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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-24

ing the time of the meet officials of
the postoffice department will watch
with close interest the experiments
of carrying mail by aeroplanes.
This is not the first instance in
which United States mails have been
officially authorized to be carried by
aeroplanes. In November of last year
Postmaster General Hitchcock formal
ly approved arrangements for the car
rying Of pouch of mail from the
transatlantic steamer Kaiserin Au-
guste Victoria. outbound to Europe.
back to New York city while the ves-
sci was off the Long Island coast.
Aviator j. A. D McCurdy was to have
attempted this first official aerial
transmission of mails. but because Of
stormy weather the attempt was not
made.
The first successful areoplane letter
route was that opened recently by
the British postal administration,
which began series of experiments
in the carrying of mails by aeroplane
from Hendon. England, to Windsor
Castle. a distance of almost twenty
miles. Four aviators with two BIZ
planes and two monoplanes were en-
gagged in the work and about one
hundred thousand letters constituted
the first delivery.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-24

mament. the Florida and Utah will
wrest from the Delaware and North
Dakota the honor Of being the most
powerful war vessels afoat.
The displacement Of the two new
dreadnaughts is 21,S25 tons each. Ten
12-inch guns distributed in five tur-
rets and 16 five-inch rifles constitute
the main batteries. The hulls are
belted with armor ranging from to
II inches in thickness, while steel
walls, a full foot through, protect the
turrets. The ships are 521 feet long
and are equipped with turbine engines,
generating $4,000 horsepower, which
1t is expected will drive them at a
speed greater than the 20.75 knots re-
quired by the navy departments speci.
fications.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-24

Quet in New York as the special emis-
sary Of the emperor. At that time the
agitation in favor of cutting off the
queue was at its height in China Mr..
Chiao favored the adoption Of western
dress and mode of living, particularly
in this country. believing that it would
weaken the hold of secret societies on
the Celestian mind.
In his address Mr.. Chiao urged his
views on the banqueters. and at the
conclusion of his remarks one of the
leaders came forward with a pair Of
shears and requested him to cut off
the "pig-tail." Mr.. Chiao complied.
and before the evening was over, he
had amputated about SO of the queues.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-24
wealth FROM T0ADS
WESTERN MAN SELLS BEETLE
EATERS FOR IS PER GROSS.
Started His Farm With Only Seven
OF tho Creepers-How He Got
Going and What He's Doing
In tho Business.

Puyallup. Wash.-By selling toads
for use in killing insects. Hiram Potts
OF this part Of the state is making as
much money as many grain farmers.
Potts was engaged In the growing OF
vegetables for market for years. He
was troubled with the cucumber bee
tie eating the life out Of cucumbers,
melons and squash plants. A letter
to the department of agriculture sug.
gested many things which failed. An
elderly woman told him to put some
toads in the patch. which he did The
difficulty of obtaining toads was great
and 1t was through friend in Seattle
that he acquired his stock They were
found In a manhole in the city sewer
system.
Potts made pets of the seven toads
and kept them in his cave until spring.
He placed them in his Vegetable
patches and was not troubled with in
sects. Neighbors became interested
and offered to buy toads for their
melon farms. Potts in this way be-
came engaged in the unique traffic,
and, learning the worth of his pets.
he fenced them off and has been deal
ing them out In gross lots.
Farmers raising vegetables and
grapes in the irrigated sections of
Washington and Oregon have heard
Of Potts toads and this year he has
sent them to hundreds OF farms
He gets S. per gross for toads 1
year old and over. His supply will
never run low. as It is said female
toad will lay million eggs annually
Many enemies kill half of the young
ones and half Of the remainder die
from other causes. Potts keeps his
toads on his own premises by a foot
high board fastened to the fence posts
Toads cannot jump over the foot
board.
Toads devour ants. sowbugs. spid
ers. caterpillars. plant lice, celery
worms, flies, beetles. gnats. wasps and
hundreds of other destructive bugs
and insects. Their value is just be
ing learned in the Northwest and this
toad farm of H. Potts may become Of
national fame for its beetle-eatine
stock.
Toads are harmless and do most oi
their eating during dawn and dusk and
are rarely seen in daylight.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-24

NEW YORK.-The automobile as an
" aid to criminals is likely to figure
prominently in future. Out in the
west 1t has been used for a year or
more by the robbers.of village banks
and the looters of postoffices. Now 1t
has begun to figure prominently In
this city. Two weeks ago a jewelry
store at Sixth avenue and Thirteenth
street was robbed Of tray contain
Ing some $4,000 worth of gems by one
Of three men who had driven up to 1t
In a taxicab. The man smashed q
window, distracted tray of diamonds
and shot dead the clerk who had
rushed to the door on hearing the
noise Of the broken glass.
The next night red taxicab, be.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-24
whv Mira. saIn Went to Reno.

New York.-Asserting that her
wealthy husband spends $1,000 year
for silk socks alone, while she Is al
lowed less than $3.50 for her entire
wardrobe, Mrs. George Balm OF San
Diego. Cal, formerly Miss Florence
Grange, has gone to Reno. New. and
aled suit for divorce.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
DkMOCRaTiC SHEEP ~ mon
Repubiirsu Town Carried b! n Plurality
Of S(O-Other Elections.

UTICA. n. y. March The normally
Republican village of lion. Herkimer
county. gave Democratic majority of
500 in the village election there to-day
and swept this Democratic ticket into
office: President, Frank Delong; village
trustees. Walter Arnold and Elliott NJ
Gray; treasurer, Eugene G. Maurice;
assessor. Parry Elkins: school trustee.
A. II. Summer.
lion is the home town OF Democratic
State Committeeman Morgan and the
Democratic sweep to-day il credited in
part at least to his efforts.
Heretofore in the village of Mohawk.
Herkmer county, the Republicans and
Democrats have made up union ticket
and there has been no opposition. The
Socialists. however. ent cred the fight
to-day, naming n full ticket. but they
were overwhelmingly defeated. The fol-
lowing union ticket won President,
Charles Burton; treasurer. Frank Day,
assessors. Delos Dodge. Albert Bush
nell and Charles Griswold,
ALBION. N. Y. March 7-To-day's
municipal election resulted in q oom-
plete Democratic sweep Of majorities
larger in size than the total vote cast by
the Republican candidates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
To SUE FOR FALSE ARREST.

YOUNG Engineer Acquitted on Mrs. Colt's
Charge says He'M Ask $40. 900
John j. Shaughnessy. the young cleo
trical engineer OF $40 West i6sth street.
who was arrested on Monday night
on the complaint OF Mrs. Samuel Colt Of
sharon. Mass. who had been robbed
OF S72 in q subway train. was honorably
discharged In the West Side police court
yesterday morning. Last night he stopped
at the West Sixty-eighth street police
station and said that he had served Mrs.
Colt with papers in . suit for S20,0 for
false arrest. He wanted the name Of
the policeman connected with his case.
Magistrate O'Connor honorably dis
charged the engineer. As he was leaving
the court room Mrs. Colt. blushing. ex-
tended her hand to him. Shaughnessy
declined Il. He said:
Madam. all the apologies in the world
on your part cannot remedy the wrong
and injustice you have done me-
Not even formal complaint was taken
against Shaughnessy. Magistrate O'Con-
nor examined Mrs. Colt. who has been
a guest at the home OF DR.. M. L. Rhein.
Ss East Sixty first street. Mrs. Colt said
she hadn't counted her money since 4
O'Clock in the afternoon and couldnt
swear she had the money with her at the
Plaza Hotel. where she had been before
entering the subway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
PERILOUS OUTSIDE RIDE.


BURLINGTON. n. j.. March Chilled to
insensbility but retaining such grip on
the guards that his fingers had to be pried
loose with a bar, passenger was taken
tonight from his perilous perch outside
the closed vestibule door OF parlor car
on the evening express from Atlantic
City to New York as the train reached
Florence shortly before Z o'clock. The
man was revived on the train but refused
to give his name.
The man was at the station here as the
train was starting out and he made leap
for the car platform just a. the porter
closed the door Police Captain Joseph
Shumard saw him and yelled to him to let
go. but the man held on and the train
passed out Of sight, Shumard ran into
the station and told the telegraph operator
to have the train tagged at Florence.
seven miles distant.
When the train was halted the crew
found The man still clinging to the guard
rails Two minutes later tho express
would have met a westbound train that
would have swept the man from his
position. Between Burlington and
Florence the express was making about a
milo minute through . snowsquall
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
WIPES RISE SAVES HVSBtND.
Mrs. wagner Said She Was stab bed and
Kept Crazy Wan From Attack.

FoRr PLAIN. n Y. March Henry
Dockstader. demented. escaped from the
State hospital at Utica a few days ago
and upon arriving at his home. st. Johns
vile, six miles west of here called on DR..
c. p. Wagner, member Of the commits
sion that declared him insane and de-
manded from Wagner $500 He had
been in the asylum for five years and said
the act OF Wagner had cost him at leas,
$500 year. Hence the demand
As Wagner tried to pacify Dockstader
the latter grew violent and threatened
bodily harm Wagner's Office is in his
home and his wife hearing the uproar
became aware Of the state Of affairs and
after telling maid to rush to the street
and summon help Mrs. Wagner dashed
into the Office shouting that she had been
stabbed and was dying. Her clever act
ing as she held her hands to her chest
not only fooled the husband. who imme-
diately gave her all attention, but occu-
pied Dockstader until several men ar
rived and he was held
Mrs. Wagner at present il kept busy
answ ering telephone and other calls from
friends expressing admiration for her
exhibition Of quick wit and pluck
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
VERMONT 4 LITTLE DRYER.
Twenty Ave Wet Towns This Year Aga,ns
10 Last Year.

BURLINGTON. VI. March Town
elections were held throughout Vermont
to-day, in which the vote on license was
the main feature. To-night's returns
indicate slight falling OF in the number
voting yes. twenty-five reporting a.
license compared with twenty mine q
year ago.
known a. Burlington's blacksmith Mayor.
was defeated by Robert Roberts, Repub-
lican. by S%6 majority. Burke, who Ia u
Democrat. has run nine times and been
elected hve.
In Rutland Percival ". Clement, who
amends much Of his time In New York
was alsctcd Mayor by i6O majority
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
Ell DORADO OUTINNE NJ M tsCH
Golden Presents 10 Brewer and Hts wife
Estimated at asOO. .OOO.

PASADENA. Cal. March What Ia said
to be the most elaborate golden wedding
celebration ever held anywhere in the
world took place here to-day with
Adolphus Busch. the st. Louis brewer. and
his wife a. the central figures.
The most beautiful and costly Of the
presents was the diadem presented to
Mrs. Busch by her husband. II is crown
OF gold studded with diamonds and pearls
and 10 valued at t200. 200. II was made in
Frankfort. Germany.
At the wedding feast tonight at the
Busch mansion Mrs. Busch was crowned
and seated beside her husband on a minia-
ture throne
The presents received by the couple are
valued at 10000. Tho children pre.
sented the parents with a dozen full
sized dinner plates made Of solid gold and
valued at $4,000. A solid gold flower
basket valued at SIS 200 was received from
the grandchildren. A solid gold vase
from branch managers employed by the
brewing association cost $500 900.
President Taft sent $40 gold coin OF
the new Saint Gaudens design in an ivory
case. Theodore Roosevelt sent a solid
gold loving cup. and there was a gold
loving cup from Emperor William. A
magnificent loving cup was received from
citizens Of Pasadena.
The wedding feast took place tonight
at the Blossoms. the Busch winter home.
The floral decorations are valued at $50. 900
ST. LOUIS. March For the first time
in the fifty-four years OF it's history the
Anheuser- Busch Brewery here 10 COM
pIetely shut down on q working day.
Its 5000 st. Louis employees are cele-
brating on full pay the golden wedding
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Adolphus Busch. Busch
is president Of the brewing association.
and Mrs. Busch is the daughter OF Eber-
hard Anheuser. it's founder.
Early this morning q cannon near the
malt So;'se was fred fifty times. II was
the Inauguration Of the celebration.
The most notable celebration OF course
is at Pasadena. but next in importance
was the celebration at the Coliseum here
tonight. where the 5000 at. Louis en-
ployees OF the brewery and their families
honored their chief.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Faust in box
reviewed the biggest grand march st.
Louis ever had. A band Of fifty musicians
furnished the music. There were 40, 900
bottles Of beer to allay the thirst and
$4,000 sandwiches OF various sorts to sat-
isfy the appetites.
A congratulatory telegram was sent
from here by the n-A-Kiba Aid Society.
a Jewish organization composed Of 500
women; also by Mayor Kreismann. on
behalf OF St Louis city; James c. Gar
neau. on behalf Of the Merchants Ex-
change. and practically every st. Louis
financial institution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
mr. SAID "HOW DO YOI IND go
Miss Martin Chased and Caught AMI
Prosecuted and lie Paid Q Fine.

He tipped his hat to her and said. How
do You dor on Broadway IT 4Yhirtys'
seventh street yesterday afternoon.
wherest Miss Dottie Martin, 10 years old.
Of $50 St Johns Place. Brooklyn. lodged
through the crowd. running for over a
block. caught hold OF the man and held
him until policeman put him under
arrest He was George Robinson a
clerk living at 20 Lafayette avenue. Brook
lyn He told Magistrate Corrigan that
he had supposed he knew the lady Miss
Martin said he kept looking around al
her after she had refused TO notice him
and that he smiled three separate times
Robinson paid fine Of s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
BIFFAIO CORES NATt RtIIsT.
Won Ob~rlaensi~r Of Austria Meets Death
In the Sudan.

Special Cdhie Despatch 10 THF SrS
VIENNA. March Word has been re-
ceived here to the effect that Philipp Won
Oberlander, a prominent Austrian natura-
list. was gored TO death by wild buffalo
on March 3 at Iavalla. south Of khartum
in the Sudan.
He was hunting rare African fauna for
the Natural History Museum AZ Vienna.
He was particularly in quest Of the white
rhinoceros.
Won Overlander had done much big
game hunting in the Rocky Mountains
and the Arctic regions,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
ARRESTED FOR NOT STOPPING
Young M0torist Runs Against New Law
and Is Much Surprised.

Young Frederick W. Woodwork OF
6s Rutland road, Brooklyn. driving his
automobile. bumped an express wagon
that was going up Seventh avenue at
Twenty eighth street yesterday. Michael
Hanson. the wagon driver. yelled At the
young man and his friends in the car
to stop but they smiled and drove on.
Mounted Policeman Beck chased the
car down to Fifth avenue and Twenty
first street. where he arrested Wood
worth. In the Tenderloin police station
Woodworth was greatly surprised when
the lieutenant on the desk told him he
was charged with felony under the new
law that makes il such an offence to run
away in an automobile after an accident
Late last night Woodwork was still
trying to get 81, 600 bail He is one OF
the first to he held under this new law
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
EMBRACED AFTER THE ~ EI..
Count Mounds Count In Itaiy for ENpOsiDg
Murderer Of Princess.

Special Cdb!f DcsDdIth 10 THE Sun.
FLORENCE, March Count +. di Bruno
and Count, Basteni fought a duel with
swords to-day in the garden Of a secluded
villa on the outskirts OF the city. The en-
counter was the result OF revelations made
by Count Bastoni concerning Lieut. Pa
terno. who recently murdered the beauti-
full Countess Giulia Trigona di SAINT Ella,
and who was a close friend Of Count
di Bruno.
At the second assault Bastoni was
wounded in the scalp. whereupon the an
tagonists announced that their honor was
a appeased and the men kissed and en-
braced
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
GREENE AND CANYON Held.
Government Hooks plan 10 Take the
Pauper's Oath.

ATLANTA. March l. Benz amin ID.
Greene and John F. Gaynor are inmates
TO- nj ght OF the Federal prison. They
went to Atlanta this morning to the Office
OF United States Commissioner Colquitt
prepared to take the pauper's OATH swear
ing on a fine OF s5s5 900 each and then to
leave the city for their homes. They
carried grips containing all their belong
ings. There was no doubt in their minds
that freedom was at hand
But District Attorney Tate and Assist
ant District Attorney Akerman asked a
continuance Of the case until March 81,
pleading that the Government needed
that time to bring witnesses and docu-
mentary evidence. now in New York and
Chicago. to prove that the prisoners had
stored away u .OOo, 900 each.
Attorneys for Greene and Gaynor pro-
tested that the Government had already
had ell the time necessary. that fourteen
years had elapsed since the alleged crime
was committed.
Greene and 0aynor both looked de-
pressed and In poor health. just "a
Greene and 0aynor were about to answsr
q request for an interview Deputy RinArd
said that he had positive ordsFs that 20
interviews OF any kind should bU allowed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

Arrested In Alcazar on Suspicion Of N.
xigns Against king Ar Onso.

Special Gable Despatch to TaE sun.
MADRID. March 7.-Shortly before the
royal train bearing King Alfonso and his
suite passed through Alcazar San Juan
on the way from Madrid to Seville the
police arrested man named Ventura
Bagaria. who posed as = dynamite sales
man. but who was suspected Of being an
anarchist.
After the man had been questio ioned
and locked up in a Gel! he committed
suicide. Little known OF his antecedents,
but the authorities had been notified
that q dangerous anarchist had arrived
in the country.
Bagaria had gone to the station a,
Alcazar San Juan. with a deputation OF
city officials who were to greet the king
His actions created suspicion and his
arrest followed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
HiREM SKIRTS CAUSE Suicide.
Major Rossi of Paris Filled with shame
BY Sis Daughters' RiggIng.

ROME. March THE harem skirt 10
directly responsible for the death Of one
OF the prominent men OF this city. The
victim was Major Rossi. high municipal
functionary. who committed suicide.
Rossi's friends announce that he ended
his life because he was filed with shame
and disgust at his two daughters. aged %
and 10 respectively. They adopted the
trousers skirt as a part OF their everyday
costume.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

fIOH HIDA-ATIANTA-B ~ l0M INGHAM
superb through ser, Ice via Seaboard Air Ine
Ry. Lao. iis< e'~ay Phone Ss<< Msd.-A6A
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

Aatedtlsvian Watskey Il medirinalr pura
It's rich mellownesk appeals ~ dtscrlntna atina
users. Luytes Brothers, \, f.-,ict.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

BONDS q STOCK CERTIFICATES
Engraved and printed BY Corlies Macy = Co
Inc. W John Street. Estsbiished isS7.-Adv.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

Genuine crys,Si pebble eyeglasses. the cool Wind
th.. never n'si ~ spencer's, u Maiden Lane.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
CAME FROM DIN To MURPHY

Private Errand.
Gov. Dix's secretary. John A. Mason.
came to town again unes pectedly last
night. He was closeted with Charles
r. Murphy until an early hour this morn
ing. Neither cared to speak Of what
occurred between them. Seer etary Mason
is to return to Albany early this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
AIKEN AuGusTA- FLORIDA.

b3:bk u. N. DAILY.
SoutheTn's Southeastern Limited. Dining
Drawing and StsteroOm sleeDing cara Highcs
cisss service Ny, once. IA fhth aVu cor .ot
os.-tdp
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08
PEARSON SYNDICATE ACTIVE.

The general impression in Washington
tonight In that the attitude OF the British
Government has had = good deal TO do
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

'oHar asd on Fourth Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

PRoTK cTIoN or CoLoRA DO DAM
The question of guar ding the dam Of
the lower Colorado River has been dis.
cussed within the last few days by the
State Department and the Mexican For
eign Once. The greater part OF this dam
ia In Mexican territory. 1t is being con-
structed by an American company and
it's maintenance is necessary to protect
the settlers OF the Imperial Valley OF Cali
fornia from inundation.
Several weeks ago the contractor who
ia building the dam appealed to the State
Department for protection against the
depredations Of the insurgents. At the
request Of the State Department the
Mexican Government sent a force Of
200 soldiers under Col. Vega. The Msxi-
cans had skirmish with force Of insur-
gents and we're defeated On last Sat-
urday the contractor again appealed to
the State Department for protection and
asserted that he was losing $1,000 . day
because the insurgents were stealing
horses and provisions The question
OF aRording adequate protection was
again taken up with the Mexican Foreign
once. which promised TO send largse
force to protect the dam.
Thus far the insurgents have not at
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-21

Ia, to Produce Exchange men,
New York. -.
One person killed and 3 in
jured in collision between freight
and passenger trains on N. Y.
Central at Syracuse.
American Bankers association,
representing 12,275 banks, with
capital, surplus and deposits ag-
gregating $14, 100000, 900, in con-
vention at New Orleans. Got a
good grip on your. pockethook?
Treasurer says American banks
lost 81, 964,292M by burglary
last year. -.
Washington may interfere in
present Mexican revolution.
Wasn't fixed up ON Wall street
like Madero affairs.
Former U. S. District Attorney
John ]. Sullivan, Y Youngstown, O.
suggests Teddy for president
next year. Gee, but the G Q. P.'s
having a hard time finding any
one the people will have anything
to do With
Lincoln Center farmers who
tarred Mary Chamberlain seem
proud of themselves, even al
though news dispatch says sym
.pathy of town is with girl. Which
also is curious.
According to S. S. Mcclure of
McClure's magazine, Chicago
has no right to kick on the high
cost of dying. Says price of muir
der in N. Y. is $500, in Chicago,
only 81.
William Judicial Temperament
Il L 4 - 4 T.