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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-21
NEW LABOR COUNCIL

A new labor council will be formed
in Chicago. 1t will consist of the
members of the trades employed in
railway shops. The central body will
have delegates from all of the organ
izations.
Trades to be represented are the
boilermakers, machinists, railway
carmen, sheet metal workers, steam
filters, clerks, painters, electricians,
blacksmiths and others.
Yesterday the organization COM
mittee of the Chicago Federation of
Labor was instructed to help in the
work.
Champ cIark's present to Wilson
is nice cake basket. Appropriate is
no name for it. Woodrow took the
cake from Champ Clark that time at
Baltimore.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
CLEAR JELLIES MADE FROM
ORANGES AND LEMONS

BERKELEY, Oct. pa boon to the
epicure, always looking for something
new to eat, as well as an aid to the
citrus grower in developing a new by
product, has been given to the world
by w. Y. Cruess, assistant professor
of zymology in the University of Cal
ifornia, for he has now devised meth
DDS of producing clear and delicious
jellies from oranges and from lemons.
By his methods approximately 300
gallons, or $500 glasses, can be man
ufactured from a ton of oranges or
lemons. One problem that needed
particularly to be solved was how to
clear orange and lemon juice. Filming
with eight to ten pounds of Spanish
clay, settling and filtration was found
satisfactory method. Two other
problems were the elimination of a
"musty' taste and the prevention of
undue darkening. The use of small
amounts of surfurous acid was found
to accomplish both of these results.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
RACE IN HISTORY
WON BY YANKEE CAR

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Riding the
tail of an American shrapnel shell,
misnamed a Stutz racing auto, Gil An
derson, a Norwegian, won the 350-mile
race for the Astor cup at the new
Sheepshead Bay speedway, Saturday.
He shattered all worlds records for
the distance. His time was hours
"a minutes AZ seconds. He was
whirled along the planked roadway at
an average speed of 1925 miles an
hour, the maddest, widest fight ever
seen on this conference.-the nearly
100000 persons watched him and his
competitors, pop-eyed with amazement
that human beings could dare that
crazy speed.
Behind Anderson came his team
mate, Tom Roney, also in Stutz, and
driving his first big race. He finished
just a few clock ticks away from the
$40, 900 that goes to Anderson, his time
being 3:25:29, but he gets $4,000 for
his reward.
Eddie O'Donnell, in Duesenberg,
was third.
Fourth place went to P Henderson,
in a Duesenberg; fifth to Tom Alley,
in an Ogren, and sixth to Carl Linn
berg, in a Delage.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
COTTON IN CALIFORNIA
YIELDS BALE TO ACRE

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-Califor-
MAS rank as leader in yield Of cotton
is shown by government reports, which
state that the acre yield in this state
is 499, as compared with 145 pounds in
Texas
The cotton fields of this state are
all in the Imperial valley and under ir-
rigation, which explains the pre-emi-
nence of this state as a producer of
cotton.
AS there are about 100000 acres in
cotton this year, the yield at approx
mately bale to the acre will be 100000
bales. The crop throughout the Unit
ed States will be the smallest since
1909.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16

at 2,673, 100000 bushels. The condi.
tion of the crop in Iowa and the north
ern tier of states is conspicuously
poor, as compared with other portions
of the country.
"The estimated spring wheat produc.
ton, 345, 10000 bushels, has overrun
the September forecast 23,OOO,0OO
bushels. Last years final estimate
was 206,000,000 bushels" says the bu-
reau of estimates.
'"The combination of winter wheat
and spring wheat estimates makes
1,002,129,000 bushels. This is the first
time the United States has reached
the billion-bushel mark in wheat pro-
duction. Last years crop was esti-
mated at 891 100000 bushels.
''The potato forecast has declined
368,000,000 bushels, reduction of 49,
$1,000, or nearly 19 per cent from the
Sept. forecast" the statement con-
tinues. Last years crop was esti-
mated at 406,0O0,O00 bushels, and the
average of the preceding five years,
957,0O0,000 bushels. The crop is seri-
ously affected by blight and rot, gen.
orally in the principal potato sections
east of the Mississippi river. Not only
will the crop be short, but the keeping
qualities probably poor.
"The barley crop, like the other
small grain crops and wheat and oats,
has overrun early forecasts of produc-
tion and exceeds that of any previous
barley crop, the estimate being 237,-
100000 bushels, which compares with
last years estimate of the preceding
five years of 1S2,OO0,00O bushels. The
quality is very good for feeding pur-
poses, being plump and heavy, but
much has been badly stained by rains
after harvest, reducing the quality for
mailing.
"The apple forecast is II ,632, 900 bar
rels (three busheD, which is 433,OO0
barrels larger than the Sept. 1 fore
cast, but 12,768,000 barrels less than
last years estimate of production.
This estimate refers to total farm
production Census basis), only a por-
tion of which represents the so-called
commercial crop.
Altogether, the season has been IA
vorable for crop production"
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
SECRETS OF WAR LOAN TO
ALLIES Barred TO PUBLIC
BANKERS AIM TO RUSH SALE OF
BONDS TO PUBLIC
AS Soon as These Are UnIoaded, An
other Issue Is Ready for Distribu-
tion-Press and People De-
ceived by Financiers

NEW YORK, Oct 12.-When J. P.
Morgan, aided by the large bond house
of Harris, Forbes & Company, sum-
moned a thousand bond statesmen to
meet him in the ballroom of the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel on Friday, to re-
ceive instructions how to sell the new
Anglo-American bonds, a good many
facts hitherto concealed, or at least
not generally known, were disclosed.
They are:
1. That nearly $400,0O0,OOO of the
$500,000,000 Anglo-French loan has
been taken by bankers, not as an in
vestment, but to sell them as quickly
as possible to the public.
2. That the syndicate offer was not
greatly oversubscribed as reported, but
in all were received before the books
closed.
8. That the original intention of
selling the bonds to a bankers syndi-
cate, at 971a @98 and to the public at
SO had to be abandoned, and that
everybody who wished to come into
the syndicate was allowed to get the
bonds at 96A; that if this had not been
done the bond issue would have been
a failure.
The bankers will then be free to- me-
gotiate another large loan for the al
lies, the next one probably to be in
the form of notes, protected in part at
least by deposits of American stocks
and bonds as collateral.
The American press and people have
been led to believe that only one loan
was being arranged.
But 10! the French government, un-
aware perhaps of what was being said
in America, has let the cat out of the
bag. 1t has voted permission to its
loan commissioners to arrange, not for
one loan in the United tSates, but for
an unlimited number And there is
every reason to believe that more
than one loan has been considered
especially since the definite agreement
of the New York bankers to raise the
first.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
YUCAIPA TO HOLD
FOURTH APPLE SHOW

YUCAIPA, Oct. 12.-The fourth an
nual Yucaipa apple show will be held
Nov. 4, 5 and 6, under the auspices of
the Yucaipa Apple association. The
general committee of the association
reports that the coming show will far
surpass any of the ones held previous
ly. Besides all of the Yucaipa grow
ers, several outside districts, including
Beaumont, Oak Glen and others, are
arranging to make exhibits of their
products at the coming show
Rome Beauty, Winesap, Delicious
and Arkansas Black, being the fine
red winter varieties, are said to be
coloring nicely, and will completely
ripen by the last of October, while the
King David, Jonathans and other early
apples are now matured and being put
in storage for the apple show.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
NEW GERMAN GAS
PENETRATES MASKS

PARIS, Oct. 11.-A new kind of gas
apparently is being used by the Ger
mans in the fighting in the Cham
pagne. According to the written
statements given by DR.. Lucien Du-
mont by three men who fought respec-
lively at Sousain, Suippes and Moran
villers, they were surrounded for a
few seconds by clouds of deep green
gas of rather pleasant odor. These
men asserted that soldiers who wore
no masks son were suffocated, while
those with masks lost consciousness
for varying periods.
Upon regaining consciousness at
field dressing stations, they said, they
suffered convulsive seizures resem-
bling epileptic fits. 1t is believed here
that prussic acid is used as the basis
of the new gas.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
TORRENS LAND LAW
TRANSFERS win SUPPORT
SMALL EXPENSE OF NEW SYSTEM
APPEALS TO MANY
Eighty Transfers in the Last Forty
Days Have Been Made in Los An
geIes County AIone-Easy to
Gain Information

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12.-Advocates
of the Torrens system of land trans
fers are greatly encouraged over the
operation of the amended law which
went into effect in this state a short
time ago.
In the, last forty days nearly eighty
Torrens transfers of title have been
made in this county, and actions to
place between 200 and 800 more par
GELS of property under the law are now
pending in the superior courts.
The simplicity of the system and
the facility with which transfers can
be made are features that are espe-
cially commencing themselves to
property owners.
Instead of waiting several weeks for
title to lot to be examined and
passed upon, a transfer under the Tor
rens system can be completed in less
than half an hour, and at a total ex-
pense of 81 for recording the certifi-
cate.
The pesent law in this state was
adopted as an initiative measure pro-
posed by women's clubs and others in
etrested in the matter.
AS a result of amendments which
have been incorporated, several of the
burdensome items of expense have
either been greatly reduced or elimi-
mated altogether
One of the provisions of the present
law is that several property owners
may join in an action in the superior
court to have their land or lots placed
under the operation of this law, thus
enabling them to divide the expense of
the initial proceedings.
They are also relieved of the pre-
vious requirement to furnish map in
case surveyors plat of the property
is on file.
Another provision is that where an
owner has been in actual or adverse
possession for more than five years he
need not furnish an abstract of title
in the initial proceedings.
The records are in such compact
form that it is an easy and simple mat
ter to gain information as to the exact
status of title to any piece, of prop
erty within few minutes.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
EIGHTEEN AEROPLANES
DESTROYED, Is REPORT

BERLIN (via Amsterdam, Oct IL
Eighteen aeroplanes were shot down in
battles in the air, and seven were
brought down by anti-air-craft guns on
the western front in September, sc-
cording to statistics made public by
the war Office, as follows:
German-Three in aerial battles, two
shot down by anti-air-craft guns and
two missing.
British-Four in aerial battles, one
shot down and three which landed be-
hind the German lines.
French-Eleven in aerial battles,
four shot down and seven landed be-
hind the German lines.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
JAPAN SENDS THREAT
OF FORCE TO PEKlNG

PEKING, Oct. lit is officially an
nounced that Japan has notified China
that unless Japan's demands regarding
jurisdictions over the Koreans resid-
ing in Chentao, in the Kirin region of
Manchuria, are accepted, Japan will
pursue her own course in supporting
her claim, by military force if neces-
sary.
The Japanese claims, it is stated, are
based on the May, 1915, agreement
between China and Japan. China
maintains that Chentao is not men
toned in this agreement, and that the
previous agreement holds up.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
HARvESTS FOR 1915 MOST
VALUABLE j. S. EVER HAD
farm Value OF WHEAT ALONE PLACED AT $9lO, ,S4O 900 IN
GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE YIELD EXCEEDS MILLION BUSHELS
Corn Still King Of Crops and Worth Havests Of Barley
Oats Rye Rce Tobacco Hay Setting New Records Fore
cast Declines 100000 Bushels Apple Crop Also Falls Short

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-American
harvests this year will be the most val
liable ever produced With the wheat
crop exceeding a billion bushels, the
largest ever turned out in one season
by any nation, and corn crop which
also may prove to be the largest ever
grown, the governments October crop
report announces preliminary esti-
mates which indicate record harvests
of oats, barley, rye, sweet potatoes,
rice, tobacco and hay.
Corn still is king of crops, with indi-
cations of 3,026,159, 900 bushels. While
that is 9S,OOO,OOO bushels below the
record of 1912, the final production,
when the harvest is finished and all
statistics compiled, may more than
make up for the deficiency. The high
er prices this year assure the most val
liable corn crop ever grown. At prices
to farmers prevailing Oct. 1, the corn
crop is worth S2,133, 100000.
Wheat prospects increased as the
growing season progressed, and the
governments early season forecasts
moved up month by month so that to-
days preliminary estimate of produc-
tion was placed at LOOP 2,029,0OO bush
els. Wet weather at harvest time.
however, reduced the quality of win
ter wheat so that much of it will not
be available for milling purposes and
will have to be used for feed. At
prices prevailing Oct. 1, the farm value
of the crop is $910,844,000, consider
ably more than was ever paid for a
wheat crop before.
Tobacco also suffered from unfavor-
able conditions, which caused a de-
crease of 21,196,000 pounds in the pro-
duction forecast. Tobacco, however,
promises to exceed the record crop of
1909 by 100000 pounds.
Oats will exceed the record crop of
1912 by almost 100,000,000 bushels
Barley will exceed it's record by 49,
100000 bushels; sweet potatoes by
100000 bushels; rice by 100000 BUSH
els, and hay by 100000 tons
"a slight improvement in corn pros
poets, but material decline in pros
poets for potatoes, are recorded. Last
years corn production was estimated
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
$24s, 900 SPENT
BY PUBLIC UTILITIES

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IA re-
port made to Governor Hiram w. John
son by the state railroad commission
records as authorized by the commits
sion in the last three and one-half
years new construction and improve
ments in public utilities expenditures
of $248,000,000. Altogether, the value
of the stocks, bonds, notes and securi-
ties authorized by the commission ag-
gregate $466,000,000
Railroads led in expenditures, with
a total of $102, 100000.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
AIRSHIP DETEcTOR NEW
SAFEGUARD OF INVENTOR

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Edward F.
Chandler, inventor of a system of har-
Dor defense being tested by the Unit
ed States navy for the detection of the
approach of submarines and battle
ships with the aid of water micro
phones, announces that he has per-
fected method of detecting and To-
eating airships by the microphone.
Mr.. Chandler said that one of the
greatest applications of the airship
finder would be as defense against
night raids.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
100000 Red Cross Seals

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12.-There will
be 100000 Red Cross Christmas seals
sent to the California Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis, to be distributed throughout the
state this year, it was announced by
the Los Angeles Office of the organiza-
tion.
The seals will be placed with the To-
cal associations, and where there are
no such associations they will be
given to responsible groups of people
or individuals for distribution.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Supervisors to Market Bonds

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12-The SUI
preme court has issued an order COM
pelling the Los Angeles county super
visors to arrange a bond sale of ST.
100000 for the formation of Los An
geles irrigation district No. 8.
In accordance with state law, the
supervisors ordered bond election
for the creation of the district. The
election carried, but the supervisors
declared there had been irregularities
and failed to market the bonds.
Lewis E. Bliss then fled a petition
with the state supreme court asking
for writ of mandate to compel the
sale of the bonds. This writ was
granted by the court sitting en- banc.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
cRAWFISH PLANTED TO
FEED MOUNTAIN TROUT

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Oct. 12.-
Deputy State Game Warden Henry
Stout has obtained 5000 crawfish from
the rivers of the county and has placed
them in Crater lake to feed the fish.
It has been reported that the trout in
Crater lake are starving to death
There are no streams flowing into the
lake, and food supply is scarce. The
water is 1000 feet deep and prevents
the fish from getting food from the
bottom. Ten thousand fngerlings
have been obtained from Lake Tahoe
to replenish the fish in the lake.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
RACE REDUCED
TO 3OO-MILE EVENT

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12.-The next
international speedway race slated for
the Indianapolis speedway, Memorial
day, 1916, will be 300 miles instead of
800, as has been the custom heretofore,
according to the announcement made
by President Carl Fisher.
II am convinced that the shorter
race will be more popular with the
race-going public, for experience has
taught that 500 miles is little too
long to be enjoyed fully by the spec
tators,' said Fisher.
Fisher said he believed that all con-
tests next year would be at 300 miles,
and that purses would be reduced ac-
cordingly to 100000 instead of $4,000.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
PIP. |. e. TO CLOSE
ON DECEMBER 4

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-In re-
sponse to thousands Of inquiries as to
whether the Panama-Pacific, Interna-
tional exposition would be continued
after the date originally set for it's
closing, Dec. 4, President Moore has
set at rest all rumors as to it's contin-
uance.
In formal announcement he says
"The exposition will not be held
open after Dec. 4. This statement is
made without reservation, and may be
accepted as final"
Exposition officials had learned that
many Eastern people, believing ru,
mors of continuance, had been put
ting off the time of their trip West un-
til later.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
STATE TO MAKE STUDY
OF DELINQUENCY CASES

SACRAMENTO, Oct. Ito deter
mine the causes of juvenile delin-
quency, California is to establish de-
partment of research combining the
principle of both eugenics and psy-
chology. Arrangements for the new
department in the Whittier Reform
school have been completed by Fred
C.. Nelles, Whittier superintendent.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Railways May Use Phones

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12-Train-
men on California steam railroads will
be permitted to send and receive or
ders and reports in the movement of
trains by telephone, as the result of an
order issued by the state railroad COM
mission. The order comes following a
number of hearings at San Francisco
and conferences with railroad officials
and Representatives of brotherhoods of
train employees.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Germans viii Seize Chandeliers

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE German
ministry has announced that, owing to
a scarcity of copper, all chandeliers
and lighting apparatus, as well as
works of art, such as statues, will be
taken over by the government. Light
ing appliances not in daily use will be
taken first, but it is stated that the
government soon will have to seize all
the copper in Germany.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
New Railroad for oreaon

PORTLAND, Oct. 12.-Forty leading
bankers met and resolved to finance
the building of the Oregon, California
and Eastern railroad for $7,000,000,
and engaged Robert Strahan to super
intend construction. The route opens
up central Oregon, and furnishes a
short line to California and Nevada.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
viii Enforce Jitney Law

REDLANDS, Oct. 12.-Redlands city
trustees have decided to enforce the
jitney ordinance passed several weeks
ago. This requires $4,000 accident in
surance. Owners of the jitneys have
opposed the ordinance because they
find the insurance will cost them $S4
per year.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Germany's offer Accepted

BERLIN, Oct. IA dispatch from
Christiania to the Overseas News
agency says:
''The Norwegian government, an
swering the German note of Sept. 9
with regard to the sinking of the Nor
wegian steamship Svein Jarl by a
German submarine, says that it accepts
with satisfaction the German offer of
indemnity for the loss of the vessel
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Suffraqists Issue call

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE National
Woman Suffrage association has is
sued call to the suffragists of the
country to attend the forty-seventh
convention, to be held in Washington
Dec. 14-19.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Motorcycles for Mail Men

WASHINGTON, Oct. IL. Postal
regulations have been modified by
Postmaster-Gene Burleson to permit
the use of motorcycles with side bodies
by rural mail carriers under special
authority from the department in each
case.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Cotton COS Per Cent Normal

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-The con-
dition of cotton of Sept. 25 was CO.'S
per cent of normal, indicating
yield of 168 pounds per acre and to-
tai production of 10,950,00O equivalent
5OO-pound bales, the department Of
agriculture announced.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Million Trout Hatched

REDLANDS, Oct. IA million
trout have just been Matched at the
Scott trout hatchery at Forest Home.
The hatchery has capacity of 1,000,-
600 trout a year, and the demand s
keeping the hatchery going to it's full
est capacity.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Oldest Soldier al the Front

BERLIN, Oct. II (by wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.)-The oldest German
soldier at the front, says the Over
seas News agency, is DR.. HerWig,
military surgeon. DR.. Herwig is nine
ty-one years old. He participated in
the war of 1870, and volunteered for
service at the beginning of the pres
ent war.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
Cigarette Gifts Barred

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 12.-Wiscon-
sin has passed a law making it COM
pulsory for person to pay SIS for a
license to give away cigarettes. Gig
arctic smokers who have been in the
habit of cumming the makings" cam
not do so without subjecting the friend
to sixty days Jail sentence.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
U. S. Warship DAMAGED

WASHINGTON, Oct. IAN acci-
dent to the battleship Arkansas, which
has placed it's circulating pumps out
of commission, while engaged in tar
get practice off the Virginia capes, was
reported to the navy department by
Admiral Frank Fletcher.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
COAST HAPPENINGS
MIRRORED HERE
BRIEF OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Condensed Resume Of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places ---WIn Allow Rapid Scanning
State Board Rates Apples

LOS ANGELES, Oct. IA rate of
$1.75 ton on apples in carload lots of
$4,000 pounds minimum from Grafton
and Beaumont to Los Angeles has just
been established by order of the state
railroad commission.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16
TELECRAPH|C NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEMISPHERES
Dispatches P1Gtuing Developments From the Out.
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented In Brief
Cuba Ships Gold

/ NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE steamer
Havana, from Havana, Cuba, brought
$1,6OO,OOO worth of gold in francs.
The Parker post., 1915-10-16

War always supposed
the hardest
helping
large hole dug exploded she'll Here he lay patiently awaiting
battle
the Russian stopped minister