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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
PANAMANS FIND U. S. EASY
Joint Land Boards Unite in PIuckino
Us, Says Cocktails.

Us, Says Gocthals.
Washington - The liberality of va
rious Joint land commissions in set
Ting claims for property taken in the
canal zone, has robbed the United
States of millions of dollars, General
Goethals Saturday told the house in
terstate commerce committee in urg-
ing the passage of the Adamson bill
to force the commission to settle for
lands on the basis of their value when
the treaty was entered into with Pan
anna in 1903, rather than their increas-
ed value, as has been the custom.
All of the land in the 10-mile strip
along the canal subject to claims
would not be worth more than $1,000
600 at it's 1903 value, the general said,
but it is likely to cost $17,000,0OO or
s1S,OOO,OOO at the rates which have
been paid.
The joint commission consisted of
two Panamans and two Americans.
In addition to forcing settlements
on the 1903 valuation the Adamson
bill would terminate the joint COM
mission six months after the bill
passed. Power of settlement will be
vested in the Panama Railroad COM
pany but owners would be given the
right to appeal to the canal zone gov
ernOr.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
GERMANS TAKE BRITISH TRENCH
Drive Foe From Portion of Line Near
Ypres With Losses.


London. their offensive
from the Artois and Champagne re-
gions in France to the Belgian sector
around Ypres, held by the British, the
Germans have smashed their way by
an artillery bombardment and infan-
try attacks into British front line
trench over a distance of between 600
and 500 yards. Berlin gives the dis
lance as 500 yards and the British of
fetal communication, in admitting the
gain, asserts that it was on a front
of 500 yards Berlin says that ma
jority of the defenders of the trench
were killed and that one officer and
several dozens of soldiers weer taken
prisoner.
In the Artois region between Lens
and Bethune the crater of a mine
blown up by the Germans was occu-
pied by them, while the French guns
have been busy Smelling German or
CARNATIONS in the neighborhood of the
road to Lille. The French also bonn
barded German positions near Vis-sur-
Aisne and to the northeast of Sois-
sons, and in the Argonne exploded a
mine and occupied the crater.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
CONGRESS HoNoRED LINCOLN.
Remembers His Birthday-Gettysbu
Address Read

Washington. - Lincoln's birthday
was observed in congress, Saturday.
The senate, after an hours session,
adjourned I'm respect to Lincoln's men,
ory.
In the house speeches on the life of
Lincoln were made by Representatives
Rodenberg and Wheeler of Illinois
and Lincoln's Gettysburg address was
read by Representative Russell of Mis-
souri,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
Ancient Fort Found.

New York.-An ancient fertilization,
declared to be more remarkable from
an engineering viewpoint than the
pyramids of Egypt, has been discov-
cred in the Andes. The discoveries in
cluded apparent evidences Of a pre-
Aztec civilization which flourished in
about the eigth century. Excavations
made As miles from Cuzco, Peru, re-
vealed the fertilization. 1t is an enor-
nous edifice, composed of stones each
weighing 80 and 40 tons, which had
been transferred from quarry across
a river and carried up steep noun
tain side.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
BANK THIEVES NAB8ED.
Suspected of ST. Paul and Also B. c.
Bank Robberies.

Chicago.-Michael j. Flanagan, sa-
loonkeeper, and wife; Edward Leon
ard, alleged ex-convict, and wife; John
j. lack and wife are under arrest
charged with having blown open the
vault of the United States collector
at St Paul on January 6 and to have
escaped with $4,000 in money and rev.
enue stamps valued at s577,357.
Papers found on the person Of
one of the prisoners leads official to
believe that the gang may be con-
nected with the robbery of the New
Westminster branch of the Bank of
Montreal. He has confessed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
Chef Put Poison in Soup.

Chicago.-Poison, apparently pur-
posely placed in the soup served at
the banquet recently in honor of Arch
bishop Mundelain caused the sudden
illness which attacked more than
hundred distinguished guests and
threatened serious consequences. The
employee sought is Jean Crones, 29
years old, who was hired by the club
as an assistant to the chef last Sep
TENDER. He had charge of preparing
the soup.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
Cornell College Fire.

Ithaca, N. Y.-Morse hall. erected in
1890 and containing Cornell university
valuable chemical laboratories and
scientific equipment, was destroyed by
fire Sunday. The loss is estimated at
100000, partly covered by insurance.
The cause of the fire has not been de-
termined.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
To Bar Booze Ads.

Delegations from Maine, Alabama
and Mississippi have urged the house
postal committee to recommend pass
age of the Abercrombie bill barring
any kind of liquor advertising what
ever from mails in states having laws
against liquor advertisements.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
New York Metal Market.

The metal exchange quotes lead
S6.15@6.25; spelter, not quoted.
Copper, firm; electrolytic, nearby
S27.5O@2s; June and later, $26.50@27.
Iron-Steady and unchanged.
Tin-Steady; spot, $41.25 bid.
Bar silver, 565sc.
Mexican dollars, 1890.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
THos. sHAueHNEssY HoNoRED.
Created English Lord-Was Native of
Milwaukee, Wis.

On the first of January this year Sir
Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the
Canadian Pacific railroad and one of
Canada's most distinguished citizens,
was created an English lord, with a
vote in parliament. Lord Shaughn-
essy's father was a humble Irish po-
liceman of Milwaukee, Wis. Lady
Shaughnessy before her marriage, was
Miss Elizabeth Nagle, also a native of
Milwaukee.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
Contained Arsenic.

The analysis showed that the guests
who partook of the soup missed death
by narrow margin. The poison used
was white oxide arsenic. DR.. Tonney
said that his estimate showed that the
portions served each guest contained
~ grains of the drug
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
British Steamer Sunk.

London.5The British steamship
Springwell has been sunk in the Med
iterranean while on her way from Lon
don to Calcutta.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
Metals in 1915 Increase.

Mineral and metal production Of the
United States during 1915 totaled 3d.
OO00O,OOO. All the principal minerals
showed an increase except cement and
anthracite coal. The totals for each
of the principal metals and the rate of
increase over the production of 1914
are given by the Mining World as fol-
lows:
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18

The man who is driven to drink al
ways has to walk back
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18

The gold mines of the world pro-
duced $465,236,2S5 in 1915, a gain of
$13,939, 400 over 1914. OF this sum
Africa produced $199 15O,725, or 1880
per cent of the whole The United
States was second, with an output of
$105,271, 760, 22.60 per cent; Australia
STA third with $52,675,OOO, 1872 per
cent; Russia fourth with s22,710,000,
ASS per cent; Canada fifth with $751;
S75,250, 406 per cent. The next larg-
est producer was Mexico, with $751;
375,O0O, 1892 per cent
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
Trenches on Defensive.

Petrograd unofficially reports the
Teutonic forces on the defensive on
the three important streams along
which much of the recent fighting in
Galicia and nearby fronts has been
conducted-the Sereth, the Pruth and
the Dniester. Several breaches are de-
clared to have been made in the lines
Of the Teutonic allies. While admit
ting that the immediate strategic re-
suits so far have not been important,
the Petrograd advices record a belief
that the Russian offensive has at least
relieved pressure on the entente forces
along other fronts.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
Ousted, Asserted in Vienna.

Ousted, Asserted IN vienna.
The current Austrian report on the
operations against the Russians ad-
mits no permanent gain for the troops
of Emperor Nicholas, mentioning spe-
officially an operation northwest of
Tarnopol, Galicia, where Russian de-
tachments that occupied several adj
vanced Austrian trenches are declared
to have been elected in a counter at
tack.
In the battling with the Italians
Vienna claims the capture of posi-.
ton near Fitsch, on the Italian front
by Austrian troops, while in the AL
bantam operations the repulse OF
Italian attacks near Tirana, northeast
of Durazzo, is reported.
A Rome dispatch brings statements
attributed to both French and Italian
political sources that complete accord
has been reached between Premier
BRAND of France, who is now in Rome
and the Italian cabinet members with
whom he had been consulting on steps
to unity allied action in the war.
Germans Make Fierce Attack.
London.-On Monday the Germans
fiercely attacked the French positions
in the Artois section, as well as il
Champagne. In the latter district Der
lin reports the capture of a front o
about ZOO yards, while the French ad
nit that the Germans have gained {
footing on some of their advanced
trenches near the Tuhure-Somme-P
road.
On the British front there have beef
sapping operations and bombardment
by both sides.
The heavy guns are being activel,
employed on both sides in the north
ern section of the Russian front, blu
no important changes in position hav
occurred.
In the Isonzo region the Austrian
have taken from the Italians entrench
ments in the Rombon zone, while tn
Italian artillery has bombarded Aus
trian positions at various points, es
pecially in the Gorilla sector.
1t is confirmed in entente circles a
Athens that Bulgaria has made ovel
lures for a separate peace to the Ell
tente powers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22

Consulting Board of the United States,
of which Thomas A. Edison is chair
man, was represented by +. {. Jor-
dan of Portland, the chairman OF the
Maine committee. Mr.. Jordan being al
so a member of the board of directors
of the Maine Society of Civil Engl-
necrs, while the Maine Society OF civil
Engineers was represented by Paul u.
Sargent of Augusta. president; Harry
E. Green of Waterville, vice president
Frank Z. Presley of Bangor, secretary
and treasurer. Thomas Clarke OF Ban
COR and Cyrus c. Babb of Augusta OF
the board of directors.
ARRANGEMENTS were made whereby
the Maine Society of Civil Engineers
will assist the general committee from
Maine of the Naval Consulting Board
in securing the information desired by
the government This work contemp-
lates the compiling of an industrial in
Nentory of Names resources in order
to facilitite the army and navy OF the
United States in obtaining all its
equipment for its normal strength,
soon to be very largely increased, ana
more especially to be prepared for any
great emergency in the defense of "nl
country, should it arise. This work Is
to be assumed by the engineers from
a sense of patriotic duty and ehureiy
without recompense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22

ly before long be all occupied in a like
manner.
The above story does not mean at all
that all the space in the top OF the Dig
building has been idle-oh. no. one OF
those little circular iron stalrways leads
to a door that will admit you to large
room over the arcade where perfect
network of shelving and cuddyholes are
filled with hundreds of bound volumes
of the daily papers of Maine and State
documents of all kinds. This is large
room, but was totally lacking in ventila-
ton so that with a leaky roof the books
have begun to mildew and mold. Supt.
Plummer discovered this and is having a
ventilator put in.
Nor is this all the storage place for
books The wall separating the attic of
the old west wing was cut through by
Former Supt A. L. McFadden and the
good-sized space used for general
storeroom. The needs of the State libra
ry for extra room was so great that
stacks have been erected and 1000 vol
umes arc now stored there. The room
is not exactly easy of access and hardly
suited for much visiting, so closely is ali
the space utilized. but there are the books
and if wanted then can be readily found
BY the time all the attic and dome
space is in use it will shelter varied
and valuable collection.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22
Interesting Questions.

Here are a few samples of some of
the questions that are constantly being
received through the mail by the Sec. of
ed Saturday when the following letter
was received:
Would you kindly send me signs to
put up in a store for the benefit of
those who are hound to spit on the
floor"
Secretary of State Bunker recently
received one letter in which the writer
his automobile. This letter says in
part:
Il want you to send me the number
of the automobile truck. 1t was a
small runabout and it was built over
for a truck car and it is very small.
We can carry about hundred on it.
We use it for the four months i'll the
place Of keeping a second horse. We
have one horse all the year round. and
we have a great more through June,
July, August and September, and it
saves us feeding the second horse. So
now you see what we use it for. We
will put it away in october and 1t will
stay until May then get her ready for
June. | will send you Il dollars and
pay more than dollars for the num-
Der for it. This car has been in this
town fer the last years and it was
used years before it was bought SO
you see how old it is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22
Cramped for Room

The growth of the States business, with
all the increase of room given by the size
of the new State House. the various de-
partments. almost without exception are
in need of more room. 1t is the one cry
that Supt. of Public Buildings Harry A.
Plummer breads, because it is a puzzler
a room each for three parties when
you've only two rooms to use.
The space around the base of the great
dome is being utilized for storerooms in
an ingenious manner. The space is irreg-
ular, of course, but the departments
which have drawn the lucky numbers
care not for looks so long as they can
get the floor and shelf room. Three rooms
are being arranged. One. the lower and
for the highway commission, is about
done and partially occupied. The other
two will be for the Industrial accident
commission and the agricultural depart
ment, and right up in the air above the
highway room. Landings are built beside
the circular stairways and a section of
the rail cut out. so they are easy of ac-
cess in fact, you are left by the foot
power elevator at the very door OF the
apartment The remainder of the space
around the base of the dome will prooao-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22
No Hurry in Selecting
A State Supt. of Schools

"Followinc my usual custom | have
made no promise whatever i'll the mat
ter of the appointment of the State
superint endont of schools to succeed
Payson Smith. who will on the first of
the coming July assume his duties as
commissioner of education for the
State of Massao husetts. and the
position has been offered to no one,
said Governor Oakley c. Curtis.
II shall take plenty of time in the
selection Of State superintendent of
schools continued Governor Curtis,
and the matter will be very carefully
considered. This position requires not
only man of education, but one pos
sessing the soundest common sense. 1t
is Of course patent that in the large
cities the school machinery is so well
organized that they need comparative
ly little attention from the State Sup
erintendent of schools, not meaning to
intimate that there is considerable
amount of attention to be paid even
there. But in the rural districts, the
school question is large problem be-
cause they haven't the extensive ma
chinery and organization to work out
many of their problems and they re-
quire a larger amount of attention from
the State superintendent of schools.
Il shall endeavor to settle this q,ies-
ton on it's merits, and my only desire
is that | may secure some person eX-
ceptionally qualified for the position"
Said Gov. Curtis, in conclusion, Il have
always considered the school PROPOSE
ton one which should be absolutely on
a non partizan basis. | feel that the
proper education of our children and
the management Of the school problem
are Of greater Importance than parti-
IAN politics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22
To Establish County
Almshouses by Law

The State Board of Charities and
Corrections. in accordance with the rec
ommenda ton in its reports of 1914 and
1915 favorins county and district aims
houses, is planning to submit to the
next Legislature for its consideration
a bill establishing county or district
almshouses by direct provision of law.
The tentative draft of the law would
repeal so much of Chapter - of the
Revised Statutes of 1908 and any acts
amendatory thereof as authorize the
cities and towns of the State to MAIN
tain almshOuses. warehouses; and
houses of correction and provide for
the establishment of district infirm-
aries.
Section 1 of the act provides that on
and after Jan. /. 1918 there shall be
established and maintained within and
for each Of the districts hereinafter
specified an institution to he known as
an infirmary for the care of the aged
or otherwise infrm and INDECENT per-
sons entitled to relief under the pro-
vision of Chapter ~ of the Revised
Statutes of 1908, except children under
16 years of age, whose condition is
such that they require more than tenn
porary care partial support.
Section creates the several dis
tricts as follows: Androscoggin dis
trict. Androscoggin county; Aroostook
district Aroostook county: Bangor dis
trct, the city of Bangor; Cumberland
district Cumberland county. except the
city of Portland: Franklin district,
Franklin county; Hancock district, Han
cock county; Kennebec district, kenne-
bee county: knoXLincoln-Saga dahoc
district, Knox. Lincoln and Sagadahoc
counties: Oxford district. oxford coun-
ty: Penobscot district. Penobscot coun-
ty. except the city of Bangor; Piscata-
quiS district, PiscataquiS county: Port
land district the city of Portland; Som
erset district, Somerset county; Waldo
district Waldo county. Washington dis
trict, Washington county; York district.
York county.
The mana cement Of each Of the sew
eral infirmaries is 70 be vested in a
board of five trustees, one of whom
shall be woman and all of whom shall
for which appointed.
These boards of trustees shall be
non partisan in the performance of
their duties, and no member, OfQCer or
employee thereof shall during his term
Of Office or employment actively en-
gage in politics or hold any political
Office. These trustees may be removed
at any time for cause but charges shall
first be preferred in writing and the
accused trustee shall, have had an op-
portunity to be heard or to file a reply
to said charges.
The act gives to the State Board of
Charities and Corrections power to
prescribe a uniform system of books
and accounts for these infirmities, to
audit the books and accounts annual
ly or often, the supe rintendents of the
infirmaries being held under their
bonds until the State Board or its sec
rotary shall have certified that the
same are correct and that all moneys
and property have been properly ac-
counted for in accordance with the
laws providing for their expenditure.
The several boards of trustees are re-
quired on or before the last day Of
February in each year to make a re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22

missioners and sheriff of that county:
Buildings Buildings are of brica
end stone, in good repair, except as to
plumbing. The plumbing is old, but as
clean as could be expected, except III
the Women's part. where it is not only
clean. but new. Heating is by steam;
lighting by electricity connected with
the city water and sewer systems
Most of the cells have two beds; Il
few have four and five. In the WomenS
part there is one flush closet, one Law.
atory. and one bath tub; in the mems
part there are two showers, four flush
closets, two slop hoprers, and two
sinks used as lavatories, with a ca
pacity of about 10 each. Corridors,
cells. beds and bedding were clean. A
noticeable feature were sheets and
pillow cases and blue cotton spreads
on every bed.
Dietary-Care of the food supplies
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-22

and the preparation Of the food is uR-
dor daily supervision by both tht
turnkey and a cook or steward. Kit
chenS and store rooms were very clean
Work Shops-The workshop is not
IN operation, but during the past year
a yard has been erected in which on
the day OF inspection between 10 and
30 men were at work breaking stone,
In Gencral-The sheriff is doing as
well as he can with an old-fashionef
building. The work in the stone yard
is not Of course very profitable, but Il
is infinitely better than the plan Of no
work at all which prevails in many
counties.
Suggestions-Su Suggestion is ma1e
that prisoners be given a thorough
medical examination as soon as pos
sibie after commitment.
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