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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30

five shillings for adults and two shill-
ings for minors were specifically pro
vided for.
Paralysis in spring building opera
tions is threatened here as the result
of the executive counsel of the car
penters' union ordering it's 1900
members out on a strike. They will
walk out Monday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
BALKAN STATES
KNIT TOGETHER

BUDAPEST. Mar. 30.-Rumors OF
the bethrothral of Princess Elizabeth
of Roumania, and Prince Boris of Bull
garia, are persistently circulated. 1t
is expected the bethrothal will be fol-
lowed by closer alliance between the
two countries, which view with alarm
the recent changes of the policy of
Russia toward the Balkans. Official
confirmation Of the engagement is
lacking.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
May Get Maine.

PORTLAND, Maine, Mar. 30.-Col.
Roosevelt is the choice of the majority
OF instructed delegates so far elected
in this state to attend the state re-
publican convention on April 10. The
figures show 178 delegates instructed
for Roosevelt, 105 for Taft, and 115
nninstructed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
Reds to Indianapolis.

CHICAGO, Mar 30.-John M Work,
national secretary of the socialist par
ty. announced today that the refer
endum vote shows 25,501 socialists in
favor Of holding the national socialist
convention in Indianapolis, May II and
II, 521 favor Oklahoma City.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
MEXICO GIVES JAPAN
MAGDALENA IS REPORT

reported negotiations between Mex
leo and Japan have been concluded,
providing the establishment of large
Japanese settlement On Magdalena bay
but protest is expected from the Uni
ted States based on the Monroe doc
tripe.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
May Go Free.

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 3O.-Judge
Lawler said yesterday that he would
decide next Friday if he would dis
miss the remaining indictments
against former Mayor Eugene Schmitz,
charging him with accepting bribes.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
WHAT SHE DID TO MAN
FOUND IN HER ROOM

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 3O.-Wher
she caught a burglar in her apart
ments early today, Miss Ethel Irving
pretty society girl, sprang at his
throat and seized his hair. Then she
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
Walk Across Continent.

OLYMPIA, Mar. 30.-Carring a let
ter from Governor Hay of Washington
to Governor Dix of New York, Clyde
Patton and Guy Neeley, both aged 10,
Will start -on April to walk across
the continent to Albany, N. Y.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
ITALY WOULD GET !
ISLES OF GREECE

CONSTANTINOPLE, Mar 3O.-Ad-
vice was received here today by the
Turkish government to the effect that
the Italian fleet is stationed of Iemous
in the Grecian Archipelago, preparing
to disembark troops.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
Established Aviation Speed.

SACRAMENT, Mar. 3O.-Charles K.
Hamilton, established worlds avia-
ton speed record of SO miles, when he
Travelled in an aeroplane from Stock
ton to Sacramento, SIT miles, in 23
minutes.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
TEDDY MAKING
WAR MEDICINE

CHICAGO, Mar. 30.-Colone1 Roose-
welt arrived here this morning. He
had lunched with the national Roose-
welt committee at the Congress hotel.
He left over the Michigan Central at
LAO D. m.
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threw the clock at him but missed.
The burglar, getting the worst of it,
leaped through an open window and
slid down the fire escape. Her bravery
saved several hundred of dollars of
jewelry.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
POLICE CHIEF HELD
FOR KILLING YOUTH

the murderers and convicts who escap-
ed from the state penitentiary. Sheriff
Byers of Lincoln and Deputy Warden
Trouten of South Omaha, were censur-
ed as accessories in killing Blunt.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-That Japan
has succeeded in gaining valuable con-
cessiOns in Mexico about Magdalena
bay is the purport of a special cable
pgram from Toxic printed here in the
Evening Telegram. 1t says that it is
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30

OMAHA, Mar 30.-W. r. Hearst, to-
day faces libel suits to the amount of
100000. 1t is alleged that his news
papers in the presidential campaign
four years ago libelled former Cover
nor Thomas N. Haskell of Oklahoma.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
Sugar Case to Jury.

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-Judge Hand
this afternoon delivered the charge to
the jury in the sugar trust case on the
illegal combine charge. A verdict is
expected tonight.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30

SPRINGFIELD, Neb., Mar 30.-Chief
of Police Briggs of South Omaha, was
found guilty by the coroners' jury of
criminal culpability in killing Henry
Blunt, a farmer in the recent hunt for
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
Will Suspend Work.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Mar. 30
suspend Sunday night, according TO a
statement made today. At that time
7346 men will quit work.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
Miners Walk Out.

Shamokin, Pa, Mar. 30.-Anticipat-
ing a general strike order at any time
many miners employed in the sur
rounding colliories refused to report
for work today. The others merely
got ready for a walk out
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30

Seven young men from Kendrick
and Juliaetta took the examination to-
day before the local civil service board
for rural mail carrier.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30
Explosion in Oklahoma.

TULSA, Okla Mar. 30.-This city
was shaken today by the explosion of
a nitro-glycerine factory. Several are
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-30

reported killed. There was a heavy
property loss.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-20

pared Detective Quirk wen> to Bridge
ton, n. j., where he swore out a war
rant for Brown, went to Vineland, ar
rested his man and locked him up in
the Bridgeton jail. He then went to
Princeton to have the papers honored
by Governor Wilson.
When asked il she would sell more
of her blood for her children's sake
Mrs. Brown said:
IL love my children like all true
mothers should. l would sell more of
my blood and would even sacrifice my
life If it would keep them from suffer.
ing. My husband deserted me and
was without money. l sold my blood,
as that was the only way ] could earn
money to pay their board"
Mrs. Brown Is sweet-faced little
woman and while she talked she at
fectionately patted her twin sons. She
is Of slight build and weighs about 120
pounds About five feet two inches
tall, she has gentle manner and is a
favorite in her neighborhood. None
there knew of her plight, as she al
ways smiled when she met them, as
II she did not have care IN tbs
world
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-20
tests as Surgeons Carve.

Beaver Falls, Pa.-While surgeons
carved and sewed his feet during an
operation at the Providence hospital,
]. T. Mecklin OF Ellwood City lay on
the table and TESTED with those
around him. For some time Mecklin
had been afflicted with disease of
the veins in his feet, and the ailment
had become so serious that an oper.
alton was decided on When the sur.
geons were ready to begin the opera.
ton Mecklin refused to take an
anesthetic of any kind and declared
that they might proceed with their
work, as he was not greatly concern.
ed over the pain. He never within.
pered during the operation, although
the surgeons say it was of a very
painful nature.
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WERE EXTRAORDINARY

posing as a victim. That story of the
stolen coat was cIeverly invented; but
from the way you told it. it dawned
upon me that you might be the sup
posed thief and that the coat is here
Your next mistake was also very
bad; your master, having extracted
the diamonds from the pendant, left
you the gold setting-no doubt by way
of perquisite-and you put the little
lotus flower in your pocket. In the
evening you wanted to play the swell ;
You dined in fashionable restaurant;
but you got so drunk that you dropped
your gloves, your handkerchief, and
also the gold flower.
Worse still, your handkerchief and
gloves tell should rather say smell
their own tale. People in your pro-
fession should not use scent. Unfor-
tunately for your master, his olfactory
nerves are less developed than his 9TH
er senses otherwise he would not have
allowed you to use it. l noticed that
smell when l called after the robbery.
Now comes your crowning per
Torrance: Your Russian accent was
as good a thing as ever | heard. |
even own that at first it deceived me.
But YOU should have remembered that
when a man once adopts foreign &C
cent he must stick to it-even when
he is alone An hour ago, when you
knocked your shins, you started swear
/ ing in the purest Partisan slang.
"And the result of these mistakes is
that it Is now my duty to arrest you. y
The changes in the mans face, while
l spoke, were extraordinary. Surprise,
disappointment, fear, despair. shame.
alternately were depicted, until finally
his features assumed an expression OF
! resignation, which they retained.
At my request he showed me the
stolen coat. 1t was hanging in one OF
the cupboards.
| The man seemed numbed. When we
arrived at the Police Prefecture gave
orders to let him what we call in po
lice parlance simmer In room by
himself to collect hts thoughts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-20
SELLS HER BLOOD ;
TO FEED CHILDREN
Story Of Mothers Heroism
Comes Out When Hus-
band Arrested.
WAS WITHOUT MONEY
Deserted Wife In Destitute Circunf-
stances Submits to TRANSMISSION
Operation In Order to Procura
Food for Her Little Ones.

Baltimore, Md.-President-ele VIII
son the other day signed requisition
papers for a Baltimore detective to
arrest Charles Leroy Brown, glass
blower, at Vineland, N. j., charged
with deserving his wife and children
in this city, and he became deeply in
terested in the case when the de
tective told him how, deserted by her
husband, with no support for herself
and seven-year-old boy twins and she
Ill In hospital, the mother had given
a quantity of her blood to obtain
money for the twins support. The
story of the mothers sacrifice became
public when Detective Thomas Quirk
returned from Vineland with Brown.
who had been indicted by the grand
jury for deserving his family.
According to the detective, Brown
disappeared in March and until three
months ago the mother worked to
provide for herself and children. Then
she had to go to Johns Hopkins hos
pital to become the mother of another.
During her illness her small savings
dwindled until she had but few pen
MES left, and recently, while she was
q patient, she sold a quantity of her
blood for S25 to pay the board of her
other children, who were being looked
after by friends
Learning one day that patient In
another institution was in a serious
condition and that the only hope of
the surgeons was in transfusing soma
healthy blood into his body, Mrs.
Brown offered to sell her blood. The
surgeons made an examination, found
her blood healthy and a vein in her
left wrist was opened and the blood
taken. Mrs. Brown stood the opera
ton well in few weeks was able
to leave the institution.
In the meanwhile the case of the
mother and children was brought to
the attention of the states attorneys
Office and the husband vas located In
Vineland. The authorities there re,
fused to arrest the man, it is said, and
after extradition papers had been pre-
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was of little value and put it in my
pocket for luck
''Shcw it to me. Tips" l said
She took it out of her purse and
threw it on the table 1t was tiny
lotus flower in green enamel and gold.
gazed at it long time, and could
hardly repress a smile when, looking
up, noticed the expression in Tips
eyes.
why do you laugh, Monsieur Cor
on?" she asked And do you mind ex-
| planning what it ali means?"
Il am laughing for several reasons,
Tips: but especially because you eye
me suspiciously I. is the world re-
versed."
She was holding the handkerchief
| to her nose, and smiling hard.
ct may be my imagination" she
said. "but fancy trace slight smell
of violets. Is that the scent you
meant"
mo, Tips. Perfumes. like flowers,
have a language Of their own. Ian
guage which / am afraid you would
not understand l shall keep she hanc
| kerchief and the enameled flower, fof
have a notion that l shall come
across the person who is now anxious
" looking for both. Will you come
back this afternoon
Certainly" And she tripped out
of the room.
| | had made no disclosures to her, and
let her go, fully CONVINCED of the truth
of her story. / was beginning to see
daylight, and the matter was also
growing in interest.
My first visit was to Madame H
whom fortunately l found at home
She recognized the lotus flower as
forming part of the stolen pendant
and pressed me with questions, which
refused to answer.
Then / went to the Cafe Sylvan
Tips statement was confirmed by the
waiter. A dark, close-shayen man hat
dined there the night before, and had
droppeA several things. After he had
lSooS IL waiter had found pair o.
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4 =
gloves, which ne brought me. They.
| too, exhaled the same faint, curious
smell. Thrusting them into my peck
| ct, promptly drove to the Avenue de
Palma
The baron-the concierge informed
| me--was out of town. / mounted the
! stairs to his apartment on the second
] floor, and was just going to press the
| bell when | quickly withdrew my
hand, and stood motionless-I had
heard a noise Somebody near the
door was moving a box of a heavy
piece of furniture. 1t was Boris, the
valet. / heard him bump against
I something, uttered an exclamation of
pain and relieve his feelings in vile
! language. :
l softly stole downstairs, and in less
than three-quarters of an hour return
ed with two of my men.
| Boris opened the door His master,
he said, had gone to Nice.
THAT does not matter" I remarked;
my visit is to you. have come to
bring you the news that | have dis
covered the man who stole your mas
ter's coat. | can even give you the
address OF the house where you will
find it,"
The man eyed me and my compan-
ions with establishment, and remarked
that his master would be glad to hear
it.
THAT remains to be SEEN" contin-
ued. For the moment l have to deal
with you, and l must say that l am
surprised your master should have Sc
lected you to assist him in his work.
l never saw man so bungle things.
Your master and you go to Mad
anne HIS house on an expedition
of peculiar nature. Your master
apparently great expert-performs a
marvellous trick of slight-of-hand in
making jewel disappear from glass
| case, and then diverts suspicion by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-20
Named your farm yet?

Named your farm yet?
Any shade in the pasture? Why
not?
The golden text for June Is: "Keef
| the soil stirred"
If you want to kill weeds. cultivate
or hoe them when the sun siines hot
The trouble with the honey bee is
that it doesn't carry honey at both
ends
No, lime is not good for potatoes:
it fayors scab. So does 100 much
stable manure.
| Now, please, don't let the mower
rattle all to pieces. Keep it well oiled
and every nut screwed up tightly, and
don't let the knives or guards ge.
dull.
| Reno mber, brother farmer, that the
hot weather and hard work tax the
strength of your wife. She Will enjoy
| going to the store with You and riding
slowly home in the cool Of the eve
ming.
To keep moles from bed, sink a
close-mesh wire netting foot wide
into the soil around, allowing it to
| extend about two inches above the
surface. If you have no netting, use
boards Either will prevent the en-
trance of moles into the bed.
The harvest season is the most try.
ing of the year There is so D1uch to
be done, so little time to do II In and
so few hands to accomplish 1t, that
we are often at our wits end Let US,
however, have a care lest We attempt
too much and lest we put too great a
burden upon wife and daughter. The
sanitariums are filled with men and
women who have broken down from
work and worry at middle life. The
utmost that we can hope 70 gain is
not worth such fearful sacrifice.
Cut closer hay when about half the
blossoms are brown; cut timothy just
as the bloom is falling. Curing clover:
| Cut it as soon as the dew is Off In the
morning. At noon shake out the
punches. rake into windows before
evening dews get on 1t, and let 1t lie
until next day. Next day shake out
the hay as soon as the dew is off. You
ought to be ready to haul, on a hot
day, by II o'clock, or certainly after
| dinner. It spoils clover hay to get
too dry. 1t should never be put into
the barn when wet With rain or dew;
but little sap won't hurt It, Curing
timothy: If the crop il rot too heavy
and rank, cut as soon as the dew is
off, let It cure few bours rake into
windows and haul tr the barn the
same day. If crop is rank, cut in the
afternoon; it will wilt some during
the night and dew will not hurt 1T.
Next days sun will dry 1t in few
hours, when 1t can De raked into
windrows; haul 1t to the barn In the
early afternoon.
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Why, then. did he steal that pen
dant, a most difficult undertaking,
where he ran terrible risk"
Il have asked myself that question
several times. / am inclined to think
he was short of money. On the other
hand, he is strange men. Danger
attracts him, and | would not be sur.
prised If the very difficulty of the
thing tempted him.
Heaving sigh, he added:
Il don't care what becomes of me,
Monsieur Goron, if l but get out of
that mans clutches"
The baron had gone to Nice, and
Boris gave me his address.
had telegraphed to Nice to keep an
eye upon him until my arrival.
waited until he returned from the club
to his hotel, and then informed him
that he would have to come with me
to Paris, to answer the charge of hav'
ing stolen jewel.
He eyed me for moment with a
slight lifting of the eyebrows.
Il must warn you, Monsieur Goron,'
he said, that you are risking your po
sition by arresting me on such a pre-
posterous charge"
IL take the risk"
He did not utter syllable when We
overhauled his luggage, nor when we
searched his pockets. And all the way
to the capital he remained silent.
At the Police Prefecture he made
formal protest against his arrest
and then drove with me and an Official
to his apartment, which had been kept
under observation Except the famous
fur coat found nothing of interest be
yond a quantity of correspondence
and heap of documents-chiefy IN
Russian-which I sealed in his pres
ence and took back to the Prefecture
On the following morning the haror
was to be confronted with Boris.
/ had informed Madame H that
Baron s. had been arrested; and &
couple of hours later she and Uncle
Jerome came to my office in greal
alarm to tell me that they did NO
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and With her purse drew out small
silk pocket handkerchief which she
laid On my writing-table. took 1t up,
for | Immediately detected the same
faint perfume that had struck me at
the baron's chambers.
What scent is that, Tips?" | asked.
There is no scent on It," she re-
piled Grossly. Il never use any!"
do you mean to tell me you smell
nothing?" And l held the handaer-
chief to her nose.
mo; nothing"
I'm that case, Tips, all I can say is
that this handkerchief cannot be your
property How do you come by it?'
She bit her lip, and, after silence
began:
81 really do not understand why you
are so interested in my handkerchiefs.
call it indiscreet. And now, allow
me to wish you good-morning.
please sit down again, Tips, and
excuse my being what you call indis-
Greet. But / must and will know more
about this handkerchief. Once more
ask you how you came by it,"
"Ipicked it up last night at the Cafe
Sylvan"
do you know who lost it?"
Yes; man."
What man."
II don't know him."
Tips, speak the truth"
81 am speaking the truth. I swear
it. I had dined at Sylvain's last night
and was drinking my coffee, when a
gentleman at the table next TO me
asked the waiter for his bill. | fancy
he must have taken little too much
champagne, for he dropped first his
pocket-book, then his keys, and finally
several gold pieces. After he had left
saw this handkerchief on the floor,
and when | picked it up small gilt
tering thing fell out of 1t. / saw it
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want to prefer q charge ssainst ras
/ looked at them in amazement.


baron.
looked at them in amazement
Yes" they said, speaking in excited
tones, this case must never come to
trial. We dare not face the scandal"
! What scandal" l shouted.
| The scandal in the press. Why, we
should become the laughing,stock OF
all Paris,"
You surely cannot expect me-"
steEnly returned, ito enter into such
considerations. | think myself lucky
In having caught that fellow, and he
certainly shall not escape. Moreover,
you do not seem to be aware that even
your Withdrawing the charge would
| not further matters as far as you are
concerned, for the case is already in
the public prosecutors hands"
| They whispered together, and left.
But it was written that this affair
should be fraught with surprises.
| was asked to call at once on the
examining magistrate on an urgent
matter, and, with a grim smile, he
handed me document.
1t was demand from the Russian
Government for the extradition of =
so-called Baron s. on a charge o.!
forging bonds, swindling, and bribina
state officials
1t meant transportation for life
The baron's nerves nearly gave way
when this news was communicated TIC
him. But he made a violent effort
and, turning to me said:
| Il have a request to make of you.
Monsieur Goron. Do what you can for
that poor wretch Boris. He has moth.
| ing to do with this Russian business.
l trust you understand me?"
1t spoke we'll for the man that in
this hour of trouble he thought of the
humble companion whose ruin he had
worked.
Things altogether underwent an odd
| change. 1t was decided not to proceed
against the baron in connection with
the jewel robbery. as 1t was doubtful
whether, owing to Madame HIS at.
titude, a conviction could be obtained
After the usual formalities the baron
|
Gals, and twenty years transportation
fell to his share.
| Boris was released from custody
after a severe admonition. / never
again came across him.
One day a lady asked to see me. On
her card read: Madame Alfred o.
She entered and recognized Tips
looking as pretty as ever.
81 knew you would be glad to see
me-" she began.
Very glad, Tips.
you see, We We're married si1
months ago. Alfred inherited little
money, and is quite reformed char
acter. He has become bookmaker
and has a fine connection. help him
In the business"
| Naming winners, suppose?"
! "Of course! Isn't my name Tirs?'