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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
INCOME TAX SPECIALIST
in MOSCOW MARCH 8-l5

Revenue Agent F. A. Freeland, from
the Boise office of the internal rev.
enue department, will be in Moscow
from March 8 to Is for the purpose of
assisting income tax payers in MAX
ing up their returns, it was learned
here today in a communication re-
ceived by the Star-Mirror from Evan
Evans, government collector of in
ternal revenue for the state of Idaho
"Mr. Freeland has had several
years experience in auditing returns
of taxpayers, and is especially we'll
qualified for work of this nature, and
if Moscow people have any knotty
problems, they may bring them to
him while he is in the city, said Mr..
Evans in his letter. Especial atten-
tion will be given to those who file
on forms 1040 and 1920 it was stated.
1t is the policy of the internal rev.
enue department to give as much aid
as possible to people filing income
tax returns, and every effort is being
made to clarity the points which
seem troublesome to the taxpayers. 1t
is desirable to make the returns as
quickly as possible, and every effort
will be made this spring to bring the
matter to close as quickly as pos
sible
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
SISTER OF MISS SWEET
DIES in GRANGEVILLE

Miss Ada Sweet, widely known
Grangeville business woman and sis
ter of Bennie Sweet, university librar-
ian here, died at Grangeville yester-
day after being critically i'll for a
number of days following two weeks
of virulent pneumonia. She is sur
vived by another sister, Margaret
Sweet, with whom she was associated
in a cattle ranch near Grangeville,
and her father, Hiram Sweet.
Miss Sweet is widely known
throughout this section of the
country, having been for number
of years connected with the George
M. Reed company in Grangeville, in
which she became an active partner
three years ago. She has been a
resident of Grangeville since 1902,
when her family moved west from
Iowa. She was a graduate of the
fluffy institute of New York, and of
the Lincoln, Iowa, high school.
Miss Binnie Sweet, of Moscow, left
for Grangeville yesterday morning.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
TAMARACk mining co.
PAYS 100000 Dividend

Officers and directors were re-
elected and 100000 dividend-2
cents share on $5,0OO,0O0 capital
ization-was declared at the annual
stockholders meeting of the Tama-
rack and Custer Consolidated Mining
company at Wallace yesterday says
the Spokesman-Review. The dividend
is payable March 81 to stockholders
of Record March 20. 1t will increase
the grand total of payments to $621,-
992. The last previous payment,
$75, 200, was made in 1920.
Routine business was transacted
and reports of officers approved at
the meeting. The directors reflect
ed were: Jerome J. Day, Harry L.
Day, Ramsay M. Walker, A P. Ram
stedt, all of Wallace; Edward Boyce,
Portland, and Frank M. Rothrock
and Edwin H. Knight, Spokane. Je-
rome J. Day was reelected president
and general manager; Mr. Ramstedt
vice president; Harry L. Day secre-
tary, and Walter B. Heitfeld, assistant
secretary.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
SHERIFF AIDS in CAPTURE
OF BENEWAH MOONSHINER

Deputy Sheriff Grant Robbins of
Latah county, and Sheriff Charles G.
Gragg of Benewah county, made
good catch this week when they
swooped down on P. P. Bither, resi-
dent in the Pennington district whose
land is located in both Latah and
Benewah county, and confiscated two
complete stills, thirty gallons of rye
mash, and a small quantity of moon
shine liquor.
The man has been under suspicion
for some time, and citizens of Farm
ington precinct notified the local
sheriff's office about ten days ago
when additional efforts were made to
apprehend the man with sufficient
evidence to convict him. When it
was learned that Mr. Bither had land
in both counties, but that his resi-
dence was just over the line in Bene-
wah county, the local authorities
notified Sheriff Charles G.. Gragg OF
Benewah county, who Immediately
coming to Pennington
where he met Mr.. Robbins.
The suspect was placed under ar
rest and together with his outfit
taken to ST. Maries. where he will be
arraigned on a charge of the illict
and possession of in
toxicating liquor.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
ELECTRIC TROLLEY
JOLTS two FANS

Two university students were given
a rather severe jolt and narrowly
escaped serious injury if not death
last night when they came into con-
tact with the high tension electric
lines supplying the Inland Empire
Railway company while attempting
to beat" their way into Spokane on
that company's system to witness the
big Washington basketball
game. The two youths who today
are going about with severe burns
Gill of Sioux Falls, North Dakota, a
freshman student, and Russell Gold
ensmith of Wallace, Idaho.
The two young men started out
from Moscow yesterday afternoon
with the intention of 'sneaking''
ride on the special carrying Idaho
rooters to the championship game
which left here at $3.50 on the North
ern Pacific line. At Palouse they
were apprehended and made to leave
the train. Nothing daunted, the two
adventurous youths caught No. 50.
the Inland electric train which left
Moscow at 4:O5, and which came
through Palouse short time later,
where they caught a ride on the
roof of the car.
Off of Trolley
One of the men attempted to climb
the pentograph which sup
ports the trolley, and which conducts |
the current to the motors of the car. |
He was given a severe jolt and sent |
off the car into a ditch. The other |
of the pair in the excitement !
also came in contact with the same |
frame work, receiving himself a Sc
we're shock. The lines supplying the |
Inland system carry $500 volts, single |
phase, which is several times the
amount capable Of killing
The two students were brought |
back to Moscow last night, where
their burns were treated. One CT the |
men stated that he thought the frame t
work through which they tried to
crawl was insulated, and that little
thought was given to the affair.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01

y
it's bill, proposing to establish two
new systems, one government and
the other private, to meet the needs
Of the agricultural industry, was
passed by the house today and now
goes to conference. The vote was
305 to Sc, the chief opposition being
registered by New York and the New
England states.
Appeals From Divorce Decision
New York-(A P)-W. E. Stokes,
wealthy realtor, today filed notice of
appeal from a recent supreme court
order, denying him permission to
further amend the complaint in his
suit for a divorce from his wife,
Helen Wood Stokes, so that he might
introduce newly discovered evidence
at a new trial of the case, set for the
April term of court.
Oyertures Must Be Official
Paris-(A. P0-None but official
overtures will be acceptable in con-
nection whit the arrangement for
Ruhr and reparation functions, it
was asserted in French official cir
cles here today.
Responsibility With /. c. c.
Washington = CA. P.) = President
Harding declared in a letter made
favor an anthracite embargo to re-
lieve the fuel situation in the north
east section and felt that the respon-
sibility for any other action in con-
nection with shipments to the steel
district must rest wholly with the
interstate commerce commission.
Indict Former Klan Wizard
Houston-(A. P)-An indictment
charging violation of the white slave
act was returned by a federal grand
jury against Edward Young Clark of
Atlanta, former imperial wizard of
the Ku Klux F<lan, it was revealed
today.
Plan Gigantic r. r. Combine
Washington-(A. P0-Plan for the
of all railroads west of
Chicago into four systems, each op-
Grating over thirty thousand miles of
line, was laid before the industrial
today by Hal Holden.
DepIOres Congressional BlOcs
Washington-(A. PD-Congressfon-
al blocs in the interest of agriculture
and for government operation of
were deplored by Senator
Calder, republican, of New York, in
an address today in the senate, fin
shing his Is years congressional SER
yice, which ends March 4.
Would Refund Finnish Debt
Washington-(A. P)-Minister OF
Finance Alex Leonard Astrom, today
made an appointment with Secretary
Mellon for tomorrow to begin pre-
iminary conversations on refunding
he Finnish debt to the United States,
mounting to $8,2S1 ,916 principal, and
,ut $1150,00O interest.
Harvey's Talk Rolls British
London CA. P.) = Ambassador
Iarveys last night speech, lin which
le discussed Great Britain's war in
to the United States,
voked expressions of displeasure In
british official circles today and
ives indication of causing consider
BILE discussion The foreign office
eclined to comment on the address,
ut it is reliably stated, Havers re-
larks, that it was considered un-
sual, as an expression from a for
ign envoy.
Representative Cochran Dead
Washington-(A. P)-Representa-
i've w Bourge Cochran, democrat,
led suddenly today. He had cele-
rated his 49th birthday yesterday
nd became i'll last night, and died
t 7:10 a. M. as the immediate result
{ apoplexy 1t is said at his home
lat he made a spirited speech in his
ONE last night against the pending
arm credit bill.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
CHURCH OF GOD DOES NOT
ENDORSE WORK OF SOLICITOR

The Rev. J. B. Buckholz, pastor
of the local Church of God, asks The
Mirror to advise the, public that
his church is in no way connected
with the solicitation for funds which
has been carried on the past few
days in the city by party claiming
to be representing the Church of
God. Mr. Buckholz states that his
church does not believe in or en-
dorse the method of raising money
and knows nothing regarding the
man who is soliciting money in the
name of the organization.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
Baptist Union Holds Meeting.

The Woman's Union of the Baptist
church held pleasant and profita BILE
meeting at the home of Mrs. O. A.
Benedict, Tuesday. Mrs. l.. D. Arm
old had charge of the devotional part
of the program. Mrs. Fred Bell pre-
sented the lesson, and the special
music by Miss Mary Jenson was very
much enjoyed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01

Mrs. Henry Smith and children have
returned from an extended visit with
relatives in st. Louis, Mo.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01
POTLATCH GLEE CLUB
PLAYS To Big CROWD

Potlatch-On Saturday afternoon at
three o'clock and again on Monday
evening the girls glee club of the
Potlatch high school gave the oper-
eta, " In the Garden of the Shah -
to crowded houses.
The music and dances were under
the direction OF Miss Christen; dra-
matte, Miss McKenna; scenery, Arm
old Johnson; accompanist, Marjorie
Douglass.
Hartwick Hansen, of the class of
1921, very kindly consented to take
the part of Ted Harding, an Ameri-
can mining engineer, and delighted
the audience with his solo work and
the duets with Pauline Wagner, who
appeared with her usual grace and
charm as Zahdah, daughter of the
Shah.
Special mention should be made of
the splendid acting and singing of
son, the colored servant of the two
American mining engineers; also
Joathene Chenoweth, who took the
sorceress and finally succeeded in
convincing Sam that he was her af-
finity in some other incarnation and
that he really had a great weakness
for dates.
Blaine Jones made his first ap-
pearance to the Potlatch public as
the Sheik and won much favorable
comment. Space does not permit of
individual mention the show deserves,
but, as a whole, it was very praise
worthy performance and reflects
much credit on the members of the |
faculty in charge and the school,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-01

Prof and Mrs. A. P. Ludberg are
enjoying a visit from Mrs. Ludberg's
mother, Mrs. Ada M. Bass, who ar
rived in Moscow, Thursday evening,
from her home at Montello, Wiscon-
sim :
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29

legislaf ion. to enforce that part Of the
18th Amendment OF the Constitution
OF the United States, which says that
no State shall deny to any person with
in its jurisdiction the equal protec.
tion Of it's laws Our right to do this.
SO far as the 14th Amendment is con
ceerned, is the same upon which VIZ.
acted In providing law for the en-.
forcement Of the 18th Amendment.
Practically the only opposition we
hear now against a Federal Anti
Lynching Law is the cry that the Cor
gress is invading States rights How
silly this claim is, is made known to
every person when 1t is shown tina.
in the last 35 years, there have beef.
more than 1000 known lynchings In
the United States and that in scarcely
an instance have there been any con
victions of members of mobs AMI those
responsible for this crime. If we
sh' uld recognize States rights in this
matter, we will be simply conceding
the fact that mobs shall be permitted
to lynch people without thought or
possibility Of punishment by the
States. This opposition to this legisla-
ton is nothing more than the desire
that this crime of lynching shall con-
tinue to go unpublished that mob law
shall continue to prevail and take tn.
place of the courts.
1T is surprising that newspapers
will continue to argue against thi (,
legislation for this reason. Some splend
id newspapers are now supporting
legislation. but many others are not
and are trying to excuse their opposit
ion by crying out, that the Congress
is invading States rights and State
laws. In most cases, newspapers take
this position because they find it pleas
ing to their subscribers, a great many
of whom are yet so filled with race
prejudice that they are in favor of
continued lynchings. If THE great news
papers of the country would all help
us in this campaign for law and order
and not think so much Of pleasins
their subscribers and advertisers we
would soon be able to put this law up
On the Statutes of the United States"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29
COLORFUL NEWS '<MOViES''
Racial Ups and Downs in Jersey
I'D Rush Negroes Out Of Town. Negro Labor and the
preston Meas Service

HACkENSACK, NEW JERSEY has not been without ra-
cial thrills the month"; for while Supervising PRINCIPAL
William A Smith, white director of Public Schools RESCUED
the tackensack Board of Education from "ENlBARRASS-
ING PREDICAMENT when he arranged with Miss Nellie
Morrow newly appointed teacher take charge
ward Negro pupils in the State School, and thus Saved
the Board the necessity of assigning young pedagogue
to regular class Miss Anna Hogan white youthful and
attractive came up from Jersey the Hackensack Court
House to counsel for Eza Robertson Negro who
was arragned before Supreme Court Justice c. W. Parker on
a charge of murder IF
Robertson is said to have shot John Barnes during fight
over game OF craps Counsellor Hogan offered plea not
guilty Tor her Negro CLIENT and said II expect prove that
Robertson was in danger Of his life and shot in sedefense
This is said to be the lady lawyers important criminal case
and the first murder trial in New Jersey where counsel
has appeared alone as attorney for the defendant
Quite contrary though to the aboveced legal aspect was
the attitude shown in petitions signed by about 800 white
parents OF ackensack who protested against Negro teacher
being placed in charge of white pupils Some of the protests
are said to have enanaed from activities of the local K Ky
Klan.
MISS Morrow the colored teaching appoinee said to be
COMPETENT and POPULAR, but her popularity apparently
grew COLD and BARREN when became near possibility
that she would be placed IN CHARGE OF WHITE PUPILS
one mas passed the necessary examinations placed on the
waiting list according to her EXCELLENT RATINC and the
ooo Board FACED the necessity of appointing according
to the New Jersey School law
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29

II the new Secretary lives up to
the predtctions Of those who kno~
him BED. many OF the White House
callers Who "must" see the, President
will tell It to Slemp instead. He is to
stand % the traditional Buffer" b..
TWEEN the President and the offic!al
and ECONOMICAL public. The expecta
tions Of his friends will not be full
filled X he fails to relieve the Pres!
dent Of many matters Of minor or sec
ondary Importance. He Is expected to
prove an important liaison ofYicial be.
tween the White House and Congress.
entirely aside from his politica,
strength in tile South. !"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29
SOUTHERN Vigil.
preston News servicc)

Preston News 6ervicc)
Whenever the progress Of colOred
men and women knocks at the door
OF Opportunity, Southern Vigil is as
amending as the rise and fall of tho
tides, lest Justice should open the
door momentarily and usher the Seek.
er into the presence of Opportunity.
Thus does Senator, Harris of Geo.
gia. again protest against the appoint
ment OF Negroes as administrative offi
Gals or the Government Hospital at
Iuskegee, Alabama. Inasmuch as Brig
adler General Hines, Director of the
U. s. Veterans Bureau, has already
announ ced his intention to fill the nd
illustrative places largely with com
petent Negro officials, it would seem
that even the Solid South might grace
1uiiy bend in patriotic obedience TO
the will of its country, as expressed
by the later President and directed by
MN. On the contrary. though, Senator
Harris, on September 4, 1923. filed an
fother protest against such a dignified
procedure as his superiors had decid.
ed to follow, and by the Senator's pro
test the whole nation sees that South
ern vigil is as undying as ever abor
the lesser things, and as dead as ever
about the greater things.
NO greater love hath a man thar
that he lay down his life for he
friend" Yet. Southern Vigil stalks
through its ancestral grave yard. nav
Ing homage to its fathers bones. ana
laying waste to the future resting
plal'es of its children,-ever watchful.
never sleeping. But the night shall
some time pass into day. and the vigil
of Senator Harris and the Solid South
shall be involuntarily ended by the
mighty current of American righteous
ness.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29
oyer VIII Reintr0duce Anfi-Lynch Bill in Next C0n6ress

"a friend to the cullud folks" Now Mr..
Slemp's conception Of friendshtp, In
SO far as the Negro people are concern
ed Is Of that kind which decrees that
the Negro should stay In his place.
and that place is the corn field and otl;
err similar environments that are so
undesirable that no white man wants
them. -s.-. 80.
{ 81 The Negroes of the South regret
the action OF President Coolidge in the
selection OF his secretary. The Negro.
es OF the North and for very good rea-
son. regret It even more Men like
Slemp have stripped the Southern Ne
gro OF practically everything that he
possessed politically. They are now
transferring their activities to the pill
aging Of the black citizens in the
North and the appointment of Bascom
Slemp. the leader Of the gang. to a
place where his insiduous influence
has untold evil possibilities is a matter
that cannot and will not be passiyel,
overlooked by black men who have the
best interests Of the Negro people of
today and Of their posterity at heart
Black voters in the North have al
ready sounded the warning that If the
virginia political schemer tries to put
over any of his "stuff'' in the White
House somebody is going to feel it
and feel it hard in the presidential
election that is not a thousand year
of. And We Ie':evc that they mean 1t
this time for If Bascom Slemp has his
way up in Washington. he will raise
more hell in the little over a year that
he will be there than THE Republican
Party can straighten out in ten.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29
THE 'L1I4Y-wH1TE ;"
Newport News Starr


The Outlook speaks of Mr.. Slemp as
a lilly white" and as 'virginian c,
yirginians.. and then goes on to point
out how It Is possible for him to be
politically useful, to President Cool
idge in rounding up Southern delegat
es to the next national convention.
That he is lilly white" we con-
cede; in fact, he may be called the
father Of that political monstrosity
That he Is Virginia of Virginians''
we deny, except to admit that he was
born in the Old Dominion. A "virgin
ian Of VirginiansY is either an out
spoken Democrat, personally kind 10
the brother in black, but steadfastly
refusing to recognize him as a politi.
cal equal; or he is Negro man born
here, who believes in the doctrine OF
the civil and political equality of al
men who are native born citizens oil
the United States.
The lilly white" is a pretense ard
a sham. He processes the ancient faith
of the Republican party, with it's basic
principles eliminated. and he cannot re
main in the Democratic party and
take over federal Offices when the Re
publican party is in control Of THE ma.
ton. He is a genius at deception. He
whispers to the Negro that If he wiz!
efface himself for a season the Demo-
cratic party will be split in twain, and
the Negro will then come into his own;
and he assures the poor, unsophisti
Gated statesmen of the North and East
THAT If the lilly white" is given free
hand. he will break the "Solid
South"
With his neighbors in his own
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29
MORE ANENT SLEMP."
(Boston Guardian.)

The desperate fix in which Colored
Americans are put by THE Presidents
selection of c. B. Slemp as private
secretary is emphasized by the follow
inr news commentary in the Virgin.
ian:
He will sit in the outer Office and
take care of the multitude of visitors
who come to the White House. many
OF whom insist on seeing the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Harding saw them all, com
paratively few were turned away. He
listened to their troubles and shared
their burdens: perhaps that is one OF
the reasons he broke under the strain
of the Presidency.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-09-29

ACCORDING TO THE "Johnstowo Democrat" MAYOR
NAOFFlElr OF Jolnsown Pa about 10 invoke SEVEN
fEAR STATUE OF LIMITATIONS all Of his own The
Mayor BRAIENY announces that Negroes in Toston
nave ot resided there Tor years over, to Quit
e CITY within the next 80 days Those who FAIL TO OJI
peaceably and prayerfnl1y be RUSHED AWAY :"
mus Mayor of the people, belches forth his PERSONAL
ANlMOSlIlES toward MEEK and IOWIY PFOPT r
Inc mayor goes on to say that the RIFF RAFF Negroes mist
depart from onstown If the Mayor had limited his cooent
remarks to RIFF RAFF ONLY-we would have ,oreed t,
nnn from Genesis to Revelations Furthermore he IISFI r
would have probably LED the departing procession Of I'M
DESIRABLES " "
Is Ooaesviie to be reenaced in onstown7 Has Fast G.