THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR
MOSCOW, LATA COUNTY, IDAHO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1917
TOLUME YI
NUMBER 106
GERMANY SERVES NOTICE ON AMERICA
HOUSE KILLS BILL TO
RELOCATE UNIVERSITY
Vote Consisting Almost Entirely of Ballots of Southern Members Is 46 to 4—Northern Members Excused from Participating in Ballot.
BOISE, Jan. 31.—(Special to the Star-Mirror.)—The bill providing for the removal of the state university from Moscow to Boise, introduced Monday morning by Findlay, was killed this morning in the house by a vote of 46 to 4.
The flattering vote for leaving the institution unmolested was made up almost entirely of the votes of members representing counties in southern Idaho, 12 northern members, including the entire Latah delegation, being excused from voting by the house.
Excuse to refrain from voting in the matter was not asked by the northern members until enough negative votes were recorded to assure the defeat of the bill. The members of the north felt that the measure should be defeated by the votes of the members from the southern part of the state as rebuke to those who were alleged to have been behind the movement to remove the university.
Steel Trust Makes $100,000,000
NEW YORK, Jan. 31—The United States Steel corporation has declared an extra quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 percent, together with the usual disbursement of 1 1-4 percent.
These dividends, covering the last three months of 1916 bring the total of regular and extra common dividends.  For the year up to 8 3-4 percent. Total earnings for the quarter were $103,968,347 constituting a new high record. Amounted to $333,625,086, or more than double those during any preceding year. 