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MOUNTAIN HOME REPUBLICAN to-ELMORE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Successor MOUNTAIN HOME, ELMORE COUNTY, IDAHO, DECEMBER 11, 1915. VOLUME 26 NUMBER 9 CHI BATTLES GERMANS MA88 ON WESTERN FRONTIER TO 8TRIKE HARD BLOW IN NEAR FUTURE. ( Evidently Intend to Crush 8*rbians Before Aid Cornea and S|end Force* on to Aid of German* on Eastern and Western Front*. London.—Important battles have begun or are Impending In Mesopo tamia, where the German field mar shal, Baron von Der Goltz, has taken command of the Turkish force* and is about to attack the British at Rul ed* Amara, In southeastern Serbia, where the Bulgarians have already attacked the Anglo-French positions and have been repulsed; on Gallipoli, where, according to Turkish accounts, the allies have taken the offensive, and in Belgium and France, where reports from Holland state, the Ger mans have concentrated strong rein forcements and an Immense amount of artillery, with the object of striking a blow at the allied lines in Flanders and Artois. Except In Serbia, the battles have not developed beyond the preliminary stage so far as is known, the artillery alone of the different arms being active. Along the Vardar-Cerna-Kar asu front in Serbia the Bulgarians have already commenced their attack against the Anglo-French, and it is reported that the German army of General von Gallwltz has been reor ganized and reinforced and is march ing south to take part in the opera tions. It Is evidently the intention of the Germans to strike hard before the allies, who continue to land troops at Salonlkl, have completed their prep aratlons. It U reported that the Ger mans have *10.000 men available. There is no indication of the Bulgar ian or Anglo-French strength, but one report aaya that five allied divisions (nearly 100,000 men) have been land ed thus far. The battle, therefore, will be one of the greatest import ance. According to the French, all the Bulgarian attacks have been repulsed, but the Germans claim that the French were compelled to give up their positions at the junction of the Vardar and Cernia rivers to avoid be ing enveloped. The situation (or the allies is com plicated by the attitude of the Greek government. The negotiations at Athens have not yet reached a satis factory conclusion, and although the Greek king has reaffirmed his neu trality and repeated his assurances that Greek troops will never attack the allies, the situation still causes great anxiety. MEET ME IN 8T. LOUIS.' Democrats Decide to Hold National Convention In Missouri City. Washington.—The Democratic na tlonsl convention of 1916 will be held at St. Louis, beginning Wednesday, June 14, at noon. The Democratic national committee Tuesday nigiu named the convention city and adopt ed resolutions calling for the renorni nation and re-election of Woodrow Wilson as ''the trusted leader of na tlonal democracy." Chicago and Dallas contested with St. Louis for the honor of the con vention, but St. Louis easily led from the start and won on the second bal lot. Prsaldsnt's Fiance* Attends Session. Washington.—'The annual address to congress by President Wilson was practically the only business of the day in both branches of congress on Tuesday. Keen interest In the pres ident's address was shown by the for eign representatives In the diplomatic (gllerles, where every embassy and legation was represented. In tbe executive gallery, as the president spoke, was his fiancee, Mrs. Norman Galt, whoae first appearance at the capltol since announcement of the president's engagement, attracted marked attention from the crowds. Woman Thrown Over Cliff. Minneapolis.—Charles D. Htchison, said to have signed a confession In Chicago to the effect that he was an accomplice of Frederick T. Price in the alleged slaying of Price's wife on November 28, 1914, on Tuesday went with officers to the place where he said Mrs. Price was thrown over a cliff and gave details of the alleged crime. Sutherland Aids Suffragists. Washington.—Presentation of bun dreds of petitions on suffrage, peace and exportation of munitions and th^ Introduction of bilip occupied Tues day's brief session of the senate. Sen ator Sutheiland, Republican, of Utah, Introduced the Susan B. Anthony woman suffrage amendment. ENGINEER SPOILS PREVENTS ROBEERY OF TRAIN AND PASSENGERS BY USE OF HIS WITS. Crowd* on Steam and Runs Past Spot Chosen by Bandits on His Engine for Holdup of Train. —Sheriff Shot In Chase. Little Rock, Ark.—Sheriff J. E Stanley of Malvern, Ark., was wound ed shortly after midnight Friday in a pitched battle between ofllcers and bandits who had attempted to hold up southbound Iron Mountain passenger train No. 3 near here Friday night. The bandits escaped in the darkness. Sheriff Stanley was shot in the foot, but he continued with his deputies in pursuit. The battle occurred after the cool ness of Theodore P. Homard, engi aeer of the train, thwarted an at tempted hold-up six miles south of Malvern, Ark. Two masked men climbed into the engine cab and pointed pistols at the engineer and fireman. ''Go ahead," they commanded. ''Don't stop until you see two camp fire. Stop at the second one." Engineer Homrad put on all avail tble steam and the train shot onward xt a fifty-mile speed. ''Stop, there's the fire," shouted one i)f the bandits. Homrad took his time about stop ping the heavy train and by the time he brought it to a standstill it was a mile post the campfire, where, it is believed, confederates of tbe two rob hers were waiting. The bandits alighted from the en gine and disappeared. Comprise Water Litigation. Pueblo, Colo.—A compromise In the Kansas-Colorado water suit, involving the rights to use the water of the Arkansas river for irrigation pur poses, which has beeu in the court; for several years, has been virtually igreed upon. MISS MARY NAGEL Sc V ■■ % , s# X. V m n KM in i;5 i f Ns •Sig < •<Cv. i y. a 7* * V® *1^ it! t> «,v i - jf M w. m >«3 13 }\S ■■■■■ ■:0 V* Miss Mary Nagel, daughter of Charles Nagsl, secretary of commerce and labor under President Taft, has eschewed the pleasures of a society leader forth* hard work of a hospital nurse. Park Bandit- Convicted. Cheyenne, Wyo.—Edward B. Traf ton, on trial in the United States dls trict court here on the charge of rob bing twenty t ree r'age toadies in the Yellowstone National park July 24, 1914, was found guilty on Friday. Crude Oils Again Advance. Pittsburgh.—Crude oils are again advanced, 10 cents a barrel being add ed Yo the principal grades. The ad vance is causing marked activity among drillers in western Pennsylvaa ia, West Virginia and Ohio. Why Ws Burn Candles. The custom of burning candles on the Christmas tree comes from two sources. The Romans burned candles at the feast of Saturn as a sign of good cheer, while the Jews burned candles during the feast of the Dedication, which Happened to fall about the same time as that of Saturn in the Roman calendar. It is quite possible that for this reason there would have been many candles burning all over Pales tine abont the time of the birth of Christ, and from this comes the term "Feast of Lights," which is tbe name used In the Greek church for Christ mas day. NEARING CHRISTMAS TIME ■ 111 . JJ |||fwiwV~A 1 MATTER WITP \ I evewecoy jl ANY NOW ? III!! I |i Ifl il i I' PI I |iiv hi MS ii, h\\ \ li to. x • CoDVriKtit ' IDAHO DELEGATION BUSY IN CONGRESS PROPOSE MANY NEW LAWS Several Measures Provide Relief For Settler on Public Lands.—Others of National Importance. WASHINGTON — Because the last congress washed so much time In; filibusters and In the discussion of bills known to be strongly opposed, and because the federal treasury was in such bad shape it could not stand any unusual drains, most local legis-ald lation was sidetracked, and as a re solt must be reintroduced this ses sion. In the flood of legislation that went down to defeat were many bills proposed by members of the, Idaho legislation. All bills die with; the congress and must be reintro duced to get consideration at the next succeeding congress. Thai be ing the case many Idaho bills that failed In the last congress will reintroduced early this session and new efforts will be made to get con sideration for them. Along with the old bills will be a number of new bills of more or less importance. Senator Brady, for example. Is now at work on a bill which will enable the land graaxt colleges in the several states to play an important part In the education of young men for the army, and in training them to be come officers of the army or of the In brief, Sena/tor army reserve. Brady's plan follows the lines of the recommendation made by the war college and provides for a more thorough military training at all the land grant colleges. It Increases the number of army officers detailed to these colleges as instructors and makes the military course more com plete and more nearly the course followed at West Point military acad emy. Under the Brady bill, young men graduating from the laud grant col leges, desiring further to perfect their military training, may be given a probationary commission as second lieutenant in the regular army and, under that -commission, wllll serve for one year with regular troops after being assigned by the war de partment. At the end of the year those who desire to continue in the military profession will, If they dis play competency, be eligible for per manent commission in the army, with the entrance grade of second lieuten ant, taking rank after the graduates from West Point. Those who, after a year with the arrmy, do not care to further pursue the military life will pass into the army reserve and there be subject to call by the fed eral government in the event of war. The military training is not to be made compulsory, nor is permanent army service to be made compulsory but the plan affords opportunity to many young men desiring to enter the army, and who have been un able to gain admission through West Point. Senator Brady agrees with the army experts that this plan will largely in solving the problem of getting more officers for the regu lar service, Senator Brady in conformity with i,^ promise to the suffragists, will offer a r solution proposing a suffrag amendment to the federal const It li tlo.n. His will be one of a dozen or more to be Introduced this session. In addition to this new legislation, Sen aJ t 1l . Brady will reintroduce many bills bejtha/t come over from the last con gress, among them the following: Increasing the limit of cost of the public buildings at Coeur d'Alene and Pocatello. Authorizing the erection of public buildings at Blaokfoot and Payette. Making further appropriation for the Fort Hall Irrigation project. Extending federal aid to the state of Idaho In the construction of pub lic roads. Continuing experiments In stump dstillatlon. Continuing tbe appropriation for the eradication of hog cholera. Directing the sale of lots In the town of Plummer. Providing for farm demonstration work on all government irrigation projects. Continuing the operation of the Boise assay office at its full capacity. Appropriating money for the con struction of roads in the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation, each state gets its proper proportion of moneys from rt serves that lie In two or more states. Conveying the Lemhi Indian school and agency to the state of Idaho. Constructing wagon roads on the Nez Berce reservation. Although the president has issued orders that all appropriations must be held down this session because the Democratic congress and Democratic administration have created a deficit of one hundred million dollars, and because much money will be required for the national defense program, Sens ator Borah will reintroduce his bill authorizing a loan of thirty million dollars to the reclamation fund, to enable the government to complete all existing projects and to adopt a few new projects that are partlcular Continued pai?e eleven. FOOD PEACE PARTY | CHEERING CROWDS BID FORD AND COMPANIONS GODSPEED ON MISSION OF PEACE. Message Received From King of Nor way Stating That the Party Would be Courtesously Re ceived in Norway. New York.—Henry Ford and more than ninety-eight peace advocates sailed from here at 3:15 p, m, Satur day on the steamer Oscar H for Chris tiania, Norway. The party was ac companied by fifty-seven newspaper correspondents and photographers, and more than twenty general assist ants, secretaries and stenographers. William Jennings Bryan and Thom as A. Edison arrived at the dock an hour before the steamer sailed to hid farewell to Mr. Ford. Mr. Bryan spent half an hour with Ford. Mr. Bryan spent some time on the ship bidding "Godspeed" as he termed it, to the party. "There is some chance for the mis sion to succeed," said Mr. Bryan, "that sion to succeed," said Mr. Bryan. "That I Wish them every good fortune." Just before the gangplank was pulled up a cable messenger rushed on the ship and it was reported that Ford had received a message from King Haakon of Norway stating the Ford party would he courteously re ceived in Norway. Drunken Man Kills Marshal. Eureka.—Alex. Robertson, city mar shal was shot ami killed by Elmer Horton, whom he had arrested on a charge of drunkenness and of shooting firearms within the city limits. Robert son was killed at the entrance to tbe Juab county courthouse. The shots were heard by Sheriff Angus McDon ald, who whb sitting In Ills office. George Horton, brother of the man who did tbe killing, and David 1. Mills caught the slayer and placed him In jail. McCall Removed by Governor. Albany, N. Y.—Edward E. McCall of New York, a former Justice of the su preme court of New York, has been removed from office as chairman of the down-stale public service commission by Governor Whitman, wTio sustained In part tlie charges preferred against the commissioner by tbe Thompson In vestlgatlng committee of the legisla ture. Over 2,000 Bills Introduced. When late Monday night the last bill and resolution Intro duced in the house Monday was filed by the journal clerks staff, the total Washington. was found to exceed 2.000, Including about 1,500 private pension blllB. All| day the documents had poured In, un- » til they overflowed the bill basket and • covered'the celrk's desk. Has Villa on the Run. Nogales, Ariz.—Francisco Villa, re treating toward Chihuahua by way of Sahuaripa, Sonora, is being closely pursued by Carranza cavalry, accord ing to General Manuel M. Dieguez, who arrived here Monday from Hermoslllo to confer with General Obregon. The Carranza cavalry already has scatter ed Villa's rear guard under Colonel Beltran. Martin Again Convicted. Oguen, Utah.—As the result of a verdict of guilty returned by the Jury on Friday, Joseph Henry Martin, con victed blackmailer now serving five years In tlie state prison, faces an other term of five years or longer for tbe robbery of Mrs. Isabelle Boyle Wallin in 1911. Warship in Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans. — The Australian cruiser Sydney, which destroyed the German cruiser Emden, Is operating in gulf waters, marine men here said The Sydney put into Belize, British Honduras, November 22. Discovers New Comet. Cambridge, Mass.—The discovery of a new cornet by Astronomer Taylor, stationed at 'he Cape of Good Hope, was announced In a cablegram from Copenhagen, received at Harvard ob servatory. Elected Mayor Sixteenth Time. Newport, R. I.—Former Mayor Pat rick J. Boyle was returned to office In the city election Taesday for Ills six teenth term. He defeated Mayor Rob ert S. Burlingame by 2,202 votes to There were no party deslg 1,975. nations on the ticket. Steamer Commodore Sunk. London.—The admiralty announces that the British steamer Commodore, of 6,858 tons, has been sunk. All the members of the crow excepting the cook, were saved. I 1 CHAMP CLARK AGAIN CHOSEN 8PEAKER OF HOUSI AND CLARKE PRESIDES IN SENATE. Old-Time Republican Members Back Again In Lower B.nch, But Dem ocrats Have Majority in Both Houses. Washington. Cmgrcss assembled and organized on Monday, December 6. Four hours' work in the house saw Speaker Clark returned to the chair. Representative Maun returned to leadership of the Republican minority; the Introduction o, i) bills an 1 reso lutions, many of th .. proposing meas ures of national di - use and n;; :iy more In opposition: the r< p- r < a.-cn?** of constitutional amendments to en franchise women and u miniature run** fight that flickered out with the adop tion of last year's rules with a low changes. UiU In the senate practically nothing was done except the election of K na tor Clarke of Arkan.as as president pro tempore. Vice-President M > shall was absent because of the Illness of his wife. Roth houses then, after sending a Joint committee to the White House to give official notice of the opening ot congress, adjourned until Tuesday. The greatest budget of expenditures ever placed before any American con gress In times of peace was brought In from the various branches of the gov ernment, the total being some one hun dred and seventy million dollars more than was asked for last year. The great part of the proposed Increased expenditure Is for the enlarged array an danvy program, and aside from working out the problem of national defense, It will be the business of con gress to raise the revenue to pay for It. Old-timers, most of them Republi cans re elected after going down be fore (he presidential Democratic land slide of 112, came trooping back to places in the bouse eager for a part In the absorbing business of the next few months. "Uncle Joe" Cannon sat on a bench In the front row and laugh ed while the house goi Into Its little row over the rules and hot references to "Cannonlsm" were hurled back and forth across the dividing aisle. Northwest Faces Coal Shortage. Duluth. Minn.—The American north west faces a coal shortage of 3,000,00i> tons, according to the Duluth News Trlhune. Only about two-thirds of the 9,000,000 tons, both hard and soft, coal usually on Duluth and Superior dock* at. this time of tbe year, have beeu re ceived. Woman Escapes From Jail. Mrs. Adam Mohr, alias Mrs. Anna K.cli, alleged swied ler, Whose operations In several weal ern states are said to have netted bet Mutatin'* Iowa fully *15,000, escaped from Jail here Monday. ALEXANDER W. GREGii | •• •< 'Mm :■ vA. ' I ■ •Mm , • mm V § '«■ ■ V/SB'. -M % m. mm ■ m ■ % W t, • .) 1 % m m . A f/ \ ; y Congressman Gregg of Texas, chair man of the war claims committee of the house of representatives, and th# other member* of t e committee will face the problem of drawing up a new plan for paying the millions of dollars war claims against the United fitStea datino frnm ll.» Civil i»*r