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The Adair County news., 1916-03-08
WAR SITUATION.

The German offensive at Yer
dun has been resumed after a
brief halt, but apparently not on
the scale or with the force ex-
erted during the early days of
the drive.
The offensive was reopened on
the plain of the Woevre, east of
Verdun. where the Germans
have worked at several points to
the base of the heights of the
Mouse, pausing before the strong
French positions that crown the
ridge west of the plain.
In an apparent attempt to
break the French line near ths
southern end of the twelve-mile
front along which their recent
advance in this region was press
ed, the Germans made a drive on
the French at Fresnes, ten miles
southeast of Verdun, and sue
ceeded in penetrating the French
positions at some points. Paris,
however, declares that they
were promptly elected in a coun.
ter attack.
The French themselves took
the offensive at Donaumont, four
miles northeast of Verdun, the
outlaying fort captured last week
| by the Crown Princes Brandon
burg troops, and since reported
to be held by several hundred
Germans cut off through a sub
sequent French advance. Der
lin announces that the attacks
were fruitless, only resulting il
useless sacrifices of French
troops. The Berlin statement
does not mention the Fresnes op
Grafton, the Verdun situation be-
ing otherwise covered in the gen.
eraI statement that conditions
along the co-Belgian front
remained unchanged.
i West of the Mouse River the
Germans are showing signs Of
renewed activity violently bonn
harding a French positions be-
tween Malancourt, ten miles
north west of Verdun, and Forge.
five and one-half miles east o.
Malancourt, indicating a possibl,
spread of the line of the Verdur
attack to the west.
Outside of the Verdun districr
the only important happening
recorded in either of the oficia
statements was a German at
tack in the Lorraine district
west of Bezange, ten miles nortl
of Luneville,, which Paris de
clares was a complete failure de
spite prolonged artillery prepare
ton.
There is possible signifcanc'
in the German announcement O
intense activity by the British
artillery in the User district il
aid of the Ere CHI further dow
, the line.
Reports of the capture of
: German sea raider, either tn
auxiliary cruiser Moewe or tn
cruiser Room, came to hand tc
day from South American source
The capture is said to have bee
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

Newton D. Baker, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, has been chosen Sec
rotary of War. to succeed CARR
son.
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

WOStES T6SlOu. n VlOl6QC DOtu.
bardment was followed by a
spirited attack on the French at
Fresnes, ten miles southeast of
Verdun. Paris reports the driv-
ing out of the Germans from the
few positions which they sue
ceeded in penetrating in their
assault.
+ The new attack gives color to
what seems to be the prevailing
military opinion in Paris that the
German offensive at Verdun had
merely halted. 1t also calls par
ticular attention to the Woevre
region, where the Teutons have
advanced along line south of
Fort Douaumont well to the base
of the Mouse heights as far as
Combres, twelve miles southeast
of Verdun.
Dispatches from Berlin and
Paris point to the difficulties of
a further advance in this region.
The French positions, Paris
points out, stretch along the
heights, from which the ground
drops abruptly to the Woevre
plain with its moist clay soil,
across which the transport of
the heaviest of the German ar
tillery, on ground away from the
high roads, is held to be almost
impossible, while attacking
troops would have to deploy in
the open under the fire of the
French guns on the heights.
Berlin commentators, howev-
err. advance the view that the
/ Teuton have previously shown
that similar Instantaneous con-
ditions could be successfully met,
the storming of the heights just
to the south by the Germans in
, 1914, when st. Mihiel was cap
tured, being pointed to in this
connection.
, From Dutch sources come re-
! ports that the German drive is
to be resumed from the north
east. 10000 men having been as
, sembled near Buy, behind Fort
Vaux, which is said to have been
destroyed by German heavy NOR
, tars.
Estimates of the German loss
es in the offensive are running
high in Entente quarters, one
from Paris placing them at be-
tween 125, 900 and 10000. All
accounts from German sources,
however, have declared that the
, casualties of the attacking armies
were surprisingly small.
Progress of the new German
submarine campaign, has not
yet been notably reflected in
news dispatches recording the
9 sinking of allied merchantmen.
The loss of five vessels, one the
Russian steamer Alexander
Vented, of 1888 tons, are re.
ported from London, eighteen
of her crew having been drown.
ed. The others were three Brit
ish fishing smacks and an Italian
sailing ship.
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TWENTY-FIVE MILLS.
II the Coin Is 10 be Named. Remember
the CULVER Of Old.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Let
me suggest CULVER as IA name for the
proposed two and onc-half cent coin.
Some thirty years ago the word
CULVER had n meaning. c~olloquial at
least. which adap,s IT To expressive use
in the proposed application. Then, as a
lad just approaching my teens. when
THE Sun. as | we'll remember, ran as
one OF its features that interesting and
instructive column 'Sunbeams.' the
term "quiver" conveyed a meaning eN-
actly adapted to that now required,
In negotiating the barter of some
juvenile possession, after the parties Ia
the deal had approached To II point OF
difference between each other by the
amount OF "A cent, the suggested eompro-
mise of the more anxious party was
The acceptance of the others terms land
a q~uiver"-that Is. the toss Of "A coin
as being the best means of determining
the half cent difference. In my boy
hood days the l~ocution was familiar,
Therefore | propose CULVER as the
name of the coin.
But perhaps we are "A bit premature
in selecting "A name for n coin which 1,
is unlikely will ever he mint ed. TIT
cash register. adding machine and SLOT
machine makers are yet to be heard
from. ALRANsoM.
New YORK, December .
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time It took q burg1Ar to rife a safe
should determine the period Of his
imprisonment.
The problems that spring from Os-
culation increase constantly In num-
Der and complexity. Its moral as
nects, formerly the only ones de-
batable, have been reinforced Of late
by considerations springing from the
new hygiene. Science, art, morality,
political economy and the new free
dom are all Interested to-day in the
kiss as a live problem that must he met
and solved. But the movie censors
are making no progress toward clar-
flying the present involved oscula-
tory situation by endeavoring to use
the metric system as an ally to en-
lightened morality.
1t must be borne In mind by all re-
formers who are ~endeavOring to elm.
mate Objectionable features from the
picture plays that drama possesse,l
some ~inalienable rights of Its own. A
playwright or scenario writer should
not be hampered in his task by a ruiz.
that cOmpels him to limit all kisses
uplifting or otherwise. to eight feet OF
Aim. All that the censors can e a
sonably demand is that the movie
dramatists shall always enforce the
lesson that lawless OSCILLATION invari-
ably meets with condign punishment
| An unjustiiable kiss Is not wrong be.
cause Of It's record in units Of tint!
but because 1t should never have been
imprinted.
This argument Is not presented from
any lack of sympathy with the ef.
| forts Of our State censors to free the
moving pictures from pernicious fea-
lures. 1t is merely put forward rs n
protest against forcing any time limit
upon pictorial OSCILLATION because OF
the fundamentally unsound and mis-.
leading contention that n given kiss is
justifable or unjustifable merely in
relation tn Its duration.
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COLDS MENACE.
Does Ancient spain Ofer II Warning
Lesson 10 America?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Has
It ever occurred to your readers that
We have now in America a condition
singularly similar to that OF Spain in
the fifteenth century
Just ms We are nov the recipients Of
undreamed Of stores of gold, so to Spain
her mighty navigators, adventures and
explorers brought countless shiploads Of
treasure from the Americas. with the
result that the whole country nearly
starved to death
There was so much apparent wealth
that no one would do hard work con-
seQuently food ceased to he produced.
what there was rose to p%rohibitiye
heights. and instead of the expected
ease and comfort that follows wealth,
terrible misery ensued, lasting over one
hundred years.
New York being the PLAY ground of the
nation and the recipient OF the immense
wealth due to the rise in securities, pre-,
dicted by me in our paper two years
ago, IL not in a position Ia feel the evil
and serious injury done to agriculture,
by the impossibility OF getting labor
Hard work of any kind is simply taboo
one thing is sure nature cannot b,
bluffed. and the neglect of the fields /;
sure TO kick back for years to come.
RoREET s., RIDDLE.
RAILWAY. y. j., December =,
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Chsmp's Abiding Faith.

II EVER an advocate Of preparedness
begins to despair Of his subject we
advise him to 60 out and get the
freshest arguments Of the pacifists or
Of those who believe that America
'can lick everybody" As an example
Of that pacifsm which stimulates
the believer In preparedness, we quote
from an article In the Independent by
the Hon. CHAMP CLARK:
IF we attend to our own business We
will never have another war;"
What Is n nations own business Is
a question which. some cynic may sug-
gest. has been the cause Of several
vars. But CHAMP was not there to
decide for the squabblers. He adds
the grandest and most convincing Of
the racinst arguments:
1.-THE people are not willing to see this
country turned into an armed camp
Possibly the Speaker did not visit
France before the war. Several males
Of military age were there observed
In ordinary dress, and II was quite
possible to walk the streets without
being impaled on n sabre. But this
war will soon end, take 1t from
CHAMP:
The great nations Of the earth can
not tan much longer this piling up OF
armaments by and and sea-
Predictions Of that kind were made
before the war was n month old: !,
was too great a war, it would fall OF
Its own weight, &c. But the greatest
battle Of the war is now on with M
lack Of fury. Even 80. what Is tina
to us? CHAMP argues:
II do not believe there is a nation o,
earth that has little enough sense to al
tack US, ! do not care q straw which on
It Is: and I have abiding faith that /
one OF them does attack US It will &c
licked In the end"
No nation will ever attack Us l
1t first talks the matter over will
CHAMP CLARK hut the crafty enemy
hearing of CHAMPS abiding faith
may keep away from him. 1T vii
get licked In the end" Perhaps II
Europe one side will get licked In tn
end, but II the victor was unprepare'
when entering the war will he be gla'
that he was unpreparei? BY tn
memory Of n million dead men. no. =
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Rice.

Meat, grain. vegetables have all
risen in price to an extent that wOr-
ries not only the h0usekeeper hut the
provider of the family. But amid all
the increase OF prices there IL n great
food staple that remains cheap and
wholesome, though perhaps too little
used and appreciated in the run Of
American households. Rice Is one OF
the most delicious and nOurishing sub.
stances mankind feeds upon.
Properly cooked, rice forms the
basis OF n hearty meal, Mt which
there Is no need to serve meat OF any
kind. 1t Is best simply boiled well.
and eaten with butter, butter and
sugar. or sugar and milk. Every fam
lily could and should have n rice
dinner a week.
There are innumerable ways In
which this grain may be utilized. Rice
cakes make a good breakfast dish,
Boiled rice, with fresh, stewed 81
preserved fruit, IL II better dessert
than more costly e~labOrntlOns Of thu
Kitchen. Not every cook knows that
there are two radically different type,
or rice pudding. The older and les,
expensive requires nc eggs. 1t Is baset
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Screen Kisses.

The most irritating questions that
come laundering down the ages are
those annoying queries that no gen.
Grafton can answer. Where was
MOSES when the light went out? How
old Is ANN? Who struck BILLY PAT
TERsoN? These and other historic in
terrogntories to which there can be no
satisfactory reply form n list that is
intellectually stimulating but begets
nothing Of more value than unsntis-
factory and conflicting conclusions.
And now to this disturbing category
has been added the perpleXing prob
lem MS to how long II strictly leglti-
mate and law abiding kiss should last.
The motion picture censOrs in sew
cral States of the Union have been
compelled TO answer this query. and
In a tentative way have placed II time
limit upon osculatOry exhibits beyond
which. 1t has been ruled, they cannot
90 without becoming detrimental &c
the public welfare.
Eight feet of film IL the limit In
Pennsylvania for II pictorial kiss that
can be considered lawful. while Ohio
| Kansas aud Il few other liberal
minded commemorative allow ter
feet to II legal kiss. Without casting
| any reflection upon the common sens.
exhibited by the censOrs responsible
for these DEGREES. Is there not reason
10 assert thnt they approach the sub
.jert Of screen oSculntion from Tho
wrong direction? Does tn" inheren'
morality Of II kiss lie in It's duration
1t would be as reasonable 10 ask
would 1t not, whether the length o
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in England. Their early discovery
would conduce not only to the i'm
provement Of the children's health,
but to Increased mental capacity.
In view Of the fnct that this rom.
bination tends to diminish the nun.
Der Of retarded children, who must
be r%eeducnted, It Is unfortunate that
the Board Of Estimate of this city
has refused to grant.the sum Of $751;
coo in excess of last years apprOpria-
ton. asked for by the Bureau Of Child
Hygiene Of the Board Of Health.
The immense value Of good physi-
cal condition Of school children In the
welfare OF the nation has been demon
strated in the great emergency with
which England was confronted in the
present struggle for it's national exist
ence. II the English boys had been
maintained In better physical cOndi-
ton than that discovered by Sir
GEORGE NEWMAN, the reflections of
recruits for army service would not
have been 80 numerous as almost to
, lmperil national safety. That we are
! confronted with n similar catastrophe
has been demonstrated by DIR. ITALIA
rERRO CLARK. In n report Of the United
States Public Health Service Of Dc
| tOber 9, which reveals the astonishing
fact that among 1900 applicants for
the United States Marine Corps in
New York city only 316 were accepted
as meeting the required physical
standard. DIR. CLARK holds that In
the ease OF volunteers the reflections
were traceable to physical disabilities,
due to defects of vision and hearing,
faulty teeth. heart disease and i'm.
perfect carriage, all of which were
remediable while still In their incip.
iency during childhood.
1t becomes evident that the school
authorities are responsible not only
for the mental but also for the physi
cal development Of their charges, and
that their activities must not he lin
tied by their local horizon.
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Conserve the Chndren's Health.

Health conservation Is one of the
most important functions OF govern
ment. and the maintenance Of a high
physical and mental standard among
children Is the lMSis Of general health
and efficiency. These are automatic
facts which are most clearly demon
strnted In the observation Of statisti-
clans, who have shown that the d.
intuition Of mortality in the general
population stands In direct ratio to the
mortality among infants and children.
1t follows that the maintenance Of
health among school children merits
the utmost cure and judicious expendi-
ture Of public funds.
Sir GEORGE NEWMAN. President Of
the Local Government Board of Lon
don, reports that among 6.OOO.ON chill
dren in the elementary schools Of
England and Wales there are 1900
600 in defective physical condition
and 100000 really too III probably
to receive instruction. A recent in
vestigatiOn by the United States Pub
lie Health Service shows an almost
equally bad condition In the health OF
children In Our country schools by
reasO chiefly of unsuitable food and
lack Of facilities for outdoor play
and systematic physical exercise. In
n manual of diseases of infants and
children by DR.. GEORGE RUHRAH it is
stated that urban boys between the
ages Of six and seventeen and girls
between the ages of twelve and seven,
teen were below the average height.
Sir GEORGE NEWMAN attributes the
deterioration OF English children to
their improper management during
school life of about nine years. HI
insists that children who are not IN
good health should not be admitted
until they present n condition favor
able to their physical improvement,
during school life. In many of the
larger cities of the United State,
municipal authorities have wisely
furnished not only medical men TO us
certain the condition Of school chill
dren. but the most progressive healtl
authorities have also provided tmlne,
nurses to assist the physicians by fol
lowing up the defective cases In theiJ
homes. These nurses have become Of
fective agents for the discovery an,
tracing Of infectious diseases, whlcl
otherwise would have escaped atten
ton, and In this n dissemina
ton Of these diseases has been great.
diminished. The defects among tn,
children In country schools were prnC
tically the same as those In the schoo
children OF the city.
In a recent bulletin Of the Depart
. ment OF Health It wns shown that d.
fectivp vision. hearing. breathing, tn
teeth and enlarged tonsils were IN
chief causes Of deprecated physlca
condition In 10 per cent, ~ the chi
= dren-almost the same proportion a
that reported by Sir GEORGE NEwMA
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Thoughts on Talk.

The janitOrs of our speech have
once more conferred on us the bene-
fits Of their observations. Professor
ScorT Of the University Of Michigan
welcomes the first faint signs Of n
day in which we shall communicate
with eHch other In a comedy tongue.
to be known as American, composed
In about equal proportions Of Weber
and Fields dialect. and the simple,
homely" product of Observation-Disclosures
repOrtOrial genius. impaired but not
rendered unintelligible by n trace OF
our inheritance from King JAMES and
SHAKEsPEARE. II will be neither
Southern nor New England; II we
catch the scholastic idea. 1t will he
nm extension OF the East sides lingua
franca over the United States.
Professor SCOTr assures us. un-
necessarily perhaps. that the product
Of this evolution will not be Eng
lish. but American. And the prospect
pleases him leave him with the an
ticipatory smile on his lips NJ Il prophet
satisfied of his augury. Or. SAMUEL
NJ. CRoTHERs appears to resent the
placarding Of public conveyances with
warnings and admonitiOns:
"Dr. CRoTHERs said this superstition
had spread so that men engaged in use
full occupations undertook to render
wholly gratuitous. service outside theii
own line by the printed word.
in addition 10 conveying persons from
one place to another, street railway COM
panies, he said. addressed moral maxim
to passenger on p~lacards. admonishinl
them not TO push or crowd. or spit or
the floor
Citizens with III pretence 10 literary
authority have believed that transpor
tation managers decorated cars ant
buses with warnings against crowdin:
nnd pushing to facilitate the move
ment of the public. IL decrease discom
fort, and to ward Off damage suits
That pride Of authorship possesse,
them has not been suspected. TIL,
familiar notices quoting the sanitur!
code have hitherto been attributed |,
the enthusiasm Of the health authori
ties, rNther than to official and cor
pOratlon itch for the fame to b,
derived from the printed word. Dr
CROTHrRs corrects this misunderstood
ing. From love of literature. and no
fear of the jury spring watch You
Step and Keep to the Right -
We share nobcdy's fears about tn
future Of the language. Our solicitud
Is stirred by only II thought: TIL
poor old language is used so niue
that 1t Is In. danger OF being worn out
Cannot n day OF rest Cor words h
decreedi
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on rice and milk, well favored with
nutmeg-a sort Of compromise be-
tween nectar and ambrOsia.
While macaroni and spaghetti make
excellent meatless meals they are not
70 cheap as they used to he. particu-
larry in the fancy packaged styles
now put forth. But either employed
with rice will afford two meatless
dinners a week. Rice may also he
used rs n vegetable, for It now costs
less than potatoes. Beefsteak and
rice. or beefsteak and hOminy are of.
ten more nlatable than beefsteak with
the conventional vegetables. II the
tradition Of its cooking did not seem
to have persisted utterly. we should
speak Of beefsteak and 1njun puddin'.
How good they were!
But any one can learn to cook rice.
The habit Of eating II Is one step to-
ward C~hinafying America that even
Colonel ROOSEVELT would approve.
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X AMERICANS.
Success Of an Educational League De.
voted to the Dates Of Citizens.

To the EDITOR or The sUN-sN: The
crying need in this country to-day is
a higher quality Of public spiritedness
among our citisens, and only through
long and careful education can this be
accomplished. I am convinced that
many OF our social ills for which legis-
lation is sought can be surely and per-
manently cured by conscious effort on
the part Of the body OF our citizens
both native and n~aturalized.
IL is encouraging to know that the
problem II coming to be recognized at
least in part and its solution intelli-
gently undertaken In the instruction Of
the immigrant. The League OF Foreign
Born citizens came into being In re-
Spouse to this need. Since its founda-
ton the league has made remarkable
progress. Entirely non-racial and IN
partisan. II has sought to appeal to all
patriotic Americans In solving a great
n vital problem OF our national life.
Through the efforts Of the league and
its president. Nathaniel Phillips. many
| valuable advantages are offered free TO
all foreigners who wish to become citi-
Gems. At the clubs rooms. 50 Second
avenue. a library is maintained. A So
cial room where all may come and be
welcome Is an effective aid to the pur-
pose Of the organisation. The regular
classes In English. citizenship and clvics
meet during the day and in the evenings.
Patriotism and American ideals have
prominence in the course Of instruction.
There are speeches every evening by
prominent men on related subjects and
every inducement Is made to arouse in
terest in public matters.
The success OF these efforts to make
intelligent. responsible citizens OF the
men and women who avail themselves
Of the league is amazing. The duties
and obligations OF citizenship under our
cooperative form OF government are all
dwelt p and every year many from
its classes Join the ranks OF American
citizens imbued with an earnestness and
ardor for the welfare OF their new coun.
try far in advance of many native born
Americans.
Your diagnosis OF the ineptitude o.
the latter class is certainly true to con
ditions. n in regard to his also the
league has made itself felt. The ex.
! ample which II sets to all native borr
| Americans is a striking one. and Il
p%resages the time when the other par,
l.Of the problem. which relates to them
will be attacked intelligently and sue
<~essfully.
At this time in our history. wher
srrors OF past negligence toward tn,
. ital matter of assimilation have becom,
ylaringly obvious. such organizations a,
,:he League OF Foreign Born Citizen
Should be encouraged in every posslbl,
way. Its membership now extends int,
tie thousands and its work to otheI
CD les Many and more varied methods
in sight by which its great worI
cssn he furthered to the eternal beneh
OF the entire nation.
.rhe league cordially invites all VIII
are Interested In the most vital problem
Of the present and future America I,
vis4t its establishment.
ROYAL DIXON.
Vice President League OF Foreign Bori
Citizens.
INV YORK, December :.