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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
REPUBLICAN F|LL|bUSTER
KILLS APPROPRIATION BILLS

Congress adjourned today Wilson left
He will with Former President Taft New York
of the Irish convention
Irand independence at the confer
and will aboard the George Washington time tonight and
sail the He will not until June He refused
be buffed by the republicans who tried force him to call special
session of and before leaving issued an u
blocked legislation The report
Washington told by the telegraph fOows:
adjourned at noon today the midst OF ne
republican bus the that killed long list of important
Among the bills that failed the appopang $75oooOooo
for the railroad administration without which leaders
the railroads be returned their before the middle April
President Issues Warning.
authorized final notice
their efforts immediate extra session had failed
mistaken his determination not call until
his a the peace conference is done.
Who S Responsible
adjourned today the midst of the
President Wilson
the senate have dib
the administration of the and to
the financial interests of the railway systems the country
War Department in Difficult Situation.
WASHINGTONTh failure the appropriation bill and other
military pass congress difficult
situation Secretary of War Baker said today No inn
mediate shortage of funds to for troops is in prospect
Reached No Conclusion
General Hines of the railroad administration,
appropriation BILL said he had reached conclusion to the
with the railroads
Wheat Price Bill is Signed
Wilson today signed the wheat guarantee bill
appropriation of $O00O00 maintain the guaranteed price
of $226 bushe for the 1919 wheat
Will Make Recess Nominations
the failure of of nomna
tions Recess nominations will be made by President Wilson
Irish Independence
adopted resolutions
would favoraby consider reands
to the
senate altogether action
before final senate adjourned without taking
hon on the BILL
Secretary Baker Coming West
Baker plans to leave Washington next Sun
day
which will include the Pacific and the Mexican border
Preside Leaves f0r
President Wilson's special left the station at Washington for New
York. promptly o'clock hour Philadelphia
grandson $780, speak there tonight
Irish delegates before going aboard the transport George Wash
to sail for France
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
COMMERCE CHAMBER
HAS GOOD SESSION
GOOD ATTENDANCE AND MANY
INTERESTING SUBJECTS DIS
CUSSED AT LUNCHEON

Moscow will entertain the cham
bers of commerce of north Idaho
towns at a convention to be held
here as soon as roads are fit for auto
mobile travel. 1t is planned to hold
the convention here prior to the close
of the school year at the University
of Idaho. Dean E. J. Iddings, of the
university, who was the only Moscow
man present at the last meeting of
this association held at Coeur d'Alene,
said that Moscow is the favorite
place for holding the convention and
the delegates from other north Idaho
towns want to meet here. Dean Id
dings brought the matter up at the
weekly luncheon of the chamber of
commerce today and invitations will
be sent to all of the towns of north
Idaho to send delegations when the
time is fixed.
There were about so present at the
luncheon today and much interest was
shown and many matters of interest
were discussed. l.. F. Parsons, chair
man of the county council of defense,
announced that meeting is called
for the council members at his office
at A o'clock tomorrow afternoon to
select county chairman for the Vic
tory loan drive, and that all county
chairmen of the councils of defense
are to meet in Boise on March 21 to
arrange the campaign.
W. G. Bleamaster, coach of the
University Of Idaho, delivered brief
talk in which he reviewed athletics
at the university and asked that the
chamber of commerce and the citizens
of Moscow give more support to the
games. He announced that with the
men who are known to be planning to
return to the university next fall
Idaho will have the best foot ball
team in its history
A. H. Oversmith, one of the new
members of the board of directors,
announced the financial plans being
worked out for carrying on the work
Of the chamber more fully than it
has ever been done. Dean Iddings
endorsed this plan and said that the
people are willing to help
and he urged that the chamber en-
arge its scope of activities.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
SEATTLE STRIKERS
RETURNED TO WORK
SHEET METAL WORKERS GO
BACK TO WORK AFTER BEING
OUT SINCE JAN. 21.

SEATTLE.-First break in Seat
ties shipyard strike came today when
about $50 sheetmetal workers and
about 200 apprentices, who have been
on strike, returned to work in Is
sheetmetal shops which are working
on shipyard contracts.
The men went back to work for
the same pay they received before
they joined the strike for higher
wages. Employers claimed all the
sheet metal shops were working with
full crews today.
Ordefs Frisco Men Back.
SAN FRANCISCO The 5000 ma
chinists made idle in the San Fran
cisco bay region through differences
with their employers over the Satur-
day half holiday have been ordered to
return to work and renounce the half
holiday by w. H. Johnston, president
of the International Lodge of Machin-
lists, it was announced here today by
R. H. Brotherton, special shipping
board mediator.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
WAGES OF IDAHO
MINERS TO Be CUT
COEUR D'ALENE MINES WILL
ANNOUNCE WAGE REDUC-
TION WITHIN FEW DAYS

SPOKANE E.-That a sharp reduc-
tion of wages in the Coeur d'Alene
mining district is to be announced in
the next few days was reported to-
day from Wallace, Idaho.
A secret session of the mine oper-
ators was held in Wallace Saturday
afternoon, but no decision was made
public 1t was reported that COM
mittee from the operators will ex-
anime the cost of living and see that
all merchants are keeping prices re-
duced to as low point as possible.
This is similar to the action taken in
Butte, where the operators threatened
to put in a cooperative store and sell
goods at cost unless the merchants
lowered prices.
No labor trouble is anticipated. The
men are said to be inclined to look at
the cut as necessary in comparison
with the metal market. The radical
element there is greatly in the minor
ity.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
CITY COUNCIL HELD
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

At the city council last evening
Councilman Boyd, Connor, Morris
Nesbit, Richardson and Smith were
all present. The usual business was
transacted including the payment of
claims.
A petition for a sidewalk grade, on
7th street from Jefferson to Logan
and on Harrison from 9th to 9Th
streets was read and referred to com
mittee on streets and alleys.
An ordinance was read for the Sec
ond time, prohibiting persons other
than the water commissioner or fire
chief from interfering or meddling
with the fire hydrants.
Rebates were allowed Robbins, Rob-
inson and Tucker on their licenses on
account of their businesses being
closed so days during the influenza
ban.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
SCHOOL OF MINES
FAR UNDER GROUND
DEAN THOMSON RETURNS FROM
WALLACE WHERE HE VISITED
THIS UNIQUE SCHOOL

F. A. Thomson, dean of the School
Of Mines, returned Sunday from a
visit to the Miners Trade school at
Wallace, which is in charge of F. H.
Skeels. The school has been in op-
GRAFTON about ten days.
It is proceeding along entirely novel
lines, the class room being the 1400
feet level of the Morning mine. Young
fellows just returned from service in
the army are being taught the arts
of mining as applied to peace.
The work is being carried on by
the state Of Idaho in cooperation with
the federal board for vocational edu-
cation operating under the Smith
Hughes Act. So far as is known, this
application of industrial training to
mining work is the only one of its
kind in the world. The school has
taken a contract to run drift for
so much per foot and whatever am
cunt is left after paying for explos-
ives used is to be distributed pro
rata among the pupils.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
DR.. BARROWS TELLS
OF EXPERIENCES
MOSCOW PHYSICIAN WORK. ED IN
CROWDED CAMPS JUST BACK
OF BATTLE FRONT

DIR. f. L. Barrows is in Moscow for
a short time only since he is not yet
mustered out of the service. He sail
ed for France last June and has seen
much service, being just back of the
lines at Chateau Thierry and other
places where the doctors and nurses
were compelled to wear gas masks
and where the bombing planes made
life an interesting affair.
For some time DR.. Barrows was at
LIE Mons back of the lines where the
hospital was located in an old mon
astary, with two annexes of a boys
and girls school. Before and after
the armistice was signed, the return
of the troops made this place highly
congested. They were prepared to
care for the sick of $4,000 men and
there were 100000 troops crowded
into that vicinity. At first there were
only eight nurses and ten doctors and
of course the hospitals were crowded
with the usual cases of sickness
among so many men. There were 450
patients in tents and the doctors were
worked to exhaustion, until relief
came from the front where the woun-
ded were no longer being brought in.
Of course the boys had to have meas
les and mumps and colds. One doc
tor had charge of 400 cases of mumps
at one time The influenza was not
so prevalent or fatal as here in Am
erica, for the health of the boys was
more closely guarded than among
civilian population.
DR.. and Mrs. Barrows left Mon
day for Spokane where they will re-
main a few days and they will then
return to Denver until DR.. Barrows
is mustered out of the service.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04

of the United States or any person
in this country the right to use the
process without royalty. The prod
uct is entirely free of starch, and is
used as a food for persons suffering
from diabetes and kindred ailments.
Eight hop contracts, calling for
payments OF 23 to 25 cents pound,
have been filed at Yakima, Wash, in
dicating the first spring activity in
the hop market. Many growers who
were inclined to plow up their hop
fields are now considering remaining
in business owing to the high prices
offered. Contracts filed call for the
delivery of $4,000 pounds of hops
annually for the next three years.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
a.
Sues POtlatch Citizen.

In the probate court before Judge
Nelson the following suit has been
filed: Welles Brothers Publishing
company of Chicago against Walter A.
Fiscus, postmaster Of Potlatch, alleg-
ing to have sold and delivered set
of "The Standard Reference Works.
consisting of eight volumes, the same
to be paid for in monthly install
ments until $31.75 had been paid The
complaint alleges that nothing has
been paid and asks for judgment of
the said amount with interest from
June 1, 1917.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
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FRENCH HOMESTEAD 1
BILL is MADE LAW 4
WASHINGTON D. 9Th

+ WASHINGTON, D. C.-The :
+ president today signed the bill :
+ Of Congressman French provid-
+ ing that those in the military or !
+ naval service. of the United
+ States in the war with Germany I
+ and Austria, and on the Mexi- !
+ can border, may apply their !
+ length of service in lieu of resi- I
: dence in making homestead I
+ proofs. The law is general in I
: character and applies to all !
+ public lands, including the 800 4
+ acre dry farming homesteads
: and stock raising homestead as !
+ we'll. 1
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
Texas StOckmen Meet Today. !.
Ell PASO, TEXAS.-The Panhandl

Southwestern Stockmen's association
convention began here today and will
continue through Thursday.
The Panhandle association includes
in it's membership southwestern
stockmen from Arizona, New Mexico,
West Texas and Oklahoma. The an
nual conventions are largely attend
ed as the cattle men make it rule
to bring their families with them and
attend to the spring shopping at the
same time the convention is in pro-
gress. There will be many enter
tainment features.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
Making Money With Foxes.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska.-After two
years operations, starting with eight
pairs of blue and two pairs of black
foxes, Claude Green OF Petersburg
now has between 250 and 275 blue
and II black foxes on his fox farm
in the Tongasss National Forest.
The farm is on Sukoil island, which
he leased from the government. A
fish house holding 10000 dry fish
has been constructed on the farm.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
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+ THIRTY INFLUENZA
+ CASES IN MOSCOW

+ DR.. Adair announced that
+ there are 80 influenza cases in
+ Moscow and that 20 homes are
+ quarantined with flags out.
+ New cases today are at All S.
+ Jackson, 435 E. 9Th street, 122
+ N. Washington, 446 E. 9Th, 725
! E. Third, 334 North Washing :
+ ton, los N. Jackson, G. D. Bell,
+ a man named Indy and another :
+ named Gossett, just outside of :
+ town. No town people will be :
+ admitted to the basket ball game :
+ tonight.
+ + 1. 4; + + + > + + + + + + + r .
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
Orderly Town in Far North

Valdez, AIaska.-7That Valdez
holds. the record for orderliness
among the towns of the same size
in the United States, is the belief of
Valdez officials. Not one arrest has
been made for any cause during the
past seven months.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
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. IDAHO DEFEATS THE I
; UNIVERSITY OF WASH. 4

; In a splendid exhibition of :
basket ball last night Idaho de-
; feated the University of Wash :
; ington by score of 81 to %.
. Idaho came from behind in the :
; latter end of the game and de- :
) feated the visitors. The two :
) teams play again tonight. Town :
) people will not be admitted, be-
cause of the influenza in town.
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! PERSHING TELLS WHO :
! STARTED BREST CHARGES :

+ WASHINGTON. = A cable
+ gram from General Pershing
+ made public today by the war
1. department, charges that the
+ campaign of criticism against
1. the handling of the embarka-
+ tion camp at Brest, France,
+ grew out of the court martial of
+ Major Alfred w. :Birdsall, for
+ merly of the New York Evening
+ Telegram.
+ j. + j j. + + i. i 4. I. 1. I. !. !. !.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Cold Wave Coming East,
Due in City Tomorrow
Weather Bureau Flashes Warn
ing; Effect of Coal Shortage
Is Expected To Be Severe

Announcement was made yesterday
by the Weather Bureau that a cold
wave would be due in New York to-
morrow night. Due to the coal scarcity,
shivers extraordinary may be expected.
The cold wave, according to the
Weather Bureau, is on its way East In
the Dakotas, western Nebraska and
eastern Colorado, Wyoming and Mon
tana, the thermometer yesterday
dropped to between 10 ana 20 degrees
be low zero.
Cold wave warnings to cover New
York. Michigan, Pennsy lvania and other
Eastern states as far south as Georgia
and the Cuff states were issued from
Washington.
ut will rain or snow on Wednesday
and will be decidedly colder by Wednes-
day night" the local forecaster said
ut probably will be cold in New York
for some days to come. and it is pos
sible that the snowfall may be heavy"
CHICAGO. Dec. 9.-Frigid weather,
accompanied by heavy snow continues
tonight to cripple train service and
add to the difficulties caused by the
scarcity of coal in the states west Of
the Mississippi River.
The lowest temperature reported Of
ficially to-day was at Billings, Mont,
where the mercury dropped to 36 below
zero. Unofficial reports from the towns
of Newcastle and Wyoming, in Ne
braska, declared the thermometers stood
at 40 below
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Hungry Police Arrest
High Cost of Living
First of Chain Stores Opens for
Bluecoats With Sugar at
10 Cents Pound

The first of chain of police stores
under the supervision of Special
Deputy Commissioner Julien Stevens
Ulman, in charge OF the home service
of the Police Department, was opened
yesterday in the ground floor of the
old police headquarters building at
900 Mulberry Street.
Patrolmen William F. Schneider and
Christopher J. Henry were the sales
men and sugar was marketed at 10
cents pound. However, it was neces-
sary to produce a permit from Lieu
tenant Walsh, at Police Headquarters,
TO get the sugar. Prices for all COM
modities were CORES spondingly low.
Other stores are to be opened within
few days, covering all sections of the
city.
Proving conclusively that Messrs
Gilbert and Sullivan, genuses of comic
opera, reckoned without the high cost
of living and the chain stores when
they penned their touching song:
'Taklpg one consideration with
another
"A poicemans lot is not happy
one"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Britain Facing
General Strike
Walk-Out Nest February
Is Proposed to Enforce
Mines Naturalization
New York Tribune

NeU York Tribune
Eur0Dedn Bureau
copyright. 1919. New York Tribune Inc,
LONDON, Dec. 9.-Robert Smillie,
leader of the miners, to-day told 750
delegates representing 6,500.0OO work
ers at the Trades Union Congress in
Central Hall, London, that British
labor must inaugurate a general strike
next February to enforce it's de-
mand for the naturalization of the
mines.
There was unity Of opinion at the
congress in favor of naturalization,
and the only differences appeared when
the manner of enforcing this demand
was debated. Mr.. Smillie declared that
there is nothing that will move this
government except industrial force"
and added that the miners would stand
alone in laying down their tools in
the event that other unions should re-
fuse to support them. The general SEN
timent seemed to be that the govern
ment would not accede without the
most stern persuasive measures.
}. II. Thomas, labor member of Par
Lament, and general secretary of the
National Union of Railwaymen, urged
the ballot box in preference to the
strike as weapon to enforce the
miners demands, but when the meeting
adjourned, after postponing the final
decision on the matter, it was gen
orally agreed that the country must
face strike unless the government
grants nationalization The crisis will
not come before February, for the
labor executives are busy canvassing
all branches of the trades unions, with
lutte unity as possible before taking
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
InlperutOr Must
Disgorye Coal
Sailing viii Be Halted
Unless Palmer Drops
Fuel Violation Charge

Unless Attorney General Palmer
tempers his order with mercy some
time this morning the Cunard liner
lmperator Will not be able to depart
at noon to-day for Southampton and
Cherbourg with almost 500 cabin
passengers.
1t is charged by Mr.. Palmer the
vessel took aboard 5000 tons of bunker
coal in violation of Federal regulations
and he had ordered the Collector of
Customs to withhold the vessels clear
ance papers.
1t is held by the government that
IN compliance with the conservation of
bltuminous coal the Imperator was
not entitled to more than $500 tons
OF coal, enough to take her to Halifax,
the nearest British coaling port.
1t was generally understood the At
torney General would not back down
from the stand he had taken, and that
IN order to leave the lmperator would
have TO disgorge about 5000 tons Of
the coal that is now in her bunkers.
If Washington insists on this pro-
cedure the big vessel will not be able
to leave this port for perhaps two
weeks, as it would require almost all
of that time to remove the coal
Coalng vessel is a simple process
compared with the removal of the fuel,
as no adequate mechanism is prov ded
for the emptying of the bunkers. When
the coal is burned the ashes are blown
into the sea through tubes by means of
steam and water.
The removal Of heavy coal by this
means would prove a total loss of
about $4,000, and would necessitate
another large expenditure to dredge
the dock where the fuel might be
dumped, shipping mer said
1t is the contention Of tho Cunard
Line the coal was taken aboard in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
fuel administration and that there IS
nothing irregular in the filing of the
Imperator's bunkers. Moreover. it has
been explained that the vacillating pol
icy Of the luel administration has mad
difficult all efforts of steamship lines
to conform minutely to its ever chang
ing regulations.
In, requesting the refusal of clear
ance papers to the Impera or the At
torney General desired to have an in
vestigation made by the United States
Attorney for the Southern District of
New York, to ascertain whether the
company in coaling the liner had vio-
lated the proviso of the Lever act
or the conservation regulations of the
Fuel Administrator The government
holds that after the vessel had taken
aboard her allotment Of $500 tons
enough to take her to Halifax, she took
into her bunkers 5000 tons more and
that the company was then warned it
had exceeded the supply allotted to it
Among the saloon passengers booked
to depart on the Imperator are Lieu
tenant Colonel Maurice Alexander, c.
NJ. G.; Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, X. B
E.; Sir Johnston and Lady Forbes
Robertson, the Hon. Lady Johnston
Colonel and Mrs. George B. McClel-
ian, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Majoribanks
Prince Michael Murat the Hon Frank
H. Phippen, Prince and Princess Ros,
! pigliosi and Clarence Whitehill.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Lewis Claims Votes to Ratify Coal Peace To-day;
Nixon Darkens City Under Federal Fuel-Saving Ord
Enjoys Cheered
By yPuris Crowd
Clemenceau and FOch Bid
u. 5. Peace Delegates
FarelUeu at Station

PARIS. Dec. 9 (By The Associated
Press).-The chief members of the
American peace delegation left Paris
this evening on the first stage of their
return journey to the United States.
Frank L. Polk, Henry White and Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss were hidden fare
we'll at the station by Premier Gle
menceau, Marshal Foch. Ambassador
Wallace. the Earl of Derby, the Japa-
nese Ambassador, the Marquis of
Chambrun and others.
Mr. Polk was accompanied by Mrs.
Polk and their two children, to whom
NJ. Clemenceau presented flowers as
he said goodby. Marshal Foch also
shook hands with them. The marshal
embraced General Bliss just before
the train pulled out from the station.
A large crowd of spectators was in
the station at the time of the depart!
ure of the Americans and shout of
Long live Amerca!" was given as the
train departed.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Senators VIII Take U7p
French Alliance T0-dau
Foreign Relations Committee Plans to preaen+
Defense Proposal for Ratification at Early
Date; Is Gaining Supporters

Democratic members of the committee
are out of the city. including Senators
Smith, of Arizona, and Swanson. of
Virginia, and expressed the opinion
that the committee will take no action
at its meeting.
Senator Hitchcock said the Admins
tration forces in the Senate will make
no effort toward negotiating a COM
promise on treaty reservations.
tie emphaticaly denied published re-
ports that President Wilson at the
White House conference last week for
bade him to accept reservations.
The President told him that he did
not want the Democrats to initiate
negotiations toward a compromise. the
Senator said. Any overtures must come
from the Republicans who favor rati-
hcation with reservations, the President
told the Senator.
Senator Kellogg, one of the group OF
so-called mild reservationists" among
the Republicans, conferred at length
with Senator Hitchcock, but after The
conference both Senators denied they
had discussed the treaty.
There will be no modification of the
Lodge reservation on Article K. de-
clared Senator Lenroot. of Wisconsin
another mild reservationist," who re.
turned to Washington to-day.