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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

certainly NlvLi 1t comes TO FOOD and
drink Ireland is Il land of plenty in
comparison with England. There is
not only more food and drink there
than in England, but it is of better
quality. And in most parts of Ireland
it is cheaper MeatlesS and potato
less days are unknown there. Potatoes
were never so plentiful. That they
are cheaper even than in the United
States was unknown to the commits
Sary department of the American navy,
which recently shipped to the fotilla
about 10000 bushels of potatoes which
We're never unloaded. After discharg-
ing its cargo of other foodstuffs, the
naval supply ship was sent to another
port, where the potatoes were sold to
the British government.
Fresh meat also is cheaper in Ire
land than in England or the United
States. The Americans buy a large
part of their meat ashore. Porter
house steaks are from five to seven
cents a pound cheaper than in the
United States.
The Americans are impressed by the
large portions served in Ireland as
compared with the lean ones they get
in England. For three Shillings they
get a meal which includes soup, fish
or lobster and sometimes both, hot or
cold meat, dessert, cheese and biscuits,
and tea or coffee. The same meal in
a hotel of corresponding grade in
would cost at least six shill-
ings.
Drink, too, is not only more plenti-
full but of better quality. The drink
ing places in Ireland are open all day
and until eleven o'clock at night,
in England and Scotland they
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
J0FFRE LIKES SHORT POEMS
Hero Of the Marine Carries Them With
Him to Read In the
Train.

Paris.-Talk that the Immortals may
elect Marshal Joffre member Of the
Institute has evoked many stories OF
the great soldiers appreciation Of liter
AZURE. One of the best concerns q
young poet who, ON the eve Of the
marshals departure for America, pre-
scented him with a slender sheaf Of his
poems.
Joffre, who is fond of souvenirs and
who brought back hundreds from
Notwithstanding cards of invitation
and banquet menus-took the manu-
script. Then desiring to express his
appreciation, he looked at 1t and said:
Poems? Oh, yes. I like them" Then
after pause: ''They are just the right
size to slip In ones pocket to read In
the train"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
AMERICANS IN GERMAN ARMY
Enemy Forcing Sons Of United States
Citizens In Germany Into
Service.

Copenhagen.-The German military
authorities continue the practice OF
putting into the army persons living
in Germany who have lost their orig
fnaf citizenship without acquiring Ger
man nationality. A new order says
that former nationals of foreign states,
including former Americans, will not
be employed with the front-line troops,
but must serve IN the armies OF occu-
patton or elsewhere behind the front.
This applies to COMMUNICATIONS
who returned to Germany to live after
being naturalized in the United States.
The children of such parents are IL
able to service In the trenches in case
they have not completed the neces-
sary steps to obtain American citizen
shin.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
COFFEE FROM VELVET BEANS
Cereal Grown So Abundantly in the
Southern States Being Put
to New Use.

Quitman, Ga.-The velvet bean, so
abundantly grown in the South is be-
ing put to an entirely new use in this
section and is no longer classed as a
stock food exclusively. A hotel start
ed the movement by the announcement
to a large number of travelling sales
men that the coffee served was made
from velvet beans, after the dinner
had been finished and the guests were
profusely complimenting the proprie-
tor for the splendid "Javva." One Of
the guests, claiming to be an expert
cOnnoisseur had taken the third cup.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
IRELAND FEELING
NO PINCH OF WAR
American Navy Men Find Food
Cheaper There Than at
Home.
AN ABUNDANCE OF POTATOES
Farmers Are Prosperous Beyond
Precedent-Young Folk Staying
by the Land--Much Better
Off Than England.

Base of American Flotilla in British
Waters-When an American navy man
who has visited Ireland in time OF
peace is asked what has impressed
him most about Ireland in war, the
inevitable answer is ''Irelands pros
perity and freedom from the wartime
restrictions of other countries"
Hundreds of Americans in the naval
forces have visited England, Scotland,
and even France. All agree that there
is more freedom in Ireland, particular
~ less wartime curtailment of per-
sonal liberty, as, for instance, regard
ing restrictions in eating and drink
ing. There is no CONSUMPTION there,
no Defense of the realm act" few
war taxes.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
THE FIRST TRY.OUT

The of New York likely to have speedy
opportunity make of the ballot which has just
been given to them There are two vacancies in the
congressional delegation from that stateone caused
by death and the other because representative has
been elected to county office the Tammany ticket
1t takes than swallow, of course to make
summer and one election may not prove anything
garding the permanent alignment of New York's
voters But the returns from the approaching special
elections will be with care just the
same.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT IS ON
Red Cross to Caro- for French
Women and Children in
France.

Paris.-The bureau Of tuberculosis
Of the American Red Cross in Paris
is comforting with the French authori-
ties concerning the care Of women and
children in France affected with tu-
berculosis. It is expected that the
American tuberculosis bureau shortly
will begin work on special institu-
ton, where it will take care of a. GER
tain number of these cases.
The Edith Wharton Sanitarium for
tuberculosis Patients, which is a sep
arate institution, will be ready for
patients November Is.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
THE HOOVER LOAF

The United States is to have war bread. Not
the dark and forbidding sustenance which Europe
knows by that name but a one-pound loaf of white
bread containing reduced quantities of sugar and short
ening and to be sold for cents. The middle OF
December is the date for the introduction of this
staff of life and it will be contribution to Christmas
tide which all will hope to be equal to its preliminary
advertisements.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

are only open Tor two hours IN the af
ternoon and three hours in the eve
ming.
Matches Are Scarce.
In England today it is considered
indicate to ask a friend for match
In France, matches are well nigh I'M
obtainable. All the continental coun-
tries are suffering from match FAM
inc. Not so in Ireland. Hotels, bar
matches in abundance, and they are
used with the same freedom as in the
time of peace.
The Americans see the Irish farmer
prosperous beyond precedent. The
sailor in his little trips to Dublin and
such resorts as Killarney, Youghal, and
Glengariff, passes through some of the
richest agricultural country in the
world. The immense amount of land
under the pillow impresses him, and he
talks with many farmers who boast of
the record prices they are getting for
their produce, especially their live
stock. Cows, sheep and pigs are so
plentiful that the beautiful rolling
landscape is fairly dotted with them.
Neither is the farmer troubled with
shortage of labor, as in England.
Labor is plentiful and of good quail
ity, the laborers, not only in the agri-
cultural, but also in the industrial dis
tricts, being largely young men and
women. This favorable labor situa-
ton is due largely to the fact that
there has been practically no emigra-
ton from Ireland for three years, and
the thousands of young men and wom-
en- who formerly set out for America
each month now remain in the coun-
try.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
JOHN HORNER'S PLUM BURNED
Fire in London Damages Historic
Mansion Where He Put His
Thumb.

London.-Sir john Horner's man.
sion at Melles Park, which has been
partly destroyed by fire, was the
plum" which gave rise originally to
the familiar ryhme about Little Jack
Horner." The poem was written as a
piece of political doggerel. At the
time of the dissolution a certain John
Horner was steward of the great Abb
hey Of glastonbury, and with the dis
solution of the monasteries he pro-
cured his plum" the Manor of Melles.
Since that time the eldest son Of the
Horner family has always been named
John.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

In France, Nov. 6, 1917.
The Secretary, w. C. T. u,
Moscow, Idaho. =
My dear Madam: The magazines
that you sent for distribution have
been received and distributed. +; L wish
to thank you very much for, your
kindness. Reading matter is needed
very much here for all the soldiers
and is appreciated by them The
magazines will be read and .re-read
many times here Please tell all the
persons contributing the magazines
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90 NEWS FROM BOYS IN KHAKI 80.
3. ). ). / i < ): ): !.

that we all are glad to receive them
and for myself that it is gratifying
to be remembered by those for whom
we are all serving over here and to
be specific to be remembered by my
friends in Moscow.
Homer Youngs is here. He is work
ing hard and he is looking well.
Remember me to all the people
there.
Very sincerely,
HERBERT FOOKS,
Captain 18th U. S. Inf.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD.

President Wilson's message to congress was
than message 1t appeal to the world-an
appeal from the blood and lust for power
reason the justice, the Of decency of
is great state paper, that message of the presi
dent,-perhaps the greatest Woodrow Wilson has yet
given out in connection with the 1T is great be-
the mask of hypocricy from the face of
Prussan autocracy and the world its SIMS
ter designs. great because it expresses the very
throbs of the American nation; forth in
that cannot be misunderstood anywhere just
peace is be restored, the only way.
The reception given the message, not only in
gress throughout the nation WELL proof that
President behind him enthusiastic sup
port of every right thinking American. It is safe
assume that it will and revivfy the spirit of
democracy the world over
The central thought of the message is win the war;
Every consideration aside as unworthy
consideration 1t is the presidents clearly expressed
determination to put forth the utmost energy of the
whole people to win the and the only questions
for and the people is the best
method of exerting that energy.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

MANY PEOPLE PREFER TO LIVE
in furnished rooms. Not all who
live in these so-called "one-room
homes" do so through stress of cir
cumstances. If you can offer such
home to desirable tenant, CLASH
fed ad will get you in touch with the
right person.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

Groom house on II lots, well i'm
proved; will sell for cash or will
trade for Seattle city property or
property near said city. Inquire 205
Almond ST. Att
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
ole Exchange Table
Made Healthy BY War

Meatless days are good for your
rheumatism the shortness OF sugar
has good effect on your kidneys, and
the diminished coal supply works
against the overheating of houses and
consequent colds, if the war lasts long
enough, we shall be healthy people.
Plain Dealer
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
CLASSIFIED ADS

Rates-Five cents per line per in
sertion. About five and a half aver
age words make line. Minimum
charge for first insertion Csc.
Rates by the week. per word. I'D,
week sc, two weeks &c. three week,
Toe one month 12c.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

FOR SALE A GOOD WASHER.
vacuum cleaner and folding baby
carriage. sos Sixth ST Phone 276J.
$40
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

to bring about coordination and cooperation in all
patriotic activities securing better results
the following resoluaon adopted by the National Coun
Gil of Defense, right to the point
WHEREAS, it appears that there many voun-
tary organizations and committees engaged in patriotic
service throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Council of Nation
al Defense such organizations and committees
the effective service If properly coordinated
and
WHEREAS, a state council of defense has been
ganzed coordinate activities within
and cooperate with the Council of National Defense
therefore
BE 1T RESOLVED, that the Council of National
Deferse strongly that wherever practicable vol
untary patriotic organizations and committees in each
through under the guidance of the state
council of defense that the council of defense
be the central coordinating agency for all voun
ary patriotic work within the state directed toward
assisting in the prosecution of the war"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

FOR SALE OR TRADE - 100 ACRES
timber land near Cora. Land till
able after timber removed, Address
Star-Mirror 55tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

ANYTHING ON WHEELS" MAY BE
sold Of it is still useful, for It's act
ual cash value, through advertising it
in the classified columns. Used cars,
if not yet passed useful service, are
marketable-so are business vehicles
of all sorts. To take such articles to
market is to advertise them.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

ED-COMPETENT GIRL FOR
general homework. Apply Mrs.
Mark P. Miller, corner Polk and c
streets. Wages $500 per week. 49tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
FOR SALE-Heal Estate.

FOR SALE-7x ACRES WE'LL I'M
proved with seven-room dwell
ing, barn, chicken house, water
piped to barn, good orchard and
small fruits, balance in crop, alf-
alta, oats, potatoes. Adjoins city
limits. Call Star-Mirror. Phone
109. 18tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
FOK SALE Miscellaneous.

FOR SALE - HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Enquire Ais S. Adams. 59-1
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

FOR SALE OR TRADE-LOTS 4, 5, 6,
Block 8, Danals Addition to Troy.
Will trade for anything. Call or
address Star-Mirror. 55tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
WANTED-TO RENT

WANTED TO RENT-MODERN FUR
nished house with barn. Phone 337
57-9
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

BUNCH OF KEYS. OWN
er can have same by callfag and
paying for this ad. $50
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
FOR SALE-Live Stock.

FOR SALE-TWO FEBRUARY MALE
pigs, Duroc-J Jersey. Write George
CLANCY, Viola, Ida. 55-67
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

FOR SALE-16-IN. RED FIR AND
tamarack Phone 13N 52tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

FOR RENT-NICE LODGING ROOMS
at Anthony's place, 62S S. Main lott
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

FOR RENT-GOOD ROOMS, CLOSE
in. Call BAY. 76tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
FOR RENT-Houses

FOR RENT-MODERN NINE ROOM
rooming house on South Main.
Phone 1881, or see L. E. Brooks.
38-tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
ADVERTISING

y
Subscribe for The Star-Mkror.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST - A HOLSTEIN cow AND
red yearling heifer. Suitable re-
ward will be paid for return or in
formation leading to recovery. Call
Star-Mirror office. Phone 1es. 57-2
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
line with the efforts of DR.. p. "A. Bryan and those
associated with him in the Idaho Council of Defense
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06
HELP WANTED.

YOUNG MAN WANTED FOR DE-
tective work Steady appointment
with National Agency when qualified.
See Mr. Feldmann at Hotel Moscow
in evenings. 57tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

Read Toaay's Classified Ads.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-06

are only open Tor two hours IN the at
ternoon and three hours in the eve
I'M
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
INDIAN SCHOOL /. .
BLOWS UP; TOO
MUCH PRESSURE |
Large Boiler in Heating System.
u Explodes, Partially Wrecking
hsaI Fine Building

One of the large buildings Of the
Bismarck Indian school was badly
damaged between and. 7 this morn.
ing when a big boiler in the furnace
room blew up. Some of the basement
walls were blown out; the first floor
was lifted from its moorings, and
doors and windows throughout the
building were blown out.
Chief Martineson and Deputy Sheriff
Welch were called upon to investigate.
the caretaker first believing that an
Internal machine was responsible for
the damage. A careful investigation
convinced the officers that the explO-
sion vas due to natural causes. The
damage will run very high.
n- Caretaker doubtful.
The ,caretaker at the Indian schooi
is inclined to question whether the ex-
,losion was due simply to the bursting
of the big tank. 1t is true that the
top of the water tank is blown off, he
says, but he doubts whether the force
If this explosion would have been sui
ficient to wreck the entire building in
he manner done.
1T smoked when it went off" said
=" r"-o+aker, over the telephone to
The Tribune.
.'.e Inulan school was closed few
weeks ago by order of the department
ot the interior, as a measure of econ
omy, and caretaker was left in
:harge This mornings explosion oc'
Cured in the basement of the mal,l
building, to which the caretaker estl-
mates damage of $500.
Chief of Police Martineson stands
pat on his claim that it was clearly
a boiler explosion, and that no in
fernal machine or bomb can be charg
ed with the damage. The caretaker
was in another building at the time OF
the blow-up.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
ALCOHOLIC CONTENT
OF BEER LOWERED TO
DIMINISHING POINT

Washington, Dec. 11.--At the re-
quest Of Food Administrator Hoover,
President Wilson will issue within the
next few days a proclamation reduc.
ing the alcoholic content of beer to
two and three quarters per cent. The
use of grain for brewing will be cut
by the order about thirty per cent.
The proclamation has been held up
pending a decision as to whether the
percentage should be based upon vol
ume or upon weight. 1t finally was
decided to set a weight standard to
protect brewers of ales and stouts in
whose heavier product the alcoholic
content runs higher by volume.
With the alcoholic content meas.
ured by weight. 1t is said, there &C.
tually will be about 8 per cent Of al.
cohol in beer figured BY volume.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12

Fire Brakes ont IN Shell Load
ing Department Of Beth
ii. lens steel Company
FLAMES CAUSE EXPLOSION
NO SERIOUS CASUALTIES

Wilmington, lena, Dec. 12.-Fire
broke out this morning in shell load
ing department of the Bethlehem
Steel company's munitions plant, a
short distance below Newcastle, Della.
AT 9:15 a. m. the fire was reported to
be coming from every building.
The flames caused the explosion OF
loaded shells and they were scattered
everywhere, the report says.
One report said Chief Jacobs of the
plant guard was struck by shell and
his head blown off. 'p.., ,=s
r. The explosion and fire at the New.
castle plant OF the Bethlehem Steel
corporation caused only slight dam
age, it. asustated atbthe New York
offices fOf the acorporation today. Off.
ciafs said that advices indicated no
one was hurt and the property loss
was confined to one section of she'll
loading shop,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
REDS|NPETR0GRAD THREATENED
Capital Again :
Tastes Arctic
Temperatures

After one days decency, in which
he visited Bismarck with the cOmpara-
lively reasonable low of II degrees
under zero. old Jack Frost relapsed
into his bad ways last night, and sent
the mercury scooting down to "a be-
low, within Two degrees of the record
cold weather established earlier in the
week
Bismarck was not alone in suffer.
ing A: Edmonton it was 40 below
last night; at Prince Albert 36 below,
and at Swift Current 32 below. Moor
head was four degrees warmer than
Bismarck, and Williston was two de-
grees colder. Winnipeg shivered in
% telGw zero temperatures
Weather Observer Roberts promises
more cold weather for tonight, but
predicts trifle warmer weather for
Thursday. A high pressure" area is
now central over North Dakota and
Montana, bringing with it tempera-
lures ranging from IL below at Miles
City to 40 below in Alberta. South
Dakota is comparatively fortunate,
with six below at Pierre and Huron,
its average low temperatures for the
last "a hours.
Around noon today it was 19 below.
and thet government observatory re-
corded few degrees warmer by mid
afternoon, when. the mercury again
began to sink, with prospects for an
other cold night. m...
Tn. cold has come on so unexpect-
edly that it has found many house
holders unprepared, and Capital City
plumbers. are working day and night
in an effort to meet the demands made
on them for the repair of frost dam
ages.
The capitol today found itself facing
a fuel famine There is no lack of
coal in Bismarck, but there is great
difficulty in finding teamsters to haul
it to the state house. Everyone wants
coal at once. and the capitol has been
forced to wait it's turn with other
consumers r.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-12
Union Strike
In Mill City
Affects Many

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 12-Railroad
shOpmen on transcOntinental lines
throughout the northwest as we'll as
meluuers of local unions voted today
on the proposal to accede to the call
for a general walkout Of union men
tomorrow in support Of the strike con-
templated by the traction employees.
1t was said shops from St. Paul to t:4e
coast might be closed in the event of
a decision favorable to their plans.
Contracts and wage agreements with
the railroads, they declared, would De
disregarded on the ground that the
lists are involved in the traction con-
troversy. The result of the vote will
not be announced until midnight.
Saloons in St. Paul and Minneapolis
will be closed tomorrow in the event
of "a general walkout, Governor Burn.
quist indicated today.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 12.-Sev-
eral local unions that have not yet
voted on the question of striking to-
morrow, In sympathy with Twin City
street. car men, who are demanding
permission to wear their union but.
tons, held meeting today to take
action on the matter
In the meantime, big industries were
making plans to meet the tieup threat
ened by the order for sympathetic
strikes decided upon by representa-.
tives of allied unions in the Twin
Cities. Labor leaders have declared
that every effort will be made to main
tain order. Nevertheless, the authori-
ties have been taking unusual precau-
tionary measures and in addition the
several hundred deputy sheriffs who
have been sworn in number of home
guard companies will be placed on
duty at various points in the city i'm
mediately after the strike order be-
comes effective.
Only federal intervention or rev0ea-
ton of the safety commissions order,
labor leaders intimated, would be
deemed sufficient cause for rescind-
ing the strike order, which, they de-
clare, will affect 10000 men in the two
cities.