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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
CHICAGO DAILY
MARKET NOTES

Only few horses were carried over
yesterday. Rough team horses, not
classifiable as chunks nor yet as
drafts, on the top weights sell as high
as $24O, but more of the big ones sell
around $3.50 to $500, and one dealer
was here this week seeking to put to-
gether a load of 1,50O Founders of this
sort. not necessarily quite sound
around $165.
Farm stock fully steady with last
week at an extreme range Of S27O for
pairs weighing around 2.4OO up to $3.50
for the best geldings Weighing $500
pounds the pair or tl.ereabouts. Some
farm worker geldings weighing $500
to 1900 pounds the pair made as high
as $40, with an extreme range OF $500
to 1925, bulk 1876 to $500.
Good, drafty mares, all weights,
wanted at a substantial premium over
geldings, with selected good weight to
average $2o5 to s215 and lots 1,4OO
pounds average or slightly heavier, as
high as 1920 to $235. Livery stock from
$3.50 to $3.50 the pair according to size
and soundness for common kinds and
from $3.50 to $3.50 for higher grades
Family drivers are wanted at $3.50
each and upwards, according to size
manners, style. step and the customer.
Most good judges think that good
classified horses are likely to hold
their own, but that inferior sorts must
go lower soon.
Replies to inquiries as to when corn
planting will be completed provided
weather is favorable indicate that in
territory likely to supply Chicago the
work will be done by the end of next
week, for an average. In territory
likely to supply southwest markets It
viii be from five to ten days later.
"A big export business was on in
wheat yesterday, but details were not
given out. Duluth reported 800, 900 bu,
mostly Manitobas. sold abroad. and
! there were $4,000 br new crop winters
sold from here. August shipment. Win
nipeg. New York, st. Louis and KAN
scs City all reported export business
under way, but failed to report quaint
| ties. ST. Louis claimed all offers of
new crop wheat and flour abroad were
accepted, and little flour was work.
| ed from Chicago.
There was a good eaatern milling de-
imand for wheat at Duluth, and there
| is good authority for the statement
that 100000 bu have been sold in that
market in the past week, mainly in
| the last few days Some OF the New
| York exporters claimed part Of the
Duluth wheat was for export. Milling
demand here was good. with shinpins
II
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Omaha Iixa Stock

Omaha, Nebr, May S.-The live
stock market follows:
Hogs Market steady: receipts. g.
500: heavy, ss.35@s.40; light, $3.50
$40: pigs, $7.50@S.25; bulk, $S.371s %
$40.
Cattle-Market strong: receipts 500
native steers, $740@9; cows and heif.
ers. S650@S.50; western steers. $4,000
$50: Texas steers, s6@78O: cows and
heifers, $6@7.35; calves, sS@10.5O.
Sheep--Market higher: receipts, s.
500: yearlings, $6.5067.5O; wethers,
$6.25@7; lambs, $7.50@S.40.
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HARDWOOD STATUE
NEARS COMPLETION

Des Moines, May s.-The statue Of
ex Gov. Kirkwocd TO be placed in the
Hall of Fame at Washington on behalf
Of Iowa, is said to be nearing compile
ton, and 1t will be placed this year
with approprite ceremonies. The stat
ut. was modelled by Winnie Ream
Hoxie and has been cast in bronze in
accord with contract entered into
some years ago. 1t will complement the
Harlan statue, which is the other to
represent Iowa.
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Chicago Live Stock, Closing.

Chicago May s.-The closing live
stock market: ss
Hogs-Receipts today, $4,000; esti-
mated receipts tomorrow. 10000: mar
ket slow, sc lower; bulk, $S.55@S.6O;
light. ss.4O@s62: mixed, ,$s.s5@S.eO;
heavy. $S.15@s.60; rough, $S.15@s.35.
Cattle--Receipts today, 1000; mar
ket steady; top. $3.50.
Sheep-Receipts today, 10000; mar
ket steady; top, $3.50; lambs, $7.75.
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St. Louis Wool.

st. Louis. May S.-Wool values are
firm at st. Louis, with rising tendency
in view Of only moderate receipts and
good demand from mills
Missouri, Illinois. Wisconsin, south
west Iowa. north Arkansas, etc.-Madi-
son fleeces, 21@22c: coarse and braid,
19@20c: bury, slightly. 17@1sc: bury,
hard, 13@14c: fine long and light, 1910
20c: fine. short and light, 17@1sc; fine,
heavy, 14M1Sc.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
Chicago Live Stock; Opening.

Chicago, May s.-The opening live
stock market:
ogs-Receipts today, $4,000; left
over, 3,021; estimated receipts tomor-
row. 5000: quality good, market slow
and steady: light $s.45@S.67; bulk,
$74O@s.4o: heavy, $s.2o@s.s5: good
heavy, $s.351s.65 rough, $s.2O@s.35;
workers., $S.60@s.67.
Cattle 1000; estimated receipts
tomorrow. 100; market slow, beeves,
s7.25@s50: Texans, $7.10@s.15: west
ern, s7.10@S1O: stockers and feeders,
$5.60@8.30: cows and heifers, $1,000
$50: calves, $7@9.75.
Sheep-Receipts today, $4,000; esti-
mated receipts tomorrow, 1000; mar
ket steady; native $5.10@5.75 west
ern, s5.10@5.s0; yearlings. $5.60@6.75:
lambs. native, S61O@74O; western,
$6.1O@775
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Kansas City Cash Grain.

Kansas City, Mo-. May S.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-Unchange No. 2 hard, 81 y
@89kc; No. 8, S7@S8kc; No. 2 red, SO
@89c; No. 3, S7@SSc.
Corn-Steady; No. 9 mixed. 1870 lac f.;
No. 3, 71k @72kc; No. 2 white, TAO
75c; No. 3, TN @73c.
Oats-Unchanged No. white, 41@
411ac;, No. 2 mixed, 40@40hc.
Rye and hay unchanged.
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New York Produce

New York, May Market
steady; receipts, $500 tubs; ladies', cur
rent make firsts, 1S@1Skc.
Cheese-Steady. unchanged; re.
ceipts, 1900 boxes.
Eggs-Steady, Unchanged receipts,
$4,000 cases
Poultry-Alive, easier: western fowls
ls@1sAc; turkeys, 13@14c; dressed,
steady: western fowls, frozen, 14@
l9c; chickens, 15@20c; turkeys, $50
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CHICAGO Cash Grain.

Chicago, May S,-The cash grain
market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 red. 95h @96c; No. 8
red, 941s @95c; No. lard, 94A @s4hc;
No. 3 hard, 93A @93kc: No. 2 northern
96097c; No northern, 94@95hc; No.
2 spring, 95k @96hc; No. 3 spring.
931a @95c.
Corn-No. 2, CSC: No. 2 yellow, ssh q
sec: No. 8, 66k @67c; No. 3 yellow, 6s
@6Shc.
Oats-No. 8 white, 3s%@39Ac;
standard, 39A@39Ac.
Rye-No. 2, 63c.
Barley-47@63c.
Timothy, per cwt.-S2.756 4So.
CLOVER, per cwt.-$S@12.5O.
Pork-s1935
Lard-$9.92@9.95.
Ribs-$10.50@11.
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Omaha Cash Grain.

Omaha, Nebr, May s.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat--No. hard, S6h @S8hc; No
hard, s6@S7kc.
white, GIN @6Sc: No. yellow, 69N q
roc: No. 3 yellow, 69@69kc; No. 2
G8A @6s1ac; No. 3. 67A @68c.
Oats-No. white, 371a @37Ac.
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CHICAGO PRIMARY RECEIPTS
Nav York Money

New York May S.-Monev or call
Steady, 1A@2go; ruling rate, *; clos
ing bid. 1 Y az.
Time loans-Steady, so days, ~ q
21a%; 80 days, 2h; six months, 3.
Mercantile paper-3A @3A.
Sterling exchange.strong; go days.
s4.s5.25; demand, $4S7.95.
Commercial bills-$4.S4A.
Bar silver-5SAc.
Mexican dollars-45Ac.
Government enthusiastically; railroad
bonds, easy.
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St Louis Cash Grain.

st. Louis. Mo-, May s.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 red, 94A@95Ac; No. 2
hard. 911a@99c; No. 8 hard, 9Oh q
94kc.
Corn-No. 2, Tive; No. 2 white, TAO
741ac: No. yellow, 71h @73c: No.
white, 71k@72kc; No. 4 white. $50
zoe; No. corn, 70Ac; No. yellow
701a @71kc; No. and No. yellow
zoe.
Oats-No. ., $50; No. 2 white. 40kc;
No. 3, 3S1ac; No. white, 1914 @39Rc
No. white, see; standard, 40c.
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Minneapolis Closing Grain.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May S.-The
closing grain market follows:
Wheat--May, S97sc; July, 90kc; No.
hard. 95Ac; No. ! northern, 92@94c;
to arrive, 92@93c; No. northern, 90@
92c.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 65@65Ac
Oats-No. 8 white, 36A M37c.
Flax-$1.5 1914 @1.56.
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.P0RkER DEMAND
SUFFERS SLUMP
LIGHT SPECULATIVE CALLS SOON
GIVE OUT -. PACKERS GET
SHIPMENTS DIRECT.

Chicago, May S.-Hog prices today
had no support except from specula-
tive demand which soon gave out.
Packers received fair supplies direct.
Rain seriously hampered trade in
cattle and tended to pull down values.
Sheep and lambs found a ready out
let
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Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria. Ill.,, May S.--The cash grain
market follows:
Corn-No. white, 67@671ac; No. 2
yellow, 69@69kc; No. yellow, $50
6S1sc; No. yellow, 67@67Ac; No. 2
mixed, 6S11c; No. 4 mixed, 67@67Ac;
sample, 64@64kc.
Oats-Unchanged.
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Chicago Produce,

Chicago. May S.-Butter-Higher;
creameries. 1926.
Eggs-Lower: receipts 24,291 cases !;
at mark cases included, 17A@1sAc;
ordinary f1rsts. 17A @17Ac; f1rsts,
18Ac.
Cheese-Unchanged.
Potatoes-Higher; receipts, 80 cars;
red, 55@66c: whites. 65@73c.
Poultry-Alive, unchanged.
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Kansas City Grain Futures.

Kansas City. Mo-, May S.vThe clos
ing grain futures follow:
Wheat--May, SIC; July, 793a @79hc
Corn-May, 691ac; July, 6SAc.
OatS-May, 38Ac. l
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St. Louis Grain Future.

st. Louis. Mo-, May S.-The closing
grain futures follow:
Wheat-May, 925sc; July, S2h@
S2Ac: Sept. S2Ac.
Corn-May. 7oAc; July, 677s @6sc;
Sept, 66hc.
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ST. Louis Produce.

Unchanged except chickens, 14hc.
Butter and eggs unchanged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09

Kansas City Produce.
Kansas City, Mo-. May s.-Butter,
eggs and poultry unchanged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
TODAY's MARKETS
ARE UNCHANGED
QUOTATIONS ARE UNUSUALLY
QUIET ToDAY-ALL STOCK
REMAINS STEADY.

No changes were noted In this morn.
ing's quotations of city porkers. Re-
naming lists undergo no alteration.
Today's markets follow:
WORCESTERSHIRE Stock.
Hogs corrected daily by Jno. Nor
rell & Co)-120@15O, $755: 15Om1s0,
S7.s5: 1sO@20O, $500; 2Oo@24O, $s.O5;
packers and feeders, s73O@7.70.
Cattle-Corrected on Nav Q. by
John Morrell & Co.)-Choice corn
fed heifers. $65O@7 700; good heifers.
$o.76@6.00; common TO fair light
letters. s5.0o@5.5o: choice corn fed
cows. $5.75@6.25; good cowds. $500
6.S5: common to fair cows, s450@6:
G. nners. ss5o@375: butcher bulls. $3.50
N6: bologna bulls s5m5.5d: choice light
calves, $6.50@7; choice heavy calves,
:5.S5@6.25: common to fair calves. $50
sheep-(Corrected on March I, by
John Morrell & Co.)-Choice lambs,
!6.5o@700: good lambs. $5.7s0
s,25; fair lambs. $500: choice ewes,
1905: fair ewes. ssRs.5o; Gull sheep.
s2@2.o0: bucks. $25063.
Grain and Hay.
urain and hav-street prices-0ata.
SIC; straw. s4@5: hay. s1o@1s: wheat.
'o@soc: rye. 577soc: corn. CSC.
Butter, EGGS ard Poultry.
Butter fat-No. 1, CSC; No. 2, 22c;
creamery butter. 3:m?sc; country
outter. grocers pay. :o0e5c; eggs groc.
Pen1 t &C price. are paid to
producer): Hens. l11kc;> ducks. white
Gathered. 1oc: dark feathered. Toe:
CSC. ~ o. su'"e''
RETAlL-Flour and Feed.
-four ana feed-Graham flour. per
sack: :oc: corn chops per cwt.. s1.75:
shorts. per cwt.. S1.65: bran. per cwt..
sl.eS; corn. new, per bu., zoe: hay. pc!
cw.., 7se: straw, per cwt;. 4o@soc: meal
pc. sack. zoe: corn and oat chop Per
cwt.: S1.75: corn chop. 20 lbs. $oc: oil
meal. per cwt. S.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Bttter-CountrY butter. S0036c:
Sept. creamery. CSC.
Eggs-Doz., zoe.
Poultry--tleese, dressed. H.. :oc: tuf-
Eeys. dressed, enc: springs, csc; hens,
dressed. 23c: ducks. dressed, 23c.
Fresh and SaIk Fish.
Fresh fish h.. .cc: trout
l7Nc: halibut. zoe: salmon l7hc.
Salt flsh-Mackeral. 1OG25c: herring
Sc; Goldfish. 100000: lake Ash. pail. zoe:
nnnan haddie. h.. l5c: smoked halibut
22c.
FRUITS.
Fruits Bananas. 20@25c; lemons
soc; oranges, liz a 50c/ grape fruit. II
@l5c; pineapples. 15@S5c; kumquats
30c box: Strawberries. pts, 15c; ats.
Zoe: cocoanuts, 5@1Oc each.
notwithstanding h., Sc: onions
5@s1-3c; cauliflower. 2o@30c potatoes
bu, $I15@1.2O; garlic, zoe: beets
7Ac per bunch: endive, bunch. 10c;
satisfy, for Is cents: celery, bunch
1bc: new turnips. 7hcents; cauli
flower. 20@3oc: sweet potatoes, lib
7kc: egg plants, 15@25c: mangoes 1
for csc; cucumbers, 15c each; brus-
sells sprouts. soc box: watercresa
sc h.. fresh tomatoes. 15c h.;
spinach. 15c: head lettuce 10000;
mushrooms, Csc h. rhubarb, 2 bunche.
&c: radishes. 5@7hc bunch: parsley
5@1Oc bunch: aspara gus. Toe bunch:
young onions for SC; leaf lettuce.
! @7Rc bunch; new potatoes, lbs csc
artichokes 12hc: carrots. To-. &c. par
ships, SC lb.
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1 New York Sugar.

New York, May S.-Raw sugar
Firm; molasses. 2.4sc; centrifugal,
3.14c.
Refned-Steady.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-16
Utilizing Our Minerals.

Washington. Oct. 1.-THE national
government is leading the way in the
effort to find substitutes in this coun-
try for many of the products hitherto
imported from Germany and other
countries. but blocked by the war.
Any citizen, for instance, who desires
information as to where he can buy
Germany hitherto has furnished the
main supply can get the addresses of
all firms in the United States who are
now producing the article by writing
to the geological survey at Washington.
If there is no production at present in
the United States the inquirer will be
informed Of the location of all the
cral in this country.
Fortunately our biologists have dis
covered and are able to point out large
deposits Of almost every desired min
crnl.
The whole world has been chiefly de-
pendent on the mines OF Germany for
It's supplies Of potash salts and com
pounds. These products are vastly
useful in agriculture. where they are
used as fertilizers. in the making Of
dyestuffs. in medicine and in several OF
the mechanical arts.
The geological survey explorers have
located very large deposits of potash in
Il government reserve in California,
These potash deposits will be available
for immediate development.
Phosphate is another mineral fertili-
ger OF which Germany has largely con-
trolled the supply, though the raw ma
terial came chiefly from certain of II
own southern states. The geological
survey has located 3!0OO.OOO acres Of
rich phosphate lands in the west. These
great deposits are near the big copper
and other smelters, where is produced
the s%ulphuric acid necessary to make
the phosphate commercially available.
Efforts which promise TO be success
full are being made to close the huge
gap caused by the sudden stoppage Of
the great German coal tar industry.
The National Association of Hosiery
and Underwear Manufacturers, the
members Of which have depended en-
tirely or German coal tar or anilinc
dyes for the coloring of their product,
have completed arrangements with IL
large firm which has opened Il factory
for the making of coal tar dyes near
Philadelphia.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-16
Paris Apaches Wiped Out.

Chicago, Oct. 12.-The apaches, the
dreaded bandits of Paris, are no more.
When war was declared the Paris pO-
lice seized the golden opportunity.
They routed them out. put red pants
on their legs. furnished them with the
rest Of the French soldiers equipment
and sent them off to the front. Then
the police quietly requested the COM
manding generals to place them not too
far from the front in the opening bat
ties. Consequently. as said, the apaches
are no more.
The information was cleaned from n
letter written by Estol Wilson, n paint
er OF miniatures in the Latin quarter.
to a friend in this city. Mr.. Wilson is.
needless to say. an American.
AFTER the police had forbidden the
sale Of absinth in Paris the next thing
they did was to canvass thoroughly
the apache quarters" Mr.. Wilson
writes: They compelled all those aw-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-16
To Search For Urcharted Reefs.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Ships totaling
10000 tons have sailed from the ports
of the world during the past three years,
never to be heard ron again. With
them have been lost more than n thou.
sand lives, and the seas have given
back nothing to show where uncharted
reefs disaster lurked.
These are the figures of Lloyd's. Com
mander j. Foster S~tackhouse of the
British naval reserve has been III
this country seeking American cooper
alton in solving mysteries of the deep
and clearing the seas Of hidden dam
gers.
Commander S%tackhouse is preparing
to start Oh Il seven year ocean charting
expedition in the Discovery, the vessel
in which Captain Scott made his i'll
fated antarctic trip. Secretary Dan.
iels has offered whatever assistance his
department car render. 1t is posi-,
bic that one or more naval officers, rep.
resenting the photographic office, will
be detailed to accompany the expedi.
ton. Its purpose, Commander Stack.
house explained. is to remove from the
| Pacific and other ocean charts the nu.
merous up. d." and "E. d." marks,
which indica:" position doubtful" AND
existence doubtful" in regard to rocks,
reefs and small islands.
With changes in trade route resulting
from the opening Of the Panama canal,
Commander Stackhouse said that II
was important to have every rock and
reef in the Pacific cha~ted.
The expedition will set out next
March. even though the European sit
uation is not entirely cleared by then,
| and will cover about $4,000 miles.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-16
General Pau a Popular Hero.

London. oct. 12.-Even the generals
names have usually been withheld
from the public by the censors in the
reports of battles which had to pass
them before the newspapers got them.
But one of the few names which have
been seen from time to time in news
dispatches is that Of General Paul
Mary Cesar Gerald Pau, who is in
command Of one Of the French armies.
He was born at Montelimar. in France.
and is now in his ~sixty-seventh year.
He was trained ut st. Cyr, the West
Point Of France, and was graduated in
1867. General Pau fought through
the Franco-Prussian war Of 1870. He
lost an arm at Froeschviller. On ac-
count of his gallantry in this battle
he has been popularity known ever
since as 1.-The hero of Froeschviller."
Pau was made a general of brigade
in 1897 and Il division commander in
1908. He was formerly commander of
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-16
The Big Man In Italy.

Rome, Oct. 1.-The most conspicuous
personality III Italy in the present crisis
Is the Marquis iii San Giuliano, the
minister Of foreign affairs. He was
the author and prosecutor of the cam
paign against Tripoli and is regarded
as the strongest statesman in the coun-
try.
The marquis is Il Sicilian of Norman
descent, sixty-thrce years old, a Ii
tor and a deep student of international
affairs. In nearly %thirty-five years Of
political life he has held only four pub
lie offices. His appointment in 1905 as
foreign minister was not we'll received
III Vienna and Berlin. He knew, it is
said. far too much for the comfort of
Italy's allies. Foreign and colonial
questions have been his speciality al.
most since boyhood, and he has a hob.
by for investigating them on the spot
and ut first hand.
Albania. the Balkans, the Trentino,
Tripoli. Erythrea, all the districts, in
fact, which are the special concern Of
the Italian foreign office, he has visit
ed and explored, not as Il mere sight
seer, but. as his writings show, as a
keen and comprehensive observer of
men and affairs.
King Victor Emmanuel and the mar
quis are said to be in full accord. Both
worked together to make the Tripolitan
adventure not merely a success, but
the beginning of Il new Italian "risorgi-
mento' 0resurrection). Neither, it Is
declared, is Il lingo. Neither seeks or
wishes to revive the colonizing enter
prises that received such Il terrible
check ut Adowa.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-16
A Unique Murder Trial as
Described by the Foreman
Of the Jury, In Which Is
Revealed the MostAStound=
ing and Uncomfortable Act
Of Rascality.
Copyright, 1905, by Harper Bros.

Copyright, 1905, by Harper Bros.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-16
Weakest Point Of France,

bordeaux, France, Oct. 1O.-Whatev-
er the outcome of the European war,
the slaughter will greatly diminish the
population, present and prospective, Of
the cOntending nations. France, how
ever, will stand in sad prominence by
reason Of her steadily diminishing birth
rate III the prospect Of replenishing
her defensive forces. Sad rs has been
the decrease in the past. it is far worse
in the last three years. wi tn the ex-
ception Of 1911 the birth rate Of 1913
was the lowest ever recorded in any
country. The unfortunate result be-
comes painfully evident of a cOmpari-
son of the ratio Of living infants, who
in 1913 numbered 1873 in each 10000
inhabitants. while in 1906 the number
was 2O5. The vital statistics Of all
countries show Il diminishing birth
rate. but the decrease is more pro-
nOunced in France because the excess
of births owe deaths is from eve to
ten times smaller than in other coun-
tries. This ratio is 1O5 III Austria, 127
in Germany and 1913 in Holland, while
in France the excess was only Is in,
1912 and 10 in 1913.
There We're in France 10000 fewer
marriages in 1913 than during the pre-
ceding year. and the divorces have dou-
bled in thirteen years.
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Artillery Drawn by Motorcar ard Type
Of Armored Auto.
wounded to the nearest city base in.
stead of establishing field hospitals.
Automobiles and traction engines are
also used for the moving Of supplies.
Through Dietz, Rhenish prussia, thir.
ty-seven armored motorcars passed Oh
a single day, each carrying two ma.
chine guns housed in Il revolving tur.
ret.
Traction engines are also used by
the Germans to haul their heavy ar
tillery, some of it having in this man.
ner been taken long distances. In the
field. however, horses are being used,
the impression being that owing to the
heavy traffic on the railroads of west.
ern Germany the method of transport.
ing artillery saved much time.
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New Pope Proving a Diplomat.

Rome, Oct. 0.-The new pope, Bene-
dict Nv, is inaugurating policies SINH
lar to those Of Pope Leo NIII. rather
than those Of Pope Plus X.
The new pope, by virtue of his long
experience as secretary to the late
Cardinal Rampolla. is we'll equipped
in diplomacy and will undoubtedly be
more or less Influenced by Cardinal
Rampolla's policies.
Those were the policies of Leo MIL,
who was inclined toward exerting
much diplomatic influence from the
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the Sixteenth army corps and when a
general of division commanded the
Twentieth army corps.
General rau retired from active serv-
ice in February, 1911. In August of
the same year the French people de-
manded that he be placed on the ac-
tive list again and made commander
in chief of the army OF the republic.
The new minister Of war, NJ. Messimy,
created the new post Of inspector gen
erul and named General Pau for the
post. This, however. General Pau de.
clined.
MY one arm" he wrote, us always
ut the service of my country, but Ill
times OF peace l need it for the sup
port Of my family 81
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Motor Traction In Warfare.

Berlin. Oct. 0.-AutOmObiles and 9th.
er means of motor traction have been
used to Il large extent by the Ger
man army. At Coblentz 475 automo.
biles arrived from eastern Germany.
each equipped for the transportation
Of wounded in being provided with a
special ambulance body, capable Of
carrying six men The German mill
tary authorities endeavor to take all