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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
FINGER PRINT
SYSTEM TO Be
USED in IDAHO
New Method for Identi-
hcatiop of Criminals
Is Planned by
Constabulary

With the signing by the governor
| recently of senate bill No. $50
creating the office of chief of the
constabulary, there was installed in
the state of Idaho the finger print
system of Identification. The bill
provides for the collection, proper
filling and use of these records OF
persons arrested by the constabulary
in Idaho and also provides that copies
or similar records of persons arrested
in other states may be made record
of the Idaho department of law en-
forcement.
w. j. Hiatt, one of the deputy
sheriffs of the Idaho department, will
have charge of the bureau of identi-
fication.
Members of the state constabulary
have advocated the fingerprint sys-
tenn of Identification for long time
and its incorporation in the law regu-
lat1ng the constabulary was recon-
mended in the biennial report of that
department.
Already recognition of the estab-
fishing of this system in Idaho has
been received by the Boise office.
The bureau of criminal identifica-
ton, a branch of the United States
department of justice and located at
l. LeayenwOrth, writes in part to the
constabulary as follows:
"It is the desire of this office to
congratulate you upon your up-to-
date method of stablishing a state
bureau of Identification We will be
very slad to cooperate with the state
of Idaho and are therefore mailing
you under separate cover finserprint
blanks. In distributing these to the
various sheriffs it is suggested you
instruct them that by placing a
frank on the packages of finger
prints to be sent to this office will
eliminate POSTAGE" H4
The United States bureau has on
file 100000 different fingerprints
and receives new ones at the rate of
5000 per month. atB
Already the Idaho bureau has more
than 600 prints on file in the Boise
office collection from the various
counties in the state and from other
states where fingerprints are used as
q part Of the system of identifica-
tlOn--ldaho Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
TRAVELLING MAN
in TWIN FALLS
FATALLY STABBED
M e exican Murderer
Whisked to Safety
After Threats of
Lynching

Quick action upon the part o
Sheriff Sherman and Deputy Sheriff
Ormsby of Twin Falls county avertet
lynching in this city, when a mol
of approximately 200 persons gath
cred at the Jail and demanded thu
surrender of Francisco Sanchez, the
Mexican, who fatally stabbed G,
Ackerman, a travelling man, on one
of the main streets of Twin Falls
Sunday afternoon.
Ackerman was stabbed in the hea(
by Sanchez with a butcher knife, the
blade penetrating the brain. The
wounded man was rushed to hospi
tai, where an operation was immed
lately performed, but he died shortly
afterward.
AS soon as it was learned that
Ackerman's wound had proved fatal
the mob began to form fer the eX-
pressed purpose of lynching the Mexi.
can, but the sheriff was advised OF
the move and placing Sanchez in an
automobile took him out of the city.
When the mob learned that
Sanchez was not in the Jail it was de-
manded of the prosecuting attorney
that the prisoner be surrendered, but
the attorney met the demand with a
plea that the law be allowed to take
its course.
Unable to wreak vengeance upon
Sanchez, the mob then descended
upon the Mexican colony and ordered
all Mexicans to leave town before
midnight.
Alderman was travelling represen-
tative for Theuerman Brothers Of
Des Moines, Iowa, and arrived in
Twin Falls yesterday afternoon. He
was standing on street corner when
Sanchez approached him and without
a word of warning stabbed him. The
Mexican then strolled :leisurely
across the street, where he stopped
and rolled cigarette. He was ar
rested Immediately after and taken
to jail.
Sanchez has been a resident of
Twin Falls about a year. 1t is said
that he was an inmate of an insane
asylum at Mexico City some years
ago. .al/
Ackerman's headquarters were at
Portland, Ore: His wife has been
notified of his death and is on her
way to this city. The murdered mans
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. A. Acker-
man of East Denver, Colo. They also
have been notified and are on their
way to Twin Falls.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17

pointment was made to fill the va
cancy caused by the recent resigna-
tion of Judge F. j. Cowen.
The appointment of Mr.. Adair is
pleasing to his friends in this part
Of the state.
Mr.. Adair was born in Evansville,
Wis, December 10, 1878, receiving
his education in the public schools
of that city, Janesville, Wis, and the
University of Wisconsin. He came
to Blackfoot in 1908, taking the posi-
tion Of law clerk in the U. s. land
office. He resigned that place in
1914 and was elected prosecuting
attorney of Bingham county the
same year, holding the position to
January 1, 1921.
In 1919 he formed law partner
ship with Judge William A. Lee,
former deputy attorney general of
Utah, practicing in Blackfoot and
vicinity. The partnership was dis
solved when Judge Lee took office as
justice of the state supreme court,
the first of the year.
Judge Adair is a member of the
Blackfoot Rotary club, Knights of
Pythias and the B. P. E. O. of Poca-
tello
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
IDAHO FREIGHT IN
NEED OF CHANGES
Rules Inaugurated Dur.
ing War Are Prov
ing Costly "a

BOISE, Idaho.-The strongly eX-
pressed desire of Idaho shippers for
freight reductions, has veered to a
large measure of cooperation in
solving the problems upon which rate
reductions rest, notably the wage
situation. The advance in rates was
based on an advance in wages, the
two going together. Not only were
railroad wages materially increased,
representing over $6OO,000,000 in
the nation, but the railroad admins
tration during the war time federal
control put into effect agreements of
a. uniform nature that have proven
immensely expensive. 81.
The national labor board has been
holding hearings on these questions
andgserious study of the evidence is
beiIfg" gigen by Idaho shippers and
Others interested in this vital subject
With both shippers and railroads
agreed that rate reductions that
would not prove ruinous to the car
riers are desirable in the interest of
tonnage movements ana general de-
'CloPIhChC VI OoPCl lty IuC
consideration being given the ele-
ments enter into any ultimate de-
cision, it is the conviction of leading
authorities that nothing will be per-
mitted to stand in the way of, fair
official adjustment.
Reading the Evidence
The evidence adduced at the labor
board hearings is being carefully
read in Idaho and various bodies are
expected to express themselves so
soon as proper analysis is possible.
One of the interesting develop
ments at the hearings show that the
wartime agreements operate >ad-
versely because of their lack of uni
formity and elasticity, not being
adaptable to the widely variant con-
ditions existing in different parts of
the country. The urgency of modi-
fications Of the wage scale for COM
mon labor was also disclosed in view
Continued on page
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
Conditions in East
Very Quiet Labor
Must Be Adjusted

| James Ryan, manager of the
Golden Rule store at Blackfoot is
back from trip to New York and
reports things rather quiet there. He
says there is great contrast between
conditions now and those of year
ago. At that time they were manu-
featuring goods as if the world were
full of customers and now, they are
manufacturing goods as If they did
not know where the next customer
was coming from. They have some
samples on hand and man can see
any kind of goods in sample and he
can get price on most of them, but
the one thing that is holding up much
of business activity is the fact that
the wage scale has not yet been ad-
justed. Labor seems determined not
to come down as other things come
down in price and even tho raw ma
terials are very low, the manufact-
ured articles whose cost is made up
largely of labor applied in the max
ing, keeps the manufactured articles
at a higher level than they should be
considering the price that the pro-
ducers are getting for the raw ma
terials. Mr.. Ryan says that travel
ing is the most expensive now he has
ever seen it. Whereas they used to
go thru from here to New York City
for 500 or less, counting railroad
fare, pullman and meals, it now costs
them about $175. Rooms and meals
in hotels cost more than they ever
did before. A room that he used to
get in the McAlpin hotel on his
former trips at about $3.50 day, he
now pays S. per day for. A baked
potato in dining car or in hotel
costs 80 cents. baked apple, 35
cents; cup of coffee, 25 cents. If
you ask the hotel keeper why the
prices have gone up so he will tell
you that they used to handle liquors
in the hotel and make a profit on
them and now they are not permit
ted to do that so they must charge
more for everything else. Mr.. Ryan
thinks that he was hoaxed about that
but they are charging the high prices
and getting the money. A good many
people who never cared for liquor
before, since they have been told that
they cannot have It,, 60 out now and
rustic about for liquor just to have
1t around.
A good many of the union people
have been lax about paying their
membership for the last year or so
and the unions in an effort to get
them to pay up have hit upon the de-
vice Of calling strike and during
the strike members in good standing
can draw what is called strike bene-
fit from the union. Only members
in goodistanding whose dues are laid
up can draw the strike benefit. This
makes It necessary for the members |
to pay, up their arrears and the cur
rent dues. If they are unable to-pay,
1t is often put up to- the employer or |
former employer to get him to pay |
the membership fee for those who |
are unable to pay 1t themselves and |
the employers are standing pat, to |
shift for themselves and pay their |
own debts. Mr.. Ryan thinks that |
when labor adjusts its prices on some
hing near a level with other things,
that business activities. will be
greatly increased.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
PUBLIC DEMAND
CLEANER MOVIES
Women Get Back OF
Movement for Needed
Reform

| Moving picture producers have
seen the handwriting on the wall ant
If the following editorial in New
York paper is reliable, are going tc
take heed. The editorial reads:
Before starting from New York tc
California few days ago, Jesse X
Lasky, head of one of the MOVING
picture companies, announced the fol-
lowing program:
No pictures showing sex attraction
in a suggestive or improper manner.
No pictures dealing with "white
slavery
No stories built on illicit love un-
less they convey moral lesson.
No nakedness
No inciting dances.
No unnecessary prolonging pas
sionate love scenes.
No stories principally concerned
with the underworld.
No picture making drunkenness or
gambling attractive.
No pictures which might instruct
the morally weak in crime methods.
No stories which may offend any
religious sect.
No incidents showing disrespect for
any religion
No suggestive comedy
No unnecessary depletion of blood
she'd
No salacious titles. or advertising
Kansas City Women Alert
Probably the Kansas City women
had not read this interview with Mr..
Lasky. A dispatch from that city
reads as follows:
Club women have begun a fight on
lax censorship of motion pictures,
which some officials of women's or
ganizations declare is responsible for
an Increase in juvenile crimes and
A bill creating a state board Of
censorship is before the Missouri leg
islature and it has received the in
dorsement of number Of religious
and wOmen's organizations.
The movement, which is fostered
hv the Susan B. Anthony club of
Kansas City, will seek to strengthen
censorship regulations in Kansas City
to make motion pictures safe for
youths, 1t was announced. A meet
ing OF Representatives of all women's
clubs in the city will be held soon to
evolve a plan for obtaining stricter
enSOrShip.-IdahO Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
five BURN TO
DEATH in TRAIN
ire of Mysterious
Origin Causes
Deaths

! Five persons were burned to death
when rear Pullman car on the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad
caught fire at about o'clock this
morning between Pueblo and Wal
senburg. No cause for the fire has
| been determined.
Of the seven persons asleep in the
Pullman, only two escaped by jump
ing thru the windows, with slight
injuries.
The train was travelling about
twenty-five miles an hour, the pull
man was the last car on the train and
was completely demolished.
Conductor Jud Nixon of Alamosa
was severely burned on his face and
hands while attempting to uncouple
the burning sleeper.
Under regulations the brakeman
should have been riding on the last
sleeper, but could not be found Tues
day morning.
The dead are:
Francis S. Speelman, Pueblo,
travelling freight agent, Missouri
Pacific railway.
Mrs. Winnie B. Comstock, wife of
M. j. Comstock, Creed, Colo.
A. B. Jack, Manassa, Colo.
T. H. DoWney, travelling man or
M. Berry, travelling man.
James Miller, representative of
Pueblo Auto company.
o. M. Hood of Trinidad, Colo.
travelling post office inspector,
jumped thru a window of the blaz-
ing car. f.- a.....e
The Colorado public utilities com
mission received instructions this
morning from Governor Oliver Fl.
Shoup to investigate the burning of
the Pullman on a Denver Alamosa
train near Pueblo, which resulted in
the death of five persons. 4Jag
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
Snake River Yellow
stone League Sets
Date For Opening

According to word received from
George Edgington of Idaho Falls, the
1921 season of the Snake River
Yellowstone league will open on Nay
IA. Mr.. Edgington is president of
the league, having been chosen at a
recent meeting of representatives of
the various clubs in the 1920 curcuit.
1t is announced that Sugar City
and Ashton will come into the league
this year. Sugar City was a part Of
the original league, but sold it's
franchise to Pocatello. The schedule
committee is busy outlining the play
schedule for the coming season,
which it announces will be ready
within the next ten days,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
TAX COMMISSION PROGRESSING

Bingham county's tax commission
will hold another meeting at the
auditors office on Friday evening at
Z o'clock.
At the last meeting Henry Berg of
Springfield and County Clerk were
witnesses to give information to the
board. Mr.. Berg sent in his written
statement and Mr.. Fisher was
present At the next meeting s. A.
Busenbark and former county at
torney, r. w. Adair will furnish some
information to the commission.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
STOLEN CAR BURNED

On the morning of March Z at 1 80
O'Clock REQ car was destroyed by
hre, north of the sugar factory near
the home of T. l.. Cowden. The car
was stolen from Idaho Falls and set
fire to by the thieves. Passersby re-
port seeing two men light cigarettes
and then light the top of the car
which seemed to saturated with oil.
The men left and presumably walked
along the railroad right-of-way.
Nothing as yet has been discovered
that will lead to their identity.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
Change in Manage
ment at National
Park Lumber Co.

Peter Nicholson has been pro-
noted to the position of manager at
the Blackfoot yards of the National
Park Lumber company to succeed
Van D. Gosset, who goes to Idaho
Falls. Mr.. Nicholson is an old timer
with the company, knows the needs
of the customers and the goods
handled by the company.
Mr.. Gosset has been promoted to
the position of district manager with
headquarters at Idaho Falls.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
ADAIR APPOINTED
DISTRICT JUDGE
Local Attorney Chosen
To Fill Prominent
Position

An announcement was received
Wednesday from Boise of the appoint
ment by Governor D. w. Davis of
Ralph Winston Adair of this city to
be judge of the Sixth Judicial Dis
trict, comprising Bingham, Butte,
Lemhi and Custer counties, The ap-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
BEET CONTRACTS AGREED UPON

At the meeting of beet growers
held at the court room on Wednesday
evening, the beet growers and the
representatives of the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company, agreed upon the con-
tract for 1921, using what is known
as the Utah schedule, but paying the
Idaho farmers minimum of $6 per
ton, instead of $3.50 as in Utah.
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

A break of 4 points In Studebaker to
6sA was effective for general recess
sions in yesterdays late Consolidated
Stock Exchange trading. and on II sub
stantial early Improvement of most in
dustrial Issues was in large part mega
tived. Early strength in all divisions
was based on greater ease in funds. re-
fiected through ~ per cent rate for
call money, and the weakened tone at
the end rested on heavy offerings of
motor and certain speciality stocks. De-
lines of Az in Cuba Cane Sugar pre-
ferred to 1914, az in National Enamel
ing to 40. q In Chandler to 43h and
gains OF 2h at the maximum in Mex
can Petroleum to 94as, 2h in General
Electric to 113, 2 In General Asphalt to
44m and in Coca Cola to 33A were
feature changes
Baldwin Locomotive advanced III to
75h. American Locomotive Ss TO So,
California Petroleum Is to 33& Indus
trial Alcohol "a to 46h, American
woolen ! to 6sM. Sears -Roebuck IL to
63i5. Famous Players 1 az to 81. United
Fruit . to l03h, Reading / 10 67M
Southern Pacific Ia TO rs. Texas and
Pacific 1ik to 24h. New York Central
liz to 71h, Great Northern preferred
/ to 10 and Northern Pacific / to 76h
Westinghouse yielded 2 to Al. Central
Leather l TO 265. American Sumatra
2ia to 43M. Pierce Arrow TO 1914 and
Atlantic Gulf 10 21.
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
ROADS HAVE TURNED
CORNER, SAYS CUYLER
Association Head Looks for
Increased Earnings.

The belief that the railroads have
turned the corner and the hope tina,
their earnings for the current year will
be enough to cover their fixed charges
were expressed In statement issued
yesterday by Thomas De witt Cuyler
chairman of the Association OF Railway
Executives.
"As n result of the war and of the
period of Federal control the earning
power of the American railroads was
practically destroyed" the statement set
forth Net earnings declined from ap-
proximately 1894. 100000 in 1917 to
approximately s62.000.000 in 1920.
'"rhe development of the American
railroads has been at a standstill for at
least five years. Naturally no industry
can grow when II cannot surely pay
interest or dividends to those who invest
their money In 1t.
However. my belief Is that the rail-
roads have turned the corner. II Is
hoped that they will in the aggregate
make net earnings of at least $500. 0.000.-
900 for 1921, which would be something
less than per cent. return, but would
cover the aggregate of their fixed
charges. IL will. however, require
further drastic reductions In operating
expenses to enable the railroads to earn
per cent return and permit any
general reduction In rates"
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
Chesebroush Dividend Deferred.

The Chesebrough Manufacturing Com
pany has been added to the list OF indus
trial corporations which have elected to
conserve cash resources at the expense
of dividends. News that the quarter ly
payment of $3.50 share Of it's common
stock had been deferred yesterday at
tracted attention because the company
is one of the so-cinled Standard oil
group and has made large earnings n
other years in proportion TO its small
common stock issue of s1.000,000. A
quarterly dividend was omitted in 1918.
to be resumed in the ensuing quarter
and maintained until the present time
The usual quarterly dividend of $1.75 a
share was declared yesterday on the
company's preferred stock, payable on
September 80 TO stockholders of record
on September IA.
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
Railroad Tramc.

Although tho current years movement
Of grain and grain products bids fair to
exceed that OF 1920 by approximately
200,0 900 cars, the continued low level OF
traffic I'm other commodities indicates
that gross revenues OF railroads In the
last half Of the year will not be as large
as was expected. according TO well
known authority on transportation mat
ters. Grain and grain products moved
between June ! and August totalled
dS7,S3S cars. showing respective In
crcascs Of 1i5.SS7 and i05.6S9 cars,
compared with the showing Of the corr
responding 1919 and 1920 periods. Re-
ports for the week ended on August 8
show a decline from the preceding woel'
in loadings of grain and Indicate that
the movement In that commodity has
reached It's peak earlier than usual.
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
Fruit and Vegetable Movement.

Statistics of carload shipments recent
" completed by the Morket Reporter
and covering the transportation OF eleven
commodities produced in agricultural
sections of the country show that. with
only two or three exceptions, carload
movements OF farm products have largely
exceeded those reported for the preced-
ing year. In June 49.s79 carloads Of
fruits and vegetables were shipped, In
contrast to 39.693 in June, 1920. an in
crease of % per cent The seasons
movement in those commodities up to
July was 420.945 cars. In contrast to
346.345 for the corresponding 1920 pc
riod, an increase OF 81 per cent.
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
Kansas city Southern.

The July report of the Kansas CITY
Southern Railwav is expected to show
gross receipts OF approximately $1,S03.-
900. operating expenses of about sl.276.-
900 and net, after taxes but before adj
justment for joint facility rents. of
$443.000. 1t Is estimated that rents will
amount to about 100000 or less, which
would leave net operating income for
the month in the neighborhood of S400,-
600, or 100000 better than that of the
preceding month and $685. better
than that of July. 1920. The months
transportation expenses are expected 20
show a decrease of about S204. .010 from
the S7S9.000 reported in July, 1920,
maintenance expenses will show de-
creases OF $4,000 for way and struc-
lures and $1,000 for equipment.
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
Gold Imports.

The Adriatic is bringing British gold
understood to be valued at 1856. 900. OF
which, according to announcement
S1.000.000 Is for Kuhn. Loeb & Co..
making the total of gold imported by
that firm since January 1 $99,600. 000.
Another shipment of $2,00O.000 or so IN
gold. expected to be announced to-mor-
row. will carry the aggregate Of gold
imports well above 100000. The
Equitable Trust Company OF New York
has been advised that 100000 in gold
bars from England is coming on the
Cedric and 100000 in English gold coin
from Bombay on the Caronia. The
Guaranty Trust Company is advised that
$160,000 in gold from India is being
shipped to them in addition to the $500.
600 announced. The Walter A. LuclSen-
bach from Holland is bringing 20 the
Irving National Bank s125. 900 In gold
The New York herald., 1921-08-19
shorts Attack Studcbaker.

The trading opinion about Studebaker
is as sharply divided as ever 1t was prior
to the appearance of its half yearly
statement, which showed that most OF
its 81 annual dividend had been earned
Yesterday the bear party. impressed with
the strategic Importance of several auto
mobile price cuts this week, had consid-
erably the better of the argument, fore
ing its price down B points AS deal
ings in the stock supplied about an
eighth OF all transactions on the New
York Stock Exchange. It was clear that
speculative interest in the decline was
keen. 1t has happened on several occa-
sions this year that drive of that char
acter was followed by recoveries so brisk
that the shorts came through with de-
cidedly small profits.