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EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—William II. Gibbons of 
Wilmington, Del., was placed on proba¬ 
tion at Atlantic City, X. J„ February 10, 
for three years and ordered to pay the 
court $2.50 a week by .lodge Robert II. 
Ingcrsoll. Gibbons, last, duly, drove an 
automobile that ran down and killed Miss 
Antoinette Larkin of Ventnor City. 
Instructions received from the Navy 
Department to suspend work on the war 
craft, guns and armor plate involve the 
laying off of 8,000 men—1,000 at the Fore 
River (Mass.) plant and 2,000 at Bcthle- 
hem, I’a., it was announced February 10 
at the local offices of the Bethlehem Steel 
Company. 
Damage estimated at $300,000 was 
done by tire which destroyed the Conklin 
Wagon Works, (Mean, N. Y„ one of the 
city’s oldest manufacturing plants, Feb¬ 
ruary 13. 
Jewelry estimated by the hotel man¬ 
agement to be valued at $100,000 was ob¬ 
tained by bandits who looted safety de¬ 
posit boxes at the Washington Hotel, St. 
Louis, Mo., February 13. 
Raymond .T. Rise] m IT. Chicago’s 25- 
year-old “Pon'/.i,*’ admitted February 13 
he had lost $3,500,000 entrusted to him 
by poor persons who expected to get rich 
Quickly through his gambling in oil stocks. 
RischolT said be had taken $4,500,000 
from his “clients,'’ who expected to be¬ 
come wealthy almost over night. Only 
$1,000,000 could be realized from the 
crash, he declared. Judge Landis forced 
Bjsehoff to testify how he and his asso¬ 
ciates started out two years ago with vir¬ 
tually nothing and ended up with liabili¬ 
ties estimated at close to $5,000,000. The 
judge also succeeded in locating six safety 
deposit boxes which may help solve the 
question of what became of the money. 
Cotton mill operatives in New Hamp¬ 
shire and Rhode Island, with few excep¬ 
tions. were on strike February 13 in pro¬ 
test against wage reductions averaging 20 
per cent and restoration of the 54-hour 
week. There were no disturbances in 
either State. The number of employes 
thrown out of work by the almost gen¬ 
eral strike in New Hampshire was esti¬ 
mated at between 25.000 and 30.000. In 
Rhode Island the list of persons a fleeted 
by strikes was brought to more than 
20 , 000 . 
Fire February 13 destroyed the plant 
of the Ritter Can and Specialty Com¬ 
pany. Hutchinson and Oxford streets, 
Philadelphia, partly destroyed a section 
of thp Schoble Hat Company and dam¬ 
aged several oilier structures, with a total 
loss estimated at $500,000. Value <>f the 
can plant alone was placed at $400,000. 
Traffic on the New York division of the 
Reading Railway was held up more than 
an hour. Hundreds of spectators were 
thrown into confusion when SO horses, re¬ 
leased from the stables of the American 
Ice Company, adjoining the Ritter fac¬ 
tory. run tip and down the crowded 
streets. 
A company of forgers who have been 
making from $1,000 to $2,000 a week by 
stealing cheeks frOtn business letters, 
forging indorsements, and raising the 
amounts, lias been broken up, the New 
York police say they believe, by the ar¬ 
rest, February 14. of William S. Roland 
(Little Nemol and Frank 8wersky.- 'rite 
arrests were made by Pinkerton detec¬ 
tives. aided by postoffiee inspectors and 
city detectives, in Swersky’s aonrtment at 
280 St. Nicholas avenue. Thirty stolen 
letters, each containing one cheek or more, 
were found in a secret compartment be¬ 
hind the baseboard, the detectives say. 
According to the police. Swersky lias 
served two terms in Sing Sing and is out 
on $2,000 bail now on a forgery charge, 
brought last .Tune. His police record be¬ 
gan with truancy in 190$. Boland was 
sent to Sing Sing for five years for for¬ 
gery in March, 1010. 
Proceed'rigs to throw the city of Swift 
Current. Saskatchewan, into the hands of 
a receiver were started February 14 by 
the Canadian Rank of Commerce. The 
bank alleged an indebtedness of $275,000 
and asked that a receiver be nnrncd to 
take over collection of delinquent taxes 
for the last six years. 
Nine men were ordered held for the 
grand jury by the coroner’s jury which 
brought in a verdict February 14 in con¬ 
nection with the collapse of the roof of 
tile Knickerbocker Motion Picture Thea¬ 
ter. at Washington. January 28. resulting 
in the death of 9$ persons. The nine 
men, all of Washington, were R. G. 
Genre, the architect of tiie building; J. 
II. Ford, the engineer who designed the 
roof structure; Morris Hacker, building 
inspector when the theater was construct¬ 
ed ; Frank L. Wagner, the builder; Don¬ 
ald Wallace, general superintendent of 
construction; R. J. Fletcher, superin¬ 
tendent of the Hammett Fireproofing 
Company, which built the walls; John L, 
McDonald, the coutractor, who erected 
the steel; Thomas L. Costigan. the en¬ 
gineer, and computer for the District of 
Columbia Building Department, who 
passed on the plans, and Julian R. Down- 
man. the assistant building inspector 
when the building was constructed. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Bovine tu¬ 
berculosis is costing the lives of 800 chil¬ 
dren annually and a property loss of $40.- 
000,000. it was brought out at Ithaca, N. 
Y., February 0, by Prof. II. F. Babcock, 
a member of the United States Live 
Stock Sanitary Commission. He said 
that testimony to that effect had been 
submitted to the Agricultural Committee 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
of the House of Representatives for its 
guidance in considering appropriations 
for cattle tuberculosis eradication. Out 
of 5,830 deaths from tuberculosis among 
children in 1919, 583 died from tubercu¬ 
losis contracted from cattle. Records also 
show that in 25 per cent, of all cases of 
tuberculosis in children under the age of 
live years, and in 40 per cent, of the 
cases of abdominal and joiut tuberculosis 
of children under five years of age, bovine 
tuberculosis bacilli are present. 
Establishment, of an open season for 
black bass to correspond with the open 
season for deer is the purpose of a bill 
introduced in the New York Legislature 
by Assemblyman Jeffery of Niagara, A 
proposed amendment to the conservation 
law to provide that there shall be no open 
season for squirrels in Niagara County 
also is sponsored by Assemblyman Jeff¬ 
rey. Senator Ferris of Essex is the au¬ 
thor of a bill by which it is sought to 
permit the taking in Essex County of 
brook, brown and rainbow trout not less 
than 6 in. long from May 1 to September 
1. A bill proposing to permit the taking 
of water fowl during the open season 
from an hour before sunrise until sunset 
is being pressed for passage in the lower 
house by Assemblyman Everett of St. 
Lawrence. Senator Seymour Lowman of 
Chemung lias introduced a bill to make 
the open season for water fowl from Oc¬ 
tober 1 to January 15. 
WASHINGTON.—The bill creating a 
commission and otherwise making pro¬ 
vision for the conversion of the $11,000.- 
000,000 debt owed the United States by 
the Allied powers was signed February 9 
by President Harding. 
Secretary Denhy appeared before the 
House naval committee February 13 to 
recommend that the navy personnel for 
the nejxt fiscal year be fixed at 90.000 
men and 0,000 apprentices, as compared 
with 100.000 men and 0.000 apprentices 
now authorized. Mr. Denby recommend¬ 
ed that there be no reduction in the ex¬ 
isting strength of the line officers of the 
navy, that the first class at Annapolis be 
graduated and commissioned, but that ap¬ 
pointments to the academy hereafter he 
reduced to three for each member of Con¬ 
gress, instead of five. The naval secre¬ 
tary recommended that 100 destroyers be 
placed out. of commission. He estimated 
that the program he outlined would ef- 
feer a saving of $70,000,000 in next year’s 
budget. 
Exports in January aggregated $279.- 
000.000. the lowest in seven months, and 
amounted to a decrease of about $15,000.- 
000 from the month of December. Im¬ 
ports for January totalled $215,000,000. 
as against $237,000,000 the previous 
month, and $209,000,000 in January, 
1921. 
The following new taxes have been sug¬ 
gested to raise funds for the soldiers’ 
bonus bill: A 1 cent a gallon tax on 
gasoline, which it is estimated will raise 
$70,000,000 a year. A tax of about one- 
tenth of 1 per Cent on stocks and bonds 
for a total revenue of approximately $04.- 
000.000. Increasing the theater tax to 
about double its present size. $75,000,000 
more. Additional tax on cigarettes of 50 
cents per 1.000. $25,000,000. A real 
estate tax of $2 on every $1,000. $20. - 
000.000. Two cents a pound tux on 
smoking and chewing tobacco. $5,000,000. 
Twenty-five cent horsepower tax on auto¬ 
mobiles. $50,000,000. Increasing parcel 
post rates by about $20,000,000 on total 
receipts. 
The Wadsworth hill creating a bureau 
of civil aeronautics in the Department of 
Commerce was passed February 14 by the 
Senate and sent to the House. An amend¬ 
ment requiring the bureau to accept li¬ 
censes issued the air pilots by States oil 
an equality with Federal licenses was 
eliminated. 
Attorney-General Daugherty announced 
February 14 the government would make 
war upon “wildcat” stock promoters and 
salesmen. The Department of Justice 
plan is to bring about more unified action 
among States having “blue sky" laws, 
and possibly suggest legislation which will 
supplement penalties provided in the pos¬ 
tal laws and thus strengthen the hands 
of government prosecutors The Ameri¬ 
can people have been filched of $140,011.- 
231 in the last five years by worthless 
Stock boosters. The sufferers have been 
largely the poorer classes who can least 
afford to lose their suviugs in fraudulent 
scheme*. The huge sum mentioned by 
the Attorney-General was based on rev¬ 
elations made by Federal attorneys all 
over the United States in 480 stock swin¬ 
dling cases which are pending in the Fed¬ 
eral courts. These cases include a large 
number of bucket-shop cases. 
f. o. b. Factory 
tndard Walking Typ 
Now Sells For Less 
Y OU CAN now own one of these 
handy, money-making, time¬ 
saving machines for less money. 
The Utilitor has proved its ability on 
hundreds of farms to do better, faster 
and less expensive work than animal 
power. 
On the belt it has no equal for its 
size. It moves from job to job under 
its own power. 
All hitches have been simplified and 
perfected. 
We are also offering the NEW 
RIDING TYPE Utilitor. It steers 
from a comfortable seat by means of 
a tiller control. Most of the operations 
are watched from the driving position. 
The New Riding Type sells for 
$340 f. o. b. factory. Ask for Model 
501-A. 
With increased discount and 
reduced prices the Utilitor is more 
attractive than ever from the dealer’s 
standpoint. 
Complete description of all models 
on request. Please address Depart¬ 
ment 902. 
Standard Walking Type Utilitor 
with Plow 
Standard Walking “Type Utilitor 
Equipped with 84-inch Mowers 
New Riding Type, Model 501-A 
$340 f. o. b. Factory 
MIDWEST ENGINE COMrANY, Indianapolis, U.S.A 
f Aft \ Clean Your Horses Easier 
) an d in Half the Time 
winm 1 Make your farming profitable—save drudgery 
ly J and ‘speed up” the chores that take 3 lot of time. 
'MM / Get more chances to plan and work out the things 
Jr r%v / that make you money. 
-/V*. Horse cleaning >3 a teutons job it best. And a roag-h. 
Bhaggy coat of long hafir doesn't help any. Save time and 
patience—clip all over the warm dny3. Makes clean¬ 
ing easier, and it's done in half (be time. 
. Clipping is best from a health stardpoHt also. Clipped horses are fresh and 
vigorous^* 1 hen the hard spring work is p.sying oat endipped ones. 
The Stewart No. 1 Clipping Machine, ball bearing, makes the job easier on 
your farm. Strongly built—lasts a lifetime. Plates of rasor steel, with the finest 
cuiung edges ever made. Clips cows also. Price reduced to $12. At your 
dealer s, or send us $2 and pay rest on arrival, 
Electric Clipping Machines and S*5. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
Dept. A 141, 5600 Roosevelt Rd., Chicago 32 years making quality products^4 
Stewart 
No. 1 
Clipping 
Machine 
For 
Horses 
Mutes 
and 
Cows 
Price 
Reduced 
ifHOPE FARM NOTES’* 
This book has hail a remarkable reception. We have had 
orders for it from China, 8outh Africa, New Zealand. Hawaii. 
Austria and Brazil. It lias gone to every State in the Union. 
Among many appreciative letters comes the following from “the 
heart of the Blue Grass”: 
I have ever been a reader of your notes in The Rural New- 
Yorker, but it is not recalled that in a long life any book was 
read with so much pleasure and profit as your receut compilation. 
The mellow and wholesome philosophy that pervades every page 
bears tribute to both head and heart. 
^ ith the hope that the lengthening shadows of a declining sun 
may long yet cast their evening glory on vour full and fruitful 
life, believe me, Sincerely yours, 
Kentucky. H.*F. IIILLENMEYER. 
Our people say they buy this book because it presents in read¬ 
able form bright pictures of the finest side of farm life this coun- 
ti.' has ever known. It is a period of life now fast disappearing 
1,1 history, and it should he preserved in the minds of all our peo¬ 
ple. I hat is why the book should be in every home, and particu- 
idrly in every school library! Is it in your library? 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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