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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
CTo BIZ coNTINUED)

Play indeed 10 the positive side OF the
whole phenomenon Of infancy. The
reason the higher animals. and man
above all. are born 80 helpless and un.
formed 10 that they may be finished
by this special method. It ia for tho
sake Of play that Infancy exists, that
there is such thing as child at all.
The child who 10 deprived OF his
chance to play is deprived OF his op
portunity TO grow up.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
DISEASE OF POTATOES
First Indication Of Rot Is Depres.
sion and ShrNeling.
Best Preventive Of Winter Trouble ls
to Make Certain That Tubers Are
Well Dried Before Storing
Kalnit Destroys Fungus.
(By w. r. GILBERT.)

The first external indication Of dis.
ease Is the gradual depression and
shriveling Of portion Of the surface
OF the tuber.
These sunken portions are soon COW
cred more or less with white patches
of the fungus, bearing myriads Of
spores, which are quickly distributed
by mites and other minute creatures.
At q later stage the white tufts
change to q pale pink color, and pro.
duce second crop Of spores, which
In like manner are distributed through
the heap of potatoes by mites, etc.
By such means the disease quickly
spreads, and aided by bacteria, the
tubers are soon reduced to a soft,
fetid mass. the skins alone remaining
intact.
During the following season the
most perfect stage of the fungus, in
the form of minute crimson points
develops on the skins Of diseased tu
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
Hlfa One Thlnu Rlaht.

Professor Longhair - Astrology
teaches that girl born in January
will be prudent. good tempered and
fond of dress; II born in February. af.
fectlonate, kind.hearted and fond OF
dress; In March. somewhat frivolous
and fond Of dress; in April. lnconstant
and fond Of
Hostess-In what months are girls
born who are not fond Of dress?
Professor Longhair-ln none. mad.
am.-New York Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
Fired.

A well.known Judge often relieved
his judicial wisdom with touch OF
humor One day, during the trial OF
a case, Mr.. Gum was witness In
the box, and, as he hesitated good
deal and seemed unwilling. after much
persistent questioning, to tell what ho
knew, the Judge said to him: Come
Mr.. Gum, don't hang fire." After the
examination had closed the bar was
convulsed by the judge adding; Mr..
Gum, you can go of; you are dis
charged. Case and Comment.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
PLAY NECESSARY FOR CHILD
Most Important for His Proper pevsI.
opment, and There Should Be
cafe Places Provided.

"And the streets Of the city shall be
full OF boys and girls playing In the
streets thereof" Thus Zechariah In
$40 b. G. But there were fewer motor
cars In Zechariah's day than there are
in ours. The children now need. for
their play. some place safer than the
street, declares the Craftsman.
More important than the play.
ground. however. 10 tho play. II IL
well that children should play In q
safe place. but It 10 absolutely neces.
sary that they should play somewhere
II they are to grow up at all. For
there is no doubt now. think. In the
minds Of educators that play builds
the child. II 10 the method that m.
ture has provided for his development
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
The Retort Courteous.

ut was mighty nice Of you to give
up your seat to that stout old lady,
Mr.. Binks. 1t is pleasant to see that
there are still some polite men left
In the world"
Sorry, Mrs. Jabbers. but 1t wasn't
politeness at ALL The man who sat
next to me was quarrelsome because
he said | crowded him too much and
all did was to use that stout old
lady as q sort of retort courteous,"-
Judge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15

To keep plows from rusting: To
three pounds Of tallow mix one pound
Of white lead. Melt the tallow in an
cid iron pot; stir In the white lead.
When using, heat the mixture and ap-
ply II with an old paint brush. In the
spring Just put the plow In the ground.
This win clean the moldboard as
bright in few yards as II was before.
The same applies to any farm tool
used for cultivation.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
Our Old Friend Humus.

Our old friend humus does not stand
much Of a show with some farmers.
They have not yet learned that In or.
der to make material to last through
the crop rotation. we must plow un.
der grass sod and other crops OF that
kind. It takes little nerve to plow
under your crop OF clover. for instance,
but II must be done II we are to keep
up with the procession.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15

"Since the war In Europe began a
great impetus has been given to tho
See America first movement" said
Giddlngs.
i've noticed that" said Podsworth.
"but It hasn't affected my attitude In
the least"
"Why not?"
"The state of my purse compels mo
10 see America first, last and all the
time"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
Sounda Elahy.

II don't believe he was ever In q
Ihipwreck."
why not?"
"He says when the vessel he was on
went down he grabbed tho ships log
md kept himself afoat until he was
picked up"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
NARROWING PEN IS PORTABLE
Small House Shown In illustration
Herewith VIII Be Found to Be
Ono Of Great Convenience.

The illustration below shows how q
portable farrowing pen can easily and
cheaply be made. The runners are
Q by and OF any length desired.
Any sound planking will do for the
body OF the pen. A small window in
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
A Great Event.

What's Plodsworth so excited
iboutf"
He hasn't bought an overcoat In
I've years. but he's going to buy one
his year."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15

Did you ask for a handout at der
big house7"
No. Jes' as wuz about TO 90 In
10 gate de minister lookin' guy told
me wuz goin' to der dogs, so I
turned around an beat t."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-01-15
To Retain Moisture,

Work the surface over after each
rain. and thus retain all the moisture.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
BRITISH SURGEONS RELEASED.
Five Arrive In London After Five
Months Captivity In Germany,

hpecH CAME Despdfch 10 THE SUN
LONDON, Jan. l3.--Five British army
surgeons have arrived via Holland after
five months captivity In Germany, having
been released at Madgeburg. Five 9TH
ers remain at Madgeburg,
The surgeons say the first part OF the
time Of their detention they were treated
as criminals and iusuted In the streets,
While marching to their prison a mob In
Cologne tried to lynch them and junior
officers treated them with arrogant bru-
talty. At first, they say, they were al
lowed a bath daily, then this privilege
was granted only once n week, aud they
We're told this was "often enough for
swine" They received better treatment
from the superior officers.
Two of She surgeons were suspected
OF being spies because they were cap
turd while motoring into the German
lines instead OF their own near Namur
and were threatened with shooting They
underwent medical examination and n
test Of their qualifications as surgeons
and expected they would be employed In
treating the wounded, They trcate
some but thereafter were kept In idleness
although they were comparatively well
trated and sufficiently fed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
REGION Is VOLCANIC.

Ayezzano is town Of about 5000
inhabitants In the province of the
Abruzz.. siXty-slN miles east Of Rome. II
has "A chateau built in 149) by the Orsni
and now belongings to the Barberini. The
palace of Prince Toronia contains coll
lection of objects taken from he Lago
Fucino the ancient Lacus Fucinus, now
drained. AveZZano is on the railroad
from Rome to Castellammare Adriatico.
Albano is about eighteen miles from
Rome. 1t has population of 5000. 1t
is a centre for many interesting eNcur-
sions. 1t Is believed to owe it's origin
to Emperor Septmus Severus, who
erected three barracks for the Second Par
THAN Legion In \. l.. 1875. 1t has many
historical relies such as the remains OF
ancient churches and tombs.
FrosinOne Is hfty-three miles from
Rome. 1t has population Of about
10000.
Monte Rotondo is a small town on the
Tiber with about $500 inhabitants. 1t
has an old castle of the Orsini, now be-
longing to the Piombino family.
Namontone, twenty-eight miles from
Ror'e, is town of about 5000 inhabi-
tants with a handsome chateau belonging
TO the Dora- Pamphili. The town Is stu
atcd on an isolated volcanic cone.
The entire region affected by the seis-
mic disturbance Is volcanic,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
GERMANS TAKE 1900
CAPTIVES AT CUFFIES
French Suffer Complete Defeat
on Neighboring Heights,
Berlin Announces.
LOSE NEAR NEWPORT TOO

BERLIN, Jan. 49, by wireless to Lon
don--Near Newport the Allies have beer
compelled to evacuate their trenches. ac
cordng TO the official report issued herr
to-day. The capture Of 100 French
near Cuffles, also is announced.
The settlement Is as follows:
In the western theatre of war
fierce artillery duels took place in
the nelghborhood of Newport. They
resulted IN the evacuation of the
enemy's trenches at Palinsburg, a
suburb OF Newport
The enemy's attacks near the canal
of La Bassee have been finally re-
PEELED
French attacks at La Boiselle
and the Hil OF Touvron were re-
pulsed. Yesterdays unsuccessful at
tacks on the hills near Crouy were
followed up by "a German counter
attack, which ended In the complete
defeat OF the French and the clear
ing OF the hills northeast OF Cuffies
and north OF Crouy. Our troops took
pos ession of two French positions
and captured LOO prisoners. four
cannon and several machine guns.
An attack by French sappers In
the neghborhood Of ST. Mihiel has
been successfully repulsed. Our
troops took possession OF the hills
north and northeast of Nomeny.
The situation in the Vosges re-
mains unchanged.
In the eastern theatre OF war the
situation has not undergone any
change
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
BACK AFTER 5 MONTHS.
Germans Attack Point Captured
Early In August.

PoNT-A-MoUssoN, Jan. 7.--Early yes
terday the French strung barbed wire
on top of the hill called Signal of Non.
The new work had hardly been com
pleted when a black mass shot into the
air. There followed few moments later
deep detOnatIon. The Germans were
bombarding the exact spot where the first
shell exploded last August. Thus after
Ave months the situation in this region
is back at the starting point. one shell
fell within 200 feet Of the canal lock,
another missed the gus tank ~ five feet
and another fell into hospital room full
of sick and wounded. but miracuoIsly
injured no one,
To-day the French opened fire from the
DE Puvenelle wood. 1t IL believed they are
bombarding the German communications
between Pdgny and Fhiaucourt. while the
smaller guns eprinkled lie Pretre
wood. Last night the Germans attacked
Les Menils, but the engagement was evil
IDENTIFY purely local In character,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
NEW YORK LOSING ITS THIRST,
Decrease of 1,OIs saloons In state
since 1910.

ALBANY, Jan 13.---The saloon business
in this state is falling on, the report o'
State Excise Commissioner william ".
Farley. submitted to the Legislature TO-
night, shows. Since 1910, when the ratio
law. limiting the number OF drinking
places to one for every $50 persons went
into effect, there has been a decrease OF
1918 saloons.
When the law became effective the
State had 24,39l hotels and saloons with
a population OF 1913 to each drinking place
There Is now one saloon for every AS
persons. This falling of was accom-
panied by a decrease OF slS2,46S in excise
revenue since 1910. The report shows
that the total receipts OF the departmen.
for the fiscal year were SlS,l0s,2bO OF
which Sl7,4S6.6l5 was received from
liquor tax certificates.
During the past year forty-scven prem
ises were deprived of the right 10 tratnt
IN liquors for a period OF one year pc
cause Of gambling and disorderly cond'-
tons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
RECALLS 1908 DISASTER.
M"ssina Earthquake Resulted In
Enormous Loss of LITE.

Mcssina, IN Sicily, suffered one ~ the
most disastrous earthquakes OF modern
times on the morning Of December rs,
1905 Reggie iii Cdlabria. across the
strait, was totally destroyed, and az other
places along the strait vast damage was
done by the tidal wave which followed
the disturbance. Many small towns in
Sicily and tIiabriI suffered heavily. An
official estimate placed the loss of lie az.
100000 Unofficial estimates placed it as
high as l5o,0Uo
The shock which wrought this damage
began at o'clock iu the morning and
lasted Just thirty-twu seconds II had its
centre iu the Strait OF Messiua. The
area Of the disturbance, $50 far IS serious
damage WAS concerned. was about go
miles in diameter, the toe" Of the main
land Of Italy being affected for 100 miles
toward Naples.
Ia the commune OF Messua alone. com
prising about 1890 inhabitants, 1t was
reported that $4,000 persons lost their
lives the province Of eggio lost $1,000
killed out Of q total OF $4,000 popula tiou,
Various nations gave aid to the stticren
section. the United States alone coutribut-
ing S3,0O0.0Ol to the relief work, and "A
temporary wooden city was built, which
housed some l7O.uOO populatiun-morc
people than ever dwelt IN the old city.
on January 3, 1909, an earthquake did
serious damage at Caltagirone, Sic y,
with shocks felt also at Fano and Pesaro
and In the Messina and Reggie districts.
Messlna and Reggie were shaken again on
December %, 1912. The cities had not
been rebuilt permanently and the damage
was not great
ON the nights Of May and ., 1914, a
series of earthquake shocks destroyed a
score of villages on the east coast of
Sicily, south 81 Mount Etna. killing ls0
persons and injurinE 1,OOc
Rome had not been visited By a serious
earthquake since July 10. 1899, when the
capital with Frascati, Marine ana other
| towns on the Alban hills, suffered con-
| siderable properly damage. No lives
! were lost.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
Speeial Cable pespatch 10 Tnn SUI.

PErRooRAp, Jan. 13.---The Russian
General STAFF announced to-day that there
had been desperate fighting in East Prus-
STA and that the Russian troops had won a
notable success, at one point capturing
a village which was part Of the German
defensive arrangements in the Mazurian
Lake district
German attacks in central Poland have
all been repulsed the statement says. In
northern Poland the Russians advanced
from Mlawa and are now within short
distance of tho important town OF Rad
zanow at the junction Of the Wrka and
Mawlea rivers. The statement follows:
Along the whole front on the night
Of January II and yesterday there
were artillery fire and skirmishing
between outposts. More serious en-
gagements took place as follows
Our detachment advancing in East
Prussia. in the Rorug district, after
driving back the enemy's outpost,
which was supported by infantry, o.
cupied, after a hard fight. several viii
lagos. one OF these was strongly for
tilted and was evacuated by the Ger
mans only after our troops had
charged with the bayonet.
Southeast OF Mlawu We progressed
in the direction Of Iladzanow
ON the Kozlow- Biskupic -Zarhzow-
Suckha front. the Germans. after
very heavy artillery FIRE began an
offensive movement against the south
ern sector Of this front, but were
easily repulsrd.
ON the Bcriimow Gaimiuc-W olto-
Szidlowska region the euem. resumed
the offensive Internationally. but with
out success. In their advance against
Gsinine the Germans sought to in
trench themselves under the shelter Of
steel shields.
In the region south OF Moghcly the
cnci v delivered a series of attacks,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
POSITION OF U. S, WEAKENED.
London Paper Says Hague Conven-
lions Have Been Killed.

opcttdi tdote btapdtcN 20 lHH Bun
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Daily Chronicle,
ndorsing eX-Presideut Roosevet's utter
ances In the Independent regarding tho
Hague conventions says
Tho consequence OF the American att-
tude Is that the Hague conventions not
only have been infrInged but have been
killed beyond visible means of resurrec-
ton, let alone extension. No State is
going to let itself in for such deception
again. 1t is impossible TO deny that the
moral position OF the United states has
been appreclably weakened. Those Of us
on this side who for many years have
strlven consistently TO get Il fair hearing
given TO the United States and fair con-
structions put on its policy should be no
true friends II we concealed from Ameri-
can opinion the new difficulty which their
Governments abandonment OF the Hague
conventions has created for us"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
PRUSSIAN LOSSES 840,343.
List Does Not Include Baynrians,
saxons or wurttembcrg Troops.

CoPESHAGEN, Jan. 13.--The 121st Prus-
sian casualty list published to-day brings
the total Killed, wounded and missing to
s40.343. This total refers only To the
Prussian army and does not include 1884
Bavarian, 90 Saxon, SO Wuerttem-
berg and II naval lists which have been
issued.
OF tho recent casualties tho greater
paIt occurred in the lighting in Poland
In November, the cavalry and artillery
SUFFERING particularly heavily.
The Bavarian lists show that the Ba-
varians have been the heaviest losers In
the fighting In West Flanders. The Seven
teenth Bavarian Reserve Regiment was
completely annihilated at Wyschaete, near
Ypres. and all the officers We killed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
CENSOR HAD LAST WORD,
Paris Journalists Criticism Failed
to Get His 30. H.

obfftW ubic btsb'ffH 70 m ~
PARIS, Jan. lS.-Ionrnalists who are
members of the Chamber OF Deputies or
the Senate met to-day under the chair
mlnship of eN-Premier ClemenCeau.
The report OF the proceedings was elm
mated from tho Paris papers by the
censor II Is supposed that the gather
ing protested against the censorship. That
was the purpose of the meeting.
The Socialist group In the Chamber Of
Deputies met to-day to discuss the CEN
sorship and adopted a resolution in which
IL Is declared that
The press ought to be free in time
OF war as in time Of peace, The only
limitation should be as to informl ton Of
Il nature to injure military or diplomatic
interests"
The Socialist peace conference organized
by Danish Socialists opens on Sunday. In
addition TO the Scandinavians, delegates
from Holland and Switzerland will at
tend the conference.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
NEW YORK RECRUIT
WOUNDED IN BATTLE
T. Capdevillc, Fighting With
French Foreign Legion,
Struck by Bullet.
SEEGER ESCAPES IN TIME
Special catic Desnatch to Tut sr>.

Special cable DcSpdfCh 10 TINT SuN.
PARIS, Jan. 13.--THE SUNS correspond
ent with the Foreign Legion writes under
date Of January 10:
-. Capdeville of New York and L. Znn
have been wounded, but their wounds are
trivial. The squad new corporal. who was
n German, was killNd in "A German night
attack on January ON outpost by the cN-
plosion Of u hand grtnade thrown over
stone wall The GernJns also fired "A light
volley. Rockwell and Alan Seegcr es-
capped death by the narrowest margin by
ducking in the face OF the volley. The
outpost took up the most dangerous posi-
ton in the trenches, wRicn stretched for
miles on either side OF their headquar-
.ers. on the Night Of January T.
THE outpost was composed Of the Ger
man corporal Seeger Rockwell, Dowd,
two Englishmen and a Swede who had
lately Joined Capdevlle and linn. See
ger and Rockwell guarded and BARI
caded "A break in the stone wall where
a shell had hit.
THE hand grenade was thrown over
the wall and lit at their feet. Seeger
recognized what II was and both jumped
sideways. The bomb did not explode and
the corporal came to investigate. Then
the Germans threw a second bomb and
let go a volley. The corNDral was killed,
Capdevillc got "A scratch on the scalp,
ana me little lngtr on Llnn flgnt Ndnu
was shot through. The rifle held by Al
Englishmau was struck by a bullet and
DOwd was felled by dying plaster loosed
from the wall by bullets.
"Seeger and Rockwell ducked Just In
time. Their comrades IN the rear trench
feared TO fire lest they might hit the out
post instead of the Germans, but 10y way
Of revenge sent out patrol and secured
| the disputed strip OF ground for Germans.
The outpost received mention for the eI-
plot from the local headquarters. Cap
deviele was promoted TO acting corporal
in recognition of his steady behavior on
outpost duty and will DE "A regular cor
poral as soon as the papers come back
from the local headquarters
THE sun printed a vivid description OF
| life in the trenches along the Asne, writ
| ten by Alan Seeger, "A Harvard graduate,
whose narrow escape while on outpost
duty Is described In THE SUNS corre-
| spondent with the French Foreign Legion.
Mr. Seeger was graduated from Harvard
! in 1910 and has since been living In
Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
81 WITHDRAW NOTHING, F."
SAYS CARDINAL MERCER
Gen. Won Kissing Insists Belgian
Primate Was Not Ar
rested.

LONDON, Jan. 10 A despatch from The
Hague says that newspapers correspond
ent asked Gen. Won Kissing, German mill
tsry Governor of the Occupied territory
in Belgium, TO send a telegram to Car
dlnal Mercier. Archbishop OF Malines and
Primste of Belgium, requesting the sN-
act facts in connection with his reported
Imprisonment by the German authorities
In reply to this request, Gen. Won Bis
sing said to-day that he had been re-
quested by Cardinal MERCER to forward
the following response to the inquiry
II feel very much the sympathy You
have shown me and for which think you,
but ] prefer not to dwell for the moment
on the veXatious measures to which you
allude. and prefer to continue 10 shut
myself in my episcopal ministry. wish
to declare, however that have with
drawn nothing and will withdraw nothing
from my pastoral letter.
CARDINAL MERcIEk,
Archbishop of Malines.'
IA the SHINE time Gen. ven Kissing
issued the following statement on his
own behalf
"As this reply of the Cardinal might
give rise to Observation-Disclosures, l add
thereto the following remarks
"I certainly caused proofs Of the pas
toral letter in the printing office TO he
confscated and summoned tbs priests 10
give up copies OF it in their possession.
This Cardinal never has been arrested,
nor has his personal liberty In any other
way been encroaGhed upon. ] have re-
quested him to give me explanations OF
the tendencies OF the pastoral letter. ~
besides this, In order to prevent possible
manifestations, asked him - abandon
u projected journey to Antwerp.
"If these measures perhaps appear 20
the Cardinal subjectively veNatious. yet
they were effectively absolutely neces'
sary l., order TO clear up the situation
GOVERNOR GENERAL .FREiHERR Won
BIssING'"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-14
FRENCH REPORT GAIN
NORTH OF SCISSORS
Continued from First Page.

In Champagne, from Rheims to the
Argonnc. there were yesterday eA-
ceedlngly violent artillery exchanges.
In the region OF Souain the advance
position &C sring the blockhouse To-
Gated to the north OF the Beausejour
Farm. is still la our possession, and
We here have set up Il trench distant
sixty yards from the German trench.
In the Argonne there have been
rain and wind storms no infantry ac-
tivity has been recorded.
From the Argunne to the Moselle
there have been Intermittent artillery
exchanges
In the Nosges there have been fogs
aud heavy fall Of snow.
Some anxiety is stun felt as TO tn
situation IN Aisace. Apparently tn,
French troops have remained inactive
FOR several days now. There has beer
no Tcnticn OF hghtng there yesterday OF
to-day by the military authorities.