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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
YOUTH DROVE AMBULANCE
Boy Saw Nine Months Of Service
Despite His Tender Years.

Boy Saw Nine Months Of Service
Despite His Tender Years.
Dever A. Patterson, an ambulance
driver for the American Red Cross,
passed through Kansas City the other
day. Patterson is only 18 years old,
but has seen active service In France
for nine months. He enlisted when
Is. He now has orders 10 report
somewhere in the south" for early
service transporting wounded soldiers.
Patterson, who lives in Chicago, was
asked at the Union station what part
Of France he had served in.
"Any place." he said. when we
found the war we worked, and when
that part of it was over we looked
around for another part"
Jacob Mertz of the United States
Marines also passed through. He had
suffered both gas and shrapnel during
his years service in France and is
now spending a thirty-day furlough
from his hospital in the East. Mertz
wears the Croix de Guerre, with one
palm, and the French Legion Of Honor,
awarded to his entire brigade.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS

Size 5a-Leg length to beginning
of heel IL inches, leg width 2h
inches, ankle width 2A inches, foot
width IN inches, foot length (from
back of heeD 51a inches.
Size 6-Leg length to beginning
of heel IA inches, leg width 2 ga
inches, ankle width 2 3-S inches
foot width 2 ga inches, foot length
(from back fheel) 6 inches.
Size 6 1s-Leg length to beginning
of heel 16 inches, leg width 2 ga
inches, ankle width 3-S inches, foot
width 2 ga inches.
Size LEG length to beginning of
heel IS inches, leg width 8 inches,
ankle width IN inches, foot width
3 inches, foot length (from back of
heel Z inches.
Size 7R-Leg length to beginning
of heel 10 inches, leg width inches,
ankle width IN inches, foot width
3 inches, foot length (from back of
heel TX inches.
Size .S-Leg length to beginning
of heel 1917 inches, leg width Az
inches, ankle width 5-S inches,
foot width 81 inches, foot length
(from back Of heel) 8 inches.
Size Sk-Leg length to beginning
of heel 20 inches, leg width 8 3-8
inches, ankle width 3-4 inches, foot
width 3 3-8 inches, foot length (from
back of heel) az inches.
Size 9-Leg length to beginning of
heel 2O1s inches, leg width 3h
inches, ankle width 2 ga inches, foot
width 31s inches, foot length (from
back of heel) 9 inches.
Size 9k-Leg length to beginning
of heel 21 inches, leg width 8 ga
inches, ankle width inches, foot
width 3 "a inches, foot length
'(from back of heeD az inches.
The leg length given includes. the
ribbing. This should be two inches
wide except in the last three sizes,
when it should be half inch wide.
Large needles may be used, but
smaller ones are better. Stitches
should not be coarser than seven to
the inch, measured across. An ankle
width Is given, but it is not neces-
sary to make the ankle smaller than
the rest of the leg. If the knitter
wishes to make the ankle smaller
this may be done by narrowing or
by changing to slightly smaller
needles about two-thirds of the way
down the leg. The same needles
may be used to complete the stocking
or the knitter may change back to
the first set at the heel. Narrowing
Of some sort is more desirable in the
larger sizes than in the small ones.
To narrow, about half way down the
leg make two narrowings about one
half inch apart in the same round,
at the back. The next narrowings
should be about an inch farther
lown. There should be no narrow
ng within three inches of the heel.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
STABILIZED PRICES
SCHEME OF BOARD
NORMAL LEVELS OF PRICES AND
WAGES SOUGHT BY THE ". s.
COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
Purpose Of Board is to Bring About
the Operation Of Laws Of Supply
and Demand lnterferred With
by Process of War.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the per
sonnet of the industrial board of tn,
department of commerce, together will
the plans of the board for hastenin,
the return of prices and wages to ,
normal level, was announced Sunday
through the council of national de
Tense.
Associated with George N. Peek Of
Moline, ILL.,, former member of the
war industries board, as chairman Of
the new organization, are Samuel T.
Bush of Columbus, O.; Anthony Cant.
netti, commissioner of immigration
Thomas X. Glenn of Atlanta, Ga.
George R. James of Memphis, Tenn.
7. c. Powell Of Cincinnati and William
N. Ritter Of West Virginia. -
TO Fix Price Levels.
The chief purpose of the new board,
it was announced, is to bring about the
operation of the laws of supply and de.
mand, interfered with by the process
Va wall IL tAlS Cllu COulCIcuCCS Will
be held with representatives Of the
chiefs Of industries ito decide on prices
to be offered to the nation as the gov.
ernmentally approved judgment on a
price scale low enough to encourage
buying and the resumption of normal
activities"
LAS soon as stable and wholesome
scale Of prices is achieved" said the
announcement, 1.-THE cost of living will
have so far been reduced as to create
automatically reductions in the price
of labor without interfering with
American standards and ideals for the
treatment and living conditions of la
Dor and thus the last initiating element
will have been withdrawn from prices.
1t is believed that industries will
agree that the cost of living must be
substantially reduced before labor
should be asked to accept lower wages,
and thus industry should stand the
first shock of reimbursement"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
CHORUS GIRL CHICK
Sings a Song, When Asked, for Nice
Policeman.

Sings Song, When Asked, for a Nice
Policeman.
1t is a mighty hard task to distin-
guish between chickens, as many q
policeman and constable who has been
called on to arbitrate in neighborhood
disputes concerning the ownership
can testify. But Mrs. Frank Bechtle,
of Marion, Ohio, has solved the prob
lem.
She separated her seven chicks from
a flock In Oakley Millers barn here in
the presence of Officer Burt Powell by
an odd little cluck which they recog.
nized. They followed her to the barn.
yard. Then she knelt and one of
them came running to her and jumped
on her knee. 'That is Maybelle, my
chorus girl chick" she informed the
wondering patrolman. "She crows
when the sun sets and goes to roost
when it rises. Hasn't she pretty
legs?" and she patted the shapely sup
ports of her pet. "She sings, don't
you, Maybelle?
''Now sing for the gentleman. he
has been nice to u.s."
And Maybelle sang. It wasn't q
canary birds song, but it was a song.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14

Take half the stitches for the heel.
The number Of loops along the heel
should be one less than half the
stitches in the heel. Finish the heel
either by the strap or triangular
method. Proceed exactly as with
socks. The toes are finished with
the Kitchener toe and the knitter
must use her own judgment about
how many stitches should be left
for this toe so as to maintain proper
proportion. This number of stitches
may well be a multiple of four, but
it is not absolutely necessary.
If the leg widths are to vary at
all from the measurements given
they should be wider rather than
narrower. If.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
lTIITIITTIIIIHITlIIIII IITIII[IIIIITIlIII
Observation-Disclosures IIEHlIIllIIII
CHILDREN'S SWEATERS

Sweater dimensions are given fol
five different sizes and knitters will
find it easier to make those sizes
but anything between is acceptable
Care must be taken to keep the pro
portions right.
The yarn should be preferably al
of one color and shade, but in order
to utilize short lengths the bottom
ribbing, cuffs and collar may be diff
ferent from the rest of the sweater
Sweaters may be made by either
method, knit one way and purl the
other or knit both ways.
Width--Infant: IL, II, IL, 13 and
IA inches.
Length-Infant: 16, 10, 10, 20 and
81 inches.
Sleeve length (including cuff)-In-
FAINT: IL, Is, Is, 16 and Is inches.
Sleeve width e inches from top)
Infant: 4, Az, Az, and 5A
inches.
Side of neck opening-Infant: 3,
8, 81, 4 and ~ inches.
Bottom and sleeve ribbing-In-
FAINT: inches.
Cast off for neck about two-fifths
of stitched. For instance, if you
have fifty-two stitches cast off twenty
leaving sixteen for each shoulder.
The head size should be from twenty
to twenty-four inches.
Shoulders may be plain or similar
to last soldier sweaters.
Sleeves may be made by taking up
stitches around armhole, by making
the sleeves separate and sewing in,
or by making all in one with the
body, kimono fashion. The first will
probably give the best results. Take
up stitches, the same number front
and back, until you have eight more
than the number required for the
width given above. Knit across
twice, narrow together the third and
fourth stitches from each end. Knit
one half inch. Narrow as above.
Continue in this way until you have
the width given above. The rest of
the sleeve need not be narrowed,
but it will fit better if about four
rows are placed at inter-
walls between the elbow and cuff. If
no narrowing is done the cuffs should
be knit on sock needles, as other
wise they will be too large.
Neck finish-Pick up the stitches
on three sock needles, knit two and
purl two for one inch. Bind off
loosely.
Scarfs
Ten inches by fifty-four inches
Two inches of ribbing at either end.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Red Cross to Extend Activities.

New YOrk.-Plans for organization
of an international Red Cross, to be
led by the American Red Cross in a
great peacetime campaign to prevent
disease, relieve suffering and make
the world what the war was fought
fora better place to live in," was
outlined by DR.. Livingston Farrand,
newly appointed chairman of the cen
trail committee of the American Red
Cross, at "a conference of Atlantic
division chapter delegates here Satur-
day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Good as a Ferret.

Ferrets are banned for Ohio hunt
ers, but Adolph Rutta, bank teller, Of
Cleveland, has substitute plan that
places him in the ranks Of the few
Clevelanders who have been bringing
in rabbits. When a rabbit runs into
a hole, Rutta pulls long piece Of
rubber hose from his hunting bag,
places one end in the hole as far as
he can and yells into the other end.
The frightened rabbit then bounces
out in a hurry.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
CATTLE FAIRING NICELY

j. H. Coumerilh has returned from
the Fort Hall bottoms, where he has
many herds of cattle feeding near his
ranch.
Mr.. Coumerilh says hay is not
overly plentiful, but that it will last
thru until spring without any serious
results.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
CONVERT Ii MANS
! into BUSY CENTER
U. S. Embarkation Headquarters
Takes Care of Men to Be
Sent to Ports.

Transformed in a few weeks from
a quiet provincial town to the Ameri-
can embarkation center, LeMans was
described in dispatch received in
Washington by the American Red
Cross as one Of the most important
military points in France. The sur
rounding country has been divided into
areas for ten divisional headquarters,
the dispatch said, and the establish
ment when completed will be able to
take care Of $4,000 men in the camps,
not less than 25O,OOO in the divisional
areas, and for entrainment of $500 to
1900 men daily to embarkation port.
Each division as it arrived from
Belgium, Lorraine, or Argonne, will 60
to the divisional area assigned to 1t.
There the men wait until their turn
comes to 60 to the classification camp,
where they are medically examined
and "deloused." Then they are sent to
a forwarding camp, from which they
are sent to Brest in troop trains or
long strings Of camions. At the port
they either 60 aboard at once or into
a rest camp to wait for an available
transport.
The Red Cross, the dispatch said,
has opened large canteen at the LIE
Mans railroad station and has institut-
ed other activities. For the housing
of casual officers and men as they pass
through the town to join their division
after being evacuated from hospitals
a rest house of the dormitory type has
been provided.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Baby in Old Mission,

For the first time in more than
forty-five years baby has been chris.
tened in the old San Fernando mis-
sion at Los Angeles. The baby is
Robert Hassett Sullivan, the 7-weeks-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Sulli-
van Of 1928 West Thirty-eighth street.
The Rev. Father Roure, pastor of
the mission, who also had married the
parents, christened the child. Sulli-
van is mining man and formerly
lived In Maiden, Mass.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Serbia Ruined BY War.

New YOrk. Serbia was described as
both an economic and physical ruin by
DR.. Louis |. Dublin, statisician of
New York, just returned from a health
survey of Italy, Greece, Serbia and
JugO-Slavia.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
TripIets' Smiles Stop Divorce.

Triplet girls, 2 years old, solved a
problem that has baffled judges and
lawyers in st. Paul for week. Their
smiles and cries of Daddy" recon-
ciled Reuben and Martha Frisk, and
the quintet marched home together.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Will Keep Some Drafted Men.

Observation-Disclosures within the
army of about 100000 men, obtained
through the drafts and by transfer
from the national guard, is planned by
the war department in building up a
temporary military establishment of
the nation. This was definitely made
known Saturday by General March,
chief of staff.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
FORMER BLACK
FOOTERS REJOICE

The many Blackfoot friends of Mr..
and Mrs. A.. F. Rill will rejoice with
them over the arrival Of a seven
pound son at their home in Burley
Friday evening.
Mrs. R. A. Parsons, who is in at
tendance, writes that the mother
and babe are getting along very
nicely.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Thousand Casualties In Berlin.

London. - One thousand persons
We're killed or wounded in the fight
ing in Berlin last week, according to
an estimate of the casualties made by
the Wolff bureau, the leading news
agency of Germany
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14

F. 3. Harrison, who has been gov
ernor general Of the Philippines for
six years, longer than any Of his
predecessors held this position, has
returned after travelling 10000 miles
on the Danish steamer SeIanda, which
was under the command Of his brother,
Archibald Harrison,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14

Between ConstantinOple and Salon
Xxi, along the route by which deported
Greeks are returning to their homes,
the refugees are dying by the hun
dreds of cold and starvation.
At every station crowds Of these
refugees swarm upon every passing
train, filling every inch Of space,
riding on the roofs, on the trucks, un-
der the guns Of the trains carrying ar
tillery, under the field kitchens, on the
ammunition-but chiefly crowding into
freight cars, packed 80 closely that no
one can either sit or lie down.
Americans, well provided with cloth
Ing, blankets, etc., and inside closed
car, suffer severely from the cold. The
condition Of those poor, unfortunate
by-products Of the worlds great war
--thinly clad or in rags, and travelling
On the top or in the open cars, can
hardly be imagined.
Suffer Fearful HardshIps.
They have lived through months of
privation and many of them have had
no food for days, except little which
the American Red Cross has managed
to get up to stations along the rail-
road. The train crawls along slowly
six days from Constantinople, a dis
lance Of about 400 miles.
When a train stops at station and
the refugees unpack themselves from
the cars to seek food, nearly always
there are several dead bodies to be re-
moved, sometimes six, eight or ten.
At one station As fresh graves were
counted. ....
The weather approached the freez-
ing point, but children stand barefoot
In water up to their ankles, ice form
ing around the edges of the pools,
waiting for food.
Get Scantiest Of Food.
II there are any laws in Bulgaria
regulating the labor of women and
children, they did not apply to these
unhappy Greeks. They were given the
scantiest food; many of them lived in
the open; and If they objected, or
slackened their efforts, deprivation of
food, and beating, were their rewards.
Under such conditions diseases
thrived and the number Of Greeks rap
idly diminished. No one knows how
many of the 10000 or so Greeks who
were deported will ever return.
Apparently some are being detained
against their will. One Investigator re-
ports that often the names of children
are changed by adding an "off" at the
end, so as to make them seem to be
Bulgarian children. 1t is hard to be-
lieve the reports coming to Greece,
where one hears estimates that from
one-third to four-fifths Of the entire
number have persisted.
Red Cross Renders Aid.
Meanwhile the American Red Gross
Is establishing feeding places along the
line Of the railway to which these re-
turning pilgrims find their way.
After they reach the Greek terri
tory, at each station groups leave the
trains to 60 over the plains or the bar
rem mills to their village homes.
In one such waiting group sat two
women, each with small dead child
in her arms. If these people succeeded
in reaching their homes they were
likely to find them either completely
destroyed or stripped of furniture,
bedding and utensils, and without
doors and windows.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Hunoary Has Volunteer Army.

Budapest.-The Hungarian govern
ment has abolished the old army organ
EatiOn. A volunteer army of six divi-
SiOns has been formed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14

Yarn should be heavier TIM for socks.
Shawls
Square AZ inches to As inches.
Use Ia inch needles. IT,.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
CREEKS PERISH
BY HUNDREDS
Refugees Suffer Fearful Hard.
ships on Journey Home.
THEIR CONDITION p|TIABLE

Swarm Aboard Trains, and at Each
Stop Bodies Are Removed for Burial
Children Stand Barefoot in Freez-
Ing Water Up to Their Ankles
American Red Cross Doing All Pos
sible for Unfortunates
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-28
WHERE POKER Chips
WERE MARKED $1,000
Raid Made on a Quiet $50
ciety" Game, But Things
Were Rolling High
BY Associated Press

Mineola. N. Y. July 27.-Nearly 30
handsomely gowned women rushe1
panic-stricken from a residence in
Cedarhurst. near here, early today,
following a raid on the house, where
gambling is said to have been in prog
ress. Despite a heavy downpour, the
women succeeded in forcing their way
past the guards and escaped over mud
dy fields.
The raid was mole by members Of
the state constabulary and several s3e-
cial policemen. although it is said TO
have been inspired by the Nassau as
ISOLATION. composed of wealthy Mas
sau county residents, who for some
time have been aroused by numerous
reports of society gambling in their
midst. e,
The raiders entered the house with
drawn revo1vers. 1t was the sight Of
these weapons that created panic
among the women, according to mem
bcrs of the raiding party, and put vim
in their flight through the so6gy
fields.
Three men and a truck1oad of gam
bling parapherna1ia were taken by the
raiders, who said that some of the
poker chips were marked as high as
$1,000. The men refused to give their
names and were booked at police head
quarters as John Superintendent,"
John Bool1k eeper" and John Door
kaener"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-28

for $35 flat increase in salaries in lieu
of overtime This increase, he added,
would be somewhat under the average
overtime during a trip, but steamship
owners have so far been unwilling to
grant it. Licensed deck officers, ac-
cording to Mr.. Brown. are included in
the same category as engine room as
sistants. and whatever concessions are
made to the latter will also apply to
the deck department.
So close to settlement was the serious
ship strike last night after the sea-
men, engineroom and stewards depart
ments had been granted their demands
that several ships managed to get their
crews aboard and pull out into the
stream before the "reld back" order
came from the engineehs union off,
Gals.
Every effort was made by the same
officials to call an immediate meeting
of ship owners representatives, as it
was felt the demands could be speedily
adjusted but Franklin ID. Mooney
chairman CT the steamship association
wage board said no meeting was pos
slhle before tomorrow. The engineers
did not so on strike with the seamen,
hut promised them support. at the
same time presenting their own de-
mands. which last night We're backed
Wi;h 4 threat to walk out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-28
MARYLAND TO ACTC


Baltimore, July Ex-Governor Harring-
ton of Maryland, it became known to-
day is planning to take action similar
to that taken by Governor Cox, Ohio, in
dealing with food producers. He will i'm,
mediately consult Attorney GeneralRitchle
in reference to what legal steps he can
take under the Maryland laws. He pro-
poses, first, to locate by investigations
the responsibility for the high cost OF
living, and then with the desired in
formation in hand to ascertain how far
he can proceed with criminal prosecu-
tions.
The governor has delayed action in the
belief that Congress, after its numerous
investiga tons, would furnish relief by
necessary laws authorizing federal crimi-
nal prosecutions. The Investigations, it
was said. is not designed to be Stats
teal or to ascertain the causes of high
prices of foodstuffs or how the situation
may be best relieved. The object in view
is to find the names of the prohteers
and to proceed against them in the
same manner as procedure against 9TH
err criminals.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-28
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SOME OF THE MEASURES

Among the measures expected to be
enacted this week by the House ara
those proposing repeal of the war
taxes on soft drinks, authorizing in
crease in the number of army officers
as requested by the War Department
and proposing investigation of Mex
lean affairs by a House committee
Leaders also hope to have the House
pass bills giving permanent rank to
Generals Pershiug and March and Adj
mirals Sims and Benson AMI also ac'
on the resolution providing for distri-
hutton Of surplus army food supplies
The latter will come up tomorrow
Prohibition enforcement passed re-
cent?, by the House will be consider. z
tomorrow by the full Senate judiciary
committee, subcommittee of which
homes to submit the amended Senate
bill for discussion as substitute for
the House bill
Unusual committee activity in both
bodies of CONGRESS is planned this
week and is exneetAd to increase next
week during the House recess. House
committees will cor.inue hea'lngs on
the ri~ht Of Victor BERGER. Wisconsin.
Tocia'ist. 70 his coat aud on railroaar.
i'm 'oifr9 ton, rnhlr lind deveIopnen
"rd shining LEGISLATION.
The Hnuse WAYS ana means commit
tee will continue hearir~s on avsstuff
and potash tariffs Action on its
measure to repeal the Canadian reci-
prccitv treaty is scheduled to go over
untl fall. Oil land leasing legislation
viii be taken up Wednesday by the
Senate public lands committee. Other
Senate committees are to work on
arnv ana railroad legislation. repea
of the daylight saving law and in
0uiries into nominations Of Attorney
General Palmer and ,-onntrotler of the
Currency John SHELTON Williams.
House investigations of War Depart-
mert activities also will continue and
~ TUESDAY the suh-cor ttne inuuiv-
'n~ into alleged crreltv to sola;e~e will
Near ieutenar- "FTard Rolled" Smith
md Other priTnn ers AZ Fort Law New
YORK, after which II will SO to New
York to evening other Witnesses