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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-30
cH1LpRENs PAGEANT SCORES

THE Coming of Truth" which was
given in the M. E. church last Sunday
evening, proved to be one of the most
beautiful sacred concerts that was
ever put on in the church.
Truth" representing the church
and the world" representing sin,
were very effectively brought out dur
ing the pageant. There were many
beautiful scenes, two of the most un-
usual being the spirit of knowledge
in the garden of flowers and the spirit
of the great nations represented by
five young ladies. Those taking part
showed excellent training and did
their parts well.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-30
TO BID ON JOB

Charles Silbaugh and Fred Harlem
bower left Wednesday morning for
northern Idaho to be present at Occur
d'Alene when bids are opened Satur-
day for the two state tuberculosis hos
pitfalls. These men represent | ocal
contracting firms who are submitting
bids for the work They are driving
north over the new north-south high
way that this season is said to be in
fairly good condition for motoring.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-30
\. c. BALDR|DGE
LATEST EN- I RY
IN I D POLITICS
Parma Man Candidate
for Lieutenant Govern
or; State Politics Devel-
oping Slow; New Party.

H. c. Baldridge Of Parma Thursday
definitely threw his hat into the ring
as a candidate for the lieutenant gov
ernorship on the Republican ticket.
His announcement will not come as a
surprise to those who have been in
close touch with recent political deve-
iopments locally since it has been
known for some time that Mr.. Bald
ridges friends have been exerting con-
siderable pressure to induce him to
run for that office.
Reports from all over the state indi-
cate that Mr.. Baldridge will receive
warm support among Republican lead
ers. Mr.. Baldridge has taken con-
;picious place in Idaho public affairs
in recent years. He has served sew
eral terms as legislator at the Idaho
state house, both as a senator and as
la state representative. In Parma he is
we'll known because of his activities in
civic and church affairs of that town
He is expected to prove formidable
candidate and Canyon county Repub-
licans generally will warmly support
him for the place he seeks.
Mr.. Baldridge is the second Canyon
county man to become candidate fol
state office. Already Dan Banks
state treasurer, has announced hi.
candidacy to succeed himself. Nor i!
Mr.. Baldridge without opposition fo
the position he seeks. Will Gibson, ;
former Brady man of Elmore county
has already indicated that he has as
lpirations for the place.
/ Announcements of the candidacy o
Mr.. Banks and Mr.. Baldridge hav
been the outstanding developments il
state political circles thus far thi
week. E. G. Gallet as state audito
and c. c. Moore of St. Anthony com
pletes the list of Republicans who hav
declared themselves in the contest thu
far although number of other per
sons are expected to fire the openin
guns of their campaign shortly.
In the Democratic camp, little ha
transpired recently to give an inklin
of the probable candidates from thu
party for state positions. Persistar
reports link the name of M. Alexande
with the governorship despite repeate
:. denials from those who are alleged
know. Otherwise the Democrat
ticket seems to be in decidedly mel
ulous state as yet.
Perhaps the outstanding polite
development of the week was the a
ceptance of petition by Robert {
!, Jones, secretary of state, that defnit
:. lily brought the new Progressive par1
!. into being in Idaho as factor in Il
:. coming elections. This party conter
:. pilates the amalgamation of the rer
> nants of the Nonpartisan league, Il
y"Committee of 48" forces and othe
of decidedly progressive political fat
A complete state ticket and compile
. county tickets in most counties "
probaly be filed by this party, accor
: ing to present plans.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-30

w. E. Burgard of Mason City, Iowa,
is now employed at the First National
bank.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-30
BLACK CANYON
SURE At LAST
FALL APPROVES
French Wires the Good
News; Expect Con-
struction Work to Start
Soon After July l.

What was regarded here as almost
a certainty came true Tuesday when
a number of interested persons in
southwestern Idaho received tele-
grams announcing that Albert Fall,
secretary Of the interior, had confirm
ed F. E. Weymouth's recommends
ton that 100000 be set aside for i'm
mediate use on the Black Canyon dam
above Emmett.
Congressman Burton L. French.
representing the northern Idaho con.
gressional district of which Canyon
and Gem counties are part and who
has been working continuously for
months on this program, telegraphed
DR.. F. M. Cole, president of the XII
wants club, Tuesday that the appro-
priation had been confirmed. It>was
through the Caldwell Kiwanis club
that the last and succeeding drive on
the Black Canyon project was car
ried on.
French's telegram to DR.. Cole fol-
lows:
immediately gratified to advise
you secretary of the interior ap-
proves six hundred thousand dol
lars construction work on Black
Canyon Emmett dam. Work to
begin 40 soon az possible. Con-
gratulations.
This news was rapidly spread thru
out the business district of Caldwell
Tuesday afternoon and met with an
enthusiastic reception. While it was
practically foregone conclusion that
the department would approve Wey-
mouths recommendations, yet the de-
finite knowledge that Is years dream
was about to be realized created no lit
tie stir.
1t is presumed that actual construc-
ton on the dam will begin almost at
once. The next reclamation fiscal
year begins July l and confidence is
expressed that men and materials will
be assembled shortly after that date
Already complete surveys and sound
ings for the dam foundation have been
completed and the initial work that
will be undertaken will be probably
of constructive nature.
Congressman French's telegram.
seems to leave no doubt that funds
will be available to carry on this work
That was the one stumbling blocl
owing to decreased payments from op
Grating projects and far less return
than were anticipated from the OF
land leasing bill.
The amount set aside for this werl
will will not provide for reclamation
of the Black Canyon lands. Tha
100000 will, however, relieve the seri
Gus situation which confronts En-
NETT Irrigation district farmers an
replace the rapidly failing Canyon
canal with a permanent and satisfas
tory source of water. 1t was thl
emergency feature, more than an
other, which prompted the appropris
ton for Black Canyon under the pr
sent straitened condition Of the r.
clamation treasury.
But Caldwell people generally 81
hope in the fact that the governmei
has finally decided to 60 ahead.
II am satisfied" one local studel
of reclamation affairs remarked Thur
day, that when this construction wo'
is once undertaken it will never eea
until the project is complete. l b
lieve that the reclamation service W
find funds from some source to ke'
that work going and to complete Il
job. The government is not gene
ally in the habit of leaving half inis
ed jobs anywhere for very long"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-30
ELKS INITIATE.

Caldwell Elks initiated large class
Thursday evening. The local lodge
is growing rapidly in membership and
several additional large classes will be
taken in shortly, initiation being held
regularly twice each month.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-30

A marriage license was issued Wed
nesday to John M. Demo of Parma
Mrs. Emma Birge of Homedale,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24

Quite o number of Germans were
shot in the Tower of London during
the war. so many in fact that from
time to time, there were reports OF
Wholesale executions" followed by
semi official statements to the effect
that the English were not executing
anybody, but were merely holding even
the most dangerous of the convicted
spies in close Imprisonment. Sir Basil
Thompson, Chief Of the Criminal In
vestigation Bureau of Scotland Yard
throughout the war, has collected the
short and simple annals of few Oh
the spies who died in the Tower. In
one case, at least, a convicted spy was
not considered worthy of dying, like a
gentleman" in front of rifle squad
but was ignominously hanged. the
German authorities, it appeared, at
first recruited their spies from their
own people, but the mortality among
them was so considerable that Berlin
soon turned to South America. Sir
Basil thus proceeds in his account IN
the Chicago Daily News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
Ludovico Hurwitzy Zen der.

The next spy to be arrested in Eng
land was a Peruvian whose father
was a Scandinavian. The writer re-
cites the short and simple annals Of
this man to the following effect:
Ludovico Hurwitzy Gender was a
genuine commercial traveller but far
better educated than most men of his
calling. On August, 1914, he went to
the United States with the intention
Of coming to Europe on business, for
he was already the representative Of
several European firms in Peru. Prob
ably it was not until his arrival in
Norway that he got into touch with the
German secret service agents, who
were then offering high pay for per-
sons with the proper qualifications who
would work for them in England.
1t happened that the cable censor
began to notice messages addressed
Christiania ordering large quantities
of sardines. Now it was the wrong
season for sardine canning, and in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24

A search Of the landing records was
at once instituted, and it was found
that at Newcastle at that very moment
q young man named Rosenthal was on
board a steamer about to sail for CO.
penhagen after making tour with his
gas-lighters in Scotland. In another
hour he would have been outside the
three mile limit and out Of reach Of the
law. He proved to be a young man Of
excitable temperament.
He was very glib in his denials; he
had never lived in Copenhagen, he was
not a German, he knew nothing about
the hotel from which the letter had
been written. 1t was growing dusk
and so far the letter had not been
read to him, but he had given me a
specimen of his handwriting, which
corresponded exactly with that of the
letter. Then produced it and read it
to him.
While I was reading, there was a
sharp movement from the chair and
click of the heels. looked up and
there was Rosenthal standing at atten-
ton like a soldier. He said: II con-
fess everything. 1 am a German
soldier"
But the remarkable part of this
story was that he was never a soldier
at all. On sudden impulse he had
tried to wrap his mean existence in a
cloak Of patriotic responsibility.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24

uuiries were at once made in Norway
abot.t the bona fides Of the merchant
to whom the messages were addressed.
He turned out to be person with no
regular business, who had frequently
been seen in conversation with the
German consul. The messages were
then closely examined for some indi-
cation of a code. They had been dis
patched by Gender.
On July Gender was arrested at
Newcastle, where he had made no
secret Of his presence. He professed
great surprise that there was any sus-
picion against him and freely admitted
that he had been at Newcastle, Glas-
Cow and Edinburgh. In none of these
places did he appear to have trans
acted any real business, and on ac-
count of the season the experts in
sardines laughed to scorn his sugges-
ton that his order for canned fish was
genuine. When all arrangements had
been made for his trial by court
martial Gender demanded that certain
witnesses should be brought from
South America for his defense. The
proceedings were, therefore, postponed
for eight months, and it was not until
March 20, 1916, that it was possible to
bring him to trial.
The witnesses that had been brought
at great trouble and expense could
really say nothing in his favor, and in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
Ernst WaIdemar Merlin.

About the same time well educated
and well-connected Swede of between
fifty and si ty years OF age, named
Ernst Waldemar Merlin, arrived in
England. His story runs:
He had been a rolling stone all his
life. AT one time he managed steam
ship company at Gothenburg, and then
on the breakdown of his health he be-
gan to travel all over the world He
had found casual employment in Lon
don Paris and Copenhagen, and at the
beginning of the war he found him
self in Hamburg, without any means
Of subsistence.
He applied, without success, to his
realtives, and then, hearing that there
was plenty OF remunerative work to
be had in Antwerp, he went to Bel
gium with the genuine desire to obtain
honest employment. There at a cafe
he came into torch with one Of the es-
pionage recruiting agents who were
always on the lookout for English
speaking neutrals. AT first, according
to his own account, he resisted the
temptation, but at last, being utterly
penniless, he succumbed and was sent
to the espionage schools in Wesel and
Antwerp. At Rotterdam he received
his passport and the addresses to which
he was to send his communications.
He put up in boarding house in
Hampstead as Dutchman whose
business had been ruined by the Ger
man submarine campaign and who was
anxious to obtain employment in a
shipping office. He made himself
agreeable to his fellow dodgers, who
fully accepted his story. He was under
police suspicious from the first, but
there could be no confirmation until
he began to write
His first communications were
written on the. margin of newspapers,
method the Germans had then begun
to adopt. He took his arrest quite
philosophically. Fortune had dealt
him so many adverse strokes that she
could not take him unaware. A search
OF his room brought to light the usual
stock in trade at that time-the ma
terials for secret writing and a num-
Der of foreign dictionaries used as
codes, as we'll as a Baedeker. He made
clean breast of his business, protest
ing that he had no real intention Of
supplying the Germans with useful in
formation. All he meant to do was
to send some quite valueless messages
that would procure for him a regular
supply Of funds.
He was tried by court martial on
August 20 and 81. His counsel urged
that he had sent nothing to the enemy
which could not have been obtained
from newspapers, but he could not or
course, put forward the plea that he
was not a spy. Merlin took his last
stroke OF fortune like gentleman. He
gave no trouble, and when the time
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
SPECIAL ELECTION.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction
~ of the Town Council of York, that
a Special Election will be held at the
Town Hall on the 31st day Of October,
1922, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of j. w. Marshall, as Alder
man of Ward 8. The Books Of Regis
ira will be opened for ten days from
the date hereof, TO issue Certificates to
all resident in that Ward who are quail
flied electors and shall apply for GER
tificates. Such registration is supple
mental to that had in the first part Of
this year. Electors holding certificates
issued in this year do not need further.
registration.
The Polls will open at a. m, and
close at p. m, and the Managers OF
Election will be ]. NJ. Willlford, b. K
T. Bowen, DR.. w. E. Erwin.
E. A. HALL, Mayor.
Attest:
S. L. STEELE, Clerk.
October 9Th, 1922. 81 st.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
Aunusto Alfredo Roaain.

The large German colony in Central
and South America was an exceiieht
recruiting ground. In June 1918, two
postcards addressed to Rotterdam at
tracted the attention Of the postal
censor. They announced merely that
the writer had arrived in England and
was ready to begin work. The post
mark was Edinburgh.
The police in Scotland were set to
work and, few days later they ae-
tanned at Loch Lomond native OF
Uruguay, who gave 'his name as Au-
gusto Alfredo Roggin. He was neat
dark little man, not at all like Ger
man. though he admitted that his
father was a German, naturalized In
Uruguay in 1885, and that he himseir
was married to a German woman.
Unlike many OF. the spies. he did
not pretend that his sympathies were
with sthe Allies. His account of hfm-
self was that he had come to England
to buy agricultural implements ana
stock; that his health was not very
good and that Loeb Lomond had been
recommended to him as a health re-
sort. He spoke English fluentiy.
According to his admission he had
been in. Hamburg as late. as March,
1914, and was in Switzerland just be-
fore war brokeaout- In May he was
sent to Amsterdam and Rotterdam,
probably, to receive instructions in the
school for espionage. He arrived at
Tilbury from Holland on May 30 and
after staying. for five days in London,
where he asked quotations for horses
and cattle, he went north. So far he
had transacted no business.
AS spy he was one of the most
inapt that could have been chosen.
Even on the journey north from
Kings Cross he asked so many ques-
tfons of casual acquaintance that they
became suspicious and took upon
themselves to warn him not to go any
where near the coast In fact, they
were so hostile that he left the com
partment at Lincoln and spent the
night there. Nor was his reception in
Edinburgh any more auspicious. When
he came to-register with the police, he
was put through searching inquiry.
He was very careful to tell every one
at Loeb Lomond that he had come for
the fishing, but it, CHANGED at that
moment that certain torpedo expert
mcnts were being carried out In the
loch, and the presence Of foreigners at
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24

Governor McCray, of Indiana, pro-
poses to honor Paul Dresser, writer OF
the Indiana State song, ION the Banks
of the Wabash, Far Away" by estab-
fishing a Dresser state park somewhere
along the Wabash, with a monument
to the memory of Dresser. The COVER
nor learned that Dresser's body lies in
a neglected grave in st. Boniface
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Chicago.
and proposed that it be reinterred in
the new park.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
BRIEF STORIES OF GERMAN Spies
that were EXECUTED BY ENGLAND
once gave rise to suspicion.

once gave rise to suspicion.
The sending of the two postcards
was quite in accordance with ordinary
German espionage practice. In order
to divert suspicion the spies were in
structed to send harmless postcards in
England addressed to different places.
Moreover, bottle of certain chemi-
cal secret ink was found in his lug
gage. He was tried on August 20,
found guilty and executed at the
Tower on September II. He went to
his death with admirable courage and
declined to have his eyes bandaged
when he faced the firing party.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
Rosenthal.

One German agent was discovered
through the purest accident. Sir Basil
writes of this incident in the follow
ing paragraphs:
1t was apparently the practise at
that time for the Germans to make
use of eX-criminals on condition that
they undertook espionage in an enemy
country. 1t CHANGED that some postal
official in Denmark had missorted a
letter addressed from Copenhagen to
Berlin and slipped i by mistake into
the bag intended for London, and this
letter was written in German by man
who said he was about to start for
England under the guise of dealer in
patent gas lighters in order to collect
military and naval information. The
letter was already some weeks old and
there was no clew beyond the fact that
some person might be in the country
attempting to sell gas-llghters.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
Irwin GUY Ries.

Irwin Guy Ries was German-Amer-
lean who had been recruited by the
Germans in New York. He landed at
Liverpool in the guise of corn mer-
chant, though in private life he was
actually a film operator. After a few
days spent at hotel in the Strand he
visited Newcastle, Glasgow and Edin-
burg and went through the routine OF
calling upon a number Of produce
merchants as an excuse for his jour-
ney, but, like other spies, he did no
genuine business with them. He re-
turned to his hotel in London on July
2S after fortnight spent in the north.
He was more careful than most Of the
other spies, for he preserved copies OF
every business letter that he wrote.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24

= When he found that acquittal was
hopeless, he tried to carry off the pre-
tense of patriotism at his trial, but
after his conviction he made two un-
successful attempts to commit suicide.
Unlike the other spies, he was sentenc-
ed to be hanged, and was executed on
July 5, 1915.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24

Lunacy all around was really
responsible for the World War, ac-
cording to Dean w. R. Inge, Of st.
Paurs Cathedral. "The Germans were
more or less honestly persuaded that
similar distractions, called Russia,
France and England, were the crimi-
mails. Now it seems to most Of us that
we were all stark mad together" says
Dean Inge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24

In Jerusalem, within 100 yards of the
grave in the garden where the Saviour
of the world lay after His crucifxion,
there is a movie showing revolving and
sensual pictures of American life, ac-
cording to a report from a missionary.