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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
FIVE KILLED WHEN
FIREWORKS EXPLDE
PRESIDENT OF DISPLAY COM.
PANY AND FOUR EMPLOYEES
LOSE THEIR LIVES
Pain Fireworks Display Company
Plant Wrecked by Explosion and
Fire at Chicago Wednesday,
President of Company Killed.

The dead are H. B. Thearle, presi
dent of the company; Florence Hill
stenographer; e. M. Conner sales
man; Roland H. Wolf, shipping clerk;
Joseph Johnson, electrician.
John Costello, office boy, blown
through a door into an alley, may
die. Firemen thought that several
bodies might be under the debris in
the flooded basement.
The first explosion took place In
the steel and concrete vaults of the
Pain company's building In which
$4,000 worth of fireworks were
stored. The vaults were supposed to
be tireproof and to be able to with.
stand any explosion, but were blown
to atoms djoining office buildings
were shaken and damaged Many
persons were injured by broken glass
aud by being trampled.
The explosion, it was thought,
might have been caused by a spark
from wiring which Johnson, the dead
electrician, was adjusting.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Beans Versus Popplea.

China has advanced so far in her
hight against opium that other crops
are being planted in place of peoples.
In the Chunking district, large areas
formerly devoted to poppy culture are
now covered with good crop of soy
beans.
The traditional beating of swords in
TO plowshares was not a more notable
victory for progress than this. The
use OF the land has been turned from
death unto life in the most literal
sense of the term. Instead of pro-
ducing an insidious poison. the fields
OF Chunking are bearing food; instead
OF crop peculiarly exhausting to the
soil has come one which enriches the
soil.
II the Chinese revolution had done
nothing but deal the death blow to
opium. II would be many times worth
while
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
BOILER EXPLOSION AT sToRRs.
Two Killed and Five Injured at Spring
Canyon Coal Company's
Power Plant.

Storrs.-The explosion of a boiler
In the Spring Canyon Coal company s
power house here Monday killed two
men and seriously injured five.
A. B. Elliott, Storrs. master me.
chanic, scalded by escaping steam
died few moments after the explo-
sion. A. c. Strong, Storrs, fireman,
hurled through the roof; died instant
ly; body mangled. w. c. Pennington,
Kansas City, boilermaker; back in
jured, hip fractured, severely scalded;
injuries may prove fatal. Guy Hack
ney, Kansas City, boilermaker; scald-
ed about the face and body, leg brok,
en-. l.. A. Gooding, Kansas City, boil
ermaker; ankle fractured, bruised by
flying debris. scalded about face, arms
and back. J. H. Ellen, Storrs, team
ster; injured by flying debris, bruised
by fall. Carl Limburg, Storrs, ire,
man; internally injured. back
sprained.
The boiler was of the marine high
pressure type and it is said HAD been
recently repaired. According to stor-
les of bystanders, the master mechan.
&c and boilermakers were at work
cauRing patch on an adjoining boiler
when the accident occurred. Live steam
filled the boiler room in an instant
and with crash that was heard Tor
miles, sections of the boiler tore
through the roof of the fire room, car
rying rafters and skylights.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
PANAMA IS NOT OLDEST CITY
First Town Built In 1919 was De-
stroyed by Morgan-Present City
Some Miles Away.

Recently 1t has frequently been
stated land nearly as often disputed)
that Panama Ia the Oldest city on the
American continent. The discussion
is apparently settled In a published
letter by @. W. Redway. who. quot.
ing from historical authorities, says
the present city was founded In 1878.
Old Panama, however, was founded
by Pedro Arias In 1919, and In its time
was the oldest town built by Euro
peans on the main land of the Ameri-
can continent. San Domingo, on the
island Of Hayti, is older by fifteen
years, having been founded In 1904 by
Diego Columbus.
when Sir Henry Morgan" contin-
ues Mr.. Roadway, was doing business,
he took a shipload of buccaneers and
seized Old Providence, an island not
far from the Caribbean coast OF the
Isthmus Of Panama, and making this
the ostensible base of operations, he
attacked and captured Darien, and
thence made his way across the 18TH
mus and captured Panama, burning
and destroying the city.
This occurred In 1871. Two years
later the present city was rebuilt by
Villacosta, few miles distant from
Old Panama, the ruins of which are
still standing. In fact, the site is now
occupied by a native village
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
To Investigate Labor Conditions.

New York.-John D. Rockefeller
whom some assail as the enemy O
labor, is preparing to spend good,
share Of his wealth for the cause o.
labor.
1t was learned Wednesday that the
Rockefeller foundation, endowed with
$100,00O,O00, has chosen Mackenzie
King, former Canadian minister OF
labor, as special investigator of la
Dor conditions. The scope of thia
work is understood to be as wide al
the continent of North America.
Labor troubles in all other couu,
tries of North America are to be
studied carefully and extensively.
Mr.. King is we'll known In labor
circles, both In the United States and
Canada. Although Canadian, he
was at one time an instructor at Har
ward, having made a speciality of tho
study of economics and political
science.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Sworn Despite His Name.

A present day George Washington,
living at East Orange, N. j., had to
take the oath Just like anyone else
when he appeared as an expert In the
case Of a man who sued surety COM
pany because a contractor built a
house with leaky roof.
Judge, don't believe 1t necessary
70 place this witness under OATH" said
one of the lawyers, when Washington
was put on the stand.
We are not dealing with cherry
srees." returned Judge Mountain, and
che witness was sworn. He testified
that the roof was leaky, but the Jury
decided that the owner couldn't rs-
nQYar damages
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
COPPER SHIPMENTS SEIZED,
Great Britain Notifies the United
States of Ito Intention to Seize
Contraband of War,

Washington.-Great Britain's inten-
items to seize goods which may be
classed as conditional contraband of
war specifically destined for Germany
or Austria, even when such shipments
are carried in American ships and
consigned to neutral ports, was an
nounced at the state department
Wednesday by Sir Cecil Spring Rice,
the British ambassador.
The ambassador called to explain
dispatches stating that two cargoes
of copper shipped from the United
States to the Krupp gun wv rks in
Germany via Holland had been seized
and diverted to England. He said 1t
was believed the copper was to be
used in the construction of torpedoes
and that 1t came distinctly under the
classifications of conditional contra
band Payment for the full value OF
the cargoes has been RENTED to the
American shippers and it is under
stood similar course will be pursued
In such cases in the future.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
STORIES EXAGGERATED.
Chicago Man Gives Results Of Per.
sonaI Investigation of Atrocities"

Washington.-Tales of mistreatment
OF Red Cross nurses on European bat
tlefelds are grossly exaggerated, &C,
cording to George f. Porter of Chi
cago, now In London, who wrote the
American Red Cross here under date
of September II of his personal inves.
tigation OF reports he had heard.
Atrocities are enormously exagger
ated," the letter states. Tuesday
night was told by an American wo
man Of forty Belgian Red Gross
nurses In London private hospita!
with the thumb and first two
fingers of each hand cut off. or
course | wanted TO get at the bottom
Of this for you. With considerable
difficulty l obtained the name of the
supposed private hospital in Ham.
monsmith. went there and found 1t
private house belonging to a woman
who was much interested in relief
work and had given her house for
nursing, preparing garments, etc. She
would not see me, but finally got an
admission from q responsible person
whom | knew that the whole story
was hearssy and with no foundation.
They did tell me, however, of a
Belgian nurse at the St Thomas hos
pital here with the tendons of her
wrists cut. | went there Immediately |
saw the secretary of the hospital and
found that there was nurse there
but that instead Of the tendons of her
wrists being cut, she had burned her
wrists badly by the explosion of
spirit lamp on which she was making
tea"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Wireless Station to Reopen

Washington.-The Tuckerton wire
less station, which was put out Of
commission recently by the burnme
out of its generator, will resume %
erations soon, it was learned at the
navy department Wednesday. The
naval experts who have been worxln.
to repair the damage expect to com.
plete their task Friday, when 1t is
planned to reopen the station to com.
munication between the United States
and Germany.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Raped by 5orah.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Borah OF
Idaho attacked the Clayton antttrus,
bill conference report In the senate
Wednesday as phase of the tendency
to take the government out of contro.
of the people and center 1t in commits.
sions or individuals. He declared
that the Clayton bill was nothing
more than an aid to the federal trade
commission.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
DARING DAYLIGHT BANK
ROBBERY AT SALT LAKE
Salt Lake Bank Robbed Of $1,000 by
Bold Bandit.

In the glare of broad daylight, ant
during the hour when many pedes
TRANS were passing in all directions
q nervy robber entered the Sugar
Banking company's bank at Salt
Lake, Monday, forced the cashier and
bookkeeper into q large vault, grab
bed about $1,000 in currency and
made good his escape. Before leav'
ing the scene he closed the door of
the vault and turned the handle con-
trolling the bolts, but did not wait to
turn the combination.
Two posses from the sheriff's office,
together with detectives from the po'
lice department, began an immediate
hunt for the robber.
Had the robber been playing a part
in wild and woolly west movie" he
could not have acted with more pre-
cision and GOODNESS. Thrusting an
ugly-looking gun into the faces Of the
two men, he ordered them to turn
their backs upon him and enter the
vault. His manner left no room for
argument. George Golf cashier and
Clifford |. Golf, his brother, who ia
acting as temporary bookkeeper In
the institution, obeyed orders.
In all, the men were prisoners In
the vault about twenty minutes Two
or three customers entered the bank
during this period, waited for a while
and went out, assuming that the at.
tendants had stepped from the bank
for the moment and would be back.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Clifford Pjnchot IN.

Erie, Pa.-Gifford Pinehot, Washing,
ton party candidate for United States
senator, was confined to his hotel
Thursday suffering from severe at.
tack of ptomaine poisoning. Mr. Pin.
ohot tainted after delivering an ad.
dress last night
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Soldiers Slim Diet.

Bordeaux.--A German prisoner, who
escaped at the beginning OF the month
was recaptured by a sergeant, to whom
he declared he had lived in the open
air for twenty days, subsisting on
raisins and raw snails.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Braves Win Pennant.

Boston.-The Boston club is the pen.
nant winner of the National league
for 1914. Boston defeated Chicago
Wednesday and when the New York
Giants lost to Pittsburg in this city
by a score of to 2, Boston became
winner of the pennant.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Turks are Friendly,

Washington.-The Turkish govern.
ment has received in friendly spirit
the representations of the United
States ON the abrogation of her CAPT
tulations granting foreigners extra
territorial rights and other privileges.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Pope Working for Peace.

Paris.-A Rome dispatch to lie
Temps says that Pope Benedict XIV
is personally working to inaugu ate
peace in Europe. His holm SIS al.
ready has Exchanged letters with the
emperor OF Austria to that end.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Chip Wins in Fourth,

San Francisco.-George Chip knock
ed out Billy Murray in the fourth
round Of their scheduled twenty rouna
go here Wednesday night. A left
swing on the jaw accomplished the
downfall of the local man.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
Probes Politics of Inspectors.

Chicago.-Civil service employees
of the postoffice inspectors office
here were somewhat perplexed w d.
nesday at receiving circular letters
from Washington directing them to
report on their party affiliations.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03

One of the eight-inch rapid fire ar
mored howitzers of the French army,
1t is mounted on a fiat car of a war
train and folding arms swing from
both sides when 1t is fred to keep the
rscoil from overturning the car.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
OFFICERS APPLYING FOR
 ADMISSION TO SCHOOL
30 NOnCOmmissioned and Supernum cry Officers Want Instruction
 in Military Cores
 pOndence School.

Little Rock, Jan. 17.-Adjt. Gen. Lloyd England, A. N. G., reports that thirty on-commissioned and super numerary officers have already applied for admission to the military cores pondence school that has been organ ized by the War Department. The course is obligatory on the commits stoned officers.
 The headquarters of the Guard is in receipt of applications for the or ganization of new companies at Hele- ma, Fort Smith, Ashdown and Russell vile. Application has also been made for the organization of a machine gun company, which has about 60 members. This would be the first in the state.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
NO TANGO GOES IN ROME
Women of AristOcracy will obey
 Edict of Cardinal POmpili.

Rome. Jan. 16.-A majority of the women of the Roman aristocracy have decided to conform to instructions is sued yesterday by Cardinal Basilio Pompili vicar general of Rome, and banish the tango from their salons and otherwise discourage the dance. Cardinal Pompili, representing the none. declared the tango must be pro- hibited in the seat of the Roman pom tiff.
 The archbishop of Florence, the Most Rev. A. Mistrangelo, joins Car dinal Pompili in his condemnation of the tango. The archbishop enclosed money for use in printing a pamph- let to combat the dance.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
PUBLIC LANDS RE-
 STORED TO ENTRY.
Large Areas Withdrawn as Coal and Phosphate Lands Again Be-
 come Public Domain

More than 1,67S,O00 acres of with drawn lands in the Western States were restored to entry and about 50,- 900 acres were withdrawn during Dec ember, according to statement given out by Secretary Franklin K. Lane. of the Interior Department. The re- suit is net increase in outstanding withdrawls in the public-land States of nearly 1,630,000 acres. The action was based on recommendations to the Secretary by the United States Geo. logical Survey.
 The States most affected are Monta- ma, in which 120,000 acres heretofore included in phosphate lands were shown by the Geological Survey to be not phosphate bearing and were there fore restored to entry; North Dokota, in which the withdrawls of coal land were likewise reduced by over 646,0O0 acres; Washinton and Wyoming where there were reductions of nearly 5O0,- 900 and 100000 acres, respectively, in coal-land withdrawals The principal areas withdrawn during the month were in California and Wyoming. In California public-water reserves az gregating 36,000 acres were created, and in Wyoming more than 12,0O0 acres were withdrawn for the same purpose.
 The net effect of this action has been to reduce the entire area with drawn in the public-land States from somewhat less than 67,,900,OO0 acres at the beginning of the month to a little less than 66,270,000 acres at the end of the month. This area with drawn is to be compared with approx imately 88,000,000 acres that have thur far been classified under the sev- eral mineral land laws.
 During the month of December somewhat less than 2,0OO,OO0 acres were classified as nonirrigable land and by order of the Secretary were opened to entry under the enlarged homestead act. This makes total of ,, about POT ,375,OOO acres of land that have been classified as nonirrigable since the passage of the act
 The total area of lands which have been classified in Western States up to the end of December aggre- gates nearly 295, 100000 acres.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
THE LIQUOR FIGHT

Little Rock-Petitions for licensed saloons in Little Rock, which the sa- loon men say bear 12,500 signatures, were presented to County Judge Ash CT and published in Little Rock af- ternoon daily. It is said that the second publication will be made this afternoon. As Judge Asher has rul- ed that the hearing may begin 10 days after the second publication, is is pro- bable that the first hearing will be held week from next Tuesday.
 Hot Springs-Saloon men received blow in the hearing before County Judge Mooney when c. H. Bell, one of the men who circulated petitions for licensed saloons, gave testimony that tended to show the provisions of the Going Act had not been strictly com piled with in circulating the petitions. Attorneys for the prohibitionists and saloon men failed to reach agreement as to procedure that would shorten the hearing and it is probable that it may last for weeks.
 Pine Bluff-County Judge Philpot ruled that illegal names may be re- moved from the petition for saloons where proof is furnished as to their illegality. The hearing proceeded slowly because of the absence of many witnesses. It was adjourned until this morning.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
John Daley Parker
 Kills Negro This Morn.

News was received here today of the killing of negro by John Daley Parker at or near his home in Bod caw Parker township.
 It was not learned what led to the killing or the negroes name. Depu- tv Sheriff Hollaway and Dr. A. A. Reeder, county coroner left this af- ternoon for Bodcaw where they will investigate the matter.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY
In The Nevada County Circuit Court
 January 1914 Term
To the Hon. J. NJ. Carter, Circuit Iudpp.

Ao the HUH. J. M. CdTteF, Olrcult
 Judge:
 We, the Grand Jury of the January Term of 1914, of the Nevada County Circuit Court, beg leave to submit the following report:
 We have examined 65 witnesses and have returned 25 indictments. We have returned indictments in every case where in our judgment the evi- dence would warrant us in doing so. We find a disposition on the part of some witnesses to shield offences, es- pecially the violation of the liquor laws of the state. This being more noticeable among the boys and young men. We find that in some commun- | ities, the better class of citizens have banded themselves together into Peace and Order Leagues to assist the local officers in enforcing the laws; and we recommend that other com munities follow their example. We have examined the records of the County Officials and find them ac- curately and neatly kept. We, how ever did not go into details of the rec ords, of the collecting officers of the county, but have relied for the most part, upon the recent report of the Commissioners of Accounts.
 We find all the Justices of the Peace and the Constables have filed their re- ports with the County Court as re- quired by law.
 We appointed committee to visit the Poor Farm, which they found in good condition. There are five in- mates being kept there (two white and three colored) who are we'll cared | for.
 We visited the County Jail and found it kept in sanitary condition and the inmates well cared for. We notice that no steps have been taken to repair the north west corner of the County jail which is cracked badly; we recommend that immediate steps be taken to repair this part of the building.
 We have found from our investiga- tion, that the County is being put to considerable expense by having a number of minor offenses investigated by the Grand Jury which should be investigated by the Township officials we suggest, therefore, that the better class of citizens assist the officers in Investigating these petty offenses.
 In conclusion, we wish to thank your l Honor for the courtesies extended to our body by you, and Hon. c. R. Hay nie for his valuable assistance, also the other officers of the Court and es- pecially Uncle Buck Phillips for their courtesies shown us. Having com pleted our labors, we now beg to be discharged.
 J. D. Parker, C. C. Calhoun Foreman. Clerk
 The News wants you to telephone that news item to PAP.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CIT
 HENS BANK X TRUST co.
Resolved.

That Article Fourth of the Articles of Incorporation of the Citizens Bank x Trust Company, be changed and amended to read as follows, to-wit:
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor poration is to conduct the business of Savings Bank and Bank of general deposit; to transact all such business as is usually carried on by Trust Companies, and to do and perform any and all acts incident to the pro- per carrying on of such business; to buy, sell, negotiate and deal in stocks and securities of all kind whatsoever; to buy, lease, rent, sell own and make loans upon, and transfer real estate and real estate securities; to pledge and hypothicate personal property of whatsoever kind of character; to buy, sell, transfer, pledge, hypothicate and deal in stocks or securities of any other Corporation; to act as Trustee, Receiver, Master Commissioner, Ex- ecutor, and Administrator of Estates; to act as Curator of Minors and others for whom Curators or Guardians is provided for by the Statutes of this State; and generally to act in all po- sitions of trust and confidence whether by judicial appointments or in the transactions of private parties and corporations; to make and execute bonds for security, indemnity, and other purposes, both private and off, clal; to own, possess and use books for abstracting titles to real estate, and to prepare and furnish the same and to guarantee and insure titles to such real estate; to creates and con duct a general insurance agency de- partment for the purpose of insuring property against loss by fire, storm, Tightening, tornado or earthquakes; and to do and perform all other acts incident and proper to carrying on a general insurance business as Agents or Brokers; to do and perform any and all acts necessary and proper for carrying out the objects for which the Corporation is organized and in- tended.
 We, the under signed, being more than three-fourths in value and more than two-thirds in number of all of the ock-holders of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company, hereby agree to the above and foregoing amendment to the articles of Association of this Corporation.
 This January 18th, 1914.
 J. M. Putnam,
 A. H. Smith,
 Geo. F. Cress,
 Mrs. J. Cress,
 w. w. Rice,
 w. H. Terry,
 S. J. Hesterly,
 w. H. Arnold,
 M. w. Greeson,
 w. B. Waller,
 O. B. Gordon,
 Alex Vaughn,
 Queen East,
 F. P. Bostic,
 Fannie H. Young,
 Virginia Watson,
The Prescott daily news., 1914-01-17
IMPORTANT DIVORCE CASE
Not Valid in New York if on Ground
 Not Statutory There.

New York, Jan. 16.-A divorce granted in California on grounds not statutory in New York is not binding in this state, according to a decision today by Justice Giegerich in the Su- prems Court.