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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-02
SECRETARY OF STATE
ROOT REFUSES TO TALK
ON WARS POSSIBILITY
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Secretary
Root positively refused to make any
statement touching the Japanese situa-
ton in its relations to the conference
which took place at the White House
Wednesday evening between the presi-
dent and some members of the cabinet
and the California congressional dele
cation.
He does, however, deny the authenti-
city of any of the published interviews
attributed to him, as to the imminence
of war, the state of the treaty neSotia-
tions or any phase of this subject which
he regards as one eminently unsuited
for the public discussion at this time.
The japanese ambassador declined to
be seen this afternoon, but the men,
bers of the embassy staff declare he
had not authorized any newspaper
statement on this subject.
Denies Utmatum
The fact appears to be that state
ment in the press cable dispatches as
cribed to Baron Hayashi the Japanese
minister for foreign affairs, to the eff
feet that in the event the courts upheld
the San Franciso school officials then
the matter of discrimination against
Japan would require diplomatic treaty,
was in some quarters enormously at
tributed to Secretary Root who has
been put in the position of stating that
he had received an ultimatum from the
Japanese minister for foreign affairs.
Mr.. Root denies that he has received
any such communication and careful
inquiry fails to show that the alleged
remark of Baron Hayashi has even
been communicated officially to this
government.
1t was said at the navy department
TODAY MS an evidence of the slight i'm
portance attached by naval officers to
the present discussion of Japanese rela-
tions that there was not the slightest
intention on the part Of the department
OF strengthening the American naval
force on either side of the Pacific.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-02
SEES PERIL IN
INFLUX Of JAPS
Continued from Page one,

fNOnNtnWen from fNEe OneN
The occupation of Manchuria and the
fertilization of Port Arthur was the
immediate excuse, but not the real cause
of the war. The real cause Of the war
was the inherent antagonsm OF interest
and purpose which could find no other
solution than the arbitrament of the
sword.
Conflict Is Inevitable
I'VE have acquired territory in the
Pacific ocean. We have laid the foun-
dation for commercial supremacy on
that great sea; we have a position at
the very doors of the orient by the
possession of the Philippines and a
base of naval operations in midocean
by the Incorporation of the Hawaiian
islands. We have q shore line under
the jurisdiction of the American flag
which comprises $4,000 miles. The
countries under the jurisdiction of our
flag lying behind this line possess re-
sources equal to the ultimate support
of empires of wealth and population.
We have laid the foundation for COM
mercial supremacy on the Pacific coast
and at some point in the future course
of national destiny the pathway of
national progress on the part of Japan
and the United States will converge
to a point of inevitable conflict.
ut is useless to speculate as to what
the occasion or excuse for this con-
fict may be. The small cloud of war
which is now hanging on the horizon
of the two nations appears to relate
to the dissatisfaction of the Japanese
with the policy of California, relating
to its educational interests.
Japan Is Dispeased
1.-THE American administration Of
rn1 i,tC off nc
been fortunate in meeting with the
approval of the empire of Japan, but
this educational policy is not the reason
for disturbing the amiCable relations
between the two nations. The funda-
mental cause lies at the very founda-
ton of the national character of the
nations to the controversy"
The senator then modified his pre-
diction of a conflict saying:
"The antagonism, however latent, is
present in the conscious institutions of
the two nations; but however strong
the competition between the two coun-
tries may be racial feelings should not
and l believe will not lead to actual
armed conflict. Japan has given 'evi-
dence of wise and progressive states
manship and we can hope for such in
the future as we have had in the
past.
The cost in men and treasure is
growing greater in every succeeding
war and neither Japan nor the United
States would hastily appeal to arms
when the spirit of arbitration is be-
ginning to rule the world, To do so
would be to belle the renown they have
of being among the most progressive
nations of the globe And fortunately
The Hague tribunal stands ready to
consider in all fairness those great
questions that tend to disturb the
peace of the world.
IT am sure that we of America would
consider ourselves great and strong
enough to submit to this tribunal any
dispute not affecting our honor and
that Japan would consent if not insist
that this be done. We need not fear
serious clashing of interests, however,
for the Pacific is wide and the trade 10
be developed is so immense that II viii
be long before the pressure of compe-
tition between the two countries is
felt "
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-02
Daring Robbers in the City

According to private detective
agencies in Los Angeles, however, it is
known that several of the most daring
safe crackers in the country have been
in Los Angeles during the last few
months. and it is thought possible they
might have been members of the same
gang as the three men under arrest.
1t is probable they directed the moves
when banks were robbed and safes
cracked. but Is is improbable they
took any hand in the matters which
would leave them liable to arrest.
One of these men, whose name the
private detective agencies refuse to
give out, was seen on Broadway within
the last few days and it is said 1t is
probable he was one of those who di-
rected operations in the five attempted
safe crackings few nights ago.
Toronto Jimmy" one of the most
famous safe crackers, is also thought
to be in Los Angeles and it is known
his description was sent out from east
ern detective agencies several weeks
ago with instructions to their western
offices to watch out for him.
Toronto Jimmy" has been on the
coast at numerous times in the past,
but the last heard of him was about
one year ago when he is said to have
cracked a safe in Chicago and got
away without being captured. Since
that time the police departments of the
country have been on the lookout for
him and large rewards have been Of
fered for his arrest
No CIews to Highwaymen
So far the police department of Los
Angeles has proved itself inadequate
to cope with the crime which is raging
in the city. The officers have found no
clews to the men who held up the
street car on Santa Fe avenue Thurs
day night, and admit that it Is prob
able they will never be able to lay
their hands on the men who did the
work
Unless it develops that Griffith, Mar
tin and Won Hohenthal committed the
roberies at the numerous banks and
postofflces, those men are also still at
liberty.
Holdup men are also busy and it is
seldom that one is arrested, although
each night one or more of their vic
tins show up at the police station and
exhibit wounds received in a conflict
with one or more of them.
During January there We're seven
teen successful holdups committed, ac-
cording to the reports given to the
public by the police. How many more
there were, the reports of which were
suppressed, is unknown. There were
also nine unsuccessful Attempts given
to the public.
Eleven safes were tackled by safe
crackers an6 five of these attempts
were successful How many more at
tempts We're made, the news of which
has been suppressed by the police, can
not be learned.
A number of petty burglars We're cap
tured during the months, but none of
them could be connected with jobs of
any size.
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SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.

AS an offset to the radical legis-
lation recommended by the commits
sion appointed to discover the rea-
son for the large and growing def
cit in the postal department, which
would, if adopted, force thousands
of weekly newspaper publishers to
suspend their publications and
would be in effect the death blow
of the much-vaunted liberty of the
pressions of some of the men who
years ago recognized the great and
inconti overtible truth that the dis
semination of news and liter aturc
should be considered in the light of
necessary and important public
function and not as means of rev.
enuc with which to cover up the
deficiencies caused by the wasteful
extravaganza Characterizing the
conduct of certain other depart
mcnts of the public service:
''But here / cannot forbear to
recommend a repeal of the tax or
the transportation of public prints
III ilOllllliS Odli COilQQCC lIld1l
faithful representation of public
proceedings, diffused WITHOUT
RESTRAINT throughout the United
States. George Washington.
mo experiment can be more in
teresting than that we are now try
ing-that man be governed by rea-
son and truth. Our first plan will
therefore be to leave open to him
all avenues to truth, and the most
effectual method hitherto found is
the Freedom of the Press. -
Thomas Jefferson.
THE Freedom of the Press, as
one of the great bulwarks of liber-
ty, shall be inviolable. flames
Madison.
THE road to tyranny will be
opened by sitting the Press 20
Alexander Hamilton.
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limited to doing what he can, or in
refraining from settling in place
that is not properly equipped with
sanitary appliances. The latter
move is often highly effective; for
it is the mig hest ambition of every
community to attract residents to it.
The town that has good sanitation
will invar iably attract more people,
and be itself more prosperous, than
are. bad.
But there is work for the private
citizen to do under this head, and
work he should not avoid. He can
al least keep his house and sur
roundings clean and do his share
toward maintaining his street in a
clean condition. This duty is just
as imperative when the municipal
ity undertakes this work as when
it does not The most effective
system of waste collection will fall
down at times, and even if daily
collections be made the daily accu-
mutations will often be unsightly
before the collecting wagon comes
around again.
No dirt or waste of any sort
should be permitted to remain in
the streets after it has been seen.
1t may not be your business nor
mine to remove IT, but if it happens
to be close to our homes it is simply
public duty that should not be
evaded. A good deal of volunteer
work needs to be done in this
direction, ard the doing of it en-
tails no disgrace and works nc
hardship. We can not safely spare
any effort to be apparently clean. II
American Homes and Gardens.
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The w. G. T. u.
Mrs Phe1ps-Whitney,
Press Supt.


Local option is not dead at the
present writing We are in receipt
of a letter from one of the represent
tatives which says Local option is
a very lively corpse. Also in a
letter from c. E. Holman. State
Supt- Idaho Anti-SalooD Leauge
he says: Local option bill has
been introduced into the house,
read twice, printed, and IS now in
the hands of the Judiciary COM
mittee and will be reported back to
the house this present week.
Local option is no new thing. An
anti-sa1oon publication says that by
means of local prohibition about
80, 600, 900 people, or more than
onc-third of the nation, are living
without the legal sale of intoxi-
cants- In Ohio it says, there are
1900 dry townships In Georgia
1O3 out of 1877 counties of the state
have prohibition, cleven-twcIfths of
Arkansas is under prohibition laws,
Indiana has 64o townships and 40
cities where the sale of liquor is il
legal In Vermont only IS towns
out of 40 have saloons. Tennessee
shows that 1885 out of 1913 towns
have shut out saloons under the To-
cal option Law, and that over half
the inhabitants of the state live
under prohibition.
In each of these states saws the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, prohibition
is considered effective because it
is strongly supported by the senti-
ment of the communities In no
instance has a drastic state law
brought satisfactory results 1t is
an interesting illustration of the eff
fectivcncss of home rule in matters
which affect restricted localities
The following will throw some
light on the cantcen cry by some
! to hide the truth of affairs as they
exist in the United States army
| In a speech before a gathering of
churChrnen in Atlantic City, Colo
Noel Gaines, late of the u s.
army, denied that the absence of
| the army canteen caused the descr-
tions among the troops He thought
they were largely due to ssuppish-
ness of many officers toward the
privates. 81 declare said he, lit
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Chas. E. Mason, Pastor.
Sabbath services at II 100 a. m.
and 7:3O p. m.
Sunday school at II m.
Junior Christian Endeavor at 4
p. m.
Young Peoples Christian Endeav-
or at g 80 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 7 $50.
The Ladies' Aid society meets
Thursday afternoon at 2 80.
The Annual Christian Endcvaor
day exercises will be held Sunday
evening in place of the regular SER
vices. This anniversary is OF much
interest and a special program has
been prepared to which the public
is invited.
The monthly missionary meeting
this Thursday afternoon at 3
O'Clock, with Mrs. Ora Reynolds
will be interesting and instructive.
A general invitation is given.
The Endeavor monthly business
meeting at the vestry tomorrow,
Friday evening at 7:30.
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My Wife's Family

Those who may possess some
skepticism about the excellent re-
ports pertaining to Stephens and
Linton's three act musical farce
comedy, my Wife's Family as
to ii being a meritOriOuS production
in every way, containing all tt e
elements of a farCial comedy, burst
ing with 1udicrous situations, poss-
essing a dialogue that is full of wit,
music that is tasteful to the ear,
scenes that are picturesque to the
eye, jokes which have merit to
them, the entire comedy moving
with such rapidity that it's humor
tickles one from the start to finish,
havn't much room for doubt when
they read the criticism written
about this show The following is
what one we'll known critic has to
say about this attraction
with the naked eye 1T can be
seen that the lively fun and the
clever specially features of the pro-
duction are bound to make de-
cided and flattering hit with the
patrons of the theatre For laugh
ing purposes only the label
which might we'll be attached to
the show, and in this line 1T is a
success which is unquestionable.
While there is little serious in the
entertainments. 1T is Jolly combi-
nation of fun and vaudeville, at
times reaching almost to the pre-
tensions of Extravaganza Enter
taincrs who have been accounted
stars in the vaudeville field, are
assisted by farceurs and even mclo-
dramatic topliners-' my Wfc's
Family will appear at the Carrot
opera house Saturday, February 9th.
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PUBLIC CLEANLINESS.

Public cleanliness is the most
ment. 1t may not be too much to
say that it is the most important
form; for public health is always
to be counted as of greater value
than public enjoyment, and it is
surely better and wiser to live in a
throughly clean city, one in which
public sanitation has been brought
to high degree of develomepnt,
than in one that may be outwardly
beautiful but inwardly unsound and
unhealthy.
Health and beauty do not seem
always to have gone together, all
though there is nothing opposed to
joint development in either. Most
modcrns suppose, and with every
reason, that the medieval cities
were places of strange and wonder
full beauty. The little old houses
which have survived from the Mid
die Ages in various places on the
continent of Europe are very con-
vincing and very fascinating testi-
mony to this effect. But it is
also very clear that they are now
atrocious houses to live in, and
the results of Investigations into
the sanitary conditions of the Mid
die Ages show that this has always
been their state. In other words,
the beautiful and fascinating cities
of the past were enormously un.
healthy and quite unsafe to live in
Modern investigation has opened
up an entirely new subject in the
science of sanitation. So rapic
have been the advances of sanitary
science that one almost wonder:
how life was supported while it.
tcncts were unknown. But ssni.
tation occasions no discomfort
when properly applied to the condi
tions of modern life, and in thi
sense it becomes one Of the mos
important handmaidens of civic bet
tcrmcnt. This, however, is a mat
ter for the specialist. The average
! citizen is not a specialist in SAM
tation. His personal influence i
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can cross each other Two or more
cvangclicaI-whiCh always means
scriptural churches can not antag
onizc, but must be essentially one
in fundamental doctrines and prin-
Cipic having lone faith and one
baptism in form and design as
certainly one Lord and Saviour
Wherefore all evangelical churches
equal to and like each other !;
therefore, the different denOnina-
tions are not all evangeliCa1-if one
is, only is These differences
will be discussed and exposed, be-
ginning the 10th Of February 1907,
by the BAPTIST church of Mountain
Home. ]. II. WeIbOrn, Pastor
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-07

Attorney General Goheen's rec
ommendation for the appointment
of a commission TO codify the laws
of Idaho is one upon which the leg
islature should act without delay
Such a commission was appointed
some years ago when the code now
in use was prepared, but the
work was never accepted by the
state because of alleged imperfec-
tions. While the present code is
used extensively in the courts, it is
not recognized as the law of the
land 1t is almost impossible to OBJ
tain copy of the old code at any
price as the book is out of print
and the plates have been de-
stroyed. The work is almost indis-
pensable to attorneys and justices,
who are rapidly increasing in num-
Der. On the Twin Falls tract JUS
tees have been elected who refused
to qualify because it would cost
them more to obtain the books they
required than they would receive in
fees during their term Of office. A
code commission composed of at
torneys who are capable of doing the
work should be appointed without
delay. Twin Falls News.
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TALK OF The TOWN

Our telephone number is 11S.
H. ]. Mckinney of the Mountain
Home Lumber Co., arrived from
his future home
Mr.. McGreevy of Seattle is in
town looking over the situation
of Snake River valley sagebrush. -
w. A. Marshal, electrical expert
of the Boise Interurbar1 COMPANY
returned home today after having
spent al days the dynamo
at the electric light power plant.
c. A. Sanford and wife of Court
cnay, N. D., arrived in town Sat
urday and are stopping with O. E.
Norell and family They have come
to make improvements on their var
ious property holdings
The wide and general extent of
the recent snow and rainfall may
be realized when 1T is known that
the blistering sands of Death VAL
ley buried under ten inches of
the beautiful -
Caldwell has agreed to furnish
the lot and $1,000 year for main
tcnancc; Carnegie Will do the rest,
and handsome, cOrnrnOdiOus and
we'll stocked library Will be the re-
suit
Notices have been issued inform
| ing parties concerned that the pur-
chasing department of the Great
Western Sugar Beet company has
been placed in the hands of ". G.
Mallonce, a brother of Mrs John H.
Garrett.
Joseph Quay, a venerable patri-
arch, who has lived for several
years on Fall creek, where four of
his sons are at present located,
died last Friday night in Boise,
aged - years Besides the four
sons he leaves eight daughters, all
residing in different sections of the
east
! From the report of the board of
county commiSS toner's published
4 elsewhere it appears that Mrs AIDE
line Hall got $1,000 for keeping
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loads of bitumnious coal are whiz-
zirg through the place every day.
To the local readers of this paper
this statement will appear as anus
ing as it is startling. 1t would
seem simple thing, if the situa-
ton is critical, for the mayor or a
citizens committee to gently per-
suade the train hands to set aside
a car as occasion required, and
forward a check for the amount to
the railroad officials. Needy COM
munities in other portions of the
state have tried this scheme with
great success and no trouble. Why
not Burley?
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Why all this fuss over a crusty
old fool who could not recognize an
American gentleman when he met
him. AS London fishmonger he
might have earned a sustenance
commensurate with his abilities,
but as the governor of a colony,
representing a great nation, he has
been tried and fouad sorely wanting
and should be relegated to that OBJ
security from which he undoubtedly
emerged.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-07

The editors of the Bull Pioneer
and the Twin Falls News evidently
do not dwell in that perfect harmo-
my which is conducive to long life
and happiness on this earth as Wit
ness the following from the latter
IN its last issue: A speaker at the
Farmers institute. declared it was
dangerous for yearling calves to use
their horns. The editor Of the Bull
Poisoncr should take warning.
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poor for three n-onths- The writer
has kept poor for thirty-scvcn years
and has never received any sort of
compensation for it. This doesn't
seem quite fair
On Tuesday evening of last week
number of young people were
pleasantly entertained at the home
of Mr.. Kimbrough, King Hill
ranchman- M Kimroubgh recent
1y purchased a Victor talking ma
chine and more than forty records
for the same. Music and refresh
mcnts were furnished and every one
present had a good time
Landlord Evans vent on a help
hunting trip early this week and
succeeded in securing woman,
Mrs. 1ilda Best, at Nampa. He
also engaged Burt Dyke, an expcr-
fenced liquor dispenser of Boise and
Nampa to change shifts with AL
Stedman, and it is needless to say
that the bar of the Evans Hotel is
in as competent hands as is to be
found in the state
The theft of two sheep brought
trouble to four people this week.
Thos. Mellen had reasons to believe
that ice Pallisier, Elijah Grounds,
Joe Meyers and an almon-eyed Ce-
1estial were implicated in the deal,
and had them hailed before Justice
Norel1, who found sufficient cause
in the case of Grounds and Meyers
to hold them to the district court in
bonds of $500 each. The Chinaman
and MIR. Pa11isier were disch arged.
G. s. Heath came down from
Rocky Bar last week in answer to
message saying that his father, who
lives about ninc miles out from this
place, was dangerously ILL., He
! found his PAL ent suffering from
lung fever and p1eurisy, but is now
out of danger and recovering Mr.
Heath says things at the Bar are
m wing along nicely and that IL c
p -ospects were never brighter for a
good season. He also Stated that
Daniel Kirby of Atlanta had inter
ested himself in several old proper
ties at Pine. upon which work is
to be commenced this month, and
from which great things are ex-
pccted. Snow at the Bar is four
feet deep and still falling.
Helm, the photographer, last
week took a picture which from an
artistic standpoint it would be dit
ficult to excel He has named it
t'After the Thaw,'' and it is sup
posed to represent that part of At
1anta avenue lying between Canyon
street and the railroad track, but
suggests instead a sylvan dell, a
pur1ing stream, woodland nymphs
and all that sort of thing. The sun
is seen emerging from behind a
bank of clouds, and its reflection
in the water from the melting
snow in the street below is very
pretty and realistic bit of photog-
raphy- Mr. Helm hopes to see the
view reproduced in an early Issue
of the Burr Mcintosh magazine.