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The Daily Star-Mirror THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920 MOSCOW, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, NUMBER 117 VOLUME IX 1 DETROIT, Mich_(By A. P.)—Strike headquarters w.ere opened in 15 cities today by divisional officers of the ma)ntenance-of-way brotherhood, in order to direct the nation-wide strike called for Tuesday, February 17th, Hines Refuses Demands—Turns Case Over to Wilson. WASHINGTON.—(By A. P.)— Failing to reach an agreement with the rep resentatives of more than 2,000,000 railroad employes on demands for in creased wages, Director General Hints last night decided to submit the whole case to President Woodrow Wilson for decision. The appeal to the president is to be taken on request of the union leaders after they had conferred with Mr. Hines for two hours late yesterday, and after, he had informed them there was no hope of an agreement. Mr. Hines sent to the White House the sttaements of the unions, together with his own views. WASHINGTON, 11:15 a. m.—(By A. P.)—President Wilson will have a per sonal conference tomorrow with three representatives of the railroad brother hoods to discuss the wage demands of 2,000,000 railroad employes which Di rector General Hines referred to him. Secretary Tumulty said it is undecided which brotherhood representatives will be invited to the White House. He said this had been left to Hines. Before the meeting President Wilson will study Hines' report on the wage negotiations which were sent to the White House shortly before noon, understood the report embodies claims and arguments of union officials with whom Hines had been conferring since February 3. The selection of spokesmen is left to the union representatives who chose B. M. Jewell, acting president of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor; W. J. Manion, president of the railway telegraphers, and Timothy Shea, acting president of the firemen and engineers. Railroad BUI Finally Agreed Upon. WASHINGTON.—(By A. P.)—While some oppositioon to the railroad bill as finally agreed upon in conference has developed, the senate and house leaders predicted today the conference report of the measure will be prompt ly adopted so that legislation may be passed before the roads are returned to private control on March 1. Another Big Strike Looms Darkly. SAN FRANCISCO.—(By A. P.)—Unless demands for wage increase of $1 per day is granted by Friday night, 2000 electrical workers employed by the Paciflce Telephone & Telegraph Company of California, Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Nevada, will strike Saturday morning, union representa tives announced here today. , It is fill MHS SHOW IMPRDIIEMENI »UT HEALTH OFFICER HAS NOT MODIFIED RESTRICTIONS ON MEETINGS much The influenza situation is modifications of heretofore is improved, but no restrictive measures sued have been made nor will they be made until the situation is far better than at present. Our late Superintendent Rich, just preceeding his fatal illness, told me that the pupils were so badly crip pled in their grades on account of closing school last winter, that if they had to be closed for any length of time again, but few if any of the pupils could be graduated this year. And he therefore pleaded that I make the closing of the schools a last re sort only. The expeftse for books and clothing necessary to maintain a pupil in school is so great that if the schools had to be closed for any length of time and pupils failed to graduate many of them might not be able to •continue in school for another year, and even if they could go on the ex-1 penses to both the parents and the public maintaining teachers for an extra year would be very great. Therefore it will be my supreme ef fort to keep the schools going if 1 have to order every other business in •town temporarily closed. Only about 10 per cent of the population of Moscow have so far had the influenza. In my opinion, should the restrictions heretofore maintain ed be cast aside now, a far worse epi demie than that just coming under control might result with many deaths following, as later cases are much more severe than the first and cases of pneumonia are be were coming more numerous. It has been my endeavor not to ■close lodges that meet only for a short time in small numbers for •transaction of ordinary lodge busi ness and until further notice said policy will be continued, but must be confined strictly to the local home of fairs. No lodge will be permitted to bring in candidates from outside points for initiation In any Moscow lodge until public safety is further .assured. I regard the public welfare as sup erior to any social organization and as far as lies in my power, public in terest will be my first consideration. All social activities of University have been forbidden, nothing but strictly University work will be per mitted. DR. LEITCH, City Health Officer. 4 ♦/♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Wilson Turns Idaho/Down. . WASHINGTON—(By ♦ P.)-John Barton Payne, of II- ♦ Î linois, present chairman of the 4* united States shipping board, ♦ ♦ has been selected by President ♦ ♦ Wilson as secretary of the in- ♦ ♦ tferlôr to succeed Franklin K. ♦ ♦ Lane. (This is the position Ida- ♦ ♦ ho hoped would gff to Former ♦ ♦ Governor Hawley. The Idaho ♦ ♦ legislature's last act in its spec- ♦ ♦ ial session last night was to en- ♦ ♦ done Hawley.) ..... 44 *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ A.— ♦ ♦ GOVERNMENT FLOATING DEBT WILL BE REDEEMED WASHINGTON.—(By A. P.)—-An nouncing that the last remaining floating government Indebtedness will be redeemed Monday, Secretary of the Treasury Houston said today, treasury's position is "very bright," said the secretary, and government of ficials see nothing in the present fi Jnancial situation which they regard \as extremely grave. The i Muçh disappointment is manifest ed ^ Moscow today by a request that the Elks postpone their initiation of 40 candidates from Tekoa which was scheduled for Saturday night, and that the American Legion dance scheduled for Friday night. Both re q Ues t s have been granted but there is considerable disappointment mani f es ted. Judge Edgar C. Steele, exaltbd ru i' er 0 f the Elks lodge, said: "The E j kg a j b ow to authority and TO BE POSTPONED LEGION DANCE IS ALSO CAN CELLED AT REQUEST OF HEALTH OFFICER h ave no w | s h to violate any rules or or( j ers 0 f authorized officials." ,j a t e 0 f the initiation will be an jounced later, for it is understood the Elks will not give up the big program planned for next Saturday night. It will simply be postponed, The American Legion also an nounce that the request (it was not an order) will be complied with, but several members made It known in no uncertain terms that they feel that an injustice has been done and that while churches and schools and theatres are permitted to run it is an injustice to stop the Elks and the American Legion. An official of the Legion said: "We could have held regular dances every week up to this time. We were the very first to cancel our dance after the hall had been paid for and the music secured. We did this vol untarily and held no dances while the situation was, thought to be grave, but now that it has cleared up we felt there was no harm in having a dance. We know from whence the opposition came and will not forget The it. That conditions are much better in Moscow is generally understood and there is 'almost a normal attendance at the schools and it was generally understood that the danger period had passed. The Elks had been pre paring for six weeks for their big program for next Saturday night and it will be a big disappointment to many to have to cancel it at this late hour. WILSON EXPECTED TO BE AT CABINET MEETING WASHINGTON. — (By A. P.)—The next cabinet meeting will probably be called and presided over by President Wilson, said Secretary of State Lans ing today. He has written cabinet of ficers that there will be no more reg ular sessions for the present, would offer no explanation. Secretary Tumulty said he had never seen the president looking better. He UL ]D Emulation a i 't > f W' A A 'V dm -a &■ iim (Q»Wvl»l l i> LEGISLATURE HELD SHORTEST SESSION ON RECORD, AD JOURNING LAST NIGHT BOISE.—Idaho went on record Wednesday as the thirtieth state in the union to ratify the amendment to the federal constitution, giving to women the right to vote. The rati fication resolution was passed by the senate by a vote of 29 to 6,. but was unanimously approved by the house, 52 voting for it. It was thought the resolution would receive unanimous approval. The senate vote created somewhat of a scare, for had two more solons voted against it it would have been defeated. The legislative halls having been torn down to make way for the new capitol, the senate met in the cham ber of commerce and the house in the Odd Fellows hall. They convened at noon with Speaker M. A. Kiger pre siding in the house, and Lieut. Gov. C. C. Moore in thé senate. Twelve representatives and six senators were absent. Few of the attaches were present. Governor Davis transmitted a brief message of endorsement to both houses, after which a recess was taken. In his mesage the governor said: "It appears to me imperative that the action should be taken before the next regular session of the legis lature in order not to prevent the women of other states to join in their primary elections and in the general elections of this year when a presi dent is tef be elected. The great ma jority of you believe that the women ; of the country should have full par ticipation in these elections. With Idaho's proud record in the suffragè column, we should lean the hosts of progress in other states." Dr. Emma Drake, one of the two women members of the house, intro duced the ratification resolution in the lower assembly. Senators Whit comb, Gilchrist, Robertson, Orme, McMurray, Johnson, Hegstead, Arm strong, Mason of Payette, Baker and Pearson introduced the senate resolu tion. It was the house resolution that . , , Having disposed of ratification, the house passed a resolution setting Senators Davis, Boise county; Far aday, Elmore county; Samson, Sho shone county; St. Clair. Owyhee dounty, democrats ; Oneida county, and Porter, Latah county, republicans, voted against the resolution. There was no debate in the senate and no speeches in the house. and Owens Dr. Drake championed the resolu tion, thanking the men of Idaho for their action in recognizing the wom en. Other short addresses of ap proval were made by W. S. Hall of Oneida county, and T. L. Bennett of Gooding county. . forth that it was the intention of the legislature in regular session, a year ago that the accrued interest from the $900,000 voted for the construction of the capitol wings should be used to furnish them. A resolution of respect was also passed noting the death of Represen tative Joseph Conover of Twin Falls county, together with a bill appro priating $7,500 covering the expense the special session and $260 for printing the proceedings. Both houses passed resolutions en dorsing James H. Hawley, ex-gov emor and democrat, for appointment secretary of the interior to succeed Franklin Lane, and a memorial to congress urging passage of good roads appropriation bills now pond ing, after which adjournment sine die was taken. No Montesano Court Today. MONTESANO, (By A. P.)— Tomor row's testimony in the trial of 11 al leged I .W. W. charged with murder connection with the Centralia shootings will possibly include T. C. Morgan, who the prosecution expected tell of alleged I .W. W. meetings the I. W. W. hall when the purport conspiracy was planned. No ses sion of court was held today on ac count of it being a holiday in this I state. ' REV. JOSHUA JENSEN WRITES FROM WEST CHINA TO MOS COW FRIENDS The following letter from the Rev. Joshua O. Jensen, of Moscow, who is a missionary in far-off China, has been received by Rev. Dean Hamil ton, pastor of the Baptist church, of which Rev. Mr. Jensen was a member when he attended the University of Idaho. The letter follows: Kiating, West China, January 3, 1920. Dear Brother Hamilton and Fellow Members, Moscow Baptist Church; That was a very kind thought of you to send us a Christmas box and the letters. We were touched and cheered by it and them. I had al most decided to write to you with a pencil sharpened with that sharpen er; but when I considered how bad a hand I -vérité I considered that would be an act of vindictiveness and not gf .appreciation, hence my recourse to the typewriter. We also feel very deeply the sig nificance of having our names always on the front page of the Church Bul i e tin. But their being there must have been very effective in remind j n g the brethren to pray for us for the Lord has been richly blessing our wor k here. We have already baptiz ec i fifty eight and there are about twenty more yet to come before the present season's activity comes to a close. I am indeed grateful to the "Ad vert'isers" for making the Church Bulletin possible. It has furnished me with a tie between me and the "Home Church" which I heretofore largely lacked, and lacking greatly missed, it possible. out here to fight our battles here In isolation for they will be too hard for us. Those Christmas letters were a very great help and inspiration. I wish there might be more of them. particularly wish that I might hear from the Church and B. Y. P. U. through their clerk and secretary. I want to keep in organic touch with my "Home Base" as well as with the May they continue to make You must not leave us And please do not blame me or de lay In writing if you do not get prompt answers from me for when a man is the only missionary among a million and a quarter of peoplè he has so much on his hands and heart that some things he wants to do have to go undone—but never a delighted reading of letters from home: and the Moscow Baptist church is in a big and real sense our spiritual home. The last two weeks I spent in an out station with no adequate means of heating and my hands fairly hurt with the cold so I couldn't write then. This is not whining but just an attempt at illustrating some of the reasons why I don't write oftener. I have also had the joy of seeing 'some of the workers entrusted to me grow in spiritual purity and power. One man in particular, Wang Chen Yuan, was about ready to be "ditcfi ed." But we had several long talks and some prayers together in my study and he is now one of our most powerful and successful workers. The same may be said of several of our private members and one of our deacons. So the lord Is helping us to conserve and develop as well as in winning recruits. Will you not pray much that the Lord may cause this to continue ? Yours in Him, JOSHUA O. JENSEN. Prepare for Republican Convention. CHICAGO. —A. T. Hert, chairman of the committee on arrangements for the national republican conven tion, arrived today to prepare for the gathering June 8. He will be joined tomorrow by Will S. Hays, national chairman. The two leaders plan a conference with Fred W- Upham, for merly national treasurer. ^ Street Car Drops on 1 rain, ST. LOUIS.—(By A. P.)—A street car containing several persons fell from the Fourteenth street viaduct on top of a moving train today. The ex tent of juries has not been learned, ALLIES STANDING PAT ON LONDON,—(By A. P.)—The supreme council today agreed to insist iijkw the extradition of the Germans who are charged with violating the laws of war. Permanent Occupation of Rhineland Threatened. BERLIN.—(By A. P.)—The German foreign officie authorities have not yet received the note reported to have been forwarded by Premier Millerand of France .threatening Germany with indefinite occupation of the Rhineland because of non-fulfillment of treaty obligations. Russians and Czechs Join in Fighting Bolshevik!. HARBIN.—(By A. P.)—Troops of General Kappel, commander-in-chief of the western armies of the All-Russian government, have joined the Czechs and are fighting the Bolsheviki in the vicinity of Cheremkova. which is 80 miles northwest of Irkutsk, which was retaken from the Bolsheviki. No Trace of Kolchak Has Been Found. HARBIN.—(By A. P.)—Chita dispatches report General Kappel's forces recaptured Irkutsk and established contact with General Senemoff. They found no trace of General Kolchak, former commander of the All-Russian armies, who is reported to have been executed by his own soldiers. American Troops Are Withdrawn. LONDON.—(By A. P.)—A Moscow wireless dispatch today; says: "Amer ican troops guarding the Siberian railway are being withdrawn from Vlad ivostock. The whites are hurriedly evacuating Yekaterinodar. which is about to fall." Yote Was Three to One Against Germany. COPENHAGEN.—(By A. P.)—Seventy-five thousand votes were cast for Denmark to 25,000 cost for Germany in the Schleswig plebiscite, according to official figures issued today. Peret Succeeds Paul Deschanel. (By A. P.)—Raoul Peret was today elected president of the cham He succeeds PARIS. ber of deputies by a vote of 372 out of a total of 425 votes cast. Paul Deschanel, who was recently elected president of France. TO HAVE NEW PLANT CLAIM THAT $100,000 PLANT TO BE INSTALLED AT OROFINO IS MADE OROFINO, Idaho—After lying idle for some years the once well known and excellent lime deposit at this place is being opened up and work has actually started on the new plant. Practically all the funds have been subscribed, the financial end assured, and a crew of men has been put to work, and the machinery ordered. The plans call for a $100,000 plant. This will not be the largest plant in the United States, but the Orofino plant will be second to none in equip ment, for the machinery to be install ed is the last word in lime manufac ture. There will be a rotary kiln of the latest design, with a daily capa city of 126 tons. This kiln will be 180 feet under pressure, all controlled by thermostat, giving a positive and uni form temperature that insures an even and always uniform product. With this arrangement it will be pos sible to calcine all the lime perfectly, and thus turn out a grade of lime that is always up to the highest standard of perfection. Users of the Orofino lime product well know that every sack will be exactly right. In the lime business there is what is called "hydrated" lime. That is, lime slacked in the manufacture, so that it may be kept without danger of slacking, which ruins it, or slacking and starting a fire, and many other things that make it useless, or In long with oil burners, fed jure it. Thus, by hydrating the lime at the factory it may be kept in storage indefinitely in perfect condi tion. The market for this lime is big, and long after the old plant closed down, orders for hydrated lime kept coming in. The Orofina plant is to be amply prepared to supply this grade, and tests show that the local deposit makes one of the highest grades, when hydrated, in the world. The plant now under construction will have a daily capacity of 100 tons of the hydrated grade. There will be a Kritzer type hyd rater and a Raymond Bros. Impact pulverizer. At the mine, 750 feet up the hill back of the kiln a big steam shovel will dig into the side of the mountain and supply the material, which will be carried down to the mill below by a gravity tram. This tram will pass over the street on a concrete viaduct, doing away with any danger to the public. Another feature of the new equip ment will be a complete mill or plant for the manufacture of lime fertiliz er, a product that has come to be recognized in the argicultural world as of the greatest value in crop pro duction. Both the University of Ida ho and the Pullman college have test ed the Orofino product and are giv ing the new company every possible encouragement in this department. Commercial lime fertilizer will be one of the big features of the new plant. Lime fertilizer, it might be interesting to know, is simply ground lime rock, which is now known to be an essential plant food, and absolu tely necessary for the now rapidly dwindling Palouse, Camas Prairie and Nez Perce prairie soils. raw number of the most competent lime experts in the United States on the ground, and had high class engineers survey the mountain and estimate In order to interest capital the promoter, Mr. Ben L. Schultz of Lewiston, Idaho, has had to "show them." He has had the Orofino de posit examined by some of the best geologists in the world; has had a the volume of this deposit. United States chemists, after many te^ts, have certified that the Orofino rime deposit, when properly calcined, is of the highest type; that "there is no higher grade made anywhere in the world." One engineer, at the conclusion of his survey, says: "If the company ships a trainload every 24 hours it cannot exhaust the visible supply ia 137 years." This is based on the fact that the company owns 87 acres of land which has been thoroughly test ed and prospected, and the known de posit given as 1,000 feet high, 800 feet wide, and the, length yet unde termined, but very great. They tell us the supply is simply inexhaustible. The Orofino plant, says Schultz, president of thé company, who is in Orofino this week, will be ready for operation by the first of June, this year, and will employ regularly 20 to 25 men. The company is incorporated for $100,000, and the incorporators are: Ben L. Schultz, Lewiston, president; Eliot Richardson, Pomeroy, Wash., vice president, and Edwin G. MacFar lane, Lewiston, secretary-treasurer. The name of the company is the Crystaline Lime Company. Mr. IDAHO MAY SECURE I5UGCESSFUL COACH MAN WHO MADE EVERETT HIGH SCHOOL FAMOUS MAY COME TO COACH IDAHO (Spokane Chronicle) Enoch W. Bagshaw, for many years coach of the Everett high school foot ball team and farmer U. of Washing ton gridder, has been asked to sub mit terms to the football committee at the University of Idaho in regard to the 1920 coaching job at the Mos cow institution. A committee, named by President Lindley of the U. of I., made up of three students, three members of the alumni and three members of the Idaho faculty, has charge of the se lection of the 1920 grid coach at Idaho and following the refusal of Charles D. Moran of Center college, Kentucky, to accept the position, Bagshaw was asked to offer his terms. Bagshaw is working on a $2800 con tract at the Everett high school. When , asked by the Chronicle yesterday, re garding the probability of his accept ing the Moscow position, he replied that he was not in a position at this time to say whether or not he would coach the Idaho team next fall. Moran was offered a contract call ing for $5000 to coach at Idaho and It is expected that Bagshaw would be paid in the neighborhood of $4000 to take the berth. Sophomores Elect Officers. John Hasfurther of Genesee was elected president of the University of Idaho's sophomore class for the spring semester at a meeting held yesterday afternoon, were: Richard Fox of Nezperce, vice president; Agnes Sweeney of St. Maries, secretary, and Oscar Weaver of Idaho Fails, treasurer. Other officers chosen. advance is retroactive to February 1. The minimun going wage here now is $6.28 a day. About 1700 men are af fected by the new scale. tary wage increase of 48 cents a day for an eight-hour day has been grant ed by all the leading lumber and shingle mill operators of this city. The Coast Mills Raise Pay. BELLINGHAM, Wash.—A volun-