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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
PANAMA NEUTRAL L|zAT|ON IS
URGED ON GOOD GROUNDS

Boston, Mass. Jan Ii - state
Iment embodying * reas )Hj why the
Panama canal should Be neutralizad,
learing the signatures a. men and wo-
men, prominent in thu United States
and abroad, was made public Sunday.
Richard 0lney, former secretary of
state; David Jordan, president of Le-
land Stanford, Jr., University; Will
liam Dean Howells, author; Charles
P. Anderson, Protestant Episcopal
bisop of Chicago; William II. p.
Faurce, president of Brown Univer-
sity; Jane Adams of Hull House.
Chicago; George B. Holt, justice of the
United States district court and
George Foster Peabody, the New
York banker, are among the sponsors
of the document The statement fol-
lows:
Why the Panama Canal should be
neutralized, not fortified
"1. Because the canal would be
safer in war time without fortification.
According to the agreement signed by
the Hague conference in 1907, unforti-
fed coast places cannot be bombarded.
"2. Because the original intention
of our government, as distinctly ex.
pressed in 1900, and previously, was to
prohibit Notifications on the canal.
Through this prohibition was omitted
in the finally revised -Pauncefort
treaty, signed in 1902, this in no wise
implies that we ought to fortify it,
nor was it's construction proposed as
primarily military undertaking.
"3. Because, though the Suez canal
was built with English money, Eng
land agreed to it's naturalization. The
Straits of Magellan are also neutraliz-
ed and the Interparliamentary Union,
in 1910, declared in favor of the neu-
tralization of all inter-oceanic water
ways.
a. Because the United States in
all its history has never been attack
ed and began every foreign wal iti
ever had and is too important custo-
mer for any great nation at this late
day to wantonly attack Though an
enemy might in stress of war be tempt
ed to break its pledge to us, no nation
would dare break its naturalization
pledge with the combined powers, as
the penalty of non-intercourse, which
could be included in the general trea-
ty, would involve commercial ruin.
"5. Because, with the experience
or nearly century's peace with Eng
land. ensured by our undefended Can
adian border line, until we have ask
ed for complete arbitration treaties
with all possible future enemies and
have been refused, we should be in
sincere in increasing our war meas.
ures. This is especially true in view
of the facts that, since 1902, the ma
tions have signed one hundred arbitra-
ton treaties and President Taft has
made the impressive declaration that
he sees no reason why any question
whatever should not be arbitrated;
that the second Hague conference in
various ways diminished the likeli-
hood of war; that not only the prize
court but the court of arbitral justice
is practically assured; and that in the
summer of 1910, congress unanimous
ly passed a resolution asking the pres
ident to appoint a commission of five
to consider the utilization of existing
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
BIG TUMBLE IS PREDICTED
FOR PRICES OF FOOD STUFF

Chicago ILL.,, Jan. 16. - Millions of
pounds of butter, eggs, cheese and
poultry held in the cold storage ware
houses here viii be thrown ON the
market before May /, and general
tumbling of fooa prices is expected
at once, according to commission mer-
chants.
Numerous Chicago commission men
are said to be facing failure as a re-
suit of their efforts 10 maintain an ar
tifcial price on the necessities of life.
The inability further to uphold this
price is said to be due to combina-
tion of circumstances, chief of which
are the open winter of 1911 and the
banner crops of 1910.
Three commission men failed last
week as result of holding great
quantities of butter which they pur-
chased at an average price of 81 cents
a pound and now are unable to market
for more than q or 2S cents pound.
While the wholesale prices of butter
and eggs have dropped decidedly with
in the last few weeks, there has as yet,
been no decline in the retail prices.
Much of the produce which now is
TO be unloaded on falling market has
been in the warehouse for as long as
five years. BY means Of cold storage,
commission men have been able to,
maintain an artificial price not only to
the consumer, but to the producer, it
is said
No public warehouse report is ever
made here and the exact amount of
produce in the hands of Chicago firms
cannot be estimated. Thirty-two ware
houses are known to have 44,OOO,0OO
pounds of butter, eggs and poultry.
Men familiar with the market con-
dition today said it would be impos-
sible to say whether that figure rep
resented nearly the total or whether
it was only small percentage of the.
enJlre amount.
The increased sale of oleomargarine
is given as an added cause for the sit
uation, the commission men now find
themselves facing. Thousands of con-
sumers unable to pay the price at
which butter has been held have be-
come users of oleomargarine.
Butter is cents pound lower
wholesale, than it was year ago, and
is selling at the lowest figure in five
years. An indication of the decline in
the last ten days is shown in the fol-
lowing:
January Eggs, "a cents; prime,
80 cents; firsts, 80 cents.
January 15-Eggs, fresh, SO cents;
prime, 29 firsts, 2S.
January 5-Butter, extra creamery,
2s cents; firsts, 254z; dairy, rs.
January 15-Butter, extra creamy.
27 cents; firsts, %; dairy, 2S.
The wholesale price on smoked
meats, beef and pork has been slightly
reduced in price. The big corn crop
of 1910, is given as the cause.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
SIXTEEN HOUR BATTLE IS
REPORTED IN CHIHUAHUA
By Associated Press.

Chihuahua, Mex, Jan. 16.-A six
teen hour battle, between seventy gov
ernment volunteers, so-called, and a
hundred revolutionists, occurred at the
village of Coyome Saturday. The re-
port reached General Hernadez, COM
manding the military zone today. No
details were given. With General
Oroszco holding the attention of Cen
eral Navarro, in the western part of
the state, the foreigners look for in
teresting developments in the eastern
part. Oroszco, talking recently with
a prominent railroad man, who met
him in the mountains, said that all
tod since the revolution started the
insurrectos had lost a hundred and
fifty men.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
RENEWAL OF FIGHT ON
SECRETARY BALL|NGER
BY Associated Press.

Washington D. c., Jan. ia re-
newal of the fight on Richard A. Bal
linger, secretary of the interior is con-
templated in a resolution introduced
today by Senator Purcell which seeks
to force into the open the report of
the joint congressional committee that
investigated the charges made against
the cabinet officer by Clifford Pinchot,
former chief forester.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
BARRY RETIREMENT MEETS
APPROVAL Of PRESIDENT
By Associated Press.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 16.-The ap-
plication of Rear Admiral Barry for re-
tirement was today approved by the
president. A telegram today from Rear
Admiral Thomas, who was appointed
as Barry's successor, says he has as
sumed command of the Pacific fleet.
The navy department retired Admiral
Barry Saturday This was before the
publication of the allegations that the
officers of the flag ship, West Virginia,
contemplated charges rejecting on the
moral character of Barry.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16

BY Associated Press.

London, Jan. 16-Dr. Champlain. of
Kansas City, Mo-, proprietor of the
Kansas City Milkman, was mistaken
for a spy at Guernzy today and arrest
ed. Afterwards he was released.
Champlain visited the fort carrying
camera and the soldiers seized him
and handed him over to the police. The
had no trouble in explaining
his innocence. The police apologized.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
Well Known in Southwest.
By Associated Press.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 16.-Dr.
Lloyd Champlain, arrested in England
as a spy is known throughout the
southwest for his campaign for pure
milk. For five years he has written
and leetured through Missouri and
Kansas on the subject. He was study
ing in Europe. He is proprietor of
the Kansas City Milkman and a mem.
Der of the faculty of the Kansas City
Veterinary college.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
in school.

purchase of buildings already con-
structed
The senate adjourned at noon, and
the house at 1870 p. m, to attend the
aviation meet at the fair grounds. All
members of the legislature were given
free admission.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
Ambassador Bryce to Retire.

London, Jan. 16.-Rumors that Am
bassador Bryce contemplates an early
retirement from the post at Washing
ton are again current. Sir Maurice
Bunzen, the British ambassador to
Madrid is mentioned as a possible sue
cessor.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16
Bio Ere at kim Civ

st. Joseph, Mo-, Jan. 16.-Half
black of business building at King City
Mo, were destroyed by fire today.
The loss is estimated at fifty thousand
dollars.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-16

H. H. Parker expects to leave to-
morrow night for a visit to his stump
farm in northern Wisconsin.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
SMITHS FERRY WILL Be
THE TERMINUS
Idaho Northern not to Stop
at Horseshoe Bend Con
straction to Begin Soon

Definite information has come
to The Index that the extension ot
the Idaho Northern will not stop
at Horseshoe Bend, as at first con-
templated but will continue to
Smiths Ferry without delay. Plans
are now complete for the compile
tion of the road to that point by
the fall of 1912.
For construction purposes, the
work will be divided into two diyi-
visions-one extending from En-
nett to the Bend and the other
from the Bend to the Ferry-and
two separate contracts will be
awarded Engineer Armstrong al
ready has a crew of surveyors en-
gagged in revising and checking up
the former survey of the upper di-
vision and will soon be ready for
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
SELLS FARM FOR $4,000
Jensen and Mayhem Dispose of 30
Acre Frui tIract.

Ben Jensen and w. F. MayheW
this week sold their 30-acre fruit
farm on the south slope for to-
tai of $4,000 to j. L. Jensen oi
Ephraim, Utah. The purchaser will
move his family here and take pos
session at once.
Mr.. Jensen's portion of the tract
consisted OF 20 acres in peach and
apple trees, except two acres OF
hay land. For this he received
$3.50 per acre. Mr.. Mayhem re-
ceiyed $400 per acre for 10 acres,
also in orchard. After the deal
was completed, Mr.. Jensen was sor-
ry he sold, and made liberal Of
fer for an option to buy the place
back within two years at $3.50 per
acre. The offer was turned down
cold
5oth Mr.. Jensen and Mr.. Mayhem
received in part payment property
at Ephraim, u, and will move there
the Mayhew family and Mrs. Jensen
and children leaving today.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
HONOR THE SOLDIER
DEAD
Memorial and Decoration
Days Fittingly Observed
in Emmett

Memorial Day exercises were held
Sunday morning in the Baptist
church. The auditorium was prettil!
decorated with the national colors
and the Grand Army veterans
and Relief Corps occupied seats In
front. A choir composed of singers
of the various churches led the
singing. Rev. C. u. Bent, pastor OF
the M. E. church, delivered the
sermon, and he was listened to
with the most intense interest by a
large congregation. He chose for
his text. What Mean These Stones?
His address was patriotic, inspiring
and eloquent, and it had the ring of
the progressive spirit of the Twen-
tieth century. He counselled loftier
ideals of citizenship; pleaded for
greater love for mankind as well
as for country; denounced national,
corporation and private greed,
and reminded his hearers that in
these times of peace there were
as great battles to be fought along
moral lines as were fought by the
veterans during the Civil War. The
true patriot, he said, loves not on
ly his country, but his fellow coun-
try-men. The man or corporation
that will cheat his fellowman, and
he who sells his neighbor strong
drink, are not patriots. He traced
the rise of civil liberty to the 18th
century when on the plains OF
Runnymede King John was forced
to grant the great charter of Eng
lish liberty to his subjects. This
was accomplished by unity of pur-
pose and public sentiment. The
Pilgrim fathers established both
civil and religious liberty in this
country on a still higher pane, and
since then the church and the schoo
have marched hand in hand in stanc
ing for equal rights to all citizens
and the right to worship God ae-
cording to the dictates of their own
conscience.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
LOGGER RESCUES BOY
FROM DROWNING
George Rules Son Saved
From Watery Grave by
Henry Love.

If Andy Carnegie has any more
medals to give out for bravery in
saving life he should send one TO
Henry Love, the foreman of John
McNish's 'ogging crew, who on Sun
day rescued Frank Clark, the g.
year-old stepson of George Rule,
from a watery grave
Young Clark and several compan-
ions were playing along the river
bank near the White Pine headgate.
He walked out on the log boom to
get a drink, and while leaning over
fell into the ditch, which is about
II feet deep and 80 or 40 feet wide.
The boy could not swim and though
he bravely struggled to keep him
self afloat, was sinking for the last
time when Henry Love, attracted by
the screams of young Clark's com
panions, appeared and at once went
to the rescue He was not a mo-
ment too soon, for the boy had dis
frokm view in the eddy
just above the headgate and would
probably have never come to the
surface alive. Love dove at the
spot where the body disappeared,
quickly found it and brought it to
shore, where after a few minutes
it regained consciousness, and the
next morning the-lad was down town
none the worse for his experience.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
HANNA TO HAVE DAILY MAIL
Service Starts July Carrier to
Receive $500 More Pay

Beginning July 1, daily mail
service for Hanna will go into effect
and Mail Carrier Wayman will have
his pay increased from $500 to $500
per year.
Postmaster Waring received no
tice of the change Friday. The pre-
sent service is three times a week
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Joseph Guthrie is postmaster. No
announcement of any increase in
salary for him has yet been made
The schedule will be: Leave Hanna
each day, except Sunday, at 1890,
arrive in Emmett at 8; leave En-
NETT at $3.50, arrive in Hanna at
6.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
DECORATION Day.

Decoration Day this year had
more than its usual significance be-
cause it was the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the beginning of the civil
war, and because sectionalism was
for the first time obliterated and
the Boys in Blue marched in the
same procession with the Boys in
Gray and strewed flowers on the
graves of friend and former enemy.
The day was fittingly observed in
Emmett-without ostentation, but
with the deepest reverence. The
business houses were decorated
with bunting and flags and the
plain citizen as well as the old
soldier and his descendants entered
into the spirit of the occasion. A
procession composed of the old
soldiers, Relief Corps, children and
cuizens, with Old Glory flung to
TIE breeze and carried II front,
marched to the cemetery end gave
homage to their dead comrades. At
the bridge a short service was per-
formed in memory of the sailors
who had died.
The afternoon exercises were
held in the Baptist church. The
principal speaker was George F.
Zimmerman. He said in part:
1.-The younger people of today do
not fully realize the meaning of
this occasion, and to no one has it
the ripeness of meaning that it has
to a Civil war veteran. Just so
years ago on April II the war be-
gan. The slave states resolved to
withdraw from the Union and set
up separate and Independent gov
ernment Then began the struggle
for freedom and against the division
of the Union"
The speaker pictured in eloquent
words the incidents of the war-the
departure of the volunteers from
home and loved ones-the hardships
and privations and sufferings of
soldiers in camp and battle and
prison-the close of the bloody war
and the return home.
Through the efforts and sacrifi-
,ces of you and our great and no.
BILE dead our freedom has been Sc
cured. Today we, the people of the
greatest, happiest and most pros
porous nation on earth are strewing
their graves with flowers and in
reverence and devotion holding
their memories dear. However, we
should not forget that eternal vi
GLANCE is the price of freedom. Day
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01

The advisory board of that branch
of the woolgroweIs association wh1e
grazes its sheep in the Payette for
est reserve, will meet in Emmett
Monday with Forest Supervisor
Mains and members of the Payette
Lumber Co. The Lumber COM
pany has notified the sheepmen that
unless they lease the eompany's
land in Long Valley, said land
will be fenced. thus shutting off
the trail from the valley to the
Thunder Mountain country. This
will prove to be a serious matter
to the sheepmen and the object of
the meeting is to endeavor to ad-
just the difficulty.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
by day we discover the designs

by day we discover the designs of
evil doers, with modern and unhearc
of devices, backed by avarice and
greed, constantly encroaching upon
our liberties Our Union has no
foreign foe that can give us the
least shadow of alarm. Enlightened
by the example of our government,
kingdoms and monarchies are con-
stantly falling and the people are
coming into their own. In proper
tion to our weakness in failing to
properly observe the virtues of our
noble dead we will fail to proclaim
the merits of the living. 1t is well
for every man, woman and child
to participate in these memorial ex-
ercises; for it makes the cup Of
life sweeter, fuller, purer and more
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
Methodist Team Heads the
List With a Clean
Slate
Standing of Clubs
Methodists 20. Hartlers 1.

The Methods eVerlastingly wal
loped the Hartleys in the Twilight
game Monday. Lingren, the star
twirler for the churchmen, was a
puzzle, and made short work of the
nurseymen. His support was gilt
edge, and the slugging given Slate
brothers was terrific. They counted
in the first with 3, in second with3,
fourth with A, sixth with and in
seventh with 7. The Hartleys scored
only once in the fourth.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
Moved to siphon.

Superintendent Gibberd and wife
of the Canyon canal have moved to
the siphon in order that Mr. Glib
berd may be closer to his work, For
the present they are living in a tent
but the district contemplates erect
ing a house for their use during the
summer The place is connected by
telephone with every portion OF the
canal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
VALE DEFEATS
EMMETT TEAM
Easily Takes Games by Sore OF
6 to 1.

A bunch of 100 or more Emmett
rooters saw the Peach Raisers go
down to defeat before the hard hitt-
ng and fats playing Vale Indians on
THE Last Frontier" Some of the
boys lay it to the umpire, who, it is
said, is so cross eyed that when he
was looking at Third base he was
really watching play on first, and
when he was judging balls he was
looking 20 ways for Sunday. But
the fellow was born that ,and it
his vision had been in line the result
would have been no different.
The home team started with Hayes
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
Independents 8, Harheys 1

The Independents last night de-
eated the Hartleys by a score of 8
D 1. Ralph Womack did the twirl-
lg and he held the nurseymen down
, few hits. The Slate brothers com
osed the Hartley battery. Laurel
Vells for the Independents hit for a
ONE run.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
EMMETT, COUNTY, IDAHO THURSDAY, JUNE 1911

coming in so rapidly that all of
them cannot be filled. The warm
weather, however, is ripening the
berries rapidly now. and in day or
two will be plentiful. The quality
is excellent.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
Logs Are All In

McNish's river rats arrived in
Emmett Sunday with the tail end of
the log drive and practically every
stick of timber is safely lodged in
the storage pond. The drive was
made in record breaking time, re-
ouiring only 81 days from the time
OF starting to the finish.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
Future Games.

Tonight the Presbyterians and
play. Monday night,
he Hartleys and Presbyterians.
thursday night, the Methodists and
Admission 10 cents.
James start at $50 sharp.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
Potsal Bank at Nampa

sevent, tour more postal savings
banks were yes erday announced by
the postoffice department. Idaho
gets wo, one at Nampa and the
ther at NJ scow.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01

John VanDeusen, F. A. DeClark,
w. L. Powell and V. T. Craig were
in Boise Saturday to attend the
Shriner festivities. They report a
rip roaring time.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
Born.

On Friday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Williams, a. daughter.
On Saturday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lemuel Wilson, a son.
On Sunday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
gers on the east slope, a son.
On Monday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Os-
horne Smith, daughter
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01

Mrs C. S. Tolles this week bought
a residence property in Degen ad-
dition. Consideration not made pub
lie.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01
DAMAGE SUIT FOR $4,000
Former Emmett Girl Sues Vale
Citizen for Defamation OF Character

Mrs. Marcia Takahara of Vale, a
former Emmett resident, last week
filed $4,000 damage suit against
George Eldridge of Vale, charging
defamation of character.
The plaintiff was formerly Miss
Marcia Herold, daughter of the
late Bob Herold, and two years ago
taught school in the How'd dis
trict. After the death of her father
she went to Weiser, securing en-
ployment in a Jap restaurant as
waiter, and married the proprie-
tor, Jap. Later they moved to
Vale and engaged in the moving
Gently gave birth to a child, which
though bearing facial characteristics
of the father, is a pretty baby and
was admired by number of Emmett
people who went to Vale Sunday.
Last weeks Vale Enterprise con1
tains the following concerning the|
case:
A $4,000 damage suit was insti-|
uted in the circuit court this week
by Marcia Takahara of this city al
gainst George Eldridge also of this|
city, the plaintiff claiming that
Defendant Eldridge in the pre-
sence of Commodore B. Stiles and
others had scattered damaging re-
marks about her, among which
the complaint alleges that Eldridge
said the defendant was woman OF
lewd character, i'll fame, keeping
a baudy house; that the home of
Mrs. Takahara was a bad place for
any girl to stay" and other state
ments that are not printable.
Mrs. Takahara has secured Judge
George w. Hayes as her attorney.
Mr.. Eldridge, through his attorneys,
Wheeler & Hurley, has filed an
answer denying the allegations.
Besides Tom Murray, manager of
the Vale ball team, who moved from
this city about eight years ago
and is therefore an old settler, there
are two other Emmett families who
have recently taken up their resi-
dence there. They are Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Sasser and Mr.. and Mrs. Voss
the latter formerly Miss Rilla Peery.
Mr.. Sasser is prescription clerk in
a drug store and Mrs. Voss sings in
a picture show.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-06-01

Screen wire, all widths, at ReiI-
Iy's.