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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
LEADER DEPOSED
House Minority Drops Anderson, and
Elects Clark

BOISE, JAM 15.-Ernest Anderson
of Canyon county is a deposed leader
Chase A. Clark of Custer is his sue
cessor. The change was made at a
caucus of the house democrats, held
Wednesday afternoon. The new lead
er will take hold of the reins at once.
The change was made because Mr.
Anderson, who is not an experienced
parliamentarian, was not giving salts
nority in the house. Mr. Clark on the
other hand was a member of the
Twelfth session and is recognized as a
resourceful debater.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
ROME DEATH
LIST INCREASES

ROME, Jan. 15.-The toll of death
in central Italy as q result of the
earthquake is growing by leaps and
bounds. The last estimates based up
on fuller reports from the outlying
districts place the total of dead as at
least 10000 and of the injured at
nearly 100000 The Minister of Pub
lie works who was sent into the zone
of the earthquake by Premier Salan-
dra telegraphed tie remier that eve
ry city, town, and village in the Lira
valley has been damaged Hundreds
of the injured survivors are stream
ing into Rome. Every public building
in the city has been converted into a
temporary hospital. Great concern is
felt in official circles over the condi-
tions in Magliano de Marsi and Cap
clio. Refugees report that 1900 perish
ed in the former place and 800 in the
latter. The town of AlbafucenSe has
been razed. Minor tremors have con-
tinued to be felt. The residents III
the poorer quarters of Rome are
struck with terror. They remain in
the public squares and refuse to re-
turn home
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
WOMEN DEMONSTRATE AUTOS

CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. 15.-Women
automobile demonstrators made their
first appearance in Cleveland at the
annual autmobile show which open
ed here today The women drove and
demonstrated cars for prospective wom-
en- purchasers.
Nearly every brand of car made in
the United States was on exhibit Lo-
cal dealers blamed the European war
for the total absence of foreign ex
hibits.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
MEDALS FOR FIVE

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Miss Anne
Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Eugene
Brieux, Luther Burbank, and Myron
T. Herrick will be honored tonight
with medals of the new National In
stitute of Social Sciences as reward
for distinguished service to human
ity.' The medals will be bestowed at
the Hotel Astor, following a meeting
of the institute during the, afternoon
when ex-President William H. Taft
and Hamilton w. Mabie will speak.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
Supplies Needed for Relief

ROME, Jan. 15.-All reports receiv-
ed from Rome augment the magnitude
Of the earthquake disaster. Hundreds
of refugees have arrived from Naples.
Officials from there have telegraphed
the need of additional supplies. Five
thousand injured have been already
brought to the Rome hospitals. Every
arriving train brings more. The KinG
and his cabinet have made additional
appropriations for relief work
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
COMMISSIONERS FIX WAGES

The county commissioners today fix
ed the rates to be paid men and teams
on road work during the next year.
Men will be paid $500 for eight
hours, man and team $4.00 extra
teams $3.50 each. Road overseers will
be paid $3.50, and will be allowed the
regular rates for teams
Court bailiffs will receive $3.50 per
day
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
MURDERER HANGED

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, CAL, Jan.
15.-Ralph Fariss, who shot and kill
ed Horace E. Montague while holding
up a Southern Pacific train near Los
Angeles on the night of December LIST,
1913, was hanged this morning.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
PAYS THE PRICE

FOLSOM PRISON, Cal, Jan. 15.-
Sam J. Raborn, who murdered Cherry
de St. Maurice in Sacramento, July
Sth, 1913, paid the death penalty this
morning when he was hanged in Fol
som prison.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
e X T n II
WHEAT JUMPS AGAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-May wheat
opened at dollar and forty three and
five-eighths, an advance of quarter
of cent above yesterdays close. BY
ten o'clock it had advanced to Il dol
lar, fOrty.three and seven eighths
July wheat advanced to dollar, TWEEN.
ty-six and One-eighth.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
BURNETT BILL TO PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The House
has adopted the conference report on
the Burnett immigration bill by
vote of 227 to SO. The measure now
goes to the president for his sigma
ture
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15

PARIS, Jan. 15.-The battle for the
possession of the positions northeast
of scissors developed one of the most
desperate encounters of the war. The
Germans with concentrated forces con-
tinue to hurl masses of troops against
the French lines in an effort to break
through an open way for what many
predict to be a new drive towards
Paris. An official communication says
that violent fighting continues The
French positions at st. Paul, carried
by German infantry after a savage as
sault, have been retaken, the dispatch
asserts.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
PRINCE Won BULOW

Prince Won BuIow, the new repre-
sentative Of the German kaiser at tho
Italian court, has arrived in Rome.
He was formerly chancellor Of the
German empire and 10 considered =
great political force.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
Russians Worrying Germans

PETROGRAD, Jan. 15.-There is
constantly increasing proportion Of
Russians driving over the northern
frontier into Prussia, the war office
announced. The entire Russian left
wing is engaged with the enemy, it is
said, and is forcing the Germans back
from their main defenses. In the hope
of checking the move, General Won
Hindenburg. it IS stated. has resumed
the offensive along the Bzura and
Rawka rivers.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
ADMIRAL MADDEN

Admiral Sir Charles Edward Mad
den, C. v. O., who commands the Third
cruiser squadron Of the British navy.
He was born in 1868.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
FRENCH LOSS ENORMOUS
FAIL In GERMAN ATTACK
BATTLE FOR POSITIONS DEVELOPS DESPER-
ATE ENCOUNTER
HURL TROOPS AT FRENCH
Russian Left Wing Forcing Germans Back-New
Drive Toward Paris Attempted by Germans
Won Hndenburg Resumes Offensive

BERLIN, Jan. 15.-That the French
have suffered enormous losses in the
fighting north of Scissors when they
were driven to the south side of the
Aisne river is claimed by the German
war office 1t is also claimed that
the French assault on the German
lines north of Verdun failed signally
and that the French dispersed with
heavy losses. Thousands of men. the
statement alleges, have been sacrificed
by the French in their futile efforts
to take positions in the St Mihiel
triangle.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-15
SPECIAL EXAMINER GLEASON SUBMITS DE-
TAILED REPORT OF CAPITOL BUILDING
AND ENDOWMENT FUND
CLAIM CONTRACTORS OVERPAID
FIOuse Favors Two New COunties-Certficate of Con
venience Attacked in Senate-House Begins Its
Washington Water Power Appeals

secretary of the interior relative to the
listing of Idaho lands which has been
pending for several years.
BOISE. Jan. 15.-NIrs. Moses Alex
ander wife of the governor, has been
asked by the Women's National Made
in U. S. A. league to serve as honor
ary chairman and member of the ma
tional committee of the league. In re-
ply today she accepted the honor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30

Greatest success in the growing of
vegetables in the home garden or on
the farm can be had only by follow
ing systematically we'll thought out
plan. Now is the time to make such
q plan.
Make an outline map Of different
fields to scale. On it indicate the To-
cation and amount of each vegetable
to be grown, proper date Of sowing
or setting, companion and succession
crops and the direction OF the rows
and distance between the rows.
The first advantage OF the plan Is
that It enables the grower to know
Just how much room is available for
each kind of vegetable. With this in
mind, the right amount OF seed may
be ordered early and thus the best
grade secured. Delay in planting
time may be forestalled by such q
method. II a grower is TO plant quite
extensively Of a certain crop, early
| buying will give him opportunity, II
! he so desires, to have the seed tested
/ for termination at the State expert
/ ment station. Succession Of crops
] may be arranged for also in a syste-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30
To Bring an old Orchard into Besrir
SUCCESSFUL PEACH GROWING
DEMANDS RIGHT CONDITIONS

For this reason vegetation within Lu6
zone OF this influence advances more
slowly in the spring than II does Out
side Of that zone. The tendency is for
the blossoming OF peach trees situated
within the zone to be delayed until
after the season Of spring frosts IS
past.
In tho fall frosts are delayed in q
similar manner, except Jhat the large
body Of water having absorbed much
heat during the summer cools off In
the fail more slowly than the atmos-
pnere, and hence 81 tends TO keep the
temperature within its zone Of in
huence warmer than II would other
wise be.
1t is because Of these reasons that
peaches are grown with marked sue
cess and injury TO the crops by ad-
verse temperature conditions is COM
paratigely inlrequent in the portions
of New York and the province Of
Ontario that border Lake Ontario in
Ohio along Lake Erie; in southwest l.
ern Michigan. on Lake Michigan. and
in some other districts which are ad-
jacent to large bodies of water, As
a rule. the zone Of influence of bod
les of water such as those named is
rather narrow, usually not extend
ing back from the shore more than
q few miles.
What Slops Is Bssts
The ssope OF exposure of q site is
the point of the compass toward
! which the land incllnes. 4 question
very commonly asked is. What
| slope is best" It is one that admits
OF no direct answer. No one slope is
] F,aFsst Ia.
/ in all regions. In fact, the influence
/ which a particular exposure ma3
have In the success of an orchard is
I probably more oyeremphasized in the
! popular mind.
As a rule, it is doubtless safe t.
assume that a site having a moder'
ate slope in some direction is TO b.
preferred for orchard purposes, othei
things being equal, to one that il
level. One having a slope will usual
y have better soil and atmospheric
drainage than q level area.
In at least thirty-nine of our forty
eight United States there are peaci
interests Of commercial impor
tanCe, according to q new farmers
bulletin mo. 63D Of the United
States department of agriculture ol
Growing Peaches" This bulletin Il
=
ject Of peach growing which viii
treat Of fundamental orchard opera
tions. The questions Of site, propa
cation, planting, tillage and sol
, fertility are treated in the first bull
letin, now being issued.
. The bulletin shows how tempers
ture Is a limiting factor In peac
growing. 1t also explains the genera
. features of the propagation of peac
} trees, which should be understood b
, peach growers. even though the aver
: age peach grower is not concerne
directly with the subject. The bul
letin then proceeds to give details re
D garding the planting and tillage {
. the orchard. as well as an exp,ans
tion of methods of maintaining th
. fertility Of the soil There are
number Of figures illustrating til
J new pamphlet, which may be had b
. application to the United States do
: partmeDt of agriculture, Washing
ton, .. g
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30
THE GARDEN PLAN SHOULD BE
MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

matte plan so that the ground win
not be idle during any period. One
crop will succeed another to advan-
tage and provision may be had for
all important cover crops.
Many vegetable growers who have
never used lime will find a map or
plan a decided advantage A plot Of
ground may be lined and arrange
ments made to grow on that plot
crops which respond most readily to
lime. For instance spring spinach
could be succeeded with egg plant
the latter part of May, crimson
clover being soWn in the egg plant
about the fifteenth Of August. Early
garden peas could be followed about
July / with such lime-loving crops
as cabbage beets, celery and cauli-
flower. Some of the vegetables which
do not respond so readily to lime in
clude carrots, corn, radishes, toma-
toes, strawberries and potatoes.
Just how much space is TO be al
lotted to each crop, the number of
plants to grow or buy, where to use
manure to hest advantage and how
much fertilizer is necessary, may
readily be determined by the use Of
a plan. Early maturity, so that crop
harvesting may be equalized and
thus a constant. steady home con-
sumption or for market is another
advantage. This in itself prevents
the proflt-reducing condition Of over
supply at certain periods.
| A well defined plan II permit of
( the keeping of valuable records as
10 the crop. Records Of yields finan-
cial returns and crop treatment may
also be kept. With yearly record
Of this nature the grower may tell
pretty accurately just how long it
takes any particular variety to come
to maturity and may apply this
knowledge in planning succession
crops Such a permanent record will
aid also in planting rotations from
year to year. Cabbage and cauli-
flower for example. should not be
planted in New Jersey on ground
where either has been produced fol
several years as the roots will prob.
ably be infected with club-root and
the crop ruined
A contractor would not think OF
starting to build without a plan;
neither should the veg table grower
think Of beginning his operation'
without preconceived method oi
procedure.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30

water liiy is the best known. Its
botanical name, Nymphaea, water
nymph. appeals strongly TO the poeti-
cal Imagination.
The hardy water lilies are OF easy
culture; the tender varieties may be
planted out in June or later and are
difficult TO keep through the winter,
even in a hothouse. They are desir-
able. however, not only for their
trop cal beauty in the garden but as
cut flowers. On a summer dinner
table nothing looks more cool and
charming thau snowy white and pale
pink water lilies, with Their hearts
OF gold and their alluring fragrance.
Surrounded by the cool green OF their
leaves, or pads. they shoulud float on
a broad shallow dish of perfectly
plain, clear glass. The might bloom
ing" varieties look especially well
under art ficiaI light, and viii open
several evenings in succession. I'm
Ger an August moon they are be-
Witching The usual plan IS To buy
the dormant tubers OF the hardy
water lilies. while the tender sorts
are generally raised from pot-grown
plants. These vary In price from
twenty-five to seVenty-fiVe cents for
the ordinary kinds while new and
fancy varieties cost a great deal
more. They can, OF course. be raised
from seed Cfifteen cents per packet,
but this IS a slow way to obtain re-
suits and not ALWAYS sure.
If you are fortunate CROUCH to
possess a ratural pond bv all means
SOW the seeds OF hardy l'lies, either
in fall or spring in the shallow places
along the margins.
Varieties for Deep Water.
For deep water the tuberosa va
riety is excellent, but the seeds must
be planted in a box or tub. which is
then sunk, or this vigorous grower
will crowd out other pants This is
a free-fowing, fragrant I.lY pure
white ard often eight inches in
diameter. The tuberoas rosea is like
it, but of an exquisite pink color
Both stand wei above the water.
For large bodies OF water there are
gigantic-siZed lilies, such as the
Royal or Victoria Regia. which has q
pad large and strong enough to sup
port the we ght of a child.
There are smaller varieties for
ponds and basins and quite small
ones for tiny pools and tubs. IN
color they range from dazzling white
to purple, through a rainbow gamut
of shell pink, deep pink. yellow, sky
blue. lilac and rosy carmine.
Here is a small list. those marked
"a" being suitable Tor tubs, barrels
or small pools, while those marked
"B" are best suited to large basins
and pools or natural ponds. The
very largest varieties are not named.
Hardy \ NyInphaeas,
A-Pygmoea. white, Japanese,
smallest variety.
Aurora, rosy yellow, changing
to deep red
A and B-Odorata Minor white
native pond lily.
B-Odorata, native, white pond lily.
B-Odorata Sulphurea, yellow.
B-Odorata Rosear pink pond lily.
B-Tiberosa, white, very fragrant.
B-Tuberasot, pink, very fragrant.
Capensis, Cape Blue water lily, day
blooming, rs cents; Gracilis, the only
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30

water snowflake, which has prettily-
fluffy green grass called parrot
feather.
The Egyptian papyrus is also an
aquatic plant, the very same from
which the first paper was made. One
instinctively feels an awe Of it. The
tall, triangular stalks grow from FIVE
to eight feet in height, bearing at the
top long, thread-like leaves that give
it graceful effect on the margins
of large pools and ponds. 1t will
grow we'll in shallow water or rich
soil, but it is not hardy in this eli
mate
The cape pond weed is hardy a1d
has interesting fork-shaped waite
blossoms as fragrant as hawthorne
and borne in prOfusion.
Winter Care of Aquatic Plants.
Hardy water lilies and lotuses need
no care in winter, provided the water
is deep enough to protect the crUwn
of the plant from freezing. In cement
tanks or wooden tubs drain off all the
water and fill with leaves and cover
with boards and leaves or litter.
Lilies grown in natural ponds will
be much benefited by using dried blood
manure on the surface of the water,
while plants grown in small tanH3
or tubs should receive a dressing of
bone meal at the rate of one pornd
to each plant just as growth starts
in the spring. Cover the bonemeal
with a layer of sand to prevent its
floating away.
From the smallest tub to the largest
AXE all ponds should contain fish to
destroy insests and keep the water
pure Goldfish are best for lily ponds,
being ornamental as we'll as useful
For an ordinary tub two fish are saf-
fcient. while twenty-five will stock
pond of 100 feet in diameter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30

white day bloomer among the tender
or tropical lilies, 81 so; Mrs. Ward,
rose pink day blooming, 50; Dentata,
white, eight to twelve inches, night
blooming. Is cents; Devoniensis, pure
red, vigorous night bloomer, Is cents;
Deaniana, light pink, stemens red,
night bloomer, $50.
Growing the Lotus.
To the Nelumbiums class belongs
the lotus, that flower Of romance
and mystery. The plants are large.
with massive leaves and flowers that
are large and magnificent in ap-
pearance Did you know that we had
an American lotus, Nelumbiurn
luteum, with superb yellow flowers
These tubers cost 81 each; the Ne
lumbium album, pure white, 81, while
the Egyptian lotus, or Nelumbium
speeioesum, costs 81. 80. 1t has Won
derful flowers. eight to twelve inches
in diameter, that are of a deep rose
color, creamy white at the base of
the petals Contrary to popular be
lief, the Lily of the Nile is perfectly
hardy and easy of culture, provided
the tubers are kept free of frost an
not planted too early. The seeds
cost Is cents, and If these are used
instead Of the tubers, each seed must
have its hard shell cut through with
sharp knife before planting. Nea
lumbiums do best when planted in al
least two feet OF mud or soil and
covered with only six inches Of
water.
Water Hyacinths and Peoples.
These are charming floating plants,
suitable for the large or small water
garden. The hyacinths bear delicate
spikes of lavender, blue or rosy h'3c
flowers, while the poppies are yellow
and bloom continuously. ioth have
floating leaves. Tubers cost Eighty
five cents
There is a lily-like plant called the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30
LIME IS OF BENEFIT TO A
GREAT VARIETY OF PLANTS

In q report recently issued by the
United States Geolog cal Survey on
the source, manufacture and use OF
lime. some very interesting and edu-
cational data is given on the use OF
lime as a fertilizer, which embcdy
the views on this subject of num-
Der OF our most prominent agricul-
tur SITS.
The report dealing with the SUBJ
iect of agricultural lime states that
the use of lime as a fertilizer dates
from the inception Of modern scien-
tific farming. Agricultural chem SITS
have shown that there are five or
six different functions which lime
may perform to benefit a soil, which
may be summarized br' ely as fol-
lows: l. 1t Is an essential element OF
plant food. 1t ads in the CONVEX
sion of decaylng organic matter into
humus 3. 1t forms compounds with
the humic acids which tend to pre-
vent their being leached out Of the
soil and lost. 4. BY producing
proper sanitary conditions the growth
of injurious bacteria is largely pre-
vented, while the growth of nitr 'fy-
| ing bacteria is encouraged The c
nitrifying bacteria cover the nitrogen
! of the hunus into a form such tn t
| IL IS aNdlldDle as pldllt 4OOu' D. llIiic
aids in the liberation of potash and
/ phosphorus from inert compounds
s. It tends to flocculate clay soils
rendering them granular and more
! porous
Obviously, permanent results cannot
| be expected unless care is taken tc
insure the presence of some organic
! fertilizer at all times. Lime usec
alone may be temporarily beneficial
! but will eventually be harmful; wher
used with cowpea vines II becomes
| more efficient for general purposes
than almost any other fertilizer. o.
course, lime is not beneficial to al
crops of the same extent, and not al
! soils need lime.
Thus some of the common plant
! which are stated by this report to b.
benefited by lime are spinach, lettuce
beet, celery, onion, cucumber, canta
loupe, asparagus, cabbage, peanut
rhubarb. pea, pumpkin, bean, tobacco
alfalfa. clover, barley, wheat, oats
timothy, gooseberry, currant. orange
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30

ounce and cherry Indian corn is
only slightly benefited. Plants which
are said to be slightly injured by lime
are cotton, tomato, cowpea, concord
grape, peach, apple and pear, and
those really injured are radish, fax,
blackberry, black raspberry and cram
berry. Whether a soil will respond
to lining or not depends on the
amount of available calcium oxide
which it already contains. Unfor-
tunately chemical analysis does not
distinguish between the total calcium
oxide and that which is available to
plants. Probably the best indication
of the need of lime is the failure to
obtain 9. good crop of clover.