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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-24
'Bfoot. Brok. & Real
Estate Co.
WEEKLY BARGAINS

!. We have some fine bargains in
Cows and horses this week, let us
show you. It takes too much space
to describe each separate.
ii Two End hand work harnesses
(heavy) for sale cheap, call and see
them.
Auto (Roadster) for trade for lots
In Blackfoot. Value $1,000.
b We have several Farms for trade
for City Property. Let us show
you who want to go-Back to the
Farm-that we have the goods.
We also have some city property
for Trade for Farms. glad to show
you too, who want to change to
city life.
We have a fine $500 Piano for sale
for $3.50 "a Hamilton)
Octive Parlor Organ in excellent
condition, cost SITS, to trade for any
thing it's value now. What have
you got to trade.
We have a new wide tired wagon
for trade for horse.
Big fine Maple Office Desk for
Sale or Trade.
Call los If you want to hire help,
there is no cost to you. If you have
Farms you want to Rent we are the
people to find Renters.
We buy your goods and pay you
Cash, what have you got to sell.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-24
Nustyle bread at Berrymaa'S. adv

Money to loan on Improved real
estate. Idaho irrigated Lands Co. adv
New line of late Winter Coats at
the Paris Millinery Store. Prices
very reasonable. Call and see them.
Preaching at M. E. Church morn
ing and evening next Sunday. Rev.
Barnstable in the morning and Osca-
H. McGill, Of Seattle in the evening.
Moses Alexander, the Democratic
candidate for governor, will address
the people of Blackfoot this even
ing at the Athletic hail..
Mrs. A. H. Simons leaves Satur
day for Butte. Mont, where she
will visit with her two sons.
New line of late Winter Coats at
the Paris Millinery Store. Prices
very reasonable. Call and see them
A full line of Chase and Sanborn's
Teas and Coffees at Kinney and Com
pany's. adv. st.
Miss Edith Dolan, of North Black
foot. spent Saturday and Sunday in
Pocatello visiting friends and rela-
tives.
]. w. Warrener, Of Twin Falls.
arrived in this city Tuesday morning
and will be employed here during
the winter months.
Fruit Jars for salo at cost Berry
mans Grocery. adv.
Mrs. Albert Miller left Saturday
morning for Salt Lake City, where
she will meet her son Earl, and visit
relatives for several days.
Miss Hattie Jordan, of Moreland,
was in Blackfoot visiting friends and
attending the Fair, the later part of
the week.
The Mechams, accused of horse
stealing, were arraigned last Tues
day and entered a plea of not guilty.
they will have a hearing next Satur'
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Dinwoodey OF
Idaho Falls, visited the Blackfoot
fair last week, being the guests Of
DR.. and Mrs. Hyde at the state asy
lum. Mr. Dinwoodey being president
of the board of directors of that insti
tuition.
+. E. Montgomery, who moved his
family to San Diego, Cal, about tel
months ago. returned to Blackfoot las
Monday. He says the climate there
is fine, but money is quite scarce. HI
seems inclined to again take up hi
abode in this part of Idaho, wher'
there is more snow and moro SHOW
for limited capital.
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For notary public call on Parkin-
son Realty Co. adv.
Fruit Jars for sale at cost. Berry
mans Grocery. adv.
Mesdames Clyde Idol and A. L.
Hughes visited in Idaho Falls last
Wednesday.
The young man who was arrested
for stealing Mrs. R. N. Vests pocket
book in the art rooms Of the Fair,
was discharged by the prosecuting at,
storney for lack of evidence. The
lost wallet contained a gold pair Of
eye glasses and IS cents, which have
not been recovered as yet. 2
Or. Scarborough, the man who ID
considered tho foremost eye sight
specialist In the Snake River Valley
will be at the Cottage Hotel, Black
foot, Tuesday, Oct 6. Those who
need their eyes attended, glasses
changed or relief from headaches
should not neglect to consult him
Now would be a good time to hav<
your child's eyes. examined to se<
that they are in a good condition fol
school work. adv.'9-24-2t
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6m5hbMmber[Q
(lal
AUTO LICENSES

Up to August 4 there had been paid
into the state treasury of this state
from automobile licenses alone total
Of $55,517, according to the figures
that have just been compiled by State
Auditor Fred L. Huston. Ada is the
banner automobile license county OF
the state, having paid in more licen-
SEES than any other, or total OF
$1,000.
Bingham county's contribution to
the auto fund was $2O65.
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had waited years now and could
wait longer if they had to in order
to get a contract that is satisfactory.
Mr.. Sherman was just as emphatic
in asserting that the settlers could
not afford to take g. chance on con-
tract that would reduce their water
supply.
In presenting his proposition Mr..
Watts said that his people consider
ed the only feasible thing that could
be done to impound water was to re-
build the Mackay dam SO that it
would not leak and that only the
Mackay dam rebuilding was consid-
cred in his plans. He further stated
that as his people were willing to
invest up to an amount of two mil.
lions Of dollars in the project it nat
urally followed they wanted to give
satisfaction to the settlers and they
were sure this could be done with
two acrefeet.
During his remarks before the
board Mr. Rathbun charged that in
former years politics had interfered
with the project and he cited the
activities of Senator Macbeth.
Attorney General Peterson proposed
the board of scientific and economi-
cal administration for the project in
the distribution Of the water.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-24
HIS LAST TRIP

Judge Stevens and his official stem
ographer, Mrs. Sumner Brown, left
last Monday morning for Challis,
where they will start the fall term
of the district court for Custer coun-
ty. From there they go to Salmon
Lemhi county, where they will do
likewise They expect to return home
in about three weeka III
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-24
PIANO BARGAINS

1--WE have slightly used pianos in
your neighborhood, partly paid for,
which can be had for the balance
due. Write at once to The Colorado
Music Co., 300 E. Colfax Ave, Den-
yer, Colorado. adv. s24-o2
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coNJoiNT MEETING

First Ward M. I. A. Conjoint
Meeting Sept. q, p M, with the
following program:
Piano Solo-Mr. Bearer
Address-M. l. A. Work, VIM. Bait
lett.
Vocal SolO-Nada Brown.
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Chapman, Mrs. John E.
Flokes, Librado :
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Hansen, Ivan =.
Hoskins, Cy ri
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Johnson, Olof /
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IMPORTANT TO LADIES

The Booth Millinery in tho balcony
of the Brown-Hart store, has had
two more shipments of pattern hats.
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A DEVOTED MOTHERIN.LAW
Mrs. Grover Meachim who, with
her husband is confined in the coun.
ty Jail as horse thief suspects was
reported sick last Sunday night, when
her mother-in-law was allowed tc
pass the night with her.
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CONFERENCE and STATE FAIR
Salt Lake, October $40. 1914

Excursions via Oregon Short Line.
Tickets on sale from Idaho, Oregon
and Wyoming points. October l to
9th, inclusive Limit October 18TH
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Total
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
BARBED WIRE Mesh
RAKED IN BY ALLIES
Grappler. Hurled Like a
Rocket, Grips German
EntanglementS.

London, Dec. 28.-"The Daily News
publishes the following dispatch from a
correspondrrt 10 Paris:
vas talking last night with "a group
O. soldier from -hc front. and In the
course o. their stories of life IN the
Trenches one OF them told me of an
hgsaious device they have for tearing
oovn the German barbed wire ontanglc-
n.ents. There are hundreds Of miles of
nsse barriers iu front Of the German
rsnehes in France and Belgium. They
oHng the most Impetuous bayOnet
casrge 20 a standstill until a way IS
@. through them. Now, I am told the
french are experimenting with an ap-
plsnce similar 20 a rocket apparatus,
witch throws a graphing iron attached
. rope over crtanglements, which
are thcr dragged down and hauled into
or trenches.
Spy posting a few good marksmen
s1ter cover 20 command the spot where
/. IS intended 90 hurl the grappicr, the
french secure a number Of victims, be-
noes destroying the barriers. Instinct
nsly several Germans will dash out OF
heir trenches 90 try to secure the
grspp.er before it is hauled taut and
'a'ehes .1 che wires, and these are al-
nosi irvar big hot down"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
DEFEAT OF FLEET
ENDS SPEC FAMILY

with the snnihilation by the Eng
lish fleet Of the German Asiatic squad
ron. under command of Admiral Maxi
milan Won Spec, near the Falkland ISL
ands. on December s, the last three
male members Of the Spec family went
20 their death.
Admiral Spec went to the bottom with
his flagship. the Scharnhorst. He was
ffty-thrce years old. His oldest son,
Ludwig, died last year IN Quinto,
Ecuador, where he had been stationed
as German Consul.
Two remaining sons, both lleutenants
in the German navy, went down with
two Of the ships in the Inflated squad
ron. They were Otto Ferdinand, hrst
lieutenant on the Nuremberg, and Helm
rich Franz, midshipman on the Gneise-
uau.
Two years ago Won Specs only daugh-
ter married DR.. Karl Koenig IN Wuerz-
burg. Admiral Won Specs wife died
several years ago. He leaves no broth
crs. but several distant relatives are
officers I'm the German army.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
German-A uStrian
Official Reports

Berlin (by wireless 20 London, Dec.
22.-The German official report given
out this afternoon reads as follows:
AT Nieuport and in the region
around Ypres the situation was gener-
ally quiet
an order 70 recapture the positions
lost by them December 20 at Saint HUI
bert and Givenchy. the English forces,
reinforced by French territorials, made
desperate attacks during the day Of
yesterday and last night, all OF which,
however, were repulsed. In the region
around Richebourg the enemy succeed
ed in obtaining a firm foothold in his
old positions.
French attacks yesterday in the
neighborhood Of Albert, 10 the mort -
east of Compiegne, at Souain and at
Perthes we're repulsed with heavy
losses 20 the French.
"In the western part Of the Argonne
district we captured a few trenches.
In the eastern Argonne, TO the north
and northwest Of VerduL, French at
tacks were repulsed with heavy losses
20 the French.
"Tho situation In East and West
Prussia Is unchanged. In Poland our
troops engaged in a fierce battle for
possession of branches of the Bzura
anG Rawka rivers. In many instances
they crossed over tributaries already in
the possession.
"0n the right bank Of the River
Pilica the fighting by the Germanic
allies continues.
Unfortunately. 1t was discovered
yesterday, after the publication of the
army order Of Genera! Joffre addressed
to his troops, that this communication
contained the following appendix: This
order must be made known 70 all our
troops this evening; its publication in
the press must be prevented"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
MORCENTHAU WINS
HIGHEST PRAISES
Sir Edwin Pears Tells Of
American Ambassadors
Work in Turkey.
lnr cable U N. rnbune. J

London, Dec. 23.-"As the latest ar
rival from Constantinople, ask to be
allowed, for myself and on behalf OF
1000 or 5000 British subjects still re-
naming in Turkey, TO express my
thanks TO the American Ambassador,
Mr.. Morgenthau, and his wife for their
watchful and kindly attention 20 men,
bers of the British community since
the departure Of Sir Louis Mallet."
These are the opening words Of a
long letter addressed to "The Daily
News" by Sir Edwin Pears. who goes on
20 recount invaluable services Of Mr..
Morgenthau and the embassy staff to
British residents during the trying
time following Turkeys Intervention m
the war lie makes special mention OF
Mr.. Morgenthau's activities IN over
coming the efforts of the Turkish au-
thorities to delay the departure OF
British. which often necesstated the
ambassadors attendance at the rail
way station at 7 o'clock in the morn
ing
Sir Edwin also pays tribute to the
protection afforded by the American
Ambassador and his wife to nuns, who
were treated with special harshness by
the Turks. On one occasion, when a
party Of nuns from kadikeuy, after
crossing the Bosporus to Galatea, wer
ordered 10 return. Mrs. MOrgenthau at
once borrowed the embassy's steam
launch, took a secretary and dragoman
and crossed TO Kadikeuy 20 put mat
tcrs right. On another occasion Mr.
and Mrs. Norgenthau started al ;
o'clock In the morning for Chichiley,
where a community Of nuns had been
imprisoned, and insisted on their re-
lease.
q must not close" says Sir Edwin
Pears, without expressing admiration
for the great powers Of organization
which the American Embassy has shown
in dealing with an unprecedentedly new
situation. Instead Of having 20 deal
with q few hundreds Of American cit
izcns. il became necessary 10 attend 10
the pressing needs of probably five
thousand French, Belgian and English
men and women.
What we onlookers were most struck
with was the clocklise regularity with
which both embassy and consulate
work The ambassador must have had
some hundreds of personal interviews.
His secretary. Mr.. Tarlor. was engaged
from early morning 10 late at night,
and everybody spoke of their courtesy
and desire 10 render every possible ser
vice, I'm many cases TO poor women, ana
oven 10 men who were too alarmed TO
know precisely what they wanted.
"Mr. Rayndal. Consul General, was
occupied i'm q like manner, and | claim
10 have had exceptional experience m
hearing what was said Of their con
duct"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
BELIEVES TURKEY
RIPE FOR REVOLT
Sir Edwin Pears Says
Moslems Chafe Under
German Officers.
rBy Cab, 20 ras rnunsl

London, Dec. 22.-Sir Edwin Pears,
leader Of the British bar, who was
in Constantinople at the outbreak Of
the war with Turkey, and who has just
reached London after imprisonment in
Turkey, said In an interview:
THE Turkish situation is changing
from week to week, but the principal
fact is that those Of US who know
Turkey best are anticipating a revolu-
ton. There has been a struggle going
or for the last three months between
the war party, Of which Enver Pacha
is the head, and the party in favor Of
peace.
According 20 general rumor, which
I believe 10 be well founded, Turkish
soldiers and sailors do not get on well
with German officers, and comparisons
are constantly made in the fleet, IN
particular, between the present officers
and their English predecessors under
Admiral Limpus. The rough, dicta-
torial manner Of the German officer is
one to which the Turk has never will
ingly submitted.
when you ask me as 20 the army |
am unable 20 give a definite answer,
but I have a strong conviction that lt
is much more efficient than 10 was when
the Bulgarians gained their great vic
tories at Lule Burgas and elsewhere.
What can testify Of my own knowl-
edge is that all about COnstantlnopl
and in the interior drilling has been
going on necessarily, and | should infer
that the troops are likely TO be more
efficient than they were At the same
time. il is beyond doubt that Of the
large army-which IS usually said 20
consist of about 100000 men-a consid-
cradle percentage is Of very little
value"
Discussing the flooding of Turkey
with news from the German semi-ofti-
cisl Wolff agency, Sir Edwin remarked:
"At the present time the Germans
have opened a Bureau de Renseigue-
ment. the walls OF which are covered
with kilograms in French, Turkish and
German. It is amusing TO hear the
comments which even Turkish ladies'
pass upon these kilograms. Coming out
of church on the last Sunday / was IN
Constantinople, / heard one lady ask
ing another what was the news. She
was told that the kilograms said so and
so. But I don't want 10 hear German
lies was her reply. 4 want news
"It is no exaggeration to say that
the news furnished is discredited by
all sections of the Turkish population.
dissatisfaction with the interference
Of Germans in every department OF the
government is growing. Without vent
uring to predict what is likely to hap
pen. ! should not be going too far in
saving that upon any serious defeat by
the Russians in Asia Minor there would
be a revolt in the Turkish army which
would be directed against the Germans
themselves
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
DECLARES GERMANY
MUST BE EXHAUSTED
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Says War IS
Between Civilization and
BarbariSm.

London. Dec. 22.-Sir Gilbert Parker
has received a letter from Sir Wilfrid
Laurier. ex-Premier of Canada, in
which he says:
public sentiment in the United
States is even stronger for the Allies
than you in Europe are aware, even
more than is attested IN the events
which YOU have summarized ~ your
papers. You are familiar with them
How could IL be otherwise .
at is simply absurd. If not absolute.
lv insane, in view Of the WORKS OF
Bernhard and the speeches or the
Kaiser. and the tone of German pro
fcssors themselves, for them no" 20
make us believe that they were not
the aggressors. when even to-day m
.cvcrv line which they publish they as
sort that they are the strongest race
in the world and that II Is Tor the
worlds benefit that they. should rule IT,
"On the whole. fo- my part, am
satisfied with the progress which has
been made so far by the Allies. There
have been no great successes on either
.idc and the beginning was rather dis
couraCing 20 US, but the result seems
most absolutely beyond doubt.
1T is averred that the losses OF the
Germans have been at least twice as
large as the losses Of the Allies. Let
the war progress in that way for two
Years. and the result will not be simply
,ictorv. but the complete exhaustion
of Germany, as the South was exhaust
cd after the Civil War IN the United
states. This. and this alone. Is the
aim to which we must all look forward.
| am surprised at my own sentiments,
but this is a contest between civiliza-
lion and barbarism. There is no al
tentative
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23

whom the free peoples of France and
England can trust with their destiny
Is he the man for whom we are going
10 shed our blood and our treasure !?
Il Russia the type of covilization that
we are prepared to bleed ourselves
white to make triumphant over Europe
and Asia? We see the Car,
with his hand on the avalanche, looking
toward England for the one assurance
that he needs. Let England say, No,
Won touch IL at your own risk and your
own peril and his hand will drop.
Let England falter, temporize, equivo-
cate, and he will plunge US into ruin
with tho rest"
Another quotation from the same
source:
Tf we crush Germany in the dust
and make Russia the dictator Of
Europe and Asia it will be the greatest
disaster that has ever befallen West
ern culture and civilization. 1t will be
a reaction to barbarism-the triumph
of blind superstition over the most en-
lightened intellectual life Of the mod
ern world"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
CZAR THANKED FOR
HIS BAN ON VODKA

Moscow. Dec. 2l.-The arrival Of the
Emperor and Empress here to-day was
marked by an enthusiastic reception
at the railway station. The Emperor
was welcomed by the civil and military
nuthorties and the delegates of the
Xcmstvo.
NJ. Tcheluvkof, tho new Lord Mayor
Of Moscow, in presenting bread and
salt 90 the Emperor. delivered d speech
Of welcome. in which he pointed out
the loyalty Of the people 20 the En-
pcror and thanked him for the benefits
arising from the abolition Of the gov
crnmcnt monopoly on vodka. This was
largely due. he declared, 10 the efforts
Of the Emperor.
The Lord Mayor spoke Of the brave
fght the Russian army was making in
the field and predicted victory and
"a resurrection Of justice for all Slavs
and for al peoples.
The Emperor responded briefly,
thanking the Lord Mayor for the sentl-
ments expressed.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
RUMANIA TO GIVE
LAND TO BULGARIA
Agrees to Restore Most OF
Territory Acquired in
Balkan War.

Petrograd. Dec. 22.-The Bulgarian
Minister announced to-day that an
agreement had been reached between
Rumania and Bulgaria under which
Rumania will restore to Bulgaria tho
southern part Of the Province Of Do
brudja and most of the other territory
which she acquired from Bulgaria after
the second Balkan war.
"This agreement has been reached
without pressure from either Germany
or the Allies" said an official connect
ed with the Bulgarian Ministry. we
shall continue TO be neutral and be-
lieve that Rumania, although she mas
no cause to fear US, also VIII remain
neutral
II has been asserted here that the
fear of Bulgaria alone had prevented
Rumania from invading Austria ana
entering the war on the side OF the
Allies.
Tf Greece would return Kavala and
the Macedonian territory she annexed
during the second Balkan war ana
Servia would restore TO us the Mace
donian provinces she occupied, despite
her agreement of 1912, the Balkan
union could he reconstructed, SAID the
Bulgarian official. "Under these CIR
cumstances a lasting peace would De
established in the Balkans. But un-
fortunately neither Greece nor Seryia
has shown an intention TO revise the
treaty Of Bucharest.
"The heir TO tho Servian throne
Prince Alexander, on receiving Prince
1roubetskoy when the prince delivered
his credentials from Emperor Nicholas
at Nish yesterday, said: 'Seryia
guides her own national interests
meaning that Servia was not ready TO
return the Macedonian provinces.
"a reconstructed Balkan Union
would favor neither the Allies nor
Germany, nor would it have any ag-
gressive intentions. Rumania's Tran
sylvanian aspirations, Greece.s claim
to Turkish islands, Servias differences
with Austria bring about such a con
fict of interests that it would be I'M
possible 70 throw the Union as a whole
one way or the other. Our relations
with Turkey Will remain friendly. We
do not desire Adrianople.'
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
AUTO BURNS: ONE DIES
Machine Upsets, Trapping
Two in Blazing Wreckage.

One man was killed and another
badly injured late last night, when an
automobile in which they were riding
upset in Jamaica and burned.
William Johns, Of the Csnonbury
Road, Jamaica, was killed. He con-
Quoted dancing school in Jamaica.
The owner Of the car is Hamilton
p. Pearsall. jr., Of l8 Clinton Terrace,
Jamaica He was driving the auto
mobile IN Union Turnpike, near the
Queens Boulevard, when the car ran
into an embankment and upset. Both
men were hurled under IL.
When Johns was taken from the
wreckage IL was found that he was
fatally burned.
An ambulance was summoned from
St. Mary's Hospital, and both men
placed in g. Johns died before the
ve hicle reached the institution.