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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
U. s. TAKES THE APPAM
AWAY FROM GERMANS
Supreme Court Awards Cap
tured Ship to It's Owners,
British Company

WASHINGTON. March G.--The British
steamship Appam brought INTO Hampton
Roads more than year ago az German
prize. was held to he the property Of her
British owners by the supreme Court in n
decision rendered TODAY.
Justice Day in handing down tho opinon
said the Germans had followed neither of
the normal courses to take her to n GER
man port or to the nearest neutral port hut
had taken her thousands Of miles across tho
seas III order TO place her in an American
port.
To rule otherw ise. the opinion said would
turn American harbors into refugea for
warshps Of the belligercnts. thus destroy
ing the neutral character Of this Govern
ment
The old Frussian treaty, he said ap-
piled only to use of American ports as tenn
porary and not permanent refugees
The Appan, owned by the British and
African Steam Navigation Company of
Great Britain, was captured by the spec
tacular German raider Moewe, under Count
Dohna. January 15. 1915. In tho Atlantic
Ocean off the coast of Africa. Lieutenant
Berg. with prize crew of twenty-five men
was put aboard the captured liner and or
dered to take her to the nea rest American
port. ON January ~. after lodging British
and French cruisers off the United States
coast. the Appam entered the Virginia
Capes.
The German Ambassador, Count Won
Bcrnstorff, applied for the internment Of
the British passengers and crew. some 200
in all, brought in on the hppam. The
state Department, however. turned tho So
called prisoners" loose. The British and
African Company. then libeled the vessel in
the Federal District Court at Norfolk
Count Won Bernstorff, through the state
Department, and counsel for Lieutenant
Berg in court. argued that the treaty of
1929 guaranteed the Appam asylum as n
German prize and prohibited legal proceed
ings against her in TINS country. The Ger
man interests also held that as the Appam
was already under adjudication in the Ger
man prize court at Hamburg. this country
could not take jurisdiction to dispose Of
the property of the German Government.
Judge Waddill however, ruled that the
Appam had come into Hampton Roads in
violation of the neutrality of the United
| States. and that she could not recruit crew
! and depart without further violations ot
| neutrality. He argued that the treaty OF
1929 was designed TO grant asylum to war
ships bringing in prizes, but was not to he
construed as allowing nations to deposit
their "spos of war in an American port"
The Court directed that the Appam be
turned over to the British and African
Company. Pending appeal TO the Supreme
Court the German interests filed bond of
| So 900. 900 to cover the value of the ship
appraised at s1250,0O0. This ruling is sus-
tanned by the Supreme Court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

CASE or DIrHTHERiN was dlscov-
cred at tho Park and Lehgh avenues sta
tior house by District Surgeon John \.
Roger. who Immediately ordered = portion
Of tho station house duarantined. John
Mckay. twenty-five years. no home. applied
for nights lodging. He was removed to
the Municipal Hospital and found TO he sur
rering from diphtheria
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
ROXBOROUGH WOULD
PUNISH CITY FATHERS
Wants to Tie Them to Autos and
Run Them Through Bad
Streets

1t originated in the fertile brain Of a fa-
rorite son OF Marlborough. Benjamin r. VAL
very, Jr.--a novel plan to convince the
councilmen and Mayor Of the need for
better paving and better trolley service
Here ii is:
No. I. Hitch tho Councilmcn to au-
iomobles and take 'cm for run over
Ridge avenue from Hermitage street to
city Line. a run through the mud would
prove the paving case
No . ave the Mayor abandon his
automobile at city Line some cold
wintry day and wait for a trolley car
to carry him back to Wissahickon.
This would convince him of the need of
better car service.
The protest against the muddy streets
an. poor car service reached n climax last
night when several hundred residents held
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
MAY CALL GUARDSMEN
TO QUELL STRIKE RIOTS
Niagara Falls Police Sees Fresh Trou-
BILE Coming After Bloody En-
counter With Strikers

NIAGARA FALLS. n. Y, March 6.--Fol-
lowing a clash with 400 strikers in which
one man was killed and four policemen in
jured, Police chief John Curry herr today
said he feared assistance might have to
be asked of the State troops in handling
rioting in connection with a strike of en-
ployes at the Aluminium Company of Amer
lea and the International Graphite plant
An attack on strille-breakers by strikers
is said to have caused the trouble. Michel
Getty, 81 was killed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

HEART DISEASE, according to phys,-
clan at the Samaritan Hospital. caused the
death of Walter EoCc, 0fty years, "f ii53
North Seventh street. II, was on his way
to work and was waiting for n car at Firth
street and Hunting Iart avenue when Ia
collapsed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
COUNCILS OFFICIAL DIES
John Carr, Sergeant-at-Arms of Lowe
Chamber, Pneumonia Victim

John carr. serRcant-at-arms OF Common
Council. and South Philadelphia real es-
tate broker. is dead at his home. 3il9 Car
penter street. Death was due to pneu-
mouia,
Mr.. Carr, who was forty-four years old,
was chosen sergeant at arms two years ago
lie was a member OF the Republican city
committee. the Union Republican club. the
Young Republicans and other political aud
social organizations. Mr. Carr attended
the Church OF St Anthony of Padua lie
is survived by a widow, Mrs. Mae Carr, and
FIVE children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

SOCIETY or COLONIAL WARS has an
nounced the names OF officers to be voted
for at the twenty annual meeting. to be
held at the Penn Club Eighth and Locust
streets. March 3. They are : Governor,
Richard Mccall Cadwalader; deputy gov
ernor. John Thompson Spencer lieutenant
governor. s. Davis Rage; secretary. Edward
s. Sayres: treasurer, william MACPHERSON
Horhor; registrar. Judge j. Willis Martin;
historian. Gregory u. Keen; chaplain,
Bishop Cortland Whitehead gentlemen Of
the council. George Cuthbert. william Lyt-
Teton Savage and John NORM Scott.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

take place in the near future according to
c. Henderson Supplee a member OF the
Tristate Milk Commission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
Vito Inquest POSTPONED

The inquest into the death of Mrs Therese
VITO, forty-fve years old of 7c6 Carpenter
street, who was thought to have been pushed
under a street car at Seventh and car
penter streets in the early morning of Feb
rusry IN, was postponed until Friday by
Deputy coroner Arthur Sellers today. Act
ing Detective Hanecke testified that the man
who said he saw Mrs. Vito pushed under
the car afterward denied it, Two witnesses
Tor the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany admitted that they were asleep when
the accident occurred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

a meeting in the home OF Paxson " Jones.
of S029 Ridge avenue. and decided to COM
plain to the Public Service Commission
about the car service furnished by the
Reading Traction and Light Company. A
petition signed by 1000 residents will be sent
TO the commission and three protest meet
ing will be held next week in that section
OF Philadelphia.
p S.--Although no definite answer has
been received from the Mayor and the Coun.
cilmen. II is believed at City Hall that
they will decline the offer of the Roxbor-
oughites
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

EGGS AND POTATOES were stolen from
the shop of David Franks, a butcher, OF
1927 Point Breeze avenue The thief did
not take any money from the cash register
or the safe. but helped himself to quarter
peck OF potatoes, two dozen eggs and
twenty -one-pound ham.
WILLIAM A. McCABE, 81 ioas TIMBER
street, has resigned from the police force
because of the high cost of living and has
announced his intention OF becoming q
motorman lie says he can do better at
twenty-e!ght cents an hour as motorman
than ut 50 day as policeman.
JASPER y. BRiNTON. Dr. George
Woodward and Franklin y. Brewer. Of this
city. are among the delegates appointed by
Governor Brumbaugh to the thirteenth ma
| tiunal conference on child labor to he held
in Baltimore. March 20. - and 25. The
conference will he held under the auspices
of the National child Labor Committee.
EwING D.. MILLER, vestrymsp Of st.
| James'S Proteatant Episcopal Church
! Twenty.seCond and Walnut streets. lis in the
Samaritan Hospital recovering from an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. His condition to-
day was reported to be favorable.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Of rennsyi-
vania at its twenty-nfth anniversary,
elected tho following officers re,idcnt
Colonel !, Granville Leach; vice prcfdents.
charles +. Keith. Edward 5. Sayres. John
+. Lewis; recording secretary. Edward
Robins, corresponding secretary. James
;mlcn historian. Ogden u. Wilkinson;
treasurer, G. Howard Colket
INTERSTATE MILK PRODUCERS As
socation has announced that thc price of
milk during March will be i've ana one half
F! cents quart the same figure that has pre-
| vailed for december. January and Fehru-
! AIRY. II is likely that a further advance will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
Murder Leads to Loss of License

WILKES BARRE, March 6.-The saloon
license of Angelo Stella, of Hilldale was
revoked by the Court because he sold
on Sunday and because murder COM
mitted on Sunday, February "a, is alleged
to have been the result Of quarrel and
fight in the Stella saloon
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
BIG BROTHER KILLS
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Paul o. Husting of Wisconsin Acct
dentaIIy Shot while He
Was Out Hunting.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Accidental shot
in the back by his brother Gustave
while hunting ducks near Rush Lake,
Wis, Sunday morning, United States
Senator Paul o. Husting died at a
farm house at Pickett's nearby late
Sunday night.
Senator Husting recently returned
to his home at Mayville, Wis, after
the close of the extra session of con-
gress- where he was one of the lead
ing supporters of the administration
war program.
With his brother he had gone on a
hunting expedition to Rush Lake and
the two were in boat when the &C
cident occurred. He had sighted a
flock of ducks and called for his
brother to fire and at the discharge
of the shotgun he raised slightly, re-
ceiving the full charge of the gun in
his back. He was rushed to the farm
house where all efforts to save his
life were unavailing.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23

standards of the United States from
No. to No. 3, and below No. 3 after
examination of actual samples of the
wheat.
Flour-Coast mills and great
many of the interior mills are just as
busy as the moderate supply of raw
material will permit them to be and
they keep sold ahead to the extent of
their 30-day limit. Orders are coming
in and have to wait their turn.
Feed - Conditions surrounding the
millfeed trade show little change for
the week. Buyers were perhaps lit
tie more active and outside trade was
quiet. Applications on contracts for
October shipment seemed to absorb
the greater part of the output Barley
has been advanced $1.00 per ton and
oats are showing some firmness.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
Wonders OF Insect Life.

In many ways the structure of In
sects is wonderful. They are gifted
with muscles of extraordinary strength
and are yet destitute of bones to which
those muscles can be attached. They
possess a circulatory system and are
without a heart. They perform acts
involving the exercise of certain men
tai qualities and are without a brain.
But more remarkable still, they
breathe atmospheric air without the
aid of lungs. If we take any moder-
ately large insect, say a wasp or a
hornet, we can see even with the
naked eye that series of small spot
like marks run along either side of
the body.
These apparent spots, which are
generally Is or 20 In number, are In
fact the apertures through which the
air is admitted into the system and
are usually formed In such a manner
that no extraneous matter can by any
possibility find entrance.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
General Trade Conditions.

Bradstreet's says: Trade continues
of large volume, but conservatism
as regards future buying seems to
be more marked and high attitudes
to which prices for materials as well
as labor have scared are causing
enough concern to restrict wide
spread trading There is a DISPOSE
ton to wait and see how far govern
mental price regulation will go.
Government orders which flow to
a variety of lines ore more thon suf-
ficient to offset recessions in what
might be termed normal operations
Allowing for the reservations ndted
house trade is active, sales by job
bers are good, and distribution by
retail dealers has been improved by
colder weather.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
STOCK AND CROP NOTES.

The Yakima valley potato crop is es-
timated at SO per cent of normal by
County Agriculturist Price. Twelve
thousand acres are in potatoes.
Field Manager B. F. Brown of the
Associated Fruit and Vegetable Grow
ers' estimates Walla Walla's 1917 APP
pie crop at ESQ cars. This will make
1917 the heaviest year for apple pro-
duction that the valley has seen, be-
ing so per cent larger than last season.
About 100 carloads have already been
shipped.
Yakima valley crops for 1917 are
expected to come close to $20,000,00O.
AS a basis for comparison and for
estimating the crops the commercial
club has just completed a revision of
the 1916 crop returns checking actual
shipments and prices. The check
shows total returns to growers of $780,
45S,145 for produce last year. 1t is
estimated that the present fruit crop
will bring 100000 more than last
year, that fruit products will add
5000, 900, hops $4,000, hay 100000,
sugar beets $1,000,000 and wool $780,
600.
The Spokane Canning Co. has start
ed its apple season at the Yardley
plant and will can 500 to 900 tons of
apples before the season ends, accord
ing to S. B. Coon, manager. The COM
pany is paying SO a ton at the plant
for culls, fruit that measures not less
than IA inches in diameter and is
reasonably clean and free from worms.
Bruised apples can not be used, but
color is not a factor. All varieties are
canned, but must be kept separate
because different varieties require diff
ferent lengths of time in processing.
Enormous increases in production
of fall onions, cabbages and beans
over last year are shown in estimates
announced by the department of agri
culture Fall onions production is
forecasted at 1854 $50 bushels, com
pared with 7,S32,70O last year. The
acreage this year is 1890, against %,
400 last year California leads with
3,34S, 900 bushels; New York is sec
ond, with 1881, 200 bushels, and Ohio
third with 100000 bushels. Produc
ton of cabbage is forecast at 691, go
? tons, compared with 252,310 tons las
year. The acreage is 73,200 ageins
40, 800 last year. New York leads IL
production with 349,680 tons, almos
four times as much as last year, ant
Wisconsin is second with 121 300 tons
, Almost double the quantity of beans
[ is forecast, with total of 1854, 0O'
bushels in the five principal growing
states, New York, Michigan, Colorado
New Mexico and California. Califor
mia leads with 9,47S.00O bushels; Mich
igan is second with 4006,000 bushels
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
MARKET REPORT
Chicago.

SntCd9O.
Oats-No. white, 59s4@61c stand
ard, COZ @61c.
Rye-No. 2, S1.S0.
Barley-$1.12@1.35.
Hay-Timothy, $6.50@s.25; clover,
S1s4o24
Hogs-Dull, soc under yesterdays
average. Bulk, S16.25@17; light, $3.50
@17.25; mixed. S15.9O@17.50; rough,
S15.90@16.l5; pigs, $11.50@15.
Cattle-Weak. Native steers, 1918
OHIO; western steers, $5.90@13.60;
stockers and feeders, $6qe11.40; cows
and heifers, $4.S5@1190; calves, 500
1000.
Sheep-Steady wethers, $9.1O@1s;
lambs, $13@1S.25.
Butter - Lower; creamery, 3S1A q
42c.
Eggs-Lower; firsts, s7@37hc; or
binary firsts, 1914 @36c; at mark cases
included, 36ae37c.
New York.
Spot coffee, dull Rio rs, SIC; San
tos As, 9ssc.
1t was reported that bid of 9H c
for Santos IS had been accepted, also
bids of 100 for Rio rs. Santos As were
saiS to be offered here at &C. Lon
don credits.
Raw sugar steady centrifugal,
9.60c; molasses, 602c; refined steady;
fine graduated, s.35c.
Spot cotton steady; middling, 2s.65c.
Metal Market.
Metal exchange quotes tin steady,
SGT @61.5O.
Lead-Dull spot offered at 81.
Spelter-Easy; East st. Louis de
livery, spot, $7.s7h @S.121a.
Bar silver, S43sc.
Portland.
Cattle-Steady. Best beef steers
S9.5O@1O.25 good beef steers, $50
CPS; best beef cows, $7@775; ordi
nary to good COWS, $4@6.75; best heif
ers. $7@s; bulls, $4@6.75; best heifers
S7@S; bulls, bulls, $4@6.75; calves
S7@9.50; stockers and feeder steers
S4@7.25.
Hogs-Steady; prime light, $16.s5@
II; prime heavy, $16.75@16.s5; pigs
S15@15.5o; bulk, $16.50@16.75.
Sheep Steady; western lambs
S13.5O@14; valley lambs, $12.75@
1850; yearlings, $11.75@12.25; weth
ers, s11.50Q1225; ewes, $s.5O@1O.5O
Butter - Prints, extras, 4s@49c
cubes, extras, Acc; prime firsts, aye
dairy, 321a oslo. Butter fat, Portland
delivery, No. sour cream, 51@52c.
San Francisco.
Eggs-Fresh extras, NC; fresh ex
ira pullets, 44c; extra firsts, pullets
43lRc.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
u. S. TREASURY QUITS
OWN SILVER MARKET
Remint Mexican Colns-Recent High
Prices to Be Probed by the
Government Officials.

Washington.-Six million silver pc
SOS have been bought by the treas
ury department at ssh cents an OF.
for minting into half dollars, dimes
and quarters. The treasurer acted
when faced with the necessity of
buying silver for coinage at steadily
increasing prices, which brought the
metal dangerously near the minted
value.
Now the price of silver in this coun-
try has dropped precipitately, the
swift collapse, from s1.16 to So cents
per ounce within three weeks has re-
suited in an investigation to deter
mine whether the market has been
manipulated. Recent high prices are
regarded as wholly unwarranted by
officials.
Withdraws From Silver Market.
Purchase of the Mexican dollars,
the largest purchase by the govern
ment of the minted silver coin of an
other nation ever recorded, gives the
United States a sufficient quantity of
silver to run the minis for two or
iii tt DiOnliio anu NiIhdi a W . htOii NAiS
silver market here the largest single
buyer.
Negotiations for the big sale have
been proceeding between representa-
tives of the Carranza government and
Director Baker of the mint for some
time and federal reserve board Off
Gals have indicated their willingness
to permit the expectation of approx
mately $5,OOO,OOO in gold as payment
Silver and Copper for America.
In return the CarranZa government
is understood to have lifted its vir
tual embargo on the expectation tc
this country of silver and copper and
that these and other commodities
needed here soon, will be crossing
the international line freely.
The net result of the transaction a.
viewed by officials here is that the
danger of par silver for mintage hal
been averted, that Mexico will be il
stronger position financially thai
before; that somewhat strained fin
ancial relations between the tw'
countries will be eased accordingl,
and that Mexican copper and silve
needed here will be available in tn
future.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
GRAIN AND MILLING NOTES.

The Poplar Equity Cooperative AS
ISOLATION will build a new elevator
and flour mill at Poplar, Mont.
The Lewiston Milling Co. of Lewis
ton, Idaho, has filed articles of incor-
poration with a capital stock of $685.
00O
The Farmers Elevator Co. has
opened at Moore, Mont, under the
management of N. e. Norman of Cliff
ford
The elevator being erected at Roman,
Mont, for Stanley Scarce is the fifth
elevator owned by him, the others be-
ing located at Pablo, Tabor, Dixon and
Ravalli.
Two elevators are almost completed
at Sweet Grass, Mont One is owned
by McCabe Bros. of Minneapolis, Min
nesota and the other by the Farmers
Cooperative Co. of that place.
The Gary Hay Grain Co. succeeds
the Gary Bros. & Gaffke Co. at Boze-
man, Mont, August Gaffke having re-
tired from the business. The new
company will incorporate with a CAPT
tai stock of 100000.
The Kendrick Warehouse & Milling
Co. of Kendrick, Idaho, is completing
6-tube concrete elevator with capac
ity of 10000 bushels. The Hendricks
Rochdale Co. have added tubes, max
ing s, with capacity of 100000 bushels
The Union Grain & Elevator Co. OF
McCammon, Idaho, has let the contract
for the erection of an elevator at thai
place and one at Virginia, Idaho
Both buildings will be of concrete con
struction of about 10000 bushels ca
pacity.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
RUSSIANS QUIT PETROGRAD.
Kerensky Reports Evacuation of Cap
ital Not Urgent.

Petrograd.-The cabinet met Mon
day to hear Premier Kerensky's re-
port on his recent visit to the front
and his conversations with the gen.
eral commanding the northern front.
The chief subject discussed was the
evacuation of Petrograd. The pre-
mier expressed the belief that the
evacuation of Petrograd was not ur-
gent and should be carried out grad
ually, without undue haste.
The beginning of the removal is set
for October %. when the minor de
partments will leave.