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Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
GERMANY.

Berlin.-The German omeial report
a the progress Of the war reads as
follows:
ITO the south of Ypres isolated
British attacks were easily repulsed.
Our movement for the recaptured OF
the village Of Neuve Chapelle began
successfully. but thereafter encounter
ed a superior British force, and fol
this reason 1t was not continued.
The British in this locality have
been showing great aerial activity.
Two British aviators were brought
down by German IRE.
'In the Champagne district there
has been a renewal Of hghting at is0-
lated places. All the attacks made by
the French have been repulsed, the
enemy losing heavily. Two hRndred
French soldiers were taken prisoners.
Fog and snow have hampered the
operations in the Vosges.
'~The Russians have retreated from
the AugustOwo district and the coun'
try to the northeast until now they are
beyond the River Bobr and under the
gums Of GrodnO. At point northeast
Of PTzasnysz, near Orzyo river, Rus
alan attack has been repUlsed."
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STATEMENTS FROM
NATIONS AT WAR.
Fl0htlng in the CaFpatMans
Continues With Force.
Belgian Army Has Consolidated
In the Bend Of the
User.
FRANCE.

Parls.-Ths Official Communication
lssued By the French War Department
says:
"In the bend OF the User the Belgian
Army has consolidated and increased
the results obtained by it.
'The British troops continue to pro
gFess. They crossed the brook Of
Layes, which runs parallel to the road
from Neuve Chapelle to Fleuvaix- Be
tween this road and Aubers they cap
tuFed several trenches. At the end of
the day they reached a road known as
the Highway to He'll, which runs from
thO northwest to the southeast toward
Aubers and to the suburbs Of that
place. To the southwest of Eiters
they carried several groups of houses,
which are being strongly prepared for
defensive purposes. The total number
Oa prisoners captured during the day
was 1000. The Germans lost several
machine guns.
"To the left and to the right of the
British army French troops supported
them with many heavy artillery and
machine guns and infantry fire.
'In the Champagne our progress con-
tinues. At the end Of the day on the
0Orthen slopes of the ridge to the
northeast Of Mesnil we captured 15O
prisoners. including 6 officers.
"In the Visges, on Reich AckerkOpk,
the enemy after a violent lombard
ment attempted an assault, which was
However, brought to halt by our fire. >
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BLOCKS TRADE
WITH GERMANY
British Order to Seize NeutraIs'
CargOes.
PROVISIONS FOR RELAXATION
United States Expected To Protest
Or Employ Diplomatic Methods To
Secure Modification To Mini
mIze Injury To Trade.

LOndon.-Great Britain made known
to the world in formal proclamation
signed in council by the King and
issued from Buckingham Palace, how
she proposes to sever all the arteries
OF sea commerce to and from Germany
during the period of the war.
AS in Premier Asquith's speech fore
casting the order, the term blockade"
is not used, and no prohibited area is
defined. Nevertheless, the text of the
order makes plain England's purpose
to prevent commodities of any kind
from reaching or leaving Germany
during the war.
British officials frankly called the
movement a blockade, the Foreign
ONCE describing it as an effective
blockade, differing from the effective
blockades of history only in that the
property seized viii not be confiscated
outright, but sold, the proceeds
eventually going to the owners.
In the last clause of the proclama-
ton Is the proposal most interesting to
neutrals. This is a fiat agreement to
lift the blockade in case any nation
will certify that the ships flying its
flag shall not carry goods to Germany
or originating therein or belonging to
the subjects Of the German Empire.
To Maintain Gordon OF shIps.
1t is notable that the order declares
no intention to capture ships proceed
ing to and from the countries Of Ger
many's allies. Austria and Turkey, the
reason being. no doubt, that the meas
ure Is avowedly a reprisal against the
German submarine warfare. How
ever, Gordon Of ships will be main
tanned to shut OF the commerce Of
German ports and regulate trade in
the war zone, although ships voyasing
eastward across the Atlantic will, it is
expected. be seized before they reach
the North Sea.
When a neutral vessel is held up in
all cases except where there is false
declaration Of destination or other at
tempt at subterfuge the cargo only
win be seized
Order 10 Elastic.
The elasticity of the order, in SO
far as 1t affects neutrals. is pointed OUT
by the Foreign Office, which has called
attention from the first announcement
of the reprisal policy to the fact that
the regulations are not inhexible
where the rights of neutrals are con.
cerned.
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TORPEDO. SINKS
British PATROL
Cruiser Sunk Off Scotch Coast
and 200 Lives Lost.
MILLION MEN IN BIG BATTLE
The British In Flanders Attacking the
Germans To Relieve the Pres
sure On Russians-The Bat
tie OF La Bassee.

London.-Just as the French at
tackled the Germans in the western
campaign, when Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg made his big rush from
East Prussia last month, so the British
army operating in Flanders has under
taken the task of relieving the pres
sure on its Russian ally, now that the
Russians again are being attacked in
North Poland.
This is part of the general plan of
the allied generals. When one is at
tackled the other attacks, so as to COM
pei the Germans and Austrians to keep
strong forces at every point, and en-
deavor to prevent them from sending
new troops where they could do the
most good.
At present the Germans are occupied
in an attempt to crush the Russians.
For this purpose they are reported to
have an army estimated at nearly a
half million men marching along the
roads toward Przasnysz-
To prevent this army from being fur.
ther strengthened the British are
! thrust1ng at the German line north OF
La Bassee, and besides reporting the
capture Of the village of Neuvre Chap
ellie. 1t is asserted that they have ad-
vanced beyond that town.
The battle taking place on the east
ern front, experts say, is the biggest
pitched battle of the war, no less than
million men being engaged in it.
The Germans in their official report
claim to have made some advance,
while Petrograd considers it likely that
the Russians will have to fall back be-
yond Przasnysz, as they did last
month, before making their stand.
1t probably will be days before a
definite result is attained in this bat
tie, as with the frozen roads the Rus
SLAMS can push forward reinforcements
and choose their battle-ground.
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RUSSIA.

PetrOgrad, via LondOn.-The follow
ing Ofhcial statement was issued:
There have been no important COL
hsiOns anywhere along the front. On
the left bank of the Niemen and on the
reads leading to GrodnO only engage
ments Of local character have oc-
CURED. North Of Simno we routed q
ANAL German detachment with our
cavalry and took some prisoners and
two guns.
''In the vicinity Of KOpciewe hostile
columns suddenly found themselves
under the fre Of our artillery and Buf-
fered serious losses. After having re-
pulsed the enemy in the sectors of the
wood nearest AugustOWO our troops
concentrated in the region of Lepsk.
'-On the right bank Of the Narew
and Bobr rivers there has been no
change, The artillery at ossOwetz has
continued to operate successfully
against the siege batteries. An at
tempt by the Germans to assume the
offensive along the River Orzyo result
ed in no gain Of ground. In fact, the
enemy was compelled to cede us some
villages and small sections Of the
forest
North Of Przasnysz the Germans
approached to within 1900 PAGES of
eur trenches. but did not succeed in
their offensive, which was checked by
our FIRE. and they had to withdraw
their front In the trenches evacuated
BY the Germans We captured many
r1nes and much ammunition.
''In the Carpathians and Galicia g
fierce snOwstorm and deep drifts have
hindered the operations, but neverthe
less we have forced the Austrians u
retire from their positions in the
smOlnik district The enemy has at
tackled Us again in the KoziOuWks
region, but without success"
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.BEACHY FALLS
TO HIS DEATH
Famous Aviator Plunges Into
San FransisCO Bay.
FROM HEIGHT OF 5000 FEET
Wings OF His AeropIane Collapsed
While He Was Giving An ExhI-
bition At Panama-Paeifie
Exposition.

San Francisco.-Lincoln Beachey,
the aviator, was killed while making
an exhibition flight at the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition Sunday. At an alti-
tude of about 5000 feet Beachey began
a sharp descent. The wings Of his
aeroplane collapsed and the machine
plunged into San Francisco Bay.
Beachey was completing his second
flight of the day when the accident oc-
CURED. In full view of thousands of
spectators, having previously electri-
fled the crowd with a series OF aerial
sOmersauits, the airman sought to add
an additional thrill by making one of
the sensational perpendicular drops
which usually featured his flights.
The Fatal Climax.
The fatal fan was attributed to the
fact that Beachey entrusted his life for
the first time in several years to a
monOplane. An exceptionally large
crowd had been attracted to the fair
grounds to see whether he would at
tempt the same breath-taking stunts
in the new machine that he had per-
formed in his biplane.
On the first fight all went well and
the aviator's familiar tricks were in
dulged in, with the exception of the
perpendicular drop. This Beachey had
saved for the climax. 1t proved too
much of strain for the frame Of the
monOplane.
A 3,ooo-Foot Plunge.
The machine was at an altitude Of
about 5000 feet when Beachey shut
off his power. For several thousand
feet it dropped head on for the earth,
and then the aviator grasped his con-
troll levers to adjust the planes for the
graceful descent which had character
lied his previous flights.
At that point the wings crumpled
and the aeroplane, turning over and
over in its fall. plunged into San Fran
cisco Bay, narrowly missing a vessel
lying at the government transport
docks.
Hillary Beachey, a brother of the
aviator, witnessed the tragedy. He
was standing on the deck Of the United
States transport CrOol watching the
fight. He said he heard a cracking
sound like the breaking of q ships
mast. He cried out as the monOplane
began to plunge toward the bay. II
fell only few feet away from the
transport.
The body was recovered shortly
after Eve o'clock.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20

Carleton Miller. Of Sandy Hook. has
purchased of Joseph X. Hoffman, Ha-
gerstown. the Frank Hagan farm at
Eakle's Mills for $4,000.
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CITIES ARE LIABLE.
Compensation Board Makes An import
ant Ruling.

Compensation Board Makes An import
ant Ruling.
The State Industrial Accident Com
mission, in an opinion handed down,
held that Baltimore city as corpora
tion was liable under the Working
mems Compensation Act for accidents
or fatal injuries sustained by It's en-
ployes. The opinion Is important and
far-reaching because it applies to all
incorporated towns and cities in the
State. It becomes q precedent for the
guidance of tho commission in the
future. The city employe on whose
death test case was made was James
A Myer, who sustained fatal insnries
in December while performing hlS
duties as a janitor in a public school
building. The city is required to pay
his widow 81 weekly for eight years.
City Solicitor S. S. Field has not yet
been officially notified of the decision
of the commission There is pros
pect, however, that the city may take
an appeal.
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FRANCE ORDERS $4,000 HORSES.
10000 Worth S12,oOOyOOo, Purchased
At Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo.-A contract to fur
nish the French Government with
$4,000 artillery and cavalry horses was
concluded by a local firm Of horse and
mule dealers. The order will involve
between 100000 and $4,000, 600.
Since September 1. when the first buy
ing on foreign contracts began in Kan
sas City, 1876 horses and mules have
been received In Kansas City and of
that number the British Government
has taken more than $4,000, valued at
approximately S12.OOO,O0O
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MUTILA7
ANNAPOLIS NEWS
DR.. KELLY PRAISES SUNDAY,
Governor eoIdaBcFou0h eresides AZ
Sunday Observance Meeting.

Governor eeIdsbCrdu0h Presides AZ
Sunday Observance Meeting.
Annapolis. is.--Declaring that we need
more men with the spirit and aggres-
siveness of Billy Sunday, DR.. Howard
A. Kolly delivered an address Sunday
under the auspices of the Lords Day
Alliance in the hall Of the House Of
Delegates.
Governor Goldsborough presided.
The meeting was opened by Joshua
Ievering, president of the 0rganiza-
tiOn, and prayer was offered by the
Rev. DR.. Joseph P. McComas, rector
of st. Anne's Protestant Episcopal
Church. Mr.. Levering then intro
duced the Governor. who referred
briefly to the work that is being ac-
complished by the alliance and paid
compliment to DR.. Kelly for the time
he sacrifices to aid in the campaign
Of the organization.
DIR. Kelly began his address by
speaking of civic righteousness FOR
which the alliance is fighting, and he
said what is needed is to get from
Christians more active service. He
pleaded for greater earnestness and
activity in seizing opportunities, ana
said that more work should be done
outside of the church and other rer-
gious gatherings.
DR.. w. w. Davis, secretary Of the
alliance, delivered the closing address.
He referred to the many meetings that
have been held in IL counties Of the
State since October. and the good re-
suits achieved, and spoke Of Sabbath
breaking in Anne Arundel county. par,
ticularly in the Fifth district.
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BRITISH CATCH
CRUISER DRESDEN
German Rover, Set on Fire,
HOists White Flag.
ALL ON BOARD SAVED
Cruiser, Set Attire BY Shells From Az
tacking Ships, Goes To Bottom
When Magazine EXpiodes.
Fifteen Of Crew Wounded.

London.-The British Admiralty an
nounced that the German cruiser
Dresden, sole survivor of the German
squadron under Admiral Won Spec,
which was defeated in a battle of the
Falkland Islands. in the South At
lantic, on December 8, had been sunk
in the Pacific Ocean. near the Juan
Fernandez Islands, on the coast of
Chile.
Surrounded by three British. war
ships, the Dresden, after she had been
under fire for five minutes, lowered
her colors and hoisted the white nag.
The cruiser was then on fire, and her
officers and crew were hurriedly taken
of to the British ships, Soon a'1ter-
ward the DresdenAs magazine ex-
ploded, and the cruiser disappeared
under the water.
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CRUISER SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
The 5ayano, British Auxiliary Vessel,
Destroyed By Germans.

Destroyed BY Germans.
London.-The Admiralty announces
the loss of the auxiliary cruiser
Bayano while the vessel was engaged
in patrol duty, The Bayano was built
in 1913 at Glasgow and was 416 feet
long and $500 tons displacement,
In its statement of the disaster the
Admiralty says:
"On the 18th of March wreckage of
the Bayano and bodies were dis
covered, and circumstances point to
her having been sunk by an enemy
torpedo.
Eight officers and 18 men were
rescued, but 1t is feared that the re-
mainder of the crew were lost.
"The captain Of the Belfast steamer
Castlereagh reports passing Thursday
morning a quantity of wreckage and
dead bodies floating in life belts. He
attempted to search for possible sur
vivors. but was prevented by the ap-
pearance Of an enemy submarine,
which gave chase for 20 minutes"
The Belfast correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says the Bayano was
torpedOed Thursday morning at 9
o'clock off Corsewall Point, Wigtown-
shire, Scotland, and that nearly 200
lives were lostit as the cruiser sank
almost Immediately. The vessel had
crew Of about 216 men on board.
Wigtownshire is the southwestern.
most county in Scotland. 1t lies on
the North Channel, which leads into
the Irish Sea from the Atlantic.
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URGES GREECE TO ENTER WAR.
Former Premier Declares Nation Has
Great Opportunity.

Athens.-Former Premier veniSelos
publishes a statement in the Ethnos in
which he appeals to the new govern
ment to abandon neutrality. The arti-
Gle urges that the present moment
offers Greece chance to quadruple
itself. 1t adds that if the new ministry
will embrace the opportunity. NJ.
Venizelos will guarantee it the support
OF the majority in Parliament
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AusrRIA.

Vienna, via LondOn.-The following
official Austrian statement was issued
here:
Fighting in the Carpathians on the
road from Cisma to Baligrod con-
tinues. A height for which we had
bSen fighting for some days came into
our possession. Our troops blew up
parts Of the enemy's position and took
more than 1.20O officers and men
prisoners. A Russian counterattack
against this position and adjacent
heights was repulsed with severe
l0sses."
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NO mILITARrsM IN UNIVERSITY.
indiana Faculty Vetoes Formation OF
Militia Battalion.

Bloomington. Ind.-The faculty of
Indiana University voted against al
lowing petition filed by 400 students
asking permission to form battalion
of the Indiana National Guard. Dr.
George W. Nasmyth, of Harvard Uni
versity, lectured here on Peace" and
it is alleged that the action OF the
faculty in denying the students re
quest was largely influenced Ivy the
Harvard Professors lecture.
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MORE TROOPS TO CHINA.
Second Jap Squadron saIis With
10000, Making 10000.

Peking.-The Chinese Government
has official information to the effect
that the second Japanese squadron,
conveying two divisions Of approx
mately $4,000 soldiers, has sailed for
China The forwarding of these
troops will increase the number of
Japanese soldiers in the garrisons in
China to nearly 10000. The new
troops will be distributed in Man
churia. Shantung, Tienstin and Han
kOw, where the present forces at the
japanese garrisOns number nearly
10000.
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FIVE YEARS FOR BANK TELLER.
Embezzled $4,000 To Finance His Wed
ding Trip.

Toledo. Ohio.-A suspended SEN
tence Of five years in Fort Leaven-
worth Federal Prison was the penalty
imposed by Federal Judge Killits on
James J. Henahan. former paying
teller in the Second National Bank
here, after Henahan had pleaded
guilty of embezzling $4,7OO to finance
his wedding trip. The shortage has
been paid by friends.
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RADIUM SAVES CONVICT.
$4,000 Gift OF Vanderlip ProIonos
Prisoners Life.

Ossining, N. Y.-Thirty thousand
dollars worth Of radium, the gift of
Frank A. Vanderlip. president of the
National City Bank of New York, has
saved che life of Joseph Pachelli, an
inmate of Sing Sing Prison. Pachelli
was suffering from cancer of the lip.
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FOUR IN AUTO WRECK.
Three Skulls Fractured When Tire
Bursts Near Preston.

Bursts Near Preston.
PrestOn.--Four persons were badly
hurt near here when an automobile in
which they were riding turned over on
the Denton road. The injured are Mr..
and Mrs. John H. Collins, of Preston;
George Lord. of williamsburg, Nd,
and Harvey Hughes. formerly Of VII
liamsburg, whose home Is now In Bal
timOre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins and Mr.. Lord
suffered fractured skulls, while Mr..
Hughes received a broken arm and
other injuries. All were taken 20 the
Cambidge Hospital.
The automobile. which was the
property of Jefferson LORD, was being
driven by young Lord The ocOu-
pants had been visiting In Preston and
were on their way to Williamsburg
when a tire bursted and the machine
was turned completely over in the
roadway. ALI the victims were uncon-
scious when they were found in the
wreckage.
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TURKISH GUNS siLENceo.
sUperdreadnsught Queen Elizabeth De.
stroys Batteries.

London.-The bombardment of the
Dardanelles and Smyrna continues.
Reports from Athens say that the
superdreadnaught Queen Elizabeth has
destroyed by Indirect fire from the
Gulf of Saros several shore batteries.
At the same tiNe a violent duel is
going on between The Turkish forts
and the ships Of tSe Allies, and the
Turkish troops have come under the
hre Of the wars ApG
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AVIATOR FIRED GERMAN COAL.
-Four thousand Tons Destroyed, q, 900
Menaeed.

Geneva, via Paris.-The largest coal
depot on the Rhine. located at Sr7ass-
burg, which was set afre by a bomb
dropped by French aviator during a
raid of Is days ago. is still burning.
Four thousand tons of coal have been
destroyed and 10000 tons more are
menaced. Some fear is felt that the
FIRE may endanger Strassburg.
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GRAND OLD MAN OF RUSSIA DEAD
Count seruIus JuIoVIch WItte's life
Has Ended.

London,-Count Sergius Julovich
Witte. Russia's first prime minister,
died Saturday night, says a Petrograd
dispatch to Reuters Telegram Com
pany.
Count Witte. who was born June
90, 1849. at Tifiis. was one OF the Rus
sian plenipOtentiarieS at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. IN the negotiations
for peace with Japan in 1906. He
afterwards was made count and ap-
pointed president of the new ministry,
but retired in 1906 and held no import
ant post after that time.
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MILITIA IN GOOD SHAPE.
General Gather Encouraged BY Tour
Of the State.

Brig.-Gen. Charles D. Gather Of the
First Brigade, Maryland National
Guard, returned to his headquarters
after a tour of the State inspecting
companies of the Fist Regiment in
company with Capt. G. Arthur Had
sell, U. s. A., inspector-instructo on
duty with the State militia
General Gather said he felt much
encouraged at the number OF men who
turned out for inspection and at the
good condition generally Of the regi.
'ment, which is commanded by Col.
Charles A. Little, Of HagerstoWn.
Several companies have the maxi
fhum number of enlisted men on their
rolls-65. Among them are Company
H. Westminster; Company e. ElktOn.
and Company B. HagerstOwn. Ten
companies OF the regiment were iDe
spected by General Gather and Cap
tain Hadsell.
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MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latest DOings in Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREAOING

Farmers around Delmar are making
preparations this season for one Of
the largest crops of cabbage ever
known. Heretofore very little cabbage
has been grown on the Eastern Shore,
but for the past two years there has
been a growing demand for this vege-
table in the city markets, and this year
the acreage will be much greater than
usual.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20

DR.. P. R. Fisher, Of the Denton Auto
mobile Company, has taken over from
Alfred Thompson the contract to carry
the mails from Denton to Ridgely.
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TRADE COMMISSION IN OFFICE.
Davies Chairman and Hurley Vice.
Chairman

Washington - Without formalities
the five members OF the Federal Trade
Commission took mp their offices Tues
day. The rooms OF the Bureau of Cor
poratiOns in the Commerce Depart
ment, which now become the offices Of
the Trade Commission. were crowded
with Government officials when Chief
Justice CoVington OF the District Of
Columbia Supreme Court administered
the oaths
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GET 20 PER CENT. INCREASE.
All Employees OF the Ou POnt Powder
Company To Benefit.

Wilmington. Del - Notices have
been posted at all of the Du Pont
Powder Company plants throughout
the country announcing that begin
ming April each payroll employe will
receive an advance of 20 per cent in
his wages. This increase is to con!
tinue until the end of the current year,
and possibly longer.
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VIENNA NEAR FAMINE, REPORT
Poor Reported To Be Suffering
Aeuteiy, Venice Hears.

Venice, Italy, via London.-Private
letters received here from Vienna say
that the poorer classes in that city are
suffering acutely on account Of the
scarcity Of food. Meat has long since
disappeared from their tables. Bread
is scarce and high in price. it being al
most impossible to buy -four.
Lard costs more than butter. Al
though eggs. milk and butter have risen
greatly in price, It probably will be-
come still more difficult TO obtain
them In the near future, as farmers
are unable to procure fodder, and are
killing their cows and chickens.