Federal Agricultural Department Taking Measures to Stamp It Out. WER: PLENTY OF HEALTHY STOCK if Unchecked Disease May Do Incal- culable Damage to Great Cane Growing Sections of the South Must Use Pure Seed. (Prepared by the United States Depart. ment of Agriculture.) Washington.—The United States de- partment of agriculture is issuing a bulletin containing several colored plates illustrating the mosale disease Late Canker Stage of Mosaic Disease on Canes of New Caledonia Variety. Cane in Center ls Healthy, of sugar cane, those interested In this disease of cane to it. The mos disease of sugar cane which has been known for several In a number of other | ne countries has recently been found in the southern United Sta While this disease is quite widespread In the ‘states, there are many disease-free fireas from which clean seed cane may be obtained. » Thé mosaic which considerable damage to the in Porto Rico and some other cane countries, is of the most serious maladies that has confronted cane growers in recent years, and if un- which should enable lentify salc years tes, 3 5 ta has done cane crop disease, one checked may do incalculable damage to the great cane-growing sections of the South. To Eradicate Disease. The measures of control now being | taken by the federal authorities In co- operation with various local agencies were preceded by a complete survey of the Southern states undertaken to as- certain the extent of the infected areas, In badly diseased fields the only remedy is to grind up all the stalks, say the representatives of the depart- ment of agriculture. This means, course, that carefully selected seed abundance of healthy stock in Louis ana and the other cane states, so that { fer from these attempts at eradication. { Where the disease has not obtained a strong foothold, roguing is recommend- fed. This consists of pulling up infect- ed plants, root, stem and branch, throwing them down between the rows As soon as the plants wilt they are no longer dangerous as a source of infee- { on. In damp regions, however, care must be taken to gather up these plants and burn them or otherwise de- stroy them, lest while lying on the { ground they sprout and so spread the | disease, | Appearance of Mosaic Disease, | It is difficult to describe the appears | ance of sugar-cane mosale verbally, and this is one of the reasons why the | federal authorities are using a bulletin | with colored illustrations. By means | of this bulletin anybne ean readily as- | certain the exact appearance of infect. ed plants, This disease is an Infectious i chlorosis, similar in many respects to | the mosale disease of tobacco, encum- | ber, bean, tomato and potato. Scien tists have come to the conclusion that some virus Is responsible for the ap pearance of all new eases, and that the only source of infection is some other infected plant. Experiments in Porto Rico and eclsewhere have repeatedly that cuttings from In to infected plants, The for plaating results in a wider distr! survival gence of the virus even In of secondary infections, | Credited by Barich to Donlin, President of the Building Trades. War When the Cry From France Was “Men, More Men"-—-Never Got Into Print. Washington. -Th eloquent h made during the war, according M. Baruch, former chair- nev- It was made in the the ory. from France men,” and tl draft most Speed to Bernard er got Into print. dark days when was “Men, 1 in nore 1 the “General Crowder,” ruch, “served notice he must have men, and the qu to om i i i that | SO On) on the hing like estion was whe Th 10 somet re they ie had gnd tak nen from to the come from. it everybody Way was td Hence tl war Industries board. “We put men to work on it, and in due time a plan for weeding men out Among other things it private chauffeur out of busi. well as enlesmen and men in the white goods trade. This would not have been enough, and the pl taken only industry. 1 put ness, the nq as rs of acing of The ex-kaiser's yucht Meteor, rival from England carrying 170 passe ut Buenos Alresx, on her ngers. The yacht was turned over to land and Buenos Aires. | i { { i women In men’ had to be of labor, work considered- in the trades renl 8 “8 Labor Called scheme In. right, “The came was all but w found most consulted. i mean So t} it to us for approva that everybody except had iresentat we i- portant reg been ives of | hey well ex. he ns as the ne y back to them. were with wad and get him. Use Both Hands, Mr This “hoo f rE RY COnirmna that's —— WOULD cut OUT PUT-OUT | Walter Eckersall is agitating a movement In the West to have the put-out following ka touchdown eliminated, This change, already favored in the West, would force a team to try at goal from a point direct- ly in front of the spot over which the ball was carried for a touchdown and would In- crease the Importance of the try. 5 KILBANE TO PRESENT TITLE TO JOE LYNCH es ® Featherweight Champion Intends to Retire From Ring. ~hampionship, However, Must Be Con. tended for Before Any Fighter Will Be Recognized by Fight Fans, The Johnny latest Information concerning Kilbane, featherweight cham America, to the effect that intends to retire at Christmas time a present of the title to Joe is 1 make {| Lynch. gift for Lynch, but unfortunately Kilbane he will no more be for permitted n other champions who have tempted to put Champions, belts the of personal f Kilbane ever does retire, a: is strong doubt on that point, will be to competition, featherweight of the « at in stockings open who defeats a mtenders will be recog is » we but | over he ¥ situa | It we the made during the war ad % st effective, Girl Saves Father, Ky.~When John Howard, a the farm of Frederick Wal ted to pick up one of a litter pigs in barnyard WHS BA. agely attacked by the mother of pigs and received a number of serious injuries, His daughter came rescue and lassoed the enraged animal TRNCe of Aa her father to a Paris, tenant on tis, attemp he of the the to the assis on the farm carried place of safety. Temporarily Disponed Of In Minnesota | That Parents May Econ. omize, St. Paul, Minn.-—Official statistics caused a number of families In Minne- sota to temporarily dispose of their ifn one or two rooms, of women In distress to turn their children over to charitable institutions, according to 8. W. Dickinson, superin- clety of Minnesota, St. Paul, caring for 44 babies, and some of these are being waned to the State Agricul- ture school for the economics depart- ment, where the young women taught to properly care for bables, ——————— mon in France, Roll From Disabled Soldiers. with £28000 as pay for the engine drivers and other categories. They were both disabled soldiers, one have the war. The robbers, who had evie dently carefully prepared thelr coup, sprang upon the two pay messengers just as the latter reached a level cross Ing. To knock them down and seize the money bag was the work of an Ine freedom from burglaries and armed Such er now alarmingly on the increase, made in the holding up of a tramway Then there was a robbery at Havre, recalling Jonnol-Garmier's | A gray motorcar was walting by the level, and the robbers were far down before the victims could sum- Lelp. Information was brought a gray torpedo-bogdied ear had stopped before a little public house In town, and that a man In uniform had left It carrying a case such as is used mon | the police, and they have given the names of thelr two confederates, The affair was briefly as follows: Worn Two new Portland cement factories are being bullt at Kawasaki and Hok- ame SR Fifty, Says Taylor—Willing to Back Opinion, now A pertinent and fu fon on the much-mulled to the point at begin to deir golf, deponent Taylor, five sn champi Braid and Harry ualify in a pron ques whith a lating years ity to p And the H. $11 L381 8 in than Subsequent com 1 boldly that the one ba henceforth p rate nom akes positive dxceptions rea, to a cable d ispatch, he Mote welaring that a man is n« 00 ol 1 to play hig best game of golf at fifty re of age. Moreover, he three great pl and as back is s¢C Ja stron Fong willing to wager any reasonabl n in amount that, Braid and Vardon pu come back strong in the future. Was Lifted by Schooner.Yacht America, which lifted the cap put up by Queen 1851, which the Isle of Wight. mained here since. Sir Thomas Lip- tempts to regain the trophy, and will try once more next year. win back the trophy. MARVEL OF TROTTING WORLD Very Few People Heard of Peter Manning Until He Equaled the Record for Geldings. Peter Manning ix one of the marvels of the trotting world, Very few people heard of him until he trotted in 2:06% at Lexington, and by so doing equaled the three-year-old record for geldings, which was made by Easton last year. This new star was bred by W. M. Wright of Chicago, and is by Azoff, a son of Peter the Great, out of Glendora, by Emmet Grattan, ioe A jg ES From o as the v mnt ut the West comes the id's heavyweight and 8 eager itered the forever, of wor wrestl) gain, | St {0 meet war Ci the L nates er gaine Cincinnati Shaken It, But it Came Back in Big Series. report Eurl who retired ctivities on the by the Caddock, best hortly before ugh with for any After sixth game 18 against Dick Kerr. Five safely and one walked. But Jimmy Ring. one of them score? They did not, Even with men on first and second and one out in the seventh, Ring himself had a middling sort of a chance to break up the game when Moran allowed him to hit for himselt after Neale and Rariden had singled with two out in the eighth. But Jimmy is not a hitting pitcher. FAMOUS MARE VOLGA IS SOLD Futurity Winner, With Yearling Filly, Bought by Members of Phila deiphia Syndicate, The famous mare Volga, winner of the two divisions of the Kentucky Fu. turity, was sold at auction, together with her yearling filly, by Lee Ax worthy, each bringing $7,000, and go- ing to the bid of Frank H. Ellis, of Philadelphia, who has been one of the members of the syndicate racing un der the name of the Pastime Stable, the owners of the mare, the sale being made to close the partnership. : has invited the thie spring. ready than the ardingle al reserved players We in have ente in oll have of the Sn been mu members Cincinnati ‘ub pitcher, Is 's Phoenix base Ray for the Athlet arred ig picture con- $e dh aid only #5 nase belng s by a Los Angeles movin Eugene Bold winner of the ten. wim on the Delaware river, phia, has Joined the Illinois club. n Hendryx and outfielders with Tim Elmer Miller, former the Yankees, are said to be in demand and both sre likely to be in the majors again next penson. * Frank O'Neill, American jockey, is the leading French turf winner with 58 mounts. W. K. Vanderbilt tops the winning owners with 412000 francs, - . * LE Official statistics show that an av erage of 83000000 a month has changed hands at the French race since the signing of the armistice, » - Alfred Shrubh, the former long-dis- tance English running champion, has arrived in Ensland and io expected to figure in public when his training is far enough advanced, - - - Pug Cavet won the honor In the American association the past season of being the league's “iron man” a role filled by Dick Kerr in 1018 Cae vet pitched 355 innings all told, - * - Herb Hall, Amerioan association pitcher, seems to be the flinger most to be feared by batters in all Base ball. He managed to hit 20 batters somewhere in the anatomy last sea won.
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