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SUNDAY CAPITAL NEWS For the Development of Idaho WEATHER Threatening weather today. J BOISE,"IDAHO, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1916. Vol. XXX vn No. 165 Santa rosalia JIMINEZ CAPTURED BY VILUSTA ARMV Bandit Forces Occupy! Two Important Towns and Cut Off Channel of Supplies to General Murguia in North. MOVEMENTS PUZZLE j TO MILITARY MEN Believed Villa Personally Is i With His Troops and That ! Assault on Torreon and Another on Chihuahua City Planned. By WEBB MILLER. (United Press Staff Correspondent. El Paso, Tex.. Dec. 16.— Proceeding- swiftly south westward, Villista forces! have captured Jiminez, and: are now in possession of that ■ < ity as well as Santa Rosalia, ! the only important points between them and Chihua hua City, according to ad vices reaching mining com panies here tonight, occupation of these two I towns bv bandit forces ef-j feetually severs the only | channel of supplies and am-j munition for General Mur-' gain's government army in the north. The of Jiminez u ;*n import ant railway junction on the road to Torreon. Th3 railway line from I-ar rjl joins the National line»? at that noint. The I ALONG PAILROAT LINE. The movement of VillaT forces since the bandit chief evacuated Chihuahua City have been puzzling to military men along the international border. From fragmentary reports obtained by Vnited States department agents, it Is believed a heavy force of VUlistasi is still encamped along the Mexican Northwestern line in western Olilliua hua. In most quarters it is believed Liât Villa personelle is in the Guerrero disk ict. Within the past f days an other largo force has been operating south of tlie capital. Th first move of tiiis bodv w is ihe capture of Santa ; Rosalia, while today came reports of 'be fall of Jiminez. These present movements of Villistasi lead observers to believz that the bandit chief is planning an assault up on Torreon. possibly simultaneously with another raid upon < hihuabua City. REPORT TO WASHINGTON. In military circles here it ■as ad mitted tonight that a man claiming I ; speak for Villa, has been in touch v 11 Hip United States authorities here, os tensibly sounding the intention of this government toward the bandit chief.; The "messenger's" actions were the basis of nt Washington. Genera ado report to the authorities, 1 mander of the garrison dur ng the de fonse of L'hihuahua City, has been placed under formal a-rest by General Murguia. it was reported tonight. Ser tous demonstrations by the townspeo pic in the northern capital have taken , place because of Trevino's action in • abandoning the city w ithout notice, j Two of his staff officers were reported killed. i Trevino, Oarranzista epm _ |1TT T TyC* A I J T T IB A fl'lgl ^ I J I i I i F r i /A i\ U I be REPORTED TO ATLANTIC ALIVE WITH GERMAN SUBMA RINES AND RAIDERS. BUT NONE SEEN BY THE LINERS ARRIV ING IN NEW YORK FROM EURO PEAN PORTS. New York, Dec. 16.—Officers of the, wli ich Italian liner Guiseppi Verdi, reached here today from Genoa and passengers, with 2070 re-1 Naples, ported submarines operating ovpr a •vide area in the Mediterranean and! Atlantic. The captatn declared he had received warnings of no less than eight submersibles but had managed to avoid He added an encounter with even one. that he had seen none. TELL OF GERMAN RAIDER. The French liner Chicago, also put into port today, brought a tale of u German commerce raider at large in the Atlantic, had received warnings regarding the; mystcrlou. warship and His pussengers which The captain said he changed his, badly, vere course. frightened when a bulletin was post td, be said SgeoSôL M sg A * ■ W'- ■ < f 0 ■ 'i P AC : l m i ! j ; I j I ! i \ EM i m i m ' ... sa ^ ! I Hava come to ouni.h ' your felon of a king - ? P Prince Anton Karl has another brother besides the king of Rumania, He is Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern ' I I I v V TTzl 2<C King of Koumama (top) and Princg Anton Karl of Hohenzollern. London. Dec. 16.—Prince Anton Karl ; of Hohenzollern, brother of the king ( of Rumania, is one of the command rs of the German forces that invaded ! that country. The prince has issued a proclamation to the people of the in vaded territory, "Compose yourselves. Go your business. and is also a general i army. Prince Wilhelm is head of the non-reigning branch of the Hohenzol lern family. which he the German *v CJ'P'Nrn f'TTTT TT BV mA m a r, er, THE PARCELS POST San Francisco, Dec. dyne Kleinfelder, aged two, may be sent from Denver t 16. — Little San Francisco by parcels post. When Mrs. Bessie Kleinfelder's suit for separate maintenance m; , child, hut he was in Denver and she did not have the money to pay his fare, nor did she know' any one who could bring him here. The judge sug gested that she use parcels post and Mrs. Kleinfelder hurried to tlu office of Postmaster Fay. rae before Superior Judge Graham today, the w*o announced that she wanted her DISARMAMENT OF GREECE TO REQUIRE THREE WEEKS' TIME London. Dev. 16. At least three weeks will be required to complete disarmament of Greece, according to advices from Athens tonight. Full compliance with the allied demand has been made by the king and council and as a re sult the capital is quiet. Effect of the allied blockade, es tablished because of Greek at tacks on allied soldiers, is already seen in Athens in restriction of hotel menus and establishment of bread rations. The city is dark at night and quiet. The French and British ministers vvliu left Athens several weeks ago are still aboard war vessels at Pi Transfer of Greek troops racua. and munitions will probably begin at once. ANDßam rageai ON ALL ntONTS WHILE TALK PEACE IS HEARD - Every Belligerent Showing Great Activity and Heavy ! Fighting Reported From All Parts of the Far-flung Lines. j i : : iStrnkp nf Arms hv O-Pnoral DU UKc Oi Alias uy vreueicu Nivelle Before Assuming ! Command of French Ar ! VERDUN HOLDS THE CENTER OF INTEREST mies Enthuses Capitals of the Allied Powers. tonight, but the roar of battle resounds i ri£ been such unanimity in reports from j a,, fronts tn detailing bitter, unre.ent By ED L. KEEN. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, Dec. 16.—Peace talk may bo under discussion in European capitals ing warfare—the kind of warfare that was never expected to continue in win ter's snow and cold. It seemed as though every belliger ent was bolstering up its own ideas of peace by force of might—Germany was endeavoring to show that its plea for peace came through strength and not hurling forward massed troops. Ver dun held the center of interest tn all the battle news. NIVELLE'S GREAT STROKE. Called to a higher command over all of France's armies in the west, Gen eral Nivelle celebrated by a stroke of arms which, detailed dispatches tonight gradually led to conviction here, was an even greater coup than France's effort of Oct. 24, when she hurled German co horts from Forts Douamont and Vaux. Eighty thousand French troops ir rcsistibly swept the Germans from 12 square miles of soil reddened months 'ago by long, continuous and bitterly contested advance by the Teutons. one hundred thousand Germans op posed this onslaught in vain, It was a master stroke, made pos French batteries poured a never-! ceasing rain of projectiles into the Gcrman posUlons: t,,en sto l>f >ed a " d M, ust ,bat oxao . t l m ° mbnt cume the .' rel \ ch a f vance ' batteries resum -\ j° a baI T lcade . fir ®* wel1 tdm ' *« , ' vas c a< * v *?. ce °^ ,nran ^ r > * so well directed the artillery fire and so aston ishing and surprising to thî enemy that they were forced back. Mne thousand prisoners have already been counted uf those taken in this jump forward over "mT. V ,, 10> w ith the ferocity of the assault bj 'he thunder and inferno-llke deluge of icnv i .sic s tacherauvuie rell first: then Louvo ™!'j t ul'.'.li,* 1 ' . . , ind BezonvaJxworks Hd 'na Tist -rn cue rllNtt NO llMt TO bAVE GUNS. A tidal wave o: men that came so. suddenly the Germans had no time to hurry out with guns or great quanti ties of material. A dismal rain fell during most of the fighting, hindering! air craft. Their object achieved, the enemy's trenches occupied, the victor ious French hurried out with scouting parties and, penetrating still farther tn to the enemy's country, succeeded in destroying probably a score of German guns north of the positions they took L'p to tonight no counter attacks from the enemy hud been reported. The lave German official statement announced Lie by almost superhuman co-ordina Uou of effort in all branches of miii tary science—in men, in guns, timing of a '' a vk and surprising to the foe. RAIN OF PROJECTILES. l a revival of fighting on tlie east bank of the Meuse, however. Tlie ground won by the French in this assault was in the first territory which the German crown prince won from the French after bloody losses on Feb. 26. 1916. eeks of assault and OTHER HEAVY FIGHTING. But this action around Verdun, al though no doubt the fiercest of the combats on all fronts, was not the only place where the Teutonic forces and the 'allies were bitterly fighting. A violent artillery duel was apparently on along! the British front in Flanders. Over on the east front desperate rear guard ac tions marked retirement north of the Russo-Rumanlan forces in front of the Teutonic invaders of Rumania. In the Carapthians, where the Rus sians and Austro-Hungarians were at grips. Petrograd detailed almost eon tinuous fighting in some sections, with the tide of battle running first to one side and then to the other, and nil amid the snows and cold of the moun tains. In Dobrudja. even further east, the Russians were apparently consolidât ing their positions and fighting also. | IPO TA DF IFPT DFAPF TFMHFP nLULO IU KLJLtl I LrttL IlIiUuI 0FÉK, vhipped 0FF ™L mRKET _ , Amateur Traders Have to Pay the Bill. Chicago, Dec. 16.—Hundreds of ama teur grain speculators in Chicago and the middle west will have empty; stockings this Christmas because of the effect of peace rumors on wheat. Talk of $2 w-heat sent them into the 'market in swarms, trading on narrow margins. When the peace talk struck the pit they were wiped out in a ttvink ling. » TUe bis »Peculators lost nothin* paper pr0(tSi as most of them had been carrying wheat since it was downj, around $1.26 and even if they did get,® out of the market they did so with a fat profit. The Armour Grain com pany, Patten and nearly all the big men in the pit are credited with clean but; ing- up fortunes. CLOSED UP GRADE. The net loss in wheat for the mar c.mbcT, ;\rin 4 May'and "^'in" jui" The market, however, closed on the tog^r d M a "^rat bïtorT ihe"S« ^ comeS This l8 based on the belief ::r:"Är fer, it would not stop fighting before! springy _ & ^ $j barrel in the price of flour but bread Gh teago^and "many'other* cities' remains at the six cent level. Where prices have not increased the size of the loaf ras uecre sea. SUBMARINE STILL FAST ON THE SANDS Eureka. Cal., Dec. 16.—Working throughout the night against crushing waves in the surf off Humboldt bay, naval salvage crews began a race against time tonight in an effort to save the stranded submarine H-il from destruction. Two attempts to stretch a tow hau ser from the H-3 to the submarine ten - der Cheyenne and naval salvage boats failed late today. Unless'some inime diate results arc secured the submarine may become so firmly imbedded in the COAST WEARING OUT York, Dec. 16._One of the worst snowstorms in this section of the Atlantic coast, accompanied by a gale which lashed ship lanes into moun ta i nous waives, grounding two vessels and holding others back^Tor 24 hours, wore itself out tonight. The United ^ ta ^ es arn1 y transport Sumner, which been ashore off Bernegat. N. B„ Mjnop Monday n j g ht, probably will be L aved Another ship, identified as th'e > ;oriveg i an vessb'i Juno, which has been ashore since before dawn today, in all r)l . obabillty wiU be tak o„ ofr uttle Egg | lar b or shoal at the next high tide. The Sumner, abandoned today bv; 0at , tain Weber and 2 8 of her crew, who ,lad stayed with the captain, gave promise tonight of again serving the L'nlted States. Although she has been battered on a hard bottom by heavy; seas ever since she ran ashore, she is holding together and if she is pulled u ff SO on she may be salvaged. —-♦ - ANOTHER ATTEMPT tnf\ r\TQPT nap rtOTTTIW L/IöOJjL/öXj UrlUJTl sand that tlie task of saving the diver will be greatly complicated, naval men declared. A heavy storm would reduce tlie craft to total wreckage in lier present position, experts attending to the sal STORM ON EASTERN __ PLOT BEING MADE Chicago, Dec. 16.—Tile arrest today Davis here marks the of Dr. Harry third in tlie government's attempt to track down vvliat is believed to be an international opium plot. Dr. Clarence Keyes Bo>s and Robert Tinker were arrested here yesterday in connection w ith the alleged plot. Federal agents expect to make several These arrests and the other expected to result, it is believed, will uncover the biggest dope smuggling scheme operated since the passage of the Har rison anti-narcotic act. Underground traffic in drugs from Winnipeg and Montreal across the international line to St. Pnui, Minneapolis and possibly several other points had been carried on by clever ruses, federal agents be lieve. Arrests in other citiep are ex-j pected. other arrests. OVERCOME BY HEAT; TEMPERATURE ZERO New' York, Dec. 16.—With the ther mometer just a couple of shivers above zero. Arthur Owens was reported to Flower hospital physicians today as having been "overcome by the heat" at! Fiftieth street and Broadway. "Ha, ha," suid the doctors, "we are laughing up: our slesves," but Arthur was. He's a fireman and the boiler room got the best of him. No Settlement With German Government « fc Present Form and Under b : Pres®» Control Declare Ambassadors .: of Two Entente Powers # • m # # # a « ® ® Russia Refuses to Discuss Peace With Opponent Who Claims Victory Petrograd. Dec. 16.—Because Germany's peace presupposes a peace dictated by her, it must, fail, an official statement commenting on the proposal said tonight. Belief is expressed that emphatic rejection by Russia of the offer can • "hardly have been necessary to convince America and other neutrals" of • the allied attitude and that the attempt has failed because the motive • is transparent. "What Russia and her allies desire," the statement said, "is not a • destroyed Germany, but complete defeat of ambitions of German domi- • nation. Russia will consider the time opportune for negotiations, not discuss peace with an opponent who proclaims victory." j • s When Germany is ready to consider lasting and fair peace, • Russia can- • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••j Washington. JDe<*. 16.—"The entente allies make peace with the* German government in its present! form and under its present control." ! This was the statement made by the ambassadors two of tile allied embassies alltl explained in detail to the I United Press tonight by an official of one of the embassies.' \\ ltllOllt allowing 1ÜS liame. to be Used, lie Said: "What the allies are fighting for is UOt SO UlUch a eer- j tain arrangement of international boundaries as the es- ; tablishment of peace which will be mOM than a truce and ! Which Will allOAV the UatlOlJS of tile WOI'ld to reduce 01'I abandon armament." cannot FIRE NOT CAUSED LoS Allg6l6S POÜCô H<LV6 & . Different Opinion d/nd yvt'h i niL i t Will Make Thorough In V*<tti (rattan nf tVio f!n«o VesllgctblUIl Ol tue Vidse. Los Angeles, Dec. 16.—Although the directors of the Llewellyn Iron Works are confident that crossed wires caused the destruction of their plant with a $350,000 loss, early today, and de Glared they intend to make no investi nation, county and city officials still contended tonight that the destruction was the work of an incendiary. They are seeking evidence to sup port their theory that the fire rtarted from a firebomb, capable of quickly spreading the flame by inflammable fumes. "Wo are positive from what we have seen and learned that the fire was not the work of Incendiaries." announced; President Reese Llewellyn of the com-; Pany after the directors held a meet ing next the smoking ruins of their Plant today. "We have had no labor} troubles for six years, and have ab solutely no reason to suspect anjone °1 causing tlie fire. WILL REBUILD PLANT. "There will be no investigation ns f ar are concerned. Instead we w ju devote our attentlo > to rebuild-! ing the plant and fulfilling our con tracts without eh y." The civil authorities, despite this statement, aye seeking men vho might hive a knowledge « a bomb plot and some point to yesterday's convie lion of David C'aplan on a charge of complicity in the Lo., Angeles Times dynamiting as a possible motiv e. ACID BOMB THEORY. Adopting tiie avid bomb theory of McLaren, the ruins ffi suggest the presence uf a bomb. Mu Loren was active in the investigation of ihe attvmpt to blow up tlie Llewellyn plant in 1910. He declare;, eireum stances in connection with the explos ion today are similar to those during the other, —- BOPP TO ASK COURT Detective Malcol being carefully searched by reckuare Unit might arc rs fur bils of TO DISMISS CASE San Francisco. Dec. 16.—AS hen all idence is presented in the trial of German Consul General Franz Bopp, and associates on charges of attempt Ing to violate the United States neu trality law, Bopp is expected to ask the court to dismiss the case. Defense Counsel Theodore Roche in •ould agk ev ment, dicated tonight that he dismissal on the ground that the prose cution had failed to sustain the indict United States District Attorney Pres ton expects to complete hi» case by The defense will probably AVednesday. consume a vee.h in putting forth its "Peace made w ith Germany under its ; present autocratic control over an un democratic form of government, would bring no guarantees against resump- j tion of war as soon as the belligerents , had recovered from the exhaustion of ' j I i the present one. "There must be a total change from the present German gov ernment to some form of a con stitutional democratic parliament ling the affairs of the nation. monarchy vith a j j j ' 1 control - ALLIES CAN HELP. "Only the will of the people of Ger many themselves can bring about this cha ^* e * But tl] e allies can help by reducing the people of Germany to. such a state where they will recog ui^c the responsibility of their guv ernment for the awful conditions. "We apparently can only do this byj 'continuing the war. j "If we make peace now, even upon favorable terms, before the German people are convinced of this, we will have nothing but an armed truce, with oppressive military establishments i made permanent in England and throughout Europe. and millions | squandered yearly upon navies." j — -*--«► - STRIKERS WARNED - ^ " TO RETURN TO W^ORK - [7' London, Dec. 16.—Strike of the Liv- i crpool boilermakers was settled this - {afternoon. The men decided to do nec- j oscar y work over the week-end if nec- ! essa The settlement followed an ultima turn to the strike from the new i st er of labor. John Hodge, threaten- 1 i„g the. most drastic action unless tlie workmen resumed their places before Mondav . ,, iK v . a rnlng declared that ' lb j s wns the last chance, and "resump tion of work must precede discussiou." j "The war council has endorsed the! action," the minister asserted. departure, tlie minister said, min From this artiing there will be no EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY ON THE BODY OF UNKNOWN MAN 1 ; officers j who, The body is (Capital News Special Service.) Fueatello, Dec. 16.—Count} returned from Swan Lake this evening with the body of an unknown ma the burning station at yesterday, condition vvus found i (Swan Lake blood seen in com mutilated and in stains give evidence of foul play. An-. other stranger. bo vvi itt, tlie dead man before the stu is being held on | i ; j ! i SHOT AND KILLED pany lion caught fire suspicion. WEALTHY RANCHER OF NORTHERN IDAHO 16.—Lester • • Lewiston. Dec. • Gifford, aged 23. a wealthy • • rancher, was shot and killed to a night by Jewell Freng, 17. a s former employe. The shooting « occurred in a drug store. Ac • cording to witnesses, Freng de « manded that Gifford pay him • gi30 for injuries sustained while • working on the latter's ranch. • Gifford wrote a check, saying he • was doing it under protest. At the same time he sent a friend • • j • ' • ; • - a • ' • • • • e ' a a ! • 1 • • for an officer. As the policeman entered it is • alleged Freng fired four shots at • Gifford, one taking effect. PROBLEM LEFT Ufi|A| i y ymi U J L * ALLItU rUWtno FOR SOLUTION Representatives of the Entente Advise Govern ments Not to Flatly Re fuse Proposal, for Fear of Alienating Opinion £ c BE r NDE d „ Washington* 5 17 " ofi™*/ t ° lay pesCe card * th ; have'all been forward* "o' thTÏÏtoï it was announced today here have ad* ^ th-jr ^.rn-nU not to turn discussion or explanation lea* '«leh u » faits-o'uUUndî!, tt' ^ in the pea« situation aLar*^ Wash' ington is concerned-made the admin istr "* io " . fee | to "'9 ht th *t the entire problem is wholly up to the entente al ICS . r *"• present at least. BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS. Officials felt that "tlie ball is rott . in "' tbat - the 'wedge of diplomacy" will widen, and that the counsel of al lied diplomats here will help serve the purpose of promoting peace talk and laying a basis latfcr for actual peace ne gotiations. German Ambassador von Bernstorf f. calling on Secretary Lansing today, learned the United States did not sup piement Germany's proffers with any word of her own. But he was mani festly heartened by the fact that the United States has not shut herself out from a possible later offer of good services to both sides. WILLING TO GIVE TERMS. Rcjnstorif authorized the statement that Germany is willing to give spe ternis around a peace conference Shortly afterwards the state depart ,uent - announced that the actual physi ca * transmission of the peace pro Dosais 1° all the allies had been ac complished, as far as the Washington end of the cable is concerned. Presi jdent Wilson is keeping careful watch of Kuropean developments and opln ions. Lloyd George s speech, set for Tuesday, probably will be a ground [7' rurk upoïl " hich t J) e President can ,;,se bls Judgment for America's fu -- ure course in furthering peace par leys. Until that time it will b* hands of, \ ' " U does believe that Germany has atir I "' d up " P° ace sentiment which in th, ' ' uming months must be reckoned w i ttl and which may lead, before an ot,ler * nristmas season, to actual ne Kotiatlone, between the warring na Lons. • America. NO PRESENT ACCEPTANCE. The administration is now entirely convinced that there will be no present •eptance of Germany's proposals. But SHEEPMEN WORK FOR GRAZING HIGHWAYS (Capital News Special Service.) Washington, Dec. 16.—Two ''visiting Idaho dawned upon statesmen" fr Washington the past week. They were Kx-Gov emor Frank R. Gooding and Fi-auk Hagenbartii, of Spencer. Their visit w tlie proposed 640-acre grazing farm nits. The visitors are here to urge that in connection w 1th grazing highways from the ranches to the grazing lands in the be established and kept open against entry. The fear voiced sheepmen was that the en mountains b y the t try of t he lands lying between the ranches in the valleys and the graz ing grounds on the table lands might be absorbed by entrymen and access to the grazing lands be thus cut off. The outlook for the passage of the 640 "ere grazing farm bill is good. RUTH LAW TO HAVE SPEEDY AEROPLANE New York, Dec. 16.—"Very shortly now I'll have a machine to take hurried business men to Chicago or to any other place they may wish, when they haven't time to wait for the Twentieth {Century Limited and other slow means of transportation." said Ruth Law, champion woman cross-country flier here tonight. Miss Law announced she had accept cd an offer from Glenn H. Curtiss of tlie Curtiss Aeroplane company of Buf fnlo to build her an aeroplane designed especially for speedy cross-country flights.