The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 1

THE NOW FOR MORE AND MORE BUT THE SAME GOOD OLD TEN DAHO DAILY STATE -4 A Sixty-Third Year No HO LEASED WIRE MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE IDAHO TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 4 1927 MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Price Five Cents PROPOSE COT OF Darned Lazy to Live 99 Student Writes Kills Self SPLIT DEVELOPS Stand Idea of Through School Then Dashing Out and Getting Job at $100 or $125 a same gone to enough parties and traveled enough to be tired of both And Just too selfish to turn evangelist or get mixed up with the A etc and again too many gents like Thomas Arkle Clark noble dean of men of Illinois to have to be always watching to see that not bounced for a bit of a party a good example of things all against Moore was the son of Dr Nathaniel Moore wealthy physician of Guanajuato Mexico He attended preparatory school at Aurora where he was well known in the younger set FORMER GOVERNOR MOORE who bade farewell to the statehouse Monday after inauguration of Governor Baldridge Governor Moore has completed two terms from 1923 to 1926 inclusive Democrats Agree That Governor Appointee Should Be Barred Pending Committee Report WASHINGTON (A) A wide open split over the question of temporarily seating Frank Smith as a senator from Illinois while his credentials are being investigated developed Monday in the senate Republican leaders had hoped this might be done but Democrats in conference found themselves in substantial agreement that Governor appointee should be barred from the senate until after the elections com-j mlttee holds a hearing and makes a report Smith appointed to fill the unex-pired term of the late Senator McKinley whom he defeated in the Illinois primary last spring still kept the senate guessing as to when if at all he would present himself to take the oath Senator Deneen Republican Illinois who returned to this city Monday from his state after conferences with Smith and Small gave little encouragement to Republican leaders who had requested him to plead with the appointee to refuse the appointment They had told him to tell Mr Smith that there was small chance of his being permitted to serve out the McKinley term because of contributions made to his primary campaign by public service corporation officials Refer Credentials By an apparent pre-arranged plan thei senate paved the way Monday for the Smith case by referring to the elections committee the credentials of Senator Nye Republican North Dakota whose election has been In no way questioned When Senator Nye presented himself to take the oath Senator Reed Democrat Missouri chairman of the committee that uncovered the Smith campaign contributions moved that credentials be referred to the elections committee "as the proper form in all The Missourian explained that he had no personal objections to the credentials but It was proper procedure for a standing committee to examine thqse of all senators to determine whether they were in proper form After a sharp discussion' Jhe senate referred the credentials but permitted Senator Nye to take his seat The course was suggested by Senator Robinson the Democratic leader and was approved by both Senator Reed and Senator Ashurst Democrat Arizona author of a pending resolution which would bar Smith at the door of the senate FLASHES OF LIFE AURORA 111 (Universal) Because he was Just "too darned lazy to because life offered him no new thrills and because death did Joe Moore sophomore -at the University of Illinois committed suicide at his home here Sunday it was revealed Monday He took his life at the home of his sister after penning her a note in which he described his feelings The note said: "I guess the only reason doing this Is that I'm Just too darned lazy to live It raises the devil with me to think of having to slave around and work like the devil and Just grow old I might even get foolish and get married and then I would have to slave lazy and tired all the time no moron not morbid not spurned in love not disgraced and I never felt better but I see tlfe idea of wading through school then dashing bravely out and getting a big old Job at a hundred a month or $125 if lucky not be a failure but be old and all out -of things by the time I did get going "I hate farewells boring as the devil and tiresome Now not have to crash through with one really as simple as anything I know of like this: "Go traveling trees mountains grass all the same Parties all the Hits Snag in Failure To Find Speaker The "third getting under way shortly after the inauguration of new state government Monday ran into a snag when Joel Priest for years speaker of this body refused to consider the honor again "It costs too he observed All I want is the chairmanship of the committee on obstruction and interference" Lloyd Adams approached by caucus members also refused but was more specific as they say the house demands a quart of good drinking liquor every 24 hours too strong for declared Senator campaign manager "Beside which since Colonel Marsters moved prohibition headquarters here liquor any too easy to The distracted third house members were talking seriously Monday night of drafting Amey to fill the post Submits Report For St Lawrence Waterway At Estimated Cost of $150000000 WASHINGTON (A) President Coolldge had before him Monday report favoring a Joint undertaking by the United States and Canada to construct a $150000000 Great Lakes to the Atlantic waterway by way of the St Lawrence river The report was presented by Secretary Hoover as chairman of the American commission which had studied the subject for many months It definitely rejected the proposed all-American canal to serve the same purpose as uneconomic and impracticable at this time and said negotiations should be entered into Immediately with Canada looking to an agreement on all details of the St Lawrence ship way Fixing the cost of the St Lawrence projects as far below estimates for an all-American route and a Lake Ontario to Hudson waterway the Hoover commission asserted the opening of the territory concerned to navigation was Imperative "both for the relief and for the future development of a vast area in the Interior of the continent" An cost of $148000-000 for the St Lawrence waterway was the figure worked out by engineering boards of this country and Canada and incorporated in the report This was contrasted with an estimate cost of $506000000 for the Ontario to Hudson route and $631000000 for the all-American On the basis of estimated tonnage that would be carried through the waterway the report calculated 43 cents as the toll cost per ton necessary to cover operating expenses of the St Lawrence canal as against $206 for the all-American and $164 for the Ontario to Hudson BANDIT KIDNAPS 3IESSEX GER IN CROWD ROBS HIM OF $5000 ST PAUL (A) A bandit kidnaped a messenger in the lobby of the American National bank here Monday while scores of persons passed within a few feet forced him to ride in an automobile to an Isolated part of the city and robbed him of $5000 PARDONS 27 3IORE AUSTIN Tex (A?) Governor Miriam A Ferguson Monday granted 27 full pardons commuted the life sentence imposed on Homer Fleming cpnvlcted of slaying his wife to three years and issued one parole Governor Baldridge and Fellow Members of Administration Take Oath House Adjourns Until Tuesday Morning Inauguration of Judicial executive and legislative officials for the next two years took place 3Ionday at high noon In the chamber of the house of representatives where a Joint session of the two houses was held for the Inductive ceremonies Governor II Baldridge the new executive of the state took tho oath of office at 12:13 He was presented to William Lee chief justice of the state supreme court who administered all oaths by Moore retiring governor The ceremonies took place before packed galleries Following the induction Into office of all officials the two houses perfected their respective organizations and notified the governor and each other that they were prepared to transact the business of making laws Gillis Republican of Twin Falls county was elected speaker of the house of representatives defeating Robert Coulter 'Democrat of Valley county and Darrow Progressive of Canyon county who moved that Mr election be made unanimous The motion was adopted In the senate John Mc3Iurray Republican Cassia county was elected president pro tern over his Progressive opponent George Barrett of Gooding county Start Ceremonies at Noon Inaugural ceremonies started promptly at 12 when A Bottolfsen of Butte county chief clerk of the house called the representatives to order and read the constitutional provisions for organizing a legislature At 12:05 Lieut Clore service troop 116th cavalry Caldwell announced the arrival of the senate following the sounding of on the bugle by Ralph Fascllla assistant band master of the 116th engineers Solons filed into the house chamber and took their seats At 12:10 Bugler Fascllla again sounded and 'Lieutenant Clore announced this arrival of the supreme court justlces- (Continued on Page Three) Floridans Must Pay Inheritance Court Declares WASHINGTON (IP) Florida was denied permission by the supreme court Monday to challenge the validity of the inheritance tax provisions of the present federal revenue bill In an opinion by Justice Sutherland the court held that the state had failed to establish that it was suffering a wrong which furnished ground for redress by the courts Florida had pointed out that under its constitution it was prohibited from Imposing a tax upon estates and had Insisted that the provision of the federal law to give credit up to 80 per cent on federal inheritance taxes for similar state taxes was a discrimination against Florida and against its citizens "Plainly there is no substance in the contention that the state has sustained or is Immediately in danger of sustaining any direct injury as the result1 of the enforcement of the act in the court said Immediately after the delivery of the decision Senator Fletcher Democrat Florida Introduced a bill to eliminate the Inheritance tax provisions of the federal revenue law NEW JERSEY BLUE LAW FIGHT BECOMES GENERAL NEWARK (2P) The war against New "blue forbidding Sunday amusements has spread to three cities in the state In Red Bank the proprietor of a motion picture house established the law by giving a free show while in Dunnellen a theatre proprietor and his employes were held under ball for violation of the vice and Immorality act of 1854 In Irvington where the battle started several weeks ago Sunday movies were shown but opponents let be known that the fight was not over yet CHINESE COOLIES ATTACK BRITISH INJURE SEVERAL HANKOW (-2P) Thousands of Chinese coolies incited by antl-Brit-ish speeches attacked the British concession district here Monday They stoned British police and marines and sailors landed to protect British residents Three of the- British defending party were taken to the hospitals The defenders held the huge Chinese mob in check four hours without firing Chinese soldiers finally arrived and dispersed the mob ARIZONA LEGISLATURE TAKES RECESS TO DECIDE LEGAL POINT PHOENIX (IP) Both houses of the state legislature meeting here In special eession at the call of Governor Hunt recessed 30 minutes after they took up a motion to ask Attorney General Murphy to pass on the legality of the call The motions were made on the basis of the fact that the life of the seventh legislature did not expire until noon Monday Appropriation Bill Would Curtail Cruising Activities of United States Fleet Provides For Maintenance of Force WASHINGTON (JP) Proposing a cut of $1950000 In the funds for cruising activities of the United States fleet but otherwise providing for maintenance of the navy about as It is now the annual navy department appropriation bill was reported to the house Monday by its appropriations committee It carries a total of $314552680 for all branches of the navy for the fiscal year beginning next July 1 a decrease of $5364895 compared with current funds and $150970 below budget recommendations The committee refused to accept the budget proposal for a reduction of 1200 men in the enlisted strength of the marine corps and provided for continuation of its present size of 18 00 enlisted men 1020 commissioned officers and 155 warrant officers "The material condition of the navy Is the committee reported "the personnel situation continues on the upward trend Both will Improve the committee believes under this bill' Provision is made for continuing naval enlisted strength at 82500 and the officer strength including line staff and warrant officers at 8710 The food ration is based on 55 cents per day per enlisted man The allotment for cruising is cut from $13950000 to $12000000 Rear Admiral Charles Morris told the committee- during hearings on the measure that this cut probably would "amount to a reduction of about 8 per cent in the steaming radius of the United States Would Cnt Oil Cost The committee however said that a reduction in the cost of fuel oil would equalize the situation to some extent The measure was drafted the committee report asserted with a view to providing for operation and maintenance of the airplane carriers Saratoga and Lexington and the submarine V-4 all to be launched during the year It also said the' air service appropriation of $19790000 plus a contract authorization of $5000000 was (Continued on Page Two) Mystery Solved Negro Confesses To Slaying Girl CINCINNATI (Universal) The three-months-old mystery of the slaying of Beulah Furvls 19 years old of Laurenceburg Ind was solved here- Monday Joseph Carr 23 alias Joseph Elliott negro confessed to authorities that he committed the crime The confession was made to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Carl Bas-ler "I grabbed her as she stepped from a street car at Valley he related "And when she pulled off her slipper and pounded me with it 1 just kept hitting her until she "A perfect gorilla was the way the negro' was characterized by District Attorney Basler "I picked her up and started for the he continued according to his confession "She was very heavy it seemef and I rested' three times before I got to the It was there he attacked her he said "Then I tried to awaken her but she answer so I waded into the river with her body and dropped It" he added SUPREME COURT GRANTS REVIEWJ0 SINCLAIR WASHINGTON (IP) Harry Sinclair was Monday granted a review by the supreme court to test out the legality of the Teapot Dome lease In announcing it would review the case the court overruled a request by government counsel that the Teapot Dome proceedings be suspended until the court has decided the pending appeal in the Doheny Elk Hills oil reserve suit Both Doheny and Sinclair lost in the lower federal courts which held that the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills leases were Invalid SUMMON GRAND JURY MEMBERS AS WITNESSES FORT WORTH Texas (A) Members of the four grand Juries that have Indicted the Rev Dr Frank Norris militant fundamentalist pastor five times since he was accused of burning the First Baptist church here in 1912 will be summoned as witnesses in his murder trial beginning January 10 at Austin McLean jr special prosecutor announced Monday STATE WINS RUS DECISION WASHINGTON (JP States may require interstate bus lines operating within their borders as common carriers Ao obtain permits and licenses provided interstate commerce is not restrained the supreme court held Monday In an appeal by the Interstate Bus and corporation of Connecticut against the Holyoke Street Railway company of Massachusetts ASK CONGRESS TO BACK INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY WASHINGTON UP) Conkreu wu asked Monday to authorize negotiations looking toward a great international highway linking the capitals of Canada United States and the 17 republics in Central and South America after the proposal had been presented at the White House Senator Cameron Republican Arizona who discussed the plan with President Coolldge Introduced the measure In the senate and like Representative McCleod Republican Michigan who offered It In the house viewed the highway as of vast importance in developing new commercial markets and contributing to the good will between the new world nations The bill carries no appropriations but provides salaries cfnd expenses for a three-member commission which would Investigate the best connecting points between the various countries Soldier Insurance Certificates Cause Oissension Administration Is Hopeful WASHINGTON (A) Confidence was expressed by the administration Monday that most of the banks soon would make loans on the soldier insurance certificates as steps were considered in congress for authorizing the veterans' burVau to loan on this collateral Although reports received by the bureau Indicated only about one-half of the banks were accepting the certificates which acquired a loan value Monday Secretary Mellon expressed the belief the banks would soon turn to these loans as a "business The adjusted service certificate fund was Increased Monday by 123 million dollars to a total of 400 million dollars All of this is pledged to the certificates which have an estimated loan value of 200 million dollars There is no chance for the banks to lose on the certificate loans Mr 3Iellon explained If the war veterans fail to repay the loans the bureau will make them good cutting this sum from the value of the certificate finally due the veteran Edward Bellehelm of the veterans of foreign wars suggested to Chairman Johnson of the house committee that loans should be made direct by the bureau and he was advised to take up his plans with thsfhouse ways and means committee Chairman Green of the committee also believed that the banks soon would show a greater tendency to accept the certificates Secretary 3fel-lon and Director Hines withheld comment on the suggestion pending a study of it but off hand the secretary was apprehensive about putting the government in the banking business SALT LAKE BANKERS REFUSE REQUESTS FOR ADVANCES SALT LAKE (A) Although Monday was the day when bankers were supposed to make loans to former service men on their adjusted compensation certificates local banks refused to honor the requests for advances More than 100 men stormed the local offices of the United States bureau seeking an explanation No official action had been taken by the Salt Lake clearihg house and no statement' was forthcoming from the bankers However it is understood that the local bankers are holding up advances until they have (Continued on Page Two) Idaho Mining Man Dead as Result of-20-Year-Old Feud OAKLAND Cal (A) Bayne a wealthy retired mining man whose body with a bullet wound In the abdomen was found on a highway near here December 30 was killed as the result of a feud which started in Wallace Idaho 20 years ago in the opinion of the widow who arrived Monday from Boise to take charge of the body Mrs Bayne said that for 20 years she and her husband had lived in constant fear of attempts against their lives because of work in employment of strike breakers She said for many years while her husband was in Wallace they both were armed constantly and would sleep In alternate rooms in order to circumvent attempts against their llvea (By the Associated Press) NEW YORK It appears to be much safer to fly ih planes of orthodox horsepower than to get a ride in the air from mule power Eight pilots lost their lives In commercial aviation last year and 80 persons were kicked to death by mules in Missouri Capt Stevens reports to the American Society for the Promotion of Aviation HAVANA Anybody who casts aspersion on the baseball Integrity of Senor Adolfo Lyque of Havana and Cincinnati should be beyond his reach A bleacherite yelled that a game was Montana Senator Demands lm- being thrown and the senor climbed right into the grandstand after him His climb was stopped by the police circuit judge to mediate Withdrawal of Troops Dietrich Cavanah Appointments Are Okehed by Senate (Statesman Bureau) WASHINGTON The senate Monday evening confirmed the nomination of Judge S' Dietrich of Idaho to be Judge on the Ninth federal circuit bench at San Francisco and the nomination of Cavanah of Boise to be federal Judge for Idaho succeeding Judge Dietrich After a senate judiciary sub-committee and the full committee reported favorably on the-nominationsr Senator Borah asked the senate for unanimous consent to take up the nominations and they were confirmed immediately Usually a sub-committee takes weeks for investigation In such cases and the prompt action was regarded as an unusual tribute to Dietrich and Cavanah It was learned at the Boise federal building Monday that Judges Dietrich and Cavanah would be ready for their new duties as soon as the certificates of appointment signed by President Coolldge are Judge Dietrich has made no plans for changing his residence it was learned There is nothing in the federal statutes that compels a Ninth live in San Francisco From Nicaragua WASHINGTON (IP) Contending that the Diaz government In Nicaragua never should have been recognized by the United States Senator Wheeler Democrat Montana Intro duced a resolution Monday demanding immediate Withdrawal of the American naval forces from that country The measure charged that the American sailors and marines were blocking the efforts of Juan Sa-casa to restore constitutional The order of Rear Admiral -Latimer in declaring Puerta Cabexas a neutral kzbne and the establishment of a censorship there were cited as to the Sacasa move-irient's success The Diaz government it was charged in the resolution was illegally elected and "it must have been apparent to the state department that Diaz could not maintain a stable government without the aid of American gunboats and American Dr Vac a Washington representative of Sacasa in a statement asserted that "not a single Mexican officer is to be found in army but at the same time declared the sailing of the United Fruit ship with an airplane and bombs for the Diaz forces was ample Justification for any assistance which might be given to Sacasa by Mexico The ship is said to have sailed from New Orleans on December 29 to the Nicaraguan west coast THREE-DAY BATTLE BLOODIEST IX NICARAGUAN CIVIL WAR MANAGUA Nicaragua (iP) Final reports of the three-day battle last week at Las Perlas (Pearl Lagoon) show it to have been the bloodiest of (Continued on Page Two) Senior Body Completes Its Or-' ganization Within Hour Reconvenes At 10 j- -1 jr- nineteenth state senate chose its attaches completed organization allotted seats and adjourned within the space of an hour Monday morning The senate will reconvene at 10 this morning Following inauguration ceremonies in the house chamber Lieutenant Governor Oscar Halley of St Maries dropped the gavel and announced that the clerk would call the roll This revealed that Page Bonner county and Yeaman Bonneville county were absent The presiding officer explained that Senator Page has not reached Boise yet while Senator Yeaman Is severely ill John McMurray Cassia moved that the house proceed to organize and Baker Custer nominated Mr McMurray for president pro tern Mr McMurray Is Republican floor leader The Democrats made no nomination for president pro tern but Senator I Page of Canyon county nominated Senator George Barrett of Gooding county as their standard bearer As the roll was called Senator 4 Barrett passed and Senator McMurray voted for Barrett Both later changed their -votes to straight party lines and the final vote stood McMurray 38: Barrett 4 The Democrats voted for the majority candidate Senator Barrett will act as Progressive floor leader and Senator Van Hoesen Adams as Democratic floor leader Name List of Attaches Senators Callahan Barrett and Far aday representing the three parties escorted the president pro tern forward to receive -the official oath and then Senator McMurray moved the election of the following list of attaches: Secretary of senate A Fletcher Carl Kitchen assistant secretary Faye Stewart Journal clerk Lockwood chaplain II Mack sergeant at arms Frankie1 Ashley enrolling clerk Gladys Anderson as- (Continued on Page Three) Taxi Drivers Hold Funeral for Pal In Chicago Garage CHICAGO (Universal A lonely taxi driver who had no relatives was burled Monday from the company's garage He was Walter Parks who died in Tucson Ariz The purr of 200 motors in-the garage was the only accompani- ment to a lone driver qploist who sang "Rock of Parks with three record as a' driver without an accident was forced to go to Arizona for his health He went with the aid of the other drivers Then the drivers here sent him a big Christmas package But Parks wrote back: for the presents but I guess I stick around to ero-Joy them "The drivers out at the barn are my only friends If it too much trouble like for them to arrange the funeral Nothing fancy Just the bunch as I knew He was burled In his taxi NEW YORK Edward Blake Atkinson and his bride have a five-story apartment house in the well-to-do West Seventies all their own and all to themselves for their honeymoon It was a present from the mother a Bostonian when her son married Kathleen McCormick The honey-mooners are occupying only one apartment the one they were married in and when they come back from Bermuda they will rent the rest MM The -east leads in women legislators it is noted by the National League of Women Voters One hundred and twenty-two women in 84 states will help make the laws this winter a decrease of eight from last year NEW YORK Having won a trip to Europe the prize in a contest for selection of the prettiest Hungarian In the United States Miss Jullsuka Lovas Is going right back home to Mich where she runs a coal office Her business sense tells her It would be better to accept $500 Instead of the trip and besides her family needs her She Is 19 and 5 feet 2 Her black curly hair Is bobbed and she uses no rouge BOSTON A call has been Issued for a meeting to rejuvenate bartenders union local 77 The reason Is described as "news of greatest LA VALLETTE Townsfolk think so much of Henry Stevens of the Hall-Mills case that he has been elected president of the borough council of which he has been a member five years DENVER altogether too much to ask Billy Adams to scrap the chaps (Continued on Page Two).