The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-20

Chihuahua City, Mexico-(A. P)-l
General Francisco Villa, commander
of the rebel armies in northern Mex
leo for ten years, was shot and killed
this morning at his big ranch at
Canutillo, Durango, by Miguel Trillo, /
his secretary. Trillo soon was killed
by men loyal to the slain chieftain.
Over a hundred casualties occurred |
in Sanguinary in the fighting which
followed the killing. Trillo is said |
to have become incensed at Villa and
to have shot him suddenly. Villa |
had about eight hundred men on his
ranch, all followers in his campaigns !
against the Obregon government
Mexicans' Deaths Confirmed
Ell Paso-(A. )-Te1egrams from
Parral and Chihuahua City this after
noon confirmed the deaths of Villa
and Trillo, and said that Generals
Martinez and Escobar were on their
way with troops to the scene of the
fight. Some reports say that hostile
bullets killed Villa and Trillo at the
same instant.
Two AyiatOrs Killed
Chanute Field, Rantou, Ill.-(A. P.)
First Lieutenants Harold R. Nc
Nab Of Decatur, Ill, and Edward H.
Kinney of Chicago, were killed today
Wu0u du dlIpldu0 SuuueuIy ISil DIS
they were making a landing.
Reply to Be Dispatched
London-(A P.)-AdditionaI alter
ations in the text of the draft of the
reply to Germany's reparation memo
randum were made by the British
cabinet today. Unless some eleventh
hour changes are made, the document
will probably be dispatched to the
O-
night.
Soviet Russia Accepts Convention
Lausanne-(A. P.)-Soviet Russia
notified the Near East today that she
accepts the convention for the con-
troll of the Turkish straits negoti- ;
ated here and will sign the protocol
at Constantinople within the next ;
three weeks.
Mine Cage Falls
Clinton, INDIA. P.)-Fourteen
persons were injured, some probably !
fatally, today, when a mine cage up
On which they were being lowered
into shaft of the Vermillion mine,
fell to the bottom, distance of 125 !
feet. All the men sustained broken
legs and arms and some were in !
jured internally. Engineer Padgett !
in a serious condition. :
Foot Power Flight Successful
Dayton, Ohio-(A. P.)-The first f
Tight by man in an air-propelled t
vehicle, operated by foot power of the
pilot only, is an accomplished fact, Y
t was announced at McCook army {
air field here today.
Harding TO Visit Glaciers t
Aboard the Henderson-(A. P)-l :
4 visit to Cordova, the ocean termi-
nus of one of the two railways pierre
ng A1aska's interior, was the feature I l
# today's program for President !. .
Harding, who is nearing the end of =
lis Alaska visit. AT Cordova, the !
president was expected to take the |
Copper River & Northwestern rail l l
way for a run out to the Miles and |
Jhilds glaciers. .
Klan Objects to Articles :
New York-(A P)-Knights of the
<u Klux Klan, Inc, through Presi- n
lent Evans, today sought federal in q
JUNCTION against the International r
Magazine company to stop the publf- a
,ation of articles written by Norman
Iapgood, from the papers alleged to
lave been obtained in the Klan's At
anita offices. +
Negro Slayer is Hanged c
Texarkana, Tex CA P.) = Sol t
Johnson, negro, the slayer of G.. W Il
landers, white, was hanged this c
morning at the Bowie county jail.
Daylight Flight Abandoned L
Washington-(A. P.)-The army air =
ervice announced today that the at g
empted daylight to dark flight I
cross the continent in which Lieu =
enant Russell l.. Maughan has failed i
vice, has been called off for year. :
10 explanation was given but it is
nderstood that the officials are con-
inced that the shortening available
aylight period during another inter- n
al of preparation would make i'm q
another successful flight. !,
Vaughan Feeling Fine O
Rock Springs, Wyo.-(A. P)- Il