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The Daily Star-Mirror VOLUME XI. THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR, MOSCOW, IDAHO, FRIDAY, .JANUARY 27, 1922 NUMBER 103 IDAHO'S VANDALS GRAPPLE COUGARS UNIVERSITY SUPPORTERS LOOK FOR VICTORY TONIGHT AT GYMNASIUM Idaho Vandals and Washington State Cougars clash tonight at the Univer sity of Idaho gymnasium in the first,, game of the season between the two| teams. Coach McMillan's looking forward to a fought and one of the toughest games of the season but Idaho undergradu ates are to a man firm in their con viction of an Idaho victory. As a preliminary contest the fresh men are hard- close __. ,. ,, , , .. , men teams of Idaho and Washington State meet at i : 30 and the varsity game will start immediately after wards or about 8:30. Capacity Crowd Expected A record breaking crowd, which will fill the gymnasium to its fullest capacity, will watch both games. All reserved seats were sold at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Graduate Manager Fred Graf has made arrangements for extra sections for Moscow people and fr0m ° Ut 0f P t 0 Wn r. Good I crowds are coming from Genesee, i Troy and other towns in Latah conn A s ® c * 1 ° n • J °ö Pullman root e , l J n 0 ^î' °^i w ^ om arrive in, Sl ^ as been reserved. i While undergraduates on the uni verslty hill are confident of the abil ity of the Vandals to send the Cougars back defeated yet they look forward to one of the hardest fought games of the season. A wholesome respect is held for Pullman athletic teams by university supporters and certain it is that "Doc" Bohler's men will put up a hard fight. The Cougars have a most capable aggregation as has been evidenced by their record on north west floors so far this season. . ~ Ooacli 7 ? y Ca Jl a ™ *J chard *!?*' n all ô ed on the basketball floor Bullet, on account of his speed and general aggressiveness, the Vandals in this years team have a conference cham pionshlp team. Coach David McMil lan, the man who has made Idaho basketball teams famous since his! coming to Moscow, has developed to the highest degree the capabilities of his men. To Coach McMillan is ac credited the change in the stvle of play of northwest basketball. The five I man offense and five man defense! used by the Vandals is McMillan's! and other coaches of the northwest; a* to adopt «. »ty .0 o. j j i WS 1 fp ISF: j Bit 1 • 1 ssyBgJs VMb f; r >. ■■ 1 ■ Captain Richard Fox Coach McMillan announced a tenta tive lineup Friday afternoon of R. Fox and A. Fox, forwards, Thompson at center, and either Telford, Ed wards or Gartin at guards. This line up has been uniformly successful in all games so far this season. Idaho has lost only one game this year and has had no difficulty in cleaning up a long list of opponents. First Game at 7:30 The freshman game should be of considerable interest in that both colleges have strong first year fives. The Idaho first year lineup will prob ably be: Kleffner and McMillan, for wards: Reamer, center; Thomas and f< Kline, guards. "Buck' Hunter of Mos cow, looked upon as the most capable referee in the northwest, will handle The freshman game. Sam Moyer of Spokane, well known football and basketball referee, has been agreed upon as referee for the varsity game. Between halves of the varsity game an elaborate and what promises to be a laugh provoking initiation of "J" clpb members will be put on. Winners of the official athletic Insignia for the first time or "one-ringers" will be officially welcomed in the athletes' or ganization. Probable Lineups Idaho R. Fox (C) A. Pox ... Thompson Telford ... Edwards . . W. S. C. . . Sayers .Friel (C) Sorenson Schroeder . . Loomis P F C G G tween George Harvey, ambassador to i Great Britain, and Premier Poincare, [ which had been scheduled for today, Is postponed until Monday, when My- | ron T. Herrick. ambassador to France, will participate. Harvey Conference Postponed. Paris—(A. P.)—The conference be-( MEAT WORKERS WOULD continue great strike Chicago—(A. P.)—Striking packing; house workers in 13 great meat pack ing centers have-voted by an over whelming majority to continue the strike started December 5, Dennis Lane, international secretary of the Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butch er Workmen's Union of North Amer , , , 1Ca ' anil0ullce d today, i DENY COMMUTATION SENTENCE FOR DRAFT EVADER Washington—(A. P.)—The request of Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll for com mutation of the sentence of her son, Irwin C. Bergdoll, sentenced to four years j n the disciplinary barracks at p 0 rt Leavenworth, Kansas, for draft evasion, was denied today. SENIOR COMMITTEE TO DECIDE ON 'll GIFT Miss Inez Sanger of Payette, M. A. I T hometz, jr of Twin Falls and Hor _ tou McCallie of Lewiston, compose a se nior committee that will select a suitable present to be given to the university by the graduating class of 1999 Miss Lucie Davis, Boise, and Harold E. Murray, Nampa, make up the 60 m-1 mittee of commencement invitations. Appointments were made by Frank Brown, Boise, president of the senior class. The custom of ,, _ Germany s Kieplj Readj Pans—(A. P.)—Germany s reply to th - e request of the reparations com-, mission for the German program for reparations deliveries, was handed this evening to the Berlin office of the commission, and is being telegraphed here, according to a message from Berlin. - Dl AW fAMPAIflM TH IlAN lAMlAIUll lU WIDE []|JT II | UFRALY IflFL U.IJ 1 ILLIILll/iUl 1 - possible, illiteracy in the far west, will hp r-nnqiHprpfl Hptp TTphniarv Q Wi 1 A d . 1 -n-f Febluar y d land 4 at a regional illiteracy confer |ence to be held under the auspices of the National Illiteracy Commission of me .National Education Association. i n eluding several governors and state, city and county school officials, are [expected from the eleven western j (states of Washington, Oregon, Cali- j forma. Arizona, New Mexico, Colora do, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada. the graduating classes to make some lasting gift to their alma mater has been in vogue the university for several years. Approximately 250 delegates, \JSTk JSMÆ [California 95,592 or 3.3 percent; Colo SS o, 4 TJ percent. Nevada, 3,802 of 5.9 (percent; New Mexico, 41,637 or 15.6 percent: Oregon, 9,317 or 1.5 percent; Utah, 6,264 or 1.9 percent; Washing ton, 18,526 or 1.7 percent and Wyo ming, 3,194 or 2.1 percent. v I j ! Feb-jins Commissioners Meet February 6 The Latah county commissioners j will let a contract on ruary 6 at 2 o'clock for 100 cords j of wood, to be used in the court house and the county home, according to announcement Friday by Homer E. Estes, clerk of the board of county commissioners. At this February 6 meeting the commissioners will go over road matters for the coming year. I MAY RAFT LOGS ACROSS PACIFIC TO JAPAN Aberdeen, Wash.—A mammoth raft of cedar logs may be towed across the Pacific ocean to Japan this coming summer, according to R. Azumato. a log buyer for Japanese concerns, who announced the plan here recently. Azumato believes the feat could be accomplished during the favorable | weather that ordinarily prevails dur-j ing the summer season. ( Japan is now enjoying a building j boom, fostered by the imperial gov ernme nt. The tariff on finished lum-1 ber j s go high that its importation is impracticable, and the lumber shipped ! from the United States commonly goes in the form of "Jap squares," great sticks that are admitted at the lower tariff rate to be sawed into lum her by Japanese mills. "It Is expensive to ship lumber in any form to Japan," Mr. Azumato , said, "and rafting It across the Pa-j The plaintiff was awarded j cific would save much money." Paddock Wins Judgment. Judge Adrian Nelson of the Latah county probate court entered judg ment Thursday afternoon for plaintiff in the case of E. B. Paddock versus Ed Rowland. Suit was instituted for recovery of a promissory note and on account. judgment of $452.60 on his four j (causes of action. I Rob Motor Co. of $180,000 Hattiesburg, Miss.— IA. P.)—The j Girault Motor company of this city was robbed of $180,-000 in bonds, pa- j pers and notes this morning, accord- ( ing to the police. Two men are said have held up the night clerk. JQ[ f fj ' The End of a Perfect Day FI i 1 issi - ' Sis t HEM-REEUf \ 'if Jk-r ill ■if --I m 4 ; mm V m -3 ie ■ ADAMSON EIGHT UNDERCLASSMEN'S DODD LAW UPHELD BODY RECOGNIZED CONFERENCE FAILS TO ASK RE PEAL—LABOR SHOULD STAND KNIGHTS OF BALL AND CHAIN APPEAR ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SHARE IN DEFLATION. jtion for the repeal of the Adamson eight-hour law. The recommendation for the ap-. I)0 intmeut 0 f a federal commission to; formulate a national land policy, In-; eluding all questions of reclamation and irrigation, was adopted. The committee conclusion placing, the conference on record favoring the r' rea t Lakes-St Lawrence waterwav nrofect was strickeT when the report eameunfor dLcussion Theconfer ence Jlso struck the recommendation foitherenelof the guarantyclause fn transnnrtation let Clause j j 1 e «,,* , , * ralS - , rh deflation to brine urioes 1 ,- n HuJJmV aericulture w^ adopted over the StSKj whose motion to strike out the, Lwiarntinn overwhplminfflv dp declaration was ovei wnelmmgiy de feated. I -~— , J Tow,Hey Charged with Embezzlement. | Fargo, N. D.—(A. P.)—A warrant been issued here for A. C. Towi*- j e y f president of the National Non-! paaqis^m League, charging him with j implication m the alleged embezzle- j men t of $3,000 from the Fargo Scandi- ! navian-American bank. Idaho_ Washington—(A. P.)—Union labor won a victory in the national agri cultural conference today, when the body voted, 83 to 64 to eliminate from atjthg committee report a recommenda DIES JUST BEFORE I _ _ HIS DOTH ANNIVERSARY Juliaetta, January 26—At the home | his only sqn, John C. Hamil, who | resides on a farm a mile and a half j east of Juliaetta, at 4 o'clock this j David C. Hamil passed away —lacking but 12 days of having lived j years. Up to within a few days of death Mr. Hamil seemed unusual 90 iy strong and vigorous. Only a short time ago he drove from his sou's arm a bunch of hogs to Juliaetta, all a i 0 ne. He had taken a severe cold during the late cold spell and then su sta.ined a fall which no doubt hastened the end. David C. Hamil was born in Blount (county. Tennessee, February 7, 1832. In 1853 he moved to Iowa and in 1912 he came to Idaho. {vlr. Hamil was twice married. On March 9, 1854 he married Nancy Jane Qrr who died about one year later, leaving no child. |t yj Iowa, t Washington. Iowa, where the re ma i, ls w ni be taken and interred be In March, 1862 Mr. Hamil married Elizabeth C. Duncan of Columbus To this union two chil dren were born—John C. and Clara J. The second wife died on June 20, 1903 side those of his companion. Mr. Hamil was a man of excellent character and wherever he located he was soon surrounded by those who (were his friends. her 2 Boy Scouts of Moscow with their scoutmaster, Harold Lenhard, left this afternoon for Genesee to play basket ball game. They are to play the same group of boys that held them to a 7-0 score in football last fall. The Genesee boys are out for revenge and the scout team expects a The same teams play in Saturday night Anyone wanting to get their money's worth should see this game. Game called at 7:30. Admission ten cents. The scouts are trying to get some money for troop flags and other troop equipment and hope to clear a few dollars to Scouts to Play Basket Ball. The basket ball team of troop num hard game. Moscow make these purchases, --— Another Conference Planned. Washington—(A. P.)—A resolution providing for another conference' be (tween representatives of the five powers, to consider rules of warfare, was agreed upon today by the per manent committee of the arms con ference. The Knights of the- Ball and Chain an honorary underclassmen's society! has taken its place on the university campus and was given official recog nition at the last meeting of the stu I dent body. All members will ! chosen from the freshman and sopho m0 re classes. The society, in form, is similar to the Knights of the Hook at the ( ni versity of Washington the Oregon Knights at Oregon and the Bear Paws at the University of Montana. T w . t ,, , m,rh ror umversitj «s ^primary purpose is to entertain ? nd fb ™? h entertaiament for visit lng athletlc teams - delegates to con ^ 11 " 0 " 8 and similar groups, while jthey are at the university. The or ganization also will be active in or-1 s tudcnt S for yell rallies, as Msting in the promotion of any stu dents activity and, in general, will be a , bunch of hand Y men ready to be 3"" HSr"" m llrT1 «r nf Ted Turner ^aldwell, veil Ling, - president of the Knights of the Ball and chain. Van Peterson, Boise, is secretary, and Lynn Rogers Boise, treasurer . other members are: Giern Wilkison, Twin Falls; Emil Stunz, Boise ; Harold Cornelison, Mescow ; Wayne Leland, Wendell: Malcolm MacKinnon, Sandpoint: Merle Drake, Challis; Melvin McBride, Port Orch ard, Wash.; and Delbert Roico, Mot N. Williamson, who, in the past few; cow. WILLIAMSON DISTRIBUTES ______ HOLSTEINS HERE years, has devoted his attention to, the developing of the livestock indus try in the Moscow territory, has just purchased the C. T. Moore herd of registered Holstein cows, at Pardee, Idaho. The deal includes the herd bull, a registered Holstein and known j as one of the finest animals of the i Mr. Williamson informs The Star Mirror that he is shipping these ani- ! mais in for distribution to the farm ers around Moscow, as he considers; the building up of a small dairy herdfing on each farm of the greatest import ance as a step toward substantial and permanent prosperity. He believesjnished. that the dairy industry and the live stock industry generally, is due for wonderful development in this terri tory within the next few years. He is prepared to give reliable pur- ( chasers the advantage of easy pay- ; ment terms so that tbev mav be get- ( ting returns from a few'cows on their _ IDAHO PHOSPHATE TO MOVE TO JAPAN VIA PORTLAND _ Portland Ore_ (A P)-_That there !* soon will be a large movement of phosphate rock from the phosphate ; fields of Idaho through this port to Japan was indicated today in a letter ! received by the public dock commis- | sion from the Oregon-Pacific com breed in northern Idaho. farms. 1 _ T .. .. ,, . . Negotiations are pending between the Anaconda Mining company , which controls large phosphate, rock fields in Idaho, and Japanese interests fci'lThe the purchase and shipment of large : quantities of the rock. pany. Extend Aid to Ailing Neighbor j W. A. Fiscus of the Crane Creek | district was in town last week on his j way to Moscow with his neighbor, William Sitherwood. Mr. Sitberwood ; has been ailing for some time and being unable to finance an operation the people of his neighborhood raised the necessary funds to pay for surgi cal aid. Mr. Fiscus was delegated by the community to accompany Mr. Sitherwood to Moscow and remain of with him until he was past the danger point.—Palouse Republic. The dock commission granted cer tain concessions for moving the rock through the municipal terminals. j 1 ENCASED IN PLASTER STUDENT STILL HAS FUN I New York—(A. P.)-—Harry Herbert studied some law today and seemed ( get muph fun out of life although he has been encased in plaster from the top of his head to his hips since November 12 when he broke his neck while playing quarterback for Syra cuse in the game with Colgate. At Mount Sinai hospital everyone was interested In the numerous sig natures which have made an album I out of his huge white plaster cast, j Nurses were quick to put their names beside those of college professors. I campus companions, football players and the mayor of Syracuse, i Tonight Syracuse alumni were among the many callers at the bed j side of the youth whom doctors con j sider very lucky to be alive. DANDITS KILL CASHIER LOOT BANK OF $30,000 _ Pittsburgh, Pa.—(A. P.)—Five men today entered the First National Bank of Grafton, a suburb of this city, kill ed Harry Moss, the assistant cashier forced five clerks and a woman eus tomer into the vault and escaped with approximately $30,000 in cash and ne gotiable securities. Shortly after a party of city de tectives overtook the bandits and af 1 them in a house on Pennsylvania ave nue - The loot was fouu(1 In an auto | mobile abandoned by the robbers. „ MAY REACH AGREEMENT ^ ON SHANTUNG QUESTION ; - 2 — , Washington— (A. P.)—The Japanese 1 and Chinese differences over Shan ! tun £. is now the crucial issue before the arms conference and has been re duced to such narrow proportions; that a final decision is believed in conference circles to be only a ques tion of hours l/inTim R D U A 1/ H 11 U/ M V IK I UAL DKlAIiUUWN ; nr DIIOOliKI (THIIHI P (Jf KUüiSI AN ülHUOLü - I . . . , . iomic situation Outside of this city bituauon. uuLbiue oi luis Liiy , ! in the dozens of smaller places where the correspondent traveled the pov jerty of both teachers and pupils is ap I Baling. ; Those in the United who got their j education by tramping for miles I through the snows to the little red school house were far better off then the eager students of this land. "How can I teach?" asked k woman enough clothes to cover my body, I ; (sleep in a cold room and 1 have next to nothing to eat. For months my salary has not been paid. 1 keep life together by trading in the public market, selling goods on commission. Nor can I expect the children to learn. They come to school hungry, poorly i dud and, as the rooms are cold, we|j go through the motions of learning, 1 1 1 e j y bav f a t ally , book ^' chalk for the blackboard. teacher in Samara. "1 have barely that is all. there is no The discipline goes to pieces," In teachers salaries hadn't been paid for many months, until re ceutly, when they were given from 300,000 to 500,00U rubles each, as a month's salary, equivalent to the price of 10 pounds of butter, half enough to buy a pair of shoes, or one-tenth the cost of a suit of clothes. The men and women teachers are ragged, wearing clothing that is literally fall apart. Some of them have secured the privilege of living in the school; buildings where some heat is fur The clothing of the pupils is 011 a par with that of the teachers. In Moscow schools, notwithstand-i jing, there is good discipline and the [pupils show an abiding will to learn, are astonishingly light-hearted, Except some rather strange religious opinions, they are happy and merry all their poverty and just like American school children. They are not all Communistic. They make fun of their comrades or teach ers wbo wear 1 9 n . s bair and cal1 tbem ' selves Bolsheviki. They attend lec ures b Y Lunacharski, commissar of schoois, or Madame Lenine, or others, that tbr "i' gh a llZTnZ and they do this on empty stomachs an d yet do not comp a . Moscow Cubs Play at Troy. The Moscow Cub basketball team, captained by Rudolph Nelson, and i made up of you thful basketeer stars, mee t the second team of the Troy, high sc hooI at Troy Friday evening. ; Cuba have had a most successful season thus f a r and hope to add the Troy team to the list of victories. Electric Supply company, wishes to contradict rumors which have been current that he intended to discon-j tinue his business here and move from Moscow. He asks The Star-Mirror to state that he is in Moscow to remain that he finds business conditions, (entirely satisfactory. -|^ode Defense Rests in ArbuckleTw San Francisco—(A. PJ^The de fense rested today in the second trial the Arbuckle manslaughter charge, i George Franklin Shields, defense 1 expert, was the last witness^ In Moscow to Remain. Clyde Hall, proprietor of the Auto ■ 1C j WORK TOGETHER; PULL TOGETHER GOVERNOR DAVIS GIVES CURE FOB HARD TIMES—TOO MANY LAWS GO UNENFORCED. Governor D. W. Davis of Idaho was i considerably in evidence in Spokane Thursday and handed out some good d<ud . sens ® *-° bis hearers, both at the es , SIO , n . ot tbe Kr i un growers, millers and shippers, aociation and at the big Methodist conference, which is progress in the city. ' 1>u11 together and things will come out right, as they always have, (We have lived through periods of de pression before. The sun will shine and everybody will be happy again. It was true before and it will be true in To the grain men Governor Davla summed up conditions in the follow ing paragraph: Work together and ; again. In the governor's address he said :>f proportion during the period of in in part: "The trouble is we lost all sense flation," said Governor Davis. "Had vve continued to live as we had been used to living we would have had f money in the bank today. But we ! sold our Fords and bought Cadillacs and Pierce-Arrows. Even our sheep meu herded sheep in Cadillacs. The Fords wouldn't do any longer. We were all intoxicated with extrava gance. pression, but "We have been in the thros of de 1 dation on which the whole world de 1 Pends and it has a future and we I are in it to stay. ! "Your banker is trying to carry you on the inflated values of several years ago. You may think things are bad with you on the farm, but they are equally bad for the man who has loaned you money. The indivi dual banker is for you. He needs your cooperation just as you need his. "Southern Idaho would have liaui dated this vear if wheat had staved Mistake to Leave Farm "Many a man has made a mistake the . far , m - it was a living foi him even if he was not making money. The creditors want him on the fal 'm. for the land without a man ISSt U î?* s . 0t sc ,.° o1 , lst . rl ^ ts ' . mul ^ cl_ parties, counties and states in voting b01lds an(l entrusting the expenditure of th e funds to nU ells unf trained ,n ,, .siness at 90 cents, where it started. But the price dropped as if it had been greased any you can't liquidate with 65-cent wheat. We are all holding on because we can't let go. "We all like to pass the buck to the unit farthest away and that is usually the state. You people vote the bonds that make taxes high. The state gets only a small share of the levy." Governor Davis predicted that the bonus would pass, despite the opposition of President Harding (and Secretary Mellon, because public opinion is behind it and congressmen dare not vote against it. x Word to Mothers X he governor, speaking to the Methodists of the Inland Empire at a an q Ue t Thursday evening, said that le ] lad nttle sympathy with mothers who busy themselves with organizing societies to bring about legislation or rear ing children, while their own families are wanting attention. He soldiers' the child cannot he reared with legis lation the better children." will we rear our The Prohibition Law Speaking of the prohibition law'and the many other laws on the statute books which are not enforced as they should be, the governor said: "We are long on the passage of law, but we are short on the defense of that law after it is passed. Look a | the 18th amendment the vote for it was overwhelming, but what are we doing to enforce that law. We a re asleep. We elect men to enforce the law without any regard as to their opinion of that law and how they stand on the enforcement of it. The prohibition 1 aw is a joke and is being ridiculed from one shore to the other, We are breeding contempt for law in this country: we are passing laws by the hundreds without any regard as to their workability, putting them on the statute hooks and if we don't like them we violate them and our chil dren are raised to disregard the law. You can not rear a child right with a 9tin in the cenar " - RECOMMEND TRIBUNAL FOR COAL INDUSTRY REGULATION Washington—(A. P.)—A govern ment tribunal for the regulation of the coal industry, under a statutory code of the industrial law. enforced only by the power of public opinion, was recommended in a report pre sented to the senate today by Chair man Kenyon of the labor committee, which recently investigated the dis orders in the West Virginia and Ken Tlie report held that both the operator and miners are responsible for the recent fatal Diets and property destruction and held that necessary. it was held, also, that the Kansas industrial court idea had proven (futile, because it has no underlying of principles. Chancellor Schober, which resigned yesterday, resumed office today with tiickv coal fields. con mutual concessions are Cabinet Resigns But Reconsiders Vienna—(A. P.)—The cabinet of some changes in the list of ministers.