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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23
Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER, PA, May Is, 1913.


Under favorable weather conditions
the planting of the new tobacco crop
in Lancaster county will begin in less
than two weeks, and from reports re-
ceived from various parts of the county
it is quite certain that the acreage will
be less than that of last year, probably
not over Is, 900 acres. The acreage is
matter of no concern to the local
packers, by reason of the enormous
stock of old goods with which their
warehouses are filled.
1t is stated on good authority that
the United Cigar Manufacturers Co.
bought of the 1912 crop about 26, 600
cases, the Eisenlohrs at least $4,000
and one or two other firms about 10, 600
cases each. Several other firms bought
in the neighborhood of 6, 900 cases each.
so it can readily be seen that not a
great deal of the crop was left for To-
cal packers.
In quite number of localities in the
county there will be a scarcity of
plants, due to the ravages of snails and
some insect pests of which the identity
has not been established. Seed beds
that looked fine one day looked next
day as though nothing had ever grown
there, the enemy having nipped off
every blade during the night.
In connection with the new crop it
may be we'll to refer to the coming ex-
pertinent with Havana seed, and from
the reports received at farmers meet
ings it looks as though fully 1000 acres
will be planted with this seed taking
the place of the Pennsylvania Broad
leaf. If the crop raised is a good one
it will mean revolution in the tobacco
industry of this county next season.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23
New York.
NEW YORK. Nav II. 1915


Market conditions continue to be fair.
No boom, but lively trading in all
available types of leaf And those types
of domestic grown which are not yet
marketable in their natural condition
are being subjected to the force sweat
ing process in order to advance their
maturity for immediate use. But the
briskest trading continues in Sumatra.
Very large lots of the new importations
have been cleared for out-of- town man.
ufacturing concerns. The total reaches
figure which might be considered a
record breaker for Sumatra trading in
one week. However, our domestic
wrapper leaf does not seem to be push
ed in the background either. The do
mestic shade grown leaf is keeping up
with the demand for it's supply. Only
in Havana leaf the market seems to
have slackened somewhat although the
reports on the development of the new
crop are being again contradictory.
Those reports ought to help quick
movement of last years generally sat-
isfactory crop.
The cigar manufacturers are showing
more indications of activity than have
prevailed since the disaster throughout
the west, which practically put crimp
into their output, as not only was it
impossible to send goods to those sec
tions of the country that were dam
aged, owing to the inability of the rail
roads to move freight. journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23
New England.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, May 13, 1913.
Cold weather last week and this in
New England, New York and Pennsyl-
vania set back the tobacco beds slight
ly, but as it is yet three to four weeks
from the normal transplanting period,
there is plenty of time for the plants
to pick up. Plants were chilled and
growth retarded in Massachusetts and
Connecticut, especially where the plants
were well advanced. Growers in all of
these tobacco sections report tobacco
plants blighted to certain extent, al
though the trouble does not seem to be
serious.
Flowing and preparing the land are
in order now as the land is in excellent
condition to work. Later when the
weather settles down to growing tenn
peratures the planting can be pushed
along with some certainty of the seeds
terminating. Tobacco beds, as rule,
are doing well, but much cool weather
has retarded the growth and present
indications are that the greater part of
the transplanting will be done from
June to 20.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23

OVER 100 public officials, journalists,
educators and prominent citizens OF
Pennsylvania and Maryland are now on
their way in special train to the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, where they will
spend four days from May 21 to 25-
The purpose of the expedition is to
study the work of the university IN
carrying out knowledge to the people
of the state and cooperating with the
state government, with a view to ap-
plying similar methods at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania and other Penn
sylvania colleges.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23

Mr.. A. S. Cans, who has for years
been local manager and representative
of the United Cigar Manufacturers Co.
of New York, has been given amerited
and deserved promotion. Mr.. Cans
has gone to New York and will be in
spector of the cigar manufacturing in
dustries of the company. Mr.. Amos
Gebhart has also been promoted and
will be in charge of the office at the
local warehouse = Miamisburg (U.)
News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

The general complaint among grow
ers is that they have the poorest show
ing for plants at this date that they
have had in years. A succession
of drying winds soon after the beds
were sown killed much of the sprouted
seed, and the cool weather since has
brought about a slow growth to that
which survived. The outlook was so
bad that many growers have resown
their beds, which means late plants.
Only those farmers who gave especial
attention to their beds by frequent
watering during the dry spell and pro-
tected them against frosts that followed
can now boast of having good stand
of plants. So much unseasonably cool
weather has prevailed so far this month
that it is pretty sure to be a late plant
ing season. So far the season resem-
bles that of 25 years ago, but we har-
vested crop just the same that year.
Corn planting also promises to extend
into June this season. Warm days and
plenty of them are most needed now to
improve the prospects for the tobacco
crop or the acreage in Wisconsin will
fall below the normal the present sea-
son.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23

The convention was practically anan-
imous in resolution protesting against
granting further concessions to the
Philippine Islands, granted by the pro.
posed new tariff, especially such as
work hardships to the people of the
United States embraced in the follow
lowing resolution:
Whereas, The privilege to ship into
the United States free of duty an un-
limited number of cigars made of a
combination of Philippine tobacco and
tobacco grown in the United States, or
Philippine tobacco and foreign tobacco,
will displace from the market of the
United States an equal number of ci-
gars manufactured in the United
States; and
Whereas, This will effect a curtail-
ment of the manufacturers in the
United States and stimulate the manu-
facture of cigars in the Philippine Is
lands to an unreasonable extent; there
fore be it
Resolved, That the National Cigar
Leaf Tobacco Association, in conven-
tion assembled, protest most emphat-
ically against the enactment Of this
provision of House Bill No. 10 into law.
-"
The amount of farm land, labor and
energy devoted to the tobacco industry
in the United States has reached enor-
nous proportions. Last year total OF
l ,225, 800 acres were devoted to the
crop with a production of about bill
lion pounds of 1.-THE weed" or about 81
per cent Of the worlds output This in
dustry is divided into the production OF
cigar leaf tobacco, that which is used
for filling, binding and wrapping cigars,
and the heavy leaf tobacco consumed
in the manufacture of pipe tobacco,
cigaret, chewing plug, etc. Cigar leaf
usually brings much higher prices than
heavy leaf tobacco, and its production
is confined practically to Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Ohio. Wisconsin, New
York, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Flor
ida. The cigar leaf itself is divided
into the production of wrappers and
binders and the growing of filters, bind
ers and possibly dark wrappers. In
other words, certain states are noted
as wrapper producing states, others as
binder and filler Pennsylvania for
years has been of high rank as filler
and binder producing state. The sol
is peculiarly adapted to the crop and
the tobacco produced is rather heavy
like that of Ohio in contrast to that OF
Wisconsin, which is largely used for
binders, and that of Connecticut con-
sumed mostly as wrappers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23

What has been termed the most busi-
ness-like convention ever held by the
National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa-
tion came to an end Tuesday May 13,
at the Shelburne Hotel, in Atlantic
City. with banquet which was attend
ed by all of the delegates and large
number of visitors. The attendance
upon this convention would have been
larger except for the unavoidable ab-
sence of number of western dele
gates, who were engaged in getting
their houses in order after the recent
ravages of the floods. The convention
closed its business labors by the re-
election of the old staff of officers, in
cluding A. B. Hess of Lancaster, pres
ident; Fred B. Griffin of Hartford,
Conn, vice president; Charles Emory
Long of Lancaster, secretary, and
Ferdinand Cranz of New York, treas
urer. Mr.. Hess made plea for more
activity in the support of the organiza-
tion and its upbuilding. The new men,
bers of the board of directors are: G.
W. Wobbe, Fred Miller, L. A. Wheel
er, S. Jaskulek, C. j. Joel and |. H.
Weaver. In addition to these there is
an equal number of directors who, I'M
der the constitution, hold over for an
other year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23
Business Directory.
Wisconsin Tobacco Statistics.

Tobacco growing began in Wisconsin
80 years ago.
Is counties now produce tobacco.
AZ, 200 acres were grown in 1912.
Average yield in Wisconsin about
so. .0O0, 900 pounds.
Brings Wisconsin farmers annual in
come of Sc, 6,000,0 000
g, ,000, 600 spent annually for handing,
storage and insurance.
Edgerton has 81 warehouses on insur=
ance map.
The sixth important agricultural in
dustry in the state.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23
Facts
On Farm
Finances. .

The orderly plan of depositing
money and checks received, in
The First National Bank in a
checking account. and the safe
method of paying by check,
gives the farmer an accurate
record of his finances, day by
day.
Your checks which the Bank
cashes, are returned to you;
they form a full account of
your business, which has cost
you nothing to keep.
This approved plan of knowing
the facts, regulates money
matters on the farm and estab-
fishes an acquaintance at the
Bank.
Come and talk the matter over.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
men COMPLAIN or
D. U. R. CONDITION
Declare That Violations a. I
Hour Law BY Company Ar
Frequent

Testimony was submitted ~ q
Representatives Of the local 0tt11
car men to the board Of asbttS1t111
Thursday afternoon. to show t
wages Of street car employees o1
general working conditions are bot(1
In several other cities than here. u
Stanley Anderson, president os r
car mems union, and Charles Mnc6
secretary, were the only witnesses
the stand. and they testified to Gl&|
eral complaints of long hours fI&
the men. and frequent violationos N
the 16-hour law by the oaunpo
Mackey said he had been n ~ 03
vice for IA years. and that the c.
tions, as far as the men ~ r
cerned, are getting worno. 11eIy
hon submitted copy Of tie luI
pany rules with which eoch -
supposed to be familiar and alo9
application blank which proopoG1
employees of the company are e.
PEELED to sign under oath. s|
The testimony REGARDING -
agreements In other cition VA ~
to rebut that submittod ~ -
pany, which showed TIE n. n
paying higher wages than thooo 1
elsewhere. F. w. Brooks, Rouio
manager Of the d. u. r.. took o1(
tions to the comparis0ns MAJ 71
Mr.. Mahon, declaring that the t1l
mentioned, are smaller than .uof1
Mr.. Mahon also gave some 1k
Of living figures to show the re-
sity for higher wages.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
SENTENCING OF
SOCIALISTS TO
Be CONTINUED
Injunction" Humphries il Still
failing Street Speakers De-
spite Colleagues Protest
DENOUNCES BROTHER
JUDGES IN STATEMENT
Woman With Babe in Arms Fin
ed $100 and Sent to Jail For
Contempt of Court

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 3.-Despite
the action of his bench colleagues
who indicated that they would release
Socialist speakers as fast as he sent
them to jail, Injunction" Judge ohm
e. HUMPHREYS, today, prepared to take
up the remainder Of the free speech
cases before him when court opened
and q repetition of the riotous scene
In his court room, yesterday, was
feared.
Humphries issued q statement, to-
day, denouncing the judges who re-
leased Socialists he ordered impris.
oned, and declaring that the right OF
habeas corpus did not apply, because
the men were Jailed for contempt OF
court.
Glenn Hoover, attorney for the free
speech defense league, and former as
sistant attorney-general Of Washing
ton, and G.. M. Hodgson, one Of the
signers of the resolutions of protest
against udge HUMPHREYS anti-street
speaking Injunction, who were releas
ed, yesterday, on write Of habeas cor
pus by udge Smith, today prepared tc
secure the liberty Of six women and
two children sent to jail by udgt
Humphries. After the court has act
ed upon these cases, they will bring
habeas corpus action for the release
Of other prisoners.
Jeers and yells filed the court room
yesterday. when Judge Humphries or
dered Mrs. william McNalply, who
carried a baby in her arms, fined $1Ot
and sent to Jail. She was led away
by a deputy sheriff, carrying the child
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
WILL BRING HELP
| TO STATE FARMERS
State Will Maintain Bureau In
New York City to Obtain
Farm Lab0rers

LANSING, Mich, Oct. 3.-(Special.) }
The public domain commission, at
its meeting here yesterday, appointed
Albert Waszink as it's representative
In New York. The commission will
establish an ONCE there which will
endeavor to bring the better class of
immigrants into Michigan. Only the
class Of immigrants adapted to farm.
ing will be asked to come to the state
and II will be Waszink's task to select
the desirables from the thousands who
enter New York annually.
The public domain commission has
hundreds of applications from Michi.
gan farmers asking for assistance in
getting help and the immigrants will
be sent direct from New York to the
farmers whose names are on hle.
"A. ". Dahgherty. of Clio. a member
o: the commission. was appointed as
delegate to represent Michigan at the
Dry Farming Congress which will be
held In oklahoma soon. State For
ester Marcus Schaff and Secretary
Carton will represent the state at the
National Conservation Congress to be
held at Washington, d. c., next month.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
MILLIONARES TO
PROBE DEATH OF
ANNAAUMUELLER
Preliminary Proceedings Against
Slayer Hans Schmidt Begun
In New York
THEODORE p. SHONTS
CHOSEN JURY FOREMAN
C0rOner's List of Tailsmen In
cludes 20 Of Gotham's Most
Noted Citizens

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-With jury
Of millionaires to determine the cause
Of Anna Aumueller's death. on hand,
the preliminaries to send Father
Hans Schmidt, her confessed slayer,
to the chair or asylum. were initiated
today. Seventy noted men were
called to the ONCE Of Coroner Fein-
berg today. From their number was
to be selected the IL who viii deter
mine the cause of the girls death.
Theodore p. Shonts, railroad mAgnate,
was selected as foreman. Admission
to the court was restricted and by
| ticket, but there was on hand before
! the doors were opened, . crowd that
would all the room four times over.
The coroner wanted to call Schmidt
and have him repeat orally the de-
tails contained In his written confes
sion. But both the district attorney
and the murderer's own counsel OBJ
jected. The state has no desire tha,
the details Of Its case shall b 70
vealed. Whitman pointedly tolt
Fienberg that there waa.. no nooo0
sity Of q spectacular show whicl
might aid tho pretensions Of iusanttl
pvt 1csth @ the accuaed.s behalf. q
tAeg IN Oor0ner heea DO, WHlt1ki
said. wa to deter1nine that tAe bcd
was that Of the Aumueller woman
that she was slain, and that Schmid
is charged with the crime.
1t 10 understood that the alienist
who have examined Schmidt agre
that he 10 abnormal, but not insan,
In tho accepted sense of that term.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
CHAPLIN CHOSEN
ON DIRECTORY OF
HIGHWAY ASSN.
Is the Only Dctroiter Elected to
Office BY Good Roads Con-
venti0n Men
ALL GENERAL OFFICERS
RETAIN POSITIONS
Michigan Day At Road Con.
gress Begins Discussion Of
States Traffic Problems

Michigan road problems and the 80
luton that has been found for them
took first place In the consideration
of delegates to the American Road
congress, Friday morning. Gov. Wood.
bridge N. Ferris told the story of how
communities in this state have been
built up through the help Of fine high.
ways.
All officers OF the American High.
way association. the permanent so
ciety from which springs the road
congress, were reelected at the meet.
ihg. Thursday night. In the Hotel
Pontchartrain. They are Logan Wal
ler Page, president; w. w. Finley
vice-president; ]. q. Pennypacker
secretary; Lee McClung. treasurer
and Charles p. Light, field secretary.
Roy d. Chaplin, of Detroit, was
made q new member of the board OF
directors, being elected with A. b
Fletcher and Charles Whitney Baker
The directors reelected we're James
s. Harlan, Alfred Noble, Thomas G.
Norris. Joseph w. Jones, and L. f.
johnson. Mr.. Fletcher was chosen to
succeed A. g. Spaulding and Mr.. Bak'
er to succeed Lewis w. Parker.
The congress will hold It's business
meeting, Saturday, and will then ad'
journ.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
TAKES REVOLVER
FROM BENEATH
SLEEPER'S HEAD
Bold Thief Then Rifles Victims
Pockets and the Cash
TIL -, ~.s.
WATTS NINE HOURS
UNDER POOL MANS BED
Police Clear Up Mystery When
They Get Track of Sale Of
Gun

John Formal, II years old. Of No. 19
Sylvan.pl., once accused by his 13-
yenr-dd brother. Paul, of melting an
attempt made by Paul to poison his
mother by puttinfi carbolic acid in
her coffee, Is now held as bold sneak
thief, and has admitted that he rob-
bed Charles Joseph, pool room pro-
prietor, at No. 1881 Michigan-ave., In
q style that would make q hit with
the medoldamatic movies.
The robbery occurred Aug. 25. For.
mall has since served 80 days for car
rying concealed weapons. His arrest
at the workhouse door, Thursday, was
due to a clever bit Of detective work
by Detectives Clare and Erhard.
The detectives who worked on the
Joseph robbery could never quite un.
derstand It. Joseph had reported that
the thief took q big automatic re.
volver from under his pillow while he
slept; took a small sum Of money
from his trousers pockets, and later
got $115 from the cash drawer in the
pool room.
Finaly, they found the revolver. A
man on the west side had 1t. He said
he had bought 1t from young Formal.
CONTINUED On Pnge Fourteen)
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
SHERIFF BATTLES
WITH INSANE MAN
David Sutherland, . Demented
Prisoner, Obtains Possession
Of Big Revolver

CRO0OwDILA Mich, Oct S.-(Spe-
diai.)-whsn Sheriff Dunphy dropped
his revolver Ia the course Of battle
With David sutherland. IN insane pris.
Ones, the insane man siesed the
weapon and held Dunphy at bay until
othsr oH1cess could disarm him.
Sutherland was lodged In Jail yes
terday afternoon and. In wild rage, at.
tompted to break up the furnishings
q his CELL Sheriff Dunphy went into
The oell and attempted to force him
70 dooiSt. Sutherland grappled with
him and. when Dunphy's revolver
Dropped to the noor the insane man
0iosed It Sutherland was disarmed
BY Deputy vanderhoof.
The demented man IL being kept In
D padded cell and will be taken to
'Fnatiac asylum today.
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03

In his 173d combat, at the hands OF Q
physician hitherto unknown as q
PARIS--A silent cartridge. having
neither flash, smoke, recoil nor noise
has been invented by Sava Rogozes
for use In aerial warfare
CHICAGO.-"Moving pictures of IN
imals drove us to the WALL" said pro
prietors OF the Rice Brothers circus
defendants In bankruptcy PROCEEDINGS
PATIO ALTO, Caf.--Phy6icians are
hourly expecting the death Of Mrs. q
II. Foss, who has refused food for 81
days, and lived on q water diet.
CHFCAGO.--Kather s.. clark
Phillis N. Kelley and Marie A. Seller
form the flrst all.women's law hru
ID the country. They're all brunettes
C11rCA0o-without her : fatAer's
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
DYNAMITE CONSPIRACl|
TO BE REHA&
Man Who Admits p
"Jobs" May Imphcate !
Other UniOniats

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct. 3sx
this afternoons arrival hero fRogn
York Of George r. Davis. wh0Uo2
fession Of dynamitinss eaSao
arrest here yesterday Of HAIRY
secretary-treasurer Of the In4
tional Association a. Be11DG
Structural Ironworkers. charoo
conspiracy, this city again
the battle-ground Of the m
Erectors' associations nght o!8
ironworkers' union. u
Davis, In charge Of Deputy U~
States Marshal Joseph Kun4 X
taken to the federal build1mE n
lodged In the same room uood ~
tie McManigal whom he toatlGod m
famous trial. which resulted x
union leaders being convicted GG
spiracy. Davis will await h hl1X
Portable quarters the NovembGe
Ing Of the grand jury which ~ r.
uled to bring In IN indictment r
Jones, and possibly against o0l|
other new names mentione6 ~ IT.
confession. Jones probably wf1 XI
examination at the preliminary y
Ing set for Oct. IL. N
Secretary Jones attended . r
to his duties at union headQuG
today. Since his statement $780,
that he did not know Davin q
has refused TO discuss his 6S3
Tho vtLoraa 1<s,s,tn - Vua~nt ne~GE
The Detroit times., 1913-10-03

UNIONTOWN, Pa--Declaring he Is
no better than dead man at present,
Angus Tubbs, dying OF tuberculosis
asked the Rev. p. II. Thompson to
preach his funeral sermon before he
died.
WASHINGTON--A. NJ. Barbee, self
styled "terrapin king" turned a hotel
suite into a turtle nursery when $50
terrapin eggs In his patent incubator
hatched out young diamond backs.
WASHrNuTON-The aged ex-Seh-
ator Cullom. Of Illinois. now holds the
unique distinction Of being recetved
At the White House by IL presidents.
wAsHrN0TON--A house debate a.
veloped unanimous agreoment thes .
rood cook II moro cultured tAan .
pianist, and that. girls shCShont %
allowed plano lessons unsil they Iean
to cook 6lscuitss n