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EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—The United States Dis¬ 
trict Courts in Manhattan and Brooklyn 
March 17 dismissed 15 indictments charg¬ 
ing profiteering under the Lever act. Most 
notable among the cases were the indict¬ 
ments against the “Big Five” meat packers 
—Armour & Co., Swift & Co.. Morris & 
Co.. Wilson & Co. and the Cudahy Packing 
Company. Dismissal of these indictments 
arose from the recent ruling of the Su¬ 
preme Court, which declared unconstitu¬ 
tional Section 2 of the act of October 22, 
1010. This section is in the Lever act as 
amended, and pertains to profiteering and 
conspiracy to maintain unreasonable rates. 
William Connolly, .‘<2 years old, was 
sentenced March 17 to 50 years at hard 
labor in Sing Sing by Justice Tiernan, in 
Richmond County Court, St. George, 
Staten Island. By his own confession, 
Connolly had participated in robberies, 
hold-ups and a murder, but he fought for 
his liberty on the claim that Assistant 
District Attorney Norton promised him 
immunity for his help in bringing the 
rest of the gang to justice. 
Stuart F. Wallace and Harry Bern¬ 
stein. two of the four men arrested re¬ 
cently in connection with the theft of 
$180,000 from the People’s Trust Com¬ 
pany' in Wyomissing. Pa., on February 4, 
and in connection with bank robberies in 
Detroit in which two policemen were 
killed, were identified March 18 at. Police 
Headquarters. New York, as men who 
helped rob the First National Bank of 
Roselle. N. .T., on October 31, when $31.- 
000 was stolen. Wallace also was identi¬ 
fied as one of the band of hold-up men 
who took $15,000 from the Williamsbridge 
Bank at 208th Street and Williamsbridge 
Road on September 15. 1919. Ilarry 
Berger and Solomon Girsch were the 
other two arrested. 
The home of the Rev. R. S. Nichols in 
Old Forge, l’a., was greatly damaged 
March 20 by a charge of dynamite ex¬ 
ploded under one corner. Recently the 
Rev. Mr. Nichols, who is pastor of _ a 
Methodist church, has been active in rid¬ 
ding the village of objectionable resorts, 
and the police believe the dynamiting was 
in revenge. 
Two persons are known to be dead and 
four others are missing as a result of the 
grain dust explosion which rocked South 
Chicago March 1!) and wrecked one of 
the world's largest grain elevators. En¬ 
gineers who inspected the elevator, which 
is located at the southern city limits, said 
the damage to the structure would ap¬ 
proach $1,500,000. The value of the grain 
destroyed was estimated at $1,000,000. 
More than 150 occupants of nearby 
buildings were driven to the street March 
22 when fire destroyed a four-story frame 
building at Leonard and Havoc Streets, 
Green point. New York City. The dam¬ 
age is about $100,000. 
An explosion of gas between the floors 
of the Physiology building at Emory 
University. Atlanta. Ga.. March 22. 
wrecked the pharmacology department and 
seriously injured 11 students and instruc¬ 
tors. About 30 other members of the 
sophomore class in chemistry received 
minor hurts. The blast lifted the floor 
of the room ijn which the <lass }\'&s ill 
session, throwing sohie "of the students 
Sgainsf ilia ceiling, while others were 
blown through the windows. 
The Canadian Government rule requir¬ 
ing immigrating mechanics, artisans and 
laborers to possess $250 on landing in 
Canada, in addition to a ticket to their 
destination, has been extended indefinitely 
b.v an order in council. The order does 
not apply to farmers, farm laborers, 
household workers or families of legal 
residents q£ Canada. 
Th - John Marshall public school. Nor¬ 
folk. Va.. containing 28 rtroms and valued 
at $200,000. v.as destroyed by fire March 
21. a short i me after the 1.0(X) pupils 
had been dismissed for the day. 
Attempting a landing from too low an 
altitude, Lee Rothert of Palm Beach. Fla., 
ami J. II. Farrington of Saranac Lake 
were killed at West Palm Beach March 
21. Their seaplane stnuck the earth 
within 20 feet of the water and safety. 
Rothert, who was driving the plane, be¬ 
came confused and lost control of the 
machine as it neared the earth. _ Farring¬ 
ton, who was acting as Rothert's instruc¬ 
tor. realizing the danger, jumped and was 
crushed to death. Rothert was killed 
when the plane struck on its side. 
WASHINGTON. — Reports to the 
Treasury Department show that collec¬ 
tions of the income and excess profits 
taxes on March 15 exceeded* $600,000,000, 
and indications are that they may be from 
$50,000,000 to $75,000,000 greater. The 
accounting up to Saturday night. March 
19. showed slightly more than $600,000.- 
000. it was stated at the Treasury Depart¬ 
ment. The amount received is about 
$100,000,000 more than Secretary of the 
Treasury ijellon expected because of the 
general business depression which affected 
the last half of 1920. However, it re¬ 
veals that there will be a big shrinkage 
in the returns from these taxes as com¬ 
pared with last year. The loss it is be¬ 
lieved will be in excess of $1,000,000,000 
and may reach $1,500,000,000. In March, 
1920. collections from income and excess 
profits taxes were $918,879,463. thus 
showing a quarterly shrinkage of approxi¬ 
mately $300,000,000. The greatest March 
collection was in 1919. when the amount 
reached $1,129,821,269. 
A fatality rate of 3 50 for every mil¬ 
lion tons of coal rained in 1920. as com¬ 
pared with 4.24 in 1919. was announced 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
by the Bureau of Mines March 21. This 
was said to be. the lowest rate in the his¬ 
tory of the industry in this country. A 
total of 2.260 men were killed in the coal 
mines last year, a decrease of 57 over the 
preceding year, while at the same time 
production of coal increased 18 per cent, 
over 1919. Preliminary reports indicate 
that production of coal in 1920 amounted 
to 645.663.000 tons. The number of em¬ 
ployees mining coal in 1920 was 775.000, 
as compared with 765,000 the preceding 
year. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—State regu¬ 
lation of the milk industry in every phase 
is proposed in a bill introduced March 21 
by Senator Nathan Straus, .Tr. It covers 
production, transportation, manufacture, 
storage, distribution and sale of milk. 
The Senator said that the milk corpora¬ 
tions have accepted the proposals of the 
measure. There is fair prospect that the 
bill will pass. The milk arbitration board 
is set up. with full powers to handle the 
whole subject. The State Health Com¬ 
missioner and four members named by 
the Governor would be members. The 
Dairymen’s League, the New York Milk 
Conference Board and the State Grange 
would each submit one recommendation. 
No member of the board would be eligible 
to political office. The terms would be 
four years. The arbitration board would 
lie empowered to regulate the proportion 
of fluid milk to be sent into the market 
and the proportion that could be diverted 
to milk products industries in times of 
emergency. The board could even divide 
New York into zones and specify in which 
each of the big milk companies could 
compete. “The boards will have the right 
to fix milk prices for the producer, the 
distributer and the consumer,” Senator 
Straus said. “These prices must be the 
result of unanimous agreement to be en¬ 
forceable.” 
Apricots were seriously damaged and 
possibly cherry and peach trees frostbit¬ 
ten to some extent by the 60 degrees drop 
in temperature in Nebraska March 19-20, 
according to Prof. R. F. Howard of the 
Department of Horticulture of the Uni¬ 
versity of Nebraska. March 19 the tem¬ 
perature registered SI degrees, and March 
20 it was down to 21. 
Persons who contemplate reforestation 
work this year can obtain young trees 
for the purpose from the New York State 
Conservation Commission, it is announced 
by C. R. Pettie, Superintendent of State 
Forests. Trees will be shipped to per¬ 
sons desiring them in lots of m t less than 
1.000 of any species, he says. Among the 
species now available are: Scotch pine, 
three and four-year transplants; Norway 
spruce, three and four-year transplants; 
white spruce, three-year transplants; 
white cedar, three-year transplants; black- 
locust. one-year seedlings, and Carolina 
poplar cuttings. 
The American Country Life Associa¬ 
tion. recognizing rural education as one 
of the fundamental means of improving 
country life conditions, is offering a $200 
scholarship to rural teachers. This prize 
will- be awarded for an article describing 
the most effective work done by the 
teacher, making the elementary school a 
vital factor in meeting the needs of Amer¬ 
ican country life. Such an article may 
be the story of the adaptation of the cur¬ 
riculum. the development of community 
work, or the establishment of closer rela¬ 
tion between the school and the commu¬ 
nity. The article must be based upon 
the actual, personal experience of the 
writer, and mav include practical plans 
for future development. All particulars 
may be obtained from Kenyon L. Butter¬ 
field, president American Country Life 
Association. Amherst. Mass. 
The National Rose Show, to be held 
April 2, 1921 
in Horticultural Hall, Boston, April 6-10, 
inclusive, promises to surpass anything 
ever seen in New England, according to 
recent announcements by the Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Society and the Amer¬ 
ican Rose Society. The American Rose 
Society will hold its twenty-first annual 
meeting during the progress of the show. 
Among some of the more prominent breed¬ 
ers and introducers of new roses expected 
to be present during the convention art' 
Dr. Van Fleet of Washington. D. C.; 
Oapt. George Thomas of Chestnut Hill. 
Philadelphia, Pa.; .T. Horace McFarland 
of Harrisburg. Pa.; M. II. Walsh. Woods 
Hole. Mass, the Montgomerys of Hadley. 
Mass.; Wallace Pierson of Cromwell, 
Conn., and F. R. Pierson of Tarrytown, 
N. Y. 
The Ayrshire breeders of McKean 
County, Pennsylvania, have organized the 
McKean County Ayrshire Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation, their constitution and by-laws 
embodying such clauses as “to become a 
member one must place his herd under 
the State and Federal supervision for the 
eradication of tuberculosis,” and “any 
member wilfully misrepresenting a pure¬ 
bred. for the purpose of a sale, will upon 
sufficient, evidence be expelled from the 
association.” The number of reactors in 
the county have been eight-tenths of one 
per cent. This exceptionally low percent¬ 
age. ideal dairying section, well-bred heif¬ 
ers and bulls, together with the enthusi¬ 
asm shown, will truly make history for 
the Ayrshires. 
Crawford : Your business friend must 
believe thoroughly in system, if he has 
just hired another efficiency expert.” 
Crabshaw: He got him to try to find out 
what was the matter with the first one.” 
—Life. 
Our idea of making a good furnace is to make it all ourselves. Then we can 
be sure it will prove up to our claims and meet your fullest expectations. 
The Moncrief is not a “contract made” pipeless furnace—one part here 
and another somewhere else. From ashpit to register, the Moncrief is made 
in our own foundries. 
Moncrief castings are of the finest grey iron. We buy only the best 
materials and combine them in our own cupolas under the expert direction of 
men who have spent a lifetime making Moncrief furnaces. 
MONCRIEF PIPELESS FURNACE 
Burns any kind of fuel—wood, hard or 
soft coal, or coke—and gets all the heat out 
of it for you. The roomy straight side 
firepot does that perfectly, with the help 
of the one-piece corrugated side feed sec¬ 
tion. Then the long fire travel sends the 
smoke up the chimney, but not until it 
has delivered every last bit of available 
heat to the circulating air. 
This air current is the other half of the 
secret of the low cost of Moncrief Pipeless 
Furnace heating. Such a slow, steady cur¬ 
rent that you don’t notice anything but a 
genial glow all over the house—yes, in the 
corners too. But this air current does the 
heating job in a wonderful way because of 
its big volume—big because the casings of 
the Moncrief are the biggest ever made for 
a pipeless furnace. 
We can’t tell you in an advertisement all 
the reasons a Moncrief Pipeless Furnace 
will put warm air in cold corners and the 
dollars back in your pocketbook. Ask your 
Moncrief dealer. Write us if you don’t 
know him, and we’ll tell you his name. 
Manufactured by 
THE HENRY FURNACE & FOUNDRY CO., Cleveland, Ohio 
Eastern Distributors 
F. H. HANLON, Batavia, N. Y. E. L. GARNER, 619 E. 14th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
DEALERS: Many desirable territories are still open. Write for the details of the Moncrief Proposition . 
