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Arizona republican., 1917-04-17

artillery preparation that lasted several days, we attacked the German lines along an extent of about 40 kilometers (25 miles). A desperate battle was fought along the whole front. Every where the valor of our troops overcame the energetic defense of our adversa- ries.
 Between Soissons and Craonne the whole German first position fell into our power. East of Craonne our troops occupied the enemy's second position south of Juvincourt. Farther south we carried our line as far as the outskirts of Bermericourt and up to the Aisne canal at Loivre and Courcy.
 "Violent counter attacks launched several times north of Ville-Au- Bois were broken down by our fire with con- siderable losses to the enemy.
 ''The number of prisoners made by us up to the present exceeds 10000. We likewise captured important mate rial which has not yet been inven- toried''
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Uyges Raising Food Crops
 On z. s. Reclaimed Lands

perform her just function in the world crisis in which we now are precipitated unless our farmers do their full duty.
 These 700,000 acres should be sup rorting 20.000 families this year, as well as supplying food for an army di- vlslon at the front. Here IS a great opportunity for our citizens to render assistance
 These lands are not public lands. They belong to private owners, and if they do not utilize their property, the time may not be far off when our na- tional needs will require conflscation and government cultivation. No one is entitled to that which he does not use. .
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
[RepubIican A. p. Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, April 16.-Major General Leonard Wood, ranking officer on the active list of the army, was de- signated today to represent the mun- tary branch of the government on the committee which will welcome to the United States the distinguished Brit ish war commission headed by Foreign Minister l3alfour.
 The selection of General Wood is in line With the administration plans for according every possible honor to the high rank and notable character of Great Britain's commissioners. The state department is represented on the committee by Breckenridge Long, third assistant secretary; the navy by Rear Admiral Fletcher of the general board, and Commander E. F. Sellers, and the army by General Wood and Colonel E. E. L. Michie.
 It was stated at the White House during the day that the president had arranged to receive the British visit ors Wednesday and the French com missioners at the same time if they had reached Washington.
 The state department announced however, that it was not certain when Mir Balfour and his party would come.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17

though the majority in it's favor may not be large.
 The house judiciary committee to- day approved Chairman Webb's bill which would permit the allies to re- crult their citizens in the United States. It is quite evident" said the report accompanying the bill, that the allies who are fighting q country against whom we also have declared war should be permitted to recruit from their citizens and subjects iii the United States for the purpose of lighting that country's battles. Ir view of the fact that our country is contemplating the conscription of our boNs to wage war against Germany. certainly the allies should be permit ted at least to persuade their citi- zens in the United States to go and do lilleWiSe' ',
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Favoys Py0visious
 F0r Volunteers M Army PlQu

explanations given and the arguments advanced in support of the draft pro- vision had made q deep impression upon those anxious to have the volun- teer system tried again. Several senators, however, showed unmistak- ably that they were vigorously op- posed to conscription although they favored the principle of universal service. Republican members of the senate will meet tomorrow to discuss legislative questions and although no war measure now before congress is likely to be treated in partisan fash ion the conference may have some effect on the chances of the army bill. Senators from all sections are receiv- ing many telegrams and letters on the subject and most of them are said to be against conscription The senate leaders say that when the bill reaches the floor it will be passed. all
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Dentist Exanpsnes Teeth;
 Says SkuN That of Armour

teeth. He also identified photographs of Armour
 Mrs. Armour mother of the man for whose death Blancett is on trial was not present when the skull was pro- duced. Mrs. Baker, mother of the de- tendant. was in the room but kept her lace covered with a handkerchief all the time the relic was in evidence.
 Discovery of the skeleton of which the skull is part came when a dog was found near Glorieta, N NJ. drag slng a human bone from an obscure place not far from a transcontinental hlghWay. It was along this highway that Armour and a companion, sup posed to be Blancett, travelled toward the Pacific coast on a pleasure trip. The remains bore evidences of a gum shot wound
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
DAUGHTERSO TIE REVOLUTION
 ARE FUR PRACTICAL SERVICE

the approval of universal service
 Light the fires of universal military training under this great melting pot" !" he said, and we will fuse the varying elements of our population and teach the world that we are nation indeed
 The annual election of officers which will be held Wednesday morning will select for president general from four candidates They are Mrs. James Ha- milton Lewis of Illinois, Mrs. George c. Squires of Minnesota, Mrs. George Thacher Guesrnsey of Kansas and Mrs. John Miller Horton of New York.
 More than 2,500 of the daughters are offandfno- of tho oOnnracC
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Republican A. p. Leased wire1


 SANTA FEE. N. NJ, April 16-One of the most dramatic incidents ever enacted in a New Mexico court took place here today in the trial of Ebert w. Blancett for the murder of Clyde D. Armour of Sioux City, Iowa, when skull, said to be that of Armour was produced in court.
 Dr. J. E. Dewalt, Sioux City dentist, called to the stand by the prosecution, testified the skull was that of Armour The dentist based his assertion on the teeth, on which he said he had operated twice a year from ten years, and on his records of dental work done for Armour.
 Dr. Dewalt identified a large num- Der of filings in the teeth of the skull as those he had placed in Armour S
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
FRENCH DELIVER MOST VIOLENT AT TTACk OVER TWENTY-FIVE MILE
 FRONT AND MAKE GOOD GAINS

the delivered of  war
 
  tons fell into the hands of General Nj ves forces while of craonne Of running the Ane canal Lovre and cOur sectors repused with heavy uaies the attackers while British to
 
  described  lines here falling front ems
 
  German lines in this
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
[RepubIiean A. ?. Leased WIrel

lnSFSS"S"" T>' TT @
 WASHINGTON, April 16.-Tonight Secretary Lane appealed to holders of land made valuable by government reclamation work to put all their avail able soil in food crops. He said land in excess of 10000 acres made useful by the government and not under till age if planted would produce s15,O00, 900 worth of food this year
 Loyalty and patriotism, as well as economic necessity said the secre- tary, demand that you get busy and put this land into food crops this year and next. The United States cannot
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
UNITED STATES ACCUSED OF C0WARDICE
ARIZONA HEALTH OFFICERS
 MEETING IN DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, April 16.-County and city health officers from all parts of Arizona held their annual convention here today as pre- liminary to the meeting of the Arizona State Medical association, which holds sessions here Wednes- day ana Thursday. Several papers were read, following which there was general discussion. The Arizo- na Society for the Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis will hold it's annual meeting here Tuesday.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Over 14.OoO Prisoners

LONDON, April 16.-'Since the morning of April g. says the official report from British headquarters in France tonight, i've have taken over l4,00O prisoners. The captured material includes l94 guns. There Is nothing of special interest to report. A heavy rain has again fallen through the after noon."
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Bitter Eiaht Proceedinn

BERLIN, (via London), April 16.- "On the Aisne," says an official state- ment issued this evening, "a great French attempt to break through with a far distant object, has con- menced after ten days mass fire. A bitter fight is proceeding oh a forty kilometer front around our foremost positions
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Strikes in Berlin

AMSTERDAM, April 16, (via Lon- on.)-AdVlces receR ed here from Ser lin say that strikes were declared n Greater Berlin today among a portion of the metal, wood and transpost iu- dustries. Other industries. including large munition factories and the gen eral business of the city, have not been affected by the isolated str:xes Tram way traffic in Berlin is normal.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17
Protests Aqainst VioIenee

! BuENOS AIRES. April 16.-The l German minister today called on the l Argentine minister of foreign affairs
 and protested against the recent hostile demonstration by mobs against the ] German legation and consulate.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-17

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-20
PROTECT YOUR VELVET BEANS
Lead Arsenate Will Kill the Caterpil-
lars That Attack Them.

About the only enemy velvet beans
have in Florida is the velvet bean cat
erpillar. This pest attacks the plants,
eating the leaves, usually in August
and September, the date Of the attack
depending on the part of the State in
which the beans are grown. In south
Florida the attack may begin in July,
and in north Florida not before late
August.
A careful watch should be kept for
the first moths, the parents of the
caterpillars, says j. r. Watson Of the
University of Florida experiment sta
ton. These moths can be readily dis
tinguished from other moths common
| to Florida by the diagonal line, usual
| ly double, which stretches across both
wings and turns up to the apex OF
the fcrewing, and the peculiar dartlng
flight of the moth itself. When the
moths have appeared in large num-
bers, it is likely that the beans will
need to be busted after twelve days
or tw, weeks.
Powdered lead arsenate, busted on
the leaves of the plants, makes an eff
fective remedy. Mix it with about
four times it's volume of air-slakcd
lime and apply it with blower or
busting machine. At least two dust
ings will be required, at an expense
of about eighty cents an acre for
each busting. 1t might be we'll to get
a supply of the arsenate now to
guard against a possible period of
waiting when. the poison is badly
needed.
Du ting should be done in the ear
ly morning or after a shower, while
the vines are wet. The mixture
sticks we'll and much of it will remain
after a heavy rain. However, it will
be necessary to robust every ter
days or two weeks as long as the
caterpillars are plentiful, to cover the
new .rowth put out by the vines. II
half the caterpillars can be poisoned
their numerous enemies will likely
take care of the other half.
Birds are naturally the enemies OF
the caterpillars, the rice-bird and the
mocking bird being especially des
tructive to them. A flock of turkeys
given the run of the field will xii
many. Lizards and wasps are als'
enemies of these destructive cater
pillars.-Agricultural News Service.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-20
,+hern Clubs and Club Women
:, Nv GARNET NOEL WILEY in Southern w0mans Magazine
ANNA FEDERATION OF WOMENS CLUBS
49, the Honor Roll of America for Conservation.

until America went a-pleasuring with
grown-up persons toy, at least let
us be glad that lovely Miami and the
farmers will profit thereby.
Club-women everywhere are vide
awake to the landscape possibilities of
these great national highways. In
those states through which both the
Dixie and the Lincoln highways run,
there has been eager interest in tree
planting and in the grouping of flow
ers. Wherever it was possible to do
so the state tree and flower have been
planted, and in many states the colors
of the Federation have been empha-
sized, as in Florida by the use of vel.
low blossoms and the green of palms.
So rich in tropical beauty is Florida,
and of such delight to motor enthu-
siasts, that other roads beside the
Dixie highway have been opened up
In the spring of 1916 work was begun
upon the first great road across the
state-the Tamiami Trail-from Tam
pa to Miami, bringing the too-isolated
west coast in closer touch with the
more populous eastern side of the pc.
ninsula. A third highway, the Mon,
treal to Miami, leading from Canada
down through the New England
States and the Shenandoah Valley
terminates at Miami, and the ole
Spanish Trail, running from Miami t.
M bile, goes from thence to New Or
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-20

last year. A giant live. oak in the
city park was chosen for the commu-
nifty tree, tree of wonderful beauty
with it's streamers of soft gray moss,
without it's Christmas decorations, but
when lighted on Chritmas Eve it was
pronounced by all the most beautiful
tree in all the land One thousand
feet of electric lights were used in
the grounds, besides the myriad multi
colored lights on the tree, exquisite
ornaments and yards and yards of
tinsel and red rope. High over all
cleaned a great electric star that
could be seen for miles and miles up
and down the beautiful Manatee Riv-
err. The tree was lighted on Christ
mas Eve and almost the entire pop
ulation of the city gathered around
it while the children of the town
marched through the streets to the
tree, singing joyous Christmas songs
The tree was lighted every night till
the dawn of the New Year, and both
afternoon and evening delightful pro-
grams were rendered throughout the
week. Baskets of food, clothing and
toys were sent out on Christmas Eve.
"This Spring we joined Manatee,
Sarasota, Palmetto and Terre Celia in
organizing the first County Fedora
ton in Florida. We have contribu.
ted TO the scholarship fund, the Girls
Canning Club and the Boys Corn
Club, also to the Children's Home So
ciety of Jacksonville"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-20
FAULTY SWEET POTATO
STORAGE PLANS
Agricultural Dept Warns
Farmers Against Pat
ented Systems.

Washington, D. c., July 18-There
is no mystery about building salts
factory storage house for sweet pota-
toes. Southern farmers who are pay
ing large prices for patented plans
and equipment alleged to provide the
only successful way of storing sweet
potat es, are being defrauded. Spec
cialists of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture whose attention
recently has been called to instances in
which farmers have paid as high as
$3.50 for sets Of plans, do not hest
tate to brand such activities as plain
humbuggery Plans of houses that
incorporate the simple principles of
storage and common sense methods of
construction, and which have proved
successful by years of careful trial,
are furnished free by the Department
of Agriculture to any farmer who will
ask for them.
Because reports have been made
and circulated in the South that stor-
age houses recommended by the De-
partment of Agriculture are not salts
factory, it is believed necessary, now
that the time to provide adequate sto-
rage for the coming harvest is at
hand, to correct such statements. One
man with plans to sell has said that
the shrinkage of sweet potatoes stor-
ed in houses designed by the Govern
ment specialists is from Is to 20 per
cent, while in houses of his design
there is practically no shrinkage. The
fallacy of such claim, Department
specialists point out, lies in the fact
that shrinkage is essential to good
keeping of the potatoes. Sweet po-
tatoes stored in the type Of house rec
commended by the Department shrink
from $40 per cent-in weight, not
bulk-by reason of evaporation Of
surplus moisture, and the type of
house Which the specialists suggest
accomplishes this by combining the
ordinary principles of good ventilation
with common sense methods of con-
struction.
Storage houses built according to
plans suggested by the Department
of Agriculture have been in use in
every State of the South for five
OF SIX years. TIC DSpetl tlliSlc ii'o
no knowledge of failure in any house
built and operated strictly according
to recommendations -Four years OF
investigation with one hundred houses
under observation showed that the av-
erage loss by decay, after an average
storage period of 124 days, was less
than 2 1-2 per cent. In determining
this loss representatives of the De-
partment personally graded the pota-
!, toes in each house-a total of 49,
900 bushels. Every potato that had
decayed spot was thrown out and
classed decayed. In every case the
, potatoes were harvested, stored and
, cared for by farmers. In the Depart
ment's own storage house at Airing
ton. Virginia, sweet potatoes stored
in October last year and removed the
latter part of June showed loss Of
less than 1 per cent.
: Farmers intending to build storage
houses should write to the Depart
5 ment of Agriculture for Farmers Bull
! letin 54S, "Storing and Marketing
, Sweet Potatoes" This bulletin gives
= plans and lists of materials needed
and also tells how to convert build
: ings such as abandoned tenant houses
into storage quarters.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-20

1, .d will never grow up"
E'Oang wife. "He has bought
go Gntsr When he knew we
p pa jitt@and what is an auto
| |srw Va but a grown person S
!. ,.aq Yet it is to these
sn s'ot to the voice of the far
Y !,p pa't that the United States tate
rng g11coIn and the Dixie .9 high !;
\ Li n to the automobile, and an!
IT, y the " automobile, that ! MI J.
|p;d, ' owes the fact that 1t is 5
k t,ur' terminus of three great
highways! ,r;,,,; was not.
\ i s wasn't of sufficient impor-
Luke ~ I a stable dot on an av.
Ia man. To-day it is one OF the
| RPc Fairgrounds of America a
|t ttnl 20 Of palms" OF Of &c course U4or:
H. recent development .l besldt
/ highway William
| BRYAN and other pr0 ,n en- !
Eei III for INSTANCE; but butt tn n
H. WAS the factor that perma
|e ~ Td' Miami as a Southern
/ 'f for highways, and if there re- i:
bi tie in the thought TT tina :,
bur-, jIeans-clad farmers S., Jog 81, \
/ of town over roots and gul
4 never thought of good road
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-20
Milk Is a Good Food.

Milk is a liquid food. 1t is also a
beverage, but beverage is so often
thought of as only a liquid to quench
thirst. For this reason, milk should
be placed in the food classification.
Compared with eggs, one pint Of milk
has the same food value as four eggs,
for a pint of milk contains 800 food
units and each egg has 80 food units.
All Of which means that if you are
eating eggs that cost thirty cents
dozen, you could afford to pay thirty
cents for three pints of milk, as far as
food value is concerned. Yet, few
milk consumers pay that much for
milk, and few city jewellers can buy
eggs for thirty cents dozen.
Milk will not support life continu-
auslv for an adult, but will for an in
FAINT. Adults must have bread and
cereals and vegetables and fruits and
these with milk will make balanced
diet, says Miss Agnes Ellen Harris of
the University of Florida extension
division. If you want to have break
down in health, adopt the following
foods for your main diet and ignore
vegetables and fruits: Fat pork, corn
bread, potatoes, -four gravy, molasses
and coffee.
These are all good foods, but nature
demands fruits and vegetables. Milk
should be given to children at every
meal, but once a day will keep them
from nhvsical deterioration. Eggs
and meat should not be eaten oftener
than once a day unless a man is en-
gagged in the hardest physical labor
Agricultural News Service.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-20

leans and on westward to the Pacific
Coast.
In and about Miami are the most
beautiful tropical parks in America,
and torty-eight miles south of the city
Is the Royal Palm State Park, the
property Of the Florida Federation of
Women's Clubs-the only state park
IN America to be controlled by an Or
ganlzation of women.
One of Florida's scientists. DR..
Charles Simpson, of Little River, ad-
Vances the theory that ages ago the
entire lower part of Florida was sub
merged, and only Paradise Key, or is
lahd, as the park was once called,
stood above the water. He believes
/ that birds and ocean currents brought
to its shores the seeds which have re-
suited in tropical growth of varied
beauty such as few places anywhere
On the globe have produced There are
countless species Of ferns in the park,
some Of them rearing fronds six and
seven feet high. Of orchids alone
tips. ook-+rone from which bana Iona
~ray 6aards Of ! SUnn Tip ns isas ,vng
trccs and tb % oii"t rovn 0 na n fyon
which the park derives its name, all
n,nSt h 90 bIs4ed hafora se eve s tbe nn
tive s' Foi TS1e" da oao 70 even van ,n IN
ward.
HrrfOrS ord tourists would have
made short " work o0 of o This T tpea " of
h"t ta wealth ' had not MRS William
sherman sherman Jennings 'I ST. the O energetic Pres
dent IjlI ''''' Of Thee the Florida I Federation
thronrb her HnSoIfish efforts persuad.
de- de- the the II State Sta Legisjature Of 1915 to
Mace This mark in the care Of the club
women This WAS NOT done until a
trort Of oanal size had been secured
nv +ha women for agricultural devel.
o or and even now thew are bat,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-20
MAKE BANK HAUL
Yeggs Drill Thru 12-Inch Vault
Wall and Get $4,000.
Silent Job, Not Discovered I'm
til Bank Opened at S A. Nj.

Chicago, Dec. 20.-Burglars drilled
thru a twelve-inch steel and concrete
wall into the vault of the Summit State
bank at Summit, Ill, about fifteen
miles west of here, early today and
stole more than $41,0OO in cash and
currency.
The money was contained in two
suit cases, one of which held about
$4,000 and the other $4,000. The
burglars overlooked another suit case
containing 100000.
The robbery took place between
11:3O and 8 o'clock this morning. A
policeman inspected the bank at the
former hour and found nothing un-
usual Officials discovered the loss
at the latter hour.
Entrance was made thru the rear
wall, directly into the vault. The bur-
glars left several hammers, chisels
and crowbars behind.
H. Kilgore. president of the bank, is
also vice-president of the State bank
at La Grange, Ill, which was held
up and robbed by bandits of more
than $4,000 last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-20
WAR END NEXT SEPT.
SAYS MESSAGE IN
CHINESE TANG JAR

( New York, Dec. 20.-The war will
end in September. 1918, after an
American general has done wonder
full things" on the French front. ac-
cording to a Chinese prediction just
received here.
Parish Watson & Co, Chinese art
importers, $50 Fifth avenue. just re-
ceived a large Tang jar, valued at
5000, last week. The jar was made
about 1000 years ago. When it was
unpacked, a piece of blue paper was
found at the bottom upon which were
four rows of Chinese characters which
when translated read:
Some day one American young and
famous general will achieve wonderful
things in the front of France, and this
great world war wilI be ended in Sep
temper. 1918"
1t is supposed the prediction was
made by some Chinese scholar" or
philosopher, and was placed in the jar
before it was packed for shipment at
Hankow, China. last summer.