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Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
zoo BROKERS ON THE FLOOR
OVER HALF OF THE MEMBER
SHIP Is PRESENT TO TRANS
ACT BUSINESS
LOOKED LIKE THE OLD DAYS
BUSINESS DECLARED TO BE MORE
BRISK THAN FOR SOME
TIME

New York, Dec. IL. Wall street
came into its own today. The stock
exchange, closed for nearly four and
a half months. except for limited trad
ing in bonds during the past two,
weeks, was reopened at 10 o'clock this
morning for active trading in stocks.
One hundred and ninety-two issues
were approved by the governors for
trading, and though other issues were
barred, notably United States steel, ac-
tiyity on the floor Of the exchange
revived memories of business years
ago.
Not for many years has there been
such throng of brokers on the floor
as that which waitedd patiently TOR the
signal to resume trading. There are
1,1O0 members of the exchange and
nearly 700 of these, it is estimated,
were on the floor.
There was hardly need, 1t seemed.
during the first few minutes Of trad
ing for posting Of minimum prices
The market opened with a rush ana
an oldtime upward swing that sent
the principal issues whole points
above the rock bottom figures deter
mined upon by the committee in ad-
vance. Business was more active and
the undertone stronger in the final
hour, with higher level for most OF
the prominent issues. Reading was
the active feature, increasing its gain
to over points Lehigh Valley gain
ed 12 points, st. Paul 5% and North
ern Pacific 2%. Sensational gains
were also made by other specialties.
Peoples Gas jumped II points. The
closing was strong,
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TURKS B0NBARDA
BLACK SEA
PORT
| IBATuM is sHELLED WITH THE
DESTRUCTION OF czAR's
SOLDIERS

occupy the west bank Of the User
canal,
Artillery engagements, all Of them
resulting more or less advantageous
ly to the French, are reported in The
region Of Arras near Nampoel in the
Aisne, in the region of Pethes near
the forest OF La Gruerie on the heights
Of the Meuse. and IN the Vosges.
The text of the communication fol
lows
THE enemy has completed the
evacuation of the west bank of the
User canal to the north Of the house
Of the ferryman, aud We occupy this
bank.
I'm the region rEas there have
been artillery engagements. in the
region Of Nampoel our batteries have
reduced to silence the batteries of the
enemy. In the region Of the Aisne,
our heavy artillery silenced the field
batteries Of the Germans At point
northeast of Vaily one of their bat
teries of howitzers was completely
destroyed.
"In the region of Pethes and in the
vicinity of the forest of La Gruerie
there have been artillery engage
ments and some infantry fighting
which resulted advantageously t0sus.
"On the heights of the Meuse the
artillery Of the enemy showed little
activity. On the contrary, our artil-
lery demolished at Deux nOuds, to the
west of Observation-Disclosures,
two batteries of the enemy, one COM
posed of guns of large ealiber, and
the other for firing upon aviators. In
this same region we have blown up
block house and destroyed several
trenches.
Between the Meuse and the Mo
selle there is nothing to report and in
the vosges there have been artillery
engagements. In the region Of Seno-
mes We have consolidated the positions
gained by us the evening before.
"In Russia, in the region Of Mlwa,
violent attacks on the part Of the
Germans have been repulsed and Rus
SLAMS again have taken the offensive
against columns of the enemy that are
retiring in disorder.
I'm the region to the north of Lo-
wicz ferocious German attacks have
been also everywhere repulsed with
losses for them.
sIn the region south of Cracow the
Russian offensive has been success
fully continued in spite Of stubborn
resistance.
I'm Servia, the Servian armies which
had reached the Kolubara river, have
crossed this stream between the Val
jevo, which has been occupied by
them and the junction of the Lid
TO the north they have occupied
Lazarevatz. The number of prison
ers taken by the Servians in the
course of these recent engagements
REACHES a total Of about $4,000 men
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
TODAY IN CONGRESS

Washington, Dec. 12.-senate: Met
at noon.
Lands committee continued hearing
on water power bill.
Recessed at 2;1O p. m. to reassem-
BILE at 10;45 a. m. Sunday for the pub
lie funeral Of the late Representative
Payne of New York in the hall Of the
house
House: Met at II a. M.
Judiciary committee heard repre-
sentatives of the Society Of Friends
81 pporting Palmer bill to prevent use
Of names of religious societies as
trademarks.
Resumed consideration of District
os Columbia appropriation bill
Rules committee considered prohi
bition and women suffrage resolutions
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The German Statement

Berlin, Dec. IL (via London) ,-Ad-
yantages for the German army in
both the west and the east are re.
ported in an official statement given
out today at military headquarters
The attacks Of the allies in France
and Belgium have been repulsed and
the Germans have gained ground neal
Arras and in the Argonne. In the
east the Russian forces were beaten
back in the fighting along the easi
Prussian frontier and in southern Pc
land. s
The German official statement
says:
"On the east Prussian frontier oul
cavalry repulsed Russian cavalry, TAX
ing $40 prisoners.
"south Of the vistula and in north
ern Poland our operations are devel
oping.
In southern Poland Russian at
tacks have been repulsed by Austro
Hungarian and German troops
in Flanders the French yesterda!
made attacks in the region Of Lange
mark. which, however, were. repulsed
They lost 200 men in killed and w
took 440 prisoners.
"Our artillery bombarded the Ypre
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railroad station to interfere with the
movement of troops.
1--WE have made some progress near
Arras.
French troops again attacked us
near souain-Perthes, but without sue.
cess.
I'm the Argonne forest the French
for weeks past have limited them
selves to very weak attacks, and they
everywhere have been repulsed. Or
the other hand German troops have
again taken possession of an import
ant French position of support by
means Of the explosion of q mine
The enemy has suffered heavy losses
in killed, and many Of their troops
have been SO severely shaken as t
be unable to fight any longer"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
Turks sleze a Rriton

Rome, Rec. Ii delayed in trans
mission) An incident Of considerable
gravity has occurred at Hodeida, a
seaport Of Arabia on the Red sea, 100
miles northwest Of Mocha It ap-
pears from adyices that have been
brought here that the Turks, on learn.
ing that G. A. Richardson, the Brit.
ish consul, was still In town, tried to
enter his house to arrest him
Consul Richardsc= escaped to the
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
Russia is guessing

Petrograd. Dec. 21 (via London) -
Russian military observers contend
the Germans, in withdrawing before
partial success OF the Russians along
the battlefront to the north Of War
saw are following their we'll known
tactics Of delaying the advance Of
their opponents as long as possible
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
GERMAN PLAN FRUSTRATED

Amsterdam, Dec. IL (via London) -
The correspondent at Hansweert,
Netherlands, of the Amsterdam Tele-
graph, declares that the Dutch author
tiles have seized Is river boats con
tanning cargoes Of grain and other
goods, which, it is alleged, the Ger
mans were attempting to smuggle By
way Of the River Scheldt The Ger
man authorities, the correspondent
said, sent cargOes Of property
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
The CURSE OF COLORADO
ORGANIZED LABOR I'M MINES DE-
cLARED TO HAVE KEPT
STATE BACK
DIDN'T DESIRE TO GO OUT
1T WAS FEAR THAT MADE THE
MEN QUIT THE coLLlERlEs,
HE SAYS

/
Denver Dec. H. Robert Young,
formerly mine foreman for the Victor
American Fuel company and the Col
orado Fuel and Iron company, was a
witness today in the strike investiga-
tion conducted by the federal indus
trial relations commission. He testi-
fled that union men were not per
mitted to "alight" in any coal camp
in which he had been employed. He
said he had not been union man for
II years.
Young said he ran for county com
missioner in Huerfano county at the
recent election. He was defeated by
80 votes. He claimed the election by
697 votes He said he had fought the
county republican machine"
Before Young took the stand the
committee held a brief executive ses-
sion. District Attorney ]. J. Hen
driclS Of the Third Judicial district
was excused without adding to his
Testimony Of yesterday
Young In his testimony said Sheriff
ds1f FaFr controlled the politics Of
Huerfano comfy He said FarT did
not own saloons in Walsenburg, but
dominated them re asserted that
saloons were run in the county with
out licenses until the militia closed
them up.
Conditions in the mines Of Colorado
are due to fear of organized labor, he
thought. He explained that favor
able working conditions were offered
by the operators as preventative Of
unionization.
-Four dollars day for the average
miner, as stated by the operators. was
fair average, he said.
The witness Said experienced inn
migrants placed on the same footing
in the mines as experienced men
gave rise to dissatisfactions This
had driven the English-spea'Sing miner
out of Colorado.
\ Young said he did not believe two
per cent Of the Walsenburg miners
were unionized two weeks before the
strike The arrival of @gunmen' at
the mines caused the men to join
the union for projections he added
There was no need Of a strike
convention" he said. "a notice print
ed in a newspaper would have been
obeyed.
E, L. Doyle, secretary-treasurer of
District Is, United Mine Workers of
America related his arrest for CON
tempt Of court charge before District
Judge Greeley Whitford of Denver for
alleged disobedience Of an injunction
which he said restrained strikers in
northern coal fields in the fall Of 1910
from doing anything but sleep and
eat"
With a number Of other strikers he
was convicted, sentenced to al year in
T jail and heavily fined, on two occa-
sions In each case, he said, the judge
released the prisoners before appeals
taken were heard by the secretary Of
state. In both instances trial by jury
had been denied the miners The
commission was developing the res
possibility for the publicity bulletins
and organization Of the district union
when recess was taken for luncheon.
: ----
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London, Dec. 12.-The close of the
eighteenth week of the war finds the
stirring operations In the eastern thea
ter OF chief immediate Importance. 1t
is now being said by British commen-
tators chat something went wrong
with the timing of the Austro-German
operations for the relief Of Cracow,
Galicia. The converging columns ap-
parently failed to effect junction,
with the result that General Dimitrio,
former Bulgarian minister at Petro-
grad, seems to have been able to in
flict sharp reverse on the Teutonic
forces by repulsing the individual ar
mics before they had time to concen-
trate.
Further to the north the capture
of Lodz by the Germans, so far as
known, had no spectacular sequel.
While the invaders made fierce on
slaughts against the Russian line
northeast of LODI on both Wednesday
and Thursday in attempts TO break
through toward Warsaw, they appear
to have accomplished little.
It is considered possible, however,
that the Germans just now are plac-
ing chief reliance upon the effort to
turn the right flank of the army of
Grand Duke Nicholas, through the eff
forts of the invading forces, which
have been pushing forward from the
direction Of Mlawa, near the east
Prussian border
In France and Belgium, while nc
general advance has yet been signal
lied, the steady pressure of the allied
armies on the German line is believ
ed to presage an early general often
siye movement.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
Dresden cornered

London, Dec. PA dispatch to the
Evening News from Valparaiso, Chile
says it is reported that the German
cruiser Dresden has taken refuge in
an inlet on the coast of Patagonia.
The Dresden is the only vessel Of
the German squadron which met the
British fleet in the south Atlantic De
cember 3 that has not been accounted
Fo,.
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PETROGRAD ISNOT
CERTAIN Of
VICTORY
THINK GERMAN. WITHDRAWAL
MAY HAVE BEEN A sTRATE.
Glc MOVEMENT

London, Dec. PA dispatch from
Edinburgh to the Daily Mail reports
that two German submarine attacks
were made on the Firth of Forth on
Wednesday morning, but that they
were repuIsed. Two of the enemy's'
submarines, the dispatch says, were
destroyed.
The admiralty has no confirmation
Of this reported submarine attack in
Scotland.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12
Miner. Ronda ReIInaaIshed

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. 12Out Of the
several hundred striking coal miners
who have applied for work at the local
offices Of the G. F. and ]. company
and the Victor American Fuel com
pany, less than two dozen have been
given unemployment, according to
local official statements. IN every
case preference has been given to men
with families and who are known not
to have taken part in strike disorders.
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Ths French statement

Paris. Dec. 70 The French official
bulletin. given out in Paris this after
noon. says that French troops now
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FRENCH SHIP MISSING

New York, Dec 12.- Some appre-
hensIon is felt in steamship circles
over the non-arrival Of the French
liner Florida from
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CONTINUED On page rour)
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-12

COLDER weather with
possibility OF snow to-
night and Sunday, the
forecaster says.
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THERE'S no doubt
that Christmas will
be merry on the battle
fields. ALI days are
merry hell there now.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
HINTS ON MATCHING WITH A
HEN AND SETTING EGGS EARLY

This mode of procedure will dIao
prove conclusiTely. II the match is no
satisfactory. whether the fault lies
with the hen OF the eggs.
It sometimes happens that q hsa
viii leave the nest and stay away for
a long period. II she is setting ears
In the season the eggs may get thor
oughly chilled. Where, however, tive
or three hens are set upon the saulz
kind Of eggs at the same time. this
trouble, while i will probably result
In damage, Will not mean the entire
loss Of the eggs purchased.
Nor are these the only advantages
IN setting hens in the above men
toned way. Should one abandon be
nest and this be noticed n t.IzsS, - -
eggs could be transferred 70 the her
or hens then sitting or. should she
break some of the eggs. the reEnein
der, after being cleaned, could be dis
posed Of in Ike manner
While IL is advantageous Ia Gasz4
ways TO obtain early matches, II VII
be seen thai there are Disadvantages
Eggs set the last Of april or first par
of Nav have conditions IN their feRo4
More eggs can be placed under sach
hen: the eggs. as q rule, hRtcn oeEteF
and the chicks grow faster SOM
poultry men think IL best for the ns
gfnner, or one who does not thorough
ly understand early matches, to set 70
hens at the time when natural consz-
tons will greatly aid him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
EARLY SPRING PROPER TIME
TO WORK UPON DIRT ROADS,

The early spring is the proper time
10 work the dirt roads in the country.
It is a mistake to put off working
roads until August or September.
according to road experts of the U. 8.
Department of Agriculture. The roads
should be worked when the soil Is
damp so as to make the soil bake
when 1t dries out. If the roads are
worked when dry, 1t takes more
power to draw the machine and be-
sides dry earth and dust retain moist
IRE and quickly rut after rains. The
use of clods, sods weeds or vegetable
matter in building earth roads should
be avoided because they also retain
moisture.
Il the working OF the roads is de-
ferred until the latter part of the
summer when the surface Is baked
dry and hard, they are not only diff
quilt to work, but the work Is unsatis-
factory when DONE Earth which Is
Soose and dry will remain dusty as
aong as the dry weather lasts, and
then turn to mud as the rains begin.
BY using the road machine in the
spring while the soil is soft and damp
The surface Is more easily shaped and
soon packs down into dry hard
crust which is less liable to become
dusty in summer and muddy in win
ger
Repairs to roads should be made
when needed and not once year af-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31

In setting eggs for Matching early
IA the season It Is well 70 bear In
mind that a hen cannot cover so
many eggs TO advantage az this time
as she can later On The reason for
this IS that the hen. when setting,
will moye the eggs about AZ various
times: therefore It will happen that
not only q few OF these eggs, but most
Of them, viii be moved to the place
or places where they will get INSULT
cient heat The result may be that
not only a small number Of chicks
will be Matched, but also that these
chicks viii be weak and aillng.
This should be especially borne in
mind when q. setting OF eggs Is pGr-
chased. Most of the settings Of eggs
sent out contain either thirteen or If
teen eggs. To Try TO place these eggs
under one hen st this time will prob
ably result In disaster.
In cases Of this kind, where eggs
are purchased at a high price, II is
a good plan TO set two hens instead
Of one upon them. or still a better
way Is to order two settings, and
then divide them among three hens.
After the CD eks are Matched, II
thought desirable, owing to the num-
Der Matched or the prevailing weather
conditions, all the chicks can be given
one hen In the former instance, or
the three proods can be divided among
two hens if the latter plan Is followed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31

to sow aster, zinnia, pansy. marigold.
coreopsis and other seeds that are
bettered by transplanting. Sow them
In boxes containing three or four
inches of fine earth. With the fin<
gers crumble this earth until it is
as fine as sand The tiny rooaets
that are to come must not be called
upon to push through hard humps
of earth. Sprinkle enough earth over
the seeds to just cover them, and
with the hand press gently down
upon them. Place the box where it
is quite warm and keep the earth
moist.
Experienced gardeners have had
success in house termination by plac-
Ing wet cloth lightly on the earth
and keeping the cloth wet until the
first little rays Of the sun may reach
the baby plants.
Care must be exercised that the
plants are not allowed to become too
dry, or too wet, and for week OF
so It is care" but by that time
the plants have become strong
enough to resist a little neglect and
the "danger-point' is passed When
the plants have from four to six
leaves (six is preferable), they are
ready for transplating.
seeds sown in late February or In
March will be ready to transplant by
the middle of May. There is ne prog
ress made by transplanting until the
weather is warm enough, both night
and day, to induce growth. The box
Of seedlings may be placed on the pi-
aza and be half protected until the
weather is suitable for transplanting
Methods of TranspIanting.
Transplant on a cloudy day or
| toward night. Do not attempt Ii in
the glare of the hot sun; it will ex-
haust both the plants and yourself,
and perhaps ruin all your former
work.
The pudding" method lie the most
successful in transplanting Dig a
little h07e, pour in waser enough to
make the earth very soft, place the
roots of the plant in the soft earth
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31

and fill up the hole left with dry
earth. This leaves a dry surface
around the roots that will not bake
or harden when the sun shines upon
it, II this earth should become hard
ened the water would run off from
the roots and the plant die of thirst,
as Il could not readily percolate
through the hard surface.
The little "mouths'' through which
the plant draws its nourishment are
at and near the ends Of the roots, so
II is to that part of the plant we
must cater The earth must be loose
and fine, so the roots can push
through, and 1t must be kept moist
SO that they can absorb the nourish-
ment easily, but it must not be kept
so wet that the root win rot. Re
member that no food is available to a
plant unless soluble; that is, root
does not "eat earth" It absorbs water.
The water must collect the necessary
plant food from the earth through
which it has percolated. This is car
ried down to the plant mouths for
them to absorb for the plants nour-
ishment.
So YOU see how easily a young
plant can be starved by neglect. 4
little thoughtful, intelligent care now
and we can have the garden all
abloom from our own box dollhouse.
Many Of us are not content TO con-
fine beauty to Just the flower garden
There is no reason why the vege-
table garden should not also. be a
thing of beauty. Just a little thought
in its arrangement will make it SO
attractive that we shall be proud
to show It to our friends. A good
gardener will take as much pride
in the arrangement Of a Kitchen
garden as In the flowers.
The foliage Of so many vegetables
is so beautiful. Why not enjoy their
beauty? 1t does not render the car
rot less sweet because We plant Il
where its feathery foliage makes q
lovely contrast to the dark red,
glossy leaf Of the beet. Let US ex-
tract all the pleasure possible out OF
everything that grows.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31

The women of the household can
have a large share In the gardening
operations of the suburban or coun-
try place II they will Since the great
development in garden tools and the
perfection of the wheel hoe and its
many attachments means have been
provided for making gardening diff
ferent task from that in the days of
the old-fashioned tools. Especially in
the flower garden is there a field for
a woman's management and the ex-
hibition of feminine taste as to colors
and varieties.
The first question that faces the
woman gardener Is what to plant, and
how to plant it? Mentally, the gar
den is arranged today, only to be
disarranged by a different plan to-
morrow. Now Is the time to put some
of these thoughts on paper. One will
not have time later, when the actual
cleaning and seed-growing begins.
Drawing Plan of Garden.
Take paper and pencil, and draw
Just the design of that yard-where
the beds are to be placed, their size
and shape; just how many feet are
to be left for lawn purposes. Take
pains with this drawing and preserve
tilt will be very useful for refer
A plan of planting and sowing seed
Is necessary to success, unless one is
blessed with a very retentive memory.
It n so easy to forget Just where one
planted those bulbs last fall until one
digs them up by mistake in the spring.
And so Notifying to have one flower
bed remain bare. while its neighbor is
displaying an uncomfortable variety
of seedlings, evidently sown on top of
each other by mistake
In the hurry and excitement of SOW
ing the seeds we are apt to forget the
three important factors Of their sue
cess when in bloom, viz:
First-The height to which they
grow.
Second-Their time of blooming.
Third-Their color.
To an amateur 1t is very easy to place
the annual low-growing Phlox Drum
mondi near the back of the bed and