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October z;>, 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—The desperate gang of 
bomb throwers, counterfeiters, horse pois¬ 
oners and black handers which has ter¬ 
rorized New York and vicinity for years, 
was rounded up October 10 in this city 
and Troy. The police and United States 
Secret Service men have 14 prisoners, 
thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit 
notes of the Irving National Bank and 
confessions about more than 100 bomb 
explosions. The confessions show that 
the gang hired men to set bombs, write 
extortion letters and do worse villainy. 
These desperate men went so far as to 
dynamite their employers’ houses when 
the leaders held out some of the spoils. 
Seven men and women counterfeiters, 
■ members of the gang, were arrested in 
Troy by Secret Service agents. An Ital¬ 
ian. said to have been the gang’s en¬ 
graver, killed himself when arrested in 
Troy. In the counterfeiting plant in 
Troy they found hundreds of finished and 
unfinished $5 notes and $1 silver certifi¬ 
cates and the plates from which they 
were printed. Several hundred more of 
both kinds of counterfeits were uncovered 
in a house in Brooklyn. 
While ten great ocean liners stood help¬ 
lessly by October 10, the Volturno, of the 
Uranium Line, burned to the water’s edge 
Tn a mid-Atlantic gale, with the loss of 
136 lives. When the Carmania, the first 
of the 10 to respond to the wireless call 
for help reached the scene, waves rolling 
mountain high prevented her from getting 
a rescue line to the Volturno’s passen¬ 
gers. Of the 656 persons on board, in¬ 
cluding 22 cabin passengers, 523 were 
finally saved. Wireless operators on the 
doomed ship stuck to their post after an 
explosion had destroyed the dynamo, and, 
hooking their apparatus to bsftteries, con¬ 
tinued to send out their call for aid. Two 
of the Volturno’s boats, containing about 70 
persons, got away, but had not been 
picked up or sighted up to October 17; 
other boats lowered .were smashed by the 
heavy seas. Oil was used by the tank 
steamer Nai-ragansett to calm the seas. 
Passengers, rescued were taken by La 
Touraine, Grosser Kurfuerst, Kroon- 
land. ,Seydlitz, Carmania, Rappahannock 
and ^Devonian. The rescue work was 
directed by Capt. Barr of the Carmania, 
who riianoeuvered his great ship within 
100 feet of the burning vessel. Great 
courage and devotion was shown by the 
Volturno’s officers, and the captain, in 
his story radiographed from the Kroon- 
land. denies early stories of panic and 
mutiny on the part of the crew. The 
fire is said to have been caused by a 
cigarette which a steerage passenger 
threw down a grating. None of the 
steamers standing by attempted to send 
boats to the burning vessel until Second 
Officer Lloyd of the Volturno, with four 
volunteers, lowered a boat and fought 
their way to the Grosser Kurfuerst, to 
show that it was possible to do so. 
The High Court of Impeachment at 
Albany, October 15, registered its opin¬ 
ion that Governor William Sulzer was 
guilty on the first article of the articles 
of impeachment presented by the Assem¬ 
bly. Article I, on which the court voted 
that the Governor was guilty, charges him 
filing with the Secretary of State a false 
statement of his campaign reports and 
disbursements. It was one of those ob¬ 
jected to by counsel for Governor Sulzer 
at the beginning of the trial—Articles I, 
II and. VI, the false statement, perjury 
and larceny articles. As constituted the 
Impeachment Court consists of 4S Sen¬ 
ators. and nine Judges of the Court 
of Appeals, and as 38, two-thirds 
of this total of 57, are required 
for a finding of guilty, the Gov¬ 
ernor’s opponents were able to muster 
just one more vote than was necessary. 
He was found guilty on two other counts 
October 16. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The annual 
corn show of the Pennsylvania Livestock 
Breeders’ Association will be held the 
third week in January at York, Penn¬ 
sylvania, in connection with the meetings 
of the Pennsylvania Livestock Breeders’ 
Association, the Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion and the Dairy Union. Medals, .cups 
and cash prizes will be awarded in the 
various classes. Winners of two first 
prizes in previous shows will show in 
special classes this time, giving the new 
men a better chance. For premium list 
and entry blank address, C. E. Myers, 
Secretary of Plant Section, State College, 
Pennsylvania. 
As a result of the sixth annual com¬ 
petition for the scholarships offered each 
year by the Jewish Agricultural and In¬ 
dustrial Aid Society 35 sons.and daugh¬ 
ters of Jewish farmers will take courses 
this Winter in the agricultural colleges 
of the States in which they reside. All 
their expenses will be paid by the society. 
The idea of sending the Jewish farm 
boys and girls to take short courses in 
the State agricultural colleges during the 
Winter months was first conceived in 
190S. Its purpose was primarily to help 
the newly settled Jewish immigrant 
farmer, through his children, to do bet¬ 
ter farming. Since 1908 a total of 117 
scholarships was awarded. Of this year’s 
33 scholarships New York State is al¬ 
lotted 11 and New Jersey 10. The others 
are scattered, giving one or two to a 
State. 
The anti-tuberculosis committee of the 
State Grange, fn session at Rochester, N. 
Y., October 15, planned to extend to rural 
New York the employment of social ser¬ 
vice nurses. The committee pointed out 
that while the death rate in cities had 
decreased in ten years from 1771.5 in 
THE K.UK.AL NIEW- 
100.000 to 1466. the rate in rural dis¬ 
tricts had jumped from 1404.7 to 1521.1. 
The committee accepted the offer of the 
State Charities Aid Association to pro¬ 
vide the services of a visiting nurse for 
two months to each of the six Granges 
selling the largest number of Rod Cross 
Christmas seals in the holidays. 
William A. Scarborough and Charles 
F. Adams, of the commission firm of 
Scarborough, Adams & Co., of No. 13 
Harrison street, New York, who were 
indicted on July 21 by the federal grand 
jury for presenting false damage claims 
to railroads and paying inspectors to 
have consignment of eggs arriving in in¬ 
terstate commerce examined and passed 
in advance of similar merchandise billed 
to other merchants, on conviction were 
fined $3,000 each by Judge Mayer in the 
United States District Court October 15. 
On motion of Henry A. Guiler, assistant 
United States Attorney, 13 of the 15 
indictments alleging the presentation of 
false or excessive damage claims to rail¬ 
roads were quashed. Scarborough and 
Adams pleaded guilty to the other two 
counts, charging the payments of $15 
each to inspectors in the employ of the 
Pennsylvania and West Shore roads to 
obtain quick shipments of eggs, and the 
conviction was based on these. 
PANAMA.—The Gamboa dike, which 
separated the north entrance of Culebra 
cut from Gatun Lake, was blown up 
October 10 by electric current switched 
on by cable by President Wilson in his 
office at Washington. The explosion 
threw 200 feel of the centre of the dike 
high into the air in a fanlike mass of 
rock, earth and water. When the smoke 
cleared away 2,000 persons gathered on 
every side of the dike saw the water from 
the lake flow rapidly into the lower level 
of the cut just like a stream at a point 
where there are rapids. The sight was 
not especially spectacular, because the 
difference of levels between the lake and 
the cut is only six feet, the level of both 
being 67.7 feet above the sea. Three 
minutes after the explosion the effect 
of the rush of water was apparent at the 
Cucaraeha slide, the summit of the divide, 
but the full depth of water did not reach 
there until 5 o’clock. Another charge of 
dynamite was exploded on top of the 
slide where it blocked the channel of the 
canal to make a trench several feet deep, 
through which the water can flow into 
the north end of the cut and against the 
locks at Pedro Miguel. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, Octo¬ 
ber 23-November 1. 
Vermont Corn Show, Windsor, Vt., 
November 5-7. 
Third Indiana Apple Show, Indianap¬ 
olis, November 5-11. 
National Grange, Annual Meeting, 
Manchester, N. IL V November 12. 
New England Fruit Show, Horticul¬ 
tural Hall, Boston, November 12-16. 
National Grange, Manchester, N. II., 
November 13. 
Fruit Week, Washington, D. C., No¬ 
vember 17-22; union meeting of Ameri¬ 
can Pomological Society. Society for 
Horticultural Science, Eastern Fruit 
Growers’ Association and Northern Nut 
Growers’ Association. 
Maryland State Horticultural Society, 
Maryland Crop Improvement Association, 
Maryland Dairymen’s Association, Mary¬ 
land Beekeepers’ Association and Farm¬ 
ers’ League, Baltimore, November 17-22. 
Paterson, N. J., Poultry Show, No¬ 
vember 14-22. 
Maine State Pomological Society, 
Lewiston, Me., November 18-20. 
Society for Horticultural Science, an¬ 
nual meeting. Washington, D. C., Novem¬ 
ber 20-21. 
Dover, N. J., Poultry, Pigeon and Pet 
Stock Association, annual show, Dover, 
N. J., November 24-29. 
International Live Stock Show, Chi¬ 
cago, November 29-December 6. 
The Capital Poultry and Pigeon Asso¬ 
ciation will hold its annual show at 
Washington, D. C., December 2-6. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Trenton, N. J., December 8-10. 
New York State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, Syracuse. December 9-12. 
St. Mary’s Poultry Club, first annual 
show, St. Mary’s Pa., December 18-19. 
Poultry Show, Madison Square Gar¬ 
den, New York, December 26-31. 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Convention Hall, Rochester, N. 
Y., January 7-8-9, 1914. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, an¬ 
nual Winter meeting, Easton, Md., Jan¬ 
uary, 13-15, 1914. 
Annual Corn Show, Pennsylvania Live 
Stock Breeders’ Association, Pennsyl¬ 
vania Dairy Union, Pennsylvania Hor¬ 
ticultural Association, Y'ork, Pa., third 
week in January. 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. Rochester, N. Y., January 28-29- 
30, 1914. 
Sixth National Corn Exposition, State 
Fair Grounds, Dallas, Texas, February 
10-24, 1914. % 
There was a determined look in her 
eye as she marched into the optician’s 
shop. “I want a pair of glasses imme¬ 
diately,” she said. “Good strong ones.” 
“Good, strong ones?” “Yes. I was out 
in the country yesterday and I made a 
very painful blunder.” “Indeed! Mis¬ 
took a stranger for a friend?” “No; a 
bumblebee for a blackberry.”—Labor 
Clarion. 
A PERMANENT ROOF 
That’s what every farmer wants—not a roof for today or tomorrow only 
—but a roof you can depend upon this year, next year and twenty years 
from now to keep out the rain and snow and remain unchanged under the 
torrid rays of the summer's sun or the snow and ice of winter. If a per¬ 
manent roof of this kind is what is required 
“RAIN-TIGHT” RUBBER ROOFING 
will fill the bill. It is made of Trinidad Lake Asphalt - the standard Asphalt 
of the world. It is as near indestructible and everlasting as any roof can be. 
Remember the so-called “cheap roofing” that must be repaired and 
replaced frequently are dear at any price. You will save money, trouble 
and eventually expense by buying “Rain-Tight” at the start. 
Our brand of “ Perfect Roofing ” is the same as M Rain-Tight ” 
with mica flake* added to the surface which make it fire-resisting. It is 
a non-conductor of heat and lightning and insures against fire from 
sparks falling on the roof. 
Perfect Rosin Sized Sheathing and Perfect Tarred Felt are Best for Sheathing Purposes 
If you need a new roof for any building, now or in the future, 
it will pay you to send for samples and booklet—write us today. 
Maurice O’Meara Co., 448 Pearl St., New York City 
FROM MILL DIRECT H 
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AT MILL PRICES—QUALITY GUARANTEED 
Every sheet inspected and guaranteed BEST OPEN 
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or PAINTED KUUrlll VT 
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OWN THE 5-H. P. 
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30 DAYS’ TRIAL 
THE MOGUL AT $125.00 is the winner for an all around 
Farm Engine. It will run any machinery that ran be run 
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It's a compju*t, husky,durable engine that will please you. 
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Sold on 30 days* trial 
R. WATERLOO GASOLINE ENGINE WORKS 
200 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
HUSK yodr CORN CROP 
with our Individual Husker. 
Write for Bulletin J. 
THE ADAMS HUSKER CO. 
Marysville, - - Ohio 
Be Boss Instead 
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you can easily find work enough to 
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j year. 
The Buckeye digs ditches a great 
deal better than by hand labor and 
almost twice as fast. Whether you 
own a Buckeye with steam or gaso¬ 
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be perfect to grade, and uniform to 
size. The Buckeye gasoline engine 
runs just as well on kerosene and 
thus saves half the fuel cost. 
Almost every farm has low spots that 
need draining and farmers are paying 
out thousands of dollars to the men 
who own a Buckeye for digging their 
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