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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
UTAH IN GRIP OF BAD STORM.
Railroad Service Badly Crippled and
SmeIters May Close Down.

Salt Lake, Dec. 26.--Utah and Salt
Lake are in the grip of the worst storm
IN years. Steam railroads are having
n terrific time battling with the snow
and many trains have been stalled.
Governor Spry, who was returning
home from the east, spent more than
an hour on stalled Oregon Short Line
train between Ogden and Salt Lake.
yesterday afternoon the Salt Lake
street car lines were badly demoralized
and thousands of persons have been
compelled to walk to and from their
homes. The interurban lines are fair
ly maintaining schedules.
The storm also is interfering with the
delivery of coal, and unless conditions
are quickly relieved, some of the big
smelters and mines may have to close
down temporarily.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Is Herman Billik
innocent of the murders which once
brought him within the shadow of the
gallows and for which he is now serv-
ing life sentence in the state prison
at soliet? This is the question that
is to be threshed out here next Sat
urday, when the case that decade ago
was a subject OF country vide discus
sion is to be reopened on a petition for
the pardon of the prisoner.
Billik was a Bohemian magician
and fortune teller. At his trial he was
branded as a multi-murderer whose
alleged crimes placed him in a class
with Johann Hoch, who was hanged
for the murder of several of his wives.
and H. III. Holmes. whose trail of
crime made the world shudder in the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26

with the murder OF Martin Vrzal, the
father; of Tillie, aged Is; Rose. aged
IA. and Ella, aged ~. The five crimes
were alleged to have been committed
by Billik within a period of one year
and nine months, and in that time, ac-
cording to his own admissions, he had
mulcted the family. through the medi-
um of Mrs. Vrzal of $4,000 In property
and life insurance carried by his al
legged victims.
Martin vzral had made the ac-
quaintance of Billik in the latter's ca
pacity of fortune teller and magician.
Vzral desired to destroy the business
of rival milk dealer and he consulted
BillilS in the matter. The two families
soon became intimate friends. Before
CONTINUED on PAGE Five.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
POLISH STATE CREDIT
BANK CREATED; new
MONEY TO Be ISSUED

J Warsaw, Dec. 2s.-(Wireless via Ber-
lin.)-Governor General Won Besler
has issued an order creating tho Pol
ish State Credit bank, which shortly
will issue new paper currency in Pol
ish marks of value equivalent to Ger
man marks and guaranteed by the Ger
man government. The bank will op-
crate for the duration Of the war and
until Poland Is on peace footing. II
will be opened as soon as the currency
be prepared.
The operation of the bank will be ex-
tended to the portion of Poland occu-
pied by Austria Hungary as soon as an
agreement with the dual monarchy to
that effect Is completed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
FUTURE PEACE TO BE
CONSIDERED LATER
Imperial Government Ex-
presses Willingness to
Discuss Prevention Of Fu-
ture Wars After the Con-
clusion of the Present
Conflict.

Berlin, Dec. 2e.-(Wire-
less)-Germany and her al
lies today replied to Presi-
dent Wilson's note in which
he asked that the belliger-
ent nations state the aims
for which they are fighting.
The proposal is made by the
central powers that a confer
ence of delegates Of all the
belligerents be held immedi-
ately in a neutral city.
The task of preventing fu-
ture wars, the official state
ment says, can be begun only
after the end Of the present
struggle.
The reply says: THE high minded
suggestion made by the president Of
the United States Of America in order
to create q basis for the establishment
of lasting peace, has been received
and considered by the imperial gov
ernment in friendly spirit which was
expressed in tho presidents communi-
cation. The president points out that
which he has at heart and leaves open
the choice Of roads.
CONFERENCE SUGGESTED.
TO the imperial government an I'M
mediate exchange of views seems to
be the most appropriate road in order
to reach the desired result II begs,
therefore, In the sense OF the declara-
ton made on Dec. 13. which offered
her hand for peace negotiations, to
propose an immediate meeting OF dele
gates Of the belliserent states at .
neutral place.
PREVENTION OF WARS.
'"The imperial government also u Of
tho opinion that tho great work of
preventing further wars can only be be-
gun after the end Of the present strug-
gle Of nations. 1t will, whom this mo-
ment shall have come, be ready with
pleasure to collaborate entirely with
the United States In this eoalted task.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
OBREGON TO TAKE
COMMAND IN NORTH

Mexico City, Dec. 2S.-General OBJ
RECON, minister Of war. and General
Gonzales will have a meeting today for
the purpose of arranging army matters
so that General Obregon may take COM
mand in the north.
1t Is reported in we'll informed circles
here that General Obregon will take
the field personally against Villa i'm
mediately.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
UNEXPLODED BOMB
NEAR SPRY'S HOME

Salt Lake, Dec. ee.-An unexploded
bomb was found near Governor Will
liam Spry's residence yesterday. It was
uncovered by r. f. Nelson as he was
sweeping a path through the snow be-
tween his own residence and that of
the governor.
Examination of the bomb by the
sheriff and state chemist showed that
1t contained enough explosive mate
rials to have blown both houses to
pieces.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
ON
BORDER TROUBLES
MAY COME TO END
Favorable Answer From
Carranza to Recent Com
munication All That Can
Continue the Conference.

Washington, Dec. 36.-Unless Car
rama returns favorable answer to-
day to the last communication made
to him by his commissioners a week
ago at Philadelphia, negotiations will
como to an end. The Mexican COM
missioners will meet at New York late
today.
If Carranza returns q favorable an
swer, 1t is expected the American
Mexican commissioners will meet again
next week.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
TWO SHIP S SUNK
IN NAVAL BATTLE:
OTHERS d. 4MAGED
Report on Engagement in
Strait of Otranto by Aus
trian Admiralty Tells of
Allies Losses.

Berlin, Dec. 26. Two allied
patrol boats were sunk and four
other allied warships dam ,ged i,
a recent naval engagement in
the Strait of otranto, the Aus
trian admiralty announced today.
Two Austrian destroyers were
hit,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
ENGLISHMEN SPEAK
AT FRENCH CONGRESS
Declarations Made Against
Any Negotiations Under
Existing Conditions-Bel
gian Leader Says Persons
Hostile to the War Are
Far From It.

Paris, Dec. 26.-In addresses at the
national congress of the French So
cialist party, Arthur Henderson, Brit
ish cabinet minister, and @. H. Rob
erts, member of the British parlia-
ment, both affirmed midst enthusias
tic cheers, that the war must be fought
out until full guarantees had been OBJ
tained for a lasting peace.
I'm my opinion" said Hender-
son, IF France and ourselves were
to enter into negotiations under
existing conditions we should be
nations in bondage. Nothing less
than that Is the price our enemies
would exact for peace today"
MESSAGE FROM BELGIUM.
Emile vandervelde, Belgian Socialist
leader, said: Our comrades who re-
mained In invaded Belgium endured
German dominion with admirable
firmness. Nothing but encouragement
reaches us from them, so that 1t would
seem that the persons moss hostile to
the war are those farthest from It."
Vandervelde declared the struggle
must b carried on until Belgium and
Serbia are delivered and Caesarism is
laid low.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
NORTHERN IDAHO IN
GRIP OF COLD WAVE

Spokane, Dec. CA cold wave holds
eastern Washington, Montana and
northern Idaho in its grasp. Havre,
Mont, reported 20 below zero to the
weather bureau. At Spokane the tenn
perature registered below.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
TEUTONS CAPTURE
TOWN OF FLIPECHTI
AT BAYONET POINT

Berlin, Dec. 26.-In Rumania $500
more prisoners have been taken by
the Teutonic allies. The town of FIJI
pechti on the railroad between Bubeu
and Braila has been captured at the
bayonet point. Strongly entrenched
Russian positions on both sides of
the village were stormed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
FIFTEEN BELOW AT BUTTE.

Butte, Dec. 26.-This city experi-
enced one of the coolest Christmas
days in the history of the city. The
official temperature today was Is be-
low zero with readings of other ther-
mometers as much as 10 degrees lower.
The cold weather has been continuous
since Saturday night.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
GOES TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Norfolk. Neb.. Dec. 26.-Norris A.
Huse, editor and half owner of the
Norfolk Daily News, has accepted the
position of vice president and manager
of advertising of the American Press
association
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
VILLA PROTECTS FOREIGNERS.

Those Who Lott Torreon Before ts
Capture Find Way Blocked.
Washington, Dec. 26.--Villa is giving
protection to those freigners who re-
mained in Torreon after he took the
city, according to official advices to
the state department, which added that
a party of foreigners who fled with the
British consul before the capture Of the
city were blocked at San Luis Potosi
because the bandits cut the railroad
line northward toward Saltillo.
Villa bands thus have cut Carranza's
communication by rail with the bord-
or. Army men take 1t as q part Of
Villas campaign plan.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
KAISER AGAIN EXTENDS OLIVE BRANCH
Dutch Government Objects to
Terms Used in German Reply

Amsterdam, Dec 26-The Telegraf says it has reason
to believe Germanys reply to Hollands note regarding
the deportation Of Belgian workmen is framed in such
it to the Dutch parliament and that the government has
requested Berlin to alter the reply in such that
it may be presented to parliament
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
TWO DEsTRoYERs LOST.

London. Dec. 26.-The admiralty an
nounces that two destroyers were sunk
in collision in the North sea on De-
cember 81, during bad weather. Six Of
ficers and 40 men were lost.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
BLIZZARD HEADED EASTWARD

Norfolk, Neb., Dec. ga blizzard is
headed this way from the northwest,
according to specials from various
points. Heavy snow is falling in South
Dakota with the mercury 10 below zero.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
SURPRISED At GERMAN ACTION
Formal Comment Withheld Pending
Arrival Of the Official Reply
to Wilson Note.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Officials hero
were surprised that Germany's an
swer to President Wilson'S peace note
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
COLD AT SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco, Dec. 26.-The coolest
day of the winter was experienced here
today. Forecaster Wilson announced
the thermometer registered 50 degrees
qt 5 O'Clock.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-26
EXTRA Germany Proposes Peace Conference
WEATHER

Fair and colder tonight
and Wednesday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-26

behalf of Jefferson Davis or any OF tue
other leaders of the southern confed-
eracy. It did not interfere, but had II
done so it would have been told po-
litely and firmly that the treatment
of the southern leaders was a strictly
American affair, to be decided by
Americans.
Easement was a misguided enthusi-
asst. He undoubtedly attempted TO
lead insurrection against the estah-
lished government. and by so doing
forfeited his right to its protection.
Probably the British government
would be wise if it commuted his sen:
tence 10 Imprisonment, and after 4
term of years allowed him TO so free.
The summary execution Of a number
of the Irish leaders undoubtedly
caused strong popular feeling, but the
disposition of Easement is a matter
solely in the hands OF the British gov
eminent, and interference Of any KIND
on the part of the United States
would be an act Of supreme imperu-
nence.
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THE LILLY WITHDRAWAL.

1 The withdrawal of General \. a.
Lilly from further contest OF the
sgubernatorial result. seems to have
caused much pain in Democratic cir
es and in Democratic editorial rooms.
the organs and their leaders which
EBere so outraged few weeks ago be-
[canse some unkind things had been
Esaid about General Lilly, can now
Hardly restrain, their. sarcastic con-,
Ements
The Republicans generally never
Expected General Lilly 10 play into
1.-THE hands of the Democratic opposl-
ltion. They had expected by good
reason that he would take the course
THAT he has when thoroughly satia-
Fled Of the fairness and legality OF
Nudge RobinSon's nomination. The
would have expected 10 do the same
thing had the primary results shown
|General Lilly's nomination.
Now that there is no further posi-
Fbility Of Democratic comfort being eX-
|tracted from General Lilly's conten-
kion, we may expect that General Lilly
will cease to be persona grata to the
Democratic press: In fact 1t may aot
he surprising if the esrtwhile Demo
|cratic admirers Of the Attorney Gen
|eral soon develop into critics.
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If at any time of it's life Il ma
ton has need Of teachers or adj
yisers, it Is in the time OF a great
war. 1t cries out for them and 1t
will have them. If the men who
have knowledge and goodwill do
not speak, others will. who have
no abundance of either.
If | think of, friends Of my own
living within five minutes walk OF
me, there is first Professor ", Ill
his natural state great theoretlc
electrician with a fair moustache.
He now wears a naval uniform
and has lost his moustache: but
his electrical knowledge has not
gone with it, and there are two or
three recent inventions OF his
which can be better explained
when the war is over. And
rather nearer is Professor Y. a
famous medical man. | hardly
think they consider him useless
in France. And little nearer
the river DR.. Z. He is not
professor by the way. but he has
all the degrees that a man OF
learning can we'll carry, both in
certain forms Of science and in
philosophy. And he it was who
was Immediately to when the Ger
mans first used poisonous gas;
and who at once Identified the
gas and produced an antldote. and
told us what other poison-gases
might be used. He further men
toned that the gas was. a crue!
and filthy weapon and he trusted
that, except under the dlreSt nee
essity, We should never use 1t.
Those are all men of science.
But there is plenty of use for men
Of trained minds in other depart
ments. 1t is not only our army
that has multiplied itself so in.
credibly since August, 1914; all
the civil service, war office, ad-
miraltv, board Of trade, munitions
and the like have suddenly cTleo
out for men. The work they.
wanted done was both new work
and skilled work, which could only
be we'll done by men or brains,
highly trained and freely moving,
and able quickly to master ne"
subject. And they found the men
they wanted in the universities.
Yesterday, for example, ! met
coming from the London tram a
PROFESSOR Vi law, q iiISl'' i'ht >''''
three classical tutors. They were
all at work in different govern
ment offices, where believe is
very little complaint about them,
except that they are rather more
tactful and quick and accurate
than newcomers are supposed usu-
ally TO be. | know college tutor
who has proved very remark
able success in dealing with trade
disputes, between masters and
workmen. We all knew he would
be good at it. because he was so
good in dealing with undergrad.
yates. And another colleague OF
mine, who used to divide his time
between idealist socialism and the
highest conceivable mathematics,
is now an expert for judging in
ventions.
NV friend O., one Of the great
est living authorities on Greek
Inscriptions, is now an interpret,
ing officer in the near east. 1t
sometimes. seems to me as if the
men of learning had absorbed al.
most an undue share Of the real
romance of the war. Not Of
course the romance Of direct
action, not the romance OF sub
marine and aeroplane and TPD,
but a mellower and more middle
aged romance, which depends on
knowledge and thought and com.
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MY CONSCIENCE.

Sometimes my conscience says. says he.
Don't you know me-"
And /. says 1. skeered through and
through.
."Of course | do.
You are a nice chap ever way.
I'm here to say.
You make me cry-you make me pray,
And all them good things that away
That is, at night. Where do you stay
Durin the day.
An then my conscience says. onct more,
You know me-shore?"
oh, yes" says I. a-trimblin faint,
You're jes' a saint!
Your ways is all 40 holy-right,
! love you better ever night
You come around-'tel plum daylight,
When you air out O sight.
And then my conscience sort o gr!ts
His teeth and splits
On his two hands and grabs. Of course,
Some old remorse,
And beats me with the big butt-end
O. that thing-'eel my clostest friend
It'd hardly know me. Now, says ne,
BE keerful. as you'd orto be ~
And allus think o me-
James Whitcomb Riley. In the CeQ-
tury.
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THE WAR AND AMERICAN
TRADE.

g While there has been noticeable
slessening in the volume of orders for
L5aua:tions Of war, Europe still con
to be great buyer of Ameri-
goods. Three American compan-
rs in 1915 took orders for s65.oOO.OO0
worth Of shells These orders are
now rapidly nearing completion, and
scae Of the companies is preparing to
0antle its shall plant.
Reat Etinudn $4,000 persons
Mployi caon war munitions IN
Over $4,000 are. so employed
In other words, Great Britain IS
lshing her own supplies in shells
other munitions. and is probably
ito take care OF much OF the Rus
and Italian needs.
(owever, the demand for American
hi materials or semiraw materials
Rutinues as great as ever. Hundreds
thousands of tons of steel forglngs
rounds 10 be used in munltlon
king have been ordered from Ame--
Lah makers, and this line Of supplies
eonainues TO be as great if not greater
THAN before. All the food and cloth
Fling, or materials for supplying them'
which this country can furnish ale
Estill Sbeing taken in large quantities.
ETht natural stimulation OF trade
(Which the enormous expenditures Ut
1.-the. allied governments creates. is be-
ing felt along all lines. The end OF
the European war is not in sight. The
Eapparent successes Of the allies 1u:-
Eings the past month are by no means
Edecisive and it is not impossible tina;
Erhe. tide will turn again as it has so
Eottkn done. So long as the war coll
, hides, the great demand for every
Ming that America can produces IS
kelly TO he as active as it is now, it
bot, more so.
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THE EASEMENT CASE.

I England has firmly but politely in
ticated that she, does not want Ameri-
in the Easement case.
W9have in the United States a large
number. Of maudlin sentimentalists
who 81 em to think that it is their
business to right wrong for the world,
and to make the United States Gov
ernment If possible party to every
EaHse that appeals to their emotions.
NE may attempt to imagine how the
AMERICAN people would have felt had
khes English government interfered in
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bination and the sort Of courage
that does not demand youth ana
dash.
And then, admit, there is a
residue of professors and men OF
learning, whose case is not SO
clear; The people who have tried
TO think out the rights and wrongs
of war, 10 understand the hisiorl,
cal processes and the political
principles involved. 10 look TO-
wards The future and keep, as lar
as possible, a clear head and
firm judgment and an unhroken
will for good. Such people are
certainly needed: there Is no ques-
ton of that. \ nation has always
in it plenty of false prophets, VINO
wish it not TO think. not 10 con-
slider rights or wrongs, not 10 De
or do anything that will interfere
with the momentary sweep OF pas
sion. And in time of war the power
of these can become dangerous.
Some of them are the people VINO
Glamour for "reprisals." who look
for scapegoaIs, who fall into pam
les. who are incapable OF taking
hard knocks and long suiterlngs
with rortilude. who mislrust their
leaders the moment they are not
successful, who yield themselves
IN 10 fear or hatred or mere BAD
nerves. Others are so HORNED
BY the evil OF war, or so carried
away by their temperamental az
tipathieS, that they cannot at the
same time be just 10 their country
or realize their national duty.
They would sooner blame every
. one and everything than try pa
. ticntly, in a mass Of evil, to see
what is right, or the least wrong,
thing to do.
My shelves are Overlooking with
books and pamphlets on the war,
on the causes of the war, on the
methods and prospects OF the re-.
construction after the war, written
|by the kind Of people who are
called professors. ! do not say
that many Of them are very re-
markable for genius or originality
or inspiration; but what Will say
is that, coming from a nation IN
anguish and from individual writ
ers whose hearts are raCked and
whose nerves strained BY pro-
longed anxiety and personal sor-
row and repeated storms of bitter
indignation, these writings as 4
whole bear magnificent testimony
: to the fairmindedness and self
control of the class which pro-
duced them. Here and there one
finds hysterical partisan,
broken-heatred man who clamorS
for useless vengeance. or mere
vapourcr who seeks consolation IN
frantic language. But very rarely.
Mostly one finds men who try 10
discount their own passions or pre-
judices, who look before and after
and keep their eyes fixed on the
truth of facts and on the we fare
of Europe. Taking tho who e
stretch OF authors, from j. y. Hob
son and Rrailsford. who are too
pasi1st for me, through William
Archer and Fisher and Headlam
and Zimmern. who are just about
right, on 10 Spencer Wilkinson,
who is too brllicose for me, !
must confess that am proud OF
their writings. and believe that
they have raised. Encland's credit
In the eyes Of history.
And other professors" are sly.
ine quietly at their depopulated
universities and teaching AS usual,
save that the work is rather hard
er and their hair more rapidly
growing white.
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WHEELING COMPANY
MAKES SOME CHANGES

Special Dispatch to the Int"Iliscnccr.
BUFFALO,. n. y. July 25.-Clarence
E. Richardson. auditor of the firm OF
w c. Richardson K company, OF
Cleveland, O.. vessel owners who
manage the boats of the Richland
Steamship company, of Wheeling W.
Va, met the steamer AmaZonaS and
barge Paisley of that fleet in Buffalo
Saturday afternoon and made trans
fer of masters. Captain Duncan Bule,
we'll known navigator. who brought
the Amazonas into Buffalo was given
command of the steamer Charles 4.
Luck, which he previously had sailed
for some years, while Captain VIM. J.
Macklin, also highly efficient skip
per, was given charge Of the Anna
zonas. and Captain Giddinger, first
mate of the Paisley. WAS made master
of that vessel. Captain Bulc left Buff
faIo Saturday night 10 take charge of
the Luck at another port. Bulc for
merly sailed the same vessel under
the name of City of Berlin and he
always had good luck with this snip:
1t is understood that the Rlchland
Steamship company in tho near future
will have the names Of the hmazonas.
Charles A.: Luck and Paisley changed
TO the Richland Star. Richland Queen
and Richland Daisy.