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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23

bear tending to draw him away from
educational work, but in spite of large
financial inducements he. has absolutely
refused to turn aside from his scienti-
! fic and educational career.
| One of the leading scientists of the
country-Prof. John NJ Coulter, of the
University OF Chicago who was also
for many years president of Lake For
est University y,-says of Dean Bran
non: Il do not believe | could think
of an available man better suited to
your purpose"
former colleague of DR.. Brannon,
now a practicing physician in this
state, says in letter:
DIR. BranHOn Landed.
IF Dean Brannon can be induced to
accept the presidency of the University
of Idaho you are to be sincerely con-
graduated. In my opinion it would
not be possible to secure better man
for the place. Not only in scholarship
is he eminently fitted for such an i'm
portant and difficult position, tho even
in that respect it would not be easy to
find man more thoroly prepared than
he. His experience in administrative
work is ample and his success unuues-
toned. l have known many men en-
gagged in university work but | can
recall no one whom l could more hon
astly and unreservedly recommend for |
your consideration. Above all, Dean
Brannon is a perfect gentleman, a |
charming personality, of splendid ad- |
1ress, and man who makes warm
friends apparently without effort. |
lave known Of all these qualities be-
ng possessed by others but 1 have
lever known so many desirable traits
o be grouped in any other one indi-
'idual"
DR.. BrannOn unites three great lines
# excellence for the presidency of a
lniversity-high scholarship, tested by
he severest standards; proved execu-
i've and administrative power; and the
ighest character, expressed in win
ling and forceful personality. He
caves behind him in North Dakota
reat constructive record, and will en-
er upon greater career in his great
+ field here.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23
LAW FRATERNITY INITIATES
Pi Alpha Delta Slips Grip to Seven
Initiates-Takes Only Second
Year Men.

Pi Alpha Delta, law fraternity at
the university, held its annual initia-
ton last night at the knights OF
Pythias hall, at which time seven sec
cond-year men were taken into the Sc
crets of the order. Each year the
fraternity initiates only second-year
men of the law school. Those initia-
ted last night were: Isaac McDougall,
John H. McEvers, Paul Peterson, w.
w. Casey, Arthur Jardine, Buck
Phillips and Charles E. Horning.
The senior members of the organiza-
ton are A. 0. Sutton, d. nj. Buffing-
ton, Harry McAdams, and R. G. Adams.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23
PASSENGERS ARE ROBBED
Bandits Board Michigan Central Train,
Hold Up Passengers and Escape.


JACKSON, Mich, JAN 23.-Four
bandits went thru the Detroit Chicago
flyer of the Michigan Central railroad
with drawn revolvers at $3.50 this
morning and robbed the passengers of
5000 in cash, several thousand dol
lars worth of jewelry and then forced
the engineer to stop the train. They
jumped off and fled. A posse is in hot
persuit.
They boarded the train and took
seats like ordinary passengers. When
the conductor called for their tickets
they drew revolvers and ordered him
to throw up his hands. Every pas
senger on the Pullman was robbed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23
PLAY D0UBLE-HEADER
Moscow High and Varsity Teams VIII
Meet w. s. c. Lineups-Be Good
Scraps.

The double-header basketball game
at the university gymnasium tonight
should draw a record crowd. The pre-
liminary bout will present the Moscow
high school team in a rafting good
mix with the Washington State Col
lege Props. This will commence at
80 and will be followed immediate
ly by game between the Idaho hve
and the w. s. C. lineup. Both games
will be lively.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23
MADMAN WAS ARRESTED
Reported That Attempt Had Been
Made to Assassinate Crown Prince
Frederick William.

BERLIN, Jan. 23.-Reports that an
attempt had been made to assassinate
Crown Prince Frederick William are
said to have resulted from the efforts
of supposed madman to see the
prince.
AS the prince approached his town
house an unidentified man came up
in an automobile and demanded to
see him. A sentry seized the stranger
and held him until the police arriv-
ed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23
LOWER RATES FOR
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
WASHINGTON WATER POWER COM
PANY MAKES STRAIGHT RE-
DUCTION IN MOSCOW.
VIII Meet the Pullman Rate-Deal
Closed With City Last
Night.

! Thru arrangements which were com
pleted last night between the Wash
ington Water Power company and the
city of Moscow, the residents of this
city are to enjoy great saving in the
year on the charges of lighting. The
company has placed Moscow on the
same basis as Pullman in its maximum
charge for light service. The Pull
charge in Moscow is Is cents. The
members of the city council and Mayor
Clarke have been active in the matter
for several weeks past and last night
NJ G. Osborn commercial manager of
the company with headquarters in
Spokane, and G. r. Beckman, district
manager, appeared before the council
and completed the details. In the
change of rates the power charges
against the city water plant were al
SO materially reduced and will afford
a great saving to the city.
Extend rover Lines.
The Washington Water Power COM
pany in formulating plans for the
year which means extensive improve
ments thruout the entire territory
tributary to Moscow, according to Mr..
Osborn, who visited here today. The
company now has estimators out Sc
curing data on the principal roads
leading cut of Moscow to Genesee on
the west ;and the Little Potlatch on the
east with view of introducing its
power and light service in the rural
districts.
The surveys for the power lines to
Troy, Kendrick and Juliaetta have just
,een completed and Mr.. Osborn says
hat it is highly probable the service
will be extended to those points the
present. year.
Take Over Big Bend Plants.
Our. company has recently taken
ver the plants of the Big Bend Power
nd L light company in the Big Bend
ountIy," said Mr.. Osborn, "and we
re now operating 33 plants outside of
pokane. This calls for new or
anizs tion in the company which is
ow being worked out and will be for
le ,ood of the service.
wv are now completing contracts
,r tt le installation of the new Tunsten
yste m of street lighting in the towns
{ th Palouse country, system which
e ,onomical and when installed will ;
rol lie of much benefit to the pubic as {
ell as furnish higher efficiency in {
81 It," {
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23

there he went to the University o.
North Dakota, as professor of botany
Here he at once engaged in activities
for the good of the state at large. The
first was biological survey, covering
especially the grasses and forage
plants of the state, and also an inves-
tigation of the lakes and rivers as a
source of good production. Mr.. Bran
non believes that the state of Idaho
has great possibilities in both these re-
spects.
Establish Biological Station.
This work led to the establishment
of state biological station, at Devils
Lake, under the direction of Dr. Bran
non.
The second public survice is repre-
sented by the University School of
Medicine whose organization and
equipment and work was directed by
DR.. Brannon for several years. This
school provides the first two years of
the medical course, and its students
complete the course in standard med
ical colleges in two years more. The
standard of work was such that the
school was ranked among the first
twelve schools of medicine by the As
sociation of American Medical Colleges
in 1909.
Associated with the school of medi-
cine was the development of the North
Dakota state public health laboratory.
This laboratory DR.. Brannon organiz-
ed and was instrumental in securing
state support for its development.
DR.. Brannon has been closely asso-
ciated with the extension work of the
of North Dakota. The field
work consisted of lectures in connec-
ton with high school and Better Farm
ing association activities.
Had Special Problems.
DR.. Brannon's special problems in
have been connected with the
problem of the Carnegie laboratory
or botanical research and with eco
ionic studies in cold storage of pota-
oes and fruits. He has had charge of
work in acclimatizing
lifferent organisms to waters of var
able composition in North Dakota.
This has been related particularly to
Increasing the food production in GER
ain saline lakes of the state.
DR.. Brannon was dean of the medi-
al school 1905-11. In 1911 he was .
ppointed to his present position, dean
the college of liberal arts. This is
y far the largest and most important
ollege in the University, and its dean
second only to the president.
Altho DR.. Brannon's work has invol-
ell such large administrative tasks, he b
as made valuable contributions to c
,ientific and educational literature: a
lese include the annual reports of n
lie North Dakota biological survey, e
-ticles on grasses and forage plants, fl
ildews, and other botanical subjects Il
both scientific and practical i'm
)rtance. He has, also published ar-7
cles on the study of biology in the
EDUCATIONAL Review. He is a member u
many learned societies including the te
,ciety of American Botanists, Amer o.
an Academy of Science, the British a.
,ademy of Science, etc. u'
Good Business Experience. n,
Dean Brannon has had, for a univer- SC
y professor, an unusual business ex- re
rience: he founded and developed I'm
e Dickinson Brick company, and has D,
ought it to a highly successful con- re
ion: in this and other connections llit
png influences have been brought to wi
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23

Nv. e. Walsh, resident of the North
Fork of the Clearwater river is in
NJ oscow on business. Mr.. Walsh is
engaged in trapping and logging and
ays the present winter has been fa-
Y crable for trapping.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23

The Idaho state board of education
in regular session at Boise today elect
ed DR.. Melvin Amos Brannon, dean O
the College of Liberal Arts of the Uni
versity of North Dakota, president o.
the University of Idaho to succeed DR.
James Alexander MacLean who just
a year ago rendered his resignation to
the board of regents. The selection OF
DIR. Brannon came after many months
search and after most careful in
quiry had been made into no less than
half hundred applications for the
Idaho presidency.
SissOn Made Wide Search.
The search for successor to DR..
MacLean was commenced by the old
board of regents and upon their CIV
ing way to the state board of control
was continued earnestly by the latter
body until about a month ago when
the selection of DR.. Brannon was
practically agreed upon by majority
of the board who met in committee in
Moscow. State Commissioner of Edu-
cation Dr. E. O. Sisson was sent east
by the state board in the fall and spent
almost two months visiting all of the
larger eastern and middle western uni
yersities in the hope of discovering a
man big enough to become the head of
the university. DR.. Brannon was his
choice and his election came today by
a unanimous vote of the board.
Was in Moscow Last Week.
DR.. Brannon had not been an active
candidate for the presidency and for
that reason his possible election has
been securely concealed by the state
board. He came to Moscow last week
and spent several days looking over
the university and it was at that time
that he first applied for the position as
head of the institution.
DR.. Carlyle's Success.
The University of Idaho has been
without president for almost year,
DR.. MacLean rendering his resigna
ton to the board of regents February
1, 1918, after having held the presi-
dency for a period of more than 12
years. Following DR.. MacLean's res
ignation Dean w. L. Carlyle of the
College Of Agriculture was appointed
acting president and has served in i
that capacity up to the present time
1t was due in large part to DR.. Car
lyle's excellent success in his double I,
capacity of acting president and dean +;
of the agricultural college that the
state board of education deferred so |
long the selection of president. Up {
On retiring from the acting presidency i
Dean Carlyle will devote his entire
line to the work in the college of ag !,
riculture.
DR.. Melvin Amos Brannon.
The new president of the University ).
II Idaho was born in Indiana of
ancestry and is 49 years
II age. He graduated at Wabash
yollege in 1889, and studied at
he world renowned Marine Biological :
laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachu =
etts and later, in 1912, received the
egree OF Doctor of Philosophy at the =
University Of Chicago. There are, as !,
many readers know, four grades or
anks in this degree. DR.. Brannon re-
eived the highest Of all, rarely given,
summa cum laude," as the academic
attn puts 1t. 81
DR.. Brannon's teaching experience n.
egan in Wabash college, as laboratory II
assistant In botany. He then taught b
soiogy for four years in the Fort di
wayne, Indiana, high school. From st
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23
Good Business Experience.

Dean Brannon has had, for univer-
sity professor, an unusual business ex-
perience: he founded and developed
the Dickinson Brick company, and has
brought it to highly successful con-
dition: in this and other connections
strong influences have been brought to
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-23
IDAHO UNIVERSITY MANTLE
FALLS ON NORTH DAKOTA MAN
DR.. MELVIN AMOS BRANNON ELECTED PRESI-
DENT BY IDAHO BOARD OF EDUCATION.
new HEAD ENJOYS DISTINCTIVE RECORD
For 10 Years He Has Been Identified With the Univer-
sity of North Dakota--With This Appointment
Search of Year Has Ended.

ELECTED BRANNON TODAY.
BOISE Jan. 23-Special to The Star MrrOr)-Dr. Melvin
BannOn North Dakota today unanimously elected
dent Of the University the board education
session this city, Dr. will his duties at
earliest possible relieving W. Carlyle acting
Of the university for the past year.
Evening star., 1914-04-22
HAS BEEN UNDER FIRE
MORE THAN FORTY TIMES
Maj. S. D. Butler Of the Marine
Corps Is Subject of Fathers
Alarm.

Just as soon as he read in the extra
paper that four marines had been killed
and twenty wounded in the first en-
sagement in Mexico. Representative But
Ter OF Pennsylvania rushed from his
home in the Richmond Hotel to the Navy
Department. one block away, to learn
whether his son. Maj. smedley d. But
Ter, had been among those in the list
of casualties. He inquired anxiously
for the names of the wounded and asked
to be shown to Secretary Daniels ofhce,
but the Secretary was not there. Later
the Secretary returned from tho White
House and assured Representative But
Ter that no officers were among those
dead or wounded.
Representative Butler did not even
know whether his son was with the land
Ing force, but he declared II he was il
was the forty-fourth time he had been
Corps in 1899. He did not even" know to
what ship his son had been attached.
Maj. Butler distinguished himself in
China when he was advanced in rank
for eminent and conspicuous conduct in
battle with the Psking relief column -
While in China he was shot twice, once IN
the chest while climbing the wall al
Peking and once in the leg. He was
with Col. Riley at the time the latter
was killed In China during the same ex-
c,edition.
He has also distinguished himself in ex-
petitions in Cuba and the Philippines
The marines under MAI. Butler on ships
in Mexican waters are those which pre-.
viously constituted the marine contingen,
in the isthmian Canal Zone. and which
Secretary Garrison of the War Depart
ment characterized as the finest body o1
soldiery that he had even seen.
Evening star., 1914-04-22

'It will be noticed that in only two
states is the limit as low as it is here
Delaware and Connecticut" says Mr.
Baldwin. THE former is state with no
very large cities, and as to Connecticut
it is stated in New Haven:
1--WE have a law in this state limiting
the rate to 1 per cent a month. but the
risks of the business are SO great that
sufficient capital has not been forthcom-
ing to support the business. Loan sharks
are still doing business and charge about
10 per cent a month in a good many
cases. I think II the inducement to a
higher rate were held out, capital might
be persuaded to enter this field
This is the situation which We have
here; and in New Britain it is stated
that loan sharks flourish. some Of them
connected with the companies doing
business here, and that they charge the
same exorbitant rates.
..The pending bill would increase the
cost to S1.31. which is still much less
than all other states have found neces-
sary to compensate capital for going
into the business Of making small loans.
"It will be noticed. too, that the rate
allowed pawnbrokers. whose loans are
usually small. is still higher than the
ness can be done more economically than
that on indorsed notes. The rate here.
which IL the same as that allowed on
other small loans, bears no comparison
with the rates allowed in other states,
and explains why no pawnoroker can
do business in Washington.
There is, therefore, every reason why
Congress should promptly AFFORD relief
to poor borrowers here by granting an
advance to something nearer the rates
which the experience Of other states mas m
shown to be necessary to provide for
such loans. New Jersey has passed q
law since the table was prepared which
permits 8 per cent per month.
Evening star., 1914-04-22
HEAD OF Marine CORPS
JOINS DANIELS COUNCIL
Secretary Of Navy Adds Maj. Gen.
Barnett to List of Aids for Closer
Coordination.

In consideration of the important place
Of the Marine Corps in the organization
Of the navy. which has been particularly
exemplihed by the present situation. Sec
retary Daniels today decided to add Maj.
Gen. Barnett. the commandant Of the
Marine Corps, to his council of aids.
The Secretary's aids act as his personal
advisers Mr.. Daniels has felt that the
Marine Corps should be represented by
some one connected with this special
council. Since the detail Of Capt. Fullam,
who was formerly aid for person.
mel, as superintendent Of the Naval
Academy Rear Admiral Victor Blue has
served on this council as acting aid for
personnel and will continue to do SO.
The council consists of Rear Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske aid for operations;
Capt A. F. Fechteler. aid for inspections;
Capt A. G. Winterhalter, aid for mate
rial; Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief Of
the bureau of navigation, acting aid for
personnel, and Maj. Gen. Barnett, aid for
Marine Corps.
BY adding the commandant Of the Ma
Evening star., 1914-04-22

turer, but scandalous waste in the proc
esses of distribution. And a great part
of this waste Is borne by society on a.
count of the dishonesty practiced ~
quack producers and long. long list of
taking advertisers.
From June n to 20 the Associated Ad-
vertising Clubs Of America will hold con-
vention at Toronto. There will be in at
tendance several thousand Of the leading
advertising men of the United States and
Canada There they will review the ef-
forts Of another year to make the ad-
yertising faker thing OF the past and
organize their forces for another far step
forward. Such Is the importance Of their
campaign for sound business that II
merits the support and attention Of every
man and woman in>the country who is
not endeavoring to fatten at the expense
of society by preying upon the weak, the
gullible. the ignorant and the needy.
Evening star., 1914-04-22
RATES FOR LOANS
IN VARIOUS STATES
Table Shows That Only Two
Are Lower Than the Dis
trict of Columbia.

That such changes in the present
loan shark law, now in effect in the
District, should be made in order to al
low a rate at which the loan business
can be conducted with reasonable de-
gree of profit. thereby enabling capital
to enter this field. is urged by William
H. Baldwin. chairman of the committee
of citizens which has been supporting
the campaign against the loan sharks,
in a statement made today
How the present loan shark law dis
criminated against the District in COM
parison with other states which have
laws relating to small loans, says Mr.
Baldwin. Is apparent from the following
table. which shows the cost to the bor-
rover Of a loan of SIS, payable in one,
two. three. four. five and six monthly
installments under various state laws:
Evening star., 1914-04-22
SAMUEL R. CROCKETT DIES
AFTER LONG TIME ILLNESS
Noted Scotch Novelist Was Born on
Farm and Forsook the Min
istry for Literature.

LONDON. April 22.-News has been re-
ceived in Edinburgh of the death Of
Samuel f. Crockett, the novelist. He
had been in precarious health for a
LONG time and had been living abroad.
Samuel Rutherford Crockett, one Of
the foremost OF the school of Scotch
novelists. was born the son of farmer
at Duchrae, Galloway, September "a.
1850. He was educated at Edinburgh
and Heidelberg universities, and was
ordained minister of the Free Church
of Scotland. but forsook the ministry
for literature. in which he achieved
such success that his books have been
translated into most European Ian
guages
The long list of his books includes
The stickit Minister his flrst great
Man" "Lochinvar," sir Toady Lion"
The Red Axe. THE Black Douglas"
Hand" The Firebrand." The Bloom
Of the Heather" Princess Penniless,
Anne of the Barricade'' and The Moss
Troopers"
Evening star., 1914-04-22
THE LAND OF BE-
GINNING AGAIN
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
tcopyrisht. 1914. by Frank Crane,

When the young April with his showers
sweet did lure folk to the open a COM
pany OF pilgrims set out upon the road to
seek country Of which they had heard.
which Hes over to the east OF the King
dom Of Dreams
1t is called the Land of Beginning
Again.
First came man of fifty. He was
heavy OF stature and short of breath
Little purplish bl6tches showed upon his
face, His eyes were bent eagerly toward
the goal To the reporter he said: Yes,
l missed it with my life. 1 gorged at
the fiesh-pots. I went the sensual pace
Look at mel Physically l am skating
on thin ice: blood vessels liable to
break any minute. But hope to get to
blowing hard.
Spoiled my happiness" said woman
the whole trouble. Nagged my husband
neglected my children. Now it's nerves
and the hell of self-pity Do you think
1 can get there?"
,.,sc.a,ss Just out of the Penitentiasy," said
the fool I took. Cards women and liquor
you know the story. at last-crime
shall-or die on the way,
Me? said shabby one. why,
was one Of those smart boys. / knew
more than my father and mother
wouldn't go to school. So I tackled the
world unframed. l was outclassed.
have been grubbing along in the ditch,
when I might have been among the sue
cessful. When arrive at the Land and
get my lost chance blackwell, watch
meI'
The reporter moved among the crowd
and noted them. There were those whom
disease had caught. There were those
who had deserted their ideals and were
now running to find them again. There
were hearts dried and cold, who had
boeoms were the serpents of self-con-
tempt. seeking the seif-respect they
longed for. There were the world-weary
rich. loathing themselves and their pos
sessions. going to find the fountains of
adventure. There were the fools, who
had sold their birthright for a mess of
pottage. There were the undisciplined
who had sacrificed all for a moment of
anger or Of lust.
fork OF the road, and found out too late
their mistake. the news had gone forth
that there was a Land Of Beginning
Again. AS this little company marched
on their numbers grew. Here came a
painted woman whose heart was q sep
ulcher. Here a drug taker with brain
afire. One by one they who had van
dered into the devious bypaths of folly
and had fought with the reptiles that
and were pilgrims of the morning
The sun shone cheerfully. The white
road before them was inviting. The in
toxication of hope was in the air. The
birds chirped, Hope, hope, cheer upv'
The dogs barked, You can! You can"'