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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-08-18

Clearwater county is an undevel-
oped empire. 1t needs men of large
means to build railroads into our tim
Der; it needs big capital to open our
cement deposit at Orofino; it will re-
quire large investments to build fac
tories for the manufacture of our tim
Der industry that will, when put in
operation, employ labor and open a
big cash market for all the farms
can produce. Will capital seek in
vestment in county or state where
there is spirit of antogonism, and
where unfair laws make honest invest
ment and honest, legitimate business
unsafe and urprt fitable? If we are
not willing to treat capital fair, cap
ital will go where it is fairly treat
ed, or it will not 60 anywhere. All
the so-called reformers in the world
cannot make men put their money in
to Clearwater county if it is unsafe,
Improbable and risky. Other states
have tried it. Legislatures have
passed laws taxing mortgages and
otherwise circumscribing and hamper
ing investments with the result that
they have driven every dollar out of
the state, and the people have has
tened to appeal these laws that re-
suited only in disaster to the peorle.
The power Of taxation is the
most vicious yet devised. when
abused, and the most cowardly means
yet found for confiscating property.
1t has been used here to punish people
who refuse to pay tribute to corrupt
gang; it has been used to enrich a
political ring at the expense of the
people. Even now, in the light Of
all that has been exposed, we finI this
same old gang bidding for votes and
working to get back in to power or
the strength of prom ses to use the
taxing power unfairly and unjustly.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-08-18
Announcements of Candidates
Candidate for County Commissioner.

! hereby announce my candidacy
for County Commissioner, Second Dis
trict, on the Republican Ticket, sub
iect to the will of the voters at the
primary election to be held on Sep
TENDER 5th., 1916.
CHESTER A. PITTWOOD.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-08-18
SEYMOUR M. SNYDER
For County Assessor.

To the republican voters of Clear
water County:
l hereby announce myself as can
didate for, Assessor and am asking for
the Republican nomination at your
hands in the Primary election to be
held September 9Th, 1916. If nom
mated and elected it will be my aim
to conduct the affairs of the Office on
the bases of square deal for all and
take this opportunity to thank you
in advance for your support.
MORGAN j. FOLEY.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-08-18
For Commissioner First District.

hereby announce my candidacy Tor
County Commissioner for the first dis
trict of Clearwater County subject to
the will of the Republican electors at
the primary election. If elected to
this Office l promise to use my every
effort for an honest, economical and
progressive administration of county
affairs.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-08-18
For County Superintendent.

l hereby announce myself candi-
date for Superintendent of Schools of
Clearwater county, subject to the
will of the republican voters at the
primary election to be held Tuesday,
September 5.
HULDA ANDERSON.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-08-18

On the other hand it is immaterial.
so far as the people are concerned,
who handled this case. The ma
terial thing is that the case was tried
out and settled in the interest of the
people, saving the people from unjust
extravaganza; also finally determin-
ing the right of the people to govern
themselves. 1t is a material issue to
determine whether or not a county
board can, without vote of the peo-
Pile, contract $45, 600 debt; it is ma
terial whether on not county board
can close the doors to competition,
import an outside cruiser, and enter
into contract, without the consent
of the people, imposing on the people
'ruise of proven inaccuracy and at
an eXhorbitant cost to the county.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-20

with him, since he was so bent on
going, what else was there for him
to do?
Eyes, I know he hasn't been used
to such a life" she said in answer to
his protests, 'but it will be good for
him to get hardened. He hasn't made
good in the office or at his profession
and I don't know what he can do"
The discouraged tone and the pa
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-20

D .
EXCESS BAGGAGE
BY Alice E. Ives
= = = = - =
Copyright, 1916, w. G. Chapman.)
When Joe Fendrick took young
Crosset with him up to Northwest
Canada on a mine prospecting tour
he did it under protest. Crosset was
not the man for that sort Of expedi-
ton. It needed strength of limb,
hardened muscle and capacity for
endurance. A man must tramp many
miles a day through the widest
country and sleep rolled up in a blan-
ket on the ground in all kinds of
weather. Fendrick, who was sea-
soned to this kind of thing, drew the
picture in no allUring colors to the
young man, but he was set on going.
FendTick would have refused point
blank, but Lyman Crosset was Jennie
CrOsset's younger brother, and Fen
drick had cherished the beautiful
hope for over two years of making
Jennie his wife when he found the
time to stay within the bounds of
civilization long enough for such an
important event in his life.
He was now some years over 40,
and Jennie would never again see 35.
Just before he started off on his ex-
petition he said to her:
81 haven't any right to think of
getting married. Pm such a rover
maybe III never be able to settle /
down decently like a married man
ought to, though I've always thought
I would"
81 guess, Joe, I can wait. I've
never been in any hurry to get mar
Tied and I'm not going to begin now
especially as don't see any one
else that would exactly take your
place"
She said it all in such a quiet way, |
with a humorous twinkle in her eve,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-20

SISdIIIIg OII LII5 DISI5S viii IN5dL"
ness and Dispatch.
thetic appeal in her face decided
Fendrick to consent.
81 know 1 can trust him with you
and you will take care of him." she
said with grateful smile.
Fendrick promised, but he did not
regard the prospect with any degree
of pleasure.
His misgiVings were more than re-
allied after they had left the railways
and plunged into the wild country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
D. A. r. GATHERING
Fine Program Wednesday at Home of
Mrs. Cushman.

The Bennington chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
was pleasantly entertained Wednesday
afternoon at $50 O'Clock at the home
of Mrs. II. T. Cushman by Mrs Cush-
man. Mrs. Nellie Carter and Miss
Amy Surdam of North Bennington.
There were about 90 members present.
The Regent, Miss Jennie 4. Valentine,
presided. The meeting was opened
by the saying of the Lords Prayer
and the salute to the flag in which the
members joined. Reports were read
by the secretary and treasurer.
The election of officers will take
place at the next meeting and nomi
mating committee composed of Mrs.
w. A. Root. Mrs. +. w. Bradford and
Miss Mary White was elected. II was
reported that $3400 had been sent by
different members of the chapter for
relief in Belgium.
\ song. entitled New England" was
sung by trio composed of Mrs. Henry
Tirrell Mrs. W. j. Meagher, and Mrs.
]. NJ. Ayres and accompanied by Mrs.
A. ]. Holden A brief report of the
National Conference which was held
at Washington during the week of
April l5,22 was given by Miss Nalen-
tine The chapter then sang Miss
Helen Winslow's song entitled Yer
mont" A paper was read by Mrs.
Walter White of North Bennington
covering that period of Vermont his
tory from the election OF Governor
Chittenden to the end of the war of
1872 t..-.
The meeting closed with the singing
of the trio of a song entitled THE
| Green Mountains. Dainty refresh
| ments were served. The next meeting
| will be held in June on Flag Day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
UNIQUE PROGRAM
Special Musical Features in "Old
Vermont"

A most unique program OF old time
music and dances will be included in
the play in Old Vermont which will
be given next Tuesday evening in Lii
brary hall by the Festival Committee
of the Public Welfare Association. Sew
eral of those to be given have been
handed down orally from pre- Revolu-
tionary days in old Bennington County
families.
The song New England was sung
from memory by a member OF one of
Bennington old families, and so writ
ten down and harmonized by Prof.
Richard Bahan. "Ho all to the Bor-
ders" was Ethan Aliens favorite poem
and came down verbally in an old Ar
lington family. The story of the Bat
tie of Bennington is to be told by par
ticipant and does not sound bit like
the conventional historial accounts.
The children are called upon for an
old English Morris dance. Equanok,
the Indian guest of honor (from whom
Mt Equinox in Manchester received
its name) shows what his people
were like in an Indian dance and some
of the young folks show the children
what real dancing is like in a minuet
that the school teacher learned down
in Albany.
Although the play is by Dorothy
Garfield Fisher, Bennington has made
a contribution of its own in the song
a Pledge to Vermont by Mrs. H. w.
Tirrell The audience is sure to feel
a thrill when Mr.. Bottum sings this
as we'll as when Dean Martin leads the
chorus in cheers and an original ver-
sion OF Yankee doodle when the news
comes from Bennington that the con
vention has voted that Vermont will
join the Union.
The Patronesses may obtain their
tickets at Mulligan & Roche's Friday.
The general sale Of reserved seats will
begin Saturday morning at a. m
and as the capacity of Library hall is
so limited tickets should be obtained
well in advance
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
WILL REPEAT MINSTRELS
Ladies' Gave Pleasing Entertainment
at Forester's Fair.

The twenty-five ladies who gave the
minstrel entertainment in Forester's
hall Wednesday evening pleased the
crowd attending the Foresters' fair so
that arrangements have been made to
have the entertainment repeated Fri.
day evening.
over 400 paid admissions were TAX
en- in for the entertainment and the
members of local orders present
helped swell this number to COO An
excellent musical program was render.
ed, all of the songs receiving encores.
The light end ladies in blackface were
Miss Grace Toomey. Miss Margaret
Mcclure. Mis- Anna Bushee. Miss Alice
Stone, Miss Margaret Larin. Miss
Ida Burgess, Miss Elizabeth Burgess
and Miss Cecilia Toomey and the To-
cal hits between the musical numbers
brought much applause and laughter.
Mrs. Helena Downs was interlocutor
and music was furnished by Miss
Mary l.. McGurk, pianist; George +.
Donnelly, violin. Francis McGurk, 2nd
violin; Lawrence l.. Gokay, cornet; c.
e. Chamberlain, drums.
Tonight the main entertainment will
be drill by the Woodmen and a box.
ing bout The satisfactory patronage
continues at the various booths and
the dancing which closes each even.
ing's session, remains popular,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
DODD'S TROOPERS
KILL SIX MORE
VILLA BANDITS
Two Americans Killed and Three
Wounded in Fight on Saturday
NO TRACE OF VILLA REPORTED
Hunt Has Been Resumed Following
LuIl Incident TO Clash at
Parrai.

Washington, April pa re-
newal of the hunt for the bandit by
American troops now is in progress,
both official reports from Gen. Fun
ston and border advices disclosed. The
cavalrymen, despite the worn condi-
tion of their mounts, are beating the
mountains where Villa adherents have
been assembling during the lull in
the chase after the Parral incident.
No information as to the whereabouts
OF. Villa himself has been received.
The War Department gave out this
dispatch from Gen. Funston.
Following just received from Gen.
Pershing; 'Namiquipa, April Pa
report dated April "A received today
from Col Dodd, whose column of four
troops, Seventh Cavalry, has been op-
Grating southwest of Minaca, states
that he overlook a band of Vilistas
near Tomachic on 22d at 430 p. m,
killing six and wounding l9 others
many probably fatally. Twenty-Five
horses were captured. Our loss two
killed and three wounded. Fight last
ed until after dark. Impossible to tell
definitely loss of Villistas. Dodd's col
umn when previously heard from was
at Penachic on the 18th. Country re-
ported very rough. March made over
difficult mountain trails. Villistas re
ported under leadership of Cervantes
Rios Baca and Dominguez numbered
$50 to 200. Baca reported killed yes
terday at Santa Tomas. Do not give
entire credit to report of his death
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
STEAM SHIP KING
STEPHEN SUNK
BY GERMANS
Vessel That Refused to Aid Crew
Of Zeppelin in North Sea
STEAMER CREW CAPTURED
Berlin Claims British Destroyer and
Scout Boat Were Destroyed in
Mondays Battle.

Berlin. via London, April 26.-In a
continuation yesterday of the naval
skirmishing that began off the Flan-
ders coast on Monday, a British de-
stroyer was badly damaged by Ger
man naval forces and an auxiliary
steamer was sunk and her crew cap
tured and taken to Zeebrugge, 1t was
officially announced this afternoon.
The German naval forces which
bombarded Lowestoft yesterday, sunk
the steamer King Stephen and cap
tured her crew. This is the same
steamer that refused to rescue the
crew of the Zeppelin Lis, which drop
ped into the North Sea.
1t was also announced that de-
stroyer and another scout boat aside
from the King Stephen were sunk and
that on one of the cruisers attacked
a bad fire was observed.
In the Zeppelin raid over England
last night fortified port establishments
at London, Colchester, Blackwater and
Ramsgate were attacked, the War Of
flee announced this afternoon. The
French port and large British supply
depot at Etaples Pas.de-calais also
were attacked.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
x.RAY DooMS A CONVICT
Shows Sing Sing Life Prisoners Skull
Not the Cause of Crime.

Ossining, April 23.-What pros
poets Harry Schafer, serving life sen
tence in Sing Sing Prison, had of be-
ing pardoned on the ground that his
fractured skull caused his criminal ten
denotes we're ended today by the COM
pletion of an X-ray picture.
The doctors report doomed him to
stay in prison for second-degree MUIR
der. Schafer anxiously awaited re.
turns of the X-ray examination, for
which he was taken out of prison in
handouts to a doctors Office recently
to be X.rayed. His mother and law
yers prepared plea for Communication
to Governor Whitman because when a
boy Schafer fell and broke his skull
The broken bone, they said, affected
his mind 80 that he got first into re
formatory and then into prison. They
desired the X-ray test to convince the
Governor, but the photograph showed
his skull to be normal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
NJ. E. GENERAL CONFERENCE
Session to Open at Saratoga Springs
May 8.

The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will hold
its 9th quadrennial session at Sarato-
ga Springs, commencing Wednesday,
May 3, in convention hall, building
which will accommodate five thousand
people This is delegated body, each
conference throughout the connection
being represented by one clerical and
one lay delegate for every forty-five
ministers, the total number of dele,
gates will be over eight hundred. of
which six ministers and six laymen
will be from Troy conference, among,
the number being Rev. Charles IL.
Leonard D. n principal Of Troy Con-
ference academy, of Poultney and Mr..
Azeltine OF Burlington. ogN
The conference constitutes the leg-l
islative body of the church and many
questions Of great interest will come;
before it for consideration, among
them being the question Of organic
union with the Methodist Episcopal
Church South aud other Methodist
bodies. Several. new Bishops will be
elected, all the editors or the churcn
papers, secretaries of the benevolent
boards, agents o. the book concern,
etc.
Besides the business sessions, an
niversaries of the benevolent boards
will be held a lecture course has also
been arranged, the first being lee
ture on Savonarola Thursday evening
May 5 by Rev. F. w. Gunsaulus d. d..
followed later by Rev, Charles e. JEFF
ferson d, d. who will speak on The
Mission of The Church today" Bis
hop William A. Quale will, lecture on
Dante" and Hon William H. Taft is
also to lecture, subject to be an
nounced. Large numbers will attend
the conference sessions some seven
hundred seats will be free.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27

London, Apri 26.-Drastic steps
have been taken by the British gov
ernment to suppress the rising in
Dublin by the proclamation Of mar.
tial law in the city and county and
by proclaiming the associations which
took part in the movement illegal as
sCoiations which will enable the po-
lice to break them up
This was announced in the House
of Commons today by Premier
Asquith, who, while making a more
reassuring statement with regard to
the situation in the Irish capital, did
not add much to previous knowledge
of what has happened there since noon
Of Monday, when rebels took posses
sion of the pOstotiice and other sec
tions of the city,
The Prime Minister was able to
say, however, that Liberty Hall. the
headquarters of the Sim Fein party,
and 81. Stephens Green, which
seemed to have been the center OF
the rising, had been reoccupied by
the military, who were being rein
forced by troops from England and
Belfast.
The men connected with the filibus-
tering expedition now in the hands OF
the Government include Sir Roger
Easement, two Irish confederates and
22 Germans comprising the crew. The
chief Importance of the capture lies
in the revelations made OF an exten.
siye plot having ramifications in Ger
many, ireland and America. Irish.
Americans are said TO have been large
ly instrumental in financing the revo.
lutionary movement
The expedition consisted merely of
submarine and l100-ton steamer
which approach the coast at different
points. Easement and his companions
landed in rowboat from the sub,
marine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
WAGE INCREASE DEMANDED
Scale Workers at Rutland Plant of.
Howe Scale Co.

F1oWe oCdie 70.
A demand from the laborers of the
Howe Scale Co., Rutland, has been
handed to the officials of the COM
pany, the paper being signed by u
of the 200 employed in this class Of
workers, and with it is a Today limit
for a reply, which time expires May /.
The demand calls for considerable
increase in wages, the right of the
union to say who shall and who shall
not be employed by the company to-
gether with other demands, which
President John A. Mead, former gov
ernor of the state, says cannot be ac-
ceded to.
The demands made by the union
are: First, only members of the union
shall be employed. by the company
and when the concern is in want of
help the officials shall notify the Of
ficers of the union. IL help is not
supplied in "a hours the company has
right to hire men, provided they
join the union; second, a minimum
rate of % IL cents an hour; third, a
nine-hour day hours from a. m. to
II noon, and from l p. m. to p. M;
fourth, all time over the usual sche,
dule to be paid by time and half,
fifth, Sunday and holiday work at a
rate of double time.
President Mead said he called one
of the men into the office and he said
he never signed the document, al
though his name was there. AS evi-
dence of that he submitted the fact
that he could neither read nor write.
This man said he was frightened into
joining the union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
FORD FACTORY IN NEWARK, N. J.
First Unit Of Plant viii Cos
100000.

New York, April 26.-Henry Ford
has bought eighty acres at the head of
Newark Bay and the confluence of the
Passaic and Hackensack Rivers, east
of Harrison, N. j., and not more than
five miles from the New York City
Hall, on the property of the Newark
Factory Sites, Inc.
The property fronts about 2,SOO feet
on Lincoln Highway. formerly the
Plank Road, and 1900 feet on the Pas
sale River, 1t is in the township of
Kearney, on reclaimed meadow land.
1t will be the site for factories for max
ing and assembling the new Ford trac.
tor, and headquarters for the export
business Of the Ford tractor and au-
tomobile concerns.
The first unit Of the plant, plans for
which are understood to have been
drawn, will cost approximately $1,000
900. and four other units of the same
size are to follow soon. When com.
pleted the establishment will employ
about 5000 persons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
MRS. BRIDGET C'oWD
Had Been a Resident of Bennington
64 Years

The death Wednesday morning of
Mrs. Bridget Dowd removes one of
Bennington oldest residents.
She was born in County Leitren Ire
land May 10, 1888, being one of large
family of children. She came to this
village at the age OF thirteen.
Mrs. Dowd was the mother OF seven
children, two boys and Miss Lynda
Dowd and Mrs. Catherine Brew who
died several years ago
She is survived by one half sister
Miss Annie Lynch OF North Benning-
ton. Three daughters Miss Nellie
Dowd of this village Mrs. Thomas
Mangan of Rutland, Mrs. Charles
Wickham of Boston, Mass, and sever
al grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from st.
Francis de Sales church, Friday morn
ing at 9 o'clock The burial will be in
the family lot at Center Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
TO SUCCEED M'coMBs
Democrats Looking For National
Chairman.

Washington April 25.-Choice of the
man who will manage President vii.
sons campaign for reelection. becom-
ing chairman of the democratic nation.
al committee to succeed William f.
McCombs, who notified the president
that he would retire after the St
Louis convention, lies between Fred
b. Lynch, national committeeman
from Minnesota, and Homer S. Cum.
mings OF Connecticut, vice-chairman
OF the committee.
It is regarded as more than probable
that the task will fall to Mr.. Lynch,
now chairman of the national commit
tees executive committee and in
charge Of the preliminary work for
the coming campaign. Mr.. McCombs'
decision that his personal affairs de-
manded that he give up the chairman.
ship after Ave years of active service
was communicated to the president
in letter which was made public yes.
terday with the presidents reply. Re.
plying to Mr.. McCombs' letter the
president expressed regret
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-27
FOUND BROTHERS BODY
Two-Year Old Boy at Wnooski Fell
Into River

Ralph Kenneth, the two-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kirby, of
Winooski was drowned Tuesday af
ternoon in the river in the rear Of
Elmer Walkers home, across the road
from where the child lived. The body
was found a few minutes later float
ing about IS rods above the dam. The
little boy had left home, wandered to
the rear of the Wake home, and
falling over the railing the house
being on the bank of the river, the
child landed in the water.
few minutes later Joseph Parrot,
who was fishing from the bank, saw
the child's body floating and called to
Clarence Kirby, a brother of the un-
fortunate baby, who was fishing in a
boat near the point of the island. He
hurried to Parrot and the child was
taken into the boat, and Clarence was
Mortified to find that II was his own
little brother
The child leaves, beside his parents.
five brothers and one sister.