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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-09-22

'Tn all fairness" asks the Boston
Transcript, shouldn't the expense of
financing Carranza be borne by the
Democratic campaign committee"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-09-22

Democrats really haven't any OBJ
lection to big appropriations for army
and navy and internal improvements.
They expect the Republicans to rustic
the revenue to foot the bills for the
next four years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13
Motion Picture Contest
Exciting Keen Interest

Director Sydney and his staff at the
Oregon theatre this week has excited
the interest of many prominent Salem
people. At nine 'clock each evening,
lasting the entire week, he is photo
graphing persons desirious of entering
into the contest-the pictures of which
viii be shown at the Oregon commenc-
ing Monday night at each perform
ance until Christmas eve when the win
ners will be announced and wor kon the
professional picture will begin day
or so after Christmas. Each contestant,
whether they are winners or not, will
be presented with his or her strip of
film.
The picture will be clean cut drama
and motion picture fans will have an
excellent opportunity of seeing for them
selves how artistic effects and trick
photography of motion pictures are ar
ranged.
Director Sydney has arranged for the
benefit of those taking part who may
be working to film number Of the
Iscenes at night.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13
BOOK EDUCATION
IS THING OF PAST
Superintendent Todd FaVOrs
Modern System Of Teach
ing in Schools

The why and wherefore of the Junior
high school system was discussed by SUI
perintendent John W. Todd in an ad.
dress last evening before the Six
O'Clock club of the First Methodist
church.
In the old system of education, in
which child was taught only that
found in books from the first to the
eighth grade, and then more books for
the four grades Of the high school to
prepare him for college, it was found
that many, especially boys dropped out
of the eighth and ninth grades, as the
bookish education did not appeal TO
them.
As a remedy for this, Mr.. Todd ex-
planned that educators were convinced
that education should include something
besides mere book learning, and as a
means of interesting children in practi-
cal things, manual training, domestic
courses, sewing, art and music had been
introduced. There was feeling among
educators that the public school system
should provide for those who do not get
the higher education.
Few children find real occupation in
books said Mr.. Todd. 1t has been esti-
mated that AZ per cent Of the children
are not interested in books. The old
school system took no cognizance of the
different minds of the children, Mr..
Todd explained, and all were pushed
along from one grade to another. or a
pupil was held back for backwardness
in only one study.
The remedy for the old system Of edu-
cation was to drill the pupils in the
! Fundamentally during the first six years.
Beginning with the seventh grade, the
first of the junior high school, group
promotions are done away with and
pupils are allowed to advance by stud
les rather than by grades. Tn the junior
high schools, the children have five diff
ferent teachers, each specialists, rather
than one teacher for ALL This gives
the advantage Of having several teach
ers rather than one.
The education Of the present day will
include study, work and play and the
child will get full share Of each every
day. And besides more education there
will be the education for the eye, for
| the hand and for those who are not
bookishly inclined This will include
manual training, domestic science, art,
music and folk games.
Mr.. Todd paid a tribute to the school
board in reducing the levy three mills
each year for the past three years, espe.
cially as the value Of property assessed
had been less each year, while at the
same time the board had been building
and adding to the school equipment. He
also congratulated the people Of Salem
in having board Of education that was
entirely free from politics and in hav-
ing selected board composed Of busi.
ness men who were giving their time
and experience for the benefit Of the
district,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13

sources by the United Prtss. One of the
provisions would be for full indemnity
by Germany for devastation to the ma
tions which she has invaded.
These terms, although unofficial are
believed to represent the concessions
which Germany must make to obtain
peace. They are as follows:
The evacuation and restoration Of all
occupied territory, including Belgium,
northern France, Poland, Serbia and Ru-
mania-with full indemnity for the de-
vastation which Germany occupancy Of
those territories has entailed.
Restoration of AlsaceLorraine to
France.
Session of the Constantinople straits
to Russia.
Indemnity ship for ship and ton for
ton, for all destroyed shipping.
Adequate punishment for those re-
sponsible for atrocities committed by
German forces.
1t was emphasized in all quarters that
the only question of a possible negoti-
able character in the peace proceedings
might be as to the disposition of certain
captured German colonies and the char
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13
Hickey News
CapitaI journal speeial Service. J

Capital Journal Special Service.(
Hickey, Ore, Dec. 13-The first meet
ing of the Hickey Literary society was
held at the school house Friday even
ing.
After the debate the following pro.
gram was given:
Reading-Irvin Caplinger.
Song-Five Boys.
Reading-Mae Edwards.
Reading--0rvin Fryslie,
Reading of Hickey Gazette.
The Gazette staff are to be compli-
mented on the success of their paper.
The question for the debate Friday
evening is Resolved, That electricity
is Of more benefit to the world than
steam.
Frank X. Harris and M. M. Magee
made trip TO their Crooked Finger
ranch last week and brought home their
cattle.
Howard Grim was a Salem visitor
Sunday.
L. A. Lewis and family have return
ed from visit to their Crooked Finger
ranch.
DIR. Drorbaugh has new Ford. This
makes five new machines in our neigh
borhood this season.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13

4 x x x x x X x x X X x x 4 I.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13

ing 1862" made the emphatic asser
tion that it had.
Business gave way to sentiment al
the horticultural sessions, when A. A
Quarnburg, walnut grower of Van
couver, WASH, presented to the organ
ization a gavel made from the Oldest
apple tree in the northwest. Mr.. Juarn
burg in his presentation speech told
the story of the old tree, now 30 year:
old. Still alive and bearing apples al
Vancouver Barracks, it was planted by
one of the men of DIR. John Mclaughlin
governor for the Hudson's Bay com
pany
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13

acter and limitation of Germany's flu
ture armament.
The above dispatch, passed by the
British censor, is in marked contrast to
the terms unler which a high German
embassy official told the United Press
yesterday Germany would be willing to
make peace. The German terms made
no mention Of indemnities, and provides
merely for the restoration of all boun-
daries as they existed before the war,
except for the establishment of the new
kingdom of Poland and Lithuania and
providing for discussion of the Balkans
in the peace conference.
The German terms as stated in Wash
ington yesterday were eabled to Eng
land and the British terms Of today
might be taken as direct reply.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13
CANADA'S ANSWER

Saskatoon, Sask., Dec. 13.-
''it is the determination of the
people of this land-of the peo-
pie of the British empire-that
there shall be no truce,' the
statement of Sir Robert Boyden,
premier of Canada, at great
meeting here was generally
hailed today as Canada's Of
ficial and popular response to
the GeGrman peace proposals.
"There shall be peace" he
said, (Which means peace for
many years to come. That is
the spirit of the people of
Canada and it is the spirit of
her men at the front, in the
hospitals and in training.
The premier's statement was
greeted with tumult of ap-
plause.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13
Outline CONDITIONS
ALLIES WOULD ACCEPT
AS BASIS FOR PEACE
Would Require Germany to
Pay Tremendous Sums for
Damage
By w. D. Forerst.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
London, Dec. 13.-Terms which are
believed to constitute the only basis up
on which the entente powers are willing
to enter upon peace negotiations, were
ascertained this afternoon from various
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS

1t is reported that Clifford Gesner
has rented farm.
Mrs. Whitney spent few days in Sa-
lem last week, visiting friends.
A. Parson made business trip to
Victor Point a few days ago.
Mr.. Davis is able to be up again att
er his long illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nile HiIborn spent
few days at the M. M. Magee home last
week
Mrs. Edgar Hunter was Salem visit
or Tuesday.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
Billiards AND SUNSHINE
IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY TODAY

Today there has been several kinds
of weather in Humboldt county, ac-
cording to reports received at the GEN
trail office of the Utah, Nevada K Idaho
Telephone company. The center of the
storm which has been raging in Win
nemueea all day, seems to be at Love
lock, where the blizzard has been Sc
we're and was at its height at 2 O'Clock
this afternoon.
At Rochester there was heavy fall
OF snow, with high wind, during the
forenoon, but the weather cleared at
noon.
DEMO reports cold weather, alternat-
ing between snow and sunshine, with
indications that heavy storm is brew
ing.
McDermitt and National report un-
usual cold, with a north wind and no
SHOW
At Paradise Valley it has been snow
ing lightly all day, but the weather is
warm, with no wind.
At Amos it is extremely cold, with
but little snow.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
HABfAS CORPUS
FOR DIR. KNORR

John NJ Dunn, first assistant district
attorney of Pittsburg, Pa, and >. H.
Viewer, of the Pittsburg detective bu-
reau, arrived in town this morning
from Carson City, with extraditlon pa
pers for DR.. l.. r. Knorr, Of Paradise
Valley, who is wanted in Pennsylvania
to answer to an information charging
him with having fraudulently obtained
81 600 from Edith Wellings. 1t is al
legged that DR.. Knorr secured the money
on the strength of engaging himself to
marry the young lady, although he had
a wife at the time.
DIR. Knorr was arrested on the charge
several weeks ago, but was released on
bonds furnished by his Paradise Val
lev friends He came TO Winnemueca
Tuesday afternoon, to be present when
the officers from the east arrived. This
morning he was taken into custody by
the Pittsburg officers, but his attor-
neys, Salter, Robins & Frame, applied
to Judge Ducker for a writ Of habeas
eurpus, which was granted and made
returnable tomorrow morning at 10
'elock, at which time the case will be
argued. Meanwhile DIR. Knorr sin Gus
tody of the agents of the state of Penn
sylvania.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
FEEL CHARM OF CORNWALL
Artists Fond of Depicting Beauties of
Scenes in That Famous Eng
lish County.

II has been said that of the two
hundred or more canvases dispatched
each year from Cornwall to London
"seven-eighths have been painted at
Newlyn or st. Ives" Certainly, in the
tangled streets of the little town,
wherever a window gives upon the
sea be sure an easel stands. St.
Ives gets its name from an Irish
princess, St. la. who floated thither
upon a leaf and landed on Pendinas,
the rocky headland which St. Ives
calls ''the island" St.. Ives sits by
smooth circle of sea into which
tongue of rocky land thrusts bold
curving headland, inclosing an inner
harbor in the great sweep of the bay.
Up the green hillside climb the sum
mer homes, the villas and cottages
and hotels, that belong to the tran
sient St. Ives. AS its mean winter
temperature is but four degrees lower
than that of Rome, it has a fair per-
centage of winter visitors, while in
summer its hotels are crowded. st.
Ives does not let its visitors inter
fere with it's business, which is pill
chard fishing-a picturesque thing to
the idle looker-on, but heavy-smelling
work for the fishermen-and renting
studios.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
BRIEF AND STORMY CARER
OF DEMOCRATIC ORGAN

The aftermath of the short, meteoric
career of the Nevada Democrat, the
weekly publication which had its birth
Immediately after the campaign or
1915, being put out under the auspices
of the state Democratic executive com
mittee, was written on the register of
actions in the District Court this morn.
ing when Homer Mooney, last editor OF
the defunet publication, filed sui,
against Sam Pickett, James T. Boyd
Charles Friedhoff and James d. Finch
in their capacity as members of the
state Democratic executive committee,
and the Nevada Democrat Printing ami
Publishing company, alleging that they
are responsible for balance due on his
salary as managing editor of the shee,
in the sum of S965, says the Gazette.
MONEYS complaint reeites that on
OF about March 81, 1915, the defend
ants contracted with him to act as
managing editor, his employment to
begin April 10, 1915, and to continue
until March %, 1916, and not longer
than one year from March 30, 1915.
The contract, Mooney alleges, called
for a weekly salary of $40. 1t is az.
legged that the plaintiff performed all
the duties of his position and prepared
All matter for publication weekly up to
and including the issue Of Setembes
10, 1915, at which time the defendants
refused to pay for printing, salaries
and necessary expenses attached to the
publication of the paper.
Mooney alleges that no part of his
salary or earnings except the sum of
$500 has been paid and that the de-
PENDANTS neglect and refuse to make
any further payments to him. Mooney
appears as his own attorney in the sui,
fled today.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW
MEMBERS RABIES COMMISSION

Governor Boyle has appointed w. N.
McGill of Ely, J. II. Clemons of Reno,
ard George Russell, Jr., of Exc, as
members of the rabies commission.
These, with the governor and DR..
Mack, of the state university, const,-
tute the commission, which will meet
some time next week, possibly in Reno,
to proceed with the work mapped out.
The governors office has received word
from Elko, Nye and Lincoln counties
that they have taken the necessary
steps to provide their part of the co
operative fund for the expenses of the
commission. The rest of the counties
are expected to be heard from shortly.
An appropriation of $4,000 was add
cd to the fund for the eradication of
the rabies epidemic in Nevada by the
Nevada sheep commission which met
in Reno yesterday.
This money is to be placed in the
hands of the Nevada Rabies commits
sion as soon as it is organized, provid-
ed the federal government eo-operates
with the Nevada commission in fight
ing the epidemic. s. II. Wheeler, John
Taylor and G. w. Griswold comprise
the sheep commission.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
OCEAN-IO-OCEAN
HIGHWAY MEETING

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Jan.
27.-The third annual convention Of
the Pixies Peak Oceanic Ocean High-
way association will be held at st. Jo-
seph, Missouri, on February 2, 1916, In
accordance with official call issued by
President G. F. Adams of Chillicothe,
Mo. This association now has its own
definite organization from Indianapolis
to Salt Lake City, and it is expected
that action will be taken at the forth
coming meeting to extend the road
eastward to the Atlantic coast and
westward to San Francisco.
East of indianapolis, the highway
now connects with and uses the route
of the National Old Trails road. An
alignment south of the Old Trails
through Cincinnati, Chillicothe, Park
ersburg, w. Va, and thence to Balti-
more and Washington has been sug-
gested, as a possible new line. Another
line between the Old Trails and the
Lincoln Highway has also been inves-
tigated by the committee on eastern
extension, and this is by way of Pitts
burg, following the general line of the
Pennsylvania railroad through Blairs-
vile, Harrisburg, to Philadelphia. The
question as to whether New York, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Washington or
some other point ON the Atlantic sea-
board be made the eastern terminus Is
also under discussion.
Between Salt Lake City and the Pa
cife coast there are present two routes,
one via the Lincoln Highway through
Ely, Austin and Reno; the other via
Ogden and Winnemucca, New, known
az the Overland Trail. A new cut-ofr
from Salt Lake City westward connects
with both of these routes.
The Pixies Peak Ocean Ocean
Highway has been recognized by many
national authorities as one of the three
main transeontinental routes. 1t is now
completely marked with red-and-white
bands all the way from Indianapolis 70
Salt Lake City, and before the begin
ming of the 1916 season, enamelled steel
signs will be in place along the entire
route.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
MRS. KATE SMYTHE LAID
TO REST THIS AFTERNOON

The funeral services over the re-
mains of Mrs. Kate Smythe, who pass
ed away Tuesday morning, were held
az Silver State hall this afternoon, be-
ginning at 1870 O'Clock. The obsequies
were held under the auspices of the
local order of Eastern Star, of which
deceased was a member, and notwith-
standing the blizzard that was raging
at the time, the hall was well filled.
A choir composed of Mrs. C. A. Nof-
singer, Mrs Jones, Miss Irma Brown,
OF ganist, and G. f. Robins, rendered
several vocal selections appropriate TO
the occasion. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful, the handsome
white casket being banked with choice
cut flowers.
The remains were escorted to the
new cemetery by large number of
sorrowing relatives and friends, in au-
tomobiles. The pallbearers, who were
all of the generation of deceased and
most of them schoolmates, were f. A.
Brown, Thomas Shone, F. c. Krenkel,
j. t. Dunn, A. f. Organ and II. W.
Duncan.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
BOOTH CASE ARGUED
BEFORE SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court heard arguments
yesterday in the application of w. w.
Booth for release from custody under
writ of habeas corpus and ordere,i
the matter submitted.
Sam Platt and Milton M. Deteh ar
gued in favor of Booth and Attorney.
General Thatcher presented the other
side of the case.
Deteh opened the argument and made
a powerful plea. The chief contention
of Booth s attorneys is that the yer,
dict holding Booth guilty of a gross
0isdemeanor is in fact, no verdict a,
all because it does not conform to or
contain any of the charges made in the
information.
Deteh cited many authorities bear
ing out this contention. Detch was foi-
lowed by Thatcher and Sam Platt made
the closing argument.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
SELL AT $3.50
PER SACK AT SACRAMENTO

Farmers and others who remembe>
the early potatoes which We're not dug
last summer because of low prices ar
surprised now TO learn that the prie.
of the tuher has advanced to $3.50 pc
hundred for frst-elass stock, the whole
sale price being 50, with every pros
pect of So price before potatoes grow
again. While many of the early pote
toes were not dug last summer, the late
crop was about normal.
Consumption of the vegetable the
country over has been heavy, and to
this is attributed the rise. However
the increase in price goes to the jobhe.
rather than to the farmer, as most OF
the latter disposed of their crops early
in the fall The same holds true OF
onions, now selling at So per hundred
when Last fall il was difficult to move
them at rs cents per saek.-Bee.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
THE PLUNDFRER"
AT NIXON TONIGHT

"The Plunderer,' which will be the
William X. Fox fetaure offering at the
Nixon this evening, affords for William
Farnum a real "Farnum part big
Bill Mathews of the Croix q 'Or mine,
a doughty, splendid steel-knit fellow,
with big, warm heart and q punch in
each hand. Bill and his partner are
harassed by secret enemy who i'm
prisons them in mine shaft, causes n
strike of the workmen and blows up
the reservoir upon which the power or
the mine depends. These are only a
few of the thrills that keep you breath
less-hanging on to the arms of your
seat. The final climax, where big Bill
and his partner discover their enemy,
is the most stirring of them all
A pulse-stirring battle with bare
fists in which Big Bill bests a score of
drink-erazed miners in a fight, that for
sheer thrills and heart-catching excite
ment has never been excelled gn the
stage or screen, is one of the beg feat
uIes of this super-picture.
Then, too, there is a splendid double
love story which leaves a happy glow
in the spectator S mind. In fact, "The
Plunderer" is as perfect a photoplay
as has yet been achieved, and deals
with clean, manly men, affecting senti-
ment, the lust for yellow gold AM
swift dynamic drama.
"The Plunderer is produced by
Edgar Lewis, director of "The Mig
ger,p Samson" ga Gilded Fool, >
etc, and consists of five hundred won
derful scenes of romance, love, hate,
trials and success.
Along with Mr. Farnum appears
Claire Whitney and score of other
screen favorites.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
PLANS FOR ELECTRIC
RAILROAD AT FALLON

r. w. Wiley, of Portland, Oregon,
has been in Fallon for a couple of
weeks, during which he was looking in
to the Fallon electric railroad propos,-
tion. He expressed the opinion that the
salt alone would pay the fixed charges
of the road Now that assurance is
given that the sugar factory will rur,
the coming year, it is expected that NJ.
Wiley will take up the matter of float
ing bonds with some of his New YORK
associates. In fact, the abstracts are
now being prepared for that purpose
and will be completed about the first OF
the year.-Churehill County Eagle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
NEW EXPLOSIVE RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIGH TUNGSTEN PRICE

For some months past various bro
kers have been exceedingly active in
the purchase of aluminium; first they
bought scrap, and when that stock be-
came exhausted they began to bid for
aluminium electrical conductors in po-
sition at prices that made it profitable
to take down the aluminium and re-
place it by copper of equivalent con-
ductivity. Lately they have been pur-
chasing such stock before il has been
strung. If any owner of aluminium con-
ductors, either in service or in the
warehouse, still has any of it, either
he has escaped the search of speculat-
ors or he is holding it for speculation
on his own account.
Where is it all goings Present evf-
dence indicates that complete answer
may be found in the chemical litera-
ture of about four or five years ago,
when a French chemist announced his
discovery of an unusually powerful ex-
plosive, which he called ammonal,' -
the name being a combination of the
chemical symbols of its component
parts, ammonium nitrate and alumi-
mum.
letter received recently from a
German officer who was in battle as
Loos stated that in an examination Of
position out of which the Germans
were driven and which they afterward
recovered, he counted some GAO deal
in space of about one hactare, OF
which less than ten per cent showed
signs of mutilation. "The others were
killed by that terrible French explos-
i've. Mining Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-27
DANCING CLASS OPENS
WITH LARGE CLASS PUPILS

Mrs. ]. C. Gardner's dancing school
was opened in Winneva hall Tuesday
evening with large attendance, about
twenty pupils having enrolled for a
series of lessons. All the latest ball
-oom and fancy dances will be taught.
The class will meet Tuesday, Thursday
end Saturday afternoons and evenings,
and a social dance will be given every
Saturday night after the regular class.
This school offers an excellent opportu-
nifty to anyone who wishes to learn to
dance.