The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-12-31
BELIEVE SCHOOL FIRES or IN
.CENDIARY ORIGIN-PR0PERT .
LOSS Is HEAVY


Denver-(A. P.)-Two women were
Killed, and five other persons were
seriously injured in two apartment
house fires early today resulting
from over-heated furnaces, due to the
extreme cold. Miss Beatrice Jones.
3S, school teacher, died as result
of the injuries when she jumped, and
Miss Eula Kramer, %, burned to
death. The injured were hurt by
jumping.
:. Fire Destroys Grammar School
Oakland ca. P) Ten firemen
were injured, one perhaps fatally, in
a fire of supposedly incendiary origin
which destroyed the Cole grammar
school here this morning with a loss
estimated at one hundred thousand
dollars. The fire is the second school
fire of possibly criminal origin in
Alameda county, the Lincoln school in
Alameda City being burned down a
few nights ago.
Woodland High School Destroyed
Woodland, Calif.-(A. PA fire of
supposedly incendiary origin des-
troyed the Woodland high school with
loss estimated at three hundred
thousand dollars early this morning.
The fire followed the destruction sew
0Idl- WEEKS ago VI a STduuIldT SCuUOl dl
Es Parto, near here by fire, which
also gave evidence of having been
criminally started.
Mrs. ArbuckIe Given Divorce
Providence-(A. P.l--Minta E. Ar
buckle, the wife of Roscoe (Fatty)
ArbuckIe, was granted a divorce in
the supreme court here today on the
grounds of neglect to provide, and
desertiOn. The divorce will become
absolute in six months.
Cold Weather at Denver
Denver CA. P.) The coldest
weather of the season gripped the
Rocky Mountain region today. The
temperature ranged from six degrees
above zero at Grand Junction, Colo
rado, to SO degrees below at Billings,
Mont. The cold wave stretched from
the Texas panhandle to Alberta, Can
ada.
Bandits Capture Missionaries
Peking-(A. P.)-FoIlowers of the
notorious bandit leader, Lao Vac Jen,
captured the American missionary,
Mrs Julina Kilen, and wounded two
other missionaries, Professor Bern
hard Hoff, and Mrs. Hoff in raid
upon the town of Tsaoyang in north
ern Hupes province, near the boarder
town of Sianyangfu, according to ad-
vices received here today.
Firing of Rebel Forces Heavy
Brownsville "a. P.) Reports OF
the fighting between the Mexican fed
eral and rebel troops al Camargo, in
the Rio Grande, forty miles above
Matammoros, were received by teIe-
phone from American army officers
at Fort Ringgold today. Camargo is
garriSOned by a small detachment of
federal troops from Matamoros. The
results of the battle were unobtain-
ed, but American military officers
state that the firing, which started
before daylight, was very heavy.
Huskies Arrive In South
Pasadena "a. P.) Pasadena
made final preparations for the East
West football game at the Rose bowl
here tomorrow with the arrival of 29
players of the University of Washing
ton, with coaches and officials. The
Huskies are in perfect condition, as
are the gridmen of the United States
naval academy, it was announced to-
day as the final tuning up for the
game.
Bank Robbers Captured
San FranciSco-(A. P.)-William
O'Brien, 20, and William Mccarthy,
&c, were arrested by the police shot
gun squad today and held on a charge
of vagrancy in connection with the
holding up of the West Oakland Bank
of Savings. when twelve thousand
dollars was taken and several later
roberies in San Francisco.
Protest Against Selling Materials
Washington. CA. P)-The de Ia
Huerta faction in Mexico filed with
the state department today, a formal
protest against the plan of the Unit
ed States to sell her war materials to
the Mexico City government of Gen
eral Obregon. The protest was sign
ed by de la Huerta, the confidential
agent at New York. The Obregon au-
thoritieS alone are recognized by the
United States interests dealing IN
Mexico, and there was no indication
of what consideration the communi-
cation would receive at the state de-
partment.