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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
Proposed
Armistice

Washington, April 29.-The scope
Of mediation plans for the settlement
Of the Mexican crisis was suddenly
broadened tonight 80 as to include
the entire range Of Mexican affairs
not alone the critical issue between
the United States and tho Huerta re-
gime, bu4 also the conflict between
the elemtnts Of northern and south
ern Mexico, which have rent the re-
public.
t. This signal enlargement of the med
iation programmes Followed the re-
ceipt, late in the day, of a formal ac-
ceptance by General Carranza. chief
of the constitutionalist forces, of tho
principle of mediation, as proposed by
the ambassador from Brazil and the
ministers from Argentina and Chile.
Already the Uniled States and
General Huerta formally had accepted
the good offices of these South Amer.
ican envoys, and now as further
step General Carranza has been
brought into the deliberations SO as
to draw everyelement and faction with
in the range of any settlement which
may be attained.
Earlier in the day the mediators
made another decisive move in asking
the United States and General Hucrta
to agree to an armistice by which all
aggressive military movements would
be suspended pending tho outcome OF
the negotiations. The mediators con-
fidently expect both sides to accept
the armistice proposal.
A separate proposal for an armis
tice as between Huerta and Carranza
will also be made, and with its ac
ceptance all of the warning elements
throughout Mexico, as well as the Am
erican forces, would maintain a mill
tary status quo. The American gov
ernment in its formal reply to th<
= armistice proposal will expressly stipu
late thar any untoward act agains
Americans will be regarded as an in
fraction of the armistice
The South American enwoys wer
in session throughout the day. The
suspended their night session, how
ever, desiring a respite from thei
= almost continuous meetings during tn
last three days and nights.
Up to the time of their adjournmen
they had progressed steadily on thei
plans, and fcresaw a definite state
ment within the next few days of thei
contemplated action.
Word of General CarranZa's accept
D ance of the tender of good offices
u looking toward mediation came late il
y the day in telegram to the thre'
: South American envoys, who informed
Secretary Bryan.
1t had generally been supposed tha
e the intermediates would confine thei
l. efforts to a settlement of the differ
ences arising between the United
States and the Huerta government a
r result of the arrest Of American
n marines at Tampico and the seizur
: of Vera Cruz. But it developed tha
e while they were prepared to concen
r trate their attention on averting hos
tilities betweenGeneral Huerta and tn
United States, the envoys were ell
deavoring to include in the scope %
their mediation the constituencies
Cs,rtipuod nm In ct napra
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
THE Fish TRAIN

The first train of the season from
Ashton to Yellowstone, Montana, will
leave Ashton on the morning of May
the 10Th. The first train is designat-
ed as the fish train," and scores OF
sportsmen take advantage of the
train to get the first fishing in the
Big Springs and Island Park sections.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
NEW POSTMASTER CONFIRMED

The United States Senate last Fri.
day confirmed the appointment OF
Gregory Jones as postmaster at Black.
foot. He will assume his postal du.
ties as soon as his bonds are filed
and accepted and his commission Is
received, which will be in about a
week or ten days. He says there
will be no change in the present post
office force, as far as he knows n
this time.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
DEATH OF
JESSE RICE

Jesse Rice, familiar character
about town, who was discovered about
a week ago in a paralyzed and dying
condition in his shack north of town,
died in the local hospital last Sunday.
He was an old soldier, and drew o
pension of $50 per month. He is
said TO have left some property in
Blackfoot.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
OF B. n. S.. ALUMNI

There will be business meeting
of the members of the Alumni asso.
ciation Of the Blackfoot high school
tomorrow evening at o'clock at
the home of Miss Jessie Lloyd, presi.
dent of the association.
This is the regular annual election
Every member is requested to attend
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
TRADED HOTEL FOR A FARM

Cornelius Craen, the Butte miner
who won the new hotel at Aberdeen
in the recent drawing, was in Black
foot last Monday He has traded the
hotel to Boutwell, & McConaughy for
forty acre farm in Aberdeen, and
enough money to stock the same.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
HIDE THIEF

Last night sealed car at the de-
Dot was broken into and three bales
of hides stolen. The thief was cap
tured at Pocatello in the act of dis
posing Of them to tthe man who once
owned them.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
TAKEN TO THE HOME

Mrs. Kahn, the probation officer, left
this morning for Boise with two little
girls for the Children's Home. One
was the crippled Clapp child, and
the other was from Idaho Falls.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30
DR.. HYDE coNFERs WITH BOARD

DR.. Hyde, medical superintendent
of tho state asylum at Blackfoot spent
Saturday here with Messrs. Irwin and
Dinwoodey, members of the board, in
looking At number of the modern
dairy barns near Idaho Falls in order
to get some idea about the improve
ments in the dairy barn on the state
farm.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30

There is said to be about one hun
dred automobiles now owned in Black
foot and vicinity.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30

School vacation will commence this
year about the 21st Tor 22nd Of May.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30

Continued on last page
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
GIANT GOLFER DAM FOR
THE EQUITABLE BUILDING

A vast reinforced .on, rcte monoli-
thic foundation is being built entirely
around the area upon which will be
erected the new Equitable building in
New York city, structure which will
contain one million square feet of
rentable floor space, and will tower
aloft to height of thirty-six stories
The cofser dam will be solid con
crete wall, six feet broad and eighty
feet deep, extending eighty feet ia
solid rock This will be the largest
office building yet constructed. II
will weigh over 100000 tons as
agains the weight of 100000 tons OF
the Woolworth Building, 1SS,5OO tons
of the Municipal building and 82,5S(
tons of the Singer building. The
steel framework alone will weigh 49,
900 tons, as against 25,t tons re-
'quired for the Woolwortn building.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
A SOCIETY OLD BUT HARMLESS

AS matter of fact, the Order OF
the Cincinnati, though all its members
are descendants of officers of the rev
olutionary army, is not now "aristo-
cratic" 1t includes good many
farmers, small business men and even
workingmen. The office window once
knew an officer of the Cincinnati who
was an employed printer, and another
member who was hard working far.
mer. There are very few 'swells" OF
society men," or any other sort Of
social pretenders, to be found among
the hereditary members of the so.
ciety, who, for that matter, include
fewer than thousand men in the
whole country. The fear of the Dem.
ocrats of 1896 that the order woulc
crystalize itself into an American
nobility has been totally dissipated
by time.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
"Suff." =" Leaders
to Attend Rally

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. TO-
Suffragette leaders of national prom
inence are here today to attend to-
morrow's monster rally and celebra-
ton at the home of Mrs. William
Kent, wife of the congressional con
gresham from California. The raj
ly will be held under the auspices OF
the Congressional Union headquart-
ers committee, which was formed
solely to fight for constitutional equal
suffrage amendment. The work OF
suffrage workers all over the United
States will be briefly summed up and
the work which has been so far out.
lined for the present year be discuss.
ed Zone year hence" said Mrs
Jessie Hardy Stubbs, member OF
the committee, 1--WE expect to cele.
brate the victory"
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
STARTING AN ARIsToCRACY.

1t is not the spectacle of the trans
ition from poverty to wealth that in
terests US in these transfers of mil
lions. 1t is the social effect of the
multiplication of inherited fortunes.
1t is the transformation of yeoman
class into moneyed aristocracy. 1t
is the wonder that we must feel as To
what our country will be like after
como hundreds more of these million
aire families shall have been created
Will these new particians, and not the
American democracy, give their tone
to and put their stamp upon our in
stitutions Forgetting their digni.
fled content, will our people of small
means wear out their lives in the at.
tempt to get into the same class with
the Gates and Busch descendants , 49,
New York Mail.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
labor DEPARTMENT
SCORES OPERATORS
Reports Assert that Many Stfikebreakers Were
Misinformed Regarding Conditions in Copper
Strike Operators Refused to Arbihate
United Pree1

United PreE=
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. TO-
The department of labor made pub
lie today the report of Walter Palm
mer of the bureau of labor stats
tics, criticism of the copper oper-
ators for their treatment of strikers
and strikebreakers. 1t outlines five
mediation propositions the depart
ment representatives offered the op-
orators, all of which were rejected
The report contains a formal recital
of the facts concerning conditions in
the strike region gathered by three
department representatives. 1t is as
serted that many strike breakers
made affidavits to the agents inform
ing them they had no trouble in the
Michigan copper region.
The report states that some small
copper companies are loosing money
but the largest companies, the Calu-
met and Heclaon, capitalized at mil
lion, two hundred thousand, has made
one hundred and twenty-one millions
in dividends since 1871 besides re-
investing seventy-five million out of
the net earnings.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
WOMAN
ARRESTED
Says Mann Lawis Wicked
and U. S. Has no Right
to Govern Heart

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. 10.-Miss De.
liah Bradley, arrested under tn,
Mann law for elopcment here with
Joel Foster, New Jersey million.
aire, is held at Fashionable hotel
She declares the Mann law is wick.
ed. What right has the government
to legislate away a woman's heart ?
Why should woman whose impulses
are the bidding Of true heart, be
made to suffer by law, designated to
save fallen women and punish evil
men? | hate brutal law makers
Joel loves me. Our love is beyond
the reach of sordid courts, and coarse
policemen. Love is the only thing
worth living for and the Mann law
can't make it otherwise"
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
Year 1913 Disastrous
on the Great Lake,
United Press

United Press
CLEVELAND, Jan. 10.-The year
1913 was the most disastrous year
the Great Lakes shipping interests
have suffered in the history of navi-
cation. Two hundred and fifty-six
persons perished and $7,000,000 would
not cover the property loss and dam
age to vessels. The storm of No
vember 8 and 8 was the principal
cause Of this disastrous season. These
two days alone took toll of 244
lives and caused a loss of $6,425 900
to vessel owners and underwriters.
The hurricane which sent ships eth
er to the bottom or upon shores to
pound to pieces, caused a loss in YES
sells of S2,675,O00 and in cargo 49,
100000. Up to this time the lakes
had taken toll of only 12 lives,
seven of these in the blowing up of
the steamer f.. NJ. Peck, at Racine,
Wis, June II. During the season
over fifty vessels were lost, among
them being some of the largest and
best steel steamers biilt for fresh
water navigation, the II. A. Hanna
Jr., Turret Chief, Wexford and the
Regina.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
The Yellow Ticket
is Dramatic Novelty

NEW YORK, Jan. i0.-The dra-
matte novelty of the week was THE
Yellow Ticket" at the Eltinge, "a pow
erful Russian melodrama by Michael
Morton, London playwright. Be-
cause every detail of "The Wellow
Ticket" was kept a profound secret
on both sides of the water until the
premiere, there was unusual interest
on the part of the first nighters. The
play deals with the Jews in Russia,
and is partly laid in Kieff, where
the sensational ritual murder trial
occurred, though the incident is not
dealt with "The Yellow Ticket" the
Russian police give to Jews who are
allowed to live outside the Palo. A
Russian Jewess can obtain such a
ticket only at the expense of her
chastity.
The heroine of Morton's play learns
that her father is dying in st, Peters
burg. She may go to him only with
a yellow ticket" so she goes to the
police and obtains one, thereby being
branded as woman of the street,
though she is a good girl. 1t. st.
Petersburg she becomes the compan-
ion of the daughter of rich Ameri-
can. An American newspaper man
falls in love with her. The police
come in and demand her return to
the Palo. She shows the ticket. The
Americans do not understand its i'm
port, but a Russian nobleman does.
He tells the Americans. The rich
girl dismisses her companion.
The nobeman tries to persuade the
Jewess to live with him, after decoy-
ing her to his home on the pretense
that he is i'll. The newspaper man,
still loving the girl and believing her
story of the dying father, follows her
to the nobleman's home, fights the
Russian and marries the heroine.
Morton's handling of the situations
show an intimate knowledge of the
life Of Jews in Russia. Honors in the
presentation are shared by Florence
Reed and John barrymore. If the
years run Of within the Law" Mt
the Eltiuge put a lucky stamp on the
house, "The Yellow Ticket" ought to
have a long stay.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
GLOOMY GUS.

A well known actor left idle in this
city by the closing of the company of
which he had been member, wrote
to Charles Dillingham; to ask as to
the outlook in New York City AS COM
pared with Chicago That manager
replied;
Dear Boy; II you can spend 50
much as an evening in Chicago. do SO;
for that Is more than we can afford
to spend here in New York. Thinga
are better in Seattle, and quite flour
ishing in Honolulu; while ! UNDER
stand that Nagasaki, which is city
in either Japan or China. is now ~
actual metropolis Of the stare
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
RAT[CASF
HEARING IS
NOW ON

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. TO-
The interstate commerce commission
today heard oral arguments on the
Durango rate case instituted by the
Pueblo, Colo, Commerce club. The
setting OF this early date for the arg
uments demanded by the railway COM
pany involved indicates that the case
will be decided by spring.
This case is a suit started against
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad by
the transportation bureau of the
Commerce club of Pueblo for the pur-
pose Of securing lower freight rates.
The suit is based on rates in force
between Denver and Durango which
are the same as the rates between
Pueblo and Durango. The claim is
set up that Pueblo, being 100 miles
nearer Durango and the route used
being the same, Pueblo should enjoy
lower rate than Denver, The fact
that the Rio Grande, between Pueblo
and Durango. runs into New Mexico.
makes it an interstate haul and hence
brings it under the jurisdiction of the
interstate commerce commission.
Durango has intervened to ask that
the same rates granted som Pueblo
be made to apply from Durango to
Pueblo and Denver has intervened in
behalf of the railroad. asking that
the present rates be maintained with
out change.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
NOTED
OUTLAW
ESCAPES

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. To-
John Krafchenkow, notorius char
acter in western Canada, escaped
Jail this morning desipite heavy guard
He covered the guards with revol-
yer, dropped rope out the window
and fled.
He was committed to Jail yesterday
for trial on the charge of numbering
Manager Arnold of the Bank of Plum
Coulee, when his gang recently raid
ed the bank
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
DR.. Baker Proposes
a National University

BOULDER, Colo, Jan. l0-A great
national university, to be known as
"The University of the United
States" maintained by the govern
ment and located at Washington, d.
c., is the project towards which DR..
James H. Baker, former president of
the University of Colorado, will de-
vote his energies. DR.. Baker retired
from the Colorado university after 20
years of continuous service during
which the school grew from an insti-
tuition with 81 students to univer-
sity with 1900.
In an article just published, the ed
ucator outlines such an institution,
although he refuses to take credit
for the idea. He says it is the result
of conferences for several years be-
tween the members of the Associa-
tion of State University Presidents,
of which DR.. Baker has been presi-
dent.
Besides becoming the greatest ed
ucational center in the country, with
the best facilities and research field
equal to the German universities Dr.
Baker believes such an institution
would become mammoth laboratory
where the problems of the nation
should be studied and where propos-
ed reforms and new ideas should be
put to the "acid test"
"A national university should rep
resent profound scientific knowledge,
its application to the practical needs
of the country, the study of all econ
omic, political and social problems,
every phase of human betterment-
in short, all that pertains to the well
fare of "A people" says DR.. Baker.
"In other words, there should be
at the seat of government, complete
opportunity for studying the vital
problems of the nation. The plan,
as it now appears, briefly is as fol-
lows: 1t is proposed to establish by
act of congress the University of the
United States; give it board of
trustees guarded from political bias i;
include all the scientific agencies at
hand in the federal machinery at
Washington and utilize all present re-
sources.
Facilities are already at hand in
various departments for special in
vestigation in the natural sciences,
engineering and medi-
cine; in history, political science,
economics and law; in anthropology,
education and literature.
History does not show an exact
parallel to our proposed national uni
versity, although two noted institu-
tions are suggestive examples--the
University of Berlin and the Univer-
sity of Paris-one the royal univer-
sity of Prussia, the other the most
important and prominent institution
of France. 1t has long been a just
criticism of America that we are so
busy doing things that we have no
time to think We have been buying
our education abroad, as we are now
playing refined robbery with the art
treasures of Europe. We need to
transmute some of our wealth into
science and art at home. The mod
ern university is not only cultural,
but scientific and practical and is
related to real life and today's prob
lens.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
Scotch Live Longer
Than Other Races
United Press.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. TO-
Either the native hardness of the
Scott or his adaptability to our eli
mate makes his eountrymen lead all
others for longevity in the United
States, according to figures recently
compiled by the department of com
merce. In the territory covered by
the census reports, 1885 natives Of
Scott, I'd died in the United States in
1910. and only one seventy-third of
those deaths were those If children
under ten years of age, whlle about
two-fifths of the deaths of natives
in the same territory occurred shus
early in life.
One-thIrty-siYth or less than three
per cent of the number of natives
who died had attained the age of SIS
or more yenrs, while the deaths Of
Scotochmen at this advanced age
formed about one-foutcenth of the to-
tai number of deaths, or about Z per
cent. OF the 46,431 Irishmen who
died in America in 1910, only 6s of
them were less than 10 years old,
PERCENTAGE Of less than two-tenths Of
one per cent, while 1888, or about
four and half per cent Of the deaths
occurred after the S5 year mark had
been passed. The figures for the
deaths Of native born Americans. in
point of age, show deplorable lack
Of protection of the child's health, or
lack of native hardness and resist
ence to the ravages of disease.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12

Some sensible talk from the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican: So
much hysterical nonsense is written
about white slavery" that it is the
more important when a genuine case
is found to have the facts set forth
clearly and plainly. And when such
a case is found its moral is likely
to be of very simple and old-fash-
ioned sort. For example, in New
York the other day 17year-old girl
applied to a policeman for protect
ion, and her story led to the arrest
of man who had been using her
very cruelty. But there was no
"poisoned needle" involved, and the
story was of the usual sort. She hac
met the young man at dance OF
Thanksgiving night, and without
knowing anything about him hat
made an appointment with him fol
the following day, when she wen
with him to his home, where, accord
ing to her story, he was to introduce
her to his parents. Once there sh'
was in his power. The crime is
shocking one, and fortunately 1t car
be severely punished by maximum
sentence of 20 years in prison. Bu
on the other side the need Of prud
ence cannot be too strongly impress
ed upon young women. No sensa
tionalism is required; the ordinar.
discretion of well-bred girls
enough.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
REBELS SURROUND
CITY OF Oj|NAGA
Villas Advance Guard Exchanges Shots With the
Federal Outposts Driving them Back to Cover
General Assault is Expected to Start Soon
United Press.


PRESIDIO, Texas, Jan. i0.-villa's
advanced guard, seven miles from
Ojinaga, exchanged shots with the
federals. The assault is probably de-,
layed until tonight.
Clouds of dust on the Chihuahua
road indicated the advance Of large
body of troops, III II semi-circle
around Ojinaga, from the north and
south. The federals are prepared to
defend themselves. They feel conf
dent their position is n match for the
rebels two to one numerical superior
ity Oiinaga is located on hill and
can only be assailed effectively on one
side.
Villa has special trains waiting at
Falmoir, steamed up, ready to trans
port his army south If defeated
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12

New York Mail: DIR. Kelly Of Bait
imore declares that there is not now
vailable enough radium to treat one
in hundred thousand cases r'quir-
ing it, His suggestion is that con
gress should sebuestrate all known
radium bearing lands and prevent all
private commercial exploitation Of the
mineral The extraordinary develop
ments in the curative uses Of radium
demand the immediate attention OF
the national and state government
and careful legislation to safeguard
the supply against waste or private
profitmaking control.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12
OIL CO.
STEAMER
IN DISTRESS
United Press.

United Press.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. TO-
The Standard Oil steamer Comet, ac-
cording to a wireless today, is in dis
tress off Nantucket island. 1t is
helpless because leak in the fuel
tank, forced her to shut down her
boilers to prevent an explosion.
The revenue cutter Acusnet was
rushed to her rescue.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12

LoNDON.-The publication of the
fact that "arsonettes" did $4,000 900
damage in England in 1913, has
alarmed the insurance companies
who contemplate raising the rates on
suffragette risks.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Democratic enthusiasm over the cur
rency law is easily understood, seeing
that all the appointments under the
federal reserve board are exempted
from the civil service law This ought
to insure few nice berths for some
who have 50 far been unable to come
within reaching distance If the pub
lie crib.