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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11
FIGURES THAT
SPELL DESPAIR
FOR ADMINISTRATION PLEDGED
TO RIGID ECONOMY, AMPLE
REVENUES AND INDUS
TRIAL PROSPERITY.

From Speech of Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, de-
liyered in the 23d Congressional Dis
trict, New York City, during the re-
cent campaign:
1T is now, and always has been,
a characteristic Of the Democratic
party to promise all things to all
men and then proceed, if successful
in deluding a sufficient number of
voters, to carry out or to repudiate
just so many of their promises as
may seem to fit the demands of the
occasions as they may arise. You re-
member the solemn protestations of
good faith that accompanied the
platform enunciated by the Demo
cratic Convention of 1912. Each plank
was sacred pledge intended to be
redeemed to the letter. That was
what they said before election. What
did they do after election?
Let me enumerate a few Of those
piCuScb anu iSdFS II " yOu W W
the judges Of the fact of their re-
demption. Rigid economy in contra
distinction to Republican extrava-
gance; ample revenues for the sup
port of the Government; industrial
prosperity under a tariff law which
provided for effective competi ion;'
reduction in The cost of living; free
tolls for American ships in the Pana-
ma Canal; the rehabilitation of the
American merchant marine; strict en-
forcement and extension of the Civil
Service; a single Presidential term,
and many other things. Merely to
state them is to effectively bring be-
fore your minds the evidence of their
complete reputation.
what of their promised rigid
economy? The fact is that the last
Democratic Congress appropriated OF
the peoples money SIT, 600, 900 more
than any Republican Congress in his
tory, and it would have been far
worse, worse by millions upon mil
lions, had it not been for certain Re
publican Senators, who not only wait
ed watchfully, but acted effectively
to check the rapacity of the pork
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

ingenious, If you please, but even it
could not stop the process of erosion.
Within twenty days the balance had
fallen to s116, 100000, loss of $12,-
100000 even under this new and en-
lightened method Under the old
time-honored method of keeping the
public accounts this shows that there
is today a balance in the Treasury
Of not more than about S2O,OO0,0 900,
and with the continued loss of some
thing like 100000 a day it is not
difficult to estimate when the Unit
ed States Treasury runs dry.
THE American people, gentlemen,
under this Administration, are rid
ing hell-bent to bankruptcy and pay
ing for the privilege with war tax
Their boosted prosperity has not
come. Want and misery have pre-
vailed in the land Some industries,
it is true, are prosperous, but they
are industries which are not supply
ing the American market, but the
markets of the warning countries OF
Europe" o
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11
ONTARIO FACES
REVENUE PROBLEM

An Ontario correspondent says the
new administration OF that city to be
elected this fall will have some new
problems to work out and the affairs
of the city will necessarily have to
be arranged on an entirely new
basis. The anti-saloon law which goes
into effect January 1, will reduce the
revenue Of the city about $4,000 Un-
til recently it was supposed that the
shortage could be made up by rails
ing the tax levy. but a new state
law passed at the last legislature pro
hibits this. The law provides that no
city shall by direct taxation make
levy which will raise taxes over 6
per cent of the total amount receiv-
ed by taxation for the preceding
year. City Attorney McCullcch has
been called upon to interpret this
law, and he says there is no way to
get around 1t.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

claim and set aside as a day of holt
day, rejoicing and Thanksgiving unto
God, Thursday, November rs, 1915,
and I do urge people everywhere in
this great commonwealth to assemble
in places of worship during some
hour of that day to lift their voices
or to join one with the other in sing
ing songs of praise and the giving
Of thanks for all the many blessings
they have received during the year
last past"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11
These are fat days for the Amer

These are fat days for the Ameri-
can farmer man With crops valued
at five and half billion dollars,
with peace at home while the war
ring nations OF the world have to
be fed, he is apt to reflect more or
less seriously upon the fact that a
righteous respect for the Divine laws
governing the great brotherhood OF
man has not been without it's re-
ward. Whatsoever a man soweth
that shall he also reap" applies to
the multiplied nations of the Earth
today with just as much truth as it
did to the children of men when the
world was young.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11
WAR TAX INVOLVED
IN LITIGATION
BIG TRUST COMPANIES ARE TRY
ING TO RECOVER AMOUNTS
PAID BY Them UNDER
THE Law.

Washington. d. c., Nov. AID
ministration officials are alarmed at
the possibility Of a further loss in
revenue.
Some months ago certain trust
companies brought suit to recover
amounts paid by them under the
war tax law. Their example was
followed by others, until at the
present time practically every dol
lar paid by the trust companies
under the war tax law is involved
in litigation.
The first of these cases is set for
trial before December /. 1t is appar-
ent that the administration is by
|no means confident of the integrity
of the law Congress enacted, for
additional counsel has been employ
ed to aid government attorneys IN
defending the suits. 1t Is said that
unusually large retainers have been
paid on both sides for legal advice.
The litigation is particularly vexa-
tious to the government because Con-
gress laid the foundation for it by
stupid blunder. The tax involved is
levied under section of the war
tax law referring to banks and
bankers. At the time it was passed
federal courts had already declared
that a statute identical in terms, so
far as trust companies were con-
cerned. with the present law, was
insufficient to make trust companies
liable for the tax imposed.
1t is said that if Congress had ex-
ercised ordinary caution and drafted
the war tax law so that 1t should
not conflict with precedent ALREADY
established by federal courts, the
litigation could have been avoided.
By carelessly neglecting this elemen-
tary principle. Congress virtually
gave the trust companies mortgage
on all the revenue they have paid,
which they may foreclose by Judicial
procedure.
: A decision adverse to the govern
ment would be unusually embarrass-
ing at this time. In the first place,
it would mean further shrinkaSe IN
revenues directly due to Democratic
carelessness. The treasury deficit
long ago assumed ugly proportions,
and additional leakages would be
both financially and polit-
ically.
Furthermore, it is proposed 10
reenact the war tax
law. which automatically expires
December 81, 1915. This places the
on the two horns OF
a dilemma. II the paragraph by
which trust companies are taxed Is
amended, it is confession Of error.
But IL it is reenacted without amend
ment, and the courts later decide
against the validity of the law,
large sum In revenues will be lost.
"By their fruits ye shall know
them The administration has pro-
posed a program of legislation for
national defense that calls for the
highest degree OF accuracy and effi-
cheney IN law making, and fiscal
policy that will finance it. The mud
die over the trust company tax Is
an apt illustration of complete Demo
cratic failure on both counts.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

barrel advocates. All this, mind you,
in the face Of falling revenues, fall
ing revenues in time of world-peace;
falling revenues before war was
falling revenues in spite of increased
importations, not only before, but
after the war. Then came what they
called the war tax, a tax burdensome
ard oppressive in the extreme; tax
imposed on objects and business
transactions never before taxed in
history except when this country it.
self was actually at war. The name
War Tax Is a gross mtsnomer.
Some such tax was inevitable, war
or no war, to remedy the deficiency
caused by the Underwood Tariff Law
1t was a deficiency tax, pure and
simple, but even with the hundred
million dollars additional revenue
that this tax raised, the deficit grew
and the Treasury balance continued
to fall.
"On the first of July a year ago
the balance in the Treasury was
more than $40, 900, 900. On the day
Congress convened, when the De-
mocracy started their Treasury raid,
it had shrunk to $66.OO0.O00. BY the
end of June it had shrunk to prac-
tically nothing at all 1t was difficult
to find out just what it was because
the policy OF pitiless publicity went
Treasury balance was not given to
the newspapers. A windfall came,
though, during the last two or three
days of June. The screws Rad been
put on as they never had been be-
fore to collect the last possible cent
Of the income tax, and on the first
of July it was bearded to the coun-
try that the Treasury balan was
something like seventy million do
lars. Again the process of erosion
set in and the balance began to
dwindle until on the last of S ptem-
Der it was about cut in half. The
Treasury was running behind more
than s10,000,000 a month. The policy
of pitiless publicity would soon have
had to take another vacation. The
situation would not look well to the
public. They would begin to compare
,he balance with Republic an bal noes
and so new method was hit upon,
designed simply and solely to fool
the people.
ION the first OF October the Trea--
sury balance was announced to be
some s128, 100000, and accompanying
It was a brief statement to the ef-
'ect that the Treasury officials had
changed their methods of bookkeep-
ing. For the first time in hundred
years the Treasury accounts were
juggled to make a good showing.
Methods of high finance had found
their way into the management of
the peoples money. This method was
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

The convention OF the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress which
is soon to meet In Washington, D..
c., has an important work to perform
in furthering the improvement and
use OF the inland waterways OF the
United States. thus preventing an
absolute control of inland transpor-
tatioa by the railroads. But what
ever may be done along that line
will have to be free from any sus-
picion of combinations with those
who are expecting to be benefited
by the passage of pork barrel" ap-
preparation bill under the cloak Of
. National defense measure.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

One of the best Durham pulls m
this county at Ranch Of G. r. Drap-
er, one and half miles west OF
Payete. Terms, s1.O0 cash. PRIVILEGE
Of return. adv zlu
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

Wanted in carload lots-Good drop
or windfall and &c" grade OF winter
varieties of apples.-A. e. Wood. AZ:
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

Anyone having fat hogs or ~
cattle for sale will do well to ca
Up phone 2s9-J. 4-tf
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

FOR RENT room house. 303,
.rd Ave North.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

TO LOAN: 81, 900 or $1,000. on good
sscurity.-L. p. Peterson. 44-1.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-11

Mr.. Bryan's denunciation of Pred-
dent wilson's National defense pro-
gram threatens to split the Demo
cratic party as completely In twain
a. Colonel Roosevelts denunciation
OF President raft's administration did
the Republican party at the Chicago
convention. It has ever been thus
with men who have been largely re-
sronsible for the promotion OF their
friends. They somehow expect to see
. reflection OF their own thoughts
and a continuation of the policies
they have stood for, regardless OF
subsequent conditions and changing
environments. It would therefore be
but the irony OF fate II President
Wilson should find himself in the
same unpleasant position that CON
lronted his predecessor three years
ago In lodging Colonel Roosevelts
National defense brickbats he has
colhded with Colonel Bryan's peace
dove which, contrary to its reputa-
ton, appears to be strictly on the
peck. As in the case Of Colonel
Roosevelt and President Taft. the
disagreement between Colonel Bryan
and President Wilson promises TO
result in q bitter struggle for the
leadership and control Of their party.
In the opinion Of the Globe. Brook
Ign, N. T.. Quilted States Senator
William e. Borah Is the logical can
didate OF the Republican party for
president to run on a liberal plat
form. 1t says editorially:
Neither Democrats nor Republi-
cans can afford to ignore the mean
ing OF the manifesto of Senator vii
liam e. Borah, demanding the read
tustment ON broad scale OF our
tariff laws, with a view of meeting
conditions sure to develop when the
European war ends. Mr.. Borah, it
i true, comes from Idaho, q small
state. His personality is larger than
Idaho, however. And If, as he hopes,
and expects. the Republican party
is to write next year the most ad-
vanced and liberal platform it has
adopted since 1861 then not Elihu
Root, nor Senator Burton Of Ohio.
nor Senator Weeks OF Massachusetts.
but Senator Bcrah OF Idaho 10 the
really logical candidate to run on
such a platform. He would certainly
come closer to bringing back all the
Rooseveltians to the organization
than even Justice Hughes who has
been mentioned BY Colonel Roosevelt
n acceptable"
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-11-11

erythfng that Elaine had unpacked.
Then he began on the little writing
desk. the dresser and the bureau draw
ers. A subtle smile flashed over his
face as he came to one drawer that
was locked. He pulled a sectional
Jimmy from his coat and forced 1t
open.
There lay the precious torpedo.
The man clutched at 1t with a look
OF exultation. Without another glace
at the room he rushed to the window.
seized the rope and pulled himself to
the roof. going as he had come.
1t did not take me long to unpack
the few things had brought and was
soon back agai. in the living room,
where Aunt Jose phine Joined me In a
few minutes.
Just as Elaine came hurriedly down
the stairway and started toward me,
Del Mar entered from the porch. She
stopped. Del Mar watched her close
ly. Had she found anything? He was
sure Of IT,
Her hesitation was only for q mo.
ment, however. Walter" she said,
may speak TO you a moment? Ex.
cuse us, please!"
Aunt Josephine went out toward the
back OF the house to see how the
servants were getting on. while fol.
lowed Elaine upstairs. Del Mar with
a bow seated himself and opened his
magazine. No sooner had We gone,
however, than he laid 1t down and eau.
tiously followed US.
Elaine was evidently very much ex.
cited as she enterd her dainty little
room and closed the door. Walter"
she cried. I've found the torpedo!"
We looked about at the general dis.
order. Why" she exclaimed nerv.
ously. someone has been here-and
! locked the door, too"
She almost ran over to her bureau
drawer. II had been iimmied open I'm
the few minutes while she was down.
stairs. The torpedo was gone. We
looked at each other, aghast.
Behind us, however, We did not see
the keen and watchful eyes OF Del
Mar. opening the door and peering In.
Perhaps half mile down the road,
the farmer abandoned his hayrack
and now. followed by his peculiar dog,
walked back. He stopped at point
In the road where he could see the
Dodge house In the distance, sat on
the rail fence and lighted a blackened
corncob pipe.
There he sat for some time appar-
emily engrossed In his own thoughts
about the weather. the dog lying at
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his feet. Now and then he looked
iixedly toward Dodge Hall.
Suddenly his vigilant attention
seemed to be riveted on the house.
He drew field glass from his pocket
and leyeled 1t. Sure enough. there
was a man coming out OF a window,
pulling himself up to the roof by q
rope and going across the rooftree.
he lowered the glasses quickly and
climbed off the fence with a hitherto
unwonted energy.
Come. Searchlight." he called to the
dog. as together they moved of quick.
ly In the direction he had been look
ing.
Del Mars men were coming through
the hedge that surrounded the Dodge
estate just as the farmer and his dog
stepped out in front OF them from be-
hind thicket.
Just minute" he called. Il want
to speak to you"
He enforced his words with a vi.
cious looking gun. 1t was two to one
and they closed with him. Before he
could shoot, they had knocked the gun
out OF his hand Then they tried to
break away and run.
But the farmer seized one OF them
and held him. Meanwhile the dog de.
veloped traits all his own. He ran In
and out between the legs of the other
man until he threw him. There he
stood. over him. The man attempted
to rise. Again the dog threw him and
kept him down. lie was a trained Bel
gian sheep hound, = splendid police
dog.
"confound the brute" growled the
man, reaching for his gun.
As he drew II, the dog seized his
wrist and with cry the man dropped
the gun. That. too, was Dart OF the
dogs training.
While the farmer and the other man
struggled on the ground, the torpedo
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-11-11
SYNOPSIS.

AttoF nc finding OF WI FaHg's body and
kennedy's disappearsnee submarine ap-
gears the following morning on the bay
man nlnnges overheard from II and
~~ins ashore. II Ia the entrance OF Mar
home ora OF WI fang's men is trying to
obtain information OF Kennedy and the
i.s, torpedo. His plan is blocked by Del
ahTs ARRIVAL. who also succeeds In win
Ming Eiatne's confidence Later she is
warned BY u little old man to be careful.
pei Mars mission at the Dodge house was
20 locate and recover the torpedo He
would have been successful had Ii not
teen for flains's dog. Rusty, who dug IL
from the flower pot, while Del Mar and
Elaine were taking only few feet away.
husty carried tho torpedo To the attic,
The little old man meets Del Mar at the
Dodge homo. They draw guns together,
gases from the exploded shells OF the old
mah's revolver overcome Del Mar and
Elaine. and the old man of mystery es-
capes. Shortly after this affair Elaine
gives masquerade ball Del Mar at
leads. Neither he nor his domino girl
can locate the torpedo A gray rriar
warns Eialne and Jameson OF Del Mars
purpose. and his plans are upset. Del
Mar succeeds In getting this girl in
f3aine'H home as n maid. She finds the
Torpedo N the attic. places IL In trunk,
which With others Is sent to Elaiue's
country home. A hodup on the train
takes place. Del Mars men carry the
trunk away only to find On opening IL
mat they have the wrong one
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worked It's way half from the mans
pocket. The farmer seized 1t. The
man fell back. limp. and the farmer,
with the torpedo in one hand, grasped
at the gun on the ground and straight.
ened up.
He had no sooner risen than the
man was at him again. His uncon.
sciousness had been merely feigned.
The struggle was renewed.
At that point. the hedge down the
road parted and Del Mar stepped out
A glance was enough to tell him what
was going on. He drew his gun and
ran swiftly toward the combatants.
As Del Mar approached. his man
succeeded In knocking the torpedo
from the farmers hand. There 1t lay.
several feet away. There seemed to
be no chance for either man to get II.
Quickly the farmer bent his wrist,
aiming the gun deliberately at the
precious torpedo. As fast as he could
he pulled the trigger Five of the six
shots penetrated the little model.
So surprised was his antagonist that
the farmer was able to knock him out
with the butt of his gun. He broke
away and ned. whistllng on a police
whistle for the dog Just as Del Mar
ran up
Del Mar stopped and picked up the
model. II had been shot into an un.
recognizable mass OF scrap. In fury,
Del Mar dashed 1t on the ground, ours.
ing his men as he did so.
The strange disappearance Of the
torpedo model from Elaine's room
worried both OF us. Doubtless II Ken.
nedy had been there he would have
known Just what to do. But We could
not decide.
Really" considered Elaine, "I
think We had better take Mr.. Del Mar
into our confidence.
Still. we've had a great many warn.
ings.' ! objected
i know that" she persisted, "but
they have all come from very unre-
liable sources"
Very WELL" ! agreed finally, then
let's drive over to his bungalow
Elaine ordered her little runabout
and a few moments later we climbed
Into 1t and Elaine shot the car away.
As We rode along. the country
seemed 30 quiet that no one would
ever have suspected that foreign
agents lurked all about. But It was
Just under such cover that the ne
farious bridge and harbor mining work
ordered by Del Mars superiors was
going ahead quietly.
As our car climbed hill on the
other side Of which, in the valley. was
a bridge. We could not see one OF Del
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Mars men In hiding at the top. He
saw US. however. and Immediately
wigwagged with his handkerchief to
several others down at the bridge
where they were attaching q pair Of
wires to the planking.
Someone coming" muttered one
who was evidently a lookout.
The men stopped work Immediately
and hid in the brush. Our car passed
over the bridge and we saw nothing
wrong. But no sooner had we gone
than the men crept out and resumed
work which had progressed to the
point where they were ready to carry
the wires Of an electric connection
through the grass. conceallng them as
they went.
In the study OF his bungalow, all
the time, Del Mar was striding angrily
up and down. while his men waited In
silence.
Finally he paused and turned to one
OF them See that the coast Is clear
and kept clear he ordered. Il want
to 60 down"
The man saluted and went out
through the panel A moment later
Del Mar gave orders to the other man
who also saluted and left the house by
the front door. Just as our car pulled
up.
Del Mar. the moment the man was
gone, put on his hat and moved to-
ward the panel In the wall. He was
about to enter when he heard some.
one coming down the hall to the study
and stepped back. closing the panel.
1t was the butler announcing US.
We had entered Del Mars bunga.
low and now were conducted to his
library. There Elaine told him the
whole story. much to his apparent sur
prise. for Del Mar was wonderful
actor.
you see." he said as she finished
telling Of the finding and the losing
OF the torpedo. ~aast what I had
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sso~~ eny uSttel, ~ W0 uuQ Been D
sinister face peering at US from be-
hind q rock near by. although doubt.
less the man knew what was in the
tube and what 1t meant.
We climbed into the car and start.
ed again. As we disappeared the man
came from behind the rocks and ran
quickly up to the top Of the hill
There. from the bushes. he pulled out
a peculiar instrument composed Of .
strange series Of lenses and mirrors
set up on q tripod.
Eagerly he placed the tripod. ad.
justing the lenses and mirrors In the
sunlight. Then he began working
them, and It was apparent that he was
flashing light beams. using q Morse
code. It was q heliograph.
Down the shore on the top OF the
next hill sat the man who had already
given the signal with the handker.
chief to those In the valley who we're
working on the mining of the bridge.
As he sat there. his eye caught the
flash Of the heliograph signal. He
sprans up and watched intently. Rap
idly he jotted down the message that
was being flashed In the sunlight:
Dodge Girl has msssass from b.
low. Coming In car. Blow first
bridge she crossea
Down the valley the lookout made
his way ~ fast - he could. Al he
approached the two men who had been
mining the bridge. hs Vhistlsd sharp