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The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
INDICT CONSULS
FOR SMUGGLING
Charged With Violation Of
American Neutrality.
ACpasN TAKEN IN SAN FRANCISCO
BIZ GRAND JURY.
ever Sesre OF Indictments Against In
aigration Officials Charging At
teapks ss Bring in Chinese.

SAN -E'RANCISGO-Fift Fifty-nine feder-
al iRdictments-32 charging violations
of American neutrality, directed
against high German consular Off
cials here. the Turkish consul general
and steampship agents, and 81 against
immigration officials in connection
with the attempted smuggling of Sc
Chinese into the United States last
November from the Pacific mail
steamer Mongolia-were in the pos
session today of the United States dis
trict attorneys office. 1t was said
they '1ould be returned in open court
tomorrow when arrests would follow.
The indictments against the German
consular officials, who include Franz
Bopp, the consul general, we're voted
yesterday by the federal grand jury
as a reSklt of the nationwide invt Sti-
cation by the department of justice in
to bOmb plots and neutrality VIOLA
tions which involved interference with
shipments of munitions of war to the
allied governments and the furnish
ing Of coal and supplies to German
warsbips in the Pacific. The indict-
ments are the first the government
has attempted to obtain against Off
eial representatives of any foreign
power ia connection with its efforts to
curtaii the activities of persons en-
gagged ia the alleged plots
The indictments voted against immi-
grafton officials and steamship men
followed a searching inquiry into re-
ports that a wholesale traffic in con-
trakand aliens was being carried on
with the help of steamship Officers
and the connivance of federal officials
United States District Attorney J. w
Preston, said that ]. F. Boyce, assist
ant United States immigration COM
missioner: four immigration inspec-
tors, W. H. Thornley,, customs house
broker; M M. Hunt, Robert Paul, J. j
Richards, W. S. Scott, officers of the
Mongolia, as well as 15 Chinese, were
among those indicted.
While the indictments against the
consular officials were not unexpect-
ed here, some surprise was manifest
ed today over the large number OF
true bills, which indicated, il was said
that the government had completed
the San Francisco investigation of the
conspiracy plots. The following were
among those against whom indict
ments were voted
Franz Bopp, consul general of Ger
many; Baron E. II. Won Setback, vice
consul for Germany; II. w. f. K3uf
mann, chancellor for the German con
sulate; Maurice II. Hall, consul gen
eraI for Turkey; Frederick Jebsen
former owner of the steamer Mazet
Ian: Johnannes II. Won Koolbergen
alleged agent for the German consu
late. John and julius Rothschiids
Wholesale grocers: George and James
Flood, steamship agents, and Rober
Capelle. general agent of the NOrtf
German Lloyd Steamship company.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
SMALL SHEFPMFN
GIVEN HEARING
Forest Pleas
for Opening of the Ranges.
CLAIM BIG SHEEPMEN HAVE A
MONOPOLY ON THE PASTURES.
Assertion Made That Gigantic Game
of FreezeOut Is Being Pract,ced
Throughout District.

The small sheepman OF southern
Idaho presented their grievances rela-
tive TO the alleged injustice of the
continuation OF the department OF in
terror in giving prior rights to forest
reserve ranges to big sneepmen at a
meeting called for that purpose at
Shoshone yesterday by Chief Supervi-
sor Knipe of the Ogden district At
torney E. J. Hornibrook. who IS in
terested in the sheep business, repre-
sented the snail growers OF the Twin
Falls South Side and the Salmon
tracts All five supervisors of the
district were present Robert Camp
bell OF Oakley, is member of the
body before which the hearing was
held. The supervisors have no author
ity beyond the power Of making re-
concentrations to the interior depart
ment
The small sheepmen put up the fol-
lowing plea for their side of the con-
troversy. as given to The Times by
one of their number: when the gov
ernment took possession OF the for
ests and placed them under federal
supervision, they found certain sheep
men pasturing vast flocks on the ter
ritory included in the forest reserve
In order that utter chaos not succeed
and that the grass on the reserve not
go to waste they gave what was
known as prior rights to those ther
pasturing ON the land in question
These rights, however, ran only from
year to year and no vested interes
was or could be granted In the course
of time with the settlement of the
country a condition was brought about
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
PROCEEDING IN
CONGRESS- THIS WEEK

WASHINGTON Thursdays Senate
Met in executive session at noon to
consider Nicaraguan treaty Sub-com-
mittee continued hearings on nomina-
tion of Louis d. Brandeis for supreme
court.
House: Naval and military commit
tees heard witnesses os national de-
fense.
Hearings on the administration ship
ping bill were begun.
Friday-Senate: Considered Nicara-
guam treaty in executive session. Mil
itary affairs committee decided to be-
gin preparation Of army bill Monday.
House: General debate on the post
office appropriation bill resumed.
Naval and military affairs commit
tee continued hearings on the national
defense
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
COLLECTS FOR THE
FAIR AT filler
+. NJ. Walker Says Much Money Has
Been Paid In-Mapy Twin Falls Peo-
pie and Firms Have Helped.

E. NJ. Walker OF Filler. representing
the fair association, was In this city
Monday collecting up ON the money
subscribed for the establishment of the
county fair In his town. Practically
all the money needed for the purchase
of the fair grounds has been sub
scribed and $4,000 of the amount has
been collected Mr. Walker says that
many firms and individuals in shis
city have assisted literally. He will
be back later in the week
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
BURLFY BOYS FORM
A MILITARY CLUB
Cnptain McTOberts and Lieutenant
C1irber Go There Friday-Boys Are
Eathusiastic.

Captain p w. McRoberts Of the
Twin Falls company of the National
Guard, and Lieutenant CARRIER, U. S.
A., were In Burley Friday organizing
a boys military rifle club in the pub
lie schools. The boys had prepared to
organize and requested Captain Nc
Roberts to be with them. AS Lieuten-
ant CARRIER was here, he was requested
by the head of the local company to
90 along and did SO. The Burley boys
have formed quite live company
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
HOPE DARLINGTON AT REST.

Hope Darlington, aged eight years. a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. b. d. Dar-
lington, died at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. M. Hall in Hollister. Sunday.
Her parents were in California on ac-
cosnt of Mrs. Darlington's health
when the girl took sick and was
brought to the Hall home, where she
died. Mr.. and Mrs. Darlington will be
home tomorrow when funeral an
aosncements will be made.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
LOCAL MARKETS FIRM.

There has been no change In local
markets since the last issue OF The
Times. Wheat In bulk brings $3.50
and in sacks a nickel more. Oats
bring from $1.40 to $145; potatoes are
commanding from S11e to S1.2O;
steers show an upward tendency rang
ing from S5 to $3.50; COWS and bulls
bring $3.50 to So lambs from six to
seven cents; ewes from five to six
cents, and hogs from Ss.25 30 $6.25.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
WALTER RUSSELL DIES.

Walter Oliver Russell. the seven
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Russell died February 13, at the home
of his parents in this city The funer-
al was held from the Grossman un-
dertaki0g partors Tuesday morning,
Rev. 3. c. Miller Of the Baptist church
officiating.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15
CALLEp BY FATHER,s pEATH.

Word was received In this city last
week from Elgin, Ore. of the death OF
the father OF Mrs. H. o. Wilson OF
this city in Elgin, Ore. Mrs Wilson
left at once to attend the funeral.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-15

Mrs Harlan Fisher. returned Monday
to Filler after visit in this city
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The Dolores star., 1916-05-26

him, and he talked Of little else during
his last hours.
On June S the gallowS was esected
before Newgate prison, and the usual
immense mob had gathered to.see two
unfortunate men pay the price. It was
Q trusty old gallows that had been
used on many previous occasions, and
the indications we're that II had . long
career Of usefulness before 1t. The
fatal hour arrived. and the doomed
men appeared upon the scaffold, the
doleful chant Of the bellman still ring
ing in their ears:
All ye that In the condemned hole do lie.
Prepare you, for tomorrow you shall die.
Watch all and pray. the hour Is drawing
near.
That YOU before the Almighty shall ap-
Examine well yourselves. in time repent.
That you may not to eternal flames bs
And when st sepulcher's bell tomorrow
tolls,
The LORD above hav. mercy on your
souls!
The usual ofncials appeared upon the
gallows with Clench and Mackley.
when the sign predicted by Clench was
given. The whole gallows collapsed.
and prisoners. Jailers, executioner and
priest went down in a heap.
Martin Clench sprang to his feet and
trfumphantly cried that the sign had
been given. And It was even 30. but
1t didn't do Martin any good. Carpen.
ters went to work at once. and soon
had the scaffold in shape again, and
the two wretched men were again
escorted to the platform and turned
of. For a little while their curious
story, with its coincidence at the gal.
lows. furnished a topic for my Lord
Topnoddy and the other bloods who
never missed hanging, but the gal
lows was making its own kind of his
tory almost every day then. and no
mans story could hold public atten-
ton long.
Clench and Mackley were almost
forgotten when q man named Burton
Wood was tried and capitally convict
ed for some ofiense. Finding that he
was doomed. and wishing to make his
conscience as easy rs possible. he con-
fessed that he was the slayer OF Fryer.
and related that when the crime was
committed he was accompanied by .
man named Timms. Then came the
further intelligence that Timms. also
under sentence of death, was in Jail
at Reading. Being questioned, he cor
roborated Woods story in every de-
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26
copyeicttr % oOOeleoAX. nA6e q co.

I Peters eleven" Mrs. Bert replied.
He's real nice and bright. His moth
cr's brought him up fine. Anyhow, she
was q Corliss."
But. eugenically speaking, Peter
may have n predisposition to follow
in fathers footsteps, which infer led
toward the little green swinging
DOORS" protested.
"Speakin' U. 8. A.. tommyrpt.' said
Mrs. Temple. Anyhow, it's the door
o. the drugstore in this town. They
sell more'n sody water down to Dan
forth's"
What am I to pay the author of
Peter and the pies?" asked.
well, seems how you keep Peter
ms it were, and Mrs. PilIig caIc'lates
she can rent her house up to Slab City,
she's goin' to come to you for twenty
dollars n month. She's wuth It, too
You'll have the best kept and cleanest
house in Bentford."
rose from the table solemnly.
Mrs. Temple" said 1. II accept Mrs
Pillig. Peter and the pies at these
terms. but only on one condition: She
Is never to clean my studyw
"Why?" asked Mrs. Temple.
Because" said I, you can never
tell where an orderly woman will put
things"
Bert chuckleG as he filled his pipe.
Mrs. Temple grinned herself. was
about to make triumphant exit, when
these words from Mrs. Temples lips
arrested me:
Bert" she said. did you clean the
buggy today7 You know you gotter
go over ter the deepot tomorrow an
git that boarder."
That what?" cried,
Mrs. Bert's eyes half closed with a
purely feminine delight. "Oh. amt
told you?" she said innocently. We're
gOin' ter hev another boarder, a young
lady. From Moo York. too Her
health's broke down, she says, only
that's not the way she said 1t, and
somehow she heard of us. We amt
never taken many boarders, but
guess our names in that old railroad
advertisin' book. wouldn't hev took
her, only I thought maybe you wuz
kind O. lonesome here with jest u.s."
Mrs. Temple" said I. "your solici-
tude quite overwhelms me. Comfort
me with petticoats! Good Lord! And
an anemic, too! I'll bet she has nerves!
When can Mrs. Pillig come to me,
w6man?"
Mrs. Bert's eyes closed still farther.
"Oh, your house amt near ready yet"
she said. why, the painters amt
even began"
L fed to my chamber and hauled
forth manuscript. A female boarder!
Hang Mrs. Temple!" muttered, read
ing a whole paragraph Of manuscript
without taking In a word of 1t.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26
THE SIGN At THE GALLoWs.
cOevQsAisv . vWo Aaasse
AaWoAAeeQ Ssu0lArN

This is a narrowing story. but It has
a large and valuable moral. which
should be pasted in the hats Of all
men who serve on juries in criminal
cases.
Sunday. May 7. 1897. was . beau.
tiful day. The skies were blue, and
the birds were singing. and the young
mans fancy lightly turned to thoughts
of love. Sydney Fryer, a wealthy
young citizen of London. called upon
his cousin. Anne Fryer, and asked her
IL she wouldn't like to take q walk. and
she said she would. So they strolled
around the streets until they reached
the suburbs. where there were fields
and commons. Presently they heard
q cry for help. and Sydney said:
Some woman is in distress! l must
go to her rescue"
Anne tried to persuade him to pay
no attention to the matter, but Sgd,
ney was too gallant q gentleman to
turn q deaf ear to q damsel in distress,
SO he vaulted over . five-foot wall.
from beyond which the cry had come.
and. instead of finding himself in the
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26
CHAPTER v.
The Hermit Sjnus

The Hermit Sings.
The next morning I demanded that
Mrs. Temple again put me up some
lunch. For" said I. I'm going to
postpone meeting this broken-dOwn
wreck of a perhaps once proud female
as long as possible"
Maybe when you see her drive by
you'll be sorry" Mrs. Bert smiled.
II shall be working on the south
side Of the house." retorted.
had not been long at my place.
indeed, l had scarcely finished water
ing my seeded and carting out my
daily stint Of two bnrrowloads of
slash from the orchard, when I heard
bridge by the brook. Mike came from
the vegetable garden and met his
"frind Morrissy," to whom I was cere-
moniously presented.
The scraper was large affair with
flat-tired iron wheels and blade
eight feet long. The way that eight
f0ot blade, with four horses hauling 1t,
peeled of the old burrows and brought
the top soil down from the high side
to the low made my poor efforts with
the scoop look puny enough. The lawn
was shaping up SO fast that I began
once more to grow expansive
''It really won't be square" thought
I, because my pergola will cut of
twelve feet Of the length, and If
have flower beds by the roses they'll
cut of some more. 1 guess those roses
ought to be one hundred and twelve
feet from the house."
I threw down my shovel, went over
to the row of stakes, and moved them
south again, twenty-five feet having
added thirteen feet as I walked; then
l called out to "frind Morrissy" to
bring his scraper.
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scraper II be over here tomorrow
scrapin' the road, and It do be easier
an quicker to borry that"
In some ways. I consider this re.
mark Of Mixes, under the cIrcum.
stances, one of the most gentlemanly
I ever heard! And jumped at his
suggestion.
Mike" said I, "I'll admit this job Is
bigger than I thought. How can
borrow the road scraper?"
"Sure, amt me frind Dan Morris
sey one O. the selictmeni" said Mike,
"and amt he the road boss, and amt
he willin' to earn an extra penny for
for the town.
"H'h," said 1; "for the town! Well.
I've got to have this lawn! You get
your friend Dan in the morning. Just
the same, I don't love the town so
much that want n 25O-foot lawn"
Noon came and found me with ach-
ing arms and strained shoulder sock
cts. / had brought some lunch. to save
the walk back to Mrs. Temples, and l
took it into my big south room to eat
1t. Hard was in there eating his. The
plumbers were eating theirs In the
new kitchen. already completed.
Hard. I found. had begun the book
case. which was just the height Of the
mantels. He had been preparing the
top molding with his universal plane
when noon came, and the sweet shay
Jugs lay curled on the floor. l scuffed
my feet in them, and even hung one
from my ear, as children do. while
Hard Cider regarded me scornfully.
"I'm going to have great times in
this room" l exclaimed. Books be-
tween the fireplaces. books along the
wallis. just a few pictures. including
my Hiroshiges. over the mantels. my
desk by the west window, and out
there the green garden! A man ought
to write something pretty good In this
room, eh!'
Hard looked at me with narrowed
eyes. II don't know nothin' about
writin'," he said. but 1t pears to me
a feller could write most anywhar per-
vided he had somethin' ter say"
Whereupon Hard concluded by bit
ing into a large piece of prune pie.
The Yankee temperament Is occa-
sionally depressing! l went outdoors
again, eating my doughnuts as l
walked, and strolled into the vegetable
garden to survey the staked rows
which denoted beets and peas. Then
l went down the slope into my little
stand OF pines, into the cool hush Of
them, and unconsciously my brain re-
laxed in the bath of their peace. and
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26
Persistent Canada Thistle.

The cause of the remarkable vitality
of Canada thistle and the point that
distinguishes 1t from other prickly
plants that are commonly mistaken for
1t is the long cordlike perennial root.
This root penetrates the soil to q depth
Of eight to fifteen inches or more and
gives rise at frequent intervals to leafy
shoots. Thus 1t will often be found
that an entire patch Of thistles IL At
tached to one root and is in reality
but one plant. The root Is exceedingly
hardy and can live over winter or
through a prolonged drought in q dor
mant condition. Pieces Of the root
that are broken of by plow or cult
vator and carried to other places will
await warm, moist period and then:
begin to send up leafy shoots, thus es-
tablishing new patch forthwith. II
the leafy stems are cut down, others
will be sent up to take their place and
this process may be repeated from two
to eight times before the root becomes
exhausted.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26

tail. There was no possibility Of q
doubt as to the innocence of Clench
and Mackley, but they no longer cared
anything about earthly Justice or In.
justice.
For several years thereafter an old
residence in Shepherd street was much
gazed at by the curious. Londoners
pointed 1t out to their visiting kin
from the country. One of the rear
windows was heavily barred with iron,
and sometimes a CHASTITY, phantomlike
face was seen at that window.
THAT is Mistress Anne Fryer" the
Londoner would say to his wondering
cousin from The back districts. "She
sent two men to the gallows by giving
mistaken testimony, and when she
learned the truth she became a raving
madwoman. She Is kept in that room
all the year round, and sometimes
when she is violent they gag her and
chain her to the floor"
As remarked in the beginning, this
true story has n moral, and it should
be framed and hung up wherever NOR.
tai man is engaged in the administra.
tion Of Justice.
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for ten minutes lay on the needles,
neither asleep nor awake, just bliss
fully vacant. Then l returned to my
scooping, marvelously restored.
scooped and spread and raked until
six O'Clock, when, palm-sore and weary,
I drank a great dipperful of water
from my copper pump in the kitchen,
took last look at Hard's bookcase,
and tramped up the dusty road to sup
per.
Mrs. Temple was beaming when I
came down from my bath.
'.Well," said she, "in the first place,
I've got you the housekeeper l want"
"By which infer that she's the one
1 want, too" asked.
"Of course" said Mrs. Temple, on
whom irony had no effect. "She's Mrs.
Pillig, from Slab City, and she's an
artist in pies. Pillig amt dead, worse
luck, but he's whar he won't trouble
you. I guess Peter won't trouble you
none, neither. He's nice boy, and
he'll be awful handy round the place" T"
peter Pilligv' exclaimed. There
amt no such animal! II there ID,
Dickens was his grandfather. How
old Is Peter"
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26

She praises It highly - she has been
relieved Of all these pains by its use.
Allmothers should know Of this remedy.
and all young girls who suffer should
ryit t"-Mrs. MATILDA KURTzwDG, go
High St, Buffalo, N. Y.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backachs,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion, should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
II you know Of any young wo-
man who Is sick and needs help
full advice, ask her to write to tho
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co..
Lynn, Mass. Only women will
receive her letter, and 1t will b0
held In strtctest confidence.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26

presence Of a suffering female, he was
faced by three rufiians, who told him
to hand over his valuables. Sydney
battle, whereupon one of the robbers
fired pistol at him. and he fell dead.
Hearing the report of the pistol.
Anne scrambled up the wall until she
could see over it. and beheld her
cousin lying dead and his assailants
fleeing from the scene. She reported
the crime to the authorities. and dill
gent search was made for the murder
ers. with the result that three young
Martin Glench, James Mackley and Jo-
seph Smith. They had a local reputa.
ton for wildness. but had never been
suspected or accused of crime. Anne
Fryer identified Clench and Mackley
at once. She was absolutely positive
that they were two Of the murderers.
There couldn't be any mistake about it.
The young men appeared for trial in
due season, and Anne Fryer was the
chief witness against them. She was
as positive as ever in her identified
ton of the two. The whole case rested
upon her testimony. and the jury evt
IDENTIFY agreed with her that she
couldn't be mistaken, for Clench and
Mackley were convicted of murder.
and Smith was acquitted. The verdict
was somewhat surprising, because the
instructions Of the court favored the
prisoners. The learned jurist pointed
out that too much reliance should not
be placed upon the testimony of a
young woman who must have been
wildly excited at the time of the crime.
Mackley accepted his death sentence
with sullen resignation. as though he
considered it a part of the days work; g.;
but Martin Clench, who was q fine,
intelligent young man, protested Bit
terly In open court, saying that he was
no more a murderer than the judge on
the bench.
Having been sent back to jail to
await the day Of execution, Clench de-
voted most of his time to religious
study. and the mantle Of Elijah de-
scended upon him. He began to make
prophecies. He said that heaven
would not permit two innocent men to
be executed without some sign that all
men might understand.
Mark my words" he was wont to
say, there win be . sign at the gal
lows, proclaiming our innocence"
This idea became an obsesaion with
The Dolores star., 1916-05-26
Good Results With Alfalfa FIou,

Alfalfa flour is one of the new prod
ucts that are being prepared for the
market. It is blended with wheat
-four, as the alfalfa protein does not
supply the necessary elasticity. Tho
unbleached flour gives to the food .
characteristic green color. The ad-
vantages are to be- found in the lower
cost and greater food value.
The food classes have been working
with the flour and have had very sat-
isfactory results, substituting alfalfa
for wheat -four in mullins. biscuit,
bread and cake. There is a slight
characteristic flavor that is objection
able to some people, but in most cases
it is a very satisfactory substitute
Charlotte e. Carpenter, Colorado Agri.
cultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.