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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1918-01-01
ALL DlKES ARE BROKEN
FLOOD CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE
City in Darkness and Industries
Closed by Lack of Power

This city has been in darkness
for the past three days and all
business depending upon electri-
city for power have been closed
or are rigging up makeshifts as
result of the breaking of the
Riverdale dixie Saturday morning.
The water in the river nearly
reached the highest point re-
corded last spring and all of the
business houses on the dock were
forced to close Saturday evening.
The st. Maries Lumber COM
pany dixie went out Friday night
and the Riverdale dixie, enclosing
the Milwaukee Lumber company,
which furnishes the electricity
for the lights and power for this
city, went out Saturday morning.
The Meadowhurst dixie stood the
strain longer than the other two
but it, too, went out Saturday
night, leaving this valley in the
same condition it was during the
floods of this spring.
Every vehicle in the city was
pressed into service Saturday to
move the household goods of the
rapchers living in the area which
has since overhowed and to move
the merchandise stored in the
warehouses along the river. A
large number of ranchers have
been forced from their homes,
the water standing several feet
deep on the floors of the houses,
AS was the case this spring,
the Milwaukee Lumber company
is a heavy loser from the hign
water. the machinery in the mill
being covered and lumber piles
overturned and carried away
several boOms containing a large
amount of timber were broker
and the logs carried away and il
is thought that company will be
damaged to the extent Of $4,000
by the floods.
The emergency generator
which was used to supply th'
electricity for the city during thu
floods iast spring, was only re-
Gently moved back into the mil
and it was caught by the flood
It is estimated that it will be thl
last of the week before arrange
ments can be made to supply tn
city with light and power again
Ranchers living along the 81
Maries river we're also heav
losers from the food haystack
being carried away and muc
property lost and damaged. Re
ports received here state that tn
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1918-01-01
ENTERTAIN FRIENDS
HONOR OF SON

Ira A. Warren who enlisted in
the United States navy last spring
and who has been i'm the Mare Is
land Electrical School since that
time arrived home Saturday noon
on a sixteen day furlough. That
evening his parents Mr. and Mrs.
f. NJ. Warren entertained a num-
ber of his young friends in his
honor. There were twenty-four
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1918-01-01
STANDARDlZE SCHOOLS
TEACHERS STUDY EFFICIENCY
Superintendent F. &. Lukens Has
Charge of Work in District I

superintendent f. E. Lukens of
the local schools returned Mon
day from Boise, where he went to
attend the meeting of the State
Preachers Association. He re-
ports a good meeting, although
the attendance was not so large
as it was hoped it would be, there
being about three hundred teach
ers in attendance.
Among the important things
brought up for consideration at
the meeting was the reorganiza-
ton OF the association BY the
proposed plan the association
would be divided into perhaps five
sections. Two of these sections
would meet i'm the northern part
of the state and three in the
southern part. BY thus making
the meeting more accessible the
/ attendance would be much larger
than it ever is at the state meet
| ing under the present plan. By
the new plan one executive COM
mittee would have general super
vision over the entire association
so that the activities of the diff
ferent sections could be unified.
A committee was appointed to
consider the advisability of the
plan and report at the meeting a
year hence.
Another thing of very great
Importance which was discussed
is the Standardization of the
work Of all of the public schools
of the state. Reports were made Of
the work which was carried out
lduring the past year. This work
consisted Of an investigation of
the age of the pupils of the stale
SO that it might be ascertained
whether they are far enough ad-
vanced in school for their age.
plans were made for studying
the efficiency of the schools dur
, ing the coming year in avith-
metic and reading. BY this plan
il is hoped that the work Of all
of the schools of the state may
3 be standardized, and better re-
. suits be obtained This work IS
= i'm charge Of a committee of six
superintendent Lukens has
J charge Of the work i'm District
- No. I. consisting of the five
] northern counties of the state
{ The other members of the COM
S mittee are the county superin-
f tendent of Lewis county and th'
q city superintendent of Boise
i Twin Falls, Blackfoot and Poca.
ItollO.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
WILL INCREASE FORCES
IN CONTROL OF ODESSA

ODESSA, Dec, 90. (By tho Associated
Press)-The volunteer army which is
holding Odessa, under French command,
Is to be Increased by detachments from
mo Crimea, The main force of tho re-
publican army which is now ten miles
from Odessa, Is, reported to have re-
ceived retnforcoments from Kiev, who
came In an armorcd train.
More than 200 persons were killed In
the street battles here Dec. IS, a re-
Nlsed count shows, One-thlrd of these
were civilians. Several school children
were wounded.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
HOOVER REPORTS
ON DESTRUCTION
DUE TO TEUTONS
u. S. Expert Makes Public De-
tails of Systematic Survey
Of Damage Done in Belgium
by German Troops.
INCREASE ALLOTMENT
OF FOOD FROM u. S.
Result of Investigation Is
Shown in Announced Plan
for Aiding People to Re-
claim Lost HomeSteadS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Physical
damage wrought in Belgium by the Ger
man armies Is described in a cable
gram received by the FOO administra-
ton from Herbert Hoover, who. with
Wiillam Is, Poland, European director
Of the commission for relief in Bel
GUM, has just completed a survey Of
conditions In his liberated country.
On the basis Of Mr.. Hoover's report,
the food administration announced to-
day that thereafter $50, 900 tons Of sup
plies, including clothing, would be
this program will require 100 600 dead
weight tons OF shipping in addition to
the $40, 200 tons. now on charter to the
relief commission, application for ad-
dltional tonnage has been made to the
shipping board.
gram will he borne by tine Belgian and
French governments from loans made
by the American government. Frances
part Of the expense will be for supply
ing the people Of Northern France as
we'll az several hundred thousand refu-
gees who were forced from that section
INTO Belgium during the retreat Of the
German forces.
Mr.. Hoover's report says:
"TOgether with Mr.. Poland, Euro
pean director Of the mpission for re
lief In Belgium, | have now completed
Il survey OF the entlfe BelElhn SITUATION
as disclosed by the evacuation. The
work Of the American relief officials in
Europe during the last months has
been beyond all praise because they
have followed up the retreating army
with distributions by one means or an
other, and there has been no break In
the food supply Mt any point.
prior to the armisticc, the German
army had completely destroyed n zone
Of railroads and canals some 20 miles
wide, extending entirety across Bel
GUM. After the armistice there was
comparatively little destruction OF
transportation to the rear Of this zone
and with the rapid rehabilitation Of
transportation facilities across this zone
of destruction, the problem Of distribu-
tiou Of food and reconstruction a be
undertaken with much less difficulty
than at present.
"Thc Germans in their final retreat
removed but little Of the relief supplies.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
WHY DOCTORS
USE CAL0MEL
FOR THE LIVER

Doctors use calomel for the liver
because it is the worlds greatest
liver medicine for whic, there is al
Solutely no substitute, Bat it Shouts
be taken in the new safe DlscoLAN
tablet form, which makes it absolute.
~ free from any sickening or harmful
after effects. Put up AMI guaranteed
by DiScolax Medicine Co, Clarks-
vile, Tenn, in boxes of IL tablets at
25s, At your druggists OF by mail.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
5000 PERUVlANS FLEE
FROM CHILE IN FEAR

LIMA, Peru, Dec. 26.~It is estimated
that 5000 Peruvians have fled from
Chile to Peru and BOLIVIA during tho
past month as \ result OF the crisis
between Chile and Peru. Every stcnm-
or from the south is bringing scores Of
fugitIves, A dispatch from lilo, South.
ern Peru, reports that a Chilean air
plane flew over that port ON Dec. 81.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
MANY TENNES AIS
EXPECTED IN FLORIDA

er pprrRsruRG Fla Jan. g,
- ~ "A tourists to register at the
:, pip~ctrrsnWre hoard OF trade from Ten
W = n Giujand sixteen Of the 80 are
MarNsNtlle, lane, soo
CIV officials here cNnet az east 1000
tourists from Tennessee AFTER me hon'
Ia Inc figures being based on pre-
Siona registrations for seasons gone by,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
FREE TO-.
ASTHMA SUFFERERS
A New Homo Cure That Anyone Can
Use Without Discomfort or Loss
Of Time.

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Use Without Discomfort or Loss
of Time.
We have a New Method that cures
Asthma, and we want you to try 1t at
our expense. No matter whether your
case is OF long standiI x or recent de-
Nelopment, whether II Is present as oc-
casional or chronic Asthma, yeu should
send for a free trial of our method. No
matter In what climate YOU live, no
matter what your age or occupation, II
YOU are troubled with asthma, our
method should relieve you promptly.
We especially want to send II to those
apparently hopeless cases, where all
forms OF inhalers. doucnes, opium prep
%Arattons, fumes, patent smokes etc,
have failed. We want to snow every one
AZ U own expense that this new meth.
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breathing, all wheeling, and all those
terrible paroXysms at once and for ali
time,
This free offer is too important to
neglect a single day, Write now and
then begin the method at once. Send
no money, Simply mail coupon below,
DO II To-day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
Abandon Beasts.

Their action toward the native har-
vests and cattle in their withdrawal
differs widely in different areas. They
started to take all remaining hogs from
the western part OF Belgium except
those hidden BY the peasants in under
ground caves. After the armistice how
ever, and with the rehabilitation of
the German army in its rinal retreat
many Of these beasts were abandoned
or sold by soldiers to the peasants far
Their back, and In practical results there
appears to have been no widespread
cattle stealing In the retreat, although
during the four years of occupation
there has been n great diminution,
probably owe one half In the total
number of cattle and hogs. 1t can be
said almost literally that horses have
disappeared out Of Belgium, there prob
nal animals Ncft,
Investigation proves that Industrial
and residential destruction in Belgium
varies greatly In different localities and
with different industries. For instance,
out Of the so steel furnaces in Belgium
IS or 40 have been deliberately de-
stroyed by the Germans In their deter
mination to end the Belgian steel in
dustry Many Of the textile mills have
been put u Of commission, either
through deliberate destruction and re-
moNal of machinery or by removal of
the copper and brass parts and electric
motors, Some OF the textile mills OF
the more Anticipated type OF equipment
apparently did not appeal to the Ger
mans and they raj be gotten into ae-
ton at an early date, The Germans
seem to have focused themselves on
the modern equipments.
THE glass industry has been but lit
tie interfered with and the stern
promise of retributlon by President
Wilson seems to have saved the coal
industry aNEAnt fnT NnEu fppy YNlnnu
although actual explosives and wires
were laid In place for the destruction OF
a large number OF the mines. The pres
tdents warming seems to have created
a sudden change OF heart.
There are some 800. 900 French refu-
gees in Belgium, driven out of Northern
France by the Germans, They have
been cared for out Of the meagcr stores
of the Belgians and by the commits
sion for relief in Belgium. They are,
however, like homing pigeons In theii
resolve to return to their native viii
lagos,
AS there Il no transportations, the
roads southwark into France are n con-
tinuous steam Of these pitiful groups Of
men, women and children pulling their
carts, and trudging through the cold
and wind toward their destroyed homes,
Everything ts being done that Is
humanity possible, but IN the present
state of decentralization, with moving
armies, the necessity Of using every
truck and horse with which to feed the
population their plight is h~eartbreak-
ing, They refuse all persuasion to wait
In the crowded Belgian villages until
their affairs can be organized.
The Americans OF the relief commits
sion are working night and day pro-
Vidtng shelter stations. clothing and food
for them, but like many other human
migrations In Europe today there il no
solution to tho suffering that must
go on,
"One Of the great difficulties OF the
Belgians lies In the enforced currency
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
Come Mother, This Castor Oil
Is What You Need---Don' Cry!

If you, mother, had to swallow the awful Dose.
Think back to your childhood days--Ugh!
Give your children Cascarets instead. Cascarets
taste like candy. Every child loves to take a
Cascaret. Besides Cascarets act better on the
little liver and bowels when the child is bilious,
constipated, feverish and sick. Cascarets are
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
HERALDS WILSON'S
VISIT ENGLAND
AS HISTORIC EVENT
London Times Calls Trip Men,
orabIe One for Both Ameri-
can and British History and
Discusses Views of Leader.

LONDON, Dec. 26,-"The arrival OF
President Wilson will be one OF the
greatest events In ours and American
history" says the Times IN an article
Of welcome TO England OF the American
executive, 49,
"He win come" tho Times adds, at
n critical period In our history, we
have won the war, thanks In no small
measure, to American assistance we
have now to win peace, ana peace WI
not be won for this country or ths
world unless II Is based on the warm
active friendship of the two great Eng
disappearing nations
History never repeats itself, least
wise In the same form, but our states
men. American and British, now have
No mower TO remake the destinieS Of
the English speaking peoples; TO re-
mold them as they might have been
nodded Il the two nations had parted
not in anger but in amity and good fell
lowship. uhn
hotvnsn us. but next to common lam
guage Is the joint possession OF our
ropnmOn law, We are attempting TO
turn aspirations and international lurls-
prudence into genuine operative inter-
national law and to endow IT. WIN sane
tious like those Of municipal laws.
Without the active good fellowship Of
England and America it simply can not
be done. i,;,,,
we alone sneak the common ldiom
Of law; we only have 1t in us to trans.
late p%olltical ideals into the form OF
. International legisHtton ana SANCTION
necessary to give II Nalidlty'
Ideal Of Nations.
"a league of nations Is the ldeat OF
,ho English speaking peoples and 1t Is
,ihe, trRceahle ultimately TO the enemy
,%ot we In England have less ehthQsi-
"S, for this ideal than they In America
III president Wilson has a great pop
ul,r following in Europe Y Is Ihecause
hn EXPRESSED this ideal of future inter,
mmational relations with the greatest
cirnrness and force. at is an ldeal no
Nv6nre held more strongly than here
o"n ideal to which no nation can contrib
Mo more practically than our own
Nv league Of nations, howeN +, viii
SOON to be policemen on both laNd ana
go s.a The British navy always has
rr'C",ked in behalf Of ideals IKE nose OF
rJ-t,n e "Nt'N~ Va OK throw
~ y % ty weapon until
aN", ~, f., co.. have another as
W S'',h,, ts til. glirh View ana
suoV. ""' that W,.. ''eas hnve beru
exchanged, II viii h una 10 se f'es>
dent Wilson'S also ,,nr ,r
oIn coming to Us he Is aM ,kch' & mar.
monies rich and drop 2'ouEn 10 resolve
Into themselves ali MN us '"S'
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-27
HERE'S GOOD NEWS.

Philadelphia, Nov. IT. Here's
good news for sleep-haters. Magis-
trate Mecleary, Central police sta
ton, has ruled that friendly" poker
games INDUCED in by a round robin
Of twenty men, even when hundreds
of vari-coIored chips are put into ac-
ton, does not constitute a wicked
gambling enterprise" The twenty
men were released.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-27
TURN HAIR DARK
.. WITH SAGE TEA
If Mixed With Sulphur II
Darkens So Naturally
Nobody Can Tell.

The old-time mixture Of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray,
streaked and faded hair is grand
mothers recipe, and folks are again
using it to keep their hair good,
even color, which is quite sensible, as
we are living in an age wnen youth
full appearance is Of the greatest ad-
vantage.
Nowadays, though, we don't have
the troublesome task Of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home.
All drug stores sell the ready-to-use
product, improved by the addition Of
other ingredients, called "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" for
about so cents a bottle. It is very
popular because nobody can discover
it has been applied. Simply moisten
your comb or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at time !;
by morning the gray hair disappears,
but what delights the ladies with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound,
is that, besides beautifully darkening
the hair after few applications, It
also produces that soft lustre and ap-
pearance Of abundance which is so
attractive. This ready-to-use prepa-
ration is delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire a more youthful
appearance. It is not intended for
the cure, mitigation or prevention of
disease. s :. u. ~.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-27
LONDON BELLIES TO WEAR
ALARM BELLS THIS WINTER
(By United Press


London, Nov. 2. (By Mail. The
darkest place on earth is London at
night. @ 5.@
With tightening Of the fuel restric-
lions 1t is going to be darker this
winter than ever. Londoners are ad-
vised to wear something white and
glistening at night SO motor drivers
will see them more easily.
Pedestrians on the sidewalks col
Tide every five minutes or SO on the
homeward journey, and the women
of London are beginning to get
hoarse in an endeavor to force a
cough at regular periods by way of
warning of their approach. But now
it is suggested that they shall wear
little silver bell pendants, so that
each woman will carry her own
alarm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-27
HERE RESTS A HUN.
tBy United Press. }

Paris, Nov. 3. CBy Mail. )--Amone
the vast quantity of material the Ger
mans left in their wake when the
Yanks smashed into them on the
British front was huge tombstone
intended for the grave Of German
colonel. On 1t was chisled an iron
cross and the familiar "Gott Nit
Uns." D.. G,--
In organizing the conquered
ground, the Americans found the
grave Of the German colonel. So q
detail of Yanks carried the tomb
stone to the grave and erected It,
AS the stone was set in place a
bugler sounded taps over the grave
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-09

OF my unpleasant experiences with the
count. Under the circumstances. 1t Is
easy TO sNo why 1 always had to look
ous for myself In dealing with him.
MADE LIST OF THOSE
TO NE SUNK Or SPARED
With his customary energy and
ability. Count Bernstorff had organized
an excellent secret service at Stock
holm. and was saved tho trouble CT
deVisins means OF obtaining the in
formation / must pass on to our
U-boat heroes.
All the sa!lings from Scandinavian
ports were known in advance to our
minister. and / was able twice n week
to- compile list for future sailings.
and to mark each ship az one to be
sunk or spared. az the case might be.
Count Bcrnstorff told mo that the
embassy would furnish me with the
list OF the ships about to leave Swedish
ports. but the way and means of COM
municating the information to our
C-boats must BIO left to my care, and
that he himself cared little to know
by what means l would conduct this
The embassy must be able to declare
solemnly that It has no knowledge OF
such transactions" I understood him
thoroughly. If anything unpleasant
| should again occur. / would be sacri-
feed for the good OF the service. That
was natural. when joining the service
every one must expect these unpleasant
consequences.
1 puzzled for days to devise some
means of getting my communications
to our U-boat commanders somewhere
| at sea where they might be available
to our undersea service, but to nobody
| else.
1 at once visited Herr Kicker. who Is
the chief of our secret service bureau
at Stockholm. He ushered me to his
| inner office, where I met a young in
ventor. who had scheme whereby we
could safely communicate with our
U-boat commanders at sea. His idea
was not exactly an invention. 1t was
rather good scheme. He proposed
that we Induce one OF the harbor Of
| hcials to turn his face the other way
while we anchored several specially
constructed buoys some distance from
| the harbor with deep-sea mornings.
| These buoys would be sea post office
| box. At intervals we would deposit
lists of ships to depart from the Swcd-
| ish harbors with an itemzed list of
each ships cargo Our U-boat COM
manders would frequently visit these
buoys. receive these messages and
leave whatever message they wished
to send to the Fatherland. This was
! easy OF accomplishment. and there was
nothing about II that was new; It Is
the old Dusseldorf idea.
(To BE Continued To-Morrow.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-09
ALMOST Blind
FROM DIZZINESS
This Virginia Lady Tells OF
Constant Suffering From
Dreadful Backaches, Per-
manently Relieved
BY Carduf.

Norton, Va.-Mrs. e. S. Clouse.
OF this place, writes: I'm about 1901
seemed to get in bad health.
had been married about a year. . :.
called in DR.. --, OF -. who
treated me and gave me medi-
cine, which didn't do me any good.
suffered agony for about 4 months
and felt must have some relief, for
was so bad off that I was really
unable to be up out of bed during
all that time.
could hardly walk, every step
was painful and drag. I would be
almost blind from dizziness. I'd
have dreadful backaches that never
ceased, and severe pains read
Of Cardui in the Birthday Almanac
and friends urged mo to take it
| used one bottle with such beneficial
results that / gained hope Of recov-
cry. After the use of or bottles,
felt so much better that was able
to get up and go about my work.
My Improvement was steady, and
after about the Bird or 4th bottle
was entirely cured and the cure has
been permanent For the past
seven years l have had perfect
health and my work has been q
pleasure
Try Cardui. the woman's tonic, for
your troubles. 1t is safe, reliable
and OF proven merit. All druggists.
ADV.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-09
TODAY'S BEAUTY HINT

1t is not necessary to shampoo
your hair SO frequently if it is en-
tirely and properly cleansed each
time by the use of a really good
shampoo. The easiest to use and
quickest drying shampoo that we
can recommend to our readers is one
that brings out all the natural
beauty OF the hair and may be en-
joyed at very little expense. by dis
solving a teaspoonful OF Canthrox,
which can be obtained from any
druggist. in n cup OF hot water.
This makes n full cup Of sha mpoo
liquid. enough SO it is easy TO apply
it to all the hair instead of just to
the top of the head. This. when
rubbed into the scalp and onto every
every strand of hair chemically
dissolves all impurities. 1t is very
soothing and cooling in its action.
as well as beneficial to both scalp
and hair. After rinsing out the
lathe so created. you will find the
scalp Is fresh. clean and free from
dandruf. while the hair dries
quickly and evenly. developing n
bright luster and Il soft nuniness
that makes it seem very heavy
Adv.