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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 3, 1922 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC—Atherton Kinsley Dun¬ 
bar of Cambridge. Mass., fellow in re¬ 
search in cryogenic engineering at Har¬ 
vard. and William Connell of Cambridge, 
a carpenter, were killed instantly May 
19 by the explosion of a tank of liquid oxy¬ 
gen in the basement of the Jefferson 1 ‘by- 
si cal Laboratory at Harvard. An as¬ 
sistant and six other students were in¬ 
jured. Mr. Dunbar, who was engaged in 
an army test experiment in liquefying 
oxygen, was blown to pieces. Connell, 
who was working in an adjoining room, 
was killed by the shock of the explosion. 
Two of the injured students werti gradu¬ 
ates assisting Mr. Dunbar in research 
work. The others, freshmen, were taking 
a lecture in a classroom above and were 
hurt when the rush of air blew the floor 
out. 
Fire swept through a block and a half 
of the business section of Albert Lea, 
Minn., May 21, with damage unofficially 
estimated at $1,000,909, 
One man was killed and six persons 
were injured, four seriously. May 21, 
when thrown from a coaster car on the 
scenic railway in Starlight Park, 177th 
Street and the Bronx River, New York 
City. Versions of the accident agree that 
the car suddenly stopped with a jolt at 
the end of the second incline. Four per¬ 
sons were thrown clear of the tracks and 
fell to the ground, 40 feet below. 
James Hughes, contractor and former 
Fire Chief of the Borough of Deal. N. 
.T.. is in a serious condition in the Long 
Branch Hospital as a result of an attack 
by two young men. to whom he gave a 
•'lift” in his automobile May 20 near 
West 'Wananiassa. IDs bead required 37 
stitches and his right eye may he perma¬ 
nently disabled. Hughes told the police 
that the two men. each about 22. said 
they were on their way to Newark and 
asked for a ride. < >ue of thorn stuck a 
revolver against Hughes’s hack. He 
grabbed the weapon and in the fight the 
two youths heat him with blackjacks. 
They threw him out of the car into some 
bushes, where he lost consciousness, and 
deserted the car a short distance away. 
The bandits secured money and valuables. 
Three persons were burned to death 
May 21 in a fire that destroyed the home 
of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Sinaia at Cedar 
Knoll. I’a. The victims were Mrs. Wil¬ 
liam T. Davidson and her fouv-year-old 
daughter and James McWilliams, a visi¬ 
tor at the Small* home. The cause of the 
lire was an exploding kerosene lamp. 
The steamer Condestoga, loaded with 
wheat, bound from Port Colbnrne to 
Montreal, burned to the - water’s edge in 
the Cardinal Canal. Ogdensburg, X. Y., 
May 21. The loss is estimated at $250,- 
000. The blaze broke out when the big 
freighter was in the lift lock of the canal, 
lmt her crew of 22 stood by their posts 
and succeeded in getting the steamer out 
of the lock. Several of the crew were 
badly burned in their efforts. The cause 
of the fire is unknown. 
More than 100 derricks in the Haynes- 
ville, La., oil field were destroyed May 
22 when a wind and rain storm swept 
the central section of the field. The loss 
is estimated at $200,000. 
Ten leading clergymen of Montreal, 
Canada, five Anglicans and live Presby¬ 
terians. have applied for ordination in 
both churches, their avowed object being 
to hasten the movement toward unity of 
Christian denominations. A memoran¬ 
dum embodying the request has been pre¬ 
sented to the Presbytery of Montreal, the 
Anglican Bishop of Montreal and the 
Presbytery of New York. 
THE GENOA CONFERENCE.—The 
following is a summary of the work ac¬ 
complished al flu* Genoa Conference: 
An invitation to the United States of 
America to sit in council for the restora¬ 
tion of order in Europe, which Genoa 
thinks will be accepted. 
An agreement for a truce on troubled 
frontiers for four months from the end 
of the Hague conference. 
An agreement by the Russians to sit 
in with capitalist States to see how 
Communism can he made to deal with 
capitalism, 
A better understanding among all the 
statesmen in Europe. 
Recommendations for important im¬ 
provements in financial and commercial 
intercourse^ 
Realization of program upon which Mr. 
Lloyd George is confident he can swing 
the Parliament and the country behind 
him for a final effort to emerge from the 
war era. 
The conference has failed in the fol¬ 
lowing points: 
General settlement, treaties of peace 
and de jure recognition of Russia. 
Signature of a permanent pact of non¬ 
aggression over a term of years, to he 
followed by measures for land disarma¬ 
ment. 
Discussion of reparation, disarmament 
and the immediate inclusion of the 
United States in European councils for 
restoration. 
The following perils were avoided by 
the conference: 
A new alignment of the nations of 
Europe: (A) Germany and Russia 
against the western world; (B) England 
and possibly others lining up with those 
two against France, Poland and the Lit¬ 
tle Entente. 
An litter break with Russia, leaving 
Communism to its own resources for 
months or years to come. 
An overwhelming defeat for Mr, Lloyd 
George which would have made certain 
his fall from power. 
WASHINGTON.—Adoption of an Ad¬ 
ministration policy calling for reduction 
in railroad freight rates was the inter¬ 
pretation given In President Harding’s 
request to the leading railroad executives 
to lower transportation charges by volun¬ 
tary action, and without waiting for ac¬ 
tion by the Interstate Commerce Com¬ 
mission. Co-operation of railroad organ¬ 
izations to secure the desired result was 
promised President Harding and Secre¬ 
tary Hoover by the railroad executives 
who met with them May 20 at a White 
House dinner conference. The execu¬ 
tives voted to name a committee to recom¬ 
mend "what action could be taken” in 
lino with Mr. Harding’s suggestion. 
Secretary Fall reported to President 
Harding May 22 that economies had been 
instituted in the Department of the In¬ 
terior which will bring a saving of $936,- 
110 in the current fiscal year. Red tape 
in many instances has been eliminated 
and the work co-ordinated in virtually 
every bureau. 'This is independent of 
the reorganization program now in the 
hands of President Harding awaiting the 
final agreement before it is submitted to 
Congress. This program calls for still 
other curtailments in the Interior De¬ 
partment. 
Complete independence with no nation 
exercising any control is sought by the 
Filipino neople. the Philippine Press Bu¬ 
reau declared May 23 in a statement 
commenting on the announcement by 
Secretary of War Weeks that the Hard¬ 
ing Administration is not in favor of 
granting self-government at this time. 
Secretary Weeks said the report made by 
Major-General Leonard Wood and W. 
Cameron Forbes, who investigated condi¬ 
tions in the islands, recommended against 
independence now and that both the 
President, and lie did not favor it. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The llol- 
stein-Friesian Association of America 
has arranged a number of valuable fea¬ 
tures Jot the Kansas City convention. 
June 5-10. June 0, the day previous to 
the regular meeting, has been designated 
as Educational Day. A program of 
speakers has been arranged. "The Heart 
of America Dairy Show" will ho held in 
Convention 11 all. the largest building 
available in Kansas City, for the entire 
week of June 4-10. In this coliseum there 
is sufficient room to house all of the sale 
cattle of the third co-operative sale, and 
space enough for display of dairy equip¬ 
ment. dairy feeds and various lines of 
machinery, aside from the educational ex¬ 
hibits. The entire dairy exhibit of the 
United States Department of Agriculture 
has been arranged for. and will he on 
display under the supervision of the IT. 
S. Department of Agriculture during the 
week. There w ill also be exhibits by the, 
Missouri College of Agriculture and the 
Kansas Agricultural College. The Na¬ 
tional Dairy Council of Chicago will have 
an exhibit, as well as the Holstein Frie¬ 
sian Association of America. 
Owing to the spread of the European 
corn borer, the Secretary of Agriculture 
announces that specified sections of the 
States of Massachusetts, New Hamp¬ 
shire, New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio and 
Michigan are quarantined as from May 
1. In New- York State the quarantine 
applies to parts of Albany. Fulton, Ham¬ 
ilton. Montgomery. Rensselaer. Saratoga, 
Schenectady. Schoharie, Washington, 
Warren and several other counties. The 
quarantine prohibits the interstate move¬ 
ment. of many plants and vegetable sub¬ 
jects. Owing to the spread of the pink 
boll worm, the movement of cotton prod¬ 
ucts is further circumscribed in the 
States of Texas, Louisiana and New r 
Mexico. Planters interested in these 
States can obtain complete details by ap¬ 
plying to the Department of Agriculture, 
Washington. D. C. 
Missouri farmers have 83,50-1 automo¬ 
biles, one to every three farms, according 
to data compiled from the 1921 assessors' 
farm census listings by 10, A. Logan and 
Jewell Mayes of the Federal State Co¬ 
operative Crop Reporting Service. The 
leading counties in order are Nodaway, 
Lafayette, Johnson, Chariton and Saline. 
Trucks on farms number 4,844, und the 
counties leading in number are St. Louis, 
Buchanan, Jefferson and Jackson. The 
number of tractors on farms is (5,875, and 
the county leaders are Platte, St. Charles, 
Carroll, St. Louis and Callaway. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
June 5-10—Annual meeting, Ilolstein- 
Friesian Association of America, Kansas 
City. Mo. 
June 14 — Annual meeting, Ayrshire 
Breeders’ Association. Philadelphia. Pa. 
Jane 14-10—Farmers’ Week, Pennsyl¬ 
vania State College, State College, Pa. 
June 22-23 Summer field days. State 
College of Agriculture, Ithaca. N. Y. 
September 17-23—Eastern States Ex¬ 
position, Springfield, Mass. 
November 15-17—American Pomologi- 
cal Society. Council Bluffs, Iowa. 
November 15-25 — National Grange 
Wichita, Kan. 
A Scotsman and an Australian were 
discussing the conditions in Scotland and 
the Commonwealth. The Scot said he 
believed there were many Scotsmen in 
Australia. "Yes,” replied the Australian, 
"but the worst feature is the rabbits.”— 
Toronto Telegram. 
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