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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
September 4, 1915. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—The White Star liner 
Arabic was torpedoed August 19, when 95 
miles off the Irish coast, bound for New 
York, with 180 passengers and 243 crew. 
She sank in 10 minutes. Itevised lists 
place the loss of life under 40 including 
two Americans. The Arabic had no 
warning, was not under convoy, and car¬ 
ried no munitions of war. 
A rain which began Aug. 19 and con¬ 
tinued the following day, Hooded nearly 
all of St. Louis, St. Louis county and the 
manufacturing district across the river in 
Illinois. The rainfall was the heaviest 
in the history of St. Louis, 6.7 inches 
falling in 24 hours. The previous high 
record was 5.08 inches in 1898. Property 
loss was heavy, and 11 casualties due to 
the storm were reported. At Galveston 
the known dead from t...e storm were put 
at 188 August 21, but many were still 
missing. August 21 storm at Hanover, 
I’a., caused enormous damage, and at 
Ellenville, N. Y., a cloudburst caused the 
destruction of a reservoir. Storm dam¬ 
age in Ulster County, N. Y., -was put at 
$50,000. 
The Ilritish Government placed cotton 
on the contraband list August 21. France 
followed with similar action. No declara¬ 
tion of the sort is expected from Russia. 
It is possible that Italy may join in the 
action against cotton at a later date. 
By order of the Postmaster-General the 
postal regulations governing the insur¬ 
ance of parcel post were expanded August 
21 to include packages valued at from $50 
to $100 and to extend the insurance privi¬ 
lege to parcels valued at $5 or less for a 
fee of three c^nts. Twenty-live cents is 
named as the fee for insuring parcels in 
an amount not more than $100. The order 
is immediately effective. Until now a fee 
of five cents has been charged for insur¬ 
ing all valuations up to $25. For valu¬ 
ations ranging from $5 to $25 the five- 
cent insurance fee will be charged as 
heretofore. For valuations between $25 
and $50 the fee will continue to be 10 
cents. 
Four box cars full, of merchandise and 
a gasolene tank car the total value of 
which was estimated at $50,000. were 
burned August 23 on a siding of the 
Westchester freight yard, near Pelham. 
N. Y. Fifteen box cars were uncoupled 
just in time to save merchandise valued 
at $150,000. The cause of the blaze is a 
mystery. 
The United States has decided to take 
over the affairs of Hayti and administer 
them for the benefit of the people of that 
republic for a period, of at. least 10 years. 
This government has grown tired of the 
constant disorder in Hayti and has in¬ 
tervened to the end that permanent order 
shall be restored. It has proposd a con¬ 
vention to the new government of the re¬ 
public under which the United States 
shall take charge of the custom houses of 
the republic and administer Hayti’s 
finances under an American receiver-gen¬ 
eral and American employees. In other 
words the United States will establish a | 
financial protectorate over Hayti similar 
to that now exercised in Santo Domingo. 
Meyer F. Ettman was arraigned before 
United States Commissioner Houghton in 
New York. August. 24, on a technical 
charge of receiving smuggled goods. 
While posing as a junkman and second¬ 
hand automobile dealer, it is charged, he 
directed the efforts of a band of thieves 
who have stolen more than $100,000 
worth of imported goods from the stables 
of bonded truckmen who were trans¬ 
ferring the goods from the wharves to 
railroad stations for trans-shipment 1o 
other cities. 
Secret service agents of the Depart¬ 
ment of Justice at Washington, D. C., 
August 25, arrested Gustave Ivlopsch, an 
employee of the Carnegie Institute, 
charged with being a German spy. 
Klopsch when arrested had in his posses¬ 
sion a suitcase filled with photographs 
and drawings of defence fortifications 
along the Atlantic Coast. He had also 
a number of topographical drawings of 
land adjacent to the fortifications. . It 
was clear that he had obtained possession 
of many important secrets relating to the 
coast defences of the United States. 
Klopsch was born in Dresden, Germany. 
He has been in this country four years, 
he told agents of the Deoartment of Jus¬ 
tice. and has taken out his citizenship 
papers, although lie had not completed his 
naturalization. 
Officials of the United Fruit Company 
announced at New Orleans, August 25, 
that they have given up hope for the safe¬ 
ty of the steamship Marowijne with 90 
passengers and crew. It is believed that 
the vessel was sunk off the northern coast 
of Cuba. She was in the very heart of 
the region sweat by the West Indian hur¬ 
ricane which 10 days previous swept over 
the Gulf of Mexico. ! 
Strikers and police clashed August 25 
at Bridgeport, Conn., where labor condi¬ 
tions have changed as a result of war or¬ 
ders. The executive committee of the 
machinists and metal trade workers, in 
recent meetings, at Washington, agreed 
to order no general strike, but to deal 
with each local situation as it arises and 
to work in a general campaign for an 
eight-hour day. James O’Connell, presi¬ 
dent of the metal workers’ department, 
who is also a member of the Federal Com¬ 
mission on Industrial Relations, has beeu 
commissioned by the metal workers, act¬ 
ing in conjunction with Samuel Gompers, 
president of the American Federation of 
Labor, to confer with employers in many 
localities to see if it is not possible to 
bring about better conditions. They will 
also confer with government officers about 
conditions complained of in navy yards 
and arsenals. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The Society 
of American Florists met in annual con¬ 
vention at San Francisco August 17-19. 
The 1916 convention will be held at 
Houston, Tex. The officers elected were: 
President, Daniel MacRorie, San P'ran- 
cisco; vice-president, Robert C. Kerr, 
Houston. Texas; treasurer, W. F. Kast- 
ing, Buffan. X. Y. 
The value of one squirrel to the State 
of New Y’ork is put at $35. Add to this 
$1.50 for court expenses, and it costs 
$36.50 to kill a squirrel out of season. A 
citizen of Port Jefferson, N. Y.. found 
that an English walnut tree on his place 
was being robbed of nuts by squirrels. 
After vainly trying to scare the animals 
away he shot at them and killed one. 
Game Protector Everitt Overton of 
Quogue, heard about it and arrested him ; 
he settled by paying $35 fine, and $1.50 
costs. 
The Florists’ Hail Arsociation reported 
at its annual session in San Francisco 
that it now carries insurance on 40,411,- 
003 feet of glass. The association has 
1,621 members, and has adjusted, since 
its organization, 2,200 losses, involving 
a total expenditure of nearly $317,000. 
“Doctor,” called the small boy, “come 
up to our house quick.” “Who is sick at 
your house?” asked the doctor. “Every¬ 
body but me. I’d been naughty, so they 
would not give me any of the nice mush¬ 
rooms pa picked in the woods.”—Ladies’ 
Home Journal. 
TO THE 
“Friend King” Sprayer 
It received the highest award given any 
sprayer at 
PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION 
Friend Sprayers received more awards 
than all other sprayers co?nhined. 
They are made large and small—“King,” “Queen,” 
“Pony,” Hand Outfits, etc. 
Whenever you think Sprayer, just think “FRIEND.” 
Catalogue free. 
“FRIEND” MFG. CO., - GASPORT, N.Y. 
Goodyear Tires 30x3K 
Vastly Better This Year 
Also Size 30x3 
Note first that Goodyears—the tires we have bet¬ 
tered—are the largest-selling tires in the world. 
They have held top place for years, against all rival¬ 
ry, because of super-merit. 
Note that the small sizes—the sizes we mention— 
are called for on more cars than all other sizes to¬ 
gether. So these small sizes must have been a 
great factor in our success. 
So it isn’t a faulty tire we are bettering, but the 
top place tire of the world. 
total cost of these extras for this year only, is $3 1 7,000 
Much More Mileage 
This extra size and extra rubber will add enor¬ 
mously to mileage. And it is added to these extra 
good tires, making them better still. 
Both these sizes are four-ply tires in Goodyears. 
Size 30x3, as often made, is a three-ply tire. 
Our anti-skid tread—the Goodyear All-Weather— 
is double-thick in all. 
We Add $317,000 
are adding 
of Good¬ 
in size 30x3 we’ve in¬ 
creased the air capacity 2 1 
per cent. In size 30x3 y 2 we’ve increased it 20 per v Don’t 
cent. 
This year we 
vastly to the size 
year small tires. 
20% More Capacity 
30% More Strength 
In Side Walls 
And this year, remember, 
we made a big price reduc¬ 
tion. That was our third re¬ 
duction in two years, totaling 
43 per rr \ It will save our 
users some five million dollars 
this year. 
Take Less 
We have thickened the side walls by adding 30 
per cent more rubber. That’s where constant bend¬ 
ing breaks a thin walled tire. 
We have improved the general design of the tires 
to increase their endurance. 
The new molds alone cost us $63,000. And the 
You seek long mileage, less trouble, less expense. 
The way to get them is to get these Goodyear tires. 
Don’t take tires with less capacity, thinner side 
walls or fewer plies of fabric. 
Any Goodyear dealer will supply you. Every neighborhood 
has a Goodyear service station with your size in stock, and it 
renders full Goodyear service. 
(2593) 
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO 
Makers of Goodyear “Tire Saver” Accessories; also Goodyear “Wing” Carriage Tires and Other Types 
