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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
EMPLOY GIRLS AS
DANCING PARTNERS
FOR THE SOLDIERS

Seattle. Wash. Dec. s.--Three thou
sand girls will be enlisted eventually
by the Y. w. C. A. to live in a special
hotel at the gates Of Camp Lewis
Americas biggest army cantonment-
and act as dancing partners for soldiers
in pavilions that are to be erected
The girls will be under the super
vision of Y. w. c. A. and ministerial
federation .chaperons. The initial
dance pavilion will accommodate 1000
dance couples.
A minimum wags OF SIS a week will
be paid to the girls and they will re-
port to matrons and be checked each
afternoon and evening. They will re-
ceive a commission of cents on every
dance. Soldiers will pay 10 cents.
These dance half girls will come
from all along the Pacific coast and
many society girls are expected to do
their bit" dancing.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
MIDDLE WESTERN
STATES IN GRASP OF
SEVERE COLD WAVE

Chicago, Dec. S.-The middle west
ern and central plain states are expert
encing zero weather today. From the
Alleghenles to beyond Kansas and
south into Oklahoma and Texas the
mercury is steadily dropping. Points
in northern Wisconsin have reached
the 20 below mark. Chicago shivers
at above with promise Of ) be-
low by morning.
A heavy wind and snowstorm Is
sweeping over Indiana. Traffic in In
dianapolis is demoralized. Trains in
central Indiana have been delayed for
hours.
Storm warnings were hoisted on the
lakes and a severe storm is predicted
to sweep all the lakes except Superior
today. No bats. are vehturing from
Milwaukee today.
Unprotected cattle in Kansas suf-
fered intensely when the temperature
dropped to 10 and IL below. st. Louis
with temperature near zero. reports
snowstorm which ragged most of the
night and tied up traffic today. Tele-
phone and telegraph communication
in Oklahoma has beep hampered by
6o-mile norther which brought snow
rain and hail as far south as Okla
homa City.
storm has spent itself and that tenn
peratures, except in and around Chi
cago will not go much lower.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
WOMEN CONDUCTORS
HAVE COME TO STAY

New York. Dec. S.-Forty conductor
cites will be ringing up fares for
Broadway street cars by tomorrow.
The company announced today after
one brief test that the women conduct
ors had come to stay. After "a hours
Of service the few pioneers tried out
yesterday and last night proved they
were every bit the equal OF male con-
ductors. From now on they will get
mans pay and as near a mans uniform
as possible with a skirt
The uniforms were ordered today.
They will be of the same heavy blue
cloth as the men conductors, long
coat and short skirt, with plenty of
pockets. Black taffeta caps, trimmed
with gold braid. complete the outfit.
The girls will handle only the street
level, hump back" street cars. In this
type the conductor sits in the center
of the car and manipulates doors and
the register by foot and hand.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
BODIES OF MEMBERS
OF CREW PICKED UP

New York, Dec. S.-Thirty four OF
the crew OF the Belgian relief com
missions steamship limo. which col
lided with the Mont Blanc in Halifax
harbor, were picked up by British
warship, according to messages re-
ceived here by the commission. The
captain and the first and second Off
GERS. and three members of the crew.
1t was stated, have not been heard
from.
Word also was included in the mes
sage that the Sigma, another vessel in
the service of the commission. is badly
damaged by her holds being flooded
and is unable to proceed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
Austro German Forces
Bringing Up More Guns
for Renewal Of Attempt to
Break Through Defenses.
French in Action and Poilus
Enthused Over Prospects
Of Open Fighting-Mild
Weather Helps the Invad-
ing Forces.
BY HENRY WOOD.

With the French Armies In ItalN
Dec s.-French troops are in action to-
day against ever-increasins masses OF
Austro- Germans who are plainly pre-
pairing for Germany's supreme effort TO
break through the Italian line.
The battle all along the Italian front
is becoming heavier. The enemy 10
massing men, guns and material.
Heavy artillery. which the Italians
destruction of bridges and roads de-
layed, is now being brought to the fight
ing line in daily increasing numbers.
The shell fire over Italian positions 10
daily more violent.
GREAT MASSES CONCENTRATED.
More troops in grear masses are be-
ing concentrated in nvarions-ssetsussz0er.
cording to word brought back by Ital-
ian aviators.
Prisoners Just taken say old divis-
ions, decimated by the Italian defsn-
slve fire, have been taken back and
their groups plugged up with fresh
men. Entirely new divisions have ar
rived. Apparently the enemy u taking
the fullest time necessary to perfect
his plans for ma ssing the greatest pos
sible strength in men and materials ana
then tosstrike his supreme blow.
On the lower Piave the AustriAns
every night dosgedly attempt to throw
bridges across the river. Every day
Italian and allied artillery destroy
them.
GUARDS VENETIAN PLAINS.
On the northern end of the line, heavy
enemy concentrations are apparently
being made behind the Asiago plateau
and Monte Grappa-the latter constl-
tuting both in appearance and reality
veritable Gibraltar guarding the
Venetian plains.
The most remarkable winter weather
on record is favorable equally to the
Austro- Germans and the allies an prep
arations go forward on both sides for
the impending impact.
Where a year ago the entire noun
famous front east Of Lake Garda was
the rocks are bare-except the peaks
The air is clear as a crystal The sun
shines brightly. The cold 10 hard and
dry and intense.
WINTER WILL HELP ALL!Eo.
When winter eventually does break
1t will be the Austro- Germans who
will suffer under the greatest ham
dicap. They must transport supplies
! for great distances over difficult noun
famous regions.
| Inspired by knowledge that they ARE
now fighting over the Same historic
battle fields where dozen former
French armies in Italy attained their
greatest glory. the present day poilus
are taking up contact with the enemy
with a degree of enthusiasm. un-
eQualed since 1914.
! The allies show an ever-tncreasing
strength on the whole Piave river line.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
STEAMER TO SAIL
FOR STRICKEN CITY

Boston, Dec. S.-The steamship Cal
win Austin, offered by the United
states shipping board here for sending
relief to Halifax, will sail for the
stricken city tomorrow morning.
Enough glass for 500 houses. tar
paper, clothing, blankets. rolls Of cot
ton and other material will be carried.
A general appeal has been sent out for
contributions.
The vessel is fast and may reach
Halifax before some of the relief trains
which are reported snowbound. II Is
believed she will be in the stricken city
early Monday.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
STEAMER .CAPSlZED.

Chicago, Dec. Slight men
were believed to have been
drowned when the steamer Des-
mond capsized in the heavy seas
off South Chicago this afternoon.
She carried crew of IA and the
coast guard rescued six. The lat
ter are unconscious and some of
them may die.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

London. Dec. s.-A revolution
has broken out In Portugal. Off
cial advices received today con-
firmed reports of the uprising.
Rioting and pillaging is reported
from Oporto. The revolution is
centered in Lisbon.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
MAIL DESTROYED.

Winnapeg, Man.. Dec. s.-Postal
authorities today were notified that
$4,000 bags of mail were destroyed
in the Halifax disaster. This in
cluded trench mail and Christmas
parcels for soldiers. All incoming
and outgoing British and French
mails. accumulated for two weeks,
were destroyed. reports here in
dicated.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
BR,flsH PUSHED BACK.

Graincourt the British have been
pushed back 100 meters, an official
statement announced today. At
Lavacquerie. many British at
tempts to regain ground broke
down. On the Cambrai front, dur
ing two days fighting. two guns
and three machine guns have been
captured, the statement added.
On the Italian front, captured po-
sitions at Sisemol have been
cleared of the enemy.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
WILL NOT REOPEN
THE ALASKA CASE

Washington, Dec. s.--The interstate
commerce commission today denied a
petition to reopen the Alaska case
brought two years ago by delegate
James wickcrsham, representing the
small shippers of that territory. He
claimed that the carriers were favor
ing large interests and discriminating
against small shippers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
BANK CLEANED OUT.

Culver City, Cal. Dec. s.-Ten
thousand dollars, which literally
cleaned out the bank, was the loot
of bandits who held up Cashier j.
j. Byron and rified the Culver City
bank today. escaping toward Ven
ice in automobiles.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
LONG LEGAL FIGHT
IN INDIA PLOT CASE

San Francisco. Dec. s.-Charges by
United States Attorney Preston. that
John Singh, witness and defendant in
the Hindu plot cases is plotting to
thwarl prosecution and to lay the
foundation for long legal fight to
keep himself in American jurisdiction
were before District Judge Van Fleet
today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
HEARINGS POSTPONED.

Washington, Dec. s.--At the re-
quest of the western railroads, the
interstate commerce commission
today indefinitely postponed hear
ings on the is per cent Increased
freight rate application these. oar
riers made. Uncertainty Of the 40
tion President Wilson and congress
contemplate taking to solve the
freight congestion was the reason
cited.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
EIGHT HUNDRED BODIES.

Halifax. n. s., Dec. S.-Halifax
still was being lashed by q merci-
less sleet storm this afternoon. In
spite of the terrible conditions.
eight hundred bodies have been re-
covered or located. Practically
all the seriously injured have been
attended to. Many women did
heroic work binding UP the wounds
of those suffering from the cuts.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
CAR
NICHOLAS FREE;
NOT CONFIRMED
Report Dethroned Monarch
Has Escaped From Place
of Confinement Sent to the
State Department.

Washington, Dec s.-That Car
Nicholas had escaped from his place
of confinement In Siberia was the ru-
NOR the American consul at Tiflis re-
ported to the state department today.
The departments advices gave 40
details, merely reporting a rumor at
Tiflis to the effect that the czar had
escaped.
Nicholas, following his dethronement
by the revolution this spring, was spir-
tied out of Petrograd to the small
prison village of Tobolsk in Siberia.
He was reported to have been housed
there under guard, accompanied by his
wife and children. Their home was
set up in simplicity that contrasted
sharply with their former splendor, in
a large house in Tobolsk.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
y#E4E!3,|flIRE}I|IiIER 4EAHHR

Forecast for Boise and vicinity:
Fair tonight and Sunday.
For Idaho: Tonight and Sunday
fair south. rain or snow north portion.
Highest Temperature yesterday, ~ot
lowest temperature this morning, ~
mean temperature ysstsrday. ~
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
WORK OF MoNARcHIsTs?

Recently a statement purported to
have been made by the deposed czar
through a neighboring monkery dis
claimed any intention of seeking to re-
gain the throne. But officials here
have never ceased to speculate on the
possibility that out Of the present chaos
in Russia the monarchists might not
attempt to liberate the czar.
Certain units in the army are still
believed TO be loyal to him or amen
able to the influence of their officers
who might be brought to lead a mon
archist counter revolution. There IS
nothing to confirm the rumor of the
escape, however.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
CHICAGO 70 HELP.

Chicago. Dec. s.--Mayor Thompson
has appointed special committee to
take care of the Halifax relief work
here. The committee will hold pub.
lie meeting today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
LAST MINUTE NEWS
ITALIAN PRISONERS.

Vienna. Dec. s.-Italian prison
ers taken by the Austrians now
number 10000. an official state
ment announced today. East of
Asiago, strong points near st.
Enfie were captured, the statement
said.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
AID TO SUFFERERS.

Washington. Dec. S.-Twenty- five
thousand blankets and 500 stoves
from Portsmouth. (N. H.) navy
yard were today ordered sent by
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels to
relieve the suffering of blizzard
swept Halifax. He also dispatched
a hospital unit from Provincetown.
Mass, and informed the Red Cross
that everything the navy has avail
able for relief work ID at the dis
posal of Halifax
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
RAID ON SOCIALISTS.

Chicago, Dec. Socialist head
quarters here was raided by fed
eral operatives this afternoon and
a quantity of literature and rec
ords confiscated. 1t is understood
the records showed the origin OF
several financial donations. The
evidence will be presented to the
federal grand jury.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
SCANDAL IN CAMP.

New Orleans. La. Dec. s.-What
may develop into big federal
scandal is believed to have come to
light here today with the arrest of
a military officer and three civil
ians in connection with alleged soft
drink frauds at Camp Shelby. Tho
four arc technically charged with
conspiracy TO defraud the gov-
erumept"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08


from Monclon, n. B., to clear the
tracks for trains between that~city
and Halifax was derailed. A
wrecking crew from Monclon was
hurrying to the scene today.
Halifax, n s., Dec s.-A lashiny
nor'easter burdened with sleet, that
howled in from the Atlantic all night
and was still raging early today, fail
ed to halt relief work in this stricken
city.
Twenty thousand destitute men, wo-
men and children were sheltered in
buildings and homes which still re-
main standing. Barriers of tar paper
were built in the shattered windows to
shut out the bitter gale.
CHILDREN SUFFER MOST.
The loss in Halifax falls heaviest up
on the children. Whole schools, filled
with pupils, were demolished, leaving
but one or two survivors. In other
schools every child was injured by
flying glass.
TWO THOUSAND DEAD, FIVE
THOUSAND INJURED, TWENTY
THOUSAND HOMELESS, WAS THE
TOLL IN HALIFAX AND ITS SUB
URBS WHEN THE FRENCH MU-
NITIONS SHIP MONT BLANC BLEW
UP IN THE HARBOR THURSDAY,
ACCORDING TO CITIZENS COM
MITTEE ESTIMATES TODAY. THE
DAMAGE IS s30.0o0,00O.
DESTITUTE CARED FOR.
Tho obapAipp IN work nj
the citizens committee resulted in ev-
cry destitute person in Halifax being
taken care of last night, when it was
certain death to wander through the
storm swept streets without proper
clothing.
Many of the refugees are going about
wrapped in blankets. Their own clothes
are torn to shreds.
The widest weather the Atlantic
coast can produce has practically end
ed the hunt for bodies. A thick pail OF
snow covers the blackened ruins of the
North End. The sleet helped the ex.
hausted firemen once again to subduf
the fires in the wreckage.
STATEMENT ON DAMAGE.
Justice Harris of Halifax. chairman
of the citizens finance committee, is
sued the following statement today:
1.-THE committee Of the citizens oi
Halifax was appointed to mako q pub.
lie statement on the damage to the cit!
of Halifax and the town of Dartmouth
and after as careful survey as possible
Of the damaged area the committee re
ported that while every building II
Halifax and Dartmouth was more o.
! less damaged, the devastated area Il
| found near the scene of the explosion
and embraces chiefly districts occu
pied by workers and the poorer classes
Between three and four thousand o
such dwellings, have been completed!
| destroyed by the explosion or by fire.
! TWENTY THOUSAND DESTITUTE.
1.-The number of those affected is es
ltimated at 25o00 and while, of course
+ the circumstances of all or even mos
of them cannot be ascertained unit
each case Is investigated, yet it il
feared the destitute poor In the are,
will number upwards OF 10000 and thei
/. actual loss and the estimated cost o
/ their temporary maintenance will reacl
between $25. 5.0o0. 900 and $50, 100000
'It Is to be clearly understood tina
In this estimate the number of per
sons rendered destitute are considered
and this is the portion of the population
Of Halifax and Dartmouth least abl
to bear the loss. and which must b
Immediately relieved by generous as
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK.

New York. Dec. S.-New York
had the back fling of blizzard to-
day. manifested In brisk snow
storm and whistling wind. The
temperature was down to the low
est SO far this winter. Traffic suf-
fered considerably.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
THE HALIFAX TOLL.

st. John N b., Dec. S.-The toll
Of the Halifax disaster was today
officially placed at 1000 dead and
1000 injured. Reports received
here this afternoon stated that the
Boston relief train has broken
through the great snow drifts and
is rushing on to the scene of the
catastrophe after several hours
delay.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
UNITED TO
LEAD NATIONS OF
WORLDINSCIENCE
Secretary Of the Interior
Lane Pays Tribute to
American Genius in His
Annual Report.

Washington, Dec. s.-All nations will
be Americas debtor for leadership in
scientific as well as political thought
as the result of the war, Secretary of
the Interior Franklin Lane stated to-
day in a personal preface to his annual
report.
Our status in this war" he said,
gives us a place of moral ascendancy
from which, if we are great enough to
be humble, we can become real masters
OF men. conquerors of the invisible
kingdom of mans kind"
He pointed to the war use Of peace
machinery in his department, the
chemists who have met Americas
needs as ably as Germany's did," and
the biologists who construct dry, mud
less trenches. When submarine ship
ping destruction seriously cut down
pyrite imports from Spain, new mines
were located in Georgia and Alabama
promising a yield Of 10000 tons
monthly, more than Is ships could
bring from Europe. The gas helmet
of mine saving crews developed into
the gas masks for American troops at
the front
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
FOR LEASING BILLS.

Secretary Lanes preface contained
no general recommendations except a
suggestion to congress that pending
leasing bills be passed to release water
power and petroleum resources for the
war.
But this war is not to be won by
the measuring of resources" he said,
for if wars were to be so won, China
possibly would be our only rival. The
spirit of the people is the making. of
the nation. The extent to which a peo-
pie can cooperate marks the point of
civilization they have reached. The
greatest outstanding fact of the past
year is that under the influence of a
common danger and purpose Americans
are quick to come together"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR HELD.

Cincinnati, o., Dec. s.-Dr. Ern-
est Kunwald. director of the Gin
cinnati Symphony Orchestra as
sociation, was arrested today In
the associations Office by United
States Marshal Devanney on order
of Attorney General Gregory OF
Washington. Kunwald is an Aus
trian. He was arrested under
section u Of the presidents proc
lamation of April 8. as an enemy
alien.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08
Prompt Steps Taken to Care
for the Destitute and Save
Them From Perils Of
Storm.
French Ship Mont Blanc
Was Floating Bomb =
Steel Plates Hurled Five
Miles by Force of the
Terrific Explosion.
RELIEF TRAINS BURIED.

St. John, N B., Dec. S.-Railroad
officials arriving here today re-
ported that all trains to and from
Halifax are buried in snowdrifts.
One of the worst blizZards In
years is sweeping the country
about the stricken city.
A Canadian government railway
snowplow despatched last night
from Monclon, n. B., to clear the
tracks for trains between that~city
and Halifax was derailed. A
wrecking crew from Monclon was
hurrying to the scene today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-08

tcontinued on Page TwoJ
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-09
AMATEUR BALL FANS WATCH
TOLEDO MEETING
BY Mark Shields

SGVGI dE' dlIlBiLlNNo lSNllS be4it-
players would like to know what
Manager Fred Mitchell Of the Cubs
is thinking as his train bears him to-
ward Boston. Mitchell left Chicago.
last night with a definite idea on
some releases of veterans and re-
cruits.
He expects to cut ten or dozen
men from the swollen roster before
the club leaves for the training camp
in California. Waivers have already
been asked on several, including in
feIders, pitchers. and at least one
catcher. No names are positively
known because of the league rule
which prevents the giving of names
of players on whom waivers have
been asked.
From smother of talk of trades
Mann, Williams, Flack and Wolter
have emerged safely, and it is prac-
ticaIly a certainty that all four gar
deners will start the season. From
that quartet will be picked the three
men to work regularly, and condi-
tons now favor the first three, the
ScLlC OuLPO5I0 WIZ PC44O4A4CNA 4cbOI
season on the North Side.
The future of amateur baseball, as
a nationally organized sport, will be
decided at a meeting of delegates of
a score of cities at Toledo, Jan. 10. |
There are a number of important |
questions to be discussed at this
meeting which will decide whether
the association is to represent anna
teur or semi-pro ball and whether |
the name National Federation of |
Amateur Baseball Clubs" is to- desig- |
nate a national or sectional organf- |
cation. Il
There is a movement on foot to |
make the organization sectional, |
that is, to include teams east of the |
Mississippi and north of the Ohio.
Those who favor this plan sug- |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-09

gest that Southern, Middle-Western
and Pacific coast associations might
be organized along similar lines and
postseason series could be played
between the sectional winners to de- ,
termine the national championship.
The advantages of such a system,
it's hackers declare, would do away
with long railroad jumps, which are
seldom profitable and often produce
a big loss for the teams paying ex-
penses.
Attendances, it has been shown,
are seldom large at preliminary ex-
hibition games, but for final games
to decide championships it is usual '
ly not difficult thing to obtain ex-
pense money.
The question of semi-pro teams
probably will be raised by smaller
cities represented.
There have been claims that while
some teams have used only pure
amateurs, others have employed pro-
fessionals, resulting in complete and
sometimes ignominiOus defeats for
the amateurs.
The president of the federation is
Clayton TONNES of Cleveland, and
the secretary Tom Nokes of Johns
town, Pa.
Cities to be represented at the JAM
uaTy meeting are Pittsburgh and
Johnstown, Pa, Canton, Cincinnati,
Dayton; ~ Cleveland, Columbus, Tole-
i L
Chicago, New Orleans, Des Moines
and Birmingham.
Joe Tinker is in COLUMBUS today
to attend meeting of stockholders
Of the American assn club. The
final papers transferring control of
the team to the ex-Cub boss may be,
signed this afternoon.
Kid Williams, bantanWeight cham
pion, is favorite over Pete Herman
in their 20-rOu0d fi1ht in Nouy Oy