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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30
Dinner Stories.


Rain, rain, nothing but rainl The
weary traveller put his umbrella UP for
about the sixteenth time that day. He
was getting very much annoyed, for,
try as he might, he could not prevent
the water from penetrating through
his clothes.
He stopped at length in a doorway,
hoping that very soon the rain would
abate. He espied man next to him,
and turned for chat.
''Beastly weather." he remarked.
"Beastly," exclaimed the man who
was a resident of the town and who
was just as displeased at the weather
as the traveller. why. that amt the
word for it."
the traveller
Il can't say exactly" said the 9TH
err you see, I've only lived here five
years."
isn't our ice bill rather high, DEAR"
asked the young husband as he looked
over the household accounts.
II was just going to ask you about
that, love-" said the bride. Il can't
understand 1t at ALL I've been just as
economical as / possibly could, Dut we
never seem to have enough ice. Why,
I've even left the iceboX door open on
hot days to cool off the ice"
DO me a favor, old chap, will you?
I'm going to call on Miss Peaches this
afternoon. and I want you to go to
the florists with me and help me pick
out the prettiest bunch of flowers he's
got"
You don't want the prettiest flow
ers he's got. my boy. You want the
most expensive ones"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30
HAIR GRAY? THEN
APPLY Q-BAN
1T DARkENs GRAY HAIR EVENLY.

II your hair is gray. streaked with
gray, prematurely or just turning gray.
or If your hair is dry. harsh, thin or
falling, simply shampoo hair and
scalp a few times with Q-Ban Hair
Color Restorer. Soon every strand of
hair whether gray or mott becomes
evenly dark. soft, flossy. fluffy. full of
life and health, full and heavy and
fascinating and entire head of hair is
so beautifully and evenly darkened no
one could suspect you had applied O.
Ban. It is absolutely harmless and no
dye. but Q-Ban acts on roots, restor-
ing color glands. Sold on a money
back guarantee, SOC for a big bottle at
Joys Drug Store. Boise. Idaho. Out
of-town folks supplied by mail. Adv
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30

ploye's right to recover damages at
common law.
Judge Hughes held that the legisla-
ture had the right to prohibit contracts
which it regarded as against the pub
lie welfare There is no such thing,
the court said, las freedom of con-
tract. Contracts which contravene pub
lie welfare cannot be made at all
and the power of government extends
to the denial of the liberty of contract
to the extent of forbidding or regu
lating every contract which is rea-
sonably calculated to injuriously af-
feet the public interests"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30
SWEETEST WORDS.

ck" The sweetest ouclassed the Of
they alay the widows fears and dry the or
briny tired and short of kale
by morning MALL like other letters appears
with postage stamps and inky mo doubt we
sigh lit is a dun; after These
beasty take all the sunshine from the
day, that dead, with stacks of
granite overhead" And then, with angud hands we tear
envelope what's there, out there comes
note by heck with words, Enclosed find
check" All, bid farewell to and like nine
Brahma and soft drinks joint repair
buy a quart OF soapsuds there. The is
cutting hay, gloomy away, the world
wreck, changed by the words, Enclosed
find check"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30
DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.
One Hundred Years Ago Today.

One Hundred Years Ago Today.
1S16-Senator l.. Dawes of
Massachusetts, to whom the
country owes the introduction
of the Weather bulletin. born at
Cummington, Mass. Died at
Pittsfield, Mass. Feb. 5, 1908.
Seventy Years Ago Today.
1S41-The armory of the Tow
er of London, with 100000 stand
of arms. was destroyed by fire
Fifty Years Ago Today.
1S66-Charles G. Colby, noted
editor and statistician, died in
New York City. Born at Ro-
chester, N. Y. in 1929
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today
1S91--Arthur ]. Balfour was
elected Chancellor of Edin-
burgh university.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30
PRESS COMMENT
A CHAMPION OF INDUSTRIAL JUS
(Kansas city starr

In his enlightened views on all So
cial welfare questions that came be-
fore the supreme court while he served
on the bench, Justice Hughes showed
himself invariably the champion Of
the Industrial worker.
The first social welfare" opinion
which he wrote was in the case of the
Burlington road against MCGUIRE. The
case was one In which the railroad was
fighting an Iowa statute prohibiting
contracts between railroad companies
and their employees. limiting the en-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30
PARTY PRINCIPLES
TO BE EXPLAINED

Fundamental party principles of the
two great parties will be discussed this
evening at the Council of Women Vot-
ers meeting at the council chamber OF
the city hall. y. c. Hindman, vice
chairman Of the Democratic Central
committee and Wilbert II. Tyer, pres
ident OF the Hughes Fairganks club
will speak. This discussion will not be
concerning the issues of the campaign
but the party policies which determ-
inc the attitude of the parties toward
national issues The fact that the
platforms of the two parties declare
in a large measure for the same things
lead the women to arrange this pro-
gram which gets at the real dis-inc
ton between the parties.
The program begins at $50. The
public is invited. There will also be
a short talk about the child labor bill
by Miss Irwin who will present the
subject from the humanitarian stand
point.
Japanese engineers still visit Aus
tralia to make a study of ores suitable
for refining and smelling in Japan.
Seacoast jewellers in one region in
France say they prevent sea Sickness
by filing their ears with vaseline.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30

ONE YEAR AGO IN THE WAR
October 80, 1915.-Germans
captured Tahure hill, Cham
payne; General Joffre in Lon
don advised closer ordination
of allies; Bulgarians and Aus
tro-Germans menaced Nish
from three sides; memorial SER
vice in London for Edith Cavell:
Italians shelled Goritz line and
threatened Austrian railway.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-30

Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
RUTLAND COUNTY GRAND
JURY RETURNS 5 BILLS
Four Of Them Charge AssauIt-Fifth
Is Indictment for Altering Bank
Rock Figures.

Rutland March 1.-The grand jury
IN Rutland county court, which has
been at work since Tuesday under the
direction of states Attorney &. Y. Pon-
lin, reported this morning fvc true
bills and one not found. The names
OF the persons against whom the bills
were found were all made public with
the exception OF one who has not yet
been arrested. The bill not found was
in the case of Robert Downes of Cas-
Teton, who was charged with making
an assault upon Mrs. Helen Boutwell,
Of Castleton, his mother law The
woman was considerably injured and
claimed that some man entered her
bedroom at night and struck her, get
ting away unrecognized in the dark
ness. Downcs was suspected mainly
because there had been some friction
between him and his wife
The only charge that the grand jury
found against Calvin Rich, the Men
don civil War veteran, who is charged
with stabbing John Mclaughlin three
times in the back during drunken
row at Richs home several weeks ago
is simple assault, Rich is in jail in
default Of $500 bail
Charles sargent or ms cltN' WI"
pointed rife at Policeman r. e. I'll
worth and Martin Kennedy and threat
encd to shoot them, as they claim
when thcy went to Sargents house to
arrest him "A short time ago, was in
dicted on tho charge of assault with
intent to XIII. Ills will be the first
criminal case tried during the term
MFR. Poulin states, Sargent is held un-
der ball az $1,000. Tho grand jury
found reason for holding John King OF
Middletown Springs on the charge OF
assault with intent to commit rape
The woman concerned is Mrs. Beatrice
Cone, wifo OF y. VI, Cone.
Arson Harrington OF South WallinS
ford will also face trial on the charge
OF grand larceny as result OF an in
dictment charging him with altering
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
ITALIAN RANCHMAN
MURDERED IN MEXICO
Bandits Stay Enrico Viscontl, owner
Of $4,000 Acvcs.

FL raso, Texas. March 1a-Enrico
Niscont an Italian subject and one OF
the best known foreign ranchers in
Mexico. was murdered by Mexican ban
dts on his ranch at Encinilas. Chihua
hua. last Tuesday News OF the murder
reached hero to-day in 4 telegram sent
by Ninccuzo Niscont, brother of the
murdered man.
NisConti's ranch was 1j.Dn acres in ex-
tent and located 100 miles south of
OiinaSa and about an equal distance
east Of chihuahua city. The bandits
who murdered him seized his cousin.
Juan Bilbao. n Spaniard on his rancn
60 miles southwest of t;ncinillas. a week
previously and held him for $3.50 ram
som, which vas paid from I'll Paso.
1t is supposed Visconti refused their
demands for money but no details have
heen received here yet. grown son
Of tho ranchman is thought to have been
with him on the ranch, but nothing is
known a s to his fate
The murder OF the ranch owner
aroused deep indignation in tho Italian
colony here where he was known and
respected He had lived II years in
Mexico. never having heen molested he
fore His brother. Ninccn2o Nisconii,
sent a telegram to-day to the Italian
ambassador in Washington notifying
him Of the murder and asking him to
protest to the state department.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
J. X. FULLERTON DIES.
waterbury Town Clerk since ISR8-
Also Held Other Offices.

Waterbury, March 19.-James Kendall
Fullerton. town clerk since 1895. died
at 10 o'clock this morning after a long
Illness. lie was born in Berlin, VT
January >. 1897. the son Of Horatio r.
and Sophia Jcffords Fullerton. While
ne was Still All infant his parents
moved To Waitsfield and there he at
tended the public schools. taught school
and entered the mercantile business
When he was p he came to Water
bury and for five wears was cashier
in the bank, known then as the Water
bury National bank. In 1863 he mar.
ried Sophia Burnham Of Broo<field. In
1865 he entered the firm of Richardson
Il Fullerton, remaining for Is wears,
selling out to Mr. Richa rdson. lie
then became adiuster for the Vermont
Mutual Insurance company. He was
elected town clerk on March 2. 1896
He was also town treasu for II
years and was village clerk for a mum E
her Of years. He leaves four children
j. Hurnham Fullerton of Willimantic.
Conn, Lena f.. wife of James T.. Som
crville. DR.. Henry H. Fullerton Of this
place. and Dean S. Fullerton, assistant
town clerk, and four grandchildren
The funeral will probably be held Wed =
nesdaN.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
LEAD PENCIL SHORTAGE
MAY RESULT FROM WAR
German and Austrian Product Not
Coming This Why Now.

Philadelphia, March e. Shortage In
fhc supply ot lead pencils and colored
'raNons. according 10 W. G. Stringer.
manager Of tho Joseph Dixon CrucihIs
company, ono Of the largest pencil and
orayon manufacturers in the United
States, with main officers at 1910 Arch
street, in this city is likely to develop
IN this country as a consequence of the
European war
The principal difficulty is due ia the
fact that no forcign-madc pencils or
colorcd crayons. which formerlv were
exported in large quantities from Ger
many and Austria, are coming into the
country now. The absence of tho inn
ported grades has made the demand for
the higher grade of domestic goods 81
strong that tho manufacturers this
week We're compelled to withdraw many
lines of the cheaper lead pencils and
certain sra IcH Of crayons. The auiline
dye scarcity has caused the price Of in
delibc lead pencils to soar, and threat
ems eventually to drive the gally color
cd and finished pencil out Of the mar
ket altogether
How pencils are made is a secret
guarded reiGiousy by every concern
making them But that the making
includes more than lead graphite ant
thing that even those pledged to secrecy
are free to admit. Dyes made in German,
and Austria are used In nearly every
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23

pencil made in the United states, and the
scarcity OF these dyes. according to Mr..
Stringer, is largely to blame for the pres
ent tie-up in the pencil industry. Except
for the cheaper grades of pencils, the up.
to-date article has to be properly finished
with a Vanished coating in orange. red.
yellow. blue or purple.
The dyes that make these colorings, 1t
was pointed out Yesterday. are now to he
had in such small quantities that prices
have scared from 10 cents a pound nor
NAL to s15 a pound. and pencil makers
are more than often unable to obtain
what they want at any price. Within the
past fortnight the supply of some of these
colors has practically stopped. To make
indcliblc or copying pencils requires dye
known as methyl violet 1t IL an anline
product made in Germany exclusively.
Since the war mcthyl violet has ceased
TO he imported: as result, copying pen
wills have advanced over 80 gross in
price.
Another handicap to the lead pencil in
dustry brought about by war conditions
Is the scarcity Of brass. More than 20 per
cent OF tho pencils made in this country.
IT was asserted Yesterday. require bra SIS
rings to hold tho inevitable rubber era scr
at ono end. Munition makers it was sa id.
now have tho first call on most Of the
brass being turned out
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
\ TYPICAL. RIDE.

Drive like the deuce shouted Smith,
springing into the taxi. With a lurch
the car darted forward and away they
Went like lightning. Crash. They took
orr the wheel of passing wagon. hi.
M They missed flattening out small
child by hairs breadth. Clang' They
upset a milk cart. People shouted, traf-
ne OFFICERS held MP their hands as the
taxi dashed up one street and down an
other, taking corners on two wheels and
threatening every lamppost with de-
siructlon At last, after a half an hour 8
furious racing, they slowed up in mar
70" thoroughfare and Smith poked his
mead out OF the window. Are we nearly
there he asked. hreathlessly. The
chauffeur turned in his seat and shout
ed Where did you want to CO. SIR
Philadelphia Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
S16,S62,O0O TO PROMOTE
CAUSE OF EDUCATION
N0ckctclIcr's General EducatiO
BOnrd's Approximations to Date.
CdMCallOn

New York. March l9.--Appropriations
made by the general education board,
founded by John p. Rockefeller, 80 pro-
mote education within the United States -
from the time it was organized M to
June )" last totaled approximately SIC, =
$1,000, according to the first installment
on tho boards annual report for the fiscal
year l'li-lal5. made public to-day More
IMAM S0SiN,"o Of this amount already had
heen expended up to June 30.
Endowment funds for colleges and
schools for white students led tho list
or sums appropriated with sll,672, 46D;
medical schools ranked second among the
nenehciaries with s2,Gs0,S7i, colleges and
schools for negroes third with SSH
farmers cooperative dcmonstrative work
Tor the south. fourth, with S7l607s, salar-
les ana expenses for professors Of sec
ondarN education NTH, with s275lsO
IN" report shows that the value of tho
hoard = resources, supplied by John H.
Rockotell"r, was S33,95ss,S
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
BETHLEHEM STEEL'9|
YEARLY EARNINGS
WERE s26,82l,408
26O per Cent. Increase Over
Year BefOre-Armor Plate
Proposition to United
States.

New York. March l9.-The annual re-
mort Of the Bethlehem Steel corpora ion
for 1915 ISSUED here to-day disclosed tina d
tho net earnings of the corporation sndI
its subsidiary companies, fter dedUctin 4
expenditures amounted to 2i,>2l,46S. aSI
compared with &.tt9,e61. in 1914, an in-|
crease of nearly go per cent. orders or|
hand December 81. 1913. aggregated $40, Il
432,S*5 as against st6,i,5.I& on the corre-I
spending date Of the previous year.
y statement by Charles NJ Srhwah,
chairman OF the board Of directors and
+. G. Grace, the president referring tr|
the rema rkable recovery II the STEEL
industry from IT'S low ehh prior to ths
outbreak Of the European war, declared
that to-day there exists an actual short
age of steel making capacity in this
country"
An interesting feature of the report was
the statement that the average number
of employees of the company In the United
States had increased from l5,6S In 1914 TO
2ooSi in 1915, and that wages paid in 1915
amounted TO 81 ,s0o,s6t as against st,Sl2.-
as, the previous year
Calling attention to the bill pending in
Congress for the building by tho govern
ment of an arrnor plant, Messrs. SchwsD
and Grace declared THAT il such a bill
is parsed the value OF existing armor
plants in this country will no virtually de-
stroyed" The Bethlehem Steel corpora
ton, st was pointed out, now has mors
than s7,nn.m invested in its plan, de-
voted to this use,
The report adds: Your officers
have submitted the following prorosI-
ton to the federal government: VS.
will agree to permit any we'll known
firm or chartered public accountants to
inventory our plant and make careful
estimates Of the cost of manufacture:
with that data in hand va will meet
with the secretary OF tho navy and
agree to manufacture armor AT "A prizes
which will he entirely satisfactory -
the secretary OF the navy being
quite as low as the price at which the
government could possibly manutac
ture armor on its own account, after
taking into account all proper charges.
AS a concrete working basis for such
negotiations the bethlehem steel COM
pany has offered to manufacture one
third of the armor plate required for
the contemplated five year naval pro
gram ESTIMATED at approximately
10000 tons) for a price OF SSa5 per
ton for side armor, as compared with
the price of Si25 per ton now obtain
ing.
at may he added that while all
other steel prices have greatly in
creased the foregoing figure at which
we now offer to make armor for the
United states is not only lower price,
than has been paid by the government
for more than ten years, hut it is also
a substantially lower price than is paid
for avmor by Japan, Austria, Germany.
France or England"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
Thereby Annuling the Free
Clause of the UnderwOOd-Sim-
mons Tariff Act Which Would
Be Operative May 1.
STORM Of DEBATE ARISES
Congressman Greene of Yer
mont and Others Reply to
Leader kitchin's Assertion
That Republican Party Was
Original Free Sugar Crowd.

Washington. March 1s.-With thirteen
democrats and tho socialist member op-
posing. tho House to-day by n vote of
@46 to II passed the administration bill
to retain the present tariff of one cent
pound on sugar instead Of permitting
Tho free clause Of the Underwo God Simmons
tariff art TO go into effect May t. The
measure now goes to the Senate.
Voting against tho bill were Repre-
sentative Bailey of Pennsylvania: Buch-
anan SABBATH. McAndrevs and Tavcnncr
of Illinois; Galloway Of Texas. ,'ross"r
and Gordon of Ohio fIillia I'd Of Colorado:
Howard of Georgia: Johnson of Ken.
lucky; Thompson Of Oklahoma and Van
Dyke %: Minnesota democrats, and Lon
don Of New York, socialist.
Debate on the measure aroused little
enthusiasm until late in the day when
Majority Leader kitchin took the floor
to close the argument. It was ono of
the few times Mr. Kitchin has appeared
for an administration measure during
the session. Almost every republican
member was present tn see him auizzed
by the minority tariff experts.
4 rapid exchange resolved itself into
general assault on and defense of the
entire tnderwood- simmons tariff act.
Opening with the declaration that the
republican party was the original free
sugar organization Of the United States
and quoting from congressional records
and campaign books Of the early 'Hos. TO
prove his assertions. tho majority lead
or drew attacks from former Speaker
Cannon. Representatives Fordney Of
Michigan. Cooper NJ Wisconsin. Greene
Of Vermont, and other republican tariff
specialists.
The sole cause for the proposed repeal
of the free sugar clause. Mr.. Kitchin said,
was that imports had fallen on due to the
European war making tho sugar taxes
necessary to meet the expenses Of the
government. Incidentally he declared the
Democratic party never had committed
itself to free sugar act for all time.
Il have heard a great many people de-
nounce the Underwood act, hut have not
heard a solitary, single republican defend
the Payne Aldrich law" he added. You
repuCia ed the very act YOU IA ssed in the
first Congress following it's enactment
President Taft AT the very frs: opportun-
ity after that act went on the statute
books promised the people to revise it,"
The Payne-Aldrich tax 7 approved Of
then" interrupted Mr. Cannon, and
have never apologized for it since and /
would 10 God it were on the statute books
now
Then YOU are rcpudiatinE the platform
Of the Republican party in 1917" Mr.
Kitchin replied. "as YOU promised to re-
wise the tariff after commission had
acted and specifically declared the Payne
tariff act was too high and ought to be
cut down"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
PRES. THOMAS ASSISTANT.
Arthur n. King. ~. of H"Ston' Ap-
pointed by NIdd,cbuvy Trustees

Mddlebury, March 1.-THE trustees ot
M,ddlebury College have appointed as az
sistant to President Thomas Arthur -
King, now inst r,ctor in Latin in the Hun
ungton school, BOSTON Mr.. King Is
graduate Of Middebury in the class Of
l'l2. When he was in college he was "A
leader in athletics. being captain OF the
football team during his senior year. He
was also president of tho college Y NJ.
=. A. and assisted ut Camp Abnaki during
MS summer vacations. Mr.. King Will
nave charge of some Of the general cor
reSpondonce or the college and relieve
NSSF'hnt Dean Wiley in some Of his pres
ent duties MIR. King is ma rried and will
mako his home In tho faculty apartment
IN the new Hepburn hall