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The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03
HEARING HELD ON
SMITH RELIEF BILL
Idaho Congressman Presents Pleas
For Relief of Carey Act Entrymen
At Land Office.

WESTINGHOUSE Smith
and McCracken of Idaho had an ex
tended hearing today by appointment
before the commissioner of the gener-
al land office and the legal officers
of that bureau, concerning the bills
introduced by Mr.. Smith for the re-
lief of entrymen under the Carey act
when the land is restored to the pub
lie domain because of the failure to
reclaim the same, and also the bill
eXcusing residence on dry land and
requiring cultivation If water for do
nestle purposes cannot be secured at
a depth Of 100 feet. The hearing last
ed for nearly two hours, during which
time both our representatives pointed
out the absolute necessity of affording
relief to Carey act entrymen and the
benefits that would accrue in the way
of cultivation of hundreds of thous-
ands of acres if residence is not re-
CURED.
The bill for the relief of Carey act
entrymen provides that those entry
men who are on the portion of the
project excluded from patent by the
government shall have patent on ap
plication ii they have complied with
the state law in regard to residence,
and have one-half the area of their
entry under cultivation. Those entry
men who have not complied with the
state law will have a preference right
of one year in which to enter the land
or assign the same, when proof may
be offered by three years cultivation
under the dry farming method. In
stances were pointed out where land
had been restored to entry which was
! formerly within a Carey act project,
and strangers reached the land office
first, and in this way secured the ben
eft of all the improvements made by
the former entrymen under the Carey
act. The department officials recog-
nize the necessity of affording some
relief, and have taken the proposed
legislation under consideration, and
will make report to the secretary of
the interior, who win report to the
chairman of the committee of public
lands of the House of Representatives,
where the bills are pending. Unless
legislation for the relief of these Car
ey act entrymen is enacted there are
probably thousands of these deserv-
ing settlers in the inter-mountain
states who will have no title to their
entry or no way to assert their claim
against strangers who may reach the
land office in advance of the original
entrymen.
The bill for the relief of the entry
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03
FOOD FOR POLES SAFE
FROM C0NfISCATION
Berlin Soon to Inform United States
That Relief Supplies VIII Not be
C0nfiscated by the Germans.

WASHINGTON German gov
eminent within the next day or so
will, through Count Won Bernstorff,
inform the United States that the Ger
man forces in Poland will not confis-
cate any articles of food or clothing
sent from this country for relief pur-
poses.
Many thousands of persons in Po-
land have become destitute during the
military campaign there and the Ger
man embassy daily has been besieged
by residents of the United States hav-
ing relatives or friends in Poland or
being interested in relief work there
seeking to enlist the aid of German
officials to get food and clothing into
the affected area.
The attention of the Berlin govern
ment is said to have been brought to
the fact that the British government
would not permit goods for Poland
TO pass, believing that they would ulti-
mately fall into the hands of tn Ger
man military authorities.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03
GENERAL ADVERTISING
REAL ESTATE

40 acres southeast of Twin Falls
Will rent, sell or trade for city prop
erty.
80 acres near to Twin Falls. Will
trade for city property or land in some
other state.
We have some land in sagebrush. in
40, 80 and 160-acre tracts, most In
sagebrush Would like to have par
ties equipped to farm, take the land on
rental basil and pay for clearing
brush.
Business building. VIII trade for
farm land. Prefer improved land.
Salmon land. Listings placed In our
hands will get results in selling or
trading, providing the price is fair.
40.acres near Twin Falls VIII sell
for $40 per acre.
80 acres near Twin Falls, lays fine,
no rough land. VIII trade for acreage,
city property or 40 acres.
A acres near Twin Falls. Will trade
for auto or house and lot.
5-room modern home. Will trade
for farm lands or auto.
Money to loan. Have you your prop
erty insured? We rent houses
40 acres near Twin Falls, 800 per
acre.
120 acres near Twin Falls. Will
sell for $125 per acre.
Business lot with party walls. viii
sell or trade Well located,
We have property to trade in many
different states. If you want to trade
write US at once.
We have a few good loans ON farm
lands. If your money is not working
let us help you place it where 1t is
safe and will grow.
If you want to quit paying rent
come in and we will arrange to either
build one to please, OF sell you one
now finished.
MAKE US A CALL when you want
10 buy, sell or exchange real estate.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03

men on dry lands so as to excuse res
idence Is Of equal Importance, and It
Is hoped that 1t may meet the approx
al of the secretary of the interior,
without which the bill would probab-
ly not be favorably considered by the
committee on public lands of the
House OF Representatives, as the mem
bers outside of the public land states
who are unacquainted with conditions
generally follow the recommendation
of the secretary of the interior. rath-
er than study into the question involv
ed for themselves. Hence the impor
lance If possible of securing the APP
prevail OF the secretary of the interior
Of legislation for public lands
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03

The next regular meeting of the La
dies of the G. a. r.. will be held In
the l. o. o. f. hall. Saturday after
noon, March 4th. 1916.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03
Coffee

If it weren' t for the label
on a Schilling' S Best coffee
tin, you wouldn't know
what was in it. You can't
smell the coffee.
The rich full flavor is all
inside sealed in the air
tight tin less than an hour
after roasting.
You get what you pay
for, in Schilling' s Best
the flavor, the essence that
means satisfaction in your
coffee cupl THAT is eco
nomy.
Evenly ground;
chat taken out;
moneyback.
Schilling's
Best
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03
HELD GOOD MEETING

A large meeting was held in Dis
trict No. "a Tuesday night and adj
dressed by DR.. Sullivan, County Agent
Birch and others.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-03

A repetition Of our want ad. In the
course OF your quest for cook. may
70 good policy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
ROOSEVELT HASN'T
 CHANCE 0F BEING
 NEXT PRESIDENT
Col. Marcus Veil, the We'll Known FOrecaster, Tells Why He Cannot
 Possibly Win

Col. Marcus Well, who is so well known in Alabama as a successful political fore caster, believes that if the republicans nominate Roosevelt, Wilson will beat him more than Roosevelt beat Parker.
 'Roosevelt has no more chance to be President than have,' said Colonel Well yesterday "Seventy-five per cent of the German-Americans are republicans. but they detest Roosevelt and will never vote for him. They will prefer Wilson almost to man.
 Fully 20 per cent of the stand-pat re- publicans will never vote for Roosevelt. Furthermore they will do anything to help humliate him.
 Even if Bryan goes against Wilson it will make no difference if Roosevelt is his opponent Bryan might succeed in putting Nebraska in the Roosevelt col umn, but I am not sure even he would have that much influence. Roosevelt would carry New England except possibly Massachusetts, as no body knows what Massachusetts is going to do He would carry Pennsylvania He would perhaps carry Michigan and in the far west California and one or two very small states. That Is the best he can possibly do.
 You may just put it down as settled that Roosevelt hasn't ghost of a chance to be the next President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
PLANS FOR FASHION
 WEEK LAUNCHED
Committees Named at Meet ing of Business Men
 Yesterday

Plans for Fashion Week were launched yesterday afternoon at meeting of the business men and merchants at the Busi- ness Mems League in the Chamber of Commerce building. Jacob Burger, presi- dent of the Business Mems League, pre-
 sided at the meeting. R. A. Brown was
 made chairman of the finance committee
 and the following were named as mem bers of this committee: Sol Caheen, B. B
 Burton, Abe Kaufman, H. White, Felix Drennen, Colman Blach, Louis Pizitz, Jo- seph Saks, Julius Ellinger, H. J. Por. ter, William Bromberg, l.. Bloch, Joseph Loveman, w. J. Adams, Bertram Jacobs George McCleery and J. F. Rushton. J. K. Sterne was made chairman ot the programme committee, with the fol lowing members: w. T. Cox, Joe Slaugh- ter, George Blinn, R. w. Ewing, R. D. Burnett and J. P. H. DeWindt.
 J. s. Burall was made chairman of the advertising committee, and, in addition. g
 committee of directors was named to SC. cure the cooperation of the advertisins men of the city. The members of this committee were Directors O'Neill, Rose Seibels, Rosenberger and Turner.
 Colman Blach was made chairman o1 the railroad committee and the other members of that organization will be appointed later. Fashion Week is to begir March 13, according to the decision o1 the merchants at previous meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
BROWN WILL MAKE
 CAMPAIGN IN AUTO
Candidate in Seventh District Says He Was We'll Pleased With Meet
 ing at Centre

Having purchased a Ford automobile,
 I am now ready to begin my active cam
 paign for Congress from the Seventh
 district" said Watt T. Brown of Rag land. who was in Birmingham yesterday
 q find that I can save vast amount
 of time and get to see many more people by travelling through the various counties
 of the district in an automobile. I ex-
 pect to go into every beat in the Sev- enth district before the primary in May,
 and although I will make a number of
 speeches during the campaign, I intend
 to do much personal work with the vot- ers."
 MT. Brown was en route from Centre to his home in Ragland. MT. Brown, Congressman Burnett and L. B. Rainey, the three contestants for congressional honors in the Seventh. met in the po- litical arena there Monday for the first time during the campaign. In discussing the meeting yesterday, MT. Brown stated that he was well pleased with the assur- ances of support he received and was highly gratified with the result of his first meeting on the stump with his two op pOnentS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
"The Press ds q Moral Educator"
What the Press Can Do In the Moral Education of the Country
 The Age Herald Social Factor in This Community
Social Service Department By MFRS. SDNEK N. gLLMAM

cough and chicken pox, has long been settled. Probably even yet the news paper is not frank and outspoken enough, but we must take into consideration that for years the public has been educated | to policy of silence.
 | The pulpit was silent, the school was silent, and the press was silent. And l yet on the other hand for a newspaper to assume the isolation of 8 very advanced position may be brave but it is also | suicidal. The public protests, the news paper is adjudged indecent barred from i the home, subscribers lost and the work | is, useless.
 This MT Haywood says is one of the | Fundamental weaknesses of most reform | movements" We know the whole tradi- | tion of years cannot be upset in a night. We cannot make bartenders over into deacons by the wave of a wand. We | drive our Magdalenes out of the sezre- gated district and they scatter in the city. l We put our petty offenders in jail and | they come out with more complex prob | lem.
 Tfe newspaper has three distinct de- | partments, and through these three must | become an educator in the community. These are the news department, the edi- | torial department and the feature depart ment. It is to the latter of these further remarks will be directed.
 | The social service department has en- deaVored to become the educational de- | partment along social lines for this paper. | helpful in it's work, openminded and ! filled with comments on various phases I of social moment, local and national, l sort of forum for educational matters and 8 propagandist.
 Here is the place to turn to for health | problems, free discussion of sex topics ! treated we hope, in a way that will of | fend no one Here Is a department for | the good of all, department devoted to l the welfare of all with a desire to serve all.
 Here we shall let the community be- come acquainted with statistics, and here l at least will we fearlessly call spade
 a, spade. In speaking of the social service | department recently, the remark was made, "Is nothing tabooed?" No," we
 made answer, "here is the place to con-
 | slider all problems, the unmarried mother
 1 for the abolition of capital punishment | and a movement for artistic trash depos- | it's.
 1 Raiding of offensive places and publish I ing of same has become the police power of the newspaper and experience demon 1 strates its value
 1 In nutshell this department is trying | to render honest service and be socially | helpful, and it solicits all your aid. If | we are successful in a small measure, it l is through the cooperation of the paper | itself the sympathetic understanding of 1 the public and the individual assistance of every social worker in the city. l All we ask is that you help us mako l this an educational feature and real
 ! service for social betterment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
RECORDS BROKEN IN ATTENDANCE AT THE
 PRINCESS THEATRE
Full Page Advertisement in Sundays Age-Herald Produces Enormous Results-Manager Colley
 Is Pleased

Manager E. H. Colley of the Princess
 heatre announced last night that his pa lronage for yesterday had been the sreatest in the history of the Princess, i nd he attributed it in large measure to his page advertisement in Sundays Age Herald, announcing the coming of ''The Strange Case of Mary Page" a serial, which is printed each Sunday in The ge-Herald, and shown at the Princess. More people passed through the doors If the Princess today than ever before
 ntered in any one day. said MT. Col By last night. T believe the days busi- less is sufficient proof that the people will respond to advertising, especially Ehen one has something to advertise and
 ses The Age-Herald. I am more than
 atisfed with the results.''
 1 MT. Colley's use of a full-page adver-
 isement in Sundays Age-Herald an- souncing the coming of "The Strange tase of Mary Page,' was received in Birmingham enthusiastically Hundreds If people commented on it, and it was Repeatedly declared that it was the big s est thing that has been done in local moving picture circles. The response of The people to the advertisement is but ne of the reasons why The Age-Herald b supreme as the motion picture adver- Rsing medium of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
LAYMEN'S MEETING
 WILL OPEN SUNDAY
Expect Attendance to Reach the Fifteen Hundred
 Mark

The laymen's convention to be held in Birmingham January 30 to February 2 will be the most important gathering of churchmen of the year. Sunday, the opening day, will be one of the most in- teresting and important of the entire ses- sion. The convention will open Sunday afternoon with three big meetings for men. One at the First Methodist church in the city, one at Bessemer and one at Ensley. Sunday night district meetings will be held with men of national promi- hence to speak. The speakers and places of meetings will be announced later in the week. Fully 15O0 men will be in at- tendance upon this convention and large delegations from Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Huntsville and other places are expected.
 In the city the registration will be large and every church will have it's best men in attendance. Headquarters of the con- vention will be the building of the Young Mems Christian association and the ses- sions of the convention will be held in the First Methodist church. There will be denominational meetings, meetings for ladies. and special meetings for the col- ored men of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26

Two truths we are absolutely sure of will serve as foundation for explaining the reason of this social service depart ment. and it's proposed social influence in the community.
 First, the press of the present day IS a force with which We must reckon, and second, we must attempt a. better mutual understanding and through this under standing, the people and the press meet half way.
 The press is sometimes accused of sen- sationalism, inaccuracy, unfitness and lack of understanding, which indicates the lack of confidence we usually have in the newspaper. On the other hand, we too often class reform as nothing less than dreams The newspaper man him. self in his mad pursuit for news often misunderstands, and forces that should be working together lack sympathy.
 In a recent address delivered before the Central States conference" in Chicago, by MT. Erie c. Hopwood, on the "Oppor- tunity of the Press" he said: "Oppor- tunity may be present or future tense. but never past tense. hence we might gather from the topic that here is a vir- gin field for the newspaper, an unknown land flowing with milk and honey of so- cial righteousness and moral obligation. As matter of fact, the press in America since it's beginning has had the keenest realization Of it's responsibility as a teacher of social morality"
 As far back as the publishing in 1890 of the Benjamin Harris ''Publick Occur rences' we find three chief aims of the editor. This journal dates from its ap- pearance the beginning of history of American journalism. We can under stand when we look around the vast pro- gress in neWspaperdom. The record is steady and unchecked. A New York ed- itor, writing in the Atlantic monthly, says: "The only teacher in America to- day, as far as the great majority of vot- ing population is concerned, is the news paper" Dr. Charles M. Sheldon writes Public opinion has long been recognized as one of the most powerful regulators of individual conduct" Mayor Gaynor said that a newspaper ought to be a gen. tlemen, and the best newspapers are gentlemen" But aside from this the newspaper is the logical place to throw light where wrongdoing is afoot.
 As an educational force the newspaper does not in the near future expect to obtain a Utopian condition, but it does desire to go beyond the policing func- ton" and become a teacher.
 The idea of forbidding the publication of such expressions as red light dis trict," prostitution etc. because this something is not referred to in polite society, when it was quite permissible to write whole columns on whooping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
ANNUAL MEETING
 OF TRAFFIC CLUB
. D. Levy to Be Principal Speaker at Dinner at Tutwiler Evening
 of February 8

The Birmingham Traffic and Transpor- ation club will hold it's annual meet hg in the ballroom of the Tutwiler Tues lay, February at o'clock.
 A dinner will be served and officers
 or the ensuing year will be elected B. b. Levy, general manager of the Frisco lailroad, will be the principal speaker of he occasion. Tom l.. Hill. agent of the louthern railway, has been named by the
 ommittee as the next president, and his
 Election will take place at the meeting.
 In addition to the members of the club,
 lcluding most of the prominent railroad md traffic officials of Birmingham, there kill be number of visitors present. In addition to MT. Hill, who will be Elected president of the club, Hugh F,
 .atimer, division passenger agent of the queen and Crescent and John w. Porter, |ales manager of the Alabama company, |sill be chosen vice presidents J. w. Bryan, secretary, and Sam Hawkins, |reasurer will be reelected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
DIR. CECIL GASTON CONSIDERED FOR
 CITY PHYSICIAN
Commissioner Asks Colleagues to Take Matter of Appointment Out
 of His Hands

Owing to the opposition of the other commissioners to the choice of Com missioner Barber in the appointment of Dr. c. P. Copeland as city physician to succeed Dr. Charles Whelan, whose resignation is effective on February l. he has requested the board to take the matter out of his hands altogether and appoint anyone whom they see fit.
 It is understood that a majority of the commissioners are in favor of pr. Cecil Gaston for the appointment. No action or comment was made by the other mmissioners upon the request of Mr. Barber. The appointment of the city physician vii probably be post Eoned indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26

Not less than 4OOO citizens of Jefferson county have failed to pay their poll tax, and unless the necessary payments are made within the next six days, they will be denied the right to participate in the elections and primaries until next year. John B. Bethea, chairman of the Jeffer- son county democratic executive commit tee, has issued d warning along this line, and he urges that all democratic voters make their payments by or before Feb ruary 1, which is the last day the pay ments will be received.
 "The primaries and elections this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
TO MAKE PLANS FOR
 REOPENING OF BANK

All the colored ministers of Birming- ham, Bessemer and vicinity are called to meet today at 12 o'clock at the A. M. E.. Zion church, corner of Fourth avenue and Sixteenth street, in an interde- nominational meeting to discuss the plans and propositions put forth in the recent stockholders meeting of the Alabama Penny-Prudential Savings bank, looking to the re-establishmenr of that institution. The meeting is called by Dr. J. A. Bray, president of the "Interdenominational Ministerial alliance" and prominent member of the steering committee" whose duty 1t is to investigate plans and propositions for the rehabilitation of the defunct in stitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
FULLY 1000 HAVE NOT
 YET PAID UP POLL TAX

are of the greatest importance to tho voters" said MT. Bethea yesterday, "ant it behooves every democrat to be pre- pared to cast his ballot. Practically every county officer is to be chosen with the exception of sheriff, and several sta offices of importance will be filled. We will also have a congressional fight. Anc then it is certainly important that every democrat help to swell the vote whicl the nation will cast for the democratic nominee for President next fall. Those who have paid their poll tax can dc some good work for the party by urging the delinquents to make payments al once.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-26
High School Professor Resigns

Prof. Peter Cabral, instructor in English and French at the Central High school. has accepted the chair of French of- fered him several months ago in the John Marshall High school of Richmond. Va. MT. Cabral has sent in his resignation to pr. c. A. Brown, principal of Central High school, to take effect February 1. Mr. Cabral came to the Central High school last October, with high recom- mendations from the Laurel, Miss. High school. where he had been instructor in French He received his A. E. degree in the well known Tulane university.