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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-21

Wallace-The county commissioners
have entered into contract with
James ID. Haight for the construction
OF the road connecting Kingston and
Enaville, which, when completed, will
materially reduce the distance be-
tween these two points and at the
same time do away with the long agi-
tation for bridge across the river at
Kingston and giving Kingston a short
and direct connection with the rail-
road. Another road matter which was
taken up and acted favorably upon
was the route of the proposed road be-
tween Pottsville and the Montana
summit.
Occur d'Alene-L. L. Lewis, ref
cree In bankruptcy, has entered an
order authorizing Trustee L. l.. BOYD
to offer for public sale at auction the
remaining property of the defunct
Lane Lumber company, which aggre-
gates 1000 acres of timber land in
kootenai and Shoshone counties. and
has been appraised at close to sos, 900.
Up to this time the trustee has
been unable to get satisfactory offer
on the property at private sale and
therefore an effort will be made to
dispose of ii at public sale in order to
close the estate. The sale has been
set for September 3 at 10 clock in the
forenoon in front of the city hall in
this city.
Boise-The state board of eoualiza-
tion Is in session here to equalize
taxes Of Ss counties, railroads and
public utilities. and to establish the
state rate to raise revenue. II is be-
lieved by members of the board who
have reviewed reports from various
esuntses that the ultimate rate will be
but half Of that Of year ago.
Idaho will show material increase
this year In its total assessed proper
~. The total will be close to $780,
900. 900, as compared with S41s. $780,
1894. zs last year. The increase will
be In the railroad and public utility
assessment and personal PROPERTY.
Last year the total assessments
were: Real property. 1881. 1928. s42.-
%; railroads. $s4, SOC, 57s; Pullman
and private car companies. 1861 e24 I.
telephone lines, $l,SS0, 500. 10; tele-
graph lines. 81, 1852, 1880. Last year
the basis Of assessment was 40 per
cent Of the full cash value. This year
property will be assessed at its full
cash value.
1t is now estimated that the board
will add at least 100000, 900 assess
able property to the tax roll this wear.
Counties that have reported their
abstracts show total personal prop
erty valuation of 1916, 231, 576. When
the balance of the counties file their
abstracts the total in this class will be
increased to 1888, 900, 600.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-21

Lewiston-The Lewiston Exposition
company will expend this year to con-
duct the Lewiston-C Charleston fair ex-
actly $4,000, according to the pre-
MUM lists which aave been mailed to
the eight counties If Eastern Washing
ton, and Northern Idaho, including
Asotin, Whitman and Garfield in
Washington, and Nez Perce, Idaho,
Lewis and Clearwater counties in
Idaho. Apportioned to the features
OF the fair the race premiums will
amount to $4,000, exhibits $4,000 and
amusements $500.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-21

Lewiston-Repor from the Clear
Hnter river country and the Camas
and Nex Psrce prairies stats that the
crops Ia those sections have suffered
considerably from hail and rain.
Around GranRCvilIe hail struck in
spots and many fields suffered damage.
A similar condition prevails In the VI
cInity Of Winchester.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-21

Lewiston Corwyn j. Glass, a
thrifty Lewiston farmer. has the lat
est thing in poultry food. To make
the most of the grasshopper pest that
invaded this section, Mr.. Glass COM
municated with Lewiston firm hand
ling such commodities asking it to
handle grasshoppers as a poultry food.
He says that he is prepared to handle
them in any form and in ton lots.
Just what method Mr.. Glass uses to
capture the hoppers was not stated.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-21

st. Maries = William Noyan. who
has been experimenting with growing
celery In and about St. Maries for
some time, brought large number of
samples TO town, proving that this is
natural celery country. He plans on
starting a celery farm on a large scale
and says that he il satisfied that this
Will make one Of the big celery pro-
ducing districts of the West.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-21

University of Idaho. Moscow. The
horticultural canning plant at the uni
versity was busy all last week canning
the crop Of peas raised on the univers-
ity farm. For the most part the can
ming is merely done on an expert
mental basis and not as commercial
enterprise. Canning experiments are
carried on for the benefit of the farm
ers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-08-21

University Of Idaho, Moscow-Sev-
ersl students who have been employed
All summer painting the roofs on
buildings on the campus struck when
1t was learned that their wages were
TO be cut. They were being paid from
rs to 46 cents per hour. Two or three
OF them later went back to work at 80
cents per hour, while the others left
for the harvest fields and mines.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
MYSTIC SHRINERS DINE
POSTAL SAVINGS HEAD
Carter B. Keene Is Host of Thirty
Mobiles Of Almas Temple
at BANQUET.

Thirty Almas Temple Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine, who have known
Carter B. Keene ever since he came
to Washington from Maine and began
climbing the steep ladder of advance
ment in the Postoffice Department,
dined him last night as a sign and
in testimony that they had not over
looked his latest promotion-that from
chief postoffice inspector to director of
postal savings.
While the thirty Toasted their comrade,
a past potentate OF the Temple, rather
as friends than as fellows of the Shrine
the festivities took their atmosphere from
the mystic brotherhood, Just as they took
their viands, as to name. at least from
the tiptop Northern State whence Mr..
Keene entered the Capital.
Roe Fulkerson was toastmaster. The
speakers were Harrison Dingman. past
imperial potentate; James T. Gibbs, pres
ent potentate: Jacobus S. Jones, Frank
A. Sebring, w. Ham Smith, C. Snyder,
and Mr.. Keene.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
BLEASE TO ISSUE 100
THANKSGIVING PARDONS
81 Want EN- to Eat Dinner at Home, /"
Says South Carolina Governor.
Tillman Comments.

Columbia, 5. C, Nov. Ex-Governor
Blease will pardon 100 convicts on
Wednesday. Twenty-eight of them are
serving life terms for murder and twenty
eight for manslaughter.
Il want 'em 10 eat Thanksgiving din
ner at home" Blease said.
The hundred pardons will bring Blease's 5
clemency record since he assumed the
governorship in 1911 up to $50 cases The
papers in the latest batch will be served
in time to free the prisoners Wednesday
afternoon.
Blease said this afternoon he would
make his total 1000 in Christmas gifts
Of pardons.
Senators Benjamin Ryan Tillman and
Ellison Durand Smith OF South Caro-
lima last night declined to discuss at
length the action of Gov. Blease.
Senator Smith, who runs for re-elec-
tion next summer and who will have
Blease as his opponent, said: u have
refrained from even mentioning his
name. The people OF the State have
elected him. It is up to them to deal
with him. care not to help advertise
him"
Senator Tillman. South Carolina's
most beloved man, said: please seems
to love to hear the heathens roar"
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
AVIATION PROGRESS SHOWN.
Capt. w. 1. Chambers submits Plan.
for Improved HydrO-Aeroplane.

for Improved hydro-Aerophhhe.
A plan for the development Of ayia-
tion in connection with the navy, IN
cludfng the use Of dirigible balloons
has been prepared by Capt. Washing
ton /. Chambers, retired, VINO - IN
charge of aviation in the navy:
Capt. Chambers plan is not YET IN
shape for publication -.
The work for the last yeaf' CApr
Chambers reports. has Aentered iarse-
ly upon the development OF the hylns
boat" or hydro -aeroplane. which hao
its origin in the United States. ma
chimes of the Curtiss. wright, and Bur
CESS types have been used, al oi
which are biplanes.
Researches have been conducted anu
experiments made at the model pasin
for hull testing. and Investigations
also have been made in co-operation
with the Langley aerodynamic laoora-
tory, temporarily established py tne
Smithsonian Institution.
A feature of the navy sviation IN
the last wear has been the instruction
gjven oficers and men Of the fleet dur
in9 the winter exercises at Guantana-
mo cuba. Two hundred and forty om-
GERS have now taken instruction or
obseryation' flights, and 26s flights nave
been given to petty officers and en-
listed men.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
WHITE employees
ONLY RULED OUT
A. A. Jones Elected President Interior
Home Club Membership Commit
tee 10 Settle Race Question.
BYLAWS ARE FINALLY ADOPTED

The proposed race limitation played an
insignificant part in the discussion at
tendant upon the adoption Of the bylaws
Of the Home Club Of the Interior Depart
ment at the meeting held IN Old Masonic
Temple yesterday.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Jones, who presided. put the auietus or
the question by ruling out Of order Q mo-
ton to insert such limitation in the by
laws
The bylaws were presented for adcp.
ton section by section, and when section
of article III. which defines eligibility
for membership. was read, a motion was
made to insert therein clause limiting
the membership to white employees"
Secretary Jones said he hoped that no
such resolution would be entertained
He thought that the question Of member
ship safely could be left to the mem.
bershfp committee. II rule the motion
out OF order" said Secretary Jones. There
was general applause.
The only successful motion to changs
any Of the sections was made by DR..
George Otis Smith. director Of the Geo.
logical Survey. The bylaws as submit
ted called for the election Of the presI-
dent and vice president from each OF ths
bureaus and offices in rotation, neither
of the officers being eligible for re-elec-
ton. DIR. Smiths motion that the twd
officers be elected from any bureau was
adopted.
In the election Of temporary officers
and a board of trustees, out OF the
314 votes poled, 25s voted the straight
ballot, electing the following: Presi-
dent, A. A. Jones, Secretary's ONCE;
vice president. DR.. George Otis Smith,
Geological Survey secretary, NJ A.
Rattigan, General Land ONCE; treaS-
urer. A. II. Thompson, Pension Once
Board of trustees-John McPhaul.
General Land once: John T. Reeves,
Indian once: John F. Keenan,. Pension
ONCE; James T. Newton, Patent once:
e ]. Ayers. Secretary's once; W. S.
Denenbaugh, Bureau Of Education;
Miss A NJ Fontaine, Geological Sur
vey; W. A. Ryan, Reclamation Service;
Mrs. Edith F. spoford, Bureau of
Mines.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
AUTO DEALERS HOLD
HARMONIOUS MEETING
Representatives Of Many Makes Of
Cars Pledge Their Support
TO Unite Trade"

A new epoch in the automobile history
of Washington was written last night ai
a meeting of the Washington Automo.
bile Dealers Association at the Sterling
Hotel
More than 100 men Identified with the
automobile trade and representing
twenty-three different makes OF cars, Q
number OF tire manufacturers and Ecces-
sorry houses were present, and pledged
their support toward uniting the trade
into a harmonious organization with CO.
operation rather than competition as its
watchword.
This feeling of a greater association
was voiced in the brief words of the
numerous members of the organization
who were called upon to respond TO
toasts. All of them urged closer re-
lationship between the automobile
dealers of Washington and pledged
their support.
Preliminary reports of those in
charge of the arrangements for the 1914
automobile show, during the week Of
January 19, assure the success of the
undertaking.
Announcement was made that more
than three-ffths of the floor space al
ready had been sold, and a number OF
dealers who have not yet completed ar
rangementS lot entering lne sno" oe-
clared their intentions of doing so. A
number of others who stated that factory
conditions prevented them from doing so
offered their assistance to make it a sue
cess.
w D. Arriscn. of the Probey Com
pany. acted as toastmaster, and the in
fOrmality of the occasion was evidenced
in the remarks he made in introducing
the speakers. Every one was unanimous
in declaring that the meeting last night
was the largest in attendance and the
most enthusiastic in the history Of the
organization.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
CITIZENS ELECT OFFICERS.
NSrth Capitol and Fcl<inEton Assoc
citation Makes Report.

DR.. Edgar c. Thompson and A. Coulter
Wells were elected president and secre-
tary, respectively, of the North Capitol
and lexington Citizens Association last
night Selden NJ. Ely, who for some
time has served on the executive commit
tee, was elected vice president. The
executive committee Of the association
remains the same. with the exception of
Flnis ID. Morris, who was elected to Ill
the place Of Vice President Ely.
Plans for the coming year were dis
cussed at the meeting. and a resolution
Of sympathy to DR.. Thompson. owing to
the death OF his father, was adopted.
Several representatives Of other civic as
sociations Of the city were present They
spoke of the good work of such associa-
tions in the District
Annual reports of the officers and
standing committees showed progress
made during the past year. IN securing
improvements for the North Capitol sec
ton. and the saving OF an extra tax
rate. The comndttee report In favor
OF paving North Capitol street from v
street TO Michigan avenue was adopted
and resolutions to this effect were passed.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
MERCURY TWINS" IMPROVE.
Turner Boy Out of Danger md
Clark ChiId's Chances Good.

Given up to die from bichIoride of
mercury poisoning, little Walter F.
Turner, the seventeen month old son of
Joseph Turner, bookkeeper, of f9 Tenth
street northeast, has won his fight for
life at Casualty Hospital
Taken to the hospital eight days ago
after chewing up a mercury tablet, the
boy has shown steady improvement.
His parents expect to have their baby
boy with them Thanksgiving Day.
At the ChIldren's Hospital another lit
tie boy, the second of the mercury
twins" William Clark, Of 707 c street
northeast. Is putting UP a good fight. His
chances for recovery are good. The
Clark boy is the same age OF the Turner
lad, He was taken to Casualty Hospital
Sunday afternoon, and later transferred
to Children's. DR.. s. Doycs Poole, family
physician, diagnosed his illness as that
OF mercury poisoning.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
WEEDS NURSE AT BEDSIDE.
wealthy vIrEiniHn Figures In At
Inntic City Romance.

Atlantic City, Nov. although a GER
tificate fled at the bureau OF vital sta
tistics today an Interesting romance OF a
sIek roorn In n fashIona able hotel was rn-
yeaied. In which Allen Caperton Brax-
ton, wealthy member OF an old family
OF staunton, Va, took MISS Mary P. MIL
Ter, his nurse, also Of staunton, as his
bride. Rev, Charles Martin Niles PEE
formed the ceremony,
Tho wedding was contaminated yester-
day afternoon as he reclinsd In bed, Mrs
Joseph Wheat, of Charlottesville, Va:
Clarke weTthingtonr and Mrs, Carter
BraxteB, OF Staunton, were the only
witnesses
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
oeLPoYs DOOMED FOR PLACE.
Friends Want Him Made superin.
tendent of Insurance.

While no choice Of a successor to
George W, Ingham for District superin-
tendent of insurance has yet been made
by the Commissioners, it is understood
that friends of John Colpoys, who was
appointed by President Wilson as a MEM
Der of the Excise Board, but who with
drew, are waging strong campaign in
his behalf.
Other candidates whose names are be-
fore the Commissioners are Charles r.
Nesbit, president of the Monday Evening
Club; John Edward Kreh. a well-known
insurance man of Washington; John But
'ler Doyle, and Daniel Curry. who, at
present, is conducting the business of the
insurance Office. The Commissioners prob
ably will reach a decision within a few
DAYS.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
Jewel Thieves Sentenced.

London. Nov. 2L-Sentence was pro-
nounced at the Old Bailey today on four
prisoners charged with stealing and re-
ceiving the pearl necklace. valued at
$4,000. which disappeared during transit
by registered mail from Paris to London
July is, but was afterward found lying
on a sidewalk in London with only one or
two pearls missing.
Two of the men. Lockett and Grizsrd,
were condemned to seven years penal ser
vitude each. and Silberman to f1ve years
and Cuttworth to eighteen months hard
labor.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
COAST LINE HEAD IS ILL.
President Emerson Rushed to His
Home on Special.

waycross, Ga, Nov. eL-Seriously Ill,
President T. NJ Emerson. OF the Atlantic
Coast Line, was placed on board a spe-
cial train here tonight and hurried to his
home at Wilmington, n. c. Mr.. Emerson
is said to be suffering from acute indi-
gestion. He was stricken at Dupont, Ga,
Sunday while on an inspection trip Of the
system. He was hurried hero late last
night and put in a hospital
Physicians wanted him to remain IN the
hospital. but he insisted on being taken
TO Wilmington. Two physicians and a
trained nurse accompanied him.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
$4,000 ELECTRICAL
WORKERS ORDERED OUT
Strike Is Called for 1880 O'clock
This Morning at Schenectady
Works.

Schenectady. y. Y, Nov. 2t-Twelve
thousand workmen at the plant OF the
General Electric Company here have
been ordered to strike at 7:30 o'clock to-
morrow morning. The strike is the out
come of a lay-off at the local works
Frank L. Dujay. second vice president OF
the Trades Assembly and president OF
the Electrical Workers Alliance. a So
cialist and active labor organization man.
and a number OF others lost their posi-
tions.
General Manager George f. Emmons. Of
the company. in a statement tonight, said
the men had acted unwisely through a
misunderstanding. He denied the mems
charges that Dujay lost his position
through his activity in behalf of the
unions. He said the lay-otf was neces-
sary because OF a slackness in business.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
FIFTY ride THE GOAT"
Yelled Prophets Puts Candidates
Over Burning Sand.

Fifty candidates rode the goat and
traversed the burning sands at the big
ceremonial session Of Kallipolis Grotto.
No. Is, Mystic Order Of Yelled Prophets
of the Enchanted Realm, held at Odd
Fellows Hall last night The Minute
Men," headed by Capt. Fred II. Kramer,
attended in a body.
It was announced that more than 800
tickets for the grand oyster roast" TO
be held in the Elks' rathskeller, Decem-
ber 4, had been sold. The receipts viii
be used for paying the expenses OF the
trip to Richmond when the Supreme
Council meets in June. Over 600 men,
bers OF the Washington grotto are ex-
pected to take the trip.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
cowDRAY ANSWERS CRITICISMS
Colombian Concession Relatively
Small, Declares EnEIishman.

London, Nov. A-Lord Cowdray, an
swering criticisms regarding the Pear
son syndicate's Colombian contract, said
tonight that his concession covered only
10000 square kilometers, which is a mere
fraction of the country.
"Other interests he said, have far
greater concessions. 1t was at the re-
quest of a parliamentary committee that
the lease was extended from forty to
sixty years. The contract received tho
closest attention of Congress. From the
mere fact of his position, President
Aranjo is a man Of uncommon ability;
moreover, all conditions imposed by the
members of the committee have been full
filed and no trouble has been spared
to meet all the reasonable objections"
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
Complete. Swim Through Canal.

Panama, Nov. A--Alfred Brown, the
Long Island City life-sayer who swan
the twenty-four miles of the Gatun Lake
on Saturday. completed the canal trip to-
day, swimming from Paraiso to Balboa,
at the Pacific entrance, through the Guile
bra Cut, climbing the Pedro Migual and
Mirafiores locks. Brown covered the ff-
teen miles in four and one-half hours,
starting at 10 a m. and finishing at ESQ
p. m. He has now swan through all the
canal except the stretch between the At
lantic entrance and Gatun Lake.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
NEWMAN SPEAKS TONIGHT.
Commissioners to Address virsinian,
on Passenger Rates.

Commissioner Newman will be one Of
the speakers at the union meeting of
the Alexandria County Public School As
sociation, and Falls Church Citizens As
sociation tonight at Alexandria County
Court House, at which plans to secure
cheaper Passenger fares on the electric
line between Falls Church and Wash
ington will be discussed. Among the
other speakers will be Mayor Fellows, CT
Falls Church: John Nevins, W. W.
Wright, Leo p. Harlow, and r. c. L.
Moncure, of Alexandria County.
Plans will be made tonight for repre-
sentation of the citizens Of Alexandra
County before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, December 3, on the hearing
OF the petition of the people of Falls
Church for lower fares. Other matters
TO be discussed are the campaign of the
Alexandria County Public Service Asso-
ciation for a scent fare from Claren-
don and Balleston to Washington; trafic
conditions at the Aqueduct Bridge and
lighting facilities at Rosslyn.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
Gem. Given to Kai.er.

Berlin, Nov. 24-The Kaiser has be-
come the possessor Of an extremely val
liable set Of ancient jeweled ornaments
which were excayated some years ago
from the foundations of Mayence. The
ornaments. which ordinarily were pur-
Ioined by workmen engaged in the exca-
vations and sold to dealers, have now
been bought and presented to the Kaiser
by an unknown donor.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
REV. C. A. VINCENT CALLED.
Roxbury, Mass, Pastor offered
Charge of Mt. Pleasant Church.

Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
last night issued a call to- the Rev.
Clarence A. Vincent, Of Roxbury, Mass,
TO hr the vacancy created by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. DR.. Frank ]. Goodwin
last January. DR.. Vincent is at present
pastor of Emmanuel Walnut Avenue
Church and a well-known churchman Of
Boston. being president of the congreca-
tional Club.
Members Of the congregation expect DR..
Vincent to accept the call by the first of
the year. A telegram was sent DR.. Vim
cent last night following his unanimous
selection at a meeting held in the church
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
MAN FOUND UNDER BED.
{. A. F. FInEef GrnppIes with
Negro, but He Escapes.

To his foresight in looking under his
he'd before retiring last night, Clemence
A. F. Flager, of the Ontario apartment
house, probably owes the safety of his
valuabIes. Flager discovered a pair OF
strange feet underneath. He turned to
the telephone and notified the police. The
intruder heard him, and when Flager
hung up the receiver he found his visitor,
a young negro, starting for the door.
Flager gave chase, and grappled with
the man, but he was tripped up and the
intruder escaped. He was able to fur
nish a good description to the police, and
claimed the assailant was a former bell
boy in the hotel, who was discharged
earlier in the evening.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
G. L. U, OBJECTS 70 WAGE CUT.
Named to Protest to SEQ
rotary of Navy,

Protest against the adoption Of recon-
mendatIons OF the navy yard wage board
that the pay of fremen employed there
be reduced s cents a day after December
s, will be made to the Secretary Of the
Navy by a committee authorized at a
meeting of the Central Labor Union at
Typographical Temple last night.
John p. Colpoys, Henry Nolda. and
]. E Toone were appointed upon the
committee to call upon Secretary Daniels'
The central body also went upon record
again in favor OF q District suffrage
measure. with only the educational quail
fication.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-25
Man Stabbed by Negro.

During an alteration in the rear of
50 H Street Northeast, yesterday after
noon. Lewis Cardenas, twenty-six years
old, of % Defrees Street Northwest, was
stabbed in the back by Edward Barton,
colored. Cardenas was rushed to Cas-
ualty Hospital His condition is not
serious. The police are looking for
Barton.