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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23

ness of the German army officer. 1t
will be remembered that a young
lieutenant at Zabern. a little garrison
town of Alsace-Lorraine, made some
unpleasant remark about the French
flag. The residents learned of it. and
when he marched through the street
with his company somebody hooted at
him, which so outraged the young
officers dignity that he ordered his
men to charge on the people on the
sidewalk. They all escaped with the
exception of crippled shoemaker
who had nothing whatever to do with
the affair. He was brutally sabred by
Lieut. Won Forstner BY a strange
coincidence this officer has been re-
Gently taken prisoner in Belgium.
Colonel Won Reuter-. who was in
charge of the garrison, at once or
dered wholesale arrest and twenty
eight citizens of Zabern were i'm
prisoned all night in the cellar of the
barracks. Among them was a school
boy whose only offence was failure
to lift his hat when he passed the
Colonel on the street. A few other
school children laughed when the
Hdleu oolH regiment passed, and
men stood on the sidewalks and stared
at the soldiers without taking off their
hats. This added to the anger of
the Colonel, who declared that he
would shoot up the entire crowd II
they did not stop laughing and backed
up his assertion by having machine
guns set up in the street The citi-
Gems complained to Berlin and the
Emperor removed the "99th" and or
dered court martial of the officers.
This proved to be a sort of opera
bouffe and ended In the officers going
scot free.
Alsace-Lorraine Wholly French In
Sympathy.
From the outbreak of the present
war these provinces have been against
the Germans and a number of men
were shot by the German soldiers for
trying to get across the border to Join
the French army.
Alsace-Lorralne is wholly French
In sympathy and the day may not be
far distant when she may once more
gather her children together under the
protection of the tri-color of the
French Republic-the land she loves
so well, and be freed from the iron
grasp of the war lord of Europe"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23
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concessions to Bosnia, such as grant
ing them the use of the Servian Ian
guage and of holding a parliament,
but there was string to the parlia-
ment and every act passed which Aus
tria disliked was annulled at once
why, we even allowed them to have
signs printed in Servian," said a
prominent Austrian with an injured
air.
This was almost humorous when 1t
is known that Austria has no national
toDgue-at least a dozen different
languages being used throughout the
Empire. Bosnia soon discovered that
freedom of speech, the use of their
native language and self government
was only a sham, and a quiet bitter
ness prevailed.
A short time after this the Servians
discovered that 1t was dificult for
their race to thrive in Bosnia. II
man spoke Servian or stuck up for
his race he failed in business. There
was absolutely nothing for him in
public life no matter how we'll quail
fed he might be. The Servian youth
living in Bosnia found that he had
absolutely no chance unless he bowed
to the Austrian Government and
worked to the detriment of his own
race. Now. the Servians are intense
ly patriotic and they refused to be-
come traitors. In vain they tried to
show Austria that they were worthy
of better treatment and when that gov
eminent refused to recognize the
rights of the Serb he became bolster
Gus and demonstrative and one poor,
fanatical creature thought that he
was aiding his country in killing the
heir to Austria's throne. But his act
was used as fiimsy pretext for war
against his country and his crime was
followed by Emperor Franz Joesph's
extraordinary manlfesto:
Manifesto.
I'm this solemn hour I am fully
conscious OF the whole Significance of
my resolve and my responsibility be-
fore the Almighty. ! have examined
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23

south once more. Then, too, Russia
was becoming entirely too friendly to-
ward its Slav kinsmen in the Balkans
and this caused the Austrians no lit
tie worry.
Capital Moved.
At the first talk of war King Peter
moved the capital to Kraguyevatz.
town about sixty-five miles from Bel
grade. but even If war had not broken
out it Is likely that the seat of govern
ment would have been moved anyhow
for the enlargement of Servia, brought
about by the Balkan wars made 1t
necessary to have the capital nearer
the centre of the kingdom. Kraguye-
vatz is the third town in size, having
about twenty thousand inhabitants.
1t was the first capital of the prin-
cipality of Servia after it's partial lib
GRAFTON from Turkey; it served as the
seat of the Obrenovitch Princess from
1915 to 1912. 1t is well adapted for
defense.
Servians Heroic In Suffering.
During the war with Bulgaria Ser
via carried on war practically with
out credit, yet her soldiers fought, I'M
dergoing the most terrible hardships.
without murmur not knowing
whether they would be paid or even
fed. Hundreds of Servians came home
from different parts of the world to
serve in war frequently paying their
own way. when Servia's honor Is
at stake we must flock to her aid a
Servian who had come from San Fran
cisco to Belgrade told the writer. and
he was but one of many
The Servians have often been called
the Irish of the Balkans" and are by
far the most interesting people In
southeastern Europe. Even the I'M
educated peasants possess the never
say-die spirit. and while Austria may
outwardly subdue them and rob them
of their land and secure the seacoast
she desires the Servian traits will SIN
exist and the down trodden littlo Ia
ton will live in history as the victim
of Austria's greed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23
The Bad eelingBetween
These Two Nations Has
Existed for Centuries :
How the Little Country
Has Stood in Austria S
Way in Her March To
the South.

~ HOSE who seek war always find
II some pretext for 1t, and Austria
found the excuse in the assassi-
- nation of the Archduke Franz
Ferdinand by Gavrio Princeps, the
nineteen-year-old Serb. 1t will be
d1ftcult to make the world believe
that this is the real cause of the war.
1t was but the match touched to the
smouldering fire of Austria's hate for
the Serbs which has existed for sew
eral centuries.
Ever since the repulse of the Turk
lsh army from Vienna in 1888, the
Austrians have steadily fought their
way to the south expecting ultimately
to make their way to the Aegean Sea
over the ruins of the Turkish Empire.
During the intervals of rest in this
march Austria did not object to the
little Balkan States occupying the
coveted land, feeling that when the
time came for action these little
States could be gobbled up with ease.
Servia Once Ruled Balkans.
The Servians during the thirteenth
and fourteenth centuries ruled over a
large part of the Balkan peninsula,
but the greater part of this came I'M
der Turkish control in the sixteenth
century. Austria soon grabbed Dali
malta from the Turks. and after
awhile Montenegro became an indie
pendent kingdom. The rest of Ser
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23
Manifesto.

I'm this solemn hour I am fully
OF the whole significance of
my resolve and my responsibility be-
fore the Almighty. ! have examined
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23
ABriefHistory ofthe Two
Provinces Taken From
the French By Germany
In 1870, and Of the Kai-
ser's Iron Rule of a Peo-
pie Who Are German In
Name Only.

~ NE billion dollars and the Prov
n % ince of Alsace-Lorraine was
Germanys demand from France
W after the defeat of the latter in
1870. This gave the German Empire
an extra area of 5,605 square miles of
the finest territory of France, for this
land is well watered and was even at
that time in high state of cultiva-
ton. The population was 1900, 900,
the greater part of whom were loyal
French.
Alsace derives its name from the
German ELL Saas-from ELL the river
of that name, and saas, settler. 1t
lies on the west bank of the Rhine
and contains the cities of Strassburg,
Mulhausen and Colmar. Lorraine ex-
tends to the east from the borders of
Champagne to the valley of the
Nosges, which divides It from the
valley of the Rhine. It's valleys are
watered by the Moselle. the Mouse
and the Seille.
Dramatic History.
The provinces have had dramatic
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10
The Lady Has Designs
~ N. E. a.

Since she gave Uncle Sam the stony
stare In that reciprocity matter. Can.
ada hasn't seemed to be much inter
ested In us But Il il only seeming.
Miss Canada Ia one OF those remark
able maiden ladies' who keep right
ON knitting without saying much.
Now, however. she's saying things
that may make all states people
who are not already cussing the Pan
ANA canal go to doing so.
Last year Canada exported bread
stuffs TO the value OF $l22, 100000. In
competition with United States bread
stufrs. She would have done much
better had IL not been that her wa
terways are frozen up four months
OF every year and there has been
shortage OF railway cars to transport
her breadstuffs to the Atlantic sea
board. However. she got sos, zoo, 900
worth through to Great Britain alone.
Now, good old philanthropic Uncle
Sam Is about TO open his canal.
Miss Canada Is preparing to use
that canal as new route to Liverpool
open every day In the year. Her Pa
cifc coast ports are only GOO to 1000
miles away from her main breadstun
raising territory. She Is developing
those ports. lowering her railroad
grades and expects to save her farm
ers 25 cents a bashel on their wheat.
Again. what is called Eastern Can
ada exported, in 1912, $60.000.000 OF
minerals, metals and manufactures
thereof, competing in the Liverpool
market with similar manufactures
from older factories, and her posi-
bilities for expansion OF these manu-
features are practically unlimited.
We repeat that good old worid-iov-
| ing Uncle Sam Is about TO open his
canal.
Miss Canada Is preparing TO send
her metal manufactures through that
canal as q new route to new markets
| In Central and South America, Japan,
| China and Australia.
| Maybe that canal Is going to aw'
fully hurt" Uncle Sans business
| Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
can be made to produce fully ~ times
the quantity Of breadstuffs they're now
producing. and Canada's metal and
mineral resources have hardly been
even scratched. as yet.
! II Uncle Sam has any furtner pro
| posals to make to that cold-faced "a
| madam person, he'd better be study
| ing them up. She certainly has seri'
Gus designs on his foreign trade goat.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10
In On the Ground Floor

The big secret OF the amazing
wealth OF Frederick Weyerhaeuser.
once . penniless immigrant, lay In
Just one idea, which he once express.
ed thus:
Lands increase in value; money
doesn't grow in your locket.'
He lived frugally, saved his earnings
and bought lands-lands with plenty
of timber.
He foresaw that every baby born in
the United States during his lifetime
would make every standing tree more
valuable, because the trees were de-
creasing while the babies-heaven
bless 'em!--were increasing. He back
ed that perception with every dollar
ne could save or borrow: and It made
him immensely rich.
he tried many lines of business &C.
uvity before he stumbled upon the
discovery of "unearned increment"
but they were not successful. Il was
NOT until he acquired control Of huge
tracts or forest land and turned into
merchandise the products of the Al
mighty that fortune began to smile
upon him.
Judged by the standards OF his time.
his great wealth was honestly obtain
ed. He kept his agreements, paid his
debts and worked as hard as any en-
ploye
But he was fortunate In living 4 lit.
tie IN advance Of society's acceptance
OF the doctrine Of Henry George.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

WASHINGTON. April 10.--Another
summer In Washington Is the prospect
viewed with anything but pleasure by
members Of congress. The presidents
trust program has hardly got started.
The canal tolls fight promises to con.
sumo an indefinite length OF time In
the senate The greatest amount OF
bitterness Is being engendered by the
tolls clash and this may even AFFECT the
trust program. The president says he
has not changed his mind In any slight
respect regarding the necessity for
passing trust legislation before ad.
journment. and while he hopes con-
gress will get through in time to per-
nit members to look after home at
fairs. he will insist that the party
promises be fully kept before men,
bers 90 into the fall elections.
The lobby investigation which
brought to light much that the public
ought TO know and particularly expos
ed the Vaccinations of the National
Association of Manufacturers and their
agent, James A. Emery, has ended In
nothing but exposure. The remedies
are hypothetical and buried In the ju-
dietary committee Of the house The
lobby is just as insidious and active
as ever. Recently Emery appeared
before the committee on mines OF the
House and cross-examined all the wit.
nesses in the hearings on the Micht-
gan copper strike.
1t is President Wilson's practice to
write his messages to congress ana
other important speeches In shorthand
and then transcribe the matter from
his own notes on the typewriter. This
fact has been brought to the attention
of the Stenographers and Typewriters'
union at Washington. ID. c.. and there
is a movement on foot to invite the
president to join the union. Taft was
a member OF the Steam Shovel and
Dredge Mems union, and Roosevelt
belongs to the Firemen's union.
Colored people who are thinking OF
joining "Chief Sam" and going to the
gold coast of Africa had better read
the reports of American Consul w. j.
VERIFY, OF Freetown, Sierra Leone. Al
RIGA. Those who come to West Az
RIGA and suffer untold misery" writes
the consul. "are for the most part IL
literate farmers who have through
long struggle managed to- save enough
money. to pay passage for themselves
and family with barely enough to live
on through their first attack OF African
malaria. Many have expressed the
choice OF prison life in America to
freedom here
II was because Secretary Tumulty
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10
A Condition Not q Theory

The Albion Recorder recently mao
occasion to reply to q criticism oner'
ed that paper by an Albion minister,
based on the publication OF nan
mage tobacco advertisement Inc
Recorder says among other things:
A newspapers life depends on It's
advertisins. Without the advertising
OF our local merchants and such ioI-
eiCn advertising as We can get wi.n.n
the lines acceptable to US. the neeo NJ
err would last about three days. We
have saved. after ~ years % ,ansr
work. enough surplus to run the paper
that long, possibly little longer, u
we had to issue 1t without advertisihs.
In our efforts to get out q clean pa
per and live up to the tdea tnat
country nswspa ape n snSSea morals nc we
have trimmed just about As close 70
the dividing line between desiraoie
and undesirable advertising as IL 10
possible for us TO do and stiI, NEE
the paper and ink bills once month.
II anyone doubts this. 1t Is evident ne
hasn't tried his hand at running q
country daily.
There is a vast difference between
being a 'guardian of the public NOR
ais, "a a minister. and as country
editor. The harder the minister
guards" the better the people VINO
pay him his salary like IL. the prop
lem 81 the other guardian OF the pup
lie morals" the country editor. IS quite
difYerent. The hacder he guards, be-
yond q certain line, the less nis IN
come. He must stand for the Things
he believes are right, but II MS view
point Is narrowed too much, ne roses
many OF his subscribers whose view
points are narrowed In another direc-
tion. and the field In which he may
work Is reduced in size. There are
,nany lines Of advertising he prefers
not 10 take but a certain amount -
necessary to enable him to keep MS
paper going. II he cant reach tnis
must take enough Of the least unde-
sirable to make up the dimerence' or
retire In favor of the sherin: ana we
don't believe the sheriff would 90 any
better than we can.
The newspaper field IL Uttered With
tbe bleached bones Of country papers
whose editors lost sight OF the cash
drawers in their heroic efforts to run
their papers according to their own
personal views.
Newspaper on the verge OF bank
ruptcy. one jump ahead Of the sheriff.
bss about an much influence and stand
ing in a community as an Irishman
in a Jewish synagogue.
A condition, not q theory, cconfronts
every newspaper publisher; and IN
too many cases the very critics OF
papers running Objectionable adver.
fisin~ and worry over the pay roll.
rcaliSine all the time that those
righteous critics would never pay out
a dollar to help support the publisher
in his big battle against the other
fellow--less scrupulous.--Progressive
Herald, Kalamazoo.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10
Congress Likely to Remain
In Session All Summer

t.oid lot OF newspApormen that Pre-
ident Wilson favored Q i've per cent
Increase In freight rates for the rail-,
ROADS that q correspondent asked the
president II he was taking any posi.
ton ON this subject. To this question
tne president replied that he looked
upon the commission az q judicial
BODY and did not feel that Il would be
proper for him to say or do anything
70 influence them.
The Mississippi River Leyee asso-
citation. which IL the creature Of the
railroads which have killed water
transportation on the Mississippi, has
mad representative In Warrington
Ia contribution to the insidious lobby
working for the Ransdell- Humphroy
levees only" bill and against the New
lands river regulation bill. Rep. Ken
meth ID. Mcclellan. OF Tennessee. has
contributed an interesting speech 10
the congressional record In which he
SHOWS that the Mississippi river com.
mission. In charge OF the levee work,
favors railroads and private corpora
lions. Persons interested In the SUB
tect will do we'll to send for . copy OF
the speech.
On page 5511 OF the congressional
record letter II printed from 1 con.
stituent of Albert Johnson, OF the state
OF Washington. which 10 OF considera-
BILE economic Significance. He writes:
II bought 149 acres ON Queets river
and after putting In $1,000 worth OF
improvements my taxes were raised
SO high that I saw no hope and gave
up In despair and moved out. They
tell me the tax IL on the timber and
improvements. and as there II a strict
law against burning timber or i'm
provements ! naturally expect the In
crease to continue l offered to sell
but could not And anyone fool enough
20 Dny. AS an added inducement
would remove all improvements 20 a.
TO make the tax az light as possible"
he goes on to say that he would be
glad to take enough ito pay me and
my familys way across the line into
Canada where q farmer who tries to
improve ME place Is protected"
Amid deafening applause congress
men Increased the allowance for secre-
tarial hire from $1,000 to $1,000 q
year. Az a majority OF congressman
spend between $500 and 5000 a year
for secretarial work and put the bal
ance In their pockets, It would have
been much more helpful put the
secretaries on the government rolls
and allow them to draw the money di.
rectly. This nominal raise to clerks
is really private graft to congress
men themselves.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10
A Wonderful Animal
BY r. =. PAINE

Under the heading Animals You
Ought To Know" the Newspaper En-
terprise association has given US
something about the gopher, and Incl.
dentally made out lie by Mother
Nature.
To me, the gopher Is one Of the
most wonderful of creatures. an anon.
ally, one of Natures very few fakes"
and would like to see him explained
by some Of the scientific sharps who
know all about beasts. birds and bugs.
The gopher Is practically subter-
ranean beastie. He can burrow
through 25 feet of ordinary soil and
pile up q half.bushel Of dirt at the
exit in q night. Yet Nature has not
provided him with the sharp-pointed
nose and enormous fore-arms and
claws of the mole. He's a digger
without the usual tools, In short, and
yet we see that Nature goes to al
most unlimited lengths to especially
fit her creatures for their habitat and
mode of life.
The fought To Know" article re-
ferred to, tells us that Mr.. Gopher
must gnaw and dig constantly, else
his teeth and claws would become
large. But to all other gnawing, dig
cling creatures Nature has given espe-
cially large teeth and claws. The
gopher Is q wonderflN exception. How
did II come about?
How we would wonder at fish
without gills or fms, or at q bird
without wings with which to fly or
legs with which to run! Yet here
Is a mighty digger to whom Nature
seems to have forgotten to give the
tools of the trade. II the gopher,
with only the delicate teeth and fore
paws Of the ordinary rat. Is the high
class digger which he surely Is. what
a waste of equipment Nature has
made on the mole, the ant-bear, the
armadillo and such! And why?
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10
Diary of Father Time

The scheme Of GAINESVILLE. o.. city
council to urge all residents 70 keep o
nog with view Of reducing the cost
OF nving, reminds me Of prize hog
that once lived In Morristown, Ind, In
1877. He weighed 963 pounds. and L.
was the duty Of the owners son 70
iced the hog twice q day. He gave
the hog % OF the largest ears Of corn
ne could find, at each feed. OF course,
corn was not az high IS II 10 now.
The Investment Of the 80 ears OF
corn q day, however, Gems to have
been good one, for when the hog was
killed. $50 worth Of lard was sold,
with some left over. and, after being
trimmed closely. the shoulders weigh-
ed 81 pounds apiece and the hams
weighed 80 pounds apiece.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

During q lecture q well-known au-
thority on economics mentioned the
fact that in one country the number
Of men was larger than that Of WON.
en-, and he added humofously:
II can therefore recommend the la.
dies to emigrate to that part Of the
world"
the front rows got up in great indig.
nation, and was leaving the room
rather n0isily, whereupon the lee.
turer remarked
II did not mean that II need be
done In such hurry as that."-T0p-
Notch.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

Eggs are % cents q dozen. accord.
Ing 70 the market page. Hens or nsh!
Jim Murfin went to Ann Arbor and
Hugh Shepherd went to Harvard and
last night, Il seems, they came pretty
near going to each other.
-
MEMORY TEST.
Can yOu reasowbe1 boyh0od plot
(It eannot be that you've forgOt)-
To take q fFolght train late at n1ght
And droD completely eat Of aAghts
To eWn . cowhOy's horse anA gun
And put g Poat The lDa1ans
Thea e ea0e DARK ana you. 1nSteads
wsss fosnd s.se n yeur ists'e seds
What . mob scene Nat Goodwin
could produce could he get his ex-
wives In the same cast.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

Many years labor went to make up
"a wonderful bookcase which IL being
shown by Francis r. Hayes, Z 76.
year-0ld civil war Veteran In Port.
land. The bookcase contains $4,000
pieces Of wood fashioned and fitted
chiefly with a jackknife, and con.
strrcted by the veteran during the
many years In which he has been CON.
flied to the house.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

Wen bet that In the meantime Ed
die Barnett has been chewing some
tobacco. -
webster DRo0ght Down 70 Date.
BAUBLE--0ewgaw.w whatever that II.
BAY-Resting place for dead calm.
.BEAN--Place. for hat.
PEAR-Everybody's doing II.
BEAU-(See gas BILL
BEAUTY--(antonym Gen. Villa.
BEEF-(See Taft
BED--To sleep in.
BEET--To sleep on.
BELL-End Of round.
BENEDICT-Man Just starting on q
wild and exciting journey.
BEvY-F1ook OF birds as I'm bur-
1esQue
BIER-The finish
BIGAMY--Another finish.
B1RD--A bigamist.
BI.ACKBIRD-Colore bigamist.
Huerta always was quite hand to
take q little OF the same.
As we interpret the matter, Hugh
Shepherd has rushed In where those
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

How the Chinese exclusion act re.
duces the number of Chinese In this
country is shown by the following fig
ures: In 1880 there were 1O4,565
Chinese In the United States. In 1910
they numbered 71.153. The Japanese,
on the other hand, have increased. In
1880 there were 14S Japanese here,
and In 1910 no fewer than 72,1b7.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

The United States census bureau
since its organization on permanent
basis. has become the greatest Stats.
tical ONCE In the world.
The Detroit times., 1914-04-10

In German New Guinea birds Of
paradise are to be protected by law
from hunters during the calendar
year 1914.