The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-03
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MUST HAVE BEEN ATHEISTS.


MUST HAVE BEEN ATHEISTS.
In the beautiful court house a
Montesano, Wash, where the IL al
legged l. w. w. are on trial for tn
murder of four ex-service men dur
ing the armistice day parade at Cen
tralia, is tablet placed on the wi
as memorial to two former deput,
perate fight with John Tornow, /;
noted desparado of that section. The
wording is unique, to say the least:
8 This is the inscription: "Colin Nc
Kenzie and A. V. Elmer, deputy sher
ifs of Chehalis county, while at
tempting the capture of John Tornow
met death at his hands in the Oxbow
country, March 8, 1912. To honor the
memory of these heroes, friends have
erected this tablet. They died with
out hope of reward"
u. H. "a
Burton L. French, Idaho's congress
man who has done SO much for the
state and is rated as among the
strongest men in the lower house, is
being urged to make the race for
United States senator. There is no
doubt that Mr.. French would be an
ornament to the upper house and
would measure up with the men in
that so called august" body, but he
is doing such splendid work in the
lower house, where he is regarded
as a power, and there is no possible
chance of his defeat for renomina-
tion and election. His many friends
would dislike to see him give up the
position to which he is so admirably
adapted and to which he can surely
be reelected, to engage in fight for
the higher branch. But, in case that
Gooding and Davis and other cand
dates create deadlock in the conven-
tion and any one of them fails to get
the nomination, French might be
nominated as candidate upon whom
all factions of the party could unite.
He would be certain of election which
is more than can be said Of any other
candidate now mentioned for the re-
publican nomination for senator.
The allies are not going to per-
NIT the Dutch to protect the former
German kaiser without feeling the
displeasure of an outraged world.
Threats to break diplomatic relations
and blockade Dutch ports may bring
the wooden shod people of the little
"queendom' to their senses. The al
lies announced that the men respons-
ible for the bringing on of the war
would not be permitted to escape
punishment and the announcement
seems to have been no idle boast.
England demands the surrender of
Admiral Won Tihpitz, who ordered the
sinking of the Lusitania and who
will be tried for murder. The Ger
man government says it will resign
rather than surrender these murder
ers, but that threat will have no eff
feet. Germany and Holland are go
ing to find ''hard shedding" if they
persist in trying to protect the men
who betrayed Germany and the entire
world Germany cannot stand a re-
newal of the blockade and neither
can Holland.
"a ~ ~
The American Legion has filed a
vigorous protest against the proposed |
opening of an irrigation project in
southern Idaho, for settlement. The
project is denounced, in the strongest |
terms, as unfeasable and strong int
nations that it is akin to the recent |
project of locating American Legion. |
or ex-service men on absolutely |
worthless homesteads, which was ex-
ploded by experts from the Univer-
sity of Idaho. Strong intimations are
made that men "high up" in state
politics were implicated in this
scheme to put something over" for
personal profit. and, despite denials
by those accused, the matter promises
to become campaign issue in Idaho. /
N - -
Hoover, who made many mistakes.
is right in many things he says and
does. He protests against the United
States trying to "be perpetual