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r VENTS OF THE WEEK. 
D OMESTIC—The New York Stock 
Exchange opened Dec. 12, after being 
closed for 10 weeks. The bidding 
was aggressive and there was an aver¬ 
age advance over prices of July 30 of 
from (5 to 15 points, some stocks showing 
an increase of 20 to 25 points. 
Seven persons were killed and nine in¬ 
jured by a blast of gas which rocked the 
entire west end of Cleveland, O., Dec. 
14, and wrecked a two-story brick apart¬ 
ment and business block. Three families 
were practically wiped out of existence. 
The force of the explosion was such that 
the bodies of the victims were so mutil¬ 
ated that identification was a slow pro¬ 
cess. The explosion is believed to have 
resulted from an accumulation of gas 
from a leaky pipe in the basement. 
Dec. 14 conditions at Naco, Ariz., 
were causing much uneasiness, as Mexi¬ 
can bullets continued to fly across the 
border. The announcement that Gen. 
Hill, commanding the Oarranzista troops, 
which hold Naco. Sonora, had received 
two three-inch field pieces, sent him 
through the Carranza junta in Washing¬ 
ton, lias caused an inquiry to be made 
regarding the extent that arms are now 
being sent across the border. Although 
the etnbargo on arms was never replaced, 
at a number of customs points officials 
have simply held up arms and ammuni¬ 
tion “pending inquiry.” 
Fire started Dec. 14 in a large theatre 
at Wilmington, DM, spreading to other 
buildings in the business section. Dam¬ 
age amounts to $100,000. 
Indictments charging conspiracy to de¬ 
fraud by use of the mails by the sale of 
fire insurance in fake companies, char¬ 
tered in Delaware, were found Dec. 15 
at Wilmington, Del., by the United 
States Grand Jury against ex-United 
States Senator Richard R. Kenney and 
ex-State Senator Daniel M. Ridgeley, 
both of Dover, Del. ; Frank W. Anthony, 
1 lorchester road, Brooklyn; his son, 
Claire Webster Anthony. 320 Broadway, 
New York; Harry A. Woodcock, 05 Wil¬ 
liam street. New York; R. Frederic 
Brennen, of Brooklyn, and Benjamin D. 
Jacobs, alias Berka Donnell Jacobs, 195 
West 109th street. New York. The two 
Anthonys and Woodcock, through ex- 
Senator Kenney, their attorney, formed 
these fake companies: Home Fire In¬ 
surance Company. American Fire Insur¬ 
ance Company, Mercantile Fire and Ma¬ 
rine Insurance Company and Equitable 
Fire Insurance Company. The latter 
had its office here; the three others had 
headquarters at Dover. Dummy officers 
and directors were elected, says the in¬ 
dictment. The cases will be called in 
January. Brennen and Frank W. An¬ 
thony are now under $5,000 bail each in 
New York on this charge. The others 
have not been apprehended. The pro¬ 
moters, it is said, realized over $100,000 
by their operations. Brennen and the 
two Anthonys, it is said, have served 
terms at Sing Sing and elsewhere for in¬ 
surance and other frauds. Ex-Senator 
Kenney was tried twice in the Federal 
court at Wilmington in 1897 for alleged 
complicity with William N. Boggs, pay¬ 
ing tellur of the First National Bank. 
Dover. Del., in the embezzlement of 
$107,000 of the bank’s funds. This was 
when Kenney was Senator. The jury 
disagreed both times. When the case was 
called the third lime it was nolle pressed. 
Sev< n buildings, a lighter and the 
barge Valentine were destroyed, Dec. 16, 
by a fire that started in the shops of Mc¬ 
Allister Bros., ship builders, in West 
New Brighton, Staten Island. The dam¬ 
age is estimated at from $75,000 to $100,- 
000 . 
TIIE EUROPEAN WAR.—Reports 
from Dover tell of an attempt of German 
submn fines to raid that port Dec. 10; 
guns in the foils are said to have sunk 
f>ne or more of the vessels.The 
Turkish battleship Messudiyeh was tor¬ 
pedoed and sunk by a British subma¬ 
rine i : the Dardanelles Dec. 13. The 
submarine was the B-ll. In accom¬ 
plishing the feat the little vessel dived 
under five rows of mines. After launch¬ 
ing tie' torpedo which struck the Turkish 
warship the submarine escaped in spite 
of fire from the forts and pursuing tor¬ 
pedo boats.The German cruiser 
Cormorant is interned for the war pe¬ 
riod at Guam by the U. S. authorities. 
.The German cruiser Dresden left 
Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan. 
The British cruiser Bristol left also ap- 
parent'y in pursuit...An official in¬ 
quiry nto the destruction of the British 
battleship Bulwark at Sheerness, on No¬ 
vember 26, shows that the vessel was 
blown up by an accidental explosion of 
her magazine.Dec. 16 a German 
fleet raided the English coast during a 
fog. 1 ombarded the citif s of Scarbor¬ 
ough. Hartlepool and Whitby, on the 
Yorks' ire coast, 310 miles from Helgo¬ 
land. tilled over 74 civilians and soldiers 
and v nnded hundreds, destroyed an im¬ 
mense amount of property and escaped to 
sea. Men, women and children, of the 
civilian population, were left dead or 
wounded, struck without warning while 
at breakfast or at work. In all, the cas¬ 
ualty ’1st totals 224, according to the offi¬ 
cial estimates, of whom 74 are known to 
be dead. Three churches were damaged; 
the gas works and lumber yards at Hart¬ 
lepool were set afire, and the abbey at 
Whitby was struck. One church was 
struck twice during an early communion 
service. Whitby and Scarborough are 
both unfortified seaside resorts. This 
operation of the Germans again brings 
up The Hague rule regarding the bom¬ 
bardment of undefended towns. Such 
bombardments are absolutely forbidden 
by The Hague conventions. Germany, 
France, Great Britain. Russia, Austria- 
Hungary, Servia and Turkey all signed 
these conventions.Dec. 13-17 the 
Allies continued to advance in Flanders, 
having resumed a general offensive move¬ 
ment. Violent fighting has continued in 
the vicinity of Yprcs and Nieuport. 
French gains are reported in the Ar- 
gonne and in Alsace, except at Stein- 
bach, where German success was report¬ 
ed.Reports from Petrograd say 
that the Russians have won a heavy cav¬ 
alry engagement southeast of Mlava, and 
that the Germans are in full retreat on 
their frontier. The latest official Rus¬ 
sian report announces a successful com¬ 
pletion of the operations around Mlava, 
and asserts that the Germans are in re¬ 
treat. The news from the centre in Po¬ 
land indicates that the German armies at 
Lodz and Lowisez are at a standstill. 
Germany says of the situation in Poland 
that the operations in the north are tak¬ 
ing their normal course and that there 
is nothing to report from East Prussia 
and from southern Poland.Dec. 14 
the Servians recaptured Belgrade after 
it had been held by the Austrians for 12 
days 
FARM AND GARDEN.—After due 
consideration it has been decided to hold 
the annual farmers’ short course at Pur¬ 
due University, Lafayette, Ind., Janu¬ 
ary 11-15. It had practically been de¬ 
cided to abandon the idea this year on 
account of the foot and mouth disease. 
Conditions have improved to such an ex¬ 
tent that thi' faculty have decided to ar¬ 
range for the farmers’ school as usual. 
One of the most important meetings of 
the week will be the session of the In¬ 
diana Corn Growers’ Association. The 
meetings of the Indiana Dairy Associa¬ 
tion. Indiana Livestock Breeders’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Indiana Poultry Association and 
the Federation of Agricultural Associa¬ 
tions will also be held during the week. 
One of the greatest features of the week 
will be Annual Corn Show, held in con¬ 
nection with the Corn Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation. 
During the past year the Agricultural 
Extension Department of the West Vir¬ 
ginia College of Agriculture, Morgan¬ 
town. has tried out the experiment of 
bringing the rural schools into closer 
sympathy with the life and interests of 
the local community, by providing a few 
district supervisors with funds to carry 
on community work on Saturdays and 
throughout the Summer vacation. This 
work has usually taken the form of corn 
club work with the boys’ tomato growing 
and canning with the girls, and general 
community meetings for all. 
The New York State School of Agri¬ 
culture at Morrisville, N. Y., is to stage 
its best poultry show in connection with 
the fifth annual farmers’ week January 
26 to 29. The short course in poultry 
husbandry will be in session at the same 
time. This is a six weeks course, begin¬ 
ning January 4. The students will be 
seen carrying on the work of the poultry 
plant, such as managing the layers and 
breeders, killing and dressing roasters 
and capons, running the incubators, and 
doing other kinds of. practical work 
which is a major part of the short course. 
The annual meeting of the Georgia 
State Horticultural Society, at Athens. 
Ga., Jan. 19-20. will be followed imme¬ 
diately by a meeting of the Georgia Ap¬ 
ple Growers’ Association. 
The twelfth annual meeting of the 
South Dakota Improved Live Stock and 
Poultry Breeders’ Association will be 
held in Mitchell the last week in Janu¬ 
ary. The object of this convention is the 
betterment of live stock and poultry of 
all kinds within the State. It is the larg¬ 
est of its kind and probably there is more 
good done during this week for the pro¬ 
duction of new wealth in South Dakota 
than through any other association in the 
State. Fifty or sixty breeders combine 
and hold a two days’ sale. Each man is 
allowed but a few head in the sale, and 
the total number to be sold is limited so 
as to afford each contributor sufficient 
time to make a few remarks if desired 
at the ringside. The State provides a 
large, commodious building, with a heated 
and electric lighted and comfortably seat¬ 
ed sale pavilion. The program will be¬ 
gin on Tuesday evening, January 26, this 
year. On Wednesday evening a joint 
program will be held with the Corn and 
Grain Growers and the State Poultry 
Breeders’ Associations!. 
A fight was begun before United States 
Commissioner Matteson. at Providence. 
R. I., Dec. 16, to prevent the commit¬ 
ment of Col. Frank W. Tillingliast. head 
of the Republican forces of Rhode 
Island; Leonard L. Barber and Samuel 
A. Fenner under the indictments found 
in New York for conspiracy to defraud 
the Government out of $500,000 taxes on 
alleged artificially colored oleomargarine. 
They were indicted at Providence and 
their plant was closed. Change of juris¬ 
diction is being fought because of the al¬ 
leged hardship it would impose on the 
accused men. Judge Brown reserved de¬ 
cision. 
Assistant Secretary Byron R. New¬ 
ton of the Treasury Department, has 
given the city authorities of Dallas, Tex., 
permission to use Federal property there 
for a free open market. The site is va¬ 
cant property owned by the Government 
as site for a new Federal building. The 
site comprises an entire city square, and 
is situated near the principal residence 
section of the city, giving it an ideal loca 
tion for market purposes, it was pur 
chased by the Government a year ago for 
$250,000, and in the ordinary procedure 
would remain unoccupied until the Gov¬ 
ernment is prepared to erect a building 
there several years hence. In granting 
permission to the Mayor and council of 
Dallas to use the site for market pur¬ 
poses it was stipulated that the market 
should be free and that the city should 
maintain proper police control of the 
place and keep it in sanitary condition. 
SECRETARY HOUSTON’S RE¬ 
PORT.—In his annual report submitted 
to the President Dec. 10, the Secretary 
of Agriculture takes the position in dis¬ 
cussing rural credits that there is no 
emergency which justifies government as¬ 
sistance to farmers directly through the 
use of government cash or credit. His 
statement was regarded as indicating the 
policy of the administration. Secretary 
Houston points out that the new bank 
law “takes just and particular knowl¬ 
edge of the farmers’ requirements.” He 
suggests that any credit needs of the ag¬ 
ricultural community beyond those cared 
for under the Federal reserve law should 
be cared for by a system of “co-operative 
credit associations.” financed with pri¬ 
vate funds, by means of which the com¬ 
bined credit of farming communities 
could be utilized, and by a system of land 
mortgage banks, also privately capita’- 
ized. In advocating a land mortgage 
banking system and a system of co-op¬ 
erative credit associations, the report as¬ 
serts that the use of the funds loaned for 
productive purposes on the farms cov¬ 
ered by the mortgages should be insisted 
upon. Mr. Houston’s report reviews the 
investigation of the marketing and dis¬ 
tribution system, and says that while 
the study is not sufficiently finished to 
admit of final conclusions the work thus 
far shows the need of a reorganization of 
the distribution process. Secretary Hous¬ 
ton asks Congress for an additional emer¬ 
gency appropriation of reveral million 
dollars on account of the recent out¬ 
break of the foot and mouth disease 
among cattle. “The interests at stake 
are vast.’’ he says, “and justify any rea¬ 
sonable expenditure.” The secretary rec¬ 
ommends consideration of legislation to 
establish a permissive warehousing sys¬ 
tem for grain and cotton. He points out 
that the warehouse facilities for cotton 
in the South are not centralized. While 
the production of grain generally showed 
a great increase in the crop of 1914, the 
report points out the production of corn 
showed no advance, and the meat produc¬ 
tion showed a distinct decline. The sec¬ 
retary urges farmers to diversify their 
products, and especially to produce beef, 
swine and poultry, at least for home con¬ 
sumption. 
An Indian missionary, a visitor to New 
York, says that an Irish waiter at his 
hotel became rather confidential one day 
when things were unusually quiet, “lie 
told me,” says the missionary, “that in 
three years he hoped to return to the 
Emerald Isle and end his days in peace 
on the little farm that he was able to call 
his own—in extent about sixteen acres. 
Then he went on. ‘Besides, yer Riv-rince, 
I want to go to heaven when I die, ami 
that is impossible from New York.’ ”— 
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