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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
BRITISH SECRETS
ARE LEAKINC OUT
THROUGH SPIES
Government Disturbed Over
the Manner in Which In
formation Is Being OBJ
tanned by Germany.

London, Dec. a1.--Tho British naval
authorities have heen considerably per
turbed of late over the way In which
minor secrets Of British ships have
been reaching foreign powers, and
particularly Germany. the spies from
Which country 4 Is asserted, are al
ways prepared with the biggest prices
for anything pertaining to naval mat
tiers.
There hape been several prosecutions
of civilians charged with eommunieat=
Ing these secrets 10 foreign powers, AMI
one or two men under suspicion hase
been dropped from the navy. More I'M
portanee IL attached to the recent ar
rest Of George 6 PARROT, an ex gun
ner Of the navy. one Of the class Of
petty officers who, under recent regn
lations, are in line for promotion to the
commissioned ranks.
Parrot. it WAS found. while doing
duly at The school of gunnery. made
trips 70 Dstend. where, according to
evidence given against him. he was met
by a foreigner. with whom he spent
tile evening, returning 10 England the
same night As Il IS against the regu
lations for a hltleiacllet or petty Of
fieer To leave England without leave.
PARROTS name was removed from the
navy list, and some months later f1e
police hasing discovered that he re-
reixed letters from the continent With
money enclosed, under an assumed
name he was arrested.
It was also found that Parrot had
deposited considerable sums If money
at his bank one OF tho points of evil
denee against the prisoner is that the
bank notes he received had on one oe-
casion or another been sent TO Ger
many. This evidence was made posi-
BILE by the fact that at all banks a
memorandum is made of the numbers
Of Bank Of England notes in the bank $
possession. and the disposition made of
them. Ii this ease two of the notes
had been paid out to travellers, who had
changed them In Germany.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
PORTUGAL IS GIVING
ATTENTION TO navy

Lisbon. Dec. 2f.-Phrtugal has now
turned its attention to building up its
navy, and some of the money SO ex-
pended is pretty sure to go to Amer
lea.
American and British shipbuilders
have been asked to submit bids for a
number of small vessels, the building
IF which Is to be followed by the con-
struction OF some larger ships, the
plans for which are now being pre-
pared. Tho first vessels to be built are
two cruisers Of $500 tons each, four de-
stroyers of from sac to 900 tons. and
two or four submersibles.
Agents of American shipyards are al
ready busy examining the plans with a
view to submitting bids against their
eniN competitors. the British. The lat
ter firms, it is learned, are 50 crowded
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
FOR THE SAFETY
OF TRAVELLERS IN
THE old WORLD
American Women Take
Steps to Protect Art Stu
dents Home Is Estab-
lished in London.

London, Dec. 21.-After less than
three months york, Mrs. Kate Todd
Appleton, Of Chicago chief organizer Of
the World Travellers and Artists club,
for the safeguarding and comfort of
American women and girls travelling or
studying abroad. has established a
branch in England A large
number of philanthropic American and
English women have interested them
selves in the enterprise. working COM
mittees have been formed. and officers
chosen. headed by Mrs ] Bruce Is
may. wife Of the chairman Of the Inter-
national Mercantile Mamine, as vice
president for Great Britain. The resi-
dence Of the late Sir Alma Tadema is
to be the London clubhouse
1T IS our purpose said Mrs. Ismays
ito transform the building into suit
able home FOR the use especially Of
American girl students and tourists
who are compelled by limited means
to travel alone. There Wlll be com
Portable rooms for study and reerea-
tlorl, guides, shopping attendants. spe-
cial facilities for looking after bag
gage. and cashlng travellers checks, and
fun and reliable information on Eng
lish and continental schools, and art
and music conservatories. Lists OF
proper rooming and boarding houses
will also be provided after careful in
vestigation
We plan also 10 establish dormi-
tories for stranded American girls
where their credit will be good until
remittances from their homes arrive
This will be one of the most inpor-
tant features Of the clubs. which are
now being organized In great European
art and music centers-Paris, Berlin
Vienna and Rome. We shall be careful
TO avoid all semblance of charity The
idea is to furnish merely a reasonable
convenience TO tide our girls over a
temporarily moneNless period, and save
them from the worry and despair that
over overtakes young women who sud
denly find themselves In foreign
country without funds to pay for shell
ter or food. Particularly we aim te
protect the girl who comes to Europe
with insufficient money to see hei
through the course of study She has
planned. We expect to make loans tt
such girls, without security and with
out interest, on their promise to re-
pay when they can"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
WAY TO SAVE BABIES
IS TO train MOTHERS

London, Dec. 21-"The proper way
to save babies is 10 train the moth
ers,' said DR. G A. Saleeby, one Of
England's best known authorities on
the science of race regeneration, and
organizer OF the new National Society
for the Prevention of Infant Mortality
established as an outgrowth of Lloyd
Georke's national insurance act. ut Is
the safe way. and the cheapest way for
the nation In the long run
"One OF the objects of the society is
to secure for the mother and the baby
the fullest possible advantage of the
maternity benefit under the insurance
act. We are going to see to It that
the money is spent for the purposes
for which it was intended, and we hope
to educate the mothers In the best
methods Of applying the grant.
DIR. SaleebE expects IL urge upon
parliament an amendment to the act
so that its benefits may be extended to
the mother three months before the
bisrth of the child
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
American Bankers VIII Have
Something TO Say About War
if Germany Becomes Involved

would have been war. Still there was
more than an even chance that there
would
Whether the French bankers were
aetuated ny purely patriotic motives
or NJ, nobody but themselves can say,
and or course they do say they were.
It's Just possible that they really
thought their investments In Germany
would lie Jeopardized II the Fatherland
and France got into fight
At ans rate, they began pulling their
money OIL or Germany as fast as they
could. The French, rs everybody prob
ably knows are the biggest investors
III the world, and the Germans who
lave been expanding commercially and
inalstriallY ON an enormous scale for
a number Of years and needed money 70
10 Their expanding, were about the big
gest borrowers
So this sudden withdrawal Of funds
exchanges. There were near panies
in most Of the important German cities
and business was tied up In tile worst
sort Of shape.
If France lad been the aggressor
and Germany on the defensive 1t goes
utfbort sa,.in., that 10 GERMANS u#af31a
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
RELATION OF KING FERDINAND
TO CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
THE PRESENT CRISIS
Believed That Bulgarian Gar Has Effected .
Private Reconciliation With the Pope,
But Doubt Still Exists

action. From all that ever became pub
licly known. the pope not only refused
to be convinced, but subjected the war
like descendant OF the Bonapartes to a
lecture which was for a long time the
talk and wonder of Rome Ferdinand
returned to Sofia, diplomatic relations
between his court and the Vatican.
while not actually broken, were strain
ed 10 the uttormost and tho ozar was
given to understand that under the
canons of the Catholic church there
was nothing for him to do but conside,
himself communicated.
In spite OF this. some three years ago.
following the death of his first wife.
when he wished to form second al
lance with Princess Elizabeth Of
ASIA, protestant. Ferdinand asked
the pope's consent to have the mixed
marriage performed according to the
Catholic rite. Nor was consent ever
publicly given or the communication
publicly withdrawn. Nevertheless the
marriage according to the Catholic rite.
not only eventually took place but 1t
was even blessed by Monsignor Menini.
the apostolic delegate to Sofia.
Monslgnor Menini was not only
never rebuked for this but he continues
in his post at Sofia, an Invaluable sgr.
it is considered, that the pope was not
displeased with his action.
The recent declaration that Gear Fer
dinand had notified His Holiness that
in the event the Bulgarian troops enter
Constantinople, the cathedral of Saint
Sophia viii he restored to the use Of
the Roman Catholic church is also
regarded as suspicious.
As q result II is generally believed
that the ear, found Pope Plus. who
has interested himself very little in the
politics Of the world, much more for
giving than he did Pope Leo, whose
entire time practically was given over
/ TO diplomatic efforts 70 control the
actions and destinies Of kings, and that
i his personal peace with the church has
/ been fully. Il privately restored.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
BY Karl Herr Won Wieeand.

tBeriln correspondent OIL the Ghlted
Press.
Berlin, Dec 21.--Mobilizationl Red
proeiamations, appear at every street
corner, post office, railway station
and crossroads. Cries of Extra" re-
sound The telegraph carries tine word
to distant corners of the empire. Mes
sengers afoot, on bicycles ana in au-
tomobiles dash through the streets,
Couriers gallop along country roads.
The wheels of factories and mills stop
with jerk Every industry and peace
ful vocation affected.
Rolls of drums, the clarion notes Of
bugles, and waving flags; cheers min
Cling with weeping and sobbing from
almost every home. as nations moth
ers, wives and children, bid farewels
TO husbands, sons and brothers
A forest of bayonets begins to move.
The hoofbeats Of thousands of horses
play atttoo Endless lines of cannon
and munition wagons rumble along.
There are touching scenes at railway
stations That the soldier may be
strong, sentiment is ruthlessly crushed.
That the sight of weeping loved ones
whom he may never see again. shall
not dishearten him, a Gordon az police
surrounds the railway station. To the
uninitiated everything is confusloN;
only the trained eve sees the wheels Of
vast machine that works almost
without a hitch.
This is an impressionistic picture
made by tic word mobilization" It
has the greatest "thrills Of any word
in the German or French language.
Ii Germany only the emperor con-
officially write that word, and by il Is
Germauy's peace force Of 6o0.800 mon
tli19cd into an army of more than
4o6e000 Every one Of tile 100000
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
GERMANY AWAITS THE MAGIC
WORD MOBILIZE" FROM
EMPEROR WILLIAM
Only the Kaiser Can Utter Word Which viii
Thrill the Empire and Set Machine
in Motion

lex soldiers is instructed twice year
" as to the day, hour and place he
must report immediately upon learn
ing that "mobilization' has been or
dered. Every owner of an automobile
duly registered with the military au-
thorities, has orders when, where and
at what hour he must turn it over for
military purposes, with full set Of
extra tires, specified quantity Of gaso-
line. oil and repair kit Every sound
horse il registered and subject to call
for military purposes and its owner
knows where and when he must bring
it.
When the chief of the German gem
eral staff, Count Won Motlse, nephew OF
the great strategist OF 1870, received
from the kaiser, through the minister
Of war, the order to mobilize he opens
one Of the famous sealed envelopes
in the guarded steel vaults of general
staff headquarters. containing the mob
ilization plans for war with every ma
ton or alliance. The proclamation is
brief The calendar ceases to exist:
everything military is dated First,
second third. etc. day Of mobilization
Germany has 70 army corps in the
first line and l6 in the second and
third lines. Each corps consists If
41,0Q9 men and $4,000 horses In sin
gle marching column Il corps is IS
miles long. It takes I25 railroad trains
to move such d division. The military
schedule calls for a train starting every
80 minutes and for As trains in oppo-
site directions every "a hours on a dou-
bic track line. This is the maximum.
Generally il is estimated that but 40
trains win be rim every "a hours It
would therefore take three days Ia
move an army corps upon such q line
/ ME average running time inclusive OF
stops, calls for II miles an hour
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

uondon Correspondent of the United
Press.l
London. Dec. 21--England is learn
ing by persona Experience what a
crime wave really means.
Whenever the London newspapers
cllro icle. which they do with much de-
tail such outrages as those committed
by the Bennett motorcar gang In Paris,
or the crimes that eliminated in the
murders of Rosenthal and Big Jack Ze-
lg In New York, the self-satisfied Brit
Usher has been wont to remark, tThings
like that don't happen In England"
Il is true that It Is three years since
the Tottenham outrage, when couple
of Russians robbed a cashier. and in
their flight. shot and killed or wounded
nearly a score Of persons in broad day
light in a busy suburb. And two years
have elapsed since the Hoandsditch
and Sidney street affairs when a gang
of desperadoes killed four policemen
and a few weeks later held a bay 1000
policemen and soldiers-not To men
ton Home Secretary Ghurchill--in the
heart OF tho busy East End. Bpt, only
a comparatively small proportion of
London's huge population Witnessed the
unusual spectacle Of the ROYAL Horse
artillery galloping down Whitechapel
Road with lirnbers filled with shrapnei.
ready to reduce the building, which,
however succumhed to flames kindled
by the fusilade of shots poured into II
for twelve hours, and the episode Is
well-nigh forgotten. Exceptional oe-
currences. my boy-couldn't possibly
happen again.. says the complacent
Ixondoner That is, he used 70 say IT,
He isn't nearly so confident now
The recent remarkable growth OF
ar brigandage al lover Europe, which
the police say Is largely due to the
advent of the automatic pistol, is hay
ing it's effect In England. Within the
past few weeys there have been half
dozen sensational daylight robberies
of stores by gun men, who have EN-
ployed the motorcar method OF making
their getaway. in addition to an alarm
ing increase in the number of highway
holdups, porch climbing jobs, etc. Al
though there has been no serious
shooting. except In one instance, when
a policeman was killed by house bur
glar most Of the victims we're cowed
By threats of death, and in nearly every
case where the criminals were caught
they were found to have been armed
with the new style Of weapon. Appre-
ciating the seriousness of the problem
the police authorities have just ordered
5000 automatic pistols for the force
Hitherto the London Bobby" has
ordinarily gone nnarmed. with the ex-
eeption of his "truncheon,' as the billy
u termed in English.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
BY Henry Wood.
BY henry WOOD.
(Rome Correspondent of the United
Press.)

(Rome Correspondent of the United
Press)
Rome Dec 21.--The prominence into
which Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria has
brought himself by his brilliant part
in the Balkan war has resulted in an
agitation here to ascertain definitely
whether he is still under q ban of eX-
communication by the Catholic church.
Two facts tend to indicate that he has
affected a private reconciliation with
the pope. Thus far. however. the Vati-
can has not admitted this publicly, SO
the doubt still exists.
Ferdlnand's trouble with the church
rose from his desire to insure for his
heir successful and happy reign. The
Car himself has always been staunch
Catholic and when his first marriage
was contracted with a Bourbon prin-
cess of the italian branch of the family
known as the Dukes of Parma, the GER
emony was performed according to the
Catholic rites.
Later. when tho heir, Prince Boris
was born, he too was baptized into the
Catholic church. Between tins time
however, and the time when it was
necessary for the baby prince to re-
ceive the "cresima." Car Ferdinand
had time to think matters over. AS a
consequence when the "cresiina" was
given the ceremony was performed in
the Greek Orthodox church, the nat
ional church Of Bulgaria and one of
the schismatic branches of the church
of Rome. the latter being thus abjured
by the baby prince. although solely
through the will of the father.
Ferdinand made no secret Of the fact
that this was solely to win the prince
the support of the national clergy and
% unite him more closely to tile Bull
garian people This reason Of state
however. failed utterly to appeal to
Pope Leo XIII and he made his dis
pleasure known 80 emphatieally that
Ferdinand FASTENED 10 the Vatican and
sought to explain the necessity OF his
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
BY William Phillip Simms.
paris Correspondent of the United

VI al Is VI llt III itlHu
Presrl.
Paris. Dec. 21-The next time Ger
many begins talking war, a stop will
have to be put To 1t, If it Is to be stop
ped at all, by Americans. according 10
big bankers here. The French Gid It
the last time, the bankers say but
things are different now.
It was by putting on the financial
screws that the French kept the peace
That was about i year ago, when Ger
many was trying TO break into Frances
sphere of Influence In Morocco. The
outlook was pretty warlilse for a time
as warlil1e as 1t has been during the
crisis in the Balkans. Mobilizing was
actually in progress. OF course il didn't
necessarily follow even If the French
bankers hadn't interfered. that there
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

with work that their figures are not
expected to be rs low as they might be
under other circumstances, though the
s., 900. 600 to be spent on these ships
will be an indueement to some of the
smaller yards.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
NATIONAL. DEBT
OF PORTUGAL IS
ON THE INCREASE
Parliament Assembled Earl
ier Than Time Originally
Set in Order to Deal With
Financial Problems.

Lisbon Dec. 21-The Portuguese ma
tionai debt has risen to 500. 800, 0o0
which amounts to about $40 for every
inhahitant OF the country. This Is an
increase of about s12,50o,ooO since the
monarchy was oVerthrown Parlia-
ment reassembled on Nov. IL. instead
of Dec. . The date originally fixed, in
order to deal with financial reforms
proposed by the minister Of finance
These include a consolidation Of the
whole debt. internal, external and float
ing, at a . per cent rate, an increase
tax on land, an amendment OF the con-
tract with The Bank of Portugal. and
Tor collecting customs dues at the cur
rent rate of gold exchange
Under the new arrangement with the
Bank of Portugal the paper currency
over the present issues amounting To
$9s.o00. O0o. without increasing the
metallic reserves The government
proposes in this way to obtain funds
without fresh loans The Bank Of Por-
tugal. upon the confirmation by par
lament Of the contract. will open
current account with file government
of $4,000. o0o, rerayable in 90 years by
semi annual instruments. The govern
ment has program Of economies
amounting 10 s3,s9o,00o.
The republican government came In
to power with the public finances IN
deplorable state The expenditures
were already in excess of income, and
every department of the public admin
stration was in arrears.
DR. Theophile Braga, who was presi-
dent of the provisional republic, says
in an interviews
"srhe public moneys are improperly
handled, and to my knowledge, consid-
cradle sums of money to the govern
ment's credit have been lost sight Of
and forgotten in certain bank. See
ing the incompetence of the Portu-
guese financial ministers, it might be
web to import a skilled chancellor of
the excheauer from abroad. What
Portugal requires is surgeon"
Times have changed since Captain
Burton, sixty years ago. made pill
grilnage To Mecca at tile peril Of his
life. A recent account Of such n pill
grimage. by A. J r. Wavell, says that
with a passahle knowledge. of Arabic
and of Moslem ceremonial, and with
due precautions as to avoiding pill
grims from the country to which one
pretends to belong, the pilgrimage to
Mecca may be male in disguise with
out running any risk worth mention
ing"
A wireless message sent out by an
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

most unusual international mar
riage occurred recently In London.
when Countess Camilla Heyos. a
member OF the English nobility. mar
ried plain Ameri-- n, Vt Charles
wilkins Short. Very few such mar
riages. are or record. Short halls
from Ohio.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

The alcoholic consumption q head In
this country Is a little less than IS
gallons a year. of which 81 are con-
tanned in beer.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

No ship is allowed to pass through
the Suez canal without a searehlight
of a specified type,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

In tine first seven months of 1912
Germany exported a0nn0,00 metallic
fildment electric lamp
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

Two English physicians are experi-
menting With new parasite with
which they hope 10 eNterminate the
flies Of their country In a very few
years.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

The German government is said 10
moaopolizing the tobacco
trade shortly.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

A wireless message sent out by an
operator in Persia recently was heard
distinctly on a ship near Melbourne,
more than 500 miles distant
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
ENGLAND Is NOT
IMMUNE FROM
The CRIME WAVE
Self Satisfied Britishers Ex-
perience Some Rude
Shocks as Result of Re
cent Outrages in London.
By Ed. L. Keen.

Uondon Correspondent of the United
Press.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-01
TROPHY
FOR GRAIN

Special to The Tribune.
SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. l.--Com9et.
in against the world. the Spokane
country's district exhibit OF grains,
grasses, fruits and vegetables won
first prize, at the international Dry
Farming congress held at Lethbridge,
Alberta. A silver trGNhy cup, the
largest given by the exposition, Offer
ed by the government Of Manitoba,
Is the award. In addition, the exhib-
it from the Spokane country Won first
prize for the best display of fruits,
green and in glasses, the prize being
a trophy shield offered by the Leth.
bridge Board of Control. Mrs. Martin
]. Vessels of Spokane secured first
honors for having the best display OF
jellies and canned fruits. The clean
sweep made by Spokane county eXhib-
its is the more gratifying locally be.
cause of the fact that they were in
mretition with the best from Can.
ada as well as from the United States.
Individual entries from this district
won 13 apple prizes, n for ounces.
four for pears, n for prunes, six for
wheat, three for sheaf grains and
grasses and seven for vegetables and
roots.