The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-08
ORGANIZATION NATIONAL wheat SALES
AGENCY--b ON NORTHWEST ASS0

Minneapolis, Minn-(A. P.)-Organ-
ization of a national wheat growers
sales agency, to be known as The
American Wheat Growers Associa-
ton, Incorporated, will be undertaken
today at a meeting of the Northwest
Wheat Growers association here.
George G. Jewett, general manager of
the northwest organization, said that
an addition of state units for Mime
sofa, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebras-
ka, and Texas to his organization was
contemplated. The organization now
represents growers in Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana, and North
Dakota, with an annual production of
fifty millions of bushels.
French Re-enter DOrtmund
Berlin-(A. PA telegram from
Dortmund states that the French have
re-entered that city, surrounding a
school house and disarming police
who were quartered there. The pol
icemen were removed to an unknown
destination, the French allowing them
to take their belongings with thems
while their officers were permitted to
retain their swords The town hall
was later occupied.
AbandOns Negro Labor idea
New York-(A. P.)-Harry " Doug
herty, member of detective agency
which specializes in furnishing labor
to industrial concerns, has given up
hope of helping France exploit the
coal mines of the Ruhr through the
medium of American negroes. Doug
herty announced upon his arrival here
yesterday that he would transport
from $500 to 5000 negro miners to
the Ruhr. Today he said he was un-
able to find a hundred negroes willing
to accept jobs.
Wholesale Shooting at Nashville
Nashville, Tenn.-(A P)-Sam
Haston, brother of Secretary of State
Ernest Haston his mother, Mrs Geo.
Haston, Sr.; a sister, Mrs. B. D. Shap-
pero; Tullus Trogden, boy living on
the Haston place, and another man
were shot and wounded at the Has
ton home three miles from Spencer,
Tennessee, early today by Lewis
Douglas, a negro paroled convict.
Douglas escaped and is being sought
by posse.
Ruhr Situation UnfavOrable
London-(A. P)-Gloomy pictures
of the Ruhr situation, with warnings
of impending crisis, were painted to-
day by some London newspaper cor |
respondents. Dusseldorf dispatch |
to the Telegraph says that unemploy-
ment is increasing and that the |
political situation is dangerous, as
serting that there are $4,000 unem- |
oloyed in Dusseldorf 1t states that /
The French are preparing to deal with |
he food problem.
Chinese Cabinet Resigns I
Peking-(A P.)-The members of i
he Chinese cabinet resigned today.
Resents Harvey Statements
London-(A P)--The Earl of Bal
our, foreign secretary in Lloyd
Georges cabinet, told the house of
commons today that his circular note
o the allies, on the interallied debts,
lid not deserve the structures passed
lpon it by Ambassador Harvey in his
ecent speech, although from strictly
commercial viewpoint, the ambassa-
or's statements might be correct
Offers Half Million for Ball Club
New York-(A. P)-Ed. Simms,
wealthy oil operator and turf man,
as OHerod Y5UU,UUU Tor the brooklyn
ational league baseball club, accord
ng to the Brooklyn Eagle.
Attack Veracity of Witness
Medford, Ore-(A. )-Prominent
itizens of southern Oregon were
allied as character witness for the de-
anse today in the trial of Dr. Jouett
;. Bray, Jesse F. Hittson, and How
rd A. Hill, in connection with the ]
lleged night riding activitis in Jack ]
on county. The reputation of J. H. ,
ale chief state witness, for varacity, ,
as attacked.
Power Measure TO Conference
Olympia-(A P.)-After a fight in
le house today a motion prevailed to
efer house bill 126, the power mea- 4
ire to a free conference, after the I
)use and senate conferees failed to !
Zach an agreement on the senate 1
to provide half the re :
eipts from the sale of power by I
ties, outside the corporate limits, !