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GOVERNMENT AWAKENED
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Zapata soldiers. The occupants were pulled out and the American flag torn from it's staff and trampled upon by the soldiers who took Mallory and his companions before a Zapata of ficer They were searched. their pa pers taken and the two Spaniards were sentenced to be executed. Whether the sentence was carried out is unknown. the message bear ing evidence of having been censored on that point.
 Mallory protested against the sen tencing of the Spaniards. one of whom was the chauffeur of his au- tomobile. Keep your mouth shut or you will be shot" he was told by the officer who later released him. An investigation of the incident has been ordered
 Paul Hudson. editor of the MeXi can Herald and his family are still prisoners in Mexico City. the message said Orders for their release, signed by President Chazaro. head Of the Mexican City convention government are said to have been ignored and appeals of American citizens to the Brazilian minister have been fruit less
 The Villa agency tonight issued a statement denying the evacuation of Torreon.
 A new division of Mexican affairs was created today by the state de partment Heretofore the relations have been handled by the division of Latin American affairs. Lon Can ova was appointed chief of the new division.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-30
WHY EAS1LAND
 TURNED TURTLE
 STILL UNKNOWN
Inquiry into Cause of the Chicago Horror of Last Saturday Being Conduct ed from Three Independ- ent Sources
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

[ i CHICAGO. July %. - Interest is centered in the federal government s | effort to fix the blame for the cap sizing of the steamer Eastland OF Saturday with a resultant loss of hundreds of lives. The state inves- tigation of the disaster was halted temporarily to await the service of niittimi upon the six men charged by the coroner's jury with responsl- Eility for the disaster.
 William Redfield, secretary of
 commerce, is in charge of one gov ernment investigation, and a federal
 grand jury impanelcd by Federal
 Judge Llndis is cond3cting another.
 The grand jury examined the East
 land as she lay in the river while the Wrcckers proceeded at the work of fighting the ship
 Nothing to throw new light on the cause Of the captiZing of the East land was developed before Redfield. Inspectors and othcls expressed an opinion that under -ballasting or i'm proper manipulating of the water bal last tanks upset the ship.
 The missing list has dwindled t. 2J0 names. Walter Greenbaum, les see of the Eastland: Engineer Brick son. Captain Harry Peders on, three of the six held responsible by the coroners jury have been arrested. t;reenpaum was released on $20,000 bail. Erickson and Pederson have not furnished bail.
 The sheriff learned that he could not arrest William Hull, general man. ager of the Chicago X st. Joseph Steamship company, the owner Of tie Eastland, as he is in Chicago on federal subpoena from his home in Benton Harbor. Michigan.
 Four bodies were recovered today, making a total found of S34
 Redfield, aided by members of the steamboat inspection service, Solic- itor A. L. Thurman of tho depart ment of commerce, and a number of civilians. invited as an advisory Eoard. heard several witnesses. and will continue the investigation to morrow. United States District At torncy C. f. Clync. who has arranged that the witnesses shall go before the grand jury. said that every angle of the case would be proDcd
 Robert Reed of Grand Haven. Mich. the federal inspector who sranted the Eastland permission to increase lhe passengers from 2200 10 S2500 or July ?, testified that the 1 ship had ample room for even moro 1 passengers and had complied with 1 the law in providing the legal amount | of life preservers. boats and life rafts | lie said he had seen the ship carry | 30o0 safei,
 Quickhmc bombs were used today l in an attempt to force the corpses | from the bottom of The river, with 1 out success. Divers who have work | ed around the wreck for five days | say that nine bodies discovered dur 1 ing the last three days indicate that | not many more are to be found
Arizona republican., 1915-07-30

Tombs. His second trial was begun May G. 1914. and ended May 22. with verdict of guilty He was sen fenced to die during the week of July 6, 1914, Au appeal was filed. bat the conviction Was upheld nv ,nr higher court in decision handed down May 25, last, and the date of the execution was set for the week beginning July F.
 Throughout Becker's troubles his wife remained loyal to him and was his constant adviser. she Iaborcd apparently without tiring in his be- half. assisting his counsel in every way possible. she appeared to be crushed when the Court Of Appeals upheld his second conviction, but soon turned her energies toward cle.cnth hour work 10 save him. II was largely at her urging that he joined in the plan to ak Governor Whitman, his prosecutor, for elem ency.
 There was ono other woman who. f reports are true. followed Becker's rareer through the courts as closely as his own wife did. This was Her man RosenthaTs widow. Soon after BccGer's second conviction she disap- pearod. Not long ago she was found broken in health and spirit. and lv- ing with an olI-timc friend
 T am living for only one thing" she was quoted as saying. Ito see the day that Becker pays the penalty"
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BECKER FOLLOWS HIS CUNMEN
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and not while your nominees remain district attorneys and can hold a club over these persons" With the aid of the judges who were misled into misconceiving the testimony of fered ai my trial. and to mistatlng 1t to the jury. on appeal. you proved yourself able To destroy my life. But, believe me I surrender it without rancor- Not all the judges in this state. this county, or the governor of this state. or the district attorney. or all combined. can destroy perman- ently the character of an innocent man" The letter was mailed to the governor tonight. Becker spent near ly the whole dav in his cell prepar- ing it. The statements which eliciteG il appeared in copies of the morning papers which were sent to his cell shortly after Becker arose. He the night before received news that his application for new trial had been denied.
 He was seated in his cell smoking cigar" said Leon WainstockC com missioner of prisoners who saw the prisoner in the death house about 10 o'clock He was as cold as ice When I remarked that he seemed to be taking it easy. he said: What else can ! do? I've got to face it Eaveu't I?''
 Tonight Pecker seemed coldIy re signed to his fate. Prison officials reported that while he awaited the arrival of his wife somewhat impa- tiently his composure was remarkable. His prison physician. Dr. Charles Tarr. said: Becker seems to have a strong grip on himself" When he entered the cell to make an examina tion. Becker said: 'T suppose you have come to say goodbye"
 After a bath Becker returned to his cell He found all his personal belongings had been removed. Becker obtained 1 paper and began the preparation of a statement. He fin ished the first draft about noon.
 In the meantime, at the suggestion of Father William Cashin. the prison chaplain. summoned Attorney w Eourke Cochran. and Martin Manton from New York. They went to the cell to read the statement. Neither would discuss it's contents. but it is understood Becker subse- quently modified the original draft.
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 Shapiro. and Louis Libbey, part owner were arrested and MT. Whitman asserted openly in an emphatic state ment. that the police had abetted the murder
 New York City, already interested in the charges of police corruption. responded to the news of the murder as if to a call to arms. Becker, who had been the chief target of Rosen- thals accusations. was openly sus- pected. He was relieved of his com mand of the Strong Arm Squad and transferred to the Bronx Jack Rose. his graft collector. walked into the Criminal Courts building the day after the murder and surrendered to the district attorney. declaring he had nothing to fear. Harry Vallon and Rridgie Webber gamblers and friends of Rose and Becker, were arrested as witnesses. The grand jury began it's investigation.
 Rose lay in jail twelve days without word from Becker, and. believing his chief had deserted him. confessed Nallon and Webber corroborated his story. He told of his long association
  which existed as Rosenthal had charged, of thousands collected by Becker for police protection and, if nally of his commission by Becker to arrange to have Rosenthal killed by gunmen-a commission he executed. That night, July 20. 1912, District Attorney Whitman summoned the grand jury by telephone and tele- graph, laid his evidence before it and within two hours obtained tho indict- ment of Becker on a charge of mur- der
 Four East Side gansters were in dcted as the actual murderers Ross had testified that these men were assigned by Big Jack" Zelig a gang leader who had been arrested by Becker's men on a trumped-up charge to do the murder. They were to re- ceive 5000 and Zelig was to be re- leased. Zeligs orders had been issued from the Tombs to the gunmen
 These gunmen-known in the streets of the East Side as "Gyp the Blood" Horowitz, Lefty Louis'' Ro- senberg, 'Dago Frank Cirofici and ''Whitey Lewis-were rounded up one by one. The last two who were ar rested. "Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louis were not found till September, hiding in Brooklyn flat. With them were found their young wives
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dows into space. Few recognized her as she recognized no one.
 A crowd as large as that often seen in front Of the hotel on egatta days gathered about the Nelson House when the governors car rolled up. Ten min utes later the car bearing Mrs. Becker and Johnston arrived.
 Mrs. Becker, unsupported. stepped brskly through the lobby to the ele vator and ascended to the second floor where the governor was waiting. For more than an hour, while Johnston pleaded his points of law with the gov ernor. Mrs Becker sat alone in dark ened room. When the governor had completed his conference with John ton. the doors of the room were op- ened, the governor walked over to Mrs. Becker She rose immediately and be- gan to talk to him.
 Mrs Beckers nerves seemed to be under better control even than those of the governor His face was flushed and his collar wilted. as he stood wear fly clasping his hands when he saw several newspaper men soon ater he left her After he talked to the report CTS. he sank Imply into chair.
 Weeping lightly but maintaining such control that the governor re- marked her composure, Mrs. Becker based her appeal solely on the belief in her husbands innocence. There was no offer by her or John Johnston, one of Becker's attorneys who accompanied her. to expose anything in exchange for the convicted mans life. God knows Charlie is no saint" she said. "but he is not the foul murderer he is branded"
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Governors Statement

ALBANY. July 29.-Becker never made a direct offer to. plead guilty to murder in the second degree and never offered directly to duplicate others in the graft exposure, the governor de- clared. ~~
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Last arWeII

said farewell to her husband at 12: 90. Left prison later.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-30
RETURN OF ROOSEVELT
He Takes Back Pleasant Impression of Two California Expositions
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHI

LOS ANGELES, July 29.-Colonel and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt left for oyster Bay. The former president re fused to comment on the conference he had with progressive leaders last night. He continued to praise the beauty of the two California expOsi- tons until the train pulled out
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The Board of Trustees of Porterville
Public School, Bingham county, Idaho
will receive bids for the construction of
Ia certain school building to be built
according to plans and specifications
prepared therefor up to and until 2
p. m. July 10, 1915. Bids will be opened
at the First National Bank, Blackfoot,
Idaho.
Each proposal shall be accompanied
by certified check to the amount of
5000, made payable to the clerk of the
board, Mr.. A. A. Ziegler. Said check
to be guarantee of good faith and that
the bidder will enter into a contract
with the board forthwith if the board
SO desires. All bids must be addressed
to the clerk of the board, Mr.. A. A.
ziegler and marked, "Bids on School
Building"
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Plans may be seen from the Clerk of
the Board, or from j. w. Dill, architect
Idaho Falls, Idaho, after July S, 1915.
2t-l-S
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. lockwood, accom-
panied by Mrs. Woodin and Mrs. Dr.
Mitchell came out from Blackfoot in
their new Buick car and gave their
Presto friends i pleasant call.
Sheriff Simmons and family Of
Black foot were guests Of the Tolmies
last Sunday.
Miss MYRTLE Steffison and Miss Ruth
Rloniqnist were guests Of the just girs
Sunday, coming up from Blackfoot II
The Stevens car
Scott Brothers were up from Wapcllo
Sunday looking after their interest "
north of here.
Fred Bennett and William Twtchell
Jr., are the proud possessors OF new
ears.
Neils Thompson who has just returned
from honeymoon trip to the exposition
gave wedding dance to his many
friends Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Stevens ard sons
were guests at the James just family
Sunday.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01

Under and by virtue of an order of
Sale, issued out of the District Court,
| of the Sixth Judicial District, County
! of Bingham, of the State of Idaho, on
| the 18th day of June, A. d. 1915, in
| the above entitled action, wherein P.
| J. Quealy, the above named plaintiff,
obtained a Judgment and decree of fore
Mary Lees, and Andrus & Nelson, ct al,
defendants, on the 18th day of June,
A. D. 1915, for the sum of Three Thou
sand, Two Hundred Fifty and Seven
teen Hundreds Dollars, in United
States gold coin, besides interests, costs
and counsel fees, which said decree was
on the 18th day Of June, A. D., 1915
recorded in judgment book 3 Of said
court, at page 1874. / am commanded to
sell the certain lot, piece or parcel Of
land situate and lying in Bingham
County, State Of Idaho, and bounded
and described as follows:
The Southeast quarter (SEA), OF
Section Six (6), in Township Two 60
South, of Range Thirty (37) r.
B. M, together. with all the improve
ments, privileges and appurtenances
thereunto belonging, and all rights OF
homestead exemption, together with al
ditch and water rights of every nature
however evidenced, used on the said
land or belonging to the same or said
mortgagors Or which may be hereafter
acquired or used on said lana
Public notice is hereby given that
IN Monday, the 10Th day Of july
y. D.. 1915, at 10 D clock a. NJ, Of that
DAY, in front Of the Court House door
I Of the County of Bingham | will, in
obedience to said order Of Sale and
Decree of Foreclosure and Sale, sell the
above described property, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
said Judgment, with interest and costs
etc, to the highest and best bidder, for
gold coin Of the United States.
Dated June 10th, 1915.
A. II. SIMMONS,
! Sheriff.
By H. DAMN,
July S-4 times. Deputy Sheriff
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
Notice to
Tax Payers

Notice Is Hereby Given, that the
Board of County Commissioners are now
in session pursuant to the Act of March
9, 1918, as a board of equalization for
the purpose of equalizing the assess
ment of such property, and allowing or
disallowing the exemptions claimed by
property holders.
Any person desiring to file com
plant in regard to the assessment of
his property or to secure any exemption
disallowed should appear before the
Board at the earliest possible date here
after Such objections and claims must
be presented before the meeting of the
board adjourns and cannot thereafter
be considered.
By Order of the Board.
G. H. HOLBROOK,
Clerk.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
NOTICE OF CONTEs "
Cor Publication.
department of the interior, United
States Land Office, Blackfoot
Idaho, June 80, 1915.

To Louis F. Kelley, of Blackfoot
Idaho, Contestee:
You are hereby notified that Gordon
W. Vaughn, who gives care OF John W
Jones, Blackfoot, Idaho, as his postof
flee address, did on June Is, 1915, file
IN this office his duly corroborated ap-
plication to contest and secure the can
collation. of your homestead, Serial No
o5773, made May -, 1909, for 81 NV
q, Section 25, Township IS, Range SO
Il, Boise Meridian, and as grounds for
his contest he alleges that you never
established residence on the above de-
scribed land, but that you h ave aban-
doned the same ever since said entry
was made; that the said described land
mas never been cultivated or improved
IN any manner whatsoever.
You are, therefore, further notified
That the said allegations will be taken
as confessed, and your said entry will
oe cancelled without further right to be
heard, either before this office or on
appeal, if you fail to file in this Of
nee within twenty days after the
toU RTH publication of this notice, as
shown below, your answer, under oath.
.Po"uAhS W IHcsc aueGaLlOns
Vi contest, together with due proof that
you nave served copy of your answer
oh the sald contestant either in person
or by registered mail.
iou should state in your answer the
lame OF tne post office to which you
oes1ie future notices to be sent to you.
). T. CARRUTH,
Register.
Date of first publication July j. 1918.
Date of second publication July 8. 1915
Date Of third pahicatioa Julyl5. 1915.
Date Of fourth rAblfeatien july 81. 1918
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Blackfoot, Idaho.
May %, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that the.
following named settlers have filed
notice of their intention to make final
proof ON their respective homestead.
entries, before the Register and Re-
ceiver of the United States Land Office
at Blackfoot, Idaho, ON the 18th day
of July, 1915.
John S. Norman, of Blackfoot. Idaho.
Il. ID. No. l, who on May 10, 1914, made
homestead entry Serial No. o1713s, and
on September %, 1914, for the SEA
Section %; E y NEA Section 80; VIA
NEA Section "a, Township l South,
Range 80 East, Boise Meridian, to make.
final three year proof.
he names as witnesses the follow
ing persons: John Hodson, Frank Ennor
William II. Beesley, and Zenas w. Nor.
man, all of Blackfoot, Idaho.
ueorge W. Hagen, of Black foot, Ida
no, who on October Is, 1911, made
homestead entry Serial No. 0lO995. and
on January %, 1913, made additional,
homestead entry Serial No. O14506 for
the sh NEA, M sEA, sEA NwK.
NEA sWA Section 20; swK NwK.
NwA sWA Section 81, Township q
south, Range 80 East, Boise Meridian.
to make final three year proof.
he names as witnesses the FOLLOWING
persons: Ira Taylor, Fletcher Tavlo,
Henry E. sova, Walter Hagen, all Of =.
Blaekfoot, Idaho.
JOSEPH T. CARRUTH,
Register. +.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
CARD OF THANKS

We, the undersigned relatives of the
late j. Lewis Weigel, desire to pub
licly and sincerely thank the many kind
friends and neighbors for the assistance
end coincidence they rendered us in our
darkest hours which were occasioned by
the death of our beloved father and hus-
band. Especially are we grateful to the
I. 0. 0: r. and X. of P. lodges for their
sympathy and comfort, and to the post
office force for their floral offerings
and sympathy.
Mrs. Rebecca Weigel,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Weigel,
Harry Weigel,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Clause.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01

The State of Idaho sends greetings
to the above named defendant:
You are hereby Summoned to appear
in the above entitled court, to be held
in Blackfoot, in said County and State
III the above entitled cause, at > o clock
p. M, upon the Goth day OF July. 1915,
and answer plaintiff S complaint on
file in said court, or plaintiff will take
judgment against you as prayed in said
complaint.
This action is brought to recover from
you the sum of S22o.75 upon five causes,
Of action, as follows:
Upon an assigned promissory note for
$4,000, drawn in favor of G. w. Spauld-
ing, on August 5, 1910, with accrued in.
terest amounting to $26.1O.
For $780,, money advanced w. w
Stephens for your use and benefit; for
the sum of $15.75 for money paid the
Blackfoot Trainers Milling company
upon guaranteed account for goods
sold and delivered to you; for the sum
of $455, an assigned account by the
Blackfoot Mercantile company, Ltd,
Blackfoot, Idaho, together with
interest on said accounts as in said
complaint stated; for the sum of $780,
90 legal services rendered you by the.
said plaintiff since the LIST day Of
March, 1913; all of which is more fully
set out in the verified complaint on file
IN said action, to which reference is,
hereby made.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said
court this 10th day of June, 1915.
Il. A. DOUD,
>a Probate Judge.
(SEAL)
j. H. Andersen, residence, Blackfoot,
Idaho, attorney for the plaintiff.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
State of Idaho,
County of Bingham,
School District No. 20.

Pursuant to the authority and direc-
ton conferred upon the Board of
Trustees of School District No. 80, in
Bingham county, State of Idaho, at a
certain special bond election held at
the Porterville school house in said dis
trict on June 90, 1915, between the
hours of ! O'Clock p. m. and O'Clock
Up. m. (authorizing the issuance of bonds
hereinafter mentioned), and a certain
resolution and order duly adopted by
the Board of Trustees at special meet
| ing thereof duly called and held in said
district at six clock p. M of the day
and date aforesaid, authorizing and d.
recting the issuance, execution, and
sale of certain bonds of said school dis
| trict to the amount of $5,5OO.OO, being
building bonds of said school district
No. 20, comprised of eleven bonds mum
bered from | to IL, both inclusive, of
the denomination of $500 each, dated
July l., 1918, due and payable July /,
1925, redeemable at option of School
District years from date of issuance,
bearing interest at the rate of six per
cent. per annum, payable annually on
January LIST, and Julyst, of each year,
both principal and interest payable at
the county treasurer s office in Black
foot, Idaho, or at the option of the pur-
c hasers at any banking house in the city
and State of New York, U. S. A.
Said building bonds are being is
sued and sold for the purpose of pro-
viding funds to build school house
within and for said school district and
furnishing the same with the necessary
school furniture.
Public notice is hereby given that
sealed bids for said bonds will be re-
ceived at the office of the clerk of the
undersigned Board of Trustees of said
school district at Blackfcot, r. F. D.
No. l, Bingham county, Idaho, in said
school district, until Saturday, the 7th
day of August, 1915, at the hour of 10
o clock a. m. of said day, and the said
bonds shall not be sold for less than
their par value; and said board of school
trustees hereby reserve the right to re-
ject any and all bids, and to sell said
bonds at private sale at the office of
the County Superintendent of Public In
struction Of Bingham county, at her Of
flee in the court house in Blackfoot,
Idaho, on the 18th day of August, 1915,
between the hours of 10 and IL clock
a. m. of said day.
Dated June IS, 1915.
Board of Trustees of School District
No. 20, Bingham County, Idaho.
ALBERT GARDNER.
tSEAL) Chairman.
G. A. TAYLOR,
Member.
Attest:
A. A. ZIEGLER,
Clerk. 7-1-S.5