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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-01
Only a Cold.

Are you i'll? is often answered, "Oh
it's only a cold" as if cold was
matter of little consequence, but peo-
pie are beginning to learn that COM
mon cold is a matter not to be trifled
with, that some of the most serious
diseases start with q cold. AS soon as
the first indication of cold appears
take Chamber1ain's Cough Remedy.
Remember that the sooner you get
rid of your cold the less the danger,
and this remedy will help you TO
throw it off N
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-01
COnstipation.

Most laxatives and cathartics af-
ford only temporary relief and should
be used only for that purpose. When
you want permanent relief take
Chamberlains Tablets and be careful
to observe the directions with each
package. These tables not only move
the bowels, but Improve the appetite
and strengthen the digestion. N
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-01

Is the United States ready to be
dictated to by these men?
| have in my hand letter written
to me by the vice president of the
National Coal Association. l asked
him to give me the percentage of
aliens employed in the mines, and he
writes me as follows:
National Coal Association,
Washington, D. c.,
October Is, 1919
Hon. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen,
United States Senate, Washington,
D. C.
My Dear Senators Referring to
our conversation this morning, / take
pleasure in placing before you below
the result of a canvass of the nation
atty of the employees in bituminous
coal industry made by the National
Coal Association in July, 1918. This
canvass covered approximately 1000
operating companies in practically
every producing field in the country,
and in our judgment is representative
of conditions prevailing in the indus
try today.
The canvass ShOwed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-01

Very truly yours,
j. d. F. Morrow,
Vice President.
this situation
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

Laredo, Text is the firm convic-
ton of Mexican customs officials on
the lower Rio Grande border that
systematic smuggling by means of
powerful ~airpianes is being conducted
between that country and the United
States. The American authorities on
this side of the international boun-
Diary are not yet convinced that con-
traband goods are being carried In
this manner from one country to the
other, although they freely admit that
it is possible If not very probable that
this Is being done.
If evasion of the export and import
duties by this means is not alrendy
being carried on It Is only a question
of time when the airplane will be
brought into service for that purpose,
1t is predicted by Gu tom officials here
and at othex places on the Mexican
border.
It is with considerable circumstan-
tial detail that the story Is told of
the aerial traffic by professional
snugglers- Jose Longoria. = Mexican
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

at Ostend and Z~eebrugge and into the
North sea, there to work their havoc.
Invite Yankee Aid.
The British naval authorities, realiZ-
ing late in 1917 that the North e
would have to be blocked, invited the
American naval authorities to attempt
to lay the barrier. The American
navy, having just at that time COM
pleted with success experiments on
mining apparatus far more dangerous,
delicate, and powerful than any here
tofore used, took up the'task.
For that purpose the mining cruiser
squadron was organized in December,
1917. This squadron is made up of ten
vessels and is under the command of
Capt. R. r. Belknap. U. S. N. One of
the officers told a graphic but brief
story of the desperately dangerous job
to which he and his squadron mates
were assigned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
BIG GUNS BROKE
GERMANS HEART

grees in long-range bombardments.
Gee, If the war hadn't quit we
would have shown those Germans
something about handling big guns"
sighed John Mason of 1884 Mason ave-
nue., Chicago, 'but we showed them
plenty as it was"
Three of the five guns, the naval
gunners said, were in the American
sector in the Argonne and the other
two were with the French. One was
at Scissors. They had a range slightly
in excess of 35 miles. Each shell fired
weighed 1,400 pounds and it took 47(
pounds of T. N. T. to send it on its
path of destruction back Of the Ger
man lines. When the shell hit and ex-
ploded it opened a crater IN the earth
in which a large-siZed American rail
way box car could be buried.
Amazed the Poilu.
On the American sector the three
big guns were mounted within 200
yards of one another and were always
fired in rapid succession. The concus-
sion was terrific.
The gunners told a story of a French
soldier who happened to be standing
too near the giant cannon when they
were fired. When the first one was
fired the concussiOn hurled him VIC
lently to the earth. He staggered ia
his feet just as the second one let 90
and down he went again. Up he
climbed again, only to be dashed to the
ground for the third time as the third
gun roared.
He got up. pale but excited. cryinl
in French what in American woult
mean:
'This will end the war. This will
finish the Germans"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

New York.-That the capture, of
the great fortress of Laon was
due to American naval guns mount
ed on fiat cars and manned by
naval gunners and that the navy
men would have blasted the Ger
man frontier to pieces if the war had
continued, was the assertion of naval
railway battery men who arrived here
recently op the transport Henderson.
The appearance of the big naval
guns of the 14-inch type on the west
front was one of the most unpleasant
surprises the Germans got throughout
the whole war, they declared. There
were only five of them in action, but
they were handled with such rapidity
that the b~ewildered Teutons believed
there were 80 Of them in France.
Mangin Gives U. S. Credit.
General Mangin, the famous French
commander in that sector, himself
/ credits Rear Admiral Plunkett and his
naval gunners with the taking of Laon.
Inc DlS 4t-ilcA guns pouiluSu thS loi
tress to pieces and hurled giant shells
on railroad lines communicating with
the city. When the guns got into ac-
ton they were fred every three min
utes, a speed which the Germans con-
sidered impossible in handling such
monsters. 1t was this which gave rise
to the belief of the Germans that there
were 30 instead of five of the guns in
action.
There were six more of the giant
cannon on the way to France when
the fighting ended. They were Of the
same bore, but were far more mobile
as the five in action could only be
used from a pit when they had to be
fired at an angle of more than 10 de
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

"Navy men now cat II the greatest
offensive Of the war" he said. 1T
solved the submarine problem and II
might have been the agency for the
destruction Of the German navy Don
er or later had not the war ended
when II did. We mined almost direct'
ly across from Bergen on the coast OF
Norway to the coast Of Scotland. The
length of the mine field was 240 miles,
and we made 1t % miles wide. 1t
was so complete that no ship could
pass either over or under it without
absolute destruction.
"We have a record of about twenty
submarines that we know were de
stroyed, and often in running parallel
with the field we came upon the bodies
Of dead German sailors, so probably
many more than we actually figured
on were destroyed.
"Our men, in fact the entire fleet,
faced q constant danger OF being
blown off the face of the seas, for we
carried on the ships 100000 pounds
of T. N. T., which is the most power
full explosive known.
"Despite all this. we kept at the
task, and at the end of about ive
months had completed 1t. We stayed
constantly on the inside of the held,
that is, on the side nearest Germany.
We left only a narrow passageway
near Pentland Firth between the Ork-
ney islands and Scotland for our own
passage out.
"Our most dangerous task strange
ly was not the laying of the mines, as
dangerous as that was. The most
dangerous one came after the mine
field had been completed. 1t was an
attempt to draw the German fleet out
into the North sea where we were to
engage it, so that the British fleet
could get in behind the enemy to de-
stroy 1t by gunfre or drive it into the
mine field.
"On October % last the British gov
eminent made it known to the German
naval authorities through its agents
in Germany that we were engaged in
mining operations. We were ordered
to lay about as though busy at the
task, to act as a decoy for the Ger
man fleet. We did it, but in doing 1t
we faced positive destruction our,
selves.
81 want to hand it to those new
navy lads. There were about 4,500 OF
them and $50 officers on the ships, and
while we waited through that fearful
day which we never expected for q
moment to see the end of alive, they
went about their duties, laughed, sang
and stood to their guns as only Amer
lean lads can do such things.
"Well, all that day we worked
along calmly, watching and waiting
for the sight of the Germans that
meant certain death.
"The Germans never came out after
us, and so here I am"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
YANKS PERFORM
AMAZING FEAT

Fort Monroe, Va.-Lying at anchor
In Hampton roads off Old Point Com
.,ort is the United States mining cruis-
Or squadron whose commanders and
crews performed what is now termed
by naval authorities the world over
as the greatest naval offensive of the
war"
$ The feat which these men achieved
was the mining of the entrance to the
North sea from Scotland to the coast
Of Norway, a distance of 240 miles. 1t
was an undertaking unprecedented in.
naval history.
1t was Americas solution Of the
German submarine problem, a solu-
ton so thorough and effective that it
rendered the German submarines al
most impotent.
The British previously had mined
the English channel, but the enemy
submarines came out from the bases
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infll.
enced by constitutional conditions. II
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys.
ten. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature IN
doing its work. $4,000 for any case Of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARR1
MEDICINE falls to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
T. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
SMUGGLING BYAIR

river guard stationed at San Ignacio.
about sixty miles below Laredo, made
q report to his superior officer about
three weeks ago that while on duty
late at night he sdw moving lights
pass high above him and heard the
whirr Of a motor. The object was
headed north and came from some
point to the south In Mexico. Similar
reports were made by other Mexicans
who asserted that they saw the
strange aerial machine go back and
forward across the Rio Grande on sev-
eral different nights. Up to this time
no confederation Of the stories told by
the Mexicnns have come from Ameri-
can river guards.
1t is recommends by the custom
authorities Of both Mexico and the
| United States who are on duty along
the Rio Grande that airplane control
service be established on both sides
OF the river at the EARLIEST possible
time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
Weekly Health Talks
A Word About the
Kidneys
BY DOCTOR WATSON.

People are easily frightened when they
think something is the matter with their
lungs or heart, and well they may be; but
few people understand the dangers Of dis
eased kidneys. These organs have a duty
Of vital Importance to perform, and if they
are diseased, there is no telling how or
where the symptoms may appear. The
kidneys are filters, and when they are
healthy they remove the poisons from the
blood and purify II. When the kidneys
are diseased, the poisons are spread every
where. and one Of these poisons is uric
acid. The uric acid is carried all through
the system and deposited in various places,
in the form cf urate salts--in the feet,
ankles, wrists and back-often forming
bags under the eyes. Sometimes the result
ing trouble is called rheumatism, lumbago,
s~ciatica and backache. Finally, come stone
in the bladder, diabetes and Bright's dis
ease,
/Dr. Pierce, Of Buffalo, N. Y, in recent
years, discovered that a certain combina.
tion Of remedies would dissolve uric acid
(urate salts) in the system. He found this
combination to be harmless, so that he
made II up in tablets, of double strength,
and called them Anuric Tablets. They
dissolve uric acid in the human system a.
hot coffee dissolves sugar. If you have
uric acid troubles, don't delay in taking
Anuric Tablets, which can be secured in
the drug stores. You can write DR.. Pierce,
too. and he viii tell you what to eat and
how to live SO that more uric acid viii not
form in your system. DR.. Pierce will not
charge for this advice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
MEMORIAL BILL
UP IN THE SENATE
THE MEASURE PREPARED BY
cRoSSLEY PROVIDES FOR
$4,000 AND COMMISSION.
ERECTED AT JEFFERSON CITY
Building Would Not Be Used For
Any Other Purpose and Be In
Charge of Adjutant General
Of the State.
Jefferson City.

Jefferson City.
A bill providing an appropriation
of $150,O00 for the erection of a great
memorial to Missouri soldiers and
sailors was introduced in the senate
by Senator Bowker. The bill was
prepared by Lieut.. Gov. Wallace
Crossley, and the building is to be
located at Jefferson City. It will
contain a tablet of bronze for each
county in the state and the city of
st. Louis, upon which will be in
scribed the names of the Missouri
ans who died in the, war with Ger
many, either on the battlefields of
France or in the training camps in
this country.
The building will not be used for
any other purpose and will be in
charge of the Adjutant General of
the State.
Crossley made this explanation
of the purpose of the measure:
This bill provides for the erection
VI d llSllOl ldl W MlSSUull SOIulCIS anu
sailors, with the appointment of a
commission of four members, one to
be recommended by the House and
n by the Senate, all to be appointed
by the Governor. The bill provides
for a memorial hall containing a tab.
let of bronze or other suitable material
dedicated to each county in the State
arranged in alphabetical order by
counties, and bearing the names, un
der their respective counties, of Mis-
sourians who made the supreme sac
rifce in the recent war.
1T is contemplated that the tablets
on which are to be inscribed the
names of the boys who never came
back, either from camps or from over
seas, shall be conspicuous in the niche
IT alcove devoted to each of the sew
eral counties and the City of ST. Louis
and that complete records of all sol
diers, marines and sailors enlisting
from each locality may also be pre-
served, along with the photographs o.
all who served.
Missouri has no State memorial
and it is thought that this bill pro
vides for the most suitable memoria
that can be erected to the memory O
our soldiers and sailors. Monuments
and shafts cease to be of interes'
within a generation, but a building O
this character, maintained and KEEP
up at State expense, would Away!
challenge the interest and admiration
of the citizens, of Missouri and of thos,
who visit her Capitol"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
World League Spurned.

World League Spurned.
The House Representatives, after
a hot debate between democrats and
republicans, by a vote of SO to e5,
referred to a dead" committee a res.
olution indorsing the plan for a lea.
que of nations.
Although Todd of Mercer county,
a republican, Joined the democrats
and appealed to the members of his
own party to put their patriotism
above craftsmanship, he was unable
to swing but three other members
of the majority party.
Two democrats, Taylor Of Kansas
City and HoucR of Cape Girardeau,
voted with the republicans in defer.
ring action on the resolution, indors.
ing the league of nations idea.
Todd of Mercer, Chalfant of Cam.
den, Weber of Adair, and Pelts Of
Dade county, were the republicans
who voted against referring the res.
olution to the committee of Federal
relations, which members declared
was a dead committee. The en-
tire St. Louis delegation, including
Julius A. Razovsky, who wears a uni
form of a United States soldier voted
against immediate action on the
measure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
Captures Forty Huns,
Kills TWo-Given v. C.

Seattle.-Private Walter l..
Rayfeld Of this city. who enlist
ed with a Canadian regiment
soon after war broke out, todny
Is wearing a Victoria Cross. He
obtained this coveted award ty
rushing ahead Of his company
into a trench occupied by Ger
mains. He bayonetted two and
captured ten. Soon after he
plunged int a group Of 80 Ger
mans and captured them all.
Then he dashed through heavy
machIne-gun fire and rescued o
wounded comrade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
cow Has ouadrupIets.

Adele, GAIA COW belonging to AL
bert Wood, ear mere. has just land
ed a sledge-hammer blow at the high
cost OF beef by giving birth to -four
well-developed calves, which give
every Sign of arriving at the beef
steak period IN a year o. 50.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

appeared and your Vegetable Compound
has made me q well, strong woman 50
I do all my own Homework. cannot
recommend Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vege-
table Compound too highly to women
passing through the Change of Life"
Mrs. FRANK HENSON, 1916 s. Orchade
St., Urbana, I'll.
Women who suffer from nervousness,
'eheat lashes," backache, headaches
and .'the blues should try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
The Bio Noise.

Charles M. Schwab said In a Bag
island address:
"If the German famine keeps on, thu
strikes will keep on, and the whole
country will go out of existence.
There's nothing like famine to cause
revolution. AS the Dutchman said:
Empty stummicks make der most
noise.'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
May Oppose FoIlce Salary Raise.

NAY oppose Foslce salary RAISE
No argument has been made be.
fore the house committee on Munich.
pal Corporations in behalf of the st.
Louis police salary bill when the
members of the committee indicated
they might possibly be adverse to
bill to increase the salary of police.
men in Kansas City.
When Representative Keenan, oil
Kansas City spoke in behalf of the
increase in salaries in Kansas City
Representative Razovsky of st. Louis
asked him if it was not a politica.
move.
keenan, declared that the patrol
men of his city were only asking fol
an increase of $25 a month. They
now receive $8G a north.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

There had been a disturbance, and
the case had come before the police
court.
snow, tell u.s." said the magistrate
to the defendant, what passed be-
tween yourself and complainant"
Defendant-Well, your honor, there
vas two pairs of fists, n turnip, sev
en- bricks, a lump of coal and uncount
able names.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

A photograph of General Edwards,
commanding the Northeastern depart
ment, pinning the congressional medal
of honor on 1t. Col. Charles Whittle-
sey for bravery in the battle of Ar
come forest, where Colonel Whittle-
sey and his command were surround
ed by the Germans and held out for
FIVE days without food or ammunition.
refusing to surrender to the Huns. I'M
til they had lost IS per cen of their
men, when they were rescued by
American troops who cut through the
German lines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

Unto the yeast cake ought to go
Each impecunious shirk.
For there he'll learn to raise the dough
The yeast cake has to work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

First Hobo-The woman Of that
house made a big hit with me.
Second HOBBY her personality
First H.-No; with her rolling pin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

ud0 an 8Lt8ck OF
grippe which lasted
all winter and left
me in q weakened
condition. Ifelt at
times that I would
never be well again.
I read Of Lydia E
Pinkham's Vege-
ia Bile Compound
and what it did for
women passin 6
through the Change
Of Life, 50 / told my
doctor | would try
it. Isoon began to
gain in strength
and the annoying
n I dis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
Dangerous Remark
Regularly Employed.

Inquisitive Old Gent: And what are
you digging for, my good mani
Knight of the Pick: Money.
!. 10. O.: You don't say! And gher
do you expect to find II?
X. Of p: Saturday night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
New Medical Bill.

wv" "SN'Sdi 0ihs
A bill to create a state board of
chiropractice examiners, a measure
involved in a grand judy investi-
cation two years ago, after it had
been bitterly fought by medical men,
was introduced in the house by Rep
resentatiye Farr of st. Charles county
The bill provides for the creation Of
a board of three members to be ap-
pointed by the governor, to give exam
nations and license persons who de-
sire to practice chiropractics. The
law provides that no person shall be
licensed unless he is a graduate Of a
school Of not less than three years of
six months each, and shall have had a
high school education.
Movie Censor Measure.
Representative Hackett of Pettis
county and Ferguson Of Ripley intro
duced a bill providing for a Missouri
state board of censors to pass on and
approve all motion picture fins be.
fore they can be exhibited. The bill
proposes a board of three members,
n Of whom shall be a woman. They
shall disapprove pictures classed as
sacreligious, obscene, indecent and i'm.
moral. The chairman of the board
shall receive $4,000 a year. the vice
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
Latin

Hog Latin" generally called Dog
Latin, Is simply bad Latin. The
French call it Kitchen Latin.
6SS deaths from influenza in 48 Of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
Need Help to Pass the Crisis Safe.
ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.

Urbana, m.-'During Change Of Life,
In addition to its annoying symptoms, !
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06
Employees Awarded $4,000.

Employees Awarded $13, 900.
Employees of the Missouri Plate
Class company, Valley Park, Mo-,
now in bankruptcy, were awarded
by Judge Dyer in the United States
District Court $4,000, half of the
amount due for work done for the de-
funct company. Other creditors of
the company, to whom is due $685.
900, are not to benefit by the funds,
according to the ruling, until the
workers are paid.
The amount OF be paid out under
the order is to be obtained from the
sale of plate glass and other articles
in the possession of the McPheeters
Warehouse.
A scheme was concocted by the
bankrupt firm and the McPheeters
meas
Company, Judge Dyer's order dis
missing the case points out
missing petitions for a review of the
case points out. that could not be
reconciled with just and equitable
dealing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-06

Adversely is the parent Of virtue