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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMf^^TIC.—Deputy New York State 
Attorney (ieneral Alfred L. Decker, who 
is investiKating the activities of Teutonic 
I)ropaganda agents in America, July 27 
made the charge that- George Sylvester 
Viereck. editor of ‘;Viereck’s American 
Weekly.” had collected a fund of ,1!U)0.(KX> 
from lU’o-Germans here after our entrance 
into the war and had used the greater 
jiart of it for the dissemination of Ger¬ 
man propaganda. The collection was 
made Dom i)ro-Germans under the guise 
of an organization known as the Agricul¬ 
tural and Industrial Labor Relief Society. 
This society was started by Viereck in 
the Spring of 1917. shortly after the 
T’nited States entered the war. and his 
income from Dr. Albert and Dr. Fuehr, 
the propaganda “bagmen.” was cut off. 
Agents of the organization travelled all 
over the country and took what they could 
from Germans willing to help the Father- 
land. The dona.ions ranged from .$800 to 
$.5. The organization was incorporated, 
and according to the authorities Viereck 
paid his agents from 2.5 to 40 per cent 
commissirms on the collections and sup¬ 
plied them with lists of those to call on. 
Governor William D. Stephens of (''ali- 
fornia annoujiced July 27 he had decided 
to grant a reprieve to Thomas .T. Mooney, 
which will operate as a stay of execution 
until December I.l, 1918. Mooney is un- 
d<*r a death sentence for alleged partici- 
I'ation in a San Francisco bomb outrage. 
9'he Governor announced that he took 
this action at this time so that all persons 
ill this State and throughout the nation 
might be assured the fullest consideration 
will be given the case by the executive 
and judicial branches of the government 
of Galifornia. 
The heirs of Henry Miller. Galifornia 
cattle baron, are liable for $10,000,000 in- 
I'critauce taxes, equal shares of which are 
claimed by the Federal and State govern¬ 
ments, according to a report submitted 
.July 27 to the hVderal authorities by R. 
l'\ Mogan. State inheritance tax ap¬ 
praiser. Mogan fixed the gross value of 
tlie jiroperty left by IMiller at .$42,000,000. 
I-lxclusive of liabilities, the value is placed 
at $.9.5.000.000 ,T. T.eroy Nickel and his 
wife, who is IMiller’s daughter, principal 
lu'irs to the estate, are the plaintiffs in a , 
suit against .Justus Wardell. collector of 
internal revenue, to prevent him from col¬ 
lecting the Federal inheritance tax. On 
behalf of the government, Wardell re¬ 
cently seized the estate for non-payment 
of the tax. 
The Republic of France has issued a 
writ in the Admiralty Court at Halifax, 
N. S.. against the Belgian Relief steam¬ 
ship Imo for $2,000,000. claiming this to 
be the value of the cargo of the French 
munitions ship !Mont Blanc, which ex¬ 
ploded in Halifax harbor on December 6 
of last year, after colliding wnth the Imo. 
A counter claim has been lodged by the 
owners of the Imo. 
William G. .Tames, convicted by a Gamp 
Dix court martial at AVrightstown, N. .T., 
.Tuly 29 as a draft evader, will serve 20 
years at haial labor in Fort .lay with all 
pay and allowances lost, and dishonorable 
cli.scharge from the army awaiting him at 
the end of his term. .Tames, who is 2.9, 
and comes of a wealthy family, failed to 
report to his Ico.al board in St. T.ouis, 
. Alarch 4. Seven days later he was ar- 
res<-(*d in. Englewood. N. .T.. where he bad 
been pi-eaching what souiKHd to the local 
authorities like treason. When it was 
learned he was a draft evader .Tames was 
turned over to Ma-^or-Gen. Scott, com- 
7uanding officer at Gamji Dix. The court 
martial sentenced .Tames to s^'Twe .90 years 
in Fort .Tay, but this was reduced by Gen. 
Scott. 
The name of King George of England 
was add(‘d .Tulv 29 to the long list of 
those who would have the T.ehigh A^alley 
Railroad comneusatc them for the losses 
lliey sustained when the store of muni¬ 
tions and other things went up in a big 
blast two years ago on Black Tom Ts^and. 
King George’s name appeared as plaintiff 
in an action against t''o railroad comnany 
for the recovery of $1 022.000. His claim 
is for munitions belonging to the British 
Government which were aboard the 
schooner Pauline. The action was brought 
in the Hudson Gounty Supreme Gourfi 
The French Government also filed suit 
for $520 000 for loss oT munitions aboard 
the schooner Gharles Rochwell. _ The 
.Aetna Exphisives Gomi'»any is seeking to 
recover $140,000. The total of suits filed 
was for $1,859,000 
Another great German corporarion. the 
TTeyden Gliemical Works, the second 
largest corporation of its kind in this 
country, which has a plant at Garfield, 
N .T.. and an ofiic'' in 1.95 William Street. 
New York, has been tat-en over bv A. 
A'^itcdiell Palmer. Alien Property Gusto- 
d'an. It has the exclusive use in the 
Fnited States of many valuable patents, 
lu'ocesses and formulie for the manufac¬ 
ture of salol. sodium salicylate, sacchar¬ 
ine, formaldelpde. benzoate of soda and 
other by-products of carbolic acid. These 
will be utilized for America. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The repe.al 
of the old law which foidiids the exjiendi- 
ture of money annropriated for the army 
for post gardens is being urged by Score- | 
.lary of War Baker, the AA’'ar Industries ' 
"Board and the N."tional AAhar Garden 
Goinmission and a bill will be introduced 
by Ghairman Dent of the house military 
committee to provide facilities for the cul¬ 
tivation of vacant areas at army camps 
•and cantonments throughout the Tfnited 
States. The American Florist .states that 
at Camp Dix, N. ,T., a 4(K>-acre war gar¬ 
den has been under cultivation for some 
time. At its inception the National War 
Garden Commission conferred with the 
military authorities and straightway sent 
a train of motor trucks loaded with plows, 
.seeds, fertilizer, harrows, hoes and all the 
other gardening tools need(‘d to start off 
the kitchen garden for this healthy family 
of 48.000 soldiers in training. Plenty of 
farmer soldiers were in the camp, and 
itching for assignment to the plowing and 
harrowing jobs, whore they could “show 
off” to the city soldiers how valuable farm 
training is to a warrior. 
During the past year exports from Aus- 
tr.alia of beef, mutton and lamb amounted 
to ] 18.510 tons, according to ‘‘Wedd(>irs 
Review of the Frozen Aleat Trade.” Beef 
.shipments totalled 108.740 tons; those of 
mutton and lamb aggi-egated 9..800 tons. 
Excepting 5.5.90 tons, all this meat went 
1o the T’nited Kingdom. In 1910 the total 
export was 104.000 tons; in 1915, 1.92.000 
tons, and in 1914. 171.200 tons. 
9'lie Ohio State I'^air will be held at 
Columbus. August 20-.91. It promises to 
be unusually interesting this year, includ¬ 
ing exhibits especially timely during the 
War period. 
The Alaine Agricultural and Industrial 
League has brought into Alaine from 
Massachu.sctts this season and distrib¬ 
uted. mostly among boys and girls. 2.404 
jugs. From among these pigs the best 
brood sows will be saved in the Fall and 
taken to breeding <“enters. Director 
E. Thornton Clark has just been in 
Massachusetts and has secured options 
on 590 she('ji and 75 lambs. He expects 
to jiurchase 1.090 sheeju These sheep 
will be sold to Maine farmers, and breed¬ 
ing ccuiters est.ablished in various locali¬ 
ties. Alaine raised only 100.090 sheep 
last year. Twenty-five yeai’s ago thei-e 
were not less than 500.000 sheeji on 
Alaine farms. It is the desire of the 
L(‘.‘igue to restore the State to its former 
jirestige as a wool-])roducing State. 
AA’-ASHINGTON.—Ratification of the 
British and Gan.adian recruiting treaties 
with the T’nited States were exchanged in 
London, August 0. From .Tuly .91 to Sep¬ 
tember 28. both inclusive. British sul)5‘Cts 
in the T’nited States, including declarants 
who are of present T’nited States draft 
age, have their la.st chance to enlist in the 
Bi-itish and Canadian armies. After Sep¬ 
tember 28 they become liable to compul¬ 
sory service, under the draft law. in the 
T'nited States. British subjects, including 
declarants, 20 to 21 years of a.ge, or be¬ 
tween .91 and 44, both inclusive, are with¬ 
in the recruiting convention, as well as 
those within the American draft age lim¬ 
its. For these men President AA’ilson will 
ajipoint a day on which they will have to 
register. For .90 days after that day they 
will have their last chance of voluntarily 
entering the British and Canadian anuies. 
On the .91st day after registration if they 
have not enlisted they become liable to 
compulsory service under the American 
■draft law. 
Western New York Crops 
AA’heat.—Some excellent pieces, some 
poor, but on the whole about one-half to 
two-thirds of a crop. Last Fall wheat 
got no start. It was sown late and the 
Fall was bad, and had it not been for a 
good Spring it would not have been worth 
harvestin.g. 
Rye.—Larger acreage than usual and 
looks very good ; should say a full crop. 
Oats.—Acreage fully up to the average, 
if not a little more, and looking fine. 
Plenty of rain has given long straw and 
heads well filled. Average is above nor¬ 
mal. 
Barley.—About the usual acreage and 
good. Both oats and barley are early. 
They are following close on wheat; in 
fact, some barley was cut before the 
wheat. Our own barley is'in the mow, 
while the wheat is only just being cut. 
Oats will follow too quick for the help 
we have. 
Corn.-—Owing to frequent rains it is 
weed.v and short labor has made it worse. 
The acreage jilantcd is about as usual. 
Beans.—Looking well so far. .and ear¬ 
lier than usual. Last year the frost 
caught the crop, and to avoid it this year, 
the land was planted earlier. Acreage 
below nornual. 
Cabbage.—About the only fields seen 
are in the direction of Geneva and arc 
looking a little above the average, as the 
crop brought an exceptional price in 1917, 
which has stimulated production. 
Hay.—Large crop and housed in good 
shape. Alfalfa cut the second time. Some 
August 10, 1918 
say old meadows are not up to the aver¬ 
age. but new fields are fine. New seeding 
looks good. 
I’astures.—They have been fine, but the 
di\v, hot weather we are now having is 
cutting them badly. 
Potatoes.—It is early to tell anything 
about the yield. The acreage is not as 
large as usual, as the situation in 1917 
did not enthuse farmei's to plant largely 
in 1918. They are looking well; good 
stand. Some complaint of blight. It 
amuses me to read the Government re¬ 
port of the probable yield of potatoes at 
this time when the great bulk of the croji 
must run the gauntlet of bugs, blight, 
drought, rot, frost, etc., any one of which 
may cut the yield 50 per cent or more. 
Following are the prevailing prices in 
Rochester as obtained b.v farmers, mar¬ 
ket .gardeners and fruit growers; AA’heat. 
.$2.10 bu.; oats, 90c; corn. $1.75 to $1.85 
fo" 50 lbs.; hay, old. .$20 to $2.5 per ton ; 
hay. new. $17 to $19 per ton; Lawton 
berries, 2oe qt. for best; raspberries, red, 
14c pint; black. 29c qt.; Shaffers. 21c 
qt.; huckleberries. 20c qt.; gooseberries, 
9 to 10c lb. ; cabbage. 50 to 00c jier doz. 
heads; cauliflower. $1.25 to $1.75 doz.; 
green corn. .90 to .9.5c doz. ears; Lima 
beans, ,50c lb.; home-grown onions, 7.5 
to 8.5c 14-qt. bkt; Summer squash. 20 to 
.9.5c doz ; green jieas. .$2.50 to $2.75 bu.; 
tomatoes, 50 to 00c peck; string beans, 
.9.5 to 40c bkt; old potatoes, $1.25 to ,$1.,90 
bu.; new potatoes. $1 90 to $2.10 bu.; 
eggs, fresh. 40 to 40c doz.; fowls. .90 to 
32c per lb.; Spring chickens. .95 to ,90e lb. 
New I’ork. c. I. 
Tn this section oats .are looking fine; 
last year’s seeding gave us a fine crop of 
ha.v, but the old meadows were thin and 
very weedy. AA’heat is j'oor and but little 
of it; nearly all was dragged uji and 
sown to oafs. Gorn is rather ba'^-kw.-’rd 
and will need a late Fall if it matures. 
There are going to be a good many ap¬ 
ples. but no peaches and but few pears. 
Butter is selling at 4,5e per lb. and eggs 
47c to 50c jier doz. Potatoes are 95c to 
75c per peck ; jiotatoes in this section are 
beginning to blight; lots of gardens have 
been planted, this of course helps the 
potato crop. Good milch dairy cows are 
selling around $100. N, S. 
Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
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