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Vol. XXIX
EIGHT PAGES
BOISE, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913.
No. 169
CRISIS REACHED IN THE
NEGOTIATIONS TOR
ENDINC WAR
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T wenty-Four Hours Given T urkey to Agree
to Giving Up ot Adrianople
to the Allies
London, Jan. 3.—The Balkan peace envoys decided this
morning to put the direct question to Turkey tonight
whether the Ottoman government was prepared to cede
the fortress of Adrianople forthwith. Unless the Turks
give a favorable answer within 24 hours the conference
will be suspended. No other question will be considered
by the allies until this point is settled.
Stojan Novakovitch, leader of the Servian delegation,
said this morning he was sure the allies would ultimately
carry their point. "Turkey," he added, "will probably
continue to resist giving up Adrianople, but facts will soon
be stronger than theories and she will be compelled to
give way."
Fugitives from the besieged city, as well as informa
tion obtained from Turkish and British sources, indicate
that the condition of the beleaguered fortress is unten
able.
London, Jan. 3.—The Turks continue
to declare that their concessions have
surpassed any logical expectation, but
that now they cannot concede an inch
more. On the oth**r hand, Ute allies
with unanimous voice and compact
front maintain that they would rather
end the conference than renounce what
they claim is due them by right of
their victories.
.Tl>at the game 1 being played -/n
both sides is evident, the Turks em
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PASSENGERS AND
CREW ARE SAVED;
LINERGOES DOWN
Bona, Algeria, Jan. 3.—The Cunard
liner Tyria rescued and brought here
98 passengers and the crew of the
French mall steamer Saint Augustine,
which foundered juat after midnignt
while the Tyria had her in tow. No
deaths occurred.
PANIC IS CAUSED BY
A GROUP OT MANIACS
Elvas, Portugal, Jnn. 3.—One man was
killed and nine seriously injured this
morning by a group of five maniacs
who had been released by firemen from
an insane asylum on the outskirts of
the city, which had caught fire. Thirty
five lunatics were set free and rushed
howling through the streets. Thirty
were easily captured and confined in
the municipal building, but the other
five took iron rods front a scrap heap
and attacked everyone they met. Sev
eral hours passed before they were
overpowered.
WILSON'S SCARE PIN
UNDERGOING CHANGE
Princeton, Jan. 3.—When Wood
row Wilson becomes president of the
United States a little gold scarfpin he
has been wearing for years will have
completed the evolution. When Wilson
was elected president of Princeton he
wore a miniature Princeton seal for a
scarfpin; when elected governor he
substituted the New Jersey coat of
arms, and now he is having made a
•tickpin with a spread eagle and the
American shield.
"I never like ostentatious display,"
he said, "but the pin is inconspicuous,
and I like to feel that I, have with me
constantly something that is a symbol
of my service."
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New Head for Washington Navy Yard.
Washington, Jan. 3.—Rear Admiral
Frank E. Beatty, who has been in com
mand of the Washington navy yard
and the naval gun factory there for
nearly three years, was today succeed
ed in those duties by Captain Hilary P.
Jones, late commander of the battle
ship Rhode Island. Rear Admiral
Beatty has been assigned to the com
mand of a division of the Atlantic
fleet.
cago Wheat Market.
Jan 3.—May wheat closed
SOUTH ATLANTIC
COAST SWEPT BY
A SEVERE STORM
Newport News Is Cut Off
From Communication —
Anxiety Felt for Safety of
Small Craft.
Washington, Jan. 3.—The South At
i lantic coast is in the grip of a terrific
j wind and rain storm which worked
havoc with shipping and has cut off
Norfolk and Newport News. Before
the last Newport News wire went
down it was reported that the waters
of James river were surging up into
the lower parts of the city with the
violence of a small tidal wave.
The terrific gale swept the waters
of the James river up Into the lower
portions of the city of Newport News,
inundating the streets and warehouses,
and driving the people to the eleva
tions. Ferry service across the river
to Newport News was impossible and
the city was cut off from all commu
nication.
Richmond Suffers.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 3.—Richmond
was storm swept today by the gale pre
vailing along the coast line. Much
damage was done to property.
No Answers to Calls.
Washington, Jan. 3.—Tim navy wire
less sparked out unanswered calls to
the ships of the Atlantic fleet gathered
in Hampton Roads. Great anxiety was
felt for the safety of the torpedo boats
in the narrow sea way. Incomplete re
ports coming in while the storm was
at its height were that many small
craft had been sunk. The loss of life,
if any, is unknown. In this city the
gale whipped down signs and trees.
Telegraph and telephone wires were
demoralized as far south as Atlanta.
PASSENGER TRAIN IS
STRUCK BY SNOWSLIDE
Ellensburg, Wash., Jan. 3.—A snow
slide shortly after midnight struck the
Northern Pacific passenger train num
ber 258 Just west of Lester. The sleep
ing pasengers rushed from the cars in
their night clothes. A mass of rock,
bushes and Ice slipped down the moun
tain and across the tracks under th°
sleeping cars. The train arrived here
three hours late.
Alleged Swindler in Court.
Boston, Jan. 3.—Frank C. Winchell,
former president of the Oxford li n$n
mills of Brookfield, was arraigned *n
the federal court today for a prelim
inary hearing on charges of having
used the mails in a scheme to defraud.
Wincheli's arrest followed the raid two
weeks ago on the offices of the Sterling
Debenture company in New York and
other cities. The Sterling concern, »t
is estimated, sold during its career of
six years, approximately $33.000,000 of
the stocks of various companies, In
cluding the Oxford linen mills. Much
of this stock was in legitimate com
panies. hut an enormous amount, it «s
alleged, was of bogus concerns and w is
worthless.
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ADA COUNTY JAIL IS NOW
CALLED " BULL MO OSE PEN"
In Former "Federation Cell" Contempt Prisoners
Are Serving Their Sentences of 10 Days
"The Bull Moose Pen of Idaho."
That is the nickname that lias been
given at the court house and Ada
county jail to the cell wherein aiv
confined It. S. Sheridan, owner and
publisher of the Capital News; C. O.
Broxon, managing editor, and A. 11
Cruzen, interested only as a prisoner,
hut charged and found guilty by a ma
jority of the supreme court as dictator
ar.d controller of "political policies."
This cell has long been known as
the "Western Federation," or the "Hay
wood, Pettibono, Moyer" cell, because it
is the same cell in which were confined
for so many months those officers rff
the Western Federation of Minors
awaiting their trial upon the charge
of complicity with Harry Orchard in
the murder of former Governor Frank
Steunenberg, who was killed by tlie
explosion of a dynamite bomb placed
at the front gate to his residence at
Caldwell on the right of Dee. 31, 1905.
Former Governor Steunenberg, as|
governor of the state, had been active!
in the prosecution of striking miners
in the Coeur d'Alene mining district,!
and, calling upon the federal govern
ment for aid, several troops of sol
diers were sent to that region. Many!
arrests of striking miners who were
alleged to have participated in acts
of violence were made, and because of
the lack of prison accommodations, a
stockade was built in which these
prisoners were thrown and kept under:
guard of the troops. This prison came
to be known as the "bull pen."
At tiie county jail, the trend of
those events, connected with the fact
that all three of the present prisoners
held for contempt of court, are active
advocates of "Bull Moose" political
doctrines, and further connected with
the fact that the main articles pub
lished in tho Capital News which were
made the basis of the contempt pro
ceedings resulting in their Imprison
ment were criticisms of the supreme
court written and uttered by Colonel
Roosevelt, the Bull Moose candidate
for president; by Senator Miles Poin
dexter of Washington, one of the lead
ing Bull Moose advocates of the coun
try; by James H. Gipson, state chair
man of the Bull Moose state central
committee, by Paul Clagstone, a mem
ber of the executive committee of the
Bull Moose campaign committee and
because of editorial criticism of the
decision of the court barring the Bull
Moose electoral ticket and candidate
for congressman from tiie official bal
lot, has caused the cell to be renamed
"The Bull Moose pen of Idaho." *
The prisoners .all declared they
were feeling fine this morning to a re
porter who peered through the bars of
their cell door at them and all stated
that they had enjoyed a splendid
night's rest and were prepared for the
regulation prison breakfast which was
served at 9 o'clock. The prisoners
are fed but twice a day, at 9 o'clock In
the morning and at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. Messrs Sheridan, Broxon
and Cruzen receive their meals at the
same time as the other 20 or 25 pris
oners in the county jail ami the food
they are given is identical with that
furnished all the others. It is brought
to them ready cooked in a market bas
ket which also contains the plates,
knives, forks, spoons and other table
utensils. From the basket the prison
ers take the food and dishes and place
them upon a table In their cell and then
the three seat themselves to enjoy
their repast.
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OF GOVERNOR WEST
Governor Oswald West of
Oregon this morning wired
unique felicitations to R. S.
Sheridan, owner and publisher
of the Capital News, upon his
conviction for contempt of tiie
supreme court. In his message
Governor West refers to his own
record relative to prison reform.
His message Is as follows:
"Salem, ore , Jan. 3, 1913.
"Hon. R. S. Sheridan,
"Editorial Cell, County Jail.
"Boise. Idaho.
"Greetings lo the Knight Er
rant of tin- press. 1 am forward
ing by this mail data in re
Oregon parole anti honor sys
tem for your mediation. If in
need draw on me for a pardon.
"OSWALD WEST."
SMUGGLERS CLASH
WOH HERDSMEN ON
SPANISH FRONTIER
Valenca de Minho, Jan. 3.
band of smugglers on the
Spanish border carried off
cash after a fierce battle with a cattle
raiser and 40 of his herdsmen, in the
course of which nine of his cowboys
were killed and 14 injured. Jose
Murilhaes, one of the best known cat
tle breeders in tiie province of Minho,
had been for several weeks passing
from fair to fair selling cattle. He had
started home, guarded by 40 herdsmen,
when attacked by a large band of
smugglers who fired from behind rocks
and thickets. The herdsmen returned
the fire, but finally were forced to flee.
They carried off Murilhaes, who was
seriously wounded, but left all their
money and 23 comrades in tiie field.
Civil guards of the entire province
have been called out ard are searching
for the smugglers, but no trace has yet
been found.
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EFFORT MADE TO
CAIN FREEDOM OF
THE DYNAMITERS
Writ of Supersedeas Asked
for 32 of the 33 Men Serv
ing Sentence in Federal
Prison.
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• Writ Is Issued.
• Chicago, Jan. 3.—A writ of
• supersedeas, staying the execu
*> tion of the sentences imposed on
• the dynamite conspirators, was
® issued by thç United States
• circuit court of appeals this
• afternoon.
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Chicago, Jan. 3.—An attempt to free
of the 33 dynamiters convicted at
Indianapolis -on bail pending the ap
| peal of their case, was made here today
jin the United States circuit court of
I appeals. Herbert S. Hockin will not
appeal. The convicted leaders, through
counsel, appeared in court to argue for
la writ of supersedeas to make the exe
cution of the sentence and for admis
sion to bail of the prisoners, pending
! further action by the court of appeals.
Attorney Zoline presented the peti
tion in behalf of the convicted iron
1 workers.
Zoline declared that in cases such as
present ones prisoners have the right
<*f bail, particularly as the defendants
were sentenced and sent to Leaven
! worth before the hearing on the writ of
»•rror bad been held. "Do you mean to
; toll me that a writ of supersedeas
should issue as a matter of right?" in
quired Judge Baker.
"That is my understanding," replied
Zoline, who then began quoting su
: preme court decisions which he said
! bore on the. point.
Judge Baker stated that the point
I of the writ of error was not well taken.
I He added that there was no occasion
I f**r the court of appeals to supervene
in any case unless it was shown that
the procedure of the lower court was
j questionable at law. Replying to this
j Zoline declared that the evidence on
I which the convictions were secured at
! Indianapolis was "vague and inade
quate," and that the Judge of the lower
I court should have not allowed the cases
<f many of the defendants to go to
^ the jury at all.
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FUNERAL SHIP
0FF8AN0Y HOOK
New York, Jan. 3.—Steaming slowly
in the dense fog, the British cruiser
Natal, bearing the body of the late
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, passed
Sandy Hook tills morning. Accom
panying her as guard of honor were
the United States battleships Florida
and North Dakota and the destroyers
Roe, Drayton, Mc C; '1 and Paulding.
Rain and fog furnished a sombre set
ting to the arrival of the funeral ship, j
PENNY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAY
HNES OF IMPRISONED
NEWSPAPER HEN
Movement Is Started By Representative Dow
Dunning of Owyhee County—Many
Larger Contributions Tendered
A movement has been started to pay
the fines assessed against Ft. S. Sher
idan, publisher of the Capital News,
and C. O. Broxon, managing editor "f
that paper by penny contributions.
The idea intended to be expressed
in this movement is to make the pro
test nation wide against the assumption
of power of the supreme court wherein
the court became accuser, judge and
jury and likewise executioners deter
mining the amount and extent of the
penalty limited only by the mercy or
good judgment of the court.
The movement was started by Hon.
Dow Dunning, state senator from
Owyhee county, who claims the honor
j of contributing the first penny to the
fund. Senator Dunning sent in his
; contribution accompanied by a letter m
which he set forth his views. His let
I ter, written upon legislative stationery
of the last session when Senator Dun
I ning was a member of the house of
representatives, is as follows:
j ''State of Idaho, House of Represen
tatives, Boise, Idaho, Jan. 3, 1913.
, "Messrs. Broxon and Sheridan,
I "County Jail, Boise, Idaho.
■ "Dear Sirs—Enclosed find one cent
TRAFFIC ON THE
NORTHERN ROADS
BADLY CRIPPLED
Slides and Floods Bound to
Come Unless There Is
Sudden Freeze—No En
couragement Offered.
' Seattle, Jan. 3.—Rain is falling today
in the mountains, melting the great
: mass of snow that fell recently. Un
less there is a change to cold weather
! soon, there will inevitably be slides in
j the higher altitudes and floods and
! washouts In the lowlands that will tie
j up railway traffic. Tho weather bu-,
! reau gives no encouragement.
All Great Northern trains are
I marked indefinitely late. The North
j ern Pacific trains are an hour of two
late, and Milwaukee trains are on time.
It is only by the most strenuous exer-lthe
llon that the railroads keep their moun-|
; tain tracks clear. At the summit of
the Cascade mountains yesterday the
; water was 10 inches deep on the Mil
waukee tracks
APPEAL TO COUNTRY
MAY BE MADE BY THE
GOVERNMENT FORCES
London, Jan. 3.—The project of im
posing taxes on food imported into the
Brftish Isles, put forward by some
leaders of the opposition in the house
of commons, has created such hopeless
dissension in the Unionist part
render almost certain
power by the Liberal p*
two years. On tiie other hand the
wrangle among the Unionists affords
the temptation to tiie government .«>
make an appeal to the country on the
chance of coming back to power with
an increased majority.
ie retention of,
fernment ^ or
PRZPAR NG TO SEND
FORCE I JO ALB
5 ARE SENT TO
ADRIAN5PLE RELIEF
Sofia, Jan. 3.—A wagonload of drugs
sent by Turkish medical authorities
was delivered to the garrison of
Adrianople yesterday under the sur
veillance of the Bulgarians at the spe
cial request of Nazim Pasha, com
mander-in-chief of the Ottoman army.
No food or other supplies were passed
into the besieged fortress.
Vlonna, Jan. 3.—Austria-Hungary
and Italy are making preparations to
land a joint expeditionary force in Al
liter»
bania immediately after the conclusion ■
of the London conference. This step,
it is said, will he taken by the two
allies in order to pacify Albania and
establish a new condition of affairs
which is my contribution toward pay
ment of your fine which was imposed
by the supreme court of tilts state for
contempt.
"The school children of the United
States, by penny contributions, erected
a marble monument to the memory of
Henry George, who was the greatest
benefactor of mankind that all the cen
turies have given the world. I believe
there are a million men in this country
who will consider it an honor to en
courage the spirit of human freedom.
I am glad to be the first to offer my
part.
"Yours truly,
"DOW DUNNING."
A number of other gentlemen to
whom the matter was mentioned
quickly took up the suggestion and the
movement may be said to be under
way. Numerous persons have already
volunteered to contribute large sums
toward payment of the fines but this
movement was started with the idea
that It would be better to give a multi
tude an opportunity to contribute than
to allow just a few to contribute larger
amounts.
SENATOR DAVIS
DIES ON EYE OF
HIS RE-ELECTION
Death Came Suddenly as
Result of Heart Trouble
Special Primary Election
May Be Called.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 3.—Definite
j arrangements for the funeral of United
States Senator Jeff Davis were not
; completed this morning, but probably
I the services will take place Sunday
j and the body placed in the family bu
rial plot at Russellville. Senator Davis
died at 12:35 this morning of heart.
I faillir»*, the culmination of an Illness
j of several months. However, his con
j dition was apparently improving and
1 yesterday he was at his office the
I greater part of tiie day. His death, on
eve of the ratification of his ro
election by the legislature, creates a
! peculiar political situation in Arkansas,
jit is possible that a special primary
! wtll be called to select his successor
for the full term beginning March 4.
Tho Senate Adjourns.
Washington. Jan. 3.—On account of
the death of Senator Davis the senate
adjourned after a six-minute session
until noon tomorrow. Senators Pomer.
en<*. Bryan, Ashurst, Martine, Curtis,
Clapp and Clarke of Arkansas were ap
pointed to attend the funeral.
nwn AT
ROCKEFELLER HOME
New York. Jan. 3.—Notwithstanding
reports from Brunswick, Ga., that Wil
liam Rockefeller, whose testimony is
sought by the Pujo money committee,
had sailed from Jekyl island Tuesday
on a specially chartered steamer for a
secret destination, the cordon of pro
cess servers round his Fifth avenue
mansion did not relax its vigilance to
day.
INSANE CONGRESSMAN
JUMPS INTO THE SEA
Washington, Jan. 3.—Representative
William Wedemeyer, of Ann Arbor,
Mich., who suddenly went Insane at
Colon. Panama, at the time of Presi
dent Taft's recent visit to the isthmus,
jumped overboard last nleht from the
ship on which he had been token at
Colon. The body lias not yeet been
Recovered.
Wedemeyer went to the isthmus with
the congressional party at the same
time the president did. On the voy
age he collapsed and was taken to the
sanatorium in Panama and then to a
hospital, where he became violent and
raved about his defeat al the last elec
tion. He developed a suicidal tendency.
He recently fell and struck his head on
an icy sidewalk.
Death ii
cattle, Jan,
Flood Waters.
3.—Tho first death
from ti e flood waters which have in
vaded Seattle occurred when a house
on the slope in western Seattle was
carried away by a landslide, killing
John Larsen, an inmate Three others
■ were hurt.