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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19

strong right arm. left my
couch at early morn, before the dark
ness passed away, and husked the yell
low ears of corn throughout the sunny
autumn day. sold some corn, not
once or twice. but many times. in those
past years; twelve cents bushel was
the price-oh, think Of that and shed
some tears! It took about a ton of
corn to get a haircut and q shave: the
farmers spirit was so torn he ionged
to I'LL an early grave. And now the
farmer drives to town. with load OF
corn on creaking vain: the purchaser
must pony down two bones a bushel for
that grain! To one who's sold his
loads Of maize. his harvest. at twelve
cents . throw. these seem the golden,
happy days for farmers-but they still
have woe. Today talked with David
Dale, who bought the farm OF Hiram
Horn, and he was loaded down with
kale, for he had sold \ load of corn.
"The way they soak man In town,
he said. ''just makes fellow reel; our
faces still are 5trampled down BY rank
oppression's iron heel. Today bought
a pair OF shoes from that old pirate
Godfrey Cough: the price has given
mo the blues--where does the husband
man get OFF,
Copyright by George Matthew Adams.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
MHATCHAMA
COLUMN
p + p s

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American housewives are fighting
every pinch of the way.
While food is being saved, why not
put the foot down on the clutch of
the wasteful banquet?
People who declare positively that
nothing has dropped overlook the
leaves.
Save cotton? All right Who'll
start movement for the whiskerless
Santa Claus?
Maybe it's been changed to Petro-
grab.
Everybody advised to save the
fats" How did it ever become pub
licly known that they needed saving
Moreover, furthermore, however and
in any event, nobody loves the fats,
So therei
Speaking about hush buttons. isn't
it about time that someone got the
button hook?
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
THIS Is THE LIFE.

Away back, years ago, in school
There was boy in my class and his
Name was Henry. He was the
laughing stock
OF the school. He had red hair and
In one class three years. He also
suffered
And was afraid of the girls.
Henry didn't know enough to
Come in out of the Pluvian precipi-
tation.
He thought Ipecac was the capital of
Mexico
And that Helsingfors was the name
of Greek astrologer.
After we had all graduated Henry
was still
Plugging away in the eighth grade
Was given up as hopeless.
I had forgotten all about Henry when
met him in New York the other
day.
He was riding in his own limousine
and
He had only few minutes. as he had
To attend five directors meetings
that morning.
The two brightest boys In our class
now
Draw a combined weekly salary of
$56.
How did Henry do it? Search me.
How do all of them do it?
PRETTY SOON WE WILL BE
READING THAT J1TTJ,E WOOD
ROW JONES HAS WRITTEN THE
PRIZE THIRD GRADE ESSAY.
TEMPUS FUGITS.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
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You say T. r. is fat.
Is overweight.
You state
You've heard the rumor that
He's got to work it off;
The colonel's got to doff
Full thirty pounds
To be In proper bounds.
But he's not fat.
No, no, not that
Just plump,
You chump.
You say he's lost his punch
Because he is, by far,
Too ample in the lunch.
You make me laugh. Harlan.
You say he looks like Taft
Large, fore and aft:
That he has got to train
To make the weight again
Which brings the knockout blow.
Oh, I don't know.
| Though he has meat to spare
The punch Is there.
Though he's not down to weight,
AS he should surely be.
certainly would hate
To have him land
On me.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
MAKING THEM HAPPY.

OF giddy life in gay New York.
The poet twitters,
But gay New Workers. mostly a1o
Sad looking critters.
Except when some poor rural folk--
Mere germ transmitters-
Blow into Gotham with a roll,
Then New York filters.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
PlTIED HIS WIDOW.

'-rhat fellow was an impudent fraud.
HowSdid he manage to wheedle money
out of your
"Oh, John, he told me such a sad.
pitiful tale about his poor widow who
was q widow with six little chill
drenis-Chicago Herald.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19

D villa
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
PRoHle iTloN.

IT you are so strong in favor OF
prohibition. why don't you vote for 1t
In your town."
II don't want It in my town. want
the profit OF selling the alcoholic hui
midity TO the neighboring cities that
went arid."-Washington Star.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
FRoM EXCHANGES.

When a man Is sure of his Job he
likes to sass the boss.
Unconscious humor seldom makes
the right people laugh.
The cash box Of the money-mad
man il Q bottomless pit.
One touch OF the confidence man
makes all suckers akin.
The nagging man is ten times more
disa agreeable than the nagging woman.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19

A new pumping plant with . capacity
OF 10000. 900 gallons every ~ hours II
to be built In Kansas City, Mo.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19

I hdVe been talis1 Svesa toOleesl
Of the ertroct OF tA1wss CId~d for
oper 3 years. 10 thers onytAtn1 nj
them that Will Aasm " cowtSassl
toktn0 thesaf
Anssoer-This 10 . harmful medi.!
cament unless taken by the doctof'sl
prescription. Do mot take It other
wise. TIKI statement II true Of most,
drugs that are taken indiscrimin-,
ately.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19

Pressing lever at the drivers seat
throws new anti -slxidding chains un-
der the rear wheel of an automobile.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
The GRIMES
tOFCERMANY
Abstracted From
Authenticated Official
Reports.
ROBBERY

SHALL not waste time over
the looting Of cellars, of lard
ers, OF poultry yards, of linen
chests, or Of whatever can be
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
BLACK FACTS.

PHE Capital News has been enabled to secure well cor
roborated evidence as to many Of German bar
har;tv It is shocking array of facts-facts that
condemn the German auocracy and those who support IT,
directly or indirectly anywhere upon Gods footsoo as
being unfit to have place with those most degraded
half animals who haunt the regions where civilization
sun has not yet penetrated
From this array of evidence it is privilege to give
the public here distracted report faithful to the orig
ina yet without going into all the details and only cover
Ing portion of the cases. but enough to show the nky
hearted character of the authors Of the worst tna
have ever botched the escutcheon of enghted world
The public should know these facts that they may
know the nature of the enemy they fighting and the
people should have brought to their homes the terri
wing possibilities Of victory for such an enemy,
The information has been gathered by commissions
from variety Of OF participants
actual photographs statements of Victims notebooks OF
German officers and soldiers who have been captured and
other sources.
These reports books of horrors but books OF PLAIN
truths They are voumnous for the average person
to read in detail even if there space in newspapers
for the story in full but essential facts can be gvenony
few of the leaves from this forest Of rne and robbery
and murder and treAcherybu enough to reveal IN Its
real coors the monster that would dominate the earth
For the convenience Of readers the citation OF atroc
ties will be classified under these headings: Robbery
"Incendiarism" "Murder." "Outrages on Women and
Children" "Killing Of Wounded" "Shelterng Behind
Women" "Martyrdom Of Civilian Prisoners Ger
man Excuses, Lies and Calumny." "The German APP
peal' and .'The Appeal of Belgium Workmen" The com
pliers Of the of damng evidence justify their eff
fort in the following statement:
II soldiers to commit chance
repudae with horror thought
o punshments demanded by
fndivisbe
Of still In the worio
IT
the settling time
effort needed to realize
of them. If they
not thesecr and
by with
Of be
whom proud and countries
peoples ought
second
MARTYRS HAVE A SACRED DUTY-THAT
further away?
humanity takes
OF
LONG AS NATION
sCoUNDRELs DRAGGED INTO SUCH
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
}UncIe Walt Has for
you This Evening,
CHANGING TIMES.

lVaY0HEN was. young. long. long ago,
labored on a Kansas farm;
~" drove the dun mules to and fro.
hnd whaled them with my
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19

As readers ponder these black facts let them not lose
sight Of the position this country would be inthe country
most hated by Germany-if the kaiser should win
One of his demands upon England and one he should be
position to enforce would be Canada in order that he
might be in position to sweep down upon us from the
north send his heish bightng ravishing hordes into
this country as be sent them into Belgium.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10

CHARLESTON, ". Va. Feb g.
That Howard Sampson was in love
with the murdered mans wife and
that his father, Andrew Sampson
was superstitious and had dreams
that the man who was later Killed al
Booger Hole, Clay county, would do
him bodily injury. were features
brought out today at the trial of the
former at Clay Court House, for kill
Ing Of Preston Tanner, a prosperous
young farmer OF the community.
Jennie Sampson, sister Of the man
on trial, and daughter OF the other
man under indictment for the murder
was one OF the principal witnesses to,
dav. She declared that her father
had told her OF dream in which he
said he saw Tanner standing over. him
with a gun, and that he believed it
was better for Tanner to leave Booger
Hole and go back to his old home on
Sumson.
Bunk" Truman testified that How,
ard Sampson had told him few days
before the murder that he intended
to have Tanners wife even II he had
to kill her husband to get her.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
WANTS BOND ISSUE
FOR HALF BILLION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Demo-
cratic senators were in caucus tonight
until q late hour on the administra-
ton revenue bill. without reaching an
agreement. The adjourned until TO-
morrow night. when administration
leaders expect to see approved meas
ure similar to the house bill which
would provide for S1G0,00 900 bond
issue and for an excess profit tax and
increased inheritances taxes, to raise
approximately $250,000,0 900.
The first clash tonight was over q
proposal by Senator Overman. Of
North Carolina, that half billion dol
lars bond issue be authorized.
For several hours the suggestion
was discussed, with administration
leaders vigorously opposing 1t. While
the probabilities Of war was recog-
nized by all present, the majority
seemed to be of the opinion that they
should go ahead with the revenue bill
as passed by the house, leaving the
future to take care of itself.
It developed that the suggestion OF
the bond issue was based principally
on opposition to the eight per cent net
profit tax on incomes Of co-partner-
Ships and corporations and that it
came chiefly from southern senators.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
RAILROAD BILL
To THE SENATE
FAVORABLY REPORTED;
ADMINISTRATION o. K.
docs Not Prevent Strikes
u. S. Can Take Over
the Roads.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. - AFTER
many weeks consideration the sen
ate Interstate Commerce Commlttee
today approved and reported to the
Senate a bill TO supplement the ADAM
son railroad law. providing for lnves-
tigation of controversies on common
Carriers and giving the President
authority TO take over railroad. tele'
graph and telephone lines in times
of military necessity. There is no
prohibition in the measure against
the right to strike or lockout TO
which the railroad brotherhoods have
vigorously objected, but there Is q
provision to prevent obstruction OF
the mails or Of interstate commerce:
Chairman Newlands expects to call
the bill up as soon as possible. II
is much like that introduced IN the
House earlier in the week and may
be passed at the present session. IL
is expected TO meet the views OF the
administration, as 1t has become ap,
parent that the more stringent bill
would have no chance of getting
through before adjournment:
Under the terms Of the bill When
the present federal mediation and
concilliation board fails to settle a
railroad LABOR controversy ING IleSF
dent shall enlarge the board by the
addition OF one representative OF
the carriers and one Of the men.
The enlarged boards report shall be
made within three months and contain
recommendations according to the
merits and substantial justice of the
case" which shall be published.
The prohibition section makes it a
misdemeanor punishable with six
months imprisonment for any person
who knowingly and wilfully by phys.
icai force, or threats or intimidation"
obstructs or retards the passage OF
the United States mail or the order
ly movement of Interstate or foreign
commerce or the pake-up or disposi-
ton of any train.
The military necessity section pro-
vides that in case Of actual or
threatened war. insurrection or inva-
sion or any emergency requiring the
transportation Of troops, military
equipment and supplies Of the United
States" the President. when the pub
lie safety requires may take poses
sion Of necessary parts of telegraph
and telephone lines and railroads and
draft their officers anu employees in
to the federal service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
FRE|GHTERS
WILL. BRAVE
THE TERROR
TWO AMERICAN SHIPS
THROUGH WAR ZONE
Both the Vessels Have Been
Manned Exclusively by
Americans.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Twc
freight steamers flying. the Ameri'
can flag were ready tonight to
start for Bordeaux with non-con-
traband cargoes. They are the
Orleans, of the Oriental Naviga'
tion Company, and the Rochester,
of the Kerr Steamship Company.
Both vessels registers about six
thou nd tons, and each is manned
exclusively by Americans. Both
vessels have the American flag
painted on both sides. Until her
purchase recently by the Oriental
company, the Orleans was known
as the Avellanada, and was under
the Argentine flag. The freight
ers will get away tomorrow morn
ing, their owners announced
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10

WASHINGTON. Feb: s.-Stock ex::
change accounts held by members OF
Congress vii lbe examined by the
leak" inquiry committee as result
of the testimony of a Washington
broker today that certain representa-
tives have traded through him. The
account Of every member as revealed
by brokers' books will be Inspected
privately and if there is any susplclo9
that official Information has been util'
lied in trading. PUBLIC Investigation
of the transactions will be inaugural:
ed
Most OF the local brokers records
are now in possession OF the commit
to. and supplemented accounts wlli De
obtained in New York when hearings
are resumed there next week.
George B. Chipman. washington
manager for Hartman & Company,
New York brokers. was the man VINO
testified. that members OF the house
he'd been trading with him. He de-
clared. however. that most OF the &C
counts were investments rather tnan
speculations: that he did not. think
""r representatives traded through
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
LULL ON THE
WAR FRONTS
ONLY SMALL FACTIONS
IN WESTERN ARENA
Six Ships Added to the List
of German Sub
Victims.

Except for raids and artillery
bombardmcnts on the northern
end of the front In France, espe-
cially In the SOmme and Ypres
sections, there has been little
activity on the battlehelds OF
Europe. Berlin reports lively
activity on the Somme front, but
the latest British official mentions
only small actions in the vicinity
Of Ypres.
French troops have carried out
a successful surprise attack east
of Rheims, returning with some
prisoners. In the eastern and
Macedonian theatres all has been
quiet, except around Stanislau,
Galicia, which, Petrograd reports
has been under bombardment of
Austro-German guns.
Five neutral vessels and one
British steamer have been added
10 the list Of victims Of the Ger
man submarine campaign. accord
ing to the latest dispatches from
London. Four Of the neutrals were
of Norwegian registry and the
other was the Spanish steamer
Nueva Montana. The total tonnage
lost, according to Fridays reports,
was 1924.
The Norwegian vessels lost were
The Hanckinck, Storskog, Ida and
Odin. Sailors on both the Ida and
Odin were killed by shell fire. The
one British steamer sunk WAS the
Hanna Larsen. of 1910 tons. Her
captain and chief engineer were
taken prisoner on board the sub
marine.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
$4,000 MEN ARE
WANTED FOR NAVY
Recruiting Agents Instructed to En-
list That Number
At Once,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Navy: re.
cruiting agents have been instructed
to Immediately enlist $4,000 addition
al men.
While the current naval bill author
lied a peace strength Of $4,000 men,
| it carried appropriations for consid-
erably less than that number since
the department had estimated that
In the normal course Of events not
more than 10000 recruits above the
number necessary to replace men dis
charged could be found.
Officials have been encouraged by
recruiting returns during the winter
months, however. which have brought
/ the actual strength up to nearly
$4,000 men already.
In the event Of war probably the
first act Of the President will be to
authorize the enlistment Of the maxi
mum wartime strength Of $1,000.
Probably this could be quickly accom-
plished BY provision IN the depart
ment regulations permitting volun-
teers to enlist for the duration of the
war and not, binding them to full
enlistment In times Of peace.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
ALL BUT FIVE
To THE ON
ENGLISH TORPEDO
BOAT STRIKES MINE
All the Officers and Nearly
All of the Crew Are
Drowned.

LONDON. Feb. 9.-9 p ma Brit
ish torpedo boat destroyer Of an Older
type. the British admiralty announced
tonight, struck mine in the English
channel Thursday night and sank. All
the officers and all Of the crew except
five were lost.
The official statement follows:
"A torpedo boat destroyer of an
older type, employed in patrol duty u
the English channel, struck mine last
night and sank All the officers were
lost. There were FIVE survivors among
the crew"
The oldest type of destroyers in the
British navy is known as Class n,
built between 1898 and 1895. There
are twelve vessels of this type. The
average displacement is 80 tons,
length 200 feet and beam 10 feet. I"o
of the vessels have a complement of
ID men each, while the other ten carry
fifty men each.
The next oldest type. Glass B. mum,
bers twenty vessels, built between
1895 and 1905. Their average dis
placement is about 400 tons and com
plement sixty men each.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
DEATH HARVEST
FOR THE SUBS
.25 OF VEDAMORE'S
CREW ARE DROWNED
Two on Board the Ida Killed
by Gunire From the
German Boat.

LONDON, Feb. 9 (7:20 p. NJ
twenty-five Of the crew of the tor
pedoed British steamer Vedamore per-
ished with the sinking Of that vessel,
according to the Press Association.
The survivors have ben landed. They
number 35 and all suffered greatly
from exposure, having been for ten
hours in open boats in extremely cold
weather. Many Of the men were only
half clad. The ship was on her way
from Baltimore to Liverpool.
Three Of the passengers aboard the
Vedamore were members Of the con-
sular service. All were saved.
Survivors say that the terrific Vio-
lence OF the explosion showed that the
submarine was close to the ship. SeY-
eral OF the survivors were seml'coh-
scious from exposure and were taken
to hispitals.
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 9.-Deputy
United States Commissioner OF lmml.
grafton Louis Hoffman here tonight
declared that there were 80 IN the
crew of the Vedamore. On his list OF
the crew Is the name OF Thomas
Marchan, "a years old, American. HIS
residence is not given. -Four OF the
crew deserted here. Commissioner
Hoffman said he had no record that
Marchan did not return with the Veda-
more on the passage to Liverpool.
He was a fireman.
LONDON, Feb. 9 (2:2s p. m.)-The
Norwegian steamship Ida, OF LIZ
tons, has been sunk by German sub
marine. Surviving members of the
crew were landed today. The captain
stated that the chief mate and the
steward were killed while on deck by
gunfire, the submarine firing continu.
ously without warning until the vessel
sank. 80
Lloyds Shipping agency this after
noon announced that the Norwegian
steamship Hanskinck, formerly the
American steamer Satilla, Of 1861
tons gross, has ben sunk.
The Norwegian ship Storskog, or
2,191 tons gross, was sunk yesterday
by a German submarine. The crew
was aboard the submarine when q
steamer appeared and the under.sea
boat submerged with the chief officer
and carpenter were the only ones able
10 return to the ships boat and they
were picked up by the steamer. (The
Norwegian steamship Ida was built at
Aberdeen in 1888. She was 239 feet
long and had beam of 33 feet: The
Norwegian steamship Hanskinck was
last reported in available shipping
records as leaving New York Dec. 81,
bound for Rotterdam. She was 300
feet long and Al feet wide. She was
built at Quincy, Mass, in 1869
NEW YORK, Feb. g. The steam
ship Baltic of the White Star line has
arrived safely at Liverpool, according
to cable message received here to-
night by officers of the company. The
message besides announcing that the
Baltic had reached hr pier. said all
we'll"
LONDON, Feb. 9 (9:12 p. m.)-
Lloyds announces that the Spanish
steamer Nueva Montana, 2,039 tons,
has been torpedoed. Her crew was
saved.
Reuters Christiania correspondent
reports that the Norwegian steamer
Odin, of Bergen, vessel of 1,045 tons,
was sunk February 2, without warn.
ing and that two persons on board
her were killed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-10
TWO OHIO GUARDSMEN
RUN DOWN AND KILLED

Ell PASO, Tex, Feb 9.-Private
Charles Eaton, Of Company L. Fifth
Ohio infantry. and Sergeant Karl
Eisenhart. of Company X, Fifth Ohio
infantry, were killed late today when
the Golden State Limited" on the
Rock Island from Chicago. struck a
motor truck in which they were riding
down town from Camp Pershing. Pri-
vate Eaton was from Conneaut, Ohio.
and Sergeant Eisenhart was from
Cleveland
Private Rudolph J. Smith. of Com
pany X. Fifth Ohio infantry, and Pli-
vate Dan n. Toomey, of Company l..
Fifth Ohio infantry. were 80 badly In
jured that thew we're reported to be
in n dying condition following the &C
cident. Ten other members OF the
Fifth Ohio infantry were also serious
" injured In the accident
The soldiers had accepted an Invita-.
ton OF the high school cadets to wit
ness a drill at the school stadium this
afternoon and were on their way to
the city when the accident occurred.