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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 27, 1915. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—Nov. 10 fire destroyed 
No. 4 machine shop of the Bethlehem 
Steel Works, So. Bethlehem, Pa., with a 
loss estimated at $4,000,000. It was said 
that the fire was caused by a short cir¬ 
cuit of electric wires. Extensive war 
contracts are delayed by the fire. 
A tornado swept parts of Kansas, 
South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa, Nov. 
10. causing the death of 10 persons, and 
injuries to many more. There was a 
heavy property loss. At Great Bend, 
Ivan., where most damage was done, an 
extensive fire followed the cyclone. 
Later reports of the sinking of the Ital¬ 
ian liner Ancona put the death list at 
208, including nine Americans. The sub¬ 
marine is said to have shelled the life¬ 
boats while the passengers sought to es¬ 
cape, many being killed or wounded on 
deck and' on the boats. Women and 
children predominated among the passen¬ 
gers. Austrian authorities assert the 
Ancona tried to escape; this is absolutely 
denied by her captain. The vessel was 
unarmed, and carried no war supplies. 
The building occupied by the Hamilton 
Hardware Company, Waterbury, Conn., 
was partly burned, Nov. 11, with a loss 
of $80,000 to $100,000. Twenty persons 
were in the building. Three women 
trapped on the second floor were rescued 
by firemen. 
It. E. L. Moxey, president of the 
United States Steel Railway Tie Com¬ 
pany, convicted of using the mails to de¬ 
fraud in connection with the tie com¬ 
pany and the Southern Loan Company, 
was sentenced at Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 
13, to serve 20 months in the Federal 
Prison at Atlanta. Thomas S. Downey, 
of Wilmington, Del., convicted in the 
same case, was sentenced several weeks 
ago to two years in prison. 
Bills prohibiting publication of liquor 
advertisements in Georgia and limiting 
the amount of liquor individuals may 
have shipped into the State were passed, 
Nov. 15, by the lower house of the Legis¬ 
lature. The measures, which supplement 
a bill passed previously prohibiting man¬ 
ufacture or sale within the State of any 
drink containing more than one-half of 
one per cent, alcohol, already have passed 
the Senate and are understood to have 
the approval of Governor Harris. The 
legislative programme is expected to en¬ 
tirely eliminate breweries, locker clubs 
and “near beer saloons” permitted to op¬ 
erate under present prohibition laws. 
Secret service investigation of the ac¬ 
tivities of Teutonic spies in this country 
is reported to 'have definitely established 
the connection of diplomatic and con¬ 
sular agents with the system, and revela¬ 
tions along (this line are expected to be 
made at the trials of the men accused as 
bomb conspirators. New indictments will 
be sought by the Government against the 
alleged conspirators, United States offi¬ 
cials feeling that the statute invoked is 
not broad enough to cover the offences 
charged. Dr. Joseph Goriear, in a state¬ 
ment giving details of the Austro-Hun¬ 
garian system of espionage, declared, Nov. 
13, that there were 3,000 Teutonic spies 
in this country. 
Below zero temperature in the United 
States for the first time this season was 
reported to the Weather Bureau, Nov. 
13, from Billings. Mont.; Yellowstone 
Park, Wyo., and Sheridan, Wyo., where 
two degrees below was registered. 
Dr. Booker T. Washington, the most 
famous colored man in the United States, 
died at Tuskegee, Ala., Nov. 14. Born 
in slavery, and passing his youth under 
the hardest conditions, he became an edu¬ 
cator and leader of his people. He is 
survived by a widow, three children and 
four grandchildren. In addition to his 
prominence as an educator and as leader 
in the economic development of the ne¬ 
gro, Dr. Washington also gained consid¬ 
erable fame as an author. An honorary 
degree of Master of Arts was conferred 
upon him by Harvard University in 1896, 
and in 1901 he was given an honorary 
degree of Doctor of Laws by Dartmouth 
College. He was born in Virginia about 
57 years ago. 
Thirty-four men were imprisoned, Nov. 
16, in the Northwestern Improvement 
Company’s coal mine at Ravendale, 
Wash., as a result of an explosion of 
coal dust in the main slope. Four men 
were removed by a rescue team sent by 
the United States Bureau of Mines. One, 
a laborer, was dead but the others were 
revived. 
Three attempts were made within an 
hour, Nov. 16, to set fire to two strings 
of freight cars lined up in the Erie yards 
at Weehawken, N. J., about 75 feet from 
the Erie Railroad freight shed and about 
100 feet away from a corral containing 
500 horses waiting shipment to the Al¬ 
lies. The watchman who discovered the 
separate fires also spied three men about 
tlie same time fleeing from the yards. 
The watchman pursued and fired several 
revolver shots, but the fugitives escaped. 
It is said that the Attorney-General 
probably will recommend in his annual 
report the amending of the Sherman anti¬ 
trust law so as to cover under restraints 
of trade plots to blow up munition fac¬ 
tories. The Federal authorities have 
found that the United States statutes 
are not sufficiently broad to permit them 
to deal adequately with these violations 
of law and that dependence at present 
must be put chiefly in State laws. The 
view is that a Federal statute i's likely 
to be much more effective. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—A confer¬ 
ence between the New Jersey Board of 
Commerce and Navigation, the market 
men of New York City and city officials, 
has been arranged by Borough President 
Marks to be held at his office, in the 
Municipal Building, New York, Novem¬ 
ber 22. Its purpose is to improve condi¬ 
tions for the transportation of produce 
by water from the Southern New Jersey 
farming districts to the New York mar¬ 
kets. 
Welfare department of Cleveland. O., 
reports showing that it cost just $9,688 
in 1914 to supply eggs for the meals of 
the inmates and attendants |Of the various 
city farm institutions and the city hos¬ 
pital will be used as an argument for 
the immediate establishment of a large 
municipal farm. 
The ninth annual corn show of the 
Delaware corn growers will be held at 
Seaford, Dec. 8 to 11. One class is open 
to the world—10 ears of corn of any 
variety that shells the most grain by 
weight. Prof. A. E. Grantham, Newark, 
Del., secretary. 
There will be a great meeting of pota¬ 
to growers at Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 
1st to 3d. It is a joint meeting of the 
National Potato Association and the 
Michigan State Potato Association. Both 
are strong organizations, and there will 
be a very large and interesting show of 
potato varieties. Large cash prizes are 
offered for various exhibits of potatoes, 
and all who are interested in the grow¬ 
ing of this crop should know about this 
meeting. The secretary of the Michigan 
Society is C. W. Waid, East Lansing, 
Mich. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 
Greater Buffalo Poultry Show, Buffalo, 
N. Y„ Nov. 22-27. 
Monmouth Poultry Show, Red Bank, 
N. J., Nov. 23-27. 
International Live Stock Exposition, 
Chicago, Nov. 27-Dec. 4. 
Rhode Island Corn Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion, corn show, Pi’ovidence, R. I., Dec. 
2-3. 
Third annual conference on marketing 
and farm credits, Hotel Sherman, Chica¬ 
go, Nov. 29-Dec. 2. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Winter meeting, Freehold, N. J., 
Nov. 30-Dec. 4. 
Auburn Poulti'y Show, Auburn, N. Y., 
Nov. 30-Dec. 4. 
> Joint meeting National Potato Asso¬ 
ciation and Michigan State Potato Asso¬ 
ciations, Grand Rapids. Mich., Dec. 1-3. 
New York Palace Show, New York, 
Dec. 7-11. 
Maryland State Grange, annual meet¬ 
ing, Salisbury, Md., Dec. 7-9. 
Poultry Raisers’ Association of Ilam- 
monton, N. J., fifth annual show, Ham- 
monton, N. J., Dec. 7-9. 
Breeders’ and Dairymen’s Association 
annual meeting. Exposition Park, Ro¬ 
chester, N. Y., Dec. 14-17. 
North Jersey Poultry Association, 
Newton, N. J., Dec. 14-17. 
Philadelphia Poultry Show, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa., Dec. 14-18. 
University Horticultural Society of 
Ohio State University, fifth annual show, 
Columbus, O., second week in December. 
Reading Pigeon and Poultry Associa¬ 
tion, annual show, Reading, Pa., Dec. 
6 - 11 . 
Pacific International Live Stock Ex¬ 
position, No. Portland, Ore., Dec. 6-11. 
Ninth annual corn show of Delaware 
corn growers, Seaford, Del., Dec. 8-11. 
Berks Corn Contest, Reading, Pa., 
Dec. 24. 
New York Poultry Show, Madison 
Square Gai-den, Dec. 31-Jan. 5. 
Annual Corn and Grain Show, Tracy, 
Minn., Jan. 3-8, 1916. 
West Virginia State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Morgantown, W. Va., Jan. 5-6. 
N. Y. State Fruit Growers Associa¬ 
tion, Rochester, Jan. 5-7. 
Boston Poultry Show, Boston, Mass., 
Jan. 11-15. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
twentieth annual meeting and fruit ex¬ 
hibit, Charlottesville, Va., Jan. 12-13, 
1916. 
Vermont State Poultry Association an¬ 
nual show, St. Albans, Vt., Jan. 18-21, 
1916. 
New lork State Association of Count 
Agricultural Societies, Albany, N. Y 
Jan. 20. 
National Western ’Stock Show, Den 
ver, Colo., Jan. 17-22, 1916. 
Amherst Poultry Association secon 
annual show, Amherst, Mass., Jan. IS 
19, 1916. 
Western N. Y. Ilorticultux-al Society, 
Rochester, Jan. 26-28. 
N. Y. State Grange, Jamestown, Feb. 
1-4. 
New Jersey State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, Trenton, Feb. 2-4. 
New York Vegetables Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 8-11. 
National Feeders’ and Breeders’ Show, 
Fort Worth, Tex., March 11-17, 1916. 
A number of local Grand Army vet¬ 
erans were having si reunion, and were 
entertaining brother members from a 
neighboring State. Some of the visiting 
veterans protested against certain pro¬ 
posed legislation by the state assembly. 
One of the speakers became so vehement 
in his remarks and painted the situation 
so despairingly that an earnest auditor, 
overwhelmed by the oratory, jumped to 
his feet and cried excitedly : “Comrades, 
is it possible that we died in vain?”— 
Everybody’s Magazine. 
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Company 
1121 Fulton Building 
Pittsburgh - - Pa, 
EJ Factories—Prompt Shipments. 
We pay top prices for Skunk, Mink, 
Muskrat, and all raw Furs. Price Jist 
free. M. J. JEWETT & SONS. 
REDWOOD, N. Y. - DEPT. 29 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Highest Cash Prices. Liberal assortments. Send 
for Price List. 
SAM’L LEWIS, 153 W. 29th St., New York 
RAW FURS 
All who are interested in these two words, write 
for a reliable circular of prices, ready in November. 
LEMUEL BLACK, - Lock Box 305, Hightstown, N. J . 
MR. RAW FUR MAN 
WE WANT YOU 
to write us for our seasons' report on furs. We 
charge no commission or expressage and hold your 
furs till we hear from you. Honest assortment at 
all times. 
PHILIP R0THENBERG, 142-144 W.25tbSt. New York 
Raw Furs Wanted 
Big demand for American Furs! We pay top 
market prices and keep furs separate upon re¬ 
quest. keep you posted at all times, and send 
market reports and price lists— free! Write today. 
HARRY LEVY 
Exporter of Raw Eurs 
265 Seventh Avenue 
New York 
IGHEST PRICES 
Paid for All Kinds of RAW FURS 
T NEED large quantities of 
„ all kinds of furs, and it 
will pay you to get mv price 
list. I especially solicit com¬ 
munication with dealershav¬ 
ing large lots to sell. Write 
for price list and shipping 
tags today to 
O. L. SLENKER □ 
P. O. Box K, East Liberty, O. 
PureWatcn 
CHEAPENS FEEDING- 
PUMP CO 
•helps fatten your stock^ 
•keeps them healthy 
and increases flow of 
milk from your cows. 
With the Milwaukee 
Air PowerWaterSys- 
tera you can have 
an unfailing supply 
' of pure, fresh water 
“direct from the 
well” anywhere 
about the house or 
barn, without the 
use of a storage tank. 
Write for illustrated cat¬ 
alog and price list today. 
MILWAUKEE AIR POWER 
817 Third Street, Milwaukee, Wia. 
SOUTHERN LANDS ARE LOW IN PRICE 
but high in productive value; make two to four 
crops a year, and give largest profits in grain, vege¬ 
tables, fruits, live stock and dairying; unsurpassed 
climate, good markets. Publications on request. 
M. V. RICHARDS, Industrial and Agricultural Com¬ 
missioner, Room 87, Southern Railway, Washington, D. C. 
FARMS FOR SALE 
75 desirable Chautauqua Co. farms for sale. Send 
for farm list. Strong & Bradley, Dealers in Real 
Estate, Stocks & Bonds, 1-2-3 Gokey Block, Jamestown, N Y. 
FARMS—VIRGINIA-FARMS 
Booklet free. JOHN E. "WALKER, Salem, Va. 
unnunllld of fine registered Berkshires. Every 
one a bargain. Sows, pigs and service boars. 
HUBBELL BROS., - Fish’s Eddy, N. Y. 
IC (1 Parma FOR 811,E—near Phila. and Trenton markets. 
lull I al lllo good railroad and troll.y facilities. N.w cata. 
logue. Established 25 years. Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, Penns 
WE WANT YOUR FURSfoKffiaTT 
Price list now ready. Get on our mailing' list. Write at once. 
M. SAYER & CO., e». i9oo. 269 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. 
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1 EM'S A. SUSKIND & CO. 
Write for free 113 W. 25th Street 
# « price list now. New York 
- WE WANT YOUR RAW FURS - 
Write for Our Price List 
ROSENSTIEL FUR CO., Inc., New York 
MAURICE ROSENSTIEL, Pres. - - 269 Seventh Avenue 
Ship XJs Your Raw Furs By Express 
We guarantee to hold all shipments entirely separate, and in case our valua¬ 
tions are not satisfactory we will return your goods at once, and pay all 
express charges both ways. 
H. A. PERKINS & CO. 
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT. 
References: Dun or Bradstreet Commercial Agencies—Any Bank 
SPECIAL PRICES SKUNK AND MUSKRATS, IF SHIPPED AT ONCE 
SKUNK 
N. Y„ Pa., N. J., New Eng. Canada and Micli. 
North Ohio, Indiana and Ill. 
W. Va„ Md„ Del., Cent. O., Ind„ Ill.. 
Va., N, C., Ky., So. O., Ind. and Ill. 
Blue Pelt at Full Value 
MUSKRAT 
N. Y.. Pa„ N. J„ New Eng. and Canada. 
Ohio, Ind,, Ill.. Mich., Wise, and W. Va. 
Va., N. C., Md., Del. "..."A 
WE PAY ALL EXPRESS CHARGES— AND 
Prime 
Prime 
Prime 
Prime 
Black 
Short Str, 
Long Str. Broad Str. 
$4.00 
$3.00 
$1.25 
$0.75 
4.00 
3.00 
1.25 
.75 
3.50 
2.50 
1 00 
.60 
3.00 
2.00 
.90 
.50 
Large 
Winter 
Small 
Winter 
Large Small 
Fall Fall 
Kits 
$0.40 
$0.25 
$0.30 $0.15 
$0.03 
.40 
.25 
.30 .15 
.03 
.35 
.20 
.25 .14 
.03 
CHARGE NO COMMISSION 
Sticht-Singer Fur Co., In c., 46 West 29th Street, New York 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply 
and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
