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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
IDAHOANS OPPOSE
DEATH SENTENCE
ADJUSTMENT OF CAPITAL Pun
lsHMENT FAVORED BY TWO
REPRESENTATIVES
lmmunization of Idahoans From Con-
tagious Disease by Methods of Free
incubation With Serums and
Vaccines Advocated.

Observation-Disclosures of capital pun
ishment in Idaho by amendment of the
statutes to omit reference to the death
sentence as punishment for first degree
murder is proposed in bill introduced
in the house by DIR. Emma f. A.
Drake, Payette, and C. r. Peekham,
Canyon. Life Imprisonment would be
the penalty under the change. Second
degree murder would remain subject
to Imprisonment of from ten years to
life.
An amendment by the 1911 legisla-
ture allowed iuries to elect whether
convicted murderers should die for
their crimes or should be impris-
oned for life
ImmuniZation of all Idahoans from
contagious disease by the method Of
free inoculation with serums and
vaecines furnished by the state board
of health will not be attempted by
statutory enactment.
4 County commissioners will be elect.
ed from specific districts, in which
they must reside, if bill introduced
by Booth of Lewis becomes a law
This measure makes obligatory the di.
vision of every county in the state
into three districts, for the purpose Of
selecting county commissioners, who
will be representative in a strict sense
of the word.
Acceptance of the provisions Of 0
! congressional act for the promotion OF
vocational education is authorized in o
bill introduced by Senator Lowe OF
Adams. The state board of education
is designated by the measure to coop
crate with the federal board for voca
tional education in administering the
terms of the act.
Senator Robertson of Washington
has offered a measure which will MAKE
it necessary for parents or guardian:
wishing to agree to tn marriage o
applicants for a license, who are I'm
der Is, to file with the county recorder
from whom the license is sought ;
sworn and verified statement of con
sent.
UnprofessiOnal dentists are made tn
subject of a bill introduced by a. X
johnson of Nez Perce Senator John
sons measure will make it possible fo
the state board of dental examiner
to revoke the licenses of dentists cor
victed of gross ignorance and met
ffciency" or "unprofessional conduct.
A memorial calling on congress t
pass pending federal road aid law
with amendments to more equitabl
distribute federal funds among sparse
ly settled states on a more satisfactor
basis of population was introduced b
Mcdonald, Kootenai county.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
GERMANY MUST PAY
Boche Entitled to No More Sym
pathy Than Any Criminal.
WRECKED CITIES AND LIVES
Many Girls In Lille Are Mothers Of
Babes Whose Fathers Are Ger
mans-Punishmen Cannot
Be Too Severe.
By WRIGHT a. PATTERSON.

When a robber breaks into your
house and steals that which he can
carry away and then destroys that
which he cannot steal, you expect that
when caught he will be punished both
for what he stole and for what he de-
stroyed.
So it is with Germany.
The German army, acting under the
orders of the German government,
stole everything it could carry away in
the invaded sections of Belgium and
France, and what it could not carry
away II destroyed.
was In the city of Lille very short
~ after the retreating Germans had
evacuated it. Before the war Lille
had been one of the busiest and most
prosperous manufacturing towns in all
of Europe. Its great factories, pro-
ducing linens, cottons, velvets, ribbons
and wooden goods, had patrons all over
the world. and its sugar and chemical
plants supplied much of France with
these products.
For four years, during the German
occupation, the factories of Lille had
been idle. They are idle today, and
they will be idle for many months to
come. The reason is that Germany
stole the machinery from all of these
factories, or in the very few cases
where actual theft was not possible OF
profitable, they destroyed the machin.
cry. The people of Lille told me that
this theft of machinery had been car
ried to such lengths that the Huns
even invaded the homes of the people
and took from them their sewing ma
chimes.
Germans Fathers of Their Babes.
The German army looted this beau
tiful French city of more than 200,
600 population. 1t stole not alone the
machinery from its factories and it'
homes, but even its people. French
mothers told me of how 5000 young
girls of twenty-five years of age ant
under had been carried away at ont
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
Weekly Health Talks
What Doctor Pierce Has
Done for Humanity
BY DOCTOR GRIPS.

II has always seemed to me that DR..
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, should be placed
near the top when a list of Americas
great benefactors is written. He studied
and conquered human diseases to de-
gree that few realize. Whenever he found
a remedy that overcame disease, he at
once announced 1t in the newspapers and
told where it could be bought at small
price He did not follow the usual custom
of keeping the ingredients secret, so that
the rich only could afford to buy the
medicine, but openly printed the name of
each root and herb he used. And so today
the names of Or. Pierce and his medicines
are widely known, and they stand for bet
ter health and better citizenship.
One of this great physicians most sue
cessful remedies is known as DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. These are little, sugar
coated pills, composed of Mayapple, leaves
of aloe, root of Jalap-things that Nature
grows in the ground. These Pellets are
safe because they move the bowels gently,
leaving no bad after-effects, as so many
pills do. Very often they make person
who takes them feel like new man or
woman, for they cleanse the intestines Of
hard, decayed and poisonous matter that
accumulates when one is costive. If you
are eonstipated, by all means go to your
druggist and get some of DR.. Pierce'r
Pleasant Pellets. They may prove to be
the very thing your system requires to
make you well and happy.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24

time. They told me of another time
when more than 10000 boys of from
fourteen to twenty years of age had
been carried away to Germany. When
was in Lille on October % 1t had
very few inhabitants except old peo-
pie or very young children. Among
the few exceptions were girls of from
seventeen to twenty years of age nurs-
ing babies, which they told me were
the offspring of German fathers, and
the pathos of the situation of those
young girls is something 1 shall never
forget.
And this condition at Lille is the re-
suit of German ambition for world
domination, an ambition fostered
among the German people through
years of training, the ambition of a
people whose boast has been that
"might makes right"
l am sorry to say have heard peo-
Die attempt to excuse this looting OF
Lille on the ground that 1t could be
shown to be a war measurable need
of Germany for this machinery and
for the labor Of the people deported
to Germany. But these people cannot
find any reasonable excuse for the war
itself, war that was started only for
the selfish purpose of a selfish peo-
Pile.
Shall Germany not pay for this con-
dition at Lille? Shall she not pay for
the machinery that was carted away
or destroyed, for the people that were
deported? Shall she not pay for the
years of idleness of these factories
for the years of idleness of the EN-
ployees denied the opportunity of prof
table employment? Shall she not pay
for the markets that have been de
stroyed and which it win take year:
TO re-establfsh If it can ever be done
No, Germany will never be able t.
pay for all of it. She will never b.
able to pay, and no sum of money
could pay for the anguish of thos'
mothers who were forced to stant
aside and watch their sons and daugh
tiers carried away into virtual slavery
She will never be able to pay for tn
anguish, the wrecked lives. Of thos
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
GIVE CALIFORNIA sYRUP OF FIGS
AT ONCE If BILIOUS OR
coNSTIPATED.

Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, 1t is sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhea, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs" and in a few hours Ill the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without gripping, and you
have well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative; !"
they love its delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for bottle of
california Syrup of Figs" which has
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine
ask to see that it is made by the Cali.
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24


girls with German babies. Money VIII
not pay for these things, but money
and work can in some small degree
pay for the wrecked factories and ru-
ined business of the city of Lille, and
through the payment Of this money
and labor the people Of Germany will
learn that might is not right, and that
war for the purpose Of gratifying a
selfish ambition is not profitable
Why Lille Was Not Destroyed.
The German retreat from Lille came
near the close of the war when the
Germans knew they were beaten and
they would have to pay, and for that
reason the city itseIf was not de
stroyed. But the fact that 1t was not
destroyed is but another evidence Of.
German selfishness rather than of vir-
tue.
There are hundreds of cities and
towns that have been destroyed after
being looted as Lille was looted; hum
dreds of towns where even the mate
rial Of which they were built has been
carried away that 1t might be used In
the construction of Notifications be-
hind which the German army might
defend itself and its ill-gotten gains.
For all of these Germany should pay
now, and for generations to come.
No sympathetic pardon board should
sit on Germany's case. No sentiment
| alist should have voice in deciding
her punishment. There is no more,
| If as much, reason for leniency In fix
ing the punishment Of Germany than
there would be for leniency In fixing the
punishment of the ruthless slayer of
your son or your daughter. Germany
must pay all that the present and fu-
ture generations can pay, and she will
even then have expfated her crime only
in a small degree.
Any Demand Not Too Great.
/ 1 am sure know the desire of the
American people for fair play in all
things, INCLUDING the settlement with
Germany. They would not wish to do
the German people an injustice in the
demand for reparation. As / rode mile
after mile over the devastated fields
of Belgium and northern France, as
passed through town after town that
had been destroyed because of mad
craze for loot and world domination
l felt that could the American people
but see the things 1 was seeing, they
would feel, as / felt, that any demand
that might be made could not be I'M
fair. Could they have seen the ruins
of the beautiful cities of Ypres, Ar
mentieres, La Bassee, Peronne, st
Quentin, Noyon, Lens and many hun
dreds of others, they, too, would
say with one voice: Germany mus
pay"
! The boche will appeal, and in fac
is appealing, for the sympathy of thu
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24

world, but the boche is entitled to
just the same degree of sympathy that
the world accords to any other Grim
inal. We feed and clothe the GRIM
inal that he may live to expiate his
crime, and we will feed and clothe the
German people that they may live to
expiate their crime, and that after
they have done that they may again
be entitled to the place in the worlds
civilization that only those who are
cleansed may occupy. Germany is en-
titled to nothing more than this, and
this is fair play.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24

Civil rights of Idaho soldiers and
sailors in legal actions will be pro-
tected during the period of the armis-
tice and for one year after the men
are discharged, if house bill No. 8, in
troduced by Peckham, Canyon, and
Cowles, Teton, is passed by the legis-
lature.
Congress is asked in a resolution
presented by Senator N. B. Pettibone
of Idaho county for an appropriation
Of 100000 to be devoted to the con-
struction of road up the south fork
of the ClearwateE river in Idaho
county. The Clearwater, Ten Mile,
Elk City, Dixie, ORC Grande and Buff
falo Hump gold mining districts will
be tapped by the proposed highway,
Free vaccination against influenza,
cholera. smallpox and other contagi-
Gus diseases is proposed in a bill Of
fered by Danills of Camas county.
Deficiency claims totaling S56,S53.1 Il
have been passed up to the legislature
by the outgoing administration for
/ settlement. These claims cover obi,
cations incurred for which no appro-
nriation was made by the last legis'
lature.
Senator Robert Gilchrist introduced
a measure providing a commission
which will have as its sole duty the
control of a proposed $4,000 appro-
priation for improvements in the way
of levees. dams and jetties designed
to confine the south fork of the Snake
river to its proper channel in Jetfer'
son county.
County commissioners will be EN-
powered TO employ a graduate train
ed nurse under q bill prepared by the
/ idaho Mothers congress for early in
production into the Idaho legisla'
ture.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
Circumstances Had Changed.

Billy had seated himself at the table
for supper and laid down his head and
said: "Oh, mamma, I'm so tired;
guess I'll go to bed right after sup
per-" However, when the meal was
finished he jumped down and was go
ing to play with his toys.
"Why, Billy, l thought you wanted
to go to bed" said.
"Oh, it's all right, mamma ), I'm all
untired now"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
Appolntments Made by eoversor

Governor Davis cleared away
a number of important appointments
on January 10 when he sent to the
senate for confirmation the names of
d. w. Church, Republican, of Poca-
tello, for state insurance manager, for
term of five years, to succeed G. O.
Broxon, Democrat; George H. Fisher,
Democrat, of Bancroft to succeed
himself as member of the industrial
accident board for a term of four
years: Frank j. Clayton, Republican,
of Boise. to succeed e. F. Cation as
member of the industrial accident
board for term Of two years; jay
Gibson of Occur d'Aiene, to succeed
Russell Hit as state bank commits
sfoner, for term of four years.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
KIDNEY TROUBLE OFTEN
CAUSES SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered,
20 to your nearest drug store and get a
bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root. 1t
is a physicians prescription for ailments
of the kidneys and. bladder.
It has stood the test of years and has
a reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This preparation so very effective, has
been placed on sale everywhere. Get a
bottle, medium or large size, at your near
est druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
preparation send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample
bottle. When writing be sure and men
ton this paper.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24
The Movie Business.

81 hear your star is demanding an
other raise" Yes; she heard in some
way that we are finally making prof
It."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-24

/ will utter what believe today, If
it should contradict all l said yester-
day.-Wendell Phillips.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-11
New Governor Gets to
Office on First Day
Of Term Before Sunup

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 10-(SpeciaD
Gov. S. R. McKelvie reached his
Office at the state house today for
the first day of his official life before
daybreak.
McKelvie's first official act was to
approve the $4,000 bond of his pri-
vate secretary, Phil Bross. He was
kept busy during the day comforting
with members of the legislature, who
called and paid their respects and
with the routine office work. The
governor issued writ of extradition
this morning for George Schreiner,
formerly of Fort Morgan, Colo, who
is charged with selling mortgaged
goods at that place. Schreiner re-
fused to return when a Colorado Of
fetal came for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-11
CHANCELLOR'S
PALACE turned
TO ARMED CAMP
Continued from Page ons.)

zeiger and the Vossische Zeitung
proved unsuccessful.
The Spartacans have been driven
from the government printing office
and the barracks of the pioneer
guards in Koepenickerstrasse. which
was the scene of heavy fighting
Tuesday.
The chancellor's palace in Will
helmstrasse, where the five members
of the government have their head
quarters. has been converted into an
armed camp. The spacious recep-
ton hall is filed with men armed
with rifles, hand grenades and fame
throwers. Several rooms have been
fitted up as temporary hospitals for
the wounded picked up in Wilhelm
strasse and Inter den Linden.
Gas and Water Cut Of.
Charlottenburg, one of the larg-
est communities of Greater Berlin,
was without gas and water Wednes-
day on account of a strike of city
employees. The surface street car
lines are not operating and the sub
way Is badly overcrowded.
The rumor that the Spartacans
had occupied the Imperial bank is
declared to be untrue.
1t is estimated that more than
200 persons have been killed in the
fighting in Berlin since Monday. The
Charlie and other outlying hospitals
cared for 800 wounded yesterday.
Twelve dead were carried into the
chancellor's palace in Wilhelm
strasse during Wednesday.
The Berlin regiment of mounted
sharpshooters is supporting the gov.
eminent enthusiastically and other
troops in the city are also loyal.
This whole bolsheviki uprising
will be put down within the
next three days. We are absolutely
sure of our position. The entire
bourgeoise and three-fourths of the
Berlin workmen are with US"
This statement was made to the
today on behalf of
the Ebert government. The speak
er added:
"The report that martial law will
be declared is incorrect, but we have
made every military preparation de-
to meet the situation"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-11
POLICY TOWARD
FREEDOM OF SEA
ALREADY FIXED
CIemenCeau and George Win
Support to Ideas on ImpOr-
tant Problem Before
Conference.

London, Jan. lO.-(Reuter Dis
patch to Canadian Press)-Mes-
sages from Paris indicate that Pre-
mier Clemenceau and Lloyd George
have scored a great success on the
question of the freedom of the seas
and that very little is likely to be
said on this subject when the actual
peace conference assemblies.
The Spanish-Moroccan question
also has been settled to the satisfac-
ton of England and France.
Premier to be Envoy
Premier Lloyd George Andrew
Bonar Law, chancellor of the exche-
quer; A. ]. Balfour, secretary of
state for foreign affairs, and George
Nicoll Barnes, privy councillor, have
been appointed plenipotentiaries to
the peace congress by the British
cabinet, according to the Express
and the Mail.
William Morris Hughes, premier
Of Australia; Sir Robert L. Borden,
premier of Canada, and Gen. Lewis
Botha, premier of the Union of
South Africa, will be colonial repre-
sentatives who will have seats when
the congress takes up business of
interest to the dominions they repre-
sent, it said.
SHUTS League Program.
In a pamphlet published today
entitled "A League of Nations, a
Program for the Peace Conference"
Cen Jan Christian SHUTS, former
of the British war cabinet,
says it is necessary to view a league
of nations not only as a possible
means to prevent future wars, but
as 4 great organ for the orderly and
peaceful life of civilization and as
the foundation of a new inter
national system.
General SHUTS says that the Eu-
ropean empires will all disappear
and that Germany will become a
truly federal democratic state.
I'm the league of nations" he 1
said, all states should be considered
equal and should vote as states,
whatever the number of their repre-
delegated to the general
of constituent states. Be-
sides the conference there must be
a small council composed of these |
five great powers: The British en-
pire, the United States, France,
Italy and Japan, Germany being
added when she has stable demo-
cratic government"
Will Agree on Fundamentals.
Paris, Jan. 10.-President Wilson |
before he returns to the United |
States will reach an agreement with |
representatives as to certain |
questions, according to
the Gaulois. These questions con-
Germ the new boundry between |
France and Germany, indemnities
and reparations and Balkan and
Near Eastern matters.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-11
WILSON READY
TO GO HALF WAY
WITH ITALIANS
Would Recognize Territorial
Aspirations of Jugo-SIavS
While Safeguarding
ltaIy'S Frontier.

Paris, Jan. l0.-President Wilson,
il is said, has virtually made up his
mind how far he will support
Italy's claims at the peace table
and informed Premier Orlando of
his decision, but it is probable his
ideas will not be made known pub
licly until the peace delegates have
been advised OF them.
1t is asserted by persons close TO
the president that he favors only
partial endorsement of Italy's am
billions. The expectation has been
expressed that President Wilson is
agreeable to meeting the principal
features of Italy's claim to territory
undeniably Italian and essential to
safeguard her sovereignty and at
the same time to recognize the ter
ritorial aspirations of the Jugo-
Slavs.
1t is anticipated that the presi-
dents leanings in favor of Italy do
not 60 so far as to warrant the
suggestion that he is in favor of
giving Italy control of the Adria-
tic, but that by a project of inter-
naturalization he is willing to sat
isfy the Italians that there will be
no military threat to the east of
them. according to persons sup
posed to be we'll informed on the
subject.
The president is said to realize
that the Italians are depending al
most solely on the United States
for support, but that he has felt
from the first that he could not
their claims in full, though
he is said to entertain the warmest
sympathy for Italy.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-11
Gets Thirty Days
on Petty Larceny Charge

Sylvester Macklin, negro shop
litter whose escape and flight from
store detective resulted in the
shooting of bystander Thursday
afternoon, was tried yesterday in
police court and given a jail SEN
tence of 80 days for petty larceny.
T. A. Peterson, Benson, who was
injured, underwent an operation yes
terday afternoon for the extraction
of the bullet. He will recover.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-11
ArmiStiCe Expires Jan. II;
No PrOIongatiOn Granted

Basel, Jan. 10.-The Deutsche ALI
gemeine Zeitung. a copy of which
has been received here, says it is
announced that Marshal Foch. cont
mander-in-chief of the allied armies
on the western front, has tele-
graphed the German armistice COM
mission that the entente govern
ments have not aceeded to the re-
quest for a prolongation of the armi-
stice which ends January II. Ac-
cordingly, General Foch said, he
would meet the German plenipoten-
tiaries January IA or Is at Treves.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-11
~ Am Fading Out Officially"
MCAdOO Tells Railroad Men

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Jan. TO-
Describing his position as director
general of railroads as "a hot polk
err" William G. McAdoo, en- route
to California, where he will begin
his return to private life, made a
brief speech to several hundred
Santa Fe employees here today.
"As director general I have been
handing you boys increased wages
and an eight-hour day, while | have
been getting 81 a year and an 49,
hour day." said Mr.. McAdoo. 81
must go back to private life-I am
fading officially"
How about 1o20?" asked a voice
in the crowd. y.
Il am fading out officially" re-
peated Mr.. McAdoo with grin.