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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27
GERMANY DISAPPOINTED

The German government has been bit
terly disappointed because of failure of
It's propaganda in the United States to
be carried out to its fullest expectancy.
The Germans relied principally on Ger
man born persons in the United States
to aid the Fatherland in its underhand-
ed work among the Aemrican people,
to the end that the United States might
be seriously embarrassed in the prose-
eutlon of the war. In fact, the I'M
perial German government believed that
it exercised such complete control over
the Germans who had emigrated to the
United States that it would be no trick
at all for American wsr plans to be much
hampered by reason of German intrigue.
They attached great significance to the
sentimentality of the Germans in Ameri-
ca for the land of their nativity.
To limited extent only has such
propaganda been carried out in the
United States. The vast majority of |
the German-bOrn residents of this coun-
try are loyal to the Stars and Stripes.
Though, of course great deal of SEN
timent was felt for the Fatherland, still, !
when the German inhabitants of Ameri-
ca came to understand the seriousness of
the struggle, they were quick to analyze
what life and liberty under the Ameri-
can flag had meant for them, and they
cOntrasted conditions in America with
those that exist in Germany.
The degree of disappointment felt by
the German government is aptly illus
trated in the following extract from an
editorial recently appearing in the Ber-
in Lokal Anzieger, newspaper close
70 the German government:
"The only explanation is that the
majority of German emigrants are in
equipped with that commo- s
lily. (Kulture). Our optimism ,
egarding the part Communications I
would play was based upon true Ger i
nan sentimental and naive ideas con
erning foreign politics. Now we have c
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27
AUSTRIA WEAKENING

Events in Austria Hungary appear tC
ba turning in favor of the allies. The
Austro- Hungarian armies which launched
on attack on the Italians have been re-
nulsed, and are fleeing in disorder be-
fore the advancing Romans. at the same
time leaving behind in dead, wounded
and prisoners, virtually 206,0 soldiers,
in addition to vast stores of war
material.
Almost simultaneously with the dis
matches from the Austro- Italian front
come reports of serious food riots in the
interior of Austria Hungary, notably
in Budapest, the Hungarian capital,
where forty-five persons are said to
have been killed or wounded as the
result Of a riot, and in Vienna. Rumor
also is to the effect that an attack re-
Gently was made on the life of Emperor
Carl of Austria.
Whether truth is attached to all the
rumors that have appeared from
Austria Hungary during the last week
indeed is doubtful. The reports of SER
ious disorders emansting from enemy
countries, may be nothing more than
propaganda distributed by the Germans
for the purpose of causing the allied |
nations to discount the strength still |
possessed by the Tertons.
Nevertheless, no matter how little
credence We put in stories of recent dis
orders in Austria and Hungary, one
cannot overlook the fact that the dual
monarchy, which during the four years
Of the war, has acted at the bidding of
Germany is weakening, militarily, politi-
tally and economically. Austria is on
the downward path, and it is not i'm
prOable that the allied loss in the col
apse of Russia will be mitigated by the
Ultimate fall of the Hatsburg monarchy. !
Austria has long been weary of the j
var and continued in the fight purely '
tut of fear for Germany, which nation
Exercised such complete control over her l
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27

any as to cause the Austrians to do ber
immediate commands. And now a.
limit of endurance seems to have been
reached by the Austrians. Bleeding
starving poorly-clad, the Austrian arm.
les and the Austrian people give such
evidence of abandoning the struggle in
oehat OF Germany, as to be most en-.
to America and her allies.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27

way that would indicate that they had
been transmitted by telegraph.
In refusing to deal with the govern
ment in the recent labor trouble, the
Western Union officials have revealed
their true character. The company s
telegraphers and other office employees
have long oeen underpaid, and working
conditions have not always been of the
best The company must change its at
titude both toward its employees and
the public if it wishes a clean bill of
heath.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Annual meeting of the Union
Warehouse and Supply Co. will be held
in Grangeville Saturday, July at 10
a. m. at the I. o. o. F. hall for the pur+
pose of increasing the capital stock to
100000 and such other business as may
come before the meeting.
As, A. P. McBoyle Secretary.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27

The overwhelming defeat in Mime
sofa of Lindberg, the Non-partisan can
didate for the nomination for governor,
on the RepuL n ticket of that state,
must be disheartening to the league
chiefs, who, previous to the election,
predicted a great victory for their can
didate. Governor Burnquist, the OPP
ponent of Lindberg at the primary,
N ade the campaign purely on plat
form of loyalty, and succeeded in COM
pletely showing under his opponent.
The people Of Minnesota clearly under
stand that the present is no time for
rank political antagonism, and especially
when such includes promotion of a spirit
of class hatred.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27

If you are itching for a new home
let us help you scratch. Hussman Lum
Der Co. Building Doctors.' 5-tf
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-27

Is only the first step. If it is uns1ccess-
iul more drastic measures will be
utilized.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Discussed
Authoritative Wricrs-A Editorial
THE COST OF LIVING.
=
10 Q Depart cnto Of abor.
COST OF LIVING.

Austria has suffered tho most from
high prices during tho war, and Aus
tralia and New Zealand the least. Food
in the Antipodes Is comparatively lit
tic higher than IL was ut the beginning
OF the war. having advanced only ~
per cent
The average cost in Australia Of for.
ty-SiX foodStuns In thirty Inherent
1916. and, as Il matter OF fact is to-
day lower tnan it was in July, 1915.
prevails. Under ordinary circumstances
an increase of - per c:nt in three
years would have been worth noting.
but II is inhnitesimal i'm comparison
with the advance in other countries.
In Austria, for instance, as far back
as august, 1917. the average price Of
eighteen different foOdstufts in Vienna.
weighted according to the proportions
in which they are used, was 2lo per
Australian advance. No parallel figures
are available tor Germany later than
october. 1915, but the German rate OF
advance had until that time kept pace
fairly We'll with the Austrian. In
October. 1916. the German advance had
already amounted to l09 per cent. and
per cent.
The latest figure for France is April.
1917, Yhicn showed IL per cent ad-
vance during IN. war The Austrian
figure at the same time was III per
srmi. In Italy the latest data were
collected in September: 1917. when the
three cities Indicated an advance in the
cost Of food during the war of SIS per
cent. The advance in Great Britain is
100 per cent. The British figures are
collected on the basis OF most extern
siNr data and include reports from over
500 British cities.
The United states has Jared we'll
compared with all these. as the total
advance from July, 1914, TO December
1917. was "a per cent. II must be re-
membered of course, that during the
greater part of the time in which this
advance occurred the United States was
neutral However, tho neutral nations
nave suffered nearly as much as the
warning nations.
sweden. for instance. had almost
doubled her burden by October 1917
when the latest figures were collected
by the Swedish government. The total
increase was 81 per cent at that time.
Norway, however, which is dependent
upon commerce to n great extent, had
suffered more seriously, and as far
hack az August. 1917. had recorded a
total rise OF l6l scr cent The increase
IN the Netherlands was IS per cen, up
TO July. 1917.
Conditions in Canada follow those
in the United States very closely
shortly after tho outbreak OF the war
prices in Canada took an upward trend.
and have continued 10 do SO 10 tho
present time. The average cost OF
different foodstuffs in sixty Canadian
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13
Taking Russia Into Camp

w HEN 1T comes to bargaining with de-
F" feated enemy, subjugatcd province
or conquered empire. Germany takes the
palm. There many things about ner that
no civilized nation can applaud but as sue
cessful trader, whore the other party to the
deal is weak or helpless or fiat of his back
Germany must be admired. She knows how
to take without giving, which is the very
essence of international jockeyiug
These thoughts are inspired by the new
supplemental treaty which Germany has
forced the long-haired and wld-eyed Bolshe-
wiki to sign. This treaty. evidently kept a
secret for long time, has been :ransm tied
in substance to the State Department. ard has
been given out for the ediication Of the
world. lncd entally. its publication II il ever
gets into Russia. may have pronounced effect
upon the millions Of people of that country
who have Willingly unwittingly confoed
their destiny to the keeping Of group Of un-
confined unatics.
Germany has told .Russa-that is the
Soviet-that il that country will drive the al
lies out of Russian territory; if war is de-
clared and carried on against the entente; II
the Thurman coast and Siberia are reclaimed,
and if. in the meanwhile the Bolsheviki
will pay over to the government in Berlin
6,000,O00,O0O marks as a modest indemnity,
Germany will guarantee the return OF the
coastal and fishing fleets which she stole from
Russia and will keep Finland from fighting
the present Russian regime.
Gould anything be more generous or al
truistic? All that Germany wants tn, Boil
sheviki to do is to fight and defeat Germany's
enemies and bankrupt herself in order to re-
gain possession Of some ships that already be-
long to her and to secure the neutrality of a
province that has broken away from the
mother country and which Russia In the DAYS
OF her power, could have crushed like a
dried leaf. And all this, after Germany had
appropriated the Baltic provinces, had weaned
Poland.
There Is only one condition which Ger
many might have i'm posed while she was
shaking down" her new ally She Nigh;
have compelled the Bosheviki to raise an
army to fight alongside the hard pressed Ger
mans in France. Why she did not 20 the
limit while she dickering with her
friends in Moscow, is not explained in the
diplomatic dispatches. The answer is prob
ably found in the fact that the Berlin peace
makers knew in advance that the I.enipe-
Trotzky outfit simply could not deliver. If
the Germans can persuade the Soviet TO fight
upon their own SOIL they will accomplish
good deal. They doubtless know, without
being told, that there is not a chance that
any Russian. whether sane or crazy. will
willingly face the storm which is raging on
the western front, a storm that will not sub
SIDE until Germany is forced TO her knees.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13
The Draft and Necessary Business

NE pr0Vost-marshal -general reaxes some
oil the rgldity which has governed the
enforcement Of draft regulations He states
that local boards are authorized to relieve
from military duty certain OF those men in
every community who are necessary TO the
successful conduct OF important institutions
or businesses. provided such men make
formal application for deferred classification
lie cites bankers as one type OF business men
who should not be compelled to 20 into tho
army as long as there are others less useful
TO the community who could be drawn upon
rms is distinct departure from the ruIes
or the past. Industrial exemptions are mat
tiers with which the country is familiar The
man engaged in shfpbuildng in munition
manufacturing. in aircraft production or in
o'hei occupations manlfestly vital TO the sue
cess OF the war, have been excused from scr
wee IN the field but under the regulations
that were IN effect when the twenty-one-
thirty-one classes were called to the coIors
no man not engaged in a definite war indus
Try could claim or receive exemption because
OF occupation.
In many quarters anxiety has been felt
over the likelihood that the new draf, would
strip many essential. il not vital. busjnesses
OF their best men. Such men as q rule. have
no ground for exemption on the score OF de-
Pendency. Most OF them have accumulated
suihclent means TO keep their families in com
tort. whatever may be their individual fate
and with dependency out Of the equation il
seemed that very large proportion of The
successful business men here and elsewhere
would become Immediately available for ser
vice in the field.
Should this become the case. business gen
orally would become demoralized and dis
organized. The economic structure of the
country, bcreft OF It's best brains would be-
come stagnant, II not actually paralyzed
"'thout the banks, the trust companies. the
great stores. the newspa pers and other fac
TOTS IN business life, the armies in the field
"oi!d lose a great part Of that supper, which
can only be given by a prosperous and prog
| icasing nation behind them.
The view now taken by the War Depart-
| iheht OF TINS matter is one of full coInprehen-
sion OF the value OF other Industry in thi8
| country than that which makes ghcIls or Iays
| kecis or mines coal. IT Is not commended that
business men as class should be relieved
| OF military service. That would be grossly
| Unfair, but IL rs commended that individual
business men who are necessary TO their in
icrests ana TO their community should he
! given deferred classification and NOT called
until more available man power has been
| exhausted
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13

cities. on January 1. 1918. was almost
exactly two-thirds moro than at tho
outbreak OF the war.
An interesting phcnolncnan in con-
nection With tho United states lies in
the fact that wholesale prices have In
creased a great deal moro than retail
prices. Bacon. for instance, has In.
creased at wholesale 124 per cent. The
retail price, however. has Increased
' .ali merchant 10 now making > per
cent per pound less margin on this
item than ne did in 1913.
other commodities In which retail
dealers are apparently content with
less proht now than they were former
~ ~ a ana IN which the figures would indi-
10 retailers are pork. lard. dressed
amp, ,amo, butter, csss, milk, cornmeal and
potatoes potatoes, In only four items out of
creased as rapidly as wholesale prices
In February. 1917, in New York,
where investigations disclosed figures
reason of later advances. the minimum
subsistence nSure was put at 1880 per
a ahnui per po a'erase family This means
The New York figures are minimum
subsistence" figures.
m m n, m oraer ST. To- na ,na something about
and reasonable comfort" we shall have
~ turn 70 such Investigations as that
wbt tne IAN Tanad ,4a, Department of Labor
psndlture for food and sl.5ls as the
minimum annuaI income necessary for
reasonable hcahI and comfort
or, turning 10 New York we find thu
hsuire ,s OF the municipal department OF
n neatth' which states ;e73 per year
needed Tor food and 3i.sS2 as the mini
mum annual income. The minimum
neaith diet as fixed by Professor NJ
~. jana calls for an expenditure Of
900 per year for food. or $3.50 AS the
total minimum annual budget
compared with these are the budgets
OF PhlladelPhia shipyard workers which
average Sl.i3l; the University OF Cali
iornia figures compiled by DR.. Jessica
l., icixotto, $40 Tor food and |I,iis
per annu'l for total budget: tho re-
port OF the Seattle Street Railways Ar
bitration Board-.1,5o6.
Judged ny these standards we might
expect testimony TO settle upon an
pro1imateiy $1,000 per year as the
minimum necessary for decency and
comfort. This TALES we'll with fgures
IN seattle. which are the most recent
complete hgures. Incidentally the av-
eraBe OF the twenty-four princioIe
American cities is $3.50.
Ihe most serious difficulty In the way
81 hxinE minimum rates of paw durinr
the war Is the rapid innatioa or prices
inc 10 wage Is to-day worth oniy
trine over 80. 1t is quite possible IN
counteract this evil, however, by stand.
ardiZinE war wages in terms of com
modit1es instead OF in terms of none
--CoDyriEht, 1918
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13
SEEN ON THE SIDE
By HENRY EDWARD WARNER
Meditation.

When tranquil evening spreads Its cloak
OF dusk above the things OF day.
And all the strife OF busy life
Seems silently TO slip away,
love to sit upon my lawn
That overlooks the Severn there
To watch the stream and dream my dream
That has consonance with care
mea sure distance with my soul.
And leap the space TO that far star
That in the night stands forth so bright,
Bright as my spirit visions are,
Cpon its warm. great breast !
To stretch myself in sweet repose
AS who climbs the mountain height
And where but one flower grows
And I sit. encloaked by night
There steals int. my senses peace
a great. grand sweet respite. complete,
Relaxing in one huge
From care and pain, and sordid gain.
And all the things that the day:
And so ] lift my soul and drift
From all ifes Grossei thought away
To one who in his silent hour
Come whispering spirits OF the trees
Who is embraced, his craccd
BY the caress OF some south breeze
And he shall sit and mediate
H"neath the eyes OF autumn skies
And know and nnow that God is Crea
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13
How We May Best Serve.
ny WILLIAM G. REDFIEI.D,
Secretary Of Commerce,

w rhese n 5S Pases,e the industries
who @hether h hsF o e1Hm'F 70
1 1eave Their employers to seek military service
ers n,,x4c,y as to their present duty and the
ps c result ha !. "a upon indusy No arbitrary
ne nation will need what we have termed The
mr. fa nrm'es those Of ne field the factory and
depicted. the nations would trembie
is easy Sn IL sse Nat man on farm with
Sons w ioa farm as producing asset
shop rsproducins anything the nation MAY y" in
ms emergency require, would for the present
w!,kout dependents whose work can be 'i lcf =
soo w SlTf' IND bs orod9fon OF food
Between these obvious examples lie all shades
OF circumstances The selec,ivc draft law. how
share /, accents the need "" Wing tm 10 90 ihclr
some on the farm Some in 81 the some IN the field
registered those between certain ages as being.
he field md which has fewest depe e"n ,"
TO these registered men tho nation has said
farm, 10 another you STAY in the ship: ana ho
thlrd you serve in the field
=, While then limited opportunity remains open
me ma rihe corps. or In engineering regiments
Jury to Industry or food production or Without
called upon % do
knowledge OF matters military or naval Should
army or navy. For the rest men NAV We'll
val iof the present the call OF the nation
IheE are not slackers. for the call will as
sumo all to be ready. OF course, as the war
goes on circumstances may change and different
needs may arise.
we already have suggested tho Importance
OF maihta'ninS production. Now If is the
adVlce % I homas Carlyle sounc-"In Gods
name ns ne p!oanGe" we ,eme.nber the fine motto
OF me French at Nerdun--"They shall pass, .
and no" they put their lives behind Il.
Can We not work in this same spirit: bringing
II TO hear on production? Produce, produce; in
Gods name and in the nations lame. produce.
rms may mean some change in methods. for the
OF q nal
not be ihai precise form Of production from
when creates rewards hitherto have been won.
Get INTO i"e. however, We leaders OF indus
try, TO make what the nation needs TO have
made. Follow the fine spirit OF the man who
used for the government as its leeds may re-
auirc."-Copyrght. 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13

but 1S7 barrels that be bought.
The Richmond newspaper men are about to
form temperance society among themselves,
q wcll-inicndcd move, but, rather unnecessary
There arc 100000 pounds OF manufactured
tobacco in this city awaiting the esta bills hment
OF bonded warehouse for shipment.
The amount of lager teer consumed in Rich
mond this summer exceeds ne stock laid in by
the Richmond brewers which is now exhausted.
The race at Jackson Park yesterday afternoon
won by the pacing nag, Fanny Baker in
three straight heats.
The unusually large number OF children's car.
riagcs on The streets has become noticeable. and
they arc real evidence OF prosperity in spite OF
the unsettled condition Of tho country.
Too,black, Shoeshiu" & Co. have suspended
business for two days in Difference TO tho pres
cHcc Of the circus in the city.
Tho United States government has bought
100000 bushels Of &C RI at Minneapolis at $10S
per hushel.
The shortest prize fight on record took place
near Pittsburgh day before yesterday, when
Brown beat Coulter In two rounds
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-13
Books and Authors

harper & brothers announce tina,
H n.y WI, publish Immediately: From
n ncriin re 10 IA sdad" p George schrei-
Sa ndman's Christmas Stories bv Ahl
pie Phillips Walk, :; Source Problem,
McLa"e LAUGH h,a' ., i.'s,ory;" by Andrew {:
son p "Newspapes Ruildine." by jason
no oSers fhe Kaiser as Know Him"
published volume OF personal pen
portraits OF people prominent ~ IN
around Washington. The book was
an,bnr "a Ma,ional Miniatures" and the
rs now announced that ..Tattler" ia
Era ncis T.. Leupp. we'll known as,
nM oI;.h, newspaper man, and az
tnttea states Commissioners Of indian
MARS some ten years ago. Mr.. Leunn
was in charge OF tho Washington bue
T T % the New York Evening Post
several books, among them The Man
Roosevelt and The Indian and His
Probiem.' i'
Arthur Gleason. who is collabora,-
i ibs With s,n.d Paul Y. Kellogg, editor or
British Labor and the War" to o. be r
punished by Boni and LiveriEht next
m no takes issue with John sparEo.
M. SparSo has recently written from
England that Arthur Henderson, the
leader OF the British Labor Party. rep
very small minority OF that
body and that Mr.. Appleton is the
spokesman for the big majority. Mr.
Gleason EXPLAINS that this is possibly
true regarding the British trade
unions. the aristocrats of British labor
but that very recent vote clearly
proved that Mr.. Henderson was sup
ported by clear majority OF British
labor: skilled and unskilIed combined
an up-to the minute hook. and will
son has just brought with him from
England :
Zane Grey, in a recent letter to Har-
per &. Brothers, his publishers. gives an
unusual piece OF news concerning a
copy OF one of his books. Riders of the
Purple Sage" lie says II inclose the
best and saddest news I ever had in
connection with my books. a cousin OF
mine in the Three hundred and seventh
Infantry at the front writes mo that
one of his comrades was found dead
on the field; and che bullet that killed
him passed clear through a copy OF
Riders Of the Purple Sage which he
carried under Is coat. and then
through his heart. The book was buried
with him." TIE tale the unfortunate
fellow must have been readily shortly
before his death Is an American no.
nance OF the Southwest in the days
OF gunighting. Several horses are
heroic figures, and the tale differs wide
Iy from Zane Gray's latest novel. The
u. p. Trail" viii tells OF the drama
tic building Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road