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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23

thing else except when they actually
accomplish something.
For instance, in this case IL they had
been able to obtain enough of the code
to make it legible to their government.
they would doubtless have been well
paid, and with good reason-but being
unsuccessful they could be very justly
repudiated. The three. would be viii
lains in this little drama very soon left
Washington and returned to their ma
tive country.
Can Be Changed at Will.
AS matter of fact, the blotters
would have been useless to them, for
compiled that even though a person
had in his possession the complete
book. he could not decipher it without
the key number, which can be changed
at will.
The United States has been shocked
and Mortified by the number of explo-
sions which have taken place in am
munition plants throughout the coun-
try. The wonder is that there have
not been more. If 1t were not for the
fact that private enterprise guards its
rights and it's property so much more
efficiently than does the government of
the United States there would have
been more.
Our navy yards are practically I'M
protected against incendiaries or dy
namiters. There is nothing to prevent
a man carrying in his oVercoat pocket
enough explosive to wreck some of
the buildings of almost any of our
arsenals and depositing it where it will
be detonated at a certain time.
You will remember the explosion in
the capitol last year. Only by the
greatest good fortune was loss Of life
averted. Some person left a suitcase
packed with dynamite in the building
and several Offices were wrecked.
Safeguarding Ammunition Works.
/ told last week how n business
concern supplied the need of secret
service bureau in the war with Spain
Today the manufacturers of ammuni-
ton are showing the way to the gov
eminent in the matter of safeguard
ing their works.
Take the Winchester plant at New
Haven, the U. M. c. and the Bridge
port Projectile company plants al
Bridgeport, the Dupont plants in New
Jersey and Delaware and the Bethle-
hem Steel Works. Each of these plants
has a secret service bureau of its oW'
and / can tell you that the man wh'
sets fire or blows one of them up de
serves his success. II is worth you
life to get into one of them excep
through the front door and then vol
won't get any further than the ante
room.
I believe that with two possible ex
ceptions all the fires in the differen
ammunition plants have been purel!
accidental--the results of carelessnes
probably-but this does not say tina
there are not many persons who would
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23

When the prizes were announced in
connection with the seed growers
convention in Caldwell last week the
members of the agricultural extension
department who have been teaching
the boys and girls the science of farm
ing were gratifed to find that in two
cases boys had won prizes over their
fathers. This was a proof to them
that scientific farming brings better
results than the traditional haphazard
methods generally followed.
In the entries there was no distinc-
ton made in the ages of the growers
and in all there were 81 entries by
young people. The boys who beat
their sires in producing the best corn
were Marian Winslow of Greenleaf
school who won the sweepstakes and
Charles E. Young, of Nampa, who won
first prize for any variety of sweet
corn. Both boys We're members Of
corn clubs fostered by the state ag-
ricultural extension department.
ARRANGEMENTS were made for the
agricultural classes in the public
schools to have a part in the judging
contests and prizes were given for
team work and for individual judging.
Eight schools sent teams to Caldwell
to participate in the judging contests,
Lone Star, Caldwell high, Boise high,
Lone Tree, New Plymouth, Payette,
Gooding and Meridian.
Winning honors in judging rural
school, that of Lone Tree near Cald-
WELL and the most representative of
what may be termed a city school in
Idaho ran neck and neck and shared
the honors, the Lone Tree team win
ming the first place. and among the
individuals, a member of the Boise
High winning first. Boise High took
second in team work and a member of
the Lone Tree class second in the in
dividual contest.
The rural schools have the advant-
age of the county agent who is hired
under the provisions of the Smith
Lever bill which gives $1,000 from the
federal government to this office. so
that in the small schools where spe-
cial instructor in agriculture cannot be
afforded this study may be carried on
! The students were given six samples OF
| wheat, five of corn and nine of pota-
toes to Judge. with 10 minutes for
placing the samples and five minutes
for giving the reasons of their judg-
ment. Wheat was found the easiest to
judge and corn the most difficult
Girls are not excluded in the agri-
cultural clubs and are often found
members Of the corn and potato clubs
One of the most brilliant of the stu
dent judges was a girl from the Lone
Tree school whose team won first
prize.
The student awards were as follows:
Team work, first place, Lone Tree; Sc
cond place. Boise High; third place
Lone Star; fourth place, Caldwell
High and fiftN place, New Plymouth
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23

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seemed in a mighty hurry to get the
blotters and left me a telephone num-
Der. insisting that l call him today"
Secret Service Informed.
The officer sent a messenger to the
secret service bureau and man was
sent to him at once. This was the
sort of work the bureau knew from A
to q, and in no time an instrument had
been attached to the telephone wire
running to the number given by the
suspected man which would enable a
secret service operator to hear every
word spoken over it.
In passing, l must say that our secret
service has an instrument which can
merely be "clamped" to a wire, so to
speak. and without any effect upon
messages going over it, transmit them
any distance to an outside listener.
The bureau employs staff of tele-
phone linemen who are experts in To-
eating any given wire.
When everything was in readiness
the attendant was sent out to tele-
phone the number in question and tell
Hlh Uldn lIldl he COulu nave blOA-
tiers. Meanwhile it had been learned
that what the stranger said about buy
ing blotters from the clerks offices was
true and it began to look as though all
suspicious were unfounded. Nothing
of any Importance could be gained from
the clerks offices.
The secret service operative at the
receiver heard the old sailor call his
man and talk to him. A little while
later the man called a number and a
womans voice answered.
ANY SUGGEST" she asked.
Il can let you have some of the very
best old blotting paper" he replied.
Daily deliveries, C. o. D. It's only
used slightly and you can reclaim a
fair percentage, I believe
To the secret service operative &C. o.
D." meant code and the remainder of
the sentence meant that as the blot
tiers were not badly smeared with ink,
they ought to furnish a few facts each
day.
1t is a known fact that in almost all
codes if few signs are known the
system can be developed from them.
Woman Is Swallowed.
A man was at once sent to watch the
house in which the woman lived. Thai
evening taxicab stopped before the
house and she went to a restaurant
with a man who was a hanger q
one of the embassies. OF course, she
was Swallowed and the waiter who
served them heard the woman tell hel
companion that the blotters could b'
bought.
Now, at the embassy in question al
knowledge of the transaction was de
MED, and no doubt with perfect truth
Every embassy has a certain numbe'
of more or less dlsreputable hangers
on who are not accredited and who ar
more of an embarrassment than any
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23
MUST SERVE HIS
Term IN PRISON
Supreme Court Affirms the
Conviction of H. G. Jones
for Manslaughter.

Fl. c. Jones. convicted In Kootenai
county of manslaughter and sentenced
to serve from to 10 years in the state
penitentiary, must continue to serve
his term, for the supreme court in an
opinion handed down late yesterday af-
firms the judgment of conviction en-
tered in the Eighth judicial district by
Judge r. n. Dunn. The supreme court
holds that the ruling of the trial court
will not be disturbed in passing upon
conflicting affidavits. where the mis-
conduct of the jury is in question, in
support Of and in opposition to, a
motion for a new trial.
Jones was charged on Jan. IS. 1915,
with murder in the second degree in
the killing of Charles E. Plunkett on
or about Dec. l, 1914. After the or
ganization of Benewah county this case
was transferred there for trial. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter Motion for a new trial
was made and overruled and an appeal
taken. The decision is on the appeal.
| 1t is written by Justice Morgan and
concurred in by his associates.
The actions of members of the jury
were attacked in the appeal. 1t was
/ claimed that one of them while out
with the jury on the streets of St
Maries met another man and talked
with him for some time and that an
other juryman stepped into a retail
store and remained there for from
three to five minutes. Counter afr
davits were filed to show that the ju-
rors never left one another and were
together during the entire trial.
Concluding, the supreme court deci-
sion says:
In our opinion the learned trial court
did not err in refusing to give the in
structions asked by appellant or in
refusing to strike the affdavits from
the files, or in its ruling in denying ap-
pellant's motion for a new trial. TIC
our minds it is very evident that nc
injustice has been done the appellant
in this case, and that the sentence and
judgment of the trial court was prop
erly entered. and the judgment is here
by affirmed"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23

factories, man stepped out from be-
hind a little block house and jabbing
a rifle barrel between my ribs. de-
manded:
where are you going?"
Il want to go inside" l said.
you go right back the way you
came" he said.
And l did. There was no room for
argument
The next day I saw an official of the
company drive up to one of the gates
in an automobile with three friends.
The guard stopped the car and asked
civilly enough If the visitors had
passes.
mo, they haven't" said the official,
but that's all right, they are with me.
I'm sorry, Mr.. -, said the guard
"Of course, you can go in at will, but
I haven't any right to pass your
friends until they get cards from the
manager of the entire plant"
Cards Must be Signed.
! So the official left his friend at the
gate and they could not get in until
! passes had been obtained. All passes
even those of employees. which are good
for more than one occasion. must be
signed by the person to whom they are
| issued in presence of the person is
suing them, and if guard requests it.
the bearer must sign his name at any
time.
Should the signature not tally to the
satisfaction of the guard, he would
conduct the bearer of the pass to the
superintendent of the tract for identi-
fication.
Long lines of men assail the ammu-
milton plants every day in search oil
work. These lines pass through tn,
employment office where are stationed
detectives from private agencies who
scrutinize them and If a man acts sus.
piciously in their judgment he is MOI
hired. OF course If the detectives spot
a man who has ever run counter to the
law in any way he is out of the ques-
ton as an employe.
Those engaged to work are first
questioned as to their parentage ant
nationality. sympathies, and so forth
and are carefully described and en-.
tered in card index system.
Agents of the ammunition manu-
! IdCluIeIS OF VI private dSNCSliN'
agencies watch outside the plants anc
if they see a man continually hanging
round with no apparent business there
he is Swallowed.
An operative guarding the U. NJ. c
plant In Bridgeport noticed man Of
foreign aspect lettering about the
employment office day after day, al
though he twice had been refused
work
Every night he was followed to the
house where he had room and wher-
ever he went after supper detectives
followed him. After about a week he
passed the saloon in which he usually
spent his evenings and wandered of
to point where workmen had beer
using dynamite in some construction
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23
PARMA WILL HAVE
new POSTMASTER
D. o. Costater, Prominent
Democrat, Will Take
Office Feb. l.
(Staff Correspondence

Parma, Jan. 22.-D. o. Castater, a
life long Democrat and a resident uf
Parma and vicinity for % years, will
be the next postmaster of Parma, be-
ginning about Feb. l. He will succeed
w. e. Babcock, who has been Parma s
efficient postmaster the past eight
years. Mr.. Castater was nominated
for postmaster by President Wilson m
December and was confirmed by the
senate on Jan. 6. His commission IS
expected to arrive within few days.
Mr.. Castater at the present time is
mayor of Parma. He was a school
director for IA years. He has held
various minor political offices here, all
of which he has filled with credit.
While he is a staunch Democrat and
has the Endorsement of the Democratic
county and state organizations, as well
as that of the national committeeman
of this state, he enjoys the respect and
confidence of the Republicans here, in
Guiding the business men, all of whom
Endorsed his candidacy for the post
mastership here.
Outlook for New Buildings Good.
The outlook for building operations
during 1916 in the Parma district, town
and country is reported to be good. A
good beginning has already been made.
S. Hill is building a four-room cot
tage in town, costing about $1,000.
The new Catholic church will cost
$500. William Mccoy is contractor
and builder. Father Nolan is in charge
of the parish.
A new $4,000 school house for school
district No "a is being built on Nc
Connell's island, west of town.
Gus Berth is building a new round
top barn 36X44 feet inside, to cost
about $500. This is the second barn
of this kind to be built here, the first
one having been built by George Oben-
dorf
c. V. Cottier is erecting new store
room at Roswell at a cost of about
$1,000 Mr. Cottier formerly was il
business in Roswell. Now he has rent.
ed his farm and is going back into
business again.
There is a movement on foot here
to establish and build in Parma a mod
ern rural high school to cost abou
$4,000 or $4,000.
The Presbyterians OF Parma are fig
uring on building a handsome new
church here.
Most Travelled Bridge in State.
A splendid new steel wagon bridg,
is being built by Canyon county across
the Boise river to replace the OLE
bridge that connects the road running
between Parma and Roswell Thi
bridge when completed will be $50 fee
long and will cost $4,000. 1t is statet
upon good authority that this is on
of the most travelled wagon bridge il
the state. The country in the Parm:
and Roswell districts is thickly popu
lated and there is great deal of traf
fic across the Boise river at the poin
where the new bridge is being built
Roswell is three miles west of Parma.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23

work. The detective kept out Of sight,
thinking his quarry would try to steal
some of the explosive, but whether he
was not the incendiary they thought
him or he lost his nerve, after lettering
about for half an hour he went home
Next day when ne appeared at the
plant city policeman told him that II
he didn't keep away he would arrest
him for vagrancy. That very day nc
gave up his room and left town.
Detectives in the Shops.
Inside the plants detectives are
working in various shops, These men
do not even know one another and
they never talk to the guards. They
are to all appearances merely work.
men. If they hear OF any plans for
evil doing they fall in with them in
order to learn what is afoot and who
are the leaders.
OF course, if men entered into a
conspiracy to destroy plant or a por-
ton of 1t, or its product. they would be
! liable under the law and could be
placed under arrest. So far. d. no.
know of a single arrest for this cause
outside of those already publish ID i'm
the papers, and, of course. tbs is
/ merely a matter of record
This demonstrates pretty clearly that
spying could be checked if laws were
framed so that detection would mean
imprisonment and if a proper and
large enough bureau were created to
detect all cases of spying
I have in mind one case where an
actual theft was attempted and had
/
enough to watch all such cases, the
thief would probably have been
caught and punished.
refer to an incident in the Mexican
affair. When Mr.. Henry Lane Wilson,
formerly ambassador to Mexico. left
Mexico city he had in his possession
papers of inestmable value to the state
department of the United States.
Just what these papers were and
what they contained is probably not
known to more than a dozen men in
the world. l would venture a guess
concerning their character, but I ad-
NIT that II would be nothing more de-
finite than a guess.
Now, have it on excellent author
ity that it was of the utmost import
ance to q third government to prevent
these papers falling into the hands OF
the United States government. Mr.
Wilson. knowing this, and fearing
that his effects might be searched, sent
the papers by special messenger who
made the trip to Washington all by
rail.
Mr.. Wilson himself went to New
York by steamer from Vera Cruz and
before he landed his stateroom was
entered and his baggage searched
The papers were safe. but is it not
disgrace that such a thing could hap
pen without the thief or spy being de-
tected?
Copyright, 1916. by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23

be glad to destroy plants If the pre-
cautions taken by the companies did
not make it virtually impossible
The factories have been working at
high pressure, away beyond their nor
NAL capacity, and there is no reason to
suppose that fires would not be more
than likely to result. In ordinary times
we don't hear about dozens of explo-
sions and fires in ammunition plants
because they are common.
All the companies l have mentioned
employ practically similar means of
guarding against spies and incend-
iaries.
All Employees are Classified.
Every employee is classified and is
given pass and a button which he
must wear at all times or he cannot
/ enter or leave the plant nor even that
section of II in which he works.
In the first place. each plant, of
course, consists of several buildings
and tracts of land. Each building and
the tract on which 1t is located is num-
bered or lettered and as a general
thing the tracts are separated by
fences and the doors in these fences
guarded.
The button which every employee is
required to wear shows at a glance in
what tract he works, and If he tries to
go into another tract he is barred OF
course, the guards come to know many
of the men, but the. men are obliged to
wear the buttons Just the same, for
the guards have no way of telling
when a man is discharged.
If a guard sees man with a button
but is not certain that he is entitled
to it. he will call for his pass and il
he cannot produce the pass he can
not enter or leave the tract.
There are all classes OF passes. The
laborers have cards which entitle them
to enter only the tracts in which they
work Minor officials of the company
have passes which allow them TO enter
only a certain number of tracts where
their work takes them. Men higher
up can go anywhere on the company
grounds so long as they have theil
proper passes, but they cannot take
amy one with them and they must
show their passes when they are re-
uuested to do so, just as the laborers
must.
The highest class Of pass, of which
each company issues only very few
entities a man to go into any part Of
the plant and take anyone with him
In Bridgeport there are not half a doz-
en- such passes, / believe.
A man may be manager of building
where a certain kind of ammunition i.
being made and yet he may not be able
to enter the building adjacent ant
very often does not even know what
they are making there.
System Used at Bridgeport.
SO the official left his friends at tbs
system of guarding the plants. I wen
there at night, and as a test tried tC
get into the grounds. About a BLOCK
from the fence which surrounds the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23
The New Sunset.

The New Sunset is a beauty. The
hrge size gives opportunity for more
|rtistic illustrations. Capital News
leaders can secure a years subscrip-
hon to Sunset by paying for the Cap
kal News for one year in advance.
brder by mail or telephone. 234, and
collector will be sent. II
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23
More So.
(Ernrn .Indpe

she always dresses like fashion
plate" we say, referring to the lady
who. though stout. is nevertheless
charming.
DO you think so?" murmurs her
bosom friend, sweetly. Now. ! should
say she was more like fashion plat
ter"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23
Boys Win Prizes Over Their
Fathers in Corn Contest

Individual work, first place, Truman
Farnham, Boise High; second place,
Otto L. Banks. Lone Tree: third place,
Villas Belts, Caldwell; fourth place,
Donald Payne, Boise High.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23
Decision Deferred.
(From Judge.

How are you going to like your
new neighbors?"
Cant tell. / happened to be out
when their furniture was moved in"
The day book., 1916-07-08
VILLA AGAIN IS REPORTED
ALIVE-WOUND

Washington, July 9.-"Unsupport-
ed rumOrs were again, received today
of the presence of Villa at a place
called Canutillo, on the Rio Florida,
west of PaTral, said a war press bu-
reaU announcement today.
ct is said that Villas wounds
were caused by a bullet that passed
through the back muscles of both
thighs without striking a bone, and
that Villa has recovered sufficiently
to walk with a limp and to ride with
greater ease" the statement said.
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New York. - Japan welcomes
American money and investments
and vii lsteadfastly maintain open
door policy in China" Count Okuma,
Japanese prime minister, declared in
interview with New York Times cor
respondent at Toxic,
The day book., 1916-07-08

WIT GHDRAWAL OF TROOPS IS
PREDlCTED-GOOD WILL GROWS
Mexico City, July s.-That Sec'y
of State Lansing has pledged with
dTawal of American troops from
Mexico in his answer to Mexican
note, is popular belief here.
1t is general impression that the
United States abandons idea of in
tervention and expresses a willing
ness to negotiate future difficulties.
There is great satisfaction over re-
ports that Mexico and the United
States will reach both a peaceful and
practical solution of their difficulties.
Sentiment has undergone a marked
change and it is quite likely that de,
monstratiOns and parades to shOV
friendly feeling for the United Statei
will be held tomorrow, ~
The day book., 1916-07-08
FFRENcH TELLS ABOUT ROBE
OF SECRECY LOEB SPREAD

OF SECRECI IOEB SPREAD
Charles c. Ffrench, school trustee,
testifying before the council commit
tee on schools, said that the purpose
of the Loeb rule and the names of
the teachers who would be hit by it's
passage was a secret from all school
board members who were not mem
bers of the Jake Loeb inner ring.
Ffrench said all his efforts to get
information from Loeb and his crew
were met with refusal because it was
known that he would line up with the
teachers.
do l understand that you, as a
school trustee, could not get infor-
nation about a proposed official act
of the board of education?" asked
Aid. Buck.
THAT is correct?" answered
Ffrench.
Ffrench also said he had gone to
John D. ShOOp, superintendent Of
schools, to find out who were to be
dismissed, and that even. ShOOp had
been kept in the dark by Jake Loeb.
Mrs. w. E. Gallagher said her eX-
perience in seeking information was
similar to Mr.. Ffrench's.
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