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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01

grees In the shade was enough ia
dampen the enthusiasm Of even the
most resolute marcher.
AS the mercury crept up. the splr-
its Of the s%oldierettes went down, and
by the time the thermometer began to
register 100 or so as a regular per.
Torrance, the most enthusiastic
thought 1t time to knock of until fall.
The girls first began to drill In
preparation for the Red Cross parade.
Regular army and marine drill SER
geants were loaned by the war depart
ment. BY the time the parade came
most seasoned veteran In the fright
They distinguished themselves In the
avenue and the soldierettes liked It.
told how well they did It. So they de-
ing months. Parades follow parades
these days. The girls thought 1t we'll
But the Ellipse Is not the coole
afternoon. The s%oldierettes began t
death before getting even half a cha
the sun brought out all tho freckles
against for 80 long. Even q Sammy, !
blamed for Directing to freckles right
So the battalion decided to adjou
deadly freckle will have retired to '
with u%nburdened minds and hearts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01
HPey LEARNS THAT SOMETIMES AsrREX OF YELLOW
CAN TURN PURE WHITE.

ey~epda-Fired BY the sinking Of the Lusttania. with the loss Of
Anestcan lives. Arthur Guy Empey, an American living in Jersey City.
gNs to England and ensts a. . private In the British army. After q
sAor experience as a recruiting odcer In London. he 10 sent to train
~ quarters In France. where he nrst hears the sound Of big guns and
mikes the acquaintance Of "coottes." After = brief period Of training
Hnpeys company 10 sent into the frontlins trenches. where he takes
hs arst turn on the FIRE step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey
kasaA, % comrads falls. that death Turks always IN the trenches
Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot
Era With pick and shovel Empey has experience az q trench digger
in No Mans Land. Exciting experience on listening post detail. E1.
Citing work on observation post duty. Back In rest bulets Empey
writes and stages q successful play. Once more In the front trenches,
E.pey goes "over the top" In a successful but costly attack on the
German lines. Soon afterwards Empey and his comrades repulse a
determined gas attack launched by the Germans. His next experience
Il as 4 member Of a firing squad which executes a sentence Of death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01
Just a Little Housewife Chat on the Side

z vERYBODY except Old Man Science knows that the very first aviator
Z was the broomstck witch. And those in the secret are equally aware
that she has always been jealous of that COW that jumped over the moon-for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01
Too Much to Expect From FraiI Femininit

" AsH1NGToNs Battalion Of Death" has gone on its summer vacation.
" The steady advance Of the summer heat was too much for the feminine
sammies, recruited from the various government departments. Ninety de-.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01
GO BE c%0NrlNUEDj
striving Altar STRENGTH

/. Ssrvvtho Atter strength.
We thiak that ~ shalt win truth
By striving after strength. instead q
knowing that W shall gain stssngth
just u the degree that ~ boee0pe
true. Phillips nsookA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01
Just One Of the Pleasures Of Postal Clerks

posTAoE stamps are little things which one uses day after day and rem.
. erany thinks about not at all. And vet hundreds Of men and women
who make them have to think about them, and the thousands Of postal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01

II you don't hurry" But the sympathetic waller didn't want to hurry. She
wasn't that kind. -.
1.-THE poor thing looks a. II he had broken his ieg-wont 1t " awfai II
they have to-YOu haven't got a bit Of pity In you, jimmie Blank"
"Neyer you mind what I haven't gtl You come along with the basket
before you miss Sans car. A man that's been working since before sunup
wants bis hot coffee"
"Hot coffee! What are you talking about. woman1 How do you suppose
l can keep the coffee hot all this way, huhf"
"You don't mean to stand there and tell me that you haven't got a
thermos bottle for Sam-as good a provder as he Isl Why, I wouldn't hear
of letting one of my boarders eat q cold lunch-not me! I got q thermos for
every last one"
"No, maam, I haven't got no thermos bottle, and femme tell You some
thing. The more you honey up a man the harder he is to get along with. I
got a rasher Of bacon@"
sought to be ham. Bacon grease Is no sort Of food to give a man,
weather like this. I sent my men Oft this morning with plenty of ham, q
tomato apiece, four slices of bunered bread. a wedge Of pie and hot
coffee, for all Of 'em except old Ben, who likes his tea. I'll bet II I was In
your place Sam would get all the hot coffee he wanted"
"ut you amt In my place-see? Sam wouldn't look at any other
woman. And he jus. loves blond hair"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01
WASHINGTONM
SDFLIG1TS ~
And Probably Sam Got His Lunch at Some Time

a AsHINGTON.-A horse drawing = light wagon ri amuck the othee day.
VI He must have been thinking Of that clover pasture at home, fe b
Ealoped over asphalt with the irresponsible toyousness Of q colt and vas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01

Dr1tish prepare for the "Dio
Push." tho fersrunnsr o. me
battle Of ne oemms. Read
about Il In the next lnstaliment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01

American was standing behind the window. sHavs you any stompsi~ ssked
the immaculate one putting q heavy accent on the ~stompa~ n. hs eNied
them.
YES sir" said the young ceA.
The parsonage twred his cane
"What are theyr' he asked, evidently f~sudtatns himself on discovednu
q new way to ray "How muchf'
The young clerk answered, pleasantly:
why. my dear cir" be said, "they are little ueca N nens, ~MA !.
picture on one side and some mucuase on The other" 'S 49,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01

employees who sell them throughout
the nation have to think about them.
He was dressed In the height Of
fashion. In fact, there was Just q
touch too much Of fashion about him.
Maybe 1t was the cane, or maybe Il
was the light gloves on q hot day, or
maybe It was the too.high collar. There
was too much Of something, that was
evident.
He walked Into the drug store on
the corner and strolled over to the
postal station window. A brisk young
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01

slipping around the corner when IN
upGung hoof caught In the harness
and spFawled him on the street. The
driver jumped out and. assisted By .
p~asser-by, unbuckied the animal from
the shaft. And then . crowd swarmed.
One Of two women pauslng on the
fringe Of the commotion began v0icing
Q sympathetic wall:
"Oh. the poor horse-the poor
horse!"
'YOu better be thinking Of poor
CANT Nonno On Hall mica h1o 1unch
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
Enemy Quickly Disappeared.

An official Of railway which passes
through Philadelphia, I am told, was In
the habit of expressing his war senti-
ments without restraint to his private
secretary, Girard writes in the Phila-
delphia Ledger. These sentiments were
derogatory to the allies and favorable
to Germany. One day at the end of
particularly vehement TRADE the Sec
rotary said: II trust, sir, that what
you have said does not represent your
real feelings on the subject" II mean
every word of it." said his employer. 1t
was just after fire had taken place
In a nearby city and the responsibility
had been laid at the doors Of German
hirelings whose enterprise the railway
man extolled. "Then shall be obliged
to arrest you," said the secretary.
throwing open his coat and showing
the badge of. secret service agent.
The indiscreet official is now supposed
to be in place where what he may
have to say in praise of kultur Will
reach a severely limited audience.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
ITALY HAS COUNCIL
TO Speed UP war
Premier Is Determined to Follow
Energetic Policy in Push
ing the War.

Now that the Italian cabinet has a
working majority sufficiently numer-
GUS and powerful to combat antiwar
intrigue both inside and outside par
lament Premier Orlando is deter
mined to follow an energetic war pol
icy. In fact war council has been
formed in Italy composed Of the pre-
mier, the ministers of foreign affairs,
war, navy, arms and munitions, treas
ury and another member of the cab
met chosen by the premier, besides the
two chiefs Of staff of the army and
navy.
Executive measures connected with
the war and having an urgent charac-
ter will be decided in future by the
war council instead of the cabinet, and
considerable loss Of time will thus De-
saved with great advantage to the sue
cess of military operations heretofore
delayed, as their approval depended
on long discussions in cabinet coun-
ellis.
Premier Orlando recently confirmed
in the senate his declaration in the
house that no compromise was possible
with those who opposed the war, as
any attempt to weaken the resistance
Of the country amounted to treason,
and antiwar activity exclusively bene-
flied the enemy.
An energetic war policy would be
impossible in a country like Italy I'm.
less the government were backed by
the people. So long as the provision
ing Of the country is assured and the
encouraging announcement made In
the senate by the minister Of food, Sig
nor Crespi, who said that special agree
ments had been concluded with the
United States and the Argentine Re
public whereby they placed at the al
lies disposal considerable portion O
their wheat crops, affords the hes
proof that the question Of food short
age has been satisfactorily solved
there Is no danger Of Italy's elimina
ton from among the allies. The re
cent insidious AustrO-German peac
| proposals have not deceived Italians
who realize that their acceptanc
would be worse than defeat.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
ev Twists Teachers Words.

A Greencastle young woman teacher
in the Peru (Ind.) high school few
days ago had vision Of her job leav-
ing because of violent protest lodged
against her by patron. The teachers
were at meeting when the protest
came up. The patron accused the teach
er of calling her boy "a scurvy ele-
phant." The teacher was dumfounded
when she heard the charge, and could
not recall making any such remark.
The corps of teachers went to work to
attempt to unravel the mystery. Final
IL it was solved. The teacher had told
the boy HE was a disturbing element,
and the boy mistook what she said fol
"A scurvy acknowledgements
News.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27

incendiarism amounted to $77o,VoV'
foundries, machine shops and car SHOPS
worth S5OO,OOO went up in flames, wniie
the loss to the coal and coke Industry
totaled 100000.
In May the total loss as shown III
the table showed falling off or nearly
s2.OOO,OOO, the audited figures for that
month giving a total of $3,693,OOO, ana
Of this amount $1,2OO.OO0 represented
the grain and grain elevator loss, or
So. 900, 900 for the first eight weeks Oh
the war. 1t was in May that the lum-
Der incendiary first got to work, ana
the report for the month shows that
the damage he accomplished totaled
s1,1OO,OOO. May also introduced the
chemical incendiary, and the total loss
to the chemical industry in the second
month of the war was 100000.
Heavy Loss in Montana.
The loss in June was $3,SOO,OOO, and
of this amount $1,OOO,OOO represented
mine property losses in Montana. The
lumber loss in June was $65O,OOO, the
grain total was 100000, gasoline TO
the total value of $35O,OOO was burned
up, and the chemical industry's loss
was increased by another $2OO,OOO. The
automobile figures for the first time In
the June report when an automobile
factory in Reading, Pa, valued al
$25O,OOO was destroyed.
In July the figures began to climb
and the total loss due to incendiarism
or suspicious causes was $4,14O,OOO
The July losses include oil properties
valued at 100000, 100000 cotton
compress plant, a wooden mill worth
$5OO,OOO, elevators and warehouses val
ued at 100000, a $25OOO0 sugar mill
and shell and shipbuilding properties
of a total value of $520,O00, and dye
works worth $15O,OOO and $250OOO ii
tanneries.
August was one of the enemy incen
diary's best months, his total destruc
ton that month entailing loss of So,
1O1 900, $2,55O,OOO of which was suffered
by the oil industry. The enemy also de
stroyed his first guncotton plant in Au
gust, when a factory valued at 500,
600 at Gary, Ind, was destroyed. Their
also occurred in August fire whicl
destroyed ships and piers in Brooklyn
worth $1,OOO,OOO.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
TAKES PLACE OF GASOLINE
Mixture Of Alcohol and BENIN, u.
Been Found to Be a satisfae.
tory Substitute.

The high cost Of gasoline is becom.
Ing such a problem that governments,
and scientists all over the world bovs
attempted to find q substitute. In Cs,
many, where gasoline is almost unoh,
tainable, it is understood that new
mixture of alcohol and benzol has
proved satisfactory. A writer in tho
Scientific American gives the folown,
table as an indication of the results
achieved:
With one part benzol and one mart
alcohol touring car equipped with an
ordinary carburetOr made AZ miles an
hour and ran distance of 4.66 miles
upon one pint of the fuel. With one
part benzol and two parts alcohol the
speed was Al miles and the distance
covered AT miles. This shaded down
to SO miles an hour and 3,72 miles Oh
n mixture of one part benzOl and five
parts alcohol.
The same car, operated with pure
benzol, acquired speed of AZ miles an
hour and ran distance of $40 upon
one pint Of fuel. With pure gasoline
it made Al miles an hour, running 800
miles.
Alcohol is easily Obtainable, and ben.
zol in large quantities is now being dis.
titled in both the United States and
Germany from coal tar. So the mix.
ture, as worked out by the Germans
can be had cheaper than gasoline, and
the results are almost as good. In the
case Of Germany, the discovery h@
been q boon of inestimable value.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
Totals ..,.. .S46, 56S. AS $1S2, 657, $40

There Is not great Industry, the
continuance of which is essential to
the war efficiency of the United States
and their allies, which has not suffered
as a result of the activities of the
enemy agent or his hireling. Included
In the long list are tanneries, flour
mills, leather factories, coal pockets,
car and machine shops, iron mills,
navy yard structures, chemical works
of all kinds, automobile manufacturing
plants, gasoline tanks, food ware
houses, wooden mills, stock yards, sugar
mills, guncOtton plants, railroad equip
ment, arsenals, munition plants, to-
bacco warehouses, cotton gins, cotton
warehouses, drydocks, ocean-going
shipping, steel mills, army storage
warehouses, stables, horses, coke ovens
and mine properties.
Cover Whole Country.
The national board of fire underwrit-
ers was, at the outbreak Of war, asked
by the government to cooperate In the
effort that the government is making
to combat the fire menace. The result
mas Deeu Luut tie uutloIlui DOuiu AuS
devoted the entire work of majority
of its officials and fire experts to the
government service, and its inspectors
cover every part Of the country, inves
tlgating all fires, regardless of whether
the properties, damaged or destroyed
are insured or not. These investiga
lions, made In every instance by mel
expert in fire investigation, show tina
the loss due 10 fires of incendiary o.
suspicious origin which have involved
the loss of 100000 or more in war mu
nitions or equipment has totaled, sine
April 1, $43,55S,OOO.
In April, the first month of the wal
the destruction or damage, due to fire
involving loss of 100000 or more
amounted to $5,555. 900. In that mont
there were "a great fires In the cour
try, and these fires occurred in IA dill
ferent states. The fire which entaile
the heaviest loss was when grain eli
vators in Chicago, valued at $7OO,OO'
were destroyed. The value of the graf
elevators destroyed in that one mont
1 totaled $1.7o0,COO. The oil loss due
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27

few nights ago four members OF
the Royal Horse Guards. all more than
six feet in height, and built ike Apol-
los. stood in the lobby of London
theater between the acts. They re-
sembled the Three Musketeers, ana at
tracted attention because Of their won
derful physique and splendid bearing.
Near by stood three youngsters, none
over five feet four, and none Weighing
more than 100 pounds. The Horse
Guards, mere military ornaments re-
semble battleships, the three young
sters. torpedo boats; at least. such
was the comment of persons who STOOD
near by. The youngsters were arr
men. An American, who had observed
the six, said: "The big fellows are
all right, but give me those kids"
Are the Real Heroes.
The airmen, or the flyers, are the he
roes of England. All mere boys, they
are clean cut, alert, and full of conf
dence. They are the same as the fly
ers of all nations. Daiedevils, many
call them. Most of the7a expect to be
killed, and in the long run most OF
them are. But, as the average Ameri-
can flyer says: 1--WE get a good fly for
our money at that"
Just at the present time, the two he
roes of the air in England are Capt.
James McCudden, twenty-five years
old, and Capt. Phillip Foullard, nine
teen. The exploits Of these young
sters have but recently become known
in London, and when they return for
leave, all Britain will be theirs. Cap
tain McCudden has brought down "a
German machines; Captain Foullard
has accounted for AZ.
There is no chance these human
eagles won't take. There Is no such
thing as fear in their makeup. Cap
tain McCudden is the leader OF a
squadron which has brought down SO
enemy aircraft. Although a flight
commander, he prefers to work alone.
He manages his machine, and does his
own firing, and is said to be one Of the
best wing shots in any army.
Battles Above Clouds.
His battle grounds lie away above
the clouds. He flies, as rule, at a
height varying from 10000 to $4,000
feet. He has a system all his own
When he spies an enemy aircraft he
jockeys the foe from his own course
and compels him to fight. He never
yet lost an encounter. In letter tC
his mother and sister, just published
he says that he recently brought dOwr
four German airmen in one day, two
before luncheon and two after. Thu
next day his score was three.
England has already had view .!
many of the American flyers ca theil
way from America to France. Man!
Of these young men are university un
dergraduates, and one has but to SCI
them to know that they will quickl!
take their place with the idols Of thu
air Of France, England and italy.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
FEARLESS YOUTHS
HEROES OF AIR
Exploits of Daring Airmen Thrill
All England.
TWO down 76 HUN planes

Nh Chance These Human Eagles Won't
1ake-captain Mccudden, r"on'
Commander, Prefers to Work Alone
and Has System Of Hfs Own
Forces Foe to Fight and Has never
Lost an Encounter.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
$5o,0oo,0oo IN
FIRES BY SPIES
All Industries Aiding Country
Have Suffered.
BLAZE LOSSES MAKE RECORD

Reach $780,, 100000 In 1917 Against
1925, 000, 900 in Last Peace Year
Investigations Show That the Enc
my Has Been Busy In Every State in
the Union-Loss Of 100000 Worth
Of Grain Laid to Enemy Torch.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
Cavite Flashes Time Over Pacific.

Since October I the radio station s1)
Cavite. cooperating with the PhlaP
pine bureau Of posts and the Mania
observatory, has been sending Out
time signals Of the 10th meridian
east Of Greenwich mt II a. m. anu "
p. m. every day, says Science.
For the purpose of sending time w.
nails, the transmitting clock OF .le
Manila observatory is connected WIZ
the Cavite wireless station llrousA
the bureau of posts. Manila OBSERVE
tory time signals begin at 1923 a. ~ u
and 1855 p. m, standard time Vi 'u,
12Oth meridian east Of Greenwich '..
continue for five minutes. During ul'
interval every tick of the cloe nos
transmitted, except the 2Sth' . -o.s
54th, 55th, seth, 57th, 5sth anu '''
of each minute. a.. "a,
The situation of Manila IN '''e -
cific makes this service OF tile s'. .aa
est Importance to the mereali.i s,o a
naval fleets that ply upon tlla' WV
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27
Showing Him UP.

1--WE must fight on till the 'e' a,s
see how absurd their asplraIlon' vail
said james w. Gerard IN Ne"
the other day. -, aomH
Eyes, we must show up 'ne ~
neering German miitaristS 'iio' .ossol
ly. We must act like the p'S So,,o1
who visited a loan shark ~ w.
500. o,ry IN
"'You want 500 for one !e", IL. nj
loan shark said. well, Sill ne aoot
are. My terms are D per = n conlp|
month. That leaves just CIV ,.sn I'd
to you. Here you are-iour |
spots .,,,,, took Cd
"But the professor mildly ."
his own pocketbook and eA''"
couple of bills from it. s,id, 4
"You're mistaken, SIR ne 'oors N
want the money for t"o ..nre cod
one. How much, then IS '"'
ing to your"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-27

Since the United States entered the
world war on the side of the allies, the
value of the munition factories, grain
elevators, stock yards, oil properties,
cotton, marine properties, tanneries,
and other industries vital to the war
efficiency of the nation, which have
been destroyed as a result of known
incendiary or suspicious origin, Is more
than $5O,OOO,OOO, and of this amount
over $43,OOO,OOO represents fires in
which the damage done amounted to
100000 or more in each specific in
stance.
A table has been prepared by the ma
tional board of fire underwriters, which
gives by months the statistical story of
the damage wrought in the United
States by enemy incendiaries since
April 1, last.
This table shows that the enemy has
been busy in every part Of the country.
In eleven instances the damage done
eQualed or exceeded $1,OOO,OOO, the
most disastrous Of the cOnf1agratiOns
being that which in October last de-
6LIOycU plCIS WuA supplies Al ADAA-
timore valued at $S,5OO,OOO.
Only 100000 or More.
The grain destroyed by the enemy
torch has totaled since we went to war
more than $6,OOO,OOO; that of piers and
other marine properties over $5,0OO,-
600; the oil and oil products loss has
amounted to more than 100000,
while the loss due to incendiarism on
timber lands and in lumber yards
reaches a total Of over $6.4OO,0O0. All
these totals refer only to fires in which
the loss was 100000 or more.
The total fire losses in 1917 were
the greatest of any year in the history
of the United States, except 1906, when
the great fire which followed the San
Francisco earthquake swelled the to-
tai for that year to $3.50, 10000. The
1917 record exceeds that Of 1916 by
about $37 100000, and that Of 1916 by
more than $S4,OOOOOO.
The total fire losses in America dur
ing 1913, the last peace year, amount
ed, according to the Journal Of Com
merce, to about 1925, 100000; in 1914,
the first year Of the war, to 1886 OO0,-
600; in 1915 to $1S3,OOO,OO0, and in
1916 to 1921, OOOO 900, while in 1917 the
losses due to fire, with the figure for
December estimated at $25, 100000 was
about $276OOO,OOO. The difference
between the figures for 1913, the last
peace year, and 1917 is about $40, OOO,.
600.
Monthly Losses Shown.
The following table shows the month
ly losses of the nine war months OF
1917, compared with those for the cor
responding months in 1916: