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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE
TO PROFESSOR TRIMBLE

The Assembly services at the Uni
vefsity of Idaho Wednesday were de-
voted to memorial services for the
late Professor w. J. Trimble whose
sudden death shocked Moscow and
university people. Francis Jenkins
made the principal address andl paid
a high tribute to the splendid quail
ties of Professor Trimble. Miss Hell
en- Wegman, pianist, rendered piano
solo. Other speakers were President
Upham and Dean Cockerill, head of
the department of law. The assembly
was we'll attended.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
RECORD IN LATAH COUNTY

The records on marriage and di-
'vorce at the Latah county court house
for the past two years shows very
pleasing condition. During 1919 there
were 26 divorces granted. During
1920 the number was 25, and one
marriage was annulled, making the
same number. of separations as the
previous year During 1920 there
were 189 marriage licenses issued as
compared with 1877 for 1919, gain
of two. This gives total of S7e
marriages to So divorces in tive
years.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
SAY SIXTEEN KILLED
STORY LATER DENIED

LONDON-(By A. P)-Sixteen men,
bers of the party that ambushed a
detachment of troops at Meelin, a
town in the northwestern part of
County Cork, were killed and the re-
mainder captured, says Dublin dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany. The dispatch said none of the
troops were injured.
Dublin Denies Story
General headquarters today denied
the report that 16 Sim Feiners were
killed when a detachment of troops
were ambushed near Kanturk.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Automobile Workers Out

DETROIT-(By A. P.)-Only about
$4,000 of the 100000 persons regularly
employed in automobile work here.
are now working. The closing of many
automobile factories for invoicing
threw most of the employees out of
work, and the works that have reopen
ed have only given employment to
about $4,000. 1t is estimated that $780,
600 are still unemployed
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Millions Out of EMPLOYMENT

WESTINGHOUSE A. PA total
OF 1924 600 workers are out of en-
ployment in this country, according
to survey of the Industrial situation
by Clint c. Houston for the current
issue of Labor" the official organ of
the Plumb Plan League. Houston says
the survey disclosed the greatest in
dustrial slump since the 1907 panic.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Held on LIQUOR Charge.

Peter A. Johnson, when arraigned
Monday before u. S. Commissioner
E, O'Neill at Lewiston on a charge
of violating the prohibition law, en-
tered a plea of guilty and was held
to the federal court He will be con-
fined in the county jail there pending
the meeting of the federal grand jury
at Moscow. He was arrested recently
at Lewiston and still which he was
operating was confiscated-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Airplane Crash Kills Two.

Arcadia, Florida-(By A. P.)-
Lieutenant Raymond Brandt of Grand
Rapids, Michigan, and Cadet A. C.
Pool, of Richmond Center, Wisconsin,
were instantly killed here today when
an airplane in which they were edo
ing stunts" crashed to the ground
and burned.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
German Workers to Strike

LONDON-(By A. P)-According to
the Exchange Telegraph Company's
dispatch from Berlin, large majority
of the German raflwaymen and 81 per
cent of the workers in the Ruhr and
Rhine industrial districts have voted
to strike. The dispatch says the min
lister threatens dismissal of any rail-
Waymen who strike
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
California Petitions Congress

Sacramento, California (By A. P.)
A joint resolution requesting the fed
eral government to conclude no treay
with Japan to extend citizenship
rights to Japanese or to nullify the
California anti-alien law, was favor
ably reported by the state senate
committee on federal relations today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
English Bank Suspends.

London-(By A. P.)-The British
American Continental Bank suspend
ed payment today. In financial circles
the suspension is attributed to the
general financial situation. It is be-
lieved the bank advanced money on
produce, chiefly Canadian, and was
unable to realize during the present
trade stagnation.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Run On Kentucky Bank.

Lexington, Ky.-(By A. P.)--AIarm-
ed by reports that the Bank of Com
merce here, capitalized at 100000,
is overloaded with tobacco paper, de-
positors started run on it today.
Several hundred were in front of the
bank at noon and tellers were paying
out money as fast as possible.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Cot Record Rooze HauI

NEW YORK-(By A. P)-The big
gest raid here under the Volstead act
was made today when federal agents
siezed liquor valued at $250,000 at a
wholesale establishment of Singer
Brothers.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Offered S1O0. .OOO Rribe.

New York-(By A. P.)-Lawrence
Malawista IAN agent for the National
Surety Company, was arrested today
by secret service men on charge of
offering government agents bribes
totaling over 100000 for assistance
in connection with liquor permit
frauds.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
Nonpartizans Lose House

BISMARCK. N. D.-The nonparti-
zan league lost control of the lower
house in the organization today, the
vote being So to So. The league con-
trolls the senate by a majority of one
the vote being 25 to "a.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06

depth of 500 feet 1 encountered a
solid fir log six feet in diameter that
was hard and as well preserved as
if it had just fallen"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06

The Argentine crop Is also har-
vested in December and is likewise
very promising at this time. Esti-
mates upon the exportable surplus
range from 100.000000 to 100000 600
bushels, the latest we have is 112,-
100000. Altogether the above fig
ures, taking Canada, Argentina and
Australia at the lowest estimate,
would give about the same amount
of exportable surplus available for
Europe as was imported last year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-06
COnsults With Harding
O'Callighan Released-v1sits Friends

NEWPORT NEWS-(By P)ord of
land paroled shortly
he will be the guest of
Of rish freedom
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
MORE TROUBLE FOR RAILROADS

Traffic on the big rivers, especially
the Mississippi and the Ohio, is being
revived, due to excessive railroad rates,
and the railroads are due to lose lot
CT business that they need more than
they ever did before. Moreover, if high
transportation charges continue it will
lie only Il matter of time until the fac
tory will seek locations nearer the con-
sumer. That will mean that the big
manufacturers of the east and at such
centers as Chicago will have branches
in the smaller towns. This saves freight
in two directions in industries where
the plant can get closer to its raw
material and to it's consumers. Such a
policy will build up the smaller towns
ct the expense of the bigger cities.
which would he good thing in more
ways than one.
With the factories located in the
smaller towns there would be fewer
labor troubles. fewer strikes and fewer
!OckOuts. Besides rents and other eX-
penses could be reduced.
In speaking along these lines the Lin
coin Journal says:
The railroads may expect many such
items of bad news as this concerning
Tie revival of traffic on the Mississippi
and the Ohio rivers. The new freight
rates. if long continued. will compel a
very widespread economic. readjust-
mcnt. including many relOcatiOns of in
dustrial plants. How long will it be,
for instance, before little packing
houses spring up throughout Nebraska
tn save the cost of hauling live stock
tt. Omaha and then hauling the car
caSscs back to local consumers?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
TINE FOR ACTION.

Attorney General Daugherty says
the government is not going to nag
business but insists that the law will
be enforced and points to the building
grafters in New York and Chicago as
fit subjects for the laws penalties. II
the attorney general makes good anu
brings the building thieves to book nc
will win big score. Then if he goes
after the coal and other big thieves
he will win many more scores.
But big talk doesn't scare anybody.
Wilson, before he got warmed in his
seat, was going to do wonders &C
cording to his own Dragging. His
New Freedom" was full of it. He was
going to hang 'em higher than Haman
and put them upon the gibbet of public
scorn. He was also going to deal in
ipitiless publicity.
Well, everybody knows how flat he
fell and what punny efforts he put
forward to make good his promises and
pledges.
1t is to be hoped that Attorney
General Daugherty will not follow the
Wilson lead. The people are fed up on
promises and spreadeagle speeches.
What they want now is results.
The government can protect the peo-
pie against outrageous exploitation If
the men at the head of affairs want
to do it, and the people are going to
keep right on changing administrations
until they get the right sort of men
in charge.
If the Harding administration falls
as flat as the Wilson administration
did, look out for a president of the
Hiram Johnson stripe four years hence.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
THE COAL SUPPLY.

One of the big problems of the
future of the human race is the fuel
supply. Economists are wondering
what will become Of civilization when
oil ard coal are exhausted or no longer
economically available.-Des Moincs
Register.
1t is little early to get excited over
the possible exhaustion Of the coal sup
ply. There is enough coal in the United
States and Alaska to supply this coun-
try for from five to ten thousand years
at the present rate of consumption and
before that many slip by science will
have found ways to secure heat that
will greatly conserve the use of coal.
According to data compiled by the
United States labor bureau the supply
of coal in the United States and Alaska
reaches the enormous aggregate of
3. :I3S ,5OG ,32S,3OO tons. DO you grasp
those figures? Well, we are now taking
from the mines in this country and
Alaska from :150,OOO.OOO to G5O.GOO,OOO
tons per annum. Now get out your pen
ell and see how long the supply will
last at the present rate OF consumption.
In Il recent discussion Of this matter
the statistician of the First National
bank of New York says:
Lest we grow alarmed at the posi-
Eility OF exhausting our coal supply
i: is proper to add that the quantity of
coal taken out of the mines Of the
United States in the last hundred years,
Os, according to expert authorities, only
about per cent Of our reserve, and
the same authorities estimate our total
coal supply at more than half that of
the entire globe.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
THE STAGGERING LOAD.

The staggering load of war debt
must be cared for in orderly funding
and gradual liquidation. We shall
hasten the solution and aid effectively
il. lifting the tax burdens if we strike
res0lutely at expenditure. 1t is far
1uore easily said than done. In the
fever of war our expenditures were so
little questioned, the emergency was
so impelling, appropriation was so I'M
impeded that we little noted millions
and counted the treasury incXhaustible.
1t will strengthen our resolution il we
ever keep in mind that a continuation
Of such Il course means inevitable dis
aster.-president Harding.
Well said, Mr.. President. Strike
resolutely at expenditure" That's a
good maxim. 1t is up to you and con
e.eSs.
Orderly funding and gradual liquida-
ton are sound principles OF finance.
The burden Of taxation can be made
lighter for the present generation by
refunding large portions of the debt as
they become due. Pass the burden
along to future generations. They will
be enjoying the fruits of the victory
and there is no reason either in senti-
mcnt or justice why they should not be
made to help pay the expense. We are
still paying interest Oh a large portion
Of the civil war obligations and there
is no injustice in such a policy. 1t
should be pursued in payment OF the
late war costs. Spread it over Il per-
iod of 100 years. At the end OF such
Il period this will be a nation OF be-
tween 2OO,OOO.OOO and SOC, O00, 900 peo-
pic and the national wealth will be
several thousands of billions. Then
why shouldn't they help pay? They
should and we believe they will.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
DEPENDS ON THE MAN.

One argument always in vogue for
the rcmedying of poor public service
is higher salaries. The writer does
not believe that an increase in salary
ever solved single public problem.
1t is the man that cOunts.-IOwa Falls
Citizen.
And now lot of statesmen are talk
ing of increasing the salaries Of our
ambassadors abroad, insisting that
present pay does not keep them in
spending money. Does anybody think
we get better service now than we did
when such men as Thomas Jefferson,
James Monroe, John Quincy Adams,
Washington Irving, Martin Van Buren,,
Edward Everett, Charles Francis
Adams, John BigelOw and John Hay
were filling these positions? They
probably didn't get hundreds of dollars
where our representatives now get
thousands, but they did the work be-
fore them and nobody ever thought
they should have. bushels of money
to spend in making show and in en-
tertaining the cheap skates Of royalty.
If we could find man that is big
enough to go to Europe and live
sensibly, give his time and attention
to the big things of state, gut out the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18

They were%of the same class as the
coal and paper thieves-probably be-
longing to the same union. But, thank
goodness, some of them bit off more
than they could masticate and went
broke, to the great satisfaction of many
Of their victims.
Workmen mig on the job in order
to make more jobs. They figure that
if they can do short days work there
will be more days work for themselves
and others to perform. They are wrong
in this. as such practices discourage
various kinds of improvements and in
crease costs of everything workmen
must buy. The COAL paper, sugar and
thieves of that class have no such ins
centives. They rob simply to feather
their own nests and the only reason
such slumps happen as happened in
sugar is because the thieves become
suspicious of each other and fear a
break will come while they are loaded
with goods. When that fear seiZes
enough of them there is scurrying
for cover, prices come down with a
rush and a lot of the robbers find
themselves stranded. Then their vic
tins give them the horse laugh and
really enjoy seeing them squirm.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
Real Estate Transfers.

N. II. Nelson and VT to Herbert
Fisher-n y sc and Sc Sc 5-S9-23-
$4,000.
Herbert Fisher and VT to Bertha
Schultzc-n u Sc and Sc sc 5-S9-23-
500, 900.
Bertha SchultZe to Security 1nves-
ment Company-n u Sc and sc Sc $50
2233-$2s,2O0.
Security Investment Company to A.
Ray J0hnSon-n X Sc and Sc Sc 5-S0-23
-$$ $40 600.
j. VI. Gross and VT to James Engle-
tract of SSG acres in secs 14-15-22 and
a So Ss -233--S1.
G. L. ChristiansOn to Martin NJ. Teig-
land--tract in ne ne 2G-SG-24-$1,'IOO.
G. =. Christianson to Mrs. Emily
Christenson-n u of W " Of blk Ran
|Gall-$JOG.
G. =. Christianson to T.. Il. Benson
IS " of w y of blk 6 Randall-$5OO.
Randall Consolidated School District
tG G. L. Christianson--block 6 Randall
-,$1,:i50.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
SOME PLAIN FACTS.

ITO my mind the workman who
deliberately cheats his employer by
failing to deliver a reasonable days
work, should be classed with any other
thief, and it is perhaps less excusable
than ordinary forms of theft, in that
it not only gives the workman no per-
sonal benefit, but deprives him of the
greater personal happiness and the
added strength of body and mind
which he can obtain by an honest per-
Torrance of his duties"
Thus spoke Josiah Kirby, a Cleve-
land, Ohio, financier at Des Moines
the other evening before the third
Iowa business congress. Mr.. Kirby is
right when he says man who is work
ing for wages is stealing from his en-
ployer if he plans to shirk work and
doesn't deliver a days service for Il
days pay. But there are other thieves
just as reprehensible. How about the
men who cOnnive to increase the cost
Of the necessities of life beyond fair
price? How about the coal thieves
whom Senator Calder says stole ST.
800, 100000 from the American people
BY propaganda they made the people
believe there was a shortage and then
when the people became anxious to
procure coal to keep them from freez-
ing in the cold weather these scOun-
drels deliberately stole five or six
dollars on each ton of coal they
''sOld." Then there was the print
paper thieves. They played the same
trick. They made publishers believe
there was not enough paper to go
around and of course the publishers
knew they had to have paper or go
out of business. Well, there was
plenty to go around when it was
made possible for the owners of the
paper to steal something like 500 for
every ton sold to consumers not having
contracts. However, to the credit OF
the paper thieves it may be said that
they fulfilled their contracts. some
thing which the coal thieves, in many
instances, unblushingly refused to do.
Then there were the sugar thieves.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE.

Freight carrying charges have mount
cd higher and higher until commerce is
Ealted and production discouraged
Railway rates and cost Of operation
must be reduced.
Congress may well investigate and
let the public understand wherein our
system and the federal regulations are
lacking in helpfulnesS or hindering in
restrictions The remaining obstacles
Which are the heritage of capitalistic
exploitation. must he removed and
labor must join management in under
standing that the public which pays is
the public to he served, and simple JUS
t,ce is the right and will continue to be
the right OF all the people.-President
Harding
The president states the case well,
and with courage. Railroad operating
expenses must come down and with the
reduction must come a reduction in
transportation charges. The public
have rights in these matters which the
roads and their employees are bound to
respect.
Rates now charged for the trans
portation of large variety of commodi-
ties are prOhibitory and are causing the
railroads the loss of lot Of business
that they need. while at the same time
much pcrishable property is made
valueleSs because il cannot be profit
ably shipped to points where needed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
RAILWAY LOSSES.

The railroads of the United States
are not the only ones that are suffering
from deficits in operation. According
tc a statement made by DIR. Reid, min
lister of the railways of Canada, the
II: ilways operated by the Canadian gov
crninent in 1920 show deficit of more
than $7O.O0O,00O for the year The
Grand Trunk railway. soon to he taken
over by the government, ran behind
more than $6,000.O0O in 1920. When
The deficit for 1919 reached $4,000, 900
the minister predicted that better
showing would be made in 1920, but re-
suits show he was mistaken.
DR.. Reid attributed the losses chiefly
to higher wages, higher cost of fuel,
ard also to increased cost of mainte-
nance. Out Of every dollar earned %
cents went for operating wages and 20
cents for fuel. leaving ) cents for all
other requirements which totalsd 20
cents.
AS an example of how operating costs
have increased, it was pointed out that
whereas the average wage per employee
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18

Leading German citizens and men of
affairs who realize the terrible results
OF the commune say the Russian reds
have financed the uprisings that have
taken place Of late in Germany. Per-
haps they are right about it. There
il; no question but that Germany fos-
tered the revolt against the car and
later against kcrensky. Lenine, the
chief cOnspiratOr, was allowed to pass
through Germany to Russia while the
war was yet on and it was understood
hy the German authorities that he was
to overthrow the Kerensky government.
German money was at the disposal of
Lcnine and his gang and if the Lcnine
regime is now planting the seeds of boil
shcvism in Germany it is only another
case of chickens coming home to roost
As the individual or the nation sOws
shall he or it reap.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18
AND OLD TRICK.

According to advice from Washington
there is suspicion that the reports of
the government of imports and exports
are not reliable. That false entries
have been made and that the impOrta-
tiOns exceeded in values what the gov
crnment has said they are worth.
Something OF this sort was practiced
during the closing months OF the Clcve-
land administration. Such methods are
resOrted to fool the public and to in
tcrfere with protective tariff legislation.
In 1920, according to treasury re-
ports, importatiOns reached the value
of approximately $500, 100000. 1t is
now claimed that values were largely
in excess Of that amount.
If any of the heads of departments
have been deliberately classifying the
records there ought to be some means
Of Furnishing them. The people have
the right to know the truth and reports
made by the government ought to be
above suspicion. They should contain
facts, uninfuenced by partisan politics.
In speaking of the report that unre-
liable statements have been given out
the Boone News Republican well says:
Publication of statistics which mis-
represent is fraud on the people
who are taxed for the upkeep of a de-
Iartment which is pledged to present
tie truth and which. if it publishes
falsehOOds, is violating its trust.
1t is vital to the enactment Of pro-
per tariff legislation that congress be
correctly informed as to just what is
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-18

Wonder if that Dies Moines paper
diagnoses the case right when it says
one of the reasons the house Of rep
resentatives defeated the constitu-
tional convention for which the people
voted was because it feared women
would secure the right to hold seats
in the Legislature. 1t may be correct
hut the Freeman-Journal doesn't be-
lieve it. The house defeated the
convention, we believe, at the behest
of interests opposed to some OF the
things the farmers of the state are
asking for. A few of the leaders were
influenced" and the rank and file
followed like a drove Of sheep. This
is only guess. of course, but there
appears to be no other explanation for
the reprehensible action taken. After
submitting the question to the people
and after the people voted aye, the
house of representatives says in sub
stances that the people cannot be
trusted with the work of amending the
constitution Of the state.