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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-04

The humble potato is put to some
surprising uses. Under one process
the outer skin is removed, the white
flesh is treated with sulphuric acid
and other chemicals, pressed by pow
erful hydraulic machinery into blocks
which are cut and carved into va
rious shapes and sizes, and sold as
"ivory" The key board of cheap pi-
amos and organs are often made from
this "ivory"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-04
Mother of Eighteen Children.

81 am the mother of eighteen child
rem and have the praise of doing more
work than any young woman in my
town." writes Mrs. C. j. Martin, Boone
Mill, Va. 81 suffered for five years
with stomach trouble and could not
eat as much as a biscuit without suf-
fering. l have taken three bottles of
Chamberlain's Tablets and am now a
well woman and weigh 168 pounds.
l can eat anything want to, and as
much as l want and feel better than
l have at any time in ten years. re-
fer to any one in Boone Mill or vicini-
ty and they will vouch for what l
say" Chamberlain's Tablets are for
sale by all druggists.
ID IL
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
MURDOCH SAYS CHANGE WILL
RUIN PROSPERITY.
Progressive Congressman. IN Minority
Report. Asks for Commission to
Secure Information.

Washington, p. CA Tariff COM
mission. with power to elicit informa
ton. was urged. reasonable reduction
of any duty obviously excessive was
advocated. and radical reductions not
founded on adequate information were
opposed in a minority report present
ed to the house by Representative
Victor Nurdock &C Kansas, the Pro
crassive member of the ways AMI
means committee.
Murdock asserted that if there had
been wanting proof of the necessity
of 6 tariff commits sion. the pending
Democratic tariff bill alone would sup
ply if.
He charged that as d result OF the
methods used in it's preparation, the
few ifen who drafted it are not wa
.antnd in feeling certainty as 10 its
affects. and most Of those who have
endorsed 1t in caucus as party meas
urc cannot have other than g super
fetal knowledge Of its provisions.
Under the guise of reducing the
cost of LIVING he said. 1t may de
strov the very basis of our industrial
prosperity. Proposing and NJ Omlsing
to chnappn the food and clothing %
the w0rkinglnan, it may take from
him the very means by Wtich he may
earn his livelihood
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Cushion Stuffed With Love.locks.

Among her personal friends. Miss
Loie Fuller. the famous dancer, num-
bers Camille F1ammarion. the great
French astronomer. Il shall never
forget" she says. in Fifteen Years
Of a Dancers Life" the impression
that Camille F1ammarion made upon
me the first time the Countess VOL
ska took me to his house. Rue Cassini.
He wore lounge jacket of white fan
mel. edged with red lace. He had
veritable forest OF hair, which formed.
az it were. bonnet around his head.
This was so remarkable that ! could
not repress an exclamation. Nine.
F!ammarion then told me that she
frequently had to cut some OF the
locks. for her husbands hair grew
with such vigor that was tormented
by it. Then she showed me a cushion
on a divan, and remarked: There is
where ! put his hair after cutting It,
To give an accurate idea of Ca
mile Flammarion' style of wearing
his hair, you have only to multiply
Padere~: skis head OF hair by twelve"
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
WOULD STOP PARK SPOONING
Kansas City Police Chief Plans Way
to End Pubic Love;naking
With SearchIieht.

Kansas City, No. stop
"spoonin2" in Swope park, Chief
of Police Griffin said he hoped soon
to install upon ono OF TIE high towers
of the park shelter house a powerful
searChlight, the eagle eye of which
would bring into the limelignt all cou-
ples secluded over the 1,2oo acres of
lill and dale tho park contains"
The board OF public welfare and
the park beard recently have madc
Urgent complaints to the police
AGAINST indiscGiminate lOsemahing in
SWone.
Il believe III" soarchlisht is the So
lution." said Chief Griffin. This park
snooning must y" stopped"
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
BRYCE QUITS WASHINGTON
AMBASSADOR WHO REFUSED IT,
TIE RETURNS HOME.
lie Over Half century-Wiii Re-
sumo His Literary Pursuits.

Washington, D. C.-Fon. James
Bryce, British ambassador, IS years
Young. said farewell to Washington
and started back to England to take
Up the literary iabors he dropped Ill
1907 when his government detailed
him to the Unitel States to settle veX
ing international disputes.
The ambassadors ruddy face,
framed in its aureole OF white Whis-
kers, was solemn as he sad sood-bE
to the diplomatists and nationa! Of
ficials who made little fete iE the
Union depot, bidding Godspeed.
Yours is wonderful country and
a wonderful government" lie said. Il
an leaving it perhaps for the last
time Naturally, it makes me feel
sad l am going back to my home
in Sussex where | will complete a
work on Australia and possibly fur
ther revise my history of American
gosernment-Who knows And the
ambassador laughed happily and
beamed upon his wife.
WIN Bryce ) departure Ohc ". 'AS
noted characters in International life
steps from the stage of events. In
his long career-he has been public
figure since he was 21 years old-he
has been scholar, author OF books on
subjects ranging from botany, natur-
al and political history to interna-
tional prudence. diplomat and
college professor. Countless degrees
and membership titles in learned or
2anizations have been shoNarod on
him
Through all his successes he has
remained plain James Bryce. Al
though he was for a long time mem
| Der of the British cabinet, chief sec
retary for Ireland and a cnanc e'lor
| and was offered title by the gov
! ernment, he refused it, prete:rinS to
| remain commOner.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
HALF MILE CAP IN LEVEE AFRA|O0 OF TARIFF MEASURE
BREAK IN LOUISIANA WILL COW
ER goo SQUARE MILES.
10000 People Will Be Affected
Around Lower Lake ST. John
Boats Sent to Aid Victims.

Natchez. Miss-Lowe: Lake ST.
John levce broke and The Mis-
sissippi river poured into Concor-
dia parish with a roar. No lives have
Dcen lost so far. The gap was half
a mile wide and % feet deep.
The crevasse viii flood Concordia
the lower part Of Tensas, which lies
on the north, aud parts of Franklin
and tatahoula parishes On the west
Approximately 2A.000 persons will be
driven from their homes in a region
Of about 900 square miles. Tho
property damage will total several
hundred thousand dollars
People living near by We're warned
fully Two hours before the carsh
came. Nest Of the live stock had
been rloved to the hills on the Mis-
sssipni side OF the river
Six river steamers and a score rf
motor boats We're dispatched TO the
scene OF the Crevasse from Natch"z
and \icksburS 10 rescue people from
the flooded district.
The railroad shops Of thu St. Louis,
iron Mountain & Southern road at
Waterproof are flooded Egdaiia. pop
ulation 1000. across the river from
! NatchcZ, is endangered.
Lake St. John neiehborhood is the
richest agricultural part Of Concor-
,lIa parish. both sides OF !ne lake be
ing dotted with large Plantations and
handsome plantation homes. Some
of these will be swept away.
Large trees immediatel; in the
path OF the cravasse water We're up
rooted and cottages barns and quar-
tors fCl field hands were swept away
A largo rice warehouse standing be
hind the levee was lifted into the all
and destroyed.
Lake st John lovee. one Of the
,nain Mississippi river dikes. was IS
| feet high and was considered the
strongest in the Fifth Louisiana levee
! district.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
rudor Bed Brought Bad LucI

hntiGuarians in the old country are
searching high and low for . bed that
belonged to the old English Tudors.
The only clue is that exactly hun
iro1 years ago II was the property OF
- Rev Richard Williams. BCdafon.
\rglesey. The bed came into the pos
rssion of Mr.. Williams in the follow
ng curious fashion: 1t had been the
property OF farmer for q consider
able time. The farmer had trouble.
and got it into his head that the bed
:.as the cause of his bad luck Sure
y, some foul murder had been perpe-
tratcd in it, he said. and he gave it
TO one Of his cowboys. Some time
after. the boy wanted to raise a little
money. and he offered to sell the bed
10 Mrs. Williams. She did not want
il; but to do the boy a favor. as she
thought, she bought it from him for
nine shillings. little supposiDg from
it's odd and antiquated appearance that
it had been originally bought at the
sale at Pcnmynydd, the Anglesey
home of Owen Tudor, grandfather or
Henry VII
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
TRUSTED R. MAN MISSING
Treasurer of Ter!e Haute & Southern
Is Sought by Detectives-32,5c SEQ
Gone, Says Audi.o!.

Chicaco.- Edward F. Young,
treasurer OF the Chicago, Terre
Haute & southeastern Railway
company, is being sought by detec-
ives or warrant charging him with
the cr,nozzement of funds from the
accounts of the road.
\ shortage cf S2.300 was specified
IL the complaint, but 1t was said that
this figure Was taken after only a
partial audit OF the books OF the COM
p7ny, and that the amount may be
greater, No trace Of the missing Of
!icial has been obtained by detec-
tireS.
Mr.. Young disappeared from the
coinrany's Offices last Tuesday. An
audit Oi the accounts of the company
was then in progress. He failed tn
return and an Investigation followed.
TIE alleged dofalcation vas discOF-
cred
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
PREDICTS HIGHER MEAT COST
swft's New Wear Book Says slaueh-
ter Of Calves and Cattle Scarcity
viii Bcost Price.

Chicago go.-Iircreased cattle pro-
duction and prohibition OF the
slaughter Of calves for veal are put
forth in the Year Book If Swift &
Co. packers. as necessary to keeb
beef prices from going still higher.
Tables show that. while The popula
tion of the United States increased
6.563, 600 in the last 10 years, the
production Of cattle decreased 1868
zoo head,
To relieve the pressure The consum-
ing public is urged to ea: more NUT
ton and lamb and 10 cur out veal,
the consumptioA of which has eX-
panded 100 per cent in a decade.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
TRAINED TO MURDER.
ASSASSlNS ONCE FORMED A VERY
INFLUENTIAL SECT.
Had Their Origin in the East ano
Spread Their Deadly Work Over
Almost All Countries Of
the World.

The assassination OF King George Of
Greece recalls the fact that the word
itself is derived from a regular or
pecially the life of a ruler.
The assassin sect was an offshooti
Of the Shah form OF Mohammeoan-
ism. but its tenets comprised frag-
ments OF magianism tor sorcery). Ju-
iaism and Christianity, as well as OF.
the teachings Of the Koran. 1t was
in some respects not unlike the Druses
Of Mount Lebanon. with whose out
breaks the name of Lord Dufferin was
honorably connected long before he
became governor general Of Canada
It's founder. who gave it his name.
was Hassan Ben Sabah. chief of the
famous mountain fortress Of Alamoot
in Persia. about 1000. He gathered
about him body OF fearless young
men, pledged to obey him and highly
trained in various methods OF mur-
der. These were dispatched. generally
singly. to end wars by killing kings
or generals. or to destroy rivals or
personal enemies.
In order to give them courage for
their villainous work. they were taught
to make use OF haschish. the Grue
called chang in India. derived from
the leaves of the common hemp plant
which is terribly Intoxicating. III Ara
bic they were called haschischin from
this fact.
These men followed their insiruc-
lions in every country. as is shown by
the fact that all the European nations
have the word in their languages. as.
sassinen in German, assassin in
French. aesino in Spanish, assaSsino
in Portuguese and Italian. ctc. But
they fiourished especially in the east.
where they also used the terror OF
their name for matchmaking purposes.
/ The Knight Terrlars II the tii>n ~
ri, rayd Occur d. Lion. fought them
| Cneniy. the leaders of the crusadAs
| having suffered seriously from 'nair
| designs. and also spread the knowl-
edge of thcn aid oE their leader.
| known to them as tho old Man nf the
| Mountains throughout christendo,n
! The Mongols massacrcd the Persian
.'ranch of the order in 1856 and the
Sultan Beliars tried to eXtirpata the
Syrian branch in 1870. Neither attack
was thoroughly successful. however
and the order is believed to exist to
This day in Persia. and to be not with
out influence in some eastern affairs.
Not even Persia had more horrible
transformations than had France a: the
lime Of the revolution, and there was
awful rightfulness In the words in
which the tyrant Robespierre ad-
dressed the national convention. when
he was refused permission to make a
defense against the fate to which he
had consigned SO many. and which
now threatened him: President of As.
sassins." said the deposed rufhan, for
the last time I ask liberty to speak,
for by assassins nowadays we mean
not members of the sect of that name
but murderer who spills life blood
for any other than a purely personal
reason.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Curious Illness.

Yes. =aid the good woman VI,
vas describing the la9t il,4ess Of :
friend she was taken suddenly sicf
With pantonine poisoning. ard fou:
doctors came to the house and Insult
ed about her and diagraTr,ne he,
case very closely. They decided thai
she had eaten scne fish or somethiH
that ha5 paragraphs in It. and so tn
gave her a hypocritical injection Of
serial that would destroy the basilica
but che didn't seem to helr any. ane
she soor was il a state oe chrome -
Chicago Evening Post
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
WOMAN FREED OF MURDER
Mrs. Applcbaum Says He Told Her
"You've Got Just Five Minutes
to Live"

Atlanta. Ga-Mrs. Cailie Scott
.pplehaum took the stand in her
trial for the murder CT her hus-
band. a Chicago salesman. and told
the jury that she was as innocent as
an angel in Heaven"
Al 12:o0 midnight, on Feb. %,
said Mrs. Applebaum. my husband
Law down beside me with a revolver
in his hand and said: You've got just
five minutes to live I put my head
under the cover and told him to
shoot give you my word of honor
l do not remember anything else till
was in the housekeeper's room the
next morning. and some one was
bathing my head
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
8 SUfFRAGETTES SENTENCED
Mrs. Dcspard Gets Fourteen Gays ard
Her Companions Receive Ten
Days Cacn.

London. England Charles
DcSpard. the leader Of the suffTagettos
arrested while .rying to hoId meet
irg in Trafalgar square. was sen
fenced to ii days inprisC nmont in
default Of payment Of 4 .lnc Of So
Her companions were sentenced to 10
days each.
Mrs. ncspard q, clareC that the at
tempt to hold meeting ir Trafalgar
square was made as d protest against
tho governments prohibition. Of sui
frage meetings in hyde park
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Hello Nation,

f,nlio. We are the greatest tele-
phona users In the world. The daily
average of talks over the telephones
lest year was over 26ODo,Ooo. There
are 10000 places, towns, cities ana
hanllcts from which telephone mes
eages may be sent. This is 1000
more than the number OF our post
Offices 10000 more than the number
NJ Cur railroad stations and three
Zines the number of telegraph Offices
in The country. There arc nearly
500 900 telephone stations in the
Bell svstem--sn increase last year Of
over 500 .01O These are the facts re-
1or:ed by the American Telegraph &
Telephone company in reference to
The PelI business. 1t earned last year
nearly Si3 900 00G. VIII It be be-
lieved that the majority Of Its shares
are owned by women and less than
seven per cent. by brokers?-Lcslle's.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
5000 BOY SCOUTS HUNT GIRL
Child, 9, MysteriousIy Disappears
While Selling Tickets for Church
Benefit-Gypsies Suspected.

Chicago. In-Ihree thousand Boy
Scouts in Chicago were enlisted
il the search fo~ katherine Winters.
:: years old. Who disappeared from
ner home in Newcastle, Ind, March
20. while selling tickets for church
benefit
\ committee of boys representing
the scouts called at detective head
quarters to get d description of the
missing child. who is believed 10 have
been kidnapped by gypsies, who
brought her to Chicago or some city
near by.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Major DELAYS Fair Board.

JEFFERSON City.--Gov Major will not
appoint the five members Of the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition commission
for some time yet. He says it is not
necessary to appoint them at this
time The bill passed by the legis-
loture appropriating 100000 for the
preparation of a Missouri exhibit at
San Francisco and the pay of COM
missioncrs provides for Eve commits
sioners. not more than three to be
Democrats.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
QuarreIs With Wife: Fires Home.

Rich Hill-Dell Mcsler, farmer
IS years Of age. living near Pleasant
Gap. quarreled with his wife and fail
ing to effect IL re:onciliat:on, re-
turned to his home and set fire to his
house. barn, corn crib and all other
buildings on the farm. All buildings
were destroyed. He left note Saying
his wife's relatives had planned to
get his money and then get rid of
him, and he was burning everything
so as to spoil their plans. Mes!er has
disappeared.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Major Siqrs Pension Bill.

Jefferson City.-Althoush express
ing doubts as to its constitutionality.
Gov. Major signed the bill for pen
SionjnG INDECENT Confederate soldiers,
not inmates of the Confederate home
ct Higginsville. This measure car
ries an appropriation of $4,000 to
pay the SO month pension provid-
cd for 1918 and 1914 The legislature
enacted this law to relieve INDECENT
Confederates, about 100 In number,
who could not he cared for at the
home at Higsinsville, because of the
lack of room
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
2 BOYS GUILTY OF MURDER
Esformatory, Prison or Hanging May
Be Missour.ers' Fate Who
Slew Negro.

Springfield. No.-ilairy Dishman
and Lewis Johnson. each IS
yeas old. charged with shooting to
death negro. Calvin iisgs, Were
found guilty of murder III the FIRST
degree before Judge Guy D. Kirby.
sentence will be pronounced next
Saturday.
Under the STATE lahs controlling jul
voniIc delinquency. the magistrate
has authority tc sentence til" offHnd-
eys to the reformatory. the state pIis-
on or to capital punishment.
This is the first instanc" IL. which
\ cas,. of Mrrdpr i'll the first dcgtCe
has been tried before y .IissOlri il
venile court
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30

War; cnsburg-TnC Warrensburg
Commercial club at a meeting ap-
pointed committee Of entertain
ment. 10 cooperate with the Pertle
SPRINGS management in entertaining
the Missouri State Press association
at its meeting at the springs. June
90 and o3 next. The members OF
the committee are: W. J. Nayes, may
or; Wallace Crossley. editor of the
Star-Journai: c. NJ. Jauue. editor OF
the Standard Herald: Randolph Col
Inns, II. F. Berkiey and +. n. John
son.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Champ Clark Are ro1nts Son.

shinetcn-Benactt Clark, son O.
Speaker Clark. has been appointed
parliamentary clerk of the house to
succeed Charles r. Crisp Of Georgia.
who now is a representative. Clark
is % years old, :. graduate Of the
University Of Missouri and the young
est man VINO has over served Is clerk
at the speakers tatI"
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
NEWS8 MISSOURI
Students Walk to Dance.

Coiumbia-The junior prom. the
biggest social event of the student
year. was held at Rothwell gymna-
SUM Over 100 couples attended.
Miss Lura Griggsby Of Boulder, Colo.
was queen of the ball. Her escort
was George Taaffe of Carthage, Tiger
basket ball star The junior prom
committee. composed Of students
from all departments Of the Univer
sity of Missouri. this year ruled that
no flowers and no cabs should be the
rule. ir order that the dance would
he within the reach Of all students.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
LOWER RIVER LEVEE BREAKS
Point Coupee and lberviiIe Parishes
VIII Be Partly Flooded-Rail
Traffic Threatened.

Melville, LA portion OF the
main leyee forming the east bank
OF the Atcha:alaya river. north
of Krotz Springs. gave way. The
crevasse will food parts Of Point Cou-
pee and lberville parishes.
The Frisco railroad between Eaton
Rouge and Opelousas and the South
ern Pacific branch between Baton
Rouge and Lafayette will be cut by
the food waters. and the Texas &
Pacific between plaquemine and Mel
VILE will be abandoned.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
State Spelling See May ~.

Jefferson City.-The annual state
spellig match in which one represen-
tative from each OF the counties, sew
en- from ST Louis. ,hrce from Kansas
City and one each from Sprins steld,
Joplin and st. Joseph may participate.
will be held in Jefferson City on May
y. This is during the annual con-
vention of county SuDcrintendents. No
pupils above the eighth grade may
compete The first annual spelling
bee was held last year. More than
three-fourths of the counties had rep
Tesentatiyes in the contest.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
HDeuiI in Me" Saws Pastor,

Evansville, Ind When Rev. Draper
Reed. a Free Methodist minister at
Eewburg, Ind. was avTaigi.ed before
q Justice for beating his wife. he said:
The devil IS in me" He has been
conducting a revival.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Creio TO Investigate Credits.

Jefferson City.-Goy. ajor named
State Senator \. Craig of Nodaway
county delegate IT, represent Missouri,
as q member Of the investigating
committee which will so to Europe
this summer to study the rural credi:
system in vogue in many countries
there.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
EXPLOSION on Liner Imrerator

Hamburg G--It IS said that the Ham
burg American giant 1lnnorator was
rot injured By the explosion reported
aboard the liner. The story was that
several cans cf petrol blew up be-
cause Of care!essness in handling and
eight men were injured
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Utah w. c. r. y. Thanks Sryan.

Ogden. Itah.-Vt2h members OF
the w e. 7. L. informed Secretary
Eryan that his "diplomatic dinn2r'
was to their liking. Mrs. +. e. Shep-
herd state president. and a dclega-
ton met the secretary at the station
here.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Man and Cir, Are Held.

Memphis, Teln,-L A. Smith, so
wears old, and Nellie Lis5ev, IS, are
under arrest here. charged with the
murder 0f Smiths wife. The wife
body is being exhumed for analysis Of
the stomach.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Kirby and Wife indicted.

Chicago. Il.-A joint indictment,
charging DR.. William T. Kirby.
head of the wrecked Kirby bank, and
his wife Margaret l.. Kirby. with
-onCcalinw 500, ,0oe of the assets nf Tho
institution. was returned by the fed
oral grand jury.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
To Cross Canals Hot Sards.

Mobile. Ala-Abha temple. Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine. propose to hold
an initiation festival wherein regen-
crate sons Of tho desert will cross
the hot sands" in one OF the Pana-
ma canal locks before the water is
turned into the lock this fall.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Austria Masses Troops.
Neoro Admits Two Murders.

Sharon, Pa.--Ernest Dye. a negro.
under arrest here. in a confession to
the police, alleges that he shot and
killed Private Lightf0Ct of the L. S.
army In the Brownsville. Tex, riots
in 1906. and that he killed a police
officer in Winston Salem, n. c.. in
1911
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Divorce Wed by Stecson,

Ogden, Utah.-Mrs. Maria Nallinga
has married the son Gf her divorced
husband thereby becoming the
daughtorin-iaw II her former hns-
band and sister-in-law to her stcpcli!-
,lren and her "nn tcp:notheIin-law.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Icenero WARMING Issued,

Newport, Il. 1.-The advance OF ice
bergs under the warming influence OF
spring is noted i'll the report OF the
revenue cutter Seneca, now or ice pa
trol duty on the North Pacific, re-
cei' ed here by wireless.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Insults Former Htfe, SIC :.

Springfield. Ill.-Be" j&:'iA !('.iin,
26 years Old. Was sho, ana h!lloi by
James Tanner, -. Tanner was walk
ins on the street With the divorced
wife of Kirlin when the latter made
an insulting remark 70 the woman.
Potosi journal., 1913-04-30
Wade Arranues for State Funds.

Jefferson City-Fcstus J. Wade Of
the Mercantile Trust company of ST.
LOUIS vas here and made final a..
ran"e;nents for taking over S3.250,0u0
CI the state funds. This company was
made depository for 52-S0th of the
states surplus funds, at a public bid
din" for the same week ago