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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—Fire which started in 
the Natatoriiim at Asbury Park, N. J., 
April 5, spread rapidly to nearby build- 
nigs and an entire block along the beach 
front was in flames within HO minutes. 
The entire block of buildings bounded by 
First and Second Avenues, Ocean Ave¬ 
nue and Kingsley Street, was wiped out 
and the flame.s, fanned by a northeast 
gale, jumped across Kingsley Street to 
the next block, which soon was burning 
furiously. The loss was over .$1,0()0,(XK). 
Three girls are dead and six more are 
not expected to live as a result of a 
powder explosion in the munition factory 
of Detwiller & Street in Jersey City, N. 
.1.. April 4. A number of other girls 
who were working in the cap priming 
room at the time of the flareup were 
severely burned. 
'Seven (xerman conspirators, all of 
whom are known to have been financed 
in their schemes by Count Franz von 
Papen, military attache of Ambassador 
von Pernstorff, April 0, received prison 
sentences in the Federal Court at New 
York. The scheme to which Capt. Al¬ 
fred A. Fritzen, a German artillery offi¬ 
cer and reservist, pleaded guilty, com¬ 
prised a plan for the dynamiting of the 
Welland Canal on the Canadian side of 
Niagara Falls, an important avenue of 
commerce to the Dominion, J^enieucy 
was shown the other plotters, Wilhelm 
I*ara<les, Frederick Karbade, Ernst 
Becker and George Praedel, assistant en¬ 
gineers of the Friedrich der Grosse, be¬ 
cause their act in making 250 bomb shells 
on the deck of that interned North Ger¬ 
man Lloyd vessel \yas regarded by Judge 
Van Fleet as having been performed un¬ 
der orders from Schmidt. They received 
sentences of six months imprisonment in 
the Mercer County penitentiary at Tren¬ 
ton, N. J., and fines of .$500 each. 
April 7 an incendiary fire destroyed 
the structures at the Belmont Park race 
track near New York City, with a loss 
of over .$500,000, 
The Government, through its agents, 
has just taken all available laud on the 
north side of the (’ape May harbor, N. 
,T., amounting to more than .500 acres of 
flat land, and has commandeered the 
house of the Corinthian Y'acht Club, with 
all other structures on the grounds. The 
ground will be used as an aviation field 
and station for assembling airplane 
parts. Part of the land also will be used 
for oil tanks and docks for submarines of 
the Fourth division. 
April 9 the Government took over 14 
vessels owned by Austro-Hungarian com¬ 
panies which found refuge in American 
ports at the beginning of the world war. 
The largest is the Martha Washington, 
docked at Stapleton, Staten Island. She 
can carry a thousand pas.sengers. Their 
total value is put at ,$26,000,000. In¬ 
cluding the 01 German ships whose 
crews were dispossessed, April 6, the 
United States has taken over 105 car¬ 
riers that belonged to the merchant navy 
of Germany and her chief ally. 
A distinct earthquake shock was felt 
for several sec'onds, Ai)ril 9, at St. 
Louis, Mo. A number of windows were 
broken and several chimneys were 
knocked down. The after vibrations con¬ 
tinued for eight minutes. 
April 9 the New Yoik police, acting 
under orders from Washington, disman¬ 
tled .S(K) amateur and i)rofessional wire¬ 
less outfits in Greater New York. 
About 112 i)ersons lost their lives, and 
121 were injured by a series of explo¬ 
sions in the shrapnel building of the 
Eddystone Ammunition Corporation at 
Eddystone, Pa., April 10. Fire followed, 
charring many of the bodies beyond rec¬ 
ognition. Most of the victims were 
women and girls. Two suspected per¬ 
sons were arrested. 
An explosion of chemicals in the fac- 
tor.v of the Delion Tire and Rubber Co., 
near Trenton, N. J., April 10, iujui'ed 
.16 men and caused damage amoujiting to 
.$1.000,(X)0. The explosion was believed 
to be accidental. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Unless 
there is opposition sufficient to prevent 
it. New "ork city will have a plentiful 
supply of fresh killed horse meat offered 
for sale daily. Application to establish a 
slaughter house for horses in the Can- 
arsie section of Brooklyn has been made. 
The Department of Health sanctioned the 
sale of horse flesh as food. The Can- 
arsie slaughter house probably will be 
the first of its kind within the city limits. 
State Agricultural (.’ommissioner 
Charles ■S. Wilson called a conference at 
•Syracuse, N. Y'., April 6, to consider in¬ 
creased farm production. Jacob Gould 
Schurman, president of Cornell Univer¬ 
sity, oi)ened the conference. Dther speak¬ 
ers were Dr. W. H. Jordan of the Gen¬ 
eva Experiment Station, S. J. Lowell of 
Fredonia, the Master of the State 
Grange; Fred W. Sessions of T'^^tica, 
president of the State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety ; C. Burkett of New York City; 
Profs. E. G. Montgomery and G. F. 
Warren of Cornell and other prominent 
agriculturists and experts. This confer¬ 
ence was called by Commissioner Wilson 
after discussing with Gov. Whitman a 
recent survey of food products in this 
State. Gov. Whitman insisted efforts 
should be made at once to provide for 
increased production on the farms of 
New Y’^ork State this year. 
The closing of breweries and distil¬ 
leries to save grain, and increase of bread 
output through the milling of wheat to 
81 per cent, flour instead of 73 per cent, 
as at present, were among suggestions 
for food conservation made at St. Louis, 
April 9, by Henry J. Waters, president 
of the Kansas State Agricultural Col¬ 
lege before a conference called by Sec¬ 
retary Houston, of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, to consider 
the food situation of the nation. The 
advanced p<u'centage in milling of flour 
would increase the production i8,000,()(X) 
barrels. President Waters said, while the 
shutting down of breweries and di.stil- 
leries would save annually 618,.508,095 
bu.shels of grain suitable for fattening 
live stock. 
The Woodcraft League of America has 
joined the campaign to increa.se the food 
supply of the country, it was announced, 
April 9, in an appeal sent out by Ernest 
'I’hompson Seton, chief of the League, to 
the members throughout North America. 
It is the plan of the League to em¬ 
phasize particularly the planting of po¬ 
tatoes, and every member who agrees to 
raise at least .50 hills of potatoes re¬ 
ceives a membership in the Woodcraft 
League Potato fllubs. The plan is not 
confined to the boys and girls who are 
members of the League, but is to be 
urged upon all the boys and girls of the 
counti’y in connection with the move¬ 
ments for the use of back-yards, vacant 
lots, and unu.sed land. 
WASHINGTON.—One of the early 
acts of Congress when a .state of war 
has been declared will be to stop all 
trading by Americans with subjects of 
the German Empire and its allies. The 
legislation is expected to follow closely 
the trading with the enemy act of Great 
Britain. All commercial relations be¬ 
tween the two nations will be cut off 
summarily. The prohibition will include 
the payment of money, the giving of se¬ 
curity, the supplying of goods and mer¬ 
chandise of any sort to the enemy, 
whether directly or indirectly; the writ¬ 
ing of contracts on insurance or rein¬ 
surance, and dealing in commercial pa¬ 
pers or securities of any nature. Con¬ 
tracts entered into before the war will 
be su.spended but not invalidated. Set¬ 
tlement of all financial obligations will 
be deferred until peace is declared. Con¬ 
tracts incapable of su.speusion will be 
abrogated. 
Both Cuba and Brazil have joined the 
United States against Germany. 
The first French war measure to be 
taken in connection with the expected 
entrance of the United States into the 
wmr was introduced in the Chamber of 
Deputies at I’aris, April 5. It provides 
for an agreement with the ^Inited States, 
if necessax-y, for the use of the port of 
Brest by American naval forces. The 
measure provides generally for the utili¬ 
zation of the port to the best intei’ests 
of the national defence. 
Au.stria-IIungary, ranging herself un- 
reservedlj' with Germany, severed diplo¬ 
matic relations with the United States, 
April 9. 
Bonds and certificates of indebtedness 
totalling .$7,000,000,(M)0 ai-e authorized 
in a bill which was reported out by the 
Ways and Means Committee of the 
House, April 12. The bill authorizes 
bond issues of .$.5,()00,(X)0,()00, three-fifths 
of which i~ to be used by the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the purchase of 
bonds to be issued by unnamed foreign 
Governments and the rest of which is to 
be used for purposes of national secui’- 
ity and defence as authorized by Con¬ 
gress. In addition the Secretary is au¬ 
April 21, 1917. 
thorized to issue Treasui’y certificates 
of indebtedness not exceeding .$2,(X)0,- 
000.(M)0 to run one year. Both bonds 
and certificates will bear interest at 3% 
per cent, and will be convertible to high¬ 
er rates if subseqeunt issues bear higher 
rates. Applications for allotments of 
the propo.sed ,$5,060,(XXl.OOO bond issue 
have I'eached the Treasury Department 
in such quantity that the Administration 
believes th3 success of the issue alx’eady 
is assured. 
Coming Farmers* Meetings 
American .Jersey Cattle Club, New 
Y'ork (’ity. May 2. 
New Y^ork State Guernsey Breeders’ 
Association, annual meeting. Hotel Im¬ 
perial, New York City, May 1.5. 
Holstein-Fi’iesian Association of Amer¬ 
ica, Worcester, Mass., Tune 6, 
American Seed Trade Association, De¬ 
troit, Mich., June 19 to 21. 
American Association of Nurserymen, 
forty-second annual meeting, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa., June 27-29. 
Society of American Flori-sts and Or¬ 
namental Horticultxirists, New York 
City, August 21-23. 
New York State Fair, Syracuse, N. Y., 
September 10-15. 
Eastern States Expo.sitiou, Spring- 
field, Mass., Oct. 12-20. 
New Dextist (in Frozen Dog) : '‘Will 
.von take gas ” Bronco Bill: “Will it 
hurt much if I don’t?” New Dentist: 
‘Tt will.” Bronco Bill: “Then, stran¬ 
ger, for your sake, I reckon I’d better 
take it.”—Boston Transcript. 
Chalmers 7-Passenger Touring Car—Price $1350 Detroit 
Daily You Will Find 
New Charms in This Chalmers 
Some cars are noted for their comfort. Others are dis¬ 
tinguished for their beauty. Others, for the strength 
of their chassis. But the Chalmers is an all around car. 
It has power, comfort, beauty, strength. All four. 
Comfort 
Picture a 122-inch wheelbase. With a front 
seat 41 inches wide, and a tonneau that extends 
from front to rear more than the reach of the 
average man. 
Power 
Imagine the engine that weighs 550 pounds. 
And turns up 45 horse-power. One horse-power 
for every 12 pounds of weight. Which with a 
total car weight of 3005 pounds means power 
ease on the hill. One horse-power for every 
67 pounds of car weight. 
Strength 
Then turn over in your mind the extreme 
strength there must be in a car that is largely 
built of drop forgings, chrome nickel steel. 
Lymte aluminum, crucible nickel steel and 
carbon steel. 
All expensive metals. But placed in the 
Chalmers chassis for a specific purpose—to make 
it rugged and strong, though light in weight. 
Such quality makes for durability and econo¬ 
my. For a thing made of good materials, 
always is well made. 
Beaut) 
And a car made of this kind of materials you 
find everywhere in the Chalmers would be indeed 
incomplete without beauty and distinctiveness 
of lines. 
See the high narrow radiator, the double cowl; 
the sweeping body lines, the finish that denotes 
hours of patience and care. And pro'vides 
beauty, not for a day, nor for a month, but for 
years. 
All the above means quality. The kind of quality you need in the 
car you buy and the kind of quality you GET in the Chalmers. 
Touring Car, 7-passenger . $1350 
Touring Car, 5-passenger . 1250 
Touring Sedan, 7-passenger $1850 
Roadster, . 3-passenger 1250 
(All prices fc^o. b. Detroit.) 
Limousine, 7-passengcr 
Town Car, 7-passcnger 
$2550 
2550 
Chalmers Motor Company 
Detroit, Michigan 
