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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
SCHOOL ROLLS
INCREASED IA
SUPERINTENDENT HENRY'S RE-
PORT SHOWS 1857 STUDENTS
ARE NOW ENROLLED
WhitwOrth School Leads With 531
SchOlars-Library Fund Has
$151.61 Balance

Fourteen more students are regis
tered in the Moscow public schools
this month than were registered last
month, according to a report submit
ted by Superintendent Charles Henry
at a meeting of the school board last
night, which showed also that the to-
tai enrolment at present is 1157, $50
of whom are boys and 500 girls.
Of this number the Whitworth school
has 531 pupils; Irving 207 Lincoln IA;
Eighth A As; and the high school
294.
Owing to sickness, Mr.. Henry's re-
port said the per cent of attendance
has been very low for the last month,
but children are recovering and the
attendance is better since the holi-
days.
The matter of reseating the schools
in order to handle the expected change
ginning of the last semester, January
%, was taken up by the school board,
who request all parents who will have
children enter at that time to send
word at once of the number who will
attend and the school they will attend
so that necessary changes may be
anticipated.
A balance of $15161 remains in the
library fund according to report of
the condition of library finances read
to the board. This year $500 was ap-
propriated by the board for the fund,
$65.75 was earned by the students who
took the school census last fall in the
place of the statisticians usually hired
for that purpose, and $214.14 OF the to-
tai receipts has been spent for books.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
BARUCH DENIES HE
HAD INFOR NATION
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING AL
LEGGED LEAK ON PEACE NOTE
MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY
Boston Broker Declares "High Offic-
ial' VIII be Named if Stronger
Body Takes Over Investigation

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. - Bernard
Baruch denied today that he had any
advance information with regard to
the presidents peace message. He
told the house rules committee that he
had no information whatever con-
corning the note before the newspap-
ors published it.
Thomas w. Lawson refused to name
the source Of the leak, but told the
house rules committee that he would
expose the leak, provided that a more
body took charge. He as
serted that he would reveal the name
of "a high official" and said that the
exposure would be disastrous to the
nation and to the administration"
Lawson declared that he wanted the
committee to probe Wall street to the
bottom. He lodged all questions put
to him. Two members presented a
motion providing that Lawson be
adjudged guilty of contempt, and
The committee deferred ac-
tion on the motion.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
DINE BELLIGERENTS
ON TWO OCCASIONS
President Wilson VIII Entertain Al
lied Diplomats Tonight and Teut9nic
Ministers Tuesday Evening

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Discus-
sions of peace haven't reached the
stage yet that the belligerent diplom-
ats in Washington are exactly chum-
my. Hence the president again this
year is having two diplomatic dinners
instead of one-and the first is to-
night.
Ambassador Jusserand of France,
being the dean of the diplomatic corps
here, is the guest of honor. Others
to be seated about the executive ta-
BILE in the state dining room of the
White House include representatives
in Washington of the entente allies
and neutral diplomats, together with
their wives Madame Jusserand Will
sit at the presidents right and Am
bassador Jusserand at the right OF
Mrs Wilson.
The teutonic allies, together with
will be represented at the
diplomatic dinner next Tuesday eve
ming in the White House.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
ECONOMY MEASURES
URGED IN CONGRESS
GOVERNOR ASKS LEGISLATORS TO
NOT INCREASE STATE LEVY
REDUCE NUMBER OF BOARDS
Recommends Passage of Corrupt Prac-
tice Act TO Discourage Excessive
Expenditures in Elections

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 9.-In his
message delivered to the members
of the legislature this afternoon,
the governor urged that the senate
levy be no greater than during the
past year, and in the interest of econ-
omy and efficiency, recommended the
combing of certain state boards, and
that the governor be empowered to
shift district judges from one district
to another in order to relieve over
worked courts without increasing the
number of judges. He favors the ap-
epointment of a commission to assist
the supreme court in clearing up its
calendar, but is opposed to increasing
the number of supreme judges.
In the opinion of the governor, the
livestock sanitary board should be
combined with the horticultural board;
the board of health with the pure food
department; and the banking depart
A corrupt practice act designed to
prevent the expenditure of large sums
of money at elections, a change in
the ballot to facilitate more intelligent
voting, the initiative, referendum and
recall are recommended; and the leg
islature is urged to provide some
means of filling a vacancy in case one
should ever occur in the United States
That provision be made for taking
advantage of the federal funds avail
able for highway construction, and
particular consideration be given to
the construction of north and south
highway are among the recommends
tions made in the message. A uni
form system of county accounting is
urged.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
GERMANY RESENTS
GERARD'S SPEECH
Advocates of Ruthless Submarine Pol
icy Violently DenOunce Ambassadors
Praise of Officials Favoring Restric-
ton of Activities

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 9.-Advocates of
a ruthless submarine policy today vio-
lently denounced the speech made by
James w. Gerard, United States am
bassador, before the American Com
merce trade banquet, according to a
Berlin report.
Herr Reventlow accused the ambas-
sador with meddling in Germany's in
ternal affairs, and other leaders are
urging Gerard's recall.
Their principal objection is to Ger
ards having praised officials who ia
vor restriction of submarine activ-
tiles
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
ARREST CHIEF OF POLICE
Chicago Officer Charged With Accept
ing Brides From Illegal Resorts
And Law Breakers

CHICAGO, JAN 9.-Chief of Police
Chas. c. Healy, who with three other
members of the city police force were
arrested last night, was arraigned in
police court today and charged with
conspiracy and corruption in office.
His trial was continued ten days. and
his bail was reduced from 100000 to
s25,06O
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne in
phis complaint alleges that Healy is one
of a number of men who have been
collecting and dividing tribute levied
;. upon illegal resorts, saloons violating
the closing law, and policemen seeking
promotion.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
FIRST DAY or 14TH SESSION

The first official act of the house of
representatives was to pass house bill
No. /, appropriating, $733S.50 from
the general funds of the treasury to
be used to pay the officers and enlist
ed men of the Second Idaho regiment
the money the state owes them. Tim
othy Regan, a Boise citizen, advanced
$4,000 for this purpose and to it the
governor added $500 more, but ow-
ing to the difficulty over the way in
which funds not appropriated by the
Legislature should be paid to the
troops, it was decided not to use this
money but to wait until the legislature
convened and appropriate state mon
ey. The senate will pass the bill to-
morrow and it will Immediately re-
ceive the governors approval. The
troops will then be paid There was
not enough money in the treasury to
pay them before.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
MAY LEAVE UTILITIES BOARD
AxeI Ramstedt Said to Have FIatEer-
ing Offer Of Other Appointment
May Accept

Axel Ramstedt, president of the
public utilities commission, will finish
his work and retire to private life
within the month unless he is reap
pointed by Governor Alexander to the
position he now holds, he said FRI
day.
The president of the commission is
larger salary than he is now drawing,
and is waiting the governors action
before accepting. Ramstedt has de-
clined to comment on that phase of
the situation.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
PREPARED FOR STRIKE
Railways Bought Arms and Ammuni-
tiOn When Situation Was Tense,
1t is Declared

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-W. H. Doak,
vice president of the brotherhood of
railway trainmen, told the Newlands
committee today that many railroads
had bought arms and ammunition, and
had hired strikebreakers while the
strike situation was tense preceding
the passage of the Adamson law. The
Newlands committee is handling the
presidents railway legislation pro-
gram.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
U. S. DEFICIT ;S495, 100000
House Committee on Ways and Means
Reaches No Decision on Increas-
ing Government Revenues

WASHINGTON, Jan. democratic
members of the house say that the
committee on ways and means met for
the purpose of considering means of
increasing the governments revenues,
but no decision was reached. The COM
mittee will meet again Thursday.
Majority Leader Claude Kitchen es
timated that the deficit would reach
$495 100000.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
BATTLE ROBBERS IN STREETS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9.-Three ban
dts robbed the Southern Pacific sta
ton and stores at Piru, in Ventura
county, today. A posse of citizens at
tackled and battle with the bandits in
the streets, and one raider was wound
ed His companions carried him to an
automobile and fed toward Los An
geles. Several posses left here en-
deavoring to intercept their fight
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
FILIBUSTER THREATENED
United States Senator Would Resort to
Parliamentary Devise to Protect
Western Interests

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Senator
Thomas today threatened to begin a
naval program Indefinitely unless
something is done to relieve occup-
ants of government reserve oil lands
in the west "
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
THIRTY MILLION FOR EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The house
today passed the vocational education
al bill which carried thirty-eight mil
lion dollars in appropriations to be
distributed during a period of ten
1raarc
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
VILLISTAS ATTACK TRAIN
Several Passengers Killed and Wound
ed, But Train Escapes Capture
or Destruction

Ell PASO, Jan. 9-Federal agents
have learned that Villistas attacked a
south-bound train, thirty miles from
Juarez, and killed and wounded sew
eral passengers. The engineer
speeded up the train and escaped
reaching chihuahua safely.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
LEVEE COLLAPSES
DAMAGE ENORMOUS

AIameda's Municipal Reclamation Pro-
iect Inundated When Sea Wall
Breaks-SOutbern Pacific Tracks
Buried in Mud
ALAMEDA, Cal, Jan. 9.-The nor
thern levee protecting the municipal
reclamation project collapsed today.
tracts of factory lands were inundat-
ed, and an avalaneh of mud covered
the Southern Pacific tracks. Millions
of dollars worth of property is en-
dangered.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02
HOW TO DRILL
Green F|REMEN
Fire Chief Of Butte, Mont, De-
SCTIbeS His Methods.
USES TOWER WITH LADDERS

According TO Head Of Butte Fire De-
partment, Two of the Requisites of
Good Fireman Are Nerve and Quick
NESTLE Describes the Benefits OF
Systematic Drill.
To take number Of green men and
bring them to a state of efficiency In a
FIRE department requires tact, flrmness
and consideration on the part Of the
man In charge-tact, that the man be-
ing trained may be developed along the
line best suited to his disposition; firm
ness. that he may be made to under
stand that the chiefs, or captains, are
the ones whose word is final, and con-
sideration, that the best that is In the
novice may be brought out and he be
made to develop himself to his highest
capacity, writes Fred Martin, fire chief
Of Butte, Mont, in the American City.
One of the best means to bring a man
to his highest efficiency in the service,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02
VIM. J. Moon Has Arm Broken

Tuesday last while engaged with a
force OF men in tearing down the build
ings on the steel companys property
east of town had his left arm broken
by one of his helpers letting a heavy
piece of timber fall on it. The break is
not Of serious nature and Mr.. Moon
was able to be out the following day.
Mr.. Moon tells a reporter that he has
removed all the machinery and taken
down all the fire brick, OF which there
was considerable, and has the tearing
down OF the buildings we'll under way.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02
LODGED sos TRAMPS.
Farmer Adheres to Custom Established
by His Grandfather.

Allentown, Pa.-Not all the tramps
are spending the winter at the Berks
and Lancaster county almshouses, &C
cording to reports made public by Hen
ry Heft, farmer near the town, who
since the first Of the year has provided
lodgings to 500 tramps in his barn, an
increase of fifteen tramps over the
same period last year. Only one wo-
man was given lodging.
Near the barn is fine grove, and
during the summer good many sleep
under the trees. Here Heft has pro-
vided fireplace, and in wash boiler
they made their coffee. Heft never
gives them a full meal, but If they
agree to do their own cooking he often
hands them potatoes, -four. salt, pep
per and other necessaries.
Mr.. Heft says it has been the custom
Of his father and grandfather to pro-
vide lodging to the tramps and that for
the hundred years that the farm has
been in the Heft family no tramp was
turned from their barn and that they
never had any trouble with them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02
"H0WDY, STRANGER;
GLAD TO SEE YOUR
An Admirable Old Custom That Hss
Fallen Into Disuss.

Were you ever In a little town where
the old men walked up to you with
outstretched hand and said, "Howdy,
stranger! Glad to see you" asks the
Houston CTex.) Post.
II you were ever in such place you
know Just how good 1t made you feel.
Somehow you know those old bewhis-
kered fellows were telling the truth.
Somehow the custom has fallen into
disuse nowadays. And 1t is pity that
1t has, for many stranger would feel
his heart quicken toward city and
people IL there were men to walk up
to him and tell him they are glad to
see him.
All of us like to be noticed We like
to think some one cares a little wheth-
er we are here or not. If We are stran-
gers In a town there are questions we
would like to ask. We want to know
where the postofflce is, or the court
house, or the hotel, or the restaurant
We would like to be told what Is the
longest car ride we can take for
nickel. We would appreciate the In
formation that the Satilla is tied up at
the wharf and that her crew will be
glad to entertain visitors.
If some fellow would walk up to US
with the old "Howdy, strangerl" we
could ask him these questions. We
would know that he would answer
them civilly and correctly. Those old
fellows always know everything there
was to know about their town, and
they were glad to tell It,.
But times have changed. Houston Is
a fine city. Houston people are hos
pitable. However, 1t is not as easy
for the stranger to get information
about the town as it should be. Maybe
our business men are too busy to give
1t. Maybe our policemen, our street
car men, do not know it. At any rate,
there are several questions asked ev-
cry day by the stranger for every one
that Is answered.
This is not right. 1t reflects on the
city and on our people, The remedy
is easy and easily applied. A "Howdy"
club with every man in Houston o
member and not a cent of dues will
solve the problem.
Let us all make up our minds that
we will know our city and that we
will gladly tell every man who comes
here all he will listen to about Hous-
ton. Let us greet every stranger with
a smile. Let's say "Howdy, stranger"
to them,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02

In my opinion, is drill on the tower
with pompier ladders. This is best
done by teams composed Of both skill
ed and green men, taking care, how
ever, not to set pace at first that will
be too fast for the less experienced
members Of the team.
To one who has never had any ex-
perience in drilling men for fire service
1t would be revelation to learn how
few men naturally have no fear of
height-that is, how few are able to
climb to a considerable distance from
the ground without becoming afraid or
dizzy. The overcoming Of this natural
fear is the first and most important
thing In drilling men for the service.
In Butte we have a tower built to
represent a building six stories in
height. l find that our best results are
gained by taking a crew composed OF
experienced men and with the skilled
men In the lead and the green men
sandwiched In with the men who are
already well drilled, have them scale
the tower until they can all handle the
pompier ladders with ease. This is not
done all at once. but is developed grad
ually. The captain In charge of the
crew instructs the new men In the best
way to raise the ladders.
Then l have the team, including the
green men, climb to the second story
and afterward descend to the ground.
a. Do all hA IN IN
team can do the worS without bun
Cling. Another story is then taken,
and so on until the novlces are grad
ually taught the better ways of han
ding the ladders and have also over
come the fear which climbing to a
height naturally excites in every man
not accustomed to that kind of work.
BY working with the experienced
men the novices learn the better ways
OF handling the ladders and of man
aging themselves. They are also put
on their mettle, for a man will natural
" shrink from showing any fear when
he is with others.
The pompler ladders are better, in
my Judgment, than the others, for the
swing which they have after they are
hooked over the sill of the window
brings out all there is I'm man, and II
he is yellow" he win show 1t at
time when he can be removed from the
service. This Is wiser than to let him
become a regular member of the force
and fail when the crucial time comes.
Two Of the requisites Of a good fire.
man are nerve and quickness. These
are brought out to a great degree in
the drill with the pompier ladders on
the tower and in sliding down a rope
from the different windows Of the
tower to the landing net after the men
have scaled The tower.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02

For use in preliminary studies in
working out an elaborate scheme for
identifying the city of Santa Barbara,
Cal, and as an aid in examining posi-
BILE locations for proposed sewer out
fall photographs were taken from an
aeroplane. The views bring out clear
ly the general contour and the relative
position Of the city with regard to the
sea and the mountains 1t is usually
very difficult to make surveys after a
food. says the Engineering Record
There are always bottomless lakes of
liquid mud that cannot be traversed
on foot or by boat. The use Of an
aeroplane would mako It possible to
take photographs that would give the
desired information quickly and accu-
rately
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02
CASTE AND THE MOP.
Kind of Cleaner Americans Must Make
For India Trade.

For India Trade.
Seattle, Wash.--Caste among the ma
lives of India has a serious effect on
the mop market. This is one Of the
observations made by Charles Dupuy,
salesman for the manufacturer of a
patent mop, who has returned from a
three years tour of the orient and AZ
RIGA.
The mop which Mr.. Dupuy vends
may be used for cleaning the wall or
cleaning the floor In India, however,
1t can be used for but one of these pur-
poses. The sweeper who cleans the
stone floors of the dwellings squats on
his launches and Yields a rude broom
raising considerable dust. When bro
ken away from this 2,000-year-old habit
he takes kindly to the patent mop.
But the native servant who dusts the
walls will not touch the mop used by
the sweeper, who is inferior In caste.
In order to get around this custom,
Mr.. Dupuy sold three cornered mop
to the sweeper and a round mop to
the buster. The duster in this way OBJ
talned an article of different appear
ance to the sweeper's, and unpolluted.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02
TO RID STREETS OF LITTER.
Anti-Iitter League Offers Cash Prizes
For School Children's Essays.


For School ChlIdren's Essays.
The Anti-litter league of New York
city is getting ready for winter cam.
paign Of education among the school
children, their parents, shopkeepers,
janitors, porters and others for the
purpose of bringing to their attention
that 1t is wrong to litter public high
ways and streets. Existing ordinances
declare that preventable litter such as
paper, garbage, ashes and rubbish, can.
not legally be placed on the streets.
The league is preaching the gospel Of
cleanliness in all the boroughs this
winter in the public schools and by
placarding shop windows and other
places. In order to stimulate an inter
est among the 100000 public school
and 100000 parochial school children of
the city the league is offering $50 in
cash prizes for the best essays on litter,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02
OYSTERS ON TREES.
Grew After Branch Had Found lite Way
to Bottom of Bay.


to Bottom of Bay.
Patchogue, N. Y.-Oysters do grow
on apple trees.
Where?
Not In the Wonderland" of Lewis
Carroll's creation, or in the land the
other side of the looking glass, or in the
land of the billowy smoke clouds, but
right on Long Island.
To be more specific, oysters grow on
apple trees In Great South bay, and If
there happens to be a doubling Thorn
as in the audience let him come to
Patchogue and be convinced Of the
wondrous discovery.
The branch is ON display in the win.
dow of an East Main street sea food
dealer.
1t might be added that the oysters
that grew on this apple tree grew on
it after the branch had in some way
found its way to the bottom of the
bay. The branch bears no leaves, but
1t does bear clusters of oysters number
ing about three dozen fair sized ones
and many seedlings. The branch is
about three feet long.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02

Notice of sherin's Sale OF Real Estate
Cause No. 9l42
Execution under Foreclosure)
In the Superior Court, state Of Washington
for Chelan County.
Mary A. Jewett. plaintiff
VS..
A. NJ. MalmRren. a Spinster, Margaret T.
PIatt. Thomas Fl. Balm, Marie Bain his
wife; T. f. Egbert, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of a special execu-
ton issued out OF and under the seal OF the
superior Court OF the state of Washington,
in and for said county, on the 18th day OF
January, 1917, upon judgment rendered in
said court on the 18th day of January, 1917,
in favor of Mary A. Jewett and against A.
M Malmgren for the sum of Twelve Hun
bred and forty eight and 00-l00 dollars. to-
eether with attorneys fees, interest. costs.
and increased costs, and to me directed and
delivered commanding me to sell the fol-
lowing described property to satisfy said
Judgment, to-wtt: 80
Lots eight (s) and nine (9) in block one ~
Wenatchee Heights Orchard Tracts. accord
ing to the recorded plat thereof.
Notice Is hereby given that on Saturday
the oath day of February, 1917, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day. will sell the
above described property, or so much there
of as may be necessary to satisfy said judg-
ment together with attorneys fees, inter-
est, costs and increased costs.
Said sale will take place at the front door
county and state, and will be at public auc-
tion, for cash in hand to the highest and
best bidder. 800
Dated at Wenatchee. Wash, this 2Qth day
Sheriff OF said County.
By III. X. Lennon, Deputy.
First publication Jan. 20. 1917: last pnblf'
cation Feb. %, 1917. E~s