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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
BY Wiliiesm Philip simms.
(Pariss Correspondent Of the United


(Paris Correspondent Of the United
Press.)
Paris. Oct. 1s.-while In America
presidential candidates are tearing
leach others regulations to shreds
calling each other liars. hypocrites
magogues. bamboozlers and scala
ways: while special trains and private
cars are scurrying from Atlantic tc
Pacific. from lakes to gulf. with re-
Iception committees buster than grains
LOT popcorn on a hot skillet. waiting on
each railway platform: while millions
OF dolf&rs in contribution money is be-
ing spent by. the wouldbe presidents:
while charges and countercharges of
corruption are being flung around
quite carelessly and Europe looks on
and smiles q wide smile Of satisfaction
because she thinks at last her opinion
OF the United States as a nation o.
heather 10 proved entirely correct;
while all these things and q whole lot
more are transpiring in the United
States. France. too, is preparing to
elect a president.
And as yet nobody has called any
body anything-thief. periwinkle or
usurper.
Frances presidential election is
less than three months off 1t will
take. place Jan. 1. Who are the can
didateGg Nobody knows. Ostensibly
there. are none. No man has an
nounced himself and no political party
has put forward any man. There are
several possibilities, but far from lam
basting one another with meta phorlcal
fists, they rather remind one OF the
candidates In a w. c. T. u. election,
where. any one Of the ladies wouldn't
mind having the job herself. but at the
same time openly and conspicuously
urges the very person she considers
the most impossible Of the lot for the
office, secretly hoping that the other
dear ladies will see as she does this
impossibility. and unite on her for the
honor.
It must be said. however, that the
system Of electing presidents in France
is totally different from the my hats
In the ring" free for all. catch AS
catch-can scheme in America. In
France. the senate and the chamber
of deputies gather in joint session at
Versailles and there elect a president
from among themselves.
The system works well in France.
II there are abuses. the people have
not heard Of it. Besides the president
of France Is not an executive. He is
passive; he 10 a fisurehead with about
100000 q year in appointments; the
official .entertainer:" the nations
elected host to the great and near
great. who visit the land. But as .di-
rector of the nations policies, the
helmsman of the ship of state, he is
not The prime minister. ostensibly
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
HIGH PRICE OF MEAT
IS CAUSING CLAnOR

Berlin. Oct. 1S.-The government
measures for alternating the distress
caused by the enormous price OF
meats. have failed utterly to satisfy
the popular clamor for some reduction
in the. price Of living. Municipalities
and commercial bodies were prompt
to declare them inadequate to meet the
situation. prices in the. European coun-
tries from which imports are now al
lowed under the concessions being in
themselves 80 high that only slight
reduction In prices in Germany can be
expected under the most favorable cir
cumstahces.
Pressure from the ,Agrarian parties,
ON which the government depends for
existence. and from the military ex-
perts who insist that Grmany At what
ever cost must be placed In q position
TO supply its own meat at homo In
case Of war. was too strong for the
adoption Of the means generally re-
garded a. the only effective one.
namely to render possible the import
Of frosen and chilled beef from nom
European countries
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20

Now. however. interest has conferred on
the latest discovery Of his indulgence
in athletic pastimes
This popularity of the cardinal Sec
rotary of state is attributed to his ear
ly English training and education. As
a consequence it. is positively known
that his eminence is a crack rifle shot
Of skill that would make many a
sharpshooter famous. In addition he
is charged with playing lawn tennis
with the students OF the American COL
lege: II is alleged that he drives his
own automobile: II In fearlessly insin-
uated that during the summer he re =
peatedly drove to some secluded spot
by the seashore for solitary hut
bracing swim In the salty brine and
last. but perhaps most unforgivable OF
all. there has been no REPUTATION Of the
latest alleged discovered secret, name
~ that he has gone to the placid wa
tiers Of Lake Piediluco. and there. while
staying az the guest Of the village
priest. an intimate friend, has learned
to drive the motorboat presented to
him by Cardinal O'Connell at Boston
Despite. however, the sensation, Gre
ated In conservative vatican circles by
this discovery. the more progressive
Catholic press is pointing out that his
eminence having returned and having
placidly resumed his duties. the great
Catholic world promises to move on
fully as smoothly rs ever before.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20

Conference With First Lord Of the Admiralty
Over the Situation held-Are Dis
satisfied With Pay

British army. and no allowance for
railroad fare or reduction in the price
of his ticket, II leave IL given when
| the ship 10 at distance from his homo
Consequently, It frequently happens
money they have around the dock :
yard towns because 1t Is insufficient
to take them to their families Very
few British seamen are able to send
their wives more than SO a month.
Even this means that they must re-
tain nothing for themselves, besides
resorting to "dobeyins" (washing 9TH
er mems clothing for a price.) shoe
mending. hair cutting. shaving, etc, in
order to make up the scanty pittance.
The seaman not only buys his own
kit, but is required to keep It up to
the regulation standard. Frequent
changes of pattern compel the pur-
chase of new articles. Incidentally.
the price Of white duck has increased
20 cents a yard and that Of flannel
rs cents. since the present scale of
pay was established. 1t Is charged.
also, that owing to the excessive rent
al levied by the admiralty for run
ming canteens, the price Of provisions
has been unduly inflated.
Unnecessary rigor OF discipline and
overwork, due partly to insufficient
manning and partly to the constant
fear that at almost any time England
may be called upon to defend her SUI
premacy of the seas, are other sources
of complaint. There is also a woeful
lack Of ventilation on the sleeping
decks. where the men swing within a
few inches Of the deck above, giving
rise to frequently recurring cases of
pulmonary diseases. Objection is made
to the old-fashioned Hummelshine,
style used almost from the time men
first went to sea--which so cramps
the occupant that he has little oppor-
tunity for real rest.
In some Of the ships the stoke holds
are often only half-manned, with no
payment for overtime or other recog-
milton OF the extra toll entailed.
The real seat OF the whole trouble
may be found in the fact that while
the British government Is spending
millions Of pounds yearly on machine
efficiency it practically disregards the
human element. Leaders Of the labor
party have taken up the cause Of the
lower deck. however. and intend dur
ing the present session of parliament
to press for action that will result in
a general betterment OF conditions for
the men behind the guns. 1t is pro-
posed that a labor advisor be ap-
pointed on the admiralty board and a
commission named to investigate and
report on the various questions of pay,
allowances, manning, food. clothing,
sanitary conditions, marriage, etc,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
DETERMINATION Of
WHALES and SEALS
IS NOW PREDICTED

Berlin, Oct. 19.--The early extermi.
nation of whales and seals was pre-.
dicted at a congress of German doc
tors and scientists recently held In
Munich. Professor Sarasin OF Base
showed than In 1910 a single seal fish.
Ing company h d brought back from
the Kerguelan islands 450O tons of OF
made from the sea elephant, while In
the same year four ships killed 1890
of these animals. The seal fishers OF
Newfoundland killed s33,343 head and
119,947 were killed in the North Polar
seas in that year
This heavy reduction Of the seal. life
OF the Arctic and Antarctic oceans has
been brought about by the introduc-
ton of the system proposed by Otto
Sverdrup, the Norwegian Polar ex-
plorer, by which whale and seal fish
Ing was undertaken on a new and more
profitable system than that hitherto ir
vogue.
Sverdrup found that whale fishing
could be more thoroughly commercial
lied by sending along with the actual
fishing vessels a large steamer fitted
up as an oil recovery station, thus
making it unnecessary for them to sail
to station on some remote island af
ter securing the whales. This method
OF fishing has proved so successful
that some 80 companies have been or
ganized to operate on Sverdrup's plan
The vessels are fitted with wireless
telegraphy. and equipped with the
most improved whale cannon. Seals
are also hunted In the same manner.
According to Professor Sarasin, this
method of hunting Is rapidly exterml-
mating the seal herds, as well as the
chief species of whales. He thinks the
Greenland whale has probably already
been exterminated while the blue
whale and the Finland whale are also
especially sought after by fishermen.
Professor Sarasin appealed to the
powers to try to reach an international
agreement to establish certain closed
zones or regions. which might serve
as breeding places for whales and
seals.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
BY Karl Il. Won W;eoand.

Berlin Correspondent of the United
Press.)
Berlin. Oct. 19.-Emphatic denial Is
given the report spread broadcast that
King Manuel OF Portugal IL living
off German taxpayers by drawing an
annual stipend OF 1880 as member
Of the "Order Of the Black Eagle"
Manuel was invested with this order
and given this highest and most COW
eted Of all German decorations only a
few days before he was dethroned. But
the investment OF the BLACK Eagle"
which is In Germany what the Gar
ter IL in England. carries with 1t no
privilege to draw upon the German I'm
perial treasury, not even for a king
out OF a Job.
Manuel has been visiting Archduch-
ess Karl Theodore of Bavaria at her
home near Munich. As the SOCIALISTS
had already seized upon the report that
among the many burdens upon the
German taxpayers was Manuel. advan-
tage was taken Of the ex-king's pres
ence In Germany. for the issuance Of a
note from semi official circles show
ing that the Order of the Black Eagle
not a Royal Benefit and Aid Society"
At the home of Archduchess Kari
Theodore. Manuel conferred with the
other pretender to the Portuguese
throne-Prince Miguel OF Braganza.
husband Of Anita Stewart. Manuel, 1t
IL said. IL much discouraged over the
unsuccessful royalist attempts in Por-
tugal and Don Miguel II reported to
have dissuaded him from entertain
Ing any further hopes. Whether he has
also given up his own aspirations and
those OF his wife. u not known.
After 10 many royalistic defeats in
Portugal. Manuelis understood TO have
much difficulty In raising money. He
10 without . home Of his own and
wanders from one friend and relative
to another.
Manuei's fate calls attention. to. the
several 'pretenders" to. European
thrones who maintain sort of '.pre-
tense" court around them,
In . beautiful mansion and park at
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20

(Rome Correspondent of the United
Press.)
Rome, Oct 19.-Cardinal Merry del
Val has just leaped again, quite unin-
tentionally, into the lime light OF ROM
an publicity. This time, in the first
place. 1t Is because his eminence. has
just returned from his summers va
cation. and in the second place. It is
because that during this summers va
cation he is alleged to have INDUCED
prolificly and Unfortunately In ath-
letic sports and pastimes. This lat
ter. according to those who have occu-
pied themselves with 1t. Is something
that no cardinal ever before had done.
Even, however, without this second
unusual cause for publicity, the first
would have sufficed entirely as an ex-
cuse for the Roman press to dilate at
length on the cardinal secretary of
state Still only A years Of age-an
age at which few men have even been.
or are created cardinals-and yet oc-
cupying the second highest and what
10 considered by many the most i'm
portant and most powerful position in
the Catholic church. Cardinal Merry
del Val Is always a figure, every de-
tail Of whose daily life is a matter of
interest for those who live at Rome.
This too. has been the case from the
day that Pope Plus X. lifted him from
q nero sccretaryship to the purple Of
a cardinal. and three days later an
pointed him papal secretary of state.
Born Of Spanish parentase in Lon
don, Oct. Is, 1855, Cardinal Merry
del Val is believed to have inherited
much Of his special aptitude for his
present high position from his father,
. noted Spanish diplomat and ambas-
lsador. Following his studies IN Eng
land. Merry del Val came to the Acad-
envy Of the Noble Ecclesiastics at
Rome to finish his education. BY Pope
Leo he was appointed to a position in
his encourage known as "participat-
ing cameriere to the pontifical throne"
A little later he was entruJted with a
diplomatic mission to Canada. and
March Is. 1897, was created a domes-
tic prelate. Two years later he was
elected president Of the Academy OF
Noble Eccicsiastics In which heI~ had
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
GERMAN PARTICIPATION
IN EXPOSITION ASSURED.

Berlin. Oct. 19.-German participa-
ton at the Panama exposition at San
Francisco IL practically assured. 1t Is
understood here. though neither the
government nor the commercial bodies
interested have yet taken formal de.
cision.
Compelling motives are the desire to
foster in every way friendly relations
with the United States at time when
German American cooperation. par
ticularly in the far east. 10 extremely
desirable and the fact that the fair
will be veritable clearing house for
the commerce not SO much OF the Unit.
ed States as of the nations on the Pa.
cific coasts Of South America and Asia
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
ELECTION IS VERY
tame AFFAIR IN France:
IS NEAR AT HAND,
The Europeans Opinion Of America asa Country
Of Heather Is Strengthened by the
Present Campaign

appointed by the president, but really
elevated to the Job by events In the
chamber or senate, 10 the real helms
man, the genuine head Of the govern.
ment.
Tenth Under Third Republic.
The president to be elected in Janu.
airy will be the tenth under the third
republic. He will be elected for seven
years instead OF four as in America,
The other presidents were Theirs. who
resigned; MacMahon. who resigned:
Jules Grevy. who resigned during his
ell in office; Casimir Perier, who re.
signed; Felix Faure, who died in Of
flee; Emile Loubet. who alone served
his full time and retired. and Armand
Fallieres. the present president. I said
the tenth president; rather It will be
the tenth election and the ninth pres
ident. Jules Grevy having served one
term and part of another.
Leon Bourgeois. present minister of
labor. is notable possibility. His
greatest drawback IL his poor health.
He is a Republican. and has had a
long successful political career.
Raymond Poincare. present prime
minister. is a younger man than Bour-
geois. He is certainly one Of the
strongest men in the country. and de-
|servedly SO. but he gave up lucra-
tive law practice to form what Is called
1.-THE Grand Ministry" and It Is doubt
full II he would consent to have his
name put before the Versailles gather
ing yet.
Paul Deschanel. president Of the
chamber of deputies. has good chances,
but he may be considered too young.
Many Possibilities.
President Antoine Dubois Of the
senate, is mentioned as a possibility.
Theophile Delcasse. present minister OF
the navy, Is another. Minister Pans,
Of agriculture; Jean Dupuy. editor OF
the Petit Parision." and now a cabi-
net officer; Aristide BRAND. minister
OF justice, and one or two others are
long shots.
] should say that the race lies be-
tween Poincare, Dubois. Delcasse and
Bourgeois. President Fallieres will
not stand for reelection.
Still, while the professional politi-
clans are undoubtedly doing some fine
gum shoe work and are probably lay
ing the wires for Jan. 4. It's mighty
hard for an outsider. used to the tur-
bulent times of American election
years. with well-defined and loudly de-
Tended candidates., to tell what will
happen 10 weeks from now. when the
700 or thereabouts, deputies and sena-
tors get their heads together at Ver-
sailles.
They say only the unexpected in
France is to be expected. And that's
what most people are expecting In
this case.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
Cardinal Merry del Val Leaps
Again Into Limelght at Rome

completed his education at Rome. In
less than another year he was made a
titular neutrality-suspicious. the rank
Of an archbishop. but not conducting
the actual affairs OF an archdiocese
and in 1900 was sent as representative
OF Pope Leo XIII to the coronation of
King Edward Of England.
Then came the combination OF cir
cumstances which brought about his
meteoric elevation to the papal secre-
taryship of state. At the time Of the
death of Pope Leo the position of sec
retaryship to the sacred college and
to the conclave that was to elect a
papal successor, was vacant. Merry
del Val was chosen temporarily for the
position. With the assembling of the
conclave the position was confirmed
by that body and little later by the
newly elected Pope Plus himself.
Pope Plus. however. had been at :
tracted to the secretary during the SEES
sion of the conclave that had elected
him pope, and two months later start :
led the entire Catholic world by sud
denly creating him cardinal and three
days later naming him papal secretary
Of state.
While 1t might have been possible
for much Of the Catholic hierarchy of
Italy to have forgiven the fact that a
man Of 80 years had been lifted over the
heads Of veteran cardinals, who pre-
viously to their elevation had grown
gray In the diplomatic service OF the
vatican. 1t could not overlook and new
er has overlooked the fact that in the
appointment of Merry del Val, this
most important and most powerful po-
sitton In the Catholic church, went out
OF the hands Of the Italians, who pre-
viously had always controlled 1t, and
passed into those Of foreigner.
This. perhaps. more than any other
thing 10 what has kept Cardinal Merry
del Val ever In the Roman press and
ever before the Roman eye. In these
past scrutinies various phases OF the
secretary Of state have been passed
upon. such a. his extraordinary mas
terry Of the modern languages. He is
fluent not merely in the common ones
Of English, French. German, Italian
and Spanish, but others that by a for
eigner are seldom II ever mastered.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
BY Ed 1. Keen.
(London Correspondent of the United
Prees.)

BY Ed 1. Keen.
(London Correspondent of the United
Prees.)
London. Oct 19.--The growing dis
content among the enlisted men Of
the British navy Is causing King
George considerable anxiety.
Recently his majesty has had a
number OF personal conferences with
first lord OF the admiralty, Winston
Churchill. for the purpose OF getting
at the real causes Of the alarrningly
increased number of assertions and
the decreasing proportion Of re-enlist-
ments, and of devising remedies there
for.
When the king was an active officer
of the fleet he took lively interest
in the welfare Of his men and the con-
ditions under which they worked. and
at the time he urged upon the au-
thorities a number of improvements.
some of which have since been put
into effect. His renewed study Of the
subject has already produced results.
mainly In the direction of abolishing
harsh and senseless forms of punish
ment that were a relic OF the old
wooden ship days.
But thus far only the fringe Of the
rrob,em has heen toncbed II ia
do,htr,l II even tho kiny himself fu,,v
annreciatcs the extent ne the resent
mont norvadinp III. lover decL AGAINST
modern conditions Of sea life and
work Adr,iraItv officials yepera,,v
recogpize n bowever and .d,pitted,v
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
ENCOURAGES LOVE
MAKING IN CHAPEL

London Oct. 5,1e.-Facilities for
counting in chapel IRE TO be afforded
by the Rev. George Hooper. pastor OF a
missiop in one Of the poorest quarters
of Leeds.
Declaring that love making under
the roof and auspices Of the mission is
far better than street courtship. he
purposes organizing league OF court
ers.s A number OF the matrons Of the
parish have already offered their SER
vices as chaperons. The pastor also
intends establishing school Of in
struction in household duties for the
young women OF the community.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
Crime in Germany.

Berlin. Oct 19.-Every twelfth per-
son in Germany has been punished for
some violation of the law. according
to the first statistical figures upon
the subject, which have Just been made
public. In view Of the wide repute OF
the Germans as law abiding people
the statistics have created much COM
ment. Some OF the press declare there
is too much law" which tends to
"overproduction Of punishable crimes"
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-15
DEMOCRATS SELECT
CANDIDATES
TICKETS ARE NAMED IN SEVERAL
COUNTIES OF THE TREAS
uRE STATE.

Livingston. Sept. 14.-(Special.) 1T
was an enthusiastic and representa-
tive body of men who We're gathered
here together today when Chairman j.
f. Swindlehurst called the Park coun-
ty democratic convention to order. The
national and state platforms We're in
dorsed as was also the administration.
of Governor Edwin l.. Norris. DR. T.
b. Marquis of Clyde Park was chosen
chairman. The following ticket was
named:
State senator. John r. Darroch; rep
resentatives, Charles McClung, John
A, Lovelace: sheriff, Jack killorn; at
torney, Ward Smith; treasurer, Fred
M Melde; clerk of court, w. ]. Me-
Mahon; assessor. w. o. Cowan; clerk
and recorder. Jack OLeary; commits
sioner, Frank Beey; school superin-
tendent, Miss Maude e. Brown; sur
veyor, c. d. Flaherty.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-15
BRYAN OPENS FIGHT
FOR WILSON
SPEAKS AGAINST TAFT AND
ROOSEVELT, SAYING FORMER
HAS BEEN REPUDIATED.

Denver, Sept. 14.--Wiliam ]. Bryan
opened tonight his campaign in the
west in behalf of Woodrow Wilson and
the democratic national ticket Be
fore an audience that filled to over
flowing the big auditorium he de-
nouneed both William H. Taft and
Theodore Roosevelt as unworthy of
election.
Mr.. Bryan spoke vigorously against
the third term. 1T would open q
door which no man might be able to
close" he declared.
Mr.. Bryan's argument against Taft
was that he is not in harmony with
the progressive spirit of the day. He
already has been repudiated," he said,
by a maj jority of his own party, so
he cannot hope to poll more than one
third of the vote of the country, it,
indeed. that large q proportion
The speaker disputed Roosevelts s
right to the leadership of the progress
sive movement.
THE democratic party was fighting
for all the national reform measures
when Mr. Roosevelt was opposing
them" he declared. "Roosevelt's po-
sllfoll oh tHe Trust questloii anu oi lhe
, third term are dangerous to the coun-
try"
He dwelt at length on Roosevelt's
attitude on the trusts and his rela-
tions to George w. Perkins and the
United States Steel corporations
In advocating the election of Mr.
Wilson, Mr., Bryan commended the
democratic platform as representing
all the reforms for which the people
are ready. He urged the support of
Governor Wilson as the man prepared
to put these reforms into execution.
Mr. Bryan will make q brief cam
paign trip through Colorado early
next week.