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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-07
Ruston and N. p. Leave
1t to City Fathers

Judge Reid, for the Northern
Pacific, had another conference
last night with the town council of
Ruston over the franchise the
company wants through that town.
As a final solution to the diff
|culties 1t was agreed to ask the
Tacoma city commission to act as
umpire and decide what is right
between the two contending par
ties. The city commission will be
asked to go over the ground Sat
urday and make a recommends
Ition after hearing both sides.
Judge Reid wanted the matter
submitted to the state railway
but the Ruston peo-
pie said they preferred to submit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-07
WANT new TRIAL
FOR CAPT. SMITH

(By United Press Leased Wire.y
PHILADELPHIA, March -
With the assertion that he did not
have fair trial, friends of Capt.
Guy II. b. Smith, who was dis
missed from the army after sec
ret courtmartial, are today doing
everything in their power to have
the case reopened. They assert
their faith that Capt. Smith will be
cleared eventually.
Mrs. Barnette, wife of Lieut..
Colonel George L. Barnette, of the
marine corps, will again be the
center of interest in case a new
trial is obtained for Captain Smith.
1t was for alleged offenses re-
ported by Mrs. Barnette that Cap
tain Smith was brought to trial.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-07

HIS Career.
The career of Ballinger as sec
retary of the interior has been a
stormy one since his appointment
by President Taft in 1909. The
first year of his incumbency was
fruitful of allegations by many
that his friendliness toward the
vested interests hampered him in
an unbiased administration Of his
department. These charges were
more or less somnolent, until the
inception of the Cunningham case,
involving the title to thousands of
acres of coal lands in Alaska, val
ued at untold millions which had
been discovered by Arthur Cum
ningham, and which it is alleged
>he had parceled out among his
friends, but also among many men
high in political life.
The evidence brought -out at
this hearing, which was first in
stituted in Denver, and afterward
transferred to Seattle, was the
foundation for the famous Ballin-
ger-Pinchot controversy which re-
suited in the dismissal of Chief
Forester Clifford Pinchot from the
service and also the ending of the
~official life of Louis r. CLAWS, a
government special agent, whose
report on the Cunningham claims
was greatly to he-disadvantage
of the claimants, who were bend
ing every effort to prove upon
them.
Ballinger was the attorney for
the Cunningham claimants before
he became secretary of the interi-
or and up to the time of his ac-
cepting it had worked diligently
to have the title of Cunningham
and his assistants to this valuable
property accepted by the govern
ment.
The first shot in the campaign
which has finally resulted in the
resignation of Ballinger was fired
at the conservation congress held
at Spokane in 1910, when ex-Gov-
ernor Pardee OF California, in an
address before that body, bitterly
assailed Ballinger for his alleged
partiality in the Cunningham
claims, and also that he was Bit
ter enemy to the Garfield-P -Pinchot
policies for conservation of nat
ural resources.
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MINERS ON STRIKE
CIV United Press Leased wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
SPRING HILL. N. s., March z.
policemen arrived In
Spring Hill late yesterday from
Cape Breton for the. purpose Of
giving protection to the strikers
who want to return to work In the
mines. 1t is said the intention Of
1.-THE company is to place large
numbers at work IL afforded pro-
lection.
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Diaz government, and as Ameri-
can capitalists have investments
largely through concessions from
Diaz aggregation more than $780,
600, 900 in Mexico, it is believed
here that the demonstration is
against the Madero revolution.
1t was understood that Secre-
tary of the Navy Meyer has ar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-07

trail body to govern the Boy Scouts
of Tacoma. The committee will
report next Monday night. ALI
Times Boy Scouts wishing assist
.ance can get it from these men
who will be glad to help organize
patrols. Each patrol is to elect a
war correspondent" who will
send all news of the boys move
ments to the Times.
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MUST MARRY TO
GET $2,50O,0OO

. Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
. SPOKANE, March &c.
D s. Manning, aged 90, must
. marry within year If he
D wants $2,500,000 left by an
. uncle. Manning Is from
D Glenn Falls. Idaho. He has
D nothing. He has been a
. globe trotter and refused to
3 settle down to business at
. the request of his uncle in
D Waukegan, Wis. Thinking
. that marriage is the only
, way to tame the boy and stop
. his travelling the uncle left
. hdm his fortune but he must
. marry in a year to get it.
. He ought to be able to
. find wife now.
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asserted that the troops are to be
assembled for the purpose of man.
euvers but he did not deny that
it was the intention of the federal
authorities to send them into Mex
leo.
AS the state department openly
admits its support of the estab-
lished government of Mexico, the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-07

Here Is another mutilated pic
ture- of that prominent Tacoman
who appeared on this page last
night. If you think you know
who he Is. send your answer by
mail to the Puzzle Editor and get
a chance at the prizes. Here they
are:
First--A pair of parquet seats
for Lonesome Town." the excel
lent musical comedy in which Max
Dill appears at the Tacoma thea
ter Friday and Saturday.
Second. third. fourth and fifth
each two tickets to the Majestic
or Pantages theaters.
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Killed BY Mob
(By United Press Leased Wire. y

(By United Press Leased Wire.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, March
Little effort will be made. it
was conceded today, to prosecute
the members of the mob who last
night shot and killed Wood Ayres,
a prominent farmer, who was let
out of jail on heavy bond last fall
after a jury had failed to reacii
verdict on a charge of murders
ing his nother-in-law. Ayers was
riding home last night when he
was met by 100 Warren and Al
len county citizens and his body
riddled with bullets.
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1T to the city commission, so Reid
consented. ~
Reid says If the thing is settled
now that the company will start
work at once on the building of
the Narrows line.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-07
WILL HELP SCOUTS

u. e. Harmon,
G. A. Stanley
and c.. w.
O'Flynn were
named a COM
mittee of three
at the Y. M. C.
A. last night to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-07

(ISy United Press Wire.)
WASHINGTON, c.. TT acco ment of
letter bristng
today accepted the resignation Richard Achilles
interior. The
statement the White l..
lawyer and president National
League appointed Balngers
a few
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 7.-RicIard Balin
L.. Fisher of Chicago
With the Balngers became
resigned
until adjourned Yesterday Balinger
which President
Bainger resignation follows publication report
impeac Balnger
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TO SEND 10000 UNITED STATES
TROOPS TO MEXICAN FRONTIER
BY United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March Z.
information received by
the war department today caused
Secretary of War Dickinson to ad-
NIT that he was ordering the mo-
bilization OF 5000 troops along
the Mexican-United States border.
Secretary Dickinson officially
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LAUGH

Today with
] a m g s T.
Powers, the
star of the
f1snnv ssfro
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(BY A STREET CAR STRAP.)


The Tacoma Times and attacking
Inc llles would drive of Tacoma
own defense First
nave done for the directors the
have wager the Times will agree
dbondh
look old and don't I?
have toed have union rules
AT all hours of the day and far into the night working and
he
Wobble around the curves and the hills.
FROM O'Clock in the morning until the working girl
has reached her home night
her in standing in
want more that haved done for
har tand havec lung to
me While the joled
Maybe grandmother has to m in
OF these Think of that when criticise
of of
the Republic who
Scared old hands they lad-t really
thought they collapse
% destin
had mothers with babies
the little fellow would look
knew all ghthat kept his mother
wise she could
the special of young mothers. Often have
that ride the It. r. 81 F.
looking she had been c awfuly tired
She would look around o
I'd help her get down
These facts. Everybody n
know telling the
have done it. the of the
Times whether they like
tried to drive bondhodng here
for all time if will only
think it right that Mayor Fawce should
the public? think
seats instead of microbecovered
Strap?
SMy picture article hope that
kind readers who know well
likeness A ST. CAR STRAP
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Occasional rain tonight and
Wednesday. Light moderate south
winds.
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BALLlNCER RESIGNS AND TAFT ACCEPT
o. CAR STRAP TALKS

In the forthcoming campaign against Mayor Fawcet will
be discovered that those financial interests
VIII be almost sod against him. recently made
preparations to strengthen its hold Tacoma
tawcet has been
company One of his chief faults the corporation
crowd has been his attitude Peder
Jensen Who the people rewarded by sending the state senate
was one of this kind But the corporations didn't get him.
In connection with it's straphanger, the
lmes sometimes spoken unkindy Mayor
Faweett also has rubbed appears
the strap wants is.
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Former Governor Gage of California was ono
Of the attorneys who took big fees and agreed to
defend Lucky" Baldwin's will against all elaine
ants. Well, he resigned minister to Portugal,
as he found he had aeady job at home.
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concerning their future life partners. Indeed.
Saint Matrimony is the patron saint Of Hal
lowe'en. and it is the night Of all nights for
peering into the future. and particularly for
discovering just what sort of husband wife
fate has decreed for the unmarried
Halloween appears to be in its origin q Gu
rious combination Of classic mythology and
Christian superstition For instance. the Ro-
mans had on November l a feast to Pomona,
the goddess Of fruits and seeds, at which time
there was formal opening of the stores Of
eatable laid up in the summer for use in win
ter This may explain the origin Of the very
appropriate plan of using nuts and apples in
connection with the Halloween festivities. On
this same date occurred the great autumn fes-
tival to the sun. with which the Druids or an
cient Celts celebrated thanksgiving for their
harvest. On the eve of the day the Lord OF
Death called together the wicked souls that
within the twelve months had been con-
demned henceforth to occupy the bodies OF
animals.
Especially quaint has been the observance
of Halloween In Ireland, where from the earl
lest days it was the custom for each house
hold to set out on Halloween the best viands
it could afford, and apples and nuts were de-
voured in abundance. In some instances peas
ants went from house to house collecting
bread, cake, butter, cheese, eggs and other
eatables for feast. In many parts of Great
Britain bread or cake has long been associated
with Halloween, and to this day the women OF
some districts in England observe the custom
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carrots, russell oak leaves and green pine
boughs. Similarly the autumn products apples
nuts, grapes, etc.-ahord ample menu for re-
freshments for guests imbued with the spirit
of the occasion
A favorite means for lighting at Halloween
parties Is afforded by candles set in followed
carrots and JACKIE lanterns. The jack-o Ian
terms fashioned, as most of our readers are
aware. by removing the pulp from pumpkins
and squashes cutting openings to represent
eyes, and mouth and fastening lighted
candle inside. If desired, the bizarre effect
may be emphasized by adjoining the visage OF
the pumpkin lantern with painted white or
black eyebrows and mustaches Sometimes a
hostess ambitious to make her Halloween en-
tertainment unique in every respect elects to
hold 1t in barn or attic. or even In cellar
Black draperies and the symbol of the skull
and cross-bones have likewise been used on
occasion to add to the creepy" atmosphere.
No Halloween party would be complete with
out certain 1me-honOred pasttmes on the pro-
gram. Conspicuous among these Is the peren'
nially popular prank Of ducking for apples.
The apples are set afoat In tub and each
person essays to catch one Of the floating
prizes with the teeth The hands must not be
used at all in this attempt. 1t is said that
the only sure way to capture an apple is to
force it to the bottom OF the tub and there
hold it close while it is caught with the teeth
However, very few contestants employ this
method and their antics in pursuing the elusive
apples are often amusing in the extreme Test
may be given to the apple ducking by provfd
ing a grab bag Of prizes. which is open to the
contestants in the order in which they capture
apples.
An apples tied to string and swinging in
doorway is another variation Of this diversion
and yet another trick is to suspend stick by
a string middle placed
at one end of the stick and lighted candle at
the other, and the stick is then whrled around
rapidly. The object, Of course, is to catch the
apple with the teeth and not inadvertently
grasp the candle When cake is baked at
home for Halloween party it is customary to
place ring In the loaf just as In wedding
cake and also key. The ring, Of course sig'
nihes marriage. while the key signifies a Jour-
ney for the finder
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of baking on that night a cake for every men,
Der Of the family. Centuries ago it was the
practice to ring the church bells all night, but
King Henry VIII. Of England put stop to that.
In the United States at the present time
there is comparatively little thought given to
the history of Halloween in connection with
its twentieth century observance. Today 1t Is
above all else an occasion for sport and froics
and feasting in various forms. The customs
which were once ceremonies of belief are now
observed In jest. Particularly is this the case
with respect to the matrimonial forecasts, but
naturally interest In these methods OF learning
fates verdict Is not lessened by the knowledge
that the same expedients were employed In
deadly earnest by the bellies of several hum
dred years ago. The roasting Of nuts Is
timehonored Halloween practice, and many of
the ruses for learning fate's decree In the
matter of matrimony are identified with this
a number of nuts. each bearing the name Of
lover on the bars of CRATE among the embers.
According to the ritual If a nut cracks or
jumps the lover will prove unfaithful, where
as If 1t begins to blaze or burn he has regard
for the person making the trial. II the nut
burns quietly and brightly especial sincerity
Of affection is indicated Similarly, If the nuts
named after girl and her lover burn together
an early wedding may be looked for
Apples. next to nuts. are the favorte vehi-
cles for discovering on Halloween the inten-
tons of Cupid. Indeed. at the present time
perhaps the best known and most generally
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MUNY0N|. breaches
HOPE PHILOSOPHY
New Association Gaining Many
Members.
FAITHS CURATIVE POWER
NOTED HEALTH EXPERT
GIVES REASON FOR BIG
SUCCESS IN MEDICINE

Tremendous success has attended the
organization Of the new Munyon Hope
Cult" Professor Munyon claims that he
anticipated, and says that his "Hope
Cult is growing in leaps and bounds. It
's said that the total membership Of the
is now well over the half million mark.
In statement for publication Prof.
Munyon said:
Il want to talk to every sick. ailing and
want to tell them about my new phiioso-
ply of health which is the fruit of a
lag with sick folk.
II want to expound the Great Truth
that l have learned that there is more
e.; power IN an ounce of Hope than
should not take medicine except e, a
medium through which the great cura-
tive tive power Of Hope may be made effec-
present state of the worlds progress be-
cause they give patient physical sup
port and strength and renewed vigor
with which to brace up. the will power.
medicines. that he or she is feeling bet
ter. by this. inspired hope and faith.
which complete the cure.
sons at least in the United States have
declared themselves cured by my medi-
cines, and l know that these people have
Hdu TIE DeSt remedies In0ulCdl science
had to offer. have always contended
that if there is any virtue in medicine
my followers should have the best. but
I verify believe that more than one-half
Of those who have been lifted to health
from the bondage Of chronic illness.
through taking my medicines, have been
really. cured by the knowledge that they
had the utmost in medical lore at their
command. and the Hope this inspired.
II am not in any sense practicing
physician: I employ at my laboratores
in Philadelphia a large staff of expert
physicians and chemists and I have
many other physicians in various cities
of the United States detailed to give free
advice to the sick and afflicted. My
headquarters are at Munyon's Labora-
tories. SD and Jefferson SITS. Phila, Pa.
and I have there a staff of duly register
ed physicians and consulting experts.
and to all who desire It offer the best
Of medical advice absolutely free Of
charge"
Write today. addressing Prof. J. M.
Munyon personally and your letter will
have q special care
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cptimist must 60 out alone and unperceived
with handful of hemp seed, which he sows.
the while repeating Hemp seed: l SOW thee
and her that IS to be my true love come after
me and pull thee" Whereat, upon looking
over his left shoulder he ought to see like
ness OF his future sweetheart pulling the fresh
ly soWed seed. If the experimenter sees moth
Ing he must perforce conclude that he is never
to marry or else that he has not followed d.
rections explicitly enough in his test
There has been increasing appreciation dur
ing recent years on the part of hostesses OF
all ages that Hallowe'en-a night of laughter
and Jollity and mystery-affords a most de-
hghttul opportunity for entertaining in a
unique way. The quaint conceits in the amuse-
ment line which have already been improvised
1or this mystic occasion prove how inviting Is
this field for Individual ingenuity. Halloween
has become especially popular at the schools
and colleges of the country It is brief sea-
son given over to the pranks of the students.
and each student body tries to Guido the others
and at the same time surpass the exploits OF
Its predecessors. Particularly at the boarding
SCHOOLS Tor girls and at women's colleges Is
there fantastic observance OF Halloween.
The invitations to a Halloween party must
above all else have the requisite of novelty.
The wording may hint of dark secrets to be un-
folded. and as symbols of the occasion there
are representations Of witches riding brooms,
blinking owls. broad-winged mats. or pump
kins. For decorative purposes nature provides
hued material. such as cornstalks. pumpkins.
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chickweed, watercress or lettuce. A
lump of sugar should always be kept
between the cage wires within easy
reach.
Always give a canary bath the
first thing in the morning. After
cleaning the bottom Of the cage should
be sprinkled with gravel and sand (not
sand from the seashore. as the salt
will kill the bird).
Never hang the cage In draft or
a stin breeze, as canaries are very
susceptible to cold. Neither should it
remain uncovered In lighted room
at night, as the birds song is liable
to become impaired.
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over to war, with population less
ferocious, less fanatlcal than that Of
Fee or Mekinez, Morocco City has
been much more frequently visited by
Europeans than its northern rivals.
Geographically, Morocco City is the
real gateway to the Sahara. By the
famous Glawi pass one road climbs
over the Atlas to Tablet, and the car
AVIAN route continues to T1mbuktu. A
second road descends to the Draa
crossing the Atlas chain, while third
leads to Tarudant and the Sus coun-
try. Close communication with the
south has left its mark upon the peo-
pie, who are darger and show more
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practiced of all the Halloween recipes is that
which admonfshes the credulous maiden to eat
an apple before a looking glass while combing
her hair with the promise that If these direc-
lions be followed explicitly the face of her
destined conjugal partner will be seen in the
mirror as though peeping over her shoulder.
Equally well known is the scheme whereby
any maiden may find out the first letter of the
name Of her future husband by peeling ap
pie, taking the pairing by end in her fin
gers and after swinging 1t three times around
her head allowing 1t to fall in whatever fash
ion 1t may. little imagination may be neces-
sary to construe the position Of the pairing
indicative of desired letter, but usually this
mental aid Is readily supplied.
Another mode of peeping into the matri-
monial lottery has been transplanted to Ameri.
from Scotland. BY this plan the young
women 60 hand-ln-hand, blindfolded, or at least
with eyes closed, to the cabbage patch and
each pulls the first plant met with Earth on
the root Of the cabbage thus selected signifies
dowry. The shape and size of the vegetable
denote the appearance and size of the future
spouse. while the taste Of the heart and stem
indicate his disposition The Irish girls have
scheme for catching glimpse of future
husband by throwing ball Of yarn out Of the
window holding the end of the yarn and then
reminding 1t saying the Pater Noster backward.
II the ball Of yarn. outside in the darkness. be
watched carefully the young woman may hope
to be rewarded by seeing the desired appari-
ton. In this same old-fashioned category is
the legend which admontshes girl to wet the
sleeve of a shirt and hang it on chair before
the fire ere she retires on Halloween. Then If
she remain awake until midnight she may see
her future helpmate enter the room and turn
the drying garment.
Entirely erroneous is the impression prevail
ing in some quarters that all matrimonial prog
nosticatfpg. as carried on at Halloween, is for
the benefit Of the fair sex. AS matter Of fact
there are numerous forms Of divination de-
signed for the Of arden. SWANS. The best
known OF these is that wherein the smitten
youth descends cellar stairs with candle in
one hand and mirror in the other. hoping to
find the face of sweetheart reflected back to
him. Especially adapted for practice by farm
er lads is the hemp-seed ordeal. The youthful
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Famous Old Morocco City

ruined edifices surviving from tie days
when the city had 100000 Inhabitants
and was one of the world capitals Of
Islam, are the most considerable and
magnificent in Morocco. Equally beau.
tiful is the site OF this city in the up
per valley of the Tenesift river, sur
rounded in half circle by the great
wall OF the grand Atlas mountains.
whose snow-clad peaks are seen be-
yond foreground of large farms and
fertile fields. A city far less given