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EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
D OMESTIC.—The chase sifter the five 
bandits at Williamson. W. Va., who 
on August 14 killed Joseph Slialor, 
paymaster of (lie Glen Alum Fuel Com¬ 
pany, and his two companions and stole 
the company payroll of $8,000, ended 
August 10, when the mountain cave into 
which th(> desperadoes had retreated was 
dynamited and the men were killed. The 
deaths of the bandits brought the fatal¬ 
ities to eleven. The bandits were Ital¬ 
ians. 
The United States War Department 
steamship Ancon made the passage 
through the Panama Canal, August 15, 
and transit through the waterway is now 
officially open to the traffic of the world. 
At a meeting of the New York Cham¬ 
ber of Commerce, August 13, a resolu¬ 
tion was adopted unanimously to request 
the United States Government to estab¬ 
lish a bureau of war risk insurance to lie 
administered under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Treasury. This bureau 
would assume tin* risks of war on Ameri¬ 
can vessels and American cargoes shipped 
thereon whenever it shall appear that 
the American vessels are unable to com¬ 
pete on equal terms with foreign vessels 
by reason of protection afforded to them 
by their Governments. 
The Dutch steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, 
and the Cunard steamer Laconia, ar¬ 
rived in New York August 17 with about 
3,000 American tourists, while a Scan¬ 
dinavian liner arrived August 18 with 
1.000 more. The North German Lloyd 
Company admits that its vessels are for 
sale. 
Subpoenas were placed August 18 in 
the hands of United States marshals re¬ 
quiring the presence of ten of the leaders 
in the Chicago packing industry before 
tlie federal grand jury examining into 
the recent increase in meat prices. The 
same day Robert O’Dearn, American 
sugar beet man and A. A. Brown, of the 
California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining 
Company, were served with subpoenas 
at San Francisco, directing them to ap¬ 
pear before the federal grand jury which 
is investigating the rise in price of foods. 
Managers of hotels will bring their hooks 
and hills to show what increased prices 
they have paid since August 1. 
WASHINGTON.—The unusual pro¬ 
posal that the government shall enter the 
business of marine insurance during the 
continuation of the European war and 
the congestion of oversea traffie is con¬ 
tained in a bill introduced August 12 by 
Representative Lewis, a Maryland Dem¬ 
ocrat, who came into notice as the co¬ 
author of the parcel post law. The 
Lewis bill proposes the creation in the 
Department of Commerce of a “Bureau 
of Marine Insurance,” which shall under¬ 
take the insurance of vessels carrviug 
exports from the Jnited States to for¬ 
eign countries. The Secretary of Com¬ 
merce is to have authority to make 
rates and regulations, and the premiums 
received would go into a “marine insur¬ 
ance fund.” 
Mr. Lewis says that in 1011 the pre¬ 
miums from marine insurance amount¬ 
ed to $4,500,000 and the losses to only 
$1,500,000. The hill provides that the 
I nited States shall have a monopoly of 
the marine insurance business after’ the 
promulgation of its rates covering war 
risks. 
The Senate ratified August 13, eigh¬ 
teen of the peace treaties sent to that 
body recently by Secretary Bryan. All 
of the treaties except two were ” approved 
and action on these was postponed. The 
treaties postponed wer * with Santo Do¬ 
mingo and Panama. Postponement was 
due to the fact that local conditions exist 
in each of tin* two countries which it was 
thought would make it inconsistent for 
the United States at this time to conclude 
treaties of that character with them. 
The eighteen countries with which peace 
treaties were to-day conrtrmed are: Nor¬ 
way, Netherlands. Portugal. Switzer¬ 
land, Denmark, Italy, Salvador, Guate¬ 
mala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, 
Persia, Costa Rica. Venezuela, Uruguay, 
Argentina, Brazil and Chili. 
August 13, President Wilson ordered 
a Federal investigation of the recent 
abrupt increases in the price of food¬ 
stuffs. 
Two hills were offered in the House 
August 18, designed to prevent the ex¬ 
portation of foodstuffs as a means of 
steadying or reducing the prices of house¬ 
hold necessities. One. by Representative 
Vare of Pennsylvania, authorizes the 
President to stop the exportation of 
foodstuffs, clothing and arms and am¬ 
munition in time of war. The other, 
introduced by Representative Keating 
of Colorado, proposes an amendment to 
the Constitution whereby Congress may 
levy a tax on exports. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Albert .T. 
Rice of Dayton was convicted August 
1”. before Judge Peter F. Daly in the 
Middlesex County Court at New Bruns¬ 
wick, N. J., of selling millet seed to 
farmers for A1 clover seed and was sen¬ 
tenced to two months In jai 1 and fined 
$200. Harvey It. Dey, a farmer, became 
suspicious of the real character of the A1 
clover seed because some new Japan 
clover seed lie had previously bought from 
Rice had failed to sprout. He sent the 
seed to the State agricultural experi¬ 
ment station, where it was analyzed and 
found to be 82 to 92 per cent, millet 
seed, the balance being clover. Millet 
seed sells for $1.75 a bushel. Rice asked 
$10 a bushel for his A1 clover seed. 
Pleas of not guilty, witli the right to 
substitute demurrers or different pleas, 
were entered in the Federal Court at 
Providence, R. I., August 11, by William 
J. Higgins and Jeremiah Hall, charged 
with conspiracy to defraud the Govern¬ 
ment of $400,000 in oleomargarine taxes. 
They were hold in $15,000 each. The 
New England Manufacturing Company, 
of which they are officers, entered a 
similar plea. Five other individuals and 
two other corporations have been in¬ 
dicted. 
The Smith-Lever Bill which recently 
passed Congress provides federal funds 
for the Pennsylvania State College with 
which to carry on Extension work in 
agriculture and home economics. The 
Extension Department of the College 
will place exhibits at the following fairs: 
Sept. 7—11, Towanda, Bradford County, 
and Youngwood, Westmoreland County; 
Sept. 14—IS, Montrose, Susquehanna 
County, and Mercer, Mercer County; 
Sept. 21—25, Lewisburg, Union County, 
and Dayton, Armstrong County; Sept. 
—8—Oct. 2, Milton, Northumberland 
County, and Duncanville, Blair County; 
Oct. 5—9. Bloomsburg, Columbia County, 
and Bedford. Bedford County; Oct. 12 
■—19. Ilughesville, Lycoming County, 
and Newport, Perry County. 
THE EUROPEAN WAR.—All news 
is still strictly censored. The where¬ 
abouts of the British North Sea Fleet 
was unknown August 21, but as Scandi¬ 
navian merchantmen were taking cargoes 
of foodstuffs to England, and English, 
Belgian and Dutch shipping crossing the 
Atlantic, it would appear that the main 
German fleet was unable to prey on ship¬ 
ping. No information was given out as 
to the whereabouts of British troops in 
France or Belgium, hut it was officially 
stated August 18. that 140,000 men had 
been landed on the Continent. During 
24 hours, August 19—20, it is stated 
that 97,000 recruits joined the British 
army, being the world’s record for a 
single day’s enlistments. August 17 
Japan sent an ultimatum to the Kaiser, 
giving Germany one week to withdraw 
from the Far East. It is officially an¬ 
nounced in London that Japan’s move 
against Germany in the Far East was 
taken with the full knowledge and ap¬ 
proval of the British Government, follow¬ 
ing assurances by Japan that she would 
abide by the letter of the Anglo-Japanese 
agreement and that she contemplated no 
hostile action against any of the German 
possessions on the Pacific except Kiao- 
chow. Thus tin* possibility of a Japan¬ 
ese move toward Samoa or other quar¬ 
ters in which the interests of the United 
States would b« affected is eliminated. 
A copy of the official announcement by 
the British Government that the opera¬ 
tions of Japan will be confined to the 
China Sea and the mainland of China 
was handed to Secretary of State Bryan 
b.v the Japanese Ambassador in Wash¬ 
ington August IS. It had a noticeable 
effect in relieving uneasiness in official 
circles. One significant ract in the state¬ 
ment by Japan was that the Tokio Gov¬ 
ernment will insist on being made a party 
to any negotiations between Germany 
and China for the return of Kiao-ehow 
to China. The result of live days’ fight¬ 
ing between French and German troops 
in the Vosges Mountains appeared gen¬ 
erally favorable to France and the 
French troops were nearing Strassburg 
August 18. On that date it was reported 
that the Germans had retreated from 
Naarburg. August 18 the Belgian au¬ 
thorities removed the capital to Ant¬ 
werp. which is protected by forts con¬ 
sidered impregnable. Great devastation 
has been inflicted on towns first occupied 
and tlu'ii evacuated by German troops, 
which occupied Brussels August 20. The 
two German cruisers in the Mediterran¬ 
ean. flu* Goeben and Breslau, have been 
sold to Turkey. All flu* powers resent 
this, and the Allies have notified the 
Ottoman Government that the German 
officers and crews must In* repatriated. 
Those vessels were trapped by Gibraltar 
and the Dardanelles. It was stated 
August 17 that Turkish troops were 
crossing Bulgarian territory to attack 
Greece. Russia has notified Turkey that 
if tin Black Sea Fleet is not given per¬ 
mission to go through rlie Dardanelles it 
will go through without. The Czar of 
Russia has issued a proclamation offer¬ 
ing autonomy to Poland and it is report¬ 
ed that Jews in Russia will soon be given 
civil and political rights. Reports from 
Servia August 18 announced that an 
Austrian army which Tried to penetrate 
the Sabatz Mountaines was routed and 
15,000 men killed, wounded or captured. 
A strong Servian detachment supported 
by machine guns trapped the Austrians 
in a mountain valley. The Austrians 
were nimble to form a battle line and 
retreated in confusion, leaving fourteen 
cannon. The Austrian army corps with¬ 
drawn from the Servian border have as¬ 
sumed tlie offensive against Russia, and 
Austrian cavalry has penetrated Russia. 
A dispatch from Port S“id August 18 
stated that through traffic in tin* Suez 
Canal has practically ceased. The port 
is crammed with ships of all nations, the 
captains of which are afraid to proceed 
on their journeys. Besides, there is a 
colossal fleet of German merchantmen 
under seizure that have been deprived of 
essential pieces of their engines, likewise 
their wireless installations. The whole 
of Germany’s seaborne commerce with 
Australia, Asia and East Africa is ab¬ 
solutely paralyzed, and the only vessels 
passing through the canal are those fly¬ 
ing the Italian flag. These are besieged 
by hordes of foreigners anxious to get 
away from Egypt, among whom were 
many German and Austrian officers, who 
August 2!), 
have been arrested by British authorities 
while attempting, under disguise, to get 
away. 
DEATH OF POPE PIUS X.—Au¬ 
gust 20 the I’ope succumbed to a bron¬ 
chial attack. Giuseppe Melchiore Sarto 
was born June 2, 1835, in the small ham¬ 
let of Riese, in the province and diocese 
of Treviso, Venice. His father was a 
postman, and his early life was among 
the humble. He was ordained in 1858, 
became Archbishop of Salzauo in 1867, 
and Bishop of Mantua in 1884; made 
Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice in 
1893, and became I’ope in 1903. The 
last message given out by Pius X was 
an earnest appeal to pray for peace, and 
the anxiety over the great war is be¬ 
lieved to have hastened his end. 
NEW YORK STATE NEWS. 
H AY DEALERS CONVENE.—The 
ninth annual convention of the State 
Hay Dealers’ Association was held 
in Syracuse last week, with about 300 
delegates in attendance. The European 
war was a dominating subject of discus¬ 
sion and there was a general belief that 
it would bring a higher level of values 
for tin* hay crop although the problem of 
exporting the crop was a pressing one. 
Although the crop is a good one and 
would not denote high prices, yet hay is 
now worth $12 to $15 per ton despite 
the abundant yield. Commissioner Hu- 
son. in an address before the convention, 
called attention to the fact that tlie hay 
crop in tliis State average in value more 
than $75,000,000 per year and consti¬ 
tutes more than 30 per cent, of the value 
of our farm crops. Among other speak¬ 
ers were Prof. Clyde II. Myers of the 
State Agricultural College, IT. C. Jones 
of Baltimore and Jacob Cinder of Schen¬ 
ectady. 
FINE CATTLE FOR STATE FAIR. 
There will be 80 exhibitors of cattle 
this year as against 50 last year and the 
housing capacity of 1,080 will be ex¬ 
hausted, and more room needed. Two or 
three stock farms will enter over 50 head 
each. This year beef animals from the 
Middle West will be much in evidence. 
GRANGE TICNIC. — When every 
Grange county in the State has its 
Grange picnic and many subordinate 
Granges have field days on their own 
account, no one can be selected for special 
mention. The Grange day gathering at 
Chautauqua is one of the most notable 
and Jefferson County is always wide¬ 
awake to the picnic issue. This year 
more than 1,000 were present at Water- 
town on the annual Grange field day. 
State Master Vary, State Secretary Giles 
and Senator Elon R. Brown were tlie 
speakers. 
AMEXIA FIELD DAY.—This “play 
festival,” as it has been styled, which has 
attracted much attention, was attended 
by about 8,000 persons this year on Sat¬ 
urday. Aug. 15. Among the speakers 
were Prof. .T. E. Spingarn. who is the or¬ 
iginator of the field day idea as applied 
to this particular undertaking; lion. 
Hamilton Fish, Jr.; Congressman Ed¬ 
mund Platt of Poughkeepsie, Commis¬ 
sioner C. J. Huson, Gilbert M. Tucker 
and Mrs. Raymond Brown. Athletic 
events followed the speaking. 
KEEPING FOOD PRICES DOWN. 
—Attorney General Carmody is behind 
a sweeping prosecution of all combines 
that tend to boost food prices without 
cause. Ample power is given him by 
statute to prosecute all illegal combina¬ 
tions working to this end. For six 
months an investigation has been going 
on in his department, in conjunction with 
the State Department of Health and Fed¬ 
eral authorities, and a mass of evidence 
has been collected bearing directly on the 
present situation. Gov. Glynn has also 
directed the State Department of Agricul¬ 
ture “to exert every effort to prevent the 
abnormal condition of tin* world’s markets 
from working unnecessary hardships on 
tlie consumers of New York.” The Com¬ 
missioner of Weights and Measures of 
New York City is also carrying on an 
investigation with the same end in view 
and it has had a good effect on prices. 
Acting Mayor McAneny has said that he 
would favor the plan to have the city 
appropriate money without delay to es¬ 
tablish municipal markets. 
CONFERENCE AT KENOTIN 
FARM.—This farm is owned by Mr. F. 
W. Sessions of Utica and is a model dairy 
farm. It was here that an important 
conference was held last week which was 
attended by about 175 interested people. 
Short talks were made by Deputy Com¬ 
missioner Harry B. Winters of Albany. 
G. W. Bush of the Oneida County Farm 
Bureau and Dr. T. Wood Clarke of the 
committee on milk supply of the Muni¬ 
cipal League. The spirit of the speeches 
was to arouse the public to the pressing 
need for milk that is known to be pure, 
by test. Mr. Sessions produces milk 
that is 100 per cent, pure by analysis 
made twice a month.' It does not fall 
below that standard. The secret lies in 
milking from properly eared for cows into 
covered pails, the rapid straining of milk 
through cheese cloth and quick cooling to 
a low temperature. At the conference 
Mr. Sessions offered his guests milk to 
drink which, lie said, was “four days 
old.” It was as fresh apparently, as 
when first drawn, and it is said it could 
be shipped to California and back without 
spoiling. It is free from bacteria and will 
keep its purity for a week. j. w. n. 
