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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-11
NEzpERcE SEWER FINISHED.

system has been completed with the ex-
eeption of the filling of some of the
bitches which will receive further at
tention next spring.
The work to be performed in the
spring is of little consequence, the sys-
tenn having been accepted by the CON-
missioners of the improvement district
and is already in use.
The Nezperee sewer system embraces
over four miles of pipe line and a septic
tank. The cost was approximately
s35. 900 and all sections of the town are
served.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-11
MISS SWEETS BOND APPROVED.

Bond of Miss Margaret Sweet, county
superintendent of schools, this week was
examined by the board of supervisors,
annroyed and ordered filed.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-11
SELLS COTTONWOOD RANCH.

Frank Drets has sold his 155-aere
ranch near Cottonwood to V. n. Euman
of Colorado. the price being $65 an acre
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-11
nprENpANT TURNED LOOSE AT
ruE SECOND HEARING ON AC-
mrsArIoN OF SELLING BOOZE.
ANOTHER MYSTERY TO SOLVE
Along With Questiopnof Who Sold Rum,
Contrary to Law, Is Enigma Of Who
Made Away With Part Of It.

Walter McAdams was found not
ruilty of violating the prohibition law
M the state of Idaho by jury in the
Laecond trial of McAdams in the dis
.trict court, before Judge Scales, Tues
Iiay night. The verdict was returned
N S:45 D. m, after several hours deli
|ebration, when McAdams was ordered
discharged.
The Jury in McAdams' first trial,
held during the present term of court,
Failed to reach an agreement as to his
'puilt OF innocence. He was charged
with selling bottle of whisky in
Grangeville on the night of August A.,
last
Mystery surrounded the disappear
lance of portion of the whisky, which
|had. been held as evidence in the case,
hand speculation was rife as to what had
become of the liquor. The bottle, more
than half full Of whisky, and sealed,
had been delivered to the jury at the
|time of the first trial, as an exhibit for
{the state, and by the jurors had been
taken into the jury room, while they
Reiterated.
Where Did Whisky Go?
4 When the bottle was again presented
as evidence, at the second trial, Tues
&day, the seal on the bottle had been
&broken and some of the booze was miss
&ing.
NJ An attempt was made in court to-
learn where the liquor had gone, but
&to no avail Witnesses who were ques-
Etioned asserted rumor had it that the
8booze was consumed by members of the
hurry at the first .rial From the time
. of the discharge of the first jury till
1.-THE opening of court Tuesday, the bot
tie was in custody of Countye Clerk
Eimers, but Mr.. Eimers emphatically
declared he was not accountable for
the loss of some of the evidence.
N Whether the jurymen really drank
N part of the contents of the bottle in
order to pass upon the merits of the
N fluid, or decided to consume all the
Xevidence, and then, when half of it was
" gone, were attacked by siege of ''cold
feet, or whether persons other than
for the disappearance of the whisky,
was not made clear.
Those Who Freed McAdams.
4 The jury which acquitted McAdams
was composed of the following named:
Riley Rice, Thomas O Kelley, w. FL
Lamont, J. B. Burney, Harry Patterson
William Hanley, l.. s. Fortin, j. F. Cal
lson, R. c. Day, Carl Keller, John F.
Oliver and Thomas Chandler.
Members of the first jury were: w. J
Braybrook, John p. Kee, M. l. Cross, A
=, Battles, Ray Shinn, Charles Fargo
4, E. Lyons, w. w. Blackburn, P. E
Sherwin, John Maugg, George F. Me
Kinney and Frank Hogan.
At the conclusion of the second trial
Judge Scales discharged the jury ano
announced there would be no further
jury trials at the present term of court
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
PERFECTS SHOE-MAKnNG
MACHINE in U. S. PRISON
Butler, Sentenced as Black.
mailer, Released, and May Sell
Invention to Government

After serving more than a year in the
Atlanta Penitentiary for blackmail, William
Butler Of 602 North Thirteenth street, has
been released on parole. The time he spent
In prison was more than profitable, he said.
He perfected the invention Of a shoe e-maklng
machine while working in conjunction with
another man. which he hopes 10 sell the
Government to help supply the army.
Butler was released for good behavior.
lie had been sentenced to eighteen months.
After being arrested in connection with the
winpenny blackmall case in this city he
pleaded guilty in New York on a different
case. involving band in Chicago The
winpenny case has not been pressed by the
Federal authorities. owing TO Mrs. ]. Bolton
winpenny's death.
The shoe-makng invention is but one Of
several things which Butler took up In the
peuitentiary He learned tailoring and
studied other things he said. Much Of his
time however, was given over TO the per-
fecting of the shoe machine.
Il consists of three separate parts and
will not be completed for several weeks.
Butler said he had started negotiations with
the Government
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
PUTS BAN ON GAMBLING
BY GAMERS OF NATION
Hoover Halts Selling of Futures
and Announces Prices Must
Be Reasonable
WASHINGTON, oct. 20.


The Government today moved TO check
speculation in canned goods and special
regulations were issued by Food Admin
istrator Hoover TO govern Gamers. who will
be placed under license on November 1.
Rigid prohibition was promulgated against
the sale of futures I'm canned peas, corn,
tomatoes, salmon and sardines before Feb
ruary ]. This date may be changed later,
If II is deemed necessary TO meet the needs
Of the military forces of the Allies.
The custom which many Gamers have
followed Of oversellng Their estimated out
put will be discontinued under the follow
ing regulations:
The lcensee shall not sell for future
or canned tomatoes in excess of IS per
age as the Ncensee already has under
shall not sell for future delivery canned
as per cent Of his estimated pack con-
servatively figured with regard to his
capacity and the supply of fish which
can reasonably be expected by him
Other rules were issued requiring the
Gamers this year to adjust their grades
and sizes to more useful types Of cans. The
food administration announced that the
Government would compel the Gamers to
sell at a reasonable margin of profit over
cost price without regard to market or re-
placement values
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
FRENCH TO GET LARGE
SUMS FROM RED CROSS
American Society Will Donate
$3O,OOO,OOO for Aid During
Next Six Months
WASHINGTON, oct. %

An aggregate expenditure of at least $780,
100000 will be made during the next six
months by the American Red Cross COM
mission to France, according TO a cable
received this afternoon by the Red Cross
war council. This sum. added TO appropria-
tons already granted, will amount to about
S40,O00000, or about four-ffths of the
amount which is available for work in
France from the funds raised last summer
The commission says 1t could eXpend s30,-
100000 and more in Red Cross work OF
France and Belgium with the armies and
civilian population with most excellent re-
suits. as in many respects the coming winter
will be crucial one.
We must, however" says the commits
sion, "at all hazards, reserve sufficient
funds to meet all demands which may be
made upon us by our army during the
coming year and to enable us also to satls-
factorly deal with the problem of emer-
gency relief which will almost certainly
result from radical changes in the line in
northern France and, Belgium. If we can
safely count on spending here approx.
matey $50, 100000 it would he folly for us
TO proceed with the different branches of
work at a rate which will virtually exhaust
that sum by next summer"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
CHANGE IN MARKET PRICES
OF GARDEN PRODUCTS
Brussels Sprouts, Cucumbers, Egg
plants and Peppers Vanish-Other
Vegetables and Peaches Album
dant and Cheap

Considerable change in the produce mar
ket is noted in todays report Of Russell
Smith, chairman Of the food commission OF
the home defense committee. Brussels
sprouts. cucumbers, eggplants and peppers
are no longer in the market but romaine
a type Of lettuce. and sweet potatoes have
gone into the abundant group. Sweet po-
tatoes are now cheap, ranging from sixty
five to eighty cents for a 8 -bushel basket Of
seven TO nine quarter pecks. White potatoes
range from sixty cents to S1.10 for a SINH
lar-sized basket Tomatoes range from
twenty-five cents for a Ss -bushel basket Of
seven to nine quarter pecks Of green ones,
to 81 for ripe ones of good quality. Tur-
nips run from forty-five to seNenty-tve
cents for a similar-sized basket Peaches
are very plentiful Due 20 the shortage OF
sugar there is not n great demand Tor
them They sell from sixty cents to SllO
for q -bushe basket. Celery Is COM
paratlvely cheap, running from htteen TO
fifty cents for a bunch of one dozen stalks.
These are wholesale prices.
ABTNDANT-Romaine sweet potatoes, Ca
madam rutabaEas radishes, lettuce, squash
carrots, corn parsley, beets. pumpkins, peaches
NORMAI.--Lemons. oranges turnips' roIa-
toes, spinach
SCARCE-String beans, lima beans, celery,
cabbage. tomatoes, Caulihowor, grapes, cram
berries. pears, apples. ounces, bananas pluu'S'
pinCapplCs
Last weeks storm so damaged some Of
the fishing nets that 1t will be impossible 20
get them repaired before spring. This will
cut down the supply of fish to some extent.
II will be especially advisable to use the
lower-priced fish. Prices Of nsh are as
81,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
MAMTBEFORE FRIDAY
ORPAY CENT EXTRA
Letter Will Cost Sender Three
Cents Under Postage Law in
Effect November 2

Your wife gave you a letter to mail last
week and you've been carrying It around
In your pocket ever since. II you don't
mail 1t before next Friday, you will have
to put a three-cent stamp on it, instead Of
a two-center.
But you will not be fined that one cent
because Of your forgetfulness. Every one
will have TO pay an extra cent, whether
they are remiss or not, after Thursday
Uncle Sam expects TO collect millions of
dollars by adding this charge, and the
money will go into the purchase of bullets
bayonets beef bread and bunch OF other
things for the soldiers who ara fighting your
battles. II you stop writing letters, you
will be cutting down the amount of money
available for carrying on the war.
The Postmaster Generals order which
goes into effect on Friday, November 2,
makes a three-cent rate effective on hrst
class mail (sealed letters) which goes out
of the limits Of the city in which II is mailed,
and two-cent rate for all postal cards eN-
cept printed ones
"Drop letters" which are letters mailed
i'm any one city for delivery TO another
point in the same city, may still be sent
for two cents. For example, II you mail
letter in Passyunk to your uncle In
Manayunk, a distance of ten miles or more,
IL will cost YOU only two cents, as at pres
ent But II you mail It at a letter box In
the Market street ferry station TO a friend
whose office is just across the river In
Camden, less than two miles away, It VIII
cost you three cents.
Stranger STILL you may write to your
cousin Bill, who is wearing khaki down at
Camp Meade, near Baltimore, for three
cents But IL you write from New York to
your cousin Joe, who is over In France
with General Pershings army, your letter
will need only a two-cent stamp.
The big business firms, which send out
hundreds of letters daily and many, many
thousands of letters on the first of each
month, will have more to think about under
the new postal ruling than you do. Hereto
fore they haven't bothered to sort out tn,
letters addressed to customers in their owl
| city from those addressed to out-of-towl
| persons BY sorting them out hereafter the,
| will be able to save hundreds of dollar
| yearly.
As to postal cards: If you write any
| thing on a postal card besides the name ant
| address of the person 1t is intended 70
| and your own name and address afte
| Thursday, it will cost you two cents to sent
| It. Manufacturers of cards for mailin
| purposes are therefore beginning to prin
| them with form" messages, which ma
| save writing. But as such cards will nee
one-cent stamp in addition to the pric
| charged by their manufacturer IT is har
to see how they can effect any saving.
II you never wrote letter before. d
so now--do your bit to provide money 70
! the boys in khaki.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
BESSIE MCOY DANCES
TONIGHT ON BROADWAY
Bessie Mccoy Davis on Program.
Will Tuck Little Hope Hard
ing Davis in Bed Herself

NEW YORK, oct 29.-Returnine TO the
stage so that her daughter may have evory
comfort and advantage Bessie McC'ov
DAVIS WIDOW OF Richard Harding Davis
VIII appear in a dancing part tonight in
MISS 1871" a new production.
Inc reason that brings the "Yama Yama
n&Ii & oack 10 Broadway is the same reason
Whlch TOOK her away; Hope Harding paws
the little daughter OF Richard 1ars,,r
Davis and the dancer. II Is TO make ii,e
smooth for Hope that Bessie NtcCo,, a. 80
turning to Broadway
bessie Mccoy Is not going back on the
stage said Mrs. Davis. at is BESSIE
mccoy Davis-a totally different person.
VINO VIII appear under her own name, Bessie
mISoy Jaws NO one could be with Rich
ara Harding Davis five minutes without
being better human being. and I had the
luck to have him for five years. I know
persons who see me dance will saw. Il won
Ger where she has left poor little Hone p
80 want to say to them now: Little Hone
VIII be safely tucked away in her bed. she
VIII have bath given to her by her own
nother and VIII have eaten a supper which
her own mother cooked
Mr.. Davis used to saw 70 me q don't
see why Hope has a nurse. Bessie YOU do
everything for her yourself And so I do
ANA l snail Keep on giving her her bath
every night and morning and mashinp I'm
her vegetables and straining them and Ak
ing her beef jutce-oh, | shan't neglect the
greatest business in the world Just because
l am going back on the stage.
I am really going to be two persons-a
sort of Jekyll-Hyde of the theatre. I'll put
all the fire and movement that are i'm me
unto my dances and then I'll go back to the
apartment on Riverside drive and 109th
street and I'll turn the key and be just a
tresome little mother who has got back
70 the center of her life-Hope Harding
Davis ="
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
Coe College Professor Dead

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 29.-Doctor Hubbard
Henry Maynard. of Coe College, Cedar
Rapids. Ia, died suddenly in hotel here
Sunday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
CONTRACTOR AND FRIENDS
IN RUNAWAY MOTORCAR
Driver Loses Control of Automobile
and Machine Is Over
turned

Nicholas Cannoe contractor. twenty
five years old of 3O29 North Twenty-second
street lost control of his automobile and
the car was overturned while he was driving
east on Allegheny avenue near Gaul street
this afternoon. In the car with Cannoe at
the time were James Tracey of 1928 East
Clearfield street; Jules Beeson, of 3011
Bonsall street. and Frank Philli. of 1917
South Seventeenth street.
All the men were taken to the Northeast
ern Hospital, where it was found that
Cannoe, Tracey and Beeson had sustained
laCerations of the head and face, but were
not seriously injured. Philli was badly
shaken up, but otherwise was uninjured.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
WHALE MEAT POPULAR
ON RAILROAD DINERS
Southern Pacific Steward Has Recipe
to Make Steaks Especially
Palatable

CHICAGO, oct 2o.--whaIe meat has be-.
come popular delicacy on railroad dlnefs
according to report made at the recent
convention in this city OF railroad com
missary superintendents.
How this new food product may be made
particularly palatable Is shown by recipe
invented by Otto schffner. steward on n
Southern Pacihc-Ogden route diner Shlf.
ner gives the recipe as follows:
"Cut the whale meat and pound Il well.
Roll In bread crumbs and fry in fat Season
to taste"
Dining car patrons proclaim the new dish
delicious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
WILL RESIST APPEAL
OF MILE LIMIT LAW
Ocean Grove Association to Actively
Oppose Repeal of Law Protecting
Camp Meetings

ASBURY PARK. y. l.. oct. 29.-Stirred
by the prospect of an attempt to repeal u,S
New Jersey mile limit" law which pro-
hibits the sale Of intoXicants within one
mile of any camp meeting ground, the Ocean
Grove Association announced today tina
it would oppose by influence and vote
any such movement
The announcement followed n verbal
broadside fired from the pulpits of the city
yesterday, the opening guns in a campaign
to defeat an initiative excise ordinance
which comes up at the polls here next Tues
day. Supporters of the ordinance have an
nounced that its success will he followed by
an attempt to repeal the mile limit" law
which affects a dozen camp meeting asso.
Citations i'm the State
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
Now Glass Plant Ready to Operate

sive new plant of the Whitney Glass Com
pany in South Glassboro is soon to be
nut into operation. 1t is equipped with
bottle blowing machines and all of the
other latest labor-savlng devices known to
the glass industry. 1t is planned to have
the entire plant in fun operation by jan
uary / next
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
BERG ELUDES RECAPTURE
Appam's Captain May Be Disguised
by Woman's Dress

ATLANTA, Ga. oct. 29-Government
agents are today bending every effort to
Iecapture Captain Hans Berg, of the prize
ship Appam. who has successfully eluded
pursuit since his escape from Fort Nc
Pherson a week ago.
Operatives are not overlooking the possl-
bilitv that Berg is still in Atlanta and
NAV be disguised as a woman. Berg has
many friends among the well-to-do class
of people in Philadelphia and New York.
some of whom. especially a woman are
suspected of having aided in his escape.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29
Representative Martin Dies in IIIiuoi,

CHICAGO. oct. 30. - Representative
Charles Martin, of the Fourth Illinois
Congressional District died here today at
the home of son. He had been i'll for three
months from peritonitis and stomach dis
orders. He was fifty-eight years old
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29

administrator and the Chairmen Of the com.
mittees i'm Delaware have asked the dealers
i'm this city not to sell coal to any one in
wilmington in excess of their normal needs
and have also asked people not to hoard
Williams news., 1917-02-08
G. o. p. Has Internal Troubles.

Although the organization of the next house is year away-unless an extra session should be called-indi- cations are that Representative James R. Mann, the Republican floor leader for the last six years, will be eliminat- ed as a candidate for speaker if the Republicans control the house.
 There is still smattering of Repub- lican insurgency in the lower body. Observers of house affairs say there are about a half-dozen members of that body who must be coaxed to vote for MT. Mann, and the chances are against landing all of them, even in the face of party necessity.
 Despite the facility of Republicans for "getting together" the prospect increases that there will be 'compro- mise candidate for the speakership.
 Speaker Clark has no opposition within his own party, and is not wor- rying. If the Democrats organize the house, he will be the next speaker. MT. Mann has opposition, mostly un- der the surface at present, but the next house will be so close the Re publican candidate cannot afford to lose even one vote.
Williams news., 1917-02-08
STAND BY PRESIDENT!
Wilson Entitled to Support of
 Both Parties, Is Plea.
Difficulties Confronting Administration So Great as to Call for Temporary Abandonment of Par
 tsanship.

It seems to the Washington Herald that the members of congress can put their time to better use than debat- ing informally the question as to whether the Democrats or the Repub- icans shall elect the speaker of the next house of representatives.
 President Wilson's great successes as chief magistrate give him claim on the support of the members of con- gress without regard to party, and since both Speaker Clark and Leader Mann are supporting the presidents peace program, it would seem to be case of "Hobson's choice" between the two.
 The president has on his shoulders greater responsibilities than have rest ed on any head of the government since the days of Abraham Lincoln. He is seeking to end the European war; he is seeking to keep this coun- try out of hostilities in Europe and in Mexico; he is aiming to so man. age affairs that there shall be no dis turbance to the business equilibrium in the United States he is holding in check the most pronounced pro-ally sentiment, and at the same time seek ing to avoid the pitfalls dug for him by the pro-German sympathizers close to his own administration; he is fac ing the prospect of peace and Euro pean competition coming more quickly than readjustment of tariff sched- ules can be made, and above all he is just now realizing that there is huge deficit in the treasury which must be met either by bond issue or by the imposition of more taxes.
 President Wilson has shown a great capacity for constructive states manship. The burden mainly has been his, and he has carried it across many narrow bridge, spanning many yawning abyss. He needs the SUD- port of congress now if he is to sue ceed, and if the country is to avoid disaster. He needs a united party. He needs the support of the bankers of the country, who unfortunately are regarded with suspicion. He needs the support of the press, which is one great industry confronted with loss in consequence of war prices, but which is taking generally a broad and pa triotic view. Congress should lead the way.
 Let the country stand by the presi- dent, as he has stood by the country. The outlook is serious enough to cause the temporary interment of narrow partisanship.
Williams news., 1917-02-08
Use for Salmon Roe.

During all the years of the salmon industry there have been millions of tons of salmon roe thrown away. American packers could find no use for the roe, and like other waste" product it was dumped into the rivers to be carried out to sea. Now a newly ar rived Russian immigrant who was ia. miliar with the processing of sturgeon roe in his own land has proved that the salmon roe may be made most de- licious. According to epicures who have tried the new product it far surpasses Russian caviar, and next year it is expected the former "waste' product will become one of the most important packs at the salmon fisheries. There are few things under the sun that the brain and the hand of man cannot put to some valuable use.
Williams news., 1917-02-08
f0B[1( KQ<I2S
GOOD ROADS HELP CHILDREN
Improved Highways of Great Benefit to Them in Going and Coming
 From Country Schools.

The rural population is more willing to support better schools today than at any previous time. It is being re- alized that all educational activities or agencies must be more or less cor related, and, more than all else, that they must be more accessible to the children. In many counties where bad roads prevail, most of the schools are of the antiquated one-room va riety. They are usually located along bad roads which, during the winter, when the schools are usually in ses- sion, become so nearly impossible as to make it difficult for the children to reach them. This condition causes irregular attendance and restricts the educational opportunities of the child. Not only this, but it often impedes the economic consolidation of these small