Evening capital news., December 26, 1919, Image 2

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TD K WELUT 1 QIDED
Major IVred Ä. Bood Finds Great
Interest in Twelve South
western Counties Included in
OsO.
That the reclamation meeting of the
U southwestern counties of Idaho, to
be held at the Mosque, Jan. 6 and 7,
Will be the largest meeting of Its kind
sver held in southern Idaho, was the
statement ..ade today by Major Fred
R. Heed, executive secretary of the
Idaho Reclamation association, who is
making arrangements for the meeting.
Major Reed announces that the pro
gram will be an especially strong one
and will be announced next Sunday
us by that time word will have been
received from all those Invited to speak.
Representatives from each of the coun
ties Included in the call will have an
opportunity to express the needs of
their counties along reclamation lines
A strong committee on resolutions Is
to be appointed representative of all j
the counties and it is expected some
thing definite along the lines of pro
posed Irrigation will be embodied in
the resolutions for presentation to I
officials at Washington.
Major Reed further si lted, that It i
was currently repgrted that Secretary I
Lane of the department of the Interior,
was about to resign, which was re
garded most regretahle, however, if the
statement is true, the Idaho Reclama
tion association, will pluee with ;
President Wilson an endorsement of i
the James H. Hawley of Idaho for the
place. I
In Session to Review Findings
of Special Investigators for
Past Year and Outline Fur
ther Plans.
M. B. Yeaman of Idaho Falls and A.
H. Morgan of Welser, members of the
audit commission appointed by the alst
legislature to direct an audit of the
state's records covering the years 1917
plans for continuing the work this
year and to go over idle work of the
special auditors for the past year.
There will probably be nothing to malte
public on the auditing until later, Mr.
Yeaman said.
Ezra P. Munson of Franklin county,
third member of the commission, was
unable to be present at today's meet
ing. Monson and Morgan were chosen
from the house of representatives on
the commission and Yeaman was
chosen from the senate.
aiares rccorus covenog me years ibu
luis in the eil v todiv to discuss
3918, ate in the clt> today to discuss
REPUBLICAN PRESS
COMMITTEE TO MEET
HERE ON SATURDAY
The executive committee of the
Idaho Republican Press association
will hold a session In Boise Saturday.
The members of the committee are;
William Parkhurst, Ned Jenness, M.
B. Yeaman, Lloyd Adams, George Bar
ker. W. D. Zen l and C. I-owc.
The purpose of the committee meet
ing is to go over a number of impor
tant business milters in relation to
publicity work. Members or the com
mittee in the city today are: Sena
tors Yeaman and Adams and Mr.
Parkhurst. The others are expected
Saturday morning.
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NEARLY $4,000,000 IN
GOVERNMENT BONDS LOST
Washington, Pec. »6.— During the
year ending June ::o, 1919, 11,247 per
sons reported losses of Liberty bonds,
War Savings and Thrift stamps aggre
gating 23,904,000. according to treasury
department figures today. or this
amount only 2444,000 was recovered
Burden of the loss fell heaviest on
holders of small Liberty bonds, ac
cording to the treasury, report which
shows that 5246 individuals lost 21,
970,000 this year. Of this amount, 537
bonds wore recovered, totaling 2117,
250.
There were 5453 claims by relatives
of deceased bond holders who died
without divulging where bonds and
thrift stamps owned by them were
kept. _ _
OOVF—"TINT CONTROL
OF INDUSTRY OPPOSED
BY NEW SECRETARY
New York, Dec. 26.—"With peace at
hand It Is wholly undesirable that there
•hould be further government control
Sf Industry as control was understood
end exercised during the war," Joshua
W. Alexander, newly appointed secre
tary of commerce, says In an article
trritten by him for tomorrow's Issue of
(he Independent.
"Decisions for business will no longer
se made In Washington; they must be
made by the Individual business men
tor themselves. Their need of Infor
mation, is therefore, far greater than
it has avar been before. Supplying this
information will be the principal busi
es*# of tha department of commerce.
"Tha on* thing we need more than
tnythlng else to assist us in the solu
tion of our present problems, foreign
sit« domestic, Is accurate Information,
sur mistakes of the past have been due
ta a lack of data upon
oorreot decisions."
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UeuL El 7. d. Isaac* and *n. Isa sea, photographed at Washington navy
yard.
Lieut E. V. M. Isaacs has been awarded the congressional medal by
Navy Secretary Daniels for his part in the world war. Isaacs was an
officer on board the U. S. S. President Lincoln when that boat waa sunk by
the U-90. He was taken on board the submarine as a prisoner. He obtain
ed extremely valuable information regarding the movement of German
s' btnarines and. escaping from a German prison camp after one unsuecaos
ful attempt, he gave the information to the allied leaders. Lieutenant
Isaacs is now a munitions inspector at the Washington navy yard. (
LLOYD GEORGE
(Continued from Page One.)
possible to force the Sinn Fein In the
south of Ireland to organize a parlia- |
ment, the official said, but pointed out
It would be easy to offer them the
chance to deal with the Orangemon
through a legislative body and grant
the Ulsterites protection in case there
was any attempt to Interfere with
them. For the present It was said the
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premler 18 forgetting Ireland until
refjumption of parliament, which has
been put off by the king until the new
year. The premier's new home rule
bill already has been drawn up and
pigeonholed.
Lloyd George, It was said, will de
vote his time now to domestic ques
tions, the continent and the peace
conference. He plans to leave for
Paris to discuss peace problems early
in January.
Tlie premier's advisers have assured
him of speedy passage of the Irish
measure—probably within two months
after the reassembling of parliament
and in thnt time, it was hoped, most
of the International questions will have
been settled.
CERTAIN SINN
(Continued from Page One.)
both here and in the opinion of the
world." Ha said.
The real leaders of Sinn Fein do not
countenance unbridled violence, but
they aro unable to get In touch with
the rank and file of the party, because'
they either aro In jail or In biding to
escape arrest.
"There is a new, mysterious organ
Izirg mind behind this aggressive
mnumeiU. We do not yet know who
it is but wo hope and believe his fol
Ing is comparatively small so far.
The harm they can do, however, is far
out of proportion to their numbers."
Moderate Sinn Fein leaders. It was
known, fear the outbreaks of the ex
tremists will bring harsher acts of re
pression from ilie British government.
The unknown leader, It was asserted
favore a campaign of terrorism and
planned a series of assusslnatlons to
follow the French outrage.
Old-limo leaders were left out of the
extremists plans, it waa said and thé
moderate groups feared the govern
ment unconsciously was furthering the
alleged condition of terrorism by forc
ing the moderate leaders into hiding,
ihrgrowrng'renk^oTth'^t^r " 1 " 8 !
the growing ranks of the radicals.
POLICE OBTAIN
(Continued from Page One.)
here Wednesday In search of him and
was held by the sheriff.
The girl's sweetheart was reported to
have been seen riding In Brown's ma
chine with Brown 12 hours before the
latter was killed.
Although he denied being with
D,. llUt „ a.on . ,—
Bh«l?f CaMwc 9 ,. 3 °saJ U Ä thTmäS
had not furnished a satisfactory alibi.
He lias, however, not been arrested.
WILSON'S POSTPONEMENT
(Continued from Page One.)
increase would be weakened when the
roads were turned back.
Now ttftt March 1 has been set for
the date of return there Is left two
months to negotiate. 1
The political phase of the railroad i
questlon also involves the two million j
workers and their desires for a contin
uatlon of government coiffrol. ;
Heads of railroad brotherhoods,
aided by Samuel (Jumpers, head of the
American Federation of Labor, have
asked both the president and congress
for a two years' extension of govern
ment oontroL
The opposition of railroad as well as
other classes of labor to the Cummins
and Each bills now pending before
congress is also expected to make It
self felt In an Increased degree.
With the return of the rallroade a
certainty the workers are expected te
redoubla their effort* to defeat these
measures. They believe tbe nearness
of the political campaign will
strengthen them sines neither party
wants to alienate a largo class of
voters.
COLD CHRISTMAS.
New York, Dsc. !«.— The hlppopoto
rn«# teak leaked, the water pat out the
furnaoo fire and the elephants an«
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DECLARES GREAT BRITAIN
AND FRANCE DECIDE
TO RECOGNIZE RUSSIA
London, Dec. 26.—Dispatches from
Vienna by way of Prague quote For
eign Minister Benes of Czecho-Slo
vakla as asserting in an interview that
France and Great Britain, forced by
economic necessity, have decided to
recognize existing conditions In Rus
sia.
The two allied governments will seek
to accelerate understandings between
the various Russian factions, provided
the Bolshevik agree to modify their
policies, Benes was quoted as Baying.
Plan Inaugurated Three Years
Ago—Between $4000 and
$5000 Goes to Employes
With Firm More Than Year.
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ut a salary bonus of 16 per cent
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On Christmas eve the Randall-Dodd
Auto company paid between $4000 and
25000 to their employes In Boise In the
their employes who have been with the
firm for more than one year, except
salesmen who receive an annual bonus
on their volume of sales.
From a total of 33 employes 18 par
ticipated In the bonus and received on
the average nearly $2500 each.
This company began paying annual
salary bonuses to their permanent em
ployes three years . ago. The bonus
paid this year is 6 per cent higher than
that of former years.
The same policy is employed at the
Salt Lake branch of the company
where they have 52 employes, about 60
per cent of which number are eligible
to participate In the bonus.
The combined amount paid at Boise
and Salt Lake on Christmas eve In
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Dodd Auto company Is nearly $10,000.
ARCHITECTS^™ MEET
IN ANNUAL SESSION
IN JANUARY 5 AND 6
The Idaho Architectural association
will meet In annual session at the Boise
Commercial club rooms Jan. E and 6.
Architects from southern Idaho and
nrciuiecrs irom souinern laano am
gon will be In attendance. Associai
feature In connection with the meeting
will be a banquet at the Owyhee hotel
on the evening of Jan. 6.
The program of «leakers Is as fol
lows
Charles H. Whitaker, Washington, D.
C., editor of the Journal of the Amer
ican. Institute of Architects and a
member of the executive council of the
11,0 ?r. BCU
po JL t ' w £ r
^ r ' ^ Bryan, Boise, stats oom
mission«- ofr education. on the "Ednoa
tl0 ? ot 1 th ?'•y -chltect -
4' wll „® y ' consulting engineer,
Boise, on 'The Public _ Works Bill,"
now before congress, also on "Rela
tionship of the Professions."
Fred F, Wilson, architect, Bozeman,
Mont., on the "Improvement of Serv
ice."
Paul R. Davis. Boise, for the depart
ment of law enforcement, on "License
Laws."
SUPREME COURT SETS
REGULAR 1920 TERMS
Tha state supreme court today Issued
an order setting tha regular terms to
be held at the various court chambers
during 1920. The court will hold five
regular terms, the drat beginning at
Boise, Jan. V- Tha others are as fol
lows: Lewiston, June 1; Pocatello,
Sept V, Coeur d'Alene, Nov. «jlMsA
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Spirit of Indiscipline Pervades Work!
Declares Pope
By CAMILLO CIANFARRA
CU ni tad Press Staff Correspondent.)
Rome, Deo. 2t.—"A spirit of India
dp 11 b# pervsdss the world," Pops Bans
diet told a distinguished gathering In
the sacred college today.
"The masses are seeking pleasure and
spurning work," Pope Benedict said,
'and do not hasltatd to amusa them
selves svan amidst ruin and mourn
"■e
he pope apoke in reply to a mess
age of greeting delivered by Dean
Vinseo Vanautelll, who represented a
body of high church oftlolale who had
come to give the pope the season's
greetings. The ceremony took place
In the throne room at the Vatican.
After Vanautelll had thanked the
pope for his work during tha war, the
holy father replied:
"Today men are eeeklng peace out
elde of religion, while peace, religion
and order are intimately related. To
day we see order subverted by vio
lence and oppressions. »Many are
taking advantage of the misery and
moral devastation left by war in an
COMPLETES 6000-MILE
TRIP TO ENGLAND
FROM UNITED STATES
' Plymouth, Dec. 26.—Frank Neal, 8
year-old San Francisco boy had com
pleted Ms 6000-mile Journey from Cali
fornia to England today without meet
ing serious difficulty.
The boy arrived on the Lapland and
was met by W. J. White, a friend of
his grandfather. Frank's only trouble
occurred when thieves broke Into his
trunk and took a $5 bill. He didn't
mind that so much, he said, because
they left his dead mother's locket and
ring.
A Mrs. Cann of San Francisco, who
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ln fîT*î t ' upholding the social ordsr.
"Today a spirit of Indiscipline per
vades tha world," the pope said, the
people hunting pleasure Instead of
working to rsstore normal conditions.
Thera 1s danger that this "war
vengeance" and "blind hatred" will
turn Into civil wars, the pontiff warned.
"Society has turned against God,"
the pope continued. "Liberty has be
come license In the world, while so
ciety endeavors to become an end to
Itself. This Is folly. Naturalism is
the result of forgetfulness of the super
natural. Socially, It Is conductvs to
revolution and anarchy.
"We invoke that God no longer be
ostracized In schools, courts of law and
public assemblies. We want In the
peoples of the world alliances for Jus
tice and arbitration with only Just
punishment. Nothing should be adop
ted that will destroy the lives of na
tions.
"Society can get peace only by
returning to God," Pope Benedict con
cluded.
was hurrying to Winchester to visit
her father, who Is ill there, appointed
herself voluntary guardian over the
boy during the trip.
During the trip she watched over
him on the train from San Francisco
to the Atlantic coast and during the
ship's voyage.
Mrs. Cann's 10-year-old son, George,
was Frank's constant playmate during
the trip.
"Of course, they gave me some trou
ble," Mrs. Cann said, when she came
ashore from the Lapland. "All boys
do. But I don't regret assuming the
responsibility of looking after Frank."
Women assistants are employed tn
nearly all the barber shops through
out Great Britain.
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five posses, the young desperado who
last night held up and robbed tbs J. C.
Peony dry goods ensspaair store of
S1S00 and later murdered B. X. Schulte,
an automobile dealer who pursued him.
was still at large today.
"We have no clues of the where
abouts cf the murderer," said Chief of
Police Cusack today. "During tha
night we scoured every possible hiding
place. The hold-up and murder oc
curred thortly after S o'clock."
Sehults, armed with a gun, pursued
the bandit. He was warned that the
bandit had hidden between two build
ings close by. But Schultz kept on.
A shot rang out and Sohults fell. The
bullet had passed through his right
eye, coming out the back of hia head.
He was killed Instantly.
The bandit was described as about
29 years old, weighing about IMS
pounds, _ _ _
2500 MINERS IN IOWA
AGAIN OUT ON STRIKE
Des Moines, la., Dec. 26.—More then
2600 miners of the Eagle mine near
here went on strike today, claiming
their employers had refused to pay
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BOISE LODGE NO. 60
FRIDAY EVENING, 8 P. 1*1.
DECEMBER 26, >1»
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ordered by the settlement. One of the
officials declared there waa a misun
derstanding and profeased belief the
union leaders would order the strikers
to return to work.
J. C. L«wi«, president of the «tat«
miners' organization, when apprised of
the miners' action, declared steps to
settle the strike would be taken at
once.
When opals are first taken from
the mine they are ao soft that they
can be picked to pieces with the
finger nail.