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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
CHICAGO PACKER WILL
GIVE MOSCOW CREDIT

The following letter is sufficiently
clear to need no comment:
"CHICAGO, Dec. %, 1911. Mr.. R. w.
Stafford, Moscow Packing e Cold Stor
age Co., Moscow, Ida. Dear Sir: We
have yours of December 19 regarding
error in a Packer item recently regard
ing prize car of apples at Spokane
show.
We are certainly glad to have you
call our attention to this and we
certainly wish your letter had reach
ed us in time to make correction in the
paper this week.
will fix up same for issue of Decem-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
7 I,ATAH COUNTY WILL
LACK TWO SOLONS

informal meeting of the county com
missioners today and tomorrow to dis
cuss the situation, and Latah county
interests in the extra session
There has been some talk of calling
a special election to chose successors
to the two missing lawmakers. This
however can scarcely be done, as the
board of commissioners at it's last
meeting adjourned sine die, and will
not re-convene until the second Mon
day in January, or January 8. 10
call an election on that day, and pro-
ceed to the legal steps necessary to
elect and qualify the solons, and final
ly enable them to reach Boise by the
18th, would be impossible.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
Harvey Will Fight.

OREGON, CITY, Dec. 26-When the
preliminary hearing of Nathan Harvey
who is accused of the murder of the
Hill family, was called, the defense re-
versed it's announced intention of ma
king the hearing only perfunctory and
began vigorous defense.
The defense called witnesses to fix
the time of the murder and showed
where Harvey was near the time. He
pleaded not guilty
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
REYES QUITS;
NO REVOLUTION

MEXICO, Dec. 26.-President Mad
ero said that as much mercy as is pos
sible for a rebel will be shown Gen
lily to General Trevuno at Lineras
Reyes has quit, convinced that he could
not start a revolution. He will be
brought here tomorrow or Thursday
1t was later announced that Reyes
will be tried by judge bearing him
no i'll will.
Madero said, with General Reyes
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

Der 80, and assure you that it was nc
intention on our part to have an I'M
fortunate miX-up of this kind. We
are always interested in printing only
the facts and the truth, but you real
so many different individuals to col
lect news reports it seems impossible
to prevent their getting things mixed
up now and then. Your very truly,
The Chicago Packer.
"P. S.-We are also in receipt of let
ter from Mr.. p. l.. Orcutt of the Star
Mirror bearing on this subject and
have written him the same letter we
are sending you"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

dynamite the Monessen mill, told the
detectives he got the dynamite while
drunk.
In the Monessen mills the employees
are all on-unionists, who recently
sought higher wages and were refused.
Bridges when sweated today gave lit
tie information regarding where he
got the explosives. Recently the Am
erican Federation Of Labor made an
appropriation to aid the men in their
figl t for better wages.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
PLAN TO INDICT
s AT ANGEL CITY

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.-With only
few more witnesses to be examined
it is evident that the local federal in
yestigation of the dynamiting will last
but a few hours more, and it is re-
garded as likely that eight Californians
will be indicted either tomorrow or
Thursday.
1t is understood that those indicted
will be prosecuted under the statute
prohibiting Interstate transportation
of high power explosives.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

CHICAGO, Dec. 26-Judge Car
penter today denied the beef packers
the benefit of Judge Humphreys "im-
munity BATH decision of 1905 He
ruled that the government may submit
evidence regarding all the facts for the
defendants prior to the indictments
This makes conviction vastly more
probable.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

Latah county will be just two rep
resentatives short when the state leg
islature convenes in Boise, January 10
to devise new revenue laws for the
state.
This condition arises from the re-
moval of Representative o. c. Helllck-
son of Blaine and Representative Z. u.
Bell of Genesee from the county since
the last election. 1t leaves only Sen
ator J. J. Day, and Representative VIM.
Morgan to hold the fort and DO the
voting so far as Latah county is con-
cerned.
Chairman John Hall of the board OF
county commissioners mas called an
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
THE COSSACKS KILL
AND LOOT IN PERSIA

Tabriz today. 1t is feared the city
will be destroyed.
There is martial law in Teheran as
the result of Shuster'S dismissal. 1t
is reported that Shustor says he will
stay until parliament dismisses him.
He says the cabinets action is illegal.
Teheran dispatches quote Shuster
as saying:
81 will stay on the job until forcibly
removed unless parliament sanctions
my dismissal"
The Persians today drove away the
Cossacks guarding the Russo-Persian
bank but there were no casualties.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

LONDON, Dec. 26-Persian dis
patches assert that 1000 men, women
and children have been butchered by
the Russians in Tabriz and that the
slaughter continues.
1t is said the Cassacks are bayonet-
ting women and looting upon the
street and the officers are winking at
it.
The battle between the Russians and
the Fidais tribesmen still is on in the
ruins of the governors palace. One
hundred and fifty Russians have fallen.
A large force of Cossacks arrived in
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
Draw RichesOn Venirc.

BOSTON, Dec ga venire of 800
names was drawn today for service
on the jury which will try Rev. G. V.
Richeson for the murder of Avis Lin
nell. The trial is scheduled for jan
uary II. Each side has % peremptory
challenges. The defense says it will
not delay the case.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

WASHINGTON, Dec 26.-President
Taft today issued an executive order
amending the regulation for medical
practice in the canal zone The rul-
ing permits Christian Science practice
there and is effective New Years.
The Presidents action followed a
protest against the ruling providing
of fine and Imprisonment for any
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
IN THE CANAL ZONE

one practicing medicine, pharmary, or
dentistry or using the title doctor"
without authority.
His amendment reads, nothing in
this order shall be construed as pro-
hibiting the practice of the religious
to the sick or suffering by mental or
spiritual means without the use of
drugs"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
La Toilette Campaigning.

WASHINGTON Dec. 26.-In fur
therance of his plans to capture the
presidential nomination Senator La
Toilette leaves tonight for a tour of
Ohio and the middle west.
Next Monday La Toilette will visit
a number of Michigan towns. January
3, and he will be in Illinois and
will return to Washington about jan
uary 8.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

WASHINGTON, Dec. ga COM
plete revolution of the moving picture
business may follow a decision hand
ed down today by Judge Stafford of
the supreme court for the District of
Columbia The ruling favors the Mo-
ton Pictures Patents company, de-
claring that Thomas A. Edicon was the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
HAINES MAY MARRY
HIS FORMER WIFE

NEW YORK, Dec. 26-Mrs. Claudia
Haines, over whom her husband, Capt
Haines, shot and killed William Annis
at Bayside L. L., today denied the story
that she and Haines would remarry.
Thornton Haines, a brother of the
captain, says he believes they will re-
marry next Sunday Thornton is very
bitter He says he impoverished him
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
START MORE
TROUBLE IN BALKANS

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 26-Despite
the censorship, refugees arriving here
tell of bomb outrages at Ishtib in
which two Turkish functionaries
were killed December 4.
Then the Moslem population attack
ed the Bulgarians and 1S0 Bulgarians
were killed and wounded, and numer-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

out of the way we will soon have abso-
Lutte peace and harmony in Mexico" :"
1t is believed Reyes surrender marks
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
MOSCOW CITIZENS TO SUE COEUR D'ALENE
POPE WILL ADD NEW
FOREIGN CARDINALS

ROME, Dec. 26.-It is semi Officially
announced that the pope has decided
to hold another consistory next spring
when a number of new cardinals, prob
ably four, will be created This may
result in taking the control of the
sacred college, which elects the pope,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
COURT BLOW HITS THE
MOVING PICTURES JOLT

original and only true inventor of the
kinetoscope film.
1t restrains a Chicago film compa
ny from using or selling motion pic
ture films embodying the principles of
the Edison invention The litigation
in the last case was based on charges
of infringement of patents granted the
Edison interests.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

Gus houses were looted.
A patrol of Turkish troops joined
the Moslem mob, and bayonetted the
Bulgarians. Attacks on Bulgarians
were made in other towns. 1t is be-
lieved that Austria started the troub-
lie as she has long wanted to grab the
Balkans
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
REBELS PLAN TO
FORCE THE ISSUE

TOXIC, Dec. 26.-Shanghai dis
patches say that unless Premier Yuan
grants the demands for republic the
comforting rebels will elect DR. Sun Vat
Sen president Wednesday, and estab-
lish the republic with the capital at
Nanking WI Ting Fang and the 9TH
ers are angered because Yuan will not
answer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
Insurgents Help.

CLEVELAND, Dec 26.-While Sen
ator La Toilette is campaigning this
week in Ohio, Clifford Pinchot and Sen
ators C1app and Poindexter will aid
by speaking in smaller Ohio towns.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

away from the Italians, and may give
Rome a foreign pope The announce
ment has caused much surprise. 1t is
believed it indicates the pope's inten-
ton to add enough progressive prelates
to insure the carrying out of his pro
gressive policies after his death.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26
Frost Hits Orange Belt.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.-Thousands
of dollars worth of damage was done
last night to the orange orchards of
southern California by frost
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-26

self seeking his brothers pardon from
the penitentiary and was not even
thanked. The shooting created a ma
tional scandal.
WASHINGTON, Dec 26. = Captain
Haines today denied absolutely that he
had or would remarry his divorced
wife.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

tractive scooped out and filled with trailing vines
autumn leaves.
For refreshments be sure to have sticky mo-
lasses taffy, popcorn balls, doughnuts and hot
green pickles. If you have nothing else. The ices
can be bought In witch moulds, but If that is
too expensive. serve 1t in a huge scooped-out
pumpkin set, on a platter surrounded with a
wreath of ivy or autumn leaves
If you like games for prizes, why not have a
winter fourleaf clover party for good luck? Cut
any amount OF three-eaved and few four
leaved clovers out of green tissue paper and num-
bered on the back Hide them everywhere, the
more 'out-of-theway places the better SO long as
a tiny edge is In view. When the hunt is over
each boy and girl adds up the numbers on the
back OF the leaves found. counting rs for every
four-leafed clover. The person having the high.
est sum total wins the prize
Or you might try tossing peanuts. Each play
er in turn is given 15 peanuts and standing
about eight feet off tries to throw as many as
possible into small round basket. The one get
ting in the most nuts wins the prize.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25
Honest
Business
Methods
Pay i'm
Long Rum
By HARVEY PEAKE

Some people, oshy enough allow themselves to be persuaded that
they special Importance and buy goods that particular store
at lower prices than anyone else They become accustomed looking
for reductions and feel angred called upon pay the regular price
for anything.
But worst of ALL they spread the impression among their friends
that they have socaed pulp at SoandSo and offer their
influence get the reduction price their friends
Of there times when it for weguaed
business to prices merchandise instance when
tain lines refuse leave the shelves aomen dept But
this the cut general and applies much Mrs Jones
Mrs. Smith
Some saemen who desire be clever and who have high opinion
of their ability along this line inclined this
their customers They will take the favored G.? aside and
inform them that special favor they going let them
for 81 article for which else paying $125 while reality
ST is the regular proftbearng price.
This may work for WHILE but nevertheless bad
1t is well enough to impress customer with the fact that
article worth than he asked for if this actually
the but they not be led to believe they buy it
money than any else
Honest business methods pay in the long run
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

A prominent merchant once dismissed
a salesman whom he overheard saying to
shopper: 1--WE usually sell that for $1.25,
but seeing it's you, I'll let you have it
for 81.
The article regularly sold at ST.. Moth
ing could injure business more than to
make customers feel that personal influence
governs prices. In the first place, an intel
ligent buyer cannot help discovering the
salesman's duplicity, and aside from the
fact that it is against all good business
principles, there is another thing to be con-
sidered.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25
Creator
Intended
Some Men
to be Fat
By w. n. RUDDELL
Portland, Ore.

For breakfast usually destroyed platter of cakes three eggs and
end of thn-scd bacon besides fruits and two of coffee
lifelong abandoned entire month";
all the and about all the vegetables of toast and glass
milk taking the place morning meals and little rice being
chief item the dinner bill of fare Lunch omitted wholly
addition walked least six miles every day and did all
my with gymnasium outfit Prior going bed
perpetrated all of muscular conoion and rolled the floor
till my body was bruised.
At thirty days felt fit to threemie tootrace
go in the ring with the champion
About this time it occurred that ought to get weighed and
made a bee line for the scales.
My assured that they correct to but they
showed had gained fourteen pounds in the period of my abstinence
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

have about come to the conclusion
that the good Lord intended for some of
his creatures to be fat and some thin, re-
gardless of medicines and so-called infal-
lible cures.
For long while I tried all the alleged
obesity cures and none of them did me any
good. Then determined to starve myself
and take lots of exercise.
All my life had been lover of good
eating, and counted that day lost on which
l did not consume for my dinner the bet
ter part of sirloin steak as thick as a
darkys foot, with all the trimmings.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

the new occupation in which he proposes to engage.
national land exchange would help greatly in
this direction.
Such an organization could cooperate with rail-
roads and steamship lines and board of trade and other
public bodies in all parts of the United States to
better distribution of immigrants coming to the
try from abroad and could assist in securing inte
gent and reasonable presentation of the merits of each
section of the country for the settler and investor
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

er the eve of the night preceding IT,
was the occasion Of the ancient pagan
festival Of the harvest. For 1t was the
policy Of the church to supplant heath
en- by Christian observances.
If you give a Halloween party you
can amuse your guests by placing upon
a table large dish full Of vegetables
--beets, carrots, turnips, potatoes and
onions-the number being the same as
that Of the men present. To each vege-
table should be tied with gay ribbon
a card bearing a mans name. Then the
ladies should in turn be blindfolded, and,
being led to the table one at ume'
should pick out a vegetable, which, ac-
ao,d;,r 10 tho cord n haQra will decide
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25
GAMES FOR HALLOWEEN

First the invitations must, of course, be appro-
priate Tiny note paper. with fairies and hob
goblins on 1t, can be bought; but any girl or boy
with very little trouble can make nicer ones.
You might write the invitations on silver paper
half moons, which you can sketch (or paste,
If you cannot draw owls. gypsy fortune-telers
or horseshoes. Or, take pieces Of red card board
about four inches square; then cut out of black
paper funny little goblins. witches and fairies
Arrange them the red card artistically
possible. and print the invitations in black
gilt paint If you can put it in rhyme. all the
better.
The decorations should be Of autumn leaves or
punches OF wheat. jack-o'lanterns. strings of pop
cora, or pine cones tied from narrow strips of
deep yellow cheesecloth bunting. The little
gourds or squashes. deep yellow striped green and
ruddy brown, make cunning favors for each child's
plate Cut off the top and fill them with the old
fashioned round red peppermint drops. II you
find of the very long gourds sometimes
they are a couple 81 feet long). they are very at
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

another, have drifted into city employment.
The plan of Rudolph Specl hardly meets the situation better
would be the organization strictly business basis nationals
land exchange along the lines of the board of trade and the stock exchange
the object of which should be regulate the conduct members selling
lands distance either for colonization investment provide fac
ties sale exchange lands and the
chaser guaranty fair dealing from the land seller and of getting
full knowledge what he buying and the difficulties he may
encounter if he becomes settler or investor
Those in the business of selling lands should themselves take
the initiative such the confidence the public and
the of the enterprise.
communities need of educated for
the What wanted information for the land
understanding upon him by
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25
WOuId-be
Farmers
Many of City-Bred
Underestimate
Work
By GEO. b. BRABBIT

HE VAST majority of cbred persons have place FARMS
and conception of the sedena independence nitatve
and ereance required to make of farming fruit
poultry raising of any branches of rural industry aside
from the capital required.
Indeed, most of those who undertake such change
destined to disastrous failure much farreachng in it's
results than the life of the particular individual
There is large class of city dweers to whom this does
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

PARTICULARLY appropriate to Halloween
9hey are usually made at home with
he aid of few vegetables such as
otatoes, beets, carrots and the like,
md the contriving of them will AFFORD
lot of amusement.
For example, with a fair-sized pota-
} for body, beet for head and
couple of carrots for legs you can
.hrn out quite a humanlike figure.
tand him firmly on his pins" paint
couple of eyes and a nose, cut a
lbund hole beneath the nose for
be insertion of a cigar and you
iii have sporty-looking goblin,
hich only needs some sort of hat
nd stick In his hand-his arms are
'hrrots also--to be perfect in its way.
The deft handling of a penknife will
accomplish wonders in the manufac-
ire Of such vegetable manikins, help
ing out here and there in a sculptural
Fay, while a little ingenuity in the
lontribution of minor accessories is
In important aid. For instance, a po-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

Some of the most amusing Of Halloween games
have for their object the solving of problems of
destiny in regard to rnatrimony. In one Of them
three small bowls are placed on the table-the
first empty. the second filled with clear
water and the third containing soapy water. Girls
are blindfolded in turn and led to the table, with
instructions to dip the left hand into one of the
bowls. If the hand is dipped into the clear water.
the maid will marry bachelor If into the soapy
water she will capture widower, and If into the
empty receptacle. she will remain spinster all
her life.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

the calendar. Hence
the name. All-Hal-
lows" or "All Saints
Day" The choice OF
this day was deter
mined doubtless by
the fact that the first
of November, or rath-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

who shall be the partner Of Its possessor for the
evening
Another amusing game requires that each girl
in turn shall go out in the yard or into the street.
blindfoded, and led by somebody else and PICK
up the first fallen leaf that comes to hand. II II
is ragged and dirty her future husband will be
poor If yellow he will be wealthy; If red he Will
be witty and brilliant man; if green he will be
a fool.
In case you are puzzled to choose between two
lovers place three nuts on stove or before the
fire so close that they will be gnited. One you
name for yourself and other two for the young
men respectively. If of the nuts jumps and
bounces away, you know that the person 1t rep
resents will prove tickle and undesirable hus-
band AS for the other, If 1t remains close by
and the two nuts burn to ashes together you
have reason to believe that this lover and your
self will make a happy match. Some quite an
cient verses describe the test foows
These glowing nuts are emblems true
OF what in human life view;
The ill-matched couple fret and fume
And thus in strife themselves consume.
Or from each other wildly start,
And with noise forever part
But the happy, happy pair,
OF genuine love and truth sincere;
With mutual fondness while they burn,
Still to each other kindly turn;
And as the vital sparks decay
Together gently sink away,
Till, lifes ordeal over passed.
Their mingled ashes rest at last
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25

Ow comes the festival
of the Bogie Man. IL
you want to try some
thing that is novel and
amusing in connection
with 1t you cannot do
better than make a few
experiments in the con-
struction of vegetable
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