The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-02

NEW 1Ofk-lWO seats on the New
York stock exchange have been soil !;
one for $45,0OO and one for $4,000.
New York-One of New York q
wealthy men who have died recently
is l. N. Seligman, who left a fortune
of 1000.
Washington Government Off
cials are considering exempting from
draft all men engaged in shipbuild-
ing and similar occupations.
Boston-In September it cost 38
3-4 cents per day to feed each man
at Aver Camp, but in October better
ratiOns were provided for 38 1-8
cents.
New York-The Chicago special to
the New York Herald says that the
Belgian Relief Commission has
bought over 100000 pounds of lard
at 26 cents, delivered in New York
Pennsylvania-Uni States En-
gineers, Thursday, created an artifi-
cial "wave" on the Ohio river from
Merrill, Pa, on which to float barges
New York-New York must go on
half rations of sugar for the next six
weeks. Many retail stores are en-
tirely without sugar, while others
have been obliged to limit sales to
small quantities.
New York-The government has
reduced by one-third premiums on
insurance of officers and crews on
vessels which traverse the war zone.
The new rate is so cents per 800 of
insurance against the old rate of rs
cents.
Chicago-An American inventor
working in connection with the Ma
tional Research council, has devel-
oped a device for locating airplanes
by sound, an invention which makes
impossible surprise attacks by air.
planes.
London-The government has is
sued an order prohibiting the use of
gasoline, or petrol as it is called
over here, all oils and other motor
spirits, as we'll as all liquid substi-
tutes, for pleasure motoring, effec-
tive November 1.
New York-Commissioner of I'M
migration Frederick G. Howe esti-
mates that at least 100000 people
will return to Europe the first year
after the war if they can secure ac-
commodation. Other immigration Of
ficials estimate the number at from
100000 to 100000.
Paris-Information in the hands
of the French general staff indicates
that the Germans are making fever
ish preparations to meet Americans
in the air next spring. The number of
German battleplanes is to be doubled
during the winter and airplane and
motor factories are being charged.
Oklahoma City-The Five Civiliz-
ed Tribes of Oklahoma have SUBJ
scribed $2,000,000 for Liberty
bonds through Indian Commissioner
Cato Sells, and it is estimated that
other subscriptions by Indians in Ok
lahoma outside of the Five Tribes
total $1,00O,O00.
New York-Three million dollars
of the huge sums entrusted to Dr.
Heinrich Albert for payment of Ger
man spies and other pagandists in
this country was lost by him in spec
ulative transactions in New York and
Chicago. Albert had the handling of
between $60,000,000 and $7O,OOO,-
900.
Paris-Austrian and Hungarian
socialist newspapers state that an at
tempt has been made by the Krupps
and others to start an anti-peace
propaganda in Hungary. Two mil
lion marks have been set aside to es-
tablish a newspaper in Budapest and
to carry on the propaganda by means
of moving pictures.
Westinghouse Russian official
in Washington says that the object
OF the Germans is to seize the Nikolai
railway at Vologoe, about midway
between Petrograd and Moscow,
thereby cutting Russia into two parts
and isolating Petrograd. Should
German design prove successful,
there would be famine in Petrograd
this winter.
London-Germany has extended
military service age to AZ years, or
all men born after September 8,