The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-18
MOVE MADE TO ACQUIRE and
OPERATE LABOR OWNED FLEET

New York-(A. P.)-The Marine
Engineers Beneficial association has
offered the United States shipping
board 100000 cash for three 12,000-
ton craft, which it proposes to ac-
quire as a nucleus to a labor owned
and operated fleet. The offer was
contained in a letter made public to-
day from Thomas B. Healy, business
manager of the union, to Albert d..
Lasker, chairman of the shipping
board, asking him to take the matter
directly to President Harding.
Fire Destroys Wooden Ships
Washington-(A P.)-Five of the
fleet of wooden ships being transfer
red up the Potomac river from the
shipping board storage base in the
James, were practically destroyed by
fire today, according to report at
marine corps headquarters from
Quantico Four other vessels are re-
ported to have been badly damaged.
City Can't Sue Paper
Springfield-(A. P.)-Affirming
decision of e4Gircuit Judge Harry
Fisher, of Cook county, the state SUI
preme court today ruled that the city
of Chicago cannot maintain libel
suit against the Chicago Tribune.
This is the first case on record where
a municipality attempted libel suit.
The newspaper is charged with hav-
ing damaged the credit of the city
editorial criticism of corpor-
ate acts
New High Record, Sugar
hiorh
ords for the past three years were
in the refined sugar mar
ket today. when leading refiner1es
advanced the list prices ten to twenty
points. Some quoted fine granulated
sugar as high as $3.50 per hundred
The jump is said to be due
to the continued strength of the raw
sugar market and bullish reports as
10 the size of the Cuban crop.
Advance at San Francisco
San Francisco-(A. PAN adj
vance of twenty cents per hundred
pounds in the price of refined cane I
sugar, bringing the price to $3.50, be- (
comes effective tomorrow, it was an
today by California, Hawa-
ian and western refinerles.
New Dancing Record
CIeveland-(A. P.)-Miss Magdalena
Wolf of Cleveland is the new worlds
champion long distance dancer, TAX
ng the title at 8:41 a. m. today, when
he set a record of 68 hours and Al
minutes, beating by one minute the
ecord of Miss Vera Sheppard and
theodore Gill Miss Wolf continued
ancing and at noon had danced 72
ours and was still going strong.
INQUIRE Into r. r. Management
Washington=(A. P.)-As part Of
he inquiry into efficiency and econ
my of railroad management, the in
erstate commerce commission has
rdered 81 of the largest railroads to
arnish, under oath, responses to
uestionnaire covering labor cond1- :
ons in the maintenance departments )
nd the general situation regarding
tness of equipment. The roads are Z
iven until May 25 to reply. :
Preparing Presidents Itinerary s
Washington PA partial it
Lerary for President Harding's wes-
rn speaking trip, prepared at the
vihte House, provides for the de- I
arture from Washington about June
for swing which will take him
rough ST. Louis, Kansas City, Den
n, and Salt Lake City, San Fran
SEQ and Portland, Oregon He will
turn by northwestern route II
rough Chicago. n
Building Collapse Kills Several tt
Salt Lake City-(A P)-Several t;
rsons are reported killed when n
ree-story building on West First n
'uth street collapsed shortly after F
e p. m.
Fight Deal Not Closed e 3
Los. Angeles P.)-Jack Kearns, #,
,mpseys manager, denied today =.
at arrangements had been complet- y,
for a match between Dempsey and n
bbons.
Charge Murder Conspiracy tn
New Orleans-(A. P.)-Captain J. be
Shipwith exalted cyclops of the in
rehouse parish Ku Klux Klan, will dc
charged with conspiracy to COM in
t murder in two of thirty bills of gr