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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
WAS AMERICAN BABY
LITTLE MOTHER PROUD OF THE
CHILD SHE HELD.
Small Girl, But With High Ideals
Happily Met With by Writer
Who Describes Her In the
Washington Star.

A small girl In o blue frock was
carrying baby with rings in ita
ears. The girl was skinny little
tacker, with a dark face-mostly eyes
and her grooming voice as she cud'
died the baby somehow suggested
olives. Vesuvius, wayside shrines and
banana carts. But there was nothing
Latin about the fat. bald-headed baby
except the gold wire in it's ears.
The small girls street isn't what
you could reliably call a pleasant
place. There is leathery smell for
ever rivaling the woolly assertivenesa
of misfit hand-me-downs.
So the small girl toted the baby to
a quiet street where the sun lay like
a warm yellow blanket on the bricks
and where the leaves swirled down
from the trees as If dying we're gay
sort of dance.
Then she sat down on a carriage
step that she seemed to be acquaintt.
ed with, and kissed the baby on its
baldest spot, where the fuZz had
rubbed off from lying down. And the
baby, to show its satisfaction, gurgled
out that inscrutable symphony Of in.
fancy which Ewes little Cain was the
first to voice, and which we try to
speel out "da. da, da."
A woman whose way had led from
the small girls street to the quiet
one, stopped at the carriage step and
offered the baby an apple from
bag. It was shiny red apple, and
the baby smiled at it coquettishly be-
fore hiding its face in the small girls
neck. The girl herself, wise enough
to recognize friendliness when she
saw it, took the apple and lifted the
baby's face.
Thank the la-dee, Maggee."
The baby waved its arms and
kicked out two pink socks-one heel
and bunch of toes outside showing
pinker than the wool.
"She is American baby" explained
the small girl, with pride that was
downright beautiful. "She is not no
dago. She have rings in her ears be
cause my mother she will 1t have so,
and her saint name is Magdalena, but
my father he say it is Maggie for
American, and II she was a boy she
might be president-maybe."
why, that is fine. And what is
your name?"
My name Is Maree-ah, after the
Mother of God. My mother gave me
to her. wear blue all time while ]
am child. When l woman have a
pink ribbon bow In my hair And a
green dress. Yes, 1t is at the cathe.
dral at Milan that am given to the
blessed mother. But the bambino-
no, the baby, came when we get to
America. No boy shall call her dago.
I will fight him. l will keel him If he
say she dago-"
And as the woman went her way
she wondered what America will hold
for Maggie, whose saint name is Mag.
dalena, when she is no longer a
bald-headed baby with rings in her
ears.
And for Dago Maria, when the time
comes for her to wear pink ribbons
and green dress?
Quien sabe!-Washingt Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Breaking a Bad Habit.

Il see you have brought your dear
old-fashioned father to the Catskills
again this season, Miss Slick"
"Oh, yes, Miss Peck. we could hard
ly get along without pap, even If his
manners are horrid."
But note great improvement in
his style Of eating"
in what way?'
why, now he invariably uses his
fork"
Yes, yes. You see. we bribe the
waiter to put soap on papa's knife"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Yelled Sarcasm.

Cooper say. Hooper. was Doctor
Blinker guilty Of joke in his PRAYER
for our public officials this morninef
Hooper-How?
Cooper-Didn't you notice that he
prayed for the blessing of the T.ord
Puck.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Potato pumpllnu.

Two cups hot mashed potatoes, but
ter size of an egg, two eggs. four Ia.
blespoons Of chicken or other stock,
three tablespoons Of sweet milk; add
a pinch of salt. beat we'll and add
enough -four to stifferJ
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Steamed Brown Bread.

One cup sweet milk. one cup SOU,
milk. one teaspoon soda, one and one
half cup molasses. one-half cup nour.
pinch Of salt. one-half cup raisins II
desired. Steam three hours. This IL
delicious either hot or cold.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Save tho Seed.

BY keeping the managers seed-tight
while the feeding is heavy. one can
clean them out when spring comes.
running the rufse through the fan
ming mill The clover and timothy
seeds thus secured will retrun you
q handsome sum. as these win be
high this season.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Time Wasted.

How. many ever stop to figure up
how much of your time. trouble and
feed goes to lice and mites and para
sites?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Has to Be ProperIv ~.

'@PeTIy D0n6.
"A drop OF Ink can still make mil.
lions think. But 1t has to be turned
into liye-wire language and printed
on the better kind Of paper to do IL
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-16
Starting In Sheep.

This is the right time of year for
starting In sheep.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
PLOT TO BLOW UP
FRENCH STEAMER IS
BELIEVED FRUSTRATED

NEW ORLEANS, Dec 22.-The ar
rest here tonight of four Germans is
believed by the police to have frustrat-
ed the plot to blow up the French
steamer Rochambeau. The police con-
fiscated box containing seventy five
pounds of dynamite set by clockworks
to explode six and half days from
tonight. The prisoners, two of whom
are said by authorities to have con-
fessed, said they understood the Ro-
chambeau was to sail from New York
on Saturday. Shipping records. how
ever show she left New York on De-
cember 13 The police believe the al
legged conspirators miscalculated the
date of her departure. Their plan, 1t
is said. was to ship the bomb by eN-
press consigned to the Rochembeau at
New York 1t was intended the vessel
would be blown up after she got to sea.
Worry over the prospective loss of
innocent lives is believed to be re-
sponsble for the discovery of the plot
One of those arrested, Peter Langlaan,
when questioned by detectives, who
have been working on the case for ten
Continued on Page Three)
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
A|RSH|P ARROW
/. DOES DAMAGE
TO 7EUI0NS
Estimated Every Third Ar
row Finds Lodgment in
Mark-Are Dropped by
Allies Aviators, Who Cir
Gle Over Enemy

: LONDON, Dec. 22-(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press)-The
arrows which the allied aviators are
using over the battlefields are in two
parts, head and a short flanged
shaft The head measures about two
and quarter inches. and the total
lenth of the arrow is four and a half
inches Both the head and shaft are
of steel. the flange being formed of
angles, the ends OF the four flanges
thus produced being set into the
steel head The diameter of the head
is about SIC of an inch tapering to
a fine point and the whole weight is
about twenty-one grams
A German doctor gave the follow
ing description of the use and effect
of the allies arrows at a meeting of
the Stuttgart Medical society:
Three companies of German soldiers
were resting when two aeroplanes cir
cled overhead at a height of about
twelve hundred metres. Suddenly
one of the soldiers felt sharp stab
bing pain in his right foot and
thought one of his fellow soldiers had
inadvertently pierced it; but the il
lussion was soon dspelled when he
heard cries of pain all about him. The
horses, too. became restive and two
were found to be wounded, Looking
at his foot the soldier found an iron
arrow had penetrated it. He i'm
mediately plucked it out About fif-
teen others had been hit and the
source. of the arrows being discovered
the men took cover under wagons. II
was subsequently estimated that about
fifty arrows had been discharged anC
every third arrow had taken effect
The Importance of these weapons
particularly when dropped on resting
soldiers is therefore considerable ant
the fact that about half the casual
ties consisted of wounds in the lower
limbs show how Vulnerable the rest
| ing soldier is to arrows from above
| Evidently the arrows scatter con
siderably for in one case four com
panies were simultaneously hit.
One case was mentioned of an ar
row passing through the scalp Withou
injuring the skull but another caused
death by entering the left temple ant
passing out again by the right.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
Daughters of W. M. Alexan-
der, Los Angeles Million
aire, Inflict Wounds on
Battling Burglars Which
Lead to Capture
DESPERADOES ARE
BOTH MERE YOUTHS
Discovered in Home Of Vic
tim-Son Coming to AS
sistance is Wounded
Dainty Daughters Took
Up Fight
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHI

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.-Their
scalps a mass of wounds from silver
/ backed hair brushes, welded by the
daughters of VIM. Montrose Alexan-
der, the murdered millionaire, Charles
Ethelbert OMAN, aged eighteen, son of
minister. and Glenn Witt, aged %,
were arrested today charged with the
crime.
Alexander, who was formerly of Dali
las, Texas, was killed early today while
resisting these two burglars in his
home. OMAN, whose father was a
pastor of Methodist churches in San
Francisco, San Diego and Birmingham,
Ala, confessed he killed Alexander and
wounded his son VIM. NJ. Alexander
Jr, who came to his parents assist
ance
He was caught when he appeared at
a house seeking medical attention for
the wounds inflicted by Alexander's
daughters OMAN was shot in the leg
by young Alexander. Both left their
hats and shoes behind on leaving the
Alexander home Both were without
socks one wore misfit pair of ten
mis- shoes when arrested.
When taken to the Alexander resi-
dence and identified, the burglars
learned that if OMAN had stayed his
trigger finger, the diamonds sought
would have been theirs, as Mrs Alex
oe+ 10,
just entering the room to give up her
rings when the fatal shot was fired.
| Upon returning from the residence.
surgeons worked over the two men for
two hours in receiving hospital.
"Those girls fought like tiger cats re-
! marked OMAN.
! Witt said he came from Duquoin, IL
| linois and was released from prison
here only two weeks ago after serving
a brief term for larceny. Oman ad-
mitted planning the robbery. Witt car
ried a card of the Industrial Workers
of the World
I'VE entered the house through a side
| window, said OMAN. "Mrs. Alexan-
der was reused by the noise and Alex
ander turned on the light. | drew q
revolver and just then the son entered
| the room with a drawn revolver. He
! shot and then I shot. His bullet struck
me in the leg. My first struck his faith
err 1 fired the second shot. which
seemed to hit young Alexander and
! then I fled
! Alexander grappled with Witt and
! fought mis- way into the hall. where the
two Alexander girls entered the fray
/ beating the burglars with hair brushes.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
MOTOR SHIP MALAKA
WITH sl,250,000 CARGO
WILL Be SALVAGEO
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcH1

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22.-The Danish
motor ship Malaka, with $25O0O0
cargo, is still fast on the rocky ledge
of the northwestern end of Bird Rock
in the Natividad islands. The Ma
laka has been left to her fate, for a
few days at least The steamer Ari-
zonian, which stood by to lend aid
all night and part of today, is pro-
ceeding down the coast
+ The captain of the Malaka has
asked that a salvage steamer and an
underwriting expert be sent to his
aid at once. The only salvage steamer
available is the Iaqua, now at Ven
tura endeavoring to lift a steam
schooner. in Coos Bay.
The Malaka grounded Friday night
and the first mate, who left the motor
ship in one of the long boats with a
party of sailors to row to the nearest
telegraph station at San Quentin, 130
miles distant. has not been heard from
since he left Bird Rock on Saturday
morning. 1t is probable that the entire
party was lost as an unusually heavy
sea has been running the last few days
Continued on Page Three
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
GERMANS ARE
ATTEMPTING TO
ENvEL0P RUSS
Fan-shaped Dispositions of
Teutons Indicate Envel-
oping Attack on Advance
of Grand Duke Nicholas
in Mazulra Lake Region
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1spArcHl

.PETROGAD, Dec. 22-The heavy
German column which has been
driven across the East Prussian
frontier from Mlawa, Russian Po-
land. by the Russians, is spreading
out to the east and west, according
to reports from the front The pur-
pose of the German movement is to
debouch to the right of the en-
trenched Mazura lake position and
reinforce troops in the vicinity or
Thorn for protection against the con-
tinued Russian advance on the Thorn
Allenstein -Intersburg railroad. which
is the main strategic line paralelling
the North Poland frontier. Russian
success here not only threatens the
right wing of the German Mazura
lake position but also threatens the
left wing of the army operating be-
fore Warsaw.
The Bourse Gazette calls attention
/ to the shifting of the weight of Ger
man troops from Belgium to the Po-
land front but the newspaper is OF
/ the opinion that this action means
no tightening of the task of the allies
since the withdrawal of Germans
frori the western battle front is from
| parts of the line where entrench-
ments are provided of sufficient
strength to withhold the French and
British forces. 1t is stated that the
heavy draf on the seasoned first line
German troops is being filled Out
with the pick of the reservists, ano
/ that new levies are being sent tc
the Polish fronts.
A second attempt was made by the
Austrians to pierce the Russian lines
facing the Carpathians at Sanck anc
Lisko, failed yesterday in spite of q
fierce night attack on the Russian
trenches near Lisko. The garrison ol
the Austrian fortress Of Przemsel
seemingly informed of the Austrian
Carpathian army movements made {
sortie coincident with the Austrian
attacks, though separated by 35 mile:
from Lisko. 1t is assumed that al
Austrian officer and aviator sho
down at Bircha, fourteen miles south
west of PrZemsel were carrying mes
sages between the two Austrian for.
! CONTINUED on Page Three
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23

At yesterdays committee confer
ences, the directors of the Arizona
chapter of the American mining con-
gress carried along their preparations
to complete one of the strongest
working organization in the state
The executive committee selected
for the highly important duty OF
drafting a bin to cover mine taxa
tiOn in the state. This committee
will present the result of its in
vcstisaticns to the January session of
the legislature, and the whole weight
of the Arizona mining men will be
used to back the measure. The net
profit system of mine valuation will
be advocated in the bill
The finance committee met at the
board of trade yesterday at 915 a.
m. to consider ways and means OF
carrying on the organization. A
satisfactory plan was presented. and
by night, the committee had reported
gratifying progress.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
BIG TREE ARRIVES
FOR MUNICIPAL XMAS;
WILL Be DECORATED
Gift Of City of Prescott Arrives on
the Ground and Will be Put in
Place.

The transfer companies were busy
yesterday filling their portion of the
spread the Christmas smile idea.
All day long some of the wagons OF
the Lightning company were busily
engaged in collecting the donations
for the municipal Christmas tree.
and taking them to the headquarters
of Judge Thomas who is the treas
urer and general overseer of the
whole proposition.
While this was going on the
Chambers Transfer company was en-
gagged in hauling the great tree pre-
sented by the citizens of Prescott to
the citizens of Phoenix from the flat
car on which it arrived to his po-
sition at the city hall where it will
be planted and decorated. 1t will be
in place tomorrow and will be all
decorated for the occasion. :.
Interest in the movement is in
creasing rapidly and workers are
now coming to the front with do
nations and assistance. The fact that
the whole thing has to be finished
up in the course of the next day
gives everyone concerned more busi-
ness than the ordinary cranberry
merchant but every indication is for
the complete success of the municipal
Christmas 1914.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23

there is no warrant for its enforcement
without an act of the Arizona legisla-
ture, giving it life and vitality. He said
it's enforcement meant that the COM
plainants would be deprived of property
without due process of the law and
that it was the duty of the court to
construe the law as it is written, in
spite of the claims of its proponents
that it did not apply to certain bus-
nessas in Arizona. The amendment
prohibited the use of wine for the sac
rament, and wine has been wine ever
since the beginning time, said the
speaker, under the amendment it
would be unlawful to sell medicine,
either proprietary or put up in prescrip-
tion, if it contained alcohol In the
opinion of Judge Sloan, the Webb Ken
yon act, prohibiting the importation of
liquor in dry territory or for unlawful
purpose was unconstitutional and will
be so decided by the supreme court Of
the United states.
Judge Sloan asserted the enforce
ment of the prohibition law has been a
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
DEPosED RECTOR WILL FIGHT
Especial to The Republican, }


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 22.-
That Rev. DIR. George Chalmers Rich
mOnd, the deposed rector of ST Johns
church, will put up a vigorous fight
when the ecclesiastical court tries him
on January 18th, is predicted by his
statements that the Protestant Episco-
pal church takes its cue from Wall
street. The vestry of st. Johns is
standing by the deposed rector and
there are threats that the church
would withdraw from communion with
the Protestant Episcopal chuch and
unite with the reformed Episcopal
church. DR. Richmond is accused by
Bishop Rhinelander of violation of
his ordination vows and disregard of
the bishops authority. DR. Richmond
asserts he is being assailed for his
freedom of speech in preaching the
truth frankly and fearlessly. DR..
Richmond charges that the bishop
was elected by convention controll-
ed by capitalists. and that the Holy
Ghost was not present at that meet
ing
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
SWISS WORKING
HARD TO ASSIST
FINDING LOST
Have "Prisoners of War" Agency That
Works Continually and Without
Pay in Interest of Friends
Back Home"

GENEVA, Switzerland. December %.
The office of the prisoners of War
Agency is about the busiest place in
Switzerland. Here 800 unpaid work.
ers, men, women, boys and girls, are
engaged in receiving and answering
letters from those who have friends or
relatives in the armies and who are
seeking to know what has become of
them. The agency receives lists of cas-
ualties and of prisoners taken, from
all the combatant countries. These
lists are carefully indexed, and the in
formation made available for replying
to inquiries, many thousands of which
are received daily.
At present about 10000 letters from
soldiers relatives. are received daily.
Each day from 300 to 400 visitors from
France, Russia, England, Belgium or
Germany, call in person to make in
quiries. Each day from 500 to 1900
families are notified that these SOL
diers whom they have inquired after,
are safe, although prisoners in one or
another of the belligerent countries.
The head of the agency, NJ. Ador, a
wealthy Swiss, is devoting all his time
to the work. Among other things, he
has made extended investigation of re-
ports of illteatment of prisoners, and
is able to assure all inquirers that pris-
oners are being well treated in every
country.
The agency now has on file more
than 10000 applications for informa-
ton from Germany and 100000 from
France.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23

scandal wherever it has been tried and
cited the situation in Maine There,
There he said, the prohibition camp is
divided into two parties, those who be-
lieve in the regulation of the liquor
traffic and those who favor prohibit
ton. The latter class had caused the
birth of a new vocabulary in this
country, containing such words as
boot leggers" and speak easies' The
law was not self executing, but needed
additional legislation to make it effect
i've he said
Judge A. c. Baker of Phoenix, who
opened for the drys, said the only
question involved in the case was
whether the amendment was confis =
catory in character IF it is, said the
speaker, 1T is unconstitutional; if not,
it is a valid enactment. In any event
if it is claimed to be confiscatory it
is a question for the state courts to
decide" He denied that the law de-
prived anybody of their property rights
and said prohibition was the essence of
(COntinued on Page Three(
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
INFLOW DROPS WITH
TEMPERAT URt;; RAIN
STILL HANGING ON
Still, a Big Gain Was Made in Stored
Water Yesterday, with Promise of
Much More From Accumulated
Snow Deposits

After everybody had thought the sun
was coming back into his own, he dis
appeared during a good part of yes
terday, again, and the result was a
couple of rainy periods last night,
which contributed more water to the
landscape, more mud to the streets, and
more combined joy and evaporation
to the citizens.
The Monday night rain amounted to
just 80 inch. Last nights shower was
possibly a little heavier.
The cold wave that the weather man
predicted to follow the goodly rains of
last week, acted just like they said it
would. and halted the rush of waters
into the reservoir The gain on yes
terdays report was but 1875 acre feet
"a very respectable addition, but not
in il with the scrumptious ones of Sun
day and Monday.
The Verde dropped considerably dur
ing the night. from $4,000 to $4,000
miners inches. But the Salt between
Roosevelt and Granite Reef continued
to flow Justify, so that about 746,36O
miners inches of water was wasting
over the diversion dam yesterday
morning. No water was used for ir-
rigation.
The Gila continued rambunctious
but did no damage west of town, where
headings for the Buckeye canal system
were thought to be endangered.
The Tonic and Salt both diminished
showing that the rain in the Salt River
valley Monday night was represented
by snow in the mountains, slowing the
run-off and storing even greater guam
titles in the hills
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-23
ASSOCIATED PRESS DlsPATCH1

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22-The arg
uments in the injunction suits to pre-
vent the enforcement of the Arizona
prohibition amendment constitution
have been concluded. Presiding Judge
Ross announced that if he and his two
associates have finished their deliber-
ations by Thursday, a decision will be
rendered then.
The test suit of Michael Riech, an
Austrian cook against William TruaX'
seeking an injunction against the Ari-
zona anti-alien labor law was set for
hearing January A.
The court room was packed with at
torneys and others eager to hear the
display of eloquence and knowledge of
the law. 1t was great day for the
attorneys of Arizona, they did them
selves proud.
Ex-Judge R. f. Sloan of Phoenix,
made the closing argument for the
vets. He claimed the act in question
as an usurpation by the state of pow
er inherited only in congress, and that