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Evening star., 1918-02-09
Volunteers in Oil Control.

Announcement was made today that
so far as Is possible the official organi-
zation Of the oil division Of the United
States Fuel Administration will be
made up of volunteers. The volunteer
service has been a feature of both the
food and fuel administrations. and II.
L. ReQua, director of the oil division,
plans that his force shall largely be
made up in the same way. Mr.. ReQua
stated that he hopes to be able to equip
the oil division, practically in it's en-
tirety, with volunteer officials.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
1hsnyssn's Charges Declared False.

;1eeent1y made by c. II. Thompson,
Formerly . member Of the executive
,e6mmtttss Of thA American Defense So
's5sey. tAst fourtsen spies had been shot
- tA3o e0uAtry since the beginning Of
~ war asa that ships had cleared from
t1e pest Of New York with 100000
itouud9 Of ammunition destined for Ger
lSnany are branded As wholly and en-
;tirely wishout foundation" by the fed
1r4l grAna Jury. The Jurors reported
e1A4 thsy had made an exhaustive
Investigation and announced that
eFhSmp1oa himself now believes he has
eeen nsisenfoFmSd" and that he re-
o5otts1 being . party to the dissemina-
,ei0A q unrel3able and inaccurate in
ifofmAtjon.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
May Carry Cheese in Storage.

The food administration announced
today that dealers in cheese will be
allowed to carry it in cold storage
through the periods Of scant or no pro-
duction. It Is ruled. however. that no
cheese may be kept in storage after
the next production season opens.
Only In special cases. the announces
meat said. will permission be given to
carry cheese beyond the heavy produc-
tien season.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
Seasonable Temperature Next Week

Weather predictions for the week
beginning tomorrow, issued by the
weather bureau today for the middle
Atlantic states which includes the Dis
trict of Columbia are: Colder Monday.
with a return to normal temperatures by
Wednesday. Local rains or snow
Wednesday and Thursday, with lower
temperature at the end of the week.
On the whole q week of about season.
able temperature.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
DR.. r. L. Payne Falls Dead.

DURHAM. N. C.. February s-Dr. r.
L. Payne. prominent naval surgeon Of
Norfolk. Va. dropped dead at q local
hotel yesterday morning. He had spent
the night in Durham and was prepar-
Ing to 70 to Raleigh to be q witness In
court there. DR.. Payne formerly lived
at LexingWn, N. C.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
Daylight Saving Bill Considered

Consideration Of q daylight saving
bill. favored by business interests
throughout the country. was begun by
the House interstate commerce. COM
mittee. The proposal in the Senate bill
is to gain an hour Of daylight each day
by setting clocks forward
Evening star., 1918-02-09
WORTH
READING
TONIC

SAllERICAN RED CROSS IS
WORKING OUT "A BACK-TO-
THB-LAND MOVEMENT For
MEN INJURED IN WAR,
~ENORAOCS WASTE IN FUEL
CONSUMPTION AND HOW TO
HHEvENT IT-Aa article of
practical va1ue, BY FRANK G.
CARPENTER.
SUOAH AND THE SUBMA-
01NE0-A huRSrous story, by
JOHN KKNDRICK BANGS.
~rHE SPIRIT OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN AZ AN INFLUENCE IN
THE HAEsENT wAHo-A timely
a1tl43s SvAseh e1srs . nunber Of
uaosua1ly iateFestfne facts.
sUNDER HIS OWN HAND
Another detective story from the
experien<ss sf PAUL BECK. THE
nULE-OF-THUMB DETECTIVE.
SeTHE NEW NATIONAL HOLI-
DAYS--A Potash a.d Perlmutter
sssry. ~ MONTAGUE GLASS.
swAA MAY RESULT IN 81
DERIA's SETTING UP A SEP
A1ATE NATION.-An article Of
saSFsAt apYeal, ~ CHARLES NJ.
PEPPER.
~UNDEn ETHER--A war story
frsA tie French.
swHAT ABBIE HAS COMING.
"A shorty MeCabe story, by
eEwELL FORD.
~THE RAMBLER CONTINUES
HIs NARRATIVE OF r STREET
or A CENTURY AGO.,
' sRAINBow-s END.-by REX
BEACH.
1.-THE OBSERVER TRIES OUT
A FEW WINTER PAsTIMEs.r
: sCAAEFULLY SCREENED PO-
sIrIoNs FOR OUR FIGHTERS
IN rRANCEr-by sTERLING
1DILI0.
In the SDecfal Features Section
Of the
SUNDAY STAR
Evening star., 1918-02-09
Kaiser Cites Peace Efforts.


ing to advices received here
Kaiser Cites Peace Efforts.
AMSTERDAM. February emperor
Williams decree in which he thanks those
who addressed congratulatory messages
to him on his recent birthday is pub
lished in the Berlin Reichsanzeiger In it
the emperor. according to summary tele-
graphed from Berlin. dwells upon the
relations of confidence between the crown
and the people," his "twenty-six years OF
peace efforts" and the progress OF the
German people
The emperor recalls with gratitude
"the proudest days of German history
a. the outbreak of the war" and Ger
many's subsequent world historical
successes" and he lauds the "self-sac-
rificing perseverance. the enormous
labor and the achievements of the peo-
pie at home, by which, with Gods help,
the nation may look forward to a good
peace"
Evening star., 1918-02-09
E, o.P. MEMBERS TO
SUPPORT PRESIDENT
Senator's Discuss 0verman
!, .eM and win Favor All I'm
portant War Measures.

: RApobljcan members Of the Senate to-
Bay hs3d their nrst conference since the
pnStsa 0eatss entered the war and dis
hroR. especially the Overman bill to
D10Gha tie President with broad pow
~ - coordinate government depart
@ssts. the railroad legislation and Sec
tstasy 1GaAdoo's bill for creating . war
oAaoeo corporation.
: After the conference adjourned Re
ouAlfcan Leader Gallinger issued a
otsaemSnt promising support Of repub-
S1eaas to necessary war legislation. 1t
eollSws:
Support War Bills
The conference was not called for the
purpose Of securing party action and no
Duch action WAS taken. Republican sen
support to all necessary legislation for
ne vigorous prosecution Of the war to
= successful Issue"
Tho republicans were urged and gen.
orally agrssd to take an active part in
committee consideration Of legislation.
dnancs corporation measure. with most
0f the senator's agreeing that legisla-
zion along the lines proposed must be
enacted in some form. but much senti-
ment for material amendment of the
administrAtion draft was expressed.
Little Discussion Of Bill.
The war cabinet bill Of tho military
ee0mittse was not mentioned. and there
was little discussion Of the Overman
yneASur& The latter was regarded as
proposin@ too Comprehensive authority
Tor the President, but senators agreed
60 seuAy it and defer decisions.
Although no formal agreement was
reached. the general sentiment regard
ing the railroad bill WAS said to favor
1n11stsnc4 upon q clause limiting gov
bfnmsnt operations Of the carriers to
eome ceFtain period after the war.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
TO ACCEPT
PREM|ER'S RESIGNATION
Emperor Charles Upholds Won seyd-
ler Cabinet-Kaiser Cites
Unity With People.

By the Associated Press.
ZURICH, February Emperor Charles
has refused to accept the resignation Of
the cabinet Of Dr. Won Seydler, accord
ing to advices received here.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
Open Every Morning 1T $50.
Stop think Of the
farrihJe conf1ict

that is being waged abroad
Think of the millions of fine
young men who are going "over
there" with the Stars and
Stripes. Think of their fine
spirit and willingness to sacrifice
their lives if need be, for your
protection and liberty.
Evening star., 1918-02-09
At the papers
q n d try to
-1:- H. ->-s
Look

BUSINESS Of the situation and the
absolute necessity for every one
to do his or her part. The time
has come when you must show
your patriotism by acts Of help
fulness, words alone neither
prove your loyalty nor fulfill your
part in this conflict.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20
FARM and GROVE
Agricultural News Service
Extension Division u. of T.
Cor University Of Florida.)
KEEP THE SOIL BUSY
Unless Occupied by a Growing
ing Crop, Fertility teaches
Away

Florida soils should be kept
busy. Some farmers who believe
the land should have a period of
rest at some time of the year will
not agree with this opinion ex-
pressed by c. X. McQuarrie of the
University of Florida extension
division, but the statement is well
founded. Some lands can be ben
Gifted by resting if the vacation is
applied in the right way, but
where there is as much sunshine
and rain as there is in Florida,
idle land does not rest; it goes
right ahead giving up its fertili-
ty.
This is specially true in sum-
mer. The warm sunshine, and
heavy rains facilitate plant food
liberation and the surplus rainfall
carries the plant food away. Some
idea of the amount of fertility
lost may be gained by observing
the streams. They carry away
much of the organic matter that
should be kept in the soil.
Some crop should be planted to
conserve the plant food, to shade
the land, to enrich the soil, and
to check the flow of surplus wa
ter. This crop may be used as
hav or green manure. German
millet, cowpeas, early velvet
beans, or other legume, should be
planted on land that has produc-
ed spring crop and is now un-
occupied.
It is true that weeds and grass
will cover the land and hold some
of the plant food, but that land
could be made to produce a valua.
BILE crop that would not be so
hard on it as weeds, and the fer,
tility could be actually increased
by growing legumes. If the
weeds are allowed to grow they
probably will be burned when an.
other crop is to be planted. Such
practices are. wasteful. No farm.
err will burn cultivated crop
and all the plant food which il
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20
PRUNE FOR WITHERTIP
Removing Dead Wood Prevents a
Spread of the Disease

Withertip is an enemy found
in nearly every citrus grove in
the state. Trees that are weaken
ed from overbearing, lack Of food,
drouth, freezing, or any other
cause, are apt to be attacked. The
disease not only attacks the vege-
tative portions of the tree, but it
causes anthracnose spotting Of
the fruit. The fungus which
causes withertip fruits on dead
wood; consequently the presence
of dead wood in the grove is dan
gerous.
II. f. Stevens of the University
of Florida experiment station,
recommends pruning as a precau-
tionary measure against the dis
ease. June and probably July
are the best summer months in
which to do this pruning. In
jury from pruning at this time is
less likely to occur. Of course.
the best time to prune is when the
tree is most nearly dormant, but
if the disease is in the grove the
grower canrtot afford to wait.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20
Get Whitefiy Fungus at Cost
THE END.

When the old method of carry
ing fungus from one citrus grove
to another to control whitefiies
was discouraged by the State
Plant Board, its entomologist set
about making pure cultures that
would be sold to growers through
out the state at the cost of prepar-
alton. The work has been con-
tinued from one year to another.
This year the pure cultures of
red aschersonia are offered by the
Board from its headquarters and
laboratories at the University of
Florida at sixty cents each.
Each culture will furnish e.
nough spores to spray an acre OF
grove, making the cost for ma,
Iterial reasonable. When mixed
with water the spores may be APP
piled with an ordinary spraying
outfit. The spray is applied in {
belt about the tree half way up
the whole tree need not be cover
ed for the fungnus will spread i
the season is right for its develop
ment.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

Because he was overweight,
young Appleyard, son of Thomas
j. Appleyard, was rejected seven
times by various branches of the
army which he attempted to en-
ter. He tried again and again,
and on the eighth attempt was
successful, finally landing in the
tank corps. In order to do this
he reduced his weight 60 pounds
by dieting and exercise. That s
the spirit-and it shows that the
boy is a big chip off the old block.
Lakeland Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20
Dehydration of Fruits and Vege
tables

The art of drying fruits and
egetables, termed "dehydrat-
ing" is an old one and was really
the primitive method of preserv-
ing. Of late years it has been
brought nearly to an exact science
and in view of the conditions
brought about by the war is now
attracting considerable attention.
If hydrated fruits and vegetables
can be sent to our. soldiers in
France instead of the vegetable
itself and will prove as nourishing
and as tasty, the saving in cargo
space would be enormous. That
the business of thus preserving
vegetables is not altogether un-
common is attested by the fact
that several factories in this coun-
try make huge dehydrating ma
chimes for this purpose. The U.
S. Department of Agriculture has
issued bulletins which showed
plans for drying plants and has
also conducted extensive expert
ments in vegetable drying. The
writer talked with the man in
charge of this experimental work
last fall in Washington and was
told that all kinds of vegetables,
even including tomatoes, could be
dried successfully.
Citizens of several Florida cit
les, recognizing the possibilities
that would accrue from the install
lation of huge drying plants IN
communities where there are ex-
tensive acreages of vegetables,
have become active in efforts to
locate such plants in their respec-
tive communities, the government
having recently made an appro-
priation of several million dollars
to encourage them, hence the ac-
tivity. OF course a fostered in
dustry would be very fine, but
with the United States an assured
customer would it not pay men of
means or communities with the
to put up such plants
rather than depend
upon the government? If it's {
good thing, and undoubtedly it is,
are there not dollars enough in
Florida to float such a project?
The last issue of the Geographic
cal Magazine contained a splendid
article ON dehydration, entitled
Forming New Fashions in
Food. FLORIDA Grower.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20
Woman County Agent is Prize
Gamer

A silver loving cup-frst prize
for the best exhibit of special
fancy packs of citrus products at
the National Orange Show-has
just been received by Mrs. Dora
r. Barnes, home-demonstration
agent of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the State agricul-
tural college in Polk county, Flor
ida. The exhibit put up by Mrs.
Barnes and some of her club wo-
men was first shown at the Flori-
da State Fair where it took first
prize. At the request of the
Orange Growers Association the
exhibit was sent on to San Ber-
nardino, Cal, to the National
Show. Another exhibit of spec
ial packs from Polk county has
been sent by Mrs. Barnes to the
Museum Nacional at Rio de Jan
Giro, Brazil, at the request of DR..
Carlos Moreiro, in charge. Doc
tor Moreiro has written the office
of Extension Work, South, that
the exhibit is the finest they have
ever seen and that it will be given
a prominent place in the museum.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

All dead and diseased wood
should be taken out. In bad
cases it will be necessary to prune
severely and in some cases it will
be necessary to sacrifice bearing
wood. Trees which have been
pruned severely need extra care,
and it may not be amiss to apply
fertilizers to stimulate growth.
No stub should be left where a
branch is cut off. Stubs will not
heal well and will eventually
leave dead tissue open to infec-
ton which will give the fungus a
chance to fruit again. The cut
should be made clean and parallel
with the long axis of the support
ing branch. This will make a
larger wound than if the cut is
made across the branch in prun-
ing, but it will heal sooner and be
less likely to become diseased. All
large wounds should be painted
with a good antiseptic, such as
whitehead paint or carbolineum,
to protect the surface while it is
healing.
THE END.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

gathers will be turned into feed
or be plowed under to enrich the
soil.
The remains of the spring crop
vines, plants and fruits, should
be destroyed so that. any disease
which they harbor viii not be
carried over to infect new crops
next year.
Do not confine conservation to
the kitchen alone, carry it to all
places on the farm whenever pos
sible.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

DR.. Berger, who has prepared
the cultures, says the best time
for applying them is during
warm, damp weather. This year
they should be used at the begin
ming of the rainy season to control
the infestation of whitefy, which
is especially severe. A number
of cultures are ready for distribu-
ton and growers should place
their orders for them at the ear
lest opportunity.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

For the year ending March 81,
1918, the sale of sponges at Tar
pom Springs aggregated $1,O95,-
200, the same being the raw ma
terial picked right out of the sea.
1t is said by experts that an acre
of water will produce as much
value in food and other products
as an acre of land. In that event
Florida has a vast tributary area
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20
DESTROY THE RUST MITE
Sulphur Solutions Will Control
This Expensive Citrus Pest

One of the most expensive
guests the Florida citrus grower
entertains in his grove is the rust
mite. This minute pest attacks
the pocketbook from four direc-
tions, says j. R. Watson OF the
University of Florida experiment
station:
1t destroys the bright color of
the fruit, both oranges and grape
fruit, which brings a lower price
than bright fruit. 1t reduces the
size of the fruit, making it neees-
sary to use more to fill a box. 1t
retards the ripening of the fruit.
1t interferes with the work of the
leaves, thus injuring the trees.
The individual mite is barely
visible to the unaided eye. Under
a good lens it is seen to be long
yellow wedge. The legs are ex-
tremely short and movement is
slow. When abundant on an
orange the mites give it a char
acteristic mealy or powdery ap-
pearance. They multiply rapidly
in dry weather, so it is necessary
that the grower watch carefully
for their first appearance it nc
would produce bright fruit.
The remedy is sulphur in some
form. Perhaps the most salts
factory is ordinary commercial
ilime-sulphur solution. This is di.
luted with water in the proper.
ton of one part to 10 Of water
Besides killing the rust mite thi'
solution apparently has stimu
lating effect upon the fruit, caus
ing it to color up and ripen moro
readily.
A quicker and cheaper method
is to blow sulphur dust through
the trees. This is usually done
by means of large blower. 1t is
better to mix the dust with lime
either hydrated or airslacked. The
sulphur does the work by giving
off sulphur dioxide gas as a re-
suit of the oxidation of the sui,
Iphur and is therefore a sort OF
Immigration process and will kill
rust mites not actually struck.
The paraffin oils so extensively
used to kill whitefy and purple
scale will lack the ability of the
sulphur to kill at distance.
There are seasons when one
should be particularly watchful
for the rust mite. In the main
they accompany or follow immed-
lately the dry seasons of the year
Perhaps June and November are
the most critical months. Spray.
ling the grove with paraffin oil as
lis usually necessary in May and
September will protect the trees
fairly well during those months.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

Watch the farm crops for the
first evidence of attack by de-
structive insects. The University
of Florida experiment station is
ready to help you control them.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

Can you refuse to loan your
savings when other men give their
livesY Buy War Savings Stamps.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-20

Line up and sign up on Nation
al War Savings Day.
Evening star., 1918-06-22
CHURCH OF ASCENSION
RAISING $4,000 FUND
VC1untesc Canvassers Working to
Get Money and Assure
$1,000 Income.

More than seventy-five volunteer
canvassers. connected with the Pro-
testant Episcopal parish of Ascension
Church. Massachusetts, avenue and
18th street. are in a drive to obtain
$50. 900 to place the church on a stable
financial footing.
Ely obtaining the fund the church
will be able to get possession of an
income from an endowment which
was left it years ago. Under the
terms Of the endowment, the interest
cannot be used for any church pur-
poses until the endowment reaches a
certain amount. The fund is intended
to pay of the old debt of twenty-five
years standing and increase the en-
dowment to the point which will give
the church an income Of $4,000 a
year.
Canvassers will endeavor to reach
the desired mark before July 1, which
will mark the date of the fourteenth
anniversary of Rev. DR.. j. Henning
Nelms' ordination to the priesthood.
Canvassers are asking for cash con-
tributions and for pledges to be paid
for in periods ranging from one to
eighteen months.
The Church Of Ascension has al
ways been prominently identified with
Epicopalian work here. Among its
rectors have been such distinguished
men as Bishop Pinkney, Rev. DR..
John Elliott, Rev. Clement Brown and
Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee.
The church has never been on a
sound financial footing, because of
reliance on voluntary offerings for
maintenance. The Indebtedness has
been reduced under the rectorship Of
DR.. Nelms in the last ten years. but
the mortgage hanging over 1t is still
q handicap.
Evening star., 1918-06-22
The Rising Cost.

!, They've raised the cost of
rubber tires until I roundly
swear, by all the green graves
of my sires, that it is most un-
fair. I'm told by Jinks, the gift
ed gent who runs the rubber
store, "The price has riz fifteen
per cent, and soon will rise some
more" Up goes the price. of
motor oil, it's doubled ina year,
and l am paving up the soil and
beefng like a steer. | 60 to buy
she inner tube I've needed since
July, and find some avaricious
boob has sent the price sky high.
When punk mechanics fix my
boat-and it needs fixing still
they strike a most discordant
note. when they announce their
bill. "The price of gas" the
dealer, cries, "for kicking gives
no grounds, but it is shortly
bound to- rise, by well known
leaps and bounds" My feet are
scanned with CHASTITY scars put
there by thorns and stones. for
l have cut out motor cars
they cost too many bones! Der
hill and dale l push my limbs
because l can't afford to blow
myself for plugs and rims, for
fabric tires or cord. l walk the
long streets of the town, I climb
rhe- schoolhouse hill, and now
and then I sit me down, and cuss
old Kaiser Bill. Because he
played at being Mars, and
thought the world his meat, I've
had to cut out motor cars and
travel on my feet. Because he
sprung a martial note with
bugles and with horns, I've had
TO soak my handsome boat and
exercise my corns.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1918-06-22
MOTOR VEHICLE DROPS
UPONA TRENCH WORKER
Michael J. McIarney Hurt by Pc
culiar Traffic Accident-Auto.
mobile Injuries Boy.

Michael J. McLarney, sixty-fve
years old. II @ street northeast, has
an idea Of what 1t means to be at
tackled while in the trenches. He was
working in a trench near Georgia
avenue and Taylor street yesterday
afternoon and had every reason to be-
lieve he was in reasonably safe
place, but traffic accident, in which
three vehicles figured happened near
by and one of the vehicles landed on
him.
One Of the big motor trucks Of the
quartermaster department of the
Army collided with a horse-drawn We
hicle belonging to oConnor. Bros,
ia I'd street, throwing the latter We
hicle against a motor vehicle of the
District electrical department. It was
the latter that landed in the trench
and injured McLarney. Physicians at
Freedmen's Hospital said he was not
seriously hurt.
722 Park road. last night. shortly
tomobile owned by Max s. Gerties,
Olney. Nd. and occupied by James T.
Erwin. spencerville. Md. at Georgia
avenue and Morton street, and in
jured about the hip and arm. Occu-
pants Of the automobile took him to
Garfield Hospital. x.