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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15
The rise in the price of wheat In the

The rise in the price of wheat in the
United States and Argentina has
caused concern In Spain. where quota
tions are soaring In consequence. I'm
til recently the Spanish committee of
maritime transports has been able II
import wheat at rate which permitted
bread to be sold at s0.o393 and sO.o409
q pound. Early In September the COM
mittee fixed freight rates ON North
American and Argentine wheat. Ar
rangements also were made to use for
eign vessels for importing wheat in
case the capacity of Spanish vessels
was inadequate to bring the required
quantity with celebrity. Were it not for
the increased price at the ports If
origin the measures adopted by the
committee would have kept down the
cost, says a consular report.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15
PORTLAND WhEAT.

Portland, Jan 15.--Wheat strong, no
trading. Spot bids 2 to 8 cents higher.
Bluestem 1.G7, forty fold 1862, club 1.61,
Red Russian 1.57
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

With the exception OF Polk and
Pierce every chief executive from
Madison to Buchanan. and few since.
have accepted the hospitality of the
Church of the presidents" in Wash
ington.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

A church in Philadelphia has NOV
able-letter bulletin board illuminated
by electricity. A switch controlled by
clockwork automatically turns the
lights on each evening at $3.50 and
shuts off the current at 1920.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

Manchester, England, expects a
world boom in textile machinery after
the close of hostlities.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

At the golden wedding celebration of
Mr.. and Mrs John r. Weaver, of West
Bethlehem, Pa, one of the guests was
Mr.. Weaver's father, Jacob Weaver,
aged SO.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

A waterfall in Norway will be har-
messed and made to provide 10000
horse power for smelling and refining
zinc ore.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT.

Minneapolis. Jan. 15.-May whef.
closed today at 1881 y.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15
KEEP SEVENTY
APPOINTMENTS
IN SHORT day
Men Who Do Big Business
Are Hard Workers and
Are Buster During Bust
ness Hours Than Bees.

In most lines Of business no esti-
mate Is taken of the employees value.
This value can be weighed and set
down with a greater degree Of accuracy
than the element we term good WILL
Our present system OF gauglng the
employees worth is not Just. The en-
ploye who has been with a company
year or two necessarily Is more valu-
able, on an average, than the one who
has been employed only a month or
two, yet in many businesses there Is a
fixed rate Of compensation for work.
ers of certain grade or In a certain
department. No account Is taken of
the cost Of "breskiLg IN" the newcom-
er. The man who comes in. stays three
or six months and then goes is likely
to be more of a liability than An asset.
To his compensation must be added the
. expense of instruction, inefficiency
during the period of tutelage and Of
replacing him when he resigns or is
dismissed. There Is no form of &C
counting today which covers this sit
Uation.
Herbert Fell, expert economist, de-
clares the measuring Of an employees
value Is not difficult. The department
head, like the boss, usually Is fix
ture. He receives stipulated salary
= A BASIS FOR CALCULATION.
Suppose his name is Coleman. Mr..
Fell would ask the ross as to Cole
mans pay, his length Of service. etc.
Then he would plump this question to
the boss: How much is Coleman worth
to you?"
II cannot answer that" the boss
probably will insist. HE Is good
man, an excellent man. His heart is
in his work and l don't know how
] could get one like him without a lot
OF trouble. It's hard to say what he is
worth. but wouldn't part with him for
$4,000"
There Mr.. Fell gets a basis for cal
culation. Coleman goes on the record
as an asset of $4,000. The men under
Coleman are estimated according to
duration of service, capability, fidelity
and such. The record sets forth their
value just as the inventory sets forth
the market value of goods in stock.
OLD SYSTEM WASTEFUL.
Mr. Fell would chart the human as
sets of business every half year or
year, correcting the figures according
to the data he gathered, and he has no
doubt the record would have n virtue
to employees and cmployc far beyond
that which the idea itself suggests He
believes il would tend to employment
conservation. bring more clearly to the
attention of the employer the value of
continuous service, and no doubt add to
the pride in and reward of continuous
service.
Mr.. Fells suggestion is most timely.
Most employers have false standard
of gauging the employe. In some
branches of industry the average num-
Der of employees who resign, are dis
missed or have to be replaced Is from
8 to per cent q month, yet the raw
recruit Is put on the same wage basis
and is considered of the same value
as the employe of some years stand
Ing. This Is wrong 1t is conducive
to that drifting from job to job SC
common In America, to an instability
that in the aggregate is a frightful
waste.--New York Sun.
~>~-
H. L.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

The diamond mining industry of Ar
kansas. which dates back only to Aug
ust, 1906, has reached interesting pro-
portions.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

In the more advanced grades Of the
schools In one western city boys are
taught to work in concrete.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-15

v view Of Santiago; San Juaa fort;
shaft erected in memory Of Amer
leans whe fell in San Jusn battle.
Veterans Of the Spanish American
war who recall how bitterly every
foot Of ground was contested in the
siege Of Santiago would today be
battlefields are traversed. Ten min
utes' ride on q street car takes the
tourist from the Plaza in the heart
Of Santiago to the foot of San Juan
Hill--a five minutes walk and he is
1T the summit Of the historic ridge
where he views the shaft erected in
memory Of the American officers and
men who were killed while storming
The hill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
DIR. ELIOT

Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president eme- ritus of Harvard and Americas most distinguished educator, was born in Boston eighty-three years ago to-day, March 20, 1884. In spite of his ad-'
 vanced years he continues to play an active role as a teacher, although he now addresses his wisdom to the world at large instead of to the undergrad
 uates of the famous institution of
 learning from which he graduated six ty-five years ago, and of which he was
 the president for forty years. As the
 proponent of a new rationalistic re- Iigion, and as the critic of Germany.
 he has been even more in the lime light in the last few years than he
 was while the active head of aar- yard.
 Dr. Eliot has recently added some new blanks to the platform of his "new religion some of these tenets
 being as follows:
 we recognize that there are great evils in the world, but refuse to ac- cept them as inevitable, and we com-
 bat them with every form of intelli- gent human effort, and with every
 means which modern science puts in- to our hands.
 we believe in the prevention ct
 evil by destroying its spawn and df9.
 ging up it's roots, and in educating
 and reforming the wrongdoer, rather than merely punishing him. I've recognize that human wills are often weak, and human bodies and
 minds often defective; but we do not infer thence that the human race is depraved and is to be controlled and | redeemed only by fear or terror. We believe that mankind would
 get along better than they do now if it were positively know that the
 heaven of Revelations had been burn ed and hell quenchedA "We believe that to whom much is given, of them much is expected or required; and that the sense of obliga- ton is strongest in a grateful consci- lence" Dr. Eliot has been from the first an influential advocate of the adoption of strong methods by the United States in dealing with Germany, as
 necessary to the maintenance of Amer ican honor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
NO BLOOD OFFERED FOR
 PATIENT AT HOSPITAL

The male portion of Bridgeport is either keeping it's blood for service in defense of the country or everybody in Bridgeport has work. At the Bridgeport hospital today nobody ap- peared in response to an appeal for transfusion that human life may be extended or saved.
 Though refusing to reveal the iden- tity of the person for whom the new blood is wanted, hospital authorities assert today that they have advertised widely for candidates and that for the first time within their recollection none has applied. Fs
 Usually in response to blood trans fusion requests, dozens of applicants appear at the hospital to undergo tests, from which one or more per- sons is selected. s F
 II was said that another attempt would be made today to procure some person for the. operation, which is simple in its character. @7
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
Dissenting Opinions
 Announced By Cour,

Holding the Adamson act an ''arbi- trary and unreasonable taking of property, from the railroads without
 due process of law. experimental and admittedly enacted without due delib- eration, Justice Day dissented, al-
 though. he said, he was not prepared 1 to say Congress is without power to
 regulate railroad wages. He expressly said, however, ae did not believe Congress has power to enforce com pulsory arbitration.
 "1 agree that to secure proper ser vice and to insure reasonable rates to the public - Congress has the power to fix the amount of compen-
 sation," he said, adding that this power must be exercised, subject to usual constitutional limitations of due process of law.
 Stating that the law provides tenn porary pay for eight hours service formerly required for ten hours, Jus- tice Day said:
 'In other words. Congress ex-
 presses its inability to fix in advance of investigation a just and proper
 wage. It inevitably follows that the cost of the experiment.. many millions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
SUCCESSFUL RETIREMENT

" HE GERMAN retirement said to be the Hindenburg line,
 through Cambrai seems to have been successfully aged and with minimum loss of material and troops
 The facts offered to show that the Allies not expected to make rapid advance they have not sufficient
 When army in shelter makes retirement to distant line it has to into the has to exposed the highways and the railroads In such situation it would be decmated by pursuing enemy which faces toward the fighting while the rereang army faces the other way and only with difficulty retire and fight at the me
 Such retirement is protected by few men, who remain in the and stop pursuit long they until the treat is successfully accomplished
 Then the rearguard saves itself if it News that at siderable distance from the German positions the meeting with little resistance shows probably that the it's positions them that its has called in, and has in part at least been saved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
COL. ROOSEVELT AND POSTERITY

~ OLONEL ROOSEVELT once into public print NJ in effort to compel the government of his country to make before is ready The colonel has the same right to cricse the that every other has, But the noisy frequent of his right bad taste It has always the appearance of proceeding from partisan bas and from those profound vexaons which the colonel raises against those who are in the way to power he could enjoy
 Col Roosevelt has the oudest of citizens in his procla nations that this country unprepared In fact he has nsinu ated that almost anybody whip the United States He ought be willing to have the nation sound basis before it starts large scale military operations Honor may fight surely demand licking. Has the co onel aid than that it is the equivalent of to send the present state of things The preparing great scale for the protection of the nation. t
 Col Roosevelt strong fight for the sake of poster
 pretty phrase often upon the lips of men who want to do something badly but lack arguments that strike nearer home.
 The forces behind the directing mankind some unknown goal Nothing nure poserty except by of who has the unborn genera tonsof eternity in his keeping
 It is difficult to account for the movements of men, and pecay difficult account for the without taking into that Providence and above which things do not see
 But living men as individuals consciously fight benefit posterity Poeriy is something of which little conception beyond the purvew of their own i'm mediate descendants is mans habit respect of these of , ten to increase the burdens laid upon them. bond issue with which Bridgeport is to be yet fam ar based instance upon the principle that postery ought something for itself ought they say to pay for ! of the blessings that it will enjoy
 Few are the men who will dscommode themselves even comparatively simple ways consciously for the benefit of 
 much to the injury of their immediate offspring g Posterity to is his children is very and daughters his grand children and his diminishing degree. '.F
 It is "posery that is to the living youth who must The living fight only conditions that tcaby appreciabe by the living They will not fight purely remote posery though there is too much to suppose pressure of the cosmic urge fighting actually benefits posterity only
 Col Roosevelt most kin the who wants what be when wants it. The extent of his interest in the opn ion of poseity exhibited when he refused the Progressive nomination. Is
 Forunacyhe president is in charge The president does know she needs of posery He is carefully and tolfuy charaby and wisely seeking to find what the living and women ought what they wish Thus he meeting the utmost possibilities of staesmanship
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
THE IRISH REBELS

T DTOR TROUP of New Haven in his address before the 1 Knights of St Patrick, last night discussed in inter- eng the psychology of the Irish rebels and purposes he sad could only be appreciated by seeking the viewpoint they entertained the studious view of Mr. Troup that the unfortunate leaders of the rebellion did expect to prevail sl
 They determined to offer the world at the sacrifice evidence of the determination of Ireland to be dependen They meant to insure Ireland place in the dis csson which will prevail at the council board of the nations when the and the rights and dstnie of the small nations when the and the rights and desne of the small nations being determined.
 This view reasonable and Mr. Troup exhibited it. 1vncing, Admitting that the Irish rebels had hope tory in the of they enrolled among the loie
 deasts who have laid down their lives for idea They in the category with John Brown Their souls will go march ing on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20

ed her in 1S23 when she had 10000 deaths from smallpox nearly all her attention sanitation and iso ation to fight epidemic disease Presently the for the public health increased in thoroughness Germany the heahest nation Europe and smallpox virtually dis appeared
 Evidently the has made difficult to high standard which formerly prevailed and the people, protected by their frequent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20

Under the Senatorial courtesy rules senator. can go to sleep when his colleagues are speaking about the good of the country. but not when they come around and want an ap- pOintment made. ysS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
SMALLPOX IN GERMANY


  :. Germany, after the dreadful smallpox scourge which visit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
CHAUFFEURS PLAN DANCE.

The Connecticut Chauffeurs' Nasso- ciation met last night to initiate an6 to discuss plans for the thcomins masquerade to be held April 12. J B. Jacobson, of the board of gover nors, New Haven, A. Chase and. Johr J. Mercer. president of the local spoke to the gathering which. wa: large and enthusiastic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20

One woman was burned to death and three men are believed to have perished in fire which destroyed the Scottish Peoples Home, at Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20

we are or OplnlOn that the r6aSOna stated conclusively establish that from the point of view of inherent power the ac (which is before us was clearly within the legislative power of Con- gress to adopt, and that in substance and effect it amounted to an exertion of it's authority under the circum- stances disclosed to compulsorily ar bitrate the dispute between the par- ties by establishing, as to the subject matter of that dispute, a legislative standard of wages operative and bind- ing as a matter of law upon the par ties-a power none the less eff1caci- ous1y exerted because exercised by di- rect legislative act instead of the en- actment of other and appropriate means providing for the bringing about of such result.
 eff it be conceded that the power to enact the statute was in effect the exercise of the rights to fix wages where by reason or the dispute there had been failure to fix by agree ment, it would simply serve to show the nature and character of the regu- lation essential to protect the public right and safeguard the movement of interstate commerce, not involving any denial of the authority to adopt it.
 And this leaves only to be gener ally considered whether the right tc exercise such a power under the con- ditions which existed was limited or restrained by the private rights of the carriers or their employees.
 "As to the carrier, as engaging in tho h,,SjposS hF iptarStato cop, aroo subjects the carrier to the lawful power of Congress to regulate it follows that the very absence of the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-25
GAME TO U. $. DEC. %.

NEW YORK, May 25.-Les Darcy,
the Australian pugilist. who died in
Memphis today. arrived in this
country Dec %, last year. He was
met by Tex Richard, boxing promo
tec. who was then making arrange
mems for the Australian middle
weight champion To meet George
Carpenter. the French heavyweight
champion. in a 10 round bout at
Madison Square garden.
This and other matches i'm which
Darcy was 10 have been a principal
had to be abandoned. Gov Whit
man issued an edict forbidding the
Australian champion to appear in
any glove contest in this state. In
Ohio and Louisiana the governors
followed the lead taken by Gov.
Whitman. Darcy never appeared in
"a real ring contest i'm this country.
The only opportunity he had TO show
his skill was on a brief theatrical
tour giving boxing exhibitions.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-25
SINGERS WILL PLAY
"STUOIES" SATURDAY
second Round of Factory Games
Find Locals Opposing Each
other.
saturdays Schedule

Singers VS.. Studebakers at Singer
Park
Great Western VS.. Haskell Barker
at Laporte.
Factory league fans will have an
opportunity to see the local repre-
sentatives of the league in action
AGAINST each other saturday after
noon at Singer park at 3 O'Clock
when Singers and Studebakers will
oppose each other.
While these two teams are bat
tlins here the Great Western team
will De playing for the league lead
erShip with the Haskell Barber club
at Laporte. The cellar will be the
prize awarded the losing club al
Singer park.
The opening games developed the
fact that Studebakers although de-
feated TO by Michigan City have
fast club and out for costly errors
which gave Michigan City the game
would have won, outhitting and out
playing the Prison city men.
Laporte has a strong club and its
easy victory over Singers is proof OF
that fact Cramer had the Singer
heavy artillery completely squelched
while Moore did not stop the La
porte sluggers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-25
Les Darcy Dies;
OF Pneumonia;
III Over Month

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May %. - Les
Darcy, the Australian pusilist, died
at hospital here thursday after
noon from pneumonia. He had been
i'll more than a month.
Darcy died about 1:45 O'Clock.
Mgr. Gilmore and Trainer Hawkins
we're at the bedside. Gilmore i'm
mediately sent cablegram to the
dead mans mother in Australia and
the body will be held here pending
instructions from her.
Darcy had enlisted in the avia-
ton reserve corps here shortly be-
fore he was taken i'll. At that time
he was pronounced by Capt. Christie
officer i'm charge of the corps, as
the most perfect specimen of man
hood that had applied for enlist
ment in the corps
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-25
IN THE PRESS COOP
WITH PHELAN

Mckee kept the gangs hustling
and game was over in about an hour
and a half. The weather was mod
crate and the crowd enjoyed the
bill.
The new man looked good. He
was secured from Muskegon. His
first hit was timely and his sacri-
flee in the fourth was perfectly
made He famed twice not to go
too good.
His fielding was good A snap
throw on hard hit ball caught
Faeth going into second in the
sixth and he cut in on a slow hit
bali 10 Allen in the NTH and threw
out the runner. Benny" could not
have fielded il in time 10 make the
play.
Ii looked "a if Kelly had beaten
out a hit TO Faeth in the second.
but although Edington was drawn
of the bag he touched KelI with
the pill as the catcher came into
the base
Allen pulled a real circus catch
in the first on Mathes' drive over
short Benny was up in the air
several feet and was stretching
hard Ordinarily ii would have
been a hit
Five out Of seven attempted thefts
were stopped. Devormer stoppe5
four out Of hve and Kelly turned
hack Carey but permitted Miller a
sack.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-25
HIGH SCHOOL MINES IN
TOURNAMENT TODAY

LAFAYETTE, May %. - Six
teams are entered in the state high
school baseball meet which opens
at Purdue Friday morning. The
first round Of games in the after
noon and the final contest will be
played at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
morning. Anderson high school
dropped out Of the meet Thursday
and Jefferson Of this city was sub
stituted. The schedule for the first
round follows:
jefferson IS. Technical Gndian-
apolis). Manual Dndianapolis) vs..
Newton. LoganspOrt VS. Kewanee.
Two hundred and twenty ath-
letes are entered in the fourteenth
state annual high school track and
field meet which will be staged at
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-25
Bean Ball Put
Under Ban By
National Body

CHICAGO. May %. - Pitchers
convicted of using the bean ball. g"
a highly dangerous ball. thrown di-
rectly at a batters head, will be ex-
PEELED from organized baseball as a
result OF a ruling by the national
commission here THURSDAY. The
ruling was not alone directed TO
players in the major leagues. but 10
every member Of clubs operating
under the national agreement.
Chairman Hermann character
lied the bean BALI as brutal and
added that he could not force him
self To believe that a pitcher would
deliberately hurl a ball at a batter 5
head with the intention of injuring
him. He declared that such a prac-
tice might result fatally Pres t
Johnson OF the American league
had previously declared that a
pitcher found guilty of using the
ball deserved a Jail sentence.
The commission made tentative
plans 10 play Sunday games in six
eastern cities-New York, Brook
lyn, Washington, Philadelphia, BOs-
ton and Pittsburgh-the receipts TO
be donated TO the army and navy for
a war relief fund. The commission
suggested that the money be given
to a fund for soldiers dependents.
These games, if permission for them
is given, will be regularly scheduled
contests. one of the week days
games being advanced for the Sun
day date. Chairman Hermann es-
timated that 100000 could be
raised by six sunday games.
stir up enthusiasm at all major
league games on June 3, the date
for army registration. Bands will
be engaged for the occasion.