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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12
REINFORCING FOR
DECISIVE STRUGGLE
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In Neraherm Fr&nee.

SasuFday-The far east haa taken
Tor sAe moment al least, the censes
Of tbs stage In the war drama that 10
being enacted In Europe. Asia and
Africa and On the high seas. With
> lessenlng 10 the hoaslllssss 10 north
sFn Belgium and France. and With
the situation caused by Turkeys
use Of her waFships against ostensi-
bly, lFiendly naslons not yet clear
enough TO reveal What iss outcome
viii be, comes the announcement
thai the Japanese and British have
begun general attack ca CeFmany's
fortified base a Tang Taa.
OF the operations along the line In
northern France The Ffench report a
recFudssencs OF the activity near
Rheims, aleng The heighss Of ihs
Msune and 10 the aoaEh of Fresnes-
czasls1e- w oevFe.
Germany made claim TO success
ful attacks ia she region Of Nieupcrs|
and YpreH ard 10 The occupation Of
allied territory Ia the AFgonne forest.
A ness agency dispatch givea
report from Conssantlnople shas o
naval battle between the Turks and
the Russians 10 In progress off
Odessa.
Sunday--Ths Aussrians have
been cut of from their western base
and are being backed southwark |
toward she csfpashians. Thus re-
ports Pssrograd on The operations ct
the Russians against the Aussrians
Ia Calica. Heavy losses. II Ia
avcrsd. were inflicted on che retiring /
hordea, O,000 men having been
killed or wounded and 400 cannon
captured.
Vienna, however, declares there
il no fighting In either Calicia or
Poland, and says the movements OF
The Aaasrians that arc taking place
are In accordance With prsarranged
plans.
The Germans report that they
have defeated three divisions Of
Russian cavalry which crossed the
warshe above Keio and driven The
Russians back to the other side.
In The vest, southwest OF Ypres,
over 1000 Frenchmen and four guns
have been captured, according to
The Germans, who declare, also,
Thai attacks by the Freach vest of
voyon, vaiIly and Chavos have been
repulsed With severe losses. The
admission is made, however, that the
French have retaken the village of
soupir and part Of sapigneul.
The Turkish troops are In touch
wGsh the enemy along the entire front
~onssansinopIe says, bat 20 details
IRE given OF any lighting on land. +
Monday Beyond the fact thai the
allied French, British and Belgian
'orces are taking The offensive, little
has been made public regarding the
operations In Belgium and northern
France.
In the eastern field Of the war, &C.
,ordIng 10 alI Official reports the
Russians have made decided progress (
against lhe Germans and Aumsfianss
snd Russian cavalry has penetrated /
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12

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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.

county vas defeated by 1884 TO 405,
The precinct vote On the question
bring a. follows
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12

Deputy County Auditor g. n.
Johnson vas over from Grangeviile
On business mission Monday,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12
FrweI

Rev. J. (. Lutaer will give ins
display of stereopticon views and de-
liver an illustrated sermon Il the
Christian church on Friday evsnins.
Nov. Is. Don's miss II. Every
body cordially invited.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12

The unofficial returns from the
state indicate the election Of Moses,
Alexander, Democratic candidate for
governor, by over 10000 plurality.
and the election of Republicans 10
all other state Offices, except those
Of attorney general and lieutenant
governor, both of which will take
the official count to decide A..
Walters and James wv. Tanner, the
Democratic candidates for these
Offices having lead Of several hun
dfcd on the unofficial ticket returns.
Both branches Of the legislature will
be Republican by closer majorisiea
than for several years.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12
THE OFFICIAL FIGURES

On the Republican and Democratic Tickets at the Gener
al Election in Lewis County, November 3, 1914.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12

Totals. 40s 1884
The Constitutional amendments
all lost 10 the county by the follow
ing vote
Amend. No. /, Yes, 54S No, o67
(" 2 /" los /" Ii26,
), j" s57 6oo
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-11-12

Mrs. Walter Booth and elder
daughter departed this morning for
Lewiston where the other members
Ok the family axe attending school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
SPONGES OF COMMERCE
How They Are Packed and Classified.
 Protection of Fisheries

The finest sponges known to commerce come from the Aegean sea, especially from Candid, the African coast sponges being considerably harder. The notable qualities taken in American waters are known as grass, reef. glove, velvet, yell low, sheepswool, hardhead and wire sponges, says a Washington dispatch to the New York Sun. The Mediterranean classifieations are horse, honeycomb, or bath sponge. Turkey cup or fine Levant, zimocca, toilet and elephant ear.
 Grass, reef, velvet and similar sponges are distinguishable according to form and one-half form pieces, and such sponges from particular localities are again sub divided. When grass sponges are not perfectly developed they are cut and sold as grass half formed. second-class pieces Bad goods, known as grass No 3, are used for Altering purposes.
 The sheepswool spofge IS regarded in the trade as the best substitute for Med- iterranean goods and IS considerably cheaper. The preparation of these sponges requires great care, as they contain what Is called the milk of the sponge, which must be removed. The first grades Of sheepswool sponges are used for toilet purposes and the second grades for car riage washing. They are also used to a considerable extent in the industries. Wire sponges, because of the wide range of their utility, are deemed to be the best general purpose sponge on the mar ket and are at the same time much cheap CT than Mediterranean sponges
 Sponges are packed in bales weighing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
JAPAN LEADING INHALER
Monopoly Held by the New England
 Towns Passes to Nippon

In. the marble room of the Senate a Japanese visitor was waiting to see a senator, says the National Magazine The little man seemed placid as his eyes wan dered up and down the pages of a Jap anese magazine printed on a fine tissue paper, much like the light and flmy old time paper napkin. He explained that he was reading an interesting account of whale fishing as now carried on in the Pacific, which showed that the monopoly heretofore held by our New England towns of New Bedford and New London has been taken over by the sturdy little Jap sailors who have dreams of one day becoming masters of the Pacific
 On the ruins of the American enter prises that largely led to its introduction into the family of nations Japan has built up a great whale fishery. The American consul at Hakodate, Japan, recently made reports on this interesting subject, trac- ing the industry from the year 1920, when the American whaler Marcofi commanded by Capt. Joseph Allen, and an English ship in charge of Captain Coffin of Nan tucket, visited Japanese waters and in three short months filled up'' and sailed for home.
 These waters, of course, soon became a favorite whaling ground, and in 1S50 out oi Jfo WlidiciS SdllliS uiluef the A1nef1- can flag, fully 100 cruised in or crossed the Japanese grounds-in fact. the in- portance of this American fishery the occasional loss of whaers on the Japan- ese coast and the inhumane treatment shown to shipwrecked crews, were among the principal reasons for the dispatch Of the Perry expedition, which made the first treaty with Japan.
 After Japan was opened to the world a few Japanese took up the business, at first with crude and inadequate apparatus and vessels. The Japanese government in 1894 and 1895 sent selected men to San Francisco and New Bedford, where they shipped as common sailors and landsmen on American whalers. Their nyestiga- tions into the business were painfully ex- act and minute, as shown In book edited by three of these agents, who shipped in "a whaler cruising on the Atlantic ground The book chronicled not only the name rig and tonnage of the vessel, and tte names of her owners, officers and crew, but every detail of her construction, the size of every timber plank and bolt, the length of every rope, the size, dimer- sions and material of all her whaling gear, and trying apparatus. with the amount of food taken to sea, how the whale blubber, tongue, case. head oil, bone, was "cut in,' slowed. rendered. packed, with the shares system of equip- ment of the crews, and even list of the clothing taken to sea by the captain, the whole being illustrated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
WHY DOES BALL JUMP?
VII DOEO DALII U MT College Professor Studies Break From
 a Good Pitcher

That pitched baseball curves in the di- rection in which the nose of the ball is moving because of the spin-upward if the twist given by the pitcher is upward, to- ward the right if the twist Is to the right, and so on-is a matter of experience that is quite comprehensive, but how a hard pitched ball should jump sidewise in most irregular manner although pitched straight without spinning, is certainly puzzlng, says the Pittsburg Press
 In the Journal of the Franklin Institute for January, Prof. w. S. Franklin of Le- high university, explains the phenomenon as well as the philosophy of twisted balls, Multitudes of fans" who have always supposed that the baffling qualities of a straight pitched ball were due simply u it's swiftness never suspected this eccen. tricity. Professor Franklin states ths case in this way:
 Consider a very smooth ball which is moving through still water without spin ming. There is certainly no more reason why the ball should jump to the right than to the left. Therefore 1t must con tinue to move straight forward. That is good logic; but such a ball is no mora subject to logic than is a sharp stick. The fact is that the ball does Jump side- wise, and in a most irregular manner This may be shown by dropping a smooth marble into jar of still water. The mar ble goes nearly straight for several inches and then suddenly jumps sidewise. Simi- larly smooth baseball jumps sidewise irregularly as it moves through the air if the ball is not spinning.
 The explanation lies in the fact that a rapidly moving stream of air splits when it flows past a ball with unstable dividing lines or vortex sheets; the unstable sheet will squirt now upward. now downward. The condition is the same when the ball splits the air and is shunted in a glanc- ing manner past the bat. The only requi- site for this baffling effect IS power in the pitchers arm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
COURT ID DECIDE ON
 TARIFF PROVISION
Five Per Cent Clause To Be Passed on By Highest
 Court of Land

Washington, March 26.-Administration officials are determined that the validity of the per cent clause of the present tariff law. granting a 5 per cent discount on goods imported In American bottoms
 shall be passed upon by the supreme court and not finally settled judicially by the court of customs appeals. now the tiaal arbiter in customs cases Within the next few weeks determined effort will be made in Congress to enact legis- lation which will permit appeals to the supreme court from the customs court in important cases. Attorney General Me- Reynolds has recommended such legis- lation, and members of the Judiciary com mittees of both houses, 1t Is understood, favor 1t.
 The board of general appraisers in New York recently decided that the discount be granted, after the attorney general had rendered an opinion that 1t should not be allowed. because under "the most favored nation' treaties with other na- tions goods imported in ships of those nations must be given a like discount wnich would have the effect of granting per cont reduction on practically everything imported into the country Tho board held that the discount was ap- phcable only to goods brought by Amer ican ships and the importers have ap- peaied 10 the court or customs appeals on that part -sS the decision No appeal has been filed by the government and 1t is ex- peeted that William l.. Wemple of New York. the assistant attorney in charge of customs cases, will tAKe such action within a few weeks
 The customs court will meet again in May and in the ordinary course of busl- ness the discount cases will come up at that time. so unless Congress acts quick ly il may be decided are out of the way before legislation providing for an appeal to the highest court can be enacted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
OIL PRODUCERS
 ASK CONSIDERATION

Washington. March 26--An appeal for more liberal treatment for the indepen- cent oil producer was made by a Cali fornia delegation today before the House public lands committee, which has un- der consideration the administration bill to authorize leasing of mineral rights on the public domain. Members of the dele getion told the committee the bill would restrict private enterprise. They urged that the limitation of the 6i0 acres for claim to be worked by a prospector within DO miles of a producing oil field be changed to a limitation of e5o0 out sioe of a 10-mile radius from a produc- ing we'll w. H. Ochsner of San Fran cisco objected to the proposed limit of 1sO acres to be patented by a successful pros pector. declaring that when the govern ment disposed of the remainder of the proven ground around the 160 acres the patcntee probably would have to lease to big corporations. which might freeze him out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
RAILROAD REVENUES
 HURT IS CHARGED

Washington, March 26.-Serious deple- tion of railway revenues through the al- lowance to lumber tap lines" of a part of through rates was alleged in an argu- ment filed today with the supreme court by Chief Counsel Joseph w. Folk and Charles W. Needham. for the interstate commerce commission.
 Consideration of the tap line' cases, to be argued before the supreme court about April 6, has been watched with keen interest because of their bearing upon the application by eastern railroads for D per cent increase in ratess Witnesses have told the commission that the rail- roads might meet the situation now con- fronting them by reducing unnecessary expenditures rather than increasing their income.
 The owners of these tap lines are not in the railroad business" declared the brief today. They are lumbermen with logging roads as a part of their plant facilities. If by doing a little outside common carriage business they can se- cure a half million dollars in rebates upon their lumber rates, and the commission is without power to prohibit this thing, then relating is legalized so long as the interests of lumber merchants induce them to dabble a little in railroading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Chicago.-Chicagos municipal store, where the needy were to purchase SUD- plies at cost, has done a daily average business of only ss.n since it opened February 19, according to a statement to- day by the city comptroller's office Ad- vocates of the enterprise admit it has not filled any long felt want.
 Baltimore.-The annual outdoor track and field championship Of the Amateur Athletic union will be held in Baltimore during the week of the Star Spangled Banner celebration next September ac- cording to a telegram tonight from James E. Sullivan, secretary-tr treasurer of the A. A. T.. at New York.
 Terre Haute, Ind.-The trial of Mayor Dom M Roberts of Terre Haute on charges of election frauds was enlivened here today by charges that David M. May, who was being examined Tor ac- ceptance as a juror, had conspired with the mayor and brewery agent to cor rupt a local option election in a town ship near here several months ago.
 Washington.-Having received com plete copy of Ambassadors Pages re- cent speech in London to which Senator Chamberlain and others took exception because of reference to the Monroe doe Urine and the Panama canal, President Wilson today told callers he thought hte speech was entirely proper.
 Portland, Me.-A non-partisan conven- tion to revise the state constitution was favored in a platform adopted today by Maine democrats in state convention.
 Chicago-The state will close it's case tomorrow against Koetters charged with killing Mrs. Emma Kraft of Cincinnati, in a hotel here, according to the an- nouncement of counsel tonight. Koetters counsel has not indicated what his client s defense will be.
 Calumet, Mich.-A proposal by men on strike at the Mohawk mine. offering to return to work if permitted to retain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27


 ular freedom versus army dictation is bound to dominate it."
 The Times understands that Lord Haldane is drafting an explanatory document which may be addressed by General French to General Cough, to the satisfaction of both.
 The Times parliamentary correspond- ent,xsallegesr,sthe-sex xistenee-- of docu- mentary evidence, proving that most of the infantry officers in Ireland only agreed to go to Ulster on being in- formed that this was in accordance with the Kings wish and in loyalty to his majesty and the army. Before this wish was communicated to them they had expressed their willingness to be dismissed rather than go, the cores pondent says.
 At midnight Field Marshal French att thorzed the statement that his resigna- ticn neither had been accepted nor with drawn. Nothing is likely to be known officially until Premier Asquith makes his statement in the House of Commons tomorrow, when it probably will be found that the removal of Colonel Seely from the war office is the price paid for the withdrawal of the resignations of General French and Ewart and that the arrange n,ent of this was the reason for the post ponement of the premier's statement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
ELECTION OFFICIALS
 GIVEN SENTENCES

Jersey City, March 26.-Convicted of having made false election returns in the Hoboken primary election of Septem- Der, 191S 13 election officers-eight dem ocrats and five republicans-were sem fenced today to serve not less than IS months nor more than three years in state prison. The cases against two others were dismissed.
 The democratic election officers were found guilty of counting opposition for machine candidates. and the republicans of counting for former Governor Stokes votes cast for Judge Robert Carry, gu- bernatorial nomination candidate. The sentenced men are; William Maher, Leo J. Duffy, Louis Baeder, Thomas O'Reilly, John Matthews. Joseph Brannelly. Jo- seph Cassidy. Patrick Cornell and Jere- miah l. Ryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27

memberships in the Western Federation Of Miners, was declined today by Gen eral Manager Dengler of the Mohawk.
 Fort Williams, Ont.-Fire tonight burn- ed out the Hudson Bay store here con taining stock valued at about s2oo, GOO Building and contents will be a total loss
 Philadelphia.-It was stated at the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad company today that the policy of re- trenchment and economy put in effect in the closing months of last year will be continued until the number of em- ployes on it's lines east of Pittsburg and Erie had been reduced from 4200 to 117,00o. The company today con- firmed reports that the number of em- ployes had already been lowered in the last few months to 125,000.
 Washington.-A motion to agree to the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill which would have cut the appropriation for the new depart ment of labor from sS0,o0O to sS0oo and eliminated an appropriation of 5000 for the bureau of labor statistics was defeated in the House today.
 New York.-The German govern ments decision not to participate of ficially in the Panama Pacific exposi- ton Is not based political consid- erations, according to Theodore Sutro, vice president of the German National Alliance, guest of honor to- night at dinner given to celebrate his return from Germany, where he has been active in the interest of the ex- position.
 Jackson.-The Mississippi house of representatives at it's night session passed a bill forbidding cotton seed. oil mills in this state from owning cotton gins The bill goes to the governor for his approval.
 Muskogee, Okla.-The sixth South ern Commercial congress will be held in Muskogee for five days beginning November 15, 1914, according to a tel egram received here tonight from Dr. Clarence J. Owen, director manager of the congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27

from 5o to 100 pounds occupies one-third of a cubic meter d1,Tn cubic feet. Tho extremely large and quite small sponges are less desirable than those of moderate size, running from to 10 u pound, whica can be sold in their natural form. The extremely large sponges must be cut to merchantable sizes.
 In order to secure the best commercial results the sponge fisheries should be carefully protected, the sponges them- selves being allowed to mature. as the reckless fishing of immature sponges Is not only hurtful to the business but de- structive to the fisheries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
Poor Figuring

We are now witnessing the foolish re- suits of some poor figuring, says the Phil adelphia Ledger. The smallest corn crop in 10 years is estimated to be worth more than any other ever raised
 For a little while the San Francisco fire made bread sell at a dollar a loaf. Would you consider that such a temporary fam inc really made bread more valuable, just because a hungry man would pay any price rather than starve?
 For the United States a 5000. .000,0 GOO bushel crop of corn, at 40 cents a bushel Is worth a vast deal more than 2,000, ,000,- GOO bushel crop at 60 cents, although the arithmetic of the two appears identical.
 Nearly all our corn Is eaten, in this country. and the bigger the crop the bet ter for everybody
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-27
To DismantIe Gunboat

Douglas, Arz March 26.zBottled up in the harber of Topolobampo, the gunboat Tampico will be dismantled by Mexican constitutionalists, according to advices that reached here today. The vessels guns will be used on land in defense of Topolobampo. or sent to assist in pros pective attacks on Guaymas. Since the .Tampico entered the harbor two federal gunboats, the Guerrero and Morelos, have stood outside. awaiting an opportunity to sink her.
 z It is reported the federals are preparing to attempt to re-take Topolobampo Two thousand federals are believed to have arrived at Topic from Manzanllo end ready to give battle to General Obreeon fn the hope of checking the constitutional ist commanders advance southward.