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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Cocchi Trial Is Halted;
Court Examines Record
OF the. American Court

BOLOGNA. June 25.-The trial of
Alfred Cocchi, charged with the MUIR
der of Ruth Cruger in New York in
1917, has been interrupted for an in
definite period to enable the court
to examine American court records
with reference to testimony given in
the Cocchi case regarding Cocchi's
wife
There was spirited exchange be-
tween Signor Bagnoli, president of
the court, and Cocchi yesterday ovc+
the Iatter's charge of attitude to-
ward the crime. in whica the court
spoke vehernently in citing incidents
narrated in the confession made by
Cocchi and the findings of American
tribun ais.
Cocchi told of having sawed the
body of Miss Cruger so that he
might hide it. Then he broke down.
crying in a broken voice:
81 took the body and tried to con-
ceal it in the cellar. but the door
was not large enough and l sawed
the body int two. The girl was dead
when this was done"
Then followed q discussion be-
tween Signor Bagnoli and Cocchi as
to whether the girl was dead before
her DO dywas dismembered The whole
court room was aghast at the priS-
oner's narration. but Cocchi rapidly
proceeded with his story. being APP
parently very nervous.
Dispatches received Tuesday from
BoloPr1 stated that Alfred Cocchi had
appeared before the court and jury
and had declared his wife was guilty
of the murder of Ruth Cruger. a New
York girl. who was slain in Cocch1' S
bicycle repair' shop in New York
City in 1917 1t evidently is the
purpose of the court to examine the
record Of the inquiry made in the
| case bv Mrs. Cocchi by a New York
grand Jury which eXDnerated her.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
HOW TO PREPARE SPRAY FOR
AEIIT.AE


Homemade Concentrated Lime
Sulpher solution. The spray is used
for San Jose scale and is made as
follows:
Sulphur. flowers or flour. $50 lbs.
Lime, fresh and unslaked ...4O lbs.
Stake the lime, mix in the sulphur
with it, add required water and boil
for so to 60 minutes. Some of the
water will evapo"ate in boiling. This
should be replaced so as to keep the
amount at sc gallons.
This formula is for making 81 gal
Ions of concentrated lime-sulphur.
When properly diluted this will
make from 500 . 400 gallons of
material for dormant spraying, or
the summer spraying of apples. To
put it another way, 80 gallons of the
concentrated lime-sulphur will make
enough material to spray 200 five
year-old peach trees, for San Jose
scale, or 800 to 500 ten-year-old APP
pie trees in foliage.
Diluted concentrated lime-sulphur.
In making concentrated lime-Sutphur
at home there will be some variation
in the solutions. The variation can
be corrected when diluting with
wAS>ar. To get the proper dilutions.
3 Nvdron1 eter ana the dllutlon table
following shoa.G be used. If these
two things are not az hand, use l
gallon of the homemade concentrate
ed lime-sulphur with or gallons
of water, for dormant spraying on
apples and peaches for scale. For
summer spraying of apples, use to
1 IL gallons to make SO gallons OF
the diluted spray.
A hydrometer will cost from 81. 20
to $3.50. The hydrometer best suit
ed is one that is scaled from Q to
So degrees Baume, from 1000 to
1880 specific gravity. If such an
instrument cannot be obtained from
a local drug store it can be had
from most any wholesale drug. store.
Lime-sulphur solution should not
be confused with the self-boiled lime
sulphur. Although they are made
from the same materials. their uses
are somewhat different and in the
substitution of the limesulphur So
luton for the self-boiled limbe-sul-
phur, there is danger of doing Sc
rious injury. Lime-sulphur solution
is made by boiling the lime and sui
phur together in water. The lime
and sulphur under these conditions
combine to form compounds soluble
in water This solution is caustic
and if used too strong will burn
apple and peach foliage.
Besides the 1iquod commercial
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27

The moth subsists principally upon
the nectar gathered from flowers.
Killing Worms in Burrows
1t is the maSSiEg together of the
catcrpillars which gives to the farm
er the chance of destroying them in
great numbers. Burrows or bitches
are plowed or dug completely around
the infested area or directly across
the path of the advancing horde. In
attempting to cross such bitches the
worms fall into them, and can easily
be destroyed by, crushing them with
a log dragged back and forth
through the ditch or furrow. The
shallow post holes are sunk in the
bottom of the ditch at intervals of
about twenty feet, the worms will
crawl along the ditch bottoms and
fall into the holes, where they may
means. If the subsoil is Of such a
nature that water penetrates it but
slowly, the st holes may be par
TALLY filed with water, with q layer
of coal oil or petroleum on the top
of it, The oil kills the worms imme-
diately.
Other Control Measures
WatchfulnesS and quick action on
the part of farmers are essential in
all the control measures. which in
clude, in addition to the ditching
method. the following:
In case of g general invasion, give
the ground a light cultivation, pos
sble, after the caterpillars have gone
into the ground to change to the
next state, the pupa. This will kill
many of the pupae.
Spray infested grass or other vege-
~tation not intended for forage pur-
poses with a mixture of l pound of
Paris green to so gallons of water.
DO not use the sprayed grass or
vegetation for forage.
Spray growing era sses and other
FORAGE crops intended for use at a
considerably later date with a solu-
ton of 1 pound of arsenate of lead
(pOwder form) in so gallons of wa
ter, or 2 pounds of arsenate of lead
(paste fOrn) in so gallons of wa
ter. ..,
When corn is infested, spray with
one of the following mixtures; Ar
senate of lead (powder form) 2
form, in so gallons of water; or l
poun dof Paris green and pounds
of freshly slaked lime in so gal
Ions of water.
Scatter poison bait broadcast over
infested fields. Take so pounds of
either l pound of Paris green or
crude arsenic, then add g gallons
of low-grade molasses diluted with
from 3 to 4 gallons of water, and
finely chopped lemons. This is
especially recommended for fields
containing mixtures of grass and
coWpeas and sorghum, or fields in
which grass has been consumed by
the caterpillars. 't
Do not pasture stock in fields
where the grass or other crops have
been sprayed with poison mixture
and not before three weeks after the
application of the insecticides.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Cummings Bill Meets
With Hines Opposition

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The
Cummings bill to deprive the prest-
dent of railroad rate-making power
met more opposition today.
Director General Hines and Charles
Elmquist. president of the Assoca-
ton of State Utilities Commission
ers. before the house interstate and
foreign commerce committee, pre-
dicted serious complications in rate
making if the bill were passed.
While Mr. Hines said there was no
practical significance" in giving the
interstate commerce committee pow
er to suspend rates initiated by the
president, EN- declared the Old contro-
versy between state commissions and
the interstate commerce commission
would be revived.
The railroad administration has
contemplated no important changes
in the rate structure, since the sign
ing of the armistice, without confer
ring with the interstate commerce
commission, Mr.. Hines said.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27

The army worm has cut wide
swath this year in the Nicinities OF
Dallas and Forth Worth, Tex. Siren
uous efforts to prevent it's spread
have been made, ana absence OF othe-
reports gives ground for the hope
chat it may not appear elsewhere this
summer, but United States Depart
ment of Agriculture entomologists
urge all farmers IN all states east
OF the Rock Mountains to remain on
the watch for the pest until cool Wea-
Their comes next autumn.
There are usually three genera
lions Of caterpillars-the form III
which the pest greatly damages
crops by feeding upon them-in q
two successive outbreaks in any one
locality. The insects usually appear
in the fields very suddenly, and 1t
seems certain that the NOTES.-The
parents of the caterpillars-at times
fly in great numbers for many miles
in the direction of the prevailing
winds, and alights in body to de-
post their eggs at some place, fav-
orable to the development of their
Offspring. This fact accounts fer
regions far removed from any known
source of infestation.
How to identify Worm.
The full grown army worm is Il
nearly naked, smooth, striped cater
pillar, about l IA inches long. ItS
general color is usually greenish, and
the stripes. one along each side and
broad one down the center of the
back, are dark and often nearly black.
The stripe along the back usually has
a fine, light-colored broken stripe
running down it's center. The color
Of the body between the dark
stripes varies from greenish to red
dish brown. The head in greenish
brown, speckled with black.
when an army of these worms is
at work in a field" says one of the
publications of the department of
agriculture which are not given to
eXaggeration or to seeking after
melodromatic effects. the champing
OF their jaws is plainly to be heard
as they greedily devour every blade
in sight In this stage the army
worm frequently consumes all of the
food supply near the place where it
has, developed from the egg. When
such is the case the caterpillars
mass together and crawl away in a
body in search of other food. 1t is
this habit which has gained for the
insect the popular name of army
worm" ".
Normally the caterpillars march"
forward during the day and rest and
eat at night, but sometimes they eat
sometimes they eat each other when
foraging proves vain. The army
worm Injuries crops in but one way
and capacity for food of the full
tons of the 1eaN s, the immature
seed, and sprouts, and when numer-
Gus it may even devour the plants
grown caterpil1ars are almost I'M
belieVable. The pupa takes no food.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
The Old Order Changeth; America Discovers .
Anew the Old World and Begins Its Conquest

From a plant in northern Texas
train loaded with thirty big auto
trucks started %he other day for Ia
coma. From that port the trucks
will be shipped to Tientsin, China.
Within a few months the trucks will
be in regular sarvice on a freight
line between Tientsn and Turk
estan, stretch of nearly 5000
miles.
For centuries camels have been
the burden bearers in a large part
of the territory over which these
trucks will operate. The thirty
trucks will do as much work as sew
eral thousand camels and 1000 cam
Ell drivers. A camel can carry in aG-
dition to the food supply for the
caravan, only about 200 pounds of
freight The motor trucks can
transport tons of freight. The cam
ell caravan took six months to make
a trip. The motor truck will take 81
days. There practically are no rail
roads and no established roads on
the route. Through part of the
journey the trail is across desert.
This motor service for Asia is
but an illustration of the change
that has been wrought in the world
done in this one instance will be
done in every line of human prog
ress in the next few years.
Civilization. such as there was Of
It, was in Asia at one period of his
tory. Then, it bloSsOmed in Europe.
In the period of blossoming Asia
progressed little and with the dis
covery of America Europe came t.
be looked upon as the Old World
and America the new. In literature,
in art, in science, industry and &
A 4 l..
house of Europe.
Now suddenly. by the devastation
of war the whole structure in Eu-
rope has been overturned. OF the
five great pillars only literature
and art remain intact. For the re-
storaticn of the others not only Ell
rope but Asia aud Africa must draw
upon America.
In a sense, therefore. America be-
comes the old world and Europe the
new. For money. material and en-
America, just as America for the
last few centuries has made drafts
on it.
European capital made possible
the DEVELOPMENT of America. Now
American capital must make posi-
BILE the development or. rather, re-
storatiCn of Europe together with
playing the part of developing Asia
Africa and other lands assuming
and Fastening the work upon which
Europe was engaged when the cate
clysm of the world war TRANSFORMS
ed the status of the continents.
Nothing in history is comparable
70 this Kaleidoscope change Think
Of it, A century ego Texas was a
virgin territory over which Indian
tribes ruled. Today from the shops
Of TEXTS machines so forth to revo-
!utionize the transportation system
Of land unnumbered centuries ole
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Health Authorities
MAY Secure Alcohol

WASHINGTON. June 25.-Under
forcement bill approved today by the
house judiciary committee, a state
would be permitted to withdraw tax
free from government warehouses
alcohol produced at industrial plants
and needed by health authorities in
time of epidemic.
Another amendment approved by
the committee provided that patent
medicines containing more than one
half of one per cent of alcohol must
be unfit for use for beverage pur-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Kicking Cow UnCoVers'
Valuable JeWeIry

4 kicking COW is nuisance
nnIess the unruly animal hap
pens pens to Kick up a tidy little sum
Of money in jewels for her owner.
That is what happened ,, when
a COW owned by George S. Chris
ty, of Lincoln, Neb., became rest
less the other day. She began to
kick up the turf, and when
Christy looked DOWN he saw
pure white tourmaline stone.
On investigating further he
found other stones, and some
moonstones and topazes. Four of
the topazes have already been
sold for SIS each.
Biologists say that the big
glacier, which ages ago covered
the country around Lincoln, have
brought the broken bits of stones
from the north.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
| resident Exnected
To Reneal Prohibition

WASHINGTON. June 25.-Admin.
istration leaders TODAY continued to
intimate President Wilson would re-
neal the wartime prohibition act by
July I. or indicate his intention to
remove it very soon thereafter.
These leaders reiterated what they
believed to be the iniustices of the
act 'in view of the fact that with
the signing of the peace treaty, the
emergency certainly is over"
"Wets" on Capitol hill express alb
solute confidence that wartime pro-
hibition will be tn effect very short
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Boy Walks Out of
Window in His Sleep;
Arm and Hip Broken

Emory Holbrook, eleven years old,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Holbrook,
Of 500 Washington street, Atlanta, is
at Grady hospital suffering from a
fractured arm and hip as a result Of
a fall from a window at his home
while walking in his sleep I've sday
morning.
He is said to have complained of
being i'll Mondav night and retired
early to his room on the second
floor of the house. During the early
hours Tuesday morning he got up
in his sleep, he says, and walked out
of an open window. His cries at
fra ct ed his mother.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Capital to Celebrate
Peace on I,1Iv 4th

WASHINGTON. June 25.-The
nations capital will celebrate
General Foch, commander-in-chief
of the allied armies, has been in
vited to be present. Were it pos
sible for him to come he would be
presented with a sword by George
town University. His brother is on
Tho faculty of the institution.
Promoters of the celebration say
it will be "the nations thanksgiving
day for the return of peace" A
great symbolic pageant is planned.
in which the embassies of various
nations will participate. The page
ant will Spass along Pennsylvania
avenue, over the route taken by the
ormies of General Grant after the
Civil War.
A feature of the celebration is
to be a tableau entitled "Peace."
Other tab1eauX will be given on the
steps of the capitol and Red Cross
h11iIdinrS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Thieves Spare Bank
But Steal Booze

2 NASHVILLE. Tenn. June 25.-The
one bank"of Ashland City, near here.
was left untouched while thieves
broke into the county Jail yesterday
morning and stole 125 gallons of
booze.
Sheriff FeIts had no prisoners, SO
he left his jail and went visiting,
forgetting $4,000 worth Of confscat-
ed booze in an upstairs room. Yes
terday morning local residents were
awakened by two automobiles racing
out Of town On the Nashville road.
Later investiga ton revealed the fact
that modern methods were employed
in rRn1ONin the linnnr
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Ginners' Association.
To Meet in Americas

AMFRICUs, Ga. June 25.-The
Third district division Of the Georgia
Genner's association will meet in
Americas Tuesday, July l for a ses-
sion of one day. John T. Pittard, of
Atlanta. president of the state or
ganization. will attend. and tho SEES
sions will be held in the auditorium
of the Carnegie library. The conven-
tion will be called to order nv Presi-
of Americas, will pronounce the in
vocation. Mayor ]. #. Sheppard will
deliver the address of welcome. and
"The Purpose and Aims Of the Assoc
ciation." will be discussed by Presi-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27

before the dawn of the Christian
era.
The ship of the desert gives
way in a day to a device of war
driven by gas and capable of doing
the work of 100 camels. Time, dis
lance, muscle power, the thralls OF
.ses in Asia disappear. A machine
works the dawn of a new and won
derful period in land stepped +
things that were old before history
was written.
What america is doing in thls
one instance in Asia it is destined
20 30 in multitudes of lines of prog
ress in all quarters of the globe. Its
explorers. scouts OF industry. Will
go out as La Sale, Pizarro, Cortez,
Hudson and others went out but not
to find territory 10 seize and races
to cubjugate, but industries to de-
velOp, commerce to create and open
the long dormant treasure houses o.
Z g3aultural and mineral wealth
with the alchemy Of the genius of
modern man.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
German Naval Staff
Notified Of Arrest
For Sinking of Ships

LONDON, June 25.-Admiral Free
mantle, British commander of Scapa
Flow, where the informed German
fleet was sunk by. it's crews Satur-
day, summoned Admiral Won Reuter-.
and the German staff before him and
informed them they were henceforth
prisoners of war for violation of
the armistice by traitorous act" 1t
was learned today. Won Reuter- was
reported to have declared that under
the same circumstances he would re-
peat the sinking.
War Savings Stamps spread hap
niness to milliOns-get your share.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Army Appropriation
Bill Passes Senate

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The
army appropriation bill carrying
1888, 100000 and providing for an Az
erage army of 100000 men next year
an increase over the house bill of
$171, 100000 in funds and 100000 in
personnel-was passed late today by
the senate without d roll call and
sent to conference.
The giant German howitzers that
shelled Liege. Belgium, in 1914 are
rusting away, one of them being
now on exhibition in Brussels.
1t is not what you make,
1t is not what you spend,
1t is what you save
That counts in the end.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Destroyer Is Named
For Greensboro Boy

GREENSBORO, Ga, June 25,-Mrs.
Margaret C. Overton, of Union Point.
in this county, is in receipt of a tele-
gram from Secretary of the Navy
Daniels stating that he has named
the torpedo boat destroyer 239. which
is now under construction at Camden.
N. u. in honor of her son, Captain
Macon Caldwell Overton. commander
of the Seventy-siXth company Of the
Sixth marines, who was killed in
France. November 2. only several
days before the signing of the ar
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
HaIf-Hose Shock Good
Folk of LlnjOn}OWn

The good folk #of Uniontown;
Pa. .sare very much scandalized
because of the fact that some OF
the ladies of the town are wear
ing haIf-hose these days. The
presence of the abbreviated hose
was discovered accidentally when
a woman wearing a narrow skirt
attempted to board a street car.
The usual revealing up-turning of
the skirt resulted and large
crowd, including several pronrl-
nent churchmen, were definitely
able to state that the lady wore
hose only halfway up" Which,
opined the church members, was
scandalous, and in all probability
an effort will be made to secure
a law forbidding half-hose for
the ladies.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Hero Of Liege to Visit
America With Albert

BRUSSELS. June 25.-CBy the AS.
sociated Press Cardinal MERCER
and General Leman. defender of
Liege in 1914, may possibly accom-
pany King Albert and Queen Eliza
beth when they visit the United
States. The date for the trip Of the
king and queen has not as yet been
fixed. but it VIII probably be late
in September, or may be postponed
Until earIN in NOYemher.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
CuRE FOE LEAF Spot

The leaf spot OF The cherry serl-
ously injuries both sweet and sour
varieties of that fruit in many sec
tons of the eastern half of the
United States.
1t is caused by a fungus which
ives through the winter on the fallen
leaves and ;nfects the new leaves
in the spring.
The best control of this disease
is obtained by spraying with a d.
luted lime-sulphur solution or with
Bordeaux mixture a. as soon as the
petals fall, (2) about three weeks
later, and 90 directly after fruit is
picked.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27

Thing in interest--yOur own IN
terest-save and invest. War Saw
ings Stamps pay 4 per cent interest,
compounded quarterly
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27
Blue Asks 100000
To Fight the Flu

WASHINGTON. June 25.-Fearine
revival next winter of the "flu"
epidemic. Surgeon General Blue is
pressing congress- to appropriate
100000 to begin a health offensive.
Medical men favor starting cam
paign now to fight the epidemic
which swept the country last winter.
Education of the public and prevent
i've hygiene con- prepare the country
to stand the shock of the epidemic if
it appears again. the say.
Red Cross officials have received
advices that the epidemic has just
reached Australia and is raging
there.