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August 15, 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
D OMESTIC.—The New York Stock 
Exchange, the last big exchange in 
the world to remain open in the face 
of a general European war, closed its 
doors July 31 for the first time since the 
panic of 1873. The Consolidated Ex¬ 
change, the Cotton Exchange and the 
Curb quickly followed. The flood of sell¬ 
ing orders by foreign security holders pre¬ 
cipitated the action. Four failures were 
announced, two houses being members of 
the Stock Exchange and two of the Cot¬ 
ton Exchange. 
The Interstate Commerce Commission, 
in a divided opinion, August 1, in the 5 
per cent, freight rate increase, denied all 
advance of rates to the railroads between 
the Buffalo-Pittsburgh line and the At¬ 
lantic, including the New England and 
the trunk liue freight territories, and al¬ 
lowed the 5 per cent, increase to the 
roads in the Central Freight Association 
territory, between the Buffalo-Pittsburgh 
line and the Mississippi River, except on 
certain commodities, such as coal, coke, 
iron ore, cement, brick, tile, clay, starch 
and plaster. The commission disallowed 
all increase of lake-and-rail routes and of 
rates between the Central Freight Asso¬ 
ciation territory and other portions of the 
Official Classification territory. The com¬ 
mission suggests to the railways in the 
New England and the trunk line terri¬ 
tories that they may increase their net 
incomes by abolishing various types of 
service now given to shippers without 
charge. Of the rates in the Central Asso¬ 
ciation territory, the commission declares 
that they are not on].v lower than those 
in either of the other territories, but low¬ 
er than those in any otl r section of the 
United States. The commission suggests 
that all railroads in the Official Classifi¬ 
cation territory examine carefully their 
freight rates, rules and regulations with 
a view to increasing rates found clearly 
unremunerative and modifying burden¬ 
some rules and regulations. The rail¬ 
roads which applied for the commission’s 
permission to raise their freight rates 5 
per cent, were the fifty-two lines east of 
the INI ississippi and north of the Ohio and 
Potomac rivers. They asked for a 10 per 
cent, increase in 1910, and it was refused. 
Railroad managers contended that in the 
last three years the roads spent $000,000.- 
000 in new capital, but that in 1913 the 
earnings were $10,000,000 less than in 
1912; that higher wages, taxes and new 
investments caused the increase in ex¬ 
penses; that the New York Central was 
forced to lay off 23,000 men since Sep¬ 
tember, 1913, and unless relief was grant¬ 
ed government ownership of railroads 
might follow. Opposing contentions were 
that the railroads were constantly get¬ 
ting higher revenues; that they spent 
more on improvements last year than 
ever before in history; that one terminal 
cost $108.000,000; and. above all, that 
free sendee to big industrial concerns ap¬ 
proximated in value $30,000,000 a year. 
To protect the gold supply of the coun¬ 
try Secretary William McAdoo an¬ 
nounced at midnight August 2, that $100,. 
000,000 of emergency currency will be is¬ 
sued to the banks of New York. At the 
same time he announced that emergency 
money would also be issued to banks in 
other parts of the country under the Aid- 
rich-Vreeland law. 
The city of Kingston, Jamaica, was 
shaken by an earthquake of terrific vio¬ 
lence August 3. The shock was of great¬ 
er intensity than that of 1907, which 
practically destroyed the city and sub¬ 
urbs. The disastrous circular motion of 
the previous seismic disturbance was ab¬ 
sent, however, on the present occasion, 
and so far as is known no lives were lost 
and no great damage resulted. Some 
damage was done in Port Antonio and 
several other towns. 
To prevent a raid upon the gold supply 
of the United States by international 
banking houses that had built up foreign 
credits totalling $85,000,000 within the 
past fortnight, the New York Clearing 
House, August 3, voted for The Issue of 
Clearing House certificates. The action 
means the suspension of specie payments 
except under the supervision of the Clear¬ 
ing House, and is directed toward the 
conserving of the strong financial con¬ 
dition now existing by preventing the 
projected drain of our gold to Europe. 
New York savings banks put into force 
the requirement of sixty days’ notice of 
withdrawals, but fixed weekly maximums 
of $100 or $50 that might be withdrawn 
without notice. Similar requirements 
were put into effect in Minneapolis. St. 
Louis. Memphis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, 
and New Orleans. 
WASHINOTON.—Plans for the re¬ 
lief of Americans marooned in Europe 
were formally announced August 4. The 
United States cruiser Tennessee sailed 
from New York August 5 with $5,000,- 
000 to $8,000,000 in gold and twenty-five 
army officers, who will superintend relief 
measures in Europe. Ships to carry 
Americans bomb will follow as fast as 
the War Department, can procure them. 
Germany notified the State Department 
that no foreigners in that country will be 
permitted to leave during the mobiliza¬ 
tion. France may pursue a similar 
course. President Wilson sent another 
message to Congress asking for $2,500.- 
000 for the relief of Americans in Eu¬ 
rope. 
By a unanimous vote the House, Au¬ 
gust 3, passed the Underwood bill pre¬ 
pared by Administration officials, provid¬ 
ing for the admission to American regis¬ 
try of foreign built ships. The bill is de¬ 
signed to relieve as far as possible the 
tie-up in American commerce by the com¬ 
plications in Europe. 
August 3 the House and Senate passed 
a bill removing technical restrictions on 
the issuance of $500,000,000 of reserve 
currency. President Wilson appealed to 
the people not to become alarmed, as this 
country was well prepared to withstand 
any financial crisis. The President was 
successful in his appeal to avert a tie-up 
in Western railroad traffic. The Senate 
voted to authorize the Secretary of the 
Navy to establish naval lines to carry 
passengers, mail and freight to South 
America and Europe. President Wilson 
summoned Senators Gallinger, Smoot and 
Brandegee, Republican leaders, to ivsk 
their aid in expediting all legislation so 
that Congress might adjourn at an early 
date and relieve uncertainty about pend¬ 
ing anti-trust measures. 
August 5 President Wilson decided to 
place naval officers as censors at all wire¬ 
less stations, to insure neutrality. There 
are foreign stations at Sayville, L. I., and 
Tuckerton, N. J. 
SENDING MONEY ABROAD.— 
Sending money to relatives and friends 
marooned by the war in Europe is a sim¬ 
ple procedure. Explained August 4 by 
Wilbur J. Carr, chief of the consular ser¬ 
vice, this is the “how”: Send to the 
State Department a certified check, draft 
or postal money order payable to “Chief, 
Bureau of Accounts, State Department.” 
State plainly the name of the person 
(full name), city and address, if any, 
abroad. The money will be cabled imme¬ 
diately to the nearest American consul, 
who will issue local currency or a draft 
(United States warrant) upon the State 
Department, payable to the payee, who 
calls at the consulate. 
THE EUROPEAN WAR.—The Ger¬ 
man Emperor declared war on Russia 
August 1, and August 2 began an inva¬ 
sion of France without waiting for a for¬ 
mal declaration of war. August 4 Ger¬ 
many declared war on Great Britain, 
three hours before the British Parlia¬ 
ment made a declaration of war. The 
same day Germany declared war on Bel¬ 
gium, which had refused permission to 
violate Belgian neutrality, and began 
bombarding two important Belgian cities, 
Liege and Namur. The Germans have 
crossed into Swiss territory, which is 
neutral, the three German armies now in¬ 
vading France, entering by way of Basle, 
Switzerland, the Duchy of Luxemburg, 
and Arlon, Belgium. The three armies 
are said to comprise 1,000,000 men, and 
in each case they have crossed neutral 
territory to enter France. The Germans 
were repelled by the rrench at Petit 
Groix, near the Swiss frontier, August 3. 
German warships bombarded the Russian 
port of Libau, on the Baltic, August 3. 
All Europe is now in arms. On the one 
hand Austria-Hungary and Germany are 
opposed by Russia, France and Great 
Britain, Servia and Montenegro. Italy 
has declared her neutrality, but is mobil¬ 
izing. Belgium, Holland and Switzerland 
have mobilized. The German demand 
that the Belgian government should per¬ 
mit the free passage of German troops 
through Belgium was answered by hasty 
preparations to resist such an advance 
across Belgian territory. Sweden has 
made no answer to inquiries from Russia 
and Germany as regards her attitude, jnit 
is preparing to defend ner neutrality. 
Japan is making ready to live up to her 
alliance with Great Britain in case of 
certain eventualities. Spain is reported 
to be preparing a proclamation of neu¬ 
trality. 
The British House of Commons has 
voted $525,000,000 for “emergency” pur¬ 
poses. A bill was introduced in the Ger¬ 
man Reichstag asking for an appropria¬ 
tion of $1,250,000,000 for the expenses of 
the war. 
Germany, Great Britain, France and 
Austria have asked the United States to 
represent them in the warring capitals. 
On August 4 President Wilson issued a 
strong declaration of neutrality. There 
were reports August 4 that the Germans 
were entering Dutch territory, though 
the Netherlands had announced neutral¬ 
ity. Up to August 4, the Servians were 
repelling Austrian invasion. August 4-5 
German forces were repulsed in Belgium 
with heavy loss. August 6 Austria-Hun¬ 
gary declared war on Russia. 
DEATH OF MRS. WILSON.—Mrs. 
Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President, 
died in the White House August 0. Her 
death resulted from Bright’s disease, from 
which she had been a sufferer since she 
came to the White House. This trouble 
had been recently aggravated by a general 
nervous breakdown which began when 
she was injured by a fall on the marble 
floor of the White House in February and 
was accelerated by tli~- strenuous social 
season and overexertion in social better¬ 
ment work and other humanitarian en¬ 
deavors. Mrs. Ellen Louise Axson Wil¬ 
son, wife of the twenty-eighth President 
of the United States, was born in Sa¬ 
vannah, Ga., fifty years ago and in that 
city spent her childhood and her early 
girlhood. She was married to Mr. Wilson 
June 24, 1885. Like her husband, Mrs. 
Wilson was the child of a Presbyterian 
minister and also the granddaughter of 
one. Her parents were the Rev. Sam¬ 
uel Edward Axson and Margaret Jane 
(Hoyt) Axson. The Rev. and Mrs. Ax¬ 
son lived first in Madison, and then for a 
number of years in Rome, Ga., where the 
Rev. Mr. Axson bad a church. Mrs. Wil¬ 
son’s earliest education was acquired in 
Savannah, and later she attended the 
Woman’s College in Rome, Ga. 
He : “I suppose you think I’m a per¬ 
fect idiot?” She: “Oh, dear, no; we’re 
none of us perfect.”—London Mail. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the 
American Poultry Association, to be held 
at Chicago, Ill., August 8th to 15th, 1914, 
inclusive. 
Northern Nut Growers’ Association, 
annual convention, Evansville, Ind., Au¬ 
gust 20-21. 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, Ill., 
October 22-31. The following meetings 
and conventions will be held in connec¬ 
tion with the show: American Associa¬ 
tion Creamery Butter Manufacturers, 
Oct. 20. Holstein-Friesian Association 
of America, Oct. 20. International Milk 
Dealers’ Association, Oct. 20 and 27. 
Conference, Secretaries of State Dairy¬ 
men’s Association, Oct. 27. Official Dairy 
Instructors’ Association, Oct. 27. Nation¬ 
al Dairy Union. Oct. 28. American Dairy 
Farmers’ Association, Oct. 28. Council 
of the National Dairy Show, Oct. 28. 
National Association of Creamery Man¬ 
agers and Owners, Oct. 28. American 
Jersey Cattle Club, Oct. 28. National 
Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers, 
Oct. 2S, 29 and 30. International Asso¬ 
ciation of Dairy and Milk Inspectors, Oct. 
29. American Guernsey Cattle Club, Oct. 
29. Congress of Marketing, Oct. 29. 
Milk Producers’ Association, Oct. 30. 
National Grange, annual meeting, Wil¬ 
mington. Del., November 11-14. 
Maryland Week Exhibition, State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, Maryland Crop Im¬ 
provement, Dairymen’s and Beekeepers’ 
Associations, Baltimore, November 10- 
21 . 
Annual Show of the Paterson. N. ,T., 
Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Associa¬ 
tion. November 18-21. 
Indiana Apple Show, Tomlinson Hall, 
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov cm law 18-24. 
The Optimist (who has just been 
struck by a passing motor car) : “Glory 
be! If this isn’t a piece of luck! Sure, 
’tis the docthor himself that’s in ut”— 
Punch. 
Sour Soil 
Next to the possession of soil and proper moist¬ 
ure, there is no factor more essential to success¬ 
ful crop cultivation, than the presence of Lime. 
Where lime is absent the soil becomes sour and 
non-productive—a condition which is speedily 
and effectively remedied by the use of 
Edison 
PULVERIZED LIMESTONE 
NATURE’S CROP PRODUCER 
This excellent lime product is made from the 
purest Crystalline White Limestone obtainable. 
Pulverized like Hour and not being caustic can be 
applied without danger to plant life. Farm lands 
greatly increase all crop yields by its use. Espe¬ 
cially recommended for Alfalfa. Lawns "run 
down” and of slow growth fully restored and the 
grasses thickened. Vf'his signature guarantees 
satisfaction and reliability 
TRADE MARK 
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Edison Pulverized Limestone 
is packed in 1001b. bags, also in bulk. Sampleand 
prices furnished on request. Ask us to send book¬ 
let No. 202. It is instructive and will please you. 
Edison Pulverized Limestone Go. 
1133 Broadway 
New York City 
WggBT CUT FEED COSTS 
“i kJ'-s . by the better and moreeeonotn- 
J. ' P*! feeding of your stock. Beet 
/ pulp, for instance, enters into several mod- 
cm balanced rations which have been very 
successful. We can give you list of these rations 
or you can write nearest Expeiiment Station. 
IRON AGE 
ROOT PULPER AND SLICER 
will work up your roots right 
nnd quickly. Six Knives, 
pulp with one edge, slice with 
the other. Holler hearings. 
Heavy hopper, shaped to , 
feed everything in it. 
Abl, for circular It P. 
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Box 102, 
Grentodi, 
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Seed Wheat 
RED WAVE, RUDY, 
POOLE, MEDITERRANEAN, 
BLUE STEM, GYPSY. 
Mammoth White Rye. Timothy, Alfalfa, Vetch, etc. 
1200 Acre Seed Farms. Samples and catalog free. 
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A Cooling Drink in the 
Hot Sun or a Hot Drink 
in Winter’s Icy Blast. 
W HILE in the fields in the 
heat of the day, THERMOS pro¬ 
vides refreshment for the Farmer be¬ 
cause THERMOS keeps fluids icy cold 72 
hours after ice has been left behind. On 
chilly days THERMOS is useful because it 
insures a drink of steaming hot coffee or tea 
24 hours after the liquid has left the fire. 
is an essential part of the equipment of the modern 
farm, indoors and out. In a thousand and one 
ways THERMOS is the Farmer’s faithful friend, 
ideal for hunting, fishing, picnic and field lunches. 
Prove You ca n’t appreciate the value of 
, THERMOS until you try it. If your 
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At Our us $1.50 and we will send you pre- 
Risk P a 'd d> e regular pint, full nickel plated, 
~~™ THERMOS Bottle regularly sold in Eng¬ 
land at $5. Guaranteed Satisfaction or Money Back. 
Price $2.00 in Canada 
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Norwich, Conn. Toronto, Canada 
Send tor Free Thermos Picture Cut-out lor Children. 
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The most unique heating system ever 
introduced!. Requires neither flues nor 
pipes in the walls or cellar. Distributes 
heat perfectly through one register, necessitating 
but one hole in the floor. Brings city comfort 
right into the farm home. Costs less than other 
furnaces and can be easily installed by yourself. 
Absolutely Guaranteed 
To save at least 25 per cent, of fuel. Burns coal, coke 
and wood equally well. Does away with the disagree¬ 
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Gives you more space in the living rooms by getting rid 
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uniformly heated at all times. 
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Describes and illus¬ 
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Be sure to write for 
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Furnace Co. 
504 Gest Street 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
DON’T WASTE MONE Y 
buying a land roller, clod crusher, pulverizer 
and lovolor. You got ALL in ONE machine, 
and save the work of two extra trips over 
the plowed ground, when you buy the 
IMPERIAL PULVERIZER 
and it is the ONI.Y machine that packs t lie subsoil, 
and leaves the surface loose. Jhikes best seed bed. 
Soil retains moisture and produces bigger crops. 
Write today Pelcrson Mlg. Co., 
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Kent, Ohio 
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C D ROSE Farm Agency sells farms, 
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Manufacturers of the Famous Deyo Engine 
