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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
JEWELRY Thief
ELUDESPURSUER
BY FAST SPRINT

At 3:2j o'clock this morning north
east Washington was as quiet as a
mouse. Naturally the smashing
noise OF a showcase glass aroused
Abraham Sures, a Jeweler, from his
early morning slumbers. Being a
business man and anxious to estimate
his losses Immediately, Sures, half
dressed. made his way to the front
OF the store just in time TO see
black hand wave adieu.
Then followed such a foot race as
had never been run on II street. Down
the northeasts principal thorough
fare ran the thief with a hand full of
watches. followed by a policeman.
But the robber had a running start,
and after running one block disap-
peared in the darkness.
Sures said that the thief was about
six feet tall and wore dark clothes
and a cap.
Sures reports four wrist watches
valued al SO each. two ordinary
watches also valued at $40 each, two
IS watches and cameo breast pin
valued at Sl2, as missing from the
display window.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
MEMBER
DECLARES PEOPLE
WILL GUST RULERS

AMSTERDAM. Feb. g. B.. Iu.E,
an independent socialist member IN
the ReichstaE as reported IN IT,"
Cologne Woke IoItuHE. made a
speech in which he predicted Ievolu-
tion in Germany. 1t Is not correct
to say that the people OF Russia's
Baltic provinces are longing for Ger
man rule" he declared.
The treaty with Ukraine IS not tho
first step toward general peace.
see the day coming when revolution
will reach Germany. and the people
will take the fat" OF their rulers into
their own hands" The independent
socialists cheered the speaker. From
other parts Of the house came shouts
of traitor
The FrankfUrter ZeitunS says the
German vice chancellor. Friedrich
Won Payer, will address the ReichstaG
tomorrow in regard 10 internal
affairs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Coon
celye. il you can, President Wilson
as a large stakeholder in Bethlehem
Steel. the Winchester Arms and the
du Pont powder works.
Picture the several large press asso-
Citations OF America subsidized by the
steel interests and munition makers
OF America.
That's the situation IN Germany to-
day, former Ambassador James w.
Gerard writes in a copyrighted ar
tIcle made public today by the Pub
lie Ledger.
Kaiser In Big Business.
In giving an intimate view OF the
German Emperor, Mr.. Gerard says
that he is credited with being a large
stakeholder in both the Krupp works
and the HsmburE-American line. He
pays tribute 10 the EmperOr's bust
ness talents saying that lie would
have made a wonderful success as a
man OF business
lie ought to be the richest per
son in the empire" SAYS the former
ambassador. but the militaristic
distinction to another. For the rich
est person in Germany before the
war was Frau KTupp- BOAien, daugh-
ter OF the late manufacturer of can
non. She inherited control OF the fac
tories Of her father. and was rated
al about ST5.O0O,OOU.'
Krupp Earnings Double.
The earnings OF the KrIpp factaT-
les says Mr.. Gerard, have doubtless
doubled since the beginning OF the
war. The subscriptions TO war loans
and war charities, thrown by Frau
Krupp BOElcn and the krupp' direC-
tors as sops to public opinion, are
mere nOthings 10 the fat earnings
made bv that renowned factory since
the war.
In order to control public opinion.
the amba ssador writes. the German
nation stands By, apathctic. prOpa-
Eandized to a FtandstilI, stuffed and
fed by news handed them by the
Krupps and an alliance OF six great
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
PRESIDENT HAS
us. HYPNOTIzED,
BARTHELME SAYS

THE HAGUE, Feb. 25.-George
Barthelne, former Washington CORE
spondent OF the Cologne Gazette, who
has been publishing serially in that
paper, MY American Sketch Book"
has just given a lecture on America
in Cologne.
The Gazette calls hi mthe mcritor-
ious German historian az the Wilson
era and the only German journalist
who witnessed the historical and de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25

cisive moment In Washington. u saws
that BdTthelme has once again ex-
posed the methods OF this enemy.
whom We despise even C. ore than
the low rabble I'm the east"
BaTthelIne, in his lecture. said that
Germany waa too respectable or too
sleepy to buy the American press"
and that the dollar magnates were
bound to England o. hen a financial
mad economic panic menaced America.
he asserted, "the apostle Of fnterna-
tional law in the White House, the
fanatic and ultra-moralist, Woodrow
Wilson. hypuotized the people"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
NAON, AGREEING WITH
RIGOYEN, TO RETURN

Dr. Romulo Naon. Argentine am
bassador to the United States, who
recently offered his resignation and
returned to Buenos Aires, will return
TO Washington and resume his post
some time next month, dispatches to-
de state.
All differences have been adjusted
the ambassador and his government
are now said TO be working in COM
plete harmony, and the ambassador Is
in full accord with the war stand OF
Argentina.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
SWOBODA, POSING AS
U.S.. MAN, HELD AS SPY

GENEVA, Feb. 25.-RayInond Swo.
boda. who has been travelling in
Europe on claim that h- was an
American citizen. but who was twice
arrested and subjected 70 an inquiry
IS again under arrest. Il" was placed
in prison here today charged with
espionage, after II was proved that
he was a German OBcer. There are
now more than one hundred Aus
TRANS and Germans interned here
charged with espionage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
GREATEST OF ALLIED
AIR RAIDS REPORTED

PARIS, Feb. 25.-one OF the big
gest allied air raids yet made against
German military works in Belgium
was reported from Maestricht. Hol-
land, today.
Bombs were thrown down st Client
and BrUges and German ammunition
dumps were blown up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
GIRLS WOULD FIGHT.

CHICAGO. Feb. "5-GirIs OF the
Evanston High School. 500 Of them.
have organized a battalion OF
Death" and are ready TO be called
for military duty when their coun-
try needs them. Their equipment
thus fa- consists OF wooden guns.
but they have asked the War De-
partmcnr to furnish them with real
rifles and uniforms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
THERE WERE OTHER HANDS.

Arthur Why IS Il. farr"st E,aurcT.u".
that when Z am with you tire bands or
r..af clock s"cuu lee take wings and Hg.
Stern voice cat the head Of the .taIIsJ
Without wishing 20 be !mperlItneut.
young man, ! simply want to observe
that them hands hain't got nothIn' on
The ones on our gas meteT.-JudEe.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
Two More Blackfoot
Boys Coming Home

This office is in receipt Of a COM
munication from Gerstner Field,
Lake Charles, La bearing tiding OF
two Blackfoot boys who are the only
two representing Blackfoot in GER
tain aviation section (aeronautics)
squadron G.. .mf
The two young men are Sergeant
T. N. Stewart and Sergeant Charles
G.. Burriston and the message reads
that they will be honorably dis
charged very soon now and will be
homeward bound on or about tho
fifteenth Of January, 1919.
The friends of these lads will be
pleased to know that they have CON-
pleted their work and that they have
we'll earned their silver stripes.
Mr.. Burriston has been serving the
squadron In the capacity of mess
sergeant and sent a copy Of the
Christmas dinner menu which the
boys enjoyed Christmas day. Fol-
lowing is list: Roast turkey, giblet
gravey, mashed potatoes. oyster
dressing, potato salad, cranberry
sauce, white bread, fresh tomatoes,
creamery butter, strawberry pre-
serves. jello with whipped cream,
devils food cake, pumpkin pie, fruit
salad, coffee, cocoa sweet cider,
chocolate candy, mixed nuts, cigars
and cigarettes and fresh fruits.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
Mrs. Ryan Passes Away
Succumbs Sunday Morning After Suf-
fering for Some Months; Re-
mains Taken to Neb.

Maria Ryan, beloved mother of
Katherine and James Ryan of this
city, departed this life at her home
on Shilling avenue at $50 o'clock
Sunday morning, Dec. 20, at the age
of seventy-nine years. Mrs. Ryan
had been in poor health much of the
summer and fall and gradually grew
weaker until the end came; death
being caused by gallstones.
Mrs. Ryan came to Blackfoot eight
years ago, where she undertook to
keep house for her family. She
came here from Beaver Crossing,
Neb., and during the years she spent
in our city She made a wide circle
of warm friends whose respect and
admiration she won and held thru
her kind, motherly ways and COM
forting smile, which was always
ready. W..
Besides her many friends she
leaves to mourn her loss James and
Katherine Ryan Of Blackfoot, Teresa
Ryan of Salida, Colo, and Mabel
Ryan of New York City Another
daughter, Mrs. Finn, passed out Of
this life a few months ago.
James Ryan left Monday morning
with the remains which will be in
tered at Friend, Neb. a.,.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
Edward Byers
Visits Home
At present Is Convalesing in Army
Hospital; Wounded Arm
Improving

Edward Byers, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. e. Byers of this city, spent q i've
day furlough with his friends and
relatives here this week. He arrived
Monday evening and left Friday for
the hospital from whence he came.
Mr.. Byers was shot in the arm,
Just at the elbow, in a battle in
France and was sent to the Fort Des
Moines, Ia, hospital to recover from
the wound. He arrived at the fort
October e. and has been GONZALES.
hg at that place since. He was
boxing and feeling very we'll at the
me of his visit home and it Is
thought that he will very soor regain
the complete use of his arm, which
is gradually growing stronger. He
will be required to remain at the
army hospital until his arm is as
well as it will get, or as good as
new, in order that he may receive
the very best of special care.
1t will be remembered that Ed
ward Byers and the late Lieut.. Stew
art Hoover were the two first boys
from Blackfoot to be transported to
France. Mr.. Byers saw sixteen
months of hard service in France,
having landed there with the Fiji
teenth infantry, first division, on
June 25, 1917. He is very anxious
for the time to come when he can
be released from the hospital and
allowed to return home.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
Two Small Blazes
In Town Saturday
Neither One Caused Any Great Loss.
Fire Engine Delayed. Good
Time to Fix Flues

Blackfoot had two little fires Sat-
urday. One started at about four in
the morning, and, a. small house at
the north end of East Main street,
next door to Edwin Watson'sI The
stove sat too close to the woodwork
and set 1t afire. The fire company
responded to the alarm, but the fire
vas under control when they arrived.
there was a little delay in getting
The fire engine to the scene, due to
broken wire in the electrical ap-
paratus. Fire Chief Boice had tested
everything at o'clock in the even
ing and the engine responded per-
fectly. He let it run a few minutes
to take the chill of of the water in
the cooler, and it seems that the
vibrations parted the wire at that
time and left the imperfect circuit
that delayed them in the morning.
The report that something about the
machine was frozen was a mistake.
At 1.30 in the afternoon a rusty
stove pipe extending thru the roof
of Elmer Wright's house in the west
end of town, leaked fire into the
roofing, and the fire company made
a swift run to the place, but they
had the fire under control.
We wish at this time to renew our
friendly admonition to all people to
exmaine their fues and pipes, and
repair defects. If any stove or pipe
is close enough to woodwork with
is close enough to woodwork to parch
it under full draft, either move the
stove away or line the woodwork
with asbestos. This material is a
of heat and is sold at
hardware stores. To protect a plas-
tered wall and still have it look
natural get the bulk asbestos and
mix it into mush and coat the wall
with it. 1t is not expensive and any
body can put 1t on.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
Influenza at Blackfoot
Epedemic in Lighter Form. Many
Business Men Suffering; the
Bankers Main Victims

T B. Dahman of the Brown-Hart
company is at home i'll.
George Anderson, cashier, Miss
Ruby Hilliard, bookkeeper at the
Blackfoot City Bank, are still of
duty.
E. M. Kennedy OF the First Ma
tional Bank, gave up his work Thurs
day, but was back on the job Sat-
urday, declaring it was false alarm
about his flu. His was q bad cold.
Miss Eula Palmer is much i'm
proved after a severe illness with the
influenza.
Miss Mabel Molden is somewhat
improved at this writing.
Frank Bergman is still confined
to his bed, but is very much i'm
proved.
Albert Miller was dangerously i'll
with the influenza Saturday and
Sunday and is much better.
]. e. Estensen is i'll and confined
to his home and 1t is reported he has
influenza.
Wendell Gagon is still confined to
his home, altho not able to resume
his duties at the bank, he Is able
to be around.
John r. Jones was sick one day
last week.
Frank Mozer resumed his work at
the Standrod bank Monday morning
after q weeks illness.
W. F. Martin, who has been Ill for
several weeks with the rheumatism,
is able to be around again.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
LOCAL DELEGATE ADVISES BEET
GROWERS TO CONCENTRATE ON
MATTER OF CONTRACT SIGNING
Suggests Waiting Until After Public Meeting Can
be Held and Matters Thoroly Discussed
in Detail; Association Confident of
Securing Higher Price
PLEASING FEATURES OF CONTRACT

n Arthur Manwaring of Bl8ckfoot
the delegate appointed from Idaho
to represent beet growers in the In
termountain Association of Sugar
Beet Growers, and who has addressed
farmers of this locality thru this pub
lication previously, still urges farm
ers to postpone signing beet contracts
for 1919, as he feels very confident
that the association will bring about
pleasing and satisfactory contract
agreement that will bring farmers
more than $12 per ton for their 1918
beet crop.
Sample contract blanks are being
circulated among the farmers or
sugar beet growers of Utah and
Idaho, which are based upon the true
cooperative principle, in that they
afford just as square deal for the
sugar companies as for the farmers.
The association or congress have de-
termined that a fiat rate as hereto
fore maintained by the sugar COM
panies is not giving the farmer his
dues and they are working against
that method .
The distinctive features of the
contract are first; it removes the
farmer from the position of accept
ing charity from the company in the
matter of reduced prices for seed.
Second, it compels the companies to
stand the loss of delay at dumps.
Third, it bases the value Of beets
upon their sugar content and the
market price of sugar which is the
true basis of value. Forth, it pro-
avides q time certain for payment
allowing the grower to receive sub
stantial part of his beet money in
the spring when the average farmer
has hard time to get money, and
it prohibits the company selling its
sugar to the speculator. Fifth, 1t
compels the company to share
weather risks with the farmer at
digging time. Sixth, it gives the
farmer the first chance at the cattle
feed produced at the factory at the
prices fixed by the companies them
selves. Seventh, it provides a way
to protect the grower that is busi-
ness-like and efficient.
Mr.. Manwaring advises that as
soon as the influenza situation clears
somewhat a big meeting will be held
in Blackfoot at which time and place
the various paragraphs Of the con-
tract will be discussed and explained
and conclusions arrived at. He says
there will be speakers at the meet
ing from Salt Lake City, who have
had experience with the congress or
convention work.
Any one having any suggestions to
offer or questions to ask are invited
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
PRINTING
HOUSE is CLOSED

The Scott printing establishment
at Idaho Falls is closed, and one of
the newspapers that has been doing
commercial printing has given up job
printing and confined their efforts
to keeping the newspaper going.
There is a general shrinking of
the printing and advertising business
in .lackfoot, and of the eight print
ing presses in the town, it is doubt
full if all the work that is being done
on them would keep two of them
going more than four hours day.
That means that several lists of
overhead" expenses are a loss to
somebody, and could be turned to
other lines and never be missed by
the community.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
HUNS FIRE ON ALLIED AUTOMOBILE
CARRYING THE AMERICAN EMBLEM
and INSULT CAUSES GREAT RIOT
Thirty-eight Women and Children and About One
Hundred Boches and Polanders are Killed
in the Streets of Posen During
the Severe Rioting
FIGHTING LASTED SEVERAL HOURS

mission to Posen protested to the
German commander in the town,
General Schimmelfeng, but the Ger
man officer declared that he had no
control over the soldiers"
Germans Soldiers Use Machine Guns
ON Polish Soldiers
BERLIN, Saturday, Dec. 28.-The
Lokal Hnzeiger's Posen correspond
ent says there was street rioting in
POsen on Friday evening. German
soldiers marching thru the town are
said to have hauled down the entente
flags.
A company of Polish civilian SOL
diers proceeded to police headquart-
ers for the purpose of raiding the
premises. German soldiers with ma
chine guns dispersed the Poles, who
are said to have suffered severe
losses. Quiet was restored at night.
League to Protect Life and Liberty
of Former Kaiser
BERLIN, Saturday, Dec. 28.-A
League for the protection Of the per-
sOnal liberty and life of the kaiser"
has been formed and will issue an
appeal to the former advisers of the
ex-emperor, as well as diplomats
with whom he was associated, to SUBJ
NIT all possible documents to prove
the emperor's innocence of bringing
about the war.
Prince Henry Of Prussia, who was
proposed for president of the league,
suggested Won Hindenburg for the
post.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE

Holiday week finds only two pris-
oners in the county Jail, one man
charged with being q Stacker, and
one Mexican.
Members of the sheriff's force
have been Ill and are not doing much
outside work. Since the Short Line
forbids searching trains for boot
leggers, there is little to do but find
the owners for estray stock.
No applications have. been made
lately for marriage licenses.
Two suits for divorce have been
filed, one by Mildred e. Johnson
against Gail H. Johnson, and one by
May Miller Chalmers against J. Ross
Chalmers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31

in their turn asking for say three,
Scent stamps, and then when the
stamps are laid out, up comes q
handbag, 1t is opened, handkerchief
is taken out, then little package,
then purse, then the purse is
opened, a dime is taken out, then a
search is made for nickle and four
pennies with the result that the exact
change is not found, then the dime
Is surrendered, the change received
and put in the purse, the purse is
put back in the bag, the package and
handkerchief are replaced and she
Is thru. If she had been thoughtful
and had that dime in hand when she
got to the window, the stamps and
the cent would have been handed out
instantly and several other customers
could have been waited on while she
was shutting her money and goods.
Help Rural Carriers
The rural carriers are just now
entering upon the period Of storms
and bad roads, and people are in
vited to be thoughtful about having
their mail boxes in proper repair.
Persons wishing to buy stamps
should place the money in an en-
velope or piece of folded paper,
rather than leaving the coins loose
in the box. The government claims
the right to have these boxes used ex-
clusively for mail bearing postage.
Nobody has the right to put un-
stamped mail or packages in such
boxes. Persons distributing adver-
tising matter, such as posters, have
no right to place it in the boxes un-
less it bears postage.
Wasting Our County Funds
We are wasting a great deal of
money on roads in Bingham county,
but the waste is SO close to us and
we are SO accustomed to 1t, 1t is
harder to see it and harder to break
away from it than II 1t were farther
from us. The average person agrees
that road money Is being wasted, but
hesitates about changing our system
to something else that is proposed
as remedy. Just to show you how
easy it is to comprehend something
that is farther away from US, let me
tell you some railroad history.
Mr.. Harriman's Letterheads
When William H. Hartman took
the management of the various west
ern railroads that he was welding
into the Hartman system, he found
that every little system had a differ
ent style Of letterhead, some of them
very elaborate and printed in two or
three colors Of ink. The cost Of the
letterheads on the various systems
ran from about 81 to $11.50 per
thousand. Mr.. Hartman delegated
a man to design letterhead for use
on the whole system that was simple
and sufficient, and they had better
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31

LONDON, Dec. 29.-Ffring by
German officers on an allied automo-
bile carrying an American flag was
the cause of street fighting in Posen
last Friday, says a dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
Copenhagen. The Germans were de-
feated in the fighting. About 1873
persons, including a number of wo-
men and children, were killed during
the rioting.
The dispatch says: \
There was severe fighting be-
tween the Poles and Germans in
Posen on Friday, which resulted in
.thirty-eight women and children and
about 100 Germans and Polanders
being killed. The affray originated
as result of a German officer firing
on an allied automobile which was
proceeding to warsaw carrying the
american flag.
"The Germans insulted the flag
and the Polish guard was called out.
The fighting lasted several hours and
the Germans were defeated.
"a delegation from the British
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-31
Vail Clevenger
On Way Home

Vail Clevenger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. s. V. Clevenger of this city. is
on his way home. The Clevengers
received the glad tidings Sunday,
sent from Camp Stewart, New Port
News, Va, stating that he would
leave for Salt Lake City and then
home in very short time.
Vail has seen much active service
in france and had a rather exciting
experience at Fismes when he and
his company were blown up. Vail
says he is alright now with the ex-
ception that the shock left him so
he stammers slightly.