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Evening star., 1923-08-21
PUBLISHER KILLED
/. WITH PLANE PILOT
Machine Used for Practice at
Pope Field Crashes 125
| Feet to Ground.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT BRAGG, n. c., August 2l.-
Alfred B. De Mesquita, twenty three
president of the Fayetteville Pub
fishing Company, publisher of the
Durham Sun and the Fayetteville OBJ
server, and Sergt. Edward A. Rees,
twenty-four, of the 22d Aero Squad
ron. were instantly killed at Pope
Field here yesterday, when the plane
in which they were flying went into
nose dive and fell from an eleva-
tion of about 125 feet. The wreck
burst into flames, it is said. and both
victims We're burned beyond recog-
nition.
The plane. which was said to have
been privately owned. was being
utilized for the purpose of giving De
Mesquita lessons in flying. 1t was
not known at the field which of the
men was driving the plane when the
accident occurred. A board of in
quiry has been appointed to investi-
gate the accident.
Bought Two Papers.
Mr.. De Mesquita came to Fayetteville
about nine months ago and organized
the Fayetteville Publishing Company.
which soon bought control of the OBJ
server and the Durham Sun. He was
originally from New York city. his
father being treasurer of the Ameri-
can Safety Razor Corporation.
Sergt. Rees was also a native of New
York city. being survived by his
mother. Mrs. Carrie Rees of 526 West
1tfth street. He had served in the
Army since his seventeenth year.
AS mark of respect to the deceased
publisher. the Durham Sun and the
Fayetteville Observer Will suspend
publication today
Evening star., 1923-08-21
HOPS OFF EARLY.
Pilot Leaves San Francisco With
Seven Pouches of Mail.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. August 21.-
Twenty-eight-hour mail service be-
tween San Francisco and New York
inaugurated here when Burr NJ. Win
slow, air mail service pilot. hoped
off from Crissy Field at 5:59 o'clock
this morning in a DehaViland plane.
carrying sixty-four pounds of first
class mail.
There was one pouch of mail for
Reno and one pouch for each of the
other stops-Cheyenne, Wyo.; Salt
Lake City. Omaha, Chicago, Cleve-
land and New York.
Good weather favored the start.
While the sky was slightly overcast,
there was no fog and little wind.
Reno reported "clear and calm"
A. G. Nelson, superintendent of the
postal air service, was at the take
off. Mayor Rolph Of San Francisco
had sent a letter to Mayor Hylan of
New York. The mayor of Burlingame.
Calf, had contributed a novel gift
to the New York executive in the
form of a box of butterfly" orchids.
SONS was consigned by a Burlingame
florist to a New York florist.
The pilot carried numerous photo
graph and motion picture films of the
plane as IL got into action. For this
purpose he made a trial take-off
and landing before starting the mail
on it's speedy transcontinental
journey.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
TWO FIREMEN KILLED
IN BROOKLYN BLAZE
Forty-Seven Men Injured When
Dance and Lodge Hall Burns
at Night.
BY the A Associated Press.


NEW YORK, August 21.-Two fire.
men were killed when the roof and one
wall of the New Plaza Hall, located at
Grand and Havemeyer streets, in
Brooklyn, crashed during a spectacular
fire last night. according to a casualty
list compiled by the police today. Forty
seven men, mostly firemen. were in
jured. First reports had put the num-
ber of dead at ten
Raymond Farrell and James Sullivan.
both members of the same engine COM
pany, We're killed.
Many f1remen were caught in the
ruins and for hours rescue parties
worked frantically in the debris, ham,
pered by intense heat.
The dead were buried beneath debris
which crushed them in the collapse that
came just as the fire was believed to
have been under control.
The hall, landmark of Williamsburg
for half century, had been the scene
of many political battles, and at one
time had been a Masonic hall. Lately
il had been used for dances and lodge
meetings.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
DE MESQUITA ONLY 90.
Was Employed by New York
Newspaper Before Going South.

NEW YORK, August 21.-Alfred de
Mesquita, one of two men killed yester-
day in an airplane accident at Pope
Field, Camp Brgg, n. c., was the son
of j. B. De Mesquita. treasurer of the
American Safety Razor Company,
Brooklyn.
He was twenty-three years old, un-
been in the employ Of the New York
American. At the offices OF the
American Safety Razor Company it
was said tonight that Alfred was the
elder OF two sons. His mother is re-
ported to have been i'll and Il physi-
rian accompanied the young mans
father home before she was told of
the accident.
Killed i'm HydrOplane.
SYRACUSE. y. Y. August 21--Al-
bert L. Bradley of New Haven, Conn,
was instantly killed when a hydro
plane he was plotting crashed TO the
ground on d farm near Ira station.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
FRIENDS HERE SHOCKED.
Mrs. White Resident of Wardman
Park Hotel.

Mrs. Deanwood S. White, killed
when a bus plunged over a precipice
in the Alps. was the wife of Dean
wood S. White. vice president and
manager of the National Capitol
Press, located near 18th and D streets.
They had resided at Wardman Park
Hotel for the past four years. They
had been married about fourteen
years. Friends here were shocked to
Evening star., 1923-08-21
SPANISH CRUISERS
FIRE ON MOROCCANS
Two Navy Ships Cooperate With
Military Despite the Minimizing
of Situation.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, August 21.-Although
government officials maintain that the
position of the Spanish forces in Mo-
rocco is not serious, two cruisers have
been sent to cooperate with the
military. One of these vessels, the
Espana, has already been in action
against Moorish trenches at Tifaruin.
Spanish batteries at Busafora, Tafer-
sit and Benties succeeded in displac-
ing concentrations of the enemy,
says an official communique. The
Moors shot down an airplane that
was bombarding Tifaruin. Three
Spanish officers, its occupants, were
killed. Leaves of absence in the army
have been suspended.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
OFFER WAGE INCREASE
TO STRIKING CARMEN
New Jersey Street Railway Com
pany Asks Right to Take Over
Bus Competition.
BY the Associated Press.

NEWARK. n. j., August 21.--In a
trolley strike settlement plan submit
ted today the Public Service Railway
Company offered to resume service If
permitted to acquire all competitive
busses and operate them with the
street cars.
The companys $500 rolley men
have been on strike for several
weeks, tying up lines in 147 New Jer-
sey municipalities.
The company offers the carmen
new maximum wage scale of 60 cents
an hour, an increase of 10 cents, to
become effective at once.
The company offers to institute a
general seven-cent fare with a one
cent charge for bus and trolley trans
fers
Evening star., 1923-08-21
BANDITS ROB TRAIN;
ESCAPE WITH LOOT
Five Masked Men Get 20
Registered Packages.
Beat Up a of Crew.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, August n
Five masked bandits looted thu
mail and express cars of Missouri.
Kansas and Texas passenger train
No. 123. near Okesa, okla, early to-
day. and escaped with about twenty
registered packages after overpower-
ing the members of the train crew.
No estimate of the value Of the loot
was available early today.
Posses directed by the sheriff o.
Usage county were securing the
country around Okesa in search OF
the bandits, who fed in motor cars
1t is believed that the band mum
bered a dozen, although only fiye
men actually participated in the rob
berry
p. D. Towers. fireman OF the train
was in a Pawhus ka hospital today
wi III a possible fracture of the skui
from blow on the head with a heay
revolver.
Three Others of Crew Beaten.
Engineer Miller and Mail Clerl.
c. d. Weiss and w. Burch were beat-
en- b. the bandits. but sustained
serious injuries.
The train was south bound fro"
Kansas City to Oklahoma City. Ia
sengers were not molested and many .
them slept through the holdup.
The holdup occurred one mile sout,
OF Okesa, in Usage county, which ha
long been haunt of daring band o
bank robbers captained by Al Spence
the most notorious outlaw Of present
day Oklahoma. In his retreat in the
Usage hills Spencer has defied apture.
1t is believed that bandits boarded
the train at Bartlesville, some fifteen
miles north of Okesa. They rode the
blind baggage and did not appear untii
the train approached the spot selected
for the robbery The engine, tender.
express and mail cars and two coache-
were cut loose from the remainder o.
the train and the bandits forced the
engineer TO proceed about a quarter ~
a mile down the tracks.
No Injuries Serious.
An official report on the robbery
ceived here from J. c. Koch, conducto~
of the train. said:
Number 123 mail and express Car-
robbed one mile south Of Okesa, IT,"
a m, five masked men getting about
tw wenty registered packages, value I'M
known. infiicting scalp wounds on Fire
man B. y. Towers. also Engineer Mil
Ter, beating up Mail Clerks o. y. Weiss
w. Burch. No injuries serious. The
passengers were not moleSted. The
bandits left at 1915 am, going west
to Pawhuska."
Evening star., 1923-08-21
MAI. BELL RELIEVED.
Extra Duty Assignment Given to
Another Officer.

Maj. ]. Franklin Bell, Corps of En-
gineers. Engineer Commissioner of
the District. today was relieved of
his additional duty with the organ
ized reserves of the Sd Corps Area.
He will be succeeded by Capt. Thomas
B. Larkin, Corps Of Engineers, in
charge of engineering works at Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
WINSTON SUCCEEDS
TO GILBERT'S POST
Mellon Announces Chicago Mans
Appointment as Under
secretary.

Secretary Mellon yesterday an
nounced that Garrard B. Winston of
Chicago. now assistant secretary of
the Treasury, had been appointed to
succeed s. Parker Gilbert, under
secretary. whose resignation will take
effect within few weeks.
MIR. Gilbert expects to retire about
October 15 He expects to leave soon
for a trip to Europe, to spend a
month In France, Italy and England.
returning to wind up his affairs as
undersecretary.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
COTTON PEST P0ISONS
PROVE FATAL TO QUAIL
Thousands of Birds Die From Eat
ing the Worms Killed by
Arsenate Solution.

By the Associated Press.
MONROE, La, August 21.-Quail
are being killed by hundreds through
out north Louisiana and south Ar
kansas by the use of arsenic and
other poisoning for killing the army
OF leaf worm, which has been destroy
ing cotton.
The birds are reported to be eating
the worms after the latter have been
killed by means of arsenate solution
and this results in almost immediate
death for the partridges. The birds
will meet with extinction unless a
remedy is shortly found, say sports
men.
Evening star., 1923-08-21

Continued From First Page.)
bodies of soldiers brought back from
the front.
Mrs Meta Mooney, escaping with
out a scratch, Joined in the work of
relief.
While awaiting removal to Nice the
bodies were taken to the little village
church at Guillaumes and were laid
upon rough planks and covered with
white shrouds. The parish priest or
dered candles placed by each body.
and in the Pickering light of the
tapers a group of school children kept
watch and recited prayers Tor the
dead.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
C0AST-TO-COAST FLYERS
HOP OFF. WITH MAIL
Continued From First Page.)

NCOntlnued From FlrSt PaRe.1
from the eastern coast was due to hop
or at IL am. BY mid-afternoon We'd
nesday, if the schedule goes through
as arranged. should reach their re-
spective terminals, thus reducing the
United States, in terms of transporta-
ton to one-fourth it's size.
At the air mail field here there are
gathered in anticipation of the event
several scores of individuals, includ- =
ing Col. Paul Henderson, second as
sistant postmaster general; Carl F..
Egge, general superintendent: mem
bers of Congress; representatives of
foreign governments. and officials of
the Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce OF America.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
COMPLETES FIRST LAP.
Pilot Wilson Reaches Reno and
BIanchfeld Starts On.

By the Associated Press.
RENO, New, August 21.-Pilot Win
slow, carrying the first consignment
Of cross-country mail from the coast,
LANDED at the Reno air mail field at
7:46 this morning and four minutes
later Pilot Blanchfield hoped off on
the second lap of the course to Elko.-
Perfect flying conditions exist and
schedule time is being made at this
end of the country.
Evening star., 1923-08-21
ORIENTAL SHIP ON ROCKS.
Liner Changsha, With Passengers
and Freight, Goes Aground.
Bx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, August 21.-The Eastern
Oriental liner Changsha, British,
carrying passengers and freight from
Australia to Manila, has gone on the
rocks at Tigi bank, near the Tawi
Tawi Islands of the Philippines. ac-
eerdiaE to. radio advices received
here. The ships condition is not
known, but is not believed to be dan
gerous. A salvage vessel was sent to
ksr aid this morning.
Evening star., 1923-08-21

In China. women are now invading
every department of public life. with
the exception of the legal profession.
which is still closed to them There
is. however, one Chinese woman law
yer, a Cantonese lady, who has quail
at he pa OF
Evening star., 1923-08-21

Registered woman pharmacists in
Minnesota have organized a state as
sociation. said to be the first orEani-
zation of its kind n,sthe country.
Evening star., 1923-08-21

After the age Of nifty the average
brain loses an ounce every ten years.
Evening star., 1923-08-21

The average age of the Presidents
OF the United States at the time of
death is siXty-nine years.
Evening star., 1923-08-21

White. who is presiding under special
assignment of Gov. 4. Lee Trinkle.
delay of several days is expected be-
fore the case actually goes to trial
Should the change of venue be granted
it will be necessary TO set the trial
date in the court chosen and permit
time for SummOning a jury yenire and
witnesses, most of whom would have
to go from Cumberland village. Should
the state be denied a change of scene
or even should a change of, venfre be
granted. which undoubtedly will be,
the next step by the prosecution
should it lose the venue fight, at least
two days would be required to sum
mon a special venire from this or some
other county.
Flags County Officers.
r. E. Byrd, in opening the argu-
ment for the state on the motion for
a change of venue, severely fayed
the county government as rank Car
rett partisans," and declared the pros-
ecution has been without any assist
ance from the regular county officers
in preparing their case.
1T disturbed me when heard the
venerable sheriff of this court say.
in answer to my own question, that
nv was q " Sii IA pol liSail ol lne Gar
retts and was proud of it."
Continuing. Mr.. Byrd declared this
was "the third time that the clerk
Of this court has been on trial on
a felony charge in the court of which
he is clerk
He referred to the tragic experi-
ence" the court had in the l.. c. Car
rett trial. when it was found neces-
sarily a mistrial and declared "your
honor can get a jury in Cumberland
many juries-but not a fair and i'm
partial jury, because I am convinced
that your honor must have been un-
der compulsion of mind that jurymen
went into the jury box at the Larkin
Garrett case perjured on their .voir
dire"
Referring to the defense statement
that there is no great interest or ex-
oitement in the trial in Cumberland,
he said:
1.-The defense calls attention to the
absence of crowds at this court
house. Is that good or disquiting
symptom?
Here. when hardly is the blood of
the dead man dried on the grass OF
his own home, where he was slain,
can 1t be conceived that. there is a
lack of interest in Cumberland. over
this tragedy?
"Is it not more probable that. the
absence of persons at the courthouse
is a contrived absence? Does it not
show the complete domination of the
defense?"
Evening star., 1923-08-21
SPRINGS BIG SENSATION
IN TRIAL OF GARRETT

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-08-21
COOLIDGE AND HUGHES
O. K. PLAN TO RESTORE
U. S.-MEXICAN RELATIONS

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-08-21
ALPS BUSS PLUNGE
KILLS D. C. WOMAN,
INJURIES ANOTHER

Continued From First Page.)
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-19

ed Joseph vercento from being taken
to the Suffolk county alnshouse. 1t
also freed, temporarily at least his
aged wife of the necessity of going TO
the same institution, against which
she, as we'll as her husband had been
fighting during the last years of
long life.
Joseph vercento lived with his wife,
ninety-six years DID, and his son, Jo-
seph Vercento, Jr., seventy-six years
old, In a shanty at West Hampstead.
Up to three years ago he had been
able to earn a pittance by doing odd
jobs. When he could work no longer,
the son became the sole support of the
family, which he supported on earn
ings Of five or six dollars a week.
Recently A. @. Still, overseer Of the
poor, has been allotting the Vercento
family So month out Of the public
fund for that purpose, but several days
ago told the elder Vercento that he
would be more comfortable and better
cared for in the almshouse and ought
to go there. Vercento at first refused
to go, but gave his consent reluctantly
recently on the condition that his wife
should accompany him. The aged
couple were to have been taken there.
When Mr. Still called to take them
to the almshouse he discovered that
the husband had died an hour before
his arrival. The son said he believed
he would be able to support his mother
with some slight assistance Mr.. Still
agreed that the township would do its
part toward her support and charita-
bly, inclined residents of Patchogue,
when the circumstances became known
to them, volunteered to supply any de-
ficiency that might be lacking.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-19
YOU KNOW
WHAT
COLUMBUS
:. SAID!


When at a banquet, some mobiles
suggested that after all anybody could
have discovered America Columbus
passed them hard boiled egg. He
asked them to stand it on its end.
When each Of the mobiles in turn
had failed, Columbus crushed the end
of the egg upon the table and stood
it upright.
1T is simple" quoth he, when
you've been shown how"
1t is rather a simple idea to get
big business on good coffee, but
you must be shown how to make
real good coffee.
Our coffee is the kind that will
bring you back again for another cup.
Stop in and try bracer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-19

Marion, O.--W. G. Minshall Is in pos
session OF silver dollar which he
owned over twenty years ago and
which had been lost to him for all that
time. 1t was while Minshell was en-
ployed at the Hotel Marion that he
dropped the dollar, and it found rest
ing place under the stone steps of the
State street entrance. When the work
of removing the steps started recently
Minshall recalled his loss and informed
the workmen On removing the steps
they found the dollar and returned 1t
to Minshall, who in turn gave them an
other dollar.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-19
CORN IS UNDER PROBE
United States Chemists Are Max
ing Thorough investigations.
Seek to Know Why Europe Prefers
Argentine to United States Prod
uct-vegetable Proteins Now
Being Analysed.

Washington.-In an effort to deter
mine the reason for the preference OF
European countries for Argentine or
flint corn to the corn produced in the
United States, the Department of Agrl-
culture, through its bureau of chenlis-
try. is undertaking an extensive inyes-
tigation. According to w. G. Camp
bell, acting chief chemist, the inyesti-
CATION will be conducted through a lab
oratory on crop chemistry, recently es-
tablished, which will determine II
there are any fundamental chemical
differences in the composition of flint
or hard corn and the dent corn largely
produced in the United States.
1T is known, for instance" says
Mr.. Campbell, that the application OF
certain fertilizer to crop like corn
will increase the yield quantitatively-
"However, practically nothing is
known about quality relations; that
is. whether the proteins, vitamines or
mineral components of the corn fer
tilted in such a way are better suited
to animal and human nutrition than
those of unfertilized corn. Varietal
differences will be studied from
chemical standpoint.
"One of the most important re-
searches now under way is that upon
vegetable proteins. Inasmuch as MI
trogen is an essential part of animal
tissue, and the animal can obtain
this necessary nitrogen only in the
form of protein in it's food, it is OBJ
vious that this class of seeds is OF
prime Importance. This research in
wolves the very existence of all ami
mails and is inseparably connected
with the field Of nutrition.
"The amino acids of the proteins OF
several agricultural products have
been separated and studied, with the
result that it is now possible to sup
plant such basic feeding stuffs as corn
with small quantities Of other feeds,
such as peanut meal, soy-bean meal
and coconut press cake, which con-
tain the very amino acids corn lacks,
thus making a feed that will supply
all the amino acids necessary for
growth. The practical results of this
should he greater and more prof.
table utilization of our largest cereal
crop, corn"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-19
Christian Church

Bible school work begins promptly
at 9:45 on Sunday morning. Interest
ing class work for all ages The morn
ing sermon at HOO will deal with
Christian Education. intermediate
and Senior G. E. meet at 500 and
$50 p M Evening church at 1880.
The message will be under the sub
ject Of ''The Volstead Law, and How
Effective is Prohibition" Some vital
facts concerning this American is
sue will be presented Come and
hear.
r. L. DUNN, Minister
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-19
Catholic Church

First and Howard Streets
Services on Sunday, January 21st,
will be held at the usual hours, viz:
The first mass will be said at a.
m. and during this mass the child
rem of the parish will receive holy
communion in body. Sunday school
at 10 a. M and the second mass will
be said at 1890 a. m. Wednesday af-
ternoon at $3.50 the altar boys will
assemble for instructions. Friday af-
ternoon at $3.50 the Junior choir will
assemble for rehearsal. Sunday,
January 18th, is general communion
day for the students of the univers-
ity. Confessions heard Saturdays
from to 8 p. m. and on Sundays
before the 8 o'clock mass.
N. f. WIRTZBERGER,
Pastor
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-19
Methodist Episcopal Church

9:45 Sunday school, 431 last Sun
day. Analysis shows that the adults
can easily bring it to 500 HOO ser
mon by the Pastor: Prohibition in
America 1915 class meeting, DIR.
F. M. Leitch, leader. $50 High School
Epworth League in Woman's Bible
Class room. $50 Epworth League in
Epworth Hail. 7:30 sermon by the
pastor. Subject: "The Glass Of Fash