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EVENING : CAPITAL : NEWS
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
MUM Cvcry Afternoon fand Sunday Morning at Boles, Idaho, a City of
M.000 People, bv
___ TM CAPITAL NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY. TAM IT ED
RICHARD STORY SHERIDAN. General Managen,
Entered at the Poat Office at Bolae. Idaho, ea Secoud-claa# Mall Matter.
Pbonoa— BualnesP* Office, 13V Editorial Ilotme. 15». Society Editor. 1242
FREE POSTAGE FOR SOLDIERS
T HE American soldier in a cantomnent camp or in
France is permitted to write home. These letters
are the best stimulant possible for those left behind
and upon whom so much depçpdenc^y will continue to be
placed. The soldier boys should be encouraged to write
and Uncle Sam should say to them: "THIS IS ON ME,
BOYS!"
These boys should not be compelled to pay postage out
of their small pay. It should be free to them.
If the government wants an offset for the cost, it has
an opportunity always at hand in the curtailment of the
trainloads of free postage matter from Washington, D. C.,
much of which the public would never miss.
OUT WITH THE SNAKE
F OOD and food products with an estimated value of
$25,000,000—enough to ration an army of 300,000 for
• a year—have been destroyed by fire in this country
since the United States declared war on Germany. Prob
ably three-fourths of the fjres were incendiary. And the
Incendiaries were German, or, what is worse, hired agents
of the German government, seeking to achieve within the
borders of the United States what the German submarine
has failed to achieve on the seas.
In the month of October alone food products valued at
$10,000,000 were burned up. Throughout the country
there were "mysterious" conflagrations, "mysterious"
not only in their origin but in the fact that, now that this
country is making every sacrifice properly to feed its
armies and its allies, food seemed to be the chief com
modity consumed.
Herbert Hoover, food administrator, realized the
gravity of the situation and sent a telegram of Earning to
the authorities at Seattle. Seattle and the northwest coun
try generally are infested with radical agitators of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, who, it has been repeat
edly charged, have been aiding German spies even to the
extent of arson. Mr. Hoover's message, sent from Wash
ington, said:
I am Informed of & widespread conspiracy on the part of the enemy
to destroy animals in stock yards and grain supplies. In view of the
tremendous loss of food sustained by the recent flree In the Kansas
City stockyards I urge that you get In touch Immediately with all
stockyards companies In the state of Washington.
Emphasize the Importance of largely augmented watch service and
ether fire protection. I also believe Governor Lister and the governors
of all other states should havs the principal stockyards patrolled by
trustworthy home guards. This warning also applies to grain eleva
tors The serious loss otf wheat In the recent Brooklyn Are must not
eoour again.
We have not had any incendiary fires in this vicinity
yet, bnt we have here some who are lending encourage
ment, directly and indirectly, to those who are destroying
food and creating public disaffection against the adminis
tration of the war. THEY ARE THE FREE AGENTS
OF THE KAISER'S PAID AGENTS.
Any man who is not with the United States is against
it. If he leaves himself open to suspicion he should not
resent Investigation. If he is not a straightout American
eltisen, he cannot complain if he is isolated and otherwise
punished.
True American citizens cannot afford to knowingly
harbor a snake on the hearthstone of their generosity.
VENICE
■he stands a Shaft ef Light where
•urges swell,
Where summer waters fill sach
pillar'd street,
And with the music of a sweet-voiced
bell
The small waves lap the marble of
her feet.
■he stands and dreams 'twixt sunshine
and the sea.
Where phantoms creep, the shades of
bygone years.
The sea bemoans her storied memory
And wets her marbles with a spray
of tears.
She dreams, her wondrous past, her
wealth, her power.
Her far-flung might, the riches of her
gains.
So weak, bo lovely in the present hour
Where little but her loveliness re
mains. v
She sleeps end thro' her vision sounds
once more
Tbs tramping of those Hunnlsh
hoofs, that came
In other years upon her sacred shore
To spread destruction, rapine, lust
and shame.
Ah, Venice, waken—this Is not a dream.
"No grass may grow where those
red hoofs have stood."
Then wake! and harken!—'tie a
mother's scream,
A baby's bleeding dyed those hoofs
with blood.
■be startles from her slumber, and the
Dead,
The Mighty and the Valorous arise—
Advance to meet the Hun with phan
tom tread,
Their greatness and their genius In
their eyes.
He shall not lay hi lustful hand on
Thee—
The soulless Hun—e'er yet that 111
befall
Shall Echoe's self resound with Lib
erty—
And Earth and Heaven answer to thy
EL W.
Activities of Women
Miss Mabel White has been chosen
as a teacher of law In the women's de
partment of Columbia University.
A Woman's Christian Temperance
union has organized Chefoo, China, to
combat the use of cigarettes by the
Chinese.
Girl bus conductors In London work
ten hours a day, for which they re
ceive 12, with an additional 11.25 a
Week as a war bonus.
By ascending to an altituds of 14.700
feet In a recent flight at Springfield.
III., Miss Ruth Law set a new record
for women flyers.
The total amount a woman may save
in money In the course of a year
through studying the ads Is very con
siderable, of course; but It does not
menaure up to what shs gains In the
matter of securing GOOD VALUES,
and in buying the right kinds of
things.
WHATCHAMA
COLUMN
PEPS
Every party line telephone has a
transmitter and a listener.
Men continue to gather on the street
corners and discuss the iniquity of
the dry law. .Why don't they hire an
alcohol ?
Thoee who write bad checks may
get perfectly good stripes.
"Put the Food Pledge In Your Front
Window," Pardon the suggestion
that It also be put ln the kitchen.
—o—
After having spent hours, reading the
questionnaire to drafted men we are
more than ever convinced that Sher
man's figure of speech was woefully
lacking In comparative expressive
ness.
—o—
So far there are no foolish and dis
criminating traffic ordinances against
our patriotic drives.
—o—
Why Is It a real peppery, we might
say haughty, girl will persist in as
suming as to her apparel an Ice-tong
effect.
—o—
Those who knit are knitters. Are
those who tat tattlers?
HUNTING DUCKS VS. H. C. OF L.
In the sky they took a flier.
Most out of reach of purse or gun,
But at that the cost flew higher,
Ten eighty-five for only one.
IT'S A LONG, LONG TIME BE
TWEEN THE RAINFALL SINCE
IDAHO WENT DRY.
FINANCIAL NEWS.
A Scotchman came upon an auto
mobile overturned at a railway cross
ing. Beside it lay a man all smashed
up. "Get a doctor," he moaned.
"Did the train hit you" asked the
Scotchman.
"Has the claim agent been here
yet?"
' No, no; please get a doctor."
"Move over, you," said the Scot,
"till I lie down beside you,"
A WORD TO THE DEPARTED.
Dear Peps; I miss the dear old
free lunch that was but Is no more.
Requiescat in pace to its crumbs!
Many of my happiest moments were
spent amidst its merry environments,
and memory clings fondly to those fes
tive occasions of brew and beefstew,
and the Jolly persiflage that was ever
wont at the noon hour*to lighten the
cares of toll. You, of all sad men, will
understand my grief.
Today I entered one of those res
taurants with the Juvenile name, and
indeed, again saw my old friend, but
labeled now, "New England Vegeta-'
ble Dinner. Help conserve the Na
tion's Supply. 25 cts." For old
times' sake I ordered, but my grief,
or something like, would not let me
eat thereof. For, after all, It was only
the ghost of its former greatness—
a mere wraith of what once usas lusty
strength and vigorous manhood. I
fled the place. K. V.
COME ON, DOCI
Dr. Dillard, a pastor of St. Louis,
has discovered that there Is musto In
the bray of the mule.
Now let him give us a decision on
the clarion voice of La Follette.
18 THE WOR8T YET TO COME?
It le a pleasure occasionally to read
the works of that sterling old humor
ist, Dr. Wiley. A few days ago he
gave us this bit of pdvlce: "Do not
eat too much. Nothing could be
worse than that."
WB OFTEN WONDER IF THE
KAISER'S CONSCIENCE HAS A
PUNCH LEFT IN IT.
IN A SMALL TOWN, TOO.
Bet this boy Is the town cut-up:
B. A. KUS,
Druggist,
Amherst, Ohio.
COVERING SOME TERRITORY.
An Indiana man Is giving his wife
an acre of land a day to keep her
from nagging him. If he keeps this
practice up until she la cured he will
probably have given her the whole
state of Indiana and portions of Illi
nois and Ohio.
ABOUT 10,000 MORE.
Astronomer In his 1217 report says
there are 7000 stars visible to the
naked eye. Huh! There are more
than that In motion pictures.
SOME GOWNS MAKE US 81* UP
AND THINK.
Fashion Journal says. "Women
should get gowns which fit their
mlnd^"
AS ^RITTEN.
We are sure that if wa had not
sprayed the trees our apples would
havo been wormy and good for noth
ing like our neighbors.—From a letter
to Farm and Fireside.
A POKER POME.
HE WORRIES NOT ABOUT WAR
TAX
SO LONQ. AS HE CAN HOLD FOUR
JACKS.
THE CRIMES
OFGERMANY
Abstracted From
Authenticated Official
Reports.
m N ORDER to punish imaginary
crimes, attributed to individ
uals or townships, or without
even taking the trouble U
discover any kind or pretext
the Germans often, especially after
looting, set everything on fire SO AS
TO MAKE ALL TRACES DISAP
PEAR. # Sometimes, air at Courtacon,
they compelled the inhabitants to pro
vide the material for burning their
own houses; or, as at Recquignles,
forced prisoners "to sat the houses of
the doctor and mayor on fire with
lighted straw." But generally thèy
do the work themselves. They have a
special service for this, and all the re
quisite Incendiary material is carefully
prepared; torches, grenades, fuses, oil
pumps, firebrands, satchels of pastilles
containing very Inflammable com
pressed powder, etc. German science
has applied Itself to the perfecting of
the technique of incendiarism. Thfe
village is Set alight by a drilled
method. Those concerned act quite
coolly, ns a matter of duty, as though
in accordance with a drill scheme laid
down and perfected beforehand.
* * *
Of course, fire once let loose, these
people have'to see that it does its
work completely; accordingly, at Lou
vain, they destroyed the fire-engines
and fire-escapes; at Namur, they
stopped the firemen at the very mo
ment they were preparing to do their
duty.
In this way they sometimes willfully
burned down whole blocks of dwell
ings (Lunevllle): sometimes an en
tire district (105 houses at Senile, 112
at Baccarat) • sometimes almost a
whole town itself (more than 300
houses at Gerbeviller, 800 at Ser
malze, 1200 nt Dînant, 1800 at Lou
vain). On other oecaslons they did
not leave a house standing (Nomeny,
Clermont-en-Argonne. Sommeilles.).
The complete list of buildings, cot
tages, farms, villas, factories, or chat
eaux, burned wilfully in this way by
hand, will be a formidable one,
amounting to tens of thousands.
• * .
REFINEMENT OF CRUELTY
FREQUENTLY OCCURS. AT AER
SCHOT "WOMEN HAD. TO WIT
NESS THE SIGHT OF THE CON
FLAGRATION HOLDING THEIR
HANDS U P. TIIEIR TORTURE
LASTED SIX HOURS." At Crevic,
the Germans began their sinister work
by burning a chateau which they knew
belonged to General Lyautey. The
troops, commanded by an officer,
shouted out for Madame and Made
moiselle Lyautey "that they might cut
theirs heads dir."
' * * *
The houses destroyed by fire were
not always uninhabited. At Maixe, M.
Demsnge, wounded in both knees,
dragged himself along and fell pros
trate in his kitchen; his house was
set on fire ana Madame Demange was
forcibly prevented from golifg to the
rescue of her husband, who perished
ill the flames. AT NOMENY, MAD
AME COUSIN, AFTER BEING SHOT,
WAS THROWN INTO THE BURN
ING BUILDING AND ROASTED. AT
THE SAME PLACE, M. ADAM WAS
THROWN ALIVE INTO THE
FLAMES. T-et us note in connection
with him, to their credit, an act of
comparative humanity. Unding that
the unhappy man was not being burned
fast enough, they ended his misery lit
the flames by shooting him. At Mon
ceau-sur-Sambre, where they set fire
to 300 houses, they confined the two
brothers S. In a shed, and the unfor
tunate men were burned alive.
The soldiers' diaries are filled with
descriptions of Incendiarism, some of
which we now quote:. "Returned by
Mazerulles, which was burnt as we
passed through, because the engineers
found a telephone there connected up
with tilt FYeucli. The wh.ila village
was in a blaze. Everything destroyed
In the street, except one small house;
in front of the door was a poor wom
an with her six children, her arms
raised and begging for mercy. And
every day It is the same thing.'
PARUX. "The first village burnt
(in Lorraine, on the lOtli of August):
after that the fui» began. Villages in
flames, one after the other." Another
notebook simply states: ''Homntepy
horrihle carnage. The village entirely
burnt; THE FRENCH THROWN
INTO THE BURNING HOUSES;
CIVILIANS WITH THE REST."
Another recalls theatrical memories,
"The village la ablase; It reminds one
of the conflagration of Walhalla In the
Twilight of the Gods.'"
Here Is a poet speaking: "The sol
diers set up the red cock (I. e., fire)
upon the houses. Just as they like."
This poet Is moved and speaks of the
"pure vandalism" on the part of his
companions In arms.
And, again a musician writes;
"Throwing of tncendlary'grenades into
the houses: a military concert in the
evening— nun danket alle Goit! (row
we all thank our God.)'
Finally a Bavarian: "The village
(Saint-Maurice, Meurthe-et- Moselle)
wa* surrounded and the soldiers posted
one yard apart SO THAT NO ONE
COULD ESCAPE. Then the Uhlans
set fire to the place, NO MAN, WOM
AN OR CHILD COULD POSSIBLY
ESCAPE. Only the cattle were re
moved In safety, because cattle hay/,
some value. ANYONE TRYING TO
ESCAPE WAS SHOT. ' Everything In
the village was destroyed."
We shall see presently that they
even went ao far as to burn ambu
lances.
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Uncle Walt Has for
You This Evening
BE SPORT8MANLIKE.
When winter's knocking at the door I
It's well to have a goodly store of coal
and hams and cheese; to have supplies
of shoes and cloaks, and prunes and !
hay and artichokes, and other things J
like these. But let us not behave like I
swine; let no gent mutter, "So I dine, .
I care not who may starve; I care not j
who may cry for bread, whose kids
may hungry go to bed, so 1 have roasts !
to carve." Let no gent bask In
warmth and ease, and say, "I care not
who may freeze, since I have wood
and coal; while I enjoy the best of luck
I do not cure a phoney buck who may
be In the hole." We're running short
of coal and slate, and doubtless some
unlucky skate wall find his shanty
cold, the while his porklsh neighbor
grins because his cellars and his bins
have all the coal they'll hold. They
say we'll soon be short of spuds and
people straightway tear their duds to
buy up all In sight; it may be prudent
thus to reach for all the tubers on the
beach, but is it kind or right? T<A
think of others is a plan *that should
appeal to every man. a system high
and fine; let's keep the common good
in sight, let's not be- Duroc, Chester
White, or Poland China swine.
——- '-1 --—-=
Mako This
Bank Your Bueinoes
Homo.
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THE FIRST
DOLLAR SAVED
Represents ths first step towards
Independence.
If you spend all you earn you will
not be any more Independent a
year or ten years from now than
you are today.
Our advice Is—
Opens a Savings Account
Today
Idaho National Bank
WE HAVE SOLVED
- H. C. L.
Until furthsr notioa we will sell
Creamery Butter, "BOISE'8 BEST,
direot to eoneumere at wholesale
prices—47e per pound.
No dolivoryi oash only.
BOISE ICE CREAM CO.
107 Banneok St.
B ROM the time you entrust your money to our care
until you withdraw it, no detail is overlooked by
this bank to give you the utmost in SERVICE,
while constantly safe-guarding your interest.
PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK
4% Paid on Time Deposits.
YOUR HEALTH
By JOHN B. HUBER. A. M.. M. D.
Never neglect * cold.
How to Prevent Colds.
Thoee living outdoors as much es
possible can do more work without
fatigue and digest coarser food than
the sedentary. Pure air means the
greatest possible consumption of
oxygen, the breath of life, the life
giving, the life sustaining gas; and
this means Ideally pure blood; which
in turn means ths conversion of oxy
gen and wholesome nutriment Into
strong and healthy oonstitntlons.
Plain food is Indicated tor those of
a catarrhal habit, and the sedentary;
tor such people moderate amounts of
starches (except green vegetables)
and the sugars.
A cold sponge on rising Is a good
tonic; a cold plunge still better for
those accustomed to it. Thus is the
akin helped In Its vital funotton of
respiration, secretion and excretion,
la any event the bath room should
always be warm and vigorous frle
tion should always follow the ablu
«Ion. A cold bath In a chilly room
Is likely to depress still further a
weak constitution; ln such cases
tepid water should be substituted
and the temperature of the water
should gradually be lowered untU
one gets used to the cold bath. The
feeble will be able to endure the
shock of a cold sponge by standing
in a tub In which there is very warm
water up to the ankles.
One may escape cold* by avoiding
the Infective agents. When the pa
pere tell of a grippe or a sore throat
epidemic, care, thistres and publie
buildings and resorts should be en
tered as little os poAlble. The im
perfect ventilation In most of these
structures makes them Infection hot
beds; sach air contains many more
disease germs than the pare air
without
Dr. Huber will snswsr »11 tiguad letters pertaining ta Health. If pour aneetlon le g 1
snnvcnl jnteree« I» will be answered through these columns; Û not It will be anmrat j
penoukllr if stswpea. addressed eneelo|>els enclosed. Dr. Auber will not praScribafaSj
individual oaaea or maks diagaoaaa. Addraaa Dr. John B. Huber, eere of this mswapsas^l
Farm Bargains In Boise Valley
10W acres, nil cultivation, near school and car, will trade 21500.00 equity for
Caldwell or Bolae property—23600.00 (5)
16 acres. Eagle Island, deep, rich, black loam, free water. 5-room plastered
house. 12450.00 (40)
40 acres, clover, alfalfa, corn, grain, 4 miles from Boise, $8000.00. (2)
70 acres 1 mile from Kuna, all hay and grain. 27000.00. (18)
125 acres. 2 miles from Boise, with stock and implements. Will take Bolee
home, 218.000.00. , (14)
Bois« Property.
$4260.00—Natural hot water heated, l-room modern,'oak floora. (24)
23600.00—5-room, furnace heated, hardwood floora, trade In vacant lot or
diamond. (18)
y THE EDWARD 8TEIN CO.
THE SHERMAN HOUSE.
Enlarged—Remodeled—Refurnished.
Freedom of a Hotel—Comforts
. of a Home.
Seventh and Jefferson Sts.
Never eat without having first
washed the hands. Children should
especially be taught not to swap
things to eat, pencils or anything
else that may be put into the month,
Questions and Answers.
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_ WAS KITTY TO B LA MB 7
A'of long ago I had an angora feit*
ten which I think had tome disease.
although the lady I bought it from
sairl 14 wat only itt baby hair coming
out - I* had hardly any hair on her
head and the trouble teemed to
tpread. I haue nom a fern toret on
m V neck. They begin at a pimple, and
«'hen / scratch them they gram lor
tier. They are very rough and rather
r °und and, oh, horn they itch. They
resemble eczema, but are not. Per
haps they came from my blood. And
Perhaps they mere, a gift from Kitty.
Answer—I cannot be certain from
your description; bnt the ernptlon
may have come from the kitten. The
wisest skin specialists are sometimes
reluctant to pronounce a case one of
eczema. Perhaps perhaps your all
ment Is really that, I am mailing you
Information which I believe will
prove helpful. Read my article to
morrow about cats,
• • •
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THE RIGHT SPIRIT,
J believe I need to live the Tfygi&
n<0 L4 fe; and at I don't know much
about if I mould be very thankful if
V°* would tend me instructions.
Answer —Wa all of ns, every man,
woman and child of us, need to live
The Hyglenie Life. If we all did
this our civilisation would be a thou
sand times {lettered. I am sending
you the Instructions desired.
DR. 0. G. BURT.
CHIROPRACTOR.
Consultation and Analysis FiW.
2-4 Brand Hotel Bldg., Corner 10th aad
Idaho St, mono loot, Boise. Idaho)
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