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f CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT Like Caesar Who Thrice Was Offered Crown Indiana Solon Many Times Has Been Of* fered Nomination. (Capital News Special Service.) Washington, Dec. 27.—Although he has several times Issued statements declining to be a candidate for the Re publican presidential nomination next year. Senator James E. Watson of In d'ana modestly disclaim» being in the Caesar class. History records that thrice Caesar was offered the crown and that thrice he cast It aside. Senator Watson hu been importuned a number of times, perhaps more than thrice, by leading Republicans of the country to declare his caodidacy for the presidential nom ination next year, and during the re cent meeting of the national commit tee in this city, the members of the house from Indiana met and declared for him. . „ __, Eaoh time he ha» declined to s«*6r the presidential contest, saying that he prefer» to be returned to the sen-« ate in the election next year. But his situation is not analogous with that of Julius Caesar at all. Senator Wat son explains. "That delegation which cam# along and offered Caesar the crown, had the crown to offer," the Indiana senator said. "Thoy could deliver. I am not saying what I might do if my friands should call on mo some day and say that they were able to guarantee the presidency to me provided I would ac cept" WILLIAMS TELLS AMBITIONS. Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, put a lot of earnestness into his plea for peace of all varieties jn dlscussiftg In the senate the other day the nnU-strlke provision of the Cummins bill, which hs supported. He «aid; __ ,. "X am a few months over 6* years old now; X have been in publie life over a third of a century. U I have had any one great purpose in public life, out side of my determination to be indi vidually honest end fair, it has been to gain peace for the world, internation ally, Industrially and In every other way. I have never hesitated to say, with old Thomas Jefferson, that 'my passion is peace.' International peace Is very important. I would give my left arm to accomplish that. Indus trial peace is more Important. X would give my right arm to accom plish that. I do not want to make an of myself, Mr. President, but I would give my soul to fix some scheme whereby men in their personal and in ternational and industrial relations would submit to reason rather than passion, to reason upon a rellgloue ba sis of some sort, meaning by that merely a worship of God, a recogni tion of God's fatherhood and the broth erhood of man, with nothing sectarian about it. "I would give my soul, my very soul, to accomplish that purpose. I would go down damned through all cternty, with God's blessing, X hope, to accom plish one-tenth of that purpose. Yet, Mr. President, when we meet and dis suss these things how do we meet and how do we discuss them? One fellow discusses them as an anti-labor union man, another as a labor union man, an other as a Republican, another as < Democrat, another as a Christian Sci entist, another as a Roman Catholic, another ns an Irishman, another as pro-German, another as an American, vaunting his Americanism before ev erybody else's Americanism; and yet nobody willing just to surrender it all for the sake of the brotherhood of mankind. Industrially, internationally and for peace; not peace at any price, but peace upon a righteous basis, after fair trial and arbitral adjudication." MEMBERS OF FIFTEENTH (Continued from Page One.) are being considered as likely places Cor the meeting of the houses. WOMEN ACTIVE FOR SESSION. Since the passage of the suffrage j&endment by congress there has been tonstderable interest among Idaho women, in its ratification, because of the fact that Idaho may be tbe state upon which its adoption may hinge. Tho ratification of 36 states is required to placo the amendment into effect. Co-eds of the University of Idaho, led by four Boise girls, are the latest rep räsentatives of women voters to take up the campaign for a special legisla tive session in this state. Through the Woman's league, the university girls h.a planned to conduct a systematized movement to bring about tbe session at an early date. GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT. The formal proclamation covering the pur of the call will not be issued by Governor Davis until Mon day. He, however. Issued a statement explaining bis reasons for calling the session, its purposes, and other perti nent matters. The statement is in full as follows; "With the proud record of having allowed full suffrage to women for 27 years, almost since the birth of the state, it seems peculiarly fitting that Idaho should play a prominent part In finally granting to woman her rights in the shaping of national affairs. REACHES DECISION. "I have had under consideration for many weeks the calling of a special session of the legislature and I have now decided definltley that this call should go out for Wednesday, Feb. H, 1620. Tt has been Intensely gratifying to me to find that a large proportion of the members of the fifteenth session have been willing to come hero at their own personal expense for the purpose whloh is a distinct compliment to the personnel of the legislature. However, it is not funda me nta l ly correct to ask the mwnbere who will assemble hero for a great cause, to absorb their own skpinseo. If It ta right that a session should bo called, thon It is right that tbe state pay the ordinary expenses of tho members. Under the statutes It would be "possible for tho legislators tu draw mileage at tho rate of SO cento ■ Inga in addition to their per diem U, I shall ask the body, bow conflne I ta appropriation for to tho aetual amount expended er and lam oertaia that AMENDMENT ONLY, for the aeasiou stip ^^SimaiDOEBi the proclamation. "This action Is taken after most ma ture deliberation. While poat-war prob lems are always confusing, yet noth ing could be more confusing than to open up the legislative deliberation to an hundred and one things, which pressure would be brought to boar to present to it. Idaho has a minimum of difficulties to surmount for which we are all thankful and I maintain that the next regular session of the legis lature will be held in time to meet Us problems." WOMEN TO TAKE (Continued from Page One.) managers for all the presidential pos sibilities would have headquarters open somewhere near the committee's meet ing place. Republican women expect ratifica tion of the suffrage amendment time to permit them to vote in the elec tion next fall. Their view is shared by leaders in the-party and encourage ment wil be giwen them m completing their organization. SISTER TO TESTIFY (Continued from Page One.) that the marriage be postponed until New's mother could return from In dlanapolls. When Fkleda refused. Miss Clancy Is said to hake revealed to her for the first time her brother's unfort unate story. The defense will claim that on the night of July 4 up in Topanga canyon, where Frieda and New sat alone in Mrs. Burger's little sedan, Mias Lesser refused to wed New and finally men tioned and perhaps taunted him with the story of his birth. A three-year-old hallucination, the defense hopes to show, that some one was pursuing him from city to city, telling of his alleged unsanctioned pa rentage, was kindled into a blazing madness and he shot the girl as she sat with him in the automobile. 7000 ILLINOIS (Continued from Page; One.) media or boycotts, but by punishment. Thirty women, representing the 7000 met here today to arm themselves for the fight. They laid plans for their or ganization then distributed complaint and report cards. District Attorney Clyne Instructed them on legal ques tions. He told them what evidence could be used and instructed them In gathering that evidence and presenting it in court. Clyne promised full assist ance in prosecuting all complaints turned into him by the women. Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, former head of the women's branch of the state counoll of defense is the leader of the women. While the profiteer will not be trailed there will be a campaign against useless buying. Instructions and ad vice in this will be given by commit tees. Regarding that feature of the work Mrs. Bowen said Christmas this year was an orby of buying, with prices far above what they should be. She added that the purchases of work ing people and the well to do were disproportionate. "People with run-down shoes and poor clothing bought ostrich feathers and alligator pears," ehe said. "No wonder prices stay up when women buyers are willing and ever eager to spend their money in that fashion." FAER HEISS IN IOWA AWAIT SETTLEMENT OF 20-TEAS OONTSOVESSY Sioux City, la., Dec. 27. — Twenty two of the 40 heirs of the late James G. Fair, who live In Sioux City and Ida Grove, la, today are anxiously waiting for details of the settlement in a 20-yeur legal controversy reported to have been made at San Francisco yesterday. One-half of his estate of $45,000,000 is Involved In tho settle ment, the terms of which have not been made public as yet. - Mr. Fair died 22 years ago, leaving a will in which half of his estate was left to his two daughters, now Mrs. William K, Vanderbilt and Mrs. Her man Oelrichs, both of New York City, while the other half, exclusive of u number of minor remembrances to fa vorite friends and relatives was to be equally divided among 40 heirs, mostly nephews and nieces. Several contests have been made, the last of which was started about a year ago by Lieutenant Wesley Crothers of California, acting for his mother, Mrs. Margaret Fair Crothers of San Jose. Yesterday at San Francisco, a compromise agree ment was filed in which the two prin cipal heirs concede that the plaintiffs in tho present suit, seven In number, are entitled to be restored to their rights under the Fair will. FORMER NAVY SURGEON RECEIVED INVITATION TO HIS OWN WEDDING New York. Dec. 27.—Intimation that an invitation to ills own wedding was the first word he had received of the ceremony, which was to have been performed in Monson, Mass., Christ mas day, was contained in a statement issued late today by Dr. William Grey Vermilye, former naval surgeon. Dr. Vermilye. who was located in a Brooklyn hospital, gave out the follow ing statement; "I have no statement to make except that on my return to the United States (from South America) last Friday, I was met by an invitation to my own wedding, I am not hiding from any one, but I have nothing further to aay at present" Mise Ruth M. Keeney, former Buck nell university teacher, whom Dr. Ver milye, left, according to reports, ar rived at the hospital shortly before S o'clock and hurried into the office of Superintendent Jacobs. WIFE0F MURDERED (Continued from Page One.) her was Lloyd Provost her cousin, also held as « witness and also released today. Simultaneous with her release "be cause of lack of evidence.* came the news that "DolUe^ Bennett, said have been a sweetheart of Brown, had been arrested as a witness In Sandusky Ohio. Authorities said sne would be brought hero Immediately. The woman, according to authori ties, knew Brown welL She was to bava mat him in Detroit Tuesday, they said, hn$ hs failed to keep the appolnt Peastey Transfer * GOVERNMENT STOP SALEWOODALCOHQL Scores of Deaths From Drink ing Poisonous Beverage Cause Federal Agents to Take Immediate Action. Washington, Dec. 27. — A concerted drive by several government agencies to prohibit the sale of wood alcohol as bootleg liquor was under way tonight as the result of scores of deaths throughout the country from drinking the poisonous beverage. The government's efforts for the im mediate future will be publicity and educational campaigns to warn of the dangers of drinking qny bootleg liquor. Prohibition commissioners in every state of the country were instructed by the bureau of internal revenue to use every possible means of warning tbe public. The bureau already in sev eral statements has warned against drinking liquor now illegally peddled. A similar campaign will be conduct ed by the public health service, it was stated at Surgeon General Blue's office tonight. The service is planning to distribute pamphlets showing the dangers of drinking any beverage with a large amount of alcohol in it. The large number of deaths, govern' ment officials believe was due to the desire of many people to have some "wet goodB" during the holiday sea son. The results will be the severest blow that can possibly be dealt the bootleggers, government officials be lieve. Meanwhile the department of justice and the department of agriculture are investigating the bootleg sales with a view to prosecution. Present laws may be Inadequate Assistant Attorney General Frierson, in charge of prohibi tion enforcement, and Solicitor Will iams of the department of agriculture stated. If this Is the case, congress will bs asked to pass additional legla latlon at once. _ _ GUSH pm is son Stanton Bros. Sell Business to A. E. Anson and 0. E. Hart, Both of Whom Are Experi enced Men. (Capital News Special Service.) Fayette, Deo. 27.—An Important business deal was recently consum mated here in the sale of Stanton Brothera' grocery store to A. E. An son and C. E. Hart, who have taken possession and are operating the store under the name Anson-Hart Grocery. Both of the members of the new company have had many years of ex perience in the grocery business. Mr. Anson for the past year was with the W. J. Campbell grocery store in Boisa and Mr. Hart was with the Ed HllUer grocery of Nampa. NO DAMAGE FROM ICE JAM. Tho Kreatest ico Jam in tho Sna.K€ river ever seen here has passed on down the river without doing any dam age to bridges. Fears were entertained that the bridges between Ontario, Pay ette and Weiser would be badly dam aged when the great mass of lee would move on. GOVERNMENT WILL (Continued from page one.) of the first Boise nurses to respond to the call for service abroad and enlist«! Dec. 1, 1917, and saw 14 months service in France. The first news of her «probable ap pointment to the important position was given to Miss Daley by a repre sentative of the Capital New«/ Borne two months ago, she was advised, how ever, that if a general hospital was opened In Boise, she would receive the appointment as chief nurse. EQUIPMENT SHIPPED. Mrs. J. O. Athey stated Saturday evening that Information had been re ceived here part of the equipment for the barracks had been shipped from Maryland points and the bill of lading for it had arrived. It was stated that the government plans to open the hos pital on or about Jan. 1. Dr. Crouch of Payette was ordered to Boise sev eral days ago by the government. He is to be assigned Important work at the hospital. As near as can be ascertained all of the barracks will be used for patients except the portion occupied by the state and officers stationed here. The hospital proper Is to be come the base hospital for tuberculosis patients. Mental patients will bs boused In other buildings. SENATORS PLAN (Continued from page one.) enlng" on reservations because of the insistent demands of mild reservation 1st* that he take the lead at once In bringing about a compromise. The irreconcilable group has been bringing wbat pressure it can upon Lodge tu stand pat on his reservations which' felled of acceptance lagt session. Now they say they are through talk ing to him about It and are going to fight him as hard as they fought the advocates of unqualified ratification last session. • , If Lodge bringe a compromise Into the senate the lrreconcllablee said to day they will be forced to talk upon it a great length. Their strongest talking peint before the senate and the country in this event will be. they said, that Lodge and his supporters announced that the Lodge reservations constituted an Irreducible minimum of safeguards for the United States and that acceptance of anything lees by the Lodge (Does Is acceptance of an admitted dangerous MttlemsnL Lm4ih of tho compromise croup were not disturbed by the tidings from the camp of tbsirroeoneilable,, ^ said today. These senators have had a try at Wiling the treaty and have (kited, a leading mlM reservation 1st declared, and they must now stand asMe for the moderates. Conferences are scheduled for the Week end eut of which may come tan gible developments next week. Senator McNary, mild reservationlat leader Is to see Senator Hitchcock, tbe Demo cratic leader. Senator Lodge also is to bo consulted by various senators. Democratic compromise advocates are busy among members of their own party. Senators Pittman of Nevada and Gerry of Rhode Island lunched and Spent the afternoon with Secretary Tu multy. While their call at the White House ostensibly was merely a social one, some Importance Is attached to in light of developments in the treaty situation. Pittman was a member of the res ervatloniat group in the minority elde and McNary is Democratic whip. Both would be Interested In any move to ef fect a compromise acceptable to Re publican« in favor of mild reservations WOOD ALCOHOL (Continued from Pago One.) tlflolally colored wood alcohol sold dur ing the dhrlstmas season as "whiskey." NEW PLAGUE THREATENS. New York, Dec. 27.—A new plague threatens the country—wood alcohol poisoning. Incomplete reports from various cities show that since prohibition went Into effect July 1, at least. 142 per sons have been killed and 146 are blind or seriously ill as tbe result of drinking wood alcohol, either deliber ately or as the result of that being mixed with "whiskey." Until Christmas the plague wai In sidious in its action, one or two deaths occurring here and there several days apart and attracting little or no atten tion. A shipment of adulterated of wniskey has started an epidemic of poisoning that already has cost the lives of 56 men and one woman and brought scores of others close to death. The poisoning cases in New England resulted in a series of investigations that are rapidly spreading throughout the country and the belief was ex presed In health officers' circles here tonight that deaths from wood alcohol poisoning in the United States may be found to have totalled several hundred. Federal, state and city officials were cooperating In searching cut those guilty of manufacturing the adulterat ed liquor and at the same time warn lng agalpst all "bootleggers." THREE ARRE8T8 MADE. Three arrests were made In Chico pee, Mass., in connection with the 35 deaths there, a hotel proprietor and two bartenders being charged with manslaughter. Twelve barrels of whiskey, which were shipped into New England for the Christmas trade have been traced to the Bronx, New York, These are said to have been sold for $1000 each. Federal operatives and police, however, believe there was only a email part of the consignment shipped from New York. Arrests'were expected hourly tonight William H. Anderson, superintend ent of the anti-saloon league of New York, Issued the following statement tonight: "The death of some 80 persons from drinking wood alcohol in a period of several days has shocked the nation, yet ethyl aloohol or grain alcohol as It is popularly known In the form of whiskey, beer, etc., has killed an av erage of 200 to 200 persons every day with an extra proportion of holidays, and it has not even been considered news. Deplorable us this matter is, it will help impress upon the public the poisonous nature of aJcohol." HAPG000 TO APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEE Washington, Dec. 27.—Norman Hap good, American minister to Denmark, who recently returned to the United States, probably will be an early wit ness before the senate sub-committee which will shortly begin an investiga tion of Russian propaganda in this country, it was stated today. Committee members want Hapgood to tell what he learned in Russia con cerning the soviet propaganda system. SOVIET AMBASSADOR FORFEITS $1000 BOND New York, Dec. 27.—Ludwig C. A. K. Martens (Bolshevist ambassador) did not appear before the Lusk legislative committee Investigating radical activ ities today despite the fact he had been served with a notice that his $1000 bond would bs forfeited for non-ap pearance. THOUSANDS PROCLAIM THE MERITS OF PE-RU-NA hii TMr Leiten Urs. Marthe C. Dale, R. F. D. 1, Cannon, Del, writes: "I am en tirely cured of chronic catarrh of the stomach and bowels by PE RU-NA." Mr. J. Bayer, Glendale, Oregon! "Thera is no medicine like PE-RU NA for catarrhsl deafness." Mrs. Kate Marquis, Middleburg, Ohio: "PE-RU-NA cured me 1 _____________ Ï catarrh of the head and throat." Mr. J. H. Collins, Wasson, Mis sissippi: "PE-RU-NA makes me feel vigorous and abls to work without that tired, weak feeling I usually have otherwise." Mrs. P. Ludvigsen, Austin, Min nesota: "I got rid of my liver trouble and can sat anything sines taking PE-RU-NA." Mrs. L. 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