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October lfi. ir»2o 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—Cocaine and heroin val¬ 
ued at $250,000, said to be the largest 
seizure ever made in this State, were con¬ 
fiscated by five Internal Revenue agents 
October 1 after a raid on the premises of 
the Aberdeen Chemical Company. 51 
Liberty Street, New York. Six men were 
taken to the Federal Building for ques¬ 
tioning. Four were let go. The others 
were arraigned before United States Com¬ 
missioner Hitchcock, who issued warrants 
for the arrest of two men not found in 
the raid. The four are charged with 
conspiring to violate the Harrison drug 
act. 
Homes, property and crops in the 
Winooski Valley, from Montpelier to 
Richmond. Vt.. were damaged in the 
storm of September 30. At Jonesville, 
where the water caused the most damage, 
scores of tourists were marooned, with 
the highways under three feet of water. 
Several small buildings on the outskirts 
of the town were said to be completely 
under water. Damage to the extent of 
many thousands of dollars was done to 
crops there. 
Indictments charging a widely spread 
conspiracy to mulct the public through 
profiteering and hoarding coal were re¬ 
turned October 4 against the Brooklyn 
Edison Company, Inc., the Adolphii Coal 
Company. Inc., of 1 Broadway, New 
York; the B. ,T. Lynch Coal Company, 
Inc.; Walter F. Wells, vice-president 
and general manager of the Brooklyn 
Edison Company, and Harry 1’. Wood, 
its operating engineer in charge of 
all coal transactions. It is alleged 
that the conspiracy has been in opera¬ 
tion ever since the Lever law went 
into effect. October 22. 1910. It is al¬ 
leged that the Brooklyn Edison Company 
has been making false returns to the 
Public Service Commission regarding the 
price it has paid for its coal in that it 
has been knowingly and wilfully paying 
more than current market rates. As a 
result of this practice it is charged that 
the company has been permitted by the 
Public Service Commission to charge 
higher rates for light and power to the 
people of Brooklyn than the cost of pro¬ 
duction warranted. 
The decision of the District of Colum¬ 
bia Supreme Court denying an injunction 
preventing Secretary Colby from promul¬ 
gating the woman suffrage amendment 
was affirmed October 4 by the District 
Court of Appeals, from which the anti¬ 
suffragists may prosecute at once an ap¬ 
peal to the United States Supreme Court. 
In affirming the lower court's decision 
the Court of Appeals also overruled the 
motion of Charles _S. Fairchild of the 
American Constitutional League to ad¬ 
vance the appeal case for hearing. 
Indictments against eight persons in 
connection with the alleged graft of thou¬ 
sands of dollars from world war veterans 
were returned at Washington October 4 
by a Federal Grand Jury. The money 
was alleged to have been obtained from 
the soldiers in return for promised aid in 
obtaining settlement of war rjsk insur¬ 
ance claims. Daniel E. O'Keefe and 
Aloysius A. Young, both of New Britain, 
Conn., and six residents of Washington 
were the persons named in the indict¬ 
ments. which charged unlawful extraction 
of Government records, conspiracy to 
commit an offence against the United 
States and unlawful acceptance of fees 
by Government employees. 
Charles Ponzi, the Boston financial 
wizard, can pay less than one dollar in 
three on the claims of creditors of his 
shattered scheme of high finance. In¬ 
stead of the 50 per cent profits which lie 
promised those who expected him to lead 
them to quick riches will lose more than 
50 per cent on their investments. The 
extent to which the millions entrusted to 
Ponzi had been reduced became known 
definitely October 5 when C. N. Ritten- 
house. auditor for the Federal receivers 
of Ponzi. made his report at a hearing 
on a bankruptcy proceeding against Ponzi 
in the Federal Court. To meet liabili¬ 
ties. which he set at $7,500,000, tin- audi¬ 
tor said Ponzi had total assets of only 
$2,195,685. 
As the driver of an automobile that 
ran down and killed two women in Brook¬ 
lyn in June, Thomas Fennell. 26, of 434 
Gates Avenue, was sentenced in Kings 
County. N. Y.. Court October 5 to serve 
from five to 10 years in Sing Sing, the 
maximum term for manslaughter in the 
second degree. In lecturing tin* convicted 
man Judge Haskell reminded him that he 
was convicted for speeding on four dif¬ 
ferent occasions in 1918 and 11 >10 and 
told him he deserved no leniency. Fen¬ 
nell’s victims were Katherine Froehner, 
18, and her mother, both of S64 Cypress 
Avenue, Brooklyn. The accident occurred 
as they were returning from commence¬ 
ment exercises at Bushwiek High School. 
FARM AND GARDEN. — Assistant I 
Secretary Ball of the Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment. Dr. Marlatt, the assistant chief of 
the Bureau of Entomology, and other | 
specialists of the Department left Wash¬ 
ington October 1 to investigate damage 
done by the European corn-borer in Mas¬ 
sachusetts, New York. New Hampshire 
and Pennsylvania. The party will in¬ 
spect first the infested territory near Bos¬ 
ton and St. Thomas. Out., where a new 
outbreak has aroused fear that it may 
spread to the western part of the United 
States. 
The Maryland Agricultural Society, 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
which is affiliated with the American 
Farm Bureau Federation and which 
works with other national farm organi¬ 
zations, is planning for its annual meet¬ 
ing. to be held at Salisbury, on the East¬ 
ern Shore, November 9 to 11. The Mary¬ 
land Agricultural Society is the State’s 
federation of farm interests. Formerly 
its membership included only representa¬ 
tion from the industrial group, such as 
the State Horticultural Society, the State 
Dairymen’s Association, the Crop Im¬ 
provement Association, etc. Last year, 
however, the constitution was amended 
to admit county federations to member¬ 
ship in the organization. The wisdom of 
this action on the part of the Maryland 
Agricultural Association has been demon¬ 
strated in the past year, and. many county 
federations have been formed, which have 
affiliated with the State organization. 
The manner in which the society is built 
up assures an annual meeting of excep¬ 
tional interest, for in addition to the 
meeting of the parent organization, the 
annual meetings of the Maryland State 
Horticultural Society, the Maryland Crop 
Improvement Association, the Maryland 
State Dairymen’s Association, the Mary¬ 
land State Beekeepers’ Association, the 
Maryland State Vegetable Growers’ As¬ 
sociation and the Maryland Sheep Grow¬ 
ers’ Association will be held at the same 
time. The subject of marketing and a 
general discussion of the more important 
bills before Congress affecting agriculture 
will feature the meeting. Many speakers 
of national reputation have been invited 
to address the various sessions, and it is 
expected that the meeting will be one of 
the most important ever held in Mary¬ 
land. 
The National Convention of the Grange 
to he held in Boston, Mass., November 
10-19 next, will bring together perhaps 
the largest and most representative body 
of agriculturists and Grange members in 
the history of this organization. A class 
of more than 10.000 will be present to 
receive the seventh and last degree. 
Thirty-three States will be represented at 
the convention. In connection with the 
convention and under the auspices of the 
Grange a most comprehensive exhibition 
of the various products of agriculture, as 
well as the best devices for securing eco¬ 
nomy of effort and greater production on 
the farm, as well as the means of making 
farm life more attractive, will he held. 
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but because of easy digestibility, full 
nourishing worth, economy and ease 
of service. 
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Established 1883 
Joliet, Illinois 
Running an 18" 
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