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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-12
ENTENTE FORCES MAKING BIG ADVANCE OF WAR
ARRIVES
 TO FIX THE CABLE

ter for the operations of the Burn side Yesterday afternoon it was rough in the harbor but this morning, the wind died down and this afternoon the water is almost as smooth as glass.
 Provided all connections are made as predicted above, The Gateway should begin to receive it's regular press service tomorrow For the sports, The Gateway will undoubtedly get the results of today's baseball game at Chicago between the Giants and the White Sox of the sixth game, provided one or the other are not in too great a lead. For other readers of The Gateway, the general news will be received and We will again be in com munication with the world events and doings.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-12
LIBERTY DAY COMING

e WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, CDe- layed).-Wednesday, October 24, will be celebrated throughout the
 nation as Liberty Day, with ap- propriate patriotic observances.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
SEEDS
JOHN RECK g SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
AIRMAN is Still
LIVING IN MINDS
OF HIS COMRADES
Balls Belief That He Bore
Charmed Life Is Shared by
English Army.

British Headquarters in France via
London, May 15.-One of the chief
topics of conversation along the
whole British front this week has
been the disappearance of Capt. AL
bert Ball, the star airman of the Bri-
fish army. He was last seen at Lens
between $3.50 and p. m, on Mon
day. At that time he was engaged
with three German machines.
He was not seen to fall, however,
and no word has been heard thus far
from the German Aerial Corps as to
whether he was killed or captured.
This is unusual, as the rival air SER
vices primarily notify each other
promptly by messages dropped from
airplanes of the fate of men who have
met with mishaps
In less than year Capt. Ball had
become one of the heroes of the war.
Every soldier in the British army
knows scores of stories about his
proves and his dexterity in the air.
Both he and his friends in the aerial
corps had a fatalistic belief that he
bore a charmed life and could not
be killed while flying. Even now the
army believes this charm holds and
that he is a prisoner, having merely
caught an unlucky bullet in some vi
tai part Of his machine, forcing him
down within the enemys line.
Capt. Ball had received the distin-
guished service medal with two bars
and also the military cross. He lived
in Nottingham. When he first enter
ed the army he was with the Sher-
wood Foresters. He celebrated his
10th birthday a shart time ago.
The missing aviator was Of the type
of mere boys who make up the flying
corps, entire squadrons frequently
averaging only FL years Of age. He
was taken back to England last Fall
for a rest after living made most
brillint record in the Somme fighting,
when the British first gained mastery
Of the air. He came back to France
only about a fortnight ago, and be-
gan a new year of work with even
more notable performances than be-
fore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
Borden, Canada's Premier

AS the Premier of Canada during
the world-war, Sir Robert Laird Bor-
den, who will next month celebrate
his sixty-third birthday. has been
called upon to face problems more
momentous and difficult than have
fallen to the lot of any of his prede-
cessors The Nova Scotia barrister
who has been guiding the fortunes of
the Dominion through the great con-
flict was born in Grand Pre- in 1854.
and he has brought to his task a
long experience in statesmanship.
The Dominion, which will soon
celebrate it's fiftieth anniversary, has
enlisted the services as Prime Minis
ter of some of the ablest statesmen
of modern times and among them
none is more able than Premier Bor-
den. In looking back, the name of
Sir John A. Macdonald, the first pre-
mier of the federated Provinces, is
another which will live forever on
Canadian history. When the union
of British America was affected in
1857, Macdonald, a native of Scot
land, headed the first ministry. Dur
ing his first administration Sir John
had to cope with the Fenian raids of
1870, when the militia had to be call
eQ OUT 10 suppress ClSIuI OclCtS. L ne
first Riel rebellion in the northwest,
in the same year, also required the
| sending of military force for its
suppression Sir Johns ministry fell
in 1874, following charges of corrup-
ton in connection with the Canadian
Pacific Railway project.
His successor was Alexander Mac
| kenzie, another son Of Scotland, who
had been a stonemason in his youth.
He remained at the head of Canadian
affairs until 1878, when Sir John A.
Macdonald was returned to power.
| Mackenzie was a. most modest man
and refused knighthood:' Sir John
remained Premier until his death in
1881. During his second administra-
/ ton he was called upon to suppress
another rebellion led by Louis Riel,
who was captured and executed. Sir
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott was the
next Premier Of Canada, and ne, In
turn, was succeeded IN 1892, by Sill
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
PLAN FIREbALLS
TODESTROY CROPS
ON GERMAN SOIL
Lord Calthorpe Proposes
Dropping These in Fields
from Aerop1anes.

Birmingham. England, May 15.-
A plan to destroy the German crops
by setting them on fire by means OF
fireballs dropped from Entente air
planes is suggested by Lord Cal
thorpe, a former member of the Bri-
fish army who has given much
thought to. the food situation brought
about by this war. Lord Calthorpe
married a daugher of Ogden Holman
Burrows of Newport, r. I.
Lord Calthorpe's proposal, made
known through letters to the news
papers in London and other cities OF
England, has attracted a great deal
of attention. While many methods
foT bringing Germanys to terms by
the starvation route have been sug-
gested, no such theory as Lord Cal
thorpe's had before been preached.
Tin the Rhine valley and districts
within reach of our aircraft" he
writes, there are vast tracts of land
planted with grain the fields touching
one another, and without fences or
hedges. Similar conditions exist neal
the Russian frontier OF Germany and
in the plains Of Hungary.
"Fireba1ls dropped from airplanes
would, if properly constructed, des-
troy thousands of acres as the crops
become much dried than in England
and with Httel risk to the inhabi-
tants, otherwise non-combatants, as
cottage and farm buildings among the
fields are rare.
"a suitable firebaI could soon be
devised and manufactured by our ex-
Eperts, but it. is imperative, however
that the necessary experiments and
plans are made. quickly, as the Ger
man harvests are earlier than ours
There is therefore no time to be lost
Lord Calthorpe says that, as it has
become a question as to which coun.
try starves first, Germany or Eng
land, it Is Important that the Entente
allies lose no time in fastening the
destruction of the German crops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
Sidelights on the War

It is, of course, only natural that
during the great conflict in Europe
men should be fighting against ma
tons which, before the war, they
almost regarded as a second home!
The case of families fighting each
other is very common, particularly
among the crowned heads, who are
all more. or less related to each 9th
er- A rather unfortunate case is that
OF Pierre Lott, the famous author,
whose real name Is Louis Marie Ju-
lien Vianni and who is a captain of
the French navy. When the war
broke out he had been on the retir-
ed list for several years but at once
offered his services to his govern
ment He was in charge Of one of
the vessels which operated in the
Dardane11es- Pierre Lott has just
celebrated his sixty-seyenth birthday.
He has been one OF the immortals
Of the French Academy for nearly a
quarter OF a century 1t Ia strange
freak of fate which makes him the
foe of Turkey, as he has for long
years been an admirer of Turkey and
the Turks and has lived in Constants
nop1e. which up to the time of the
outbreak Of the conflict, was regard
ed as his second home. He has time
ana again QG1ended 1n6 NOSieu1S
against the charges Of atrocity and
cruelty which have always been made
against them. The great novelist be-
1isyes that his friends the enemy were
forced into an alliance, with Germany
much against their will and that the
day Is rapidly approaching when they
will repent Of having espoused the
Teuton cause and will come over to
the side Of the Allies. Ever since the
! declarations of war went back and
forth across Europe, Pierre Lott has
been using his powerful pen TO point
out to the Turks the error of their
ways. He entered the French navy
fifty years ago and has seen service
in minor campaigns. His first book
was published in. 1875 and, although
| actively engaged as naval officer,
he found time to write novels which
won for him the highest honor pos
| sible to man of letters, admission
to the select, company of the Forty
1mmorta1s OF the French Academy.
It was during his travels that he first
learned to know and admire things
Turkish. He has called Turkey his
second fatherland, but when the war
came he was quick to offer his SER
vices to his first father1and, brave
France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
ITALIAN COMMISSION
TO BE INVITED HERE,

President Wilson last night received
a message of appreciation from the
federated Italian societies Of this city
for his action in a11ying America on
the side of the Entente Allies and a
pledge of support in future emergency.
The telegram was formulated after
the 20 local societies had gathered in
mass meeting at Columbus Boys club
hall for the purpose of arranging a
visit from the Italian commission soon
to visit America
The committee to invite the COM
mission includes Pasquale A1tieri, ed
dior of La Sentinella; Joseph Cubelli,
oyster commissioner; DR.. John For
MITCHELL, head of the Italian Red Cross
society in Bridgeport: Louis ]. Spalla,
Louis H CocoZZa and g. Petruccelli
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15

John Sparrow David Thompson. The
latter died suddenly and tragically in
England, at Windsor Castle, after two
years as Premier of Canada. The
reins of government were then taken
up by Sir Mackenzie Powell, a native
of England. He was followed by Sir
Charles Upper. In 1895 Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, the brilliant and able French
Canadian, succeeded to the Premier
ship. He was the first man Of
French blood to hold the post OF
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15

lies will be glad to buy corn meal and
hominy. Remember that another acre
Of corn won't cost much mare to raise
and 1t will be up to you to do your
bit to raise it. Remember that flint
corn can be planted as late as the first
week in June Remember that your
County Agent can tell you where seed
may be bought. Grow an extra acre
of corni
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
EMPLOYEES OF STOCK
EXCHANGE FIRST TO
GET INTO BAGDAD

London, May members Of the
London Stock Exchange were the
first troops to enter BagdAd. The
stockholders were headed by one of
their most prominent members, now
major in their regiment. The old
er members Of the Exchange assem-
bled on the floor the. other day were
told of the exploits Of the younger
business rivals by Field Ma4--ial Lord
Grenfe1l
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
PRAISE WOMAN sewHrrE WINGS,

London. May 15.-The trial squad
OF three hundred women street clean
ers who have been on duty in Lon
don for the past two months has done
its work most Satisfactorily ac-
cording to an official report, and it
is proposed to increase its member
ship Immediately.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
CHILD KILLED BY PATROL
ANSWERING STRIKE CALI.

Waterbury, May 15.-Mary Kelly, a
three-year-old child, was almost in
stantly killed yesterday afternoon
when the police patrol, loaded with
policemen who were hurrying out
East Main street in response to a
strike call, ran over her. Five police
men. were slightly hurt in the acct
dent
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
HEARS COMPENSATION CASES.

Compensation Commissioner Buck
ingham yesterday heard four cases in
Stamford. They were Samuel Hat
zeas against the Yale & Towne Mfg.
Co.; Abraham Menclovitz against
Richards & Co.; Michael Nanery vs.
to the Stamford Mfg. Co. and Michael
Ezlindark VS.. the stamford Rolling
Mills Co
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15

Prime Minister of Canada, It was
during his administration that Canada
first took part in the defense of the
Empire by sending troops to South
Africa. Sir Robert L. Borden, his
successor has been called upon to
follow this policy to a far greater ex-
tent. s@
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15
STUDENTS GROW PoTAToEs

Liverpool, May Students of
Liverpool College are planting and
caring for a potato farm covering fiji
teen acres, one of the largest potato
farms in the vicinity OF Liverpool.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-15

The War Department and the De-
partment OF Agriculture are IN dis
pute over army rations.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
MISS RUTH HARRIS
ENTERTAINED WITH DANCE

On last Wednesday evening Miss
Ruth Harris entertained d few
friends at her home on Main St.
Dancing was enjoyed until a late
hour, punch was served throughout
the evening BY Miss Kate Harris.
Those enjoying the hospitality Of
Miss Harris were Misses Mary
Lizzie Forester, Jewel Fouche,
Tvey Lee Bass, Annie Laurie Bunk
ley, Mrs. Bertha Jossey, DR.. and
Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Tharpe, Messrs.
Heath, Johnson, Powell, y.
Forester, Cassels Harris, Eng
fish, Mr.. Simpson Of Warwick,
Messrs. Martin and Jernigan Of Al
bany.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16

Atlanta, Ca, March. ~ Especial. -
The real seriousness OF other cotton
pests and diseases with which the
Georgia farmer has to deal, as well as
his own financial problem. should not
be overshadowed or overlooked by at
tention alone to the Mexican cotton
boil weevil
Likewise the farmer should not place
too much hope in the recent severe
cold weather. says the Georgia State
Board Of Entomology; for while It
killed some Of them, 1t also left plen-
ty of them to continue their destruc-
tive work.
It is the farmer who conducts the
well-directed, all around fight, over
looking no important OF essential
problem, who is going to win; and he
is told how to do it in new bulletin
on "Cotton Growing in Georgia in
Spite Of the Boil Weeyil," by Ira w.
williams. cotton specialist, and Just
issued by the Georgia Board Of Ento-
mology.
While this bulletin tells the Geor-
gia farmer how he may successfully
retain cotton as his cash money crop,
it shows him that considerably more
than merely a fight on the boil wee
vii is necessary to do 1t.
A Destructive Pest
In some parts of Georgia nematode
worms, producing destructive root
knot. are almost as bad as the boil
weevil. The only known remedy Is
rotation with crops immune to nema'
tode. Iron or Brabham peas, velvet
beans and peanuts are the only legum
inous crops which may be used sue
cessfuIly to build up the soil without
multiplying nematode or root knot
which may just as effectively destroy
q field Of cotton as the boil weevil
Another disease almost equally de
structive in many sections, Is wilt OF
black root. Wherever wilt occurs the
farmer should certainly take the pre-
caution to plant a wfltresistant vari
ETY., one Of the varieties propagateC
by the State Board Of Entomology
More than half the fight depends or
the right variety Of seed, the Object
being to get a variety that viii ne
the grower the largest amount pei
acre. It should be free from disease
and well adapted to the particular sec
ton. Varieties that thrive well il
other states and other sections will mo-
give the same results when planted
in your section. Write the Board o
Entomology for bulletin No. 46 OF
variety Tests conducted in various
sections OF the state.
For anthraenose do not plant seeC
from any infected field. for this dis
ease is carried in the seed. Fo
Black Arm, OF angular leaf spot, par
ticularly in Sea Island cotton, trea
the seed With bot water Of With coz
. . -
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
LABOR AGENT is
CAUGHT in TURNER

Triton, Ga, March Il. "A labor
agent who has been working among
the negroes in this section for sew.
eral weeks was captured Just over
the Turner county line late yester-
day by |. NJ. II. Fletcher, I. \.
Fletcher and ] G.. Highsmith, Of
Cbula. The agent was holding a
secret meeting in a negro church
when the white men burst in the
door.
It is alleged the agent has been
telling negroes that Southern white
men Cypress them and that il they
will go North they will get rich
quick and be on equal basis with
other races The agent jumped
through window and rqn but was
captured. after a llalf-mile chase,
Ind taken to the Sycamore Jail.
Turner county superior court is
in session and the. agent will be
given a speedy trial.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
BOIL WEEVIL PLENTIFUL
AROUND EDISON ALREADY

Edison, March IA. Notwith-
standing the unprecedented cold
weather d, February the boll'weevils
Of this section promise to be ready
for their devastation before the cot.
ton is ready Many Of the farmers
of this section who expected to plant
cotton on certain ground are chang
ing their minds about it when they
find 20 many boil weevils imbeded
a few inches below the surface Of
the grouad. They are being seen
now as the pillow turns them up or
as they fly about.
One weevil having survived the
winter in the country, rode into
town a few days ago on the wind
shield of Z. M. Killingswortll's car
The boil weevil seems to be able
to take care Of himself.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
GEORGIA FARMERS MUST FIGHT
OTHER PESTS BESIDES WEEvlL

rosive sublimate diluted, one part 70
1000 of water
Must Watch Them All
Attention must be given to each
Of these problems wherever they ex-
list. If there were no boil weevil at
all cotton might be destroyed over
large areas by these diseases.
The time for the spring fight against
the weevil is at hand Those who
cleared their fields of stalks in the fall
will profit by it. When cotton comes up
the weevil emerges from winter quar-
ters and begins feeding on the tender
shoots. Catch and kill all Of them pos
sible. Infested squares will appear first
near the winter quarters; such squares
should be picked and burned UP to
July.
All cotton should be planted as early
as weather and ground conditions will
permit. All of II should be planted at
the same time. 1t should be early
maturing and wilt-resistant It should
be well fertilized, especially with MI
trogen; also phosphates and, where
available, with potash.
DIVersification tnportanG
Also. plant less cotton. Practice d.
versification. Get rid of diseases in
the soil by planting other crops: corn
and velvet beans make finely bal
anced ration for animals, and there is
no better quick cash money crop than
cattle and hogs. Every farmer should
have his own cattle and hogs and use
| the manure on his fields. Every farm
er should have his own home garden.
rotating it as he does his fields, and
thus cut down his living expense.
In the Sea Island sections the board
advises that the same general rules
be followed as in growing short sta
ple There is no reason to believe
there should be any difference what
ever in the method of treatment Plant
the earliest fruiting varieties that can
be obtained. Do NOT plant short sta
ple cotton in Sea Island territory.
Cross breeding is practically sure to
iniure the long staple. II you must
disregard this injunction, at least dc
not plant short cotton anywhere near
the long. 1t will spell disaster
Can Make As Much Cotton
The farmer who will get good pedt
greed seed, of a variety well adapted
to his section, plant it on good land
fertilize It well, give it frequent shall
low cultivation, forcing it to fruitage
nv July Is or August ], will make
about as much cotton per plow on his
reduced acreage as on the larger acre
age with the old methods.
II these methods are persistently
practiced. cotton will continue to be
the cash money crop Of Georgia. Write
for this bulletin, No. AZ. to the Geor
gia State Board Of Entomology, State
i Capitol. Atlanta. There are many
things in It you should know; study
and apply them. Or, II there is any
other information you wish, write foI
it and it will be sent you promptly
i It is the aim and purpose Of the board
to keep you up to the minute in com
batting all pests and insects which st
tack plants % trees
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
WoOdmen
Attended Convention

nv is well represented at the
invention Of tile w. o. W.,
convened at Americas today,
delegation going over this
&. DR.. A. W. Wood. DR..
Smith, Messrs. =. Fl. Heidi
r. NIize went as delegates
Iedar Camp and they were
anied by a large number Of
MEMBERS of the lodge Mr.. S.
export. one of the delegates,
Pble to go today, but will at
! convention tomorrow. The
Voodmen are planning to
he carnival now at Ampri-
e next week. The Albany
Nv. and Citizens Band was
/ to furnish the music for
tie convention. but the
lis Woodmen decided to en-
and there and the Albany
d not go. -Albany Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
CATTLE BEING SHIPPED
FROM Lee COUNTY

Lee County has shipped great
numberof hogs and cattle for which
we have not been given credit. Mr..
A. ". Barrett has shipped 8 cars
Of cattle from his farm 8 miles
southwest Of I.eesburg. Mr.. Jno.
D. Little has shipped u great many
Registered hogs. Two weeks ago
he shipped twenty, all less than i
year old. These brought an average
Of $500 each. Stovall 4 Yeoman
will soon ship a carload Of meat
hogs, and buyers from other sec
tons are seen here nearly every
day.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
|SAAL SHOOTS
and KILLS NEGRO

Isburg, Ca, March 10. Tom
ION, a negro, was shot and in-
" killed here Saturday night
Ity Marshal John A. Forester.
b warrants from Sumter coun-
larging burglary, had been is
Marshal Forester had been
Ia by a white man that the
was a dangerous character
9lat he had BETTER be careful.
lled upon w. e. Smith to as
IN in making the arrest.
negro submitted to the ar
huietly until the guard house
reached. At this point he
ed the officer down, jumped
b., and took away his club.
@mith pulled the negro off, but
away from him and made
sr pass at the officer, who
Twice with his revolver.
Albany Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
Mr.. W. I. JACKSON
PLANTS WATERMELONS

.
Mr.. w T Jackson, a well-known
farmer Of Lee county, is having 20
acres Of land prepared for planting
watermelons this spring In order
to reduce a small acreage Of cotton,
Mr.. Jackson has bought fine. Wat
son seed which he hopes VIII give
him Il good yield this year He il
using all home made fertilizers for
raising melons, He expects 70 sell
melons to buyers on the tracks at
Century when they are ready for
the market.
His father, MrlDudiey Jackson,
now deceased, was the first farmer
who ever shipped a. car Of water
melons from Lee county. He raised
them on Ely's place some 40 years
ago.
For the first time ID years, Mr.
Jackson decides to plant melons this
year as 1t is understood that the re-
cent freeze damaged alarge acreage
Of early melons in many points Of
Florida.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-16
675, 900 Crack Shots Would Answer
War Call.

Philadelphia, March 12-675, 900
crack trap shooters will answer the
nations war c9ll if it comes, ac-
cording 10 abatement here today by
Charles Henry Newcomb, National
amateur champion trap shooter of
the United States Pennsylvania
alone could furnish about 10000 Of
them, he said.