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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21
EARTHQUAKE in ITALY
KILLS over $4,000
Most Destructive Shock in History
Levels 20 Towns Nation Rent
by Disaster.

Rome, Jan. 1.-THE toll of dea,
and injured in the great earthquake,
that has swept over central ant
southern Italy has not yet beer
made up, but all advices reaching
Rome indicate the growing ex
tent of the disaster.
Towns with thousands of inhabi
tants have been overthrow, and
from some of these come details
which show an immense loss of life
The estimates ran tonight from u.s.
900 to $4,000 dead and injured, and
yet there are several sections, which
undoubtedly felt the earthquake in
full measure, from which no estimate
can be obtained.
In the ancient territory of Marsi,
which includes Avezzano, the victims
are placed at 10000. Only a small
minority is left of the inhabitants of
Avezzano, who numbered approx
mately 10000. Fifteen other towns
and villages in that section have
been laid waste. King Victor En-
manuel is on the scene at Avezzano
and $4,000 soldiers have been dis
patched TO the various centers where
the force of the disturbance was
greatest.
So far as is known about 20 towns
have been absolutely leveled.
Rome, Jan. 15.-From $4,000 to
so, 900 still remains the unofficial es-
innate of the casualties resulting
from the earthquake which rocked
southern and central Italy early
Wednesday morning.
The amount of damage done can
not yet be determined from the mea-
ger descriptions of the catastrophe
that have reached Rome over the
nampered lines of communication.
Such details as have come through |
leave no doubt, however, that nearly
100 towns and villages have been
demolished or partly wrecked, and
that great loss of life resulted.
Thousands of persons have lair.
for nearly three days beneath
crumbled buildings throughout the
zone. Some are dead,
others are living. Many have been /
'emoved from the wreckage and !
'rought 10 Rome hospitals for treat
nent or are being cared for in their i
ONE towns in temporary structures
resided over by physicians and {
urses rushed from the capital and t
Their cities in Italy.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21
NOTICE FOR CREDITORS

In the Probate Court of the County of Lewis
State OF Idaho.
In the matter Of the estate of William Tran
tow, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Administrative of the estate of VIM. Trantow
deceased, to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers,
within 10 months after the first publication of
this notice, to the Administrative at her
home one mile south of Mohler, Idaho, the
same being the place for the transaction of the
business of sad estate in the County of Lewis.
State of Idaho.
Signed and dated at Nezperce, Idaho, this 4th
day of January, A. D. 1915.
Marie Trantow.
31-4 Administrative.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21

Whenever you hear a man glori.
flying the fact and talking of the
good old days, you may be sure
that mans physical and intellectual
powers are waning, and that he is
straggling farther and farther behind
in the rush of the worlds progress.
The best thing about the good old
days is that they have not a return
ticket. Meadows Eagle.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

diseased portion of the ear. There Is only on
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitution
al remedies Deafness is caused by inHamed
condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachiar
Tube. When this tube is indamed you have [
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and wheI
it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, ant
unless the Inflammation be taken out. and
this tube restored to its normal condition, hear
ing Will be destroyed forever; nine cases out OF
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing bu1
an infaIned condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu'
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21
Want a Hog?

Harry c. Kennedy, of Route 8,
having bought the entire herd of
blooded stock of J. w. Willis of Fer
dinand, has a few choice males of
the Duroc Jersey breed, with pedi-
gree, and any farmer wanting a good
foundation for his herd will do we'll
to call up at once. Phone 8412,
Nezperce.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21

Chamberlain's Cough Remody-The
Mothers Favorite.
81 give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
my children when they have colds or coughs,"
writes Mrs. Verne Shaffer, Vandergrift, Pa.
ut always helps them and is far superior to
any other cough medicine have used. 1
advise anyone in need of such medicine to
give it trial" For sale by all DEALERS
Advertisement.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21
IDAHO METAL OUTPUT IN 1914.
New Record Production Of Silver,
Lead, and Zinc.

The depressions of the metal mar
ket that followed the declaration o
war abroad did not prevent Idah,
mines from again making recore
production of silver, lead, and zinc
according to preliminary estimates
C. N Gerry, of the United States
Geological Survey.
The value of the gold, silver, cop
per, lead, and zinc produced at these
mines in 1914 was $24,141, 900,
against S4,14o, 049 in 1918.
The gold output decreased from
ST. ,344 $50 in 1918 to ILLS, 900 in
1914, or about II per cent, owing
mainly to heavy falling off in yield
from the De Lamar mine, in Owyhee
County.
The production of silver increased
from $780, 1913 ounces in 1913 to
100000 ounces in 1914, or 80
per cent, and Idaho was probably
the second silver producer of the
United States in 1914, Nevada being
first. Though the price rer ounce
was lower, the value of the total sill
yer increased from Sc, 033,473 to
81, 900. Nearly all this output
came from lead ore and concentrate
most of which is mined in the Occur
d'Alene district of Shoshone County.
The largest increases in silver were
from the Bunker Hill, Stewart, Cal
edonia, Sierra Nevada, Greenhill,
Hercules, and Tamarack & Custer
mines.
The copper production of Idaho
was greatly affecte d by market con-
and decreased from 1892,
966 pounds in 1913 to 5,500,0O0
pounds in 1914.
The mine production of lead in
creased from 317 ,871,o45 pounds in
1913 to 345,o 100000 pounds in 1914
,r nearly9 per cent more than the
-ecord production of the preceding
year.
Shipments of zinc ore and concen-
rate from Idaho mines increased |
rom 33,178 tons in 1918 to about
j 900 tons in 1914
The principal dividend payers in
IDAHO in 1914 were the Bunker Hill,
hercules, Federal, Stewart, Hecla,
and Snow Storm.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21
EXECUTORS NOTICE OF SALE
OF REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue of an order OF the Probate Court,
made on the Sth day of December, 1914, l win,
in obedience to said order, on Tuesday, the
Goth day of December, 1914. next, at IL O'Clock
a M. at the Court House in the town OF Nez-
perez and county of Lewis, State of Idaho, sell
at private sale the interest of the estate of Bert
Anderson deceased, in and to certain Lot or
Tract of Land, described as follows:
The northeast quarter of section s. Town
ship "a North of Range One East of the Boise
Meridian. situated in Lewis County Idaho.
Sealed bids may be lied with the clerk of the
probate court of Lewis county Idaho, at any
time prior to the date of said sale,
Terms of Sale-Cash. lawful money of the
United States; ten per cent of purchase money
to be paid at the date of SALE and the balance
on conf rmation by the probate court of Lewis
county, Idaho.
Dated Deem Der 9th, 1914.
Lottie May Anderson
Executrix of the estate of Bert Anderson decd
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21

Geo. E. Tatkoe, one of the most
prosperous ranchers of the lilo sec
ton arrived in the city Monday as a
witness in a land contest case and
remained over Tuesday and Wed
nesday to attend the Tri-County
farmers meeting.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21
Real Estate Transfers

WD. Joshua Kline & VT to R A
Damrose $1,000 sw4 SO 1w.
QCD. Walter J Muriel & wf to
Amanda T Freeman ST Its l Q blk 3
Kamiah.
WD- VIM A Libert & VT to 7 C
Jansen 81 se4nw4 ne4sw4 II IS lie.
WD. Jonas Hofer & VT to J Ma
lige $3.50 Its 6 7 blk 8 Vollmer.
WD. E S Booth & VT to Elwood
B Brown $40 1t blk % Nezperce.
WD. Raebell Crockett to R L
Ragon $1,000 se4neA (nw4) ne4sw4
nw4se4 sw4ne4 II 50 2w.
Patent. U S to Geo H Ellis Ell
nw4 easw4 10 "a lie.
WD. Allen H West & wife TO
Mollie R Hardenbrook 81 lots IA Is
16 blk Stuart's addition to KAN
iah.
WD. A Farmer to Jesse Robert
son $500 10. blk "a Nezperce.
QCD. w w Morrison & VT to T
M Davis 81 Its blk Do Morrow.
P. J. Miller, the Ito banker, was
in the county capital on business
Saturday.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-01-21

Guaranteed coal at $40. Ramey
Lumber Co.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-17
BAFFLEp

Mother was rather angry with you
last night.
why? didn't kiss you.
Gust so. And she waited al the
evening at the keyhole for nothing
kansas City Journal.
-O-O
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-17
WELL PUT

A clever convict, who wanted more
than the regular prison fare once
made complaint in rather ingenious
terms. An inspector entered the
mans cell and found it very hot and
stufy.
''Why have you got your Ventflator
clOsed?" he asked.
The prisoner answered plaintively:
'We1, inspector, the last time I
had the ventilator open a wasp flew
in, you see, and carried OF my dinner
while my back was turned"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-17
EASIER JOB

EASIER JOB
MotheE-Bobbie, I'm ashamed Of
you. You are the eldest and ought
to be an example to Raymond and
Archie
Bobbie-Wel, III be an example
to Ray; but I won't be an example
to both of 'em. Rays got to be it
for Archie.-Omaha Bee.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-17
FEATHERWElGHTS

do ye ken which are the lghtest
men in Scotland, England, and Ire
land?" asked TOugal.
ma" says Tonal, ''Fm nae think
ing I ken"
"Well," says TOugal, there are the
men o. Cork in Ireland, the men O.
Ayr in Scotland, but there are light
ermen in London. Hoots, mont
Tit Bits
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10

one DR.. Arthur l.. Blunt Of Chicago
was charged with aiding drug users
in violating the Harrison anti-narcotic
law His attorneys. seeking a writ
of habeas corpus, argued before Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands OF the Unit
ed States court that the Harrison law
is unconstitutional in that il denies to
drug users the pursuit of happiness.
This opens an interesting field of
speculation. Is hitting the pipe really
the pursuit of happiness guaranteed
TO all American citizens under their
constitution? After they have hit it
do they get happiness?
Is not all indulgence in crime and
vice open to the same argument? II
you think it Will make you happy 10
kill your neighbor. doesn't the con-
stitution guarantee YOU the right 10
pursue your joy? Haven't you a right,
by the same august document. TO
drown your sorrows in drink. to burn
your own house or your neighbours in
order TO roast your pig. to steal. riot
and make a nuisance Of yourself gen.
orally if thereby you think you can
attain your hearts desire?
What is happiness. anyhow Is il
the mere sensual pleasure Of the mo-
ment. followed. as all such pleasures
are, by more than proportionate
pain? Or is it the satisfaction which
comes TO a self-reliant but self-cOn-
trolled being. doing his work in free
dom and tempering his own rights
to his neighbor's comfort?
The pursuit OF happiness is our
right But what is happiness?
Judge Lands denied the writ and
Or. Blunt was at last accounts pur-
suing his in Jail.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
FEEDING THE WORLD.
wheeling Register

Official figures of the department of
commerce disprove the contention of
some republican newspapers that ex-
pOrtatiOn Of munitions of war are re-
sponsible for the unprecedented trade
balance of a billion dollars in favor
of the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 80. They show, on
the contrary, that our shipments of
foodstuffs. which for the II months
up 10 June l, aggregated $724, 900, 900
in value, had more than anything else
To do with the fine showing the
amount of such goods sent abroad
during the preceding year having to-
tailed only 100000
Increases over the preceding year
are shown in different foodstuffs as
follows: Wheat, 164,OOO,OOO bushels
oats, S6,000,000 bushels; flour, 15,OOO,-
600 barrels; fresh beef, $4,000, 600
pounds. Various packing house prod
ucts increased in proportion. The fig
ures indicate what an important role
the United States is playing at present
that Of the butcher, baker and farm
er for belligerent Europe. Our snip
ments off munitions, especially shrap-
mel and heavy shells. are said to have
only fairly begun. There is every
reason to believe that if the war con-
tinues the American trade balance for
the present year will exceed that of
last year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
THE .MUGGY" NIGHT.
(CleVeland Plain nealer.)

Windows must be open, for other
wise life and work are impossible 1t
is a heavy night, rather hot. very
greasy, quite still and dead. The win
dows must be left open, and. if one
would work. there must be lights.
Around the lights dart and buzz and
flutter a dense swarm of mites and
bugs. There are little green fellows.
and gray fellows and black fellows.
They buzz and flutter most abomin-
ably, and they alight on your wrists
and your nose and your book. They
are stupid fellows. too They do not,
like the canny mosquito or the agile
fly. recognize the approach of an en-
envy. You may squash them by doz-
ems or by hundreds without protest
on their part and without difficulty.
They make no attempt TO escape.
But it really is not worth while to
squash them. 1t is impossible to
diminish their numbers. They come
from nowhere, and tomorrow morn
ing they will be dead poor. aimless.
sticky little bugs. born of the mug
giness, and bound nowhither.
There comes q laundering big
beetle, and bumps his head twice or
thrice against the incandescent globe:
then is discouraged, ard tumbles.
sprawling. 10 the floor. TO kick for
half an hour and expire. \ dozen
Y dldNd Solu4tlo III llllO TIE liz ILL.,
transparent, evanescent, spirits Of dis
comfort. Their life, too, is the span
of a single night: and il is spent in
nervous, aimless. tiresome exertion.
They are striving after nothing at all,
and striving nightly. Exhausted
moribund, scarcelv able to wiggle their
antennae. they drop at last.
Everything squirms The human
squirms under countless chronological
irritations. He prays for a thunder
storm, or n cool breeze. or even a
visitation OF dry heat Mugginess. to
the human, is the most deplOrable of
atmospheric conditions.
But il is in mugginess that the little
fellows. who live but a night find
their great delight. 1t needs muggi
ness to bring them forth. From a hu-
man, unitarian standpoint, there is
no reason for things that fit about the
light and tickle ones neck. But from
the standpoint OF the filters there is
no excuse for the mountainous hu-
man who sits in the light and is
peeyish. So, perhaps, il is a stand
off. and the human and the bug are
equally uncomprehending Of the real
reason
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
THE CoTToN PRoRLEM AGAIN.

The cotton situation is beginning TO
worry the south again. when il hasn't
got through worrying about the dis
posal Of last years crop. says the
Augusta Chronicle:
The solemn fact is that if the
British embargo Is not lifted be-
fore another cotton crop is thrown
on the market. the south will be
in a worse fix than it has been
since the Civil war
Until recently there seemed no Sc
riOus cause for alarm The prOstra-
ton Of the cotton-growing industry
and the resulting business paralysis
OF the south. brought or BY the closing
Of the foreign market in the early
months Of the war. had been largely
overcome. During the winter and
spring the cotton moved TO Europe in
a steady volume. rising so far above
the average in some months as event
ually TO bring the total sales almost up
TO normal The huge crop of q, OOO.-
600 bales has by no means all been
sold yet but there has been no
such disaster as the pessimists antici-
pated.
The new crop is expected TO total
$500. 900 bales less than last year. The
governments advice to reduce the cot
ton area and raise more variegated
crops has been largely followed. The
acreage has been reduced from last
years 37,4O6,0OO 10 81, $50, 900. The
estimated crop would be near the av-
erage for recent years. and if the for
eign cotton market were not changing
so ominously it would presumably
bring about the average income. But
Great Britain's action is making the
remunerative disposal of this years
cotton, a crop second in Importance
only to our wheat a very doubtful
matter.
Britain, without putting cotton on
the contraband list, has been holding
up cargoes destined for enemy and
neutral countries until the foreign
market is demoralized. 1t is feared
that TIE recent decision of the Ger
man government to take control Of
ali the raw cotton in Germany may
result in Britain declaring the product
absolute cOntraband, which would
leave us without legal recourse. Mean
while. our government is bound to
use every possible means 20 induce
Great Britain to stop interfering with
our customary expectation Of cotton,
at least to the neutral countries with
which we have an inalienable right
TO carry on our trade
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
BOYS AT PLAY
Ohio State Journal.


The training of the youth of these
days seems to be carried on upon the
idea that the boy and girl have no
inventive genius of their own, and
even the opportunity to play must be
provided or there won't be any play
ing. Thus self-reliance is being dis
couraged and dependence upon others
is made a part of the outfit in life.
The right training of youth must put
self-reliance as the very first consider
alton. Those boys of a former gener-
alton, who used to contrive all their
playthings and originate their own
devices for having exercises and fun,
are today the captains of industry and
the great leaders in the worlds trade
Will the boys of today be the leaders
of enterprise in the next generation?
There are some reasons for doubling
it.
A boys play is the best thing in his
life, and nothing should stand in its
way, but where older hands are SUI
pervising it and telling him how it is
to be done and providing the ways
and means the very soul is taken out
of it. A few years ago the boys used
to do all the ST nts that the colleges
have appropriated and changed to
somber art or classic tricks. In those
days the boys jumped bars, skinned
cats, threw big bOulders, ran races,
turned handsprings, just for the fun
of it and never thought of getting
their names in the papers or display
ing athletic shinS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
BUSINESS AND MILITIA ORGANI'
XATIONS.

1t is a difficult matter to develop
efficient militia and national guard
organizations. One of the worst OBJ
stacles is the trouble militia men COM
monty experience in getting away
from their employments for military
maneuvers.
The present critical diplomatic sit
uation should have a lesson for bust
ness men. They usually realize theo-
retically that a body of militia is a
necessity. But when it comes &c let
ting this or that emplOye have a
weeks vacation to attend camp, they
are apt to balk.
Militia men can not get much mill
tary practice merely by drilling in
halls and on the streets of their own
town. They need TO get out into the
country, practice the routine of war,
and get an idea OF what actual fight
ing would be like. a couple of weeks
a year would be none too much.
When a man takes an oath to obey
the orders of his superiors in case of
war, he is making a patriotic contri-
button greater than anything in mere
money. The employer is not going
half way in patriotism. unless he is
willing to contribute by giving the
recruit leave TO attend camp.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
"WORST FORM OF AMERICAN
ISM"

There was an echo OF the Thaw case
in London the other day, of a sort
that isn't hattering 10 the bench and
bar Of the United states. A prisoner
was on trial charged with having
drowned three wives in a bathtub
(consecutively) for the sake of col
lecting their life insurance. Two ply
sicians were called in by the prosecu-
tion TO testify TO the prisoners mental
condition. That seems to have been
novelty in English court procedure.
The attorney for the defense. in his
address to the jury. declared
such medical evidence opens the
door TO the worst form OF Americans
ism i'm the administration of Justice.
Suppose the prisoner had not been a
pauper. as he is. but was possessed
OF unlimited means like many recent
American prisoners. He could have
secured experts TO say that the cause
OF death was other than the one given
by the experts for the crown"
At that very moment the long
drawn battle of the experts over the
cAIAAN Ol hurry IldM was IT It's lltAH III
again. with no hope of immediate or
conclusive decision. II is nearly ten
years since Stanford White was shot,
and yet the courts don't seem to sknow
whether his slayer was sane at that
time. or has been sane since. or is sane
now. and are still uncertain what
should be done with him. The case
of the London murderer was definite
~ disposed OF within a month OF the
commission of the crime that led to
his arrest.
An even more hagrant example OF
the "Americanism' sneered at by the
British barrister. though in a slightly
different form. is seen in the case Of
Lieut.. Becker of the New York police
force. He is still alive and striving to
escape the penalty for his crime. al
though the four moneyless and friend
less gunner who acted as his accom-
plices and were convicted on the same
basic evidence were years ago sent
with short shrift beyond the reach Of
bought testimony and reprieving tech
niCalitieS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
TIE MOTHER-IN-LAW.

For countless ages the mOther-iu-
law has been the victim of decayed
Jests. until il has become one of the
most melancholy subjects in existence.
And yet many a good man has deep
affection and profound respect for his
mother-in-law. and is not ashamed OF
IL. Laugh az him too. II YOU will
He knows that the one girl whom in
the sweet freshness OF youth he chose
from among all others 10 bless his
life owes her lovely 9lities to the
woman who is now his mother-in-law,
but was first and is always her moth
er he remembers how that mother
gave up TO him her most precious
treasure on earth. loved as only "A
Inother can love a girl. smiled bravely
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-10
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

think they were committing a crime
TO romp and laugh and shout. They
had never been permitted to do SO be-
fore, without being chased by the Off
GERS. So they could not understand
it, and were cowed when any one APP
preached, lest they be punished.
This mental attitude upon the part
of children is not peculiar to New
York. 1t too frequently exists in the
homes. They are called down" so
often for this or that, they are COM
PEELED 10 move in such circumscribed
limits, they are so hampered in their
youthful buoyancy, that even in the
houses where they abide there is
sometimes the fear, the timidness that
comes from feeling that they may be
punished for playing.