Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — TRY TO POISON U. S. WHEAT [ARTICLE]

TRY TO POISON U. S. WHEAT

Deadly Pollen to Be Distributed by German Agents in Such Manner as to Kill Crop. San Francisco. Jan. 18.-—Germany's latest attempts to destroy the wheat crop of California and other states has taken tlie form of shipment to this country of powerful poisonous pollen to lie distributed by German agents here in such a manner as to kill the entire wheat output of this state, according to a bulletin issued by- the 'State council of defense.