The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-11

The senate Bolsheviki tied up all
industry for a few days, hampered
business and caused a vast amount of
inconvenience and delay, but the
strikers soon found they did not have
the sympathy of the American people
with them and they have been sneak
ing back to work very quietly and the
strike has been flat failure, hurt
ing business, slightly, but hurting the
strikers more than any one else. The
strikers have been bowling for the
shipping board8to come and consult
with them and make new contract
but they are told that they cannot
! be trusted The shipping board has
no assurance they will not strike
again.
In the United States senate the
strikers tied up legislation, crippled
industry, hampered the government
in getting funds to return the soldiers
and pay them off when discharged.
The strikers made great noise and
commotion, but, like the Seattle
bunch, they find that the sympathies
of the American people are not with
them.
They have been clamoring for the
president to return and give them
their old jobs, but he replies that they
cannot be trusted and might strike
again. In the meantime, the world
will wag along without serious incon-
yenience.
A returned Y. M. C. A. worker who
spent some time in Russia, announced
in Brooklyn, Sunday, that president
Wilson is playing into the hands of |
the reds.'' Instantly the audience Of
700 worshipers was on it's feet de-
nouncing the utterances as treason.
1t took several policemen to save the
minister from violence. A number of |
soldiers and sailors in the audience
resented this attack upon their COM
mander-in-chief and demanded an
apology. The minister, badly fright
ened, said that he regarded "Presi-
dent Wilson as a fine Christian gen
tleman." Most of the audience left
the church and the police escorted the
trembling minister to safety. The Y.
M. C. A. has issued a public apology
for the minister's utterances.
After 10 months since the United |
States actually entered the war and
had troops in Europe, the war de-
partment, working carefully and with
all the reports and facts before it,
announces that the total deaths of
American soldiers in Europe were
$4,000. Governor Allen, of Kansas,
who spent few weeks doing Y. M.
C. A. work in France, announces that
Sin the Argonne forest alone, the
Americans had 100000 killed" Some
discrepancy in the figures of the
political and war departments.
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The department of forestry of the
University of Idaho, is doing SPLEEN
did work. 1t is looking after Idaho's
greatest source of wealth and its
plans for reforestation and reseeding
to grass the pasture lands that have
been logged off, are steps toward up
building the state that should be en-
outraged The fact that more than
5000 shade and ornamental trees are
being sent out by the department to
the farms and homes of Idaho, means
much to the future beauty of the
state.
Wilson & Co., packers of Chicago,
net profits of $7,371 ,535 for
1913. The company paid $34.49 divi-
lends per share of 500 par value.
But the met profits" report does not
include the $125,000 salary paid to
Thomas E.. Wilson, the president, nor
he $3,OOO,OOO worth of stock given
o him during the year.
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The Washington senate has been
more successful than the Idaho SEN
tie, for it passed bill increasing
he pay of legislators in Washing
on from SIS per day and mileage, to
1000 for each regular and $40 per
ay for each special session, with
Mileage of 10 cents each way.