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Middletown transcript., 1916-10-21
new OFFENSIVE
IN CARPATHIANS
Purpose to Relieve Defense Of
Lemburg.
LARGE FORCES BEING USED
Berlin and Vienna Claim TO HaVe
Driven the Russians Across
the Valley OF the
Neaure.

L0ndon--With the defeated Rou-
manian armies struggling desperately
along their own frontier line Ia the
Transylvanlan Alps to stem the inrush
Of Germans and Austro-H -Hungarians
into their country, the Central Pow
ers have launched q new offensive far
to the northeast designed to tighten
the pressure of the Russian armies
along their Eastern front.
The first blow of the offensive has
been struck south of Dorna Watra, in
the Eastern Carpathians not far from
the. triangular point where Roumania.
Bukomina and Pennsylvania join.
Official announcements from Petro-
grad state that the Austro-Germans
are employing "great forces" ia the
movement which aims, apparently, at
Outflanking the Russians and thereby
tightening the immense pressure they
are bringing to bear against the vari-
Gus German and Hungarian
army groups defending Lemberg.
The first honors of the battle are
with the Teutons. An official state
ment issued in Berlin, and supported
by similar declaration from Vienna
announces that the Russians have
been driven back across the Valley Of
the Neagre River
Middletown transcript., 1916-10-21
REDUCE
SIZE OF LOAF
Department of Labor Announces
Its Report.
INGREDIENTS COSTS MORE
instances Cited Where Price Was
Raised and Loaf Reduced At the
Same Time In Some Of
the Cities.

Washington.-The result of the
recent investigation into the increased
bread prices in forty-fve centers was
made public by the Department of La
Dor. The report states that of 210
varieties of bread retailing at fifteen
ounces for five cents May Is, but four
teen varieties were selling for the
same price September Is. Many
bakers met advanced prices in raw
materials by discontinuiRg whole
sale trade substituting presumably
cheaper" brands of bread and dispens-
ing with returns of stale bread.
On the comparative basis of May
and September prices it was found
that in September wheat was "a per
cent. higher, floour 81 per cent. higher
and bread II per cent. higher. The
percentage of increase in wheat prices
was continually more than the increase
in bread prices.
In May the retail margin over the
wholesale price Of -four was $2.14; in
September, $1.90. The retail price of
bread before baking in May was 0.56
cent; in September, 0.62 cent.
In several cities the weight of loaf
dropped from t6 to IL t223z Il OUNCES. Ii
stances are cited where the price was
increased and the weight decreased at
the same time. But the general prac-
tice was to advance the weight in
minor ratio to the price advance.
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GREEKS RISING
AGAINST ALLIES
Stop at U. S. Legation and
Protest Against Invaders.
KING PRAISES SAILORS
ou Fournet's Men Also Occupy Piraeus
Railway Station, and Clashes
Seem Imminent-1aIanee
Of Fleet Is Seized.

Athens, via LondOn.-Marines from
the ships of the Entente Powers to the
number of about 1000 have been land
ed at Piraeus and have occupied the
railway station at Piraeus and several
buildings in Athens.
AS soon as this became known the
streets Of Athens swarmed with Greeks
frantically cheering King Constantine
anthem. Great crowds marched
through the streets. thousands gather
ing in the neighborhood of the Post
Office Square.
The War Minister, General Draeos,
ordered out Greek troops and marines
to guard every approach to the square
in order to prevent any clash between
Greek civilians and the French, who
occupied that section, establishing a
complete Gordon about the French and
taking all precautions to avoid any in
cident or accident capable of starting
strife.
King Praises Sailors Loyalty.
Earlier in the day a review by King
Constantine of sailors belonging to the
vessels of the Greek Navy, which were
taken possession Of by the Entente AL
lies, was made the occasion of an i'm
mense royalist demonstration, crowds
parading the streets hauling life-sized
portraits Of the sovereign and wildly
cheering for the monarch.
The King issued the following order
Of the day:
Officers! Sailors! In these hours
when, stricken and with hearts bleed
ing each new moment from now
wounds deep in our souls, which so
short time ago were proud in a
united and victorious Greece, my Gov
ernr ent has been obliged to order you
to leave the ships upon which you
brought the news of the freeing of our
liberated brothers. You came with
tortured hearts and eyes wet with
tears, every man faithful to his oath,
to the side of your King.
Il thank YOU and congratulate you,
oh, my faithful sailors. | thank you
not onlv as King and chief of the fleet
but as the representative of the father
land YOU love so much. to which you
have given so much. for which you are
ready to give and suffer all.
NAV our hopes soon be realized and
may the hour soon come when you will
be able to return to your ships. The
holy icons that have protected you in
the past will protect you in the future,
and the glorious flag, once more
caught bv the winds Of the Greek seas,
will b"ing hone and consolation where
ever Greek hearts beat for nation and
King"
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FARM LOAN BOARD
SCENTS BIG FRAUD
Rural Credits Act MisuSed in
Large Belt.
PUBLIC MEN DRAWN IN
Stock Sold For Banks Alleged To Be
BOgus-GoVernor and Congress
men Made Unwilling Parties
To Scheme.

Misunderstanding to head on
what they believe is developing into
one of theAgreatest financial frauds the
United States has known, the Federal
Farm Loan Board asked the aid OF the
Department of Justice.
Clear across the continent, in a
stripe of States from Virginia to Cali
fornia, the board reported to the JUS
tice Department, organizations either
deliberately fraudulent or at best IL
legal, have sprung up for the purpose
Of defrauding farmers through the lat
ter's ignorance of the new Rural
Credits Act. In one single instance,
it is said, the farmers have been vic
timized to an aggregate of $S5O.0OO
Public Men Drawn In.
Governors of States and members
of Congress have been made unwilling
parties to some of these illegal opera
tions, it is said, the promoters taking
advantage of them, as well as Of the
farmers. Prominent men In all walks
of life have been involved, their names
being used in some cases simply to
lend respectability.
The board believes it will be able
to prosecute successfully. Some time
ago it announced ruling that no pro-
posed joint stock land bank will be
chartered if it has spent money for
promotion. This was designed to hold
the expense of operation down to
minimum in order that the interest
rates to farmers may be the lowest
possible. In the face of this ruling, it
is said, promoters have continued to
sell stock in proposed land banks and
to take part of the proceeds for their
own services.
Failed Before Seeking Charter.
One of these concerns failed before
it could even have applied for a char
ter. but it had sold stock to the
amount of several hundred thousand
dollars to farmers. In many cases the
stock has been sold with the under
standing that the company is to apply
for a charter under the new Federal
law, when there has been no such in
tention on the part Of the promoters.
The board would not make public
the names of the concerns to which ii
is calling the, Justice Departments at
tention, and refused to give their loca-
tions, save that by coincidence, they
have appeared in the belt Of States
across the middle of the country, COM
prising some of the most prosperous
farming sections.
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INTERFERENCE WITH MAIL.
Radical Changes Promised BY the Brit
lsh and French.

shington.-Radical changes in
the treatment of mails on neutral
ships are promised in the reply Of the
British and French governments to
the American protests against inter
ference with mails. The changes,
while short Of an abandonment Of the
contention of the right to search for
information of value to the enemy,
are regarded by the Allies as sufficient
to meet the wishes of the United
States.
Otherwise the two notes which are
now under consideration at the State
Department are devoted to an extern
sive academic discussion Of the whole
subject Of the treatment of mails in
time Of war, with voluminous quota
tiOns from the history of the American
Civil War and of other wars up to
date.
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INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL

One hundred species Of oysters have
been classified by scientists.
J. c. NickersOn, Of PittsAeld, Mass,
still wears an oveeeoat he bought S.
years ago.
Nearly half Of the population of
France was engaged "a farming be-
fere the war.
Waterproof knaPsackS made of
Aorse hair have been invented by a
japanese army Of1eer.
Rubber nails for places where metal
Snes would SOrTOde are q novelty from
Germany.
Deposits Of cOal have been dis
covered in Iceland and efforts will be
made to develop them.
Sixty miles Of thread weven from
che 6bre Of q species Of italian net
lie weighs OaRy two and q half pounds.
Spain prohibits the importation OF
eottenseeA Oh unless previously reA-
aered anAt for human eoasHmptioa.
The japanese are paying much at
aeasion to Australian ores suitable for
uenning or smslting h Japan.
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TREASURY CLERK ARRESTED.

Accused Of Taking Ten Sheets OF Un-
signed Bank Notes.
Washington.-Mark Latham, for IL
years a clerk in the Treasury, Is In
Jail here charged with taking 10 sheets
Of unsigned bank notes with a face
value Of $500. Latham, who is SO
years old, will be given a hearing be
fore United States Commissioner Hit
The notes were missed about Septem-
Der / and Secret Service operators
from Philadelphia came to Washing
ton to work on the case
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TO LOOK FOR u-BoAT BASE.
Destroyer Squadron Under Admiral
GIeaVSS.

Washington.-A complete survey of
the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts would be
made by naval vessels to determine
whether or not any belligerent war
ship has a base on American soil, it
was announced by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. The Secretary stated
that he had no official information indi.
eating that such base or bases had
been established, but that circum-
stantial evidence had como to him
from other sources which made it
advisable to send ships Of the feet
along the shore.
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BORDER SICKNESS LESS.
Percentage Among Guard For the
Week Only 1.e1.

Washington.-The War Department
announced that the percentage of sica
among militia on the border for the
week just ended was L91, with three
deaths, as compared to 2.25 and seven
deaths for the previous week. The
percentage of sick among the regulars
was 3.2S with Eve deaths as compared
to S.42 and Ave deaths for the previous
week.
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GERMANS DEPoRT BELeIANs.
Arrest 500 Who Refuse To Make Munl.
tlons; Kill IL.

London. The Amsterdam CORE
spondent Of the Exchange Telegraph
ompany wires the following: Three
hundred workmen in a Ghent factory
yho refused to work in German NUM-
ion factories in Belgium have been ar.
rested and sent to Germany. Twelve
% raet"ted were shot. The Germans
everywhere are forcing the Belgians
= work for them. particularly on the
~ailroads, their own personnel having
given out"
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FARMER KILLS DAUGHTER.

Girl Had Refused To Work In Field.
Father Then Ends Life.
Alexandria, La--Charles M. Ben
nette, farmer of Melder, La, shot
and killed his 19-year-old daughter
when she refused to go to work in the
fields. After the girls death Bennette
committed suicide.
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TOWN GOES ON BEAR HUNT.
Beverly, w. Va, suspends Business For
Impromptu Chase.

Elkins, w. Va.-Beverly, former
county seat of Randolph county, seven
miles south Of Elkins, suspended bust
ness Monday while several hundred OF
it's inhabitants engaged in q bear
chase, four bears having been founc
in a farmyard. The bears were with
IN few hundred yards of the centre
of the town, and a large party was
soon organized.
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DEUTSCHLAND TO COME AGAIN.
Captain Koenig Says He Is Preparing
For Second Trip.

Amsterdam.-According to the Ham
burger Nachrichten, Capt. Paul
Koenig, of the German submarine
Deutschland, replying to a telegram of
congratulations from his native town
on his voyage to the United States and
return, said he was busy with prepara-
tions for a second trip across the
ocean, which would soon begin.
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NO IRISH coNscRleTroN NOW.

Earl Derby VIII Appeal For Voluntary
Recruiting First.
London.-An indication that the
Government does not intend to have
~ecourse Immediately to conecription
In Ireland was given in the House Of
Lords by Earl Derby, Under-Secretary
for War. In rep'-' to a question, he
said that pending a decision on the
whole question he would make an ap
cal for voluntary recruiting in Ireland
to which he hoped there would ba q
worthy response.
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vENIzELos RECOGNIZED.
Entente Allies Regard Him As Ruler
OF Greece.

London.-The Entente Allies have
formally recognized the Drovisiona
government of Greece In the Island OF
Crete, set up by former Premier Veni,
zelos. The Entente consuls at Canea
the capital Of Crete, have been in
structed to act in union ia this matter
An official statement issued here says
it is only in Crete that the question of
Official recognition has yet arip4n.
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SPOT COTTON AT 17.12 CENTS.

Mobile Price 12 Points Above New
Orleans, Highest Since War.
Mobile, Ala.-Spot cotton reached a
new high level in Mobile Monday when
It sold at 17.12, the highest in the his
tory Of the Mobile Cotton Exchange.
The price is IL points above the New
Orleans mark, which reached the high
est point since the Civil War.
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HAS CLINIC FOR EueENIcs.

Cleveland Hospital VIII Determine Fit
ness Of Couples.
Cleveland. = Dan Cupid received a
setback when it was announced that
Mount Sinai Hospital. Cleveiand's
newest medical institution, would open
clinic for eugenics. Marriages guar
anteed to be happy and a better race
# Clevelanders is the object Of the
clinic. Advice and examinations will
be given prospective brides and bride.
rooms to determine their eugenie Mt
ness.
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NO HOPE FOR EARLY PEACE.
Understanding Impossible Now, Says
Cologne Gazette.

Amsterdam. - Premier Asquith's
recent speech in Commons hold out
no hope for an early peace. said the
Cologne Gazette. $50 long as he
drawls out mendacious phrases about
the menaced independence of small
nations, an understanding with him is
impossible" said the Gazette. $50
long as British Ministers do rot rec
ognize the uselessness of predatory
war, the nations will continue to
bleed"
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GIVES PALM TO WASHINGTON.
Commissioner Nesbit Says City Leads

Commissioners Nesbit Says City Leads
Country In Insurance.
Washington. - Insurance COmmis-
sioner Eesbit, In an address to the
Washington representatives Of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, de-
clared that Washington people carry
more insurance than the people of any
other community in the United States.
e also stated that tie people OF the
United States carry more insurance
han the people Of all the countries O.
Europe combined.
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FRIck BUYS REMBRANDT.
Pays $3.50, eco For "oid Woman Reflec..
Ing Over Lecture"

New York.-Henry c. Frick has
bought Rembrandt's painting "An Old
Woman Rejecting Over the Lecture, d"
for $250,000. This makes the fourth
Rembrandt in Mr.. Frick's art collec-
ton. and is said to bring the amount
lie has spent for art works in the last
year up to approximately $2.3O0,0O
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AMERICAN CORPS TO BALKANS.
Ambulance Field Service Leaves Paris
For saIonki Front.

Paris.-The recently formed section
Of the American ambulance field serv-
ice, which is to serve with the French
army in the Balkans, left for the
Salonki front. It consists of 80 ambu-
lances with repair cars, a kitchen car,
tents and other accessories for service
far from the hospital base. The sec
tion is under command of Lowering
Hill, of New York.
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u, COAL PRICES SOARING.
Labor Troubles and the European War
Blamed.

New York. - Coal dealers sent
shivers up their customers spines here
with the warning that prices are going
up. Then they heated up the buyers,
telling them the cause of the raise.
Prices for stove and nut coal are 81
to SITS ton. BY Thanksgiving Day
the price will be So and by Christmas
Il will be So
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SELLING 1000 HORSES A WEEK.
East St. Louis Has Marketed 225,o0o
Since War Began.

East st. Louis, ML-Approximately
225,0OO war horses have been sold
here since the war began The total
sun paid for the horses is about $4O,-
100000. About 7,ee0 mules have been
sold for a total of $995,00O. The
Italian government has recently made
a contract for 8 200 horses to be filed
in 80 days. British, French and Bel
oian buyers and agents for the United
States Army are taking total OF 2,000
horses a week.
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"wEATHER PROPHET" DIES.
Rev. !. r. Hicks Was Widely Known
For Predictions.

For Predictions.
st Louis.-The Rev. IsR. Hicks, II
years old, editor and publisher of the
Almanac bearing his name and widely
known for his weather predictions
lied here of pneumonia. DR.. Hicks
claimed to have forecast many storm
disasters Of recent years.
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George F. Marsh, for three years
county agricultural agent, OF Cecil
county, has rendered his resignation
taking effect at once.
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1--WE NOTES AND COMMENTS
Fire damaged the gun shed at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis.

n Az.loHRA A4o
water supply to guard against threat
@ned drOuth.
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One automobile to every eight fam
Mes Is the ratio which will be reached
In the United States this year.
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BRITAIN TO FLOAT NEW LOAN.

Wants To Borrow s15o0oo,Ooo More
In United States.
New YOrk.-A new e150,OOO 900
British loan will be floated in this coun-
try within the next few weeks. The
plan is now understood to await only
official approval by the British Gov
ernment.
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The production and distribution Of
electricity in Edinburgh has been
maAe = municipal monopoly.
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SHOOTS DAUGHTERS sUlToR.
Former Baseball Pitcher Then Kills
Himself.

Canton, Ohio. - After courteously
greeting Victor ROderick, 1S-years-olO
suitor for his daughters hand, in his
home, w. G. Brittson, formerly a we'll
known baseball pitcher, shot the youth
and then committed suicide here.
Brittson objected to the youths atten-
ton to his daughter, but had seeming
ly submitted.
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Helmets for aviators have been in.
vented with wire'ess. receiving tel0
phones bHilt int the ear Haps.
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A concrete keg said to be almost
indestructible has been patented By q
Wisconsin inventor.
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The French colonies produce fullv
one-haif Of all the vanilla bsans raised
ia the vofld.
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Jehn Ashley, eighteen, Of Rock Hall,
While watching a companion clean a
revolver was shot and painfully
wounded by the accidental discharge
u the weapon.
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The Western Maryland Railway
Company has asked for bids on 20
Aeavy locomotives Of the Mallett type,
90 be used on it's system, and par
AlcuIarly in the coal regions.
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isaac H. Martin. of HagerstOwn, is
in a dying condition as result OF
injuries received by colliding with a
Rrldge near Hancock while riding a
motorcycle.
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Mob Kisses Du Fournet.

London.-A Reuters dispatch from
Athens says:
There have been royalist demon
stratiOns in the streets. Admiral Du
Fournet, commander of the Entente AL
lied feet in the Mediterranean, was
Kissed and a detachment of French
sailors was driven back by a hostile
crowd.
"A procession of some 1000 malcon-
tents, headed by the Greek and Ameri-
can flags, stopped outside the Ameri-
can Legation, protested against the
landing of foreign marines and de-
manded the protection Of the Ameri-
can Minister, who was absent.
"The demonstrators then paraded
tie streets, singing the Greek national
anthem.
Allies Seize Rest OF Fleet
The Allies have taken over the
Greek battleships Kilkis (formerly the
United States batt'eship Idaho), the
LernnOz formerly the Mississippi)
and the Averotf, says Reuters Athens
CORES pondent.
Allied crews were put on board tho
battleships, the correspondent says,
and the Greek crews were landed and
set to Athens.
On October II the Allies took over
the entire Greek feet, except the
Kilkis, Lemnoz and Averoff. This
~'easr~n. + was explained unof1icially,
was irtended to insure the safety of
the a1'ied feet, as fears had been
aroused Of disturbance at points
whore the war vessels of the Allies
were anchored.
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
1noving from 80 to 80 carloads Of
apples daily to points east and west
from the Cumberland division fruit
Apat.
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The school board for Cecil county
announce the following appointments
In their teaching staff: Misses Lottie
SacAlister, assistant at Fair Hill
school: Grace Ferguson, Blythedale;
Lena Miller, Perryville; Katherine
E4eveless, st. Augustine; Gertrude
Manlove, Elk Neck.
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Joe Hamilton, & resident Of Laurel,
was killed bv train on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, near Contee, a few
miles south of Laurel. It is thought
that Hamilton was walking the tracks
10 Laurel and was hit by train about
midnight. The top Of his head was
cut of. A cOrOneTs inquest was held
and rendered a verdict Of accidental
death.
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Two men were killed and 16 injured
ca the Western Maryland Railway
when an excursion train from West
ernport to Hagerstown, taking hun
dreds to the Hagerstown Fair, ran
Aead-oR into a work train in the Knob
mount yard, three miles from Cam
Aerland.
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Florence, the six-year-Old daughter
OF Ruhlie Boyles, of Starr. was struck
By an automobile driven by DR.. Roe
and instantly killed. The child was
returning home from school when she
4arted across the road in front OF the
machine The car passed over the
body Of the little girl.
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An increase in wages amounting to
"a per cent. has been granted the hot
mIH employees at the tin plate plant
or the N. & G. Taylor Company, Cum
berland. More than 100 men are ef-
Rected.
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Harry T. Alexander, a hardware
merchant of Elkton, while taking his
daughter, Miss Miriam Alexander to
school, met with an accident when his
aatomobile turned turtle on the Barks-
dale road. Miss Alexander was cut
about the face and bruised about the
body while her father sustained the
dislOcation of an arm.
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George Febrey, Of St James, who
has created" number of new fruits
and nuts, has succeeded in growing
Chestnuts from graft on a pawpaw
Rree, and pawpaws from graft ON a
chestnut tree. Both the chestnuts and
pewpaws grew larger on the gratis
than the natural fruit. The chestnuts
are sweeter and more juicy than when
grown naturally.
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Col. Buchanan Sehley, for many
years the leader Of the Democratic or
gantzatIon in Washington county, one
OF the most prominent members Of the
Washington county bar, and frequent
q spoken Of as q possible guber-
aatorial nominee by his party, died
suddenly in New York. at the home Of
Als only child, buchanan Schley, JF.
Death was due to heart trouble. Col.
Echley was SO years old.
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Nearly half Of the population Of
France was engaged IA farming be-
fere the war.
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Deposits Of cOaI have been dis
covered In Iceland and efforts will be
made to develop them.
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One hundred species Of oysters have
been classified by scientists.
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Waterproof knaPsacks made of
Aorse hair have been invented by a
Japanese army Oaeer.