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The Washington times., 1923-02-15
Smyrna QUE I;
SHIP SINKING
IS DENIED
Allies Reported More Concili-
atoryFinal Agreement
Is Likely Soon.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. Is
The situation at Smyrna continue
quiet today. Investigation by Inter.
national News Service shows that
there is no truth In the report
cabled to the London Daily News
that French destroyer had been
sunk at Smyrna by fire from Turk
ish forts.
1t was reported here today that
the allies are showing q more con
ciliatory attitude towards the Turks
and that a final agreement may
soon be reached to succeed the
temporary settlement arranged a
week ago.
: Allied officials. are said to have
informed the Turks they are will
ing to enter into fresh negotiations
whereby warships may remain In
the Smyrna harbor. but in reduced
numbers.
Turkish officials in conversation
today with allied high commission
ers stressed the fact that Turkey
has strictly obeyed the Mudania
armistice UP to date.
Relations between the allied nava
commanders and the Turkish con
marder at Smyrna are strained BIZ
have not been broken. Commun
cations are taking place betweei
them.
A strict censorship imposed b.
the Turkish government betwee,
Anatolia and Constantinople make,
1t difficult to get quick and detaile,
information from Angora an
Smyrna.
The Washington times., 1923-02-15
'CAULIFLOWER EAR" Is
HER PLEA FOR DECREE

BOSTON, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Walter
E. Merrill. a model, apparently did
not live up to specifications as a
model wife in the view of her hus-
band, so he proceeded to energize
his objections.
Mrs Merrill, suing for divorce.
told the court Merrill had pounded
her ear until it looked like cauli-
flower" that he had thrown her
downstairs and unceremoniouSly
flung her into the bathtub.
She exhibited the "caulifloWer
ear" as her most convincing testi-
mony and won her decree.
The Washington times., 1923-02-15
THIRD BABY SUFFOCATES
IN BED IN THREE WEEKS

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Newark' s
third infant death in three weeks due
to suffocation in bed from covers &C.
Cured when John Klein, siX-months-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Klein,
was found dead,
Mr.. Miningham, deputy county
physician. said that owing to the
coal shortage, many parents take
their babies in bed with them.
The Washington times., 1923-02-15
EARLY SPRING FORECAST
BY SLAIN GARTER SNAKE
GETTYSBURG. Pa E'nb I,

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Feb. 15.-
Local weather prophets" who
claim that spring is just around
the corner" were given something
to crow about yesterday by the re-
port that II. A. Miller of Rural
Route No. and killed garter
snake.
Those who see an early spring
ahead declare that it is unusual
for snakes TO leave their winter
homes" at this time of year un.
less they feel spring approaching.
The Washington times., 1923-02-15

1t can be accomplished, it is said,
IL proper financial arrangements
can be effected. The convention
would bring to the city approx
mately 5000 delegates and their
friends. The value of securing the
1924 convention for Washington, it
is pointed out, is enhanced by the
certainty that the new auditorium
will be completed by that time.
The regular monthly meeting of
the board will be held tonight at
Wardman Park Hotel Brig. Gen.
H. NJ. Lord. director of the Budget
Bureau, will address the members.
Issues of Importance to boards
throughout the country will be un-
der consideration, among them be-
ing the transfer Of national head
quarters from Chicago to Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1923-02-15
ALEXANDRIA 7 D
ACT ON SIGN
LIMITS
Council Will Discuss ReguIa-
tion-Destroyer Obtained
for Washington Day.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Feb. 15.-
A meeting of the city council will be
held this afternoon when the pro-
posed sign and gas filling station
ordinances will be taken up City
Manager Rich said this morning
that an investigation has been con.
Quoted as regards the ordnance
which would regulate the size and
location of signs and also the ad-
Visibility of restricting erection of
gas filling stations, and that the
council is now ready to dispose of
the two matters.
Bids will be received at the meet
ing today for the excavation of Ca
ton street with a view of getting
enough material to fill up the at
letic grounds bordering on the
school.
A report will be read showing
that the Salvation Army, to which
the council lends financial support.
furnished beds and meals for fifty
two men during the past month.
Four men indicted by the special
grand jury or charges of violating
the Volstead act will be brought be-
fore Judge Howard w Smith in the
Corporation Court tomorrow. They
are NJ. Langley, James Haire,
Thomas Jackson and Archie Buttles.
Capt. George IL. Evans, chairman
of the military committee of the
George Washington Birthday AS
ISOLATION, this morning received a
communication from the Secretary
OF the Navy stating that the de-
strOyer Reuben James will be
anchored outside of Alexandria on
February % in connection with the
parade.
At meeting of the Retail Mpr-
chants Bureau of the Chamber OF
Commerce last night, James Ran
dali Cation made an address in
which he reviewed the city manage
ment plan Of government. He said
that hasty judgment should not be
made as il will take time for the
government to function perfectly.
Mr.. Cation said that heavier taxes
must be expected in view of the
many needed improvements
Il. r. knight resigned as a direc.
tor. saying he believed Younger
man should be given chance.
Irwin Diener was elected to fill the
vacancy.
The Washington times., 1923-02-15
Churches to Get His Pay.

HAGERSTOWN. Md. Feb. IS
Mayor William J. Taylor. of Will
Transport, Md, announces that he
will donate his years salary as
mayor to the five churches, one a
negro church, of Williamsport. The
distribution is to be made equally,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-10-11


FOR sALE-worh horses. Carl
Stigum. 1a.os
silk stockings, the kind you like to
see at Carlson Is.
Place your orders now for Rock
Springs aud Utah coal with the prai-
rie Lumber Co.
LOST Chalmers ear crank. Satur.
day night in Nezperce or on way to
ranch. chas. s. Boyer. 1917
LADIES' My first consignment Of
fall and winter coats is in, with an
added line of girl . and misses coats
IN sizes from years up. Carlson 3.
Lo0K--Lsrge semdac oil mop,
sl.5o, quart Semdae liquid gloss for
floors, etc, $1.25. Special both for
$l.9s at Laier's. No better floor pol
isher and oil on the market.
The Ladies Aid of the Community
church extends vote of thanks and
appreciation to the public for the gen
erous patronage given its dinner and
supper on the last day of the fair.
Chas Coon, the well known Central
Ridger Of genial mien and generous
size, was in Nezperce yesterday on
business. he is another of our sue.
,cessful farmers who knows beans. His
75-acre crop this year averaged 1000
pounds to the acre. He stated that
a few more days of fair weather
would see the crop on the Ridge all
threshed.
The rainfall, at this point, which
was more or less prevalent from Sat
urday afternoon until Monday even
ing, totaled l.3I inches, according to
the local government weather station.
This was very timely and has left
the ground in excellent condition for
fall blowing and seeding. In fact, the
weather conditions on the prairie the
past year have been nearly ideal for
the purposes to which nature seems to
have dedicated this wonderful coun-
try.
s. r. Writer'S, of Kamiah, who is
this season as separator tend |
ed with the Chas. Strickfaden thresh-
ing outfit in the Ferdinand section,
was in Nezperce Tuesday on his way |
to Kamiah; the rain having tempora- /
-ilv stoned threshing onerat;ons Tho |
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-10-11


Hunter. =
First shipment Of ladies' newer,
lali and winter coats just opened Al
Carlson s Also line for girls. s wears
and up.
PEACOCK Rock Springs the
idel coal for the kitchen range No
SCOT, little ash. MADISON LUMBER
MILL co, Agts.
carlson's fab stock of men $ and
boys apparel is ready for your in.
spection- The quantity, quality and
price win please you.
The big game open season has been
mere ever since October /, but we
haven't heard of any new venison
steaks or elk roasts.
Ladies, have just opened nice
hne Of the famous Nightingale silk
hosiery, the highest quality obtainable
and every pair guaranteed. Carlson s
Toggery.
John Booth left yesterday afternoon
to Join his wife at Elk River, who
has been visiting with her father
M. H. Paige, at that place the past
two weeks.
A line from Clarence w. Palmer, re-
qnesting that his copy of The Herald
De sent to their new address, states
that he and his family are now nicely
located at 1927 Gardner Ave. Spokane.
Dale Harding and Roy Rowe ac-
companied Edwin Eastman in his car
down from the Idaho University last
Friday evening, for visit with home
folks and to take in the finishing
events Of the fair The boys, who are
students at the University, returned
to Moscow Sunday
The Catholic ladies take this means
of thanking the public for its liberal
patronage at their dinners during the
fair They wish also to thank mem
oers Of the parish for their liberal
toward the dinners, and es-
'ecially the young ladies for their
'aithful service. The Committee.
Judge W. F. McNaughton, of Occur
l'Alene, win preside at the opening of |
he fall term of district court for
IDAHO county, in Grangeville, Monday |
udge Wallace N. Scales, of the tenth |
judicial district, viii be in Occur d.
Alene, as one of the defendants in |
damage suit brought by Mrs Mary |
lay Dahlquist, of Culdesac, against |
ighway engineers and contractors,
of the Lapwai Highway
istriet, and Judge Scales. This suit
0 be tried in district court in Occur
'Alene, was the outgrowth of action
AIKEN by highway contractors and
in constructing the
forth and South highway through
roperty belonging to Mrs. Dalquist,
n authority granted them by Judge
Press.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-10-11

High and medium top shoes at Carl
sons
The Idaho County Fair at GRANGE
vile continues until Saturday NIGHT
LEHIGH cement, the best on earth
at the MADISON LUMBER & Mill
co.
Does your motor pump oilf See
Nezperce Motor & Supply Co. for the
cnre.
Whitewash your chicken house with
LIME. The MADISON LUMBER &
MILL co. sells it.
The weather continues to come
along about as needed. Can't beat
CHS country no how.
Make your fall suit and ovrcoat Sc
lections at Carlson s. He is ready
with the newest and best.
The new fall clothing and furnish
ings for men and boys, better than
ever, is now on display at Carlson 3
Toggery.
Mrs. Laura Marker, of Charleston,
visited the families of he rchildren in
this community last week and attend
ed the big fair of her old home county.
Mrs. Marker was among the home
steaders of the Nezperce section and
she and her husband had large part
in this community life, until their re.
moval to Charleston few years ago,
and they reared family of ten child
rem here. The Herald enjoyed bust
ness and social call from her. In
speaking of her management of the
pretty home tract she has in Clarks
5on, she stated that one cow which she
Keeps brings an average of $21 per
month, besides supplying herself and
wo children at home with all the milk
Ind butter they want. 1
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-10-11

,..,s See Curtis Miller.
~ Stains and varn1shes for less
dsIs' ~. 1,
4 Ls'sF'S-
biah.top shoes, pac-style, az
isss TOggery.
ii sale prices on hardware and
S p,.ld furnishings at Later 3.
! ..mn;ng in motors Of any make
y r Nezperee Motor & Supply Co.
8 ,snair bills. Figure them at
', ~,n1soN LUMBER 6 MILL co.
Y IT -T,eliyered at any time by e.
s',rD the Cold Storage Market. tt
~ !. what you do for your fellow
mat makes you worth while; not
I, YOU can do him for.
ID your pigs ROCK SPRINGS
IA COAL and watch them grow.
EsnIsoN LUMBER & MILL CO.,
I. business man who sends away
vsat he could buy in his own
4, town can hardly be considered
|spnunity builder.
|asre will be an all-day meeting
|, H. basket dinner at the Christian
En-, next Sunday, Oct. IA. 1t is
|,.tapt that all the membership es-
E,Uy be present as important mat
!. sill be taken up. 4
IOST-Brown gauntlet cloth glove.
INC fair. Leave at this office. 20.1
hank Corbett, who stopped over
/ 70 take in the fair on his return
, 10 Kamiah from Spokane, where |
closed contract for a portion of
next year IS water melon crop, |
MI Theo. Primus's fine short-horn
hi which took first prize at the
sputy State Game Warden Geo.
isle and John Reddick were bust
visitors in this city yesterday
Kamiah. Mr.. Carlisle said that
I'd received numerous inquiries as
open season ON mountain goats,
Wished to impress on all interest
lst there is no open season on this
al in Idaho and Clearwater coun-
and Mrs. W. s. Downing and
tier, Miss Edith, are departing
after part of this week to take
cir residence in Charleston. They
'sed regret at leaving our com
J and their many friends here,
re very appreciative of the good II
ss they have enjoyed in their
and take this means of thank
ieir patrons, stating that they 7
Q glad to see any of the prairie I
whenever they visit Charleston. Q
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12

1t is this correspondence which the
Democratic national committee now
sends out and upon which it launches
a scurrilous attack upon President
Coolidge for having appointed Mn
Slemp. In other words, the Demo-
cratic national committee bases a VIC
ious insinuation against the president
wholly upon a lot Of letters which the
man who introduced them in the rec
ord said he did not vouch for, nor did
he vouch for the truth and character
of the man who turned them owe to
him. 1t is difficult to see how polit-
zeal mendacity could go further.
At the time these charges were
made on the floor of the house, Mr.
Slemp issued a statement in which he
denied that he had authorized any
one to write any letters Of the char
acter read, and he added: "If such
were done, it was done without my ap-
prevail, knowledge or consent in any
way"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12

good words for the chief executive
either as blind and stupid partisan
ship or as a sign of mental short
comings. The habit does neither the
people nor the nation any good. 1t
interferes with the remedy of evils.
1t checks progress. Were not u
presidents made of the stuff that can
breed philosophy under unhappy con-
ditions the country repeatedly would
have suffered grave injury from this
custom of deliberately misunder-
standing it's most important public
servant.
Calvin Coolidge has taken the oath
of office as one who has been called
to a duty he has not desired and has
not expected. He has asked God for
His help. No more sincere mar has
ever gone to Washington. None has
ever wished more longingly for wis
dom. Coolidge is without pretensions,
without vanities. He is by nature
reserved and retiring. He has avoid,
ed playing for the galleries as presi,
QSu1 u Tie S6udCS. A1S Will dNOlO IL
as we'll as president of the UniteG
States.
The president should be given fan
play. He should be given time IL
which to adjust himself to his new of.
flee and his new home. Nothing j:
achieved or gained by cheap witt
cisms at his expense, by painting hin
as a strange combination of stupidit!
and wicked cunning, by trying to Civ
the impression to the world that I
the American people had a choice il
the matter now they would take
Chinese bandit for president in pref
erence to Coolidge. AlOt of venom
is spilled which is not meant for ven
/, ON. But the rest of the world doesn'
; know it.
President Coolidge will try to b
square to all citizens. Be squar
!, with him-Toledo Blade.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12
NO TAX DECREASE IF
BONUS LAW is PASSED

There may be bonus, legislation by
the next congress, but if there is, ali
hope of tax reduction must be laid
aside. Congressman Madden, chair
man of the house appropriations COM
mittee, has worked out a plan for tax
revision downward that he will press
for consideration soon after congress
meets. But Mr.. Madden states that
his plan does not include provision for
a bonus. If a bonus bill is passed it
will probably contain a special tax
alton scheme for raising it's own rev.
enue, which will more than offset any
reduction accomplished by the Mad
den bill or any other. 1t is quite ap.
parent that the people can have then
choice-lower taxes or a soldiers
bonus.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12
PAGE r

And liberty forbid?
No; he dug in and built good roads
That's what Old Caesar did.
Mt
Did Caesar put the iron heel
Upon the foeman's breast,
Or did he try to make them feel
That Rome rule was the best?
What did he do to make them glad
He came their lands amid?
He built good roads instead of bad
That's what Old Caesar did.
He built good roads from hill to hilEv
Good roads from vale to vale;
He a a good roads movement
Till Rome got all the kale;
He told the folks to buy at homey
Built roads their ruts to rid,
Until all roads led to Rome
That's what Old Caesar did.
If any town would make itself
The center OF the map,
Where folks Will come and settle
down
And live in plenty's lap;
If any town it's own abodes
Of poverty would rid,
Let it go out and build good roads
Just as Old Caesar did.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12
CUTTING THE SLICE THIN.

Everybody wants freight rates to
come down, especially for the grain
farmers, but it is difficult to figure
out how the roads in northwestern
territory, where grain is the chief
commodity, can cut their rates very
much and continue to operate. In the
first five months of 1923 they had an
average net earning at the rate of a
little less than 2 per cent per annum
on the value of their property invest
ment. You can't cut a 2 per cent
return very much without getting
over the verge of bankruptcy.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12
GRAVEL ROADS ARE
HARD ON AUTO Tires

eff we had concrete surfaces to
dive upon we could pay a tire tax Of
81 per cent and still spend no more
money for tires than is required for
our present road surfaces" says High
way Engineer H. E. Phelps, of the
state college of Washington, discuss
ing the effect road surfaces, poor or
good, have on the cost of running
autos and hauling loads.
"Within the last year there has
been an organized effort made to re-
duce taxes, which are generally agreed
to be too high all ever the country"
he continues. "In many places this
effort to reduce taxes has taken the
form of an assault upon the taxes be-
ing levied for good roads,
He points out how experiments have
proven how a gallon of gasoline is
needed to haul one ton IA miles on
earth roads, q miles on gravel, and
81 on concrete.
1t is interesting to translate these
figures into the cost of gasoline PEI
mile of travel for the average automo-
bile" he continues. Taking tic
weight of an automobile as Ia tons
with gasoline costing 2Os a gallon
each mile of travei would cost &c fol
gas on earth roads, a cent and a thu;
on gravel, and only n~inety-one hun
dredths of 1 cent on concrete. II
other words, when the car reaches the
end of the concrete and starts down
a gravel surface, the extra gasoline
required costs as much as a tax o.
6 2-3c per gallon. And when /
reaches the end of the gravel an
starts down the average poor cart
road, an added cost of 10c per gallon
is the travellers tax caused by tn
poor road.
''Thus these figures prove that on
poor roads place a gasoline tax upol
us three to eight times as great a
the tax the legislature placed On gas
oline for good roads. And this poo
road tax has the added disadvantag
that we receive no returns from its eS
penditure.
"This gasoline tax of 6 to 1Oc pc
gallon placed upon US by poor road
is not the only tax we pay topoo
roads. Definite figures are lacking
but experience on Palouse gravel II
dicates that such roads are extremel
hard on tires. They also place upo
US taxes of unknown magnitude b'
cause Of the added repairs require
and the shorter life of automobile
used upon poor roads as compare
with those run on good road surface
dealers show these taxes to be just &
high as the poor road gasoline ia
and the poor road tire tax. But mel
lecting them entirely, we still hay
such large taxes to pay to poor roaC
that we should have no hesitation
continuing our good roads taxes fl
the purpose Of abolishing our muC
larger road taxes as rapidly al poss
BILE"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12
PLAY FAIR WITH COOLIDGE.

1t will not be many days, no doubt.
before the attempt will be made to
persuade the country that Calvin
Coolidge, now lifted by the fitful play
of circumstances into the presidency,
is something of a cross between q
timber wolf and a barbed wire fence,
the secret agent of international
banking, and bound in the nature OF
things to give the humble citizen Of
the republic the worst of it.
The American people read it as &
constitutional right to abuse then
president. Many of them interpre'
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12
DEMOCRATIC MISREPRESENTA-
TION. 81

The Democratic mud batteries were
turned on President Coolidge before
he had fairly established himself in
the office of president. The Demo-
cratic national committees publicity
bureau merely maintains the record
thoroughly established during the two
years it had made similar attacks
upon President Harding and members
of his official family.
The attack upon President Coolidge
was based upon his appointment of c..
Bascom Slepm, Of Virginia, to the po-.
sition of his secretary. Mr.. Slemp
served IA years in congress from the
Ninth Virginia district, the only Viz
GINA district to elect a Republican
member to congress. He is a member
of the Republican national committee,
representing the state of Virginia.
In these two capacities he naturally
was unpopular with a great many
Democrats in Virginia.
Last year there was a contested
election case from the Seventh dis
trict of Virginia. The Republican
candidate was defeated on the face of
the returns. He filed a contest based
upon charges of fraud and corruption,
> and the house committee hearing the
. case decided his charges were sus-
tanned and made a report recommend
e ing the Democrat be unseated and
the Republican seated in his place
The evidence in the matter was sc
indisputable and overwhelming thai
the Democratic members did not ever
file a minority report. When the re
port was considered by the house, i
voted 2 to 1 to accept the report anC
d unseat the Democrat.
: In the course of a speech in his owl
defense, the Democratic congressman
who was unseated made the charg'
IS that Congressman Slemp had beel
IS guilty of trafficking in postoffices i
1t the state Of Virginia. This charge wa
,r dragged in" as Congressman Stem.
it had nothing to do with the ~conteste
K election in question, nor were any o
v the postoffices mentioned in the dis
" trict where the contest was made.
d. The charges of the Democratic cor
D. gresham were based upon a humble
ir of letters which he alleged had bee
IS written in the office of Congressma
Slemp and which had been turne
over to him. AS to how these letter
came into his possession and as
what he thought Of the truth and We
acity and character of the man WI
to gave them to him, the following lite
lin al quotation from His speech shows
ay mportancei. inn Use b.rkil- -Xtssat
cy, 81 am going to reada some letter
a A man whom I do not know and f
whom / do not vouch-I have not al
hal idea who he is; he claims, as l u
of derstood him, and l do not even YOU
Of for that-he claims that he bong
an office and it was given to som
a body else because that somebody 81
cir had given more money for it, and
ret put the correspondence IN my hands