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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26


r. c. McG.. Richmond.-Fire blight,
or twig blight. is the disease injur-
e bncterial disease which attacks the
blooms and growing twigs of the APP
pie. pear and ounce trees. The twigs
attacked suddenly die back from the
tips and look very much If fire had
scorched them. a blighted watersprout
near the roots may carry the disease
down to the roots and destroy the en-
tire tree with form Of root rot.
Blight cankers are formed by twigs
dying hack into the limb from which
they sprout and the blight spreading
over the limb. The remedy is to cut
out all blighted twiRs of any size as
soon rs they appear cutting some six
or eight inches below the blighted por-
ton and destroy by burning. Spray
with Bordeaux mixture. The following
Is the Bordeaux mixture: copper sui
plate blue vitrioD, four pounds;
fresh stone lime. Ave pounds; water.
nifty gallons. Dissolve the biuestone
in twenty-five gallons Of water. Stake
the lime separately and add water to
make twenty-five gallons. Then pour
tina two. bucket by bucket, into n third
barrel. SO as to mix thoroughly. This
makes fifty gallons.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26

ism II true that in a street car With women
'aen'hh seats mans decision about rising
depends much on his raising?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26

Frying to keep the treaty from the Amcri.
can punhc was something Ike an effort 10
suppress i!rst-class scandal in n third-cl "A
town.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26

There's always room at the top of the ladder,
Son"
Right Dad, but what il the top rumg bustsc''
like to see man stand straight, but hang
swayback.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26

Business men Of Boston have started a move
ner; for a Liberty Calendar OF Is months. IS
days each, one adjustment day each four years
We've got Just one suggestion, please: Cut
out every first of the month and nut in an
extra Saturday Paydays more popular
than collector days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26
Communications

Sister in Sorrow who reads verse seriously
asks W! ere she find an instructor to tell
her no" TO get out 81 her soul what's in it.
There's only one way Go into the woods
deep. dccp int the woods. Get in touch with
Nature. Sit unIcr the wide skies, sheltered only
by the leafy bowers OF friendly trees and listen
where the birds sing and the breezes twanC
the strings of eternal hnlrs.
When you get there. select "A square
topped stump sit en- 1t and think. :. Re!nem-
Der. YOU gotta sit on a stump.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26

TELEPHONES: Randolph 1.
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all depart
fnents
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICA-
TlONS to The Timcs-Dis-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-26

~ day In tho year at 10 South Tenth
nd, Va. by The Times Dispatch Pub
c., Charles Z. Hasbrook. Editor nnd
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
War COINAGE In Germany.

Due to metal shortage Germany has
Instituted iron coinage. The fraction
al mark coins are no longer Of copper
and nickel, but are forgings Of Sic
mens-Martin steel. The coinage Of
copper was discontinued In 1917. Alu-
minum had been coined to a small ex-
tent before the war; the smallest
coins, one and two pfennig pieces, are
now made Of aluminium, which is more
attacked by ordinary water, soda,
salts, ETC., than by distilled water.
Zinc coins have recently been intro
duced. Zinc coins had been used in
French Indo-C China; they are again
more apt to corrode, especially when
impure with lead, cadmium and iron,
In distilled water than in ordinary wa
ter; they turn yellow-brown, but as
sumo pleasant gray tint in soda and
salt. On the whole, the cheapest iron
coins have answered best.-Engineer-
ing.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
NOW SHORTAGE OF CANDLES
British Food Ministry Seeks Method by
Which It May Be Enabled to
Regulate Supplies.

News Is coming from many parts
Of the country that the shortage of
candles Is increasing owing to the fact
bat many people who did not use them
before are now supplementing their
gas and electric light rations by their
use. It Is becoming more clear every
day that some means must be adopted
to insure that householders in rural
districts, where there is no gas or cleo.
tricity, have an adequate supply Of
illuminants. Important national indus.
tries which cannot well be carried on
without an adequate candle supply
must also be protected. A scheme for
controlling candle supplies is engaging
the attention Of the ministry of food.
During and since last winter there
has been candle shortage. The oils
and fats branch of the ministry~of food,
within whose view this matter comes,
have received numerous complaints.
from rural councils and individuals Of
the difficulty Of getting supplies and of
retail prices going up by leaps and
bounds. There ir evidence of new
demand having sprung up within the
last six weeks, accentuating last win
ter's shortage and making candle
famine Observation-Disclosures Guard
ian.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
White Light Best.

White light seems to. be the" most
comfortable for the eye. In tests Of
the effects Of various illuminants G. e.
Ferree and ]. Rand, as described to
the American Illuminating society,
have used kerosene lamps and various
incandescent lamps and it appears
from the results that the color of the
Hight has a marked effect on eye
fatigue. With the white light Of the
tungsten lamp there was the least loss
to the worker from need of resting
the eyes. The fatigue was somewhat
greater with the yellow light Of the
carbon lamp or kerosene lamp, and
greatest of all with the tungsten lamp
having blue bulb.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
IN SPANISH HALL OF FAME
The Name Of Espartero, Duke Of VII
toria. Has Been Properly 40
corded High Position.

Fifty years ago Queen Isabella was
dethroned. and Spain threw off the
yoke of the Bourbons and inaugurated
new order of things, looking at least
to the establishment of constitutional
government, If not government Of the
people.
Espartero, duke Of Vittoria, was
placed. at the head of the state. He
had occupied that position on two for
mer occasions. He aided in securing
the succession Of Isabella, and success
fully led her armies In putting down
the Carlists. In the Instruction of
1910, caused by the law suppressing the
freedom Of speech In the town coun-
ellis, Espartero became head Of the
government and was confirmed In that
position by the cortes, and was ap-
pointed regent during the minority Of
the queen. He was deposed In 1843
and had to fly to London for safety.
In 1847 he was recalled to Spain and
by the revolution of 1854, which drove
the Queen Mother Christina and Mar
vaez from the country, he was again
placed at the head Of the government,
a position which he resigned in 1856.
Espartero was born in 1892. He was
the son of a wheelwright. commenced
life as d common soldier in the Span
ish army and gained his honors and
titles by his own ability as soldier
and statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
WOOL WILL LONG re SCARCE
Life Of q Pound Of Valuable Product
Has Beer Shortened on Account
Of the War.

"Even with peace 1t Is doubtful II
our clothes will return to normal, In
price or otherwise, until long after
the war;" writes Douglas Jaspersen In
Everybody's. 'The necessity of re
facilitating the millions Of men In
khaki IL already problem. This vast
army to be reclothed will be heavy
drain upon the worlds already ex-
hausted wool and shoddy markets.
Then. too. the need Of depleted Ger
many for wool and shoddy should fur
Their tend to increase the shortage all
over the world.
"Ever since the beginning Of the war
shoddy has been disappearing from
onr midst at an alarming rate, while
the production Of wool has been en-
tirely inadequate to the worlds needs.
I'm normal times the life of a pound
OF wool in It's various incarnations ex-
tends over period Of years.
but war. the most wasteful Of all
businesses, has changed the old order
Of things. Both the virgin wool and
the shOddy that went to make up that
khaki coat for some soldier are buried,
with its wearer, somewhere over
there and will never return to do duty
for us again. And SO, In great many
cases. the life of pound of wool has
been suddenly reduced from some
where around six years to as many
months. Wool alone can never clothe
the world. 1t has been shoddy that
kept the worlds clothing bill down for
many year, and until the shoddy sup
ply Is normal again we can all expect
to have more or less trouble with our
clothes"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17

kelp Has Been Proved Of Such Value
In Industry That Il 10 Now Care
fully Gathered.

A good deal has been written about
the use Of the seaweed. kelp. for the
production Of potash, and a good deal
OF extravagant dreaming has been In
dulged In. However, the kelp industry
has put itself on a solid and prosper.
GUS footing. and gold In the shape of
the indispensable potash Is being .har-
vested from the waters OF the Pacific.
The cutters or haryesters are ocean
going boats and stay out at sea all the
time. while the barges carry the mac
Grated kelp back to the wharf, where It
is pumped from the holds into fer
smenting tanks. Foreign matter such
as bolts, nuts, etc, brought In with the
kelp are removed by electromagnetic
before the pumps are reached.
Harvesting consists In cutting the
plant about six feet below the surface
Of the water. 1t has actually been
found that this treatment improves the.
growth and stand Of the beds to such
an extent that they may be cut over
about every 80 days. The area cut at
present extends from Point Conception
south to the Mexican line.
The potash is all used for chemical
purposes, owing to Its unique purity,
and there is not enough of it to sup
ply this demand. The total quantity of
the pure product is not great enough
to be considered seriously for fertilizer
purposes. There are, however, num-
Der of residues produced containing
potash which amount to quite ton
mage.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
IN SOUTH BOISE.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Smith Die of
Ptomaine Poisoning from Can
ned Asparagus. ..

Tragedy followed friendly din.
ner party given the previous might
when Mr.. and Mrs. John w
Smith, colored residents of South
Boise, died Wednesday afternoon
from what is believed to have been
ptomaine poisoning caused by can
, ned asparagus served at the dinner
party. The guests wer quite ill
Wednesday evening, but were ex-
pected to recover.
When Smith woke up Wednesday
morning about 8 o'clock he was par
TALLY paralyzed and unable to talk.
His wife was in but little better con-
dltlon, but managed to send for DR..
5. w. Forney, and to call neigh
Dor from across the street.
Canned Asparagus the Cause.
Mrs. Smith told the doctor that
the asparagus which they ate the
night before had not tasted exactly
right. As the symptoms pointed to
ptomaine poisoning it is believed
AAC doPuA d6uo WdS tlAC CduSc. IL was
not learned whether the vegetable
was home canned or bought from
a store.
Both of the patients continued to
grow weaker and at three O'Clock
the husband died, Mrs. Smith died
thirty minutes later while on the
way to a hospital.
Smith was formerly janitor at the
city hall and was well known as
one Of the most industrious of the
city's colored citizens. Recently he
had been employed as janitor of the
telephone building. He and his wife
had been residents Of Boise several
years. Their home was at Leadville
and Howe streets in south Boise.
Two daughters who reside In
Portland are expected in Thursday
night to make arrangements for the
double funeral. A son resides at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The bodies are at Fry and Sum-
mers' establishment.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
NAMGs COMMITTEES.
County Division Again Promises to
Play Prominent Part in
Campaign.

BOISE, Jan. 1O.-With the appoint
inent of the standing committees in
the two houses of the Legislature
accomplished, the Fifteenth Idaho
legislature is now prepared to han.
die the volume of business waiting
to be turned into its channels.
Speaker Kiger ended the days oil
suspense in the house today when
he named the committees. The Re.
publican majority announced the Sc
lection of w. L. Adamson of Blaine
county as majority leader and A. D,
Mcmahon of Shoshone county as
whip Representative Storey oil
Ada is permanent caucus chairman
and Ezra P. Monsoon of Franklin, is
secretary.
The senate has selected Senator
Lloyd Adams of Madison as "whip;'
Senator Ralph Nelson of Kootenai
county, caucus chairman, and Sena-
tor l. H. Nash of Franklin, secretary.
The more important committees
were assigned in the house by
Speaker Kiger, as follows:
State affairs-Monson of Franklin,
chairman; Gudmundsen of Cassia,
Featherstone of Shoshone, Morgan
of Washington, Bonnell of Bannock,
Storey of Ada and Schroeder of Ida
no.
Educational institutions-Hugo Of
Latah, chairman; Bourne of Ban
mock, Gudmundsen of Cassia, Baird
of Fremont, Carpenter of Nez Perez,
Snow of Lemhi and Schroeder Of
Idaho.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Can
Won, chairman; Anderson of Latah,
Severson of Jefferson, Carpenter of
Nez Perez, Young of Ada, Miller of
Twin Falls and Hitchcock of Bon
ner.
Banks and Banking-Morgan of
Washington, chairman; Hunt of
Madison. Tyer of Ada, Stanger of
Bonneville and Foley of Canyon.
That county division is going to
play more important part this ses-
sion than was anticipated is conced-
ed by solons with the launching of
two more division bills today. The
first division bill was introduced in
the senate Thursday. 1t seeks to
create the county OF Jerome.
Today bills to organize the county
of Clark out of western Fremont
county, with Dubois as the county
seat. and the county of Caribou out
Of Bannock, with Soda Springs as
The county seat, were introduced. |
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
New BurIap Substitute.

Manufacturers engaged on govern
ment contracts are being offered sub
stitute for burlap by large Massa-
chusetts mill which has discovered
material that can successfully be used
for baling. Instead Of 100 per cent
jute, the substitute Is made Of one
strand Of Swedish pulp paper and two
strands Of jute. It is made nine and
II ounces in weight and SO, 40, and 48
inches deep. A government test Of the
nine-ounce product shows tensile
strength Of 10 pounds, 40 against 90
pounds for regular eight-ounce burlap
New Bedford Standard.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
ANOTHER CABINET
MEMBER RESIGNS
ATTORNEY GENERAL SENDS IN
HIS REsioNATioN BECAUSE
SALARY NOT SUFFICIENT.
President Has Agreed to Retirement Of
Thomas Watt Gneoery%on March ;
4, but Has Net Vet Appointed
- His Successor.

Washington Thomas Watt Gregory,
attorney. general Of the United States
since 1914 has resigned because Of
'pecuniary responsibilities" and viii
return ito the practice of law. Presi.
dent Wilson has agreed to his retire
ment next March 4.
Mr.. Gregory's letter Of resignation,
dated January 8, and the presidents
reply, cabled from Paris the next day,
were made public Sunday night at
the White House. The attorney gen.
erals letter disclosed that he had long
considered retiring from office and
had discussed the matter with the
president before Mr. Wilson went
abroad.
Mr.. Gregory's successor has not yet
been appointed, and there has been no
official intimation as to who he will
be. In speculation the names
Frank L. Polk, counselor of the state
department and acting secretary while
Mr.. Lansing is in Europe, and Senator
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois were
mentioned.
Mr.. Gregory is the second cabinet
officer to resign recently on account
of personal financial considerations,
William Gibbs McAdoo having retired
last month as secretary Of the treas
ury because he could not support his
family on the cabinet members salary
of $4,000 the year. Mr. Gregory is the
fifth man to leave the cabinet during
the six years Of President Wilson's adj
Others were Secretary of
State Bryan, Secretary of War Garri-
son, Attorney General McReynolds,
Mr. Gregory's predecessor, who was
appointed to the supreme court, and
Mr.. McAdoo.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
RepopuIation Problem.

The reichstag is concerned with
problems which threaten the German
birth rate. 1t is recommended to get
the workers away from the cities.
where they can have small detached
cottages in which light and country
air and nutritious food can be Oh
tanned. This course would tend to in.
crease the number of births. It has been
learned that about half Of the mutt.
lated soldiers are marrying women old
or than themselves. a custom which f.
pernicious for repopulatlon. To check
infant mortality more ch!ldren's elm
les will be established.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
UNABLE TO LEAVE HOSPITAL

e. L. Anderson Of the Anderson
Lumber company, who has been SUI
fering for many weeks with broken
leg, Is as yet unable to leave the hos
pital at Logan. 1t is thought 1t will
be two weeks before his condition
will permit going to his home.
Mr.. Anderson hopes to resume his
duties at the lumber yard here about
the middle of February,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
New Textile Material.

Textilit, said to be used in % Of
the largest German factories, is a sub
stitute material that is predicted to
0utlast the war as permanent add
ton to the textile industry. It con-
sists Of a paper thread and a fiber
thread twisted together and, though
the percentage Of long fber is very
small, 1t is claimed to have yielded
products that the uninitiated cannot
distinguish from the former linen and
jute fabrics. The fiber gives a firm
ness that paper fabrics do not pos
sess. The material is made into weav-
ing and sewing yarns and webs Of all
kinds.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Como Benefit From Poison Gas.


Chemists are planning to use inven.
lions devised to protect soldiers from
the poison gas of the Huns for the pro-
lection Of industrial workers In mines
and factories. The absorbents used In
gas masks may also serve as safe
guards from foul gases which are
generated In certain Industrial process
es. Likewise, some Of the poison gases
that American chemists have devised
In reprisal against German deviltry, It
10 believed, can be used In the exter-
mination Of vermin and also for the dis
Injection Of fruit orchards from insects
and other blights, such as San Jose
scale.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
YANKEES FIRST BROKE
OLD HINDENBERG LINE.
Field Marshal Haig Reports Ac,iu.
Took Place ON September ~
North of Bellinglise.

| LONDON.-American troop; were
the first to break the Hin lenbcre
line, according to the Daily News
in its comment on the report oil
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig on
the operations from the end of Ap.
ril last to the close of hostilities.
The News points out that at least
the first mention of break through
contained in the field marshal's .e-
port was in the course of his de-
scription of the days work on Sep
TENDER 20, in which he wrote:
North of Bellinglise the 3Oth Am
erican division, Maj. Gen. E. M.
Lewis, having broken through the
deep defenses of the Hindenberg
line, stormed Bellincourt and seiz-
ed Nouroy. On their left the 9th
American division, Maj. Gen. Organ
met with very heavy enfilading ma
chine gun fire, but pressed on with
great gallantry as far as Jouoy,
where a bitter struggle took place
for possession of the village. The
fighting on the whole front of the
End American corps was severe and
in Bellincourt, Nouroy, Gilemant
farm and a number of other points,
amid the intricate defenses of the
Hindenberg line, strong bodies of
the enemy held out with great OBJ
stinacy for many hours.
"These points of resistance were
overcome either by the
support troops of the American d.
visions or by the 9Th and 3rd Aus
tralian divisions"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Action on Relief Measure.

Washington. members
Of the house rules committee have re-
versed the committees previous ac-
ton and ordered the report of rule
giving immediate consideration to the
bill appropriating $1O0,0OO.OOO for Eu-
ropean famine relief, requested by
President Wilson.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Farmers Name DELEGATES.

Washington. - Representatives Sc
lected at the farmers national recon-
struction conference here last week to
attend the peace conference at Paris
were announced Sunday. They in
clue G. Fl. Gustafson Of Nebraska and
DR.. E. f. Ladd Of North Dakota.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
suIIdInq Ships whlIe Won WAN.

A crew Of fourteen trainers. two
foremen and four riggers in the Sup
ple-Ballin shipbuilding yards, at Port
land, Ore, built and placed in position
from lumber in the yards eighty-nine
frames in forty and one-half hours.
These frames. being double, were built
DOTTED together with sixty-four screw
bolts in each frame, and two coats Of
carbolineum were applied before bolt
ing together.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
CURRENT EVENT CLUB

The literary department Of the
Current club will meet Wednesday
afternoon, Jan. % at the home Of
Mrs. s. W. Wilson on South Shilling
avenue.
Besides the regular routine Of
business the program outline work
fro the January Year book will be
given.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
DAUGHTER IMPROVING

Mrs. o. F. Smith returned Tues
day evening from Reno, New, where
she was called on account Of the
serious illness Of her daughter Mrs.
M. 8. Wright.
Mrs. Smith left her daughter much
in health. She was able
to leave the hospital Tuesday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Iwenty.one Killed in Wreck.

Batavia, N. Y.-Twenty-one persons
were killed and three were seriously in
.jured in a rear-end collision on the
New York Central railroad at South
Byron, six miles east Of Batavia, early
Monday morning. Both trains were
west-bound, running behind schedule.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Kills Wife and Two Children.

Creston, Iowa.-John Hoskins,
farmer residing two miles north of
Prescott, killed his wife and two step
children, severely injured his own
daughter and then tried unsuccessfully
10 kill himself.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Many Want Hun Guns.

Washington.-Many towns want cap
tured German cannon and other war
for use as civic decorations.
More than 125 bills to authorize do
nation of captured field pieces have
been introduced In the house and re-
ferred to the military committee.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Correct.

A funny one occurred in Judge
Woods court the other day, observes
the Los Angeles Times. 1t was d.
vorce case and the witness was In.
clined to be vague. Finally he mus
tered up courage and said:
II can't testify much, Judge, cause
I don't know what this incompatible
H."
"Cold feet and hot words" snapped
his honor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-17
Crew Of Japanese Steamer Lost.

London.-The crew of the Japanese
steamer Mango Maru was lost when the
vessel was sunk Off Hokkaido, January
2, according to dispatch from Kobe.
The steamer was on it's way from Kobe
to Marseilles.