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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1914-10-29
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bel oem 3uiammenitob leiht beiddoigt.
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lit uodl nidlt befannt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1914-10-29
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Bureau" lGBt lif aus slmlteroam mel
ben, oaB Die Deutiden Die gauge
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bis 9tieuport bema6eu, um. cine mOs'
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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
TOAD A VALUABLE SERVANT
Its Uses in the World Have Not Been
Accorded the Recognition II Has
Long Deserved.

Few well.meaning creatures have
been more thoroughly misunderstood
that the homely, meditative and re-
firing toad.
Formerly the toad was considered a
venomous reptile, but In our day its
habits have been more carefully OBJ
served and its great value to the
pomologist and gardener has been
fully established on account of Its
propensity for destroying insects.
We should, therefore, cultivate the
friendship and assistance of the in>
sectiyorous reptiles, including the
striped snake, as well as that of birds
Every tidy housewife detests the
cockroach, mice and other vermin.
Two or three domesticated toads
would keep the coast clear Of these
and would be found more desirable
than cat, as they are wholly free
from trespassing on the rights of man
as does the cat The toad is pos
sessed Of timid and retiring nature,
loving dark corners and shady places,
but under kind treatment becoming
quite tame.
Many instances might be cited of
pet toads remaining several years in
family and doing most valuable
service with no other compensation
than that of immunity from persecu-
ton.
In Europe toads are carried to the
cities to market and are purchased by
the horticulturlsts, who by their aid
are enabled to keep in check the null
tiplication of the insect tribes which
prey upon their fruits, flowers, etc.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
PresIdent Wilson's Leadership.

1t has been the high privilege of Mr..
Wilson to re-establish responsible, rep
resentative government on the funda-
mental principles of his party That
is the great fruit of his leadership. He
has done it not by the bribery Of pat
ronage; not by ,denunciation and In
trigue and chicanery; not by selling
out one promise In order to buy the
fulflment of another promise, but by
sheer intellectual and moral DONNA
ton, the only kind of leadership that
does not lead to disaster. The influ-
ence that he exercises over congress
and his party is not the influence of a
chief executive clothed with far-reach-
ing legal powers, but it is the influ-
ence of a trained and disciplined mind
backed by sincerity and honesty Of
purpose. That is the noblest form of
leadership that democracy can pro
duce.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

ton depends upon the ability to raise
the temperature of the air to a point
at which there is no danger OF the
fruits being injured. The point at
which injury is likely to occur de-
Ponds upon the development of the
flowers and buds. With the buds just
showing the pink, the apples set, or
the blooms down, a temperature Of
80 or even 80 degrees has not proved
fatal; while with the apples in full
bloom, temperature of 80 and posi-
bly, even higher may be fatal.
Recent work in attempts at frost
prevention all tend to show that the
hest measure of protection is. fur
nished by a large number of small
fires placed at intervals throughout
the plantation. In tree fruits the
temperature usually is higher in the
top of the tree than at the ground,
and fewer fires will afford protection
than in the case of strawberries, po-
tatoes, grapes or other low growing
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
Lack of Merchant Marine.

A rare sight in this harbor recently
masted schooner under full sail.
How little is known in regard to
shipping by the general public was
shown by the fact that even Manhat-
tan Islanders who have an opportuni-
ty for seeing more ships and greater
variety Of shipping than any other of
our citizens we're heard to refer to
this schooner as a square-rigger. Is
1t to be wondered at greatly then that
nation which takes 80 little interest
in shipping that seaport citizens do
not distinguish between a fore and aft
and sQuare-rigged vessel has been
swept from the sea?
Is not this condition largely due to
the indifference shown In our public
prints" to matters having to do with
our maritime supremacy? The charge
cannot be laid to the door of the aver
age American citizen that he does not
faithfully read his daily paper, which
Yields so great an influence in the
education of the masses.
1t is rarely that our humiliating con-
dition on the high seas is referred to
in our great dailies. AS practically
there are no ships in the oversee trade
under the American flag, there is nat
urally very little to chronicle about
the very few we have left-New York
Sun.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

crops. The rate of wind has, Of
course, much to do with the number
of fires required. In short, the heat
ing of this atmosphere is a question
in physics in which some of the vary
ing factors are, the rate of the wind,
the humidity, the heat units con-
tanned in fuel, and the stage of devel-
opment of the flowers and fruit.
In some experiments, with a run of
wind about five miles an hour, eighty
oil pots to the acre have raised the
temperature ten degrees above that
in the unprotected areas. With a
higher wind or lower temperature,
more pots would be required. 1t is
the general experience that the COM
bination of heat and smoke is neces-
sary for the best measure of protec-
ton.
There is no question about the fire
pot and fuel oil making the best
means Of heating. There are many
types of fire pots and the principal
points in which they vary are the
burning surface, the regulation of the
burning surface, capacity, the conven-
fence with which they may be stacked
for storing, and their durability. The
lard pail type burns much more SLOW
ly as the oil lowers and needs fire.
quent refilling to maintain a constant
temperature. Other pots have covers
that may be moved by degrees as the
oil lowers, and by using considerable
number of pots fairly even temper
ature may be maintained. Reservoir
pots, which carry a considerable
quantity of oil fed through a pipe upon
burning pan, give the greatest uni
formity with the minimum of atten-
ton. They are more expensive and
many times require careful adjust
ment for best results.
Oil storage is essential unless the
plantation is sufficiently near source
of supply, in which case means of
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
FAVOR LATER DATE.
Strong Movement for Change Of
Inauguration Day.
Possibility That Congress viii Act on
the Matter at This sessionr-Mat-
ter Has Been Asitated for
Some Time.

There is something encouraging in
the fact that while the weather is
pleasant and spring near the news
comes from the capital that the
change of date OF Inauguration day
may soon be discussed before a COM
mittee of the house, says the Wash
ington Star. Information of this char
acter is commonly more abundant
when the snow flies or lies foot deep
and bitter winds blow. Prospects for
change Of Inauguration date are al
ways more encouraging before the
flowers blossom and the trees take on
foliage. 1t is reported in the news
that Representative Smith of Mary
land, who has introduced a resolution
on the subject and has shown COM
vassing the house and also civic or
CARNATIONS of the District of Colum-
bia in order to gain strength for the
movement In favor of a change of
date. There will be no doubt about
the willingness Of the people Of the
district and all others conversant with
the merits of this question to lend
such assistance as they can. II the
house committee on the election of
the president, vice-president and rep
resentatives in congress grants hear
ing to the representatives Of the board
of trade chamber of commerce and
other local organizations, and Repre-
sentative Smith is urging that such a
hearing shall be held, the response
will be prompt. In favor of the change
of date the civic bodies OF the capital
have put forth much effort, which has
heretofore ended in encouragement.
The resolution of which Mr.. Smith Is
the author proposes that committee
shall be appointed to study the ques-
ton Of change of date of Inaugural
ton and to recommend a better day
than March If a change is found de-
sirable.
The news indicates a growth of ia
vorable sentiment in congress toward
the resolution of Representative Hen
ry, which would provide for submits
sion to the states of proposed con-
stitutional amendment changing inau-
guration date to the last Thursday in
April and would also provide that the
second Tuesday of January at noon
shall constitute the commencement
and termination of the official term Of
senators and representatives. With
oil he f,,
on the wisdom of some such change
It is reasonable to believe that afilrma-
tive action may follow
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

1t to safe point after it has once fal.
len to the danger point With eighty
pots to the acre, it would mean that
in ten hours protection, probably FIVE
gallons to the pot would be consumed,
and in some makes of pots greater
amounts. The distribution of such a
quantity Of oil during the hours of
darkness is no light. task. The light
ing of the pots requires but short
time, as man with torch in one
hand and can of gasoline in the
other, can, by putting a spoonful Of
gasoline on the surface of the oil,
light it readily. Sometimes, if the oil
is particularly heavy, it will require
a larger amount of gasoline or a sec
ond application.
Plantations may be protected by
any other fuel that may be used for
maintaining large number Of small
fires, One small grower protected a
couple of acres by the use of some
homemade sheet iron stoves made of
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
Free Cooking Lessons.

Nearly one thousand Kansas wo-
men who could not go to college, have
learned new ideas in homemalSing
from the movable schools conducted
in the spring months of the last few
years by the agricultural college.
But heretofore the college had to re-
fuse requests for schools because of
help. Preparations are now being
made to enlarge this port of the ex-
tension work this spring. Miss Fran
ces l. Brown, in charge of home
economics in the extension division
has announced that every village in
Kansas that desires a movable school
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
Interested in Plt slIos.

Six hundred farmers in Rocks
county attended the pit silo demon
strations in ten outdoor meetings
conducted by A. S. Neale, dairy spe-
cialist with the extension division OF
the agricultural college, and W. A.
Boys, farm demonstration agent for
western Kansas. The college ex-
perts found western farmers deeply
interested in pit silos, which have
proved their value this winter in
western Kansas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

I bands of sheet iron with a piece of
pipe attached to the top for a draft,
with a sheet iron cover and a draft
through the wood, accomplished by a
square hole which could be regulated
by a piece Of sheet iron held against
1t by earth or a stone. These little
stoves, of course, required much more
labor to fire than given number of
oil pots, but this orchard was remote
from oil storage and the protection
was satisfactory. One grower has
used wood in open fires, using three
large logs, two laid in a V-shape with
about six inches opening at the point
of the V, and third log laid upon this
with some brush and oil for a starter,
gave good fires. Two men with pok.
ers were able to keep the fires under
control and continue their burning
throughout considerable time.
Coal has not been very satisfactory
used in open fires. Sheet iron tunnels
supported on base of malleable iron
NhN WIN a 6AobCs nave SlNCn ldII lC-
suits, but they require rather more
attention in replenishing, particularly
If the fires burn low and the removal
of cinders is necessary. Some or
chardists who are experienced in frost
protection, estimate that with oil one
man can care for not to exceed 200
pots, and with wood or coal fires, one
man to fifty or sixty fires IS usually
required to maintain the maximum of
efficiency. Orchard heating means a
large amount of work in small
amount of time. Injury from light
frost when at full bloom frequently
may be prevented by large fires
around the outside of the plantation,
made Of materials which create good
deal of smoke, as brush or manure or
wet straw. The heavy clouds of
smoke decrease the radiation of heat,
but no considerable fall in tempera-
ture can be overcome this way.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
National Business First.

Many good Democrats have com.
planned. and with much show of rea-
son, that the president was so devoted
to administration work and measures
that he neglected to reward" those
who worked and voted for him. At
least, they cannot complain that he
lacked frankness in warning them. He
served notice at the very outset that
he was president of the United States,
not head Of an employment agency;
and the American people approve thAt
stand.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
KANSAS ORCHARDS SHOULD BE PROTECTED
FROM FROSTS BY THE USE OF SMUDGE POTS
Most Instances Eighty Fires to An Acre Will Save farmers Fruit Crop
Extended Experiments Show That Fuel Oil Gives Best
ResuIts--Some Timely Suggestions
For Growers
GBy Albert Dickens Professor of Horticulture s. A. CT

OF HORTICULTURE, n. >. A. vi
distribution from the storage tanks
to the orchard must be considered.
As an example, to protect ten acres
through one night the pots should be
full and covered ready for lighting
before the temperature drops to the
point of imminent danger, and it
must be remembered that it is much
more feasible to maintain temper
allure Of "a to 40 degrees than to raise
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

~ HERE is no question but that
orchards may be protected from
injury by late frosts under
most conditions, In only one year in
the last ten have conditions been such
that protection was doubtful and that
was when temperature of "a degrees
was accompanied with a sleet and
rain just at the time the apples we're
in full bloom. The matter OF protec.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
Amonn the constellatlons.

Among the ConsteIIatIons.
THAT is the big dipper."
Eyes, ma"
"And yonder is the little dipper."
But, mai"
What is it, Harold?"
Have they no individual drinking
cups ?"-Kansas City Journal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
Hralnless TOWN.

Bill-Do you believe that fish make
brains?
JILL certainly do.
well, they tell me every man who
has gone in the fish business in your
town has failed"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
SEVEN DAYS
OF NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Washington.

I accepted General Huerta's offer to sa-
Lutte the Stars and Stripes as an apol-
logy for the arrest of American blue
Jackets at Tampico. The Huerta gov
Iernment salute to the American flag
Twill be answered with a salute to
i the tri-color of the Mexican nation.
No time has been set for the firing
of the salute, and until the details
are arranged, no further orders will
be sent to the American fleets now
proceeding south.
+ r +
A bill to provide for the opening to
homestead entry of stock raising
lands in the public domain has been
reported to the house by the public
lands committee. 1t was agreed upon
after conferences between the house
and senate members and officials of
the interior department.
+ r. r
War with Mexico is a possibility in
the judgment of leaders in congress
who are more or less in the conf
dence of the administration This is
so far true that grave question is
raised whether war can be STAYED off
for more than short time, even by
the adjustment of the flag incident at
Tampico. One of the ominous phases
of the situation is the fact that Huer-
ia has raised a vast additional sum
of money to support his government.
+ r r
The arrest of an orderly, who went
ashore at Tampico to obtain mail for
the American fleet, the interception of
dispatches to Charge dAffaires
O'Shaughnessy, the censorship over
official dispatches and repeated Of
lenses against the rights and dignity
of the United States" we're given as
some of the causes of the dispatch
of the Atlantic fleet to Mexico, in an
official statement representing the adj
ministration views.
+ + r
Feasibility of establishing a line of
fast naval cruisers to carry passen-
gers, mail and freight between the
United States and South America was
Endorsed by Secretary Daniels, in a
report to the senate on the resolu-
ton recently introduced by Senator
Weeks.
+ + T.
President Wilson has ordered prac-
tically the entire Atlantic fleet to
Mexican waters to force a public sa-
lutte to the Stars and Stripes from the
Huerta government, as an apology for
the arrest of American bluejackets at
Tampico last Thursday.
+ r +
Without discussion, the senate
adopted the resolution of Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska calling upon
the federal reserve bank organization
committee for its conclusions in Sc
lecting the twelve federal reserve
bank cities.
+ + +
Unqualified disapprovai has been ex-
pressed by President Wilson of the
proposal in congress to curtail the
antitrust legislation program for this
session.
L l. L
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
Domestic Items.

Simple exercises attended the dedi-
cation and cornerstone laying OF the
bridge erected over the canal at Au-
gusta, Ca, as a tribute to the memory
of the late Archibald w. Butt, aide
TO President Taft and President
Roosevelt, who persisted in the IT.
tanic disaster April IA, 1912.
+ + +
Another cut of cents in the price
of crude oil in the Kansas-Oklahom
fields has been announced at lndepen-
dence, Kan, making the present quo
tation So cents barrel. This is the
fourth scent drop in the price within
ten days.
+ + +
Four men were killed and two dan
gerously injured at Georg ,town, Tex,
when a passenger train struck motor
car that attempted to cross the track
directly in front of the approaching
train.
+ + +
Seven persons met death and six
teen were severely injured as the re-
suit of fire which raced through the
Hotel Melvin in Allston, Boston SUI
burb, and trapped the occupants al
most in their beds. The flames surged
up through 80 kitchenette apartments
and not satisfied with these already
made victims, drove others onto small
balconies, where fear forced them to
leap outwards to death or injury on
the pavement below.
r. + +
Finding of what was believed to be
o torso in the ruins of the Missouri
Athletic Club at st. Louis made 1t pos
sible that thirty-eight persons lost
their lives in the fire.
r. + +
In the greatest rabbit drive OF the
year six thousand rabbits were killed
recently in Newmans pasture at
Sweetwater, Tex.
Harry Kendall Thaw's petition for
a writ of habeas corpus has been
granted by Judge Edgar Aldrich of
the United States District Court at
Concord, N. H. Thaw's petition for
admission to bail the court left UNI
determined, taking the ground that it
would be more appropriate for this to
be passed upon by the supreme court.
r. + +
Fire broke out in the business dis
trict of Grand Island and several
trict of Grand Island, Nebs and several
The damage was reported at $4,000
before the fire was got under control.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

in cooking. sewing and home man
agement can have one.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

Some men couldn't generate person
al magnetism with high-power dyn-
amO
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24
Its Place

Its Place.
Where shall we put the sleepy hol-
low chair?"
Right on the carpets nap"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

President Wilson has ordered prac-
tically the entire Atlantic fleet to
Mexican waters to force a public sa-
lutte to the Stars and Stripes from the
Huerta government, as an apology for
the arrest of American bluejackets at
Tampico last Thursday
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

Four men were killed and two dan
gerously injured at Georg ctown, Tex,
when passenger train struck motor
car that attempted to cross the track
directly in front of the approaching
train.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

Feasibility of establishing line OF
fast naval cruisers to carry passen-
gers, mail and freight between the
United States and South America was
Endorsed by Secretary Daniels, in a
report to the senate on the resolu-
tion recently introduced by Senator
Weeks.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-24

A bill to provide for the opening to
homestead entry of stock raising
lands in the public domain has been
reported to the house by the public
lands committee. 1t was agreed upon
after conferences between the house
and senate members and officials of
the interior department.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
No Army Income Tax Circular.

Secretary Garrison has decided Tor
the present. at least. not TO issue an
income tax circular to the army. Ate l
consulting the judge advocate general
and looking into the matter carefully y
himself. the Secretary reached the con
clusion that il would not b. good
policy for the War Departn TO as
sumo to give instructions to army Of
ficers to now the income tax should
be handled. any more than to instruct
them how to discharge any other civil
ian duty. The final decision in this mat
ter will rest with the Treasury Depart
Inent.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
HUNGER CAUSES SURRENDER.
Two Boston Gunmen and Drug Users
Confess to ATTEMPTED Robbery.

BOSTON. February Two young men
walked quietly up TO Policeman Moyni-
han on Front street today and asked him
to arrest them Ne are gunmen. they
told him. and the police want us for
trying to rob the Roxbury Loan Com
pany's store week ago. when John
Gately. a clerk. was shot
Moynihan took the pair to headquar-
ters, where they told their story. They
said that hunger. cold and a desire for a
drug they We're in the habit of using
Lad driven them to seek the police. They
committed the robbery. they declared.
when under the influence OF the drug and
at the direction of a third man, whom
they accused of shooting Gately. This
third man. they said. had gone west on a
freight train.
Evening star., 1914-02-08

The depression central i'll the lake
region Friday has advanced to eastern
Maine; it has. been attended by snow
and westerly gales III the lower lake
region, maximum velocity of eighty
eight miles per hour being recorded
at Buffalo. High westerly winds have
also been recorded on the Atlantic
coast from New York TO Boston.
The temperature has fallen generally
east of the Mississippi: while freezing
temperature was reached on the west
gulf coast saturday morning it is stlli
above freezing along the east gun
coast and III Florida. In the plains
states and Missouri valley the tenn
perature has risen slowly.
Fair weather is indicated 70: sunday
and Monday east of the MISSISSIPPI,
with continued low temperature and a
further fall in Atlantic coast states
Sunday.
From the Mississippi westward to
the Rocky mountains fair weather Is
proba BILE except that some indications
or th.. development Of a fresh disturb
ance over the southern slope appear.
The temperature in this region Will
rise SLOWLY.
Northwest storm warnings are dis