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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-28
BALDwINsvILLE, N. Y, May 10, 191!

Favorable weather during the week
has expedited the development of new
beds of the New York tobacco acreage
in 1915, and transplanting time is not
far off. The promised increase in the
acreage has materialized, and special
interest in the finer types of Havana
Seed tobacco is shown. New York
growers learned with interest of Penn
sylvania mems recent experience, when
the latter found that certain processes
of feld-sterilization sometimes result in
as much damage to tobacco plants as
to weeds. The cigar leaf organization s
attempt to discourage governmental
distribution of hybrid seeds has also
aroused interest in Onondaga and the
surrounding counties.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-28
Business Directory.
Wisconsin Tobacco Statistics.

Tobacco growing began in Wisconsin
80 years ago.
Is counties now produce tobacco.
42,2OO acres were grown in 1912.
Average WELD in Wisconsin abOutf
$4,000, 900 pounds.
Brings Wisconsin farmers annual in
come of Sc. .000. 900.
81 900 spent annually for handling,
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, 1915-05-28
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

Experience has proven that hail does
more damage to the growing tobacco
crop than all other dangers it is sub
jected to. While the farmers have been
able to secure insurance against fire or
tornado losses, their growing crops have
been practically unprotected against
hail damage in this state for many
years, though no doubt many growers
would have been glad to pay for such
protection were it obtainable. We are
pleased to announce, however, that one
of the strongest insurance companies
of the country, The Hartford Insurance
Co., has decided to commence writing
hail insurance in the tobacco growing
sections of this state. The aim will be
to have local representatives IN most
OF the growing sections and its plan OF
furnishing protection explained to all
growers who may be interested. Hail
Insurance, however, will be viewed at
first by some farmers as an experiment
but seven companies, including the one
above mentioned, have been writing
policies protecting tobacco against hail
in Kentucky for four years past. The
losses there have been very large and
the companies claimed the rates too
low to insure a reasonable profit. One
company during this time has assumed
over FIVE millions of risks at a total
profit of only about $1,000. If the ex-
pertinent in Wisconsin at the rates
fixed does not prove more profitable
line Of insurance the company will not
long continue to write the risks, but it
lis financially able to pay all losses in
Cured, which is about all the tobacco
growers care to know. The fairness
of adius tments when losses do occur
will prove quite factor in holding bus
mess of hail insurance The chief diff
ficulty usually met is in estimating to
what extent tobacco injured by hail
may recuperate before the season is
over, when weather conditions enter SO
largely in determining the result.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-28

So much rainy weather of late should
prompt tobacco growers to pay some
attention to their tobacco beds. If the
plants are large. enough to cover the
ground there is danger of their rotting
under canvas coverings. Remove the
coverings and let in the sunlight and
air, which will tend to harden the
plants. The young plants need all the
weathering possible from now on until
they are tran splanted in the fields.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-28

The continual decline in the manu-
facture Of cigars, amounting to over
20 million the first three months of the
year, has begun to cause comment not
only among leaf dealers but growers as
WELL In commenting upon the slump
in the output as reflected by returns of
the revenue department, the u. S. To-
bacco Journal says: Let anybody en-
gage in but moments sober refec-
ton, what this continuous slump of
hundreds of millions in two successive
years must mean in dollars and cents
TO not only the cigar manufacturer, not
only to the cigar distributor and re-
taller, but also to the cigar leaf dealer
and raiserl Does it mean increased
wealth and prosperity to each of these
trade classes, or does it not rather
spell ruinous future to many Of them
if the process Of disintegration that has
been going on in the cigar industry for
the past two years is not arrested and
mended? Should the view of losing
gradually and steadily large size Of
the volume of business be made. sub
iect of gloating over it as not discour-
aging at all? Or should it not rather
be taken up as a matter deserving the
most serious consideration? Why should
the cigar industry show such distress
full condition? Many and various causes
were advanced for it during the past
year. It was then the hard times, the
general depression of the country
business. But a revival of prosperity
has been footed about since then
throughout the entire country. Our
population has not grown less, nor have
the means of subsistence SO very WIS.,
IDLY decreased. Most of the staple
corps of the country, the foodstuffs as
well as the cigar leaf have realized IN
spite of their abundance very hand
somely for their raisers. The Euro
pean war has caused flow of hundreds
of millions of dollars into this country
for war materials. It will also cause
the retention of hundreds of millions of
dollars in the pockets of Americans,
who are in the habit of flocking by
thousands to Europe during the sum-
mer months and to spend it there Law
ishlv The country has also been
spared any widespread labor troubles.
All industries seem to be about nor
mally in operation and many new in
dustries have sprung up to furnish GER
tain supplies that are prevented from
coming in from the belligerent coun-
tries The mode of living seems to run
along about in the same accustomed
American style of plenty and even ex-
travagance. Little restriction is to be
observed in the expenditures for enjoy
ment Why then should the cigar in
dustry suffer so economically? Evl-
IDENTIFY through the lack of publicity.
Of all articles of merchandise the cigar
is probably the least exploited publicly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
Cheer and Sing
AS They Pull For
Safety to Shores
SURVIVORS GIVE DETAILS OF
THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE
FORMIDABLE.

London, Jan. "Details obtained
from the survivors of the British bat
tleship Formidable. sunk off the coast
of Devonshire Friday, enhance the
horror of the disaster and the priya-
tons suffered by men of the crew.
The launching of the boat in which
these survivors left the vessel was ac-
complished with the utmost difficulty.
The heavy seas rocked the oattleship
constantly and one boat was smashed
against the bridge.
Immediately after the launching the
officer In charge shouted to the men
to make for two liners. whose lights
were just visible seven miles away.
but they were unable to find the liners.
IT was a terrible task to keep the boat
head TO the wind, Heavy seas were
constantly breaking over. and during
the launching n big hole had been
stove in her stern.
But for three petty officers the men
would all have persisted. They kept
urging the crew to keep awake, for as
soon as a man dropped asleep the ex-
posure killed him. Not for eighteen
hours did the men see light ashore.
The courage of the crew was stiTnu-
lated by a petty officer. who kept
shouting cheerrully: Where there's
life there's hope. Pull. pull"
The men responded by cheering and
singing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
WILL MAKE COMBINED
FIGHT AGAINST FEDS

st. Louis. Jan. 3.--The suit filed in
Cincinnati yesterday against Lee Ma
gee to restrain his playing with the
Federal League is entirely In the hands
of the National Commission. Calvin 81
kinkead, attorneys for the commission,
filed the suit and the case Is out of
the hands of the ST. Louis (National
Leasue) Club.
This, was the statement today of
President Schuyler +. Britton, OF the
Cardinals.
This is the first combined fight of
organized baseball against the Feds
said Britton. IT have no more to do
with the case than any other witness
would have. It is not the case of the
National League. but the case of the
commission itself. the governing body
of organized baseball. 1t is as much
the case of the American League as the
National. This Is organized baseballs
answer TO the intimation that there Is
friction between tho two older major
leagues in their fight against the Fed
erals.
The MaEse case is the frst fght
against tho Feds to be handled by tho
commission. but there will be others
In fact, II has been virtually agreed
that all club cases shall he turned
over to the commission and that the
clubs themselves shall be little more
than witnesses. OF course. they will
have to be represented as the primary
party injured"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
esuyius' Crater.

In Tennyscn's Charge Of the Light
Brigade" he describes the famous 500
as riding Into the Valley of Deaf u -
Recently a motion photographer ven
tured into what may he described Az
a veritahle valley of death even more
trsly than the lannon's mouth. The
camera man walked into that inner
most jaw of destruction-~to the very
edge OF the crater within the crater of
Nesuyius. There he set up His camera,
and standing on a mre crust OF lava
suspended over the molten mass be
meath him. and q canopy of steam.
yapor and smoke surcharged with ltoi f.
sonous gases above and. all around
him, he filmed, for the first time la the
history of the world. the supreme mo-
ments Of cunvulAlve nature. which
Lyman II Howe will present ut the
Academy Thursday Friday ana sat
urday. and. Saturday matinee. Only
the chief Of the camera squad re-
tanned his nerve and self-possession
under the tremendous strain of the
terrific heat, end the still greater drain
on nerve power caused by the shower
Of volca mic missiles, the detonat ons OF
the boiling lava beneath him, and the
crumbling Of the precipices OF lava
him. He was the only
one that withstood the terrible ordeal
with sufficient caimness 10 Operate the
camera.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
The Lyric

With the most elaborate scenic
equipment ever handled by the stage
forces at the Lyric Theater for an at
traction Of its kind. the famous Au-
gust family OF European juggiers.
equiiibrists and novelty artists arrived
here last night. There are four sturdy
EnglishHen and "A dashing young wo-
man, Mile. August. in the troupe, and
they are accompanied by their own
stage carpenter. property man AMI
mademoiselies maid The Augusts
come direct from the Palace Theater.
New York Their Southern tour. which
will be very REF. was necessitated by
the cancellation OF their European
contracts on account Of the war.
On the bill with the August family
will be seen another celebrated Euro
pean act. Programmed as the Skaters
Bitouve. Henry Bijouve has skated
around the world twice. doing sin
gle turn. exhibiting thirteen months at
the Olympic, London. Jessie Bftofive
did a single for three years in Eng
land and on the continent, and for
years has been recognized as the most
accomplished and expert woman
skater on the American stage.
Wright and Albraugh, a funny
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
ADJUSTMENTS
The Academy

Tonight at the Academy there will
be shown for the first time the most
sensational moving pictures that have
as yet been shown to the public. The
most vital topic Of the day liz the
European war and through the spe
ctal permission of the Belgian gov
ernment, the Popular Motion Picture
Company has been able to secure four
reels depictiLg the actual warfare on
battiefields of Belgium.
These are absolutely the first and
only authentic moving pictures that
have been made OF this tremendous
conflict. They were taken by Edwin
F. Weigle, staff photographer OF the
Chicago Tribune, under a contract
which was made with the condition
that SO per cent OF the sale OF the pic
lures he given TO the Belgian Red
Cross Society.
There are pictures of infantry In
action: OF the artillery fire; of soldiers
falling and Eomrades pulling them
from the trenches. and Of Red Cross
workers helping the wounded. Bel
CLAN and German alike after the hat
tie. Also there are refugees, thou
sands Of them. ever present, hurry
ing from the advancing Germans, and
then miles of ruined cities and viii
lagos and sheli-furrowed roads
probably the most dramatic picture
IL the explosion OF shall. tearing to
pieces house Just back of the firing
line near Termonde. The soldiers ars
arst seen In field near the house
house IL burning, after having
been struck ty n shell, The engage
ment Ia for tonight. Tuesday and
Wednesday. with matinees Tuesday
and Wednesday at O'Clock There
are two performances at night, at s
and $40 +. NJ.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
PERR|TT AND CAKES
ENGAGE IN FIGHT

st. Louis. Jan. a,~-Rumors were rife
in ST Louis today OF the possibility OF
Pitcher Pol Perritt, signed with the
pittsburg FederaIs changing his mind
and doing n nipffop back to the Cardt-
nails when IL became known that Per
rift and his new manager. Rebel Oakes.
had fist night in Cicardfs Cafe a
short time before Cakes and Perritt
departed for Chicago last Saturday
night after "A strenuous day, in which
Pcrritt was kidnapped" three times.
Every effort was made TO hush up
the story OF the ight. but outside wit
nesses OF the scrap let It leak out this
afternoon. Tho hght was tho rasolt
OF remark by Cakes TO tho effect
that Perritt was yellow and prepar-
ing 60 jump back. The punch was
Poily's answer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
D[|cHES DECLARES
Continued from First rAx~3

to cause the United States attorneys
office no apprehension IN presenting Il
before the Federal grand fury which
will be Unparalleled tomorrow.
The bureau Of Investigation for tAe
Department OF Justice. by which ths
was unearthed. ala roe
cease It's activities after the arrests on
but was busily engaged to-
day searching for other persons
known TO be connected with tho plot
Word came from Philadelphia that
the conspirators In this city had
agents at work there. These men, II
liz expected. will be rounded up drr1n9
the next few days.
Tho Federal investigators. howsvsaA
have been able to get no clue Al 10
the whereabouts OF Hans Adam Won
Wedell. who. II Is said In the United
States attorneys Office was one OF tho
most active men in the clique. Won
Wedell described himself a. an attor.
ney. He is probably now In Europe.
ia Harold Content. the assistant United
States attorney, who Ia prosecuting the
case. said tonight that he il especially
to get hold OF Won WsdelL
Mr.. Content does not hesitate to aay
that no thinks there are men 'higher
up" In the conspiracy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
FULTON CUTTING JR.,
BEATS HIS BROTHER

Tuxedo Park, ~. " Jan, sy-Fulton
Cutting. Jr.. defeated HIS brother,
Charles Cutting. after "A hard match
In the finals today on the courts Of
the Tuxedo Tennis and Racquet Club.
for the amateur title. in tho TUX
challenge cup three seta 70 two. win
ming the second leg on the trophy. The
match was one of the fastest seen
on the courts here for days. taking
two hours and forty minutes to de-
eide 1t was either mans cup until
the nth set when the score was two
sets all, and three games all. The
referee Was w. IT. Dinsmore, r. Loril-
lard. Ir.. umpira.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04

which have been informed, or the Ges<
man battle cruisers Goeben and Bre2
lau. which are In the war but con-
fined to action with the Turkish neot.
Germany has lost a total OF 1885,
tons, according to the best obtatnAble
information. England, on the other
hand, has lost l7s.145 tons. or 10 par
cent more than have the Germans.
Deducting these losses the present
tonnage of both sides would appear
to he nearly or about 2.4Sl.15s tons
for Great Britain. and 1,124,a8s tons
for Germany.
A year ago Great Britain had
seventy-two oattleships built and
building, while Germany had thirty
nine built and building. Great Brit
ain. however, is believed to have add
ed to her list more fir.t-clasa ships
than has Germany. OF these first
class ships thirty-two on the Brttish
side were dreadnaugh,s. while Ger
many had nineteen dreadnaughts built
and building. Only one of the Brit
ish ships iost--the Audacious--was Of
the at!readnauEht type SO that no far
as superior fighting battieships Is con-
cerned Great Britain has lost but one
unit since the outbreak Of the war.
The More Serious Loss.
The loss OF trained officers and men
warships Is considered by both Ameri-
can and British authorities 10 be a far
more serious matter than the loss OF
the vessels themselves. The same In
true with respect to German naval
losses.
According 10 unofficial lists. the
British have lost thus far one dread
naught. two battleships, fifteen cruis-
era tseven armored. seven protected.
and one light cruiser1: five destroyers,
two submarines and a schoolship.
The Germans. according to unoffi-
cial reports. have lost thirteen cruis-
ers. ten destroyers, one gunhoat. two
auSiiiaries and one submarine though
some reports give the Germans foss
Of five additional submarines. another
gunboat and four auxii!artes- 1t In
doubted If the exact .seta az to all
naval losses will be obtainahie before
the end of the war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
VH|TE SOX PLAYER IS
SOUGHT BY FEDERALS

Rock Island. Ill. Jan. a.--Joe Berger,
the white Sox player who was given
this week to the Yankees. may jump
70 the third circuit. Otto stifel. part
owner OF the ST. Louis Feds. came to
the city today and made a tempting
ofIer for Joe's service. what the
figures were could not be learned, but
Berger admitted II was considerably
moro than he received from Chicago
the past season
Et1fs1 left at noon for Chicago with
out obtaining much satisfaction. Ber~
gsr II now waiting to hear from Col
00e1 Rupert.
II the terms offered ne by RUPERT
~ what expect will stick with or
eAnised baseball this coming season."
said Joe. He intimated. however, that
he would jump to the Feds II Rupert
ala not come through.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
ROCKEFELLER HAS
OWN HELLO SYSTEM

Tarrytown. ". Y. Jan s.-~John d.
Rockefeller now has a hello" system
all mis- own. With the completion of
recent order he has seventy tele-
phones in his house and on his estate.
In the house there are thirty-three
telephones and they are OF the inter-
locking system. Mr.. Rockefeller can
talk from any room to any room and
as soon as he starts to talk, all other
connections are cut off. Distributed
around the estate are nearly forty
more telephones There Is a. tele-
phone at every gate and at certain
distances around his golf course. The
system is so arranged that no matter
where Mr.. Rockefeller decides to
roam the telephone follows him.
Mr.. Rockefeller has more private
telephones than any other man In
America.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
EVANGELIST BILLY
CONTINUED from First page.l

Continued from First paEe.l
church workers). came to the conclu-
sion that the city OF Brotherly Love
ought to examine the state OF it's soul.
4 lot of people decided that the
churches were not exerttng the right
sort OF influence with the masses.
There was not any team work and
tango parties were considerably more
popular than prayer meetings. The
Protestant ministers had heard of
Billy Sunday. OF course. but to put 1t
frankly, they had not any very strong
regard for him or his methods, for all
they could see at long range there
was too much slang and acrohatics
about the evangelist TO suit them.
See for Themselves
Qaa- of the newspapers suggest ed.
however, that delegation of clergy
men travel TO Scranton and study the
Rev. Billy--look him over and figure
out If his sincerity and forcefulness
wouldn't be good things to inject into
Philadelphia's lackadaisieal religious
attitude. and If they wouldn't out
weight his slang and decorating man
nertsrns. The clergymen decided to
make the test, and they went to Scran-
ton, flied into Biliy's gospel taberna-
Gle, listened. and were impressed.
talked things over they decided that
Philadelphia needed a dozen of Btlly
Sunday, They took up the project
vigorously Nearly four hundred con-
gregations organized for the revival
that was to wake up the city. Business
men got together under Joseph NJ.
Steele as chairman or the general
committee Of the evangelist campaign.
The cost was figured at about $4,000,
"a ND he a
easily by the sale of 81 shares
There is no report here that Rit-
tenhouse Square or the Main Line was
greatly impressed, but it Is certain
that the suburbs where the plain peo-
Pile live rose to the project. Eight
weeks ago the Rev. Biliy's staff ap~
peared In the city. "a staff as adequate
and husiness-like as the staff OF a
bond concern or prosperous depart
ment store. They divided the city
into districts for the purpose of get
ting out the people They built a
tabernacle that can seat more than
1900 persons, and can squeeze In
more than twenty thousand. tThey
were squeezed In three times n day
morning, afternoon and night. when
tho evangelist exhorted hardly less
than 100000 And when Billy ca me
to town yesterday nobody WAS actual
ly amazed at tho immense outpouring
IN his honor. Visiting Presidents of
the United States have seldom
brought out a bigger crowd. and
champion prize fighters have often
drawn less
was the biggest Job at evangeliz-
ting Billy Sunday ever took ION. His
former triumph at Pittsburg, Scran-
ton and In the West. were dwarfed by
the experience OF the first day here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
JEWS EMANCIPATION
OBJECT OF MOVE

New York, Jan. S.---The Concerted
worldwide movements for the eman-
clpadon of the Jews, which at pres
ent is gathering great momentum in
several Of the European nations. was
given basis in this country this af-
ternoon when, at a meeting Of the
Jewish emancipation committee In the
Broadway Central Hotel. a committee
on organization was appointed and
the first tangible step In this history
making epoch taken.
Through this step 1t Is quite prob
able that, for the first time In the his
tory Of the world, the Jews will pre-
sent to n tribunal of world powers
their claims for political equality as
representatives of a racia! unit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-04
WILL CONSIDER OFFER
At LEAGUE MEETING

Owncrs OF Virginia League
climbs will gather at noon today
In the Richmond Hotel to con-
slider an offer of $1,000 for the
release of this territory from the
cartwright circuit I'm order to
allow this city to become rep
resented In the International
League.
A committee appointed at a re-
cent mass meeting held by the
representative business men of
this city will appear before the
body and formally make the offer
To the Virginia League magnates.
The meeting today was called ex-
clusivcly for this purpose by