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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
HELP MEXICO Az AIRS
THREE SOUTH AMERICAN MEDl-
ATORS WORK TO ESTABLISH
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
CONCENTRATES COMMISSION PLAN
Huerta's Party To Arrive Two, Car
rama Two, and They To Choose a
Fifth O'Shaughnessy
Tells President of Affairs

Washington Elimination of General
Huerita and the establishment of a
provisional government in Mexico, in
which both the Huerta and the con-
stitutionalist factions would be repre-
scented, is contemplated in plan
which the three South American medi-
ators now are working out to be pro-
posed for the solution of the entire
Mexican problem.
1t was learned the proposal might
be that the setting up of a temporary
government be undertaken by a COM
mission composed of five persons, two
OF them to be named by Huerta, two
by the constitutionalists and the fifth
by the mediators.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
Report Consul Is Freed.

Acting Foreign Minister Ruiz of
Mexico telegraphed the South Amer
lean mediatoIs here that American
Vice Consul Silliman, under arrest at
Saltillo, charged with aiding the re-
bells, had been ordered sent to Mexico
City under guard to be delivered to the
Brazilian minister for return to the
United States.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, charge da'af-
flares of the American embassy at
Mexico City, has told President Will
son the story of what happened in
the Mexican capital during the days
Immediately preceding and following
the occupation of Vera Cruz. He gave
him an intimate picture of General
Huerta. 1t was the first time Mr.
o. Shaughnessy had seen the pres
ident since his arrival in Washington
last week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15

Equitable collection laws are
wholesome safeguard against the de-
velopment of shiftless, dishonest citi-
zens. Good collection methods are the
only safeguard for the merchant.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
Arlstomenes, Tomb Found.

Athens, Greece.-The tomb of Artist
the celebrated Messenian hero
of the second Spartan war in the
seventh century before Christ, was dis
covered Thursday at Rhodes by Ital-
ian excavators. Numerous antiquities
were found in the sepulcher.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15

Washington public schools are
teaching girl pupils how to keep
father, mother and three children on
SO a week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
INTELLECTUAL EMBARGO HELPS
REBELS.
Rather Than See U. S. Soldiers Shot
Down Company Recalls
Shipment.

WashingtOn.-ASt evidence
of the moral alliance OF the Wilson
Bryan administration with the rebels
of Mexico continues to escape from
the curtained secrecy of the national
government, and it is a fact that with
in a week $1,OOO,OOO of arms have been
allowed to cross the frontier Tor the
use of Villa and Carranza, who within
a few weeks may be shooting down
American soldiers
Ruiz Telegram Explained.
This apparently explains the tele-
gram OF Huerta's minister of foreign
affairs, Esteva Ruiz, to the three
South American mediators at Wash
ington, urging that the United States
should not allow arms and ammuni-
ton to be shipped to Villa and Car
rama from American soil while the
work of mediation is going on.
Making every allowance for the
desperate embarrassment into which
President Wilson has led the country
by his original interfeIen ce in Mexi-
can affairs and his frantic desire to
avert the sacrifice OF armed interven-
tion-the logical consequence of his
personal determination to drive
Huerta out OF powel-the inner situa-
ton of the American government just
now is almost incredible.
Arms Company Interested.
A few days ago when the American
occupation of Vera Cruz seemed to
threaten that the federals a ndrebels
might unite in arms against the Uni
ted States, the Winchester Arms COM
pany hurried a representative to
Washington to make an important
disclosure to the government.
He explained that this company was
about to send 100000 cartridges and
1000 rifles to the Mexican rebels.
Fearing that, in the rapidly chang
ing conditions, these rifles and cart
ridges might presently be turned
against Americans, the company had
decided to reveal the facts and, as a
matter of patriotism, offered to give
up a substantial profit and return the
arms and ammunition to their stock
rather than run the risk of having
them used to kill Americans.
The matter was laid before Secre-
tary Bryan, who refused to interfere,
saying that the arms and ammunition
should be allowed to 60 through to
the rebels.
It is said that President Wilson
promptly approved Mr. Bryan's ex-
traordinary decision. They were told
to ship the arms and ammunition if
they cared to do so.
By James Creelman.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15

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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
THE BONNERS FERRY HERALD
C. w. KING, Editor.
Established in 1891.

Published every Friday at Boomers
Ferry, Idaho, in the interests of the
kootenai Valley of Idaho. Entered as
second class matter, January 1, 1906
at the postoffice at Boomers Ferry,
Idaho, under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
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Bonners Ferry
Herald
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15

The man who belittles his own town
is al enemy 70 the community.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

f---si ILL the military defences at Panama
wv :s:.s &: ::. :; e
our military ordnance experts provided
IE(SZy5H us with batteries strong enough to
tEch<lSGyI hold enemy at arms length with
out playing second fiddle to dread
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02
"HoMlNe INSTINCT" IN CRABS
Existence of It Is Recognized. But
Scientists Admit That 1t ~
Puzzles Them.

Noted naturalists of Great Britain
have recently discovered the extraor-
binary and surprising faculty in GER
tain crabs TO find their way back al
most unbelievable distances to their
birthplace and original feeding
grounds. Sir Isaac Newton once de-
clared that with all his grand discov-
cries he was nothing but child pick
ing sea shells from the beach by the
great ocean of truth. The students of
animal behavior, such as Professors
Jennings, Mast, Watson and others,
since this discovery of 'homing in
stinct" in crabs, are more convinced
than ever of Newton's wisdom.
The scientific accounts of the crabs
walk" describes many Of them, and in
particular male and q female Of these
creatures. caught at Yorkshire, Eng
land, and transported to Skegness in
Lincolnshire, which crawled all the
way back to exactly the place they
had left
Traps had been set in the place
where they were originally captured
and the shellfish experts awaited with
great skepticism the results OF the un-
usual experiment.
All Investigations of how and why
crabs migrate back to their home, as
in the case of pigeons, have proved SO
far fruitless.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02
ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE
GOOD.

IN the state of New Jersey Col. I'd
ward A. Stevens, commissioner of
public works, is trying an expert
ment with a convict camp, which
hasn't even fence around 1t. Thirty
prisoners were sent there from the
,ver-crowded Trenton prison, to work
On the highways; and the idea is not
,nly to improve the roads but to i'm
prove the prisoners and to help solve
the prison problem.
The workers have named It the
Don't Worry Club" while 1t is known
officially as State Camp No. 1. The
word Convict" and the idea OF pris-
,ners are eliminated everywhere.
There are no cells. and although there
ire several guards, they mingle with
he men in friendly intercourse. When
their days labor is finished they enjoy
baseball. music or any Other healthful
amusement.
The men are selected on merit from
he state prison. and there are hun.
lrsds OF inmates Of Trenton who want
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

our disappearing weapons In their uneoSeieu ~
placements the mortars In their PITS
put because of the relatively low Initial We
Iocity which our military rifles give their shehs
these projectiles cannot break their way 'iiious"
the armor defenses of dreadnaught WHEN one one
latter is lying at distance OF more uah o'oo
yards What, then, is the reason for tnis sacrf
fee? Merely that we may use disappea,ihs
carriage for our guns-a hobby of long stanoihs
with our war department, and one that perhaps
did not invite the same national r1sks pelore the
days of director firing and the advent Oh the ranse
finding air craft. fitted with wireless telegraphy.
We begin to understand now why Colonel Goe-
thas has objected to air craft making spectacular
journeys aloft above the Panama defences- he
did not want possible enemy to know just where
our guns are to be placed.
The question often asked, What country is 10
benefit most in a commercial way from the build
ing of the canal? can be answered in only one
way 1t is country, the United States,
that will receive the greatest benefit.
While 1t Is true the greater part of the ship
ping of the world is British-owned. or, at least.
sails under the British flag, and that undoubted-
ly the great majority of the ships that traverse
the Panama canal will be OF British register, yet,
so far as commercial development goes, it is we
who will profit most largely from the increase
in the trade between Atlantic Gulf and Pa
cdc coasts. and from the promotion of wider
export markets for the manufacturers and pro-
ducers of Pacific slope, well the fur
ther development of foreign trade for the older
nuuStridi COMMUNITIES ol our eastern states-
Direct shipments OF lumber from Pacific coast
states to Europe will be immensely facilitated;
the trade in fresh fruits particularly Washington
and Oregon apples, well business in frozen
salmon. canned salmon and canned fruits in gem
era will undoubtedly be largely promoted by
steamers that will ply direct between Puget
Sound. Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and
San Diego to England. France and Germany 1t
is probable too, that Pacific coast will benefit
by largely increased immigration from Europe
in direct steamers obviating the long transconti-
mental railway Journey
Speculation to how other countries will
benefit from the canal, in fact. as to what meas
ures other nations expecting to take to secure
advantages from the canal, is pure guesswork
and opinions are of little value
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02
z1HEoT 9zW 20RExzUR R4CxC ZNz1AY7E.

the Jacket or outer cylinder, gave way, releasing
the breech bushng, carrying with it the breech-
block As this accident caused considerable COM
ment in the public press indicating possible
general weakness in our seacoast defense guns,
the following facts In reference thereto pre-
sented
The weakness resulting in the accident
found to have been due to the presence of cut
made In the jacket to accommodate a part OF the
breech mechanism 1t from notifications
In the design with view to reducing the weight
Of the breechbock, thus increasing the speed of
operation" The trouble due to bad design.
and the gun in question was not even loaded with
full service charge at the time of Its failure.
On March of this year another gun--one of
12inch caliber and typical of the best of It's sort
burst at Sandy Hook According to the
accounts, new high explosive was undergoing
test and the weapon was blown to ribbons. scat
tering the shattered pieces and land
within radius of mile and driving the breech-
block. which weighed 1000 pounds through
solid concrete wall behind which lurked
of 40 men," Was this explosive a propellant that
the army counts upon using at Panama? The
plantations of the of the disaster must be
taken with grain of salt, but the consequences
to the weapon are facts that speak for them
selves.
The accident to the 14-nch gun in December,
1912, the result of an effort to save weight
The army ordnance designers have carried this
matter of reducing weight beyond the detail of
the breechbock and not for the purpose OF in
be more nearly comparable to the naval weapons
with which they might have to measure forces
The actual bodies OF the rifles have been ightened
so that the mechanical problem of raising and
lowering them upon their disappearing carriages
would be susceptible of an easier solution The
naval gun is purposey made heavy and mounted
upon wonderfully compact and sturdy carriage
that II Withstand the intense energy de-
veloped by the powder which sends the shot upon
its journey with the velocity needed to carry 1t
far and upon fairly low trajectory.
True, the intense fame of the burning propel-
liant and the pressures developed shorten the life
of the rife pro tenn. Int the CUR can he re-
habitated in a short while by refining 1t with a
new tube This wearing away OF the rlfng is
due TO what the experts call erosion. If your
enemy is willing to take this risk of temporarily
shortened life in order to make his weapons for
the nonce more formidable can you afford to fall
behind him? Remember. modern battles are of
short duration, and the fight of tomorrow
will be even briefer than those between the Jap
anese and the Russians OF ten years ago The
object will be to hit bard and quickly.
Now read how differently the chief of ordnance
of the army views this vital question:
''The advantage in greatly increased accuracy
life predicted in my report for the year 1905 1--WE
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02
His Limit

A little boy, after gazing In the win
dow of music store for some time,
went in and said:
"ow much is that pianner in tn cor
ner?"
After the dealer had recovered from
his shock. he answered:
six hundred dollars. my boy"
The boy pulled a long face and
said: We'll. give me a mouth organ,
please"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

~ rt,, 80 e~es win ioinch guns. She already has
, ,o.'ncn weapons afloat She has provided kin
ureo rihes for vessels built for Tanan Indaad
80, I'inch gun appears among these craft for
,"e'sn services The Krupps have made for tbe
- - -, navy ana also for alien powers weapons
OF ia-inch and 15-inch caliber and even tha 10
inch guns for the dreadnauebts of tba ya,has,,
are OF the iinest character measured calber for
,Anoer win either our own naval weapons or the
eas enective guns of similar size for our coast
defense batteries o'as'
Every one knows that tho modern h,,,.,, !.
wonderfully coated with defensive armor and this
iace-hardened and toughened steel is quite able
10 Withstand the attack of the heaviest proiec.
tile at ranges outside of 10000 yards when the
smell is hurled from naval rifle with bore of
the same number OF inches in diameter as the
protective plating is thick
Accordingly, the naval gunner has been taught
to hit target at ranges of $4,000 yards and up
ward and the precision of this fire has grown
steadily year by year.
or late the naval weapons have been undergo
ing rapid changes. The 12inch guns have grown
progressively in length in order to give them
greater power to send their armor-piercng pro-
1ectiles further and with heavier hitting qualities
mt all ranges Not content with this, these weap-
ons have given way to the 13.5inoh. the 14-inch
and. lastly, to the 15inch rifles. and, In turn
these different calibers UNDERGOING modihca-
tions calculated to make them extensively
effective. The destructive energy OF a shell at
any point in its flight is dependent upon its initial
speed at the instant 1t leaves the muzzle of the
gun This must be so, because from that very
moment It's velocity dwindes gradually. and its
ability to nfict stunning blow is determined
by the square Of Its speed through the air That
is the rate OF rs travel In feet per second multi
piled by that rate.
The latter the line of travel of projectile the
quicker II reaches its mark, the more direct the
aiming, and. incidentally, the greater the area or
OF danger to any object of given height
standing In this dire path Also. too. the smaller
the error likely to result from moderate mis-
calculation of the exact distance OF the faraway
target. knowledge of the tactics baseball
field helps one to appreciate the significance of
these details. Therefore 1t is easy to understand
why the naval ordnance expert gives his projec-
tiles high initial velocity possible. and,
accordingly, why he puts the weight and strength
In his weapon he does.
On December 9, 1872 accident happened at
Sandy Hook which has bearing and an intimate
one, upon the Panama defences for the gun in
question was one of type designed especially
for service on the isthmus, and represented at
the time the very climax of the art Of our army
ordnance experts Here is what the official re-
port says Of that catastrophe: During the proof
firing OF one of the new types OF 14inch guns at
the Sandy Hook proving ground the rear end of
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02
Whom Kinos Envy.

Once the Duchess OF Argyle wrote
to several OF the crowned heads of
Europe and asked whom they espe-
cially envied. The Czar Of Russia
answered: Il sincerely envy every
man who is not loaded down with the
cares of great empire" Francis
Joseph of Austria wrote: 81 envy the
fate of G. man who is not an emperor"
The Christian Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

to be transferred to Don't Worry
Camp" Opportunity t. go is reward
| for good conduct.
In time, It is believed. the camp will
not only be self-governed. but also
self-supporting, and the mems labor
can be paid for without cost to the
state. The success of this experiment
will not only mean a revolution in pc
nology. but be cause for rejoicing to
the taxpayer.
Every human being who goes wrong
should have chance to redeem him
self, to try again, and he ought to
have an opportunity that is favorable
He ought not to be put in an environ
ment where everything around him
suggests the crooked, the wicked. where
everything tends to arouse the brute
in him to develop the evil thing in him,
the love of revenge, bitterness, hatred
and to kill the good. he ought to be
in an environment which would help
him to forget the bad. which would
only suggest the good. the pure, the
clean, which would suggest his divine
ly. not his beastly. propensities. and
which would hold out hope Of another
chance-a chance to make good.
The brutal instinct lingering in man
has been graphically illustrated in our
cruel, inhuman treatment of prisoners,
and in our barbaric slaughter OF hui
man beings, upon whom the death
penalty has been pronounced. Justice
does not demand such an exhibition OF
horrors. There must be some more
human way of treating our errins
brothers.
How can we expect criminal to
get back the self respect which he
has lost, by cruel treatment, by half
starving him, treating him like an
animal instead of like a man, putting
him in an iron cage away from Gods
light and air?
There is good material. ability
enough, energy, resources enough in
these people we thus deprive of lib
erty and life. to perform great services
to humanity as well as to themselves
and their families. What right have
we to deprive them at least of
chance to make good? How often the
crime we commit against our prison
ers is far greater than their crime to
society!
If we wish to reform prisoners we
should try to make them self respect
ing, healthy beings. Their environ
ment should be as attractive and as
normal as possible. Reform means
healthful, normal conditions. The
mind is in no state to improve or re-
form when suffering from mental de-
preston due to the vicious, criminal
suggestive environment, where every
thing reminds the prisoner of his fall.
or his inferiority, and everything
about him tends to impress upon him
the fact that he is not human being.
but an outcast.
We have all felt the restful, restor-
ing, renewing power of beautiful
scenery. of country life. Why should
we deprive a prisoner of these helps
to health and normality? Nature is a
great restorative, and criminals should
be kept where they can get the full
benefit of the sunlight, air and country
life, in an environment which would
suggest only the good and true, filled
with possibilities of recovering lost
manhood and starting fresh.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02
QUIET.

THE Old Fogy is always Dragging about his
quiet home life." said the Crouch. Il ate at his
house last night with his family, and never again
for me-"
What's the matter? Wasn't IT quiet?" asked
the Boob
"Quietl" said the Crouch. II managed to sit
through the soup and celery overture, and then
went out and stuffed cotton In NV ears"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

range OF ll,VVV yai 10
they are capable Of
planting shells loaded
with high explosives,
which, If falling within
the uncovered emplace-
ments of our disappear
ing guns. would put
out of action any OF the
army's biggest weap-
ons. Further. the naval
rapid-fire five-inch guns
can accomplish we'll
nigh the same impair
ment of our land de-
lenses from a distance
of 10000 yards An
enemy's rifles would be
equally effective. and
all because of the ini-
tial velocity given the
projec.iles, and the
fact that they have not
to battle with armor
plate in order to reach
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

When q candidate makes too much
noise In a campaign he sometimes
scares votes away.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

tHio cohSt 10 tne rel1ef,
and likewise the dam
gerously prol on & e d
Journey for our wound
ed craft limping home
ward for rehabilitation.
Unquestionably. the
army has got a heavy
burden to bear at Pana-
ma. More than s2,5O0,-
coo has been spent for
guns and carriage es
alone. DO the avail
able facts bear out the
ella m that the ap.
proaches to the canal
are impregnable2 Are
the guns and mortars
that have been built es-
pecially for those bat.
teries capable of deter
ring a resourceful and
a determined foe?
Great Britain has
: equipped some of her
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-02

are quoting from the report for
1879 from the adoption OF a
large caliber, low velocity gun,
in lieu of one of smaller caliber
and high velocity. with equal
armor penetrating power. has
been realized in extensive FIR
ings made with a service 14-inch
gun. The results in firing 123
rounds from a 14-inch 2,150-feet-
per-second gun indicate that It's
accuracy life will be approx
mately four t.lnsS that Of tho
12-inch 2,500-feet-per-second gun
which 1t was designed to super
sede."
This would be all very well II
we we're concerned with the
question of target practice at
reduced powder charges and the
peace time life of our coast de-
fense rifles, hut. unfortunately,
those weapons are designed to
protect us in time of war.
Our naval 14-inch rifles have
a muzzle velocity of $500 feet
per second, and at the extreme