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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28

So many requests have been made for directions for fighting diseases of plants the following article, which so completely covers the ground, has been contributed to the social service department by Mr' George G. Weathersbee supervisor of home and school gardens.
 It has been advised that all school chill dren, teachers and home gardeners clip the article and keep it on file for future use.
 Department of home and school gard ening. Directions for fighting insects and fungous diseases of plants:
 There are three distinct classes of pests that injure growing plants. There is a specific remedy for each class of pests which, if applied in time. will prevent se- rious damage The main secret of sue cess in combating insect pests and plant diseases is to apply the remedial measure at the proper time.
 1 GLASSES OF PESTS. 1 The different kinds of plant pests are as follows: First, those insects which cal the leaves and stems of plants. They are known as the chewing or biting insects Second, those insects such as plant lice
 sphides, scales, etc., which suck tho juices from the stems and leaves of plants Third, diseases of plants known as fun | gous diseases, caused by microscopic plants called fungi, mildew, wilt and va
 rlous forms of rot are examples of fun
 gous diseases.
 SPRAYING.
 Spraying Is the most satisfactorily meth cd of destroying insects and fungous dis eases. The mixture to be sprayed should be mixed thoroughly and applied to tn, leaves and stems of plants in the form O very fine mist-like spray. The mixtur, should be strained through a cloth before putting it into spray pump. For smal gardens a satisfactory spray pump car be bought at the seed stores for 90 cents Certain remedies can be advantageousl applied in the dry or powdered form, r which case they should be dusted evenly over the leaves and stems. DEFINITION OF TERMS. l remedy which is used to destroy tht | chewing insects is known as a poisonous | insecticide, and it's active principle is 6 stomach poison such as Paris green or ar senate of lead A remedy for destroyinl | the sucking insects is known as a con I tact insecticide. and destroys the insect. l by actual causte contact with theil | bodies The active principles of contact in 1 sectieides are such materials as kerosene 1 tobacco dust, soap etc. Fungous dis eases are treated with remedies known a: fungcdes, the active principles of whicl are such materials as copper sulphat, | (bluestone), formalin, etc.
 FORMULAS OF REMEDIES. The following are some mixtures tha | have proven valuable in the treatemen of plant diseases and insect pests: Formula 1-Bordeau mixture Ga fungi cide): Copper sulphate (bluestone). pounds; lump lime, 5 pounds; water, 5 | gallons.
 Dissolve the bluestone in water in al earthen or wooden vessel Do no use metal vessel, as the bluestone has stronl caustic action with metal Stake the linn, in tub or half barrel, adding the wate | graually so to slake thoroughly. Whei the lime is slaked dilute both blueston and lime to 25 gallons each. The two ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28

the next few days included the bom- tardment of Rheims by the Germans ard the sinking by German submar- inc of the British cruisers, AboulSlr, Cressy and Hogue. On the same day the Russian troops attacked Przemysl and | took JaroslaV.
 1 landed from transports at Marseilles ! on September 26 and were immediately dispatched to the northward. Before | their arrival at their destination the l Germans had inaugurated a siege of | Antwerp. which resulted in the Bel l gian government moving from that l city to Ostend. Two days later the | bombardment of Antwerp began The | Belgian government remained at Os- | tend for about a week and then moved | to Havre, France. Forty eight hours l later the Germans captured Ostend. l Meanwhile the allied troops occupied | Ypres, and a desperate battle had be- | gun on the Vistula river. German as-
 saults upon the allied lines between l Ypres and Nieuport continued for Q
 week and then weakened.
 I The Germans operating in Russia | meantime had been defeated after ID days battle before Warsaw.
 In Africa revolt and mutiny broke out These disorders were headed by the Boer leader. General de Wet Gen eral Beyers Colonel Maritz and oth- l CTS.
 l Colonel Maritz was driven from Cape Colony, General Beyers was killed at Naal river. and General de Wet was captured after he had been in the field
 for more than a month. Native troops
 in the African provinces belonging 10 IGermany Great Britain and Frar ce were lined up on the borders of the Irrespective provinces Fighting was gen-
 eral.
 | During the latter part of october | the British dreadnaught Audacious was
 sunk off the Irish coast; the Russians successfully attacked Lodz and Radom driving out the invading Germans Turkey joined the war at that juncture by naval operations in the Black sea.
 Odessa was attacked.
 November opened with German naval victory over a British fleet off the coast of Chile and the Turkish war
 ships bombarded Sebastapol. Two days later German warships ventured from their anchorage behind the naval base
 at Heligoland and bombarded the Brit ish coast in the vicinity of Yarmouth. On November Great Britain aEC | France declared war on Turkey ano the forts guarding the entrance to the l Dardaneles were bombarded by hce1
 of allied English and French warships On the north the Russians reoccupied Jaroslav after several days of fero- | oious fighting.
 German cruisers which had been sta | ticned in foreign waters at the openina
 of the war had by that time given 6 good account of themselves. The Binder operating in the Indian ocean and ad- jacent waters overlook and sunk more than a score of mercantile ships be- | longing to the nations allied against
 Germany before she was finally rur
 down and destroyed off Cocos Island. 1r
 the Atlantic the Karlsruhe and a num-
 Der of auxiliary cruisers performed
 similar duties They too sent to the bot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28

hurg and car builders bought 25,0O0 tons of bars plates, shapes and axles at Chicago, Gas and oil companies placed orders for S5 miles of wrought line pipe for southern and western shipment. Billets, tool steel and shaft ing were advanced in price.
 It is indicated that the United States Steel corporation took orders recently 3 the rate of 4S,000 tons a day. while shipments were approximately 3s.00o tons day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
 ARCHDUKE FRANCIS w A s ASSASSINATED:
 ACT BROUGHT ON WAR
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French frontier. This was refused and
 two days later Great Britain dis patched to Germany an ultimatum de-
 manding that the neutrality of Bel eum be maintained. The ultimatun.
 rejected, German forces attacked Liege On the same day President Will son issued a proclamation of neutral ity,
 The following day saw the declar- ation by Great Britain of a state of
 war with Germany and two days later the Germans entered Liege as the French invaded southern Alsace.
 These events were quickly follow ed by an affirmation on the part of Italy for her neutrality, by an Austrian in vasion of Servia and by the sending hY Japan of an ultimatum to Germany
 This had to do with the German pos
 session of kiauchau of which TsinS tau was the port
 By August IT the first British ex- peditionary force had completed its landing in France and on that day tnore began also a fierce battle on
 the Jadar between the Austrian and Servian troops. Victory was with the
 Scrvian arms after five days of fight ing and the Austrians were routed. In the meanwhile the battle of Lor- raine had opened and the German troop had entered Brussels, the Bel l gian capital.
 A few days later. August 2S, the l victorious Germans entered Namur and l began an attack on Mons, defended principally by the first British expe- | ditionary force. The next day the British troops began a retreat from their position and from then on un l til September 2 the German troops 1 tro,ve through France under the lean- l ership of General Non Chuck Zeppe- 1 ere forced to evacuate Muelhausen l l,ongwy and reached Senls 30 miles | from Paris, where the columns swung 1 to the eastward. The French govern . | 1rent fled to Bordeaux.
 1 In the meanwhile German and Aus trian troops had met the Russians A victory at Krasnill was announced by the Austrian government on August | 93. while on August 20 the German | army under General Von Hindenburg
 defeated another Russian force in a
 battle at Tannenburg, which last 1 three days. Louvain was burned by l the Germans on the same day that tn, l Japanese blockade of Tsingtau was
 begun The blockade was maintained
 riore than two months before Tsing
 tau surrendered.
 | Two days after the French govern
 rent moved to Bordeaux the battle
 of the Marne was begun, a few hours before Russian troops succeeded in oc-
 cnpying Lemberg. the capital of Ga. l licia.
 GERMANS DEFEATED
 IN BATTLE OF THE MARINE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
LETTER TO BUELOW
 IS NONPOLITICALi

Rome, June 26.-da:15 p, m; via Paris, June 27, 94h p. m)--In Io- ply to a report from Germany that Pope Benedict has sent a cordial letter to Prince Von Buelow praising his work during his diplomatic mission to Rome, the Corriere DItalia says:
 Prince Won Buelow. before leaving Rome wrote to the pontiff, of whom he is personal friend. Pope Benedict replied, expressing sentiments of cour- tesy and friendship, but making no political judgments or expectations" ~------------------------ to Ensley for interment this afternoon at Oakland. She is survived by her husband, ]. H. Kuhn, and several chil- dren
 At the annual encampment of the division of Alabama and Tennessee. Sons of Veterans. United States of America. held recently at Chattanooga, !. A. Miller of the Sheldon laundry was elected division commander, the highest office of the body. The sons of federal veterans will hold a na-- tional encampment at Washington in the early fall and Mr Miller will rep resent his division on that occasion.
 A "eet-together' social session. ot Pratt City aerie No. 9T2, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will be held at their hall on Tuesday night, Juney ,29. The affair is for members only and all will be requested to present their official receipt before being admitted. The committee on arrangements-C, Gran ger. Hugh O'Brien and Will Monjot- report everything ready for the oeea- sion, and a big time Is anticipated
 Ed Henkins. negro, cut and seriously f.,s. lon nc -acta ar6- at Pratt City The men had quarrel over a woman. Jones succeeded in making his escape. and has not yet hfen captured,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
SWEDISH WOMEN
 ADVOCATE PEACE

London, June 27.-Q0:05 D. m.)-Women' s meetings, held in Stockholm and through out Sweden today, unanimously adopted the peace resolutions adopted at the recent International Congress of Women at the Hague, according to Reuters Stockholm correspondent. Similar meetings were held in Norway and Denmark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
BATTLE OF FLANDERS
 BEGINS IN THE WEST

On land the armies of the bellgereEts settled down to hold their positions for the winter months Activities from No vember l 1, when the German forces cap tured Dixmude. resulted in Russian de- feats at Vlotslavek, Lopno and Kutno. The battle in Flanders progressed at intervals. vigorous actions taking place and thousands of men on both sides being killed or wounded. Intrenched for the winter, the armies contented them,
 selves principally with holding the positions they had gained. In the Servian Austrian campaign there was considerable activity during the early winter months. The Austrians occupied Belgrade, the Servan capital, on De- cember ?, and retained it until Decem- Der 15, when, after the Servians had captured large forces of Austrians, they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, June 27.-Forecast for Ala bama and Mississippi: Showers Monday and Tuesday.
 Georgia, Oklahoma and Tennessee: Showers Monday: Tuesday fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION

New York, June 27.-Financing of the war, adjustment of the disordered facilities of the worlds commerce and provision for Ameriea's capital re- auirements are presenting their claims with increasing urgency to the direct inS authorities of this country's swell ing resources. The huge volume of the nations bank surplus for the last half Of this year. Additional large orders Tor steel rounds were placed at Pitts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
Weather Conditions

Weather Conditions Summary of observations made at the United States weather bureau stations during the 24 hours ending at D. m.
 seventy fifth meridian time, June 26 1915:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
GERMANS DEFEATED
 IN BATTLE OF THE MARINE

Before the French and British troops l the Germans in France were forced to | ietreat as far as the Aisne. Events of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28
Local Data

Local Data IT the 24 hours ending at z D. m., June
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-28

A play, ''Leave It to Polly,'' will be presented at the Lipscomb Methodist church Monday evening, July 19 The cast of characters will be composed of members of the senior class of the Sun day school.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

adam boundary line near Prince Ru-
pert to the region OF Muir Glacier
and Mount Fairweather. There might
be also included here that stretch OF
land running still further north and
west TO Mt ST. Elias, whence the
boundary breaks away TO follow the
14lst parallel. In shape an irregu-
lar parallelogram, about four hun
dred miles long by one hundred and
fifty in width, thus sOutherly portion
of Alaska is a marvellous aggregation
of islands and portions of the CONT
nent cut by innumerable inlets and
bays. Mountains and water, water
and mountains; it is as ii the Earth
shaper had forgotten to spread out
meadows. valleys and wide prairies
when he fashioned this corner of the
globe.
The traveller from the south by the
far-famed Inland Passage feels in les
ser degree the thrill experienced by
the early Russian and English eXplor-
ers. He passes the peaks of Nancou-
yer Island, lofty and picturesque. He
crosses Dixon Entrance and near ket-
chikan, perhaps in the early radiance
of perfect September morning.
Many a spruce-crowned islet adds to
the approach. The town lies quiet
against wooded slopes, blue smoke
from its chimneys rising like incense
offering in steady spirals till the back
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

terprlSIng prospcctor has built IA log
cabin among the spruccs. Beyond
this point the trees scarcely Chamber.
Instead Il thick and luXuriant growth
ol heather covers the mountain slope.
Up this We climb, the path being
good even if steep. With every hun
drcd feet assembled, the view widens
behind us. We attain at length the
topmoSt peak, surmountcd by the tri-
angulalion station. Beneath this UNI
der stone and in Il tin safety box
is the bpOw wherein all names may
be registered. This peak. the high
est save M. Roberts of any for miles
around is directly above the town.
50 clear is the atmosphere that we
can distinguish each single house,
the streets, the Court House on its
hill, the pedestrians along the water
front. Beyond the immediate fore
ground marvellous panorama out
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

spreads itself. Almost due south runs
Gastineau Channel hemmed in By Mt
Roberts on the left. the Jagged peaks
of Douglas Island on the right. and
abutting on fine seCrated range
ten miles below Over the top OF Mt
Jumbo on Douglas Island We behold
the mountains of Admiralty Island
with the adjacent waters OF Chatham
Straits and Stephens Passage. Back
of the fjOrds to the far north rise
the snowy Chikats while eastward
lies wilderness of mountains in un.
broken succession stretching cut and
away into Canadian territory.
An exquisite variety of color con
fronts us in all directions. II is low
tide. and the bar to the north Of Jul
neau is exposed. almost joining the
Douglas Island TO the mainland. The
blues of the channel are surmounted
CONTINUED on pagc 49,
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

are away from the town and already
in the mountains. Mingling with
good-sized spruce trees, thick I'M
dergrOwth of devils clubs, elders, sal
mon berries, wild currant and vine
maple riots in an impenetrable tan
gle. The last two are turning scarlet
and gold which prick out the back
ground of Evergreen. Equipped with
Alpine stocks and cameras we step
blithely along the graded road that
winds through the mountains four
miles to the Perseverance mine. Be-
low us are the Elmer workings. OPP
posite and across the creek we see
several very substantial buildings
of the AlaSka-Juneau with track
emerging from the tunnel for some
distance and then enters it again.
When directly across from Snowslidc
Gulch we reach the abrupt bend that
hangs on the edge of the bluff five
hundred feet above the valley floor
which is known as Cape Horn. Here
we strike the trail to the mountain
and Chamber up through the woods
along the top of the ridge.
We soon gain considerable alti
tudc from which our path leads back
along the face of Mount Juneau by a
gentle grade. The foliage drops be
hind In places we cling, ant like, to
the rock ledge that rises sheer above
and drops almost perpendicularly two
thousand feet below. But if care be
taken there is little actual danger
for the path is good even where it
crosses the bed of one of the tor
rents. A little further and we reach
wooded shoulder where some en-
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

n TRETCHING out vast fingers INTO
y the North Pacific Ocean; the pen
insula oil Alaska reaching to the
tips OF the Aleutian Islands, extending
TO the narrow strait which divides
Asia from America in the vicinity oil
Nome. and nOrthward TO Point Bar
row in the Arctic Ocean; its enormous
area. one fourth that of the entire
United States, Alaska must necessar-
lily call for prOpOrtionate diversity
in climate and scenery. Yet, so tar
dy is the general public in mod
flying once-establiShed notions, that
the popular conception embodied
in the name-"Seward's Ice Box,
which was applied to the Ter
ritOry at the time of its acquisition
in 1867, is still largely prevalent.
Along the entire Southern coast,
washed by the mild waters OF the ia
pan Current. fairly equitable eli
mate prevails. Especially is this true
of the Southeastern panhandle. Yet,
as recently as the fall of 1915, word
was sent to Sitka by a well known
firm of Geographers and map-makers
in the East that owing to the closing
of navigation it would be impossible
to send a shipment OF books until
the Spring,
Southeastern Alaska proper en-
tends along the Pacific Ocean in a
northeasterly direction from the Can
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

seate glow of evening. Inc
town has more level on which
to build than most Alaskan set
Elements Of the panhandle. Sit
uated on a large island OF the
same name, it looks out upon
a wide sweep Of water with adj
jacent slopes and islets wooded
to the waters edge. Its water
front is less crowded, its gen.
Cral atmosphere is more leis-
urely than that of its sister city
10 the south. The spell of old
RUSSIAN romance fingers like an
aroma around its quaint streets.
Totem poles adorn the Indian
houses in greater numbers than
we have beheld elsewhere. The
empty stretches OF land are
covered with a brush growth
of grass and look like weli-ncpt
lawns at q distance; for here as
everywhere on on. northern trip
Jupiter Pluvius is unduly gen
erous, and irrigation is wholly
unknown. Back of the business
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
Scenery of Alaska 4z29:!s ::4 42z;:1:

ground of green is exchanged for the
curve of azure sky. Along the wa
ter front is considerable stir. The
chug-chug of a launch betokens the
early morning fishermen. A small
boat, outward bound, turns in grace
full arc when hailed by our captain.
Our passengers for the little settle
ment of Klawak and Hydaburg ISL
ands are loath to miss connections.
We go up town past an occasional TO-
TEN pole and climb the path to the
famous falls where the salmon run
thick in the spawning season. NOW
only few are lazily resting at the
bottom of the crystal-clear water. Re-
turning to our steamer we sail away
nothing loath although we have heard
CT Father Duncan's Indian village at
Metlakahtla which we should like to
be able to visit from Ketchikan. But
the lure of the North is upon US.
That same afternoon we reach
Wrangell, one of the oldest villages
in Alaska. Its site is beautiful In
the extreme. Here the somewhat
lower slopes in the neighborhood or
Ketchikan are replaced by higher
peaks, adorned each with its snow
white bonnet in which all the north
ern mountains Will soon attire them
selves. Those behind Wrangell are
lovely at all times; but never more
so than when touched with the ro-
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
BORLAND EXPLAINS
HIS HOUSING SCHEME
House Experts Bill Proposes
S1O,OOO,OOO Bond Sale by
District for Fund.

seeking to have the District govern
ment directly or indirectly build homes
for the poor of the National Capital
Congressman william p. Borland. the
housing expert of the House. today
made public the provisions of bih he
intends to push in the next Congress
for solving the housing problems here.
The new Borland housing bill is to
follow the alley reclamation measure
which passed last session, and its OBJ
ject is to furnish sanitary homes for
those who move out of the alleys.
The Borland plan proposes the sale
by the District of bonds to the amount
of $40 900 900, the sum derived to go into
housing fund, This fund is to be loaned
by the District or expended direct by
the munic pality for the erection Of
sanitary homes.
The details of the prospective bill are
explained as follows by Congressman
Borland:
This is the draft of new and COM
prchens.ve housing bill that l intend to
Introduce in the siXty-fourth Congress.
1T Is wider in its scope and more complete
than the BorlandPomerene bill of the
Sxty-thrd Congress. 1t s the result of
the ideas brought out at the hearings on
the Borland-Pomerenc bill before the
District of Columbia committee OF the
House, together with the views of vari-
Gus organizations and experts on hous-
ing and a careful study of the existing
laws of foreign countries. on that sub
icct as shown in the splendid report of
Hon. Royal Meeker. Chief of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the Department of
Labor.
The proposed measure provides three
methods of securing sanitary houses:
First. through the agency of. non-com-
mercial building associations as pro-
vided in the original bill.
''Second-By direct loans to individual
wage-earners
"Thrd-By the construction of sani-
tary homes by the District authorities.
1t further provides for the sale to wage
public aid on easy payments extending
over a long period OF time. One OF the
most remarkable and beneficial features
of the new bill Is the provision ellmi-
mating the risk of default and loss OF
the home through death of the wage
Garner. Under the last section of the
bill the payments may he so adjusted
as to insure q clear deed to the widow
or minor children of the wage-earner
without further payments in case he
dies before completing the payments.
TSe basic feature of the new bill is a
housing fund to be carried in the Treas
OF the District of ColuLnba. This fund
originates in u sale of bonds. but is
rcplenished. by the returns from the
loans, rental. and sale of the properties
and the money used over again for
other homes. Eventually the bonds will
be retired and the fund become self
supporting"