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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-27

The people of st. Maries are
familiar with Mr.. Egbers' posi-.
tion in regard to getting the high
est possible levy for special
school tax.
The columns of the Gazette
were filled week after week last
year with able articles on the
subject showing the injustice that
a five mill levy worked on St.
Maries and other school districts
with a comparatively small school
population by taking its money
co send to Occur d'Alene to aid in
supporting the schools there.
AS was shown in the Gazette,
Mr.. Egbers has always champion
ed the five mill levy and there is
no reason to think that he would
do otherwise if reelected. The
people of this city know the ex-
ira burden that it imposes on
them.
This year the taxpayers Of this
city will be obliged to pay 10
mills school tax, eight mills that
goes to our city schools and five
mills county school tax
This is within three mills Of the
county and state tax and about
forty per cent of the entire tax.
II this is satisfactory to the peo-
pie they should continue to vote
for Mr.. Egbers. If, however, they
are tired Of sending their money
to assist in keeping up the Occur
d'Alene schools they should vote
for Miss Maud Seeley, the demo-
cratic candidate for superinten-
dent Of schools.
Miss Seeley is in every way as
fully qualified to fiji the position
as is Mr.. Egbers. This is the on
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-27

He went before the state land
board on June 10, 1912. and Sc
cured a permit to sell water
rights for 1000 acres.
Later he applied to the S .cre-
lazy Of the Interio; for permis-
sion to enlarge the reservoirs and
store a larger supply Of water.
On the strength of this aIplica-
ion he went back to the land
board, the Haines land board, and
applied for permission to sell
water rights for an additional
$3.50 acres.
1t developed that Brady and his
ompany had no right or title to
he Long Tom or the Little Cam
IS reservoirs, and that they had
no rights to store water in them.
eBcause of this condition the ap-
plication was rejected by the
secretary of the Interior of Wash
ington.
But under the permit granted
by the Republican land board it
is charged that Brady went right
along selling water rights any
how, although he did not have the
water and could not secure it.
Mrs. Witter charges that Brady
and his company sought her out,
represented to her that they were
the owners of the Long Tom and
The Little Camas and the distrib-
Uting system, and that if she
would buy a water right they
would insure her a water supply.
On the strength of these repre-
Isentations Mrs. Witter entered in
to a contract to pay $S5 an acre
or $4,000 for the water RICH
She received a water deed signed
by James H. Brady, president of
the company.
Feeling that the deed was gen.
uine Mrs. Witter put in a crop on
part of her land and cleared an
other large tract going to an ad-
ditional expense of about $4,000.
Then she learned that she had no
water and that her deed was
worthless.
Speaking of this deed in sum-
ming I'D her COMPLAINT. Mrs. Wit
ter says:
ut is Of no value, and does not
and never did convey actual wat
or; that it is nothing more than
an idle form; that it does not rep
resent water stored in either of
the reservoirs; that Brac
is unable to secure title
to the land under the
iesrt land laws of the United
States because of his lack of title
to the reservoirs, not having the
water to store in them.
Mrs. Witter asks for Judgment
in the sum of $4,000 and can
collation. of the Brady water deed
that she considers worthless. Just
how many of these water deeds
Brady has issued is not known.
For this reason the outcome in
the Witter case will be awaited
with keen interest.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-27

What would you do to a man in
your personal employ who would
leave your business at a critical
time to use your money TO further
lis own personal business2 SEN
ator Brady is not only absent
from the senate at a time most
critical in our nation but he is
spending hundreds of dollars of
the governments money in the
circulation of campaign literature
for his own personal use for
which he does not pay a cent of
postage or printing. Does that
look as if he was "A tireless
worker for Idaho" or should it
be "A tireless worker of Idaho ?"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-27

While laying special stress on
the absolute necessity for lower
taxes, for strict economy, for a
looping off of the tax-eating
deadheads, for genuine business
administration, Mr.. Alexander
stands squarely for the following
demands of the democratic state
platform:
Principle of the direct primary.
Honest workman's compensa-
ton act.
Rigid enforcement of all Carey
Act contracts.
Financial aid for irrigation
projects.
Principle of the short ballot.
More rapid sale of agricultural
lands.
Real public utility law.
Improvement Of highways.
Return of automobile tax to the
counties.
OOlA upJ pAdCbACto dOJs
Repeal of all poll taxes.
Submission of prohibition
amendment.
Honest initiative, referendum
and recall.
Minimum wage scale for wom-
en-.
Fewer state officers and boards.
Real tax commission or none.
Better terms for irrigation set
tiers.
1t goes without saying that Mr..
Alexander, in harmony with his
party in the state, indorses the
magnificent program of construc-
tive legislation carried out by
President Wilson and a democrat
ic house and senate.
On this platform, calling for
immediate relief for the overbur-
dened taxpayers of this state, Mr..
Alexander feels justified in asking
for the support of the voters.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-27
NoTIoE FoR PuRLIoATIoN.

United States Land OfIlce at
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, October 9,
1914.
Notice is hereby given that Cor
nelia B. L. Shannon, of st. Maries,
Idaho. who, on May ~, 1913,
made homestead entry serial, No.
Os722, for WhNEH Section p,
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-27

ly Office that the ladies are asking
for and it is only right that a lady
should be given the position when
it is admitted by all that she can
fill it fully as we'll as a man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

tive thrust resting ready in their
tubes, are constantly menacing the
hulls of the great fighting ships.
The dykes of the User have been
cut and the banks for considerable
distances have been flooded; while
stretching away in the direction Of
the attacking German front at high
tide, the land is so inundated as eff
fectively to preclude the possibility of
any advance in force.
The ferocity of the three-cornered
bombardment continues undiminished
In the British naval bombardment
the town of Slype, which was held
in force by the Germans, was utterly
destroyed, and the house occupied by
the German headquarters staff was
blown to bits.
One Of the British balloonists. while
signaling the range to the ships, was
killed by the fire from the German
guns.
A wireless dispatch from Berlin
claims that the German artillery dis
abled one of the British destroyers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
RUSS WIN OVER GERMANS.

London, Oct. 24.-The Russians are
reported in dispatches from Petrograd
to have taken Przemysl and turned the
Germans and Austrians back In dis
orderly rout in the ten-day battle which
has been raging along the line of the
Vistula, with 100000 men engaged.
The German army alone is said to
have lost 100000 men in the fighting
in Poland. The report of the capture
of Przemysl has not been confirmed.
The Austrian army also has won
successes against the Russians who
invaded the crown land of Bukowina,
according to statement by the gen.
eral staff given out in Vienna, which
says Czernowicz. capital of Bukowina.
has been retaken by the Austrians.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

their mammoth howitzers, are still on
the offensive against the Belgians, Led
by their king and supported by French
troops, with British and French war
vessels on the sea, and British mont
tors in the canals, lending the aid of
their long range gun fire, while air
scouts direct their range.
The battle has resolved itself into a
duel of big guns. The allies, by reason
OF their long range guns, have had the
advantage up to now.
Although pushed back at several
points, the kaiser's forces appear to
be holding their line between the sea
and La Bassee, the extent Of the front
in this distinct engagement.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
PLAN INVASION OF ENGLAND.

The Hague, Oct. 21.-Germany, &C
cording to information received here
from Berlin, is preparing to deal
Great Britain a decisive blow. The
scheme is to disembark several army
corps somewhere in the south OF Eng
land, while the grand feet is occu
pied with fighting the German flee,
in the North sea.
German experts believe the plan
will be entirely successful.
According to this information, as
soon as the last resistance of the Bel
gian army is disposed of there will
be a great movement Of landsturm
troops from central Germany to Os
tend and Zeebrugge. where they vii
await an opportunity to cross to the
English shore and march on London
where Zeppelins and Taubes will have
caused havoc and demoralized the
population.
Plans Great Sea Fight.
While this is taking place Admiral
Won Ingenohrs feet, now confined al
Wilhelmshaven, will steam out into
the North sea for the great fight
These German calculations rest on
the hypothesis that the south coast Of
England will be left absolutely with
out protection, all of Admiral Sill
John Jellicoe's ships being engaged In
the great North sea battle.
The German newspapers, by way Of
preparing public opinion for this great
stroke, publish extravagant dispatches
dilating on British nervousness and
the fear OF unavoidable destruction by
Germany.
Germans Are Impatient.
The German feet is described as
awaiting with passionate Impotence
the moment when it can make a
dash at the enemy. Prince Henry OF
Prussia is actively engaged, it is an
nounced, in the work Of inspecting the
feet, and he is continually keeping
the men on the run by surprise calls
The prince is reported to be in Bel
GUM to take command of the general
operations against England.
On these operations, by means OF
which the war will speedily be
brought to an end, the public opinion
of Germany is now focused. Should
they fail, the disappointment engen
dered may have incalculable conse
quences.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

and to all other persons holding cor
responding positions in his majesty's
service afioat--for distinguished CON
duct In war in cases where the award
of conspicuous gallantry medals would
not be applicable.
His majesty has further approved
of an award of the conspicuous serv
ice cross, to be designated in the fu
ture as the distinguished service cross
to all officers below the rank OF lieu
tenant commander In addition to the
officers previously eligible for this dec
Grafton"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
HISTORIC CASTLES IN ARMS
Scotland's Old Landmarks Swarm
With Soldiers az They Did In
the Days Of Old.

Yesterday Stirling and Edinburgh
castles were reminders of the days
of Scott's ballads and novels. This
morning they have changed character
ARE swarming barracks, says Les
lies. Regiments in khaki stream in
and out of the portals through which
knigh;s in armor used to gallop.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
German Point Of View.

Washington, Oct. 24-The German
embassy announced receipt of the fol-
lowing official wireless from Berlin:
"Oficial headquarters report of Oc-
tober % says fighting on the User
canal is continuing, that eleven Brit
ish war vessels are supporting the hos
tile artillery. and that the enemy was
repulsed east Of Dixmunde. Our
troops also have successfully advanced
in the direction of Ypres.
There is stubborn fighting west
and northwest of Lille. The enemy
slowly retreated along the whole
front. The fierce attacks from the di-
rection of Toul against the heights
south of Thiaucourt were repulsed un
der heaviest losses for the French"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

Petrograd dispatches say the plan
to capture Warsaw and possess both
banks of the Vistula during tie win
ter campaign is said to have been
wrecked. as the retreat Of he left
wing will cause the Teuton forces OPP
Grating around Ivangorod and San
domir to retreat also.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

foot and on horseback. they appeared
by squads and by regiments. You
heard the thud Of their heavy shoes
and the skirling OF pipes as you ate
your breakfast; and the rumble Of
gun carriages and the clatter of hoofs
awoke you at night.
Yesterday you visited old Holyrood
and its ruined chapel. trying to pic
ture to yourself the days when battle
was life's chief business and the
castle yards were thronged with men
at arms. This morning you pass
there again to discover that battle
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
KING ADOPTS NEW MEDAL
AS REWARD OF VAL0R

London.-The official press bureau
issued the following statement:
king George has been pleased to
approve the establishment OF medal,
TO be called the distinguished service
medal, to be awarded to chief petty
officers, petty officers and men and
boys In all branches of the service OF
the royal army, to noncommissioned
officers and men OF the royal marines
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
Holland Hears Of Allies Victory.

Rotterdam, Oct 23-The intensity
of the fighting In Belgium is so great
that the people in Holland can hear
distinctly the noise of it. Flushing
continually heard the thunder of guns
and the windows there ratified with
the conclusion.
The Amsterdam Nieuwe Van den
Dag reports that the burgomaster of
Wenduyne has telegraphed the fol-
lowing:
"The victory is to the allies. They
have taken large number or pris-
oners between Chalons and Longwy
and have captured 800 guns aud 81
flags"
Refugees from Ostend say that
Westende is being bombarded and
that many trains filled with wounded
| are coming into Bruges.
! The correspondent of the Nieuwe
! Rotterdamsche Courant at Client says
that big troop movements are taking
place. The German STAFF left the
town Wednesday for either Wetterin
or Grammont
1t is semi-officially reported in Pc
] trograd that the number Of German
troops sent to the Eastern and West
ern theaters of the war since the mid
die of September Is 100000.
On the western Belgian coast there
is being fought a battle which, fol
display of advance military ant
naval science, for spectacular effect
for ferocity Of action and appalling
/ losses, is a realization of the mos
fantastic dream picture of the "waI
Of the future" ever put on paper OF
canvas.
The Germans. heavily REINFORCED
by fresh land troops and by a nava
brigade of 10000 men, have extended
their base from Ostend to Maria
kirke and Middlekirke, halfway be
tween Ostend and Newport, and from
these positions are Smelling the Bel
gian line, which extends from Nieu
port south along the River User, {
distance of IS miles, with their LEFT
flank resting on the coast.
The Belgians are being aided BY
the French lana forces. the British
warships on the sea and the British
monitors and small gunboats in the
canals and rivers.
When not directing the fire of theil
huge 17-inch guns against the Belgian
position, the Germans are replying t.
the cannonading of the British dread
naughts,' which added their strength
to the British fleet.
The fire of the British guns is di
rected and corrected constantly by OBJ
servers The flying machines circle
low about the German position. risk
ing death at every swoop, In order
to be within effective observation dis
lance.
German submarines, with deadly
torpedoes charged for their destruc
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

Long lines Of drab uniformed men
wriggle up, snakelike, from the base
ments Of railway stations. Armed
giants in kits pour down from the
hills, up from the valleys. The first
army to respond appeared and disap-
peared again so quickly that the spec
tator was led to wonder II the troops
had been stored ia ,astle cellars or
in the railway l./ .ae rooms. And
when these wereE M another army,
larger than the " egan to mobi-
iize from shops T rms and fac
torres. In trai otor cars, on
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
PORTUGAL JOINS WAR.

New York, Oct. 22.-Lisbon news
papers of October 8 and Z. received at
the Portuguese consulate today, as
sert that more than twenty-five thou
sand Portuguese troops are aiding the
French and British forces in the bat
tie line in Belgium and France. The
position of the troops is kept from the
papers by the censorship.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
VIGOROUS ATTACK
ON GERMAN LINES
WITHOUT RESULT
Allies Admit the Invaders Have
Gained Ground During the
Recent Battles.
BRITISH WARsHlPs IN FIGHT
effective Aid to the Allies Land
Forces-Dykes of the User Cut and
Country Inundated--Portusal Joins
Coalition Against kaiser--invasion
Of England Pianned--Generai News
of the War.

Copenhagen, Oct. 24.-Dispatches
received here from Berlin say 1t Is
rumored there that the German at
tack on Belfort is succeeding and that
the southern forts have surrendered.
Paris, Oct. 24.-The French today
recaptured Altkirch. upper Alsace. at
the point Of the bayonet
(Altkirch has been taken and re-
taken several times by the opposing
forces since the war began. The last
report said the French we're in pos
session. Apparently the Germans have
held the city for some time without
making the fact known and the fore
going dispatch indicates new victory
for the French.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
Allies Yield Ground.


On the Battle Front, via The
Hague, Oct 24.-The allies vigorous
attack on the German lines before
Lille has failed. The French and Brit
fish are being driven steadily to the
westward.
The principal gains of the Germans
during the day were made in the VI
entity of La Bassee. The Germans
made q sortie and fell on the allies
lines, which retired in some confu-
sion.
The Germans gain at La 3assee was
greater than at any other portion of
the line, but the day saw large aces
sions to the territory occupied by the
Teuton armies all along the battle
front.
Two French Forts Taken.
The German attack on Belfort, by
which route 1t is hoped to hurl the
kaiser's armies again toward Paris, is
proceeding. Two French forts to the
south of the main fortress have capitu
lated to the Germans, the garrisons
withdrawing to the greater stronghold
The development at Belfort, coming
close upon successful operations al
Verdun and the holding OF st. Mihiel
against tremendous odds, is believed
here to presage the final breaking OF
the republics line OF defenses.
French gunners destroyed three
German batteries in an artillery en-
gagement of huge proportions north
Of the Aisne.
The French army has captured Alt
kirch, Upper Alsace. at the point OF
the bayonet-
The ferocity OF the encounters
where the British and French have
come in contact with the invaders
around Arras (La Bassee and Armen
tieres), incident to the allied armies
advance upon Lille, is unparalleled in
the history of war. The carnage has
been frightful.
French Retreat Admitted.
The net result O. the days fighting
in this region has been gains at col
siderable cost for the allies at points
to the east of Armentieres. while about
La Bassee the French and British
have been forced to retreat at some
places in the face of the desperate
assaults directed by the Germans. The
gains by one side have been Offset by
those of the other and the effect on
the situation has been Insignificant
Belgians on Offensive.
The Germans. heavily supported by
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

once more is life's chief business, that
war has claimed its own. A city OF
military tents covers half of the yard
behind the castle. A battery dashes
across the green, unlimbers its field
pieces, whirls away again. Cavalry
men are herding the sheep in Kings
park this morning instead OF the
park shepherds. A column of infantry
swing into the winding road at the
foot of Arthur's Seat, and, as you
retreat uphill before it, sentries sill
houetted against the morning light on
the hillside bar your way.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
NEW CASE DISCOVERED
OF CATTLE SCOURGE
Farm at Ashton. Nd, ouarantiped.
Ban Win Be Lifted from Union
Stock Yards Tonight.

]. Discovery sof-a new case OF foot and
mouth disease near washington. dec
laration Of quarantine covering Ohio
and announcement that cattle from un-
lqrarantined States may again be
tonight, were the features In the cam
/ paign against the cattle scourge yes
| terday.
The new case discovered near here
was found at Ashton. eight miles from
silver Spring. Nd, and as soon as the
case was reported an inspector was
sent from the Department Of Asricul-
tire TO kin the infected, cattle and
duarantine the farm.
Word from Columbus that the State
horticultural commission had placed
Ohio under quarantine raised the num-
ber of States In which all movements
Of cattle are prohibited. to fourteen.
| All Western railroads were notified
that cattle will be permitted to arrive
at the Union stock Yards after mid
night Sunday. Practically every pack
ing house in Chicago has been given a
clean bill of health.
Health Onicer woodward announced
that the hearing OF the washington
Dairymen's Association 70 protest against
the Health Departments plan of makihs;
public bacteriological ratings on pasteur-
lied milk sold in the District win be held
tomorrow.
DIT. Woodward made an onicial stat%-
ment, explaining the difference between
properly pasteurized milk and milk that
is improperly treated.
Practically every packing house in Chi
cago has received clean bill Of health
and all are now free from possible foot
and mouth disease germs.
Chicago packers. as well as stock men,
are bitter against the governments econ
omy plan OF killing stock which is actu-
ally suffering from the scourge and spar
ling the remainder Of the contaminated
herds.
Thomas E. Wilson. president of Nor
ris and Company. said that the gov
ernment's temporizing with the scourge
would reduce the commercial value OF
live stock in the United States fully 5
per cent