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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
May Give Up Warsaw.

Petrograd, Dec. II, via London.-A
Russian military expert In comment
ing on the German attempt on War
saw, says:
According to the Russian authori
ties the yielding of cities to the enemy
does not constitute an important wal
factor, since the bombardment of big
cities like Lodz, with the attendant de
struction Of life and property. tends to
demoralize the army.
THUS if it is of strategic advantage
to evacuate Warsaw the capture OF
that city ought not to be considered
important"
10000 Russians Captured.
Vienna, via London, Dec. 10.-The
following official report was made pub
lie today: In West Galicia strong
forces on both sides were active yes
terday, and we have thus far captured
10000 Russians. The battle contin
ues today.
German Attack on Dover.
Dover, Dec. 11.-German submarines
made an attack at the eastern entrance
of Admiralty harbor here this morn
ing. Six vessels are believed to have
participated in the attack.
One report says that one was sunb
and others were hit by the fire of the
British forts and warships
No damage was done to the British
vessels.
The attack was made under cover
of darkness, and during heavy rain
storm.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

Copenhagen, Dec. 10.-Most alarm
'o- Eumors have been current as to
the kaiser's condition, but are not ge1-
orally believed in official circles.
From diplomatic source it Is
learned that his condition is serious,
but not yet dangerous 1t seems he
cannot be kept quiet and take full
rest. The empress has the greatest
difficulty in prevailing upon him to
stay I'M bed. He has a very bad at
tack of influenza.
This morning his majesty's tempera-
ture was about 103, and, was higher
yesterday. If he is unwilling to tals
absolute rest till he is recovered there
may be real danger. He is weak and
his spirits are greatly depressed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Usual Conflicting Reports.

London, Dec. 11.-Continuing their
offensive along almost the entire bat
tie line through Belgium and France.
the allied armies are credited tonight
with making notable advances against
the Germans
Roulers, Belgium, from which the
Germans were said few days ago
to have withdrawn their divisional
headquarters on account of the she'll
ing of the place after the allies cap
tured Passchendaele, has been cap
tured and entered by the allies, says
the Sluis correspondent o" the Am
sterdam Handelsblad.
Armentieres, France, also has been
captured by the allies. At least SO
reports Reuters Boulogne correspond
ent.
Germans Claim a Success.
Germany's general staff in Berlin
claims several French attacks were
repulsed. AS forwarded by wireless
the statement reads:
TN the district of Souain the
French confined themselves yesterday
to heavy artillery firing.
"a renewed French attack on Rocr.i
and Courcullies did not make ar
progress. The attack broke down uE-
der the fire of our artillery, the enemy
suffering heavy loss"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
ASKS FOR BIGGER NAVY
ADMIRAL FLETCHER SAYS MA
11oN NOT READY FOR WAR.
Talks to Congress Committee--Dread-
naught Is the Greatest Weapon
# MAJ al Warfare.

Washington, Dec. 11.--Rear Admiral
Fletcher, commander of the Atlantic
fleet, impressively told the house
naval committee that the United
States navy is not prepared to cope
with the most powerful navy in the
world. He mentioned no country.
You can safely say" he testified,
that we are not prepared for the
worst emergency that might arise to
protect ourselves from the greatest
force available.
We would have to greatly enlarge
our fleet to protect American inter
ests against all possible combinations
against us or to control the ocean.
We would have to take the offensive
when we have strong enough feet
Admiral Fletcher told the commit
tee European nation could send sub
marines across the ocean to dart into
an American harbor and assail the
American feet. 1t was, of course, he
said, suppositious case as to the
practicability of such move. For
instance, he said, England had nice
little supply station" 700 miles away
from New York harbor at Bermuda.
The admiral said he would recon-
mend eight or ten more submarines
for coast and harbor defense. He EN-
phatically asserted that the real sue
cess CT the navy ultimately must rest
with the dreadnaughts and battleship
fleets generally.
Admiral Fletcher in general state
ment at the outset, defended the
dreadnaught as the greatest weapon
OF naval warfare.
TIE admiral gave 1t as his opinion
that great naval battles would con-
tinue to be decided in the main by
battleships. y
Hearings on the army appropriation
bill were ended by the house military
committee with a discussion of the
nations preparedness for war by Brig
Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief Of stan.
General Scott told the COMMITTEES
the condition of the national defense
is constantly improving, and dis
cussed at length the question of am
munition supplies. Chairman Hay de-
clared supplies on hand we're rapidly
"approximating the necessary re-
serve"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
BUILD UP FORESTS
SECRETARY HOUSTON GIVES NEW
CONSERVATION PLAN FOR
TIMBER LANDS.
DERIVE BENEFITS AT ONCE
Scheme to Underwrite Forest Values
Would Provide Funds for Needed
Local improvements to Aid Set
tlement of Territory.

Washington, Dec. 12.-David F.
Houston, secretary of agriculture, in
his report for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1914, recommends a change
in the methods of administering the
national forests in undeveloped Sec
tions, SO that they will yield at once
revenue that can be applied to To-
cal development which will further
assist communities and aid in the set
tlement of the territory. Under this
plan the department, instead of wait
ing until timber is actually sold before
the unsettled counties gain any rev.
enue from this form of public domain,
will, If congress grants the necessary
authority, underwrite its proportion
of expenditure for local Improvement,
especially for road construction, and
charge this against the counties
shares of timber sales when the tim
ber is opened for commercial cutting.
The theory underlying the depart
ment's proposal in this matter is that
the forests in these sections consti-
tute a large part of the lands and
prospective public income of the ter
ritory, and that the forests, therefore.
should bear their share of the pioneer
ing expense.
Dealing with the general crop pro-
duction of the country, the report
finds:
THE progress of agriculture re-
veals itself more particularly in its
diversification, in the rise of minor
crops to large proportions, than in
the increased production of staple
products. For example, dairying in
the last generation has become an
exceptionally important branch of the
agricultural economy, the annual pro
duction including more than one and
a half billion pounds Of butter, hall
billion pounds of condensed milk, and
a billion pounds of cheese, having g
value Of approximately $500, 900, 900
The production of orchard fruits ex
ceeds 216,000,000 bushels year, with
a value Of more than $140, 100000. The
value of the annual production Of veg
etables is in excess of $400 600, 900
The production of hay and forage ap
proximates 10O,OO0,0O0 tons, with ;
value in excess of $500, 900. 900; tn.
poultry products of the nation hav'
reached a point where their annua
value is about one-half that of tn,
cotton crop at normal valuations, ant
marked increases are noted in thu
quantity and value of the cereals"
But, after all our efforts, Will,
there is an increased diversificatiol
of agriculture and both relative AM
absolute increase in important prod
ucts, such as wheat, forage crops
fruits, dairy products, and poultry, W
still note not only relative. but ais
an absolute decrease in a number o
our important staple food products
such as corn and meats. In the forme
in the last Is years there has been N
substantial advance. In cattle, sheer
and hops there has been an absolut
decline-in cattle, from the censu
year of 1889 to that of 1909, of fron
5O,000,000 head to 100000 in sheer
of from 61,000,000 to $4,000, 900; il
hogs from $4,000, COO to $4,000, ,000"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 10.--Connie
Mack, manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics, announced he had sold Ed
ward T. Collins, second baseman Of
the Athletics, to the Chicago White
Sox for money consideration.
Lake Cormorant, Miss, Dec. 10. -
A mob of 40 men took Essex Max, a
negro cotton picker, from the field and
lynched him. The negro was accused
of breaking into a store and pounding
a clerk into insensibility.
Lima. Peru, Dec. 10.--The small
mountain town of Coracora, about
three hundred miles southeast of Lima,
was shaken by severe earthquake on
Sunday. There were several casual
ties. The town is in ruins.
New York, Dec. 10.--Announcement
was made that the New York Ameri-
can league club (the Yankees) had
been sold to Capt. T. L. Hudson, mil
lionaire contractor, and Jacob Rup-
pert, the millionaire brewer
Bordeaux, Dec. 9.--President Poin-
care will transfer his official residence
to Paris this week.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

from their seats and rushed to the
rear of the theater, where Louis Op-
penstein, owner of the theater, stood.
did this act start here in Kansas
City?" asked the excited man.
why. no; they're from New York. :"
Mr.. Oppenstein said.
We'll, my names Owen, and there's
dog on the stage there that looks
like one l lost two months ago. he
returned. May we go back and see?"
So the man, his daughter, and Mr.,
Oppenstein went back. When the
door leading directly onto the stage
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

players, by their resolute aloofness,
seem to raise, however, unwittingly, a
standard of negation to all the claims
of patriotism. The leagues and clubs
which support them are in the prac-
tical position of antinational organiza.
tions. The Indifferent, thoughtless and
selfish are encouraged in their vices
by the distraction provided for them
in every large center of population.
Such a diversion of popular energy
from the nations cause in the gravest
hour of its history demands every re-
SiStance"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
sERENo E. PAYNE is DEAD
Long Republican Leader in Con-
eress; Authority on Tariff-Heart
Failure Causes Death.

Washington, Dec 12.-Representa-
tive Serene E. Payne of New York
died suddenly of heart failure at his
apartment here on Thursday. Mr..
Payne, who was seventy-one years old,
lived alone. His wife died three years
ago. A representative from New York
in every congress since 1889, except
one, Mr.. Payne was chairman of the
ways and means committee and Re
publican floor leader in 1909-10, and
directed the drafting of the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill.
He was born in Hamilton, N. ",
June &c, 1s43, and educated at Roch-
ester and Colgate. Mr.. Payne was a
delegate to many Republican national
conventions.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

the Kansas City Times
Last week an act at the Globe the
ater was almost put out of commits
sion by the death of one of the dogs.
used in a basketball stunt. The own
er of the act went to the dog pound.
There he picked out brindle terrier
from the lot of homeless dogs which
had been gathered. He paid S. for
him.
The curtain went up on the dog act
at the Globe last Thursday. Almost
simultaneously man and his daugh-
ter sitting in the second row jumped
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
WILLIAM W. RocKHILL DIES
Noted American Diplomat suceun1bs
In Honolulu-Taken From Liner
While En- Route to China.

Honolulu, Dec. 10. = William w.
Rockhill, the distinguished American
diplomat. died here. Mr.. Rockhill was
taken Friday from the liner Chiyo
Maru. en- route to China. At that time
it was said he was suffering from a Sc
we're cold. He was en- route to Peking
to become adviser to President Yuan
Shi Kai. Mr. Rockhill left San Fran
cisco November % in apparently good
health He was sixty years old.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

keted in Manila in year.
There is grasshopper plague
every ten years in the Philippines"
said President Waters, "and the
problem of combating the grasshop-
pers In warm climate like the Phil
ippines is more difficult than in coun-
tries where cold weather serves as
check.
There are many acres of unset
tied country which serve as breeding
places for the grasshoppe ers. The
method used in capturing the grass
hoppers is to organize drive. A
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

physicians say, the first being that the
Russian troops have been excellently
fed from the beginning of the war; the
second that the grand duke is using
the smallest possible forces at the
actual front of the fighting line, and
the third that no alcohol is consumed
by any of the soldiers.
The hospitals are proving that the
recuperative powers of the Russian
wounded are now equal to the highest
ever known, namely, the figures
reached in the case of the Turkish
Moslems.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

large shallow tank is constructed
which has wings of galvanized iron
The tank is filled with kerosene The
natives then start the driye three o.
four miles away and close in gradual
iy, driving the grasshoppers before
them into the tank. The grasshol-
pers are then dried and sent to mar
ket.
sor Deans method of poisoned bran
mash, it would prove more effective,
believes President Waters, than the
system which is used.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
JOSEPH SMITH PASSES. AWAY
President of Reorganized Church Of
Latter Day Saints Dies After
Long illness.

Independence, Mo-, Dec. 12.-Joseph
Smith, president of the reorganized
church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, died here on Thursday after a
long illness. He was eighty-two years
old, had been married three times and
had IL children. His father was the
founder of the Mormon church.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
SHIPPERS FIRE lAT GEN. BLISS
Commander of U. S. Troops at Naco,
Arizona Has Narrow Escape
From Bullet.

Naco. Ariz., Dec. 12.-General Bliss
arrived here on Thursday and assumed
command. While inspecting the out
posts he had a narrow escape from
snipers bullets, one missing General
Bliss only a few feet when about to
alight from an automobile in Main
street. Artillery from Ell Paso was de-
layed in entraining it Is not now ex-
pected until early in the morning.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Russian Woman Martyr.

Mrs. Catherine Breshkovsky, known
as "Baboushka.' or grandmother to
the Russians, has been ordered to
some point on the arctic circle. after
having been imprisoned at Irkutsk for
trying to escape. She is seventy years
old and was sentenced to the life of
convict because of her anarchistic
activities. Several years ago she
made a lecture tour of the United
States.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

Pasteur institute to declare that Paris
in particular, and France in general,
have nothing to fear from the disease.
He says the season is too far advanced
for it to take hold, and medical science
is too well armed against it for it to
make any headway.
The general health of Paris, Doctor
Metchnikoff says, was never better
and the physical condition of the
French troops is magnificent, which
fact accounts largely for the compare.
lively light mortality among the
wounded.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
SOON LEAVE THE HOSPITAL
Recuperative Powers of Russian Sol
diers In Part Attributed
to Temperance.

Petrograd.-The wounded on the
Russian side, considering the magni-
tude of the operations, are compare
lively few, according to officers of the
medical service. Moreover, those
whose wounds are not of the grayest
character recover with great rapidity.
This is due to three facts, the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
HAS NO FEAR OF CHOLERA
Pasteur Institute Expert Says French
Capital Can Be Without
Apprehension.

Paris.-The proclamation issued by
General Won der Goltz to the people
of Brussels, mentioning the possible
return of German troops from France
on account of an alleged epidemic of
cholera raging in the French army,
has caused Doctor Metchnikoff of the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Is love an asset or a liability?

was opened there was one loud yelp
from the little hrindle dog He jumped
first into the arms of Mr.. Owen, then
rubbed against the daughter, whining
all the while.
Yes. he's yours" said Mr.. Open
stein.
And now Buster is back at home,
after two of the most exciting months
of his life-all the way from an out
cast in the most exciting months Of
his life-all the way from an outcast
in the street to full-fledged actor on
the vaudeville stage.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Election Day.

General election day is legal holi-
day in all the states except the follow
ing: Alabama, Arkansas. Connecticut.
Delaware, Georgia. Maine, Massachu
sets, Mississippi, Nebraska, North
Carolina, Utah. Vermont, Ohio, Kansas
and West Virginia. Columbus day is
legal holiday in thirty of the forty
eight states.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

comes anesthetiZed.
Professor Schleich insisted that
there is no danger in using the mix
ture, Its simplicity and harmlessness,
therefore. he considered. recommend
its use in war.
Each soldier could be provided cas-
lily with small quantity of the liquid
in a suitable tube, which he could use
for himself until he found himself in
the surgeons hands. No overdose
would be possible, because the soldier
would fall asleep first. and the tube
would drop from his hand"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18

1T consists of two parts of ethyl
chloride, four parts of chloroform, and
twelve parts of sulphuric ether. This
mixture boils at very low tempera-
ture; in fact, at the normal temper
attire of the human body. If any one
clasps phial containing it in his fist
for few minutes it boils gently The
patient inhales the vapor of the boil
ing liquid and quickly 1t produces
freedom from pain-then sleep. If
the phial be held under his nostrils SO
that he continues to inhale the vapor,
his .sensory nerves are blunted, he be-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
HAD EXCITING TWO MONTHS
gn That Time BrindIe Bull Terrier
Rose From Obscurity to Recog-
nized Place on Stage.

Two months ago Buster. little
brfndle Boston bull terrier, was lost
9rsn his home. He belonged to Rob-
ert Owen, 81 North Hardesty ave-
nue. One day he was picked up by
the city '-dog catcher" and taken to
the pound to be sold or killed. 1t ap-
peared to be the end of Buster. says
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
ANEsTHETIc FOR THE FIELD
Each Soldier May Carry Preparation
That VIII Ease Pain and Quickly
Produce Sleep.

That each soldier carry his own
anesthetic. for use to deaden pain in
case be is wounded in battle is one OF
the suggestions made by an English
Journal The discovery of the anes-
the.ic was made by Professor Schleich
and the description of it is as fol-
9nws-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
AGENT Shot by Robbers.

Moberly, Mo-, Dec. ia sheriff's
posse with blootihounds is searching
the woods for a bandit who robbed the
Wabash ticket Office at Carrollton of
$50 after shooting Jacob Auer, tele-
graph operator.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
QUEER FOOD OF FILIPlNos
Three thousand Tons of Dried Grass
hoppers Marketed Annually In
Philippines.

'.Dried grasshoppers are used as
food IN the Philippine islands," said
Henry Jackson Waters, president of
the college, in talk before the agri
cultural society of the Kansas State
Agricultural college. Three thou
sand tons of grasshoppers are mar
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Sink German Warships.

London, Dec. 10.-A British squad
ron under command of Vice-Admiral
Sir Frederick Sturdee, chief of the
war staff, engaged German squad
ron under Admiral Count Won Spec off
the Falkland islands, in the South At
lantic, and won a victory which is be-
ing acclaimed through England.
The armored cruisers Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau and the protected crui-
ser Leipzig, three of the German war
ships which had been menacing Brit
ish shipping, and part of the squadron
which sank the British cruisers Good
Hope and Monmouth in the Pacific on
November 1, were destroyed.
The cruisers Dresden and Nuern-
berg, the two other vessels which COM
posed the German squadron, made off
during the fight
The announcement of this engage
ment and victory, which was the most
important naval engagement of the
war, with the exception of that off
Helgoland last August, was made in a
statement by the admiralty of less
than one hundred words.
Admiralty Reports Victory.
The statement follows:
"At 1880 a. M, on the 9Th of De-
cember, the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau,
Nuremberg, Leipzig and Dresden were
sighted near the Falkland islands by a
British squadron under vice-Admiral
Sir Frederick Sturdee.
ao+;1v fo1l1~ro5 1o,.vc a,
of which the Scharnhorst, flying the
flag of Admiral Count Won Spec, the
Gneisenau and the Leipzig were sunk.
The Dresden and Nuremberg made of
during the action and are being pur-
sued.
"The vice-admiral reports that the
British casualties are very few in
number.
Some survivors have been rescued
from the Gneisenau and the Leipzig. "
Admiral Believed Lost.
The statement makes reference to
some survivors rescued from the Gnei-
senau and the Leipzig. but no mention
is made Of any of the crew of the
Scharnhorst, which was the flagship
Of the German admiral, being saved,
and it is thus presumed that Count
Won Spec, his officers and men went
| down fighting.
The British casualties were light,
but beyond the fact that the British
squadron was commanded by Vice-Ad.
miral Sturdee no information is vouch.
safed regarding the ships engaged and
the newspapers are enjoined not to
speculate, as "other combinations may
be effected"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Six Killed in Wreck.

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 12.-ln a col
hsion between two Wabash freight
trains at Darling, Ont, six people were
killed. The known dead: Thomas
Beckley, James Courtney. William P.
Recoore.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
nvn.nite Kills Thirteen Men.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 11.-Thirteen
men were killed when miner dropped
a stick iof dynamite in the Diamond
mine at North Scranton, causing an
explosion that wrecked the cage in
which they were being lowered.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Prominent Poet Dies,

Louisville, KY, Dec 10.-After lying
unconscious almost ninety hours, Madi-
son Cawein, the poet, died at his home
here from a fractured skull, said to
have been caused when he fell in the
bathroom at his home.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
police Shoot Man Five rlmes,

Madison, Ind, Dec. IA. l.. Downs
tried to kill William Mcclure at North
Vernon, missed him and wounded AL.
fred Mcclellan. Two policemen es-
sayed to arrest Downs, who opened fire
and they shot Downs five times.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Balls to Death at capitaI.

Washington, Dec. 12.-John F. Nc
Cue, sixty-five years old, of Brookland,
D. c.. was killed when he toppled over
stair railing in the treasury building
and plunged four stories to the marble
pavement below.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
Leo Frank is Sentenced.

Atlanta. Ca, Dec. 11.-Leo NJ. Frank
was resentenced here to be hanged
January % for the murder of Mary
Phagan. Franks attorneys are pre-
pairing to appeal to the board of par
dons for clemency.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-18
cenersI Funston Promoted.

Washington, Dec. 11.-President
Wilson has nominated Brigadier Gen.
eral Funston for major general. Col.
Henry A. Greene to be brigadier gen.
eral and Charles F, Hughes, comman-
der in the navy, to be captain