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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
Sbec;a1 Features Tomorrow
In The Sunday Star

"a MIXER OF WoNDER
DOLLS" Is the title that las
been Ssue,, to a h~snbIe soonsdn
in Germany, aoho fashions re-
4narkabIe Heenesses Of childhood.
They are knotcn the soorId oUer,
bot chiefly among royalty and tho
pesy rich.
COL. JOHN McELROY, yeteron
Of four Christmas periods in sOar,
speaks of tOhat Christmas means
to soldiers on the battlefield. The
intercteto Is toritten by ASHMUN
BROWN.
CHARLES II. PEPPER torstes Of
"NEUTRAL HOLLAND AND
THE WORLD WAR" shouting
the Netherlands Gs both q mari
time and colonial po,Der.
MEXICAN MAKERS OF
CHRISTMAS TOYS HAVE
PROFITED BY THE EURO
PEAN WAR" Is the title of an
article tohich Uill give you con-
siderable Information about the
Christmas trade in toys.
THE OBSERVER finds out the
other side of Christmas presents
sent home from, the stores By TAX
ing trip or tioo on delivery
aoGgon.
STERLING HEILIG 1,-ites of
American toonlen i,t SDitserland,
toho are planning Christmas fetes
for Belgian refugees. He tells of
the rast preparations noto being
made to bring little of the
Christmas spirit into the holo-
cdust that surrounds SUitSer-
land
A correspondent at Petrogrdd
studies the Russian, soldier at
close hand and presents ptpid
description of the men in the
ranks of the cars forces.
FRANK G. CARPENTER tells
hoso Chile is developing her for
southern territory. He describes
the uast stock farms of Tierra
del Fuego and a race of sardges
aoho go naked in the Snoto
OUR CHRISTMAS SHIPS" bv
III E R NAN MON OSE
CRAIGER, is an amazing article
tohtch shotos i1hat has been done
by American phildnthropists,
great and small, to Telieue the
suffering in Europe.
JOHN LUTHER LONG, the author
OF Madame ButterJly," con-
tributes delightful Christmas
story entitled "MARUBUSHU--|
SAM
of course there is a story 5y
SEWELL FORD. "CATCHING
UP WITH GERALD" shotus sohat
happened wher Shorty McCabe
and j. Bayard Steele did the
siIth deed of kindness as pro-
Uided by Pyramid Gordon's soiH.
"THE OTHER THREE" is the
pleasing story of girl Uho
lodnted to Enol1. 1t is toTitten by
VERA EDMONDSON.
"THE CHRISTMAS LUTE," by
FRANCES IRWIN, sho11s the
magic YuLetide influence of
IsrafePs wonderful poice
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS, IN hts
"RESUSCYTATION OF SANTA
CLAUS" brings the Great Christ
mas Distributor back into line.
AND THESE ARE BUT A FEW
OF THE CHRISTMAS FEA-
TURES YOU WILL
FIND IN
The Sunday Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
senate:
Met at noon.

Walter L. Fisher. former Sec
retary Of the Interior. testified be-
fore the lands committee on the
water power site leasing bill.
Efforts to agree upon a vote on
the immigration bill January
were defeated by objection of
senator O'Gorman.
Hearings were continued on the
hill for ultimate independence of
the Philippine Islands.
House.
Met at noon.
The army appropriation bill
was perfected in committee and
debate on the postal bill pro-
ceeded on the floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
Russian Statement

Inv the neral o
tbnnkO Of nearly
replaced the attacks by the in
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
BLISS DOES NOT MEN71ON
FIRING OVER j. BORDER
Report From Naco, Ariz., However,
Tells of American Houses
Being Struck.

Brig. Gen. Bliss, at Naco. Ariz, in a
report to the War Department today,
made no mention of any further shots
from the Mexican combatants being
fired across the American border.
He transmitted to Secretary Garrison.
although without confirmation. a re-
port that Gov. Maytorena had said he
would not resume fire unless fired
upon.
Stray Bullets Over Border.
NACO. Ariz., December 1s.-Stray
bullets from the Mexican side crossed
the American line Thursday night and
early yesterday during the usual bonn
bardment of the Maytorena trenches by
the Carranza garrison of Naco, Sonora.
Reports concerning the bullets, their
probable origin and the damage done
are being gathered by the army Of
ficers. Thirty-seven spent bullets
were gathered by two officers Thurs
day night just east of the American
town. Four bullets struck houses and
stores here. One entered the United
States immigration offices and two
struck a store.
Firing Of Listless Sort.
The firing yesterday. however, was
of a 1istless sort. Most of the DULLES
crossing the border seemed to army
officers to come from the Maytorena
lines. although occasional ones were
charged to Gen. Hills force defending
Naco. Hill said. however. that the
charge that his men fired in the direc-
ton of the American border on the
theory that the shooting would be
blamed on Maytorena was disproved by
the fact that the families of many OF
the soldiers were refugees on the
American side. He reasoned that the
soldiers would not Intentionally en-
danger them.
Infantry Reach Naco.
The 9Th Brigade Of Infantry, reinforc-
ing the American cavalry troops al
ready here, began to arrive today.
The usual morning bombardment Of
the Maytorena positions by Gen. Hill
was lacking today. A few Mexican
bullets again fell on the American side
last night.
Three additional camps along the tao
tical line of defense covering the Mexi-.
can border for a distance of five miles
were laid out today for the reinforced
American troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
Would Effect Meeting With
Metropolitan Branch Com
muters' Association.
COMPROMISE ON RATE
INCREASES is OBJECT
Suburbanites Collecting Data for
Presentation to Interstate Com
merce Commission.

Efforts are being made by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad officials to ef-
feet a meeting with the officials of the
Metropolitan Branch Commuters AS
sociation with a view to compromising
the proposed increases i'll communication
rates recently suspended by the inter-
state commerce commission pending
hearing and investigation.
Officers Of the association were ap-
preached by the Baltimore and Ohio
officials shortly before the commission
handed down its decision, and today
it became known upon reliable author
ity that officers of the association had
written to the Baltimore and Ohio Of
hcials telling them that the associa-
ton would be glad to meet the rail-
roads officers to discuss the matter.
However, while the question of
meeting was pending, the commission
deemed by the commuters then that
there was no necessity of hurrying the
conference. Therefore date for the
conference has not been set, although
officials of the Baltimore and Ohio have
held informal discussions with the Of
fcers of the commuters association.
presumably with the idea Of effecting a
compromise. as was done in the case
Of the commuters using the Pennsyl-
vania lines out of Philadelphia.
1t was declared this morning by one
close to the affairs of the commuters
organization that the railroad traffic
officials were anxious to get together
on the matter in an effort to settle the
commission has changed the matter Of
a conference somewhat on the part OF
the commuters, and there ts no dispo-
sition to be hasty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
Increases Averaged 46 Per Cent.

However, in the case Of the Balti-
more and Ohio 1t was found that there
was an average increase of As per cent
in the new rates. and this was looked
upon by the commission as unreason
BILE and unjust, and warranting u thor
ough hearing and investigation. The
action of the Baltimore and Ohio left
the commuters using those lines alb
solutely nothing but the ten-trip tick
ct, good for three months and usable
by bearer. and the sixty-trip monthly
ticket. Although the 1sO-trip ticket
was provided for. there was no advan-
tage in purchasing it, as it was sold
for just three times the cost Of the
monthly ticket.
Formerly the 1sO-trip ticket was
sold at reduction. Although the Penn
sylvania also provided for the 180-trip
ticket at three times the monthly
ticket, in its supplemental tariff it pro-
vided for its sale at reduction.
The Metropolitan Branch commuters
are losing no time in preparing their
case, it was declared today. They are
collecting much data for presentation
to the commission when hearing is
granted, and when the commission sets
a date the commuters will be on the
ground with their evidence in an en-
deavor to prove the rates unreasonable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
To Consider Formal Conference.

Within the next few days there will
be meeting of the executive commit
tee Of the commuters organization, at
which time the question of a formal
conference with the railroad officials
will be discussed and a decision
reached. It is declared probable a con-
ference will be held shortly in Balti
more between representatives of the
but that the commuters would not go
there with any idea of prejudicing
their case. Any discussion of a COM
promise at this time, it was made plain
by the. organization. official, would be
much ont OF place.
1t further was made plain that the
commuters organization was not
formed for the purpose of fighting the
railroads, but to protect the interest
of the commuters. There is no dis
roads, and il the case can be settled
amicably it seems to be the DISPOSE
tion OF the commuters to follow this
course. At any rate, the association
officials made it emphatic that the or
ganization was not prepared at this
time to talk a compromise with the
railroads.
In suspending the b. & o. commuta-
tion rates and refusing to suspend the
Pennsylvania commutation rates the
commission was of the opinion that
the increases of the Pennsylvania were
not as drastic as those of the B. & O.,
especially in view of the fact that the
Pennsylvania, following discussions
with the commuters. decided to re-
store the tickets which had been with
drawn by the original tariffs. To that
end the commission gave special per-
mission to the railroads to file supple
mental tariffs restoring the old tick
cts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
President Greatly Pleased.
Decision Sequel to Petition.

The decision of the commission was
the outgrowth of a petition of the
eastern railroads for a reopening of
The advanced rate case. The original
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
WEATHER.

Unsettled tonight and Sunday. prob
ably with rain; somewhat warmer to-
night.
Temperature for the past twenty-four
hours: High, SO. at pm. yesterday;
low, %, at 80 Am. today.
For full report see page II.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29

this rain reaches the main channel
the height of the water i'll the chan
mel is determined by successive
gaueing stations. Past records es-
tablish how much a height, say 20
feet at Dubuque, Iowa, will produce
at Davenport, another station eighty
miles down the Mississippi This
plan is followed all the way down
the river, and at each point full al
lowance is made for the effects of
water from tributaries, and from
additional and local rainfall. AS a
result of these observations in the
recent food, the people OF Cairo
had warning a week or ten days
in advance. The Pittsburg distric
can be given only twelve to twenty
four hours notice, because flood is
upon them within twenty fourt
hours after a heavy rain storm -
Hannibal Journal
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
CONCRETE FLOORS FOR HOGS
Just Enough Bedding Required TO
Keep Animal From Coming in Con-
tact With Cold Material.

am using concrete floors in our
hog houses, and have found that
need very little bedding, just enough
70 keep the body Of the pig from COM
ing In contact with the concrete. It 10
easy TO keep a concrete floor warm II
the cold afr cannot get under 1t. says
q writer In an exchange. With 100
pAgs In the house, during zero wealth
e, had to keep some Of the win
dows and the upper end doors open
for ventilation. ] have never had
Pigs get stiff from lying on concrete
6oors. Good dry bedding. straw or
shredded fodder, is used, and is re-
moved as soon as 1t becomes damp
and replaced with fresh supply Ven
tilation is such that cold winds can
not blow in on the pigs, l disinfect
the houses often with air-claked
lime.
A dipping tank is essential, not only
fpr destroying lice, but for promoting
health conditions In general. / dip
my pigs, once in two months. more
often II the animals are bothered with
lice, and use any Of the dip on the
market that have crude oil as a basis.
/ do not dip in winter. but crowd the
hogs into the house, and spray them,
leaving them until dry. l spray hogs,
walls, bedding and all.
| keep wood ashes and little lime
In a self-feeder before the pigs all
the time Hogs need more mineral
matter than they usually get. During
the summer the hogs should be pro
vided with ample shade.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Alfalfa Hay,

Alfalfa hay is much more econom-
neal feed for lambs than prairie hay,
according to results of an experiment
conducted at South Dakota and just
published in Bulletin No. 119. 1t re-
CURED sos pounds of grain and 1856
pounds Of alfalfa to make a pound Of
gain. Lambs fed a grain ration of
South Dakota oats while on rape pas
tire made larger gain than did
lambs fed grain ration Of corn while
on rape pasture. In feeding lambs
on rape at this station the loss has
not been greater than in ordinary
feeding operations.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
HANDY DERRICK FOR WAGON
Portable Hosting Apparatus Saves
Teamster Much Lifting-Rigeed
Up In Few Minutes.

No longer need a teamster break his
back removing heavy bags of cement
or sand or whatever 1t may be from
his wagon. Nor will he need helper.
A man in the state of Washington has
invented portable hosting appara-
tus which can be carried in the wag-
on and rugged up on one side in few
minutes. Or it can be permanently
attached If the wagon is used for one
purpose only. A square metal frame
supports . crane which swings over
the wagon and out again. A windlass
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
To DESTROY Stumps.

The best time to destroy hard wood
gtumps Is after they have stood two
or three years and the roots become
brittle. With an iron bar punch a
hole under the stump, or use one Of
the borers made for the purpose, but
do not loosen the soil except by max
ing the hole. Place the dynamite
wen under the center Of the stump.
A little experience win soon show the
right charge for different sized
stumps, but use enough to thoroughly
blow out the stump.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Cleanliness In GARDENING.

Cleanliness is exceedingly import
ant. Vegetables grown in sandy soils
require less cleaning, Washing is
often necessary, although frequently
Objectionable. lie helps to break down
certain vegetables, as tomatoes, egg
plants and peppers. On the other hand,
Il retains the freshness and plump
ness of other vegetables as peas
beans, spinach and the root crops.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
When Bull Moose Quits He Stops
Which End Will 1t Be.

John Lind is said to have assur-
ed the president that the latter's
policy of patience is sure to win in
the end. A good many believe it
who haven't given much thought to
the calculation of which end. St
Louis Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Wagon Derrick.

Ia attached to this frame and operates
running chains that have two iron
Jaws at the end. The jaws are low
cred until they grip bag around the
center and the windlass is then wound
up and the crane swung outward, lift
and swiftly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying
The Dove Will Spread its Wings

People who mention both Taft
and Roosevelt as possible candi-
dates in 1915 have no respect
whatever for the dove of peace
Stanberry 0wl-Headlight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Put the Dent In 1t.

President Wilson will never be
known as President" Wilson. Rath.
er, he wilt always be remembered
as the man who put the dent in
precedent Cover Enterprise.
When Bull Moose Quits He Stops.
For fear there may be some mis-
take about it, let it be said that
when a Progressive quits pro-
crossing he quits being Progress
i've. Hannibal Journal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
And You'll Find it Out.

Don't expect too much help from
your friends when in trouble; there
is always a chance that they aren't
that kind of friends. - Weston
Chronicle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Salads and Salad Dressing

OdDOhSe Odldu. Two eSSS We'll
beaten. 2 small tablespoonful of
sugar, IL cup of vinegar, IL tea
spoonful of mustard, small lump of
butter. Stir all together; cook I'M
til thick; when cool add l 2 cup of
sweet cream, and pour over quart
of cabbage shopped or sliced
very fine. Season with salt and
pepper to suit the taste.
Potato Salad. One quart cold
boiled potatoes, l small onion, 4
eggs boiled hard and cut up fine
with a knife; do not chop, but cut
very fine, salt and pepper to taste,
and cover with a dressingismade as
follows: One cup vinegar, 1 tea
spoonful butter, 1 tablespoonful
sugar; put in a stewpan and let
come to a boil, put 1 teacup cream
(sour preferred) in a bowl. add 2
eggs; beat very light. AS soon as
the vinegar, ETC., comes to a boil
pour the cream quickly in and stir
hard till it boils up; then remove at
once cool and pour over the salad.
Winter Salad. Il pint of vinegar,
4 eggs well beaten, 1-2 cup of but
ter boil and mix, stirring that it
may not curdle until it thickens,
then add IL tablespoonful of made
mustard, 1 of salt and 1 black pep
per. This is for the dressing: Chop
1 head of cabbage ands1 bunch of
celery very fine, and soak in salt
water two hours. Mix we'll togeth-
err and keep in cool place. This
will keep any length of time.
Bean Salad. Cook the beans un-
til they are thick. For quart of
boil S eggs very hard; when cold
slice them. then place layer of
beans, then eggs; sprinkle lightly
with salt and pepper; then beans
eggs again until the dish is full,
then pour over vinegar until sour
enough to suit taste; then add one
raw onion sliced very fine.
Lima Bean Salad.-To one pint
of lima beans add 1 shredded onion,
3 hard-boiled eggs. Do not chop
too fine; cover with salad dressing
toss together lightly and serve.
Salad Dressing. Two eggs. 5
tablespoonful of sugar, l of butter
1-2 cup of vinegar, IL cup soul
cream, salt and pepper to taste
heat and then pour over the salad
II use this dressing for warm
slaw, too.
Apple and Nut Salad. Pare ant
core 6 large apples; chop fine; take
1-2 cup walnut kernels, chopped fine
and add to apples. Dressing: Two
eggs, 1-2 cup sugar; beat until il
foams, then add slowly IL cup Of
good vinegar; set on stove and boi
till thick; stirring all the time; take
of, and when cool add 2 tablespoon
fuls cream; mix with apples ano
nuts and serve.-Mrs. o. G. Hamm
in Star Farmer.
See the New Domestic Vacuum
Cleaner at Mrs. j. H. Grady's. None
better. Prices $3.50, So. $40 ant
$3.50. They are on sale with o.
without Brush Attachment.
] Salesman Wanted to look afte
, our interest in Monroe and adjacen
e counties. Salary or Commission
c Address The Victor Oil Company
s Cleveland, o.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Truth is Light.

Truth is a cave. To him who
only stands outside all is dark, but
to him who boldly enters in and
looks out into the sunlight all is
clear Duncan Maeeregor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Is Certainly a Way.

There must certainly be some
way of enforcing a law for business
without injuring the public. KAN
sas City Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
And Clark Keeps His.

In a recent address Speaker
Champ Clark said that he was some
thing of an old-fashioned man and
believed the one essential thing for
a political party to do was to keep
the promises it made in a political
campaign" That the speaker next
to the president. has done to force
the Democratic party to keep its
promises everybody will admit and
everybody is applaudine him for
his last effort to compel the party
to live up to its promise of econo-
my. - Platte County Landmark.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
For Sale.

Choice clover hay, baled; Choice
wheat straw, baled.
1-29 L. OWEN.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
How Weather is Manufactured.


on as mysterious by the majority of
people.
Not a few" says a Washington
writer, think that the observers
must necessarily get their data by
reading the planets, the stars and
the moon. AS a matter of fact
the forecaster of the bureau fore
tells the coming of disturbances in
a business like way, very similar to
that in which man who has order
ed shipment of goods would es
innate the date of its arrival.
Suppose a business man had or
dered a carload of pineapples from
the Hawaiian islands He would
know the average time it would
take the steamer to make the trip
to the Pacific port. the average
time for unloading and loading into
refrigerator cars. and the average
number of days to be allowed these
cars for their trip across the CONT
nent to New York His estimate
however, would be subject to error
because the steamship might be de-
layed by fog, or the cars might
meet with an accident.
Storms, like pineapples, as a
rule do not originate in the United
States They come to us. some
from the Philippines, Japan, Siberia
Alaska, Canada or the Gulf of Mex
leo. The weather bureau gets cable
telegraphic or wireless notice of a
foreign storm Station after station
or vessel after vessel, reports the
storms arrival in its neighborhood,
so that the general direction and
rate of progress can be determined
very nearly. In fact, the arrival
of some storms can be told in ten
days in advance
The forecasters watch for the
region of low barometer which is
the storm center around which the
winds blow. This whirl or.seddy
moves bodily forward with the gen.
eral eastward drift of about $50
miles a day in our ATTITUDES AS
the lines of equal pressure Gsobars)
around the low center crowd closer
together, the winds attending the
storm increase in force. The fore
caster determines the direction of
movement Of the storm and its
Vciul4,y.
When weather disturbances are
reported, the forecasters know from
experience about how long it takes
them to reach our Pacific coast and
then how long after they will reach
the Atlantic coast. For example
if storm coming from Siberia
drifts eastward around the north
pole and reappears in Alaska, il
should appear in Washington and
Oregon in about two days; should
get to the great lakes in six days
and to the Atlantic coast in seven
or eight days.
Unexpected conditions may de
lay storms or divert them from the
straight track just as a refrigerator
car may be thrown off its schedule
! or be shipped by accident on {
r wrong road. Some of these storm;
deplete themselves by running into
! regions Of high barometer which
5 are of greater magnitude and extern
than the storm itself. Some Of
them, however, travel completed!
around the world.
0 To keep tab on cold waves tina
e come into the United States from
a Canada and Alaska, the Weathe
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Entertained.

Saturday evening Misses Hattie
Jewell and Arold Hays entertained
at the home of the former. Games
and music were the entertainment.
During the evening a delicious two
course luncheon was served.
About fifty guests were present
and jolly good time was report
ed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-01-29
Boys Will Get Out Early.

The next state campaign prom
ises to be the most exciting held in
Missouri since the good old days"
when the state gave Democracy
forty to sixty thousand majority.
The fact that the Republicans are
divided meant that the Democrats
will make clean sweep of the
state, accordingly the number of
prospective and actual candidates
continues to grow. Owing to the
fact that candidates are nominated
in the attitude of Davy Crockett's
coon ticians are getting busy early