
who can take advantage of the car
load requirement.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
SINKS 9 FISHING VESSELS

Nantucket, Mass, Aug. 12-Nine
fishing schooners were sunk off
Georges bank today by a German
submarine, naval scout boat, which
put in here tonight, reported.
The scout boat picked up word Of
the raid from the auxiliary fishing
schooner, Helen Murley. which had
rescued four survivors and was tax
ing them to port.
Georges bank is sixty miles off this
island
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
Filler Killed at Fort Worth.

Fort Worth, Tex. Aug 15.-Cadet
William R. TurnstaIl. son Of John R
Turnstan of Brookfield, Mass, was
killed this morning when his airplane
coIlided with another machine sew
eraI thousand feet in the air.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
An AIIiance Win Rritain7

London, Aug. 15.-Lord Reading. the
British ambassador to the United
States, is here to discuss with the
government proposals for closer
AngIo-American cooperation invo1v-
ing a defensive and offensive alliance,
according to the Evening News
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
Detroit Broke Fare Grab.

Detroit, Aug. 14.-Efforts Of the De-
troit United Railways Company to
prevent enforcement of an ordinance
reducing to five cents the rate of fare
on local traction lines failed today
when United States District Judge
futile refused to hear the plea OF the
company for a restraining writ.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29
Admire Yankee "DeviI Dous.D

Washington, Aug. 12.-French and
American commanders are equally en-
thUsiastic over the magnificent fight
ing of the American marine brigade,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt today cabled Secretary Dan
iels after a visit to the front.