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The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11
Keet Murder Trial
Begun in Missouri
Men Charged With Kidnapping Baby,
killing II And Throwing Body In
Weii ~ Dock.

MARSHTlELD. Mo, Oct S-Neatly
clad in dark suit, his face pale and
haggard, Claude j. piersol, alleged TO
be The leader OF tue kidnapping ring
which abducted Baby Lloyd Keet, to-
day entered plea o. not guilty at the
opening OF the trial here today.
Tears streaming down her cheeks
PiersOls aged mother stood by his
side, mumDling "My boy my boyi"
Leaning on her husbands arm, Mrs.
j. Holland Neet, mother of the muir
dered baby took a stand near Piersol.
She gazed at him fiXedly throughout
the preliminary hearing Feeling
against the defendant is running high
and mob violence is feared
The court room was crowded. Quail
fication OF the panel of sixty-four jur-
Ors was started.
Judge Skinker today granted a sew
erance of the joint charge against
Taylor and Cletus Adams and 'iersCl
in the Keet case. Piersol viii be
tried first
Feeling in Mafshfield aad in all
southeastern Missouri is running at
,nn sre-d. A. is d Continuation Oi
lnat ceiling which almost cost Pier
sol his life under tree at Stockton
last June, shortly after the murdered
body OF baby Keet was found
"PiersOl will never live to go 10
prison" remarked people on the
streets, in hotels and restaurants.
Mob violence may assert itself again
ii the state proves its case against
Piersol.
"Cletus Adams and Taylor Adams,
Piersols alleged lieutenants in the
case will be tried with him. Sam Nc
Ginness, Taylor Adams, Make Adams
and Dick Carter Will be tried on tae
charge Of conspiring to kidnap G.. g.
Clement, Springfield jeweler.
The state will try to prove il was
PiersOl who penned the letters to
j. Holland Keet, father of the child,
in which $4,000 ransom was demand
ed. The defense has scores OF wit
nesses to attempt establishing alibis.
Oscar Schmidt, agent of the de-
partment of justice at Kansas City
will go on the stand in an attempt TO
connect Claude j. PiersOl, alleged
leader of the kidnapping ring with
anti-American propaganda.
The little court room of Judge c.
II Skinker was packed to suffoca-
ton at the opening OF the trial this
morning. Marshfield is crowded with
hundreds of witnesses, movie" men,
newspaper men. lawyers and the mere
ly curious.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11

time taken for piece of work and re-
leases the operator sooner for other
wOrA, and in all cases it, at least,
saves effort for work where power
cannot be used.
The use of electric light will save
time as follows:
rirst. 1t Will make it possible to
use every daylight hour for field work
doing the necessary inside work by
electric light
Second: 1t will reduce the time
necessary for doing the chores by one
half, as compared with the time re-
quired when lanterns are used.
Third. It will save the time former
ly taken to clean and fill coal-oil
lamps and lanterns.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11

many different kinds of work, both
productive and productive. And
electric light too is a time and labor
saver. The following are some OF the
ways in which electric power will save
time:
IT will pump water; il will churn
butter: it viii separate cream; it will
turn the grind stone; it will run the
milking machine; it will run wash
ing machine; it will heat an electric
iron; it will run a vacuum sweeper,
and it will run an electric fan
In many cases electric power al
lows one man to do the work of two,
releasing one for other productive
work In other cases it shortens the
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11
Where Rat Tails
Sell at 1Oc Each

OGDEN, UTAH, Oct 11-Ogden
City school boys are reaping a harv-
est of spare change as a result of the
health departments bounty of ten
cents each on rats. Fearing that the
rodents might overrun the neighbor-
hood adjacent to the city dump at
Monroe and Twentieth streets, the
commissioners decided upon the ten
cent bounty to be paid for each rat
tall brought in, as a precautionary
measure against possible disease.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11
ELECTRICITY is FACTOR
IN RURAL PREPAREDNESS

One of the big difficulties experience
ed by the American farmers is the
frequent shortage of labor, and for
this reason his greatest need lies in
the utilization of every possible labor
saving device Undoubtedly electricity
is the greatest single labor saving
agency that the farmer can use. Elec-
trio power can be made to do a great
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11

contests and nothing is OF more value
educationally when they can be con-
Quoted properly The Filler fair board
deserves special praise for giving
such generous prizes for this type of
contest. 1t is hoped that the agri-
cultural teachers and teachers of the
rural schools will particularly urge
upon their pupils that they prepare
for and enter the contests next year,
which will doubtless be much larger.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11
Boys Judging Contest
Was a Great Success
Many Entered From All the Towns
in the County and From Jerome
List OF Prizes.



There was great deal of interest
taken at the Filler fair, in the boys
Judging contests Boys under IS en-
-ered this contest from Bull, Filler,
Kimberly and Jerome and there was
good deal of rivalry as to who should
come nearest Judging the way the
judge did and give the best reasons
for so doing. Eugene Wheeler, a very
small boy of Twin Falls, deserves
special mention. He was one of the
most earnest and entered each of the
contests, dairy hog and sheep He
did not once turn in his cards until
the time was up and was constantly
figuring on which point was the best
in each animal Out of some 60 en-
tries he won second price for Judging
in each contest.
Harold Harvey, of Bull. had the
only perfect score of any class. He
got 200 out of possible 200 in dairy
COW Judging. Following are the
names of the prize winners in each
class.
Dairy Cows
LIST prize-Harold Harvey, Bull.
2nd prize-Eugene Wheeler. Twin
Falls
srd prize Robert Davis Twin
Falls.
4th prize Ernest Dow. Bull.
9Th prize-Dean Henry. Jerome.
9th prize-Roy Large Twin Falls.
South Park Add
Hog Judging
LIST prize-Roy Large. Twin Falls.
South Park Add.
2nd prize Eugene Wheeler. Twin
Falls
Bird Dewey Barge. r. r. 3.
Twin Falls.
9th prize-Howard Stieyer. Buhl
6th prize Lester Chamberlain.
Twin Falls, r. r. l.
sheep
list prize Kenneth McGnnis. Filler.
End prize Eugene Wheeler. Twin
Falls.
Bird prize Donald Jayne. Kimberly.
4th prize-Darrel Rigney, Jerome.
5th priceless Rigney. Jerome.
9Th prize Dwight McCorkle. Je-
rome
County Superintendent Wolfe Mr..
Mccall state boys and girls club
leader, County Agent Mclean and the
extension service of the University of
Idaho are doing everything in their
power to encourage this type of work
amongst young boys and girls of the
county They believe that there is
nothing that stimulates so much the
study of agriculture or interest in
live stock and farm products as these
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11

There is no need for you to go
through another day of corn agony.
But be sure you get "Gets-It"
Accept nothing else, for remember,
there is positively nothing else as
GOOD. "Gets-It" never irritates the
live flesh. never makes the toe sore
You can go about as usual with
work or play, while "Gets-It," the
magic. does all the. work Then the
corn peels right off like n banana
and corn-free as your palm. Never
happened before, did it? Guess not
Get a bottle of "Gets-It" today
From any drug store, you need pay
no more than Csc. or sent on receipt
of price by E. Lawrence & Co, Chi
I'll
Sold in Twin Falls and recommend
"a a. the worlds best corn remedy
by Wiley Drug CO.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-11
The End of
Your G0rnS
Pain Stops at 0nce-Corn Lifts
Off Clean.

There is nothing in the world like
~GetsIt" for corns. Just apply it
according to directions. the pain
stops at once and then the corn
Aifts of as clean as a whistle. No
fuss. no bother, no danger. Gets
It." you know, Is safe. Millions
have used it, more than all other
corn remedies combined. and it new
4afIo
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
CUT ALL RED TAPE,
ORDER OF PRESIDENT
War Industries Board Confers with
Trade Commission on Prices.

BY direction of the President the
war industries board is prepared to
cut all red tape and take in charge
the regulation of the prices for steel,
copper and other basic materials en-
tering into the conduct of the war.
Preliminary steps in this direction
were taken yesterday when the menu
bers of the board held a conference
with members of the Federal Trade
Commission.
1t is understood that the Federal
trade experts placed before members
of the war board the figures approved
by the President for raw materials en-
tering into the conduct of the war, and
suggested that all contracts let in fu-
ture coincide with the Executives
views on prices. 1t is believed that
by this means the President expects
to avoid naming any further admins
traitors for the various products in de-
mand, relegating all power to the war
board.
The price of steel. one of the prin-
cipal things considered. likely will be
less than $50 a ton, it was leafned
from authoritative sources. The war
board, it is understood. had been in
favor of a higher figure, but was over
ruled by the President The members
OF the board also were given all the
figures collected by the Trade Com
mission experts on supply and pro-
duction.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
PRESIDENT CONFERS
With LABOR Chief
Reassures Gompers That Grievances
Will Be Considered.

President Wilson will consider all of
the wartime demands of labor. He
told Samuel Gompers this yesterday
when the president of the American
Federation of Labor called upon him
with broad sketch of the labor situa-
tion.
Neither would discuss details of the
conference. The effect of the Pres!-
dents price fixing policy upon laoor
conditions is believed, however, to
have been the basis of their talk.
Some of the mine operators have
threatened to shut down their mines
unless they get relief either from che
prices set by the President or from
the wage scale which they are now
paying. As the wage scale was one
of the elements entering INTO the
Presidents determination of the prices
which he called not only gust but lb-
eral. it is not believed thac he will
change his decree.
L took up with President Wilson,"
Mr.. Gompers said. ''labor's just griev-
ances and demands as they have been
presented to me from all over the
country. 1 explained them in detail /
am satisfied that the President will
give them such attention and con-
sideration as will result in the rights
OF labor being maintained"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
SELECT WESTERNERS
FOR FRENCH front
Third Rainbow Division" Picked
for Duty in Europe.

Western troops will be the next to
go to France, it was unofficially
stated yesterday. A third rainbow
division" has been selected. 1t will
be the Forty-first, composed of the
National Guardsmen of Oregon,
Washington. wyoming. Montana, and
Idaho.
These three rainbow divisions"
comprise approximately $1,000. Trans
portation has been obtained for them,
it was indicated, and Secretary of the
Navy Daniels said yesterday that the
government had at last succeeded in
getting fast steamships for troop
transports. The peril from subma-
rines is thereby cut in half. The rea-
son so many merchant ships are sunk
is that the submarine. running on the
surface, has as much or more speed
than the average tramp steamer. Only
a ship of superior speed is able to
zig-zag and employ other tactics to
elude submarines. The Navy Depart
ment for months has been working to
organize a fleet of fast troop trans
ports which can outrun U-boats. This
has been accomplished. it was Off
cially stated yesterday.
Every move yesterday was TO the
goal of lJUyJO American troops in
France by mid-autumn. BY that time
it also is expected that Americans
will be on the firing line.
Meanwhile the Provost Marshal Gem
erals Office was driving ahead with
plans to get the draft armies into
camp as early as possible in order
that they may be trained and sent to
France to fill vacancies caused by
deaths and casualties in the American
ranks,
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
Massacre of Nurses
Latest Barbarism
OF Kaiser's Fiends

Paris, Aug. 2S.-French anger
famed high today against an
other German atrocity-ths ap-
parently deliberate bombing of an
immense military hospital near
Verdun. and the machine-gunning
Of fleeing nurses and workers.
German aviators flew low over
the building. By alternately bomb
ing and machine-gunning, the
enemy flyers in half an hour killed
twenty-one nurses, men and
women, and ten patients, and
wounded forty-nine others. The
hospital was bombed at the
precise moment nurses were band
aging 150 German wounded.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
WORLD POLICE FORCE
Wanted BY SENATOR
Owen Urges International Conven-
ton of Belligerents and Neutrals.


International police to guard the
world against "PrUssian military
autocracy" vas proposed yesterday
in a speech by Senator owen Of Okla
hOnla.
My proposal" he sdid. is an i'm
mediate international convention of all
belliEerent and neutral nations to
establish an International government
with legislative. executive and judicial
powers and an army and navy to
enforce the rights Of member nations
to coerce Prussian militarism.
some man has said This Is
EutOpia,'
My answer is first, Eutopia is
better than. He'll, and second that this
proposition is not Eutopia. aid third.
II IS already nearly an accomplished
fact in the union of the great bellig-
erents now waging a common war
or Prussianism."
The Senator recently introduced a
resolution carrying his recOnenda-
tions.
The fact that Pope Benedict pro-
poses simultaneous and reciprocal
diminution of ornaments with the ap-
proyal OF Austria, and apparently with
the approval of the German imeprial
&c serument, seems to promise that
even the TeuJonic autocracy is COM
ing to its senses" he remarked
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
British Food Dictator
Attacks Steak Prices

A decline of meat prices averaging
l. cents pound before Christ
mas has been announced as the pro-
gram of Lord Rhondda, the British
food controller.
Prices in England, according to in
formation received by Herbert Hoover
of the Food Administration here,
have been n and IS cents for sirloin
steaks as against 81 and 80 cents in
this country.
The British controller has set prices
of $1776 for September. scaling down
to $40 for January as not to cripple
the farmers who have bought stock for
fattening at high prices.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
Several Men Are Arrested
When Cooney Girl Is Found
Assistant Cashier of Prominent Hotel Among
Those Held by Police on Charges
of Seduction

Samuel Tahof " years DID, and Austin James Laushln. y
years DID, arrested quick shortly before O'Clock
this morning the charge of seducng Miss Mary Cooney the
daughter of Washington policeman, who mysteous disappeared
from her home last Monday.
Laugh frankly admitted that Miss Cooney had stayed with him
in at his home for fory-eght hours.
Laughln lives 1924 northwest and cashier
prominent downtown hotel He employed the hotel
night Tahof clerk department and worked during
the day. He shared the the location with Laushn
OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED.
At early hour this morning detectives closing other
young alleged have been connected with the disappearance
of Miss Cooney and against whom said charge of seduction
will also be lodged
Austin arrested his by Detective Evans and Police
woman Faring
After Miss Cooney discovered last evening speeding along
the of this city with young man. ciyde search
made for the young who said have been
her since her absence from her home.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
GERMAN PAPER SUSPENDS.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 23-The
Iowa Post, a German language news
paper, suspended publication today.
The paper has been intensely pro-Ger-
man. and withdrawal of support by
loyal Germans is given as the reason
for the suspension. Henry Gundling.
its editor, has been before the Federal
authorities twice.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
name GARFIELD
COAL DICTATOR
President Fixes Prices to
Be Charged for
Anthracite.

The coal industry of the United
States was placed under the direction
of DIR. II. A. Garfield, prssident Of
Williams College and chairman OF the
wheat price-dxing committee OF the
Food Administration, by President
Wilson yesterday. In making the an
nouncement. the President fixed the
prices to be charged for anthracite
coal, which range from 81 for white
ash grade to $50 for Lykens Valley
grade, stove size.
In announcing anthracite prices, the
President also fixed the profit that
might be charged by jobbers on both
anthracite and bituminous Goa 'he
highest margin allowed on bituminous
Is - cents per ton. and the highest on
anthracite, 50 cents per ton.
The Presidents coal order in part
follows:
Presidents Order.
For the buying and selling Of bitu-
minous coal a jobber shall not add to
his purchase price a gross margin in
excess of Is cents per ton of 1900
pounds; nor shall the combined gross
margins of any number Of jobbers
who buy and sell a given shipment or
shipments of bituminous coal exceed
10 cents per ton of 1000 pounds.
For buying and selling anthracite
coal a jobber shall not add to his pur-
chase price a gross margin in excess
of % cents per ton of 2,240 pounds
when delivery of such coal is to be
effected at or east of Buffalo. For
buying and selling anthracite coal for
delivery west of Buffalo. a jobber shall
not add to his purchase price a gross
margin in excess of 80 cents per ton
of 2,24O pounds. The combined gross
margins of any number of jobbers who
buy and sell a given shipment or ship
ments of anthracite coal for delivery
at or east of Buffalo shall not exceed
20 cents per ton of 2,24O pounds; nor
shall such combined margins exceed
30 cents per ton of 2.2+O pounds for
the delivery Of anthracite coal west
of Buffalo.
Anthracite Prices.
Effective September /. 1871. the
maximum prices per ton of 2,2io
pounds free on board cars at the
mines for the grades and sizes of an
thracite coal hereinafter specified shall
not exceed the prices indicated in
paragraph ..
The grades and sizes for which the
ma ximum prices are specified are as
follows: White ash anthracite coal of
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
Thousands Fight Forest Fires.

Portland. Greg. Aug. 2S.-Between
$500 and 10000 men today are fighting
forest fires in Washington. Western
Idaho and Oregon. 1t is impossible to
estimate the damage. Timbermen said
the fire situation is the worst in twen-
ty years. Twoscore of blazes are be-
yond control Y
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
Barney" Baruch Sells
Seat on Stock Exchange

New York, Aug. 23.-In order to de-
vote his whole time to government
work Bernard NJ. Baruch today sold
his seat on the stock exchange. Fran
els W. Welch bought, it for s5S,OO0.
Baruch is a member of the Council of
National Defense.
Baruch is Al years old. His wealth
is rated as SO, 100000 to $20,O00, ,0oO 1t
was only a few years ago he was
working for a salary of SIS as a clerk
in a banking house. He is of Prussian
descent
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
POLISH REGIMENT
QUITS HUN SERVICE
Officers and Men Resign in a Body,
Saws Report.

Copenhas gen, Aug. 23.-The officers
and men Of the First Regiment OF the
Polish Legion has resigned in body.
The commander has published an Or
der accepting the designations.
The regiment will be placed at the
disposition of the Austrian military
authorities.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
A Good Auto Road to the
Boyhood Home of President
Wilson and How to Go.

This very interesting feature
article of intense interest to
every motorist will be a feature
Of the auto section of next sun
days Herald. Don't miss il.
The Herald leads in automobile
news and advertising
Besides this, T h e H Heral d
prints all the good news Of
world events. society section
with all the happenings of inter-
est among WashingtOn's 400, a
4-color comic section and all the
sports
your newsdealer or news agent,
or be sure to get II at the news
stand, &c.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
WOULD AVERT STRIKE
OF $4,000 MINERS
Conferences Begun at Birmingham,
Ala, by Secretary Wilson.

Birmingham. Ala, Aug. 2S.-Confer-
ences seeking to avert the threatened
strike of $500 soft coal miners were
begun here today by Secretary Wilson,
of the Department Of Labor, with
operators and workers.
The main point of contention is the
demand by the miners for recognition
of their union. This. it is unequivocal-
ly stated by the operators. will not be
granted.
Adjustment of other points will
prove easy, it is declared, once the
question of recognition of the union
Is settled
The Washington herald., 1917-08-24
Mission HERE
TO GET STEEL
Japan May Help U. S. Bear
Burden of the Second
War Loan.

1t was unofficaIly acknowledged
here yesterday that what Japan
wants most from the United States
is steel. She is prepared to ex-
change gold for it. 1t has already
been unofficialy suggested that
Japan will be willing to participate
largely in the second liberty loan.
But the special mission headed
by Niscount Ishii will take no part
in the arrangements of these de-
tails. They will be left to Ambas-
sador Sato. Japan's regular envoy
here. The Ishii mission is here for
but one purpose, as it declared re-
peatedly yesterday - to m k e
friends. Only on the basis of friend
ship and understanding, Japan rea-
Lies, can she offer to participate
in United States loan and only on
a basis of friendship and under
standing can she hope for a share
of the precious steel of the United
States. even in exchange for ia
pans gold.
Have Same Ideals.
Viscount Ishii and his colleagues,
formally and Informally spoke up
on but one theme yesterday. This
was the parity of ideals in this war
both in the United States and
Japan.
In his address to the President
Viscount Ishii stressed the fact that
Japan too is fighting for interna-
tional peace. the respect of small
nations and the pledged word of all
nations. Mr.. Wilson in his reply
acknowledged these to be the OBJ
jects of the United States and
added to them the note that the
United States is fighting for demo-
cracy.
The size of the budget for war
here has duly impressed the Japs
They have huge surplus in gold
III their own country. 1t would not
surprise observers here were Japan
to offer this gold to help the United
States in the second liberty loan.
Presents Credentials.
Special Ambassador Ishii yesterday
presented his credentials from the
Emperor to President Wilson. The
ceremony was brief and formal. but
the special Ambassador and the Presi-
dent exchanged a hearty handshake.
Japan has the facilities for manu-
featuring munitions and ships. Muni-
tions and ships are the things that
will win the war for the ideals which
Japan and the United States share
alike. Japan's supply of iron and steel
is extremely limited. That of the
United States is relatively plentiful
The great war budget for the men
the United States will send to the
trenches where Japan cannot send her
men must be borne. Japan will help
the United States bear it.
The proposition has not been COM
mented upon by any United States
ofhcial. 1t is a matter of such del
icacy that great care is being taken
in handling it. even in its present
highly informal state. No hint could
be gained yesterday as to what the
attitude of the administration would
be.