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ALIAS SUMMONS

ALIAS SUMMONS
In the Justice Court Of Blackfoot Pre-
cinct, Bingham County, Idaho.
c. r. clute, Justice Of the Peace
E. NJ Hall,
Plaintiff,
John Hall.
Defendant
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-04-30

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

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The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
A Constitutional Conflict.

A week ago Representative Hobson informed the
House that he and the friends of prohibition did not
intend to press for consideration his resolution to SUBJ
NIT to the States national prohibition amendmen,
until it could be amended so as not to conflict with
the rights of the States. A few days ago Senator
Sheppard, of Texas, Informed the Senate that the
Hobson-Sheppard prohibition amendment would be
pressed at this session.
Representative Hobson admitted that as reported
to the House, this amendment might come into con-
ict with the rights of the States, and that many Rep
resentatves from the South who favored prohibition
would not support constitutional amendment that
gave the Federal government power to invade the
rights of the individual States.
Senator Sheppard told the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee that this proposed prohibition amendment would
not interfere with State rights. .
He said it would simply empower the Federal gov
eminent to enforce prohibition in accordance with
the States He added that those States which have
no laws against the traffic and desire no laws against
it, have right to harbor so frightful menace TO
the happiness and prosperity of the nation. Under
this amendment State will be deprived of the
power to legislate against the Traffic. And still the
Senator from Texas insisted that the amendment
would not come in conflict with the rights of the
States.
We have been trying to find explanation of
Senator Sheppards peculiar notion OF amendment
to the Federal Constitution that would prohibit
thing throughout the length and breadth OF the
try, permit the States to assist in enforcing that
amendment, compel the other States to obey and
yet interfere with the old doctrine of State rights
In search of the Congressional Record we have
found explanation in a speech which Representa-
tive Sheppard made in the House shortly before he
was elected to the Senate 1t speech on the
efficiency of age in which Mr.. Sheppard gave an
account of of the great services to the world
that had been performed by who had passed
the Psslmist's allotment of threescore and ten,
and in his tribute to these men, he said: "A man as
rule, immature, unripe, caow vealy, verdant sappy
bat-blnd, and grassgreen until he reaches the age
of forty"
Senator Sheppard, according to his autobiography
was born May aS, 1875.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
Secretary Lanes Alaskan Report.

The Secretary of the Interior, Mr.. Franklin X
Lane, has given Congress something to think about
and opportunity to give the country general and
the Territory of Alaska, particular the benefit OF
some real, constructive craftsmanship. Mr.. Lane is
convinced that it is time develop Alaska but that
it cannot be done with anything approaching success
tape methods continue.
He urges the creation of development board, to
have its headquarters in Alaska and to exercise
plete authority and control all governmental af-
fairs connected with the natural resources and de-
veopment of the Territory in place of the present
busnesske division and scattering of authority with
resulting conflicts and dscouraging delays Obviously
there is need of some such permanent compact and
accessible controlling body if the wonderful natural
assets and great opportunities of development which
the Territory offers intelligent effort are ever tbe
turned to account: ..r..' ..-
With wealth beyond imagination locked within its
borders Alaskas 1912 were only SSo2 6I
with expenditures of S5oeooSo; and the Territory has
been in possession of the United States nearly half
a century. As Mr.. Lane points out practically all the
lands and natural resources of Alaska are still the
property of the United States Here then is the oppor-
tuHy to lay the foundation for model State, safe
guarded against the mistakes of our earlier history
Alaska may be developed in such manner as to richly
reward the brain and muscle of the present generation
whose efforts deserving, yet with full regard
for the needs and the rights OF posterity Rational
conservation of every should be practiced
but those things of which the world has need should
no longer be kept locked up benehting no one We
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
Governments Duty to Clerks.

The Harnill bill, pending in the House of Repre-
senatves provides that all employees in the classified
civil service of the United States shall be eligible for
retirement on the following pensions For thirty wears
or more OF service, 90 of the average salary
for the last five years; for twenty-five to thirty
years, IS per cent; for twenty to twenty-five wears
40 per cent An employe who has served the
United States for FIVE years and who has been dis
abled without fault his part shall receive 40 per
cent Tor from hve to ten years service; 40 per cent
tor ten TO twenty years, and so per cent for twenty
years and over All employees are to retire at the age
of seventy years.
These pensions are entirely Independent of any
contribution or savings by the employe They are
intended MAINLY to relieve the employe whose salary
would not permit him to lay aside any material nro.
visions for old age or disability: though under IN.
terms of the bill those receiving high salaries will oh
tain benetts greater in amount than those receiving
pay too low TO provide for retirement
Possibly this and other features NAV reou;re
amendment in details. But there is no doubt that the
vast body OF mail carriers clerks and government en-
ployes work faithfully and at low salaries. Great
corporations are generally providing for the pension
ing of their aged employees and the government should
rot be more negectfu of this duty than the
tions.-PSttsbursh Dispatch. ..'''ES'e E0'A-
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
PLACER MINING.

Placer or hydraulic mining is the art
of separating gold from gravel. sand, or
clay, making use principally of running
water and gravity. The deposits which
are susceptible to treatment of this sort
have been formed by the breaking down
and scattering in gold-bearing rocks and
their subsequent sorting by water. The
disintegration may have been accomplish
ed by any one of several agencies, or a
combination of two or more OF them. The
rocks may have been broken and ground
up by glacial action. piled in the valleys
or on the sides of mountains and hills
as moraines, and subsequently distribut-
ed by the action of streams or rivers
Having then. fine particles of metallic
gold distributed through a mixture of
gravel, sand. and clay. but not attached
to any of it, the problem is TO recover
il economically The most primitive
appliance known is the miners pan. in
which the gold and rock are separated
By careful washing. but the pan only
holds fifteen to thirty pounds of gravel
and a man could not wash more than one
cubic yard in a day, so that the gravel
would have to contain s. worth of re-
coverabIc gold per cubic yard to make
IL nav. Various hand devices have been
used for gravel washing, among them the
rocker and long tom, both of which sepa-
rate the gold by allowing 1t to settle
through water-borne gravel by means
of its greater weight. 1t settles on can
vas. CARPET, wooden blankets. or in mer-
curry held in rifles on the sluice bottom.
All of these are makeshifts, though. and
are for handling small amounts of high
grade material. while the real business
of hydraulic mining is carried on by
working immense quantities of low-grade
material by means of complicated and ex-
pensive labor-saving machinery, at a
minimum unit cost--Engineering Maga-
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
,EiesI Prscess;;s'n.
D. =. ,. 9.

when the Hon. Johnson N. Camden
"a. already Designated ~ the successor
of the Iamented william o. Bradley
late Senator from kentucky, takes his
seat I'm the Senate Chamber he may re-
call that thirty-three years ago hii
father. johnson N. Camden, was sworn
lin a. Senator from. West Virginia. The
elder Camden faiied to connect with a
second term. and went out in 1857.
The second Senator Camden was then
lad hardly dreaming that he would
some day achieve an honor won by his
distinguished father. Looking over the
Senate Chamber he will not see one
Senator who served during his fathers
term. Only few are living, and retired
from public life.
Henry q. Davis. OF West Virginia, con-
tinues alert In business at the age of
ninety. while George Edmonds. of Yer-
mont is eighty-fve. and lawyer In
Philadelphia. Henry w. Blair, of New
Hampshire. In near the fourscore mark,
and a lawyer In Washington. Don
Cameron is over eighty. and retired from
both business and politics. Francis W.
cockrell. OF Missouri, Is the only one
holding Federal place, and he is a mem
Der OF the ordnance board. William p.
kellogg. who came from Louisiana, is
over eighty. and living quietly in Wash
inston. There were seventy-six Senators
when the elder Camden was serving his
first term. but all are gone except the
seven mentioned.
Six years after his first term, Senator
Camden came back for two years. filling
a vacancy caused by the death Of John
kenna. He served from 1893 until 1895.
when there were eighty-eight Senators in
the chamber. Today the second Senator
Camden finds but three Senators who
were colleagues with his father. Per-
kins, or California: Lodge, OF Massachu-
setts. and Clark. Of Wyoming.
Senator Warren had served two years
prior TO the elder Camden's return but
dropped out between elections. coming
BACK as Camden went out in 1895 Mar
Gus A. Smith. now Senator from Arizona.
was then a delegate from the Territory
Outside of these mentioned but eleven
members Of the Senate nineteen years
ago arc living.
George Gray, from Delaware. who has
served long on the Federal bench and
has just retired, is not yet very old
Senator White. OF Louisiana, is now
Chief Justice OF the United States Su-
preme Court. in vigorous health Sena-
tor Hale retired with the general polit-
ical smash of 1910 and is growing old
gracefully in Maine and Washington
Senator Burrows. OF Michigan, a veteran
in House service. had to give way to A
younger man and has a Federal appoint
ment. William f. Chandler. of New
Hampshire. promises to never grow old
and keeps busy every day in the week
as Washington lawyer. Don Cameron
was yet a member during the Camden
second term as was Senator AIdrich The
Hon. Watson c. Squire came in from
Washington State for a single term and
he now lives in New York. nearing
eighty but remarkably vigorous and
and watchful Of all that happens In
Charles J. Faulkner. who was the DEM
ocratic colleague of the elder Camden
from West Virginia. continued a few
years longer. and while counting Mar |
home. is active as a lawyer in |
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
NEW YORK AS STEEL CENTER

A booklet prepared by the industrial
bureau of the Merchants Association
orings out in striking way the basic
advantages which a New York location
furnishes for the production of iron and
steel.
Witherbee. Sherman & Co have started
tne construction of two blast furnaces on
New York Harbor which will have a
daily capacity of 400 tons each.
a New York location, il is shown.
means economy in production and in dis
trioution. In the last analysis the choice
OF location is question of freight rates
and New York can furnish the producer
with greater variety of iron ores at
lower costs than any other locality in the
United States. it is said.
New York will furnish the producer
with direct access to four great ore de-
posits-Lake Superior. the Adirondacks
Newfoundland and Cuba-fron each ~
which ores can be placed in New York
at lower cost than Lake Superior ores
can be delivered in the Pittsburgh dis
trict.
Considering the varying percentage of
iron contents, the savings derived from
a New York location as compared with
Pittsburgh in the cost of obtaining the
ore supplies. the transportation costs
alone will be from 81 cents to s3.u per
'O4I VI piS
Regarding the cost of securing iron and
steel for the basic steel production the
period from $50 to 1918 shows that the
average price Of heavy melting scrap in
New York City was $50 less than in
Pittsburgh. and the removal of the tariff
makes impossible a continued high price
level for scrap in New York City.
Exceptional facilities are offered for dis
tribuung the finished products. New
York City itself is the largest market
lot structural steel in the United States
Inc New York producer will have direct
control of this market
The booklet points out that the future
OF the American iron and steel industry
is largely dependent upon the continued
development of the foreign markets. and
TO enter the foreign markets successfully
the American manufacturer must utilize
every econOmy.-New York American.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut.. Commander s. II. r. Doyle. de-
tached command Paulding; to navy yard.
New York.
Lieut.. ID. T. Ghent, detached Nebraska:
to command Paulding.
Passed Assistant Surg. j. r. Phelps,
detached Naval Hospital Boston, Mass:
to Connecticut.
Passed Assistant Surg. u. II. Nobls,
detached Ohio; to San Francisco.
Passed Assistant Surg. z. c. White, to
navy recruiting station. New York. y. Y.
Note-Passed Assistant Paymaster E.
II. Tebeau died at Mare Island, Cal, on
Nav -
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
Making Work for the Lawyes.

The votes OF eo7 members OF the House Nel'-
resentatves-the whole number present in the Cham
ber-yesterday placed in the Clayton antitrust bill
an amendment which, if it becomes law. viii at some
date the future be interpreted in the courts after
a long battle among the lawyers OF the statesmen
who thus deliberately voted in favor of piece of
vague legislation open to at least two constructions
some assert that it means thing, that it does
not what it says, while others confess they do
not know what it means. The great majority who
voted for the amendment however did so to win or
retain the votes of the labor unions and the farmers
who have been led to believe that the amendment
protects them against prosecution under the antitrust
law. The labor unions have been nsistent upon the
amendment upon the theory that it gives them such
protection. President Wilson, however, differs with
this view He stated yesterday that he thinks there
is no more immunity for labor and farm organiza-
tons, as far as violations of the law concerned
than for any corporation other organization Here
is the amendment
"Nor shall such organization order or-association
or the members thereof, be held or considered to be
illegal combinations conspracies in restraint OF
trade under the antitrust law"
Without regard to the merits of the exemption of
organizations of labor and farmers from the operations
of law applying to all other organizations formed
for the purpose of gain the spectacle of intelligent
legislative body voting unanimously to enact law
which it realizes must inevitably be the subject of
legal battle and judicial interpretation is melan
choy one for taxpayers and voters to contemplate.
Here the labor organizations insisting upon the
adoption of the amendment because they believe it
protects them from prosecution, and the President
of the United States agreeing their demands, while
protesting that it does not mean what they think it
means.
President Samuel Gompers is not only satisfied,
but eated. President Woodrow Wilson is at least
satisfied, judging from the fact that the amendment
has his full approval
Has President Gompers "put one over on Pres-
dent Wilson, has President Wilson put one over"
on President Gompers?
If the amendment becomes law, the administration
will at least, have put one over" the countrA
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
ARMY ORDERS

The following promotions Of officers of
the cavalry arm are announced:
Daniel H. BoughtQn. promoted from
colonel, April 90. 1914: unassigned
robert D. Walsh, promoted from major,
klghth Cavalry: TO lieutenant colonel.
George +. White. promoted from cap
tam. Ninth Cavalry, TO major. April 90
lSi: Ninth Cavalry
Leave for one month is granted First
Lieut.. Frederick c. Test infantry.
First Lieut. Frederick Mears. cavalry,
Is relieved from duty under the orders
OF the governor of Panama Canal and
VIII report to the Secretary of the Inte-
nor for service in connection with the
location and construction of the railroad
or railroads in the Territory of Alaska
Leave for fifteen DAYS is granted First
Lieut.. Charles r. Elliott, Thirtieth In
fantry. to take effect upon the arrival of
the Thirtieth Infantry in the United
First Lieut.. Frederick E. Clark. Medf-
cal Reserve Corps. is relieved from duty
at Fort Ethan Allen, VT, and will pro
ceed to report TO the adjutant general of
Maj. Ernest d. Ruffner, Medical Corps.
is relieved from duty with the Second
Division. Texas City. Tex and from
and will proceed to Fort Thomas. Ky.
Hospital n. ..
Leave for two months, to take effect
on or about June !. 1914. is granted Col.
James T. Kerr, adtutant general.
Leave granted Capt. James :. Fox.
Medical Corps. Philippine Department. il
extended one month.
Lieut., Col. Charles II. Barth. adiutant
general, is relieved from detail in the
AdJutant Generals Department
First Lieut. julius c. Peterson. Coast
Artillery Corps; is relieved from the
General Hospital. Fort Bayard. y. Mex.
and absence heretofore granted him viii
proceed TO Fort Winfield Scott. Cal.
Robert InnNhhOrnuCh- n
Twentieth Infantry, is retired from ac-
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
HUERTA's BoYHooD CHANCE.
How M~xican Dictntor's Ambition
to BE n soldier Was Realized.

Huerta's boyish ambition was TO he a
soldier. BY chance a copy of the old
Monitor Republican, fell into his hands.
in which he read an official advertise
ment of the conditions for the admission
of young men into the military college of
Chapultepec. From that moment he
formed the set resolve OF securing entry
into that establishment. though he had
no very precise idea OF how his object
was to be compassed.
Accident. however. favored his design.
One day-I suppose it must have been in
the winter Of late autumn OF lNl-Gen.
Donate Guerro. who was still serving
the government of President Juarez,
though later he Joined the revolution at
La Noria. started by Gen. Porfirio Diaz.
arrived at Colotan at the head of small
body of troops. Having some dispatches
to send of. or some military orders to
issue. Gen. Guerra inquired for an aman-
uensie. and young Huerta, who was
standing near by and heard the inquiry,
offered his services The lad performed
the task to Guerra's satisfaction, and
Guerra was so struck by his assistant 5
look Of intelligence and alertness that he
asked him his name, what he was doing
and what he wanted to be. The boy,
who probably wore only the humble cot
ton garb of the Indian. with coarse straw
straw hat. scapular and sandals, looked
Guerra steadfastly in the face and said
that he wanted to enter the militry COL
lege. in order TO be a soldier and rise in
time to the rank of general Guerra
laughed, and laying his hand on the
lads shoulder. said: Very well. then,
my boy, come along with me"' So Huerta
bade good-by to his native village. his
relatives and friends and journeyed in
Guerra's company to the City of Mex
leo. where he was by Guerra presented
to President Juarez- Here. Mr.. Presi-
dent" said Guerra. lis an Indian lad
who wants to he general" Juarez
forthwith directed that. the youth should
he enrolled as Chapultepec cadet-At-
lanta Monthly.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
INDIAN ASSASSIN KILLS SIX.
u Unknown Hero Sends Thrilling De-

Word had already been received by the
authorities of the murder OF three Brit
ish officers at Tank Tahsil, India. The
officers were Mai. g. Dodd, Capt. G. B.
Brown, and Lieut.. G. ". c. Hickle. More
information was demanded. and the an
swer came in the form of a most re-
markable document. evidently written
at the dictation Of a fourth officer. who
escaped, and whose name is not re-
vealed. Although it is doubtful whether
the name of the unknown hero accom-
panied the document, its transcription
for the press shows that few changes
have been made in the original. 1t is
doubtful II so many tragic events were
ever before so vividly described in so
few words:
The three officers were at Mai Dodd's
bungalow with fourth officer whose
name is not given. Soon after sunset
Mai. Dodd and Capt. Brown were sit
ting outside the bungalow. Lieut.. Hickle
was dressing for dinner. The unnamed
officer was having a bath. Suddenly a
shot struck Capt. Brown in the back
4 second hit Mai. Dodd on the thigh.
A watchman and a native constable rush
cd to raise the fallen officer. A third
shot killed the constable: a fourth
wounded the watchman.
Then the unnamed officer appeared on
the scene. With another watchman he
went 10 the wounded men. He bent over
Mai. Dodd, but that officer said. mo:
take Brown first. He is dying" And
as Capt. Brown was being lifted up Mai.
Dodd added. Whatever you do. cap
ture the man alive: VIC must know who
put him up to this
A fifth shot was fired. but none of the
little group was hit. The other native
constables went to a ditch. whence the
sound of the shot had come. They in
turn were shot down. Meanwhile care
less of death. the unnamed officer and
the watchman had carried Capt. Brown
into the bungalow. As they were about
to raise Mai. Dodd the watchman was
wounded by an eighth bullet The un-
named officer got Mai. Dodd into the
bungalow and then led seven or eight
native constables in a search for the
murderer
The man was seen and shot dead. He
was Mai. Dodd's native orderly. BY his
side was Mauser rife and eight ex-
pended cartridge cases. All this time
nothing had been heard of Lieut.. Hickle
Later in the evening he was found dead
in the bush. not fifty yards from where
the murderer had been slain. 1t is sup
posed that he heard the first two shots
and saw the murderer. whom he tried
to stalk with the intention of shooting
him with his revolver. Probably a slight
noise betrayed his presence, and the mur-
derer shot him with the bullet that the
men near the bungalow thought had
gone wide.
OF the eight shots fred hy the assas-
sin every one hit n man, and of the men
hit six died. The bullets We're soft-nosed.
which accounts for the deadly wounds.
The motive for the crime is supposed to
have been vengeance for fancied
wrong.-London cable to New York
Times. 49,
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
Eloping with the Chauffeur.

Oftener than otherwise the American heiress who
eopes with the chauffeur is nothing more or less than
nice young gir-a very. very young one-who elopes
via the altar and with the uplifting consciousness OF
playing nobler role than the conventional one Of
marrying in her set" But the probability that the
marriage will turn out happily is remote An heiress
impractical and romantic enough to elope with the
Pennies young man who steers papa's touring car
or grandma limousine is likely TO prove practical
enough and unromannc to enjoy the combination OF
poor mans wife is played in the drama of real life
Louisville Courier Journal ~
The Washington herald., 1914-06-02

While there should be no delay in creating =
board Of control some such authority for Alaska,
Congress win the vital necessity of care and de-
liberation in prescribing the method of its appoint
ment and the procedure governing the exercise OF the
vast power that will be conferred upon II. Such q
body would rank in importance with the Federal Re-
serve Board the Interstate Commerce Commission, or
the proposed trades commission. The duty calls for
men OF the very highest type far removed from the
influences of politics. in whom the people will repose
unlimited confidence.
Secretary Lanes report may well be regarded as
one of the most important that has yet come from
member of President Wilson's Cabinet There should
be as little delay possible in acting upon his recon-
mendations