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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
OPTIMIST MUST PAY
BACK THE MONEY
JonnmissiOners Have Been Paying
Them Money in Violation of the
Law-Case may go to the Courts.

The board of county commits
si0ners, consisting of James Chris
tensen, E. M. Kennedy and T. P.
I Fackrell, have been paying money
n to The Blackfoot Optimist in VIOLA
\ ti0n of the law for year and
\ half, and it will be up to the board
y at the next meeting to demand the
money back or hold it out of funds
due the paper on printing for the
current quarter or compel its pay
ment through the courts.
MN At the meeting of the board in
January, 1913, resolution was
adopted and spread upon the minutes
to the effect that the board would
pay not to exceed half the legal
rate for the publication of any and all
notices. They then made an agree
ment with The Blackfoot Optimist,
through it's manager Karl Brown; to
make the Optimist the official paper
and 1t was to receive for the publ
cation of notices ordered published
in it, fifty cents an inch for the first
insertion, and twenty-five cents an
Rinch per insertion for subsequent in
sertions.
4 The legislature was then in ses-
sion at Boise, as was also the Press
Club, and recommendation was
made by the Press Club that the law
requiring the commissioners pro-
ceedings to be published two times
should be amended to read one time.
The measure was passed and APPROX
ed and became effective during that
Nuarter, and the clerk and the board
had no authority to have the pro-
ceedings published more than one
time thereafter, but it was done,
whether upon the order of the off,
cieIs or upon the volition of the
publisher does not matter; in either
cas- 1t was not legal charge against
the county.
During the year the paper also
published delinquent tax notices and
other matters, for which the board
paid the full legal rate in violation
of the resolution spread upon the
minutes, and to which the publisher
presumably agreed giving The
Blackfoot Optimist upwards of $120
In excess of what he was entitled
to on that ground alone. At the
January, 1914, meeting of the board,
their attention was called to this
matter by the editor of The Idaho
Republican, and although they ad-
mitted that they had overpaid that
amount of money as stated, when
asked what they would do about get
ting the money refunded to the
county they settled the matter by
saying, Forget it," At the April,
INA, meeting when attention was
directed to some claims of various
persons that we're in violation of the
law, they called in the county attor-
ney to advise them on the matter,
and he told them to disregard the
flaw and pay the bills. When atten-
tion was directed to violations of the
printing contract with The Blackfoot
Optimist they observed some of them
and disregarded others, giving the
publisher substantial sums shown to
be In violation of written contract.
At each session of the board after
April, 1918, up to and including the
meeting of October, 1914, the pub
l|sher of the Optimist filed claims for
\ H0bstantial sums in violation of the
Hrovisions of section 1917 of the
Continued on page eight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
BOUGHT THE CARSON HOUSE

Mrs. J. H. Ashton has purchased
THE Carson House on North Main
street, and her son John Mulville has
charge of it. The Mulville boys
take a great interest in hotel work,
and are cleaning house this week,
preparing to run the place according
to their own ideas of making guests
comfortable.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25

The Idaho Republican has one OF
the best equipped Jop Departments
in this section of the state and can
turn out work of the highest order.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25

Vegetable parchment butter wrap
pers at the Republican office. adv
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
STEAM SHOVEL
CAUSES PROTEST
East Park Street Residents
Ask Court to Stop Con-
tractors Noises.


A delegation of residents OF East
Park street, headed by DR.. James C.
Corlies, of 20 East Park street, az
peared before Judge Hahn today in
the First Criminal Court to enter a
protest against the noise made by the
steam shovel used by the Holbrook.
Cabot, Rollins Company in excavating
for the new Public Service railway
terminal
DR.. Corlies stated that 1t was not
his desire or that of his neighbors to
interfere with the work, but that 1t
was impossible to sleep at night be-
cause of the noise of the shovel.
George Lawrence, superintendent in
charge of the work, represented the
contractors in court. He said that
every precaution had been-taken by
the company to lessen the noise. \
Mr.. Lawrence also stated that in
order to complete the excavating on
contract time, 1t was necessary to
work both night and day. The court
suggested that DR.. Corlies and Mr..
Lawrence hold conference and II
then the nuisance could not be abated
he stated that he would take a com
plant.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
BOX OF SNAKES HAD EXPRESS co.
EMPLOYEES ON EDGE FOR TWO WEEKS

to turn back flip, and break several
hop-step- andjump records getting
out of the freight house. When his
brother workers dared to peep into
the box they saw four long tapering
snakes, their tiny eyes blinking and
the sun glistenlng on their shining
skins
Fear of handling the reptiles and
one or two other considerations
caused the Fourth avenue men. to call
on Mr.. Bacon for advice. He took
one look at the snakes
DO anything with them you care
to, he told his assistants. I'm on my
way" And he hurried back to the
express company,s main Office.
The snakes We're carefully nailed
into the box by venturesome freight
handler and there they remained,
worse than an elephant on the hands
OF the freight Office until an angel of
deliverance appeared in the person
Of John c. Wanner, Of New York
avenue
Mr.. Wanner supplies circuses with
supplies Anything from bearded
lady to q tiger" Is his business slo-
gan He heard about the snakes and
asked Mr. Bacon if there was any
way by which he might get posses
sion of them
Yes" said Mr. Bacon, go take
them, and the blessings of the Wells
Fargo Express Company be on your
head"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16

Remember Pigs Is Pigs" that
funny little book about the consign-
ment of guinea pigs that Increased,
multiplied and filed the office of a
railroad freight agent while he and
his chiefs puzzled over the question
of whether guinea pigs we're pigs or
something else? Well, Charles r.
Bacon, Newark agent OF the Wells
Fargo Express Company, and his CO.
horts at the Fourth avenue station of
the Erie railroad could write a sequel
10 that. Only their story would have
to be called Snakes Is Snakes"
A mysterious box arrived at the
Fourth avenue station about a fort
night ago. 1t was consigned to man
named Clark. whose only address was
Newark, n. ], The express company's
men pussy-footed around calling on
all the clarks the city directory, the
telephone book, the registry lists and
other similar sources of Information
told them lived here. None of the
Clarks wanted the box.
The package was placed with some
other unclaimed freight Then, one
day tired freight juggler sat on the
box. He heard something move in
side. Chickens" was his guess, and
he ripped off the cover.
Immediately one overworked freight
handler found that the lassitude he
thought working in the broiling sun
had brought on was purely imaginary.
What he saw in that box caused him
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16

A pretty romance was disclosed in
the Bankruptcy Court here today.
Pawned engagement rings, flowers.
candy and a prize bull pup figured in
the case 1t all came out at an in
vestigation of the whereabouts of the
finances of the bankrupt Information
al Beef Company.
Benjamin f. Greenbaum, president
of the company. was the romantic
hero. In April he announced his en-
gagement to Miss Lena Bierman, of
Baldwin street. With the engage
ment came gift of $1,000 to Green
baum from Mrs. Flora Bierman, the
girls mother. The money was to be
invested in Mr.. Greenbaum's butcher
business, so Greenbaum bought a
dog. 1t was feroeious, bow-legged.
brindle purp.
After he bought the dog business
prospered and he bought diamond
rings, flowers and candy for his BRIDE
to-be. She was pleased with the
showers of presents. but the expen-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
RESCUES WOMAN /,
IN PATH OF TRAIN
Switch Tender Snatches Won-
an from Rails as Engine
Whizzes By.

Snatched from the path of an ex-
press train at the Main street cross
ing of the Lackawanna railroad in
East Orange today, woman, whose
identity was not established, calmly
walked away. exhibiting no concern
over her escape. 1t was Fred Toffer,
the switch tender who saved her life.
He dragged her from the tracks just
as the engine whizzed by.
The woman was watching a west
bound train pulling out of the station
and did not lcok up the tracks to see
If train was approaching. Toffer
waived his hands frantically to the
woman to go back, but she ignored
the command
The engineer plotting the express
damned on the brakes, but the tran
did not slow down until 1t was beyond
the crossing. A negro standing on
the rear platform of the express was
almost hurled from the train when
the engineer applied the brakes.
The woman's escape was described
as the most miraculous of any at the
highway crossings in the city. The
Junction" as the Main street cross
ing is known, is the most dangerous
in the city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
ALARM FR|GHTENS
AWAY MARAUDERS
Burglars Quit Operations on
Clinton Avenue When Pro-
tecting Bell Rings.

An attempt by burglars to enter
the house of Howard E. Ogle, 1873
Clinton avenue, was frustrated today
by a burglar alarm. The family Is
away in the country, and the house
has been closed up for several weeks
At 1923 a. m. today an alarm
sounded in the Newark District Tele-
graph Company's Electric Burglar
Alarm Office, 226 Market street, and
Manager John A. Kipp hustled out
Officers Peer and Jockle to the house
indicated.
The officers found that a panel in
the lower part of the basement door
had been broken in. The burglar
evidently was scared away when he
saw the network of wires. Going
through the house from top to bot
tom, the officers found everything
intact, nor had any attempt been
made to get any further than the
breaking in of the front door panel
The officers patched up the damaged
panel
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
OLD SHIP CANAL
HAS NO RIGHTS
NOW, SAYS NUGENT
Declares Lack of Development
Since 1870 Has Estopped
Late Claims.

City Counsel James r. Nugent to-
day declared that there is no merit
IN the contention made by the New
ark Bay Ship Canal Company rela-
tive to the meadow land. This infor-
nation was given at the Board Of
Works meeting. The Ship Canal Com
pany last week warned the members
of the board that the concern would
hold the city for any infringement Of
its right. Mr.. Nugent declares that
the company's claim Is invahdated.
Mr.. Nugent stated that an examina-
tion of the records of the city would
show that Mrs. ]. B. |. Robson was
paid 81, 800 for damages for land taken
to open Bay avenue, the location OF
the land being within the bed of the
ship canal between Thomas
and Harper streets.
According to city officials, the i'm.
provements contemplated by the
canal company were only on paper
and never did, nor never would. ma
terialize.
In brief, Mr.. Nugent's report is as
follows:
The Newark meadows part of the
ship canal proposed in 1869 by the
New York and Newark Bay Ship
Canal Company was to be located
between the bay shore and Dawson
street, south of South street, 1t being
then proposed to make the canal
about 200 feet wide.
In 1869 and 1870 the company wrote
letters TO the Common Council, ask
Ing the cooperation of the city III
opening up a better waterway to
New York city. stating that 1t would
shorten the water distance to New
York fully one-half.
Since then there have been develop
ments in the zone of the thenfproposed
canal without any protest from or
notice by the canal company, among
which improvements are the opening
Of Avenue I, from Bay avenue to
Jabez street; the opening of Avenue
r, from Ferry street to Peddie
street; the opening of South street
and Bay avenue. from Pacific street
TO Newark Bay, all of which cross
the route of the proposed canal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
THIEF CAUGHT
IN HOUSE BUT
: He GETS AWAY
DR.. Gauch Returns to Mt. Pros
pect Ave. Home-lntruder
Escapes from Window.

A thief was detected in the residence
of William Gauch, at 474 Mt. Pros
pect avenue. today. The intruder
got away.
The Gauch family has been away
for some days. Mr.. Gauch and his
son, DR.. William Gauch, of III FL
wood avenue, went to the fathers
home together this afternoon.
After entering DR.. Gauch heard a
noise. He went upstairs. There he
saw a man at bureau.
What are you>doing there?" de-
manded the doctor.
In an instant DR.. Gauch faced a
revolver in the hands of the stranger.
tits none of your business what
I'm doing here?" the intruder replied
I'm going out You'll regret it II
you try to stop me-"
The stranger darted out the door,
down the stairway and leaped out a
kitchen window he had forced to gain
entrance.
DR. Gauch hurried to the telephone
and got in touch with Lieutenant
Fallon at the Second precinct.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
COMPTROLLER
SLABS BOARD IN
TROLLEY FIGHT
Parmiey Says Educators Had
No Right to Sign RoseviIle
Avenue Petition.

City Comptroller Tyler Parmly APP
peared before the Board of Works
this afternoon and attacked the Board
of Education for signing the petition
to grant the Public Service Railway
Company ca franchise to operate a
trolley car line in Roseville avenue
THE Board of EDUCATION owns only
6S2 feet of property on the street.
said Mr.. Parnly. "and, In my or.nion,
had no more right to sign that petit
tion than the Car of Russia had
As public body 1t should have re-
Trained from entering into the matter
at all. The people who want the
trolley line represent only about $780,
600 worth of property along Roseville
avenue, and against them there arc
people who own property worth more
than 100000, who do not want the
trolley line Not twenty-five resi-
dents of Roseville avenue would use
the trolley line If 1t was built"
James Taaffe, former member of
the Board of Education, also appeared
to protest against the granting of the
franchise. Owners of property on
Roseville avenue, he said, did not buy
their property with the idea that a
car line was to run through the thor
oughfare. The street, he said, Is too
narrow to have cars run through it,
and the majority of the property
owners are not in favor of the fran
chise being granted
Commissioner Gillen late lodged a
protest against the Public Service
Railway Company being permitted to
construct a trolley loop at the apex
OF Military Park. He said the Public
Service had made 1t appear that the
construction of its new terminal
would do away with all loops in the
centre of the city. and said the pro-
posal to build one at the park apex
was a confession that the terminal
project was failure from this stand
point.
John L. o'Toole, for the railway
company, said the question of build
ing loop at the park apex was
spoken of last year as part of the
general Improvements the Public Ser
vice was planning with a view to re-
lieving traffic congestion in the heart
OF the city. He said the construction
of the loop would not be the means
of causing any traffic tie-ups, assert
ing it would be built thirty-five feet
away from the park, giving ample
room to wagons and automobiles to
move about as they chose.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
AlIege New York Man
Locked Up by Local
Police Is "White SLAYER

Michael Casarella. of 257 Elizabeth
street, New York, was locked up in
police headquarters today by Lieu
tenant Kuhn, of the detective bureau,
following his extradition from New
York city on a warrant charging with
violating the Mann White Slave act.
On June % Lieutenants Kuhn and
Maier arrested Antonio Capello in q
furnished room at "a Livingston
street, where were also found Rosa
and Marie Cateldo, eighteen and
fourteen years old, respectively,
who charged that Casarella and Ca
pello had brought them to this city
from New York and were holding
them prisoners in the Livingston
str eet house.
Casarella was arrested by the New
York authorities on complaint of
the parents of the girls, but when
1t was learned that the Newark po-
lice had a stronger case against the
men the former consented to allow
the case to be tried here.
Both men were indicted by the
grand jury. The girls are held in
the house of detention as material
witnesses
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
ENGAG CEMENT RING, AND PRIZE BULL PUP
WENT INTO BUSINESS, SAYS BANKRUPT

sive gifts made a big hole in the
finances of the business. The $1,000
dwindled down and finally shrunk out
of sight.
When the flow of presents ceased
Miss Bierman wanted to know If
business was bad. GreenDaum said
it was worse than that Then she
volunteered her diamond rings and
other presents. These were converted
into cash. but the business still was
bad. The end came a few weeks ago
in bankruptcy proceedings.
Greenbaum was hailed to the bank
ruptcy court today by George Furst,
attorney for Edwin r. Semple, re-
ceiver for the bankrupt company.
Mr. Furst's examination brought out
the above disclosures from Mr.. Green
baum. He will be examined further
on July 80. Miss Bierman may be
asked to appear in court at that time
also. Mr.. Furst is attempting to de-
termine whether or not some of the
assets of the bankrupt company have
been concealed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
Sales Of Two Bankrupt
Concerns Are Confirmed
by Referee E. q. Adams

The sales of two bankrupt estates
were confirmed by Referee Edwin q.
Adams today in Bankruptcy Court.
They are the international Beef Com
pany and Abraham Preger, clothier.
Receiver Edwin r. Semple, of the
international Beef Company, reported
that s1,125.16 had been realized at the
sale of the three stores owned by the
company. The stores are Localized at
AZ Clinton avenue, 90 Belmont ave-
nue. and 1876 Warren street. The sale
included plot on which there is a
lien of $715. The estate was appraised
at $1,000
Two stores owned by Preger were
sold out. The one located at 113
Market street brought $3.50. The
stock there was appraised for $4,000,
but there was no creditor present
who objected to the sale being con-
firmed, The other store at 507 Full
ton street, Brooklyn, was sold by Re-
ceiver Barney Larkey for $1,000 This
stock had been appraised at $4,000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
SW|NDLERS WORK
AT -four CORNERS
Maietti Gives Up Cash and Jew
elry in Return for Fake
Bank Roll"

The old swindling game was sue
cessfully worked on Jerry Maietti of
1873 Summit street. at Broad and Mar
ket streets this morning. within a few
feet of half a dozen policemen. The
victim lost $45 in cash and jewelry
to the value of $3.50.
According to Maietti he was on his
way to work in the American Under
garment Factory in Green street this
morning and stopped in a cigar store
at the southwest corner of Market
and Broad strangers, where he was
accosted by two strangers, one about
eighteen years old and the other
about ten years his senior.
The youth. with tears in his eyes.
approached Maietti and displayed a
roll of good United States money and
told that it was $1,000 which he had
received from the estate of brother
who was killed in Mexico.
The stranger explained that he was
going to return to Italy and was anx-
ious to have the American money
changed into Italian currency and Of
fered Maietti 500 to make the change.
Maietti consented, but the stranger
requested security to insure his return
with the money.
Maietti consented. told the strang-
ers to wait for him and FASTENED
home to get the security. He told his
wife that he was going to make $50
for half a days work and that in the
afternoon they with their two-year-
old daughter would go to Coney Island
and have lots of fun.
His wife consented that Jerry
should take all of their savings, $45,
and gave him all the jewelry she pos
sessed, which included diamond
ring, The baby was not to be slight
ed, and a gold chain was taken from
about its neck.
Maietti returned to the -Four Cor
ners" shortly, and there were his sup
posed benefactors. He turned over his
security and was handed a package
supposed to contain the $4,000. He
was told to hurry back and started
for money exchange. When the
package was opened it contained
newspaper and the strangers were not
to be found.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
FORCE SCARLETT
TO PRODUCE KEYS
Bankrupt and Indicted Director
of Roseville Trust Co. Has
Trying Time in Court.

John B. Scarlet, indicted director
of the Rosevllle Trust Company. was
examined again today in Bankruptcy
Court. The usual composure of the
bankrupt was rukIed several times to-
day by Nathan Bilder, attorney for
the trustee.
In the midst of the examination MIR.
Bilder demanded that Scarlet hand
over his keys. Scarlet refused and
declared that he did not think he was
compelled to. Referee Edwin q.
Adams then inquired if Scarlet
owned the keys at the time the bank
ruptcy petition was filed. When
Scarlet answered in the affirmative
he was ordered to produce the keys.
Mr.. Bilder then asked the bankrupt
what he used each key for. The object
of the examiner was evidently to
show that Scarlet had control
of the land companies of which
he now processes to be only an en-
ploye, At former examination Scar
lett told OF being ousted from the
offices he held in six land companies,
the offices of which are located at
207 Market street
AS soon as Scarlett took the stand
today he was asked if he had been
in the land company offices before he
came to court. Scarlet said he was
and then told of meeting one of his
creditors.
Il told him that | did not believe
the bankruptcy honorably relieved me
of these just debts" testified Scar
lett, and l told him that every just
claim would be paid by me one hun
dred cents on the dollar
According to Scarlett's schedules in
bankruptcy, his liabilities are s125. 400
and his assets $1,000. The first meet
ing of creditors was held today
Spaulding Frazer, receiver, was APP
pointed trustee, with a bond of $500.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
R. R. PROBE LEFT
TO COMMISSION
House Commerce Committee
Resigns in Wabash and Rock
Island Cases.

WASHINGTON, July lion the
ground that no real public interest
would be served by a congressional
investigation of charges of high
finance in the Wabash Pittsburgh
Terminal Railway. and in the Pere
Marquette and Rock Island systems,
as proposed by pending resolutions.
the House Commerce Committee to-
day decided to leave those inquiries
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in the course of its railway val
uation work.
The commission agreed with that
view. The resolution regarding the
probe of the alleged looting of the
Wabash lines was introduced by Rep
resentative Edward w. Townsend of
New Jersey.