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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.
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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,
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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
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ATLANTIC
ALIVE WITH GERMAN SUBMA
RINES AND RAIDERS. BUT NONE
SEEN BY THE LINERS ARRIV
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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
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badly,
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course.
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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
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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
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Every Belligerent Showing
Great Activity and Heavy !
Fighting Reported From
All Parts of the Far-flung
Lines.
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Command of French Ar
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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
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w ith the ferocity of the assault bj 'he
thunder and inferno-llke deluge of
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tacherauvuie rell first: then Louvo
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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Russia can- •
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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."
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FIRE NOT CAUSED
LoS Allg6l6S POÜCô H<LV6 &
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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,
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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
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"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.
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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
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STRIKERS WARNED -
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TO RETURN TO W^ORK
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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,
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From this
artiing there will be no
EVIDENCE OF FOUL
PLAY ON THE BODY
OF UNKNOWN MAN
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(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
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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
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As the policeman entered it is
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PROBLEM LEFT
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FOR SOLUTION
Representatives of the
Entente Advise Govern
ments Not to Flatly Re
fuse Proposal, for Fear
of Alienating Opinion
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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
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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, \ '
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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.