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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
Asquith Grieves.

LONDON, April 16.-Premier AS
quith in the house of commons today
deplored the Titanic disaster
while sorrowing," he said, I'VE
must nevertheless expires the deepest
admiration for the men in carrying out
the best traditions and saving those
least able to save themselves"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
WEALTH TOTALS BILLION.

NEW YORK, April 16.-The combined
wealth of the first class passengers
who went down with the Titanic will
easily reach $1,000, 100000. The for.
tunnes of six male passengers alone
will aggregate more than half bill.
liOn.- Ii these men met death vast bust.
ness enterprises in the United States
and England are sure to be affected
These six men are Col. John Jacob
AstOr, $780, 900.
Colonel Washington ROebling, $780,
O00. 200.
Isad0re Straus, $50,000,000.
George B. Widener, $5O,0O0,000.
Benjamin Guggenheim, $95,O0O,0OO.
j. B. Thayer, S$1O,OOO,O6O.
] These men are interested in the big
gest enterprises in the world. In ad-
ditiOn to being one of the worlds Iarg-
est realty holders, AstOr is connected
with nearly "A score of CORPORATIONS.
Guggenheim is next in financial I'M
pOrtance. He is connected with the
American Smelling and Sureties Co.
and has large holdings in the Smelter
trust. fsadOre Strauss is one of the
worlds best known merchants. Geo.
b. Widener is traction magnate Of
Philadelphia. ROebling with his ia
ther designed and built the Brooklyn
bridge. Thayer is vice president Of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
MRS. GUGGENHEIM FRANTIC.
Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim is i'm
pOrtuning everyone, demanding
Historically that something be done.
She said to Franklin, "FOr Gods sake
don't let expense count if there Is
chance. Hire steamboats, and rush
them to the scene."
At 1920 the excitement had reach
ed a high pitch that additional. po-
lice reserves were called out to re-
strain the crowd in front of the White
Star offices.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
MEN PLAYED MANS PART.

NEW YORK, April 16.-All reports
gers went to their doom like men.
The list Of survivors shows no dis
tinction, the women in the steerage be-
Ing given the same chance as wealthy
women. The men remained Oh the
Titanic to die.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
STAR MANAGER SAVED.

CAPE RACE, April 16.-ln the list
OF the Titantic's survivors caught here
by wireless, Bruce Ismay, the manag-
ing director of the White Line,A is the
only prominent male passenger given
as positively saved.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

Sacramento, Cal, John Bartholomew
of San Francisco, Mrs. Lucy Davis Par
ish and Mrs William Shelley, her
mother and sister respectively and ].
these probably lost their lives.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
MAJOR RuTT WENT DOWN,

WASHINGTON, April 49, President
Taft is greatly distressed over the fate
of the Titanic and is waiting for news
of Major Archibald w. Butt, his mil
itary aide. 1t is not believed that Butt
escaped.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

CAPE RACE, April 16.-In the par
tial list of survivors are the names of
Mrs. John Jacob Astor and also her
maid This makes almost certain that
John Jacob Astor was drowned.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

"Six hundred fifty persons aboard
the Carpatiia are the only survivors
Of the Titanic. The others went down
with the ship. The rescue ships have
failed to find more of the Titanic's
DasSengerS."
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
School Friends Meet.

KENDRICK, Idaho, April 15.-(Spe-
cial to the Daily Star-Mirror.) The
School improvement League of Ken
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

Aspray formerly pitched for the
Mansfield High school in Boston, Mass,
and Saturday delivered the goods with
remarkable speed. Hallam and Aim
quist, also were strong men. The
team is most promising.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

Reading, The Painter of Seville, Laura
Whitwell.
Piano, On the Holy Mount, Dvorak,
Elizabeth Hays.
Piano, Cantigno D'Armour, Lit, Mat
tie Heer. =
Piano, Rhapsodie No 2,Brahams, Ella
Oleson
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
M. H. S. Wins Game.

By score of II to the Moscow
High school ball nine defeated Pot
latch Saturday.
The lineup of the two teams was as
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

SIX HUNDRED FIFTY SAVED.
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD
WIRELESS STATION, April 16.-An
unsigned marcOnigram picked up here
and believed to be correct, says:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

Talked Back to Kaiser.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-02-02
La iglesia parroquial
d e S alin a S
Tn triunfo del Padre .Mitjans.

II elocuentisimo orador oagrado L.
j. Gabriel Mitjans acaba lie obtcner
an gran triunfo. con la terminaci6n de
la nueya iglcsia dc Salinas. editicio de
muy bueua arquitcctura en- n que
ba sido precise gastar algunos miles de
dollars. obstenidos por Ia constaute
sohritud del cmincntc 5accriote que ha
eHcontrado un podero~o auxiliar en- la
.Iuuta coStructora del templo. prcsidi-
da por uucstro distinguido amigo Don
Julio Benyemtti
Para solcmnizar cI fausto aconteei-
mlento han sido orgauizados muy atra-
ycntes fcStcjos, en- Salinas La ben
Iiojau d. Ia lglgsia teudri cferto ma
mana sjbado. las sicte de la uoche,
+ la inauguration 81 proximo domingo,
con a>.strucia del srHor Obispo
ga function religios5t :srrl solemn
slma hari tpoca .en lbs anales del
pueblo clt6Iico de Salinas.
III senior Obispo admimstrarl duran
tc los dIas cuatro cineo "a Sacramen-
10 dc la Confirmation.
En Ia saIa de:actos del Ayuntamien-
q So celcbrari uua >olrmne recep ION
eu honor de sit Iiustrisima
Agradeccmos cordiaImente la invi-
taci6u uur nos hapa mara. Ian asnl&D
did0s actos.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-02-02
El nuevo Tesorero
de Puerto Rico

Aver lego esta ciudad eI nacyo
Tcsorero de Puerto Rico senor Allen
H. Richardson
En- la tardc de aver mismo asisti6
la session del Consejo Executive y de
cjdi0 con su voto importantes cuesto-
mes legislativas.
FL BOLETIN SaIuda al uuevo tgn-
clouario a quien desea para bcnei.io
de todos. mucho acierto eu el desem-
pcno de su alto cargo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-02-02
Un accidente

d'ranci,co Recci, cgrEiuteroi que ira
bajaba EN- las .obr7ts de reparaci6n de
una casa de don Luis Acosta. EN- Faiar-
do. ST eay6 dc una altura de mas de
yeinte pies fraeturlndose la pierna IL
quierda y recibiendo ademis graves
contusiones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-02-02

mano derccha; Jose de. Pine, asfxia-
do: Angel Sami. confusion ru la mano
rodilla dcrechas Pio Conception +.
J. as3<ja3as otilio tj6ro- aerida cn
la IsTate Jose Narae1 j. hcrjda
area >lpnHar dery~aa Enrique Ja-
ner bcrida eu ia palma ae ia uauo de-
recha Juan del pino. confusion nom
hro derccho. Bartolo Bosra. coutu-
sion espalda El,uterio Ramos. contu-
sl"n aombro " brazo ilqJiefIoe. Iusto
Torres heridas p6muio derecho y cs-
palda y Sotero Colon. herida mano
derccha.
FL senor Enrique Jauer nuestro
particular amigo don Francisco Mas
caro- trahajaron constantemcnte. sin
descanso, cn la conducci6n de la mayor
parte dc los heridos, ia sala de cuca-
clones FL interes demostrado por cs-
tos taballeros es digno lie todo eaco-
MO
-. como esperamos, recibimos otfas
notlcias dc nuestro active Corrcspon-
sal EN- Caguas, las publicaremos opor-
t""amente- s. EEa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-02-02
FL carnaval en- Ponce
Bales en- ell Casino Espanol.

FL distlnguido y progr .i>ta circulo
social, Casino ESpanol d. Ponce. So
diSpouc "a cooperar valiosamcnte la
celebration del Carnaval en aQuella po-
bla#6a
II Casino ESpanol dar3 los suntIo.
sos bail, los diaS Is y ~ tel corrien-
&c. para clio ha contratsdo Ia orqucs-
"a qac dirige II rcpu'ado maestro Don
Manned TizoI uno d. nae,tros mas
acreiitado, profesores a. m1sjca.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-02-02
GUlA POSTAL Y DIRECTORIO GENERAL De PUERTO RICO
JUAN DE CHCUOENS
Ieado de Corr
Primera
P0R
JUAN DE OHCUOENS
EmpIeadO de GOrreos

Fnmera edclon de 5000 voGmenes edada taere
La icy de renas 1nernas y regamentos de sanidad.
otros
La rea6n de los Dhrios eectoraes brrio de
producos del
PrSio $roo franco dep
Dvaa en- BOLEN MRCNM 4. PtrzMods Lynn c.
P o. Box. 488-San uan.
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youngster who found that while parents
may not be exactly in the way of toy
land, they are at least to be forgotten
for the time being Santa demands al
attention. and no distinctions of caste are
to be found in his dominion. Rich and
poor alike are welcome, and the spirit OF
Christmas reignS
X
Say, isn't that bully engine said
one little man. hands in the pockets of
his rubber rain coat and his healthy lit
money could buy.
''Yeh, it's peach" replied the time
being playmate. his ragged sleeve nearly
as shiny as his big, bright eyes. But
then any little boy either in a rubber
rain coat or a ragged hand-me-down
would have to acknowledge that it was
a splendid train, for it had a searchhght
on front and dashed around the curve
and through the tunnel at lightning
speed. The only passenger rode in SOL
emn pomp in the freight car.
law. get on to the old bum,' laughed
the youngster whose acquaintance with
haps not been limited. Then they both
laughed.
Good heavens, Billy. I've been search
ing for you everywhere!' declared q
voice tn3t quite evidently showed Its
owners disappToval Of Billy's where
abouts and playmate. 1t was a voice
that had no business in toyland and the
Spirit CT Christmas sighed and passed
its hand gently over the head Of the lit
tie ragged boy as Billy was hustled
away from an association with bum in
a freight car and a-oh, we'll, this mother
didn't happen to know the laws of toy
land!
when I was child" declared a be-
lever in-the- way-things-used-t to- be, chill
dren expected only candy and nuts and a
few inexpensive presents and they were
all happy because Santa Claus had
brought them. But nowadays"
Just walk through the toy department
OF any store, oh. cynical one, and find
the children "who-used-to-be'' right
here today.
What do you expect Santa Claus to
bring your was asked one little boy of
twelve who gazed quite as wistfully at
the toys as any other little boy in the
store.
well. talked to mother about It and
she told me how many boys and girls
Santa had to visit and that sometimes he
didn't have enough to go around, 30 am
really only going to ask him for q suit. %
came the reply. You see, the one / have
isn't very good and really needed a
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PEEIsHA6E KIrr SroRAcE
A

quantities, and are returned by each firm
desiring to compete in the bids. So wide
spread Is the interest taken in Uncle
Sans Christmas in Panama that manu-
facturers and wholesale firms throughout
the country eagerly compete for the honor
of furnishing some item of the enormous
quantity of toys to be shipped to Pan
anna The prices at which each firm Of
fers these wares are plainly stated. and
as rule the lowest bidder receives the
contracts.
When these Christmas toys are display
ed at the commissary shops on the 18TH
mus they are as attractively set forth as
they would be in any large department
shop. But, wholly unlike any other shops,
not a penny of actual money passes
across the counter. The shopping at
Uncle Sans shops in Panama is done en-
tirely with coupons If You are an army
officer or an employee Of the government
you secure on the first of every month a
book of coupons and all of your orders are
paid from such books, the prices Of which
range from $3.50 to $15. The coupons,
ranging in denomination from 10 cents to
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THOUSANDS of Gifts
1 Are Shipped to the
Isthmus-The Governments
Great Stores, Where the
Canal Employees Do Their
Shopping ALL Kinds of
Toys. Books and Presents
for Grown-ups, as Well as
Real New England Christmas
Trees-How the Children of
Panama Are Remembered by
Uncle Sam-Purchase of the
oys-T The Governments
Yuletide Food Supply for
Panama.
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5 and 1 cent, are good until used This
arrangement Of denominations Is neces-
sary in order to make the right change.
The average coupon sales for each
month during the year have been $780,
G37 SO. Coupons torn from the employees
commissary book by the salesman are
first counted by the salesman and then
counted by the commissary storekeeper
or his clerks before they are sent to the
Office of the local auditor of the Panama
railroad. together with a report of the
days coupon sales. In the accounting
department of the local auditors office
the coupons of each commissary for one
day are counted three times to check
them with the report of the storekeeper
If they check correctly the counted
coupons are placed in a machine and de-
stroyed. If they fail to. check to an
amount of SIS or over, the matter is re-
ported to the Office of the manager. where
a record Of the commissarys coupon
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pr1e of Christmas Abroad i'm the Toy DEPARTMENTS

slider in toyland. for the Spirit of Chris
mas brushes by such mundane matters
There IS SO a Santa Claus!' declared
a little believer, her cheeks afiame in his
defense.
Jaw. you can't make me believe that
stun now" replied the young scornful
Why. he hardly brought me nothing
asked for last year,
tie GIRL triumphantly: IL you believe in
him and know that you are going to get
the things you ask for they are sure to
come. Old Santa knew you didn't think
he was coming to You, SO he left you
Outr'
This little Washington girl is eleven
years old. but the spirit Of Christmas still
rests its hand on her shoulder for she
knows SO many OF her old Santa's habits
and doesn't hesitate to tell about them in
then one wonders how anybody could see
toyland and not believe in the fat. jolly
old man who puts all the things there.
Surely he can be found among his dolls
and cars. and all the other products OF
his workmanship. And in these days OF
apartment houses. where old Santa would
have difficulty in coming through the
steam radiator, the children have to find
q place outside of the home to get in the
surest communication with this gift
bringer. But Kris Kringle isn't very
respectful observer OF Uncle Sans pos
tai system. and accepts letters from all
points.
Please des div this to Santa Claus
said little voice in a stage whisper.
The saleslady gazed down on a tiny three
year-old bundle of baby faith and plead
ing. Some little distance up the aisle the
mother and father were already anxiously
searching for her.
You'll div 1t to him and you won t
let nobody see?" said this surreptitious
little writer OF letters to Santa Claus as
she Immediately became SO intent in a
large fiaxen- haired dolly that no one
could doubt but that this wonderful OBJ
ject had gained SO much OF her admira-
ton that to see 1t again she had slipped
away from mother and father.
Then the saleslady did an awful thing.
Perhaps 1t wouldn't be wise to even tell
it-for she opened and read the little
lady's correspondence. But to no avail.
for Santa IL q clever old man, and among
his other mysterious habits he has his
secret code. Only he could read and un-
derstand the baby scribbles and scrawls
that covered the sheet
This little girl. however. wasn't the only
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toys are boxed and must be delivered for
shipment not later than November % at
Uncle Sans pier 81. at the new foot Of
West 9th street, New York. with all
freight, carriage and other charges pre-
paid at the prices quoted in the proposal
to the Panama railroad.
The successful bidder is not then en-
tirely SAFE If he has not lived up to the
letter of the law in his goods furnished to
Santa Claus, Uncle Sam reserves to him.
self the right to reject any and all ship
ments falling below the required stand
ard on their arrival in Panama. The
wrongdoer, in such an event. Is pretty
sharply dealt with by Santa Claus. whose
righteous wrath. when reused. is not a
thing to be laughed away
The orders for Christmas toys are is
sued by the purchasing department of the
Panama railroad the first week In Sep
TENDER. and are sent wherever desired
over the country. These orders explicitly
state what toys are required and in what
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eAAOiN ~ Get Nlc a very ROOO one and L
thought that maybe if I waited until
Christmas. Santa Claus would bring me
q nice Ones'
Surely old Santa will look down from
his castle at the north pole and remem-
Der this little boy. But then he does
have ever SO many little boys and girls to
remember and, oh dear, how many the
wants and how long the letters! Numer-
Gus are these letters that are turned in
at the department stores and each tells
Its own little story of Santa Claus, who,
with all his kindness to girls and boys.
isn't free from fault, according to one
little girl. Her letter. addressed to Santa
Claus at certain department store that
had advertised Kris Kringle's presence
on particular afternoon at the toy de-
partment. read:
Dear Santaclaus I went all through
trubie had got up to the store to see
you and you was not there and l even
brought my little friens with me and We
nad TO spend our car fair for nothing to
just see you and We got fooled had got
q postdel card from You to come up and
the next time l come up 1 want to see
you so that won't get fooled again.
your little friend, FRANCES
Any one can see that this was a great
breach Of etiquette on the part of Santa
Claus, though the old gentleman did make
1t up with souvenirs he gave to those
children who visited the store on the day
Of his arrival. But to criticise is perhaps
one OF the earliest grown-up habits that
YOUNGSTERS learn and poor old Santa got
his share that day.
The crowd was quite large and big, fat
KRIS krtngie became SO exhausted, when
the souvenirs were half distributed that
he retired into the managers office When
q int oil ~
glasses. Now anybody knows that he
only did this to rest his poor old eyes.
but two little boys evidently thought diff
ferently about the matter.
Jaw. say, he's got on specs now" ex-
claimed one little fellow.
Yes. and he's thinner-you know that
amt Santa Claus. but just somebody
dressed up" came the reply.
Fortunately. Santa didn't hear, and
none of the other children told him about
1t, for. truth to tell, they didn't hear it
themselves. Who could listen to little
boys' chatter when there stood old Santa
with his jolly sides shaking and his
chubby hand ready to grasp that OF each
and every little boy and girl. The Spirit
Of Christmas smiled on it all.
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CHR1srr1As SUPPLIES Are DELIVERED
by RAIL INSTEAD Or By RENDERS

its way an Office of tremendous impor-
lance. as 1t is practically Independent Of
the War Department and only in weighty
matters Is 1t answerable to the Secretary
Of War. All business bids and vouchers
are attended, to by the New York office
without communication to the isthmian
commission in Washington.
A faint idea of the enormous work in
volved for all concerned in the work of
executing Uncle Sans Christmas orders
for Panama may be CLEANED from the
mere item Of the mechanical dolls and
toys. Not a single defective toy does
Santa Claus permit to be offered for sale
over his commissary counters and his
1nJunctions laid upon the country at large
regarding the packing and shipment of
all such are stringent. Each toy, from
the simplest to the most expensive, must
be in absolutely good condition when de-
livered
When Col Simpson and such Of his as
sociate officers as he may select go to
personally inspect these goods furnished
Oy some New York wholesale house, it is
by no means an easy task which falls to
their lot, as a regulation military inspec-
ton of all toys to be shipped must then
be made. and the toys are strictly reQuir-
ed to come up to the standard. Every
doll and animal manufactured with q
speaking or squeakfng part must then
be out on parade. and going up and down
the lines selecting at random they must
be tested.
Should doll accredited with the ability
to utter a plaintive mamma or papa
decline to do SO at this military inspec-
ton 1t cannot go down to Panama. Or
If represented as opening and shutting
its eyes. it fails to do 30 at the psychic
moment of the inspection. Uncle Sam
literally turns his back upon It and de-
clines any further acquaintance. The
same rule applies to all manner Of me-
chanical toys. flying machines, airships,
toy balloons and miniature wireless sta
lions.
This rigid inspection concluded, tho
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NCLE SAM as Santa

NCLE SAM as Santa
Claus in Panama
W i'll h We his
c h r s tmas trees
ablaze with "A, 800
W a K c a n d ! e 8.
G ] e a m ing with
e cry prismatic
hue, there will be
3.@ colored glass
balls and orna-
ments. With lavish
hand he will scatter