The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-15
LOSS OF LIFE IN WYOMING Mine over
l0O---95 BODIES ARE RECOVERED

cal Odd Fellows hall and the down.
town undertaking establishment are
being used as a temporary resting
| place for the ninety-one miners kill
/ ed in the explosion of mine No. L, of
the Kemmerer Coal company. Eleven
men are known to be still in the
mine, and are given up for dead.
Thirty-seven miners, entombed by
the blast, emerged from the mine
alive.
Newly revised figures announced
at eleven o'clock by mine officials
showed 81 bodies had been removed
from the company's Frontier mine,
where an explosion occurred yester-
day. All the eleven, still in the work
ings, are believed to be dead.
Eight more bodies brought from
the Frontier mine at twelve-thirty
o'clock, make the total recovered
bodies number 95. All of these eight
were badly burned and taken imme-
the Odd Fellows hall.
Lives Lost i'm Tidal Waves
Tokio-(A. PIT is feared that
many lives have been lost in tidal
waves and storms on the west coast
of Korea Several hundred boats are
missing.
Irish Republican Leader Arrested
Ennis, County Clare, Ireland-(A.
P)-Eamonn de Valera, the repub- !
lican leader, was arrested by free
state troops while addressing a re-
publican meeting in an election cam
paign. Troops fired several volleys
over the heads of the crowd, and
occurred. Several arrests
were made. AT the first volley De
Valera fell on the platform, adding to
the excitement, but was found to be
unhurt. Civilians who fingered too
long were turned away at the point
Of bayonet. After ten minutes De
Valera was taken from the platform,
and taken with difficulty by troops
toward the barracks, while crowds
wildly cheered him. The publicity
department. of the free state govern
nent states that Eamonn De Valera ;
s responsible for the campaign
against the Irish irregulars, and I
publishes all his captured CORES {
,ondence to prove the charge. t
Gasoline War Spreads
New York-(A. P.}-The gasoline !
,rice cutting war, which has been !
Inder way for several days in the :
and southern states, !
pread today to the entire Atlantic I
Four large companies an
ounced cuts of from one to two
ents a gallon, effective today in ?
lew England, New York, New Jer- n
ey, North and South Carolina, Vir- I
inia Maryland, District of Columbia r
nd West Virginia Further reduc-
ons are expected by some. ?
Rum Selling Policy Holds y
Washington-(A P)-The govern 9
lent's general policy against seizing -
I'M runners outside Of the three-mile y p
NIT will not be changed as result +
{ the decision of Federal Judge y
at Brooklyn, yesterday, 7,
was indicated today by the treas =
ry. d
Abolish Reclamation Director
Washington-(A. P.)-The abolition W
the post of director of the recla- m
alton service, involving the retire. IL
ent of Director A. P. Davis, was la
id today by Secretary Work to be oil
1e to the natural development of tI
e reclamation work past the Stage
here the services of an engineer til
as not to be considered as a first in
re
Coal Commission Meets Workers re
New York-(A. P.)-The federal W
al commission met with the coal
orkers' representatives today, =.
their efforts to avert an N
thracite strike September 1. Plans u
e for a later session with the en-
oyers.
q. S. Signs Agreement
Mexico City-(A. P)-Records of
e conference between representa-
res of the United States and Mex We
}, embodying an agreement de- M
,ned to make possible the resump- w
N of diplomatic relations, was nu