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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

about number five size. Knit straight across, back and forth in a rather loose stitch until you have strip of about forty rows. Double the strip in half lengthwise-for the cap is to be double, giving soft, cosy warmth to the little head. The folded edge of the strip makes the front of the cap and the back edges are to be sewed up, over and over, with a needleful of the yarn. Let the seams come in- side so that the back of the cap will be smooth, both on the outside and against the little head. Now roll back the front edge twice on the outside, as though you were rolling over an inch deep hem. Tack here and there so that the roll will keep it's position and make frame around the baby face. Strings of white satin ribbon sewed on under small rosettes. will complete the snowball cap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
A Cosy Knitted Cap for Baby

TT you are tired of knitting muf-
 fers, afghans and sweaters, try this dainty cap for somebody's baby. Use fine split zephyr or shet- land wool and white is the prettiest for it makes baby's head look like 8 little round snowball when the cap is on For a six-months old baby you will need to cast on about fifty stitches. using ordinary amber needles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

cover the whole hat with green liner to which you have appliqued leaves tut from figured tapestry cretonne,
 buttonholing the edges Of the leaves, with green worsted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

escapes the knee by two inches. Un- der the billowy skirts of the spring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
Teagowns of UnsubstantialFa Fabric But Sub- stantial Cost Loose Peignoirs of fSplen. did Hue and CobDebby Airiness
 Sumbtuous Models of Chiffon.

NMA ILADY takes her ease most # Nj luxuriously these days, and
 the boudoir Is the lovelies
 . A frame for beauty, after all
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
BIG FLOOD LOSSES
IN FOREST RESERVE

LOS ANGELES, March 7.-Incom.
plete reports received by Supervisor
r. H. Charlton, of the Angelus national
forest, indicate that over 100 miles of
mountain roads were washed out, 200
miles of trails were destroyed, and ten
buildings of resorts and rangers
houses carried away by floors.
The estimated cost of repairing the
damage is placed at 100000. Steps
are being taken to re-esta blish tele-
phonic communication with the ran
gers stations in order to obtain final
and definite idea of the exact loss.
In San Dimas canyon, the buildings
of the National Woman's union camp
were carried away. More than 500
girls have been given a vacation each
summer there. Several of the rangers
report daring rescues.
One hundred men were detailed to
assist the rangers in restoring COM
munication and repairing roads.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
20-PASSENGER HYDROAERo-
PLANE NEARLY FINISHED

NEW YORK, March 7.-Somewhere
along the Canadian border giant 20
passenger hydroplane, capable of fit
ting across the Atlantic in 80 hours or
less, is approaching completion. The
machine, originally designed an air
yacht, but now designed for British
service in the war, is hailed by Henry
Woodhouse, governor of the Aero Club
of America, as the herald of a new
era in flying.
Mr.. Woodhouse, just home from
trip in which he inspected the winged
greyhound, said the machine was be-
ing built secretly and that the British
admiralty had ordered twenty similar
air cruisers of Is tons burden each
''The body or carrying car is 55 feet
long," said Mr.. Woodhouse 1T is 10
feet across at the widest point. The
main compartment is 19 feet long, 8
feet wide and feet deep. Over the
boat body there is a cabin fitted with
windows, forming an enclosed pilot
house.
There are three wings, each with
a spread of 1873 feet The plane will
make the trip across the Atlantic in
about 80 hours.
Before another year flying yacht
twice as large as this one wiz be con-
structed 1t will have wing span of
500 feet and be capable of carrying
70 passengers across the ocean or of
taking so passengers on a 1000-mile
cruise"
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
ORANGE TO Be HON0RED
BY nation, March EIGHTEEN
CELEBRATION WILL EXTEND
FROM MAINE TO MEXICO.
Tons of Literature to Flood Country
Hotels Steamships and Railroads
Prepare Special Menus to
Feature Golden Product.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, March T.
Once a year a day is set aside by
gubernatorial proclamation during
which king Orange" first of all the
fruits, receives his need of homage
His juicy lusciousness, his flashing
golden coat, long ago rendered him
extremely popular; but it is only once
in every 365 days that His Imperial
Highness is publicly kowtowed to by
the entire nation acting in unison I!
This year the day is to be Saturday,
March 1S.
From Maine to Mexico, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, the orange-the
California orange-is to be featured
displayed and talked of, and, best of
all, eaten on the big day. Wherever a
human being dwells, wherever people
care for the really good things of life,
king Orange" following his triumph:
ant journey from California, will reign
supreme!
Under the supervision of Mark Kep-
pei, superintendent of county schools,
every school child will be encouraged
to send out card to some child back
East. "In Orange county, the school
children are sending out $4,000 cards
every teacher will deliver addresses
on the orange, and "Orange Day es-
says will be written
On every dining car in. America and
Canada there will be special "Califor,
MIA Orange Day" menus For the pas.
sengers on all Atlantic, Gulf and Pa.
cific steamers, similar menus will be
prepared, And the hotels in every
city, village and hamlet of the land
will give King Orange" a place oil
honor on March 49,
All local hotels are being instructed
in the proper, scientific manner of dis
playing the fruit.
In Eastern cities the various Cali
fOrnia clubs will signally observe the
day The Rotary Clubs and Ad Clubs
everywhere will do the same. The en-
tire week preceding the celebration
all Wells-Fargo Express wagons will
carry banners inscribed, "Californi;
invites you to eat California oranges
Orange Day, March 49," The railroad
Offices will exhibit handsome litho
! graphs and every agent of every roa'
has been instructed to advertise AM
promote the big day.
A batch of one million letters ha
just been sent to all fruit dealers il
the country informing them of tn
event. The downtown merchants viii
all prepare brilliant Orange Day
windows. The distribution of $500
post cards, to be sent East, will b.
begun at once, and over 500 publ
places will be stocked with them.
w. E. Bush is chairman of the "O1
ange Day" committee, Alfred E. AG
ans is vice-chairman, Warren McI1
tyre secretary, and Motley H. Film
| treasurer.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
BARE ALLEGED INSTRUCTIONS
TO FIRE ON SUBMARINES

BERLIN, March 6.-The Overseas
News agency made public British ad
miralty instructions alleged to have
been found on the British steamer
Woodfield when the Woodfeld was
captured by German submarine.
The instructions read:
"Defensively armed vessels should
follow in general the instructions of
ordinary merchantmen.
"In waters where submarines are
known to be, their guns should be
kept in constant readiness.
eff submarine obviously is pursu-
ing the ship, and it is evident to the
master that the submarine has hostile
intentions, the ship should open fire
in self-defense, Notwithstanding that
the submarine may not have commit
ted any definite hostile act, such as
firing gun or torpedo.
I'm view of the difficulty of distin-
gushing a friendly ship from an en-
emy at night, the order to fire should
not be given after dark unless the mas
ter is absolutely certain that the ap-
preaching vessel is hostile.
Before firing, British colors should
be hoisted."
The Parker post., 1916-03-11

| 600 to 700 men will be employed in
the factory and fields.
Beet digging and topping will begin
about July Is, followed Immediately
by the hauling to the bins and the be-
ginning of slicing and manufacturing
operations.
While great deal has been said on
the beet seed question, the supply OF
seed for future years is assured at NO
additional cost to the farmers who
raise beets for the company and buy
their seed from the big corporation
The price has been IL cents per pound
to the farmers for the past years, and
that price will prevail in 1917.
The seed is mostly imported from
Germany and Russia, but recent ex-
periments conducted in Idaho and
Utah. have proven that those two
states are ideal for the production of
beet seed.
Experiments in raising beet seed
have been tried at various times dur
ing the past fifteen years in Southern
California, but have not been success
full. The quality of the seed produced
was good, and the beets raised there
from contained the requisite amount
of sugar; but the expense Of producing
the seed was too great to be profitable.
The production per acre was light and
the labor cost excessive
On March the Chino branch of the
American Beet Sugar company mailed
checks totaling $4,000 to the farmers
in the Chino and other beet raising
districts, that ship to the factory in
Chino. The money is in the nature
of a bonus to the farmers as per terms
of their contracts for 1915. The com.
pany agreed to pay so cents additional
for beets if the price for the output of
sugar averaged as good as AZ cents
perpound. AS the price was up to ex-
pectations the company declared the
bonus earned and ordered payment
four months earlier than the contract
stipulated on account of the extra eX-
penses that the farmers were put to
on account of floods, etc.
While the company withdrew from
beet cultivation hundreds of acres of
it's Chino land this year, thousands of
acres of other land, largely in the San
Fernando valley, have been planted to
beets. The Chino lands were with
drawn from beet culture and will be
fertilized and planted to other crops
until the soil has regained it's former
strength, when it will again be seeded
to beets.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
WAR STRENGTH OF 100000
men IS Army BILL plan
FIRST PREPAREDNESS MEASURE
TO REACH CONGRESS.
Regular Forces Would Be Doubled
Provision for Strong Volunteer
Organization and Increased
National Guard Made

WASHINGTON, March THE new
army bill was reported to the Senate
by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of
the Senate committee on military af-
fairs The measure, which is the first
of the Administration national de-
fense bills to be introduced, gives the
United States a peace strength of
about 178,000 men for the regular
army, and war strength of 250,000,
which with the National Guard and
volunteers, will make total estimated
strength of about 100000 men.
The new mobile army will comprise
64 regiments of infantry organized in
to seven divisions, 25 regiments at
tached to infantry divisions; 81 regi-
ments of field artillery, and seven regi-
ments of engineers. This will give
proper garrisOns to Panama, Hawaii
and the Philippines and provide four
infantry and two cavalry divisions
within the United States, where it is
intended to train large numbers of
men during short enlistments for the
reserves, the new enlistment contracts
to provide for that feature.
The personnel of staff departments
anu COIpS Is 1uCI0dSCu W plONluO d
balanced organization of the divisions
and brigades and to furnish the Off
GERS and men required for the supply
and manufacturing depots and impor-
tant administrative duties.
Provision is made for organization
of volunteer forces in each Congress
sional district on a strictly Federal
basis. More liberal appropriation for
the National Guard are contemplated.
The bill provides that the term of
enlistment for the regular army be
fixed at seven years, four years to be
spent with the colors, and the remain
ing three in reserve. The reservists
of this class will receive pay during
the three years at the rate of $24 a
year.
The President is authorized to com
mission citizens qualified for military
service as reserve officers up to the
grade of major and to maintain officers
in educational institutions. The ap-
pointment of temporary second lieu
tenants, who are to serve one year
with the regular army at a salary of
$100 month, is provided for.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
WIRELESS ATTAINS SPEED
OF 200 WORDS A MINUTE

CHICAGO, March IA speed of 200
words a minute, said to be high rec
ord for wireless transmission, has been
accomplished by the wireless station
at the Great Lakes naval training
school, North Chicago.
The speed was obtained through the
use of transmitting relay there and
a recently-invented receiving machine
at a private station here. Both send
ing and receiving machines were in
vented by DR.. Ray Hall, of Detroit.
Technical details of the mechanisms
were to be kept secret, it was said at
the training school.
Thirty words a minute has been con-
sidered fast record previously, ac-
cording to officials at the station.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
BRITISH FARMERS
ASKED TO AID WAR

Z LONDON, March 6.-"Farmers had
to show that turnips were just as i'm
portant as Shells" said the Earl of
Selborne, president of the Board of
Agriculture, in addressing a meeting
at Northampton Saturday. He urged
the farmers to strain every nerve to
produce every possible ounce of food
and fodder, and also to release every
possible man for the army.
Unless they did this, he said, they
were serving not King George, but
Emperor William. Farmers were do.
ing well, he argued, and could afford
to pay good wages to women. He ap-
pealed to the patriotism of the farm
laborers' unions to put no hindrance
in the way of replacement of men by
women in agricultural work.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
LOS ANGELES GETS BULK
OF,MOTOR TAXES

SACRAMENTO, March THE sum
of $71,111.O4, representing the coun-
ties share Of the net receipts of the
state motor vehicle department dur,
ing the last half of 1915, is to be ap-
portioned to the road funds of fifty
eight counties of the state, according
to Superintendent H. A. French.
The largest amount, $23,37O.90, goes
to Los Angeles county, and the next
largest, $S,302.30, to San Francisco.
The distribution is made proportion
ately to the motor vehicle registra-
tions in each county.
The gross receipts for the last half
year of 1915, in which registration was
comparatively light, were $197 7,036.50.
The net receipts amounted to $780,
O60, from which $99,S37.91 was deduct
ed for overhead expenses automobile
plates-leaving $142,269.O4.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
100000 WOMEN TO
VOTE AT 1916 POLLS

WASHINGTON, March AT least
100000 women will be eligible to vote
in the 1916 national elections, accord
ing to figures given out at the head
quarters of the Congressional Union.
The Congressional Union is urging
every one of the women of voting age
who are eligible to be made voters in
the suffrage states to qualify at once
in order that the suffrage army may
be readily mustered for action, if it is
forced into the campaign by failure to
act on the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
JAP STARTS STATE
MARKET MACHINERY

SAN FRANCISCO, March Tt re-
mained for Japanese truck gardener
of Holt to put into actual operation
the machinery of the state market di-
rector's office with a shipment of seven
cases of celery to be disposed of in
the open market
In the absence from the city of Har-
ris Weinstock, market director, his
secretary started out to peddle the
seven cases of celery. His efforts were
finally rewarded with success and the
celery was sold at market prices to a
local market house.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
GREATEST YEAR IN HISTORY
FOR SUGAR BEET HARVEST
Chino AND OXNARD ARE THE Chief CENTERS OF ACTIVITY IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GROWERS PAID $4,000 BONUS
Total Acreage for This Season Will Aggregate 900 Acres Increase
$4,000 Acres Over Last SeasonDggg and Topping Will Commence
About July IS Seed Supply On Hand Is Sufficient For 1917

| CHINO, Cal, March Z. = Southern
| California is looking forward to the
| greatest year in history in the pro
duction of sugar beets, and conse
quently in the length of time the big
| plant of the American Beet Sugar
| company operates in the sugar-making
campaign. To supply beets for the
factories at Chino and Oxnard the
American Beet Sugar company is
farming several thousand acres to
beets, besides having contracted with
hundreds of farmers to raise beets for
the big concern.
This year the total acreage now in
and yet to be seeded to beets aggre-
gates $4,000 acres, an increase over
last year of 10000.
At present large force of men and
teams is working in the Arlington
fields, where between 600 and 700 acres
are being planted.
Beet Raising Section
In Southern California the beet
raising section includes Chino, Ana
helm, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Comp
ton, Arlington, Corona, Riverside, San
Bernardino, Pomona and other smaller
districts.
The beets raised in the districts
named will be shipped to Oxnard and
Chino, according to the needs of the
individual factory at the time the We
rious fields are ready for harvest. 1t
is estimated that from $4,000 to 100,-
600 tons of beets will be put through
the Chino factory. The output of SUI
gar is based on the ratio of eight tons
of beets to one ton of sugar.
Besides the sugar the factories
make thousands ,of>ton of absco, a
most valuable stock feed. The mules
used in the beet fields are fed almost
exclusively on absco and wax fat
therefrom.
The Chino factory will be run about
thirty days longer than during the
average year, making the campaign
for 1916 about 130 days.
At Work in Beet Fields.
The company is working in the beet
fields at present 100 men in seeding
and thinning beets. While the beets
seeded before the heavy rains are now
being thinned a portion of the acre
age has not yet been planted. This
continuous seeding for two or three
months regulates the supply of ripe
beets coming to the factory after the
campangn begins.
The force Of employees will be in
creased gradually until total of from
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
FELIX DIAZ is AT HEAD
OF AN ARMY OF 1000

NEW ORLEANS, March 7.-Escap-
ing to Mexico after eluding United
States secret service men, Gen. Felix
Diaz, nephew of the former dictator, is
reported to be marching at the head
of 1000 Mexican troops, secretly mo.
bilized, to effect a merger with 10000
men under command of Gen. Reguia
Lis, in the state of Oaxaca. News OF
Gen. Diaz' escape, his present where
abouts and intentions was given here
by Col. Rodolfo Bassail, of Diaz' staff
and Guillermo Rosas, Jr., his private
secretary.
According to this information, Gen
Diaz is to move against the armies Of
Caranza in Sonora and Chiapas states
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
New Comet FOUND bv Russian

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March THE
discovery of a small comet by Neuj-
min was announced in a cablegram to
the Harvard observatory from Pro-
fessor Blacklund, of the Imperial OBJ
servatory at Pulkowa, Russia.
The message said that the comet,
which was found in photograph, had
a slow motion south, and was of the
eleventh magnitude. It's position on
Feb. "a was: Right ascension, hours,
So minutes, 40 seconds, and declina-
ton, 16 degrees, "a minutes north
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
Embargo on U. S. Fruits

SACRAMENTO, March IA new
complication has been introduced into
the fruit situation of California by the
announcement from seemingly author
itative sources that England has de-
clared an embargo until next August
against both canned and dried Ameri-
can fruits. Two explanations are sug-
gested by shippers.
First, that the supplies of fruits al
ready imported by the United King
dom may be large enough to carry the
country and the troops in the field
through the season; the other, that
England is desirous of forcing the peo-
pie to economic.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
Revenue Report Shows Prosperity


LOS ANGELES, March 1.-The pros
perity of the Southland is reflected in
fiscal reports rendered by John P. Car
ter, collector of internal revenue, and
Harrington Brown, postmaster.
Internal revenue collections for the
month just closed totaled $199, 9,526.S5.
This is an increase of $43,322.69 over
February, 1915, when $156,20416 repre-
sented the total collections Collec-
tions for February, 1914, totaled $780,
95399.
Estimated postal receipts for the
month just closed show a revenue of
$1S1 800 In February, 1915, postoff1ce
receipts totaled $168,778.10.
The sinister influence of the Euro
pean struggle is shown in the Gus
toms figures for the month. The col
lections totaled 1882, as against
$3S,340.44 for February, 1915, and $4O,-
98411 for last January.
Imports for the month totaled $294,-
37S, as against $326,S6O for February
1915, and $37S,S82 for last January.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
AGRICULTURAL BILL IN
HOUSE $24,501 ,o93

WASHINGTON, March THE an
nual agricultural appropriation bill
carrying $24,5O1,O ,O93, an increase of
$1,529,311 over the current appropria-
ton, was reported to the House Sat
urday. Among the largest items are
$2,500,000 for use in case of an out
break of foot and mouth disease or
similar disease; $250,000 to combat
citrus fruit canker in the Gulf states,
and 100000 for eradication of hog
cholera and enforcement of the virus
serum toxin act.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
15O,225 CARS ARE LICENSED;
FEES AMOUNT TO $1,649, 1857

SACRAMENTO, March 7.-Superin
tendent H. A. French of the State
Motor Vehicle department, reports the
following figures for 1916 to date:
Registrations: Automobiles 150,225
motorcycles 1856, chauffeurs 575S,
auto dealers 1885, motorcycle dealers
140.
Receipts: Automobiles $1,562, 2,340.S0,
motorcycles $35, 10000, chauffeurs $11,-
$1,000, auto dealers $27, ,466.O0, motor
cycle dealers $4,000, substitutions
$12,70490; total $1,649,S57.70.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
ItaIy Expected to open War

LONDON, March 6-Italy's act of
requisitioning thirty-four of the thirty
seven German ships interned in Italian
ports is interpreted as corroborating
the report that the Italian cabinet has
decided to declare war on Germany.
Dispatches say the decision had
been reached in Rome, and the decla-
ration of war would follow immedi-
ately upon the reopening of the Italian
parliament.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
go PER CENT OF FRENCH
WOUNDED RETURN TO WAR

PARIS, March CEASED on figures
obtained at the Bordeaux clearing hos
pital, where out of 64,385 wounded
treated during the past year 38,9O3
were able to rejoin their regiments
after convalescence, it develops, accord
ing to LIE Matin, that 60 per cent of the
wounded in the French army return to
the firing line.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
Record Price for Charter

SAN FRANCISCO, March THE
worlds record freight charter was an
nounced by the American-Hawaiian
Steamship company. The Honolulan,
the big 4,400-ton carrier recently in
the New York-San Francisco service,
has been taken by H. F. Ostrander, of
Seattle, for two round trips to the
Orient at 100000 per month. One
hundred thousand dollars a month is
1888 a day. The highest previous
charter announced was $4,000 a day.
It will take the Honolulan five months
to make two round trips to Vladivos-
tok. She will earn $500,O00 in that
time.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
Dried Fruit Exports of California

Dried Fruit Exports OF Ca1ifornIa
SACRAMENTO, March 7.-Califor-
MAS exports of dried fruits in 1915
were $36,924,O00, according to state
ment given out here by George Rob-
ertson, statistician of the State Agri-
cultural society.
For 1914 the exports were $2S,S6S,-
600.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
"EAT ORANGES" CARDS
TO TELL-THOUSANDS

LOS ANGELES, March 7.-Urging
the use of California oranges on Or
ange day, March 18, thousands of pic
ture postcards will be distributed in
Los Angeles, to be mailed by residents
of the city to friends in the east. The
distribution of the cards is a part of
the campaign of the California Orange
day committee. Representatives of
the company will visit $4,000 homes in
Los Angeles with the cards.
The Parker post., 1916-03-11
STEEL COMPANY MAKING
BIG GUNS FOR CHILE

NEW YORK, March 7-Lieut. Car
los Bowen, of the Chilean navy, ar
rived on the United Fruit steamer Car
rillo, en- route to the plant of the Beth
lehem Steel company, where several
guns are being manufactured for Chile.
The guns, he said, are both for coast
defense and for dreadnoughts. They
will be the most powerful ever used
on the west coast of South America.