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The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
WASHOUT CAUSES
WRECK OF TRAIN
FIREMAN ON GRAND TRUNK is
KILLED AND TWELVE ARE
INJURED.
TRAVELLING AT A FAST RATE
Engine Leaves Track and Is Demolsh-
ed When II Comes Into Contact
With Embankment.

Port Huron-Grand Trunk train No.
g. due out of Detroit at 1855 p. m, ran
into a washout at the rate of 80 miles
an hour, near Smith Creek, IL miles
west of here, shortly after midnight
Saturday One was was killed and
twelve injured.
The victim, Fireman Floyd Counts,
was scalded to death. 1t was impossi-
BILE to rescue him from the wreckage
OF the engine, which was demolished
by its violent contact with the en-
bankment into which 1t had plunged.
Counts lived in Battle Creek. He
was about 33 years old.
Dick Whiting, the engineer, was
among the most seriously injured. He
was badly cut and may have suffered
internal injuries. Whiting also lives
at Battle Creek.
Among the injured are the follow
irg:
Henry Dunn, S9S Woodward avenue,
Detroit, badly shaken up; Miss Eliza
beth Donahue, Sarnia, Ont. badly
shaken and bruised, and Fred New
ton, Of Port Huron.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
STATE INSURANCE
PAYS DIVIDENDS
FIFTEEN PER CENT EARNED FOR
EMPLOYERS EY NEW YORK
FUND.
PLAN is A GREAT SUCCESS
Year Is $37o,e29 After All Losses
Are Paid and Setting Up
Reserve.

New York-The directors of the
state insurance fund, organized to in.
sure employers under the employers
liability law, announce that dividends
averaging about Is per cent have
been declared to policy holders on the
second six months term ending June
80.
The average dividend on the first
six months was nearly 20 per cent,
but the reduction of II per cent which
went into effect on January 1. The
net cost of insurance to policyholders
was per cent less for the second
term than for the first.
Dividends were declared in all the
AZ groups OF employment enumerated
in the act, the highest dividend being
20 per cent paid in the light manufac.
turing groups. In the heavier manu-.
featuring, building construction. min.
ing, quarrying and numbering indus
tries 10 per cent is paid and the low.
est rate 8 per cent, is paid In the
transportation, public utilities and
miscellaneous trades.
The fund earned a surplus to poll.
cy holders of $370,S29 on the first
years business after paying all losses
and setting up a loss reserve Of $621,-
1888 and a catastrophe surplus Of $109,'
Ill. The expense for the II months
amounted to $207,1 100 or II per cent
OF the earned premiums. The loss
ratio for the first year was CAT per
cent.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
To Receive State Reward.

Adrian-Fairfield township, Lena
wee county, will establish trunk line
connecting Adrian with the stone
roads further south and by so doing
will gain the double state good road
reward which township receives By
constructing trunk line on a high
way designated by the state highway
designated by the state highway COM
missioner.
The township will also have the
honor OF being one of the first, If not
the first. to receive this double re-
ward. About $4,000 is being spent
on the work.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
Grains, Etc.

T-Wheat-Cash No 2 red
s1.12 10; September opened with an
advance of lac at Sill "a, declined
to s111 IA, and advanced to $1.12;
December opened at Slip Ia, de-
clined to Sill ga, and advanced to
SIP; No. 1 white, S1.09 L.
Corn-Cash No. 8, 81 1-2c; No. 2
yellow, SO 3-4c; No. yellow, SO 1-2c.
Standard, SO 1-2964c; No. 3
white, 63063 lie; August No. 3
white, 40 1-2c bid; September No. 3
white, 80 1-2c; No. A white 62q62 1-2c;
new standard, 4Sc; new No. 3 white,
acc; new No. white, 44c.
Rye-Cash No. 2, S105; August,
s1.O2.
Beans-Immediate and prompt ship
ment, $3.50; September, $3.50.
Cloverseed-Prime spot, $3.50; Oc-
tober, $500; prime alsike, SO.
Timothy-Prime spot, $500.
Old Hay-No. timothy. s24G %;
standard timothy, $2S624; No. 2 tim
othy, $22623; light mixed, $23024;
No / mixed, $1Sq19; No. 1 clover,
S14015: No 2 clover, $12613; rye
straw, sS08.50; wheat and oat straw,
$6.50G7 per ton.
Flour-In one-eighth paper sacks,
per 1876 lbs, jobbing lots: Best pa
tents, $3.50; second patent, $3.50;
straight, Sc; spring patent, $40; rye
-four, $3.50 per Dbl.
Feed-In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots:
Bran $25; standard middlings, s27;
fine middlings, 1872; coarse cornmeal,
500; cracked corn s2s; corn and oat
chop, $50 per ton.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
vsnlzeIos Premier of Greece.

London-Eleuther Venizelos ac-
cepted the post of premier of Greece,
after a conference Sunday with King
Constantine, which resulted in a per-
feet understanding between them.
The king congratulated M. Venie.
los, who will present as soon as posi-.
BILE the list of men he will invite to ac-
cept portfolios. Athens is enthusiast
tically celebrating NJ. Venielos's re-
turn to power
This information is contained in a
dispatch from Athens. In addition to
the premiership, NJ. Venielos will take
charge of the ministry of foreign az
fairs.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS

over $4,000 persons attended Lans-
ing's first municipal barn dance Sat
urday night in connection with the
dedication of the citys new public
market. Nearly half the number pres
ent were farmers. An old fddlers'
contest, in which first prize was won
by James A. Miller, aged SO, OF How
ard City, was feature.
The body of Edward Beach, 30 years
old, OF Mt. Morris, was found lying
beside the Pere Marquette tracks near
Clio by section hands. II is believed
he was struck by northbound pas
senger train. The body was badly
mangled.
Lake Odessa residents, Saturday,
following their annual custom, held
reception for John McMillen, one
of the oldest men in the state, who
celebrated his one hundred and fourth
birthday Sunday Mr.. McMillen is a
native OF Pennsylvania and has re
sided many years In Odessa township.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

EAST BUFFALO-Cattle Receipts.
$3.50; all fat stuff sold Is to 20 cents
higher; common and medium steady;
choice to prime native steers, $4,000
10; fair to good $9@9.5O; plain and
coarse, $8.50GS.75; choice to prime
handy steers, $1,000; fair to good
grassers, $750Q8; light common gras-
sers, $6.50Q7; yearlings, dry fed 1925
Q9.75; prime fat heifers, $7.754825;
good butcher heifers, $79750; light
grassy heifers $6q65O; best fat cows.
S650Q7; butcher cows. $5.5O@6.25;
cutters, $4.250475 Gamers, 1904;
fancy bulls, $7Q725; light bulls, $50
6.25.
Hogs: Receipts, 1880; market, Is
to 80 cents lower; extra heavy, $7Q
1926; heavy, 240 to 2SO fbs. average,
S250740; mixed, $775Q790; york
ers, $Sqs.1O; pigs, $S.15QS25; roughs
$58566.
Sheep: Receipts, 5000; market, rs
to 80 cents lower; top lambs, $500
8; yearlings, $7q75O; wethers. $6.75
Of; ewes, $5.75G6.5O.
Calves; Receipts, LOO; market
slow; tops. $11.5O912; fair to good,
$9.50q10.75; grassers, $4Q6.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
To Study Trade Regulations.

Washington-An investigation of
the tariff laws and customs regula-
tions of the tariff laws and customs
regulations of South and Central Am
erican countries by the federal trade
commission was announced Sunday as
a step in the governments efforts to
promote reciprocal trade relations be-
tween the United States and Latin
America.
The commission after a thorough
inquiry will submit to President Will
son recommendations for reciprocal
agreements to remove obstacles to
trade.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
NAV See First Car Arrive.

Inlay City-Imlay City welcomed
Friday the first interurban cars 70
pass over the new extension from Al
mont. a distance of nine miles, tap
ping some Of the richest farming coun
try in Michigan. The cars were spe-
Gals bearing members of the Detroit
Board OF Commerce. officials of the ID.
u. r. and newspaper men and officials
from Royal Oak, Rochester and other
towns between Detroit and here.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
President Breaks Some Precedents.

Washington President Wilson.
slipped away from the White House
soon after o'clock Friday morning
and before Washington was awake
was off to Philadelphia in a motor car
TO visit his occulist.
He returned this evening by train,
after having broken some presiden-
tial precedents. He had been lost
on the road, had lunched unannounc-
ed in the public dining room of a Phil
adelphia hotel, trolleyed through the
streets Of the business section of Phil
adelphia, rode back to Washington in
a public railroad car and driven to the
White House In a hired automobile.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

The levee of Wood river at East Al
ton, H., gave way and sent flood
waters rushing through the streets,
tearing down barns and houses and
forcing many people to upper stories.
Pleasure was turned quickly into
tragedy at Mortified, Mimi, when
four lions attacked and killed Maj.
John Dumont, an animal trainer of a
carnival company.
Alfred Wehrley, son of Peter Weir
ley, real estate dealer of Wausau,
Wis, has solved the mystery Of the
shooting to death of his father by con-
Tossing to the deed. it is alleged.
A gale and flood of rain that rivals
the tropical hurricane that has de-
wasted Galveston and the surrounding
country swept up the valley of the
Mississippi The heaviest rainfall in
the history of st. Louis interrupted
traffic and destroyed property and
lives. Ten persons are dead in the
flood, 5000 have been driven from
their homes in st. Louis county.
Leo NJ Franks body was laid to
rest in the family lot in Cypress Mills
cemetery at Brooklyn.
Four persons were killed when their
motor car was struck by train near
Norristown, Pa. The dead are: Frank
Murphy, his sisters, Blanche and Clara,
and Lena Bitter.
George Adler. alleged to have swim
died the public out of more than
million dollars, broke Jail at Wauke-
sha, Wis. With him escaped three
other men. Two were captured.
A. B. Mcdonald, auditor at the
Rumely offices in Laporte, Ind, was
deported with his wife and son by
United States government agent who
arrived and started back to Regina.
Sask., with the family.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
Sporting

Cooper of California led the way to
the finish line Of the Chicago Automo-
bile club 305-mile trophy race at Elgin,
ILL.,. in 4:01:32, setting a new record
of 1919 miles an hour. Gil Ander-
son was second, and Oldfield third.
Nancy Hanks, 1904, the worlds
champion trotter from 1892 and 1894
and the first horse TO beat the long
standing record of Maud s., is dead at
John E. Madden's Hamburg farm near
Lexington, KY. Nancy was twenty
nine years old.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels culled From Events Of Mo-
ment In All Parts of the World
or Interest to All the
People Everywhere.
European War News

A report was circulated at Queens
town that the White Star liner Lap
land had been sunk. There was no
confirmation OF this report and it is
considered probable that the Lapland
was confused with the British steam
er New York City. torpedoed August
19, whose crew was landed at Queens
town.
The British submarine E-13 has been
lost with Is men off the Danish coast,
while on her way to the Baltic sea.
Fifteen men were saved. Official an
nouncement of the loss of the E-l3
was made by the British admiralty at
London
Novogeorgievsk, mightiest fortress
of the car, has fallen. The capture
by German troops of the great strong
hold at the junction of the Vistula
and Narew rivers was officially an
nounced at Berlin. Six Russian gen.
erals and $4,000 soldiers were cap
tured with 700 cannon
An official dispatch to London sent
from Petrograd states that the German
fleet has penetrated the Gulf of Riga
and has been engaged by the Russian
warships defending Riga and the
coast.
The big White Star line steamer
Arabic, on the way to New York, was
torpedoed and sunk by German sub
marine about forty miles south of the
spot where the Lusitania lies, which is
65 miles southeast of Fastnet rock and
So miles south of Old Head of Kinsale.
The steamer went down in IL min
utes. OF the 423 persons on board
181 passengers and 242 members OF
the crew-32 are missing and are be-
lieved to have persisted. only six of
the passengers are reported missing.
All passengers listed by the White
Star line as Americans had been saved.
German torpedo-boat destroyers
have sunk a small British cruiser and
a British destroyer by torpedoing them
in an engagement of small craft off the
west coast of Jutland, the German ad-
miralty announced in Berlin.
Twenty Austrian warships and one
aeroplane attacked the Italian posi-
tons on the Island of Pelagosa, in the
Adriatic, but were repulsed by the
Italian artillery. The Italians lost
four killed, the admiralty announced
at Rome.
The Handelsblad of Amsterdam
says that Dutch troops opened fire
upon a German Zeppelin which sailed
over Dutch territory. The Zeppelin
finally sailed away.
The Overseas News agency at Ber-
lin says: THE transport sunk by a
German submarine in the Aegean sea
belonged to the Peninsular and Orien-
tai company. She carried 5000 troops
and sank in four minutes"
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
TELEGRAPHlC FLASHES

Observation-Disclosures of the Ameri-
can Medicine Gold Medal award have
unanimously selected Surgeon-General
Blue, of the public health service, as
the American physician who has done
most for humanity in the domain of
medicine during 1914. The 1914 gold
medal has been awarded to him for
his work in national health and SAINT.
tation.
Berlin-Three Russian warships
and one German warship. all small
vessels. have been sunk in the battle
in the Gulf OF Riga. Official announce
ment to this effect was made Satur.
day.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
Foreign

The Zurich-Geneva express was in
collision with a local passenger train
at Dietikon, near Zurich. Switzerland.
Four persons were killed and 4S in
jured.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
Washington

President Wilson was startled when
dispatches reached Washington that
German submarine had torpedoed the
British liner Arabic without warning.
Though obviously worried, he took the
position that judgment should be with
held until official details were received.
Increased rates on iron and steel
from the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers, Chicago and intermediate
territory to Utah, Colorado and Kansas
points were approved by the interstate
commerce commission at Washington.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels an
nounced at Washington that he had
ordered closer censorship of all mes
sages being sent from the Sayville
IN. " wireless station. Charges
made by a Providence Or. ~ news
paper that messages were being sent
secretly through the station to Ger
many caused the action.
The American reply TO Germany's
last note on the sinking Of the Ameri-
can sailing ship William p. Frye. made
public at Washington by the state de-
partment, accepts the proposal that
damages be fixed by a fixed commits
sion, and that the disputed treaty pro-
visions be submitted to arbitration at
The Hague.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
General Markets.

Huckleberries-$3.5 per bu.
Cherries-Sour. S2.75G5 per bu.
Plums - Homegrown. S1.25@150
per blu.
Apples-$2.5OGS per bbl 75cGs1
per bu.
Blackberries-$1.7592 per 16-quart
case.
Pears-Leconte, 1925 per bu; Bart
let. s1.7592 blu, $47595 per bbl
Currants-Cherry. $3.50; common,
$29225 per bu; black, s2.25Q2.50 per
16-quart case.
Mushrooms-45@50 per lb.
New Cabbage, 81 per Dbl.
Michigan, 15Q2Oc per doz.
Onions-Southern, S5d90c per sack
Green Corn-$1.75 per Dbl, $3.50 per
sack.
Sweet Potatoes-s1.75 per bu and
$3.50 per Dbl.
Lettuce - Head, s1.5001.75 per
case; leaf, soc per blu.
Dressed Calves-Fancy, 14Q14 1-2c
per ID; common. 1908 1-2c.
Maple Sugar-New, 14615c per ID;
syrup, $1@1.10 per gal
Tomatoes-Canadian, 35650c per
1-2-bu baskets; dollhouse, 9010c per
ID.
Potatoes-Virginia Cobblers, 1850
Its per Dbl; Jersey. $1.6OQ1.65 per
sack.
Honey-Choice to fancy new white
combs, 14@15c; amber, SQ9c; ex-
tracted, 5d6c per Id.
Live Poultry-No broilers, 100
lie; No. 2 broilers. IL 1908 1-2c;
heavy hens, 15c; medium hens, 13 IL
d14c; light hens, 12c.
Cheese--Wholesale lots: Michigan
flats, ~ 1908 lie; New York fats.
IA 1-2015c; brick, 14dH lie; linn.
burger, Glib pkgs, lie, lib pkgs.
~ 1-2Q1Sc; imported Swiss, Csc; do
nestle Swiss. IL 1-2@23c; long horns,
l5c. daisies. IL lie per ID.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
Domestic

There is no longer any hope that
Mrs. Josephine L. Bruguiere escaped
from the Arabic. Her son. Louis Bru-
guiere, Harvard graduate, who was
travelling with her and was rescued,
said at Queenstown his mother dis
appeared after being in the water for
about twenty minutes. Mrs. Josephine
Bruguiere was prominent socially in
New York, Newport and San Fran
cisco.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

Nogales. Ariz--Colonel Juan Muir
lilo, OF the villa army. who. II had
been alleged. had killed Yaqui lead
err was taken from jail Friday at
Nogales, Sonora. by Yaqui Indians
serving with Governor Jose
Maytorena's forces. and summarily sx-
ecuted.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

Gen. John C. Black. Civil war vet.
eran, former congressman and former
United States commissioner of pat.
ents, died suddenly in his room at the
Palmer house at Chicago. He was
seventy-hve years old. and was com
mander in chief OF the @. A. r. in 1909
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

Declaring the National Education
association is lacking in tolerance OF
things sacred to the individual" Miss
Grace Strachan, defeated candidate for
president, has resigned from the or
ganization at San Francisco.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

Capt. J. g. Wright. balloonist from
Enid. Okla, was only slightly hurt
when he fell 5000 feet and dropped on
a roof with the balloon when the para
chute failed to work during an ascen-
ion at Iowa City. la
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

President Wilson announced at
Washington the appointment of Sam.
uel Alschuler OF Chicago as United
States circuit Judge for the Seventh
circuit, embracing Illinois, Indiana and
Wisconsin.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

The Handelsblad of Amsterdam
says that Dutch troops opened fir
upon German Zeppelin which sailet
over Dutch territory. The Zeppelin
finally sailed away.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

The Overseas News agency at Ber-
lin says: "The transport sunk by a
German submarine in the Aegean sea
belonged to the Peninsular and Orien-
tai company. She carried 5000 troops
and sank in four minutes"
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

DR.. Edmund F. Woods, the James
vile, Wis. surgeon reported missing
in the loss of the Arabic, has been
a resident of GAINESVILLE since 1899 and
for many years one of the leading
surgeons in southern Wisconsin. He
went to Europe to spend several
months in the various hospitals of
the allies.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
Personal

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, dean
of the sacred college. is dead at Rome
at the age of eighty-one years Cardi-
nal Vannuteli was one of the most in.
fiuential members of the sacred col
lege eligible to the papacy. Vannu.
tell was created and proclaimed car
dinal by Pope Leo XIII March IA, 1887
The cardinal was born November 20,
1884, at Genazzano. in the diocese OF
Palestrina.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

The Association Of Veterans of For.
eign Wars. in session at Detroit, elect.
ed Gus e. Hartung Of Denver com.
mander in chief and Chicago has been
selected for the 1915 encampment.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

Between eight and nine hundred
machinists employed by Potter &
Johnston of Pawtucket. r. l.. struck
for an increase in pay. The shop is
making machinery used in the man.
ufacture of machine guns to be used
by the allies.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

Twenty Austrian warships and one
aeroplane attacked the Italian posi-
tons on the Island of Pelagosa, in the
Adriatic, but were repulsed by the
Italian artillery. The Italians lost
four killed, the admiralty announced
at Rome.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

Inestimable damage to crops in pre-
cess of harvesting has been caused b
a terrific downpour of rain which wa
general in Illinois for twenty-fou
hours.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26

l.. NJ. Schermerhorn. a lumber dealer
of Chicago, died in the Oak Park hos
pital of injuries received when the
automobile in which he was riding
turned turtle near Ontarioville. Ill.
The Glenwood post., 1915-05-08

tuC 4<olu dN4Aou-
ishes His followers to have-the love
which in honor prefers one another.
This love doubtless stands pre-eminent
above earthly love. especially because
founded upon a religious basis. Be
cause David loved God and sought to
be guided by His will, he conducted
himself with wisdom; and because JON
athan discerned this spirit Of wisdom
and Righteousness. he loved David
In proportion as we understand the
Bible and receive the spirit Of the
Truth, We shall appreciate and copy
the best there Is of principle-whether
Of friendship or Of duty to a monarch,
to our family or toward God. There
are many Influences operating toward
q spirit Of selfishness, avarics, jeAl-
o1au; while the influences for true
frisodship. trus l0ve-the best qualities
oe heart and head-are from the Lord
We noted in q previous lesson how
Jonathan acted a. peacemaker between
hi father and David. Today's lesson
relates another occasion when iona
than acted the part Of true friend.
Realixing that his life was In danger.
David mentioned his fears to Jona-
than. The latter was at loss to be-
lieve that his father would break his
word, yet was impressed by David's
attitude. The feast Of the new moon
was at hand: and David was expected
to sit at the royal table. In harmony
with IN arrangement between the two
friends, Jonathan was to find out def
nitsly his fathers Intentions and to
communicate them to David
On tie second day Of the feast the
king asked for ''the son Of Jesse" a.
though be hated the very name David.
jonathan replied that David had gone
to bethlehem BY his permission. Ap-
parently the king had been foiied in
his intsntion to kill David at this tims,
and b. ventsd his wrath upon his son,
whom really he greatly loved. In his
anger he threw his javelin at iona
than, probably not with the intention
Of striking him, but merely Of venting
his ferocious Jealousy. Jonathan's
speech in return shows that he was
thinking less Of what he himself was
risking and more respecting the injus-
tice being done his friend.
II is q beautiful friendship which in
stress fOrgets self and thinks only OF
the friends interests. As in contrast
with all human loves and friendships,
The Glenwood post., 1915-05-08

. NV" Apostle declares
that the Lord thus set an example t.
all Christians, that they should lay
down their lives for the brethren. This
= Heavenly love. Divine friendship. oi
which Jonathan's love b sample.
"ls Il Not Beyond rhssr
The next morning David, having rs
turned, was to get Jonathan's jude
ment respecting ths kins's sentiments
jonathan was to 60 into the fleld nea,
q great rock and there to give ar
asFsed-upoa signal, II David should
-. AID % Il was done. jonathan
then went over to the rock, behind
which David hid. The two embraced
after The manner Of the East kissins
each other goodby-true Iovers. with Q
manly, noble love.
Here Jonathan Indicated his faith In
God's providence respecting David. and
asked him to make q covenant that
whatever should occur David would
deal gfaciouaiy with jonathan and his
family. Bible history shows m that
David never forgot the obligatios
which be thus undertook to b. ffSsal
- tAs family q Saul
The Glenwood post., 1915-05-08

No. O233-
Illinois Farm: 90 acres Of hne laad
in Marion county. Illinois, rs niles E.
Of st. Louis; ~ miles e. Of Salem,
the county seat. This town is on
railroads and has . population Of 5000
Good 2-story Groom house, barn 4Ox6O
with silo, 3 good wells and eistern,
pump and sink in kitchen, 40 acres as
sorted apple orchard fenced With
woven hog wire. balance under cultiva-
ton. Price $4,000, mortgage, $4,000
at 5h per cent, due December. 1915.
Farm well fenced spd cross fenced. On
account Of climatic conditions owner
wants to live in Colorado and is willing
to trade equity for Colorado farm or
stock ranch.