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THE SHOSHONE JOURNAL Number 31 SOUTHERN IDAHO DEMOCRAT Established 1914 THE SHOSHONE JOURNAL Established 1882 Volume 37 SHOSHONE, IDAHO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918. FLAG ETIQUETTE. By William Mather Lewis. The United States military regula tions and other rulings given well de fined statements as to the respect to be shown the flag. The most Import ant of these follow. When the colors are passing, the spectator, if a man should halt if walk ing, arise and uncover if sitting, hold ing the head-dress opposite the left shoulder with the right hand; if bare headed, he should salute with the right hand. A woman should stand at at tention as the flag passes by. When the flag flies from a stationary flag-staff it is not ordinarily saluted with the hand. Used in decoration, the flag should not be festooned or draped, but hung flat. If the flag is hung with the stripes horizontal, the Union should be in the upper left corner. If hung per pendicularly, the Union should be in the upper right hand corner. When the flag is carried in parade, or when crossed with other flags, the Stars and Stripes should always be at the right. The law specifically forbids the use of and representation of the flag in any manner in connection with merchan dise for sale. The flag should be raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. It should not be displayed on stormy days or, except when under fire of the enemy, left out over night. Although there is no au thoritative ruling which compels civ ilians to lower the flag at sundown, good taste should impel them to follow the traditions of the Army and Navy In this sundown ceremonial. Primarily the flag is raised to be seen, and sec ondarily, the flag is something to be guarded, treasured; and so tradition holds that it shall not be menaced by the darkness. To leave the flag out at night, unattended, is regarded by some as proof of shiftlessness, or at least of carelessness. On Memorial Day, the flag should he displayed at half-mast from sunrise until noon and at the peak from noon until sunset. It should, on being re tired, never be allowed to touch the ground. When "The Star Spangled Banner" is played or sung, all present should stand, uncover face towards the music, and remain standing, In silence, until the music ceasest Applause at the conclusion of the "The Star Spangled Banner" Is out ot place. Worn-out and useless flags should be destroyed, preferably by burning. A flag torn or frayed by the wind and weather should not again be halst ed until it has been repaired. This is a regulation of both the Army and Navy and should be folowed by all civ ilians. CAR SHORTAGE APPEAL WIRED SENATOR BORAH Frank R. Gooding Point* Out Situation and Asks for Government Help. wired to Senator Borah on Monday in the mat ter of car shortage for wheat ship ments. The message explains Itself. It is as follows: Hon. W. E. Borah, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C. I regret to advise you that a very serious condition exists in Idaho owing to the shortage of railroad cars and the embargo that is on wheat. In the face of this discouragement, however, Idaho will go over the top in this bond issue in a short time. Those who understand the situation are not finding fault with the railroads, as we know they are straining every nerve and every man in their employ is loyal and giving his best service. Idaho has a tremendous wheat crop this year. With the exception of fruit, the state is reaping a bountiful har- j vest. Will you be kind enough to take this matter up with Idaho's delega tion in congress and see if more liberal rules and regulations cannot be given to the federal reserve banks doing bus iness in Idaho? If it is possible arrangements should be made where the government can advance 75 per cent of the value of the wheat to the farmer until such time as Idaho's crops can be moved. If this embargo lasts long or there is a con tinued shortage of cars, a very serious condition should be done to meet what threat ens to be a most serious situation in Idaho. will follow. Something (Signed) F. R. Gooding. YOUR NET INCOME. C. S. Bixler, of Heyburn, special rep resentative of the U. S. internal rev enue department was a Shoshone vis itor Wednesday, giving out information as to the operations of the new In come tax law. If you own a farm, or any other business worth, say five thousand dollars in 1913 and you sell it today for eight thousand dollars, you must pay income tax on the three thousand dollars. In other words, tak ing all property values on the basis of 1913 "net income" is figured as the dif ference in value now and then. If on your $5,000 farm you have put $3,000 worth of improvements since 1913 and sell today for $8,000, there is no net income, since the $8,000 represents in vestment. "God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready ti guard and defend it."—Webster. SWATTING THE KAISER. Harry L. Day, brother of Jerome Day. State Chairman of the Demo cratic party, in a recent interview, pub lished in the Capital News, asks the following question: But who is opposing the war by rais ing false issues, stirring up strife, and creating unnecessary friction in this time of terrible emergency? Nobody but the Non-Partisan leaders, support ed as theÿ are by all the pro-Germans, all the I. W. W.'s all the Socialists and all the anarchists comprising the dis loyal element of the state. I am aware that not all the mem bership of the league is disloyal; far from it.- But I am also aware, as :s every intelligent man, woman or child in the state, that ail the disloyal ele ment in Idaho and elsewhere is for it. Is not this fact enough for the loyal people who have been misled, by de ceit and sophistry, to espouse it? Mr. Day repeats in almost the exact words, a statement made many times by the Journal. If you are a loyal citizen, THINK IT OVER before elec tion day. ORGANIZE LOYAL LEAGUE. The frmers of Gooding county have started a move which should be copied in every-county in Idaho. The follow ing pledge and preamble used by them is sufficient explanation: We, the undersigned farmers of Gooding county, being ourselves 100% loyal Americans, believing that many of our friends and neighbors have been hisled by unscrupulous organizers, who are willing to create national dis organization and class exchange for political advantage, and having satisfied ourselves that a ma jority of the members of the Non-Par tisan league are honest and patriotic: Therefore, for the purpose of proving to the public, the state and national governments, farmers repudiate the methods practices of the Non-Partisan league, and of giving our support to the sail ors on the seas and our boys in the trenches in this hour of our nation's peril, do hereby bind ourselves, each to the other, that we will do our ut most to stamp out the insidious prop aganda represented by Townley and Townleyism, and to free our state from the menace of disunion adroitly pro moted by the founders of the Non-Par tisan league, and for such purpose do hereby constitute ourselves the Good ing County 100% American Club. dissension in that a large body of and LIBERTY LOAN HONORS. As a mark of distinguished service in the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, the privilege of bestowing their hames upon steamships of the United States Shipping board and upon fighting tanks has been accorded respectively to cities and counties of the Twelfth Federal Reserve district. Ten ships and ten fighting tamis will, under this plan bear the names of the cities and counties which have made the greatest records for over subscription when the loan campaign closes on October 19. The cities for the ship competition, have been divided into five classes, ac cording to their population in the 1910 census as follows, Boise being in Class E: Class E (10,000 to 25,000)—Phoenix, Alameda, Riverside, Redlands, Boise, Aberdeen, Bakersfield, Fresno, Eureka, Santa Cruz. Pomona, Long Beach, Salem, Bellingham. Stockton, Vallejo, San Bernardino. Santa Barbara, Ever ett, Yakima, Walla Walla, five ships. That each state and territory of the district may be represented on the front in France, the tanks have been assigned for competition as follows: Aln" ! ':i. one tank: Northern Califor tank; Hawaii, one |nln. one <:mk: Southern California, one tank: Idaho, one i tank; Nevada, one tank; Oregon, one tank; Utah one tank; Washington, one tank: to the second highest county in the state or territory returning the highest number of oversubscription counties, one tank; The awards will not be made until after the closing of the campaign and only subscriptions in the hands of the Federal Reserve bank will be consid ered. RED CROSS NOTES. The ladies of the supply committee have finished up their work, and are waiting for a new allotment. Thursday Mrs. W. H. Stevens turn ed over to J. E. Badley the contents of the Red Cross can at the Baugh theatre, the contributions amounting to $9.45. A special meeting of the executive committee was called Thursday after noon at the Public Library to meet Mrs. Hunter, of Seattle who was in Shoshone in the interest of the Home Service section and the enrolling of Red Cross nurses. Mrs. Hunter explained many details with regard to the Home Service work, and stated that the ser vice is short 9,009 trained nurses. This means that graduate nurses must be taken for work overseas, and practi cal experienced nurses must train for home service. WAR RELICS. Tuesday, Oct. 15, there will be two flat cars and a box car of German tro phies on exhibition at the depot from 9 to 10 a. m. An official will accom pany this exibit and make the neces sary explanations during the hour the exhibit remains In Shoshone. AN ORGANIZER'S CONFESSION "I believe the draft law to be un constitutional. "I believe Haywood is a victim of a put up job by the government. 'T believe that the Bolshevik! gov ernment of Russia to be the highest type of democracy in the world and hope to see a similar democracy in this country." The above are taken from the con fession of Horace Mann, the Non-Par tisan league organizer for Goodiig county who was arrested last week on a charge of sedition. He was loaded with literature of the rankest kind, carried letters of instruction from Ray McKaig, head of the German propa gandists in Idaho, had his credentials from National League headquarters as an organizer and ww supplied with membership blanks and other neces sary forms. Upon publication of his confession the league took prompt steps to expel him from the organization. He had committed the unpardonable crime of being caught with the goods on him. This confession shows conclusively the quqaliflcations of all league or ganizers and prominent workers, as has been frequqently published in the Journal the past few months. He seems to have First—A good, rotten past; Second—He is not too honest; Third—He is a radical, ranting red card man. These are the qualifications estab lished byTownley for any and all of his workers. Poor little shriveled up Mann is not an exceptional individual among these organizers. Before he went out as an organizer he was schooled by the big thieves above him as to just ex actly what he should say and how he should say it. Every one of the other forty or fifty" organizers in Idaho have been drilled in the same manner. The moment any one of them departs the slightest from the line of talk in which they have been schooled, that moment he loses his job as an organizer. Were the officers to pick up each of the other Idaho organizers by the slack of the pants and nape of the neck and shake him until he confesses he would have to confess to xactly the same things as Mann. Their trails are all slimy with treason and sedition. They are sent out for the express purpose of inoculating the loyal citizens of Idaho with the virus of treason and sedition. The great query in every loyal mind is why are the energies of the officers ex pended to exhaustion on these little petty thieves who filch th $16 from the farmers while the Huns who employ them and instruct them in their petty work are unmolested, months ago the Journal stated that it proposed to keep up the fight on these Non-Partisan leaders until they either purged their order of treason, left the state, or landed in the penitentiary. The burden of the fight has been large ly lifted from the Journal at this time by reason of the political turn events have taken. The late primary elec tion placed the issue squqarely before Idaho voters on state matters you eith er vote the Republican ticket or you Not many vote the pro-Çerman ticket. The Huns are after your votes. A vote for the Non-Partisan ticket is an invitation to the Kaiser to take heart, America is not all against him. Study Club Entertains Teachers. The Shoshone Study Club wilt tertain the city teachers at a recep tion in the K. P. Hall October 11, at 8 p. m. All patrons of the schools are invited. en The Red Cross and Tuberculosis. The latest Red Cross Bulletin nouncos that arrangements have been made whereby the Red Cross will fi nance the National Tuberculosis Asso ciation this year, and, during Christ mas membership campaign this year, each person paying the membership fee in the Red Cross will receive a packet of seals. an THt "FANING OF YOUR SUB SCRIPTION TO THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. WHAT IS THE LIBERTY LOAN? Jt's forts and it's ships and it's shin ing guns. It's squqadrons that sweep the sea. It's all of the circling band of stegl That shall keep all the home shores free. It's grub and it's warmth for the sailor li-l Far out on the wintry foam; For the brave jack tar, as he fights afar, It's Hie good old "Money from home." WHAT IS THE LIBERTY LOAN? It's rifle and helm and it's bn' onet, It's shovel and shard and shell For the soldier boy In the oll\c drab, ' Out there on the edge of hell. It's the soaring wings of the whirring planes That battle on high alone. For the lad who is daring "Over there," It's the good old "Money from home." WHAT IS THE LIBERTY LOAN? It's succor and life for a bleeding world. It's the glimmer of Peace at dawn, It's the strength of a mighty arm to strike. It's the gleam of a great sward, drawn. But, more than all, It's the pledge of love To the lads whom we call "Our own," To the boys on land, afloat, on high It's the good old "Money from home." —Ralph E. McMillin. Do what's right: Buy or tight! Bond-men now, freemen forever! SUICIDE IS CONFESSION. of the I. W. W. on a charge of sedition, to overthrow the U. S. government as Their plan was to use unlawful and rect action," "Sabotage," "working on On September 24 the Federal grand jury at Wichita, Kansas, brought in indictments against some 33 members U. S. District Attorney Fred Robert son presented evidence to the jury showing that the I. W. W. had planned the culminating act of a reign of ter ror and forcible seizure of property. tortuous and forcible methods involv ing threats, assaults, injuries, intimi dations and murders. The use of "di the job," wearing wooden shoes," STATES, the I. W. W. and the NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE for close co-operation, of the bunch gathered in, Stephen Shurin by name, aged 34, committed sure to be meted out in time is re Idaho, is not being used in Idaho by the Non • Partisan league they are Invited to in one of those methods have been em tics." Their plans included forcible resistance to enforcement of all laws and FINALLY the FORCIB L E OVER THROW OF ALL EXISTING GOV ERNMENT IN THE UNITED Among the e lidence collected from this bunch is an agreement between On Sept. 26, in the county jail at Wichita, one of the principal leader« suicide by cutting his throat. This method of escape from the punishment spectfully commended to Ray McKaig, Sholtz, Samuels, Nugent and the rest of the leaders of this gang here in If any loyal citizen doubts that the tactics outlined in the above evidence vestigate the history of the Journal dur ing the past six months in which every ployed. Threats, assaults, intimida tion and the sabotage the the management more than five hun Journal the past four months have cost dred dollars in cash besides the grief and annoyance. Both the mechanical and editorial ends of the Journal have " at the polls vour choice be tween the gang that is guilty of these been below standard during these months, but as a famous American advertiser says "There's a reason." And now our readers have the reason. Next month you will be called upon to express outrages and who are running on the state ticket which they stole from the party organization, and the loyal citizens of Idaho who are run | elected to power in Idaho this fall every owner of property of any kind, per ning on the Republican ticket. At the present time the Journal is sort of a from this gang or lonesome sufferer Huns and Bolsheviki, but if they are ! wlt j, t j, e j sonal or real estate will be handled same methods. THINK IT OVER. ! VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY. We, the jury in the above entitled inquest, being duly empanelled and sworn according to law, find the name of the deceased to be Maximo Busta mate, of the age of unknown years, a native of Mexico; that he came to his death on the 25th day of September, 1819, in Lincoln county, State of Idaho. The jury find that the deceased came to his death by means of an accident, in which the work train upon which he was working was wrecked, the rails crushing him to death. To all of which we certify by this our inquisition in writing. Done at Lincoln county. State of Idaho, this 26th day of September, 1918. A. E. Vredenburgh, M. L. Kidwell, M. A. Weaver C. H. Tayolr. R. I Brown, W. J. Smith, jury. Fred F. Gwin justice of the peace, acting for coroner. S. D. TAYLOR RESIGNS. S. D. Taylor, Republican state chair man, has tendered his resignat on as the result of a confessa n of having urged Frank Gooding's nan« to a let ter purporting to be a bid from Good - big to the Non-Partisan league for an endorsement as candidate for . S. -?*r Mr. Gooding states that until he a tor. saw the letter published he had .never heard of its existence. Mr. Taylor im mediately confessed having written it the blief that it would be a wise political move to catch the Non-Par tisan vote for the Republican ticket. Taylor, by resigning, shows that he possesses streaks of wisdom which un der pressure may be brought into ac tion. In times of peace politicians may dally with questionable factors, occa sionally and get away now the rith it, but Just fighting spirit of Idaho is with a taint of aroused and no man disloyalty need look for favorable pub lic action. WILLIE WRITES A LETTER TO BILL. On der run, Somevers in Frandz, July twendy times. DEAR PAPA:— Dis I am winding on der run. brafe und glorious so sol diers haf not der Rhine seen zo much time along dey haf schtarted back dose vays, und of course I am vith dem going. Aich, Mein earest Pabpa, der haf been some tings in Frantz to hab ben here. Aich! I virst mein big ovf \'ensive schart vich vas does vool Am ericans to chrusch. Bud dey so of mil itary tacdics ignorand dey will not chrusch as ve dells so to do. In vaves I send mein men indo der fight as you me haf dolt und ven dey do dose Americans haf got dey vas all to yeller "Boo" so lout as aoytinga. Veil, by schimmeny, from vat you haf alvays me tolt does Americans should haf runnet like plazes. Dey do nod dings like dot. Dey vas so of war ig norant dey runs right tovards us, in stead of running der oder vay. Unt dey vas singing dot vool zong aboud "Ve ve».t come back until its all o" ", over dere." Some vas shust like dam vools lafftn, dey vas so ignorant. But papa, dey vas so aful, aful reckless mit der guns unt ven dey at us come runnin and singin and yellin doee vool vays of deirs mein men schust schtart ed quick for der Rhine back. Ve dont der dirty olt Marne riflfer like anyvays. Unt Oh! papa, such afful language dose Americans use. Of kulture dey noddings knows. Of plasphemy dey talk too. Vot you dnik? Von big schwine husky from dot blace dey Kan sas call he say right to mein face— Oh! papa to dell you vat he say vill preak mein heart—Bud I can nod it help.. He say "To Hell Mit Der Kaise." Shust dot a vay I dinks not any vone would dose afful dings say. I so mat gets dot I stardt unt mit dey odder boys runs towards der Rhine. Vas I right, vat? Unt, Oh! papa, you vill dose preast blates you send us remember. Vill you biease to us some sent on our backs to put? Der preast blates no goot vas to us now. We are schtarted for der Rhine unt dose American coward schwine schoot der back in. On der backs som of our poys der preast blates pudt but does Americans der Star Spangled Panner on dem playing is vat ? I your great speech Papa, noddings could pefore der prafe German soldiers schtandt. Dose Americans so ignorant vas dey neffer dose speech haf readt for dey schase us a lot of rabbits like, Aich mein Gott vot you of dot dinks? Blease papa some of your speeches to dem sent right avay. Dey so ig norant vas das dey know nodt how 1 verry terrible you vas. Candt I mein army to Belgium back moofe vere | ve our Fiery von ? All dose vimmin I und chiltern and old mans dose Bel j giums can pring ub mein army can vjp. Budt dese Americans! you so ignor 1 ant vas dey our greatness know nodt. We can nodt dem make to stand under dot ve der gratest soldiers vas der vorldt haf effer known. Undt, Oh Papa ! ! ve can undt run dem ve dis coveret hoff. If ve to dem can not proof ve der best soldiers be ve can der greatest runners in der worldt to | ' lem prveo Uan.souw Kd hO( ,-bp; wet dem PV've us to be. No poddy can mit j us up keep ven ve to der I schtartedt. gedf. Ah der dear oldt Rhine It so goot to us nffer peforc Ledt me know right a. vay | riffer. I looked l. j quick by der return post «wire I to do I must. Der Crown Prince Willie. LIBRARY I (From the Franklin County, Nebraska, Tribune.) | ANNUAL REPORT OF BOARD. To the Village Board of Shoshone, Shoshone, Idaho. Sirs:— ^ I hereby submit the following an nual report of the Shoshone Public Li brary, ending August 29th, 1918. Books loaned from library.4311 Books loaned from traveling li brary .—...... Books loaned from pay shelf.. Persons using reading rooms and rest rooms ... Meetings during year .... Receipts for year _ Expenditures for year. 105 631 25 12 _$718.80 . 676.05 $42.75 Balance cash on hand Yours very respectfully, MRS. GILBERT J. WHITE, Secretary. Some m«m would rathe. - brag about what their forefathers did for liber v . than to do something themselves Fight or pay. DIETRICH. The Methodist folks are to hold pa-' triotic services at the M. E. church here Sunday evening in dedicating the Service flag and an entertaining occa sion may be looked for. Rev. James, pastor of the church, makes the chief address and Rev. A. Monroe, a retired Methodist minister, will shed the light of his oratory on the glorious cause, while Thomas Claspill, the choir leader of the church, will delight every one with rare vocal selections. A grand and instructive patriotic meeting is the promise to all who attend. More than thirty of his neighbors gathered at the home of Ben Hart one evening this week and participated in a most enjoyable occasion in* cards and other social merriments as a sort of dedicatory service of Ben's new house. Ben has built a new and tasty house, too pretty to be occupied by a lone bachelor. This Is meant as a gen tle hint to the girls to be looking after Ben a little. To show what sort of man he Is note this: Clark and Bailey were out Tuesday evening selling Liberty bonds. A run of ill luck had made them blue. Then they called on Ben. Did he tell them that he had just been was hardly. He simply gave them a check for a round thousand dollars to help Uncle Sam flay the kaiser, the blues faded away and the boys came home sing ing. At the Red Cross meeting Sept. 26 Mrs. Harrison turned in a pair of socks and Mrs. Chapman a helmet; Mrs. J. E. Houston, Mrs. Saviers, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Randelman and Mrs. Zimmerman a goodly lot of sewing. The chairman, Mrs. Crist, delivered to the chapter at Shoshone, Sept. 28, 8 pairs of socks, 1 sweater, 1 pair wristlets, 13 ladies' dressing sacks, 9 children's dresses, and 180 pounds of refugee garments. The donation of one per cent of the proceeds of David Smith's sale brought the society $13.27 and the dances of the 21st and 28th $23.15. Mrs Clark yesterday attended at Shoshone the meeting of the commit tee having in charge the Civilian Re lief matters for the county Six cars of wheat have gone forward to help Wilson down the Hun Now while probably ten more cars are to go an embargo is placed on wheat for the present, because the country Is shipping it so fast that New York can not take care of it all Glen Kershner has a good saddle. He likes to use it. scuffed it a little, man of taste. He sent the saddle to the manufacturers for repairs and dec orations. It was done to the king's taste. It came back. The bill came with it. It was $75. The reason Glen didn't faint is because he never faints. Ray Donovan has bought the Mrs. Williams place up on Seventh and Park streets, which was occupied for a few brief moments by Mrs, Earl P. King. Mrs. Ray Ellison of Aberdeen, Wash ington, sister of Mrs. J. A. Bailey, Is coming to Dietrich to remain with her sister while Mr. Ellison is away In the army. Mrs. Earl P. King has leased rooms in the restaurant building and will make that her But long use has Glen is a gentle Don't forget to come in and register, you who have not attended to this duty. Remember—No register no vote. Come now. WOOD RIVER CENTER .GRANGE The North Shoshone auxiliary met j Sept. 26. They finished up 7 French j women's jackets. Those present were j Mesdames Serpa, Peck, Ryan, Sparks, Cleveland, Scott. Sandv. Brotzman, Viera, Wyett, Fumiss; Misses Pearl | Sparks, Hattie Peck and Flarence But , The school of District 29 started the | first of the week with Matilda Stiner as teacher, : 1er. Mrs. J. Ivie visited with Mrs. W. Reck Tuesday. Chas. Butler and Chas. Wilson took j Mrs. W. Peck left Wednesday for i Grand Junction where she will spend : -, month or more with her daughter, ! Mrs. Fred Scott. j j oe Linhares, who enlisted in the j navy some time ago, is home on a fur | i OU gh. j Tony Tneas has gone to California , to look for a new home. Chas. Amos from Gooding is visit-' I i n g with the Butler's this week. The Fourth Liberty Loan meeting at j the Grange haU Sunday was well at tended. I Mrs. J. Tvie and Mrs. Viera were In I town Monday. j Anyone wanting a good mechanic 'call on Chas. Butler. Mrs. W. Peck and daughter Hattie called on Butler's Monday eve. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ivie and children and Mrs. Viera took in the show Sat-: I • town Tuesday, urday night. Mr. Butler and Chas. Amos were la Jack and Luella Beck called on Clar ence and Lilly Butler Monday. OPEN SEASON ON FOOTBALL. A neat crowd witnessed the football game Friday and current comment spoke quite favorable of the interest taken. The game was exceedingly smooths, few fouls and only one penalty, with a good, clean sportsmanlike ending. Score, Shoshone 39; Jerome 10. We here feature no particular player hut the boys of Shoshone as a team dkl some splendid work and deserve your support. Help buy the guns to push back tfc* Huns!