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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
CONGRATULATIONS
SENT TO BRANDEIS
BY THE GOVERNOR

The nomination of Louis D,
Brandeis of Boston for justice
. of the supreme court of the
. United States, Is looked upon
by Jews in Boise as recognition
Q OF the ability of those of their
race to acquire high office, and
the confidence others have In
, them. Judge Brandeis is one of
the best known jurists in the
country. His nomination was
quite generally a surprise. To
, Governor Alexander, of this
. state, however, it was not. and
. he so stated this morning.
. The governor wired Mr. Bran
deis his congratulations as fol-
. lows:
Boise. Jan. 20. 1915.
, l. D. Brandeis.
Boston, Mass.
Congratulations upon your
nomination as justice OF the SUI
> preme court of the United
. States. This is fitting tribute
of the great president to the
> great jurist of Massachusetts,,
to the greatest tribunal of the
greatest people of the world.
You are worthy of it and big
enough to fill the exalted posi-
tion. God speed you.
M. ALEXANDER,
, Governor of Idaho.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
Brothers to Enter Ministry

Medford, Mass, Jan. 2e.-An or
dination service of unusual interest.
the ordination of three brothers. is to
take place tomorrow evening in God
dard chapel at Tufts college. The three
young men are students in the rheo-
logical School of Tufts, and have al
ready begun pastorates. They are
George A. Mark of Danvers, John N.
Mark of East Lexington, and Thomas
NJ. Mark of Marblehead.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
Fifty Lives Believed to Have Been Lost
as the Result Of the Breaking Of Dam
Communication With the Valley
Is Cut Off

San Diego, Cal. Jan. 29.-Reief parties in automo-
bies and motor trucks left today for the stricken Otay
valley 5 miles SOUTH where the bursting of lower Otay
dam Thursday loosed 100000 gallons of water and
drowned probably so persons The trucks carried provis-
ions for the survivors and pontoons for fordng swollen
streams where bridges out Communication with the
valley is cut The water supply at San Diego curtaed
Persons familiar with the country said probably the great
est damage occurred near the dam.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
MEXICO MAY ADOPT
COMPULSORY SERVICE

Ell Paso, Jan. 2s.-The commission
appointed by General Carranza I'd con-
slider the advisability of establishing
compulsory military service in Mexico
has begun its work In Mexico City. ac-
cording to the Mexican consulate.
General Carranza had previously de-
clared against compulsory service. It
is understood the activity of revolu-
tionaries prompted him to name the
commission.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29

the document in behalf Of the cab
met members remaining in Montene-
gro. Therefore, the paper declares,
the treaty is valid without the kings
ratification. Besides. the paper says,
the king committed himself by a let
ter written in his own hand and a tele-
gram on Jan. 13 asking Emperor
Francis Joseph for peace. The king
left Montenegro Jan. 1S. Austria Hun
gary's next duty, according to the pa
per. is to feed the starving Montene-
grins.
Heavy Rains In Albania.
Rome, Jan. 29.-Heavy rains have
made northern Albania almost i'm
practicable for Austrian troops, who
have been able to advance only SLOWLY.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
CANADIANS ARE
BADLY INJURED BY
AN EXPLOSION

Halifax, N. s.. Jan. 29-one officer
and three soldiers were seriously in
jured and Ave soldiers received minor
injuries and cuts today when an explo-
sion occurred in the old Cunard build
ing. in which military class in bomb
manufacturing was listening to a lee
ture by Captain Hurd of the Sixth mil
itary division
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
SATURDAY SESSION OF
MOHR TRIAL is HELD

Providence, R. l.. Jan. 2s.-In order
to expedite the trial of Mrs. Elizabeth
Mohr, Cecil Brown and Henry Spell
man for the murder of DR.. C. Franklin
Mohr. the court omitted the usual Sat
urday recess and held forenoon ses-
sion. Mrs. Mohr was under redirect
examination.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
Relief In Northern Montana.

Helena, Jan. 29.-The temperature
stood at 80 below zero here today. In
western Montana there has been no
break in the cold. nor in the central
part, but in the northern section there
has been a rise Of 10 degrees. Havre
reported S6 below Train service was
delayed on all roads because of the
cold and drifting snow.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
Erie Newspaper to Quit.

Erie, Pa, Jan. 29.-The Erie Dis
patch. the only morning daily newspa-
per in this city, announces that 1t will
cease publication tomorrow. The Dis
patch was started so years ago and is
the oldest newspaper in northeastern
Pennsylvania
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
NO ULTIMATUh HAS
been SENT TO GERMANY

Washington, Jan. 2s.-Seoretary Lam
sing today denied published reports
that the United States has given Ger
many until Feb. 5 Ito make a definite
answer as to whether she intends to
disavow the sinking of the Lusitania.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
FRESH ADVANCES
BY GERMANS ON
WESTERN FRONT

Berlin. Jan. 2s.-(OfficiaD- -One
thousand yards of French positions
south of the village of F'rise have been
captured. Thirteen machine guns and
927 prisoners were taken. Northea east of
Neuville the Germans stormed 100
yards of trenches and captured ~ men
and nine machine guns.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
French Official Statement.

Paris, Jan. 29.-(OfficiaD- German
attack on the French front south of
Somme failed completely on the south
ern end of the line succeeding only on
the bank of the Somme against the viii
lage OF Frise.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
Juncture Effected and It Is Believed the
Advance Of the Invaders Can Be
Stopped Weather Interferes With
Operation Of Troops

Paris Jan. pa Mathis Rome dispatch says Essad
Pasha has effected junction with the Italian forces in
Albania 1t adds that he is forfyng the positions at
Avona and other points further south in Albania and is
confident he will be able to effectively stop the advance of
the Austro- Hungarian forces
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
Traffic Is Interrupted.

Denver, Jan. 29.-Snow and sleet in
the Missouri and Mississippi river val
leys has prostrated telegraph lines.
Traffic conditions are greatly inter-
rupted.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
Two Lives Lost in Fire.

sons are known to have lost their lives
in fire starting in Drumright. Okla,
restaurant. An entire city block was
burned. The loss was 100000.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
PRESIDENT SPEAKS At
P|TTSDURC Toni CHIT

Pittsburg. Jan. 2S.-President Wilson
arrived here today TO make the first
speech tonight of his middle west tour
In. favor of national preparedness.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
The Small Boy and
the Big Pie

When a very small boy starts
out to eat very big pie re-
suits seldom measure up to his
enthusiasm.
He wastes more than he can
assimilate.
Advertisers of products who
attempt to cover the world at
one swoop are like the small
boy.
The waste eats up their prof
its.
The logical advertising way
is to take up a territory at a
time and to cover 1t thoroughly.
And the logical mediums to
use are the daily newspapers.
Advertisers seeking informa-
ton about newspapers are in
vited to write to the Bureau of
Advertising. American Newspa-
per Publishers Association,
World Building, New York.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
The Writers.

The name of Stanislaw Przybyszew.
ski. the Russian writer, is pronounced
Observation-Disclosures.
Herman Bernstein, back in New
York from Europe, refers to the war
as panic in madhOuse."
DIR. Charles w. Eliot, president emer-
titus of Harvard university, has been
awarded, by unanimous vote, the first
gold medal of the American Academy
Of Arts and Letters las a recognition Of
special distinction"
Sir Gilbert Parker, the novelist and
playwright, wavered between two or
three professions in the early days Of
his career. He has been in turn pro-
fessor at deaf and dumb institution,
lecturer in English literature at a Ca
madam university. associate editor of
an Australian paper and a writer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22

Photo by American Press Association
STERN OF BRITISH MERCHANT VESSEL
CARRYING SMALL ARMAMENT
ing of merchant vessels has been de-
fined by our state department as fol-
lows:
A merchant vessel of belligerent nation
atty may carry an armament and ammu-
milton for the sole purpose of defense
without acquiring the character OF ship
of war.
The presence of an armament and am
munition on board a merchant vessel Gre
ates a presumption that the armament is
for offensive purposes, but the owners or
agents may overcome this presumption by
evidence showing that the vessel carries
armament solely for defense.
The result of the investigation
must show cOnclusively that the arma-
ment was not intended for and will not
be used in offensive operations.
1t is explained that the caliber Of
the guns must not exceed six inches,
that they be few in number and that
no guns shall be mounted on a for
ward part of the vessel.
Against the application of these gen.
eral rules the German foreign office
filed a protest and took the position
that a merchant vessel is not permit
ted to defend itself against war YES
sci and that distinction could not be
made between defensive and offensive
armament.
The official view here is that the
question of whether a gun was mount
ed on the Persia will depend entirely
on where it was placed. If mounted
forward officials realize that a conten-
ton can be made that the Persia was
armed for destruction Of submarines
and had instructions to ram or destroy
the submarines.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
DANES ANB DAUGHTERS.

Miss Minnie Hill of Washington re-
Gently completed a trip by foot from
the national capital to the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Caroline Weldon of Jersey City,
N. j., recently received a legacy Of S73
w1lled sixty-one years ago to her. 1t
had grown to $1.620.
Miss Rebecca Mason, a coed at the
University Of Minnesota, who recently
won first honors for women in the ma
uonal chemistry competition, has de-
c1ded that she will be a candy and
sugar tester.
Mrs. Frederick Gilman of Vallejo,
Cal, widow of a gunner on the subma-
r1ne F4, which sank in Honolulu har-
Dor, has been appointed fiagmaker at
the Mare Island navy yard by order of
President Wilson.
DR.. Helen Sexton has had the rank
OF major conferred on her by General
Joffre, the head of the French army.
This is the highest honor that can be
conferred on IL British medical man or
woman. Major Sexton is directress in
chief of the hospital at Auteuil financed
by four Melbourne women.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
sIREs AND SONS.


Colonel P. w. Ostrander. eighty Eve,
Brooklyn. is still actively practicing
law.
Percival Lowell, the noted astrono-
mer, is a brother Of the president of
Harvard. With him astronomy is a
profession, a business, as it were. but
Tor pastime he delves into japanese
occultism.
Dr. WI Ting Fang, former Chinese
minister to the United States, is now
seventy-fve years old and recently.
after announcing his intention to live
to the age of 150, declared that the re-
manning seventy-five years would be
given over to literary pursuits.
Judson Harmon, candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination In
l912, was country born. He earned
school money by picking blackberries
at cents per quart He harvested
during the vacation. While In college
he worked for collection agency.
DR.. Peter Cooper Hewitt, one of
the men whose work has contributed
to make possible the achievements of
wireless telephony, is a native of New
York. His grandfather was the phi
lanthropist, Peter Cooper, and his IA
ther was a member OF congress and
mayor Of New York city.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
ADVENTURES OF
old KING PETER
Brave Monarch Insisted on
Sharing Army's Dangers.
.HE valiant old king, Peter OF
Servia, has found a warm well
come in Greece, where he has

"HE valiant old king, Peter OF
Servia, has found a warm well
come in Greece, where he has
arrived after many adventures.
Some of them are described by Signor
Fraccaroti, the correspondent Of a
Milan paper. who says:
King Peter was ill even before the
war. 1t is because of his illness that
the supreme command of the opera
tons had to be intrusted to his son
Alexander. the heir to the throne. The
king was undergoing medical treat
ment at TOpOla. As soon as he felt
convinced that Bulgaria would attack
Servia the old king, i'll as he was, de-
clared mis- intention to proceed i'm
mediately for the frontier against the
Bulgars. His physician opposed him
and forbade him to go.
The king resisted at first; then he
seemed resigned VERY WELL" he an
swered the doctor. Two days later he
left without telling the doctor. He ar
rived in Nish in a motorcar and went
to find Pasitch in his bare study Of the
palace and ask him permission to visit
the front. Pasitch was amazed to see
the king so i'll and anxious, with eyes
like burning Goals, the face thin and
drawn. And the question astonished
him. Why should the king ask for a
permit? Il am a soldier" explained
King Peter. There is a voiyode in
command of our armies; hence I must
ask for permission" They telephoned
to Kraguyevatz. Putnik was still in
Kraguyevatz then. The doctor was
also summoned. The voivode begged
the king, the doctor commanded him,
not to go. But he went nevertheless.
Perhaps the old king was hoping
for another miracle. Last December
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22

Photo by American Press Association.
KING PETER AND sERvIAN OFFICERS.
1t was he who had put new courage in
his soldiers when they were retiring
before the dense masses Austria had
poured across the Danube and the
Save. He had to be carried to LaZare-
vatZ, in the first line of Stefanovitch's
army, where lie went into the trench
Of the Second regiment, the famous
"Iron Regiment" helping himself along
with a stick. There he exchanged the
stick for a rifle and said to his sol
diers: 'My children, | know you are
very tired. You have fought like he
roeS. But our country is in danger.
He who can resist no longer can 60
home again without fear of being pun
ished. But the country is in danger.
and have come here with you to die
for our country. Let those remain who
wish to die with their king for Servia"
Then he lifted his rife and fired. The
words of the old king who had left his
bed of pain to fight in the trench cleo
trified the soldiers. They threw them
selves forward without hesitation, and
twelve days later not an Austrian was
left on Servian territory and Belgrade
was retaken.
Now. the king was hoping for a rep
etitiOn of the miracle. Again he Wis
tied the first line trenches. remaining
with his soldiers for two hours. lifting
laboriously the rifle to fire. But he
appeared very sad on his return to
Nish. The ministers had already de-
parted. He decided to return to Kra.
lievo.
At KrusevatZ he saw the car which
was carrying the Generalissimo Put
mix. the old. never beaten volvode.
whom all Servian soldiers call affec-
tionately grandfather" Putnik was
coming from Kraguyevatz, which the
Germans were on the point of enter
ing, and the old voivode, i'll. like the
king, but untiring, had to abandon the
place. The two cars met and came to
a stop. At the time Krusevatz was
stricken by the fear carried like con-
tagion by the columns of refugees
from Nish and from the north. The
road was INSTRUCTED by the people, the
peasants carts, the oxen. Some one
recognized the cars, and two names
passed along the crowd, The king, the
voivoder' And suddenly that crowd
was silenced as If by magic. They
made road for the cars to pass, lin
Ing the sides. The men lifted their
caps; the women looked on with heavy,
eyes. None said a word.
Not a cry was uttered. The two mo-
torcars moved on slowly, and it seem
ed as If a funeral procession were
passing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Science Siftings.

Jupiter has a mass nearly three
times as great as the combined masses
of all our other planets.
There are five quarts of blood in the
human body. One-half of this can be
lost before death is inevitable.
The United States produced twenty
nine of the sixty-six epoch making in
ventions. England seventeen. France
ten, Germany five. Italy two and Bra
zil, Austria and Sweden one each.
When a man breathes be uses his
muscular strength to draw in the air,
and it is afterward forced out auto
matically With insects, as a German
Investigator has just discovered, this
process is just reversed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
PITH AND POINT.

A temptation well resisted is the best
tonic man could have.
Many a good reputation has been
stabbed by pointed tongue.
As nearly as can be figured out, a
savant is a scientist on foreign soil.
It is better for the drowning man to
clutch life preserver than a straw.
Even persons who never tried It will
tell you that honesty is the best policy.
Many a man who prides himself on
his physical strength cannot even hold
his tongue.
Aren't there enough peace palaces?
A common sense palace seems to be
the great need.
Copper is the one basic necessity of
the war, making it a copper bottomed
war, so TO speak.
If the New York restaurants only
charge extra for it the horse meat sup
ply won't equal the demand.
The high cost of living ceases to
command attention when the high cost
of destroying life is computed.
There is one don't in this grip bust
ness worth all the others-"dOn't wor-
~" and don't let others worry you,
either
It's all well enough to warn US about
getting the grip, but the trouble is that
we never know we've got it until it's
got us.
Breathe through the nose and keep
the mouth shut, says a doctor, giving
advice on the subject Of health. Lots
of people owe a ripe old age to keeping
the mouth shut.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Electric Sparks.

An electrical process is being tried In
Russia for the manufacture Of gold
leaf, heretofore made only by hand
In a new electrical device for med
ical purposes the current Is regulated
by passing it through a moistened
sponge inclOsed within a glass tube.
German electricians who experiment
ed decided that they obtained better
results by placing the carbons In arc
lamps horizontally and one slightly be-
low the other.
Insulated with a specially prepared
paper, an electric cable carrying 10000
volts In England was found in perfect
condition after more than twenty-three
years of service.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Political Quips.

No lack of preparedness anywhere
for presidential neutrality-suspicious.
Constitution.
Politically speaking. the rising tenn
perature bulletin is already out for
next June Washington Star.
Some of the presidential candidates
now in the race won't get much for
their run except the exercise.-Phila-
delphia Press.
1t is wonderful how clearly public
officer can see what ought to be done
after his term of office is Over.-Pitts-
burgh Post.
Ohio HIS six native sons in the Unit
ed States senate. not to mention the
long waiting list for the presidency
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Chips From China.

Thus far Emp'Yuan has given no in
dicatiOn of an intention to introduce
the open house in China.-WashingtOn
Post.
The former boy emperor Of China is
said to be rather dull young man.
He must he if they've noticed 1t in
China.-DetrOit Free Press.
China may get so weary Of trying
governments of its own that any sug-
gestions Japan may have to offer will
be Washington Star.
Emperor Yuan wants new consti-
tuition for China. \ constitution seems
to be about the most useless thing Chi
ma could have.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Current Comment.

VIII pan-Americanism ever pan out:
New York Sun.
Will our house and senate be known
as the Sixty-fourth or the safety first
congress ?-Brooklyn Eagle.
When the time comes that every
body will ride in automobiles-and it
is about here-there will be nobody left
to get run over-Philadelp Press.
What we need worse than a law
making America" the national an
them is stern legislation that will en-
force the proper tune among those who
try to sing it-Washington Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Flower and Tree.

The sycamore tree bears fruit after
twenty years growth.
1t has been found that the olive will
live longer under water than any other
tree.
Flowering plants should never be
watered with cold water. 1t chiIls the
plants.
The cactus and other desert plants
have thick stems instead of leaves In
order to reduce the Joss Of water by
evaporation to minimum.
Nicotine is found in only one plant
besides tobacco-a large shrub known
to botanists as Duboisia hopwoodii.
which is native to the interior Of Aus
tralia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

Inventors of excuses seldom require
the assistance of patent attorney.
If it takes two to make a quarrel 1t
also takes both sides to keep the peace
A good many fellows can grasp an
idea without being able to hang on
to it.
1t is better TO lose than have the
fruits of victory leave a bad taste in
ones mouth.
Some folks are SO used to looking for
trouble they don't recognize joy when
they meet it.
Europe has long been noted for cheap
ness. Now she has made human life
the cheapest thing.
Even Norway has borrowed $780,
600 in New York. Pretty soon every
body will be owing us.
Occasionally the charity that begins
at home never gets through warming
its shins ut the radiator.
Nearly all of us do without things
we actually need in order to be able
to afford a luxury now and then.
Prince Firman Firma is the new
Persian premier. There should be moth
ing unstable about his government.
Under present conditions Europe sees
nothing paradoXical in the simultane-
Gus promotion OF a war loan and q
moratorium.
A German has invented an tnstru-
ment which measures the ten-millionth
of second. The trouble is that after
II Is measured II is too much Of a back
number 10 he useful.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Town Topics.

BostOn's population is now 745.4S9.
compared with 6TO.5S5 in 1910. The
sacred goldfish has put on 74.S54 new
scales.-New York Sun.
Chicago can't show such a mighty
gain in the next census, being Dor
dered OH the south by the Indiana
state line and on the north by Evans
ton, which remains equally infiexible.
st Louis GlObe-Democrat.
Pittsburgh reports that every build
ing that can be used as a factory Is
now being put to that service, and
there Is a growing fear that Pittsburgh
may become more vulgariy prosperous
than ever-Indianapolis News
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Automobile Runs.

The number of automobiles register
ed in the United States the past year
was more than 100000.
An automobile jack that is now in
use automatically lifts all four wheels
Of a car clear of the floor when they
are run upon a track.
When a recently patented automobile
fender touches any object it shuts off
the power of the car to which it is
attached and drops curtain to prevent
the object being crushed by the wheels