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BALKANS
CONTINUED from page IL

and brought In the Balkan prineipali-
tiee IS her allies her every future de-
mand must have recognition. Russia
has, It is understood, suggested that
If Turkey enters the war on the sida
Of Germany, the prize for Bulgaria
If she sides with Russia, viii be Ad-
rianopIe.
Il is recognized here that Bulgaria
cannot longer maintain neutrality. Re-
lations are very strained with Turkey
and Greece. There 10 constant frie-
ton with acts Of aggression on the
part Of the Turks. Therefore the
necessity Of keeping the Balkan states
lined up together, u fully realized.
The constant agitation Of Italian
people for action against Austria 10
havino It. effect. The higher govern.
ment officials are now confident italy
must act to maintain her position as
the dominant power Of the mediter-
ranean and that she must take Aus
trials Adriatic possessions by force
of her own might, II she - to be
real factor In the discussion Of new
lines Of the new map Of Europe.
WELL EQUIPPED ARMY.
BUCHAREST, Sept. 24.-The Rou-
manian field army 10 made up Of five
army corps Of two divisions each and
two divisions Of cavalry. A regular
division Is made up Of two brisades
each and the total field army is about
goo. 900 men. There is second line
made UP Of approximately 10000 ad-
ditionai men. The infantry Is armed
with MannIieher magazine rifles Of a
late type. The horse and field bat
teries are equipped with krupp guns
Of the latest type.
RoUMANIA DECIDES.
BUCHAREST, Sept. 24.-Hish Off
cial circles today declared Roumania
has now finally decided to participate
in tho war on the side Of the allies.
| II is stated that a new cabinet has at
last succeeded in overcoming the OPP
position Of the king 20 the extent at
least of mobilization Of the army. Or
/ ders to this effect have been issued
and the mobilization will take place
within week.
The military council believes Rou'
1 mania will declare war and will al
once proceed to the occupation OF
Transylvania. The army Is anxious to
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aoMaARpINe sARAJEvo.
VILLA STIRS UP
FRESH TROUBLE

day was the MISUNDERSTANDING prob
able attitude toward Villa and Car
rama. Strict impartiaiity for the
present, appeared the most likely.
carranxa's refusal to Join In the
Niagara Falls mediation, and other
acts have not served TO make the ad-
regard him too highly,
while Villa has always appeared dis
posed to utmost friendship and amen
able to suggestions from the presL
dent. Nevertheless ~ tituIar head
Of the. new defacto government
which the administration desired TO
see firmly established, carranza ap-
peared today to be most likely to win
the administrations favor.
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81 Louis Hay.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23.-Good hay
scarce, strong; receipts at st. Louis,
IL cars; at East st. Louis, 26 cars.
Choice timothy, $3.50; No. 1 timothy,
$17.00019.O0: No. timothy, $4,000
1880; No. timothy, $13.oo@14.OO.
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oct into action. Il 10 In excellent
shape, having kept out Of the Balkan
/ struggle. The king, however, has op-
posed Roumania siding against Ger.
many for family reasons. He 10 :
Hoxeleran.a son Of the late Prince Karl
o. Hohenzeller sionaringe His fam
lily interests, even his private fortune
| are entirely GArman, practically Al
! his money being invested in Germany.
Reports that he would abdieate have
been widely circulated and there 10
| strong belief here that II the war
onice carries the day, he will with
draw from Roumania.
sERviAN oFFENsE.
NisH. Sept. Pit Is officially an
nounced that the servian armies hav-
ina resumed the offensive, have now
captured the cities Of Ljuboviya and
srebrenitxa, on the Drina near the
southeastern spur Of the konin moun-
tains.
The official statement says the Ser,
vlans encountered desperate resist
ance on the part Of Austrfans VINO
were strongly entrenched.
II was only after series OF oayo-
net charges, marked by desperate
hand-to-hand fighting, that the Ser
,vians managed to gain the victory.
Il 10 admitted the losses on both
sides were enormous. It u also stat
ed that the servlan advance into eos-
mia continues.
COMMANDING sARAJEvo.
cETTiNJE, Sept. Pit 10 official
" announced here today that Monte
negrin troops are now bombardtns
sarajevo and that they expect soon
to take the city.
This disposes Of the report which
wa. printed by the Paris Matir on
Tuesday saying that sarajeeo had al
ready been taken by the combined
servian-Montenegrin armies.
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! !. ENGLAND
Continued from page IL

secretary says he has discovered with
regret that British blue jackets on
board the Goshawk, exasperated
against the Germans, threw = shell
into q boat containing German sur
vivors. The shell, he states, did not
explode and caused no damage.
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Grain RsvIev,.


limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-Wheat ad-
vanced y to Is at the start today on
account OF advices from Europe In
dicating that the demand for food
stuffs will continue indefinitely. On
the advance. however. there was lib.
eral selling and prices promptly drop
ped back until they reached Is to !
cant below last nights close for the
deferre6 months and Y under last
nights close for September.
Corn started steady to shade
higher but quickly developed IN
easier tone in the absence OF much
demand and went u to z below last
nights close.
Oats was higher at the start in
sympathy with wheat, but broke with
the other grains. going - under last
nights close.
Provisions we're Arm and higher
with fair demand. iu+
Daily Range Of Prices.
CHICAGO, Ill.,. Sept. "a
Open. High. Low. Close
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AUSTRIAN HOLD OUT.

VIENNA, (via Rome) Sept. 24.-lt
10 officially announced that the Aus
TRANS are now occupying new strong
iy entrenehed positions In Gaiicia and
that reports received by the general
staff indicate those lines can be held
indefinitely. Heavy guns have been
mounted and every attempt Of the
Russians TO break through the Aus
trian lines has been frustrated.
Tho heavy rains have greatly aided
the AustrIans. Bridges along the
San river have been washed out and
the fords are impossible.
PrzemysI 10 holding out and 10 CIV
ing . good account Of itself.
Tho few cases Of cholera reported
occurred in the Hungarian regiments
and all have been isolated.
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REPORT OF NAVAL BATTLE.

PARIS. Sept. Conflicting re-
ports are current here regarding a
navy action In the Baltic between the
Russian armored cruiser Bayan and
= German light cruiser and two Ger
man destroyers. One report says
the 6ayan sank her enemies and was
only slightly damaged herself. The
other declares that In the fight thc
Bayan was torpedoed amidship and
sunk, but only after the German craft
had all been destroyed. There 10 no
OFFICIAL confirmation Of these reports
obtainable yet. The scene Of the bat
tie 10 said to have been In the Baltic
near the entrance Of the Gulf Of Fin
land.
The 1ayan was built In 1906 and
replaced the old esyan. captured by
the Japanese S,d renamed the Axo.
She was AZ feet long, beam 81 fest
and had displacement Of TITS tons.
She was armored with s feet belt
amldshlps, tapering 20 four inches ut
the end. The armament consisted Of
two s-ineh, eight 6-inch, twenty-five
3-lneh guns with two torpedo tubes.
The crew numbered 56s.
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breaches have been made In the walls
BY the heavy siege guns brought "
from Luov (Lsmberg). No. attempt Il
being made to carry the city BY
storm, a. Il 10 felt that Il must soon
surrender. Meanwhile the Russian
armies have occupied part Of the
main line Of railway leading to era
cow and the south. The Russlans
now hold chyrow, junction point.
According to official statement made
today by the general star. the Rus
SLAMS are crumpltng back the entire
line on CracoW and
Il 10 confidently declared that within
week the Russians will be before
Cracow.
In the official report II 10 stated that
the steady advance OF Russians went
ward continues. The main body Of
Russian troops which crossed the San
river souts, Of PrzemysI 10 moving
steadily westward. II 10 known that
the Austrians have been heavily re-
enforced but At no point have they
been able to make any determined
stand. They have however strongly
fortified their lines at number Of
points. According to the general staff,
the Russians now control fully 600
miles Of railways in Galicla and are
in q position TO move field equipment
and heavy cannon at will.
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GERMANS TRAPPED.

PARIS, Sept. 24.-rhe Petrosrad
correspondent Of lie Matin wires that
the Russians under General Rennen-
karpf have defeated the Germans lin
q battle on Russian territory. The
correspondent says the Germans were
trapped by the Russians, who appar-
emily retreated disorganixed, only 20
rally after the Germans had reached
q position which they could not hold.
The Germans are evacuatlng east
Prussia, lie Mathis correspondent
Gays, to reinforce the Thorn,kallcz
front.
The Russians, In occupying Jaro.
sIav, captured an Austrian armored
train which has been made . part Of
the Russian offense.
The Novoe vremya confirms the
report that the Austrian Poles aresre.
fusinp to fight the Russlans. its cor.
respo ndent at the front says several
regiments Of Austrian Poles sur
rendered At JarosIav without firing .
shot.
Terrific rains are now falling over
the entire eastern theatre Of war,
seriously interfering with transport
All Of the rivers In Galfela and Rus
sian Poland are out Of their banks.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
Recommend Small Tax

Much attention was paid to school
revenue and expenditure. At present
the great bulk of the cost of schools
in Idaho is borne by the individual
district. The state contribution Tin
terest on the permanent school fund.-
covers about per cent of the total
cost. the county levies cover q per
cent and the district special levios
-65 per cent Figures for 1879. This
works great hardship for the poorer
counties and the poorer districts.
Districts vary enormously in their
ability to support schools: Data gath
cred by the State Board Of Educa-
ton and the Commissioner of Educa-
ton, shows as an illustration that a
school district in one county in Idaho
haG only an assessed valuation for
every school child in that district
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
A JEWISH GOVERNOR
portland Jewish Tribune)

M Alexander, prominent co-reli.
zionist of Boise, Idaho, has been
elected governor of the state of Ida.
no. This is good news. AS much
as we have studied the history OF
our country we have not yet found
another Jew who has ever been elect.
ed to this high position. 1t is GER
tainly a sign of the times that mar
row-mindedress is becoming a thing
OF the past with electors. 1t is par
ticularly gratifying to note the cleo
tion of a co-religionist to the high
office of governor which necessarily
must be due to his personality, abil-
ity and high standing in his commun
ity.
We offer our hearty congratulations
both to the state of Idaho and to
the new governor, the former on
their excellent choice, and the latter
for deserving such honor. We look
forward to much that will prove glory
to Israel through Governor-elect Alex.
ander
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will be the frst to have blessing in
the Kingdom.
The Savior's Dying Words.
The Masters cry. MY God! MY
God! Why hast Thou forsaken MeY"
attests that He endured to the very
limit the sinners penalty. which was
not merely death, but loss of fellow.
ship with God. In taking the sinners
place. He must for at least a moment
have the full experience of the sin.
ner's alienation.
The cry. 1T is finishedr' reminds us
OF His statement on the day previous.
Il have baptism to be baptized with,
and how am straitened until it be
finished" His words. Father, into
Thy hands l commend MY spirit" re
mind US that He was laying down His
life. He had not forfeited His right to
life. as had Adam. Therefore He
might still speak Of it as His own
spirit. His own right to life-merely
surrendered for the time. under the
Divine promise that it should be given
Him In the resurrection. -
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
BETTER TIMES AHEAD

In spite of the fact that the i'm
ports from foreign countries were
more than one hundred million dol.
lars greater in November of this
year than last year, the balance OF
trade was heavily in favor of the
United States. This fact is looked
upon with considerable interest in
Boise.
One business man said Friday he
thought the statement predicate !
good times. He called attention to
the fact that the above condition OBJ
tanned even though shipping was to a
great extent demoralized because OF
the European war.
Thinks Balance To Shift
1t was his opinion that with the
building up of merchant marine
owned in this country and flying the
stars and stripes, the balance Of trade
would jump to astonishing figures in
favor of America. In his Judgment
America would have to feed and clot.
tho warning nations as we'll as large
ly supply those neutral countries
which before the war madc their
purchases in the fighting countries.
Such condition would give an i'm.
mediate market for practically all of
the foodstuffs that can be grown here.
1--WE have already seen some such
effect" said he. Take the wheat
grown out here in the west. The
prices obtained this fall have been
away above the normal and it has
had a material effect in relieving
the depressed condition lowering near
us for many months.
Sees Better Times
THE heavy purchase of horses has
brought great sums of money into
this immediate section and, under
stand, that the buying will go on as
long as the war lasts. OF course,
this will make horseflesh pretty high
but at the same time it will put a
great deal of money into circulation
which Is not now even in the country.
1T strikes me that the outlook is
good therefore for better times and
they should be coming right ava,
I'm fact they are already here to a
certain extent. Tho effect has been
felt In the local money market for
more than 60 days past
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laws. and who pays the internal rev.
enue tax as retail liquor dealer, is
suspected Of doing an Legitimate bust
ness, while the man who runs the risk
of doing an Legitimate BUSINESS, so
far as the federal law is concerned
is usually immune SO far as the en-
forcement of the local option or pro-
hib1tion law goes. Retail druggists
who are DESTROYS of complying with
the law have long since become a
unit in their desire to eliminate the
widespread suspicion that all drug
stores are dope shops, and have fire.
quently requested laws to provide for
the legitimate sale of alcohol for
medicinal purposes. Up to the pre-
sent time, however, they have had
little or no precedent to guide them.
In the Harrison anti-narcotic bill,
now pending in Congress, it is pro-
posed to license druggists and others
as dealers in narcotic drugs. This
feature of the law will establish a
precedent that should make it easy
for retail druggists to secure an ex-
tension of the classification and pro-
vide for a class of dealers in alcohol
and narcotic drugs, with tho REQUIRE.
mont that dealers in this class keen
record sufficient to show the amount
of alcohol or Notwithstanding drugs
purchased.
A provision of this kind would
serve to locate all dealers in alcohol
and alcoholic liquids for medicinal or
mechanical purposes; would suffice to
class them apart from dealers selling
alcoholic liquids for beverage purpos-
es; would practically preclude thu
sale of alcohol for beverage purposes
under the guise of medicine, and
would afford to officials in prohibit
ton or local option territory an op-
portunity to enforce this type of
legislation in a way hitherto impos-
sible. -
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Annual Convention of
County and City
School Superintendent

of $12.61, while another district in
the same county has an assessed
valuation for every school child Of
$1,000. The richest district in the
state has an assessed valuation Of
$4,000 for every child of school age
In that district.
Most Of the states that are as pro-
gressive as Idaho have a state tax;
for example, in Washington the state
contributes sum equal to $40 for
every child of school age, and tho
counties raise en- equal amount This
makes the district tax very light.
The convention recommended that
the state levy a small tax, enough
to raise the state contribution from
about $3.50 per child, the present
amount of the interest fund, to $500
per child. Also that the county levy,
instead of being from 1 IL to mills,
a very uncertain amount, should
be fixed as an amount equal to $500
per child of school age. At present
the county commissioners fix the
levy within the legal limits; pres
sure is often brought to bear on them
to fix the minimum levy where tbs
interests of the school demands the
maximum.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
BRAND WHiTLock's QUIET TIME

Brand Whitlock found the crashing
din of Toledo, Ohio, too nerve-rack.
Ing for a fellow who wanted calm,
old-world peace in which to write
new book. So he accepted a post
as Minister to Belgium feeling that
In the sleepy Flemish atmosphere he
would be surrounded by ideal condi.
tions.
Bang.
The European War broke out and
suddenly almost an entire corps OF
ambassadors unloaded their duties
upon Brands shoulders. He accept
ed them all. Then came the van
guard of the war-scared refugees, at.
tempting to return to America. Brand
cared for them in dozens, scores, hun
dreds, thousands, legions. He ar
ranged for money for the moneyless,
ships for the "shipless," clothes for
the "clothless" and finally got all
his stranded and panic-strickenl COM
patriots out of the various warning
nations and on their way to thu
United States.
Then came the distribution of food,
supplies and money to the real vic
Tins of the war-the women and
children rendered homeless by the
destroying armies. Whitlock again
was at the head and front of every
thing. He is sticking on the job
like hired man at a corned-beef and
cabbage dinner. OF all the Americans
in Europe he is the biggest, the bus
lest, and the most effective. Day and
night, since the first week in August
he has been up and doing. Not a
day elapses but discovers him in a
new role as first aid to something.
We should like to read that book
that was to have been written in
''the calm and peaceful atmosphere
Of sleepy Flanders"
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OF theory. either-it has done this very
tnIns IN many. many cases. as told of in
the letters we receive daily from those
whom 1t has benefited. You can depend
upon Zemo. S0-'~
Get q sSc bottle from your drueeist and
prove u today. or send address and a
for actual postage) to Il. w. Rose 90.
laboratories Dept. "a. st. Louis, Mo-. for
Tree trial bottle. Send nowi
Inc Dustin Pharmacy, Sole Agency.
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respecting their The Ransom Price.
seeking the mountains and hills for
protection are assumed by some Bible
students to refer to the great trouble
which came upon the Jews thirty-sev-
en- years later. in the destruction Of
Jerusalem; and that this trouble fore
Swallowed the greater distress which
will occur in the close Of this Gospel
Age.
"They Parted Ny Garments"
While Jesus was dying, the stony
hearted Roman soldiers cast lots for
His seamless robe. dividing His other
garments amongst themselves The at
titude Of the world is further repre-
scented in the two culprits who were
executed at the same time. one on
either side of Jesus. above whose head
was the inscription. liking of the
Jews" One of them rallied at Jesus
as Il fraud. bantering Him to manifest
whatever power He had by saving
Himself and His associates. Little did
he realize that If Jesus had saved
Himself He could not have been the
Savior of the world!
The other thief befriended Jesus, de-
claring that He had been unjustly &C.
cnsed. Turning to Jesus. he expressed
his faith in our Savior by asking
reward for his kind words He said.
Lord. remember me when Thou CON-
est into Thy Kingdom" The poor thief
knew that Jesus claimed to be King
and recognized that He was worthy to
be one, so noble of character and Of
appearance was He. What If finally.
in the great beyond. this One should
prove to be Messiah? The thief would
at least tell the truth. declare a word
in His defense and ask kind remem-
brance If this One ever reached His
kingly power.
Jesus answer seems to have been
very generally misunderstood in the
past. We thought that He promised
the thief to be with Him that same
day in the Kingdom. Yet we knew
that according to other Scriptures Je-
sus Himself was not in the Kingdom
that day. but in Joseph's new tomb;
that He did not rise from the dead.
from Sheol. Hades. the tomb. until the
third day; and that even then He said
to Mary. II have not yet assembled to
My Father" Evidently Jesus could
not have meant that He and the thief
would be together In Paradise that
day.
Paradise. lost six thousand years ago,
will be restored by Messiah in His gio-
rious Kingdom. The thief has been
sleeping in death. waiting for the time
when Messiah's Kingdom will come.
Jesus answer was In full accord with
this fact-"Verily. say unto thee to-
day this day when nothing seems
more unlikely than that l shall ever
have Kingdom]. thou shalt be with
Me in Paradise"
Jesus Kingdom will quickly turn the
world into Paradise; and in the res
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
SALE AND USE OF
INTOXICATING LIQUORS

According to the health reports is
sued by the United States Public
Health Service, the sale Of alcoholic
beverages in some of the so-called
drug stores in prohibition or local
option territory has for many years
been recognized as one of the more
Objectionable abuses growing out OF
attempts to circumvent prohibition
legislation. The harm done by the
surreptitious sale Of liquors in these
so-called drug stores has long been
considered to be disgrace to the
drug business generally. No class of
men appreciate more than retail drug
gists themselves the Objectionable
possibilities suggested by the fire.
Quently quoted doggerel:
Hush, little bar-room, don't you cry.
You will be drug store by and BY"
Reputable members Of the drug
trade have frequently discussed ways
and means for eliminating the drug
store saloon, but their efforts have
usually failed, as the requirements of
the federal internal revenue laws vir-
tually make those who desire to sell
alcohol or alcoholic beverages for
medicinal or mechanical purposes
pay the regular retail liquor dealers
tax and be classed as such.
AS practical outcome of this re-
Quirement it is found that the retail
druggist who wishes to carry on his
business in accordance with existing
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
chamberlain's Cough Remedy-The
Mothers Favorite

4 give Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy to my children when they have
colds or coughs" writes Mrs. Verne
Shaffer. vandergrift, Pa. 1t always
helps them and is far superior to any
other cough medicine l have used.
advise anyone in need of such a
medicine to give it trial" Fo-
sale by all dealerR :