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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
PEACE PRAYER CHAIN LETTERS In
B0NNERS FERRY

The peace-prayer chain letters
which have been flooding all parts
of the United States, have shown "
in Bonners Ferry and one lady re-
ports that she has already received
three of the letters.
According to a recent number Of
Leslie's these peace-chain letters have
been branded by leading Catholic
churchmen as an unusual form of
German intrigue to create opposition
to the war. A copy of the prayer
follows:
american Chain Prayer"
Lord, | implore thee to bless
Our Soldiers and Sailors,
And keep them from all harm,
And bring them to rest with thee.
Amen.
The prayer is accompanied by the
following: "This prayer has been
to all the world. Copy it and see
what will happen. Twas sent in
ancient times and all who wrote 1t
were supposed to be safe from harm
and those who passed it by met
with great misfortune. Send it to
seven people, one each day. The
seventh day you will meet with great
Joy. Start the day you get this and
please don't break the chain. God
bless our boys American Chain
Prayer"
Government officials are investi-
eating the origin of the peace-chain
letters and it is generally believed
that the idea started with some fana-
tic or else some one who hoped to
injure the American cause. 1t can
easily be seen what an immense
amount of money would be wasted
and that the U. S. mail service would
soon be swamped if each person re-
ceiving these letters would undertake
to write seven other letters and so on
At any rate those who have re-
ceived the letters and have neglected
to answer them have not met with
bad luck todate.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Defer Action-County Agent

No action was taken by the board
of county commissioners yesterday in
regard to the appointment of the
county agent and it is planned to
defer definite action for several days
until all the petitions which are out
have been returned.
MAN. of the farmers of the county
are signing the petitions which were
sent out last week by T. j. Jones.
Yesterday morning the total number
of petitioners was 81 and there are a
number of districts to hear from.
Those who are asking for the an
pointment of a county agent say that
the CONT issioners will be expected
to appoint a man who is not resi-
dent of Boundary county. There are
several local people who are annli-
cants for the position.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Red Cross Shipment

Mrs. r. H. Mccoy, chairman of the
knitting committee of the local Red
Cross auxiliary, reports that a ship
ment of knitted goods was made
Saturday which included 20 sweaters,
"a pair of socks, four mufflers, two
pair of wristlets and one helmet. This
work has all been done since Deem
Der 18th and the women of the Red
Cross are quite proud of the work
accomplished in such a short time.
Samples of the knitted work were dis
played in the windows Of Reds De-
partment Store several days last
week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15

and Frank R. Gooding will probably
enter the race together with other
prominent republicans.
Record of Busy Life.
Senator Brady was 55 years old
last June. He was born in Indiana
county, Pennsylvania, but spent his
boyhood and his first years as a
young man in Kansas.
In 1894 Mr.. Brady came to Idaho
and made his home at Pocatello. He
first appeared prominently in the
political life of the state when he be-
came chairman of the republican
state central committee in 1904, a
position which he held until 1908. He
was elected governor of Idaho on
November 3, 1908, and served in
that office in the years of 1909 and
1910.
On January "a, 1918, the state legis-
lature elected Mr. Brady a United
States senator to fill out the I'M
expired term of the late Senator
Weldon B. Hepburn.
On November 3, 1914, Mr.. Brady
was reelected to the United States
senate for a term which expires
March 3, 1921.
Senator Brady was a member of
many important senate committees
as follows: Military affairs, mines
and mining, agriculture and fores-
try, conservation of natural resourc-
es, national banks, expenditure in
department of commerce, public
lands, public buildings and grounds.
On military affairs committee he
was ranking republican member
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
SPOERRY AT
CAMP LEWIS

In letter to the Herald, received
this week, Capt. G. w. Spoerry
writes from Camp Lewis, Wash, that
he has been selected to act as in
structor in Barracks 10 and that
school and work is very similar to
that carried on at the Preside. He
has II captains, IL LIST lieutenants
and II End lieutenants, in charge.
Capt. Spoerry has also been detailed
as coach on the rifle range. He
writes: "The range is no small place.
1t has 240 targets and the men fire
from trenches. We are using a new
rifle known as the U. S. Rifle, Cal.
30, Model 1917. 1t resembles very
closely the Lee Enfield rifle used by
English troops. 1t is three inches
longer and a pound heavier than the
old Springfield rifle. The rear sight
is directly over the bolt handle and
there are no open sights; even the
battle sight is a peep and is three
times as large as that of the Spring
field rifle and being so close to the
eye it appears to be as big as a
barrel hoop. The rifling is to the
left rather than to the right and
10 iO NiiibeiSC VII lllC SlRltJ.
1t is a rough, quick-action trench
rifle.
l saw Oliver Campbell and Jocky
Zimmerman the other day. Oliver
nearly failed getting into the officers
training camp because the men who
had been selected were called up
while he was at home during the
holiday season.
Well, it has rained all the time
here; we wear high boots and slick
ers. Under the most conditions we
would think it was HI and throw
up our hands but as it is the boys
shout and sing until you would think
that everything was as they would
choose it.
Mrs. Spoerry will arrive Tuesday
and | have rented a summer home
near here where we will get along
nicely"
Capt. Spoerry sent the Herald q
copy of the Pacific Builder in which
many pictures of Camp Lewis are
shown. The magazine is filled with
articles telling of the work accom-
plished in constructing Camp Lewis
Any person interested in the maya
zine may see it at the Herald office
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
WIN FROM RATHDRUM TEAM
Local Basket Ball Team Has Easy
Victory-Score "a to 10.


Saturday night the Bonners Ferry
high school basket ball team added
another victory to it's seasons record
when it won from the Rathdrum
team by a score of "a to 10.
The game was an easy victory for
the home boys. Up until the last
few minutes of the play the score
was "a to IS in favor of Boomers
Ferry. The home boys practiced a
bit of sabotage and practically gave
the visitors their last three baskets.
The game Saturday night was to
have been played with the Columbia
Falls team but on Friday telegram
was received here stating that the
Columbia Falls boys would not be
able to come.
Gleed was the star point getter
for Boomers Ferry, throwing four
field baskets and 10 fouls. Macna-
mara threw two field baskets and
Curren one.
In the last quarter one of the
Rathdrum players pushed his right
arm through a glass window in the
east end of the gymnasium and suf-
fered a number of severe cuts. one
severing a large artery. The player
was hurried to DR.. Fry's office where
the cuts were dressed.
After the game the students of the
high school gave a reception in honor
of the Rathdrum boys.
The Rathdrum team was one of
the best visiting teams which have
played here this season. The WISH
tors played a clean game and ex-
celled in masses.
On Friday of this week the home
team will go to Standpoint to play
return game with the Standpoint
high school team. A game with New
port will probably be played Satur-
lay night.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Sue S. /. Railway Co.

An action was started in the dis
trict court on January 10th, by Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Lynch against the
Spokane International Railway Com
pany, in which the plaintiffs claimed
that the defendant company had dug
bitches and laid four inch water
pipes on their land without their con-
sent. The plaintiffs are asking $1,000
damages, costs of the suit and an in
junction against the defendant COM
pany to prevent them from tres
passing on the land in question. Bot
tum & Wilson are attorneys for the
plaintiffs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Carload of Fords Arrive

A carload Of Ford automobiles
arrived here Sunday for the Cres-
cent Garage and Mr.. Megquer re-
ports that another carload will arrive
the latter part of this month.
All the cars in the present ship
ment are sold. j. Bert Cowen, of
the First State Bank will get one
of the cars and J.. C. Barto has also
purchased one.
Last year the Crescent Garage sold
% Ford autos and three Maxwells.
More cars would have been sold if
they could have been secured.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Defense Council Heads Named

M. P. DeWolf, chairman of the
Boundary County Defense League,
has announced the following commit
tee appointments: Red Cross, Mrs.
H. A. Gale; Knights of Columbus,
L. N. Brown; Y. M. C. A, E. E.
Fry; Liberty Loan, F. A. Shultis;
Thrift Stamp, 7 ]. Jones; Woman's
Defense League, Mrs. F. E. Murray;
Census, w. T. James; Food Conserva-
ton, c. w. King; Publicity, A. A
Mcintyre; Home Cheer, Douglas
Palmer Each of the chairman named
above are empowered to select two
or three others to work with them.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Oliver Campbell In Training Camp

Oliver Campbell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. H. Campbell, has been Sc
lected for the officers training
course at Camp Lewis and is now
in training.
Out of 5000 anplications only 400
were accepted. At the time the selec-
tons were made Campbell was in
Bonners Ferry on a furlough and he
came very near losing the appoint
ment. The officers of his company
and Capt. Spoerry were able to
secure his admission in the camp
upon his return to Camp Lewis, but
this would not have been possible
had it not been for the record Camp
bell had made for himself since he
was drafted.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Arrange Musical Entertainment

A musical ~~ogram is to be given
at the Amazon theatre the first of
February under the auspices of the
Bonners Ferry Music Club. The
program for the evening is being
arranged by Prof. Perry and several
out-of-town musicians will appear on
the program. The proceeds of the
entertainment will be used in secur-
ing the appearance here of some of
the leading musicians of the North
west in future entertainments.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15

Otto F. Mathisen, assistant cashier
of the First State Bank, has two
brothers in the army, according to
the Waterfowl, S. Oak, Herald. One
brother, William H. Mathiesen, has
enlisted in the aviation corps and
another, Homer Mathiesen, has en-
listed in the hospital corps and is
stationed at Camp McGregor, Ga.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
Produce Company Elects

The stockholders of the Kootenai
Valley Produce Company held their
annual meeting Wednesday at Kent's
hall and a report of a record years
business was made. The following
officers were elected to serve the
ensuing year: w. F. Dunning, presi-
dent; Charles Early, vice president;
Ira Gines, second vice president; o.
II. Campbell, treasurer; T. ]. Jones,
secretary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
STUDENTS OF MEDICINE
MUST REGISTER JUNE 5
Those Studying for the Ministry Are
Also Subject to Latest
Draft Rule.
EXEMPTION is PROVIDED FOR
Only Young Men Not Affected by
Law, Says General Crowoicr, Are
Those Now Serving in Various
Army Barracks.
is PROVIDED FOR
GBy Associated Press

WASHINGTON. May 2l.-Medical
students and divinity students. though
exempt from draft. must register on
June along with all other young men.
citizens or aliens. reaching the age OF
twenty-one years on or before that
date. Provost ostMarShal-General Crow :
der made this statement to-day:
Under the terms of the law signed
by President Wilson OH Monday, stu
dents who were preparing for the min
istry in recognized theological or di-
vinity schools and students who were
preparing for the practice of medicine
end surgery in recognized medical
schools on May 90. 1915. are exempt
from the draft.
The law does not relieve such stu
dents from the duty of registering IN
Wednesday. June 5. Registration comes
first. exemption afterward. 1t is alb
solutely necessary that the students
register. The only young men not
affected by the new law are those now
actually in military or naval service. ="
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
TORNADO SWEEPS STATE,
LEAVING MANY DEAD
Buildings Lcvolcd and Live Stock l.
Caught in the Wreck
age.
SEND OUT CALL FOR DOCTORS
Two Persons Caught as Factory Is
Crashed to Ground-Damage Is
Roughly Estimated at More Than
100000.

CRESTON. IOWA. May 2l.-Twenty
persons are reported killed and scores
Of others injured in tornado which
almost completely destroyed the east
ern half OF Boone. Iowa. according to
word reaching this city from Des
Mones late tonight.
According to reports. three Of the
dead were Killed a. Boone. forty miles
north Of here, while tho other two were
killed at Newton, thirty five miles 70
the east
Reports from Boone said the tornado
swept across the entire county. level
ing farm buildings. killing live s,oci,
and inhict!ng heavy damage on grow =
ing crops
In the city of Boone fifty residences
werc RACED.
Calls for aid were sent out TO tho
towns in Iowa. cast and west Phy-
stcians and nurses arc en- route here
from nearby towns
Estimated damage At Boone was
from 100000 TO 100000. while reports
from rural districts placed the damage
there at close TO sl0oo.vco
AZ Newton two persons were Killed
and a half "A dozen injured when the
storm wrecked factory.
one man was killed and two severely
injured near Dcnison.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
PARDON FROM GOVERNOR
ONLY HOPE FOR MOONEY
california Superior Court DenIe. Dc
fcndnnt New Trial. Sustaining
Defense Demurrer

San FRANCISCO May ol.--The Ia 81
eHoTt OF Thomas j. Mooney. prepared
ness parade bomb plot defendant. TO
OBTAIN new trial failed to-day when
superior Court Judge Griffin sustained
me demurrer of the prosecution 10 :,
motion TO set aside the conviction and
sentence Of death imposed upon the
defendant on the allegation that the
alstr!ct attorney had suppressed evil
dencc and was guilty OF fraud and
malfeasancc In Office
Mooney will be rcsentenced to death
next Tuesday.
The only hope for the accused now.
les in a pardon or reprive at the hands
OF Governor stephens, 10 whom Presi
dent Wilson has appeal led in his be-
half
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
PRUSSIAN SHOCK
TROOPS DEFEATED
Michigan First State to Reach Quota in
Greatest Red Cross Drive in History

WASHINGTON, May 31.-The out
standing feature of tho Red Cro.s
war fund drive tonight |. the large
number OF individual contributions
characterized by the Rcd Cros.
statement ns "nmnzinE." total OF
27,3G7,S1S being subscribcd.
The first State 10 reach its quotn
wns Michigan, with mn allotment OF
S2,JO0.OG0. The second was south
Dnkotu, whosc quota of S2OO,0OO
nlrcndy has been subscrIbcd 17o
per cent In cash. without counting
saving stamps or Liberty bonds.
OF the population of 7I1,OOO I'm
South Dnkota. approximately TO-
600 have subscribed.
Grcutcr New York hna two days.
total of SS,2S0,3I7. The larEest In
diNiduHl Subncription yesterday was
S50O.U0O from Cleveland ii. Dodge.
j. =. Morgan & Go. subscribed
100000, In addition to previous sub
scriptions; Payne whitney gnve
S"5O.OO0. md the National City
Bank $3.50, 600, which was 1 per cent
of its capital stock.
Ii Is expected that the action of
the National City will be followed
by other banks, now TINT ConErcsa.
I'm the passage of special law last
by banks legal.
In tho PennSyly amin division, Del
aware has reached it's quota OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
MISS HELD'S EIGHTH DORSAL
VERTEBRA IS FRACTURED
Noted Actress Suatnins Serious Setback
ms Result of Latest
Injury.

NEW YORK. May 21-Anna Held.
the actress, to save whose life blood
TRANSMISSION was employed recently.
suffered a check to-day. DR.. Donald
McCaskey. her physician. said:
Miss Held has had an unfortunate
setback. The bony substance of her
eighth dorsal vertebra was fractured
this morning. greatly increasing the
pain of which she is Il constant suf-
fcrer. She has been doing finely. Just
how much more crumbllng or fracture
of bone tissue is going to occur il is
impossible to state. as her disease is
OF steady malignant advance. 4 SINH
lar state of affairs has already oc-
CURED in the other bones and In sew
cral ribs"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22

SI,250.5.1. The State OF Pennsyl-
>nnin, outside Philadelphia, has
subscribed S3D7,445. of which Pitts
burgh contributed s:c2,153.
States In the Southern divisions
have subscribed as follows: GcorEln,
S325,8"O; Tennessee, S156,O41; North
Carolina, SOD, ,1G6; South Carolina,
s86.2O1; FlorIdn, SS5,O8G. Atlanta.
with a quotn of 100000, hns raised
S:1S,450. and Memphis, with n quota
of s135.000. has given 100000 In
the first two days.
With Cleveland and Cincinnati
mIssinE. the Lake division already
has raised SI,SIO,24S of It's SO,4OO,-
900 quota.
Chicago hnx contributed $1,000
900 to the Central divisions quota
OF S13,O0O.0nO. Other subscriptions
placed the total tonight Mt S4,25O,-
900.
WashinEton, Oregon and Idaho, In
the Northwestern division, report
that NIL the lnrEe cities will exceed
their quotas, and TINT returns from,
the country districts nrc very fnvor-
able.
The Potomac division hns re-
spondel ms follows, District of CO.
lumbin, s233,1o.; Maryland, s44,-
900; Virginia. S"SO.5S9; West Vir-
Einin, s:s2,S40. The quotn of tho
division Is $4,000, 900, md the total
receipts for the two days Ii $780,
I37.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
TROOP TRAIN WRECKED
One Soldier Is aIissInS. Eighteen Others
Arc Injured and Engineer Il
Killed In Crash,
ICY Associated Press. ]

TEHARkANA. TENAS. May 21-One
solder is missing. eighteen were in
jured. a. j. McAllster. engineer, was
killed and several trainmcn injured
when northbound ST. Louis South :
western train was derailed by broken
angle bar at Mayton Station. Just
south of Garland, Ark. to-day The
soldiers belonged TO the Six Hundred
and Nineteenth Aerial Squadron
The military authorities refused to
make known the names of the injured
men.
Private Vincent !. Howell. 637 Fifth
Avenue, Roanoke, Va, was among the
injured soldiers. He was n member OF
the Six Hundred and Nineteenth Aerial
Squadron.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
Secretary Baker Issues
Red Cross Appeal

WASHINGTON, AIny 21.-Sccrctnry
of War Bnker Tonight issucd the
following appeal for the Itcu Cross:
"I;Ncry battle field of France
spcuks eloquent testimony of the
mcrcfful work of the He'd Cross. II
the voice OF the American cxpcdi-
tionnry forces could he heard, there
would he no doubt concerning the
responses of the United Stntcs In the
second wnr fund campaign. The
terrOrs of battles nre dccrcasins md
the horrors 1t cntnlls nrc minimizcd
by the Rrentcst OF relief agencies
No support which the American
people give To 50 will he miscon-
conceived or misdircctcd."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
NORFOLK POLICE DISMISSED
Two Faced Charges Of Holding Up Two
OF Their Superior
Officers.
tBy Associated Prcss.l

NORFOLK. VA, May 2l.-Charged
with holding up automobilists near the
city water works, Patrolmen Luther
Miller and J. h. Hall were dismissed
from the Norfolk Police Department
to-day following "A hearing before the
Board of Control The victims of the
hold-up reported the matter to the
police and when two department Off
GERS went TO tho scene in car. the
policemen failed to recognize their su-
Perior officers and attempted to hold
them up. Both strenuously denied any
illegal or improper actions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
New Officials to Be Respon,
sible Only to Regional
Directors.
ASSURES FULL PROTECTION
TO ALL THE STOCKHOLDERS
Their Interests Are to Be Re-
spected, and Rights Will
Be Preserved.
c. II. MARKHAM IS NAMED
Charges That Some Officials Have
Not Given Full Support Rcspon-
sibIe for Action Taken.

WASHIEGTON. May 2l-A Fedora!
manager is to be placed in immediate g
charge OF each railroad property in
the United States. He Will be directly
responsible TO the Federal rcgonn /
director in his district, instead OF to
The board OF directors of the road. and
viii take the place OF the president
Of the railroad as its operating chief
Announcement of the decision waa
made tonight.
The following statement was issued
by DiractorGcncral McAdoo:
I'm view OF the direct responsibility
FOR the operation of the railroads o..
the country placed upon D!rcctor-Ccn.
cral McAdoo by the act OF Congress and
by tho proclamatious OF tho President.
he has been unable TO escape the con-
clus!on that il will DC advisable 20
place In direct charge OF sucn prop
ert% for operating purposes a repre-.
sentative 10 DC known the Federal
manager. VINO viii report to the re-
's!onal director. A. far as practicable.
this Federal manager viii bc chosen
from the operating officers OF the par
ucuiar property who arc entirely IA
m'liar with it's employees ana is con
!it!cns Except 50 far as may DC
necessary TO meet the emergency CON
ditions or compel the government II
take control OF tho railroads. the Fed.
cral manager OF each railroad viii en-
deavor TO avail himself 10 the fullest
extent OF the advantages incident -
the operation OF the particular rail-
road as Unit and the preservation
or its identity. This Is believed %
he OF essential Importance. not only
TO secure the best results during the
period o. government control. but also
to give the greatest degree OF reas.
suraace TO the officers and employees
tina, The railroad careers upon which
they have entered will not bc mar.
rowed, but, II anything. VIII DC broad
ened, and TO give the greatest posi-
hle reinsurance 70 the stockholders
that their just interests in the proper
ties will be respected and that moth.
ing will be needlessly done TO have
even the appearance OF inIpairing ,hei.
Just rights.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
BAN ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Passengers Prohibited From Carrying
IL From baltimore to Washington
Over Is. & q. Road.
tBy Associated Press. I

BALTIMORE. May 21.-A ban on
liquor traffic from this city to Wash
ington and other points over. its lines
was declared to-day by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. Passengers are
prohibited from carrying liquor. and
police officers will be instructed to
enforce the rule. it was declared
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
QUAKE DOES DAMAGE
Chilean City OF In Serena Suffers From
Shock and Consequent
[Rv Associatedpress

SANTIAGO, CHILE. May 21.-The
earthquake yesterday at La Serena.
capital of the Province of Couuimho.
damaged a large number OF buildings.
Fire started in the center OF the town.
causing further loss. The shock was
felt to less extent in neiGhboring
villages
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
TORNADO KILLS FIVE
Kansas Town In Swept, md Much
Valuable Property Is
DESTROYED.
GBy Associated Press. J

HAYS. kANS.. May 2l.--A tornado
sweeping over the northern part of
Ellis County this morning killed FIVE
persons and caused considerable de-
struction OF property. Mr.. and Mrs
Alexander Geist and their three grand
children were killed.