The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-01

and also the local news published
therein.
All rights of republication of
special dispatches herein are also re-
served.
1t may yet prove that Germany was
finally beaten by gas or the fear of
it. When the armistice was signed
Germany was manufacturing fifty
tons of gas a day, while America
alone was making 200 tons Our
country had ir hand ready to let loose
upon the German works, giant poison
gas bombs, each containing a ton of
deadly gas, that would be spread with
such density that neither mortal nor
beast could possibly survive within it's
area. A squadron of planes was
ready to fly on this errand. The
Metz forts, it is said, were to have
been reduced by this process. 1t is
believed that any German city could
have been completely wiped out with
In a few hours by these huge bombs.
Knowledge of this fact, it is thought,
was one of the reasons for the swift
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Journal.
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Major George w. Edgington, who
made so many friends in Moscow
while in charge of the first conting-
ent of the S. A. t. c. here, is an APP
plicant for district judge in the new
judicial district formed by the legis- |
lature of which his home american
Falls is the center. If Major Edg-
ington is as good a lawyer as he is at
military work, organization and ev-
erything to which he turned his hand
and mind while in Moscow, Idaho has
no man better fitted for the place
than he. The Star-Mirror enthusi-
astically indorses the major who is
said to nave been the only attorney in
his district to give up his practice
and enter the army. He has served
his country for 20 months and is soon
to return to his home. Of course his
practice is gone and it would be a
fitting recognition of his services if
Governor Davis would appoint him to
the bench IN the new district. 5
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Maj. Humes's testimony concerning
the use of the money of the German
government in 1915 to supply Villa
with arms and ammunition in Mexico
opens up a trail that should be fol :
closely and persistently. The :
evidence of German intrigue in Mex {
go to bedevil the situation and make
it difficult there, if not impossible,
for the United States government to a
carry through its policy toward the I
revolution has long been morally con- a
The tracing of the payment :
of funds by German agents to Mex
lean revolutionists now goes pretty
FAR toward furnishing evidence that II
no future historian of the period will e;
ignore.-Springfield Republican. t;
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The bill to require the licensing of
all dogs in Idaho at a figure that will b,
result in the destruction of all of Il,
hose not worth keeping, and the pro- CO
vision that any dog caught killing
or other livestock shall be killed,
licensed or not, is a long R
step forward in the protection of the pl
industry. Enough food is vast tn
ID on worse than worthless dogs in
he United States every year to feed
thousands of persons. Kansas has tn
he distinction of producing more al
logs than sheep. 1t does not take an p
.xpert to tell which is the most bene-
it to the human race, a sheep or a
log. L.
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President Wilson's plan for controli-
ng the German colonies has the sane "
ion of every nation participating in
he peace conference except Australia,
nd of almost every one in the United g
except Senators Lodge and 's..
Lnox and a few of their blind fol- WI
,wers, who would oppose anything
roposed by Wilson even if they be-
eyed it right. Our president has ~
quail cause to be proud of his friends ch
nd his enemies. q"
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If Germany is so hard up for food so,
might be a good idea to put the wi
.turned soldiers to work. If there "a,
no work for them in Germany they
lould be taken back to France and
and put to work rebuilding the