1914. 
THli RURAL NKW-YORRER 
1109 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
D OMESTIC.—The American Express 
Company is going to invate the South 
American field. Its aim is to provide 
better transportation and financial facil¬ 
ities for American manufacturers who 
want to share in the increased trade re¬ 
lations between the United States and 
South American countries. 
A despatch received by the revenue 
cutter service, Sept. 13, from Capt. Coch¬ 
ran of the revenue cutter Bear brings the 
news that the cutter has rescued eight 
members of the Stefansson expedition, a 
part of which was caught in the ice floes 
of the Far Northwest about a year ago. 
Since then the members of the party who 
have survived held out on Wrangell Isl¬ 
and. The names of two members of the 
party who died are given, and another 
was accidentally killed. Eight others are 
missing. Stefansson himself became sep¬ 
arated from part of his expedition, who 
were on the steamship. lie is still in the 
Far North, conducting bis explorations 
on behalf of the Canadian Government. 
Messages have been received from him 
which show that he and others of the 
original party are alive. 
Reports have been received confirming 
the reports of a remarkable gold discov¬ 
ery in Broad Pass! on the Sustina River, 
Alaska. The discovery, it is predicted, 
will create a new era of prosperity in 
this country and already has started an¬ 
other rush of prospectors to Alaska. Ac¬ 
cording to reports from the regions in the 
Northwest, the strike was made where 
there are gold ledges 100 to 2,000 feet 
wide. The discovery is said to surpass 
any yet made in South Africa. The least 
valuable of the ledges are said to eclipse 
the Treadwell and other Juneau ledges. 
It is expected that inside information 
of the manipulation and the alleged 
fraudulent action in connection with the 
foreclosure proceeding against the New¬ 
ark Meadows Improvement Company will 
be revealed when several of the defend¬ 
ants in the suit brought by W. Russell 
Root, a bondholder, are examined before 
trial. John T. Ilettrick, attorney for 
Root and numerous other bondholders, 
obtained the order at New York, Sept. 
14, from Justice Guy for the examination 
of the defendants. Among the latter are 
Wilbur C. Fisk, member of the banking 
firm of Harvey Fisk & Sons, Albert A. 
Tilney, William C. Lane, Albert II. Wig¬ 
gins, Charles II. Keep and the Guaranty 
Trust Company. The individuals named 
are directors of the Newark Meadows Im¬ 
provement Company, and it is alleged 
that they wasted and dissipated the as¬ 
sets of the corporation through their of¬ 
ficial neglect. 
James Bottenus, a former advertising 
man of 201)5 Webster Avenue, New York, 
was arrested by Post Office Inspectors 
Barber and Shaefifer, Sept. 14, on a 
charge of using the mails to defraud in 
the operation of a real estate scheme in 
which a number of inaccessible lots in 
the Watchung Mountains, in New Jer¬ 
sey, were bought at $2 each and sold 
at from $35 to $50 each. Mrs. Rose 
Stack, said by the post office inspectors to 
be the defendant’s chief agent, was also 
placed under arrest in BlulTtou. Ind. 
Amos W. Jones, another salesman, was 
sentenced by Judge Ray in the Federal 
Court at Watertown, N. Y., recently to 
five years in the Federal penitentiary at 
Atlanta. Bottenus operated as the James 
Realty Company, with headquarters at 
2095 Webster Avenue. In the advertis¬ 
ing columns of rural publications all over 
the country, according to the charges 
against him, he inserted a simple puzzle. 
All those who submitted a solution to the 
puzzle got a deed to a lot 20x100 feet. 
They were then informed that since the 
insertion of the advertisement laws had 
been passed to prohibit the building of 
houses on any lot less than 25x100 feet 
in size. In this way, the post office auth¬ 
orities say, the prize winner was usually 
induced to buy another lot at from $35 
to $50. 
Twenty-seven persons were drowned. 
Sept. 15, when a St. Louis & San Fran¬ 
cisco westbound passenger train plunged 
into a cloudburst two miles west of Le¬ 
banon, Mo., and two passenger cars top¬ 
pled into a deep gully swollen with water. 
Eighteen persons were injured, but none 
of them was hurt seriously. Ninety-nine 
persons, including the train crew, were 
on the train. 
The United Mine Workers of America 
accepted, Sept. 15, President Wilson's 
proposal for a settlement of the Colorado 
strike. It now remains with the opera¬ 
tors, including the Rockefeller interests, 
to say whether or not they will accept the 
plan and end the conditions which have 
broken down civil government in Colo¬ 
rado and resulted in much bloodshed. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Representa¬ 
tive Cullop, of Indiana, has introduced in 
the House of Representatives a bill to 
make it unlawful to ship in commerce be¬ 
tween the States any grain or seed for 
the purposes of sale or barter for use in 
agriculture which is falsely labeled or 
branded or falsely represented, and to 
fix a penalty therefor. The bill makes 
it unlawful for any firm, person, corpora¬ 
tion or association of individuals to ship, 
mail or otherwise convey in commerce 
between the States for the purposes of 
sale or barter any seed or grain falsely 
labeled or branded or falsely represented 
as to grade, character or name. Viola¬ 
tion of the act will be punishable by a 
fine of not less than $500. 
Mr. Charles M. Arthur has been ap¬ 
pointed specialist in markets in the ex¬ 
tension division in agriculture and home 
economics of the New Jersey State Agri¬ 
cultural College. Mr. Arthur was grad¬ 
uated from the Pennsylvania State Col¬ 
lege one year ago. He will devote part 
of his time to a study of market methods 
and to assistance of producers who want 
information regarding the best methods 
of putting their products upon the mar¬ 
ket. Mr. Arthur will also have charge of 
a news letter to be sent to all papers 
circulating within the- State which will 
carry recent information of Experiment 
Station results and of means used to as¬ 
sist the farmers of New Jersey. 
To place on display 140 different kinds 
of agricultural products in a single sea¬ 
son is the task Charles Ilardin. a farmer 
near Belleville, Kans.. did at the Repub¬ 
lic County fair. Of this season’s display 
there were 72 varieties of corn and veg¬ 
etables and 6S different kinds of grasses, 
all taken from Mr. Hardin’s 100 acre 
farm. His premiums on the collection 
amounted to $24. 
As a war measure the Canadian gov¬ 
ernment will endeavor to have the wheat 
acreage doubled next year. There has 
been a conference between the Dominion 
Minister of Agriculture and experts in 
wheat production to devise means to en¬ 
large the wheat acreage of Canada for 
the coming crop. Through agricultural 
papers and lecturers farmers will be ad¬ 
vised that it will be good business and 
good patriotism to seed every acre at 
their disposal to wheat. The British gov¬ 
ernment has asked the Dominion to co¬ 
operate in the work of increasing pro¬ 
duction so that the food shortage in 
Europe resulting from the employment of 
men in war may be met. 
THE EUROPEAN WAR.—The battle 
of the Marne, occurring September 7-12, 
was followed by a general German re¬ 
treat. This may be called the greatest 
battle in history as far as number is con¬ 
cerned. more than 2.000.000 men being 
engaged. The British reported the cap¬ 
ture of 6.000 men and 15 guns, while the 
French are said to have captured 160 
guns and many prisoners. No data is 
given as to casualties on either side, 
though it is said this equals 20 per cent., 
but German losses are much heavier than 
those of the Allies, owing to the massed 
formation in which they still fight. It is 
admitted that German losses in Belgium 
were fully 50.000, but apparently little 
news of casualties is given out to_Ger¬ 
many by its government. Sept. 15 the 
Germans were taking up strong positions 
along the River Aisne, and another great 
battle was beginning. The new line of 
battle extends along the region of Noyon, 
through Soissons. Laon, the heights north 
and west of Reims, through Ville-sur- 
Tourbe, north of Yarennes, and along the 
Meuse to the forest of Forges. This line 
is about 100 miles long, and throughout 
its length the Germans are acting on the 
defensive. The Crown Prince was com¬ 
pelled to abandon his position at Var- 
ennes and was then moving northward 
through the rough country between the 
Argonne and the Meuse.Sept. 13 
it was stated that the Russians had again 
defeated the Austrians in Galicia. Aus¬ 
tria’s loss being 60,000 men in killed, 
wounded and prisoners. Reports from 
Petrograd. Sept. 14. asserted that during 
17 days’ fighting 2S0.000 Austrians were 
taken prisoners. It is said that much 
distress exists in Austria. The Russians 
are administering the conquered districts, 
but disclaim any idea of annexing it. 
They assert they will capture Berlin. 
.Sept. 15-16 a naval battle was in 
progress in the Baltic, between German 
and Russian fleets.Sept. 16 the 
Germans had concentrated in East Prus¬ 
sia a force of 750.000 men. This is be¬ 
lieved to be a larger force than is neces¬ 
sary for the defence of the province and 
it is believed that it may be used for the 
invasion of Russian Poland and the cap¬ 
ture of Warsaw.Sept. 14 the Bri¬ 
tish War Office denied that any Russians 
had been landed in France, although re¬ 
ports to this effect have been brought 
over by many returning tourists. It was 
asserted that the men had been brought 
from Archangel, on the White Sea. by 
British transports, landed in Scotland 
and trans-shipped to the Continent. 
Italy continues neutral, but pressure is 
being exerted by both Germany and Aus¬ 
tria to alter this attitude. The people 
generally are making demonstrations of 
hostility against Austria.Hostili¬ 
ties continue in Belgium. Commandant 
Meune, of the Landsturm, who was com¬ 
mander at Louvain, is a prisoner, and is 
to be court-martialled by the Belgians. 
The Belgians refuse to treat him as a 
prisoner of war and will try him upon 
the charge of destruction of public and 
private buildings. A German force of 
60,000 men was rushed into Belgium. 
Sept. 15-16. It is considered doubtful, 
however, if they will make an attempt 
to capture Antwerp, as the dikes have 
been opened and the surrounding country 
has been flooded.The Servians were 
marching on Hungary, Sept. 15. with a 
force of 150,000.Turkov has de¬ 
cided to remain neutral in spite of pres¬ 
sure from Germany.Sept. 15 it 
was announced officially that Great Bri¬ 
tain’s expense for the 43 days of war 
was $165,500,000.The British have 
captured German possessions in Poly¬ 
nesia, and have defeated German forces 
in South Africa. Much German shipping 
has been seized in various parts of the 
world, and the German cruiser Ilela was 
sunk by a British torpedo boat in the 
North Sea, Sept. 13. There have been 
some further casualties from mines in the 
North Sea, among them the British tramp 
steamer Ottawa with a crew of 26. 
One Moment, Please! 
It Will Pay You 
L. S. and P. Co. Fifth Consignment Sale 
October 12 and 13, 1914 
New Sale Pavilion, Syracuse, N. Y. 
GLANCE OVER THIS LIST OF CONSIGNORS: 
Irwin J. Schoonmaker, Kyserike, N. Y. 
F. B. Loren, Central Square, N. Y. 
J. H. D. Whitcomb, Littleton, Mass. 
Allen R. Owen, Goshen, N. Y. 
Sanford R. Clark, Onondaga Valley, N. Y. 
Stevens & More, Lacona, N. Y. 
E. C. Brill, Stewartsville, N. J. 
N. V. Lasher, Fultonville, N. Y. 
R. E. Davis, Mexico, N. Y. 
E. A. Vandervort, Sidney, N. Y. 
H. M. Dunham & Sons, Marcellus, N. Y. 
C. F. Hunt, Oran, N. Y. 
O. A. Thomas, Rutland, Vt. 
J. A. Leach, Cortland, N. Y. 
It is not necessary for us to go into further details, because you 
know the class of animals that these breeders have. The ma¬ 
jority of the females are just fresh or will freshen soon. These 
are the kinds that you want NOW. 
The sooner you start, the sooner you get results 
LIVERPOOL SALE AND PEDIGREE CO., Inc. 
LIVERPOOL, N. Y. 
Heiv (i/fcl/and ~ 
Stone Crusher 
The finest machine made for crushing all 
kinds of rock for road making or concrete 
work. Easiest running and most durable. 
Equipped with Pulverizer to grind rock fine for 
building and land purposes. A money maker 
for contractors or farmers having 4 to 12 
h. p. A chance to increase value of your 
own farm and establish a big money making 
business. Write today 
for catalog, facts as to 
value of raw lime¬ 
stone on land, and 
free trial offer. 
NEW HOLLAND 
MACHINE CO. 
Box 41, New Holland. Pa. 
As low as $10 
& ZOOK 
SAW 
BACKS THIS SAW. IT IS THE BEST AH0 CHEAPEST SAW MAOE. 
HERTZLER 
Portable 
Wood 
is easy to operate. 
Only $10 saw made to 
which ripping table can 
be added. Guaranteed 
lyear. Money refunded 
if not satisfactory. 
Send for catalog. 
Hertzler & Zook Co. 
1 Box 3, Belleville, Pa. 
Save Work, 
Time, Money 
By using our low down 
steel wheel 
wagon 
Handy Wagons 
saves high lifting, llghteD. 
draft, don’t rut roads. Spokes 
don’t loosen—wheels don’t dry out or rot 
Write for free book on Wagons and Wheels. 
Electric Wheel Co.. 46 Elm Street. Quincy. III. 
IRnCiintlC FUR SALE—near Phil*, and Trenton markets; 
I J U I d I II 10 good railroad and trolley facilities. New cata¬ 
logue. Established 25 years. Horace tJ. Header, Newtown, Penn*. 
F»rm« in Allsizes, productive 
rnrms in ueiaware SO ii, cenia i climate, 
close to markets, fair prices, free booklet. Address 
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. - DOVER, DELAWARE 
121 "!\/i ACRES—21 Acres Timber 
wire fenced; 8-roomed, two-story house; large 
basement barn; ice, hen and wood house; plenty 
fruit; insurance, $2,300. School, church, L mile. 
Creamery; 14 head of cattle; pair horses: brood 
sow; wagons: grain drill; 4ks horse power gasolene 
engine, mowers, rake, plows, harrows, Dnsgies, 
harnesses, hay fork, everything goes for $5,000. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Oweflo, Tiaoa Co.. N. Y. 
WILL SELL FARM 
440 acres. One of the best farms in Southeast Virginia. 
Suitable for one to four farms. Large Colonial building*; 
grand location; excellent water and climate; adapted to 
hay, wheat, oats, corn, |>cas, beans, tobacco. 200 acres creek-wa¬ 
tered pasture, 100 acres oak and’pine .!210 acres improved. Large 
stock. For full particulars address BOX 56. lilackitono, Virginia 
Maple Syrup Makers 
With our evapo¬ 
rator you will 
make better 
syrup with less 
fuel and labor 
than with any 
other system. _ 
Will last lifetime. Made in 23 different sizes. 
Write for catalog and state number of trees you tap. 
GRIMM MANUFACTURING CO., 
619 Champlain Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 
F OR SALE -First-class farms, from 150 to 450 acres. 
Write for descriptions. F. E. BASSETT. Walton. N Y. 
Profitable Burlington Co., N. J., Farms ^ e ‘ s | 
all purposes. Established 1898. A. W. DRESSER, Burlington, N.J 
Roof Protection at a low 
cost against Fire, Storm 
and Lightning 
The danger from lightning 
can be avoided, roof fires 
never occur, and the weather 
is kept out when your buildings 
are roofed with 
Kanneberg 
Metal Shingles 
00 We Pay the Freight ” 
Lightning never damaged a Kanne- 
berg shingled roof, because they are 
lire-resisting. Rain, snow, heat and 
cold stay outside. Kanncberg Shingles 
need no repairs, because they resist 
rust, don’fVot, crack, buckle, curl, nor 
fall off. Can be laid on low-pitch roofs 
and always look well. Give clean 
cistern water. 
FREE—Send for our big catalog at 
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on roofing anti you get the best protec¬ 
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many designs and sizes. 
Kanneberg Shingles come singly, 8 
to a sheet, or in clusters 2 feet by any 
length from 5 to 10 feet. You can put 
them on quickly. Easy to lay. 
# Write for catalog and give dimen¬ 
sions of roof, so we can show you how 
little it will cost to get perfect roof 
protection for years. 
Kanneberg Roofing & Ceiling Co. 
. Est. 1S86 
1420 Dongla* Street Canton, Ohio 
_ Co. 
1420 Douglas Street 
Canton, Ohio 
Send catalog ar once to 
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