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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
HONOR
 FOR TWO VETERANS

San Francisco, August 27.-An unusual military ceremony took place here late yesterday in a review of the Sixteenth in- fantry in recognition of 30 years service of two enlisted men who are retiring They are Sergeant William Morrow, Com pany M, and Sergeant Joseph Shattuck, Company H. The two retiring soldiers. showing little effect from their years in the field, stood at the right of Colonel Cornelius Gardener, in front of whom the troops passed. When the parade dis banded, Colonel Gardener personally con- graduated the veterans and commended them for the excellent discharge of their duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28

Macon. ia. August 27.-More than BOO delegat.s arrived tonight to attend the democrai ic state convention to- morrow, which will ratify the nom ination of John NJ. slaton for governor and other statehouse candidates in the primary of August 21.
 The convention will be enlivened by three contests. In the court of appeals race between Judge J. R. Pottle, the incumbent, and Nash R. Broyles, re- corder of Atlanta, there is, tie on the face of the returns. each man hav- ing 1s4 votes in the convention.
 Three men ran for commissioner of agriculture, none receiving sufficient to elect. The contestants are J. J. Con ner. with 14S convention votes; J. D.. Price. with 14s, and A. o. Blatoek, with 92.
 Judge N. A Morris in the Blue Ridge district, was opposed by H. L. Pat terson. Patterson claims there was fraud practiced in the vote of one county and he will ask that the vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
TURKEY WILL KEEP
 ORDER ON FRONTIER

Constantinople, Turkey, August 27.-The panic among the Christians in the vicinity of the Montenegrln frontier was today brought officially to the attention of the ottoman government by the Servian lega- ton
 The porte replied with assurances that order would be maintained by Turkey in the district.
 A denial was given to the reports that arrangements had ben made to distribute arms to the Albanian Mohammedans who, it was declared, had pilaged the arms depots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
WILLIAMS NOT OUT
 FOR COL. ROOSEVELT

Boston. August 27.-George Fred Williams. the democratic leader on his return 10 Boston today from New York denied that he had declared in favor of Theodore Roosevelt for President. Asked if he had called on MT Roose- welt at oyster Bay. Mir. Williams said
 ."Yes. I received a telegram asking me to call on him and l did so Sun day. but I have not declared in favor of Roosevelt 10 any person
 Oyster 9a. N Y., August s7.-Col- onel Roosevelt declined to discuss his statement of last Sunday that MT. Will Hams had promised him his support
 T received word from exSenator Pettigrew Of South Dakota" he said, asking me to see MT. Williams. l re- piled that 1 would be glad to see him. I of course assumed that the request came from MT. Williams"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
A GAME BUNCH

everything she owned, the mother got enough money to make the journey. To make doubly sure she and the little ones trudged the 250 miles from Baraum to Bremen. carrying their little bundles oi clothes. It cost less than 10 cents a day for food and they slept in the fields. Il was a months journey to Bremen and there they engaged passage in the steer age of the steamer Neckar and today the mother stood and told her story while the officials consulted to see If the fam fly could land.
 Somehow it was decided they were noi likely to become public charges and they were allowed to enter
 The mother has a few cents over the train fare to Denver, near where the father was last heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
ROSES STREWN ON
 THE MISSISSIPPI

St. Louis August 2.-Thousands Of roses were scattered on the Mississippi river opposite the national cemetery at Jeffer- son barracks by Sons of veterans and the ladies' auxiliary today at the memorial ceremonies over the graves of heroes Of American wars. The flowers were thrown upon the waters from the steamer Grey Eagle on which the trip to the barracks was made while the guns of the United States steamer Isle De Luzon, the train ing ship of the Missouri naval reserves, boomed a salute.
 Only informal ssessions of the two or ders which are in annual encampment here took place today. The main busi- ness and sessions will begin tomorrow and arc expected to last through Fri day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
HAIR DRESSER HELD
 FOR THE GRAND JURY

Mobile. August 7.-tspecia1)-Mr Mary Wanda, whom the federal author ities traced to Mobile from Montgom- cry. was held to the grand jury today under a bond of s250. She is charged with violation of the white slave law. Her daughter, who she says is IA years old, arrested with the mother, was re- leased.
 Mrs. Wanda has a number of aliases. She has operated in a number of south ern cities as hair dresser. She has been before federal authorities on at least one previous occasion when she was required to give her 9-year-old son into the keeping of her brother and place her daughter, who is with her now, in a New Orleans school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
FIRE DESTROYS
 OLD OIL STEAMER

Santa Barbara, Cal. August 27.--The old oil steamer Rosecrans, owned by the As sociated oil company, and valued at ESQ., eco, was destroyed by fire above the water line and sank in deep water off Alcatras wharf late today. . Her crew of 42 men escaped by jumping into the sea and swimming ashore. The fire started from an explosion in the en- zine room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
ROUGH SEA HALTS
 THE MOTOR BOATS

Huntington. N. r., August 27.-A heavy sea. driven into Huntington Bay by stiff northeast wind. made impos. sible today the racing of motor boats in the elimination races for the selec- tion of Harmsworth trophy defenders.
 Jackson Stone representing the chal- 1engers, the Royal Yacht club of Eng land, today engaged quarters for the men who will handle the British boats in the international races beginning next Saturday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28

New York, August 27-"My, but that 5 game bunch," was the comment Of an immigration official as he passed Mrs Marie Skiivinek and her three children Edna. 2: Joseph. [. and Anne, 5, through the barge office today. He and other officials had just heard a tale, the pathos of which moved them deeply.
 Five years ago, the women said her husband Jasef, farmer of Beraum, fin Bohemia determined to seek his fortune in the new world. By hard work and self denial they finally sent him on his way and later heard from him in Colorado, where he said he had small fruit farm.
 A year ago his letters ceased and the mother decided to follow. By selling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
Automobile Damaged

In a collision between an Overland au- tomobile. owned and operated al the time by Greek. Joe Buzanza, and an Indian motorcycle. ridden by w. C. Allan of Wy law last evening about o'clock. at the corner of Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street. the car was completely smashed and the motorcycle slightly damaged, but no one was hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
SITUATION IN TAO
 NAN FU IS GRAVE

London August 2s.-The Chinese gov ernment will send an utimatum to the Kutuktu (Khan) of Urga, the corres- pondent of the Daily Telegraph. under stands, calling on him either to with draw his declaration of Mongolian inde- pendence or take the consequences.
 The situation at Tao Nan Flu, Man. churia, the correspondent declares, is grave. The troops which are outnum- bered by the insurgents have been com peled to retreat. though fighting con- tinues. The town of Chin Gan-Hsien has been occupied by the rebels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
FUNERAL SERVICES
 FOR RUSSIAN EDITOR

St. Petersburg. August g.-The funeral of Alexis Suvorin, editor and proprietor Of the Novoe vremya, who died August 2i. was held today with imposing cere- monies Immense crowd attended the service. and the special train of Ii cars which carried the coffin to the cemetery was loaded with 200 wreaths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
Gunboat Reaches Magdalena Bay

San Diego, Cal, August 27-Wireess advices from Magdalena Bay today said the disabled gunboat Vicksburg had ar rived there The supply ship Glacier re- sponded to the dictress call of the gun boat and is standing by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28
WARSHIPS WILL GO
 TO SANDS ISLAND

London. August 27.-warships are to be sent to the Island of Samos by both Great Britain and France to prevent the landing of filibusters from Crete. Reports have been circulated that parties of Gre tans were organizing an armed expedi- ton tp Samos to attempt to seize it. de- pose the prince and annex the island to Greece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-28

Canea, Crete. August 27.-The French cruiser Bruix left this forenoon for Samos to suppress or stop any attempt to annex the Island by filibusterers and hoist the Creek flag. The captain of the armored Bruix received commands to depart from the minister of marine in Paris at once
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10

road is bad the horse has a distinct
advantage over the power-driven We
hicIe. OF course all roads should be
made good and kept good, and very
important result of the general use
of the power-driven vehicles will be
the great Improvement in building and
maintaining permanent roads.
So the old fogy fellows who stick
to the horse will, of course, derive
material benefit from the fact that SO
many power vehicles are coming into
use. But the number of machine
vehicles is going to increase all the
time, and some sort of plan is going
to be worked out that will enable
power-driven vehicles and nipple
ments also, to become far more gen
eral.
There are, without question, some
strong inducements to use power
vehicles wherever they can be used
and 1t may be that in time methods
Of cultivation may be modified in
such a way that almost all work done
by horse power can be done by the
machine. But will it be economical
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
Turkey Trot New? Danced 500 Years in Borneo

TT WILL be news to many doubtless
that the much-criticised turkey
trot" has been danced to the rain god
of a savage tribe in the north Of Bor-
neo for more than five hundred years.
Several young women Of one OF Wash
lngton's exclusive circles were as
founded when Prof Edward David
SON.. a Washington dancing master,
made this statement to them during
/ lecture on the history OF dancing.
Professor Davidson said that the
'trot" is one Of the holy of holies
In the religion Of the savage Muruts.
When there comes a prolonged dry
spell these head-hunting natives per-
form the trot day in and day out until
the great rain god has heard their
prayers The professor visited the
north of the island several years ago.
He says he saw them dance around
the image of the god an entire night
During the latter part Of the
eighteenth century the turkey trot
was introduced into the dancing
schools of Italy and Portugal, and
soon everybody was doing it. In the
hrst part of the nineteenth century
Il gradually died out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
an Aid to Housewives

Commercial industries were long
ago studied by scientific methods,
since it was found that gaining knowl-
edge by experience was much more
costly than gaining 1t by systematic
study. 1t is only lately that we have
come to realize that 1t is equally
profitable to study the bousekeepers'
problems.
Fifty years ago few such ques-
tons had been taken to the labora-
tory and few schools gave instruction
in such subjects. Today very many
men and women Of scientific training
have taken the home problem to the
laboratory and are finding ways of
helNing the housekeeper to solve her
prob>Scus satisfactorily.
"The department of agriculture has
studied many questions which relate
to the use Of agricultural products on
the farm and in the home, but per-
haps none Of them has closer re-
lation to the household than the nu-
triton investigations of the office Of
experiment stations, which have to do
withst the use of agricultural products
as human foods and whose object is
to help the housewife In her efforts
to provide good living at reasonable
cost, without undue labor"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10

| Will 1t cost CESS to run a machine
than to feed hgrses? Will the machine
stand as much work as the horse?
Is there any collateral gain In
value, as Is the case when mares are
| used and bred and raise colts? once
had a neighbor who had an old mare
for his own personal use that he had
gotten fifteen colts from, and
though they were only good farm
stock and not of very high quality.
they averaged in selling price at four
years, a hundred and fifty dollars
each. 1t is doubtful if machine
costing many times the value of the
mare could have been of as much
real worth to the owner as the old
mare was, and l doubt very much
whether the auto could have rendered
services so long.
But the question of REPLACING horse
drawn vehicles and implements by
power implements involves more than
the mere utility of the method. So
long as crops have to be grown to
feed mankind we shall be obliged to
do something to maintain the prDduc-
tiveness of the soil. Can we do that as
well when there Is no live stock On
the farm to produce manure?
Or can we possibly maintain the
soil when year after year crops arr
taken off If we do not have live stock
to consume the surplus and make ma
nure? And, can we possibly devise
any implements that will be adapted
to use for all sorts of farm crops? We
may use level land on power tractor
with a gang of plows, and also do the
narrowing the same way; but can we
cultivate crops of corn, tobacco and
all the other hand crops If we have
no power that can follow the ups and
downs of the fields, and follow the
curves of the burrows that conform to
the lay of the land on rolling
ground?
suspect that under the most favor
able conditions the tractor used on
the farm can only serve to plow end
harrow land that lies suitably for the
purpose; but that the planting and
cultivating will have to be done with
horse power as heretofore. So 1t
seems on the face of it that there are
many limitations upon power tract
ors as farm implements. e
In this view of the case it is safe to
conclude that under any circum-
stances there must be a good many
horses raised both for farmer use and
the personal use Of people who like
the horse as riding and driving ami
NAL
OF course, where roads are fairly
level, and kept in good condition,
power vehicles surpass the horse in
rapidity, and, perhaps, comfort of To-
comotion; but we who have owned
and lived among horses always and
who like living things better than ma
chimes will always have personal
preference for the living animal. AMI
if there continues a demand foc
horses, of course the raising will con-
tinue to be profitable branch OF
! farming.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10

OF course there is no doubt that the
self-driven vehicles have cut into the
demand for horses, but the auto
has not yet displaced the horse entire
ly, and never will. For mere locomo-
ton, especially IL one js in a hurry, a
power-driven vehicle Is best to use,
provided the road Is good.
If one is not in great hurry, or the
road is rough, the horse will be bet
ter than the auto. But there Is moth
ing in the nature of personal
equation to attach you to machine,
while nearly all owners of horses,
certainly the kindly humane ones,
have real feeling for their
horses, In some cases amounting
to strong affection. l have owned
many horses, beginning during my
boyhood, and ever since. And some
of them were so human, so friendly
and so evidently appreciative of
friendly attention, that in some
cases l have had almost the feeling
that they are members of the FAM
lily. l have not been able to get up
any feeling for the auto, says a writer
in the Farm Progress.
OF course l can get from one place
to another rapidly, provided the road
is good, with the auto; but If the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10

WASHINGTON Secretary Wilson
w is looking for bedbugs in his off,
cial and not his private capacity. Mr..
Wilson wants all the bedbugs he can
get, and furthermore he is willing to
pay a fair price for them.
This is not a hobby with Tama
Jim. In fact, he has no intention of
ever coming in personal contact with
the unpopular bipeds or quadrupeds
or centipedes, whichever class they
happen to belong to. Mr.. Wilson
wants as many of this species of the
bug family as he can buy at nickel
apiece-for purely experimental pur-
poses.
On the old Lewis farm, near Wen
ma, a few miles from Washington
the department of agriculture main
tains an experimental farm. Every
class Of bugs that have any part what
soever in farm life are being studied
by the departments scientists.
In the railroad station at Vienna
this sign was posted:
"WANTED-Bedbugs. Five cents
will be paid for each bedbug deliv.
cred at the office of the experimental
farm of the department of agricul
ture"
The farmers Of Vienna intend to
call at the farm and make sure that
accommodations have been made for
the safekeeping of the bugs before
the expected shipments arrive. The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
Scientists Believe There Is Reason for Bugs

people of Vienna do not like the Idea
Of giving any inducements to outsid-
ers to bring bedbugs near their vii
lage.
Some of Uncle Sans scientists be-
lieve there is a reason for bedbugs
and If they manage to substantlate
this theory they intend to put them
to work at a more gratuitous task
than that upon which they are gener-
ally engaged
There is a theory that most self
respecting species of bugs will have
no dealings with bedbugs-ln fact,
they will not live in the same neigh
bOrhood.
This theory is based upon two as
SYMPTOMS. The first Is that bedbugs
are sc.appers and beat up and Kill
anything else that happens to cross
their way In bugdom This theory Is
disputed by another school Of bug
ology, which holds that bedbugs DC
not prey upon other species, but that
their general characteristics are SO
displeasing that other bugs eschew
them altogether.
1t is generally admitted that they
are not accepted in any circle of bug
society.
Now the department of agricsllture's
scientists have about decided which
bugs do the most damage to fruit
trees. These experiments have been
carried on at the Lewis farms for
many months. The most deadly bugs,
as far as fruit is concerned, have been
segregated in boxes and bottles.
The bedbugs are to be introduced
to these select fruit killers and then
the scientists are going to see what
happens.
If the bedbugs carry off the hon
ors Uncle Sam may try to induce
them to leave their present abodes fol
fruit orchards.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
All, 1t Was Sad Day for Count Perreard
IEAN PERREARD, true son of

TEAM PERREARD, true son OF
j Paris, he of the Cafe de Perreard,
was disconsolate the other day.
1t was the Sabbath and also the an.
anniversary of the fall of the Bastile.
And for the first time In years the
count" as he is Familiarity Known,
failed to observe the day. The Sount's
celebrations have been notable events
in Washington for years, but the
count let the day pass quietly because
1t fell on Sunday.
Everything about the Chateau de
Perreard was normal, except that
from q window breezed the tricolor
Of La Belle France.
Stilled were the blinking glasses,
because it was the Sabbath day. The
hearty chanting of "The Marseilles,' "
as only the count could chant it, was
not waited out into Thirteenth street
from the chateau windows as in the
past.
In fanciful retrospection the count
recalled the celebrations of yester
year and his friends missed them
The bon vivants of the town, who call
Perreard the count, recalled the trips
down the river as his guests and
how he used to chant the cabaret
songs Of dear old Paris. And all re
membered how the count used to say
when asked how he would celebrate
the independence day of France:
"Oh, Get will be re grande time"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10

The continental Sunday has about
as much chance in Washington as
the count would have had In the
Marathon, and so the only way the
head of the house of Perreard could
observe the day was to sip little
green stuff, as 1t filtered through a
loaf of sugar. But all the time the
tricolor fioated in the breeze from the
easement of the cafe.
TIE count could not have public
party, ard SO he had none. 1t was a
bad day fos France.
And then tt add to his discontinue
the rain drenchsd the flag of dear old
France. And the count, looking from
his window, as the rain fell, let his
thoughts revert to the vine-clad hills
OF old France.
And the rain, falling harder and
harder, even did not spare in it's tor
rental wrath the statues Of the Mar
quis de Lafayette and Rochambeau.
And the count was very, very sad.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10

A great many people, fearful OF the
ultimate swapping of this country by
an influx of foreigners, look only at
the statistics showing arrivals of I'M
migrants, and forget that there Is a
refluent tide. During the fiscal year
which ended with the month of June
more than a million individuals from
foreign ports landed in ports of the
United States. OF these, however,
1888 were classified as non-inmi.
grants, which fact reveals the num-
Der of immigrants as 83S,172, says the
Milwaukee Evening wisconsin. But
against this there was an Offset. The
alien departures from American ports
In the fiscal year numbered 615,292,
of whom $4,000 were non-immigrants.
To find the extent of the immigrant
addition to the population in the
year 1911-12 it is necessary to sub.
tract the 222,262 representing immi-
grants who departed from the $685.
172 representing immigrants who ar
rived The result shows the gain In
population by immigration during the
year to have been 401, 1868, which is
not alarming.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
Agricultural
Department

MO branch of the United States gov
~ eminent comes SO near to the life
of the people as the department of
agriculture, which deals with the cot
toa and other fibers of which our
clothes are made, the flocks and
herds we raise, the crops we produce,
the food we eat and the timber Of
which our houses are built
The closeness of the relation be-
tween the department and the people
ia in great measure due to the fact
that the use which Is made of agri-
cultural products receives as much
attention as their production, and the
great bulk Of these products is used
In the home.
Commenting on this phase Of the
departments work Secretary Wilson
said:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
DISLODGING BEDBUGS
FROM HEN HOUSES
Remove All RooStS and Nests and
Spray With Hot White
wash.

Many poultry houses are infested
with bedbugs, and it is not an easy
matter to dislodge them.
Some people say that turning the
sheep into the poultry houses will In.
duce the bugs to attack the sheep,
where they will be lost in the wool.
but this is poor remedy.
Remove all the roosts and nests
from the house and spray with holi-
ing hot whitewash to which has been
added a pint of turpentine to a pail.
full.
Another good remedy is to burn the
interior of the house with tarolinc
mixture, which can be bought at anS
drug store. Another effective remed?
is half a pint Of each of turpentire,
ammonia and kerosene, to which add
about four ounces Of gum camphor.
If more is needed double the quan'
tity. Apply with brllsh.
The nests should be turned out over
a blazing fire, and the roosts should
also be held over the fire and al!
should be thoroughly whitewashed
and painted before putting them back