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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-11
QUITS SERVICE
AIDS ANOTHER
GENERAL BIXBY OF ARMY EN-.
CHEERING CORP RETIRES
VOLUNTARY TODAY.
Makes Way for Associate so he can
Reach Title Before His Enforced
Retirement.

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Brigadiel
General William H. Bixby terminated
brilliant army career today. He was
vounarily retired as a major general
after an army record dating back to
1873. And he retired earlier than the
required age limit in order that a
brother officer Col William T. Ros-
sell, might have the honor for a time
of serving as chief of engineers. Col.
Rossell was near the age limit and
had Gen. Bixby been retired in the
service until being retired involun-
tarily, Col Rossell would have been
retired in the meantime as a colonel.
With Gen. Bixby's voluntary retire
ment Col. Rossell today becomes a
brigadier general and will be retired
at the next highest grade. Bixby
made a remarkable record for effic-
iency as chief of the engineer corps of
the army.
West Point Graduate.
Gen. Bixby, who is native of
Charlestown, Mass, was graduated
from West Point in 1873, and in his
long career in the army has had to do
with most of the great engineering
projects which have fallen to the army
engineers, notably the improvement of
the Mississippi river. He Is an au-
thority on the construction of bridges,
and has demonstrated the practicable
ity of 5000 foot span across the Hud-
son river.
Col Rossell is native of Alabama,
and Is West Pointer, having also
been graduated in 1873. He has been
In charge OF some of the most i'm
portant river and harbor projects in
the south, and is at present engineer
Of the eastern division with headquar-
ters in New York.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-11
BODY BLOW HITS
BOOZE" FIGHTERS
MIDNIGHT LIQUID JOY PARTIES
WILL BE UNKNOWN IN
MOSCOW.
Police Department Not Of Relax to It's
Duty and Police Chief Issues Warm
ing to Future Offenders.

The peaceful slumbers of some o.
Moscow's most prominent citizens
during the wee sma' hours" will nc
more be disturbed by the promiscous
I"clink Of sundry bottles" nor will the
alleged Saturday night white line
parties" be conducted with any degree
of safety provided proper and prompt
notification is directed to the Moscow
police department.
| Chief of Police Grant Robbins is
waxing warm over reports of such
disturbances and promises that any
attractions of the law of this nature
will meet with ready attention by the
strong arm of the law. If citizens.
who might be disturbed in the future,
will cooperate with the department by
calling phone number 224-J at any
hour of the night, their complaint will
not go unheeded
Referring to an editorial on the sub
ject appearing in the Star-Mirror last
w Sulel Vi IOllCe
has submitted the following communi-
cation:
Reply by the Chief.
Moscow, Idahe.- August 8, 1913.
Mr.. John F. Yost, Editor Daily Star
Moscow, Idaho Dear Sir:
Referring to an editorial in the Star
Mirror of August 9th 1913, under the
head of Give us the police number"
we beg to state that the night police /
cannot be at any certain place where |
he can be called at any minute as it is
his duty to move from place to place.
1t has been the custom in the past to
call the night telephone operator, CIV
ng the number of the phone where as
sistance was needed and as soon as
police could be located she would no.
.ify them.
I'VE grant that at this time of the
'ear particularly, special care should
,e taken regarding the promiscous
lropping of lighted matches, cigars or
parks from a pipe, but it is next to
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-11

disturbance in the last two months.
MY residence telephone. number is
224-J and l will appreciate being no.
titled of any disturbance at any time
of the night and immediate steps will
be taken to punish the offenders.
Very truly yours,
GRANT ROBBINS,
Chief of Police"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-11
GrOt-Gllde COnyenes.

CHICAGO, Aug. II. = Incoming
delegates from every section of the
country to the opening sessions of the
Plattdeutsche Grot-Gilde of the United
States. Branches of the society from
Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ind
lana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania,
Colorado, Michigan and other states,
are represented. The sessions will
last three days.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-11
The Ketehell-TrOtt Bout,

WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 11.-Steve
Ketchell and Sammy Trott are match
ed to box twelve rounds here tonight.
Ketchell is favored In the betting.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-11
Cheap Way of Living.

House-boating all summer for only
$1.40 a day is something that sounds
almose incredible to the New Yorker
unless he knows how it is done. The
simple scheme was explained by a
young Harlem wife and mother. She
told how all summer long she had a
big roomy houseboat for herself and
the baby, with big wide verandas look
ing out over the Hudson, and most of
the time in midstream where it was
coolest, all for less than a dollar and
la half day.
1t all came about because her hus-
band was sick all spring. He had
lost so much time with sickness that
he could not himself afford to go
away for the summer, and the wife
would not leave him adone. 1t was the
little girl baby's second summer and
she needed fresh air.
One morning" said the young ma
iron, Il had finished my marketing.
1t was very hot and baby was tired
and little bit cross. looked over
few blocks and saw the Fort Lee
ferry. l got the idea that river ride
might help the baby and we went on
board. The child fell into a peaceful
sleep, and she was sleeping so soundly
when the boat returned from the Jer-
Sey shore, that / made another round
trip.
THAT gave me the idea. l calculated
that to ride on the boat from ten
o'clock in the morning, when my work
and marketing was all done, until five
in the evening, when Jack came home,
would cost $1.40-one round trip at
10 cents every fifteen minutes; 20 cents
an hour; $1.40 day. That really was
not bit extravagant, when l thought
how much a vacation would cost with
railroad fare, board, and everything
Else. A real big, roomy houseboat for
s1.40 a day was within my grasp
The next day l tried it. fixed up
wo thermos bottles of milk for baby,
/ luncheon for myself, and took along
ome sewing and book At ten
,'clock, when we went aboard, the ear
y rush was over and we had the upper
leck almost to ourselves. Baby and
,layed for awhile and then she went !
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"REMINISCENCES OF BRITISH RULERS


and suddenly thought il would he lark
to enter the castle against the rules.
They left their tutors below. and
climbed the steep hill. rushing pellmell
into the castle and into my uncle in the
library. Uncle was always a strong
disciplinarian. and such conduct with
out permission. to his way of thinking.
deserved the severest censure.
He drove the princes out after
scathing talk and had already forgotten
the episode until he was ready for his
drive, when. to his establishment. he found
them still lettering in the grounds near
the gate. How they dared TO defy his
orders put uncle in a rage and he struck
Prince George. who was nearest to him.
with the horsewhip and applied i free
ly. When the tutors heard this commo-
ton. they rushed up to the gate and
tried to explain that the trespassers
were royal princes and meant no harm.
Uncle was i'm fury and said. princes
or no princes. that If they were gen.
tlemen they would apologize for their
misdemeanor. They Immediately apollo
glzed. and every year on the anniversary
of that whipping. my uncle received
little horsewhip to remind him of the
worst punishment of England's king.
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when President Lincoln. while seated in
the Presidents room, received from Gen.
Grant that memorable message stating
that Gen. Lee had made the preliminary
overtures for peace Here Lincoln con-
suited with the Secretaries of State and
War, and here, about midnight. he wrote
with his own hand a reply which was
Grant.
elects to spend any considerable time at
the Capitol the Presidents room will be
refurnished. At present and for years
past the furnishings have been only such
as one might expect in a show parlor-a
massive center table. a few heavily Up
holstered chairs, bust of the late Pres
ident Mckinley. for which Congress Is
said to have paid $500, and handsome
''srandfathers clock" of mahogany which
was purchased in 1887.
1t is expected that if the Presidents
room is refurnished it will be made into
a comfortable 'livable" room like the
Vice Presidents room, which is located
at the opposite end of the marble room
the marble room serving as a sort of
connecting link, as 1T were. for the presi-
dental and vice presidential rooms. The
Vice Presidents room has a tall clock
such as that in the presidential room,
but it is also provided with a COM
modious desk, rugs, chairs. bookcases,
and last but by no means least, famous
painting of Washington by Rembrandt
Peale the talented son of a famous ia
Their.
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pondence Of The Star.
IONDON ApriI

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, April 3. 1913.
"HIS country is steadily. or pretty
steadily, growing more sober. but
the sum that the nation spends on
drink still is an astounding one That
is the gist of an uncommonly interest
ing survey Of the situation by George T..
Wilson, secretary Of the United Kingdom
Alliance, who also points out how the
brewers of Great Britain have pushed off
on the consumer all the extra taxation
which they incurred under Lloyd George
famous budget, and a huge sum besides.
According to Wilson. the sum spent
on intoxicants in the United Kingdom in
1912 was sS07. 766. 500, representing a de-
crease of 6,ol9, 45O as compared with 1911.
and that Notwithstanding the Astounding
prosperity of the country. This might be
thought only wave considering that
in the preceding two years the nations
drink bill went up. but the figures, going
back to 1874, demonstrate clearly that
temperance really is on the increase in
these islands.
Today. it appears, the consumption. per
head of the population, reduced to terms
of gallons in regard to beer, and pints in
regard to spirits. is as follows: Beer.
27.36 gallons; spirits. 5.44 pints; vine, .
pints. This Is high enough rate. in all
conscience. but in 1899 the figures were:
;y,
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Britain Grows Sob@r@r But DRINK Bill is Huge

that the brewers were doomed to the
workhouse, but Wilson's report shows
with what canniness the men of malt
have made the consumer bear their add
ed burdens, and mulcted him of a pretty
penny in addition. They have done this
by the simple eXpedient of charging
money for water. Says Wilson:
During the financial year ended March
81. 1900. for every 1000 barrels on which
beer duty was paid the brewers produced
1.0O6 bulk barrels, but Immediately the
war tax of 1 shilling per barrel was i'm
posed in 1900 the gravity was lowered.
and in that financial year the 900 stand
ard barrels represented 1.O23 bulk bar
rels. and the following year. 1O3j bulk
barrels. and by the year 190S-9 the ratio
had risen from 600 to 1.04S. In the
following year when the brewers license
duty, amounting to about pence a
barrel, was imposed, the gravity was
again Immediately lowered, and the year
1870 showed 1880 standard barrels
producing LOSS bulk barrels This lower
ing of gravity during the period has en-
abled the brewers to produce, free of
duty. in England and Wales over 1900.
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For instance. my uncle had the dis
tinction of giving Prince George. the
present king, the worst horsewhippng
he ever had. and as a memento of the
occasion each succeeding year up to the
time l left England my uncle was the
recipient of a tiny horsewhip sent by
post in the same manner as one might
get valentine.
Prince George sent this present each
year until the year of my uncle's death.
My uncle was living at an old Devon
shire castle that commanded a superb
view of the country This castle was
situated on a high bluff and once or twice
week visitors were allowed to climb up
to the castle and given the freedom of
the grounds.
1.-The remainder of the week, however.
all visitors were regarded as trespassers
and it was on one of these forbidden
DAYS that Prince George and Prince
Clarence. who was nicknamed collars
and Cuffs because of the large ones he
wore. took a notion to visit the place.
They had been riding with their tutors
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A Mercenary Lass.

WILLIAM D. STRAIGHT, the financier
+" was discussing the American bank
ers' recent withdrawal from the Chimes,
loan.
II like China Mr.. Straight said M,
regard for China Will not let me con
slider her from a purely selfish and com
mercial viewpoint. l cannot, in this mat
ter, put myself in the position of the
young lady who was asked by her chum
Do you think, dear. that it's better
to have loved and lost than never to have
loved at all?'
Why. of course it is the young lad,
replied. provided he let's you keep all his
presents
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One was the Princess of Teck. oui pres
ent queen, another and myself. In Eng
land you know, these royal daughters
are taught to nurse, cook and sew. l
made Queen Mary's acquaintance at the
time l was serving my apprenticeship at
Queen Charlottes Hospital. l talked TO
her without knowing her station. and we
had rather an unusual conversation.
I'VE were seated in banquet hail.
and while we were still at the table IL
was whispered that Princess May was
in the class. My left-hand neighbor gave
me this information, and |, in turn,
handed it to the nurse on my right. L
also added: I wonder II the princess
is really clever or if she is really stupid
like many others.
.sI wonder If she really is?' My neigh.
Dor replied in the true Yankee style OF
answering my question by asking one L
did not know until three years later that
I was addressing the princess herself.
whom I must have amused by my lack
of diplomacy.
"Ail subjects OF Great Britain look upon
the royal family as one regards KIN
folks in this country. and there are many
stories told displaying the good nature
of these royal children
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oOo more barrels of beer than they could
nave produced out of the same materials
II the gravity of 1922 1900 had been main
tanned. and the retail price obtained from
the public for this quantity was well
over E3O.OO0O0O. The additional beer duty
and brewers license duty, on the other
hand, did not during the twelve years
exceed G19.WO.0n, leaving a large BAL
ance to the credit of additional taxation
account in the books of the licensed
trade. The consumer has therefore paid
the whole of the extra taxation on beer
and a very large sum in addition"
AS chance has II. this report Is pub
lished simultaneously with one OF an In
quiry into the diet of the workers OF
Glasgow. and a comparison of the two
gives one furously to think. The Glas-
gov report shows that the most skllful
manager cannot feed a family whose in
come is under s. week: accordingly.
economists are asking. how can II he
fed when most housewives are far from
skillful, and the average family. many of
which are not in receipt of more than
81 per week, spends nearly $40 a year on
alcohol?
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Why Memoirs Are Tame.

d OF. BARRETT WENDELL. at a
Harvard tea. was asked why books
of recollections were always so tame.
Prof. Wendell answered:
Let me tell you a story. great man
once said to a friend:
4 think I'll write my recollections.'
Very good said the friend; but let
me caution you not to recollect any thing
about celebrities that are living.
oh said the great man, living celeb
rites are just the ones l want to write
about They're the ones that will make
my book SELL
Very WE'LL said the other, but re-
member my warning.
Why. what's the danger, any Way?'
The danger replied the other. is that
as soon as you begin to recollect things
about living celebrities they will begin
to recollect things about you.
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The Star Gao.

FRANCIS WILSON is an authority or
L stage history and the other day, al
the Players in Gramercy Park, he talked
in a most interesting way about the stage
gags.
THE best stage gag in history Mr.
Wilson said. was undoubtedly an Inn
promptu of Mrs. Keeley's. Mrs. Kelley
was playing boys part In Genevieve
She was taken before a judge In this part
and the judge asked. sternly:
Nov, then, where are your accom-
plices?'
ITO this question Mrs. Kelley roguish
ly replied, as she gave nautical hitch
to her trousers:
~ don't wear any. They keep uI
without
This impromptu gag was so success
full that, from that night on, Mrs Kelley
did not have to answer the judges ques-
tion-the gallery. in resounding chorus,
did 1t for her."
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until at the summit of Croydon mount
the elevation is 2.7S9 feet above the sea
From this summit an inspiring view OF
the valley below is at hand. Toward the
west, over OH the Vermont side of the
valley, up almost inaccessible slopes. rises
stately Mount Ascutney. This grand old
landmark lifts it's head 3.iOO feet above
sea level. At its foot lies the pretty
Vermont town of Windsor. twin sister tC
the old New Hampshire village of Cor
nish
These two old towns are bound moi
only by the ties of neighbors. but are
inseparably linked together by the memo
ries OF the stirring times of the revolu
ton period. But, most of all, these same
neighbors have history all their own
little known. however, and lost in the
greater epochs of the period.
In ITS Vermont was petitioning the
Continental Congress for the rights of q
state. New York was loath to give this
section up and was contending against
it. A number of towns on the eastern
shore of the Connecticut renowned their
allegiance to New Hampshire and de-
sired to be received into this new state.
x
Kinship and similarity of habits made
these people more OF brethren to those
on the western shore than to the eastern
inhabitants of their own state. This led
the seeding towns and the government
to which they belonged. The towns
elected representatives and were admitted
into the assembly of Vermont, which was
then in session in Windsor. Orders OF
the New Hampshire legislature were is
sued to the militia to repel with force
any interference with New Hampshire
officers of the law. Vermont. on the
other hand, issued counter orders that
the militia east of the Green mountains
be ready to repel by force any force as
serted by New Hampshire. In one OF
the regiments of Vermont militia af-
fected by these orders was company
of Cornishmen under the command OF
Capt. Jonathan Chase.
The Continental Congress answered the
petition Of the Vermont assembly thai
admission as an independent state would
be allowed but that the eastern boun
Diary of the state must be the western
shore of the Connecticut river. and UNI
less this was accepted the threat wa:
made that the proposed state of Vernon
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The average expenditure per head for
liquor In 1912, was $3.50. and per family
of five $3.50, as compared with SIS per
head. and, roughly. so per family in 1911.
The compiler of this astonishing report
shows that Great Britains drink bill of
nearly $SOS. 600, 900 is half as large again
as the receipts of British railways. and
a quarter as large again as the annual
value of all private dwellings in Great
Britain. 1t makes the sums that the
United Kingdom spends on its army and
navy seem Insignificant, these being re-
spectively for the land forces, $13S.2f5,OUO
and for the navy. S214. 100000.
When Lloyd George put the screws on
the members Of the British "beerage by
means OF increased taxation there was
loud squeallnS and most folk concluded
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Art and the Average Man.

NORMAN HAPGOOD. seated under q
= royal palm in Bermuda, talked about
art.
THE average mans idea of art, OF
beauty" he said, lis as erroneous as
Blanks
Blank. real estate agent, paused In
Madison Square to watch an artist
sketching a skyscraper.
'Sketchin that he said. Why don't
you sketch the one on the other side OF
the street,
- But this one. said the artist, lis so
much more picturesque
Picturesque be hanged" said Blank.
The offices are SO dark they won't rent
for love or money"
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New York literary man, in the spring OF
1S9S. Mr.. Shipman had spent summer
there in 1895, and so charming had he
found his surroundings that he forthwith
purchased a small farm and became a
year-round inhabitant. Mr.. Churchill was
Immediately apprecatve of the charm of
this ideal place. \ low-lying but health
full and fertile valley blocked in on every
side by majestic green hills. He was
fortunate in being able to purchase. and
did at once. about 800 acres of rolling
woodland and meadows.
\ part OF this land overlooked the Con-
nectiCut river. Here was erected Harlak-
enden House. rightly considered the finest
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A Little Irony.

7 OUIS ]. HOROWITZ is noted in New
- York for his trenchant wit. Thus, i'm
the discussion of recent contract. GER
tain rather niggardly proposals were
made TO him, and Mr.. Horowitz rebuked
their niggardliness with the quiet words:
only so much for fifteen-story build
Ing? Come. gentlemen, make it s. more
and we'll run you up a skyscraper that
will overtop the highest"
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country residence within the confines of
New Hampshire. The name Harlakenden
is an ancestral name belonging to his
wife who was Miss Mabel Harlakenden
Hall
The village of Cornish nestles deep in
the beautiful valley of the Connecticut
river This valley is renowned for its
fertility and it's scenery. Changes in the
contour and nature of the valley occur
with unusual frequency. Bluffs rise up
and lowlands recede from the banks of
the swift-fowing mountain river. With
out lakes or mountainous gorgeS or
waterfalls, this peaceful scene neither
thrills nor attracts the wandering tourists,
who are fast flying TO view the magniii-
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Genius and Fame.

Gov. SUIZER defined genius I'm New
~ York the other day as the develop
ment of the three faculties of observa-
ton, concentration and analysis.
Genius he added, smiling, leads to
fame. and what is fame's definition?
We'll, fame may be defined as a de-
vice on the sordid worlds part whereby
a man is kept poor, and whereby at the
same time his creditors are kept posted
as to his whereabouts"
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LONE Is in Picturesque


LONE Is in Picturesque
1 l and Historical Old Viii
lage-Land Overlooks Con-
necticut River, and the Small
Town Nestles Deep in a
Beautiful Valley-The Near
by Village of Windsor. Where
Many City People Live in
Surnmer-Near a Game Pre-
serve of "a 1000 Acres, Beyond
the Croydon M o u n a n S.
President and Family Take
Home of Winston Churchill.
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y r L. \ Is F. NDEN
HOC Sc, Winston
ChurChills home in
Cornish. y. H.. is
President Wilson 5
selection for the
summer capital.
Winston Churchill
came TO this his
toricai old village
at the suggestion of
his friend. Louis
Evan Shipman, a
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THE .sUMMER WHITE HOUSE,, CORNISH, n. H.

cence of the White mountains far to the
north. But the green hills, dotted over
with virgin forests. interspersed with
smiling meadows, broken by purest
streams OF water and caresSed by in
MIGRATING hreezes. make it the dream of
home-lovins simple folks.
x *
The lowest altitude of the valley here
is about 212 feet above sea level at
the river. Going toward the east, up
the accessible but somewhat precipitate
slopes of the Croydon and Grantham
mountains. the altitude rapidly climbs.