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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23

II more than half believe that young
Carson took your diamonds. He could
easily have pressed the spring while
he was assisting you on with your
cloak, and then watched for them to
drop in the confusion of leaving the
theater' Tom looked sullenly out of
the WINDOW.
How can you be so UNJUST" flared
Marjory, rousing herself froIl the stu
por that lad fallen upon he- when
she found she had lost her diamonds.
"He is charming young man."
Charming" snorted Tom. That is
part of the stock in trade Of adven-
turers.''
Calling him names will not help
find the diamonds" replied Marjory
listlessly.
No, but putting detectives at
work on the thing will, and l mean
to suggest to the detective that posi-
bility."
ooh, don't Tom. 1t is awful to
charge a respectable person with such
a thing" pleaded the wife.
His responsibility IS by no means
proved to me-" was the hard answer.
This whole tribe of Goldfish that you
have taken to your bosom is nothing
but pack of adventurers." Toms
usual good nature seemed t. be hope
lessly lost. The loss of the valuable
jewels coming just when he was SO
indignant over his wife's flirting with
the group of young men who belonged
to the set in whose circles she aspired
to revolve, had completely upset him.
II mean to put the whole thing into
the hands of the dealer from whom
you got them. 1t does seem as if you
might have drawn the line at dia-
monds."
ooh. don't do that. Please. Tom"
begged Marjory. tears in her voice.
We'll why not. pray? / certainly
shall not leave any stone unturned to
find them,' answered Tom harshly.
THE man would be sure to make
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23

when I've paid the
goodly sum for
which the tax col
lector itches, with
hats in hand men
still will come, to
touch me for my
m e a gre riches.
This slogan is for
ever called, Dig
up! Dig up! We
need your money,
to build a refuge
for the bald, and
buy old spinsters
cake and honey!
Dig up, to buy the
DauperS grub. for
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
Rev;e1v of Books
1.-THE COMPLETE GENTLEMAN

1.-THE COMPLETE oENTLEMAN.r
In "The Complete Gentleman" Bohun
Lynch has written the story of a prig,
who Is also a cad. His name, Henry
Wedlaw.
This fellow sets out to marry for
money. Then he undertakes to train
his wife In the way which, by the laws
Of priggery. she should CO. Fortunate
ly for her the wife has 4 mind of her
own and an eye with which to see
Wedlaw as he Is. The story carries a
company of friends and associates of
the Wedlaws. one of whom, Oliver
Maitland, belongs In the rogues' gal
lery, and seeks to approach Mrs Henry
when Henry is at his tryingest
Mr.. Lynch has written his story with
a careful completeness which makes
one of the reasons why it is something
more than trifle slow and difficult to
read.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.

One Hundred Years Agb Today.
1s16-A royal decree was is
sued prohibiting Bible societies
in Hungary.
Seventy-five Years Ago Today.
1S41-Sir William Macnaugh-
ton, British agent at Cabul, was
assassinated by Afghan rebels.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
1s66-The law for the incor-
poration of Schleswig- Holstein
was signed by the king Of Prus-
STA
Twenty Five Years Ago Today.
1891-John A. ]. Creswell, U.
s. senator from Maryland and
postmaster-general in Grants
cabinet, died at Elkton, Md.
Born at Port Deposit, Md, Nov.
Is, 1928.
One Year Ago Today in tho War.
British official report placed
losses at Dardanelles up to Dec.
II, at 1881; Bulgarians mass
ed heavy artillery and REIN
forcements on Greek border;
German reply to latest American
note on Frye case failed to sat
isfy American demands; artil-
lery duels reported along tho
whole Italian front.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
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SONS, py tue ia'e ouase :. ~ fienner'
is OH the press. MOST OF the eaition
was soid pS advance suoscription' pu.
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au.hoi' ions iiienu VI tne iuaio man
anu an aa,nirer OF ms s.yie OF M,ilihe.
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weaving ms nls.o,ic hho"ieose ineo
tne warp anu Muoi VI ihooefh events.
MS pook - luh u cheery common
sense anu op'iniisuc pliiiosopny.
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
IS WORTH REMEMBERING.

A wise man will make more
opportunities than he finds
Lord Bacon.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
TO BE TAKEN BE-
FORE OR AFTER

Gladys beau took her younger sister,
Mabel. aside and confided in her as
follows:
Now. l am going to tell you some
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
Uncle Walt Has for You
This Evening
TAX PAYING.

The time has come to pay the tax
upon my chattels and my dwelling: of
rupees many hard earned laos from
my strongbox l must be Smelling. And
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
"THELAsTDITeH.-


Words continue their habit of run
ming away with Will Lexington Com
fort They are good words. Mr.. Com
fort knows his language. But they
take advantage Of the writer's fervor.
which frequently leads him, in chase of
his idea. to hold loose rein on his vo-
cabulary. Then they gallop unbridled.
Thu word stampede is much in evi-
dence In The Last Ditch" Mr.. Com
forts latest book. but the verbal clatter
cannot deafen the reader to the story
that runs with the runaways. It is a
story of the Asiatic east--of an Ameri-
can adventurer who. by strange chance.
becomes entangled wi h the movement
for new China, who bears the secrets
and carries the messages of idealistic
conspirators, and Who, quite incident
ally. falls under the sway Of two most
remarkable women.
Mystery Is in this tale. Murder. also.
by secret poisons. Extravaganza, of
course, which is not all due to the run
away words. BY way of diversion from
the plottings at Tien Tsin and Shang-
hal. there is an excursion to the desert
haunts of certain nomad tribes. Alto
gether, Mr.. Comforts story lures--as,
some say. does the east.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
:. PEPS :.

To paraphrase a porcine
and pygmean paragraph,
every one who owns an auto
thinks he has "The Car
What Are"
If you have overlooked
anything you intended to
buy for "Peps," remember
that the wienie works are
open tonight.
Even mistletoe is going
up
When the Salt Lake spirit
is mixed with the Boise
spirit you can expect a h. t.
in the old town even in mid
winter.
The whistles blew, the
wind blew and the boys in
blue blew in headed by Colo
mel Edelblute. O. K. except
for the khaki, if we except
the O. s. L. and the further
uncertainty of the weather.
Suggest that Secretary
Lansing write his peace
notes in poetry. More feet
to get out on.
Talk about extravaganza.
In one swell club the boys
are playing poker with po-
tato chips.
promised to marry me? hope you'll
forgive me for taking her away?"
Forgive you, Mr.. Sparks" said
Mabel. "Of course l will. Why, that's
what the party was fort"
He felt his position keenly. Rest
lessy re moved off one leg onto the
other and looked up with the simple
faith OF little child unto her who
sold the stamps in the postoffice,
knowing full well tina. he would be at
tended to when she got good and
ready.
"well?"
"A penny stamp, please" said the
meek and mild stranger.
we don't sell stamps here, this
is the inquiry counter" she replied,
angry at an interruption without a
sale.
IF this is the inquiry counter may
I ask you where l may purchase a
stamp" persisted the meek looking
man.
Counter directly opposite" she
| hissed
When the purchase had been com
pleted the meek and mild stranger
bent his steps back again even unto
the inquiry counter.
IF this is the inquiry counter may
/ be allowed to ask a question:"
"WelI?"
IF | post this letter tonight will IL
arrive in Glasgow first post tomor-
row."
YES"
We'll, my dear lady, you are wrong,
for the letter is addressed to Edin-
burgh." and he went on his way
! Louisville Courier Journal
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-23
w j. o y our

mind this
morningY'
asked Mansfield,
city editor Of The
Chronicle. ~ Tom
my Grant paused
beside his desk.
Tho young police
reporter ! o o L Q q
thoughtful 1--WE
raided Big Moe
Mysrr stuss game
yesterday" he said
slowly, thanks 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
City May Use CONSUMPTION
ToRaise Snow Shove1Brigade
Lawyer Doctor Indian Chief, Broker Pauper Not TO Be
Exempt if Labor Shortage Threatens Fetherston
When Blizzard Arrives

Have YOU a little snow shovel in
your home? Better buy one; you may
need it. The rich man may have TO
shoulder a shovel alongside the poor
man, the boss with the Office boy. If
blizzard comes this winter.
This is the prediction Of Commits
tioner John T. Fetherston, Of the
street Cleaning Department. The lack
OF labor is responsible.
Winter before last, when there were
many unemployed, Commissioner Feth-
erston got 10000 men for his snow
fighting squad, and used them all.
Last winter he could get only 10000.
This year labor is so scarce that Com
missioner Fetherston declares that in
the event Of heavy snowstorm ii will
De up TO the public TO shovel snow if
thew don't want to see traffic blocked
and food and coal famine.
Trouble Turks in Snow
The Weather Bureau refuses to
postpone the snowstorms until next
summer; we will have a hard time
Getting men, and If snow is on the
streets for as long as week it will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Private Air Cruiser
Gets Its Commission

Announcement was made by the
Aero Club of America last night of the
commissioning of a new private air
cruiser, one of the largest and most
luxurious built in this country, at Port
Washington, Long Island, yesterday
afternoon. Designed TO accommodate
five passengers, the machine at a test
trial few weeks ago flew with eleven.
1t was built by the Curtiss company
for the American Transatlantic Com
pany, which Rodman Wanamaker heads.
From tip to tip the wings measure
seventy-six feet, ard the body. from
the bow to the tip of the rudder, fifty
four feet. The machine is equipped
with two 100-horsepower motors, all
electric self-starter, electric lights,
searchlight and regulation yacht equip
ment. The interior of the cabin is fin
ished in mahogany, and the seats, ar
ranged in pairs, are upholstered in
pigskin.
An automatic pilot completes the
working equipment. At sixty miles an
hour, the cruiser has a radius of 500
miles with five passengers. 1t was said
last night the craft would soon fly to
Florida, where it will be stationed for
the winter.
Among those who inspected the
cruiser were Robert S. Lovett and his
son, Robert A. Lovett; F. Trubee Da-
vison. II. p. Dawson, ir.. members Of
the Aerial Coast Patrol Unit No. /;
Alan r. Hawley, president of the Aero
Club of America Henry Woodhouse,
Lawrence b. Sperry, w. d. Cash, rep
resentative of Mr. Wanamaker: T. A.
Morgan, Stuart Mcdonald. Captain
Ernest c. Bass and David II. McCul-
loch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20

seriously impcril the life and health
OF everybody" he declared yesterday
IN an address to the members of the
Young Mems Hebrew Association,
Ninety-second Street and Lexington
Avenue. 81 may be forced to call on
you boys to shovel snow. You needn't
laugh. mean it. Things may be-
come very serious"
Commissioner Fetherston suggested
two Improvements for the Street
Cleaning Department-mo all
trash carts and the operation of dis
posal plants by the city, instead Of by
contractors. Among the interesting
statistics he cited were:
Three inches of snow will congest
traffic slightly in New York. Six
in:hes will congest it worse. Twelve
inches will block it efectually.
How TO Save Money
By dumping snow into sewers. in
stead Of carting II away, the city
saves more than 40 cents on every
cubic yard.
When snow falls the department will
have $50 miles of pavement to shovel
a street that would reach from New
York TO Chicago.
II cost the city s2.5OO,o0O to remove
snow last year, and the department
between thirty and forty days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
SEEK SHORT-FINGERED MEN
Marines with Tapering Digits Are
Quicker TO Desert.

Washington. Aug. 23.-Men with
long. tapering "pano" fingers are apt
to desert after short service, while
those having stubby digts, denoting
stability of character and utter lack of
the artistic temperament, usually stand
By their oaths and make the best ma
rines, according 10 finger print experts
at headquarters of the United States
Marine Corps.
Although desertions from the corps
are light at all times, it has been found
that actors, sign writers and, strange
to say, walters furnish the largest num-
Der of deserters. Records, including
finger prints, of all men enlisted in the
Marine Corps are kept at headquarters
for purposes of identification, and
there are cases on record where bodies,
with finger tips intact, have been posi-
lively identified through the finger
print medium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
PLANS AN IMMIGRANT FUND
Commissioner Howe Proposes Lending
Money TO Establish Aliens on Farms

Frederic c. Howe, immigration Com
missioner, last night launched plan
10 raise government fund to be
loaned to immigrants arriving at
American ports TO establish them on
farms. In his address, delivered at the
Free Synagogue House, Commissioner
Howe asserted this was the only solu-
tion of the immigration problem and
called on Congress for action.
I'VE have dumped the immigrant out
side Of Ellis Island and permitted him
TO shift for himself" said the Commits
sioner. "He is not protected from ex-
ploitation. Only a few cities have un-
dertaken TO educate him. This has left
him. in his ignorance of American insti--
tutions, TO be a prey of the political
boss as we'll as Of the employer.
1.-THE immigration problem is there
fore a political problem. 1t is also
social problem. IL can only be solved
by the community itself. believe that
the next step is 10 work out CON
structive programme of education, of
employment and Of placing the immi-
grant on the land under favorable con-
Citions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
ADMITS FATAL JOY RIDE
Chauffeur Confesses Story of Col
lision Wasn't True

Henry Green. Of 267 West Twenty
third Street, recovered mis- memory and
lost his imagination yesterday. When
the touring car Of which he was chauf-
feur was wrecked on Jerome Avenue
Saturday night. killing one man and
fatally injuring another. Green told
the police that il had been butted of
the road and hurled down an emoank-
,nent bv another car. which struck it
in the rear and escaped.
To-day he admitted TO the police
that ne had been Joy riding and that
the rear-end collision was a myth; Ac-
cording TO Green, he had gone for a
rjde with Albert Howell, an architect,
Who is dead, and Michael Collins, who
is dying. Howell was driving the car
he asserted. when the machine side;
over rolling down the bank. Green
IS held as a material witness in $4,000
bail. pending an inquest by Coroner
George Engel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
GIRL THRICE TRIES TO DIE
Takes Poison, Attempts to Choke Her
self, Beats Head Against Wall

Up to late las. night Gussie Sitrow,
twenty years old, of II East 18th
Street, had not been able TO take the
life which had grown unbearable to her
since she lost her job and her sweet
heart. Yet she had tried three times
before. She was placed in the observa-
ton ward of Bellevue.
Late Saturday night the girl called
at an employment agency at % East
I11th Street. On learning that there
was no work for her there she swal-
lowed a quantity of iodine. Patrolman
Sheehan. of the East 104th Street sta
ton, saved her life by prompt admin
istration of an antidote.
The girl was taken to the West
Forty-seventh Street station. Accord
ing to the matron. she had been left
alone only a few minutes when 1t was
discovered that she was trying TO
strangle herself with her shoelaces.
When these were taken away from her
her she beat her head against the wall
of her cell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
MOTHER IN SUIT
FOR LEGACY FUND
Daughter Evades Contract
to Share Request, Says
Mrs. EIlwanger Smith

Justice Guy. Of the Supreme Court,
has taken under consideration en- ac-
tor brought by Mrs. Harriet Ellwan-
ger Smith to compel her daughter,
Miss Florence Brook Ellwanger. to
carry out contract which provided
that Miss Ellwanger. two sisters and
an uncle were to deposit $4,000 each
for the benefit of Mrs. Smith from
lcgaoies they anticipated from their
grandfather, George Ellwanger, OF
Rochester, whose son, George II. Eli
wanger, was Mrs. Smiths first hus-
bard. The elder Eliwanger left an
estate of about s2,O0O,0O0.
George II. Ellwanger died, leaving
three daughters and a brother, Will
ian b. Ellwanger. Fearing that ms
WIDOW would contest the will OF her
husbands father, her daughters and
their uncle entered into the contract
with her. 1t provided that in case
eacr daughter and the uncle received
at least S125,000 from the estate OF
George Ellwanger they were t. de-
post with the Rochester Trust and
Safe Deposit Company $4,000 each as
fund from which Mrs. Smith was to
receive a life income. At her death
this fund was to be distributed among
the persons who created it.
George Ellwanger died in 1906. Each
OF the daughters and their uncle re-
ccived more than the Sl25,000 speci-
fed in the contract, but the fund was
not established for Mrs. Smith. Flor.
ence Ellwanger refused to carry out
the contract when requested by her
mother to do so.
rhe answer of the daughter in the
suit is that her signature to the con-
tract was obtained through false rep
presentations. Miss Ellwanger said that
her mother represented to her that
she was penniless. although she was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Beecher Fund Now $15.675

The Rev. DR.. S. Parkes Cadmsn.
pastor of the Central Congregational
Church, of Brooklyn, announced last
night, at a special service in behalf of
the Henry Ward Beecher Fund for
Talladega College for negroes in Ala
bama, that the sl5,675.50 mark had
been reached. An effort is being made
70 raise 5000 for the college.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Baker Order Indicates Ad-
ministration Is Swinging
to Compulsory Service
ASKS WAR COLLEGE
TO MAKE REPORT
Summary of Militia Fed
eraIization and Regular
Army Recruiting Wanted

Washington, Nov. 1s.-Indioations
that the Administration is swinging
toward compulsory military service as
the only escape from the failure Of
militia liberalization and of regular
army recruiting were seen to-day, when
il was learned that Secretary Baker had
asked the Army War College 20 report
on the comparative advantages Of COM
pulsory and voluntary recruiting.
NJ. Baker asked the War College to
prepare a survey of recruiting condi-
tions incident TO the Presidents calling
the militia into Federal service last
June and OF the results of the cam
paign for recruiting 10000 additional
men for the regular army under spe-
cial act Of Congress.
This action by the Secretary of War,
coupled with warning issued to the
sdjutants general of the various states,
is regarded by military experts as indi-
eating the seriousness Of the situation.
X is cited as proof that Administration
officials are becoming convinced that
the Hay act is failing.
Notice TO Militia Heads
The warning from the War Depart
ment to the militia heads is signed by
Colonel George w. McIver, acting chief
of the Bureau of Militia Affairs. It
serves notice that all militiamen who
have not taken the oath binding them
10 three years active service and three
wears in the reserve must do so within
8 certain time or be cut of from Fed
ersl funds and Federal recognition.
Militiamen not now in the service OF
the United States have till November
so TO take the oath, while those in the
service have until the last day of the
calendar month following their muster.
This warning was made necessary by
the fact that hundreds of mllitlamen,
officers and privates, have refused TO
reenlist under the terms of the Hay
act or have signifed their intention to
refuse when their present terms OF en-
listment terminate.
The figures of the War Department
show that since the militia organiza-
tons were called into service by the
PRESIDENT last JUNE ulOit NadH o."
militia officers have resigned.
Refused TO Make Sacrifice
These officers have said that it was
impossible for them TO continue in the
service except at a great personal sac
rifce, most Of them being business or
professional men who cannot afford to
be absent from their work.
Similarly, thousands of privates serv-
ing on the border have found that their
employment at home has been jeop-
ardized and that their families have
suffered. They say they will not will
lingly again subject themselves to
these conditions.
Army officers say that this provides a
strong argument for universal compul-
sorry military service.
II is regarded as likely that the War
College will point out the failures OF
the Hay reorganization system and rec
ommend the adoption of some form Of
compulsory training or service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20

in possession of large sum OF money
received from her first husband 70
which the daughters and uncle were
entitled as next Of kin. For many
wears the mother and daughter were
estranged.
Mrs. Smith denied that there was
any deception in obtaining the con-
tract. She said that she was reserving
the right to proceed against the other
carties to the contract.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20

city and Chicago. with chain Of regu-
lar landing places along the route. 1t
is quite possible, he said, for pilot
TO use a cabined aeroplane heated by
the exhaust of the motor and fly in the
most severe weather in comfort
Miss Law is twenty-nine years old
having been born in Lynn. Mass, on
March q. 1887. She received her pilots
license November 30, 1912. using a
Wright biplane in her tests. She has
been flying ever since.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
TO PRESENT HISTORIC
TABLET TO THE POPE
Mrs. George Leary Sends
Chinese Antiquity to Rome

Rome, Nov. 19.-Dr. Fritz Won Holm,
Of New York. formerly an officer in the
Danish navy. who recently was deco
rated by the Pope with the Order Of st.
Sylvester for his explorations in China,
will present TO the Pope. in behalf OF
Mrs. George Leary. of New York, the
two-ton tablet patterned after the
eighth century Chinese HISTORIAN Tab
let. which was exhibited in the Metro
polition Museum of New York from
1908 to 1916.
The tablet is now on its way to
Rome.
The tablet or monument. which
measures ten feet. was brought to Bos
ton by DR.. Fritz Won Holm on the
steamer Kennebec in May, 1909. 1t is a
copy of the famous HISTORIAN tablet OF
Sianfu. the original of which is among
the most interesting Of Chinese an
tiquities. In obtaining and bringing 1t
out of the province of Shensi, in South
ern China. DR.. Won Holm was confront
ed with the strong opposition of the
superstitious inhabitants and the I'M
rerial customs officials At one stage OF
his journey he was attacked by band
of Chinese peasants, TO whom the max
ing Of the COPY seemed a sacrilege.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Chokes to Death at Party

Joseph Blatz. of 1860 DeKalb Avenue.
BROOKLYN, choked to death yesterday
afternoon at the annual beefsteak party
of the 21st Ward Plug Hat Bowling
Club, held at 241 Floyd Street, Brook
Ign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20

dollar cathedral fund. A tender Of
site in East Orange for the proposed
structure had been made to the cathe-
dral chapter.