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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-01-30
Commissioners PROCEEDINGS

Dec 5.-Commissioners Downle and
Esgate present.
Bills for road aud bridge work and
supplies were allowed to the amount
of $3952.4l.
Other bills allowed:
Journal Pub Co. printing for
county. $50
Jas McMahon, collect poll tax 33 20
John Eusby, medical care jury 5
Journal Pub Co, printing S
Press Pub Co, prntg for county 325
Spirit Lake Pub. Co, CO printing 83 80
j F O'Neil, witness dist court 10 IS
w H Pierce, witness fees Ats
Margaret Ford, witness fees g 4 rs
Lakeside Pharmacy.sup dist - 3
Home Elec Co,sup court house 10 O6
Milwaukee Land Co, bridge sup 322 95
Cd'Alene stables, livery comisnr
F w Esgate, expense as i" 441O
John Busby, care INDECENT 6
w F Gaden, constable fees,
$25.95, allowed l6 %
A w Burleigh, sup to INDECENT 20
O M Butcher, work treasurer 80
Cd'A Bank s. Trust Co. rent for
county attorney 20
H Klappenburg, acting jailor 40
F F Shadduck, sup to INDECENT 25
Dec 6--Present same as before.
The applications of Tom McHenry
and H M Pray for liquor licenses
were rejected.
The sheriff's fee report for thu
period ended Nov. 10. was approved
Dec. SAIL members present
There being no business the board
remained 10 session until Dec 10 anC
adjourned to Dec. II.
Dec. ll.-Commissioners Downey
and Libby present.
Amounts were transferred from th,
| uonoral rood fund &c folIouv.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-01-30

The Spokane & Eastern Trust com.
pauy has absorbed the Northwest
Loan & Trust company. the former
continuing with assets increased To
Sl0.ooo,Oo
According to reports from Mexico
city $50 federal soldiers and 100 men,
women and children were massacred
by rebels recently near Vanegas,
north OF San Luis Potosi. The al
legged butchery occurred at ranch
where the victims were taken after
they had surrendered.
A pioneer farmer of Davenport.
Wash takes the view that coyotes
should be protected instead of having
bounty paid for them. He says he
has observed that rabbits are worse
pest and that when the coyotes are
killed off In community the rabbits
increase 10 great numbers.
California has a law under which
county prisoners are compelled tl
work on public roads and their pay,
$3.50 day, is paid by The TREASURED
to the prisoners family. A Judge In
Los Angeles In sentencing burglar
recently, turned him over 10 tn,
county declaring that too G:sen VIII,
a criminal Is sent to the penitentlar
he gets a vacation and his wife aud
children get The punishment.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-01-30
At NATIONAL CAPITAL
Paragraphs on Important Gov.
ernment Affairs.
THE MEXICAN PROBLEM
Postoffice Robberies. to do
With Gethals.
The Tribune Bureau.
BY j. 4. JONES


BY j. Z. JONES
Washington, D. C.-The. char.
acteristic Mr.. Dooley once related
that "Napoleon had an army of
ten thousand men; he marched
them to the top of the hill; but who
marched them back AGAIN." Nat
urally, cit was Mr.. Dooley." And
just about in the same illogical
manner the armies of the United
States have been moved to the
Mexican border, only to be
"marched back again." 1t has
happened many, many times since
that eventful day more than two
years ago when President Taft
"made it clear that he was getting
ready to do something" Army
posts have been deserted, and the
soldiers after few weeks on the
border have been "marched back
again, and then some more!
These events speak for the patience
Of the American people. In the
congress discussion of Mexico is
almost tabood and even the critics
of the administration policy bride
their utterances. But now legis-
lation affecting the Mexican situa-
tion is continually coming up. A
short time ago Senator Ashurst
proposed a barb wire fence along
the Mexican border. One has but
to recall San Juan hill to find the
reason. Now Senator Sheppard
has bill for government high
way along the Rio Grande, and of
course the object is to facilitate the
movement of troops. Still another
; measure before congress provided
for means to increase the army to
war basis. Uncle Sam is grad
ually pulling at his foot straps.
but looks troubled, and those at
Washington who can best observe
how he chews at the straw between
his teeth, know that he is hoping
that he will escape the unpleasant
task of intervening in Mexico.
When the pestmaster's safe is
robbed, and the mail is scattered
helter-skelter about the premises,
the first thing to be done is to
notify the department, which dis
patches an inspector to the scene,
and in the course of time the rob-
Der is likely to be caught. Some
times this process takes number
of years. In the meantime the
postmaster and his bondsmen are
debited at Washington for the few
hundred, or thousands of dollars,
that may have been stolen. Here
tofore it has taken a special act oi
congress to move the burden ol
responsibility for the loss from the
postmaster and his sureties. Final.
ly it has come to pass in this yea,
of 1914 that the senate of the
United States has provided q
means by which the postoffice de.
partment may reimburse the post.
masters; and should the house
concur the period of worry as te
what will be "done about it al
Washington" will be abbreviated
One of the last acts of Presiden
Taft was to veto the literary tes
provided for immigrants entering
our ports. Now the Democrats o
the house rules committee have
passed favorably upon the Burnet
immigration bill which provides ;
test of this kind for foreigner
coming to America.
What is to be done with Goeth'
ais? The governorship of tb'
Canal Zone has been suggested
and SO far that is about the bes
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-01-30
GROWTH Of STATE TAXES
Table Showing Increase Year
BY. Year
SINCE TWENTY YEARS AGO
Figures Compiled by Hastings,
Former State Treasurer.

@. A. Hastings of Lewiston, former
state treasurer, has given out fol
publication figures showing the
money raised by taxation in Idaho
for state purposes each year since
1890. Following are the figures:
y 1891, $239,515
1892, 220,374
1893, 2S4,5l5
1894, 295,755
1895, 25l,O
1895, 25l,000
1897, 253, 900
1898, 253,000
1899, 245, 900
1900. 245, 900
1901. 245,00O
1902. 245,0
1903, 275,O0O
1904, 275,00O
1905. 35O,000
1905. 100000
1907, 100000
1908, 100000
1909, 600. 900
1910, 600, 900
1911, 100000
1912, 100000
1913 i, ,00O.O00
l9l4,l .O0O,0 900
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-01-30

Bills allowed:
A P Bailey, expense sheriff $l07 05
A P Bailey, board prisoners 158 %
l A Libby, exp as commisspr i39 46
Ada county, part OF expense of
testing law 25
Bills rejected:
r B johnson, witness fees, dist.
court 81 so
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
SINGLE EXENTS.
NOT CONSTITUTIONAL
WOrkmcn's Compensation Act Not
Legal, Says Illinois Judge.

BELLEVILLE, H., Dec. 81. - The
workmcn's compensation act of 1911
was held 20 be unconstitutional by
Judge George Crow In the circuit
court here Wednesday in a decision in
the case Of Frank c.. Lover admin
stratOr Of the estate Of Louis Wapple,
against the AluminU5a ore CO. Of
East St Louis Attorneys moved to
dismiss the petition. alleging the law
was unconstitutional. Judge Crow
held that the records of the Illinois
general assembly do not show that
the bill and all it's amendments were
printed in the journal of the legisla-
ture before it was placed on it's final
passage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
VILLA TO HAZE PART
IN JOHNSON BATTLE
Jack CurIey Signs Papers to
Stage Big Fight at
JuareZ Track.

Ell PASO. Texas, Dec. Slack
Curley has signed an agreement with
Hypolite Villa. brother of Gen. Villa,
for the staging of the Johnson Will
lard prize fight at the Juarez Jockey
club for the heavyweight champion
ship.
The contract gives Curley exclusive
control of the fighting i'm JuareZ and
on the Mexican side Of the border.
and it is understood that Villa gets a
big slice of the gate receipts for all
the fights. In addition to the John
SON Willard fight Curley is planning
to match Packey Mcfarland. Johnny
Dundee and other fighters at the
Juarez club during the winter, and
will attempt TO make the race track
another Vernon arena.
He announced Thursday that John
son was coming To JuareZ by way of
some east coast port controlled by
Villa, as Villa fears that Carranza
might take Johnson prisoner if he
comes through Vera Cruz.
Villa has arranged for a guard of
troops TO meet Johnson. Pancho,
himself will greet the champion when
he arrives and he will travel with him
to JuareZ.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
WHITE AND WELSH TO
MEET AT NEW YORK
Two Men Agree TO Weigh in ut 1876
Pounds on Afternoon OF
Fight

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Nate Lewis.
manager Of Charlie White. sigEed arti-
cles Wednesday night with James
Johnston. matchmaker Of the Garden
a. G., for a 10-round bout between
White and Freddie Welsh on the night
of Jan Is. at Madison Square Garden.
Under the articles, the weight is TO
be 135 pounds at o'clock on the aft
ernoon OF the fight. This Will give
Welsh a big advantage in weight. but
not so great as he had when the boys
met in milwaukee,, where Welsh en-
tered the ring at 141 pounds.
White was given the January date
by Mgr. Johnston in answer to The
clamor of the fans who saw Tuesday
nights bout. There was wide diver
sity in the published opinions of the
experts. who covered the White-Shu-
grue battle for the New York newspa-
pers. but az least half of them gave ii
to White while most OF those who
thought Shugrue won tempered their
verdict with admissions that White
was by far the better and more i'm
pressive fighter.
1t was announced before Tuesday
nights bout that the winner would be
matched with Welsh and the fact that
Johnston was at the Aston az o'clock
Wednesday afternoon to talk terms
with Lewis is taken to indicate that
i'm the opinion of the garden officials
White was entitled to the verdict.
White and Lewis will remain ir
New York for the January fight and
may make their headquarters here
for the rest of the winter as the Chi
cago lightweight has created a sensa-
ton and Johnston is looking for 9th
er topnotchers to pit him against.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
.FEDERALS KNOCK
OLIVER5FROM TOP
IN CITY PHI RICE
Lead Tournament With 1853,
While EIkS Take Second
With 2647, and WatChmak-
erS Third With 26f6.

Three teams Jumped ahead Of the
leaders in the fvc-meu class in the
third NIGHTS rolling Of the city league
tournament at the Elks temple last
night. AT the present time the Fed
erals are heading the race with a
score OF 2668 while the Elks take sec
ond place with Z547 and the south
Bend Watch Co. drop into third posi-
tiOn with 2616. Last nights bowling
resulted I'm the highest scores of the
toruament thus TAR i'm all divisions
except the singles which Dennis still
leads with clio.
Doubles composed of Zimmerman
and Campbell and JAY and Teeters
took the head in that division through
the rolling last night hy scores of I1O7
and 1103 thus topping Dennis and
Staples who landed with 1885 Monday
night
scores last night follow
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
Won DER ROPP QUITS YALE
Oarsman Couldn't Stand Story of Put
ting Arm Around Girl.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 31.-Al-
fred Won Der Ropp, prominent oars
man Of Yale and son Of Baron Alfred
Won Der RCpp has left college follow
ing the publication in a paper here of
an item declaring he had his arm
around Bobby" Fisher. a girl brought
into court Won Der Ropp sat beside
the girl in court. He has gone to Lee
land StanfOr university. Miss Fisher
said she and Won Der Ropp would be
married next June.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
ac Curley Arrange for Fight uarez Cours

awake was conquered twice by South
Bend in rather easy fashion.
Taken all in all high school students
seem well satisfied with the record of
the past year. for though defeated
several times the teams invariably re-
trieved themselves in noble fashion
and brought hOnOrs 10 the school
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
EXPECT NO CHANGES
IN FOOTBALL RULES
Coaches Believe That Present Code
Will Remain Intact
Next Year.

CHICAGO. Dec. 31-Thqt there
viii be little tampering with football
rules was the practically unanimous
opinion of coaches today after the
sessions Of the National Collegiate
Athletic association. Coach H. l.
Williams. chairman Of the football
committee Of the association. and
Walter Camp OF Yale die not think
that the rules would lc tempered
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
FEDERALS TO OFFER
BERTH TO GLEASON

CHICAGO. Dec. 31.-Pres't Weigh
mann of the Chicago Feds declared
his intention TO offer Kid Gleason.
just released by the White Sox, a
berth as coach and assistant man
ager of the Thinkers Tots next season.
Gleason is said to have been offered
the management of the Brooklyn
Feds within the last month, but re-
fused to Sump.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31

Greatest Suit and OvercOat values
ever offered at our Great Stock Re
duction Sale. Platt & Perkey. $9.99
store Cor Wayne and Michigan Adv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31

Field goals-Vogler. .: Scott. 2;
Smith. .; Chamberlain, ?; Scheibelhut,
1. Nanden Bosch. l. Free throws
Sweeney. 9: Smith, .; Chamberlain,
.: Scott. l. Referee-Barrett
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31

Get one Of the big bargains in Suits
and Ocervoats at our Great Stock Re
duction Sale Platt & Perkey 1898
Store. Cor. Wayne and Michigan. Adv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
FRIARS
DEFEAT HOLY NAME
st. Joseph Team Forwards Unable to
Get Ball Past Guards-VOIgcr
Leads in Scoring.

Clever guarding by Becker and
FOrtieT enabled the Mishawaka Friars
to cop "a victory from the St. Joseph
Holy Name society squad, in the st.
Joseph gym Wednesday night.
Sweeney and Scott were unable to get
the ball past the guards and the final
count was "A to 16.
Nolger led in the scoring for his
squad with five field goals while
Sweeney of the II. y. S. Gagged nine
foul shots.
The lineups:
Hoy Naunp ffGA IiShaUaI.a (O1N
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31

Hoy Name (16) MiShawaka CAD
Scott Observation-Disclosures. Chamberlain
Right Forward.
Sweeney .............. NOgler
Left Forward.
J. NcCaffrey .......... Smith
Center.
ramsey Becker
Right Guard.
FrederiCkS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. FOrtier
b. Mccartney
Loft GuarG
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-16
What the War Moves Mean
By J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

the presence Of the Germans was
known and wireless directions were
at once issued to the fleet at sea. The
first report of the admiralty says
British "fiotillas" are engaged at sew
torpedo boat dsstroyers or light cruis-
ers possibly dispatched from Hull,
fifty miles south Of Scarborough
If heavy ships had come up with
the Germans, the term "flotillas"
would not have been used.
The German squadron may have tor
pedo boats of its own and in any
event th., British light craft would
have difficulty in making the Ger
mans fight if they wished to retire.
Nevertheless only the most dexteri-
Gus seamanship and extraordinary
luck can save the rading squadron If
British destroyers are in touch with
them. The Germans were stationed on
the British side of the North sea as
full day sunlight was beginning and
800 miles separated them from the
protection OF Heligoland.
This is the opportunity the British
navy has been waiting for. It seems
that quick action will almost certainly
be able to cut off the Germans and
keep them in the open sea until an
overwhelming force can be brought
against them
1t will be necessary for the Ger.
mans to trust to luck throughout to-
days sunlight and then try to steal
home when darkness comes. The sun
sets in England today at 3:49 D. m.
The Germans thus have chosen a day
of almost minimum sunligh for their
raid and this circumstance favors
them. Nevertheless high skill on tha
part of the British fleet should lead
to the annihilation of the little squad
ron. Otherwise th,, balance of the
naval prestige will swing once more TO
: the Germans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-16

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
NEW YORK, Dec 16.-Q1 a. MI
Today's raid on the English coast by
German cruisers is probably an iso-
lated attack and does not suggest It
self as an Indication that the kaiser's
battle fleet has been ordered to put
Britain's superdreadnaughts to the
test. The bombardment Of Scarbor-
ough England's famous health resort
so popular with Americans, Whitby
anG, Hartlepool are doubtless no more
than a desperate search for revenge
Specs squadron.
The German vessels apparently
crossed the North sea under cover or
last nights darkness. From the shell
ter of the Elba and Wezer naval sta
tions to Scarborough and Hartlepool
Is twelve hour journey for the
spcediest cruisers of the German fleet.
Complete darkness exists for about
that time at this season in the North
sea- The raiding squadron. therefore,
cannot have had much difficulty in
reaching the open sea. despite the
watchfulness OF the British guardian
ships. With lights out, the Germans
steamed through the night, timing
their arrival off the English coast at
sun rise. The bombardment of Scar
borough began at 1856 a. M, and the
almanac gives the sun rise in England
today at sol a. m.
This remarkable punctuality on the
part Of the Germans was followed by
a rapid shelling of Scarborough and
the journey Of the raiders northward
bombarding the coast as they proceed
ed The movement against Hartlepool
seems to have been an affair of its
own. the German squadron aDrarenfly
separating just before reaching the
English coast The British admiralty
must have been notified as soon as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-16
RUSSIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
PETROGRAD, Dec. 16.-The great
est Importance Is attached to the
fighting on the southern front. Grand
Duke Nicholas is determined to crush
Austro-German resistance in this re-
gion and advance in force through
Siiesia.
The next big battle is expected
south Of cracow. In preliminary en-
gaeements the Russians have repuIsed
Austro-German forces.
In central Poland in the region of
Lowicz, repeated German attacks have
been repulsed and the offensive Of the
enemy confined to sporadic attacks
upon the Russian line German rein
forcements have arrived, however,
and this battle is expected to be re-
newed with greater ferocity. North
ern Poland is cleared Of Germans and
the east Prussian campaign is expect
ed to be vigorously pushed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-16

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, Dec. 16.-A sea
battle is in progress this aft.
ernoon in the North sea with
the German cruisers which
bombarded Hartlepool and
four British destroyers en-
gagged.
Sea planes are patrolling
the North CUMBERLAND coast to
guard against another attack
upon English cities by German
ships which might succeed in
!disengaging themselves from
the battle.
The fight started off Hartle-
pool. ~. :,
The latest reports merely
stated that the battle was pro-
ceeding, no details could be OBJ
tanned owing to the censorship
which has been established.
Rumors of loss on both sides
were widely circulated, but
were without confirmation.
The roar Of the naval guns
shook Hartlepool which had
been badly damaged by the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-16
Four German Cruisers Bombard Scarborough,
Destroying Three Churches and Doing Much
Damage to the Famous Resort.
UNEXPECTED ATTACK FROM THE SEA
Whitby and Hartlepool Also Damaged by Well
Aimed Shells From the Guns Of the Oar
ing Sailors From kiel

train for safety. AS the train
left Scarborough the boom Of
the German guns could still be
heard off the coast.
The government censors
now control the telephone and
telegraph wires from Scar
borough. Immediately after the
first word Of the bombardment
reached Hull by telephone,
the censors assumed control.
The refugees from Scarbor-
|ough declared that when they
first heard the firing off shore
they though it was simply
British battleships practicing.
No attention was paid to the
|cannonade. Then q house was
struck by q shell and crumpled
into a heap Of ruins. A few
minutes later the Balmoral ho-
tel was struck and immediate
|ly took fire.
Shells began to arrive
close together by this time.
Other houses and buildings
y =
were struck and burst into
flames.
With the bursting OF shells
and cries from the street, peo-
pie began to pour from their
homes. There was a wild rush
toward the railroad station.
Those who did not endeavor
to flee from the town, sought
refuge in cellars.
Shells burst over the heads
of the people gathered at the
railroad station awaiting the
departure of the train for Hull.
It was while waiting for his
signal to start that the engin-
'eer sent a hasty message to his
wife, saying that shells were
bursting all around his engine,
but he was not hurt.
AS the train pulled out. the
refugees saw the streets fairly
choked with other residents Of
the town, endeavoring to reach
the open country, beyond the
range Of the German guns. Ev
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-16
AUS STRIA

limited Press Leased Wire Service !
BERLIN, (via wireless to sayville).
Dec 16.-"Predictions that the Ser
vlans powers Of resistance have been
broken have been shown false by
vienna's report that strong forces
southeast Of VaIjevo have compelled
the Austrians not only to abandon
their offensive but to retreat for a
new formation Of forces" declared a
statement officially issued here today.
The above is the second Instance
within week where Berlin state
ments have referred slightinsly to
progress Of Austrian troops.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-16

fUniteG Press Leased Wire Service
HULL, England, Dec. 16.-
Three churches are reported
to have been partially de
stroyed, the gas works set on
fire, two railway platforms de
stroyed and numerous build
ings damaged when four Ger
man cruisers bombarded Scar
borough, famous sea side re
sort of England today.
Thrown into a panic by the
shells which crashed into the
town from the war ships, peo-
pie poured from their homes
and hurried to the railway sta
ton, taking trains for Hut
and other towns. The early
morning train reaching here
brought many refugees. They
brought stories OF great dam
age done to the town.
Between forty and fifty
shells fell in Scarborough
The three churches were among
the first buildings struck. The
exploding Of the shells set the
buildings on fire. The Ger
mans also directed their ain
upon the railroad station, but
only succeeded in causing com.
paratively slight damage there
ia the destruction Of two plat
forms.
AS the German gunners got
the range, other buildings
were damaged and the entire
town thrown into the wildes!
confusion.
The German cruisers ap.
preached startlingly close t.
the coast line. With the firing
Of their first shots, they seemed
to get the range Immediately
and then rained shells into al
sections of the town. The bonn
hardments began at 1855 a. m
The train which arrived at
Hull was just leaving the sta.
tion as the shells began to fall
Practically the entire popula-
ton of the town had rushed in.
to the streets and those neares!
the station rushed aboard tbs