The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-16

Washington-(A. P)-The, grain
+ futures trading act was declared valid
and constitutional today by the su-
preme court. This is the second time
that the court has passed on the val
! idity of the grain fture trading law
the previous statute, based on the
taxing power of the federal govern
ment, being held unconstitutional.
The law upheld today is based on the
right to control interstate commerce.
Banker AIust Pay Penalty
Philadelphia-lA P.)-Henry G.
Brock, banker and clubman, was to-
day sentenced to from six months to
ten years in an eastern stats. peni-
tentiary, for killing three persons
with an automobile.
Children Burn to Death
Sacramento-(A P.)-Ten Japan
ese, children lost their lives in a fire
early today which destroyed the
dormitory building at local Budd-
hist school.
Earth Quake Shakes Mexica
Mexico City-(A. P)-The low
lands along the Vera Cruz, the San
Luis Potosio boundary line, are be-
ing shaken by strong earth shocks
and the alarmed natives are aband-
oning their homes, according to
stories of refugees arriving in the
town of Wales, east of San Luis
Potosio. The reports mention no
casualties and the damage is not
estimated.
Hold Up Bank Officials
San Francisco - CA P.)-Five un-
masked bandits held up Special Of
ficer Cornelius Foley and w. N.
Becker, clerk of the Bank of Italy,
near Larkin street and Fern avenue,
a few blocks from the main bust
ness district today and escaped in
an automobile with six thousand dol |
lars in non-negotiable checks.
Sentence Catholic Priest
Kalamazoo-(A. PREV. Father !
Charles Dillon, confessed slayer of |
his superior, Rev. Father Henry /
O'Neill of ST. Augustines Catholic
church, murdered last Thursday, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment at hard {
labor by Judge Weimer in the cir
cult court here today.
British Finances Much Better
London GA. P.)-Chancellor Of the I
Exchequer Stanley Baldwin, referring
in his budget statement read today
to the American debt, says that he
hoped shortly to settle in final form
the bonds to be given in replacement
Of the demand for obligations. In
making the budget statement before
a crowded chamber in the house of
commons today, he said that of the
past years surplus, one hundred mil
lion pounds had gone toward the re-
duction of the debt. The financial
year just closed has become steadily
better as it proceeded, and trade both
1T home and abroad has improved,
and unemployment diminished con-
siderably, the statement continued.
To Sign Agreement With Finland
Washington-(A P)-The Ameri-
,an debt funding commission was to-
lay authorized by Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon to sign the war debt
unding agreement with Finland.
Says Fighting for Right
Berlin-(A. Foreign Minister
on Rosenberg, in addressing the
this afternoon, declared !
he battle now in progress {
N the banks of the Rhine and
n the Ruhr was not one for coal or
wood, but that it was a fight which\ It
would determine whether the ideas {
f right and peace would progress or {
OSe ground.
Second Radical Faces Trial t
St. Joseph, Mich-(A. P.)-Charles
J, Ruthenberg of Cleveland, nation !
lily known LIBERAL and the second
erson to face prosecution under the
1ichigan anti-syndicalism law was {
rdered to trial today.
Sieze Additional Mines !,
Duesse1dorf--(A CA. P.)-Nfne addi- i
onal coal mines in the Ruhr have o
cen seized by the French and Bel v
ians, it was announced today, MAX 6
lg total of thirty-one mines and !
oke plants now in the hands of the :
ccupation forces.
Pleads Guilty to Murder
Kalamazoo, Mich CA P.) Rev.
ather Charles Dillon entered a plea \