davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-07-24

other insects that are favored by
hot, dry weather. The only con-
troll factors during drought periods
are parasitic insects, because they
are commonly most prevalent dur
ing an outbreak of lice, and of
course, must be scarce prior to and
during the early days of the out
break. This was particularly true
during the present outbreak of the
pink and green tomato aphid. At
the present time the parasites are
very active, including the spotted
lady beetle and her orange and
blue spotted larvae, which are
about one-half inch long; also a
little fly known as the aphid fly
which punctures and deposits an
egg in the back Of the mother
aphid, causing her to swell and be-
come pale gray color. The larvae
of this fly eats hole thorugh the
back of the aphic. Another para
site quite active this season is the
lace winged fly. A fourth one is
the Surplus fly. The larvae of the
latter may be found on the under
side of the tomato leaves as a small
footless grub. The greatest enemy
of the lice is rain. This not only
prevents. the migration of the
winged female lice but it also des-
tributes the fungus parasites
which control the outbreak.
Control Measures
On small plants, six to nine
inches high, control by spraying is
not difficult if the work is done
thoroughly. This requires at least
three nozzles to the row, and a
pressure of 125-150 pounds, and
the application of fully 100 gallons
to the acre. When the plants are
twelve to fifteen inches high and
considerably branched we can not
expect to control more than IS per-
cent of the lice at one spraying be-
cause of the difficulty of the spray
reaching the under side of the
leaves. The following formula is
easily prepared and is recommend
ed: two-fifths of pint of Black
Leaf 40, or one-half pint of any 80
percent nicotine solution. 5 pounds
of Fels Soap Powder and 100
gallons of water. Gold Dust may
be substituted for els Soap Pow
der, using 8 pounds in 100 gallons
of water. To control the lice it is
necessary to cover them thorough
ly with the spray.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-07-24
History of the Insect

L Hlo pCSl was HIS ulSCONereu III
Florida in 1882 on the. wild pep
per vine, one of the potato family.
1t did some injury in 1905 in Ma
hone Bay, Canada. In 1906 it caus-
ed some severe injury to potatoes
near Holson, Maine. Since that
time it has appeared in several
sections of the country, but prob
ably most seriously in potato fields
near Cincinnati, Ohio, in early
June, 1917, where it received the
name of "Kaiser Bug" Last year
it was reported doing severe dam
age in several counties in Mary
land. This season it has appeared
in the districts from northern
Delaware throughout the entire
peninsula, causing considerable
damage, chiefly on tomatoes. Sew
eral fields have sustained losses of
fifty per cent or more. The great
est amount of injury has been
caused upon the small totmato
plants, those from eight to twelve
inches in height. On larger plants
the parasites seem to control the
aphid very well. 1t is very prob
able that this aphid was very pre-
valent on late potatoes last year,
although no specimens were sent
in to the Station, and none of the
workers reported the presence of
the louise.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-07-24
TOMATO CROP THREATENED
BY INSECT


Farmers in this locality have ex-
perienced much anxiety owing to
the prevalence Of the green and
pink lice upon tomatoe + in Della
ware. The lateness of discovery
of the outbreak has found many
farmers wholly unprepared for the
control of the lice, and they are in
search for economic means of con-
troll. Many fields of tomatoes have
been severely injured, holding
them back two or three weeks. The
plants have become so crippled
that they will not recover well.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

nitude. In the 1906 convention at
Buffalo, when Murphy was scheming
to nominate Hearst for Governor, the
state committee split and it was Nc
Cabe's vote which gave the Hearst
Murphy faction the power of unseating
delegates opposed to naming the pub
Usher.
The late Senator Thomas F. Grady,
who was chairman of the committee on
contested seats, and who unwillingly
did the bidding of Murphy and Hearst,
said after the delegates had been ousted
and Hearst men put in their place:
This is the dirtiest days work l ever
did in my life"
McCabe Picturesque Figure
If Murphy should succeed in elimi-
mating McCabe from politics, one of the
most picturesque figures will fade from
public life. McCabe's nickname sug-
gests to those who don't know him the
old ward politician type. On the con-
trary, he is soft spoken and-to quote
line from Ex-Governor Glynn's de-
fence of him when he appointed him
Conservation Commissioner-"a better
read man than most of his critics"
He has been a power in state politics
Tor nearly thirty years, and is the only
leader in the Democratic machine who
has dared to address Boss Murphy as
other than "Chief" or commissioner" ."
McCabe, who regards Murphy as a cum
ming and fortunate politicaster, always
Murphy did not like this, and now
McCabe is about to feel the power of
the Tigers paw. There are others who
have also been marked for slaughter,
but they are of lesser size than the vet
eran Albany leader.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
James III. Hyde Wins
Divorce i'm Paris
Disagreements Between For
mer Equitable Official and
Wife Arose Over War

The French courts have issued a de
cree of divorce to James Hazen HYDE.
once president of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, from Martha
Leishman Hyde, daughter of John G..
A. Leishman, formerly American Am
bassador to Berlin, according to word
which reached this city yesterday from
Paris.
Mr.. Hyde, who has been resident
of Paris for many years. was ardently
pro- French, while his wife, because Of
her long stay in Berlin, had a strong
personal attachment to Germany. It
was out of this incompatbilitv, en-
gendered by the war, that the divorce
grew.
Mr.. Hyde has given his former wife
$4,000 outright and a trust fund ere
ated for her will yield $4,000 a year
for life. The couple were married five
to divide his time equally between
his father and mother.
Miss Martha Lelshman was married
twice, the first time to Count Louis de
Gontaut- Biron in Paris in 1904. She
brought suit for divorce against him
three years later, but the count died
before the act. was tried. Mr.. Hvde
is son of t c late Henry r. HYDE.
for many yea1s president of the Equi-
table. When the father died the SON
became president of the organiza-
ton, resigning at the time of the
Hughes insurance investigation in 1905.
The Legion of Honor decoration was
given him by. the French government
for his establishment of French
lectureship at Harvard University, and
he has devoted most of his time in
France to the study Of French litera-
ture and education. He recently was
made a major of the Red Cross.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Gleason Says Labor
Will Control England
Conscription of Wealth Is De-
clared Main Plank of
Partv's Platform

Arthur Gleason, a writer on socio-
logical questions, speaking at the
Ethical Culture meeting house yester-
dsy, declared the aim of the British
Labor party was the contiscaton of all
fortunes over $4,000. the surplus wealth
to be utilized in the education of the
people and in old age and non-employ-
ment insurance. He predicted the
Labor party would be in control of
the British government within ten
years.
This war has just seen the con-
scription Of a population in great
and just cause" he said, :"but the
British Labor party contends property
is no mere sacred than life and can
be conscripted to meet the common
good. Its members advocate conscrip-
ton of virtually every fortune over
$4,000 and want the surplus wealth of
the nation expended In giving educa-
ton to the people and providing non
employment and old-age pensions.
"The question of self government of
the worker in industry is an important
one. and already some of the large
manufacturers are realizing it."
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
"Scout" Shot in Fight
To Prevent Suicide
Jersey Youngster Tried to "Do
His Duty" He Says
In Dying GASP

SOUTH ORANGE, N. j., Dec. l.
Gordon Seyfried, twelve-year- old son of
John Seyfried, of 40 Richmond Ave
nue., this place, died to-day trying to
do his duty as Boy Scout" as he
put it.
Passing room in his parents home
occupied by Pauline Suckfelt, maid,
the boy saw that she had revolver in
her hand which she was pointing at her
breast. He entered and tried to wrest
the weapon from her. 1t was dis
charged, the bullet passing diagonally
through her breast and into the boys
throat.
81 saw her with the pistol" he man
aged to gasp, "and I tried to do nv
duty as a Boy Scout. When | tried to
take the revolver away it went off and
something hit me in the throat"
The young woman was taken to Me-
mortal Hospital, Orange 1t is believed
her wound is fatal. She said that her
hance had left her and she had in
tended to inAict a slight wound on her
self IN order to arouse his sympathy
and bring him back. She is under mr.
rest, charged with attempted suicide
and horsicide. Mr. Seyfried is a civil
engineer, with Offices in Ney York.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Memorial in Queens
Hcnors Heroic Dead
Hundreds of Relatives and
Friends of Men Who Died
Attend Unveiling

A memorial to the eighty or more
officers and enlisted men Of Queens
who died in military service was ded-
icated yesterday afternoon at Highland
Park, Queens, by Albert c. Benninger
Commissioner of Parks in Queens.
Five hundred persons were present at
the memorial services, many of whom
were relatives and friends of the dead
men.
The memorial tablet. which is about
ten feet high and is made entirely of
trees cut in the park, was unveiled by
the son OF Major Charles G. Baird, who
was Killed in action in France. Major
balrd's son also read the list of names
that appear on the honor roll of the
memorial. Ex-senator Bernard M. Pat
ten spoke on the service that the Amer
lcan soldiers had rendered, and said
their names would go down in history
for all time.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Hotel Men Accede
Under Protest to
Phone Call Order
Rate Cut to S Cents Pending
Outcome of Injunction
Against Burleson

The price of telephone calls from ho-
tells was reduced to s cents yesterday
in accordance with the order of Post
master General Burleson. The hotel
men acceded to the order under pro-
test, and Charles j. Campbell, their
counsel, declared injunction proceed
lngs would be instituted at once
"Burleson seeks to put hotel tele-
phone stations on the same basis as
public stations in saloons and cigar
stores" Mr.. Campbell said an the
5-cent pay stations the telephone COM
pany installs the instruments and other
equipment without charge and gives
tie store commission of 10 to 20 per
cent Of business done. In hotels the
proprletors are compelled to install
all equipment and also are charged
rental for instruments and switch
boards.
IF the Postmaster General desires
hotels to come under the same rules
as scent stations, telephone companies
should furnish equipment without
charge and pay commissions on the
store basis"
The proposed injunction proceedings
Will cite two grounds: That the Post
master General has exceeded his au-
thority and that the order, in effect.
compels hotels to furnish telephone
service at loss.
In acceding to the order the hotel
men are trying to avoid unnecessarily
inconveniencing the public, Mr.. Camp
bell said.
1t was announced last night by the
association that if the hotels had per-
sisted in their refusal to comply with
Mr.. Burleson's order all telephone ser
vice in every hotel would have been
cut off Immediately, and it would have
been from ten to. thirty days before
it could be restored.
Having obtained legal advice that
compliance with the order would not
jeopardize their rights in court, the
hotel men decided to submit tempo
rarily Thomas D. Green, president of
the ASSOCIATION, asserted permanent
compliance with the order would
mean an annual loss of $75O,O00 to
hotels in New York City.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
AmericaniZation
Campaign Opened
BY Security League
Bolshevism and Socialism
Will Be Fought Among
the Aliens Here
Ry BRIGGS

The National Security League de-
clared war yesterday upon Bolshevism
and un-American socialism, announc
ing the establishment of a committee
on naturalization and citizenship and
on constitution and national integrity
to conduct the campaign.
Henry L. West, the leagues execu-
tive secretary, outlined its programme
as follows:
The league ought to endeavor to
secure the repeal of laws which allow
resident, not wholly naturalized, to
vote, and there ought to be a time
limit set upon the immigrant in
which he is to learn our language or
depart. The work of turning our con-
glomerate population into a thor
oughly American citizenship is worthy
OF the best efforts the league can put
forth.
I'VE ought to combat in the strong
est possible manner the great ten
dency toward socialism by explaining
to the people, through the printed and
spoken word, the fact that socialism
is an unsafe foundation upon which
to rest, and that its leaders are not
men who can be trusted to conduct
the government
"ln view of the fact that we are
tending more and more toward direct
government instead of representative
government, it is important that the
league endeavor to present the ideals
of citizenship under our Constitution ),
Former Congressman Martin W.
Llttleton will address the LEAGUES
Tying squadron" of soap box patri-
otlc orators at their weekly speak
ers' Plattsburg" at the Bar Assoc;a-
ton, AZ West Forty-fourt Street
this evening. y
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

Dor, he said, had gained advantages
during the war
But" said he, "what the devil does
Mr. Barr and his type think we made
al! these sacrifices in the war for?"
The statement that working people
are striking to secure overtime he said
was untrue. They are striking, he said,
because during the period of overtime,
and consequently high wages, the basic
rates were not raised, until now, with
the necessity for overtime gone, the
workers find themselves in receipt Of
wages fixed in 1916, and too low to
maintain proper standard of life
!, I'VE propose" he went on, "to have
the people of this country Americans
IN spirit and in fact. We want spirit
of Americanism, the language of our
country to be the language of the peo-
PIE OF our country. In my judgment,
there must be developed an intense
nationality in every country, and every
man and woman should have an aspira-
ton for international relations and in
ternational idealism."
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Gompers's
address, Senator Robert F. Wagner
presented members of the Italian labor
delegation now in this country, after
which Charles Edward Russell spoke
pIleliy. he resolutions RQOpCeQ at the
conclusion of Mr.. Russell's remarks in
clude these reconstruction demands
for labor:
There must be no lowering of the
present American standards of life;
on the contrary, these standards must
be hettered so that the working people
of our country may be advanced with
the continued progress of industry and
civilization.
There must be no lowering of wages
or lengthening of working hours.
There must be relentless and i'm
mediate curbing of protiteerine Il. ID an
adjustment of cost of living to a point
commensurate with income
There must be full and free appli-
cation of the principle established
during the war providing for effective
labor representation on all boards and
commissions set up by the govern
ment and having to do with affairs
affecting working people.
There must be 100 per cent Ameri-
canism expressing itself through one
anguage and one citizenship, true to
the noble ideals of our Republic, as ex-
pressed in our nations code in the
great war.
There must be no reaction from
that high plane in our national con-
cept Of the relations between man and
man or between nation and nation"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Flasks ON Their Hips
And Liquor in Systems
Cost Pair $40 Each
State Troopers Arraign Two
on Old Statute at Paw
ling, NJ Y.

PAWLING, N. Y, Dec. 1.-Since this
community went dry at the last cleo
tion many citizens have been going
about prepared either for snakcbite or
the birth of son. They got sad
shock to-day when troopers of the state
police suddenly developed r keen eye
for the statute book and buging hip
pockets.
In the former they found long
forgotten law forbiddng the carrying
Of liquor on the person and in the
lntter-in the cases of J. A. Buckley
and f. G. Wheeler, flask Of whiskey
apiece.
1t cost each man $40 when tho
troopers arraigned them before Judge
Dave, calling his attention to the twin
discoveries
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Two Hurt in Accident
To Rockefeller Auto
Servants Are Slightly Fiu
When Car Turns Over;
Bow Is Injured


TARRYTOWN, \. Y. Dec Tvs
of Jonn u. Rockefeller's servants wef
injured this morning IN the second az
tomoblle accident in which the Rocsf
feller cars have figured since Frlds
Five Of the household employees wss
on their way to Tarrytown when o.
car in which they were riding turhe.
over in the Bedford Road. Edws'.
Whalen, the butler, suffered broke
nose. He and n maid. who also. "s
injured. were taken 60 the hospital
Another Rocketel.er car struck PAS
Tornillo. six years OLE. last Friday, la
child's skull was fractured. Mrs. Johl
d. Rockefeller, IT.. visited the inJurs'
servants yesterday and later called ,
the Tornillo boys home. He IS e'
pected 70 recover.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Hero of Zeebrugge Says He
Prefers Sea Fight to Pulpit

Captain A. S. B. Carpenter, who com
manded the British cruiser Vindictive
when she led a successful expedition
against the German submarine base at
Zeebrugge, spoke from the pulpit in
Trinity Church yesterday.
Captain Carpenter said that never
before in his career had he spoken
from church pulpit, and he indicated
ferred to storm Zeebrugge.
He asked his hearers never to pass
q crippled soldier without thinking:
That fellow was disabled in my be-
half"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
27 Caught in Raids

Inspector Coleman made his second
weekend raids in Brooklyn early yes
terday, breaking into two alleged
gambling houses and arresting one
woman and twenty-six men. The
prisoners were arraigned in the Adams
Street police court and held in $500
bail each for further examination
The first place visited was on Henry
street, within hundred feet of Bor,
ough headquarters. Twelve were ar
rested rd there. The other place was on
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Husband Kills Bride,
Aged II, and HimseI|
Vito Siorentino Had Been
Asylum Following Mar.
riage Last January

A week-old tragedy came to Ngi
last night when the bodies Of VI
Siorsntino and his wife, Rose, seys1
teen years old, were found in the
apartment at 446 East f17th Strss
BotA were killed by bullets from
revolver still clutched in the hand
the dead man.
Siorentino and his wife were marr'
last January and four months ls'
he was sent to a Long Island asyE
Tor the insane. He was dischargi
recently, apparently cured
Neighbors said they heard sour
resembling shots last Tuesday ngl
but believed the explosions We
caused by the backfire Of an auI
mobile. Frank Gagiano, landlord
the building, broke down the apaaI
ment door when the Siorentinos fall
to answer the bell Siorentino v
tWenty-SiX years old.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
783 Stars on Service Flag

A new service flag showing 1888 stars.
seven of them gold. was raised yes
terday by the parish of St. Joseph's s
Roman Catholic Cnurcn. Sixth Ave
nue. and Washington Place. After a
parade through Greenwich Village. in
which number of wounded soldiers
took part, the emblem was blessed bv
Monsignor John Edwards, the rector,
and was raised in front of the parochial
school
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Seasons First Snow Here

The first snow furry Of the sease.
rode into town yesterday morning on on
bowling gale. which ratified wlndos;
and banged shutters and signs a.s
whisked the fakes into obscure corheir,
before they had time to settle. -. !,
wasn't much Of a snowstorm. but II We =
genuine snow. officially recognized v
the weather man. -,
1t was about 4:30 a. m. when ~
swlrling flakes began 10 drive thraes ss.
the streets. Fifteen minutes later g,
squall drove out to sea.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Engineers to Honor Schwab

Honorary membership in the Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Enn;n"el' ''el
VIII be conferred upon CbarIas as'ee n, )
Schwab and Orvile Wright ~ ~ W.,
hrst session Of the societv's anrraI ,ng
meeting tomorrow evening at the "a
glneHerlng Societies Building a Ahnmt n,,
1000 engineers are expected 70 at+oyl opr'
war engineering feats will be Dis
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
To Discuss Readjustments

War labor nolicies and reconstruc-
ton Will be the general topics at the
thlrty-elghth annual meeting of the
Academy of Political Science, which
VIII be held at Columbia University
Friday and at the Hotel Astor Satnr.
day. Former President Taft. Charles
NJ. Schwab, Frank A. Vanderlip and
William B. Wilson, Secretary of Ia.
Dor, VIII speak at a dinner at the He
tel Astor Saturday evening.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Accidental Dose d
Roach Poison XIII
Maj. j. F. Murtaue|
Servant Sent to Store 81
Rochelle Salts Bring.
Back Deadly Powder
Was Leader in oliti,l
Served in New York Senas..
Led Upstate Democrats IN
Fight on Murphy
Was Leader in Politis

Major John F. Murtaugh. Of Eln..s
formerly Democratic leader uns.S
died yesterday at MS apartment a,
Hotel Ansonia from accidental ~
oning.
Major Murtaugh, who was apOoi,, 3
TO the Judge advocate generals
partment three months ago. sen,
servant for rochelle salts yesters,I
The man returned with roach powsN
deadly poison, and Major Murtap]s
not knowing its nature, took l.,S
dose.
Physicians who were summo,A
when the mistake was discovered (,
rived too late to be Of aid.
Major Murtaugh lived in the aD,,s
ment with Major Jed Adams, who III
was attached to the Judge advO,sl
generals department. Major Aa,,z
was with Major Murtaugh when Il
sent the servant for the medicine 4
saw him bring back the poison. WI
both thought was medicine This nj
at IL o'clock yesterday morning. Th,.I
hours later Major Murraugh nav
planned of pains in the stomach II
physicians were summoned imms;1
ately.
Burial To Be in Elmira
At the conclusion of a military !.
quiry. conducted last night by i'll
army officers from the headouartss
division of the Department of the III
Governors Island, and DR.. J. ". AM
who attended the major, no informat{
was given out The inquiry larH
about an hour.
The officers have arranged for
tary funeral and the body Will be "A
to Elmira at 2 O'Clock this afterno1
Several of his friends in New IA
City were summoned by Major Ada;
when it became apparent Major NJ
laughs condition was serious. Tbs!
included State Senator James A. FOJJ
James j. Hoey, former Deputy Se5
superintendent of Insurance. and 4
seph w. Keller. John VI. ConnelIv.
Elmira, lifelong friend. was in d
hotel and went to the majors rod
before he died.
Governor elect Alfred +. Smith. vi
also was close friend. communicssl
with the men in the majors rCrl
about the funeral arrangements, ofssl
ing. to do anything in his power
assist them.
Major Murtaugh was better know
as Senator Murtaugh lie had loJ
been prominent in state politics n
was floor leader of the upper house \
the state Legislature in 1913 and lqll
following the impeachment Of Govern.
or Sulzer. But after his l913-14 terI
expired he retired TO private life. 81
was one Of the upstate Democrats viii
rebelled against Charles f. MurphyI
plan to have the Saratoga conventis.
name William Randolph Hearst ic.
Governor. He served two terms in II.
Senate, being the first Democrat to
elected from the Southern Tier.
Was Graduate of CoKnell
Major Murtaugh was born where
lived all his -Elmira. in Chemus
County. He was a lawyer. His VII
died a few years ago. He was ford
four years Old, and leaves five childrss
He was graduate of Allegheny CsI
lege, where he received the degree
A. B. in 1896. After finishing there
entered Cornell University, and VI
graduated with the degree Of Ii. B.
1899.
During his college course he fguu
prominently in athletics, being a mss
Der of the Allegheny football elevGs
and at Cornell he captained its bad
ball team in his senior year.