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JAMES FRANCIS BURKE HISS JANE DELANO HOW TO DOUBLE YOUR COTTON i YIELD PER ACRE 5 v The Knapp Method of Growing Cotton By H. E. Savely and W. B. Merrier of the - United States Department of Agriculture V What the "Knapp Method" does E VIEW AT CAPITOL TRIO OF IMPORTANT MEASURES IN ADMINISTRATION PRO GRAM ENDORSED. MEMBERS OF CARRANZA'S AGENCY ARE NOT EXPECTING IMMEDIATE ACTION. ANTI TRUST BILLS . .i Jam Crenel Burk, who has served ftv Urms in eongr from th Pennsylvania district that Include Pittsburgh, ha announced that h Mil not Hek r-letloiv ELTON ON STAND ..(-... TELLS INTERSTATE COMMISSION WHY NEW HAVEN PUCHASES WERE MADE. '..' DIRECTORS ARE TO DIRECT Msmbar of Board 8y Chang In PollejrHr Occurred Sine" Mef- ln and Morgan Had Charg. Washington. Jamea 8. Elton of Waterbury, Conn., and William Skin ner of Holyoka, Mass., director of the New York, New Haven ft Hartford Railroad .testifying before the Inter state Commerce Commission at Its In vestigation Into the affairs of the road, said the acquisition Of various : New England trolleys, steamship lines and other properties at a cost of many millions of dollars, constituted 'a part of the New Haven's compre hensive plan to Increase Us facilities. . Many- properties thus acquired, it was stated, only had a prospective value, the natural growth of New England being taken Into considera tion by the directors, .-;', Mr, Elton, questioned on this point by William Nelson Cromwell, who ap- , . faai du no vuyurai lur Boverui uii vv tors, declared the purchase for 111, 000,000 of the New York, West Ches ter and Boston Railroad, the stock of which former President Mellen of the New Haven testified was worth only "10 cents a yard" was for the pur pose of obtaining a foothold In the Metropolitan district and . obtaining greater terminal facilities in New York, i , - , ; Mr. Elton testified that the New Haven directors had changed their methods and now were not Influenced so much by one or two men Ilka J. P. Morgan and former President Mel len as they formerly were. He said the "directors now direct" and had learned "a great many things.'"" He added that President' Elliott was more deliberate than Mr. Mellen and . did not "rush them off their feet." Mr. Skinner said he believed "If ! things had been allowed to go on and the New. Haven and Its officials had not been subjected to Inimical Inquiries and legislation "the property would have pulled out all right, per haps In five years." He asserted that Mr, Mellen could ave retained the presidency of the rpad, had he so de sired, as he . had a majority of the directors with him. , Labor Federation Endorses Wilson. Norfolk, Va. The state federation of labor, In ' session here, adopted a resolution v endorsing President Wilson's Mexican ' policy and paying him a high tribute. j-u, Prairie rlt-j Returned. "--t Norfolk, -Va. The United States Vrulser Prairie which took a promin ent part In the capture of Vera Crux, arrived In Hampton Roads. Atlanta. Memorial exercises in -many cities of the South marked the . observance of the birthday of Jeffer son Davis, president of the Confeder ate States of America. - In' several state the ocaslon was designated as a legal holiday, banks and other bual Bess houses being closed. In Tonnes see and Georgia the graves of ttt Confederate dead were decorated with appropriate ceremonies at maAy of the larger cities. At New Orlenns the cotton market was closed jid business practically, suspended. ' ? glnla. - , ,i . , , , Rebel Capture Sugar. , " i On board U. S. S. California, Masat lan, Mexico. (by wlreleBs to Ran Diego, Cal.) The Mexican . schooner Garibaldi, carrying a, cargo of sugar, wect aground on Pled ma Island in Masatlan harbor and waa captured by the oon8tlutloielista.rTbeh vessel is breaking up In the surf," The) Federal governor of Masatlan has granted per mission w a npreHouKire or roe uni ted Sugar Company, to. enW the Con stitutionalist lines to try to negotiate for the return of the captured sugar. OPPOSITION MELTED AWAY Railroad Capitalization, Clayton Omni bus and Trade Commission Bills Are Easily Passed. Washington. All three bills of the administration trust program passed the bouse and went to the senate for action. Opposition melted away when the final test came and the voting went through quickly and without Incident. The Covington Interstate trade commission bill was passed without a record voter the Clayton omnibus anti-trust measure received 275 votes to 54 against it, and the vote on the Rayburtt railroad capitalization bill was 326 to 12. Action on the trust bills came rather unexpectedly. The three meas ures had been agreed to In "commit tee of the whole," the Rayburn bill aa amended by the committee, be ing completed. When the trade commission bill came before the house for a Anal vote Progressive Leader Murdock moved that It be sent back to the interstate commerce committee with Instruc tions to report the Murdock bill as a substitute. Tht was rejected 151 to 10 and the pending bill was passed without a roll call. Then the votes on the other two measures were taken in "rapid' succession: Representative White, Tf Ohio, waa the only -Democrat to vote against the Clayton bill and the Progressives voted for It ex cept Representative Chandler of New York. Forty-three Republicans and 16 Progressive Joined the majority in supporting the measure. They were: Republicans: , 1 Anderson, Barton, Burk (South Dakota), Campbell, Cary, Crampton, Curry, Davis, Dillon, Pair, Freer, French, Gardner, Good, Green, (Iowa), Haugen,' Hawley, Helgesen, Johnson (Washington), Kelly (Mich igan), Kennedy (Iowa), Kent, Kln kaid (Nebraska), LaFollette, ln root, McKenile, McLaughlin, Mapes, Mondell Morgan (Oklahoma) Moss of Week Virginia, Porter, Roberts, (Nevada),' Scott, Sinnott, Sloan, Smith (Idaho), Smith Michigan, Stafford, Sutherland, Towner, 'Ware and Woods 13. Progressives: . . Bell (California), Bryan, Copley, Fouller, Hinebaugh, Hulings, Kelley, (Pennsylvania), Llndberg, MacDon ald, Murdock, J. t. Nolan' (California), Ripley,' Temple, Thomson (IllloniB), Walters. Wood rufft 16. The eight Republicans and four Democrats who voted against the Rayburn bill were: Democrats: Bartlett, Buchanan (Texas), ' Gam ed and Witherepoon 4. Republicans: Cramton (Michigan), Dunn, Fair child, Glllett, Moore, Parker, Payne and Wallln 8. ' v ANOTHER FAREWELL TOUR, Madams Sarah 'Bernhardt Coming Back to America. " 7 New York. Madame Sarah, Bern hradt, at the age of TO, will sail for this city October 10 to begin a per sonal tour of the world, during which she will visit five continents. The tour will extend over a period of 26 months and 15 weeks of the time will be spent in the United Btates. .: ; , Word of Mme. Bernhardt' decision was received by cable. The tour, It Is stated,, will close her career on the stage.';.-'": .,':' v. " .' Mme. Bernhardt has made several farewell tours, the last to this coun try, ending in May, 1913. . Tt Attend Unveiling. Wajhlngton. The senate adopted a Jolu resolution for the appointment of .Are senators and five representa tive to attend the unveiling in Holly wood Cemetery at Richmond, Va., of a monument over the grave of former Ptesllent John Tyler. ... Impeachment Charges Ended.' Washington. The Impeachment charges against Federal Judge Emory Speer, of Macon, Ga., will be brought before the house and disposed of -at this session, of congress, according to Representative Webb of North Car olina, chairman of the Judiciary com mittee. The subcommittee investiga ting the charges has been engaged In reviewing testimony taken at Macon and other cities and will be assem bled soon to agree upon Its report to the entire Judiciary committee which expects to consider the case at once. Trachoma In Virginia. Washington".' Trachoma la - widely prevalent m West Virginia and In Southwestern Virginia, according to the public health .service In a report on its Investigation of the disease In these stages, Inspections were made by pdblie health service officers in 23 counties in West Virginia when 20,848 persons, mostly school children, were examined, among whom J40 cases of trachoma' were- fonnd. Of the 7,801 persons .examined to' 10 eui)iiUc& Ja Virginia 108 had the disease. Syste matic effort to suppress are urged. - I- TV iUWIUIlUUUIUUJJIlUiUUUtlUUlUiUtHI Miss Jan Delano I the efficient head of the 4,000 Red Crou trained nun, eom of whom slraady hav bean snt to Mxleo. She rv with out pay and her official tltl la "chair man of th national commltt on Rd Croaa nursing Mrvlce." Mis Delano la a g radii ta of Bllvu hospital, 'w York City. CLEARED AT PORT CARGO BOUND FROM NEW YORK TO MEXICO IS ON HIGH ' SEAS. ORDER HAS BEEN DELAYED Washington Sternly Exercised Over Situation Which May ; Supply :. Arms for War In Mexico. Washington. Ammunition for- the Mexican Constitutionalists left Ameri can shores from New -York bound for Tampico, while Mexican mediation apparently marked time at Niagara Falls, the attitude of the Constitution alists a stumbling block In the negoti ations, r ; t Information that the steamer An tilla, which recently was fired on by Constitutionalists outside Tampico, had left New York with munitions of war, created considerable stir in Washington. The vessel was cleared without Interference on the part of the United States, greatly to the sur prise of Secretary Bryan and other department officials. Subsequently It waa discovered that an order to pre vent clearance of such vessels . had been delayed and that (he Antilla had procured clearance papers while Washington believed effectual steps had been taken to prevent her sailing. Up to the present Tampico has been regarded a an open port The United State, however, has sought to main tain an embargo on arms to Mexico across . the border and last Friday when It became apparent munitions of war for the Constitutionalists were being prepared for shipments from New York, an order was Issued to pre vent clearance of vessel bearing arms for any Moxlcan port. This order did not reach the proper port officials until late after clearance papers had been Issued to 'the Antilla. . ' Words, of the order did not even reach the war department until today though army officer for many weeks have been enforcing an embargo on arms along the Mexican border. : No embargo from American ports was contemplated until the Constitu tionalists captured (he port of Tam pico. Then it became apparent that this government would be required to prevent shipments, of ammunition to the revolutionist to preserve neu trality between the Huerta and Car ranza faction. '. Revised List Show Loss of 068. Montreal. The latest list furnish ed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Indicate that a total of 968 persons perlBhed In the wreck of the Empress of Ireland. The saved number 418. The tabulation follows: ' First cabin: Passengers carried, 87, passenger saved,. (2; passenger lost, 65. Second and third - class, of whom 163 were second class: . Passengers carried, 868; passengers saved, 180; passengers lost, 688. Crew: Carried, 432; saved, 206; lost 226. V , , To Pas Roosevelt " Parls.--The French Government de cided to treat Colonel Theodore Roose velt the same as It doe former rulers and furnish him with -a special per mit authorising him to pass through the police line at all time on his Journey through France on th way' to Madrid to attend the wedding of his Son Kermlt with- Miss Belle Wyatt WUlard. Many classifications of those special paasee are Issued to C'Plomats and other but all are limited in re gard to the privileges accorded. -. CARGO OF ARMS IS PUZZLE What Will Happen When Ammunition Ship Reach Maxlcan Water I a Matary. ' Washington. The Administration waited on Carranza in so far as pro gress In Mexican mediation was con cerned. It was clearly apparent that the Constitutionalist leader was ex pected to make the next move In the) diplomatic negotiations toward settle ment of Mexican affairs. At Constitutionalists headiiuraters here no Immediate action was expect ed. Rafael Zubarun, General Car ranza'a chief representative In Wash ington, said: "I transmitted the note to General Carranza. It probably will be two or, three days before a response Is dis patched. General Carranza Is about to leave tor Saltiilo, which also will operate to delay his decision." Asked directly about the chances for. Constitutionalist representation at Niagara Falls, Mr. Zubarun said: "Affair aTe getting better or, to quote Mr. Bryan's phrase, 'the situa tion Is encourag'ng.' " Washington officials would not dis cuss the situation for publication. John Llnd conferred with members of the agency here, urging them to use their influence to. have their chlefttan reply favorably to the proposals of the mediator. Luis Cabrera, mentioned a a prob able delegate to the peace conference should Carranza agree to participate, was In conference with Mr. Lind for several hours after which Cabrera Joined his colleagues. Mr. Zubraun, Jose Vasconcello and Juan F. Ur quidl. While mediation waited ' on Car ranza, the subject of ammunition bound from the United States ' for Carranza's forces was uppermost In discussion In official quarters. It became known that Admiral Badger had been Instructed by cable to keep watch on the Mexican Fed eral gunboats in the vicinity of Puerto Mexico, In view of reports from Mex ico City that Huerta proposed to pre vent. If possible; the landing at Tam pico of the munitions en route to Car ranza on the Cnban steamer Antilla. ' - Naval officers expressed doubt as to whether the Mexican boat could maintain a successful blockade of Tampico with their base of supplies so far removed. K was generally regarded here as likely that ammunition shipments would reach Tampico unmolested. WILSON ACCEPTS STATUE. Gift to Nation of Monument .to Con-, fedaracy, Distinctly American. Washington. i. terrific thunder storm broke over Arlington National Cemetery - while President Wilson ws addressing a great ctowd gather ed for the unveiling of the monument ertced there to the Confederate dead. Rain drenched the blue and gray vet erans and women and children before they could seek shelter. There waa wild dash ton automobile and trolley car when the rain began. " The ceremonies were held at 'the base of the magnificent monument In the Confederate section of the ceme tery. Only a slight canopy protected the speaker and and the crowd wa without shelter abid far from any buildings. Mrs. Daisy McLaurln Ste vens, president-general of the United State Daughter of the Confederacy, made the address presenting he mon ument to the president on behalf of the women of the Confederacy. Tu multous applaus greeted her when she said:.;.'' ";- "" '' 'v"-'' "'-:.' "Yours, Mr. President, was Jeffer son's spirit when at Mobile you said the United States bad no interest in Mexico or any other foreign lands, ex cept to sea that the citizens enjoyed the right to the pursuit of happiness under a constitutional and Just tor eminent" . Buslnes Suffering. Tampico. (By way of Brownsville, Texas.) R. Everbusch, German con sul here, 1 negotiating with" the local authorities with the object of reach ing an understanding by means of which ' the attestation . either of the present Mexican consuls, or of con sular agents approved by the Constitu tionalists at European porta, will be acceptable on invoice of merchandise consigned to Mexican ports under the control of Carranza. Mr. Everbusoh leaves for Vera Crux for a conference on the subject. 1 ' , . ' . , . ','.; Killed By Sea-Plane. ' ' Portsmouth, England. Commander Rice and Lieutenant Thomas S. Cress well were drowned when a sea-plane in which they were flying plunged Into the sea. The sea-plane wa engaged with other air-craft In manueuvers. - A torpedo boat .recovered .CressweH'i body which was strapped to the flying machine seat, but the body of Com mander Rice was not found. Th sea plane was one of the largest In the naval service. It had a wing span of sixty-three feet, carried a 200-horss- posrer enr'ne and v- r.'fss o'r't. Doubles the average yield per acr. , Cuts down the expense. Reduces the hoe work one half. Saves a loss of from $5.00 to $15.00 per acre due to poor seed-selection. Saves enormous losses due to disease and pests. Cotton is the most susceptible crop in the South and the ravages of insects often reduce production to less than 10 per cent of normal in some sections. 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