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The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
BELIEVE ANSELL
WILL QUIT POST
Friends Think Place Will Be Un.
comfortable After Investigation.

That Brig. Gen. Samuel Ansell, act
ing Judge Advocate General during
the war, is planning to retire from
the service was the belief of fellow
officers.
They expressed doubt that he could
remain in his present post comfort
ably after having disclosed that he
went outside prescribed military chan
nefs to get before the President his
recommendations for clemency in four
cases of soldiers sentenced to death
Secretary Baker refuses to say
whether he believes the officer should
be court-martialed; whether or not ne
failed to get Anselfs recommenda-
tons as Ansell claims. or whether he
contemplates any action against him.
Baker declared, however, that he be-
Iieved the country was entitled to
know that the War Department rec
commended clemency-this on Baker S
own initiative.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
May End within Month.

Representatives of the Employment
Service told the committee that un-
loss the proposed deficiency appro-
prlation was granted it would have
20 suspend within a month.
The minority report on the discon-
tinuance of the Employment Service
will be signed by Representatives Gal
livan, of Massachusetts; Evans. Mon
tana: Eagan. New Jersey. and Mean
drews, Illinois. all Democrats
The chief increase in the appropria-
tions as compared with the 1918 bill
were made to meet conditions arising
directly from the war and are large
~ in the interest of soldiers. sailors
and Marines. These advances in
CIude $52OOO.OoO additional for carrying
on the work of the War Risk Insur-
ance Bureau; Sl.5OO.OOO for the Federal
Board for Vocational Education,
which has charge of the rehabfIita-
tion OF wounded and diseased soldiers
and sailors; $7.430.725.4S for National
cemeteries and transportation Of re-
mains of officers and enlisted men.
The naturalization service of the De-
partment OF Labor is given $3.50, 900 an
increase Of $1,000. to carry on its work
of Americanizing aliens.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
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The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
Bolsheviks Threaten
to Murder Ten Swiss

Helsingfors, Feb. I.-Tn retaliation
for the arrest in Switzerland of the
wife of Karl Radek, the Russian Boil
| shevik emissary now imprisoned II
Germany. the Bolsheviki threaten to
execute ten Swiss subjects by March
10 unless Mrs. Radek is released, &C
cording to a Petrograd dispatch re-
CciYed today.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
London Paper Opposes
Larger Force in Russia

London. Feb. Give must not
send any more troops to Russia, but
Immediately drop the whole concep-
ton of the Princes island confer
ence, says the Daily Express editor
tally. THE government must i'm
mediately adopt a strong Russian pol
icy or we will find ourselves involved
in a war of honor in the North and
conversation The same is true of
the South. We may maintain the
little force now there, but let it end
there"
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
Agencies That VIII Cease.

The discontinued agencies and funds
are. National Security and Defense
fund. at the disposal of the Presi-
dent; Employment Service and War
Labor Administration services, Of the
Department of Labor. Capital Issues
Committee, Committee on Public In
formation. Food Admins stration, Fuel
Administration, War Industries
Board. War Trade Board. For these
items appropriations aggregating SO
125, 900 were made for the fiscal year
OF 1919.
If the committees recommendations
for the discontinuance Of these agen-
cies is allowed to stand, they will au-
tomaticaIly cease to operate June 30.
next. Some of them already have
stopped functioning
The Official Bulletin. published by
the Committee of Public Information.
and the service bureau of the sams
organization in Washington shall dis
continue April ]. the bill provides.
Secretary of Labor Wilson had rec
commended an appropriation of s14.SO1.-
81 for the Employment Service, Of
which amount s4,76S. 501.90 was sought
as a deficiency appropriation for the
remainder of the present fiscal year.
lie had also asked for s5.o57.341 for
the War Labor Administration Scrv-
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
BIG FEDERAL AGENCIES,
CREATED DURING WAR,
WILL BE ABOLISHED

IONT1NTED FROM PAGE ONE
cd in the sundry civil bill is S1.17s,-
25.S4T14 This reduction is divided as
follows: Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion. s1.145. .7g7, ,7i6; all other services
Sc, ,6cS. .lOl14.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
Get-Rich-Quick Scheme Fails.

Springfield. Ill, Feb. 21.-It was Il
Jonah day for Jonah Kirby when he
tried to get rich quick by selling
shirts from the store he cleaned. Now
every day is Sunday for him.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22
Germans Halt Offensive.

Berlin. Feb. I.-"In compliance with
the armistice hostilities against Po-
land were suspended Monday" 1t
was officially announced today.
PAGE ONE
The Washington herald., 1919-02-22

An income tax Is a cheap price to
pay for peace and victory. Have
you paid yours.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
MONTHS OF HEAVY HARvEsTs
September Is Most Prolific, Having
High Percentages for Many
Important Crops.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
There are some months in which
more than one-half of the national
crop is harvested. June barely misses
being such a month for Strawberries.
In July 81, 90. and So per cent of the
entire harvest is performed for barley,
oats, and raspberries, and 72 and "A
per cent for rye and timothy hay. Au-
gust Is almost devoid of a harvest of
more than one-half of the total, and
the list has only timothy seed, with
"a per cent of the entire harvest. Sep
tember. on the other hand, is most
prolific Of such harvests. The per-
centages representing sorghum for
sirup, tobacco, clover seed, dry beans,
and fiaxseed are 81, 50, "a, So, and 56.
The high fractions are Ga, 65, and 81
per cent for hops, buckwheat, and
cranberries. Last of all is October's
harvest of sugar beets, So per cent of
the whole harvest, according to the
bureau Of crop estimates.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
Queer Treatment of Infants.

Many are the queer remedies ap-
piled to the Greek baby when he is i'll.
The workings of the medicine man of
our American Indians is not more fan
tastic. A bed of cold cinders is very
generally used as a last resort. When
the baby is almost beyond hope the
cradle is filed with old ashes and the
tiny tot is buried in them. The well
fare nurse who told the writer this
was never able to discover what the
benefit to be derived was supposed to
be. Had the ashes been warm we
would have explained the custom as
a primitive form of creating artificial
heat. Among the gipsies who wander
over Greece progress, for the present.
is absolutely hopeless. It will take
years Of preparation and education to
enable them merely to begin to under
stand the idea of social betterment.
For the moment 'sKismet" and "Allah
wills it, rule their lives and kill all
initiative.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
SAW COssACK AT HIS BEST
Writer Wakes Enthusiastic Over Camp
of Tired Men, "SoIders to the
Manner Born."

If you have read "Tarus Bulba," Go
goI's story of the Cossack, then you
will know what l mean when say
that last night had chance to see
a real picture Of the Cossack, writes
William v. Duncan in the Yale Re-
view. 1t was at sunset when over the
tops of the white birches the heavens
looked as if on fire, while to the right
the clouds were like waves rolling over
a sea of pink. I heard shout, 'The
Cossacks are coming" and through the
opening in the woods rode these lovers
Of war. The horse and the rider are
one; both were tired, but there was
something that told you that if the
bugle had blown all the tiredness
would have fallen away. They are
soldiers to the manner born. War is life
to them. If thing is worth having
it is worth fighting for. Even when
they gathered in groups around the
common pals and borrowed one an
others spoons to eat the common meal
their bearing was that of soldiers.
Pigs can feed from a trough and you
90 away disgusted, but when you see
these fellows back from fight. delv-
ing into their mess, you stand to ad-
mire. Their leader was fully six feet
seven inches tall, with a beard that
said he was Russian Of the Russians.
All were well-formed, strong men,
hardened to the out of doors. Their es-
cbelon was not there, so they made
themselves at home for the night on
the ground. 1t was sight to remem-
Der, as our train pulled out of from the
station, those Cossack groups around
the fire, singing the songs Of war in
which their spirits revel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
Most Common Elements.

OF the Is elements commonly occur
ing in plants and animals, three
oxygen, carbon and hydrogen-consti-
tute at least 90 per cent of most
plants, but phosphorus, potassium,
nitrogen, calcium, iron, magnesium
and sulphur are regarded as essential.
The five others commonly present are
silicon, aluminium. sodium, chlorine
and manganese. Fluorine is now
known among the other elements
sometimes found. and two French hor,
ticulturists, A. Gautier and P. Claus.
mann, have been experimenting to
learn its effect on plant growth.
Using amorphous calcium fluoride.
they increased the yield of wheat,
oats, carrot, broad bean, cabbage, pea,
poppy, potato and hemp. No effect
was apparent on barley, rye, bean,
buckwheat and mustard and beet root.
Turnip and onion were unfavorably
affected.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26

it pay. 1t hasn't paid very well, un-
derstand?"
Lafe fioundered. "rve heard it
don't pay as much as it ought"
81 understand that most of the tim
Der is below the size at which cutting
is allowed?"
Lafe stared at him. "Why, them
rules are for government land!" he
answered. "You can cut any size on
freehold. The timber amt so bad
leastways, some of it amt"
Hilary began to think hard. On this
point Lamartine had clearly and def
nitely lied to him.
''Too much fir on the property?" he
asked.
"Why, there is some fir" conceded
Lafe. "But there's some good spruce
along the Rocky river" he added
again oblivious of his instructions.
81 saw a good pile in the river"
"Why, that amt our cutting-not
much of it," said Lafe. "Most of thai
! comes from the Ste. Marie limits"
"Where is Ste. Marie?"
"Ste. Marie's two miles along the
coast, beyond our settlement" saif
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
"A girls hostility adds
ZeSt to the game.
(To BE CONTINUED
The Navel ORANGE.

The navel orange originated in Bra,
zil and was introduced into the United
States in 1870 by William Saunders,
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture at Washington, D. @. It
was distributed by him to the orange
growing sections of this country and
was often spoken of as the .'Washing-
ton navel orange" Its peculiar for
nation, which gives the fruit its name,
is due to the development of a second
ary axis, with more or less cells, in
the center of the fruit: the fact that
it is practically seedless, combined
with its sprightly flavor, has made
this variety of orange popular, and. it
is largely grown in southern California
and increasingly in Florida. The trees
are propagated by cutting and by bud
ding or grating on other stocks.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
She Didn't Chance.

We had learned the family name Of
our new neighbors and so were some
what surprised when their small
daughter, while playing with our chill
dren. announced that her surname diff
fered from the rest of the family.
"Why, that isn't your mama's name,
is it," asked?
"Oh, no, but she got married again,
and you see stayed just like always
was.'1Chicago Tribune.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26

Monsieur Lamartine," he said, "I1l
tell you how 1 view this matter. 1
didn't build any extravagant hopes
upon my uncle's legacy. I'm not con-
structed that way. What 1 want prin-
cipally is to settle somewhere among
trees and do something with them. I'm
tired of what I've been doing these
past five years.
I'm tired of hunting job here and
job there to tend somebody else's
trees. I'm tired of other peoples trees.
| want my own trees. l want to see
them grow up, and thin them out, and
have real forest in bearing.
$50 I've decided to take hold of that
st. Boniface tract and see what 1 can
make of it. I'm going to show my un-
Gle, Monsieur Lamartine, that he sized
me up wrong"
Monsieur Lamartine smiled at his
| callers frankness.
81 understand how you feel, Mr., As
kew" he said. "What you want is a
nice little tract of a few hundred
acres, not far from Quebec. A place
with little trout lake on it, to build
your camp beside, ten acres freehold
and the rest leased. You'll enjoy that
and"-he paused and scrutinized him
with his fox look-'I think I may be
able to dispose of the Rosny white ele-
plant for you"
Hilary returned no answer, and
| Monsieur Lamartine could not decide
whether it was a sign of strength OF
of weakness. Still he was sure that q
man who loved trees apart from thei1
commercial value was a dreamer and
impractical.
'aThey would pay forty-five thousand
dollars, cash." said the notary. sand
that would enable you to realize your
own aspirations. You are fond of fish
ing, Mr.. Askew? Think it over. Spend
week here-two weeks. Look about
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
CUTTING TREES IN WooDLoT
Farmer Should Pick Out Those Whose
Removal Would Be Of Benefit to
Remaining ones.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
Trees well suited for fuel and whose
removal win be Of benefit to the re-
naming stand of trees In the woodlot
are;
Sound. dead trees. both standing and
down.
Trees diseased or seriously injured
by insect attacks, or those extremely
liable to such injury, such as chestnut
In the region subject to blight, or birch
In the gypsy-moth area; badly fire.
Scared trees.
Crooked trees and large-crowned
short-boled trees which will not make
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26

should be placed over the clay founda-
tion. Above this layer of manure 5
or 6 inches deep should be distributed,
and If raw rock phosphate is available,
from so to so pounds should be scat
tered broadcast over the manure Then
another layer of manure should be
added and the process continued. 1t is
essential to keep the pile of refuse
moist by sprinkling it frequently. 1t
Is also necessary to keep the compost
heap. well packed and tramped. Ordi-
narily it takes about a year for the
stable refuse in compost heap to rot
sufficiently for use, when it should be
spread on the land in the late fall.
3. Manure Thoroughly Rotted.
The fundamental value of the COM
post pile comes from the fact that the
manure is thoroughly rOtted and its
plant food content is i'm excellent con-
dition for immediate soil use when ap-
piled to the fields, while during its
period of decomposition it is main-
tanned in excellent condition to resist
teaching and weathering.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26

you. Inspect our fine old city. Do you
know we are the only walled city on
this continent?"
He stopped; perhaps he saw Hilary
redden, perhaps his instinct warned
him to do so.
"What want" said Hilary, sis the
Rosny tract"
''The offer is too small? I doubt
81 will discuss that after have seen
the concession"
The notary sighed. "Well, at least
think the matter over for whi1e," he
said. "Mr. Morris, the manager, is
away on business. He should be in
Quebec tomorrow, and perhaps he can
arrange to take you up there"
81 am thinking Of going at a very
early date" said Hilary, 'in fact, by
the boat tomorrow"
'Mr. Askew, assure you, you had
better wait for Mr.. Morris. He is q
man of expert judgment. You cannot
have better adviser, and he has abso-
lutely no personal interest one way OF
another. There are so many things tc
consider; and then-you don't speak
French, do your"
"a little"
'It would not help you, anyway
The dialect up at st. Boniface is seven
teenth century. They are a wild lot
up there, a very bad lot of people
smugglers and poachers, Mr.. Askew."
Hilary, who had already sensed La
marines objection to his going to st
Boniface, awakened to suspicion al
last. II shall leave on tomorrow morn
ing's boat" he said. "When I have
made my decision shall let you know
I think shall refuse your company.
offer. Will you let me have the pa
pers, Monsieur Lamartine, includin,
the last half-yearly statement and tn,
map of the limits?"
"But 1t is entirely irregular, Mr.. As
kew. Really"
Let me have the papers, please,
said Hilary, smiling. "And you neet
have no fear that you will be held re
spohsible for my anticipating my in
heritance. / imagine 1 have as mucl
right there as Mr.. Norris"
"Of course, If that is your decision
there is nothing more to say" an
swered the other brusquely. H
pulled out a drawer and removed al
envelope containing some documents
you will find the statement here" h
said. "Mr. Morris has the books an
the map of st. Boniface. 1 wish yo1
a pleasant journey, sir. You wish m
to continue to represent your
For the present. yes. Good-day."
When he was gone Monsieur Lamar
tine sat back in his chair and drumme
his fingers for nearly a minute. The
he called up Brousseau.
Hes just gone," he said. "And b
, starts for st. Boniface tomorrow morr
ing, in spite Of all my represents
: tions."
He smiled at the sputtering ths
: came over the wire.
Il It was well into the afternoon whe
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
According to the United States de-
partment of agriculture specialists, the
compost pile is a fertile source of valu-
able material for replenishing the plant
food supplies of the soil. Proper utili-
zation Of the compost saves much fer
tilizing material which ordinarily is
wasted on the average farm. The ex-
pense Of making the compost heap is
slight as compared with the fertilizing
value OF the resultant material.
Compost Heap Essential.
The essentials of the compost heap
are to equip It with a water-tight foun-
dation by pudding clay. This is done
by spreading the clay 10 to II inches
thick and then moistening and tram
ring It thoroughly. A framework of
logs or lumber should be built up
around the pile and increased in height
rs the compost heap is built higher.
Building Compost Pile.
A layer of leaves, straw, grass, or
even weeds, about 1S inches in depth,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
PERSONAL VISIT TO MARKET
Shipper VIII Be More Than Repaid
In Picking Up Many Important
Little Details.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
A personal visit to the market which.
the shipper patronizes will more than
repay expenses, for points which
seem trivial to him are often very i'm
portant to dealers, and the producer,
should get the proper market perspect-,
i've. Such a visit enables the grower
to get into personal touch with the
distributors, to select a reliable rep
resentative, to learn the difficulties
under which the car-lot receiver la
bors, and to appreciate the problems
with which he is constantly confront
ed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
,ynIika Mavflower PILGRIMS.

In 1871, on the 9th Of September,
. gang of 13O felons were taken from
Newgate prison and put aboard ship
to be transported to America to col
onize the country. Later in the cen
tury England changed the destination
Of her transported criminals to Botany
hav and favored America with ship
loads of destitute people just dis
charged from the poorhouses.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26

He rose. ''That'n be all for tonight,
Mr.. Askew?" he asked
Hilary rose too. Thanks, Mr.. Con-
nell," he said. ''In the morning I shall
ask you to show me around the place."
He didn't follow Lafe Connell in
side the hotel, but sat upon the porch,
musing. Lafe had enlightened him on
several points. He doubted whether
Lamartine had spoken anything ap-
preaching truth concerning the prop
erty, and he was sure that Morris and
Brousseau were the company in whose
behalf he had offered forty-fve thou-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
BENEFITS OF FARM ANIMALS
Profitable Work Furnished During
Winter Season-Remunerative
Labor Distributed.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The keeping of farm animals fur
nishes profitable work during the win
ter, when other work is less pressing
and when they require most care.
This distributes remunerative labor
throughout the year more evenly than
otherwise would be possible.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
Extempore Addresses

tell me the truth about myself. OF (
certain worthy but uneducated woman
of my flock l asked whether she pre-
ferred my written or my unwritten SER
mons. She reflected for a moment,
and then replied, I like you best with
out the book, because you keep saying
the same thing over and over, and that
helps me to rememberr"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
BUSINESS AND ROMANCE

"Wooden Spoil"
the He
numbering taking
inherited trouble Being and wofed
seneurs altogether adorable something
his
of
stirring
fighting, hardshi
ovabe heroine, a
a story from to finish
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
ELIMINATE ALL SCRUB SIRES
Suggested That Census of All Animals
Be Taken to Aid Campaign for
Better Stock.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
That officials in every stock-raising
county in the country should take a
census of the sires in their respective
territories, SO that the elimination of
scrub sires may be carried on sys-
tematically, is suggestion which has
been made recently on behalf of vari-
Gus live stock interests as result of
the agitation for better sires instituted
by the United States department of
agriculture.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
Plenty of Mosquitoes.

The gnat is only one of the many
species of mosquito. Altogether there
are thirty-five natives of Europe, while
130 different varieties are found scat
tered over the rest of the world. OF
this large number, some are known
by the Spanish name of MOSQUITO
that is, little fly"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
BIG ADVANTAGE IN CATTLE
Animals AssImIIate Large Quantities
of Rouohaoe and Waste Feeds
and Aid Fertility.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
One of the chief advantages in keep
ing cattle is that they assimilate large
quantities of roughage and waste feed:
and carry them to market themselves
in a more concentrated form. The
farmer Is thus saved the labor Of mar.
keting bulky farm products, and the
fertility remains on the farm.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
Late-Hatched bullets.

Late-hatched pullets should be given
a good-sized house or room by them
selves and should be given all the food
they win consume, so that they will
develop and mature as rapidly as
possible.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-26
Utilize Vegetable Matter.

Every pound of vegetation in stalks,
weeds, straw and other rubbish will
Increase the humus supply Of your soil
and increase its fertility. Turn the
land and utilize the vegetable matter.