Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 100, 7 March 1919 — Page 8
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1019.
AMERICA WARNS ITALY AGAINST SUPPLYJELAYS Country Notified That Food Shipments Will be Cut Off ;byU.S.1 '.WASHINGTON. March 7 Italy has bean warned by the American government that unless sne puts an end to delays In movement ot relief sup plies to the newly established JugoSlavic and Czecho Slavio states, steps .will be taken to cut off the flow of "American foodstuffs to Italy. It was stated today in an authoritative quarter that the Italian government had caused intolerable conditions by tho blockade she has imposed against the Jugo-Slavic countries, and which ' operates also "against the Czecho-Slovaks. The blockade has not been wholly effective, but many delays have been caused. Reports from Tarls of the existence of chaotio conditions because ot the blockade have not been confirmed here, but it is known that such unnecessary suffering has been caused, directly attributable to the stand taken by Italy. News from Paris that representatives ot Great Britain and Franca In the Supreme Council were outspoken in their condemnation of the attitude of Italy, had been cabled to the United States, but the action of the American government in sending its warning to Italy was taken before that news came. No reply has yet been made by the Italian government.
Abandon Survey of Land Intended for Soldiers (By Associated Prs) NEW ORLEANS. March 7. Work of conducting a preliminary survey of more than 11,000,000 acres of cut-over and reclaimed lands In the southern states offered as home sites for returned soldiers and sailors, will De discontinued Immediately, according to announcement today by D. W. Ross, federal reclamation engineer in charge of the survey. Instructions for abandonment of the work, Mr. Ross said, came from Secretary Lane. He expressed the belief that cessation of the survey was necessitated by failure of congress to enact bills carrying appropriations for the work. Fattv Arbuckle Gets $3,000,000 For Smile ittlt.v Arbuckle This is a story about a picture of a J3.000.000 on a J3.000.000 comedian with a J3.000.000 contract. Fatty Arbuckle, we can call him that without Quotation marks and instead of the more dignified Roscoc- because he told us he has changed his name to Fatty for keeps, has just signed the biggest motion picture contract ever made with one individual. The three million dollars will cover a three-year contract. Fatty Is the famous Paramount comedian who has won his way to the hearts of comedy fans by his clever and ridiculous antics with custard plea and pretty girls. Fatty is in New lork at present enjoying a short vacation prior to his return to California where he will soon start work under the new contract. Would it be going too far to say that the photograph shows Fatty holding his J3.000.000 contract and laughing at his own expense? Resignation of Ullman j Accepted by Board 'The resignation of Carl W. Ullman, secretary of the Richmond Commercial club, was accepted at the meeting of the Board of Directors ot the Comrnercial club Friday noon. , Mr. Ullman expects to lrave Richmond in a week or ten days. The board will elect a president before the matter of a secretary is taken up. For the real good old Buckwheat flavor, buy Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat, and don't forget the name. Adv. , Mrs. Austin says: "My Buckwheat cakes will please you. if you love the jcood old-farhloned flavor." Adv. PHOTOS MAIM ST RICHMOND. Ir.fl
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Millions Lost Every Year Through Grain Diseases. National Crop Improvement Service. Mnke a strainer by nailing a loose gunny snck in four sticks ns shown. Mix one pound bottle of full strength formaldehyde in forty gallons of water. Fill a tub about half full of the solution, pour the wheat, oats or barley into the sack, allowing the smut balls, shriveled kernels and trash to rise to the surface and be skimmed off. Drain the grain and dump it upon a canvas; cover It with another canvas or blanket; leave covered several hours before drying thoroughly. HOW TO TREAT BY SPRINKLING
ARE YOUR GRAIN TROUBLES AN8WERED IN THE FOLLOW. ING PARAGRAPHS, OR DO YOU HAVE OTHERS; 1. Question. Is formaldehyde as good (effective) In the treatment of cereal smuts as copper sulfate (blue vitriol)? Answer. Formaldehyde Is better than copper Bulfate for treating grain. Formaldehyde costs one-sixth as much as coptier sulfate and experiments have shown that the seed are less apt to be Injured by formaldehyde. 2. Question. What strength formaldehyde should be used? Answer. Forty per cent formaldehyde solution procured at any drug store at the rate of one pint to 40 gallons of water. 3. Question. Is the method of sprinkling formaldehyde on the grain effective? Answer. If the grain has been thoroughly cleaned in a fan mill the sprinkle method is all right. However, If jour grain contains smut balls, which can be removed by a fan mill, it Is a waste Sheriff Has Information Concerning Soldiers' Bonus Many discharged soldiers and sail ors called at Sheriff Carr's office Frl-! day to ask further about the $60 bonus ! to be given to men discharged from ; the service or placed on the reserve. Anyone who wishes more information about the bonus than that contained in the newspapers, is requested to call on the sheriff. Corn Holding 884,446,000 Bushels on March 1 (By Associated Press -WASHINGTON, - March 7. Farm holdings on March 1 announced today
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A Large Canvas; a Barrel; a Sprinkling Can; Blankets or Sacks to Cover; a Rake and a Shovel. MIX one pound of full strength formaldehyde in 40 gallons water in barrel. Spread the grain on clean canvas or in tight wagon box; sprinkle it with ordinary sprinkling can; rake in into pile; cover with blankets for seyeral hours. Don't let it freeze while damp. This method is recommended for large amount of seed. : United States department of agriculture has a new bulletin on smut. Send forit of time to use the sprinkle method. If you do not have a fan mill, use the open tank method and skim off the. smut balls. 4. Question. I treated with formaldehyde and had Just as much smut as I had the yeae before, when I did not treat at all. How do you account for tnis? Answer. This is a question which is commonly asked. .Perhaps the grain was not covered for the required time after treatment, or perhaps it contained smut balls which were not removed before treating, or maybe the grain was not dipped for long enough tima 5. Question. Will formaldehyde control all smutsl Answer. No. Corn smut and loose smut of wheat and barley are not controlled by formaldehyde treatments. The reasons why these smuts are not controlled by formaldehyde are: Th6 corn smut organism lives over in the soil and the loose smut organisms of wheat and barley live inside the grain, so in either case disinfection with formaldehyde is of no avail. James Geodkin, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins. Colorado. by the department of agriculture, shows : Corn, 884,476,000 bushels; wheat, 129,258.000; oats, S88.421.000; barley, 81,899.000. Safe Milk For Infant & Invalids No Coding A Nutritious Quick Lunch; Diet for All Ages. Home or Office. , OTHERS IMITATIONS
SCHEiDEMANIt OFFERS TO RESIGN POST
(By Associate! Prenat AMSTERDAM, March 7. Chancellor Scheidemann has handed his resignation to President Ebert to enable the president to have a free hand to deal with the present situation, according To the Zeitung Ammittag of Berlin. Ebert declined to accept the resignation and requested Scheidemann and the cabinet to remain in office. Artillery Men Arrive At Boston Harbor Ey Associated Press! BOSTON, March 7. The White Star liner Vedic returned 2,300 eolj diers, to their home shores here today most of them members of the 54th heavy artillery. The harbor welcome of yesterday was supplemented by a I greeting at close quarters as the artili lerymen landed at Commonwealth I pier this morning to entrain for Camp Devens, from which point they will be discharged or distributed to various demobilization camps. As follow passengers, came 22 men in civilian clothing. They were former prisoners at German camps. Miss Maude Heath Named On Balkan Relief Body Miss Maude Haath, an Indianapolis trained nurse, and former resident of Richmond, who has been in France for over a year, has been appointed a member of the Balkan Relief committee of the Red Cross and is now on her way to Salonika. The relief commission formed of nurses and doctors has been organized for Investigation and relief work in the Balkans. Miss Heath has been Interested In this kind of work for some time, as she has been doing supervision work for the American Red Cros3 in France, visiting practically all the American army camps In her work. She was a nurse in the Indianapolis Tuberculosis Clinic and was active in children's work before going abroad. Ftfakes Effort to Clear Circuit Court Docket Determined effort to have the docket as nearly clear as possible for the April term which begins April 17, will be made during the remainder of the January term of the Circuit court by Judge Bond. The court has been grinding steadily in an effort to clear up cases, especially those of long standing, and except in cases where lawyers are still in the army, the judge feels that he has the docket in good shape. FOR STUBBORN COUGHSAND COLDS Dr. King's New Discovery has a fifty year record behind it a It built its reputation on its production of positive results, on its surenesa In relieving the throat irritation of colds, coughs, grippe and bronchial attacks. "Dr. King's) New Discovery? Why, rav folks wouldn't use anything else!'. That's the general nation-wide esteem in which tnis well-known remedy is held. Its action is prompt, its taste pleasant, its relief -gratifying. ' Half a century of cold and cough checking. All druggists. 60c and $120. Bowels Out of Kilter? That's nature calling for relief." Assist her in her daily duties with Dr. King's New Life Pills. Not a purgative In the usual dose, but a mild, effective, corrective, laxative that teases the bowels into action. 25c.
WILSON TAKES PART
IN BOAT DRILL ON BOARD S. S. GEORGE WASH INGTON, March 7 President Wil son's rest this morning was cut short by the sounding of a general alarm summoning all hands to the boats to abandon the ship. The signal for the boat drill came at 9 o clock and the president arose and escorted Mrs Wilson to their boat. He adjusted Mrs Wilson's and his own life belt and stocd quietly by until the drill was completed. Nine Thousand Foreign Medals Awarded Yanks (By Associated Press PARIS, Thursday, March 6 Foreign medals to the number of 9.3S3 had been awarded Mo members of the American expeditionary force up to Feb. 26, according to a compilation made by the Stars and Stripes. Of this number, 8,006 were French war crosses, 61 medal of the Legion of Honor, 124 the military medal and 98 the Honneur -des Epidemics. The British decorations totaled 518, in eluding 154 military crosses and 251 military medals. Belgium decorated 571 members of the expeditionary force and Italy five. Government to Retrain Soldiers for Farm ("By Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 7. Return ing wounded soldiers, who previous to their entrance into military service, were .farmers, will be given training In farm management at the expense of the government, the board of vocat ional education announced today. The training, it was said, will be offered particularly to those disabled to the extent that they would be unable to resume active farmwork. The course in farm management will be principal ly at the land grant college of the various states. WOMAN LAWYER IS ASSISTING I. W. W. Miss Caroline Lowe. Miss Caroline Lowe, attorney tof the 1. W. was rushed to New York from Chicago recently by that organization to intercede in behalf of the collection of undesirable aliens the erovernment had rounded up amon? the 1. W W. adherents and was ready to deport. GET SLOAN'S FOR YOUR PAIN RELIEF You don't have to rub It la to e quick, cornfortj relief Onco you've tried it on that still jcint, core muscle, cciatic pain, rhcumaiic twinge, lame back, you'll find a varm, soothing relief you never thought a liniment could produce. Won't ctai-i the skin, leaves no muss, wastes no time ia applying, euro to Cive quid: rc3ult3. A lara bcttlo raear.3 economy. Your own cr en7 other dnicrist has it. Get it today. cents, cents, $1.20 Lindemann's "55 CIGAR Mild and Sweet Wholesale and Retail BRIEFS Window washer wanted. 115 North 10th. JUDGE ELLIS DIES. TERRE HAUTE, March 7 Circuit Judge Frank Ellis of Muncie, died at Terre Haute last night. Lost $40 in paper moneyReturn to 19 Roscoe St ?hone 4758.
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Homer S. Cummings. Homer S. Cumminjrs, new chair man of the Democratic national committee, 4s planning a tour of the country this month. On this trip he will endeavor to impress upon the various state Democratic committees that the outlook as far as the Democrats are concerned for 1920, is excellent and all that is needed is some hard work. Low Income Tax Rate For Husbands and Wives (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 6 In com puting Income taxes a husband and wife having incomes from separate sources, may each apply the lower rate of six per cent to the first 14,000 of income. The internal revenue bureau in explaining today this feature of the law emphasized, however, that the higher rate of 12 per cent applies to the balance in each case. Under the new revenue act, it was explained the normal tax rates as well as the surtax rates, are applicable separately to the net income of each individual. In claiming personal exemption either the husband or wife may claim it, or they may divide it between them in any manner they may choose.
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BATTLE WOUNDS HONOR BADGES YANKEES TOLD President Says America Will Never Forget Sacrifices of Soldiers.
(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 7. President Wilson in a statement published in today's issue of Right About, the official publication of Debarkation Hospital, No. 3. of this city, declared that America would not forget the sacrifices that American soldiers, wounded when in France, had made and that the'r wounds "are the noblest radges of honor any man has ever worn." The statement was sent to the magarine last night Just after the president had delivered his address here. "I could tell you," he wrote, "what the sacrifices- you have made have meant to the world. I could tell you what history for all time to come will 'say of you and the sufferings you have experienced on your great rusade. But these things other men will tell you. "I prefer to remind you that the wounds you bear are the noblest badges of honor any man has ever worn; that they exalt you to a supreme place in the minds and hearts of your countrymen and of all the V world. I prefer to assure you that America realizes that she has no more solemn obligations, no more patriotic duty than to express in practical terms the gratitude that every American man, woman and child feels for every one of you. "America will not forget"
Brigadiers Are Returned To Regular Army Rank (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 7. Return of Brig. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell who acted as Judge advocate general during the war, and eleven other brigadiers to their regular army ranks is provided in an order by Secretary Baker published today. General Ansell who will return, to the rank of lieutenant colonel ' to which he was commissioned May 15, 1917, recently testified before congressional mi 1 i t a r y committees against unduly severe court martial sentences and has been one of the central figures in the resulting controversy. In announcing the order Secretary Baker declared that demotions came through the process of returning the army to a pre-war status and that the fact that General Ansell was among the number had "no relation to the controversy which has resulted with regard to the administration of military Justice and clemency." In another announcement Secretary Baker made known that Brig. Gen. Edward A. Kreger had been prdered to return from France to become acting judge advocate general during the absence of Major General Enoch H.' Crowder in Cuba. Gen. Kreger was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the regular army on the same day that General Ansell was promoted to that rank. $6.00 Richmond N. Second and A Sts.
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