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The Daily Star-Mirror
VOLUME VIII
MOSCOW. LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1919
NUMBER 85
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MORE TROOPS TO RUSSIA
The press dispatches from Europe today do not indicate any new develop
ments except that Bolshevism appears to be gaining considerable headway.
Berlin is again reported to be in a state of anarchy, and machine gun fire is
becoming a familiar sound in the ears of the Berlin people.
The British government assures its people emphatically that it does not
purpose to send additional troops to Russia and will retain there only the
comparatively small force now stationed on the Russian front.
President Wilson has reached Paris on his return trip and has taken such
steps as are becoming the chief executive of this country with respect to the
death of a former president.
NO MORE FOR RUSSIA
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begun there, according to the Munica
England Has 0nlyj.-20,000 Troops
There Today.
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LONDON.—The British government
has not the slightest intention of send
ing more troops to Russia, it was an
nounced today. There are not more
than 20,000 British troops in Russia
at the present time. A number who
are non-comhantants, the announce
ment states, are being returned as
quickly as possible.
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President Sends Cable.
OYSTER BAY. — Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt received during the night
a cablegram of sympathy from Pres
ident Wilson. It was dated Mondane,
ou the French and Italian frontier. It
read: "Pray accept my heartfelt sym
pathy on the death of your distinguish
ed husband, the news of which has
shocked me very much."
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MANY SOLDIERS RECOVER
Only Small Percentage Died of
Wounds Overseas.
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WASHINGTON.—Of 71,114 cases of
wounded and injured soldiers tabulat
ed by the American Expeditionary
forces, between January 15th and
October 15th last, 83.3 per cent re
covered and returned to duty, the
war department announced today.
The percentage of deaths was 8.8 per
cent.
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• Anarchy in Berlin.
COPENHAGEN.j-Berlin is in a state
of complete anarchy. Civil war has
BOMBE 1 PONES
CAPROM MACHINE COSTING $49,
090 MANUFACTURED ON LARGE
SCALE FOR AMERICANS
Now that hostilities have ceased
some of the more rigid rules with
reference to correspondence on the
the part of the expeditionary forces
baye been rescinded, and the soldiers
have the opportunity of telling of their
activities during the past few months.
Among the letters dealing with the
work of air plane divisions abroad is
one from S. E. Hutton, M. S. E., who
has been in Italy since midsummer,
actively engaged in the production of
the Caproni 600 Bi-plane. For his
services in superintending the technic
al w T ork in the plant, the »Caproni com
pany awarded Mr. Hutton the gold
medal which it gives to its licensed
fliers.
Some extracts from his letter will
interest those who have been curious
to know just what progress the Amer
ican government was making in its air
.plane program.
"We were sent to Italy in August
to study the Caproni 600 Bi-plane, the
hig night bombing machine, and to
train mechanics to assemble, maintain,
and repair them. I was senior non
commissioned officer in the detach
ment and in direct charge of the tech
nical work. It so happened that my
report was the first and most com
prehensive collection of technical in
formation acquired by the A. E. F., and
as a matter of course I became the
hest informed man on the technical
features of the Caproni 600 Bi-plane.
"We lived in Milan and worked in
the Caproni factory just outside the
city. At first we were considerably
Impressed by the precautions taken
against air raids by the Austrians, but
long before we came away we were
scarcely conscious of them. Our men
were distributed among the Italian
workmen, most ôf whom had seen
. service at the front; and in spite of
the barrier of different languages we
learned rapidly.
"While I gathered my material for
the report, I went about among the
men giving them individual instruc
tions. They were encouraged to keep
note hooks with the double purpose
of making them learn quickly and
thoroughly and of enabling me to
rate the men on their knowledge and
ability. We had evening classes, too,
and army and navy fliers came to
them in order to increase their know
ledge of the plane. There was prob
ably not a better riggers' school over
liere than we finally had at the Cap
roni works. We saw two machines
that we built fly, and we had seven
more nearly completed in a section of
the plant operated entirely by Yanks,
when the armistice stopped produc
tion. When you consider that we had
to train our men on a plane none
of them had ever seen before and
among workmen with whom they
could not talk; and that the machine
is vastly larger and more compli
cated than any other except the Eng
lish Handley Page and sells for $40,
ft.
of
banks have been barricaded, and a |
great number of public buildings are
in the hands of the Spartacuas and the j
extreme radicals. Thousands of arm- I
ed workmen of the Spartacus group |
are crowding the streets, and at sever
al points firing has begun. Machine,
gun fire can be neanl in all parts of '
Berlin, '
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PARIS—President Wilson today i
signed the proclamation which closed !
all government offices for Wednesday,
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OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED
the day of Colonel Roosevelt's funeral,
and he ordered the flag hung at half |
mast wherever it floats, around the i
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Socialist's Followers Parade. I
BERLiN.-The Spartacus group en- ■
gaged today in a big demonstration
against the government Tens of thou- J
sands of followers of Di. Liebknecht
have be en parading the sti eets. So
far no shots have been fired. ;
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Law Declared Invalid
WASHINGTON.—The supreme court
today declared invalid the federal mi
gratory bird law of 1913 under which
the government for the first time ex
erted authority over the prescribed
closed seasons for wild birds habitual-1
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Oliio Ratifies Amendment.
COLUMBUS.—The national prohi- ,
bition amendment was ratified by both
houses of the Ohio legislature today.
000 you can realize that we made a
good showing and in some measure
deserved the piaise of American, Ln =
lish, French, and Italian army and
n!i uL otflcer£ L who visited us.
We were the nucleus of what would
have been a big and important organ
ly migrating between states.
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ization had the war continued until |
early summer as we supposed it
would, especially If the winter fell
early this year. A thousand Caproni |
600's were contracted for in the | ^
buildings already put up and
plants for the building of Capronis tor ;
ée American army were to be opened |
in Italy."
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LINCOLN DAY BANQUET IN BOISE
WILL BRING 509 LEADERS FROM
ALL OVER STATE
The Lincoln Day Memorial associa
tion, which has ip charge the annual
Republican Lincoln Day banquet on
the evening of February 12, is pre
paring for the greatest observance of
the day in Boise this year that Idaho
has even seen. The president of the
association, Col. Judson Spofford, an
nounces that arrangements are being
completed for the attendance of at
least 500 republican leaders from fill
parts of the state at the banquet. This
will include the various state offi
cers, members of the legislature and
leading republicans from all portions
of the state.
Something that has long been in
contemplation and which is now being
put into effect for the first time in
the-attendance in number of women
voters and leaders. It is in conten
plation that one or more of the ad
dresses will be made by women.
Margaret S. Roberts, secretary of the
association, it is understood, is in cor
respondence with a number of the re
publican leaders among the women,
and has been assured of the attend- •
ançe of several of the leading repub
lican women.
Miss
MOSCOW NOT ADMITTED
Quarantine Will Prevent Citizens
From Attending Concert
Owing to the quarantine, Moscow
citizens will be deprived of attending
the concert of the Zöllner string
quartet which will be given at the uni
versity on Wednesday night.
Faculty and students will comprise
the audience that will greet this \ ery
popular organization.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST
tern.nent Sends Ont Order in Honor
of Statesman.
According to an order just received
from the government all flags are to
at half mast until after the funeral j
Theodore Roosevelt on Wednesday j
afternoon.
LABOR SITUATION
LIKELY TO BE GRAVE
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WOULD
LIKE TO OBTAIN PLACES FOR
35 IDLE PERSONS
Most important of all problems of
reconstruction ^or times of peace is
that which concerns the disposition of
the surplus of labor which will exist
everywhere in the country as soon as
the soldiers are demobilized, and the
government is making every effort to
handle this grave situation wisely.
From the offices of L. F. Parsons,
district examiner of the United States
employment service, some interesting
facts have been obtained with refer
ence to the present status of labor in
Latah county. Mr. Parsons noW has
on fji e ; n his records applications for
j 0 b s from thirty-five persons, four
teen of whom are soldiers in immedi
a t e expectation of discharge from
Among the men who desire places,
eleven want jobs as farm helpers,
three as machinists, two as engineers,
five as janitors, three as lumber men,
two as clerical helpers, one as brake
man, one as leather worker, one as
teacher, and one as blacksmith,
Only four women out of employ
ment have sought for help from the
Three are teachers, and one
service.
bureau.
is a stenographer. _ . .
Until farming operations begin in
the spring, it is to be supposed that
Latah county will have a constantly
increasing supply of idle people who
g^sSable.i^th® opinion of the
F J th ' at each community
hould make every effort to take care
„ ag many 0 f these unfortunate
peop j e as the public welfare will per
Municipal authorities are urged
to build and to pave wherever it can
be done; county commissioners are
as ked to make road, bridge and other
public improvements to the limit of
their powers, and school boards are
besought to engage in construction
WO rk wherever possible,
Work that was delayed by reason
of the war should now be resumed, if
the recommendations of the govern
ment are carried out.
Any public improvement that is at
all desirable might advantageously be
undertaken at once if serious detri
ment to the people and the community
j? grea^numbers'of ''persons''''
p rivat / individ uals and business
houges are requested to increase the
number 0 f employes wherever they
do gQ w jtbout serious loss or In
convenience.
In order that the local branch of
the emp i oyrnent service may attain its
hest use f u lness to this community,
fe is nece ssary that those who have
jobg to offer should list them immedi
te] with Examiner Parsons. He has
n0 j obg in g j gbt for the thirty-five
p g rS Qas who have applied to him, and
he wou j d be glad to receive the assist
ance of pr0S pective employers,
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SHOW BP WELL
IDAHO CLOSES YEAR MATH OYER
$709,00« IN TREASURY
Idaho closed the biennium with a
balance In her treasury of $705,493.40,
according to a report for the month
of December released Saturday ;
office of State Treasurer Johi
Eagleson.
$191,201 than the balance announced
a month ago.
In the general fund there was an
increase o^$Ti,273 over the mortth of
November,
ment funds are provided with fewer
of the sinews than they had a month
ago, the charitable institutions fund
and the normal school fund showing
decreases of $2610 and $184 respect
ively.
The agricultural college endowment
fund increased
school endowment jumped $82,427;
the penitentiary endowment total rose
$3520, the school of science endow
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This total is greater by
Only two of the endow-
$1303; the public
ment climbed $5877,
sity endowment increased $2932.
panics
Over $133,000 has been recorded.
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MANY FORMER AND PRESENT
SOLDIERS WIN RECOGNITION
FROM EXECUTIVE
BOISE.—The first official act
Governor Davis of Idaho today after
assuming his office was to sign Order
No. 1 as commander In chief of the
Idaho National .Guard.
The signature of the çhief executive
made Albert H. Wilson of Clarks Fer
adjutant general of the guard with
His
ry,
the rank of brigadier general.
appointment to the place had been an
nounced before. General M ilson
served for about two years He is
veteran of the Spanish-American war
and a native of Nebraska.
Jabez Burns, was appointed assist
ant adjutant general with a rank
major. He is also disbursing officer
for the United States. Major Burns
held the same office under the for
mer administration.
Shad L. Hedgin is appointed judge
advocate general with the rank of col
onel. He is a prominent lawyer
Twin Falls. Carroll C. Conant is made
surgeon general with the rank of col
onel. He is now in France and is
major with the old Second Idaho leav
ing the state with that unit. He is
resident of Weiser.
James F. Hassett, Pocatello railroad
man and chief clerk to the general
manager of the O. S. L. is, made
colonel of the quartermaster's corps
with Max Mayfield of Boise with the
same rank. The latter is now m New
York as o.ne of the government's "dol
lar a year" men.
Harold Jenness of Nampa, A. J. Gus
tin Priest of Boise and Tiros. Neibuhr,
the latter one of the distinguished
heroes of the war and holder of
French and American medal, are made
aides, with the rank of lieutenant col
onel.
PROHIBITION BILL
BOISE, Jan. 7.—(Special to the
WOMAN MEMBER SECURES
UNANIMOUS VOTE IN FAVOR
OF AMENDMENT
Star-Mirror.)—The governor's mes
delivered at two o'clock this
Emma Drake, the woman
member of the House from New Ply
mouth, introduced a resolution to
ratify the prohibition amendment,
Idaho will be the second state in the
union to this The
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afternoon.
Mrs.
new house was unanimous in pass
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ror.) Failure by the senate to pass
the prohibition resolution this morn
mg thru a suspension of rules may
lose the state the opportunity to be
the second in the union to pass the
resolution at this session just open
No comftnttees having been
ing it. Two members were absent.
Senate May Block Vote.
BOISE.—(Special to The Star-Mir
mg.
formed in the upper body, the reso
lution was held for later action by
the senate. The house suspended the
rules and passed it unanimously. C.
R. Peckman, democrat house member,
introduced a resolution favoring a
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league of nations. It was tabled for
discussion tomorrow when W. L.
Adamson, temporary floor leader of
the majority, said the subject was too
large for immediate action. Cover
nor Davis delivered his message to the
joint assembly at two o clock this af- ,
ternoon.
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Office Force in Treasurer's Office
Swamped With Work.
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The taxes of the county are roll- i
ing into the treasurer's office at the |
court house. Miss Broman has a safe
well stacked with unopened mail, al- j
though an extra force is working. The
work will, no doubt, extend into Miss
Adair's term of office.
Most of the taxes are being paid in j
full, except those of the large com- j
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TAXES ROLLING IN
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SUBSCRIPTION TO LIBERTY BONDS
In view of the fact that there will be a new issue of liberty bonds in the
early summer, some facts furnished by the state council of defense relative
to the four previous sales will be read with great interest by the people
of Latah county, especially as the analysis of the figures reveals a very
j creditable record for this county.
] subscribed for the greatest number of bonds, she ranks tenth when
j computes what proportion of her bank resources were represented in her
In comparing the ten leading counties of the 41 in the state, it is signifi
cant to find that while Ada county stands at the head of the list as having
one
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. Q n the other hand, Latah county standing as sixth in the list of bonds
a I bought, ranks fourth m proportion to her resources. In other words, whereas
| Ada county subscribed for bonds to the amount of 36 per cent of her bank
resources, Latah county subscribed for 46 per cent of her bank resources.
Latah county's entire purchase in all four issues of liberty bonds amounted
to $2,227,500.
Shoshone county made a wonderful showing with a purchase of bonds to
the amount of 61 per cent of her bank resources; she was followed by
Fremont with fifty, Bannock with 48 and Latah with 46 per cent.
The following table will be read with interest by many readers:
Bank Resources
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County
Bonds
Percentage
of Resources
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36
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2
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61
6
3
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44
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5
4
48
8
4
5
41
4
7
6
46
9
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Bonneville
Bingham .
Fremont .
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5
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DELIVERS MESSAGE
FAVOR PERMANENCY OF STATE
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE—OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS
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The message of Governor Davis, re
duced to its bare outlines, is as fol
lows;
He favors organization of the state
; council of defense as a permanent
j body, officially recognized, to be call
j ed into action and dismissed by the
governor as emergencies arise and
subside; advocates a permanent me
morial for Idaho soldiers and insists
j on employment for returning sol
diers; urges that only English be
spoken at public assemblages and
taught exclusively in the grade
schools; asks the ratification of the
national prohibition amendment and
favors national equal suffrage; ad
vises a wise and constructive policy
of employment and state and com
munity development in highway work,
building, reclamation, etc.; asks
operation with the federal govern
ment in education, agriculture, roads
and wa ter measurements ; ur£es com
pi e ti on of the capitol building and
asks Boise to proceed, in that event,
w jLh a program to make its surround
j n gs a c j v j c ce nter; points out that
there is no budget-making machinery
at present and suggests that the study
and preparation of budgets be made
the duty of some official responsible
to the governor; recommends the re
organization of the land board and
the fish and game department; a bet
ter system of accounting for depart
mental fees; consolidation of depart
men ^ s £ 0 aV oid duplication of effort
and lack of co . ordinat ion, and urges
that responsibility be strictly fixed;
f avors organization of state constabu
j increase in membership of the
supreme court; favors the short bal
lot; urges that the powers of the gov
ernor be increased to harmonize with
the responsibilities; favors adoption
for Idaho of national departmental
p i an and application of modern busi-
n ess methods; urges that the bureau
of farm markets be made of practical
benefit to the farmers, especially as
to marketing conditions; recommends
rehabilitation of the department of
immigration and labor; urges that
present schedule of compensation for
workmen be increased in some cases.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION OPPOSES GOVERN
MENT OWNERSHIP
WASHINGTON.—Opposition to gov
eminent ownership and operation of
railroads at this time was expressed
today by the interstate commerce com
mission, in a statement presented to
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee, at a hearing on railway leg
islation. Commissioner Edgar Clark
was the spokesman. The proposal of
railroad executives will be presented
the committee formally tomorrow.
It will be similar in scope to the corn
stated today. The railroads said that
they would advocate even greater pow
ers of regulation for the government
than the commission suggests.
Bolsheviki Gaining Ground.
LONDON.—Port Riga was captured
noon on January 4th by the Bolshe
viki, according to Russian wireless
dispatches received here today.
Esthonia the Bolsheviki are marching
on Reval and have already reached
Charlotenoff, about thirty miles east
Reval.
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EDUCATIONAL REPORT
MADE VERY COMPLETE
GOVEKOR ALEXANDER GETS FI
NANCIAL REPORT FROM COM
MISSIONER BRYAN
Detailed io the last degree is a re
port showing every expenditure Ida
ho's educational institutions have
made in the past biennium, which has
just been received by Governor Alex
ander from the office of Dr. Enoch
A. Bryan, state commissioner of edu
cation.
The records of each institution are
so minutely itemized in the report
that in the case of every expenditure
of the two-year period the payee, rea
son for the payment, number of the
voucher and amount are indicated.
Summarized, the report shows the
total outlay at each school up to De
state industrial school, for which
complete figures were proffered.
Departmental expenses at the uni
versity amounted to $526,710. Gen
eral expenses were $84,600 and the
total for the biennium, including a
$92,494 balance on December 1, was
$843,737.
The Lewiston and Ablion Normal
schools spent totals of $266,375 and
$213,216 respectively. At the Indus
trial Training school the total outlay
was $180,196; at the Idaho Techni
cal institute $208,792, and at the
Gooding school for the deaf and
blind $79,151.
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F, LEONARD NESSLY
SON OF STAR-MIRROR EDITOR
DIES IN SEATTLE OF
INFLUENZA
It will be learned with deep regret
by the entire community that J. E.
Nessly, editor of The Star-Mirror, did
not reach his son in time to see him
alive, for death had occurred several
hours prior to Mr. Nessly's arrival in
Seattle, at his son's bedside. Mr. and
Mrs. Nessly left Moscow on Sunday,
and although they had been informed
that the young man was desperately
ill, they had no reason to believe that
the crisis would occur so soon as it
did. The young man died of heart
failure following influenza.
F. Leonard Nessly was born and
reared in Whitman county and was
educated in the schools of Colfax and
Pulnian. Besides his parents he leaves
a brother, Will, who is in the army,
and a sister, Mrs. T. A. Ball, of Pull
man.
The funeral of the young man will
be held in Seattle on Wednesday. Mr.
and Mrs. Nessly will return to Mos-
cow the latter part of the week.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTS
Two Assistants Named by Black Last
Week; Third, Later.
Dean Driscoll of Boise and Alfred
F. Stone of Caldwell, former prosecut-
ing attorney of Canyon county, have
been appointed by Roy L. Black, at-
torney general, as his assistants, he
announced Friday afternoon. A
third appointment is pending, hut will
probably not t' > "nnounced for sev
era! weeks, Mr. L
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Aid Bolsheviki Revolution.
COPENHAGEN.—Adolph Joffe and
M. Radek, leader of the Bolsheviki
mission to Germany, are in Berlin as
sisting Dr. Liebknecht and Rosa Lux
emburg in fomenting a Bolsheviki rev
olution.
said.