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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
MILLIONS SPENT IN VIENNA
Money So Plentiful in Austria Amer'-
cans Are Outbid for Objets
dart.

Vienna, Austria.-The astounding
amount of ready money circulating III
Austria was illustrated by the recently
concluded sale of the rare furnishings
of Klessheim palace, n of the resi-
dences of the Archduke Ludwig VIC
tor. 1t netted many million crowns
and the newspapers say the purchasers
were virtually all newly rich
Many professional collectors ana
buyers from France, Great Britain
and the United States came here 1or
the sale but declared they could not
compete with native bidders, who ran
prices up into millions as nonchalaht-
ly as if bidding in hundreds. Dollars,
pounds and francs, they said, were
out of the running. Several rare CODE
Inns brought from 10000 OO to 1,5OO,OOO
crowns each.
The Vienna Derby just run was an
other Illustration Of the money plen1-
tude. About 10000 persons attended,
and the receipts of the betting machines
alone was 100000 crowns.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
is HERMIT SO YEARS
Man Visits City for First Time
and Sees First Woman.
Swift Change Comes and He Imme.
diately Sheds His Whiskers and
Buys Store Clothes.

Omaha.-Tracy Gillis, older than
Brigham Young when he took his
third Wife. has just let his eyes first
see a onlan He also has had his
first remembered view of a railroad
train, a street car, a daily newspaper
and a fiction magazine.
Upon seeing a for the first
time, ellis visited a barber shop and
had his long hair cut and his face
shaved.
ellis is thirty-three years old. He
was born in Chicago. His mother was
an actress and his father . disciple
Of Moody and Sankey. But for a third
of a century father and son, their
Bible open to the chapter which tells
of John the Baptist dwelling in the
wilderness, have lived alone on q west
ern Nebraska ranch 40 miles from
railroad, with no stranger stopping
within Its fence posts.
George Willis, the father, died re-
Gently, two years short of the four
score and ten which he believed that
had been promised to him. Tracy; the
son, buried the body on the ranch and
on with his farm work. Today
ne came to Omaha on his pioneer jour
ley with q load Of cattle.
According to the young mans tale,
he older Gillis %traficked, with his
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11

n~eighboring farmers only on their
property and never on his own, for
fear his sons ears should pick up
hints of civilization. The father ned
to the West with his son to save MIN
from the dancing, singing actresses
In Chicago's old Haymarket theater.
"A devil turks on every city street
corner, father taught me-" Tracy Gillis
said today. "He told me the sad story
of my mother and warned me to avoid
all sinful men,"
With the money from the sale or MS
cattle ellis changed his home made
garments for a suit Of store clothes.
He also bought a safety razor, a tube
of tooth paste and two silk necktles.
is willing to admit that one glimpse
OF the city has demOraliZed him. In
his plans for the future, which IN
clude continued residence on MS
secluded farm, he mentions a wife n
course in agriculture.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
RANKS OF C. A, R,
FAST THINNING
Drop Of 10,1O3 in Number of Vet
Grams of Civil War in the
Past Year.
4,445 POSTS IN as STATES
Ohio Has the Largest Quota, With
Pennsylvania Second and New
York Third - Organized in
Illinois in Spring of 1866.

indianapolis. = When the Crane
Army Of the Republic holds its annua
reunion this year more than 10000 O.
the Civil war veterans who attended
the eneampment of 1920 will be count
ed dmong the missing, as the ranks
nave been depleted to this extent
through the last year
The total membership of the G. A
r. today is 93, 155, while its member
ship in 1920 was 103,25S.
The total membership is scattered
among 4,445 posts in every state. Ohio,
with 1O,241, has the largest member
ship, with Pennsylvania second with
9,122; New York third, S,795; Illinois
fourth, 6,868; Indiana fifth, 5,949
Massachusetts sixth, 1886. No other
state has 5000 or more members.
Property owned by all posts is
valued at S2,O75,O27, including real
estate worth SS02, S41.
Members In the old Confederate
states total approximately 1920.
The G. A. R. was organized In ILL
nois in the spring of 1886. Who its
o%riginators were is a matter Of tradi-
ton, rather than of record, says the
report made to the national encamp-
ment in 1869 by N. P. Chapman, then
adjutant general of the national or
ganizatlon.
First Post in 1866.
There can be no doubt that the
late Col. B. f. Stephenson of Deca-
tur, Ill, was n of the prime movers"
says Chipman's report. "Being recog-
nized as such, he organized the first
post at Decatur. ILL.,"
BY July, 1866. there were 40 posts
in Illinois, representatives of which
met In convention and organized the
state department. Stephenson was
by common consent the provisional
commander in chief, and posts were
organized In other states, resulting in
the first national encampment being
held 1t Indianapolis, November 20.
1850. After the Indianapolis conven-
ton Chapman records that posts seem
to have sprung up as If by magic in
parts of the North" but he adds
thore was no record Of progress. Ten
states were represented at the In
.dianapolis encampment, q states in
1857. "a In 1868, 81 in 1889-having
1850 posts.
At the 1869 encampment a mutual
life Insurance scheme was proposed,
It being said that the G. A. r. had
100000 members. In 1857 1t had beer
Iaid that the state departments
claimed to represent a constituency
IF over 100000" But there is no au-
.hentic record of the number for the
Early years. the insurance proposal,
containing an estimate, IT Is thought,
ind the 1867 estimate being regarded
Is the number of Union soldiers liv-
ng in the jurisdiction of the state de-
'artments represented at the conven-
ion. Foo instance. the adjutant gen.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
BLAZING CROW FIRES FIELD
Bird Killed by a Live Wire Falls into
Hay Causing Loss of Several
Hundred Dollars.

Rochester, N. "a crow alighted on
a heavily charged electric wire of the
Niagara Power company and was In
stantly killed, falling a blazing mass
into a field of uncut hay belonging to
Hobart Stahl, nea Spencerport eight
miles from here.
The field caught fire, causing a loss
of several hundred dollars, and for a
time threatened adjoining wheat fields
whose uncut crops are estimated to
be worth several thousands.
The Spencerport Chemical company
made the three-mile run to the Stahl
place and prevented further damage.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11

erals report at the 1870 encampment,
when there were 80 departments, says
1t Is absolutely impossible for me to
furnish anything like a correct report
of the present membership"
Decline Constant Since 1890.
In 1890, however, reports taken as
authentic state hat the membership
was 400, 489, the highest mark record
ed. From 1878 to 1890 the growth
was rapid, being from 1900 to $4,000
annually. Since 1890 the decline has
been constant except for a 5000 gain
In 1906, said to be due to prospects
Of favorable pension legislation. Sub
sequent enrolment figures from the
time the G.. A. R. reached It's zenith
to the present time follow:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11

Combine Slips Yellow Men Into
Florida by Way of Cuba.
Few Places Where Schooners Cannot
Make Easy landing on Coast
line Of Southern State.

Tampa, Fla.-Chinese are beine
Struggled into the United States
on a large scale by way of Cuba and
Florida, according to reports from the
South. Unless prompt action is taken
by authorities at Washington, condi-
lions will soon be as bad in the south
ern states as they were on the Next
car border, where it took five years
to stamp out the smuggling of the vel
low men, says immigration Inspector
Whalen of Tampa, Fla, in whose dis
trict much of the smuggling has been
going on.
We have learned that within the
past few months almost $4,000 Chinese
have been landed in Cuba" saws
Whalen. According to the state
ments we got from some of the snug
Cling parties that we have rounded
up, these Chinese remain in Cuba only
long enough to make arrangements
with the smugglers to be landed on
the Florida coast.
The fact that all the Chinese who
have been arrested in this vicinity are
plentifully supplied with money and
are able to obtain unlimited funds to
defray court expenses indicates that
there Is a we~ll-organized smuggling
combine at work.
The latest arrests in the smuggling
war were in Charleston, S. c., where
four Chinese were picked up, with
tickets from Clearwater.
Fla, a short distance from Tampa, to
d. G. Six more were ar
rested the same day at Dunedin, Fla,
also near Tampa. These six we're taken
when they tried to buy railroad tick
cts to Washington.
The coast of Florida is an ideal
place for smuggling operations as
here are only a few places along the
entire 400 miles Of coast line where
cannot make an easy land
ng.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
LIVING AS IN STONE AGE
Natives OF Isolated South Sea Isle
Found by Missionary Number
Only 500.

London, England.-People who still
live in the of the stone age
are found on Kennel island in the Solo
mon group, M~elanesia, according to DR..
Northcote Deck, a missionary who a v
there are only about 500 inhabitants,
and because of their isolation even
their dialect there has never been
studied.
The natives had implements and
weapons Of stone and wood only when
DR.. Deck first visited the island. They
showed great eagerness to barter
homemade articles for anything made
of iron.
"They seem to feel keenly the
monotony Of their isolation, and
showed a settled melancholy, both in
their faces and the cadence of their
voices" says DR.. Deck.
The teeth of flying foxes which
swarm in caves on the island seem
to be the only form Of currency known
there.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
HALT FIREMEN AT BORDER
italians Refuse to Allow Austrian Bril-
qade to Cross Llne-Forced to
Watch Buildings Burn.

Vienna.-Frontier restrictions were
carried to an extreme when they pre-
vented an Austrian fire brigade from
crossing the Italian border to fight a
blaze.
Some buildings on the Italian side
Of the Brenne, Pass railway station
caught fire and the Austrian towns
firemen turned OUT. Italian gendarmes
demanded their vlses and having none
they were forced to watch the ware
houses burn.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
MONSTER STALKS WIN
HONORS FOR HOME FARMER

A.. D. Eddy was in this office Thurs-
day showing a monster bunch of
stalks six feet high and IN which full
ears OF oats, were the feature. Tho
oats was grown on his ranch east of
~ShOshcnes, and was raised by Sam
Hughes. The prediction is freely made
that the field Of 20 acres will go over
100 bushels to the acre. A number Of
higher stalks were blown down. Lots
Of them went owe six feet with big
heads like the ines on exhibition by
Mr. Eddy.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11

The 1920 national encampment
voted to meet every year as long as
a single member survived. Brig. Gen.
John L. Glen, address Army and Navy
Club, Washington, D. c., claims him
self the youngest G. A. r. member.
here to be seventy-one years old, hav-
ing enlisted as a drummer boy at the
age Of eleven years. The question of
who Is the oldest member always
brings up hundreds Of claimants and
no reliable record has been obtained.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
Aged Women Voters
Posted; Riot Followed

1t was only 80 in the shade
when the assessors of North
Brookfeld, Mass, posted the list
Of 800 female voters in tho
town, but 1t was estimated to
be 12O In the assessors Office
next day when 1t became known
each name was followed by the
age Of the voter. Not satisfied
with ,storming the assessors of.
flee, many of the women at.
tackled the lists with erasers.
and some of the lists were torn }
off during the rioting. The list !
a accepted as authority for {
settling many lOng-standing ar
guments as to age.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11

GRAFTON for appendicitis at a Lewis
ton hospital Wednesday afternoon.
DR.. Morris is well known in Moscow.
He is doing as we'll as can be ex-
pected.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
Has A Unique Display.

The Buster Brown Shoe store has
an elegant window display in White
house goods, dainty foot gear that has
made the chain of stores famous in
the United States. The lasts ar of
exquisite design IN ladies wear. The
Tel Til tips are highest examples Of
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11

art in f~ashioning, the shoe to all con-
formations. The childreq's depart
ment is above par in elegant shoes for
the misses, and children-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-08-11
Guests at Williamson Home

Misses Mabel and Pearl Robinson,
of Seattle, Washington, arrived in
Moscow Wednesday and are guests at
the home of their sister, Mrs. N.
Williamson
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
RED TAPE" SAID TO DELAY
AID TO STOCKMeN

TUCSON. July 6-The distribution
Of funds from the s50.oOoOOo pool.
among cattlemen. who are in dire
need OF immediate financial assistance
70 save them from commercial ruin.
through red tape" on the part of The
Fedora! Reserve bank.
This condition is suggested BY teie-
grams received by J. C. Kinney. p-csi-
dent OF the La Osa Stock ami Loan
company. from two members OF the
committee appointed TO devise a
means by which the money could be
equitably distributed where it would
be OF greatest good.
4 corporation was formed By the
committee. under the name OF the
Bankers Live Stock Loan corporation
through which the loans We're to be
made
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
MEXICAN GIRL DIES
FOLLOWING SUDDEN
ATTACK OF ILLNESS

BISBEE. July 6.-Aurelia solomon.
Mexican girl l. years old. who has
been employed by Mrs. VI. Newman At
her residence at Warren. died yester-
day evening at the c. & a. hospital
after sudden attack OF illness Of
an unknown nature.
The girl became i'll yesterday morn
ing and was removed to the hospital
at about O'Clock yesterday afternoon
where she died a short time later.
The evening before she had been TO
the dance at Warren Park and was in
good health. Doctors who attended
her were unable to determine the ex-
act cause of her illness. 1t is prob
ably that an autopsy will be held to-
day to determine if possible the cause
OF death.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
ARIZONA PROSECUTOR
TAKES MYSTERY TRIAL

LOS ANGELES. July G.-p.zt-ict
Attorney Riley Greer OF Holbrook.
Arizona. came TO Los Angeles yestcr-
day to personally conduct the .nIesti-
CATION into the death OF Robert ,. Nc
Lehman. who died heer two weeks age
as the result OF mystery snoofi.g on
April 80.
The death has become so perplexing
District Attorney Greer stated asst
night at the Rosslyn Hotel that in
stead OF arriving at any definite tn :
DRY as to how Mr.. McLennaa was "a
tally shot, the solution seems to be
farther away now than when the cri.c.e
was first discovered He is unable TO
state whether Mr.. McLennan was a
victim of murder plot or had ended
his own life with suicide as last pub
iished reports On the mystery. he stat
ed. the case has been practically at a
standstill
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
BIG JAIL DELIVERY
AT CULlACAN

NOGALES. July 6-Advices from
Culiacan. capital OF Sinaloa, relate
that a number OF criminals escaped
from the state penitentiary in that
city. and made their way toward the
mountains. robbing and terrorizing the
countryside as they went.
The band is under leadership OF one
Juan Pardo. murderer. At small
town called Zavalas in the munich
paiity of Concordia. they sacked the
store of Luis Saravia. robbing him of
goods valued at 5000 pesos, beside
forcing him TO deliver over his cash.
several hundred pesos. Then they out
ragged the daughter OF the robbed
merchant and murdered her finance.
b. Gonzales. who sought to protect her.
A detachment Of troops stationed
at Concerdia, was sent in pursuit Of
the criminal gang. but no account has
been received of their operation.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
LN d. l3eka.~Xsa..

up the brush 10 paint him. Wash
ingtOn shows him as the honest col
league and dependable ally from the
moment he SET foot on American soil
In his greeting to the commander OF
the Colonial forces. the French gen
eral wrote: II send you copy of
my instructions as well. for / feel that
II we are to cooperate uSefully ]
must have no secrets from my gen.
eraI." In the late days Of February.
1884. when Washington. another Gin
cinnatus. was busy with the cares Of
husbandry about Mount Vernon. and
Rochambeau, hOnOred by his king. al
SO for the nonce rested on his sword.
he wrote that immortal eulOgy to his
craven on the statue OF the French
hero In Jackson square. Washington.
"we have been contemporaries and
friends In the cause Of Liberty and
we have lived together as brothers
should, In harmonious friendship"
There is one splendid saying handed
down by the loyal Chosen. When
France danced madiy in the red
stream after she had executed her
Bourbon king and his Hapsburg con-
sort. ROchambeau, last marshal Of
France under the dynasty. gathered
his bewildered army and offered his
services to the awful tribunal His
old friends and aristocrat!c kindred
reproached him for making peace with
the enemy. and hinted at unworthy
motives. Then the hero Of Yorktown
and Of a half-century OF wars. drew
himself up haughtIIy and fiinsing his
sword on high. he exclaimed:
France, whoever rules her. my best
and my ALL"
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
IDENTIFY MEXICAN
KILLED BY TRAIN
LAST SUNDAY NIGHT

B.SBEE. J;.ly 6.-Tae maugled body
that was found Monday morning along
The railroad tracks about five miles
beyond Hereford has been ideutifiei
as that OF Ramon Espinoss. who is
thought TO have been killed by an f.
p. & 5. ". train some time Sunday
night
Espinosa had been working during
the last few months for Harry Hassel-
gren. Lewis Springs rancher. On Sun
day afternoon. while intoxicated. he
seized an axe and started after the
section foreman at Lewis Springs. ac-
cordins to Hasselgren. The section
foreman got away and the Mexican
then made for Hasselgren. The ranch
er was unarmed. but picked up rock
and knocked Espinosa down. Hasse!-
gren then secured his siX-shooter and
ran the Mexican off the place.
Espinosa was last seen going up the
railroad track in the direction Of
Hereford. He informed other Next
cans at the section house that he was
going to see his half brother. Leanoro
Contreras. who is employed on the
William White ranch. near Hereford.
The next heard OF the man was
when his body was found on the track
between Lewis Springs and Hereford
II is thought that he was hit by the
Golden State Limited His half brother
Contraras. was in Bisbee yesterday.
making inquiries about the body.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
DEPUTY SHERIFF EhON
GRATED OF ALL BLAME

BlSBEE. july 6.-A corOner's jury
that convened yesterday afternoon at
Lowell exonerated Deputy Sheriff
Dukes Of all blame FOR having shot and
killed Refugio Vega. Young Mexican.
Sundey morning at Concentrator
Town After hearing the testimony
the jury returned verdict OF justi-
fable homicide by peace officer in
the discharge OF his duty
Four Mexicans OF the community
who were called TO testify all agreed
that Refugio had been drinking and
that he carried gun. They all said
that they had heard OF the disturbance
that had caused Deputy Dukes and
Constable Bohmfalk TO be called TO
the scene 10 arrest Vega. The NeNi-
cans seemed to be unwilling TO tell ex-
actly what occurred before the arrival
OF the TWO officers. Although three Df
them testified that they saw Dukes
shoot. they said that they did not sec
whether OF not Vega drew his gun and
lave,ed it at Dukes. They all testified
that Dukes called 10 the man several
times 10 stop.
Dukes testified that when he saw
Vega running away he called to him 20
stop. Vega. he said. kept going. and
he went in pursuit. still calling to him
70 stop The Mexican. ne said. sud
denly turned. drew a gun from his belt
and leveled il on him. Vegas gun, a
cheap revolver. was offered in evil
dence. 1t was found to contain two
exploded and three unexploded shells.
The cartridge next to the two explod-
ed ones weer found TO bear the plain
indentation OF the hammer. but had
failed to explode.
Dukes and Bohmfalk had been called
to the scene by phone. with The expIa-
nation that Mexican was shooting
up the town.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
Rocharnbeau's
81 ga.
Splendid .aA.
x sx q
Service. s52A

study of parallels serves 10 es-
tablish the fact. seemingly forgotten.
that Rochamb-au rendered no minor
aid but was the immediate instru-
ment of Providence for the triumph
Of the sacred cause OF freedom. just
as Pershing and his army were the
final weapons OF Foch 10 smite the
oppressor writes Margaret *. Down
ing in the Catholic World. From the
military standpoint. then, there can be
no controversy over the success with
which the cominand.r-in-chief Of the
French allied army executed the be-
neyolent intentions of his king
Rochambeau. however, too often fig-
ures In the American mind solely as
a symbol Of the friendship Of France.
gained through painful. weary efforts
OF Franklin. Jefferson and other great
fathers of the republic. II is full time
that he should be known for the
splendid. yirile. unusual traits OF
character which his contemporaries
have ever accorded him He WAS ever an
upright. religious man. He Is a figure
to fill the canvas. no matter who takes
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
SUPREME COURT AWARDS
DAMAGES FOR DEATH OF FIVE

PHOENIX. July 6.-The state 81
preme court today affirmed the iudg
ment OF the superior court OF Pinal
county awarding damages to the =
tate of the late John :. Williams,
against James c. Davis. agent under
the transportation act OF 1920. J0ha
B. Candy and Lawrence 4. Gamo;is.
Mr.. Williams. his wife and three
children were killed when q train
struck the automobile in which they
were riding at crossing in Casa
Grande. May ;. 1915 The suit was
brought by Mr.. Boggs TO recover
damages for their deaths
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-07-10
CCWBOY SPORTS
DURING AFTERNOON

In the afternoon beginning at 2:30
cowboy sports held the crowds until
late in the evening 4 number OF good
contests included broncho busting.
burro ropins and pony racing were
staged with the following results:
Burro roping: Ralph Cowan. first;
Joe Pankey. second. and Jim Sala.
third
Eroncho busting Cheyenne. first;
Lou Smith. second: Chit Gowan. third
and Terry fourth.
Pony race: Chit Gowan and Bob
Axtell. tie: Bill Frazee. third.
In the evening following band con-
cert the fight card was staged follow
ed by the final dance in Legion hall,
at which over one hundred couple at
tended which markedd the windup Of
the three-day celebration.
Director W T. Boyd OF the celebra-
tion. this afternoon announced lie
wished to thank the people Of Tomb
stone and ali who had assisted in
the celebration for their assistance.
and especially Bert Nacia Frank Cav
anaugh. Bert Holland. Ralph Robert
son. w P. Walker. c. ]. Wynn. Geo.
Wales. Charles Bachelor. Ernest
Cavanaugh and everybody who helped
him put the celebration over. Mr..
BOYD said that although a deficit in
the celebration was incurred. due 10
lack OF attendance at the fight cards,
he was game loser. and did the best
he could to make the celebration a
success